Chapter 335: Attack Caused by a Car Accident
The cement road outside the Mingde Gate is a scene of busy traffic.
The carriages going from Chang'an to Liangzhou, the carriages from Liangzhou to Chang'an, and the carriages coming and going to Chang'an from nearby state capitals are all cement roads that can be taken as much as possible.
Everyone is not stupid, the flat cement road, the carriage is less bumpy and faster, why not go?
Anyway, there is no toll charge.
Driving a new four-wheeled carriage, he unloaded his cargo from Workshop Town to a nearby gravel workshop.
In the past few days, Lao Hansan has been in a very good mood.
The four-wheeled carriage is much better than I imagined.
With the same ride, you can now earn more than twice as much as before.
The most important thing is that the carriage is faster, and it used to run only six round trips a day, but now it can run eight.
The rattling copper coins came to their pockets one after another.
If I continue at this pace, I can consider buying another four-wheeled carriage and a horse next year, and hiring a coachman to do the work for me.
Thinking of the better life in the future, Lao Hansan couldn't help but laugh.
However, this distraction did not notice that an ox cart suddenly broke out of the side path.
"Bang!"
The horses pulling the carts were more clever and avoided the ox carts at the last moment.
However, the four-wheeled carriage behind slammed into the old scalper.
"Moo"
I saw the old scalper scream and fall to the ground.
Immediately after that, he was crushed by a carriage.
After the fast wagon wheels pressed against the old ox, it could not maintain its balance and fell to the ground.
Lao Hansan, who was driving, was also thrown out.
This cow is not dead or dead, it needs to be reported by the government first.
As for Lao Hansan, he was fated to throw himself out of the carriage, but he only scratched his skin a little, got up and patted his clothes, and there was nothing to do.
However, the luck of others is not as good as that of Lao Hansan.
I don't know what evil happened today, Niu Zhu drove a four-wheeled carriage and hit a pedestrian, and accidentally killed someone.
Chang'an City is the best place, no matter what the reason, if someone dies, he will definitely report to the official.
Xie Tianwu, the county leader of Chang'an County, has been very busy in the past few days, and has accepted several similar cases one after another.
The bad marshal of Chang'an County took a few bad people every day and ran around to bring the relevant people involved in the case back to the yamen.
As a bad person in charge of criminal investigation and arrest, his work is similar to that of the criminal police of later generations, but his status is not as good as that of later generations.
It is conceivable that suddenly in just half a month, there are so many more cases, and they also complain a lot.
After coming and going, there were all kinds of rumors in the market.
In particular, two four-wheeled carriages traveling in opposite directions collided with each other, causing a major traffic accident with many casualties.
This immediately became like a fuse, detonating some people's dissatisfaction and worries about the four-wheeled carriage.
"The carriage is running too fast, it's not safe!"
"Since ancient times, horse-drawn carriages have been two-wheeled, but now they are four-wheeled, and there will be an accident immediately."
"The more things you load, the harder it is to brake, so it's better to have a two-wheeled carriage."
"The sale of four-wheeled carriages should be strictly prohibited, otherwise it is not known how many people will die."
All kinds of rumors immediately spread in Chang'an City.
"Lang Jun, we have bought several storytellers, as well as some rangers and beggars, and spread all kinds of rumors in the streets and alleys that four-wheeled carriages are easy to hit and kill people, and now it seems that the effect is quite good."
Wei Bao stood beside Wei Siren, and finally had a smile on his face.
"Oh? Does it work well? ”
Wei Siren's eyes showed anticipation.
These days, he asked Wei Bao to send people to keep an eye on the Mercedes-Benz carriage dealership, and now he has finally gained something.
"Yes, in the past two days, there have been significantly fewer people going to the Mercedes-Benz Carriage Shop to buy four-wheeled carriages than before. Lang Jun, if you can contact a few imperial histories and impeach them, it may really have an unexpected effect. ”
"Good! It's simple, it's not easy to find a few imperial histories, and it's not for them to be framed, it's just a truthful impeachment. ”
The Wei family, as the leader of the four surnames in Guanzhong, naturally has their own familiar imperial history.
To put it bluntly, the Wei family has its own imperial history.
Looking at the various families, in fact, everyone has their own power in the Imperial History Tower.
Peng Zhiyun has been very busy these days.
Not to mention that Wei Bao sent someone to greet him, he just didn't say anything, and he knew how to seize the opportunity.
"Old Ren, how about it, the few rangers you arranged are all in place, right?"
