Zhang Han is really happy today, and everyone is clinking glasses, those who come do not refuse, the wine here because Xinpingbao is a bitter cold place, everyone loves to drink a high degree of soju, now the soju technology has matured, and the high liquor of later generations is not much different, but the current wine must be pure grain brewing, and the later generations of the kind of blended wine that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, mellow and fragrant, the entrance is soft, to the throat only to feel a heat down the esophagus, feel very powerful, Zhang Han also likes high liquor in later generations, but a few rounds of soju belly, Only then did I realize that I was a little careless today.

Fortunately, he is the proprietor, he doesn't drink if he feels wrong, and no one dares to really pour him wine, and at the end of the banquet, Zhang Han also insisted on asking someone to arrange for Li Shenming to live in the guest room, although Zhang's mansion is not too big, but it is also a courtyard with several entrances, Li Shenming and others were arranged in the first courtyard next to it, three main rooms and two side rooms, enough for their master and servant to live and place luggage.

Zhang Han himself now lives in the second main house, Chang lives in the third house, where the house is more exquisite, there is a very small garden, only a rockery and a circle of flowers and trees, and a small pavilion, surrounded by a pebble garden path, Chang's rice likes to walk in this small garden, exercise the body, this is also Zhang Han's suggestion, after getting used to walking, it is uncomfortable not to walk.

At this time, Zhang Han planned to buy another large house in the fort, at least ten or so into the house, and the garden was also opened up larger, preferably with mountains and rocks and pools, so that his mother would be more comfortable in raising her days, but Chang categorically refused, and only said that there were many places to use money in a few years, and now there are a lot of places where money is used, even if some silver cannot be used in such things, Zhang Han knew that what his mother said was right, so he gave up this discussion.

When he arrived to live on his own, two maids greeted him, if he was usually served by Zhang Chun here, tonight was chaotic, Zhang Chun went to Li Shenming to help with the dots, Chang knew that Zhang Han had no one here in the backyard, so he sent them over, when Zhang Han came, a maid was putting down the screen window, and a small handful of wormwood was lit under the window, which was used to smoke away mosquitoes. The family had to use this method to help him ventilate and repel mosquitoes.

"Why do you smell of alcohol?" Yang Liu was extremely happy in his heart, but he complained in his mouth.

She is about the same age as Zhang Han, half a head shorter than Zhang Han, much taller than other little girls, and her figure is also what she should have, especially the long legs and thin waist, Zhang Han covets it every time she sees it.

Zhang Han squinted, but saw that Yang Liu's two big eyes were also staring at herself, her skin was white and delicate, and she was also white and tender and smooth from her neck, which led people to reverie, because of Zhang Han, the whole pretty face was very close to him, and she was close to talking, Zhang Han's mind was unconsciously charming.

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Yang Liu, you are really good." ”

Yang Liu's heart jumped a little suddenly, she pursed her mouth, and she didn't know what to do in her heart, whether to throw herself into the young master's arms, or what? A few girls talk a lot about these things in private, and when it comes to the end, they know that they don't understand anything after all, even if they want to be close to the young master, their bodies can't help but struggle.

Zhang Han felt a burst of softness in his body, and a girl's unique body fragrance went straight into his nose, and his body reacted immediately, quite a little uncontrollable, Yang Liu lowered his head at this time, and the green silk around his neck was amazingly snow-white, and then he looked down, and his eyes were not as good as his eyes, but his imagination was so exciting that Zhang Han was extremely excited, and he couldn't wait to strip this girl naked immediately, and at this moment another maid came over with a bowl and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that I may not be full at the banquet, there is a bowl of tofu brain here, I just ordered it next night, does the young master use it?" ”

Zhang Han turned his head to take a look, and saw that the white tofu brain was filled with black soy sauce and red hot sauce, red, white and black together, he somehow remembered the bandit who was killed by his own shot, and thought of the scene of the broken intestines on the battlefield, and suddenly a vicious breath surged up in his chest and abdomen, and he couldn't hold it anymore, he vomited and vomited all over the ground.

……

It has been six days since Zhang Han and Li Shenming traveled.

It's the end of June, the weather is very hot, walking between the streets of Xinpingpu, a wave of heat chases, only under the shade of the houses and trees, when the cool breeze blows, you can still feel a coolness.

For Zhang Han, it's just that it's more painful to sleep without air conditioning, but in fact, he feels average about the real heat.

People who have lived in the urban heat island in later generations know that it is really hot, the ancients at this time, environmental protection is actually general, but there is no heat island effect, the air is really good, wearing a thin silk gown, a gust of wind blows, crackling for a while, and the heat on the body is swept away.

