It wasn't until the ox cart returned safely that the mother breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Liu Bei became an early success, after all, it was a big deal of goods and hundreds of gold. In case of leakage, it is unknown whether the return road of more than ten miles can be completed.

Fortunately, Hu Shang did not have bad intentions. Otherwise......

The mother was really scared.

Liu Bei smiled and was relieved, but it was only five good horses. In addition, there are three uncles who are skilled in bows and horses and young people in the clan to protect them, and more than ten miles of official roads are smooth and unobstructed, so it should be fine.

Expand the old house, 100 gold is enough.

Mother said that she was thanks to the people who took care of her on weekdays. Something should be done for the village.

Liu Bei nodded in goodness.

Didn't the old patriarch want to turn the dry land of the whole village into paddy fields? Come to think of it, build more overturned cars and build channels, which is just right.

The overturning can be driven by hand, foot, ox, water or wind. The keel blade is used as a chain, lying in a rectangular long groove, and the body is obliquely placed on the river or pond. The lower sprocket and part of the body were submerged in the water. When the sprocket is driven, the blade rises along the groove and sends the water out to the upper end of the long groove. In this way, the water is transported to the ditch to irrigate the farmland on the slope. As long as the manpower is sufficient, the overturned truck can continuously draw water. It is extremely effective and easy to operate. It can also be disassembled and reinstalled, and the location can be transferred. It can be irrigated and drained.

Such an artifact is worth a lot of money.

Liu Bei calculated that the village only needs to build three more keel dumpers to be sufficient.

In addition to rollover, channels are also a top priority.

Nowadays, the clear stream is large. Along the ridges of each house, dig the soil into a ditch. The water then flows down the canal and nourishes the fields.

Hearing that Liu Bei was going to build an overturned car, the whole family was jubilant. Who doesn't know that Liu Bei's family Tian Zheng can only mature every season because of the overturn.

The happiest is the craftsman who settled in Lousang.

The money for buying fertile land on credit will soon be able to be estimated.

The manufacturing process of the overturned car, Liu Bei has nothing to say. He couldn't think of anything else that could be improved other than replacing the wood-based axle-based chain drive system with a more advanced material.

"On the fourth day of July, he ordered to set up a music room, with a foil mallet, and take the pure mugwort. On the sixth day, the five grains were cured. ”

Liu Bei's rice field is still in charge of water, weeding, and fertilizing. The seedlings are growing very well, and they are ripe.

Recently his interests have been in the garage at home.

The garage is in the front yard. Built against the wall. When the ancestral house was rebuilt, Liu Bei had a look.

Inside the room, a dilapidated horse-drawn carriage was parked.

I didn't think anything of it at the time. Later, I gradually understood more and more, and I realized the importance of the carriage.

It's like the fighting that the mother is reluctant to kill. The carriage is also a status symbol.

At that time, people had the saying "the noble take the car, and the cheap walk in vain". Whether you go out to take a car or not, it shows your identity and status.

Like the color of the clothes, ordinary Qi people were not allowed to ride in horse-drawn carts, but only in ox-carts. Even if the landlord is strong, he can only take an ox cart.

Carriages were only allowed to be ridden by officials and nobles. Among them, the station ride is called the 'high car', and the sitting ride is called the 'Anche'.

What kind of car to take, how many riders, guides, and servants all indicate the official position of the passengers.

For example, an official with more than 300 stone has three guide cars in front and two slave cars in the back. below three dukes to 2,000 stones, four horsemen; Below 1,000 stone to 300 stone for two people. The horsemen rode horses and swords to open the way, and so on.

Generally, when a small official goes out to work or deliver official documents at a post office, he can only take a car.

Officials with more than 600 stone can take the chariot.

The Shi Yi carriage is a kind of horse-drawn carriage developed from the Yi chariot. The so-called 'Shi Yi', that is, on both sides of the car to add 'long plates' (fenders), the top of the 'board' is folded outward, called 'Yi'. They are mostly made of bamboo mats or leather. It is attached to both sides of the carriage to shield the dust and mud rolled up by the wheels. Therefore, "Yi" is also known as "screen mud" and "car ear".

It also stipulates that officials from 600 to 1,000 stone are only allowed to "Zhu Zuoyi", that is, the left chariot is painted red. The officials of the 2,000 stone party allowed "Zhu Qi Liangyi".

