Chapter 249 The advent of bicycles
"That's right." Li Si said, "Only by allowing the daughter of a court official to marry the husband, can the husband better contribute to the court."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said: "What you two beloved ladies said makes sense. However, I have a better idea."
Li Si looked at Ying Zheng's proud look, as if to say, just ask me, I can be proud too.
Immediately Li Si asked: "What is your Majesty's idea?"
Ying Zheng said proudly: "Since it is according to your wishes, it will be more beneficial to Great Qin to let your husband get a wife and have children, and let him have something to worry about.
In this case, it is better to marry your daughter than to marry my daughter and make her my consort and my son-in-law.
In this way, Sir is a member of the royal family. Even if Great Qin is really in danger, Sir will not stand idly by. "
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si and others said at the same time.
At the same time, I felt a little disappointed. Now that His Majesty had spoken, their hope of becoming Qin An's father-in-law was gone.
Ying Zheng looked at their somewhat disappointed expressions and said with a smile: "Sir, you are destined to be the best among men. If you are willing, you can marry your daughter to your husband. As long as your husband agrees, I will not object."
Three wives and four concubines were the most normal thing in ancient times. Not only men thought so, but women also thought so.
Therefore, before Liu Bang accomplished anything, no one under him had any complaints when he had sex with other women, not even Liu Bang's wife Lu Fei.
Therefore, Ying Zheng said without hesitation that he wanted Li Si and his daughter to marry Ying Zheng.
The only question now is, are Li Si and the others willing to let their daughter be Qin An's concubine?
However, this question cannot be answered by Ying Zheng.
Feng Yan said: "Your Majesty is wise. I will definitely convince the saint to become your concubine. I believe that with the saint's company, I can better protect the safety of your husband and the princess."
The saint daughter of the Yin Yang family is not only knowledgeable, she is also proficient in Qimen Bagua, and her martial arts skills are second to none in the Yin Yang family.
Everything about the Saint was taught by Feng Yan, and the Saint in the future will be Feng Yan's successor.
Now that the Yin Yang family has the opportunity to reach a higher level, a mere saint is not worth mentioning.
Li Si also said immediately: "Wei Chen will also persuade Xiang'er to marry Mr. Xiang'er as my concubine."
Just when Ying Zheng and the others were thinking about how to win over Qin An, even if Qin An knew that this was a magician from Great Qin, he would still be willing to stay.
A man ran in, he was Gongzi Gao.
"Father, sir, you have invented another good thing. Come and have a look."
Ying Zheng and others frowned slightly. They were discussing important matters. What are you making trouble for?
Does Qin An still have few good things?
Seeing that Ying Zheng and the others did not respond, Young Master Gao said again: "What Mr. Gao invented this time is a means of transportation, the bicycle.
It is being tested now, and I have come here to invite my father and all the adults to watch it together. "
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Qin An has actually been drawing the design drawings of the bicycle for a month, and it was produced in Zhaojia Village today. It is the earliest bicycle in history.
The people who built the bicycle were members of the Gongshu family, the people Gongshu Yang brought with him from the very beginning.
They have been studying, but no male sheep has come to them.
Originally, making a bicycle was a very simple matter, but it was really simple for Qin An. As long as he had all the parts, Qin An could assemble it in an hour.
However, because there are no parts, all parts are made individually.
Sometimes a screw was forged many times before it was finally used, and they were always in the house next to the blacksmith shop.
Qin An named this house model house.
All the drawings designed by Qin An, as long as they are not made by Qin An himself, will basically be made by people from the Gongshu family in the sample room.
They will make the first prototype.
As long as the sample is qualified and usable, the village will build a workshop specifically to manufacture such products.
For this purpose, there are already many workshops in the village.
Today, the bicycle was finished. Because there was no rubber, there was no way to use rubber tires. Qin An thought of a way to make tires out of cork.
In addition, there are iron tires and steel tires.
Whether it is a wooden tire or an iron tire, it needs to be experimented. At present, no one knows which tire is better.
All three types of tires need to be tested, including testing the durability, friction, shock absorption, etc. of the tires.
However, just because they were tested in public, they instantly attracted many people to watch.
Gongzi Gao, who was passing by, instantly remembered that Qin An took three of their disciples to the sample room and gave the drawings of the bicycle to Gongshu's disciples.
They didn't pay much attention at the time, and Qin An didn't explain much. He just said that this was a design drawing for a transportation tool called a bicycle.
Then everyone forgot about it, and Qin An didn't go much either.
The disciples of Gongshujia didn't look for Qin An much, so a month passed like this.
Today, the bike is finally ready, and there are three types of tires.
Since there is only one bicycle and three types of tires, we can only buy them one by one.
The first forum for experimentation was cork tires.
Gongzi Gao saw the people from Gongshujia riding bicycles on the road very fast, as if they were flying, and the speed seemed not much slower than riding a horse.
Ever since, Gongzi Gao ran to the restaurant to inform Ying Zheng of the matter, and the scene just happened.
Ying Zheng nodded slowly and said: "Since the second brother recommends it so, all my dear friends, please follow me to watch it."
"promise."
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As soon as Ying Zheng and the others left the restaurant, they saw a bicycle riding quickly on the road, which surprised them.
When the son of a public loser on a bicycle saw Ying Zheng's group, he immediately braked hard. Because the speed was too fast, he braked hard again and almost flew out.
Fortunately, his hands only grasped the handlebars, and only the rear wheel of the bicycle was raised.
After the son of the public loser stopped his bicycle, he immediately walked to Ying Zheng, knelt down and saluted: "See the village chief."
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, tell me, what is this thing?"
"Reporting back to the village chief, this is a bicycle. We have just made the drawings that Mr. made and are currently testing to see which type of tires is better."
"How was the test?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, we are still testing wooden tires, iron tires and steel tires.
This test will take a certain amount of time to complete, so please forgive me. "
Qin An smiled and said: "What are you guilty of? I'm just curious, why there is only one bicycle, so how can I test three tires?
Even if it can be done, will it take too long, and can the results be accurately tested? "
The disciple of Gongshujia replied: "Reply to Your Majesty. We only need to ride for half an hour, and then estimate which type of tire is better based on tire wear."
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