Chapter 250: If there are people, there will be war
Hearing this, Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "How can you be so careless? If you want to test, then test it properly.
Make two more bicycles, install iron tires and steel plate tires respectively, and then test the three bicycles together.
Testing on different roads will give you a better idea of where the bike will wear out the most. "
"Your Majesty is wise, I will make arrangements now." Gong Loser's disciple said slowly.
Ying Zheng said with satisfaction: "Very good, now I want to continue watching you ride."
"promise."
The disciple of Gongshujia immediately walked up to the bicycle and started riding it. Only when he saw others riding did Ying Zheng know what this means of transportation meant.
This bicycle is simply faster than walking. Normally, it takes ten minutes to walk a thousand meters, but this bicycle only takes a few minutes, no more than five minutes at most. It can be reached in two or three minutes faster.
Generally speaking, cycling is one or two times faster than walking, and a slightly faster speed can have three to five times the effect.
After Ying Zheng saw this speed, he began to imagine what the future Great Qin would be like.
Seeing this speed, Feng Quji immediately said: "Your Majesty, with such a magical weapon, if the people have one car per person, their time on the road can be reduced by at least half.
If you're a short distance away, you may not be able to see anything, but if you're a long distance away, it's very obvious, and it may save you a day or two.
Sri Lanka can do a lot of things in these two days. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "That's right. Especially for a large army, if you arrive at your destination one day earlier, you will consume less military rations by one day.
The consumption of an army of fifty is very large.
If a large number of bicycles could be manufactured before millions of people went to Baiyue, it would be of no harm to either the court or the millions of people. "
Others nodded.
However, what they don't know is that if this bicycle is ridden on the ancient official road, the durability of the bicycle may not be too high, and the tires will need to be replaced soon.
Nowadays, not everyone knows how to change tires, and not every place has a tire replacement shop.
So Ying Zheng's idea is unrealistic.
Originally, according to Qin An's idea, the village would start building cement floors, and then connect roads from ten miles to eight villages. If there was no road, it would have to be spent all day long.
Finally, it is connected to the road outside, so the bicycle comes in handy.
Nowadays, bicycles have been built, but the roads have not yet been repaired.
It didn't take long for Gong Loser's disciples to discover that there was something wrong with the tires made of cork.
Many places were worn and the car was shaking very badly.
So he rode the bicycle to the sample room and inspected the bicycle from beginning to end, and found that only the tires were particularly worn.
So the tests on the wooden tires were recorded, and then they started testing the iron tires.
The iron tires were pretty good this time, but my butt suffered.
The cyclists really couldn't stand it, so they had to switch to another person to ride. In the end, everyone couldn't stand it anymore and had to give up testing the iron tires.
This is because the shock absorbing effect of iron tires is so great that even if a lot of spring shock absorbers are installed on the seat cushion, there will still be shock.
Once or twice is okay, but if it happens too often, they can't stand it.
So that day, we gave up testing the iron tires because everyone had butt injuries.
After Ying Zheng learned about this, he could only shake his head helplessly and did not delve into it.
Since this matter was not urgent, Ying Zheng asked them to recover from their injuries before continuing.
As for the test records of iron tires, it only states that the road surface is uneven and not suitable for long-term riding.
Three days later, everyone tested the steel tires again.
The shock absorbing effect of steel tires is obviously much better than that of iron tires, and its durability is better than that of wooden tires, but it will still break after long-term use.
After all, the road surface is still too hard.
As for the solution, we can only start from the road surface.
Ying Zheng had no choice but to wait until Qin An developed the mechanism shield.
On the other side, Qin An has already drawn the blueprint of the mechanism shield. Now he only has to wait until the mechanism shield is built to know whether it can be used.
During the construction period, Qin An, Gong Shuyang and Meng Sheng had been paying attention to it and sometimes built it themselves.
After three days of building, finally, all the parts of the first mechanism shield have been built, and now only the assembly remains.
The assembly can only be left to Qin An.
In fact, after having the blueprints, anyone can assemble it, but not as fast as Qin An. m.
After half an hour of assembly, Qin An successfully assembled the mechanism shield.
Meng Sheng, who was watching from the sidelines, said excitedly: "It's done. It's finally done. It's been half a month and it's finally completed."
Gongshuyang nodded and said, "Thanks to sir. If it weren't for sir, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to complete it in half a year. Thanks to sir."
"Yes, thank you sir." Meng Sheng said in agreement.
Qin An waved his hand and said: "It's all thanks to everyone, what we have to do now is to test this mechanism shield.
Although we have built it, we need to test how many bows and arrows the machine shield can withstand and how many times the steel pieces can be ejected.
What we need is a mechanical shield that can withstand the impact of a hundred bows and arrows, and then pop out the steel pieces a hundred times. That is the real completion.
Otherwise, this can only be regarded as a toy. "
Meng Sheng nodded and said: "Sir, you are absolutely right, what we want is a mechanical shield that meets the requirements, not a toy.
Otherwise, when the soldiers go to the battlefield, they can only wait to die, and we will become the murderers who indirectly kill the soldiers. "
Gong Shuyang nodded and said: "What you said is absolutely true, and your requirements are so high and strict that I admire and believe you.
The soldiers have mechanical shields made by Mr., and they will definitely be unscathed on the battlefield. "
"I also hope that they will be unscathed, but who can say for sure what happens on the battlefield." Qin An sighed, "We can only do our best to let the soldiers survive as much as possible."
Meng Sheng immediately sighed and said: "Sir, benevolence and righteousness, this is also the purpose of Mohism. I hope there will be no war in the world."
Gong Shuyang said: "Stop dreaming, as long as people have desires and ambitions, the world will not be peaceful.
The First Emperor unified the six kingdoms, and the wars between the seven kingdoms are gone. However, there are still Xiongnu, Baiyue and other places. No one can say who the future enemies of Qin will be. "
Qin An nodded and said: "That's right, so if you want to put an end to war, you can only make the country stronger so that the people can eat and drink enough, and be satisfied both spiritually and materially.
In this way, wars will be reduced, and there may even be no wars for hundreds or thousands of years.
China's population will become more and more. Otherwise, how do you think China's 1.4 billion people came to be?
If China has always been the same as it was during the Warring States Period, with the seven kingdoms fighting for years, do you think there can be so many people in China? "
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