Chapter 238: The Threshold of the Big Car
As soon as Zhao Wuxian saw the quaint four-wheeled vehicle, he couldn't put it down, and immediately pulled it back to the lower palace as a tolerance fee.
However, because of the age, many parts and wooden structures have deteriorated, so they can only be disassembled by craftsmen and carefully studied. Combined with the style that later generations sporadically remembered, a new kind of sturdy, safe, shockproof four-wheeled carriage was made.
Although there were many bottlenecks in the production process, the cost far exceeded the budget. However, under the continuous mention of Zhao Wuxian, and the suggestion of Gong, a merchant who transports goods by car all the year round, Wang Sunqi, and even experts such as Mail Wuzheng and other car players participated, and these problems were solved one by one.
You have a life, and the craftsman has to keep experimenting, and finally make something unsatisfactory.
Of course, this is unsatisfactory, in the eyes of Zhao Wuxian, who has a high vision. In Feng Rin's eyes, the simple and generous, sturdy and durable car in front of him has reached the specifications of the heavenly ride.
"Wonderful car!" He couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
"When Mu Tian traveled west, the eight horses he rode in drove were nothing more than that!"
Although this four-wheeled carriage has not yet been completed, anyone can see that it must be a pleasure to sit in such a carriage.
Wheelers made sturdier and stronger axles, using hardwood-clad bronze and cork. The hubs and spokes are also made of soft and hard wood, with hardwood supporting cork for shock absorption, and a combination of wear-resistant bronze between the wheels and axles.
The public added a sturdy support frame under the carriage, tied the upper carriage with multiple layers of tough leather, and then supported the four walls of the carriage with cork and bronze. As an auxiliary support to prevent the carriage from tilting and overturning in the shaking, the horse-drawn carriage was built to carry four or five adults, or to pull the same weight of cargo.
"The front wheels of the carriage also have a simple steering device, and there is a slight shock absorption under the carriage, which takes a lot of thought and materials."
Zhao Wuxian introduced a little proudly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the cost of this big car was enough to make five combat vehicles. And he is not very satisfied.
The four-wheeled carriage has relatively high requirements for the condition, and the Jinnan area that this journey will pass through is relatively flat and densely populated, and it is also a relatively well-built official road. Continue eastbound to reach the vicinity of Wangwu Mountain. You'll have to worry.
Wang Wu, if you think about the story, you can understand that it is by no means an open and flat place, and the next "sheep intestine", as soon as you hear this name, you know that it is not good.
Wuxian thought to himself, "Actually. It would be better if the math students in Jiqiaotang could draw a detailed structural drawing, and then replace the bronze parts and frame with high-quality iron or steel. ”
But this is beyond the limits of science and technology and materials in the Spring and Autumn Period, and only after the development of the Digital Science Hall and the further progress of iron-smelting technology can we expect a breakthrough.
In order to make Le Qi more comfortable, and in order to please Le Ling, who has been lukewarm to him these days, Zhao Wuxian can be regarded as painstaking.
However, because it is played in the name of tolerance. So it's the money of the lower palace, and it's the manpower of the lower palace...... Although the technology is not yet mature, in the future, four-wheeled carriages will have more uses and the price will be cheaper.
After the carriage was completed, the date of departure from Xinjiang was also set, and it will depart in a few days!
And the last aftermath of the last Zhao Ying's coma crisis also quietly ended.
The retainer who reported to the outside was deprived of his status as a doctor and killed in the lower palace market, and the audience was blocked, and everyone who had different intentions was afraid for a while. And the heart is to Zhongxin, and Shuqi's vote of the doctor has also been removed from his post. He was sent to a remote town to pioneer the wilderness.
All the retainers speculated that the lord was going to carry out a major purge of the Zhao family, and when the lord returned, it would be a clean house!
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Far East. Outside the gate of Linziji, a farewell is being held.
