Tang Sufan asked Liu Xiao to move the two boxes of copper coins to the cellar where the money was kept at home, and then threw the carriage frame in his yard, and then asked him to lead the horse that brought the money and follow him to Carpenter Liu.
After several detours in the village, they arrived at Carpenter Liu's home workshop.
Carpenter Liu asked his family's apprentice to manually pull a carriage covered with linen from the side of the house.
Carpenter Liu said to Tang Sufan: "Su Fan, come and reveal the truth."
Tang Sufan glanced at it, then grabbed a corner of the linen covering the carriage and pulled hard.
Then a four-wheeled carriage with exquisite decoration and fine carving appeared in front of you.
Four-wheeled carriages first appeared in China in the Song Dynasty. They were first called "Taiping carriages" and were only in small numbers.
Due to the backward technology in ancient times, terrain restrictions, and the inability to solve the steering problem, it was generally only used for manpower to pull livestock.
Although the ancient Taiping Car carried a heavy load, its disadvantage was that it was too slow and could only travel thirty miles a day, so it was not widely used.
Although it has developed through innovation in the Ming Dynasty, with a load capacity of up to fifty stones and a slight increase in speed, there are still records pointing out its inherent flaws: whenever a cart travels, it will stop when it encounters a river, a mountain, or a bend. The path also ends.
At the beginning of the 12th century, horse-drawn carriages began to replace ox-carts as the main form of transportation in the West. The plains slowly began to transform four-wheeled carriages, until later in the 17th century, an economic model formed by forming a fleet of four-wheeled carriages even emerged.
The key to improving the two-wheeled carriage into a four-wheeled carriage is the steering problem. As long as the shaft rotation problem is solved, the comfort of the built four-wheeled carriage will be much higher than that of the two-wheeled carriage.
But Tang Sufan was just a liberal arts student in his previous life, and he was not a big shot in science and engineering. He only remembered the simple single-axis steering principle, plus an ultra-simplified ball bearing.
I drew a rough drawing of these things and gave them to Carpenter Liu, just to see if he and Carpenter Liu could solve the steering problem of the four-wheeled carriage.
In fact, Tang Sufan didn't know for sure. He didn't expect that Carpenter Liu had really thought it through in the past ten days and figured out the single-axis steering.
Tang Sufan circled around and looked at the first four-wheeled carriage in the Tang Dynasty, nodding his head in praise with pleasure.
It’s as if the world’s limited-edition sports car is in your hands, and you feel a full sense of accomplishment~
At this time, Carpenter Liu asked in confusion: "Su Fan, what are these strange words you asked me to carve?"
On the upper middle of both sides of the carriage and on the rear of the carriage, four letters and numbers that Carpenter Liu really couldn't understand were engraved.
AE86!
Tang Sufan raised the corner of his mouth and touched the car logo model carefully carved by Carpenter Liu on the back of the car, which was used as a license plate. This was just because of his bad taste.
Another point is to add more modern elements to your life, so that you can feel more familiar and less lonely.
"Uncle Liu, this is just a license plate I thought of. It's like making up a number."
Carpenter Liu nodded as if he understood something. Why are all the numbers in this number incomprehensible?
Of course, it was impossible for Tang Sufan to slowly explain to Uncle Liu that Qiu Mingshan AE86 went up the mountain. Even if he explained it, Uncle Liu wouldn't understand it.
Tang Sufan vigorously turned the two huge bars that should be pulled by horses. Under the front wheels, a simplified ball bearing made of pig iron and a simple single-axis steering system supported the steering of the front wheels.
The whole wood is connected up and down. Even if the wooden pole carrying the bearing and single-axis steering breaks, the carriage and horse will not be separated.
In this way, the horses can pull the pole to rotate the bearings, and the bearings drive the front wheels in a small arc, and the body can follow without any restrictions.
But after all, my knowledge is limited. The disadvantage of this single-axis steering is that it can only carry a few people, and there is no way to pull goods.
Otherwise, it would be more than enough to run a cargo transport business with this four-wheeled carriage.
