After that, Yang Xuan returned to Chengdu, and the missionaries Li Shisi and An Siwen were waiting in the lobby, and when they saw Yang Xuan coming in, they greeted him, and the whole person danced and was very excited. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "The two gentlemen are so happy, what is there to be happy about?" ”

An Siwen smiled: "My lord, do you remember the competition that day?" At that time, the adults said that if there was a carriage that was faster than a tricycle, if that was the case, would the adults admit that our country is as great as yours, and that our people live a life of abundance? ”

Yang Xuan smiled faintly, stopped and said, "Are the two gentlemen for this?"

A few months ago, I made a bet that I thought you were too scared to come to me. ”

Although there are many four-wheeled carriages in Europe, it is another thing to really build them, and in the past few months, the two have been pondering the appearance of the four-wheeled carriages, reading various books and renovating them, so that it took three months to build.

Now that he was told by the other party, An Siwen smiled awkwardly, spread his hands and said, "My lord, I am a missionary, a servant of Almighty God in the human world, not a craftsman.

In order to convince the adults, I did not hesitate to change careers and worked as a craftsman for a few days.

As the Lord said, it is difficult, but thank you Lord Almighty, I am waiting for the mission to be completed and I am now giving it to you as a gift. ”

Yang Xuan came to the front of the governor's yamen and saw a four-wheeled carriage from a distance, pulled by four carriages, which was extremely luxurious.

This four-wheeled carriage is like the prototype of a modern automobile, the first two wheels are mounted on one frame, the last two wheels are mounted on the other, and the rear frame frame is connected by a vertical axle on the front frame, and in the process of running, the rear wheels are driven to turn by turning the front wheels.

In addition to the core problems of wheels and steering, the coachman sat on the carport and looked at the target ahead from a distance.

The carriage body is between two wheels and can be opened through the door, as is the case in modern cars.

Looking at such a four-wheeled carriage, Yang Xuan secretly marveled in his heart, no wonder the West was able to invent the automobile, it turned out that they had experience in the production of carriages thousands of years ago, and after that, they just changed the power from animal power to engine.

At this moment, Yang Xuan especially misses the engine, if he can really make a steam engine, trains and ships can fly freely on rivers and post stations, if it is really like that, what Manchu Tartar, it is just a representative of barbarism.

Regardless of everyone's dissuasion, Yang Xuan entered the carriage and felt that it was particularly spacious inside, as An Siwen said, such a large carriage could carry two tons of goods.

Listening to the two missionaries An Siwen and Lissi talking about Western civilization and the prosperity and strength of the West, Yang Xuan sat on the opposite side speechlessly, thinking about how to convert it into a trailer, how to tow the red-coated cannon, how to tow the goods, how to establish a regular means of transportation, and how to realize the free interaction between the people of the two places.

This four-wheeled carriage is not only the load of goods but also the speed of transportation is twice that of the Oriental carriage, four carriages can transport 16 loads of goods, two carriages can transport 8 loads of goods, the daily march speed reaches 150-200 miles.

If these land transportation vehicles, such as four-wheeled carriages, tricycles, and bicycles are used on a large scale in the future, if that is really the case, the speed and transportation cost of land transportation goods will be greatly reduced, just like the high-speed rail in the previous life changed China's economy, and China, which uses a large number of four-wheeled carriages, will gradually bid farewell to the princely economy with counties as a unit, and realize the great connection of the whole province and the whole country.

Tests have shown that a four-wheeled vehicle can travel 200 miles a day on a post road, and this is still a pothole, if the post road is built more smoothly, it can travel 300 kilometers a day by changing horses in the middle of the road (a few decades later, a stagecoach will travel 376 kilometers on the best road in Europe at the time, and it will take 23 and a half hours to reach it at the earliest).

Just like the high-speed rail in the previous life changed the people's way of life, if the four-wheeled carriage is applied on a large scale, it is completely possible to realize the long-distance transportation of military food through transport ships and four-wheeled carriages, without the need to recruit strong men from the civilian population who are several times the number of troops as in the past.

If the four-wheeled carriage is used on a large scale, it can transport heavy firearms such as red-coated cannons, and now the army has built a lot of cannons weighing 400 kilograms, together with the artillery carriage weighing 600 kilograms and firing 2 kilograms of live ammunition of the red-coated cannons, sometimes although they want to cast larger caliber cannons, but the existing means of transport can not be dragged at all and are forced to give up.

Now, if four-wheeled vehicles can be manufactured in large quantities, large-caliber field artillery can be used on a large scale, as in the West, without worrying about the phenomenon of artillery moving away from the infantry.