"Lang Jun, it's all arranged, in the past few days, they have been driving a two-wheeled carriage and looking for someone to hit a few four-wheeled carriages. There was another who was even more ruthless, deliberately crashing into someone's four-wheeled carriage, and one leg was crushed by the wheel. However, these rangers are also talking, and they talked about how much money they talked about before, but they didn't lie to us. ”
Lao Ren thought of the scene where the carriage ran over his thigh, and he couldn't help but shudder in his heart.
These rangers are ruthless to others and to themselves.
Sima Qian said: Today's ranger, although his deeds are not in the course of justice, but his words must be believed, his deeds must be fruitful, he has promised to be sincere, he does not love his body, and he goes to the trouble of the soldiers. However, people are so righteous, we can't save that little money for medicine, you can send a few more money to others. ”
Almost all of the carriages that Peng Zhiyun hoarded before were sold cheaply by creditors.
Even several shops at home were mortgaged and taken away, but in the end, the foundation was thick enough, and he lost all the money he earned in the past few years, and Peng Zhiyun finally relieved himself.
However, the hatred in his heart for the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop is not to say how deep.
In addition, Wei Bao said that as long as the four-wheeled carriage collapsed, everyone would have the opportunity to cooperate in the future, so he simply let it go.
Isn't the four-wheeled carriage fast?
It's easy to have accidents if it's too fast, doesn't this offset this advantage?
Aren't four-wheeled carriages carrying a lot of goods?
There is more load, and when there is an accident, the harm is also greater, is this advantage not so obvious?
can not only help himself vent his anger, but also hug the thigh of the Wei family in the future, Peng Zhiyun just thought about it a little, and went to do something according to Wei Bao's meaning.
In Chang'an City, everyone knows that the four-wheeled carriage was made by the Chu Palace, and Li Kuan has offended a lot of people over the years, and there are naturally more people who fall into the well.
It seems that the Chu Wangfu got the four-wheeled carriage out, as if it had released a devil, and it was criticized by public opinion.
As today's son, Li Shimin naturally received the report of the Hundred Cavalry Division, and then looked at the pile of impeachment folds on the royal table, it was also a headache.
"Lan He, go and summon Li Kuan into the palace!"
Li Shimin thinks that the bell must be tied to the bell, so let's see what Li Kuan has to say.
As the weather gradually became colder, Li Kuan did not do such heroic things, and after receiving Lan He's command, he immediately got into a special carriage and headed all the way to Daming Palace.
What happened recently in Chang'an City, with the feedback from the Intelligence Investigation Bureau of the Chu Wangfu in charge of Wang Xuanwu, Li Kuan was naturally very clear.
To tell the truth, the increase in car accidents is a problem that Li Kuan did not consider before.
However, it is clear that there are many more things behind this.
It seems that some people still don't give up.
"I've seen Your Majesty!"
When he arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Kuan already had an idea in his heart, but he stood in front of Li Shimin with a calm face, so that people couldn't feel that the storm outside was heading towards him.
Li Shimin looked up at Li Kuan, and admired him in his heart for the performance of Mount Tai without changing his color.
It would be good if Li Chengqian and Li Tai were like Li Kuan.
"Kuan'er, I heard that Chang'an City has recently had a lot of accidents and died because of four-wheeled carriages?"
Li Shimin did not beat around the bush and cut straight to the topic.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has heard a little about this, and it should be true."
Car accidents must exist objectively.
Even if there is no four-wheeled carriage, there are actually car accidents, but everyone does not pay attention to it.
Just like when some companies are engaged in self-driving cars in later generations, once there is a car accident, it will be widely reported by various media; And in fact, other car accidents, I don't know how many there are every day.
Why didn't I see anyone to report?
"The four-wheeled carriage was made by the workshop in your house, in recent days, many imperial histories in the court and China have been impeaching this thing, and some people even directly think that you are the culprit. Even Wei Guifei has been in front of me a few times, what do you think about this? ”
"Hehe, Your Majesty, the four-wheeled carriage is running fast, this is also wrong? Wechen had never heard of such a ridiculous reason. According to these people's opinions, are all the carriages of the Tang Dynasty replaced with ox carts, or are they simply pulled by manpower? It's not fast, it's not dangerous. ”
Li Kuan naturally would not admit that there was anything wrong with the four-wheeled carriage.
If there is a problem, there is no problem, not to mention that there is no problem in the first place.
Sometimes, stance and attitude are very important.
No matter what Li Shimin thinks now, anyway, the message that Li Kuan wants to convey is that the four-wheeled carriage is a good thing, benefiting the country and the people.