"Come here, Uncle Liu, this is your wages."
Later, Tang Sufan took out two taels of silver (equivalent to two taels of money, 2,000 Wen) from his own money bag and handed it to Liu Carpenter.
When Liu Carpenter saw it, he directly rejected the money given by Tang Sufan: "Su Fan, this is not possible. You gave me enough money for materials before, and there is still a lot left over. I will take advantage of you, a rich family, and the wages Oh, I’ll just pay for it with the remaining materials.”
In the past, Tang Sufan was looking for top-notch materials and quality, so he paid enough for the materials.
Tang Sufan didn't say much, and directly put the two taels of silver into Carpenter Liu's hand: "Oh, Uncle Liu, you've been working hard for half a month, and you helped me build those tables, benches, etc. before and you didn't even get a few bucks."
"Just treat me like a boy who respects you. Why are you so polite to me? Didn't your predecessor say that your son is planning to marry you? It's good to be more prepared."
This kind of purely handmade thing would have been sold at a sky-high price in the previous life, so there is nothing wrong with giving me an extra two taels of silver.
Carpenter Liu knew Tang Sufan's temperament, so he was not polite at all. He narrowed his eyes and said cheerfully: "Okay, then the old man will accept it shamelessly. You just have a good heart."
Then the cheerful expression turned serious: "Also, Su Fan, don't worry, I will never tell others about the craftsmanship of this four-wheeled carriage. Don't worry, I also let the other kids who learned the craft from me do it. A little bit of side work."
In ancient times, a unique skill represented a inheritance. The inheritance of a skill was a treasure passed down from generation to generation. If people with other surnames wanted to get involved, they had to be loyal servants who had signed a death contract.
The fact that Tang Sufan could tell him this technique showed that Tang Sufan trusted his old man. Even if Tang Sufan didn't tell him that he had to keep it secret, he wouldn't tell nonsense.
Tang Sufan waved his hand: "Oh, Uncle Liu, that's not the case. If someone asks you to do it in the future, just accept the money and do it. It doesn't matter. As for who you pass it on to, it depends on your own wishes. I don't make money from this. "
Tang Sufan's words seemed to Liu Carpenter's ears that Tang Sufan had given this skill to him.
He quickly bowed his waist and bowed his hands, and the frightened Tang Sufan quickly helped him up.
"No, no, no, it won't happen to Uncle Liu."
Carpenter Liu said with a serious face: "Su Fan, the old man won't say much else. You must take back this money now, otherwise I will feel unhappy."
Tang Sufan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Good guy, you still act so serious. Okay, I can only get the two taels of silver back.
Then, after Tang Sufan comforted Uncle Liu, he turned around and called Qianniu Guard Liu Xiao: "Liu Xiao, please bring the horse over and let's go to the shop given by Old Li."
So Liu Xiao went to lead the horse to connect with the carriage, while Tang Sufan waited excitedly to take his AE86 to the streets.
When you drive out, it will attract a lot of attention~
When Liu Xiao went to fetch the horse, Carpenter Liu Uncle Liu grabbed Tang Sufan and asked in a low voice: "Su Fan, is the 'Old Li' you are talking about the owner of this nursing home?"
"Yes, he is Lao Li's nurse. Lao Li and I are going to open a tavern. He asked this nurse to run errands for me. What's wrong, Uncle Liu?"
Carpenter Liu opened his old mouth, but still didn't say anything. He just warned: "Since you are doing business with others in partnership, do you know that you have a lot of thoughts in your heart? You can be slippery sometimes, and you will suffer a little loss." Nothing..."
Tang Sufan thought that Uncle Liu, like everyone else in the village, thought he was young and would give him more advice, so he gave a perfunctory reply that he understood and settled the matter hastily.
Afterwards, Liu Xiao connected the horses with the newly released Tang Dynasty's first four-wheeled carriage.
"Okay, Uncle Liu, I'm leaving now. I'll treat you to a drink when the pub opens later."
Carpenter Liu greeted with a smile: "Okay, let's go~"