Li Shenming is not very afraid of heat, a businessman of his status is also used to going south and north, and he has to be busy with the things in his hands when it is cold and hot, not only his own affairs, but also the things assigned by those big people above, and he can't delay.

When out of the fort, Zhang Han and Li Shenming were leading the horses, each of them followed behind, just met a convoy over, about 20 cars, all of them are mules and horses newly made out of the car, body transformation, wheels, springs, steering axles, although it is far from the real European-style four-** car in Zhang Han's mind, but after all, it has thrown off the existing Chinese car ten streets, Li Shenming saw it and went up, looked up and down, left and right, and praised: "Wenlan, I am surprised that your shopkeeper is first-class, and now I know, Your craftsman is also first-class. ”

The carriage was actually made under the guidance of Zhang Han, including how to manufacture the steering shaft, which was the key part of Zhang Han's idea, but he naturally didn't say anything about it, just smiled.

Li Shenming asked again: "How much can each car pull?" ”

Zhang Han said: "The original big car wants to go faster, it only pulls two thousand catties, and it goes very slow when it reaches three thousand catties, but now this car, each car transports more than four thousand catties, and it still goes very fast, if the road is better, six or seven thousand catties can also be pulled." ”

Li Shenming was first amazed, and then lowered his voice and said, "That is to say, in the future, I will still use this car to pull it on the side of the Tartars?" ”

"When you get to the Tartar realm, you need to use a more robust car."

From the Great Wall, whether it is Xinpingbao or Xuanfu line, the journey is thousands of miles after the stopper, the road is to walk on the grass, there are few ready-made roads similar to the Ming official road, Zhang Han has also considered, the iron parts of the cart are more, the system is more firm, and the parts are best to be universal, so that the maintenance is also convenient. China's old cart is not only clumsy, but also wooden, once damaged repair is also very difficult, but the more this is easy to break, the new carriage not only has many iron parts, the quality of iron should also be good, the parts are best to be universal, in this way, long distance back and forth, the damage rate is low, easy to maintain, the capacity is naturally extremely strong, and the profits are of course rolling in.

If the carriage finally becomes what Zhang Han envisioned, even if it is the steppe outside the Saiwai, it should actually run freely, how can there be so many roads in the vast land of Russia? Those Cossacks from the borders of Europe all the way to Central Asia, and then to Siberia, the war and migration did not stop for hundreds of years, including the later command of the huge empire, the entire Russian Empire was full of the kind of two-wheeled and four-wheeled large carriages, whether it was harvesting or migration, or supporting expansion wars, the role of the carriage was actually still on fire and guns. Without logistics, could it be that gunpowder, bullets and supplies all fell from the sky?

What the Russians can do with a carriage, why can't Zhang Han and his subordinates do it?

Therefore, the trip to Lingqiu, is also inevitable, in the future, there are a lot of iron used to build cars, and it can not always be bought, the stock of Fujian iron from Xinpingbao to Datong Town is limited, and the cost of buying from afar has also increased greatly, which is very uneconomical.

Zhang Han raised his horsewhip, pointed to the carts that were entering the fort, and said with a smile: "Brother Zunlu, when we go out in the future, we can take Heyusheng's manned carriage, which is more comfortable than riding a horse." ”

"When the time comes, it's better to ride a horse."

Li Shenming has not traveled in a carriage, bumpy and stuffy, it is really better to ride a horse, although he was surprised by the shape of the carriage in front of him and the ability to carry, but he really did not believe that Zhang Han could make a vehicle that was more comfortable to sit on than riding a horse.

Zhang Han didn't say much, he whipped the horse in front, Li Shenming laughed, and chased after the horse.

……

"Brother Zunlu, this is the third uncle of the contempt family."

It was already the beginning of July all the way to Delingqiu, and I walked on the road for five days, and I rested for another day in the middle, and rode a horse for dozens of miles every day.

If the sitting posture on horseback is not accurate, the waist and legs are sore in the morning, and the legs hurt and sore after getting off the horse, and the exhaustion is fully revealed, Zhang Han and Li Shenming and others are often riding horses, and the accompanying Jiang brothers and Liang Xing and others are also good equestrians, even so, when they arrived in Lingqiu County, everyone was exhausted.

Zhang Xuezeng rushed to Lingqiu two days in advance, visited some relevant people, etc., and when Zhang Han and others arrived in the city, Zhang Xuezeng led a group of people to pick up outside the city in person.

"It turned out to be Mr. Li." Zhang Xuezeng hadn't said anything yet, a middle-aged gentleman standing next to him stepped forward, arched his hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Student Li Dayong, once went to Datong to pay homage to the chief military officer, and I have seen Mr. Li from a distance. ”