Chapter 478: Galloping Wind [Fifth Update 3/10]
Zhou Heng hurriedly pulled Zhu Yunmo aside, the molds here are all connected in series, in case one of them rolls down and hits him, it will be a big problem.
"Don't worry, there are a lot of them here, and there is a lot of latex, so you can control how much you need next time when you do it once."
Zhu Yunmo was a little anxious, the more he didn't say anything about this thing, the more people wanted to know what it was, after all, it was really difficult to guess something like a circle.
"Okay, I won't bother, you should hurry up!"
Zhou Heng ignored him, pinched a bulge exposed on the edge, full of elasticity, and there was no sticky hand, it seems that the latex with quick-drying agent dries quite quickly.
"Okay, open the mold carefully, and remember to knock it around first, so that they are not so close to each other."
Blacksmith Yao hurriedly nodded, and said as Zhou Heng had instructed, and the two groups began to hold these rings and began to disassemble them one by one.
The edges of those molds are all with buckles, pick open all the buckles, and break them up and down together, a black thing appeared in front of him, Zhu Yunmo squinted, this thing really can't think of what it can be.
"That's what you do?"
Zhou Hengbai glanced at him, this product was really in a hurry.
"Don't worry, don't you get it right, there is a small tire in the mold below, this is the outer tire, which is something placed on the wheel, I said before, with this thing, the car will not bump no matter how it runs."
Zhu Yunmo remembered that Zhou Heng had said this thing before, but he didn't have the image of this thing in his mind, thinking that it was similar to a leather wrapped around the wheel, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.
Zhou Heng had already asked Blacksmith Yao to assemble the wheels, and the axles and rims of the wheels had already been done, but the inner tube was stuffed into the outer tire and assembled together.
Then he took out the pump and began to pump the tires, and with the sound of the bang, I saw the tires bulge.
These people moved the assembled axles and wheels out of the house, replaced Boss Xue's carriage with this newly made wheel, and looked at the loaded carriage, Zhu Yunmo's face was a little nervous.
"This wheel seems to be much thinner than the original, and the rubber looks soft, can it be strong?"
Zhou Heng raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yunmo, his worry Zhou Heng understood very well, the original wooden wheel was wrapped with iron sheet on the outside, and it was very thick and heavy, and it looked very stout, but after all, the wood was not very strong, but this kind of self-weight brought a lot of weight to the horse.
"Let's go, get in the car and try it, it's useless to say anything else, you only know if you try it."
Zhu Yunmo didn't say anything, followed Zhou Heng into the car, a few people got into the car, Zhu Yunmo didn't sit down and stood at the wheel first, looked down, and found that the tires outside the wheels had not changed, let alone flattened because of the master, and there was a trace of worry on his face.
Boss Xue whipped the horse and walked up, Zhou Heng looked at Boss Xue outside the car door and ordered:
"Try it when you run, you can only know the benefits of this tire when you run."
Boss Xue had no doubts about Zhou Heng, raised his whip and threw it down hard towards the horse's buttocks, the horse ran instantly when it was in pain, and due to the suddenness of the action, Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo fell backwards one after another.
When the two of them sat up, they found that the speed of the carriage was already very fast, and it was just such a moment of effort, and they came directly to the foot of the mountain, and Zhu Yunmo had a surprised look on his face.
"This is so powerful, why didn't I feel the bumps, as if it was stopping?"
Boss Xue was very calm.
"Our son must do what he says, this wheel not only reduces the bumps, doesn't the prince think that the horse runs fast? I feel that the weight of the car is much lighter, and if you compare it with a normal horse-drawn carriage, the car with this wheel is at least 30% faster. ”
Zhu Yunmo's eyes widened, trying his best to relax, and then patted Zhou Heng.
"Why are you still stunned, let's go back to the capital, and enter the palace to see the imperial uncle when it is not late."
Zhou Heng almost laughed, I don't know when Zhu Yunmo let himself be broken, and he had to hurry into the palace when he was about to close the palace door.
"Don't worry, go up and get something, this latex has made something else, let's bring some."