Looking at the four-wheeled carriage, Yang Xuan fell into deep thought, just like the dispute between the farming civilization of the Han people in the East and the nomads in the north, in Western Europe, Germany and France and other agricultural countries were also attacked by nomads such as Russia in the north, but a divided Western Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe could easily resist the invasion of the powerful nomads in the north.

In the East, the situation is the opposite, the Han people have always been unified, and the northern ethnic minorities are often fragmented, why is the unified Central Plains civilization often invaded by the nomadic people who are divided in the north, and why the northern ethnic minorities are slightly united and the Central Plains Dynasty falls into a ruling crisis?

Of course, there are many factors that determine the strength of the Central Plains and steppe nationalities, but there is no doubt that the grain transportation and long-range combat capability of the three armed forces is a very important reason.

If the Central Plains Dynasty was equipped with a large number of four-wheeled carriages to solve the problem of transporting grain and grass for a large army (in ancient times, an army often needed to double or double the number of conscripts and strong men to transport grain and grass), and solve the problem of long-distance warfare.

Getting out of the carriage, Yang Xuan was surprised, and although he appointed An Siwen and Li Sisi as the main ministers, he resolutely refused to allow their missionary requests.

Looking at the missionary who was a little discouraged, Yang Xuan smiled and enlightened: "Two gentlemen, now I am sure that the country where the two gentlemen live is as strong as the place where our Han people live, and the people are rich.

In the future, if we can expel the Tartars and restore China, I will definitely write to the imperial court to let the two of us proselytize in our country, but now you have also seen that we have been invaded by the Tartars, and I don't want to cause any sectarian conflicts because of this. ”

Although the two were disappointed, they were helpless, and after three months of work, it was clear that the craftsmen were able to make a four-wheeled carriage after the mouth was opened.

What's even more surprising to the two of them was that after returning to the governor's yamen, Yang Xuan immediately appointed the master master Li Kanrong as the general office of the carriage bureau to build the carriage with all his might.

In the past, everyone thought that Westerners were just some playthings that were demoralized, and they didn't expect that there was such a carriage, and in addition to being amazed, some people were even more worried about Yang Xuan's playthings being demoralized, and put the Northern Expedition aside.

On this day, Qian Bangqi suggested: "My lord, since ancient times, the four (Sichuan) have been divided into the upper Sichuan and the lower Sichuan, Hanzhong is above the basin edge, and there is a tiger eye on my four (Sichuan), after the defeat of Haoge, the barbarian Qing Dorobelenikan will be stationed in Hanzhong, and now Dolgon is to let Wu Sangui lead his troops into Guanzhong, if I do not occupy Hanzhong before Wu Sangui arrives, then I am afraid that the Tartars will pose a threat to my four (Sichuan) with the advantage of the terrain." ”

When Yin Chengqi heard this, he shook his head and said, "My lord, don't do this."

Now the situation in Yunnan is far from being undecided, not to mention the internal contradictions of our Ming army, just say that Sun Kewang is expected to retreat into southern Yunnan, Shadingzhou retreats to Mengzi, and they can make a comeback at any time.

Let's talk about our four (Sichuan), Zhu Rongfan of the Chu royal family, Cheng Yuan from Shizhouwei to eastern Sichuan, claiming to be the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, not only wants the adults to obey his orders, but also colludes with ******, Li Zhanchun and others many times, and the situation in the whole four (Sichuan) is also quite unclear. ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Brother Yin, our enemy is the Tartars, not the Liukou, let alone the other Ming army departments.

I became the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu with military merits, and it is normal for some people to have pink eye and not get used to it, if they are willing to fight the Tartars with me, I will raise my hands and drink with joy.

As for those who are sabotaging behind their backs and sabotaging the great cause of fighting against the Tartars, I think people of insight in the world will oppose it. ”

The troops were immediately ordered to prepare and start the Northern Expedition after the autumn ploughing.

As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, in the last years of Chongzhen, Sichuan was in turmoil for many years, and there was a grain shortage in various places, although it has basically subsided now, and the soldiers and civilians and displaced people in various places have reclaimed a large number of wasteland for tuntian, but just like a very weak patient, the foundation is very weak, and it takes many times to plan to collect grain and grass to transport to the front line.

In order to gather the grain and grass needed for the Northern Expedition, Yang Xuan was anxious to calculate all day, sent officials to various places to investigate grain production and grain conditions, and relied on river and land transportation to transport grain to major granaries.

In addition to collecting food, the more important military, after the baptism of the first few battles, the defects of ordinary bird guns became more and more obvious.

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