Chapter 253: The Old Place
Wu Yuanqing's ice cars and snowboards when he was a child are a reason, and they all need ice needles or ski poles in their hands to assist in supporting the force. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The climbing plough is pulled by animals such as cattle and horses, such as the Northeast and Eskimos, many of whom are pulled by dogs.
It is not difficult to make a climbing plow, simply put, it is to use two wooden poles more than one zhang long, and one end is grilled with fire to make it high and used as a wheel. The part that touches the ground at the other end is nailed with a crossbar, and a pillar is added to make a carriage, which can sit people or load goods. There are wheels and bottoms, no wheels, and they slide on the ice and snow with two smooth wooden poles.
Specific to the situation that Wu Yuanqing is encountering now, it is necessary to roast both sides with fire and then, and then add a crossbar to the upper part and finally put it under the wheel and tie it to the carriage.
The production is simple, but the materials are not easy to obtain, although the Tang Dynasty has a good environment at this time, the vegetation coverage rate is high, but the north has a large population, more reclaimed land, and the forest is still a lot less, especially not far from Shuofang, not far from the grassland, the surrounding forests are sparse, and even if there are, most of them are not very coarse.
In addition, the snow is so thick that it is extremely difficult to cut down trees, and it is even more difficult to cut them into planks after cutting.
Except for the necessary guards, the rest of the people went to get the materials, and in the end it took three full days to make the climbing plough that needed to be made by the grain caravan.
At this time, it was less than two days before the time limit to arrive in Shuofang, and after letting everyone eat a good meal again, Wu Yuanqing began to rush to Shuofang under the night.
And the caravan of the samurai family is still staying in place, who let them just help the grain transport team to do the plough before, and what they need has not been done yet, and the people who pushed the wheelbarrow to transport grain in the grain transport team are also left.
It takes two days to drive 200 miles, which is difficult to do on weekdays, not to mention that it is still snowing heavily, but fortunately, the climbing plow is good, and the horse slides smoothly, even faster than when it was rolling on wheels before. And at night, because there is snow all over the ground, coupled with the moonlight and starlight, the earth is white and bright, although it is not as good as daytime, it is not a problem to see the road ahead.
After two days of sleepless travel, he finally came to the outside of Shuofang City at the last moment of the limited time.
Shuofang City is still so dilapidated, but under the heavy snow, it has covered the holes in the potholed city wall, shining under the residual sun that is about to descend, like a crystal palace carved by ice and snow.
Revisiting the old place, Shuofang City is still the same as after Wu Yuanqing's disaster last year, the eastern half of the city is still a piece of white land after the fire, originally Wu Yuanqing mobilized the people and money and grain of the Wu family in Jinyang to rebuild the residents of the burned houses, but Chai Shao was already stationed in Shuofang City at that time, in his words, building a house affected the army to camp, so he did not let it be built.
Later, Wu Yuanqing could only ask people to find a piece of land in Daizhou to rebuild the houses for the residents.
Although he felt that his homeland was difficult to leave, Daizhou was safer than Shuofang closer to the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty after all, and those residents had nothing to be reluctant to.
Now Shuofang is completely a barracks, and most of the people in Xicheng have left the city to escape the war, except for a few who are unwilling to leave.
Chai Shao, as the head of the Jinhe Road march, ran to lead the soldiers and horses on the West Road, and the current Shuo Fang is in charge of the middle road army, Wei Chi Gong, the deputy head of the Dingxiang Road March, as for the chief manager Li Jing and another deputy head Zhang Gongjin are still on the way here.
It was Su Dingfang who came out to greet him, and when he greeted him, Wu Yuanqing knew that the kind person in front of him was not a nameless person, but a famous general in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Su Dingfang asked people to arrange for the grain transportation team to set up camp, and he himself led Wu Yuanqing to the Shuai Tent to find Yu Chi Gong to report his life, of course, the Shuai Tent is just a saying, in fact, Yu Chi Gong lives in a very large mansion in Xicheng.
"Hahaha, after a heavy snow a few days ago, the old man thought that your kid was definitely going to miss the deadline, so he prepared the knives and axes. I didn't expect your kid to arrive so quickly, it was really unexpected by the old man, not bad. Your Majesty is right, only a smart person like you kid can find a way to solve any problem in a harsh environment, so as to ensure that the food arrives in time. Wei Chigong laughed and said to Wu Yuanqing, who had entered with the number.
"Uncle Wei Chi is quite anxious, will he be disappointed if he doesn't use the knife and axeman" Wu Yuanqing rolled his eyes faintly.
"What kind of is you kid saying, no big or small, the old man can't wait for you to come as soon as possible, how can he be disappointed. It's just that military law is ruthless, if you really miss the deadline, the old man can't protect you. Wei Chigong walked over and slapped Wu Yuanqing on the shoulder angrily, and Wu Yuanqing stumbled.
"It's the little nephew who blames Uncle Wei Chi, please don't blame the uncle" Wu Yuanqing grinned and apologized.
"What the hell are you, you think the old man can't tell a lie" Yu Chigong darkened his face, looked at Wu Yuanqing's big hand and began to be eager to try again.
"Where, how dare the little nephew doubt his uncle's intentions, isn't it that his shoulder hurts too much by his uncle" Wu Yuanqing hurriedly said with a flattering smile.
"By the way, listening to Uncle Fang Cai's words, could it be that Your Majesty had foreseen that there would be snow on the way, so he sent his little nephew to transport grain and grass? But how did Your Majesty know that it would snow?" Wu Yuanqing wondered.
"Where, it's just that the prince often tells His Majesty what you have said, Your Majesty thinks that you seem to know a lot about the situation in various places, even the continuous deserts in the Western Regions, the inaccessible jungles in the south, the animals in the depths of the grasslands, the rivers and lakes, you can say a thing or two, presumably there are solutions to the dangers and problems that may be encountered in these places, so I thought of sending you to transport grain" Speaking of these, Yu Chigong looked at Wu Yuanqing with admiration, and felt that this kid was really powerful and knew a lot of things.
"Hehe, hehe" Wu Yuanqing was right, but in his heart, he scolded the emperor and Li Chengqian, who had a broken mouth.
"The last general will silently greet the general" The door was pushed open, and a majestic body walked in with cold wind and snow foam.
"Okay, okay, you kid don't come to this set, you don't report and push the door in, what else do you want to see, do you have such a visit" Wei Chigong said angrily.
"Hehe, little nephew, doesn't he miss his uncle too much, and he doesn't care about so many courtesies," Cheng Chu said with a smile.
"You, you just have the same clever mouth as your father" Wei Chigong said angrily: "When I left Chang'an, that old thing asked me to take care of you, and now it seems that you don't need me to take care of you, you are doing a good job."
"Where is it, my uncle looks down on my little nephew too much, if it weren't for Wu Yuanqing's fast brain this time, this errand would have been messed up. The weather here is also strange, and it is snowing so heavily at this time of year," Cheng Chu waved his hand again and again, and did not dare to take credit.