In the backyard of Sihai Supermarket, Li Qi was a little puzzled and looked at Li Shishilang a little unhappily. And Li Shishilang's expression was a little embarrassed, and at the same time he had some small expectations.

Li Shishilang, who will be the prisoner, is none other than Li Xiu, the twelfth son of Li Linfu, the prime minister of the dynasty, Zuo Servant and the Duke of Jin.

In Li Qi's view, Li Xiu's father Li Linfu is the number one traitor in the Tang Dynasty. Before Li Linfu and Wang Ji falsely accused the master, the victim was grounded by His Majesty. In addition, Li Linfu framed the prince and his father several times, and almost put his father to death.

Li Qi couldn't figure it out, Master is a big hero who stands up to the sky and has clear grievances, and he fought to the death with Li Linfu, the first traitor of the Tang Dynasty, why is he fighting with his son now?

Could it be because of this strange-looking, four-wheeled carriage brought by Li Xiu? This must be another invention of the Master, just like the windmill and the toilet. In this case, the master is in charge of the Shaofu and the Ordnance Supervisor, and he is also the envoy of the workshop, so he can do it himself, why should he call the general to be the supervisor Li Xiu?

But even if you can't figure it out, after following Xiao Qu's illness for so many days, under the fate of the ear, Li Qi is no longer the simple-minded and hot-blooded hairy young man he used to be.

Coupled with the absolute worship of Xiao Quai, he had to be patient, and he didn't have any unhappiness with Li Xiu, just watched coldly from the sidelines, but his face was very ugly. Fortunately, Li Xiu is a kind character, but he is ashamed, and he didn't bother with him, just waited patiently.

After waiting for a while, I listened to the voice of the guard, and Xiao Qu came out of the spring breeze with a sick face. As soon as he saw the four-wheeled carriage in the courtyard, his eyes lit up, and after taking a look at Li Qi, he walked quickly to Li Xiu, and said with a loud laugh:

"Brother Yanzhang (Li Xiu's character) is talented, and in only four or five days, the four-wheeled carriage was built? Did you come by horse-drawn carriage all the way? ”

Li Xiu smiled a little restrainedly, and was also a little surprised by Xiao Quai's affection, and hurriedly said: "Fortunately, it is not disgraced, and it is not the credit of our family as a prisoner, Zuo Shang, a subordinate of Xiao's supervisor, has also contributed a lot." ”

Accompanying Li Xiu, there were also Bao Qiao, who was in charge of the Shaofu Zuo Shang Command of Xiao Qu's Sick Office, and Zuo Shang's Command Zi Shan, who was the general supervisor's subordinate, as well as five craftsmen and small officials from the two offices, Xiao Qu's illness nodded at them and said with satisfaction:

"Good job, Bao Qiao, you give me a list of meritorious personnel for this research and development, and I will ask for credit for everyone with Master Li, and the reward for Qian Silk will be available later!"

These seven craftsmen and officials immediately laughed toothlessly, this General Xiao really did things like in the army, the rewards and punishments were clear, although sometimes a little tired, but everyone was in a high spirit.

Since the fall of Wang Jie, at least during this time, Xiao Qu's illness has been in the limelight for a while, and no matter what he does, all departments have tried to cooperate as much as possible.

Of course, Xiao Quzhi was honest and polite, and took advantage of this opportunity to spread the stall at once. In addition to the training of the Longwu Forbidden Army and the Yulin Army, all the envoys who had won over from Li Longji were carried out in an orderly manner.

And Xiao Quzhi for these, to be honest, does not have much experience and means, almost does not understand the magic potential, the only advantage is that the rewards and punishments are clear, rich, not stingy with rewards, and can go down to the grassroots level, listen to the advice of every craftsman and subordinate.

If anyone has a good idea or suggestion, they will be reused immediately, and those who are unworthy of appointment, corpse vegetarian meal, and dereliction of duty will be mercilessly denounced immediately.

This person named Bao Qiao was only Zuo Shang before he was a minister, but because he put forward two suggestions that were praised by Xiao Quai, he immediately switched positions with the original Zuo Shang Agency.

What surprised these subordinates and craftsmen the most was that although the newly baked favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, General Xiao, looked extremely jerky in many places, he could judge the good or bad of the opinions and ideas put forward by his subordinates at the first time, and most of them could be proved quickly.

In this way, although it was only a short period of less than ten days, Xiao Qubing had already established a certain prestige in the hearts of most of the officials and staff of the Shaofu, the Ordnance Supervisor, and the two temporary yamen of Heshi and Fangzuo.

Seeing that Xiao Qu's illness was full of domineering spirit, and he threw money lavishly, Dugu Ming, the captain of the horse and the temporary secretary of Xiao Quai, couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Before he came out of the Shaofu coinage prison, Xiao Qubing gave him a list, and all those who participated in the gold and silver coin casting molds and casting meritorious personnel were rewarded with ten to fifty silk silks, and even each craftsman who did the work was given two silk silks, saying what to mobilize their enthusiasm for labor.

This work for the court and the officials, even if the time is tight, the task is heavy, and the overtime is a little overtime, isn't that still what should be shared? How can you do a little more and give half a month's money as a reward? But it seems to be really effective, when I brought people to give rewards, those craftsmen all slapped their chests, and they were all full of energy!

