Chapter 1814: The Hard-to-Ride Bicycle

At this time, Europe.

The design draft for the bicycle was already in the hands of Naleishi.

According to those Tsarist Russia scientists who researched day and night, with the basic bicycle design draft from the Longyan, Tsarist Russia finally manufactured the first Tsarist Russia bicycle.

As the promoter of this bicycle project, after this bicycle was researched, Naleishi.

Naturally became the first person to eat crab.

Then, this general who had fought on the battlefield for many years and tamed countless fiery horses, after getting on the bicycle and traveling a wobbly distance.

Under the gaze of everyone, Naleishi fell off the bicycle.

The crowd was stunned, all pretending they hadn't seen it.

If they saw their immediate superior lose face, they would inevitably be given a hard time in the future.

They thought to themselves: A battlefield general like Naleishi couldn't even ride a bicycle; how did the Longyan manage it?

Naleishi pretended not to care and climbed up from the ground.

Boerniefu ran over, helped the bicycle up, and also acted as if he hadn't seen anything.

Naleishi coughed twice, and only then did Boerniefu turn his head to look at him, bowing slightly: "General..."

Naleishi pretended that what just happened had never occurred, and supported by Boerniefu, returned to the command room.

The scientists researching the bicycle saw this, exchanged glances, and said nothing.

As for what just happened, those generals could pretend they hadn't seen it.

However, they, the scientific research personnel, could not pretend they hadn't seen it.

This was part of the experiment.

After everyone left, they also went up to test-ride the bicycle, and the result was no different from Naleishi's.

They didn't get far before they were on the ground.

They were very puzzled; if this two-wheeled bicycle was so easy to fall over, how did the Longyan ride it?

They couldn't think of the reason and could only attribute it all to the Longyan design draft not being accurate enough.

After thinking of this, a Tsarist Russia scientist said: "We must improve the design; there is simply no Method to ride a bicycle like this."

But as everyone looked at the bicycle, they were troubled; no one had any idea for a moment how to improve the design.

After all, this thing was designed by the Longyan.

At this time, someone had a flash of inspiration: "Hey, I have an idea."

"What idea?"

"The bike falls to both sides; wouldn't it work if we added two support points on both sides?"

After thinking it over, everyone felt this Method was feasible.

They entered into day and night research once again.

And at this time, Europe.

The commercial scam stirred up by Ling Chen shocked all of Europe.

It caused many European Nobles to suffer heavy losses; the transaction volume at the European trading center dropped by five percent that day, equivalent to the rations of a million Europeans for a month.

And Liu Zheng, far away in Saxony, was torn between laughter and tears after learning of this matter.

He did not expect that Ling Chen, a man so decisive in killing, would actually know how to swindle people.

And he had pulled off such a huge scam all at once, directly swindling those European Nobles miserably.

It is said that Victor, who had always been known for his steadiness, was also involved in this scam.

Thinking of the appearance of that little old man Victor, Liu Zheng smiled.

His expression suddenly froze as he thought of Austria, thought of Vienna, and also thought of her.

Liu Zheng swept his thoughts away and called for Li Hongtian.

"Something up?"

"Something up."

Li Hongtian said "oh," took out a small notebook, and waited for Liu Zheng's instructions.

Seeing this, Liu Zheng was slightly stunned and asked him: "What are you doing?"

Li Hongtian said indifferently: "Recording your instructions; your every word and action now represents the face of the Longyan."

"After you finish speaking, I have to see if there is anything inappropriate, so as not to have any stains recorded by the Historian."

After hearing this, Liu Zheng laughed and said directly: "My merits and demerits will be judged by future generations; there is no need to record them."

Li Hongtian said "oh," put away the small notebook, and assumed a listening posture.

"I called you here this time to have you increase cooperation with Austria."

"Although we are allies with Prussia, Austria can also be our friend; the two do not conflict. Do you understand?"

Li Hongtian nodded: "Understood."

"Good, find some time recently to go to Vienna once. As long as it does not involve the military industry or manufacturing, we can cooperate with Austria now."

"For example, opening our Longyan restaurants in Austria and introducing Longyan opera."

Li Hongtian pondered for a moment and nodded; there was nothing inappropriate about this.

"Good, I will set off now."

Liu Zheng waved his hand, and Li Hongtian left.

Just after leaving Liu Zheng's room, Li Hongtian took out his small notebook again to record Liu Zheng's words from just now.

A sunny day, Longyan Chief Minister Liu Zheng ordered to increase cooperation with the European country Austria, not

involving military manufacturing, but involving culture. Note: This is the way to weaken an enemy state...

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At this moment, in another part of Europe.

Riding this wave of momentum, Jiang Xuelan negotiated one deal after another in Europe.

Pano, this great European merchant, saw that Jiang Xuelan needed him less and less, while his old rival chose to cooperate with Jiang Xuelan.

He deeply felt that if things continued this way, he wouldn't be able to get a single bite of Jiang Xuelan's goods.

Pano might even be suppressed by his rival in business to the point of having no status at all, and there would no longer be a place for him in all of Europe.

After realizing the severity of the problem, Pano ultimately chose to yield and decided to cooperate with Jiang Xuelan.

In the final opportunity.

By seizing it, years later he would thank himself for the decision he made back then.

Jiang Xuelan's goods were all sold at high prices.

Although Iceland was a Colonial Area of Denmark, Denmark had now almost forgotten about this region.

Denmark was completely unaware of Jiang Xuelan's actions.

Naturally, not a single cent of the huge profits Jiang Xuelan gained from these transactions would be handed over to the Danish government.

Because of Jiang Xuelan's trade, Iceland also opened a port for the first time.

The docks also required more labor, and for the residents on the island, they obtained more wealth through this opportunity.

Upon coming into contact with better things from the outside world, Jones announced with great vision that these were all gifts from God.

Further strengthening his rule over this island.

Jiang Xuelan was indifferent to all of this; she only cared about the profits she gained on Iceland, and as for how Jones wanted to run things, it was all up to him.

Because the goods were all sold out, Jiang Xuelan needed to take her large sum of money back to Longyan to purchase more goods.

Her first mate asked Jiang Xuelan: "Boss, we don't have to pay taxes on this money in Iceland, but if we return to Longyan, we would need to pay a hefty commercial tax on just this large sum of money alone; can we save this money?"

Jiang Xuelan glanced at her first mate and said: "We are able to make money in Europe, and we can ensure there are no pirates on the shipping routes; whose credit do you think all of this is?"

"Is it yours, or mine?"

"We can avoid paying taxes on Iceland because Iceland is not a country and has no laws, but in Longyan, the taxes that should be paid cannot be a cent less; do you understand?"