Chapter 086: It's hard to return to the territory

Along the way, on the bumpy carriage and horse, Zhao Xing repeatedly greeted all the ancestors of the five-person group of eighteen generations, which was his only entertainment on the lonely and lonely road.

If not, he will go crazy for lovesickness.

Because there is a Zhongshan country in the middle, where the war between Zhao and Zhongshan is still fighting intermittently, in line with the principle that the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, Zhao Xing took the team and set off from Handan all the way to the north, passing through Jinyang, and by the way, packed the spoils of Gongzijie left there and took it north. After passing through Taiyuan in later generations, which is now Jinyang, I enjoyed the scenery of the second capital of the Zhao Kingdom. In the end, the scale of this place is not as good as that of a backward and remote county in later generations, which makes people feel even more boring.

But fortunately, because Daijun is the fringe town of Zhao State, mainly resisting the Hu people in the north, the Yan State in the east, and the henchmen in the south are in great trouble Zhongshan, in order to facilitate scheduling, Zhao Guo passed through Jinyang in Handan, and then arrived at Daijun, and built a gallop road earlier than Qin Shi Huang in history, that is, the ancient version of the highway, so that Zhao Xing's journey was not so difficult.

But in order to make his life more comfortable, on the road, Zhao Xing still transformed his own carriage and horse.

The carriages of this era were heavy and cramped, and the people who sat in the carriage could only stand on the carriage, at most they sat cross-legged in the carriage, and on the carriage, there was only one umbrella to shield the people who sat in the carriage from the sun, and there was no comfort at all. It's okay in summer, but it's going to die in winter, wind, frost, snow and rain, it's really a sin.

So, in order to enjoy himself, Lu Hanqiang launched his golden finger and created a four-wheeled carriage.

In fact, the most fundamental reason for this problem is that ancient China has not solved the steering problem of four-wheeled carriages, and when the four-wheeled carriages appeared on the roads of China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese people were still gloating, ready to see how the gringos could not turn and fall into the ditch.

The best way to solve this problem is to install a differential on the front wheel. But the differential is something that was only invented in recent times, and the solution to this problem in ancient Western times was also very simple. Their quad bikes had the first two wheels mounted on one frame, the rear two wheels mounted on the other, and the rear frame framed on the front frame connected by a vertical axle, which was actually a combination of two two-wheelers. This age-old conundrum has been cleverly solved.

Zhao Xing simply scoffed at this solution, and he later generations of trailer steering methods, which were lighter and more dexterous.

But it is not right to say that there were really no four-wheeled carriages in ancient China, and there are paintings on the Qingming Shanghe map. It's just that the practicality is very poor, and it is very laborious to simply put four wheels on a shelf, and to turn it can only be forcibly twisted by brute force. Therefore, it is generally only useful when pulling some very heavy goods.

The four-wheeled cart of the Ming Dynasty could carry a total of 6,000 catties and three tons of 50 stones, which was already quite good, and the speed was much faster than that of the Song Dynasty, but he also said the defects of this means of transport: "Where the cart travels, it stops when it encounters a river, when it encounters a mountain, and when it encounters a winding path."

It can be seen that the four-wheeled vehicle has high requirements for the terrain, and there are many mountains in China, for example, if Zhao Xing wants to reach Daijun, he has to pass through the Hengshan Mountains and the Taihang Mountains, which are all known for being steep and difficult in China.

But it doesn't matter, if you have money, you can make ghosts grind, you have money, you are still a lord, you have money, you have people, when you get to a difficult place, you can use enough money and drive enough people to carry your own carriage over, these details are not a problem.

Zhao Xing's four-wheeled carriage is long, narrow, long, and suitable for lying down, and Zhao Xing's principle is that if you can lie down, you will not sit.

It is narrow to be suitable for walking on mountain paths.

There is no way to absorb shocks, but you can replace them with thick fur, although it tastes good, but in order not to be bumped apart, you can only endure it.

Then the whole car is built in a house, of course, not bricks, but wood curtains, so that it is light and warm, comfortable and beautiful.

There is also a folding table for easy paperwork, and of course, more pots and bowls for eating and drinking.

After the car was completed, Zhao Xing got in, lying on the thick fur, holding a pot of fine wine, drinking it mouth-to-mouth as a drink, the wind could not blow, the rain could not be drenched, and the comfortable Zhao Xing snorted.

The four healthy horses of the divine horses pulled and rolled forward, making Zhao Xing enjoy the drowsiness.

Xu Jie got in and had something to report on, so Zhao Xing had to get up and sit opposite him in the carriage to discuss.

Zhao Xing felt that what Xu Jie reported was actually not a big deal, especially what he reported, it seemed that he had already accepted his report, turned over and over, and finally worked so hard that he forgot to sleep and eat, and had to eat with Zhao Xing in Zhao Xing's car. After eating, Xu Jie got out of the car and went out for a while, it was estimated that it was the time to pee, so he came back and reported again.

"Enough, don't expect me to talk to you all night long. Don't you just want to hitchhike? Okay, okay, won't I just make one for you? ”

Xu Jie was satisfied and jumped out of the carriage easily.

Since one is made for Xu Jie, of course, one must be made for Han Ce, and one cannot be favored over the other.

"But I can say it, although this thing is comfortable, but it is only suitable for the plains, and the mountain road is as rough as it is now, and you must hire it, remember, it is hired and not instructed by my subordinates to carry your chariot for you."

A river, twenty strong men lifted the carriage, and Zhao Xing explained to Han Ce and Xu Jie inside.

Han Ce smiled and said, "The money the Lord gave me is enough for me to enjoy. ”

Xu Jie said: "The Lord once commanded that my property should be withdrawn by me. ”

Zhao Xing has been old all the way.

So, the team stopped when they arrived at the original Gongzijie's city, too, after walking for a month, it was time to take a break, just rest here, and then take away the captured and guarded by the hundred families who were assigned to themselves at the beginning.

The original 300 soldiers of Junqiu were left with 100 to guard their booty, and more than 100 were recruited from Daijun, and 300 were collected and brought into Handan.

They are all fellow comrades-in-arms, cheering at each other, telling each other about their experiences, and the legend of the 300 soldiers who entered the capital makes the soldiers who stayed behind envious.

According to their equipment and occupation, they have become armor soldiers, that is to say, they are already scholars, and their status is simply not comparable to that of a hundred soldiers left behind.

So, the leader who stayed behind, now, can only be called the leader, begged Zhao Wuji, please lead himself to meet the head of the family, not expecting to become a warrior, but hoping to get a luxurious armor like that.

This leader is also called Hu, but his home is on the edge of the forest, so he is called Lin Hu, and when he saw Zhao Xing, he was still a little shy and embarrassed.

Zhao Xing was very happy, "Thinking about the time when Junqiu fought side by side, it makes people's hearts surging and blood boiling, hard brothers, I, the head of the family, have nothing to be thanked, I have prepared a hundred sets of armor and equipment for you that are the same as Zhao Wuji, and at the same time, in order to reward you for your merits, I now declare that you are all my armor soldiers, you are scholars." ”

Without waiting for Lin Hu to speak, Zhao Xing said his arrangement without hesitation.

At that time, Lin Hu and the hundred brothers were stunned for a moment, and then they fell down and kowtowed to the head of the family, Zhao Xing. There are no grandiose words, no bells and whistles to show loyalty, and some are just kowtowing to blood.