The spring is warm, although the time is almost to the time of Shen, but the sun is still hanging in the air, Xianyang City is also the most lively time of the day, the street is bustling with people everywhere, the street at the gate of Qinghe Park is even more crowded, the sound of shouting and selling and all kinds of snacks fill the whole street.

Qinghe Garden and Liuxiang Garden gate opposite, in and out of the people and vehicles in and out of an endless stream, is definitely the most prosperous place in Xianyang today, there is no one.

Since the opening of Qinghe Garden, the business of the Lingering Fragrance Garden opposite has also improved several times, and the civilians who come to play nearby cannot afford to spend in the Qinghe Garden, most of them will go to the Lingering Fragrance Garden to play, fighting dogs and throwing pot dice, and all kinds of cheers and cheers sounded all day long.

When Chen Xu and Ying Shiyan Mengwan accompanied Meng Yi's family to Qinghe Garden in a carriage, when they entered the garden gate, they suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd of onlookers, who turned out to be Ma Teng.

When Ma Teng saw Chen Xu, he was excited and ready to wave to say hello, but Chen Xu gave him a look, Ma Teng immediately woke up and quickly retreated, and Chen Xu's carriage entered Qinghe Park without the slightest stop.

Qinghe Garden was as lively as ever, the courtyard was full of all kinds of horse-drawn carriages, most of which had been replaced by new four-wheeled carriages, and many of the windows were also equipped with glass, and it was obvious that these princes and wealthy merchants had chased the trend of luxury and fashion.

First of all, there must be horses at home, and this alone clicks off 90% of Daqin's population, horses can only eat forage, ordinary farmers can raise them, but it costs money to buy horses, any batch of old horses and inferior horses cost hundreds of dollars, and the same is true for foals, which can afford to raise and afford.

And to raise the carriage but also to afford the coachman, because driving is a technical job, in this era without clutch and brakes, if you are not very familiar with the character of the horse, can let the horse do the order forbidden, if you are not careful, the horse will lose its temper, the consequences of the carriage out of control are not less than the damage caused by the loss of control of the motor vehicle in later generations, and to drive for the prince and princess, there must be a corresponding military lord to travel, the coachman's license is not so easy to get.

And if you want to afford a groom and build a carriage, don't even think about it if you don't have an annual income of thousands of dollars, any two-wheeled carriage that carries people costs thousands of dollars, and the maintenance costs of changing the axles and wheels every year are a lot of money, and the annual income of thousands of dollars is a sign of entering the rich class, which is enough to ensure that a family of six or seven people has no worries about food and clothing.

Of course, in addition to driving the carriage, there are ox carts and donkey carts, and the requirements are relatively low, because the speed of the ox carts and donkey carts is too slow, and the daily travel of sixty or seventy miles is not much faster than walking, although it is enough to eat grass, but the efficiency is too low, so the donkey carts and ox carts are generally trucks, or only in remote rural counties, and there are basically not many in a metropolis like Xianyang, and the princes and princes and wealthy businessmen are even more disdainful.

And since Chen Xu solved the flexible steering of the four-wheeled carriage, now the four-wheeled carriage has begun to be popularized in a large area among the wealthy class, not because they can't afford it, but because it is too late for several carriage factories outside the city to make it.

Huang Fuque, who heard the news, came up with a group of stewards from the hotel to greet him, and watched Chen Xu get off the carriage with a wound on his face and a slight limp, and hurriedly rushed up to help Chen Xu down, and then Ying Shiyan and Meng Wan followed down with Xing'er and Yu Ji.

Meng Yi and his wife also got out of the car, and Meng Yun and Ying Liyan also got off a carriage behind them with their daughter.

After a messy greeting, a group of people went to the Rising Sun Dongsheng Pavilion where Chen Xu specially invited guests to dinner.

"Master Hou, I heard that you fell off the horse, it's okay!" Huangfu asked cautiously.

"It's okay, you hurry up and arrange someone to prepare the banquet!" Chen Xu waved his hand to drive Huangfu away from the shortage, this guy is completely unopen which pot to mention, he is embarrassed today, it is estimated that the entire Xianyang City will know it tomorrow.

While waiting for the meal, Xing'er and Yu Ji took Meng Ping'er to play in the yard, and the four women, Ying Shiyan, Meng Wan and Ying Liyan, as well as Meng Yi's wife, gathered inside to play mahjong and chat and laugh, and only Chen Xu, Meng Yun and Meng Yi were left on the table.

"Virtuous son-in-law, I heard that Ling Zun has been missing for seven years and suddenly returned home?" Meng Yi asked lightly as he drank tea.

"Yes, my father participated in the Battle of Chu seven years ago and suffered heavy losses on the battlefield...... Chen Xu took out what he had said to the emperor while drinking tea.

"Since Brother Tiger is back, why didn't he come to Xianyang with him, so that my father-in-law and I can still get together from time to time to chat and drink, wouldn't it be happy!" Meng Yi said with some regret.

Chen Xu's cheek couldn't help jumping a few times, and he couldn't help but scold a few words.