"It's good to run fast, but it's also true that there have been a lot of car accidents lately. In particular, there were few fatalities in the past, but recently there have been several accidents one after another. Especially the day before yesterday on Suzaku Street, six people were killed and injured at one time, causing a lot of turmoil. ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that these accidents are not actually a problem with four-wheeled carriages or two-wheeled carriages."
"Oh? So what do you think is the problem? ”
Although he knew that Li Kuan would definitely not admit that he had a problem, his answer was still a little unexpected by Li Shimin, and he couldn't help but be curious to know how Li Kuan defended himself.
"Rules! The lack of necessary traffic rules is the root cause of car accidents! ”
In the past few days, Li Kuan has also witnessed the congestion scene at a certain intersection of Zhuque Street in Chang'an City.
Originally, intersections were the most prone to congestion, but now the speed of four-wheeled carriages is relatively fast, and it is easy to collide with other carriages or pedestrians at the intersection if you are not careful, which will immediately cause congestion.
This phenomenon is similar in later generations.
But whenever you get to and from work and encounter a big traffic jam, eight times out of ten are because of a traffic accident.
Of course, in some cities, traffic jams have become normalized, so that's a different story.
"Traffic rules? What traffic rules? ”
Li Shimin didn't expect Li Kuan to be involved in the rules.
"Your Majesty, in recent times, the most car accidents should be on the cement road. The four-wheeled carriages sold by the Mercedes-Benz Carriage Company were faster than the previous carriages due to the bearings installed on the axles; In addition, the cement pavement is conducive to driving, so everyone generally drives faster, once it encounters the opposite side of the carriage coming, or another intersection comes up with a carriage, it is easy to avoid the phenomenon of untimely. ”
"I know this, but what does it have to do with traffic rules?"
"Yes! Of course! Your Majesty, if the Imperial Court had issued a traffic rule that all carriages and pedestrians should walk on the right side of the street, the likelihood of a collision when two cars were traveling in the opposite direction would have been greatly reduced. ”
Li Kuangui is the king of Chu, and naturally no one dares to stop him at will when he travels.
Therefore, Li Kuan has not felt deeply about the fact that Datang does not have clear traffic rules.
However, during this time, because there were many rumors in the market, Li Kuan thought about it, and found that when the four-wheeled carriage was introduced, he forgot to propose to Li Shimin to promulgate a traffic rule by the way.
"All pedestrians and carriages walk on the right?"
Li Shimin's eyes lit up and he immediately realized the benefits of this regulation; However, he soon had a new question in mind.
"But what happens when you get to the intersection?"
"It's very simple, we set up a guard box in the middle of a busy intersection and arrange personnel to command there. When you put up a red sign, you have to stop moving forward, and when you turn into a green sign, you can move on. ”
There are not many really prosperous crossroads in Datang, and Li Kuan's method of increasing manpower is also acceptable to Li Shimin.
"What else do you think of besides these rules?"
Li Shimin looked at Li Kuan with a confident look, knowing that he already had a countermeasure to this matter, so he put his mind at ease.
"Others, such as before turning from the small road to the main road, the carriages on the small road must give priority to the carriages on the main road, and they can only go if they do not affect the carriages on the main road; For example, you can mark the road with lime to distinguish lanes. Of course, there must be relevant punitive measures, otherwise there will be no deterrent. ”
"Punitive measures?"
"Yes. For example, if there is a car accident, the carriage that violates the law is fully responsible. Compensate for the loss of injured people and materials, only then will everyone be willing to comply. ”
Hearing Li Kuan say this, Li Shimin has a spectrum in his heart.
This set of rules, while uncertain whether it can completely eliminate the occurrence of car accidents, can certainly greatly alleviate the current chaos.
"You sort out these traffic rules, and I will let the Yongzhou Mansion try them out first and see how they work."
With something new, now a regional trial run, and then promote it after success.
This method was not only used by later generations, but also by ancient emperors.
Besides, the place with the most four-wheeled carriages is Chang'an City.
Today's Chang'an is under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou Mansion, so it is very suitable for Li Shimin to let Yongzhou Mansion try it first.
"Wechen obeys!"
With Li Shimin's Shangfang Sword, it was only a few days before the Yongzhou Mansion announced this regulation.
Four or two dial a thousand pounds!
Wei Siren and Peng Zhiyun saw that they had spent so much effort to get things done, and they were solved so easily by Li Kuan, and they could only be silently depressed at home.
How can they stop the rolling tide of history?
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