Chapter 494 - 322 A Few Years Later_3
Why was it to be built in Bushen Village? It was for the convenience of Hongji management, and the designers could return home to live every day.
The bicycle factory had an iron workshop, other spare parts workshops, and assembly workshops, each workshop separated so no one could learn another’s skills, only mastering one specific technique.
Once outside, they could perform only a certain job, but could not produce an entire bicycle on their own.
Ever since Ye Shiqi’s copied wooden bicycle left the factory, commoners could afford one to carry goods to the market or sell them in the county town.
For just a bit more than the cost of an ox cart, they didn’t have to rely on walking, which was much slower, though buying a bicycle was somewhat painful to the wallet.
But it would last a long time, saving them time and effort, which many farmers welcomed.
The pricier wooden bicycles were particularly popular among men from wealthy families, as they no longer had to rely solely on horse-riding or carriage-riding as modes of transport, falling in love with cycling.
Initially sold in the county town, then to the neighboring markets, and eventually nationwide.
Others, seeing someone succeed in creating and selling a new profitable product, began to investigate.
Some already started to research, buying a bicycle to study its parts, then began to make imitations.