It's late November, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the winter snow will fall in a few days. ∈↗, and the Zhao family's lower palace, the preparations for the young gentleman's envoy to the Song State are also nearing completion.

Although the Jin State has long been in private affairs, and office affairs have to be paid for in private offices, after all, Zhao Wuxian is the first time to go on an envoy, so the Pedestrian Administration has selected several assistants to accompany him, including one returnee and two husbands.

On this day, the three of them took their bags and drove the cart to report to the new boss, Zhao Wuxian, who was a doctor with the title of "little pedestrian".

"The villain Feng Rin has seen the doctor."

Zhao Wuxian put his hands behind his back, stood on the steps and looked down at this person, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

I saw that he was not more than thirty years old, and he had a big pie face, and what was even more striking was that there was a faint black mark on his forehead, which at first glance looked as if he had been struck with a small stick. He also left a small vertical beard under his chin, which connected the black mark from his head to his chin.

This is the deputy of the envoy, Feng Rin, who is "returning people", wearing a soap-colored dark robe, after bowing to Wuxi, his hands are respectfully placed on the porcelain pendant of his underwear.

Zhao Wuxian already has a lot of ability to understand people, and at first sight, he knew that this person's economic situation was average, and it was estimated that he had no background, and he did not show outstanding talent in conversation.

It's not that Zhao Wuxian judges people by their appearance, but in the Spring and Autumn Period, they attached great importance to their appearance, and Han Hu and Zhiyao were praised for being handsome. Look at Feng Rin's appearance that can lower the appearance of the envoys, he shouldn't have been selected as a pedestrian assistant, but why was he able to get in? You must know that as an envoy of the hegemon, it is a fat shortage to go to other countries.

"Although the villain was transferred to the pedestrian department. But the duty of the ancestor is to seal people, so he is quite familiar with the domestic territory and transportation. I also went to the Song Kingdom once. So the great pedestrians sent me to be a guide for the gentleman. Finalize the route of the trip. ”

In the face of his new boss, Feng Rin was respectful, his words were not impatient, and he directly stated that he was appointed because of his talent.

Fengren is an official position set up in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, responsible for managing the border, as well as accumulating soil for embankments, etc., and is under the jurisdiction of the local government department. Feng Rin's clan came from the official position of the ancestor.

Zhao Wuxian nodded. His concept is that if he is really talented, then he can cover up all the ugliness.

"Good, Yu Zheng lacks an assistant who is familiar with the road, you can come with me."

The two of them walked into the hall one after the other, only to see that there was a noble young man in deep clothes kneeling on the seat, it was Zhao Guangde. He will accompany Wuxian to the east this time, and he was looking at the map of the Jin Kingdom on the long case, and saw Feng Rin coming in. After glancing at him, he also frowned slightly.

Wuxian said: "You come to show me, which road is the most suitable way to go to Song Kingdom this time?" "Treat subordinates. He didn't need to be polite, he directly ordered him to take the school exam.

Feng Rin swallowed, knowing what to say next. will decide whether they will stay or go.

He pulled his fingers, red from his sleeve, and pointed at a square piece of silk. Keep following the thick black line that represents the road and head south: "Doctor Qiyu, we must first go south from Xinjiang." Three days later, they arrived at Won-eup and Dongsan Gaoluo......"

He said slowly, no matter the roads, mountains, rivers, or cities, there was no mistake.

This made Zhao Wuxian look at him with admiration, because Wuxian was dissatisfied with the rough and crude maps provided by Zhao, and this time he went to the Song Kingdom, and decided to bring a few mathematics students from the Jiqiao Academy. Depicting the topography of mountains and rivers, the roads are dangerous, in order to prepare for future wars, with the help of this person, the result is twice the result with half the effort!

Feng Rin continued: "On the fourth day, we will stay at Wangwu Mountain, and after bypassing there, we will be the dangerous road, Taihang, and sheep intestines; After walking in the mountains for three days, we can reach the land of Nanyang, pass through the original county, Wen county, and state county, and cross the big river in Yanjin, south of Chaoge, so far, enter the territory of Weiguo, a total of ten days. From Weiguo to Shangqiu, it will take another five or six days. ”

"It's nearly half a month, and this is still a good condition along the way, and if it rains and snows, it's common to walk for a month."

Zhao Wuxian was speechless in his heart, an average of thirty or forty miles a day, the ancient traffic of this pit father.

What Feng Rin said was actually the route that Zhao Wuxian had determined in his heart, the fastest and safest.

"Isn't Wei Guo now taking refuge in Qi State? Will we be hindered from passing through the guard? ”

Zhao Guangde, who was taking a geography class with Zhao Wuxian just now, asked curiously.

Feng Rin was about to answer, but a voice came from outside the door and said, "Gentleman, you don't know anything about this." ”

A man in deep clothes stepped inside, he was handsome and seven and a half feet tall, but he was also appointed by Zhao Wuxian as the return of Zigong.

Zigong took off his mud-stained shoes outside the hall, walked inside, and saluted Zhao Wuxian, Zhao Guangde, and Feng Rin in the room.

He then pointed to the map and said: "Ci is a patriot, so I know the reason, although Zhuxia is at war, but still pay attention to etiquette and bottom line, promise not to sacrifice Xia prisoners to the Son of Heaven, not to obstruct traffic, not to detain and kill normal envoys." ”

"What's more, although the oath of the Jin and Wei alliances has been broken, the two countries have not yet declared war, let alone the harmonious relations between the Wei and the Song. Therefore, as long as we go to the Song Kingdom in the name of the Song Kingdom, we can go to the Song Kingdom from the false path of the Patriotic State. If Wei Hou dares to stop it, not only will he be condemned by the domestic secretary of state, but the next time he will face it will be the army of the Jin and Song dynasties! ”

Zhao Guangde listened to it with relish, and Feng Rin swallowed back what he was supposed to explain, secretly hating this person for blocking his chance to perform again.