And Xiao Quai's illness is not bad for himself, he suffered a disaster for no reason before, and was removed from his official position by the emperor and was idle at home, but now he finally has something to do, and his son Dugu Yu is also valued under him.

This General Xiao is so maverick and resolute, maybe he can really achieve something big.

When Dugu Ming was thinking about these things, Xiao Quzhi had already jumped into the four-wheeled carriage and personally drove outside for a spin and came back. It's no problem to turn or something, the only thing I'm not satisfied with is the suspension of the carriage, and I still need Li Xiu, Bao Qiao, and Zishan to develop and improve it.

Xiao Quzhi jumped out of the carriage and said loudly to Li Xiu and Bao Qiao, who were looking at him expectantly: "The steering is good, the carriage is still unstable, a little shaky." The suspension is still not done well, and more needs to be improved. ”

Li Xiu, Bao Qiao and the others suddenly turned red, and the steering was good, it was because Xiao Qu was sick and gave the steering structure diagram of the four-wheeled carriage site; The suspension was not done well, it was a problem that Xiao Quzhi asked them to solve, and they did not solve it well.

Li Xiu said: "Eunuch Xiao, we know this, we have several ideas, we just want to discuss with you, which method is better......

Xiao Quzhi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Yanzhang, there are also the contract order and the contract order, I have only heard the master talk about this four-wheeled carriage, and I only know a rough idea of the chassis structure;

As for how to place the carriage so that it is stable and has less vibration, I know and understand no more than you. You don't have to ask me, if you have any ideas, just try them, and if you need funds, you can find Dugu Pony. ”

The Four Seas Trading Company will be officially launched next year, and the caravans under the Four Seas Trading Company will be all over Datang and the surrounding areas in the near future. The requirements for logistics will become greater and greater, and the old two-wheeled carriages can no longer meet the demand.

Although the two wagons had great advantages in speed, agility and adaptability, they had a fatal flaw, a small half of the weight of the cargo was pressed on the animals pulling the carts, and the balance and stability were also poor. The center of gravity is easy to overturn when it is back, and the horse cannot bear it if the center of gravity is too far forward, and no matter how it is adjusted, the load of the two-wheeled carriage is still pitiful.

Horse-drawn carriages, on the other hand, do not have to bear weights as long as the animals provide forward traction. In good road conditions, the same horse can be used to pull a four-wheeled carriage, and the cargo capacity can be several times that of a two-wheeled carriage, and there is no need to worry about overturning.

And the principle of the four-wheeled carriage is also extremely simple, having been invented in Europe more than a thousand years before the Tang Dynasty. Its chassis structure is nothing more than a steering shaft mounted on the wheels of the front two wheels, and the front end of the rear wheel wheel rod is sleeved on this shaft.

So five days ago, Xiao Qubing drew two structural drawings and handed them to Bao Qiao to let him find a way to build them. And because he will be in charge of the production of woodware, Li Xiu is an expert in the manufacture of woodware and various utensils, so under Bao Qiao's suggestion, Xiao Quzhi found Li Xiu to develop it together. Sure enough, as soon as this Li Xiu saw Xiao Quai's drawings, he immediately exclaimed ingenuity excitedly, and then threw himself into it with ten thousand enthusiasm.

So dozens of people from the two departments worked together for four or five days, and the chassis was made in one day, which was very dexterous, but how to place the carriage made everyone struggle and their brains were still not perfect, and in the end they all pinned their hopes on Xiao to get sick. Since this four-wheeled carriage was proposed by him, he must have a good way, and he doesn't know where he knows that Xiao Qu is sick.

Xiao Quzhi really doesn't understand, but even if he does, he won't tell them directly, he needs to be the continuous progress of these technicians themselves, and constantly learn new knowledge, instead of asking himself everything and forming dependence.

Don't say that you are not omnipotent, even if you are omnipotent, you can't do everything alone. Therefore, Xiao Quzhi must cultivate their spirit of exploration and stimulate their enthusiasm for research, and when the time comes, more and more technical talents will appear, and Datang's scientific and technological level will improve little by little.

Xiao Qubing has already said in these workshops that anyone who can invent and create something useful, or make significant improvements to the original skills, will be rewarded; If you feel that the other party is a talent, you will also be entrusted with important tasks. As soon as this order was issued, these craftsmen and technical officials were like beating chicken blood for the past few days, tinkering with things day and night.

Li Xiu, Bao Qiao and the others were a little disappointed, but they became happy in an instant, it turned out that General Xiao was also inferior to us, and he was immediately full of confidence in himself, and he was going back to continue to improve with this carriage.

Xiao Qu was ill and left Li Xiu and led him to a reception room. In the slightly puzzled eyes of Li Xiu and Li Qi, Xiao Quzhi slowly spoke: "Brother Yanzhang, I invited you here because I wanted to talk to you about Lingtang, I don't know what Brother Yanzhang thinks of what Lingtang did?" ”

Li Xiu's expression was complicated, "The son doesn't say the father, what can I say?" ”

"Then I'll try to say, Brother Yanzhang to see if what I said makes sense." Xiao Quzhi said in a light tone: "The book in the hall ordered the left servant to shoot Li Xiangguo, who was born as a minister, and sat in the position of prime minister step by step, and it was nineteen years to be in office."

He has the ability to do things, he is conscientious, his majesty has the means, and he is very majestic. Over the years, Datang has been thriving under his governance, and nothing has gone wrong. Judging from these points, Li Xiang is qualified to be the prime minister. ”