Chapter 210: Small Things, Big Problems

"Your Highness, a total of six brand-new four-wheeled carriages were transferred directly from the Ye family's workshop, which are very beautiful." An attendant said to Chang Huaiyin.

"Oh?" Chang Huaiyin, who seemed a little bored in Danyang, threw down the book in his hand and said, "Go and have a look." I was finally able to get rid of the broken wagons. ”

Coming all the way from Chunnan, those beautifully decorated carriages from Chunnan can toss them enough. The delicacy of those carriages did not contribute to the comfort of the carriage, and the long journey from Yuhang to Danyang, even if there was an already quite standard road, made Chang Huaiyin, her husband, and children suffer. When they were on the road, they heard that the Yip's workshop had been developing four-wheeled carriages from generation to generation, and in just a few years, the more and more comfortable carriages introduced in the workshop had developed to the terrifying twenty-second generation...... Sometimes two generations of products can be updated in a month.

"Your Highness......" saw Chang Huaiyin running out to see these carriages, from the Ye family's workshop, and was saluting the apprentice who was introducing the various characteristics of the vehicles to the handlebar of the Juxian Palace.

"Get up." Chang Huaiyin frowned and asked, "This car looks a little strange." ”

"Your Highness," the apprentice cautiously explained, "this new type of carriage was just finalized last month, and in addition to sending ten to Yunzhou for the use of Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion, I am honored to have a distinguished guest like you to experience this new type of carriage first." The villain noticed that the old-fashioned wooden four-wheeled carriage used in His Highness's Mansion was still used, and because the form was too old, the villain really didn't know how to compare the huge gap between the original carriage of your mansion and the current new carriage. Please allow the villain to explain to His Highness in detail. ……”

At first, the apprentice, who was still a little restrained, saw that Chang Huaiyin seemed to be very interested in the workshop car, and he also relaxed, and carefully explained the benefits of the carriage. And this new type of carriage of Yip's workshop is indeed unique, applying a series of new materials and new processes. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the concentrated embodiment of various technologies in this era. The carriage chassis is a cast H-shaped steel frame, and the carriage shell is also mounted on the steel frame, which has excellent safety. Ordinary wooden carriages can easily be destroyed in their entirety once they are overturned or something, and even if this kind of carriage rolls from the top of the hill to the bottom of the slope, the deformation will not be too great. The four wheels of the carriage are all suspension, not the simple spring group suspension, but the mechanical pillar suspension. The triangular spring bracket group converts longitudinal bumps into small movements in the front and rear directions, which better absorbs vibrations and makes the ride smoother and quieter. The windows are shutter frames, and when the wind is fine or when adequate ventilation is required, the entire shutter holder can be received into the car body and doors with a crank handle. The tilt of the blades can be individually adjusted for each louver frame to adjust ventilation and lighting. And there is an even more wonderful little design in the carriage: the central lock. With the shutter frames activated, all the shutter blades can be closed with a single pull and twist. And lock the position. For some people, these shutter blades, with steel chips at the core and wood chips on the outside, may be able to buy themselves a little more time in case of an emergency, and thus change their fate.

In addition to ensuring the safety and reliability of these characteristics. The carriages allocated to Chang Huaiyin and his party this time have almost reached the pinnacle of this era in terms of decoration and comfort. According to the consistent style of Yip's workshop, it has become a tradition to be customizable in terms of decoration, and the six carriages sent this time were due to the tight time for the goods. is also because Chang Huaiyin requires a simple and low-key approach, and there is no magnificent decoration, which is basically the exact same version of the carriages that have been sent to Yunzhou. But even so, the carriage has developed a number of laudable qualities in this regard. The carriages have brass trim strips that complement the bright black lacquered interior. The cabin is equipped with calfskin seats with excellent feel, and although there is no electric heating and no computer-memorized seating adjustment, it is ergonomically designed. The two rows of seats, which are comfortably curved and face to face in the headrest position, are equipped with springs and sponges, and the elasticity and flexibility are carefully adjusted to make people feel uncomfortable when they sit down. In order to accommodate the needs of long journeys, the seat can be adjusted in several positions and can even be laid flat to become a comfortable bed. The bright walnut wood decoration in the carriage is not ornate, but it is very stylish.

When describing such a carriage, many words that Ye Tao and Tan Weixin are very familiar with can be used: leather seats, central locking, walnut wood upholstery...... Wait a minute. This extremely comfortable carriage is perfect for long journeys. It's expensive. And for Chang Huaiyin or Chang Hongquan. Precisely the most indifferent thing.

When Chang Huaiyin learned about the whole carriage, he sent away the apprentices of Ye's workshop. Her husband, Sun Jin, sighed and walked out of the side of the garden. Sun Jin looked at the carriage carefully with a scrutinizing eye, and became a little serious. Chang Huaiyin gently leaned into Sun Jin's arms and said softly, "What's wrong?" Taking a child to Yunzhou, such a carriage can make us much more comfortable, isn't it? ”

Sun Jin shook his head with a smile and said, "It's naturally good for us. …… But ......"

