After another turn, Li Tan stopped the carriage and turned back to report to Mingyue: "Lord, this double-wheeled cart is not as flexible as a single-wheeled cart when it turns, and when it is rapidly impacting, it is not as fast as a single-wheeled cart pulled by four horses. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"It's nature."

Mingyue had already expected this, the double wheel that fixed the range of motion of the horse was naturally not as flexible as the single wheel that could jump left and right, after all, the creation and invention of the single wheel was originally to make the chariot adapt to the complex battlefield environment.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, this kind of single-wheeled horse chariot was driven by the nobles, and was the main force in the war, and the number of chariots became a sign of the strength of a country, which was the saying of "the country of a thousand times".

This kind of chariot has been passed down to the present, and there are still large-scale chariot troops in the army with the infantry of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States as the main force, and the status is equivalent to that of the cavalry, but at present, Zhao, Qin, Chu, Qi, Wei, Yan, and Han are not really 10,000 chariots, but a kind of imaginary finger, and the strength of each country has long been not multiplied to simply calculate.

In addition to combat, this kind of car was also used for nobles to travel and ride, and on the trip to Purple Mountain a few days ago, Mingyue had enough of its suffering.

In Mingyue's view, the stagnation of this vehicle system for a thousand years is really outrageously solidified, this kind of single-wheel car may be a little useful on the battlefield that needs to rotate left and right, and flexibly gallop, but it is useless for daily life!

Needless to say, the complicated handling skills are a nightmare for those who sit in the back, prone to bumps and because the horses have a lot of room to move, the one-wheeled car that deviates from time to time is a nightmare. This double-wheeled car is much more stable than the single-wheeled car, at least Mingyue is cushioned with soft cushions, and even you can read a book in the car and look at the scenery in a good way, no longer worrying about your waist being turned upside down.

Not to mention, because Mingyue specially required the vehicle to subtract unnecessary structures to make the vehicle lighter, so that the double-wheeled vehicle is more convenient for horses to exert force, and the livestock required is half less than that of single-wheeled vehicles!

But don't underestimate this extra wheel and a saved horse, which means that the transportation cost has been reduced by nearly half while the transportation efficiency remains the same!

It can be said that the double-wheel car is a revolution in the history of vehicle manufacturing, during the Qin and Han dynasties, China's transportation capacity has been greatly improved, in addition to the opening of roads, there are also double-wheel cars to replace single-wheel cars, becoming the main model of the credit. As the best form of the animal-powered car, this kind of double-wheel car will be passed down to more than 2,000 years later, in the towns around the small county where Mingyue worked, it can still be seen everywhere, and he has sat on it when he went to the countryside, so he can never forget it.

And Mingyue makes people make double-wheel cars now, at least half a century ahead of this "vehicle revolution".

Although his original intention was just to make himself comfortable, if you think about it, there are still many things that can be done after this kind of double wheel car is perfected......

"Let this car drive to Linzi first to try the effect, and then see if it can be extended, and the safety car that pulls people, the cart that pulls goods, and the ox cart are also replaced with double wheels, maybe, this is my first pot of gold ......."

……

Thinking like this, Mingyue asked Li Tan to stop the car and walked down slowly.

As soon as the footsteps landed, the craftsman who was nervously watching every turn of the wheel next to him hurriedly ran over and fell to the ground!

"The villain has seen Childe!"

His name is Zhang Lun, he is Li Tan's neighbor, "Zhang" is the clan of his Yue Weng family, and this Zhang Lun is actually a son-in-law.

The so-called son-in-law is a special group in the Warring States Period, generally poor sons sell themselves as pledges, and they cannot redeem themselves when they expire, and because they have some ability and craftsmanship, they are recruited by the master's family.

Sons-in-law have a low status in all countries, and their household registration is listed separately, which is different from ordinary households, almost slaves and maids, and is discriminated against by the whole society. In the event of war, they will even be forcibly arrested, shaved off their hair, and sent to the front line to serve in the frontier.

is such a son-in-law who has been bullied and ridiculed all day long, and was suddenly recruited into the north garden of the palace by the noble son, Zhang Lun was flattered and frightened.