"If a strong man goes, there are nine deaths but no life, if he dies for personal anger, he dies for his husband, and he dies for the hegemony of Qi country. To die for the king is for the countryman! "The young Chen Heng was dressed in wide sleeves, holding a bronze jue, and came to perform for Gu Ye.
After the tall and strong Gu Ye drank the wine, he then sat on the back of the car, but he still thought that Chen Shijun had said something similar when he stopped himself from killing himself.
At that time, Qi Hou, who had been silently watching Tian Kaijiang and Gongsun Ji commit suicide, looked wandering, bowed slightly, and agreed to Chen Heng's suggestion.
And Lao Yan, who failed to complete the "Second Peach Killer", sighed secretly, and looked at Chen Heng with admiration and helplessness in his eyes.
"The Chen family has another world-class talent, Chen Wuyu, Chen Qi, Sima Sui Tho, Sun Wu, plus Chen Heng, why is this family full of talents?"
"The phoenix emperor is in the dragon, and the song is loud; After having a concubine, she will be raised in ginger; Fifth Qichang, Yu Zhengqing; After the eighth generation, Mo Zhi and Jing. Was Dr. Yi Zhong's divination true? ”
Gu Ye didn't know Yan Ying's worries, he had been completely persuaded by the witty Chen Heng, and he only thought about one thing in his heart: "If I can kill that person, I will definitely be famous all over the world, and I will be ashamed!" No regrets! ”
A few days ago, Shivalu returned triumphantly, but today, only Gu Ye's lonely figure was silent. With a bundle of skins, cloth, and hemp rope tied behind him, he glanced at the city of Linzi, which was getting farther and farther away, for the last time, and then headed west without looking back.
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In the southern suburbs of Xinjiang, the people of Guoye who entered the city early in the morning also witnessed a huge trip.
At the head was a chariot, Yu Rong was young, and behind him stood a gentleman in a deep coat and wide sleeves, wearing a distant travel crown, and a tall curtain armor soldier holding a knot.
Jing, is a flag decorated with bird feathers or yak tails, "where it is envoys, it must be a festival", generally held by the envoys of other countries, used to show identity, the person who came is ordered by the king, is about to send the Zhao Jun of the Song State without mercy.
Before the official mission, the Jin and Song countries still had to make some negotiations, and the Wei Guo that passed along the way also had to be borrowed by the Song State, so it was delayed until today, and at the end of November, it was obtained.
Gradually, the whole picture of the convoy has been revealed in front of everyone, it is a huge queue of steps, and there are more than one person. At the front and on both sides of the chariot were more than twenty single horsemen, all of whom straddled tall horses, with bows and arrows on their saddles, and watched vigilantly at all the idlers around them.
After that, there were more than 20 Zhao family guards wearing armor and carrying poplar shields. They are guarding the key figures in this recruitment.
And the vehicle that was in the center of the team and was heavily protected made the people stunned.
It was a big four-wheel drive car, pulled by a horse. The flag on the side of the car is the white-background Xuanbird pattern of the Song Kingdom. The workmanship of the car is exquisite, the materials are exquisite, the paint is dyed with red and black, painted with the dragon pattern, and the gluttonous pattern. Cloud and thunder pattern, solemn and beautiful.
When the convoy slowly passed through the south gate of Xinjiang, there were more and more onlookers, compared to the two-wheeled car that everyone was tired of seeing, today's four-wheeled vehicle is a rare thing, and many people have turned their heads to each other.
"Oh my God, what is this? The monarch and the six kings traveled with such grandeur. ”
"Lao Yu remembers that forty years ago, when the Duke of Qin was silent. There are similar big cars in the fleet......"
"Is it Zhao Shijun who has made up something strange and ingenious again?"
At this moment, the people in the southern suburbs of Xinjiang could only admire, and on a watchtower used to defend against the enemy, the music Fuli who came to see Zhao Wuxian go away was also speechless.
"It's so magnificent, Zhang, you said that if I ask Zhao for such a big car, can he give it?"
