After the morning court session ended, Kangxi really called Yinreng and the other three to the Qianqing Palace for breakfast.
During the entire breakfast, Fourteenth Son was chatting with Kangxi. Kangxi would occasionally ask a few questions to the other three sons, but only Fourteenth Son provided Kangxi with enough emotional value.
Although it was not the first time that Yinreng had seen such a loving father and filial son scene, he was still amazed.
No wonder Kangxi likes this kid Yinzhen, just look at him!
After spending a whole morning in the Qianqing Palace, Yinreng had just returned to the Yuqing Palace when he was stopped by people sent by Yin'er.
After finding out what was going on, Yinreng said something to Guaerjia and walked towards the Imperial Household Department.
In mid-November, after Yinzhen received the five boxes of rubber, he began to look for craftsmen from the Imperial Household Department to make bicycles. However, after nearly a year of inactivity, the craftsmen's skills had become rusty, and without the actual parts, they were unable to replicate the bicycles.
Yinzhen had no choice but to wait for Yinreng to come back.
After spending two days hand-making all the parts of the bicycle, Yinreng instructed the craftsmen to paint the bicycle frame.
In order to attract as many young boys as possible in the capital, Yinreng also asked craftsmen to use orange paint to paint some cool patterns such as lightning on the black frame.
After the bicycle was assembled, its appearance was still somewhat different from that of later generations, but it was enough to attract those little kids.
When Yin'er saw Chengche, his eyes lit up.
Yinreng slapped his forehead helplessly——
Well, it seems that it not only attracts middle school boys, but also young adults.
Between silver and a car, Yinzhen finally chose silver.
On the day he got the bike, he spread the news that the bike was about to be completed.
So the sons of noble families who had been hiding at home during the winter because of the cold weather started to make a fuss again.
Yinreng had originally wanted to build a few more cars and sell them before the Chinese New Year.
But Yinzhen did not agree.
Yinreng knew exactly what he was planning. Even though Yinreng thought he was already a very unscrupulous businessman, he was still a little inferior to Yin'er.
This guy perfectly demonstrates the saying "no business without fraud".
After building up momentum, Yinzhen waited at home for the royal family to come and find him.
In just three or four days, as many as seventeen or eighteen families came to find Yinzhen.
Even the third prince Yinzhi was among them.
His son Hongsheng will be eleven years old after the Chinese New Year.
A few years ago, Kangxi specially allowed several older grandsons to go to the upper study to study, and Hongsheng would occasionally accompany him, so bicycles were seen in the palace.
Children all like new things.
After seeing Kangxi riding a bicycle, Hongsheng fell in love with it.
But there was only one bicycle, and he couldn't compete with his own Mafa, so he suppressed his love.
Now that I heard that Uncle Jiu has built another one, I am really eager to get it.
When Yinzhen learned the purpose of his third brother's visit, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that the little guy Hongsheng also liked the bicycle.
"Third brother, it's not that I'm stingy, but I really can't give you this bicycle for the time being."
Yinzhi was not angry when he heard this, because he knew that Yinzhen had released the news in advance just for the sake of money.
"Third brother spent money to buy it, I don't want it for free."
Upon hearing this, Yinzhen waved his hands again.
"Third brother, how can I take your money? I'd better explain it to you clearly, so that you don't feel uncomfortable."
Ever since Yinzhi became frail, his temperament has become much more reserved, and he usually gets along well with his brothers.
The relationship between Yinzhen and Yinzhi was neither good nor bad. After all, they were half-brothers. Unless there was a conflict of interest, Yinzhen would basically not take the initiative to target anyone.
He was ruthless when it came to cheating outsiders, but he didn't want to play so many tricks on his own family.
Besides...
Hongsheng was the only one in Yinzhi's family. Every time Yinzhen saw him, he felt a little bit of pity in his heart.
If that incident hadn't happened, my third brother would have been a favored child of heaven, and the object of flattery from all the civil and military officials in the court.
"The materials in the Imperial Household Department are enough to make a hundred bicycles with some left over, but my brother only made this one, just to get more money from the royal family. If Hongsheng wants one, my brother will make him another one tomorrow. Before the New Year, I will definitely deliver the bicycle to Hongsheng!"
When Yinzhi heard Yin'er's promise, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Is this too much trouble for you? If you are really busy, I can wait for a while."
"What's the problem? We are brothers. And this bicycle was not made by your younger brother, but by your elder brother. With your relationship with him, if you tell him that Hong Sheng wants a bicycle, will he help you build it?"
Having said that, Yinzhi could only express his gratitude.
"Then Third Brother would like to thank Ninth Brother!"
After seeing Yinzhi off, Yin'er sent someone to the Imperial Household Department to deliver a message, asking the craftsmen to build another car according to the specifications of the one he had.
But keep it confidential.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Yinzhi announced that the car had been built, but there was only one and he didn't know who to give it to.
Now everyone saw Yin'er's purpose.
No matter the size of the goods, the scarce ones will be expensive.
Some families were still worried about the money, and when they saw Yin'er's look of waiting for a good price, they all backed out.
However, they were ultimately unable to control their own naughty child's behavior and decided to wait and see for a few days.
They are not in a hurry.
Yinzhen was even less anxious.
The thing is in his hands, is he still worried that no one will buy it?
After waiting for another two days, someone finally couldn't stand his naughty child anymore and came to ask the price of Yin'er's bicycle.
Yinzhen did not directly state the price, but let his cousin, whom he was not very familiar with, bid for himself.
As soon as that person started talking, Yinzhen no longer wanted to listen.
He only asked for five hundred taels.
joke!
There are only two bicycles in the world so far, one is in the hands of his royal father, and the other is in his hands.
He wants to have the same thing as the emperor for only five hundred taels. What kind of dream is he having?
Although Yinzhen was dissatisfied, he did not say it out loud. He just said that someone offered a better price than him and asked him to wait for a while.
As for how long to wait, that of course depends on when bicycles become commonplace.
Of course, this man was unwilling to give in and wanted to increase the price a little bit, but Yinzhen politely asked him to leave the house.
He saw clearly that Yinzhen's eyes were full of contempt when he sent him out. After he returned, he gave his naughty child a severe beating.
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