Shi Yi car, two more horses in front of the car. It is a light and fast main car that middle and senior officials take when traveling.

There is also a distinction in the color of the car cover. Officials below 200 stone were covered with white cloth, above 300 stone were covered with black cloth, above 1,000 stone were covered with black silk, the king was covered with green cloth, and the emperor was covered with feathers.

Liu Bei's grandfather, Liu Xiong, was the official to the county magistrate of Fan County, Dongjun.

Counties with more than 10,000 households have one county order, and the rank is 1,000 stones; One person in the county, in charge of civil affairs, documents, and warehouses; There are two county lieutenants, who are in charge of law and order.

Counties with less than 10,000 households have one county magistrate, with a rank of 300 or 400 stones; There is one county officer and one county lieutenant.

Liu Bei's grandfather was a county commander, and he was obviously a thousand stones.

That is to say, in Liu Bei's garage, the carriage with the left fender painted red is a proper one-Shi Yi car!

Grandfather's relics, passed down for two generations. Just like Liu Bei's royal fruit box, it is also an ancestor!

Do not exceed the system.

After asking Fang Zhi, for the retired ministers, the imperial court will reward the car they rode in when they were in office to show preferential treatment. Therefore, later generations used 'bunched horses to hang the car' to indicate resignation and retirement. "Hanshu Xue Guangde Biography" uploaded: Xue Guangde, the imperial historian of the Western Han Dynasty, "hung his car to pass on his descendants" after returning to his hometown, "to show his honor".

The horse has a license, and the car has a license plate. Each vehicle is registered and has been checked by the company.

The reason why Liu Bei spent a lot of money on restoration, rather than building a new one, is precisely this reason.

No matter how rich you are, you can't buy cards!

Compared with the car with only one roof, air leakage on all sides, and mud splashed on the face when running, the Shi Yi car can be called high-end.

Regarding the construction of the carriage, Liu Bei was not interested.

Craftsmen can fix it.

Liu Bei's concern is that stability and comfort come first.

Needless to say, the hemp mats are custom-made according to the size. Liu Bei also made two 'couch chairs'. It is used to place hemp mats.

The so-called couch chair is similar to the current hidden table.

The hidden few are also called the several, and they are used to sit on the table and rely on. The shape is like removing the chair surface and legs, leaving only a curved back. Liu Bei's couch chair has more chair surface than Yinji, and it also has no legs. In this way, the stability is better, and after laying the chair cushion, it is 100 times more comfortable.

When the suspension problem of the vehicle itself cannot be solved, it is not also effective to appropriately increase the comfort of the seat.

Bamboo curtains are added on all sides of the carriage. Usually put it away, and when it comes to the west wind and rain, put down the covering. The carriage is not big. Two people ride side by side, the driver is on the right and the passenger is on the left. The three of them ride together, with the driver in the middle, the left being the Venerable, and the right being second.

Liu Bei later learned that the etiquette of riding a carriage was complicated. It is restricted by many so-called "riding capacity" and "standing car tolerance". It's not as convenient as taking an ox cart.

After that, I still rode horses.

The reason why the carriage was repaired was because a few days ago, my uncle sent someone to invite Jane, and my grandfather will celebrate his sixtieth birthday in the middle of next month, so that his mother will take Liu Bei there.

Given that his uncle had said that his mother had remarried, Liu Bei had no good impression of his mother's clan. Of course, it is also human nature not to want your mother to suffer from widowhood. Therefore, Liu Bei has no bad feelings.

In this era, it is not easy to live to 60. Even the elderly will be treated preferentially by the imperial court. Enjoy many privileges such as giving a few rods, giving wine and meat, exempting from forced labor, appointing the three elders, and galloping the Son of Heaven. It is strictly forbidden for officials at all levels to be recruited or detained without authorization, and it is also forbidden to insult or beat the elderly.

However, all the powerful landlords, as long as there are 60 (imaginary) elderly people in the family, will do it in a big way.

It is an honor to be able to 'live to old age'.

Where people gather, there will be comparisons.

Liu Bei is an orphan and a widow and doesn't want to be looked down upon. Especially not wanting to be looked down upon by my mother's clan.