His craftsmanship is good, the "double wheel", with Chang'anjun's mention and sketches, is not difficult to make, only need to dismantle the original single-wheel car, in the inner side of the wheel at both ends of the lower axle of the car, plus a wheel on the left and right. Zhang Lun, as a craftsman who repaired and repaired the car, only took a few hours to complete the work.

But just now he watched Chang Anjun get on the car and try to sit, and he was worried in his heart, for fear that the wheels of the carriage that had been nailed very tightly would run away, the car would fall apart, and the axle would break.

Unexpectedly, Chang Anjun didn't see anyone, his voice gently asked him to get up, and pointed to the double lane: "Your car is very well built, and my son is very satisfied." ”

Then, I asked about the situation in Zhang Lun's family, is it eating in the government? is still a self-employed small factory, how much income does it have every month, and why has it become a son-in-law......

After learning that he was also working for the government, Mingyue slapped her hands and smiled: "This is very good, in this way, you originally had an income of about fifty stones a year, and you can only barely survive, so I hired you at a price of two hundred stones, and went to Linzi with me to be responsible for the repair and improvement of this car." ”

"Two hundred stones!"

This is less than half of the 400 stones that Li Tan said, but Zhang Lun has no knowledge, and he already thinks that this is a sky-high price, and he almost eats his tongue. But then he made a bitter face, his wife was notoriously spicy, and the dog-slaughtering Yue Weng was also fierce, he didn't dare to leave without their consent.

But Chang Anjun's next sentence made him lose all his worries.

Chang Anjun said: "As a son, I want a craftsman with the worker, but it's just a matter of one sentence. If you can be faithful to your duties and satisfy me, when I return, I can talk to Situ, who is in charge of the household registration, and remove you from the son-in-law registration, so that you can restore your original clan ......"

"Childe's words are true!?"

Zhang Lun was stunned by this gift that fell from the sky.

It is the dream of all sons-in-law to get rid of their son-in-law's place of origin and regain their original surname, because in Qin, Zhao, Wei and other countries, the son of the son-in-law is still a son-in-law with no status, cannot be an official, and has to pay more taxes, and can only be removed after three generations and return to the status of a normal person.

It is also slightly different from the more enlightened Qi State in terms of ideology and society, the doctor of King Qi Wei, the leader of the early Jixia School Palace, Chun Yuji, is a son-in-law.

After Li Tan tugged several times, Zhang Luncai, who was so happy that he got carried away, fell to the ground and thanked Chang'an Junji.

"If you do your job well, I will not treat you badly."

Mingyue's face was as usual, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it was good to be able to abuse her privileges. At the same time, he was also glad that he was not reborn in Li Tan and Zhang Lun, who were fighting food officials and small people in the market.

Let Li Tan take Zhang Lun down and modify the unreasonable places of this double-wheeled car, and he himself walked towards the north gate of the palace with four black-clothed guards.

Calculate the time, the meeting time agreed with those rangers on Handan Street three days ago is almost there.

Looking at the rising sun, Mingyue couldn't help but be a little curious, how many people would come?

……

The side door of the North Garden of the Zhao Palace's palace slowly opened, and on the sparse grass outside the city wall, the dew had not yet been completely dried by the sun. Shu Qi, who had a sword at his waist, was waiting here early in the morning, and when he saw Chang'anjun coming, he hurriedly trotted over and reported the situation to him.

"How many people came?" Mingyue asked.

Shu Qi said: "Nine people came one after another. “

"...... for Nine"

Mingyue looked around, but saw that on the grass not far away, there was a group of rangers wearing cloth clothes and short swords, and even those with short spears and halberds and bows and arrows on their backs, sitting or squatting there, turning heads and ears. Seeing the gate of the palace open, Chang Anjun walked out on foot, and stood up one after another, met Chang Anjun's sight, and saluted him.

It's a little less than Mingyue imagined, but it's already good, among the rangers of Zhao Kingdom, there are a few true chivalrous warriors who keep their promises.

It's a pity that the tall young man with a beard who took the lead in responding to him that day was not among them, Mingyue couldn't help but be a little disappointed, sure enough, the birds that could call were not very meaty?

He walked up to the group of rangers, coughed lightly, and said, "Heroes......"