"This is your colleague, and he is a patriot, and he is a patriot, and it is very suitable to be a guide when he passes through the country."

As soon as Zhao Wuxian said this, Feng Rin knew that this person was the patriotic merchant who was growing wheat flour and porcelain for the Zhao family in Jiangxian City, and he was the personal confidant of the doctor.

He lamented in his heart, he was really a selfish man, just a businessman, but he had completed his ten-year promotion path in one year, when would he have this kind of luck? Isn't it just that his appearance is unbearable, and the doctor Yan Ying of Qi is not good-looking, why can he become Qi Xiang?

At this moment, he saw Zhao Wuxian take off his mole skin gloves and stuff them into Feng Rin's hand with a smile.

"What do you mean, Doctor?" Feng Rin was a little confused. Flattered.

"The person who returned the seal is indeed talented, as a wise man. How can you point to mountains and rivers with your bare fingers? It's freezing on this day, so quickly put on to keep warm. ”

This is still the "push clothes" that Zhao Wuxian uses to buy people's hearts. The set of "pushing food and eating", although simple, has been tried and tested repeatedly to deal with the taxis and horsemen in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Sure enough, Feng Rin was also slightly moved, and bowed down again on the spot.

"The villain must do his best to assist the gentleman!"

He secretly said in his heart: "This mole skin glove is a rare thing, I have seen it in the market, but I am reluctant to buy it, so generous and kind to the lord of the ministers." Be sure to climb the ......"

Feng Rin felt that this time he was afraid that he would have to face the competition of Zigong, and if he wanted to be promoted by the doctor afterwards and get more credit, he had to perform well. Well, in the future, when the doctor asks about the road situation, and even the words of pedestrians, it will be better than Zigong!

Presumably, this small businessman who got a position by virtue of nepotism. I don't know anything about that.

Zigong came at this time, but he reported to Zhao Wuxian, saying that the special car was almost completed.

Zhao Wuxian said with a happy face: "Good! Seal back people, you came just in time. Come with me to see if this new carriage is fit for the road. ”

Zhao Wuxian maintained the prestige of his boss and was not humble. Feng Rin hurriedly walked side by side with Zigong and followed him outside.

their destination. It is the car workshop under the jurisdiction of the grandson of the king of the lower palace, in which there are wheel people making wheels and people making carriages. When the Shirtless and the others enter the workshop. Craftsmen were assembling the last few parts of the carriage and wrapping the leather, while the colorsmiths were dyeing some of the parts with lacquer.

Feng Rin curiously observed the big cart in front of him, it was no different from the production process of an ordinary carriage, but the special thing was that it was...... It has four wheels!

Zigong kindly introduced: "Le Da Sicheng is old, recovering from a serious illness, and can't bear the bumps, so the gentleman let the wheelers and the people make this kind of carriage. ”

Feng Rin suddenly realized: "It turns out that a few days ago, the gentleman went to the pedestrian office to ask for the idle four-wheeled car, which was used for this purpose!" ”

He just found out that Zigong habitually called Zhao Wuxian "gentleman", which seemed to be more intimate than the "next doctor" he shouted, and peeked at Zhao Wuxian's face to be nothing unusual, and quietly changed it.

Zhao Wuxian didn't know that he was careful, but was observing the big car in front of him.

The two-wheeled chariot of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, since the rise of the Xia and Shang eras, has always been the main tool for war, travel, and transportation.

Zhao Wuxian rides all year round, and it is good to say that if he walks dozens of miles in a row, his waist will be broken, and the axle will break from time to time. It is no wonder that in this era, exchanges between countries are so limited, and the travel is so slow, in addition to the poor condition of the roads, but also because of the backward means of transportation.

Therefore, in the view of the shirtless, the two-wheeled carriage has the advantage of being light to drive and can impact and gallop on the battlefield for short distances. However, if it is an ordinary means of transportation, even if the interior decoration is comfortable and the car is warm, it is still extremely unfriendly to passengers.

He didn't have much idea at first, just had people strengthen the axles and adjust the torque. However, when he got the duty of the little pedestrian and went to the pedestrian office to report, Zhao Wuxian made an unexpected discovery in the garage.

It was a dusty, four-wheeled warm car with a unique shape that shocked the shirtless at the time. This thing is very similar to the four-wheeled carriage of Western Europe in later generations, but after returning to this era, he has never seen it on the road.

Zhao Wuxian only knew when he asked that this was something from the Qin State.

Decades ago, the prince of Qin was at odds with Uncle Qin, so he went to Jin to become a doctor. Legend has it that when he went out, he took all the belongings of the estates with him: first, he built a boat on the river, and nearly a thousand oxen and carriages of different sizes and shapes stretched for ten miles. From Yongcheng, the capital of Qin, to Xinjiang, these vehicles went back to pull new belongings after they came, and it took eight times to pull them back.

The husband is not guilty, and he is responsible, this rich son who left the motherland and lost his protection finally became a fish belly arbitrarily divided by the Qing clan in the Jin Kingdom. In the end, the property was dispersed, the clan was nowhere to be found, and the pedestrian department also pulled the four-wheeled warm car back to the treasury, but abandoned it.

"The world doesn't know Maxima!" Zhao Wuxian sighed, and then unceremoniously became a Bole.

ps: The four-wheeled bronze carriage model was unearthed in the tomb of Qin Wengong (to be continued......)

ps: Thank you book friends Tang Tang'an, Wu Qi Jiangfeng, Qin Huang Han Wu, Xiao Qi Civilization Miracle, Butterfly Zhu for the reward!

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