In the port of Tianjin, four-wheeled carriages are very neatly moored in a cement open space in the port area, and the number of hundreds is quite hundred, and the scene is spectacular.

This kind of four-wheeled carriage also began to rise at the end of last year, and was first used by Xishan Coal Industry to transport honeycomb coal into Beijing, and later the major coal industries also began to imitate it one after another.

Although in all respects, without advanced bearings and springs, this four-wheeled carriage is not very easy to control, requires a very skilled driver, and is relatively demanding on the road, and can only drive on some relatively smooth roads.

Once driven in potholes, this kind of four-wheeled carriage will appear very bulky, far less practical, flexible and convenient than two-wheeled carriages, and it will be difficult to get out of the mud pit.

But the four-wheeled carriage has the advantage of a four-wheeled carriage, because it uses four wheels to walk, so all the weight of the four-wheeled carriage is on the four wheels, and the pressure on the horses is much smaller, and the horses used to pull can use all the strength to pull the goods, and the capacity of the four-wheeled carriage is extremely strong.

Ordinary two-wheeled carriages can generally only transport a few hundred catties, once the weight is too heavy, the horse has to pull the cart on one side, and the other side also needs to bear a part of the weight, it is easy to get tired, and naturally there is no way to pull too heavy.

Therefore, these two-wheeled carriages are generally used to carry people, and are rarely used to pull goods.

The four-wheeled carriage is completely different, the horse does not need to bear the weight, all the power can be used to pull the goods, in addition to the four wheels to walk, this capacity is extremely amazing, two horses can pull more than two thousand pounds of goods (here is a reference to the British eighteenth century four-wheeled carriage data, with two horses and eight horses, driving a Guangfu four-wheeled truck, carrying about four tons, so these two horses should be a ton should be no problem at all, compared to the cement road).

Because of the strong ability of the four-wheeled carriage to pull goods, it has gradually become the most common freight carriage in Beijing and Tianjin, especially in Tianjin, where these four-wheeled carriages can be seen between major construction sites.

Because there are no bearings, Liu Jin also adopted a relatively simple two-horse design in the design of the four-wheeled carriage.

Originally, because there was a fulcrum of two teams side by side, this four-wheeled carriage could actually be made very long, just like the four-wheeled carriage when the United States moved westward in later generations, it was big and long, and its ability to pull goods was extremely amazing.

But now there is a lack of bearings, so in terms of design, Liu Jin did not design too long, only one zhang long, that is, about three meters long, and the width is designed according to the width of the buttocks of the two horses.

Such a four-wheeled carriage and the four-wheeled carriage of later generations can not be compared, but because the body is relatively petite, so the operability is more flexible, otherwise without bearings, the longer the design, the worse its flexibility, and it will be difficult to turn.

At this time, in the open space in the harbor, the coachmen were inspecting the four-wheeled carriages, especially the horses, which had a small basket behind their buttocks, which was specially used to hold dung.

"Fortunately, there is this kind of four-wheeled carriage, otherwise even if there is grain and fish in Tianjin, it will be difficult to transport it to the capital, and it will be ...... if you just carry it on your shoulders."

Li Dongyang looked at the huge fleet of horses in front of him, and couldn't help but admire Liu Jin's layout again, in this era of extremely inconvenient transportation, in this era of extremely backward transportation, the transportation of materials is extremely difficult, and it takes a lot of manpower and time.

But now it's different, this kind of four-wheeled carriage specially designed by Liu Jin to transport honeycomb coal, its transportation capacity is extremely powerful, and it is becoming more and more popular in the capital.

"Yes, otherwise, hundreds of thousands of catties of sea fish on this day, I don't know how many people need to be able to transport them to the capital, even if they can be transported to the capital, if you just walk, it will take too long, and the fish may be bad."

Zhou Jing also nodded, fish is not comparable to grain, grain can be stored for a long time, unless this fish is dried into fish, otherwise it is extremely difficult to preserve, and it is easy to rot after a time.

Regardless of the fact that there is only a distance of more than 100 kilometers between the capital and Tianjin, it will take at least three days to reach it if you rely on walking.

Now, with four-wheeled carriages and a concrete road being built at a rapid pace, it can transport fish from Tianjin to Beijing in about a day.

"Bell~Bell~"

While the two were chatting, a bell rang from the lighthouse in the harbor, and the lookout on the lighthouse began to shout with a large tin horn.

As the bell rang, coupled with his shout, the originally calm port began to boil, and everyone looked at the place where the sea and the sky were connected outside the port, and faintly, several large ships were rushing towards the port.

Without waiting too long, the nine boats slowly moored to the docks, and the port steward immediately began to organize people to get busy and unload the fish on the boats.

At the same time, the horse-drawn carriages that had been waiting for a long time also came to the side of the big boat, and baskets and baskets of sea fish continued to be loaded into the carriage, and soon, a car was full of sea fish, and then under the drive of the coachman, it began to drive along the cement road to the capital.

One after another, hundreds of carriages were already filled with fresh sea fish in a very short time, like a long dragon heading towards the capital.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go back to Beijing."

Li Dongyang turned around and got into a four-wheeled carriage, when he came, he rode directly in order to hurry, and now when he goes back, he doesn't have to rush anything, he can naturally make a four-wheeled carriage and go back slowly.

This kind of four-wheeled carriage used to sit on people, with thick cotton wool in it, is very soft, and then put on some quilts, go inside, and sleep beautifully to the capital.

Zhou Jing also turned around and sat in his four-wheeled carriage, as for Zhang Mao, who had already seen the opportunity to make a fortune, he had already returned to the capital on horseback alone.

In the name of the first to report to Emperor Hongzhi on the situation in Tianjin, but in fact, the main thing is to go back to the capital to raise money to buy fishing boats to go to sea to fish, but also to prepare with Dingguo Duke Xu Yongheng, Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu to do sea trade, here in Tianjin port, he saw three million taels of silver with his own eyes, knowing that the benefits of this sea trade are amazing, how can he miss it?

Liu Jin has no plans to return to Beijing for the time being, and it is not appropriate to go back at this time, because he feels that it is relatively safer to go back to Tianjin, and once the person behind him loses everything, he may not be at a disadvantage, so it is better to strategize on the Tianjin side.