Zhang Meng laughed and said nothing.
Zhao Wuxian informed him when he made this thing, and at that time, some of the retainers of the lower palace thought that it was too luxurious to make such a big car, but Zhao Wuxian said such a thing.
"There are two ways to store up for your possessions. Open source and throttling. I made wheat flour, burned porcelain, promoted the method of Daitian, and obtained gold for Zhao's family. is open source; The treasury is overflowing, the people are well-off, and new houses have been built one after another, but my own living room has never been renovated, which is to save money. ”
"It is both open source and throttling, and I have got a lot of money. Where will the money be spent? Naturally, it is used where it can benefit the Zhao family. Le Da Sicheng was imprisoned, it was because of the Zhao family, how could he not express his gratitude and apology? The Song State is an ally of the Jin State, the monarch does not dislike my youth, and grants me the important task of hiring and asking, this trip represents the Zhao family, on behalf of the Jin State, how can I not make the envoy's queue and honor guard more atmospheric, so that after the Song people see it, they can also praise the 'majesty of the hegemon'! ”
"I just want you...... No, it was the Lord who was able to return safely! Zhang Mengtan thought silently that he had been accepted as a younger brother, and he would be familiar with political affairs in the lower palace with him, and officially become the preparatory retainer of the Zhao family.
This decision was made entirely because of Zhao Wuxian's performance in the past year, which gave Zhang Mengtan strong expectations for Zhao's future.
Zhao Wuxian wanted the people of the Song Kingdom to see that the Jin Kingdom was still a great country, and the Zhao family was still a great family, but it was the people of Xinjiang who praised it first.
"I never thought that after mourning the father, I would be able to see the majesty of the hegemon again!" This is the sigh of some aging Chinese people.
"The effect of this move is good, the Chinese people love to watch the excitement, and Zhao's prestige in Xinjiang is about to rise again." In the four-wheeled carriage that was driving smoothly, Le Qi said this with a smile.
And Le Ling, who lifted the thick silk curtain to reveal a corner and observed the situation outside, turned red, retracted his head and said angrily: "Father should call him Taicai." ”
The interior of the carriage, which everyone was deeply curious about, was chosen in a beautiful bright yellow, which looked warm and comfortable in winter. There are two rows of four couches in the space of the carriage, and there is a small case fixed in the carriage, and there is an incense burner on the dark case, and a few wisps of green smoke rise, exactly, there is also a special medicinal fragrance made by Le Ling for Le Qi.
"If a son-in-law is like a half, the old man can naturally be called so." Le Qi was in a good mood, and found a half-written volume of "Le's Historical Records", and wanted to read it.
Le Ling snatched it unceremoniously and said, "Father, you can't read and write on a bumpy car, it will hurt your eyes." ”
Le Qi stroked his beard and smiled: "If I can write a few more volumes of family history, why should I be stingy with my faint old eyes?" Besides, this big car is running smoothly, like walking on the ground, without mercy, for the sake of the old man's body, and in order to make you suffer less, I just managed to make this thing. ”
When Le Ling heard this sentence in the past, he would definitely bow his head slightly shyly, and his heart was full of warmth, but now, in addition to these joys, there are complicated troubles.
On the lower palace floor that day, the conversation between Zhao Wuxian and Ji Huan, Le Ling listened to it word for word.
"The mountains have no tombs, the rivers are exhausted, the winter thunder and earthquakes, the summer rain and snow, the heaven and the earth are together, but dare to be with women! It would be nice if you said this to me......"
Although Le Ling also comforted himself and said that this was just an oath by his younger brother to protect his sister, a simple oath. But so many days have passed, the words are still in her ears, and she can't forget them if she wants to, and she is still thinking about it.
"I have always felt that the relationship between the lady of the Zhao family and Jun is close, but unexpectedly, it is beyond the Cheng of ordinary sisters. If...... If they do the same thing as Qi Xianggong and Jiang in the future, what should I do? (To be continued.) )
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