Seeing such a surprise, Zhu Yunmo didn't care about what Zhou Heng said at all, and waved his hand at him.
"Then go up and prepare, Boss Xue go back quickly, let's go back to the capital, let them see what this thing is, what are you afraid of this tire?"
Zhou Heng glanced at him, "I'm afraid of nails, and it's a long nail, but this tire can be repaired, if it is too damaged, it can be replaced at any time, and it won't take long to replace it." ”
Zhu Yunmo kept nodding, if the wheels of the carriage broke down on the road, the carriage would basically be scrapped, and it would be too convenient if it could be replaced.
While speaking, they had already returned to the workshop, Zhou Heng jumped out of the car, talked to Yao Blacksmith for a while, and then loaded some things, and several people got into the car again and headed towards the capital.
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In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Fang Jizhong walked quickly to the inner room.
The emperor was holding a book, looking at the endgame in front of him, and when he heard footsteps, he raised his head and looked at Fang Jizhong.
"How?"
Fang Jizhong hurriedly saluted.
"Zhou Yuanju and Shizi hurriedly entered the palace, saying that the person in charge of the search in Fujian had replied, and the things had been transported to Beishan at the moment, and they had made some things to show Your Majesty."
When the emperor heard this, he hurriedly put down the book and hurriedly urged Fang Jizhong:
"Why are you still stunned, let them in?"
Fang Jizhong's face looked a little helpless, and he spread his hand and said:
"It's not that the old slave won't let you in, it's the prince who said it, let Your Majesty go out and have a look, this heart cultivation hall can't fit in it."
As soon as the emperor heard this, he quickly stood up, Fang Jizhong had already handed a cloak in front of him, and then hurriedly left the Heart Cultivation Palace.
In fact, the emperor didn't know what they were doing, looking at Fang Jizhong's appearance, naturally he was also confused, but it was still happy to hear something different.
Stepping out of the threshold, he saw Zhu Yunmo and Zhou Heng standing at the door, and when he saw that the two were about to give a salute, the emperor waved his hand.
"Okay, it's this hour, you hurried into the palace, but the people from Fujian have entered Beijing?"
Zhu Yunmo hurriedly bowed, "Back to Uncle Huang, the people who went to Fujian have already sent back the rubber trees they found, and they have also collected fresh latex and concentrated them and transported them back."
Far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, in order to transport these things, it really wasted a lot of effort, as for the people who went to Fujian before they stayed there to wait for our news, and we pondered for a day, this is not to do something, want to show the imperial uncle. ”
Zhu Yunmo's topic changed very quickly, for the old emperor, who was locked in this palace all the year round, he was also very interested in some adjustments, and walked to the two of them.
"Tell me what it is?"
Zhu Yunmo pointed to the carriage behind him, there were horse lamps hanging at the four corners of the carriage, the whole carriage was illuminated very brightly, and the emperor looked at Zhu Yunmo with a look of expectation.
"Let's start with the big pieces, the wheels of this carriage are made of latex, which has two layers, the outside is to resist the damage of hard objects, and the inside is filled with gas, so that the wheels will be elastic and drive like walking on the ground.
In addition, now that the carriage has removed the original heavy axles and wheels, replaced with tires and new wheel bottom brackets, the overall weight has been reduced a lot, why don't you go up and feel it? ”
The emperor looked at Zhu Yunmo who was talking eloquently, it made people feel a little weird today, usually Zhou Heng kept saying, Zhu Yunmo was just smirking on the side, why is it the other way around today?
But glancing at the wheel, the Emperor lifted his foot and tried to step on it, but the wheel did not move at all, and seemed to be no problem with its sturdiness.
"Okay, then try."
Fang Jizhong shuddered and hurried over.
"Then Your Majesty wants to go up, and the old slave will mobilize people to follow."
The old emperor waved his hand, and his face looked a little impatient.
"Stay honest, I just want to come up and feel it, Zhou Aiqing, you come to drive."
Zhou Heng had a sad look on his face, "Your Majesty doesn't know how to drive, if you don't let this person drive, you can sit in the car and experience what it is!" ”