Although my father is not a good father, there is a woman outside who is unwilling to return home, but the father-in-law is not a good father-in-law, is a well-known old hooligan in Xianyang, if my father comes to Xianyang, it is estimated that he will be damaged by you in a few days, what if he buys a concubine at home in three days, although the status of the concubine is low, but if he gives birth to a large number of half-brothers and sisters, how will he face it in the future, so it is better for your two parents not to meet.

"Brother-in-law, how did you calculate that Uncle Tiger is still alive?" Meng Yun, who had been silent from the beginning to now, suddenly asked curiously.

"There are people who deduce the heavenly machine since ancient times, many Fang Dao warlocks who have studied the Book of Changes can calculate some bad luck, the virtuous son-in-law is a disciple of the immortal family, it is naturally not difficult to calculate, let you read more books on weekdays, but you only like to follow a group of gentlemen all day long, they are such a big person and don't return home all day, don't say that the princess is cold, now a grandson has not been born to the old man, the old man has endured you for a long time!" Meng Yi blew his beard and glared.

Belch! Meng Yun's neck shrunk, and he couldn't wait to bury his head under the table.

Chen Xu also looked out the window with a shake of his face, and the old rascal seemed to start pointing at Sang and scolding Huai again.

"Father-in-law, my uncle is now in charge of the papermaking workshops in the country, and he is busy every day, and now that the spring is pleasant, he has some fun in his spare time, so why blame!" Chen Xu exonerated his eldest brother.

"What my brother-in-law said is that I haven't played for a long time, and now paper mills are opening everywhere in the country, and I need to arrange craftsmen and craftsmen to guide, I eat and live in the office, and I don't have time to go home, and I didn't mean to snub the princess......" Meng Yun defended himself as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Fart, the old man saw you play on Yiguan Street until the early hours of the morning before returning home, could it be that you are blind to the old man!" Meng Yi reprimanded angrily.

"Ah, why does my father know that I was playing until dawn on Yiguan Street?" Meng Yun stammered and looked at his father.

"Hmph, the old man naturally went to play on Yiguan Street!" Meng Yi said angrily.

"That'...... Then why didn't I see my father's car? ”

"The old man naturally went secretly......

Chen Xu was full of black lines, and he had no words for the father and son.

Crows don't talk about pig black, in fact, they are all the same virtues, ancestral hooligans.

Meng Yi seemed to feel that it was indeed a bit embarrassing to talk about this topic in front of his son-in-law, so he snorted coldly and went to watch a few women play mahjong inside, Chen Xu and Meng Yun looked up at each other with relief, and then breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"Brother-in-law, are you okay with your injuries?" Meng Yun finally asked about Chen Xu's injuries for the first time.

"It's okay, it's okay, blame me for being too careless, the pull of the bamboo kite was too big after it lifted off, and I forgot your instructions at the time, and now I am worried about my uncle and a few friends!" Chen Xu blushed and apologized.

"Alas, it seems that we can only play some of my brother-in-law's paper kites in the future, and it's easy to fly, but it's a pity that there is no manhood at all to play!" Meng Yun covered his bruised cheeks and shook his head with a sigh.

"Paper kites can only be played by women and children, how can we play with those boring things, wait a few days for my uncle to help me find a few craftsmen who can make bamboo kites, and we will make a glider!"

When I was a child, I was very interested in playing kites, and now that I am older, Chen Xu can't raise his interest in the activity of flying kites, but after playing with bamboo kites today, Chen Xu suddenly found that the craftsman level of Daqin is already very good, and this kind of bamboo kite may really be able to carry people to fly if it is well designed and transformed.

Gliders are the same as sailboats, they belong to high-end equipment in the sports activity group, and the groups that can afford to play these two are not afraid of death and tired, and people who have leisure and money, are much taller than climbing and climbing, although the degree of danger is also much higher, but they still can't stop those sports enthusiasts whose heads are tied to the waistband of their trousers, and then people are not happy to play gliders, and people with forked heads began to play with gliders.

Chen Xu's head is of course not forked, but you might as well pick up some people who are not afraid of death and love adventurous sports activities to participate in it, once the experiment is successful, it will definitely push the theory of aerodynamics forward a lot, since ancient times, like a bird to spread its wings and fly freely in the blue sky has always been the ultimate dream of human beings, and there are countless people in human history who have shed blood in the sky, but they still can't stop the human desire to fly.

"What is a glider?" For this new term that popped out of Chen Xu's mouth, Meng Yun was suddenly full of doubts and interest.

"The glider is an enlarged version of the bamboo kite, which is several times larger than yours, and then it can fly into the air with people using the wind!"

"Take someone to the sky?!" Meng Yun Huoran stood up.

"Yes, today when I was flying the bamboo kite, I was dragged off the horse's back by the huge pull generated by the bamboo kite's lift-off, if we continue to enlarge the bamboo kite, change the structure so that people can hide in the belly of the bamboo kite, as long as the bamboo kite runs fast enough and the wind is strong enough, it will definitely be able to fly into the sky, like a goshawk in the sky wings soaring......"