Zeng Mu has just received a notification from the system that as an outstanding farming player last month, he has obtained a new territory.
In the village office, Zeng Mu smiled as he looked at the increasingly busy post office.
This was built by himself. Zeng Mu felt a sense of accomplishment every time he saw Yixiali becoming increasingly full of vitality.
This is the sense of accomplishment that only Taneda-ryu players have, the feeling of watching their territory develop step by step.
The railway between Shazhou and Guazhou has been temporarily put on hold, but the railway between Shazhou and Dangjin Pass is still under construction.
Rivets and springs were two of Zeng Mu's key products. In addition to selling them to the railway bureau under preparation, a businessman also invented a shock-absorbing carriage.
Carriages have been around for a long time, but the current wooden carriages do not have shock-absorbing devices, and the speed cannot be too fast, otherwise they will be knocked apart by the bumpy road.
So today's horse-drawn carriages, although they are said to be cars, are actually not much faster than walking in the wild.
The main function of the carriage is to transport goods. If you want to travel quickly, you still need to ride a horse.
But for players, riding a horse is not a comfortable mode of transportation.
Riding a horse requires full concentration, and you may fall off the horse if you are not careful. At the same time, you need to control the direction and speed of the horse, and you also need to avoid obstacles.
Although the feeling of riding a horse and sprinting is very exciting, even as good as a car race, riding a horse on a long journey is not a good experience.
Moreover, the difficulty of riding a horse is so high, so players cannot hang up while riding a horse, and must stay online.
This is undoubtedly a kind of torture, so the player carriage came into being.
This player named Che Yang is an automotive engineer in the real world.
However, in "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty", it is difficult for automobile engineers to play any role. Che Yang is a fourth-test player and can only join the player's construction team to be a glorious corvee, not a civil worker.
After accumulating some contribution points by working as a cow and a horse, Che Yang left the construction team and chose to open a small workshop next to the Dashuixia Iron Works.
As a civil engineer, Che Yang often travels to various places, and he found that many players complained about long-distance travel.
There are also many posts on the forum where players complain that long-distance travel cannot be managed and that riding horses is too tiring and dangerous.
There was even a tragic case of an unlucky player who was distracted while riding and his horse tripped over a log. The player was thrown off the horse and broke his neck, and died on the spot.
This tragic case has become a warning joke on the forum, used to warn players who have just learned to ride horses to drive carefully.
Since riding a horse is so unsafe, Che Yang saw a business opportunity, a high-speed carriage!
Ordinary wooden carriages are only slightly faster than walking, which is unacceptable to players.
So if an iron frame is used as the chassis and the carriage is made of harder iron wheels, can the speed be increased?
Che Yang immediately started experimenting. He hammered in the workshop next to the Dashuixia Iron Works, and finally made an experimental carriage.
After personal experience, Cheyang’s experience was not good.
Because there is no rubber, the carriage is very bumpy.
The chassis of the carriage is an iron frame, and a wooden carriage is installed on the iron frame.
Sitting in the carriage, his buttocks were really uncomfortable. After just running a few miles, Che Yang felt that his body was about to fall apart.
Although such a carriage can be hosted, the "game" of "Feng Yun of the Tang Dynasty" is very real and has many negative states, which will last for a period of time before they subside.
The carriage will cause "motion sickness" and "split butt" debuffs after riding on it, so I'm afraid not many players will ride on it.
Cheyang soon launched an improved horse-drawn carriage.
It happened that the news that Zeng Mu's post office had produced qualified springs was posted on the forum, and Che Yang immediately contacted Zeng Mu.
Zeng Mu was also very interested in this project, and he expressed that Yixiali was willing to invest in his horse-drawn carriage factory.
Che Yang naturally wanted it. His accumulated contribution points were about to be used up. Having someone to invest in it would solve his urgent need.
And being able to get the cooperation of a lord player is the best choice for players like him who play alone.
Yixiali took a stake in Cheyang's horse-drawn carriage factory and provided free springs to Cheyang's horse-drawn carriages.
The income from the sale of carriages by Cheyang will be distributed to Yixiali.
After installing a spring damping system on the wheels, Cheyang's Carriage 2.0 was born.
The carriage experience this time is much better than the previous generation. With the shock-absorbing spring, although it is not very comfortable, it can travel for a long time without stacking debuffs.
The carriage can seat eight people, and the driver sits on the roof to control the horses.
The speed of this kind of carriage is naturally not as fast as riding a horse, but it is much faster than walking.
What's more important is that players can hang up and host in the carriage without worrying about security issues.
Nowadays, there are more players, and more players need to travel long distances. Cheyang's carriage became very popular among players as soon as it was launched.
Originally, Che Yang was planning to sell the carriage directly, but Zeng Mu stopped him.
"If you sell a carriage, it's just a one-time income, and there are so many players. Although there are technical barriers to making a carriage, the principle is very simple and the difficulty is not too high. Imitation players will soon appear."
Che Yang nodded, there are indeed several more players' workshops in Dashui Gorge, and they are also developing the same carriage.
"So what do you think, Old Zeng?"
Zeng Mu said: "If you want to make more money, selling horse-drawn carriages will definitely not work. I suggest setting up a passenger transport company."
"Passenger transport company?"
"Yes, we can train coachmen in our post office, buy some horses, and set up a public carriage company to provide long-distance transportation services between cities."
Che Yang's eyes suddenly lit up. Developing a horse-drawn carriage by yourself was a first-mover advantage. If a passenger transport company was directly established, the first-mover advantage could be transformed into a monopoly advantage.
Just do what you say. The horses in Shazhou City are divided into war horses and slave horses.
War horses are strategic materials. They are all excellent Western Region horses or Mongolian horses. They can only be exchanged for contribution points.
However, the carriage naturally didn't need such good horses, so Zeng Mu and Che Yang purchased the slave horses.
Then Zeng Mu's post began to train horsemen. Zeng Mu and Che Yang's idea was to open the official road from Shazhou to Guazhou. This road was flat and most suitable for carriages.
Not long ago, the player's first passenger transport company was established in Yixiali, and there was finally a fixed passenger transport line between Shazhou and Guazhou.
This kind of carriage, which is comfortable to ride and can host and hang up, was immediately welcomed by players. It is much more comfortable than riding a horse!
After completing this investment, Zeng Mu received a notification from the system that he was going to take office in the new territory of Xizhou.