Zhang Dongshang immediately retorted: "That's wrong! Time is money. This car is fast and can save time. Secondly, I don't think it's difficult. You can just step on it and pedal."
Jiang Liang chuckled, "Mr. Zhang, it is true that time is money, but the time of ordinary people is not valuable. Why spend this extra money? Look at the carriage that the prince rides. In terms of structure and materials, it is probably no less expensive than the Ministry of Works' precious sword."
"Besides, is this bicycle really that easy to ride? Why don't you try it later?"
"Let's give it a try!" Zhang Dongxiang has always had a bad temper. Seeing that he was adding fuel to the fire, he agreed without hesitation.
Emperor Jing was looking at the figures of Li Yuanzhao and Fang Zhengyi from afar.
I don’t know what he was thinking.
In the square, Li Yuanzhao was still pedaling with a person on the back. Perhaps he felt it was not satisfying enough as he did not have that feeling of speeding.
He stuck out his butt, ready to exert force.
Fang Zheng panicked: "Your Highness, what are you doing? It's almost time for us to go back."
"No, if we lose face today, where will our dignity be? Lao Fang, I'm going to speed up, can you hold on to the seat instead of my butt?"
"No! Your Highness, I beg you, please don't ride it..." Fang Zhengyi suddenly felt uneasy.
Sure enough, Li Yuanzhao stomped down hard the next second, shouting: "Let me show you the limit of my physical strength!!"
The bicycle suddenly leaped forward a long distance, and Fang Zheng was terrified.
He slapped Li Yuanzhao's buttocks repeatedly and said in a trembling voice: "That's enough! That's enough!"
The more he was filmed, the more excited he became. He sat on the seat and moved his legs rapidly.
"How fast! How fast am I?"
"Hurry! It's too fast. We should go back."
Fang Zhengyi felt like crying but had no tears. He could only hold on to the seat tightly.
The small palace gate that led out of the square was in front of him. Just as he was about to go out, Fang Zhengyi shouted hurriedly, "Turn! Turn! Turn! Brake!
“Fuck!”
“Fuck!”
A group of people in the distance were petrified...
Emperor Jing couldn't help but cover his face. It was so shameful... It was so shameful to have such a son.
Just now, the two of them rode out of the square and thought they were going to turn out, but they tripped on the threshold. Then, both of them and their bikes flew out of everyone's sight.
.....
"Old Fang, are you okay?"
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
The two of them slowly climbed up from the ground, supporting each other. The two guards beside the palace gate wanted to help them, but they instinctively covered their mouths at the first moment.
Almost laughed out loud...
Seeing that the two were safe and sound, the guards looked straight ahead, not daring to look any further.
Fang Zheng looked at the torn official uniform, then at the dusty Li Yuanzhao, and complained, "It's all your fault! I told you to turn around, but you didn't?"
Li Yuanzhao laughed foolishly: "It's too late to turn, the brakes are broken, they don't work well, they need to be fixed!"
"Were you two laughing just now?" After Fang Zhengyi and Li Yuanzhao came back to their senses, they stared at the guards with ill intentions.
The guard swallowed his saliva and knelt on the ground: "Your Highness! I don't know how to laugh!"
"Stop talking nonsense. You two have three days to tear down all the thresholds in the palace for me!" Li Yuanzhao said angrily.
After that, he picked up the bicycle on the ground and said, "Old Fang, go back. This time it's mine."
"What does it matter whose name it is? I've already lost face anyway..." Fang Zheng said dully.
"Get in the car! Get in the car!" Li Yuanzhao patted the seat heartlessly, trying to pull Fang Zhengyi again.
Fang Zhengyi said with a bitter face: "Look at that wheel, it's bent. Let them carry it back."
"I've prepared two, let's go!"
Li Yuanzhao laughed dryly twice and became more embarrassed.
The guard carried the bicycle, and the two of them walked back to the front of the hall.
The ministers tried to keep a straight face, fearing that they would laugh.
Emperor Jing looked gloomy, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Is it true that you two didn't fall to death?"
Fang Zheng coughed twice and said, "Thanks to your majesty's blessing, I am fine."
"My son is fine too!"
Emperor Jing snorted coldly and said no more.
Fang Zhengyi quickly dragged out the intact wooden bicycle and shouted, "I have finished the demonstration. Your Majesty, please judge!"
Emperor Jing took a look at it and was in no mood to judge at the moment.
This thing is really good, it is very fast to ride and even feels a little magical.
But is it useful? I don't think it is very useful. Riding a horse or a donkey is much easier than this. People don't need these when they travel short distances. They are even less useful when they travel far. Wouldn't it be better to spend some money and rent a carriage?
"Well, I have seen it all, so let you, my dear ministers, reveal the result. I have already said that I will not judge."
Seeing that Emperor Jing and the others all had a cold reaction, Fang Zheng thought to himself that something was not right.
This seems to be different from what I imagined!
Although there was a mistake just now, there was no problem with the entire presentation process.
"Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I have something to say before my colleagues judge." Fang Zheng said.
"Then tell me."
"The original intention of inventing the bicycle was not to make it a toy, but to save manpower for the people of the capital and even the whole country to travel. This wooden bicycle can be sold for only five coins on the market, and ordinary people can buy it with a little effort."
"I have to remind you that you are usually escorted by BMW sedan chairs when you travel, but ordinary people have no money to buy horses, let alone ride in sedan chairs. Bicycles are the best substitute!"
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