Yang Cong was really surprised by the invention of several peasant children, these people really dare to think that they can even build a "car"!

He really didn't expect this, because people in this era have never seen cars at all, how did they come up with this thing?

He couldn't help but be curious: "This, how did you come up with this?" ”

A few peasant children pushed and shoved excitedly, and finally, a clever young man was pushed out, and replied cautiously: "My lord, our plough machine is actually the fire dragon car you invented, but this plough machine has to go in the field, so we replaced the wheels with wooden ones, and they are much wider, so that the wheels will not be trapped in the field." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Yang Cong heard this, and couldn't help but suddenly realize, indeed, the structure of the plough machine they made was very similar to the structure inside the dragon car, but there was no carriage on it.

These people are really smart!

However, their cleverness seems to be useless in the right place, or rather, the invention of the plough machine is far less significant than the invention of the automobile.

He hadn't thought about building a car, but he didn't have rubber tires or anything yet, and he gave up thinking that the wheels would trap him in the dirt.

I didn't expect these guys to come up with this solution.

Yes, as long as the wheels are widened, there will be no traps in the dirt, such a simple truth, why didn't he think of it?

Sometimes rich experience can indeed make people avoid many detours and reach the end, but sometimes experience is also a kind of constraint, which makes people's thinking fixed within a certain range, so that many other things are ignored.

Just like this car, Yang Cong always thought that the wheels of the car must be rubber tires, but he never thought that simple wooden wheels could also be used.

This wooden wheel really works, because these peasant children have proved to him that although the plough machine they made is only a boiler, a copper pipe and a steam engine, and even a person cannot sit on it, this thing can really walk in the field, and the wheel will not sink into it at all.

If you add the carriage, add the seats, and then sit on the person, the load of the car will indeed increase a lot, but, it doesn't matter, the wheels are a little wider, a few inches wide is not a foot, a foot wide is not two feet, as long as the wheels are wide enough, no matter how heavy the car is, it will not sink into the soil.

In short, no one dictates how wide the wheel should be, and how wide it should be and how wide it should be!

Looking at the rough wheels of the ploughing machine, he even thought, this wheel does not need to be done at all, just sawn a log with a diameter of one or two feet into a section, and then add an axle or something in the middle, isn't it okay, there are a lot of such big trees at this time, at least it is enough to replace them before the discovery of rubber.

In this way, the car made will definitely be very different from the car of later generations, and even look weird, but what does it matter, people in this era have never seen a car, no matter how weird, it is just that he alone thinks it is weird.

So, how to guide these people to make "cars"?

To tell the truth, this kind of plough machine "invented" by these peasant children cannot be regarded as a car, because this thing cannot sit at all, and even the direction has to be controlled by the person behind it, and it is almost like a walk-behind tractor.

The walk-behind tractor seems to be good, at least this thing is not on the market, only when something comes out, there is the possibility of continuous improvement, if there is no such thing as this thing, how can people improve it?

Thinking about it, Yang Cong couldn't help but nod and said, "Well, this thing is very creative, quite good." “

When the children of the peasant families heard this, they were all overjoyed, and next, is it time to talk about the issue of reward?

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong gasped and said, "However, some areas still need to be improved." ”

Well, improve it, improve it, after all, it's better to improve than to deny it altogether, and there is no chance to improve, so they don't think about the reward.

The clever young man hurriedly arched his hand and said, "My lord, the student is dull, and I can't think of what needs to be improved for the time being, so please give me advice." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then instructed: "For example, the person who controls the ploughing machine in the back, you can completely lengthen the car board a little longer, and add a seat to let it sit on the ploughing machine, so many things are placed on the car, is there still a place for one person to sit?" ”

This, there is indeed no shortage of places to sit, and if the problem person sits on it, the direction of the plough machine cannot be controlled.

The clever young man said helplessly: "My lord, we have also considered this, but once this person sits on it, he will not be able to control the direction of the ploughing machine. ”

This question is simple, plus the steering wheel, plus the steering system.

However, these things may be a little difficult for people of this era to understand, so they obviously have them on the dragon car, but they have not imitated them.

Yang Cong thought about it carefully, and then instructed: "This is simple, you can directly add a flatbed truck similar to the front in the back, just hang it in the back, don't completely connect it." Then raise the handrail to make it easy to control, so that you can control the direction of the plough. ”

What he said, in fact, is the walk-behind tractor of later generations, because the steering wheel and steering system are too troublesome to do, and it is not suitable to promote at this time, and the steering method of walk-behind tractors can be used for reference.

As for how these people will understand it and what it will look like, it is unknown.

When the clever young man heard this, he pondered for a while, looked at the other companions, and then said solemnly: "The student understands, thank you for your advice." ”

Yang Cong nodded, and then said approvingly: "Your waterwheel is doing quite well, with this thing, it will be much more convenient to irrigate this farmland in the future, for this, I will reward each of you with a thousand taels." Also, the idea of this ploughing machine is also quite good, if you add the back seat first, and then think about it, can you make a car to replace the horse-drawn carriage, if you make it, I will reward each of you with 10,000 taels, and I will also give you a factory, and you will have a dividend after the car you make is sold. ”

Sure enough, the reward came, one thousand taels, which was enough for them to be excited, and the back of ten thousand taels and dividends made them look forward to it, and all the children of the farmers were excited and red, believing that under the stimulation of this huge bonus, they would soon bring the Ming Dynasty version of the car or walk-behind tractor.

What would a Ming Dynasty version of a car look like?

It's really exciting.

This is the matter, he can finally go back to the house, and at this time it is close to noon, and it is almost time to eat, so he simply greeted Wang Xuan and asked him to go back to the house to eat together.

Wang Xuan was not polite, it was common for Yang Cong to invite him to dinner, and every time they had a lot of topics to talk about, just like this time, the variety and production scale of the steam engine were enough for them to talk for a while.

On the way back, Yang Cong thought a lot, and he found that he had overlooked a very important issue.

This question, to put it bluntly, is himself!

He is using silver to stimulate these people to invent and create, and the things that these people invent and create also stimulate him, but there are countless "good things" in his head, wouldn't it be a pity not to "invent" them?

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