The most important way of commercial publicity in the Tang Dynasty is newspapers now.

Whether it is a comprehensive newspaper like the Tang Daily, a relatively special newspaper like the Economic Daily, or a newspaper like the Moon Daily that focuses on urban gossip.

All rely on advertising to survive.

But today, these newspapers have published an advertisement in the same way.

"A personal steam locomotive will change your way of travel!"

"There must be a road before the car arrives in the mountains, and there must be a road when there is a hard-boat steam locomotive!"

"A steam locomotive that can walk without rails!"

"Lao Niu Steam Locomotive, leading the fashion trend!"

Obviously, Jingmu has invested a lot.

If Laoniu Steam Locomotive Workshop performs poorly in the Datang Stock Exchange then, it is estimated that Lao Hansan will have the idea of ​​speculating on him.

"Langjun, have you read today's newspaper?"

When the carriage was in the south of the city, the shopkeeper Wei immediately came up as soon as he saw Wei Siren.

"You are talking about the Laoniu steam locomotive?"

Wei Siren's face was relaxed, obviously he had read today's newspaper.

In fact, there are very few people who do not read newspapers every day, whether it is a noble child or a businessman.

There is no way, who has made this era, there are too few channels for everyone to obtain information.

Now that we have finally had such a convenient thing as newspapers, we naturally have to make full use of it.

Don’t think that nobles can eat, drink and have fun. In fact, most of the time they do things online.

"Yes, although I don't know what their steam locomotive looks like, judging from the advertisement, it should be possible to walk on concrete roads.

If this can really achieve this goal, it may have a great impact on our four-wheeled carriage business."

Manager Wei has experienced many ups and downs in recent years, and his vigilance is much better than before.

Although it seems that the things produced by the Laoniu Steam Locomotive Workshop are a bit incredible.

But are there still few incredible products that have emerged in the workshop city over the years?

Not to mention other things, I also have bicycles produced by my own home, which were products that everyone dared not think of before.

"I think you're too worried. How much does a steam engine cost? How much does a four-wheeled carriage cost?

Not to mention whether such a large steam engine can be installed on a carriage, even if it is successful, the price will definitely not be low.

At that time, if a steam locomotive costs hundreds of cents of chunks of money, but the sound is very loud and there is no riding comfort at all, then who else will buy it?"

Wei Siren's words obviously did not take steam locomotive seriously.

It’s not that he had not taken the Mingzuo Railway, but he was impressed by the appearance of the steam locomotive.

At the beginning, he also specifically learned why steam locomotives had to walk on the rails.

Now someone told him that he had developed a steam locomotive that could walk on the road, but he didn't believe it.

Even if there is really, there must be many flaws.

So he really didn't worry much.

So what if there are too many advertisements?

If no one buys it, it will be a waste.

Over the years, advertising has been very big, but it has not been seen before.

"That's right, but it's definitely a good idea to dare to do such a big move by Laoniu Steam Locomotive Workshop, so it's not going to waste money there, right?"

Although Manager Wei also recognized what his husband said.

But subconsciously, he still felt that this matter was not that simple.

The Laoniu Transportation Team is now the largest transport team in the Tang Dynasty and has a great influence in Chang'an City.

Even most workshops are not as powerful as the Laoniu Transportation Team.

After all, the Laoniu Transportation Team has to deal with the people every day.

The ability to build one's own industry to its current scale, Zhanggui Wei thinks that Lao Hansan should not be such an unreliable person.

"Who knows, anyway, in a short period of time, I don't think that steam locomotives may be popularized to thousands of households.

Look at our four-wheeled carriage, which is much more convenient than steam locomotives, but how many people in the entire Tang Dynasty own four-wheeled carriages?

Nowadays, a steam locomotive that is more expensive than a four-wheeled carriage appears. How many people will buy it?

The structure of the steam locomotive is so complicated. What should I do if it breaks down halfway?

A bunch of problems are waiting for Lao Hansan to deal with. Look, this is destined to be a loss-making business.

If Lao Hansan is more stable and studies it carefully for a few years, and then launching a mature steam locomotive, there may be some chance of winning."

Wei Siren's insight cannot be said to be unreasonable.

In fact, it will definitely take several years to truly popularize steam locomotives, even on a small scale.

Even if the prototype car can walk normally, there must be some problems.

Of course, Jingmu also knows this problem.

In this case, he would do this, and the main reason was naturally to list on the Datang Stock Exchange.

Of course, in addition to this, he felt that steam locomotives were toys for rich people in the early days.

As long as it's fashionable enough.

Performance and price are sometimes not that important.

After all, for some nobles and wealthy businessmen, they mainly use steam locomotives in Chang'an City.

As long as it is cool enough, it is enough.

Besides, the annual output of this steam locomotive must have been very low at the beginning.

After all, most parts are made by hand, but the production efficiency is not very high.

If you want to build a full assembly line workshop, you must wait until the steam locomotive technology matures before there is hope.

"Well, what you said makes sense. But in the long run, this steam locomotive still has some prospects.

The most important thing is that once the steam locomotive develops, it will definitely have a huge impact on our four-wheeled carriages.

In order to prevent this risk, I feel it is necessary to invest some manpower and material resources and also study our steam locomotives.

If the steam locomotive technology really matures one day, we won’t be in a hurry.”

Manager Wei was quite considerate.

He didn't want to suddenly wake up one day and find that his workshop was eliminated by the times.

"The Tang Daily" once said, "When the times abandon you, they won't even say hello to you."

"Okay, since you think it's necessary, then draw some craftsmen to study steam locomotives. However, the annual funding can be given is relatively limited, so you don't have to have particularly high expectations."

Wei Siren obviously still doesn't want to invest his profits into the hole where he can't see the future.

How great is it to have money to keep it in your hands?

"No problem, we are just conducting some technical reserve research. We don't need to make the scale as large as the Laoniu Steam Locomotive Workshop, and the money we need is relatively limited."
Chapter completed!