"I want to use this car to go back." Zhu Biao rode to the workshop. Someone jumped on the car in advance. When he got there, he turned the wheel around and followed him back.
Zhu Biao didn't want to push the cart back. He felt tired and stupid and asked people to load the food into the cart.
"Your Highness, this car doesn't work. Yours is a dining car, and this is a loading truck. Wait, let's modify it."
The craftsman stopped me and said that the current car is not suitable for food delivery. The food delivery car is beautiful and gorgeous, and the carriages are different.
The craftsmen stopped eating, turned around, hooked the cart pushed by the prince to the back, and rode to tow it to the workshop.
I changed the carriage and adjusted the details. The main thing was to make the handlebars and everything beautiful. I couldn't spray paint because of the smell, so I used silk to dress them up.
In a quarter of an hour, just a quarter of an hour, the craftsmen completed the replacement of the chassis, covered the seat with a layer of leather, decorated the handlebars with silk, and rode back.
Another bike dump shop, they walked over after dinner and rebuilt the flywheel, chain and other parts.
"This is good, good!" Zhu Biao was satisfied, loaded the food on top, and rode back home. The people who were trying the food immediately followed him.
Donghua Gate has not been closed since the fifth day of the first lunar month and has been open.
There is no one else here. If you want to attack Donghua Gate, you need to attack Chaoyang Gate first, or Taiping Gate far to the north and Zhengyang Gate far to the south.
Once the three gates are in contact with the enemy, the entire imperial city will be mobilized. People from Xiaqiu Village immediately enter Donghua Gate, and some villagers go up to the city wall to help defend.
There are fifty flintlock guns in the village, and there is no shortage of yellow gunpowder, thunder and mercury. If a hundred or so people rush into Chaoyang Gate, Xiaqiu Village will take practical actions to tell them that this place is closed to traffic.
Zhu Biao rode in like this and went all the way to the prince's residence.
Whenever the prince went to get her food, he would estimate the time and wait at the door inside.
It feels like one bird is incubating an egg, and another bird is out looking for food.
"I'm back!" The prince shouted loudly when he saw the princess in front while riding the bicycle.
Crown Princess: "..."
"Your Highness, what is this?" After the prince braked and got off the car, the princess came over and walked around the car, mainly observing the rider.
"People in Xiaqiu Village are lazy. They think the workshop is far away from where they live and the carts are slow to walk, so they have to make something that can make the cart go faster. This is..."
Zhu Biao gave a brief explanation to the Crown Princess and brought the food in the car. The two washed their hands, sat facing each other and ate together.
"So, laziness is a compliment to others? People in Xiaqiu Village are greedy and lazy. Look at this cherry meat, it's delicious!"
The princess ate the flesh of a cherry. The sweet and sour taste suited her best.
Zhu Biao served pork ribs, tofu and cabbage soup to the Crown Princess: "Xiaqiu Village originally had no blacksmiths, so we gave them blunderbuss and asked them to copy them, and then their own people learned to blacksmith.
Some of the things made now cannot be copied by other craftsmen. The key is to be flexible and always think of good things.
After the Lantern Festival, my father will issue an order to promote the work. If the craftsmen make something that is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, they will be rewarded!
At the same time, some good craftsmen were given materials and asked to use the materials to develop what they wanted to do. If they couldn't make it, the materials were not sold privately, regardless of their sins. "
He talked about the court's arrangements regarding the new power system. It would not work to directly give money to the craftsmen. Instead, he could let the craftsmen ask for what they wanted.
If the work is done well, there will be a reward. If it is not done well, the craftsman will lose time, but there is no need to buy the materials himself and take greater risks.
In this way, craftsmen with ideas will definitely be tempted, and if they are successful, they will get a lot of money.
The princess ate slowly, listened carefully, and asked, "Can new things be put in the mine?"
"They said it is partially feasible. It can pull a cart of ore on flat ground. When going downhill, there can be an additional braking method, which can be used in conjunction with the current two.
Going uphill without a bike is no problem. Two people can pedal together, one in front and one in the back.
When loading goods uphill, the chain cannot bear it and will break. However, they came up with the idea of sending mine carts upwards from the mining area, with a winch on top, and using a traction method, which is less labor-intensive than people pulling in front and pushing from behind. "
Zhu Biao explained that he had gained a lot today and could ride this bike to other places in the future.
Thinking of this, Zhu Biao looked at the Crown Princess: "Tomorrow I will ask them to modify the car so that people can sit in the back, and then I will take you to the palace."
"It's not like I can't walk, how can I let the prince hold me in front?" The princess refused with a happy look on her face.
"Then let someone else pedal, and we sit together. There is a track, and the person pedaling is not tired." Zhu Biao found that it really didn't work, so he tried another way.
True to his word, he told the people in Xiaqiu Village when he was picking up the meal that night, and left with the meal.
"Hanhan, I'll leave the design task to you. It needs to look good, equivalent to a chariot." The chief himself doesn't know how to design, so he just wants Hanhan to be responsible.
"It can't be designed according to the prince's request. I guess the prince wanted to take the princess around the palace on a bicycle, but it was inconsistent with etiquette.
If you actually make it, the prince and princess may find it interesting at first, but then they will lose interest after a while.
Look at me, I'll design a new one, and I'm sure it will be popular in the palace, and the key is to reverse it.
Otherwise, when two people with different status meet, the one with lower status must give way. The track must have a auxiliary track at a certain distance to facilitate the switch to avoid giving way. "
After Zhu Wentian finished speaking, he went back to his tent and started drawing the design. He finished it in half an hour and sent it to the workshop.
The villagers worked all night for the prince's interest. In fact, they were also willing to see whether the things Hanhan designed were fun or not.
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"Bachelor Wei, take some medicine." The boat was sailing on the river, and an hour after dinner, Fang Kui came over with some soup and medicine.
"Where are we now? I can't see outside. You won't open the window."
Wei Su woke up with a yawn. Without help from others, he took the medicine bowl by himself, tested the heat, and drank it all.
Right now, he has a very strong desire to survive. He wants to live to show those who framed and criticized him.
More importantly, if you teach the prince yourself, your family will be better off.
"Bachelor Wei, we are in Wuhu. We can arrive in Nanjing before dawn tomorrow. The return journey will be no better than when we came. The current is against the current, and there are still places where trackers are needed."
Fang Kui told the other party the location and it would be fine soon, so persist.
"Where does Xiaqiu Village enter the Yangtze River and go to Nanjing?" Wei Su had not forgotten what happened in Xiaqiu Village. He felt incredible after hearing what the eunuch told him.
"It used to be, but now we are on a different path. There is a place called Yanzhigang between Shijiu Lake and Qinhuai River, and an artificial canal has been opened.
The fifteen-mile-long canal took three and a half months to complete, and the bottom was full of rocks, which made people exhausted. "
Fang Kui introduced the new route, Rouge River, and also talked about the distance and construction period.
"It's impossible. If you want to break the rock, you can only burn it with fire and water. I know that Rouge Hill."
Wei Su couldn't believe that someone could dig a canal out of that place in three and a half months. It was a joke, and it was even harder to accept than Xiaqiu Village.
Fang Kui nodded: "Scholar Wei is indeed knowledgeable and knows how to use fire and water. However, Rouge River did not use this method. Instead, it was fried, hard fried, with a yellow gunpowder called nitroglycerin provided by Xiaqiu Village, and one piece was exploded. .”
"Xiaqiu Village again? What kind of gunpowder? Is it more powerful than a fire gun? How is it possible?" Wei Su is now very interested in Xiaqiu Village.
(End of chapter)