Just as Mingyue was about to say something impassionedly to boost their ambition as planned, she suddenly heard a loud shout in the distance.

"I'm coming!"

The sound shook the earth, startling Mingyue, and even more startled the black-clothed guards on the palace wall all pulled out their swords, raised their crossbows, and aimed at the location where the sound sounded, at the end of the dirt road......

The rangers also turned around, but when they saw the dust over there, a tall bearded young ranger rushed over, walking on his two legs like flying, shouting while running, until he ran to Mingyue, then stopped, took a few deep breaths, and hugged his fists and said: "Chang'anjun, I'm not late!" “

This is the ranger who took the lead that day and said that he would follow him to Linzi, Mingyue saw that he was nearly eight feet tall, tall and big, but he was only wearing a slightly smaller brown short coat, except for the somewhat worn sword on his waist, and the jacket behind him, there was nothing of value, and now he was sweating profusely, and it seemed that he was running from a long distance.

He smiled and said, "It's not too late, strong man, you are ......."

At this moment, the rangers who arrived first suddenly burst into laughter.

It turned out that he probably ran too hard and moved too much, this ranger's belt actually broke, and he was wearing Hu pants underneath, but now he had to carry it with one hand, his face turned red, not to mention how embarrassing it was.

But he didn't forget to turn around and scold the group of rangers, and after turning around, he looked down at the belt, looking very reluctant, and muttered: "This is the new belt that my mother made for me overnight......"

Mingyue asked, "Is there still an old mother in the strong man's family?" “

The ranger bowed his head and said, "However, I am late today, just because I want to carry my mother to a relative's house in the north of the city to settle down......

"Does the strong man's mother agree to you coming?"

Ranger said: "Relatives wanted to stop it, but my mother said, doesn't Chang'anjun have a mother?" He is also the beloved son of the Queen Mother, but he can stand up for the country and save Zhao from the suffering of war, which is kind to the Zhao people. Even though we are common people, we also know shame, how can we do nothing? What's more, he had already promised Chang'anjun a three-day appointment that day, if he didn't come, wouldn't he be a villain who broke his promise? What is the difference between a man and an animal without faith? “

After listening, Mingyue was moved.

It can be seen that this ranger's mother is a well-informed person, and he is filial enough to be able to take his mother to settle down, and he is so sad because the belt that his mother made for him is broken.

There is an old mother at home, and she was supposed to serve at home, but because of a sentence on the street that day, she resolutely went to the appointment. It seems that among the rangers, there are not all scoundrels who bully men and women, and there are indeed a group of chivalrous people who are loyal and courageous!

Mingyue's heart moved, and she immediately rushed to the four black-clothed guards who followed behind her, and said, "Go to the car and get my shackles!" ”

He came out today, wearing a capable swordsman's suit, followed by a chariot, and there happened to be a set of his spare clothes on the cart, among which the sash was a large leather belt, tanned with the finest leather on the waist of a rhinoceros, with a tiger and leopard pattern hollowed out on it, and inlaid with metal and jade pieces, which only nobles could afford.

Mingyue held the sash in her own hand, handed it to the belated ranger, and asked him to tie it, and the ranger saw that the sash was so valuable, he waved his hand again and again, and refused to accept anything.

"Take it!"

Chang'an Jun stiffened his face: "You can be reluctant, trustworthy, and gladly go to the appointment for the sake of a sentence three days ago, chivalrous and hard to buy, what is this mere sash?" “

"Chivalrous daughters are hard to buy...... the ranger was overjoyed when he heard this, he was bold, and he didn't push it anymore, he took the sash and tied it around his waist, barely fit. He didn't have to be embarrassed to lift his trousers now, and immediately turned around, blushed his stomach, and began to show off to the nine rangers, which made them red-eyed.

Although he was unforgiving, he carefully folded the broken sackcloth belt and put it in the blanket behind his back, because his old mother had sewn it for him overnight.

Seeing this move, Mingyue secretly praised: "Not only is he a faithful man, but also a filial son, I have picked up a treasure this time." ”

Mingyue asked, "I don't know what to call a strong man?" ”

The tall ranger with a beard hurriedly turned around, straightened his waist, and raised his head in response: "So that Chang'an Jun knows that the villain's name is Lu Goujian!" “