Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop.

Wang Fugui finally breathed a sigh of relief when he got off the latest model car.

After specialized tests on evil roads and specially designed rain tests, the new luxury horse-drawn carriages have finally gone through the test.

This luxurious horse carriage named Honor No. 1 by Li Kuan can be said to be a concentrated reflection of the best carriage technology of this era.

"Shopkeeper Wang, can you finally be finalized now?"

Song Bingyin's mood is finally no longer anxious now.

During this period, he almost ate, drank, defecate and sedate in the workshop.

The concubines at home are probably going to be in trouble.

"I will send a Glory No. 1 to the Prince's Highness, and let him confirm in person to see if there is anything else that needs improvement."

When Wang Fugui said this, he was full of confidence.

Obviously, the efforts during this period have achieved the result.

All the things Li Kuan wanted to react at that time, Honor No. 1, had already reacted.

The comfort level of this carriage has been improved many times before.

“As we imagined before, we made several versions of the carriage using wood and stainless steel.

At that time, can we promote some of these styles to the market for sale?

With the competitiveness of our carriages, whether it is a carriage shop in the south of the city or other carriage workshops, we will never dare to call our carriage a luxury carriage in the future, right?"

Song Bingyin said this very domineeringly.

The carriage in front of him gave him the confidence to speak like this.

Whether it is the use of pneumatic tires, the smooth development of the sunroof, or the specially made carriage sofa in Yuchicheng sofa workshop, it greatly improves the comfort of Honor One.

To be honest, this carriage is the Tang Dynasty version of Rolls-Royce.

"According to His Royal Highness's previous view, while we prepare the carriage for the Southern Tour for His Majesty, we can also use relevant technologies on other carriages.

But then our carriage should not be called Honor 1. It can be changed slightly, and it is called Honor 2."

Wang Fugui still knows Li Kuan's thoughts very well.

Li Kuan will definitely not waste it if he can maximize the use of these technologies.

For the carriage industry in Datang, after more than ten years of rapid development, a new round of upgrades is now required.

As more and more cement roads were built in the Tang Dynasty, more and more people were buying carriages.

The Tang Dynasty now occupies Liaodong Road, Zhenbei Road, and Longyou Road, which are rich in horses.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty was not as expensive as the Song Dynasty, when horses were not as expensive as those in the Song Dynasty.

"Then I will start to arrange production preparations for Honor 2 now.

After the official release of Honor 1, which Your Majesty uses, our Honor 2 will definitely sell very well."

Song Bingyin now has more confidence in his own workshop.

As the largest workshops in Chang'an City, the number of craftsmen and helpers in the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop now exceeds 3,000.

In later generations, this number may not be an exaggeration.

After all, any automobile company has tens of thousands of employees.

Some large central enterprises have tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of employees.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, workshops with a scale of more than 200 people can actually be considered large workshops.

If there are more than one thousand people in scale, it will be considered a huge workshop.

As for the scale of thousands of people, there are only dozens of families in the entire Tang Dynasty.

Most of them are cotton and garment workshops.

...

"Langjun, we just got a message, and the situation may not be very good."

In the south of the city, Wei Siren had just arrived here, and Wei Bao came to him with a heavy expression on his face.

"Is something going on?"

Wei Siren's heart skipped a beat, but his face was calm.

"The Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop specially produced a luxury carriage for His Majesty, which is said to be called Glory One.

This Honor No. 1 not only uses the carriage sofa from the Yuchicheng sofa workshop, but also uses pneumatic tires produced by the Michelin rubber workshop.

A sunroof is even more novel, and the glass of this sunroof is said to be able to be opened and closed.

The comfort and luxury of the entire carriage have been greatly improved.

They made such a carriage, and related technologies will surely be used quickly on other styles of luxury carriages.

When we compare, we will find that their carriages are much better than those of other families. I guess fewer people will buy our luxury carriages immediately."

Although the most popular carriages in the city are two-wheeled rickshaws.

But as an insider, Wei Bao naturally knows what car to sell is the most profitable.

The higher the price of a carriage, the more profit it will be.

This principle will be the same even in later generations.

For example, a BMW 5 Series that costs 500,000 yuan may be able to earn more than 100,000 yuan if you sell a car.

But even if a Passat that costs more than 200,000 yuan is well controlled, it will only earn 20,000 or 30,000 yuan at most.

As for the Corolla, which costs more than 100,000 yuan, it is probably a good profit of several thousand yuan.

However, in fact, the production cost of a BMW 5 Series and Passat is far less than that big.

If this situation is reflected in the high and low-end models of the same brand, the difference will be even more obvious.

For example, the price difference between BMW 1 and BMW 5 series is 300,000, but the cost may be only 100,000.

For example, Toyota's Camry with a cost of more than 200,000 yuan and Levine, which is more than 20,000 yuan, may be less than 20,000 yuan.

This will lead to selling low-end Leiling, which may almost never make money.

However, selling higher-end Camry may earn tens of thousands of yuan per car.

This is also why when there is a shortage of chips, all car companies are desperately producing high-end models.

If you can’t do low-end ones, you won’t do them anymore, and you won’t make much money anyway.

The result is that although sales have dropped, profits have risen.

“Is this news reliable?”

After listening to Wei Bao's report, Wei Siren's expression also became heavier.

The carriage workshop we came from home was not as good as the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop.

Now they have upgraded their products more quickly than themselves, what should we do?

Could it be that there were two types of carriage workshops in the Tang Dynasty in the future, one was a Mercedes-Benz carriage, and the other was other carriages?

This is obviously not the scene that Wei Siren hopes to see.

“While I hope these messages are fake, unfortunately, these sources are very reliable.

In such a large workshop, many news cannot be concealed.

Even if many people don’t know the details, some things in general cannot be hidden.”

Wei Bao was not proud of his vast supernatural powers at this time.

Sometimes, being a shopkeeper who knows nothing seems to have a higher sense of happiness.

"Have we been in contact with the Michelin rubber workshop? Are they willing to sell pneumatic tires to us?"

Wei Siren was silent for a moment and began to think about countermeasures.

Whether it is the carriage sofa produced by Yuchicheng Sofa Workshop or the pneumatic tires produced by Michelin rubber workshop, they are not designed and commissioned by Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop.

This means that the carriage shop in the south of the city can also be purchased by them.

There is a sunroof left that you can't handle, and you can keep it behind and find a way.

"I've contacted it! That Michelin didn't directly reject us.

However, the current production capacity of pneumatic tires cannot even meet the demand of the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop, and there is no way to supply us in a short period of time.

On the contrary, in the Yuchi Cheng sofa workshop, as long as we are willing to buy it at a high price, they are willing to sell carriage sofas to us."

Wei Bao reported a bad news.

"Their production capacity is not enough, so invest equipment as soon as possible and recruit craftsmen and helpers.

If they don’t have money, we can directly invest in this new production line. We spend our wallet to produce one of their production lines, and in the future, this production line will produce pneumatic tires for us.”
To be continued...