Finding Sun Jin's hesitation, Chang Huaiyin asked, "But what?" ”

"There are still some armies in Chunnan that are still equipped with copper weapons, just because Chunnan has insufficient iron smelting, let alone steel. But Dongping had the luxury of using steel as the framework of the building, as the skeleton of the carriage, and so much more. This steel production alone is astonishing. Of course, Ye's workshop is special, they can naturally get good steel, and no one dares to say anything about what they use to make it. But listening to the apprentice's explanation just now, fortunately, only the Ye Workshop can make these things. Sun Jin was a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong? Isn't it good to have too many carriages? Chang Huaiyin still hasn't understood what is going on.

"Not good, very bad." Sun Jin smiled bitterly and said, "The prince has asked everywhere in the past few days. Now Dongping's ability in chariots and horses is simply jaw-dropping. With full preparation, even the two private firms of FedEx and DHL World Express have been able to achieve an average daily process of 200 miles for transporting bulk materials. The speed of high-speed passenger transport has reached an average of 250 miles per day...... In other words, if we follow this rate, it will indeed be more difficult and more tiring. But from Danyang to Ningyuan, it only takes eleven days. …… For the same distance, as long as there is a good road, I am afraid it will not be much slower. What if it's a place of war? This kind of speed directly kills any opponent. ”

"Is that powerful?" Chang Huaiyin asked hesitantly.

“…… It's that powerful. Sun Jin sighed: "Maybe it's just a trivial matter, or maybe we're too careful." But now Dongping is becoming more and more incomprehensible. It is a pity that some people in the DPRK and China feel that in the past few years in the trade with Dongping, they have taken a considerable advantage in terms of purchasing ordnance and training craftsmen, and they also think that by sending so many craftsmen to Ye's workshop to learn, they can learn all the technical essence of Ye's workshop. Yip's workshop is very dedicated to teaching. This is true for anyone, but ...... I'm afraid that the more I learn, the farther away I will be from Dongping. ”

Although Sun Jin has no big ambitions, from the moment he was asked if he was willing to marry Chang Huaiyindi, his fate had a deep intersection with the Chang family and the Chunnan royal family, and it was impossible for him not to think about Chunnan. And on these small things, those Chunnan businessmen may scoff at them, but the changes that are taking place in Dongping. It's really worrying.

"It's okay," Chang Huaiyin frowned and said, "You don't want to be like my father's subordinates." We went to Yunzhou to play. ”

Sun Jin smiled gently and said, "That's nature. I'm just an ordinary scholar, but I don't have the skills of the prince's subordinates. After a pause. Sun Jin asked, "Then when are we leaving?" ”

Chang Huaiyin thought for a while and said, "There is a big show in the lecture hall of the Yizhan Building tonight. After we've gone to see it, shall we leave tomorrow? ”

Sun Jin hugged Chang Huaiyin's arm tightly and said, "Okay." ”

For him, who has always liked poetry, history, music, etc., it seems that he is not too "practical" to learn. Danyang's thriving cultural activities and the seemingly separate literati communication from politics were extremely attractive and strange to him. No matter how poor a literati is, as long as they are really talented, they can show their talents in all kinds of poetry and song meetings, and no matter how amazing their talent in this area is, no matter how much they appreciate it, those who are already court officials present will not or dare not bring this kind of good feeling to their daily work, and rashly introduce such "talents" into any department of the imperial court...... And this kind of thing to promote talents. It is precisely the most elegant thing that many princes and ministers of Chunnan like to do. As for the current trend of large-scale dramas brought out by Danyang, it has begun to gradually affect Chunnan. Several Chunnan envoys to Dongping gave a very high evaluation to Dongping's sudden emergence of a series of art categories that are completely different from local dramas, such as "drama", "opera" and "poetry drama", and at the same time, they also described the origin of these things.

Originally, Chunnan has always been proud, and what is difficult for other countries to achieve is the prosperity of culture and the prosperity of the country. And all these years. Dongping has accumulated considerable advantages in manufacturing technology and actively expanded foreign trade. Local governments have always attached great importance to tapping the potential of the limited land suitable for cultivation, and have steadily pioneered and cultivated land. Dongping has completely gotten rid of its dependence on Chunnan in terms of food. Now Dongping still buys a large amount of grain from Chunnan every year, which does not mean that Chunnan can use this means to clamp down on Dongping, but it is just constantly enriching all kinds of materials that Dongping has hoarded for waging war. To say that the only thing that can restrain Dongping in Chunnan now may be oil and sugar...... Chunnan's vast southern territory gives Chunnan an advantage in this regard, an advantage that will continue as long as Chunnan exists. Sun Jin began to suspect the unusually strong atmosphere of a big and powerful country in Chunnan's country, the atmosphere that seemed a little vain and pompous. When Dongping, a military power, becomes more and more advanced in technology and economy, rises in a unique posture in culture, and the whole country does not weaken its military aggressiveness because of these changes, but on the contrary, it understands and studies war more deeply, what will such a country develop?