Upon hearing this, Yinzhen did not deny it, but crumpled up the paper and stuffed it into the teacup.
"Brother does know...but I just don't understand what kind of business is there?"
"The business here is going on..."
Yinzhi dipped his hand in the tea and wrote two words on the table. Yinzhen glanced at it and his expression changed immediately -
"Third brother, are you crazy?!"
Yinzhi sneered,
"You could also say that... I was already crazy when I knew why I became what I am now."
The reason he could endure until now was just to think about finding a future for Hong Sheng.
Yinzhen frowned deeply, and his hands on the table unconsciously clenched into fists.
"I know it's hard for you to accept this right now, but you'd better think carefully about whether this life of being controlled by others is what you want."
Yinzhi did not force Yinzhen to agree to him immediately. After saying this, he wiped the water stains on the table and turned to leave the room.
Only Yinzhen was left sitting there, his face changing from gloomy to bright.
To be fair, although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Kangxi, this dissatisfaction was far from enough to make him decide to rebel, but he knew too much.
The eldest brother, the second brother, the third brother, the eighth brother, and the tenth brother, these brothers with whom he had a good relationship, all suffered great losses at the hands of Kangxi.
Including himself, of course.
He only lost some money, which was the least loss among all the brothers.
The reason why Yinzhen did not directly reject Yinzhi was that he was afraid that he would be abandoned by Kangxi and sacrificed in the future.
But he didn't dare to agree directly, so the matter came to a standstill.
Yinzhi went to look for him that day as if it was a sudden impulse, and he didn't mention it again for more than two months.
While Yinzhen felt relieved, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
On May 13, Yinzhen sold another bicycle. This was the ninth one he had sold. The price was nothing compared to the 35,000 taels of silver he received for the first one, and the silver he received was more than 8,000 taels.
Ever since the Chinese New Year, Hua Qi has been riding his bike all day long, wandering around between the inner city and the imperial city, making the second and third generations in the city jealous.
Every time Hua Qi went out, he would be followed by a large group of young people. Hua Qi was so happy with the flattery that he would even choose someone and personally teach him how to ride a bike.
This also caused a lot of jokes.
These people were accompanied by servants. Even if they fell, there were people nearby to act as cushions. This allowed the common people to watch the excitement.
With Hua Qi's advertising, Yinzhen's second car was bought by Prince Kang as soon as it was built. He paid a lot for it, and the second car was sold for 32,000 taels.
The price of the third car was only negotiated down to 27,000 taels.
The prices were getting lower and lower, and everyone noticed that as long as someone they knew bought it, they could just follow suit and get some benefits, so they all encouraged their friends around them to buy it.
So by the time the ninth car was sold, the price was only eight thousand taels.
During this period, a Franky businessman also took a fancy to the bicycle and came to him to ask to buy one.
It would be a waste not to make money from foreigners, so Yinzhen deceived the Frenchman by saying that bicycles were too difficult to make and required a lot of silver to buy.
He directly coaxed five thousand taels of gold from the Frankish merchant, plus two sapphires of very good quality.
Therefore, Yinzhen has made more than 200,000 taels of silver from bicycles. Even if he advertises more in the future, it is unlikely to have much effect.
So after this order, Yinzhen no longer planned to sell bicycles to the children of nobles in the city. He had to focus his business on the foreigners in the capital.
After the Franky merchants left Kyoto, Yinzhen planned to select suitable suckers in the Lifanyuan and sell the bicycles to them at the price of 10,000 taels of silver each.
After the foreigners' business was saturated, he opened a shop on the commercial street and publicly priced the bicycles. The top-end model sold for five thousand taels, and the lowest-end model sold for two thousand taels.
He also teaches you how to ride a bike. Cement roads are now being built around the city, and riding a bike in the city has become a trend in the spring and autumn. He is not worried that no one will buy it.
After the bicycles have become popular among the second and third generation circles, he will lower the price and sell them to merchants.
The Qing Dynasty has such a large territory that there is no shortage of business.
Perhaps it was because the lesson given by Yinzhi last year was enough, the sea near the Qing Dynasty was particularly peaceful this year.
But they wanted to live in peace, but Yinreng felt bored.
So he encouraged Thirteen and Fourteen to each lead 500 elite soldiers and patrol in two directions.
If you come across any island, go up there to explore the route and plant a flag. If you encounter any natives, it's best to communicate with them first and ask them to voluntarily become the granary of the Qing Dynasty...
If you really can't find a suitable place, you can just catch some fish at sea and bring them back as a snack for your brothers.
The only thing they need to pay attention to is their own safety.
The two men have been training with the soldiers of Weihaiwei since the construction there was completed last year. After arriving in Weihaiwei this year, the training has not stopped.
Therefore, Yinreng still trusted the two people's swimming abilities.
But it is better to be safe than sorry. In order to protect the safety of the two, Yinreng still brought out two recently built warships.
And arranged the remaining Weihaiwei to patrol the sea.
Teams Thirteen and Fourteen are both equipped with flares. If they encounter any danger, the two of them will detonate the flares. In such a vast area on the sea, the message can be received within a range of thirty miles.
Warships are all equipped with telescopes. As long as Thirteen and Fourteen are not seeking death on purpose, nothing serious should happen to them.
Yinreng actually wanted to go with him.
Unfortunately, Dachun was very cautious and refused to let him go out to take risks.
After the two men went out to sea, Yinreng plunged into the laboratory again. He started studying steam engines last fall and now has some clues.
The steam engines made now can already start to use gears to transmit some things, but they have not yet been combined with looms, water wheels and the like.
However, people in the laboratory have already started to think about it, and I believe that it will not be long before the function of the steam engine can be demonstrated to everyone.
Occasionally, when his research ran into difficulties, Yinreng would find a few people to work together on studying crude oil distillation.
Yinreng actually discovered several extremely talented people in physics and chemistry among the 500 people in the military factory.
But everything is difficult at the beginning, and the things that Yinreng wants to achieve will take a lot of time.
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