Chapter 124: I want to make up for it
In this world, in the past few decades, people have lived a peaceful life and developed a stable economy, even if talents focus on cultivation, there will always be people who think about the "people's livelihood" project.
In front of him, the "fresh toy" that Zhou Daoqi said was the latest landwalker.
As the saying goes, a man loves a car as much as he loves a woman...... However, this is not the case for Zhou Daoan. In the last life, his preference for cars was still slightly lower than the average, except for some retro models, he had no special hobbies, and only bought a Volvo to fill the faΓ§ade due to work needs.
But the latest "luxury car" in front of him really made Zhou Daoan a little uninterested - even with a little "greedy" bloodline bonus, he was not interested in the landwalker itself, and his mind only thought about how much this thing could be exchanged for...... There is no other reason, because this landwalker is really out of the category of "car", which violates the aesthetics in Zhou Daoan's bones-
No wheels, no streamlining, no four-wheel drive, no whirlwind tornado...... Uh, in short, it's more like a "big crab" made of steel. The carriage is a flat crab shell, and the roof and windows are made of transparent glass.
Compared with the four legs of the "Wooden Ox Flowing Horse", it has four more mechanical legs, but it is not distributed left and right, but front and back. Considering that crabs are all rampant, it ...... Or a Colossus Crab. The only difference is that the crab's eight legs are all stunned, supporting its fat body, while the eight mechanical legs of this landwalker are laid under the carriage and must not support the carriage very high.
"Fourth, come up!" Zhou Daoqi's emotions came up again at this time, and he pulled Zhou Daoan from the metal steps to the abdominal cavity of the "crab".
I have to say that the interior of the carriage is still elegantly decorated, and the interior is many times better than the interior of the "Wooden Ox and Flowing Horse". However, considering that this is a "luxury", the practicality (loading) is certainly not as great as that of a wooden cow and a horse. The four exquisite seats, divided into compartments, are very similar to the interior of a sedan in another world. However, the console is not a steering wheel, but a raised half-height platform with a semi-circular ball floating on it, and the operator's hands are moving around the surface of the hemisphere - much like the postmodern truck steering wheel in "The Wandering Earth" that Zhou Daoan saw in his previous life.
As for the foot pedal or something, there is none, only on the fixed table on both sides of the ball, there are many buttons, such as start, accelerate, stop, lock and so on.
In short, the operation method is similar to that of the wooden ox flowing horse type land walker, but the function is more detailed and comprehensive.
is observing, over there Zhou Dodge has already activated the "crab". From the outside world, the steel "small" beast was immediately in motion, and unlike the wooden ox and horse, which moved on all four legs, the crab's eight mechanical feet advanced in an alternating manner. That is, the front four legs grab and pull on the ground to push the carriage forward, and then the rear four legs follow up, cross with the front legs and send it again, pushing the carriage a certain distance.
Regardless of the fact that the decomposition is a piece-by-step action, in fact, all the machinery is perfectly coordinated, and the people in the carriage do not feel any fluctuations at all, and you can see the scenery moving back rapidly from the window.
Zhou Daoqi skillfully manipulated the big crab and ran around the lawn on the first floor of the Huizi Building before stopping in place, and then asked proudly:
"How's it going, fourth? Much stronger, right? β
The contrast is definitely an ordinary landwalker. Zhou Daoan nodded and said, "It's too strong!" It's fast, it runs smoothly, I don't even feel any vibrations......"
"Not only that, but it's much better to go to the high ground than those rags...... Hahaha, this is the latest achievement developed by the Nishihara Zhong family, and I estimate that it will not be long before it will become popular! β
The Zhong family is one of the five surnames of Sanwang and the five surnames, and it is a super family, entrenched in the west of the Han Domain - in fact, the five surname families are secretly combined with the five elements, and they are listed in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of the Han Domain. This Zhong family, needless to say, is the world's peerless learning, just their specialty is metal mechanical products. The earliest land-based vehicles and flying machines were all developed by the Zhong family, not to mention many inventions...... It can be said that they represent the highest level of mechanical technology in the world.
Zhou Daoan finally completed these common senses in more than half a month. Right now, what he cares about is not the Zhong family and fashion trends, but-
"How much does it cost?"
Zhou Daoqi was slightly stunned, and subconsciously replied: "It's very expensive, it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars - after all, to drive such a land walker, ordinary goblins are not enough, and you have to have a little better quality, which costs a lot!" β
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars...... Zhou Daoan couldn't help but have a little star in his eyes - fortunately, there was a suppressive effect of the Pure Heart and Pushan Mantra, otherwise he would have to take this "luxury car" for himself.
However, his "greedy" appearance was fully revealed, which made Zhou Daoqi look at it. Zhou Daoqi's face immediately became entangled, and he hesitated for a while before saying:
"Fourth, it stands to reason that you have done me such a great favor, and I should give you this land walker...... However, this was purchased by me and my second brother (Zhou Daoxuan), and I can't afford to pay so much alone. It's just that the second brother recently traveled with his eldest uncle, and this thing was used by me...... Otherwise, what else do you want, fourth? β
Hearing Zhou Daoqi so "on the road", Zhou Daoan was a little embarrassed. The sense of shame is on the line, and greed has been suppressed a lot.
"The third brother is polite, who doesn't love the fresh clothes and angry horses? I don't mean to be loved, not to mention that this is still shared by you and your second brother. But if you want to say that you need to...... There really is! β
"Okay, tell me about it! You can ask for whatever I want, and if it's not mine, I'll try my best to get it for you! Zhou Daoqi is very happy, as long as he returns Zhou Daoan's favor, he will definitely try his best to help him say good things to the immortals.
Zhou Daoan smiled slightly and said, "Third brother, you also know that I have experienced an adventure, and I have forgotten all the knowledge I have learned. Plus now there is a task entrusted by the gods...... I've got to improve myself. Therefore, I bothered the third brother to find two 'gentlemen' to make up for me. One helped me study the text, and the other taught me some exercises to strengthen my body. Is this possible? β
The reason why he made this request was that Zhou Daoan estimated that it was not difficult for Zhou Daoqi. Not to mention that the Eastern Zhou family has a great cause, and it has raised a lot of disciples to teach and learn, but the Eastern Zhou itself needs to establish an "education system". The public school in the county is one thing, equivalent to a public school, and you can get better teachers, but privately, there are many private teachers in the big family, and they cover more aspects.
Cultivation and practice are two major categories. In Zhou Daoan's view, the two complement each other. The former can better understand the world, accept the inheritance, and enrich the mind, while the latter strengthens itself. Although it seems that cultivators in this world are more popular, Zhou Daoan has an ark, and his cultivation should be more rapid...... However, as a traverser, if you want to live on this land for a long time in the future, the cultural level must not be left behind.
Besides, although the culture and language of this world are somewhat similar to the ancient Chinese civilization of Zhou Daoan's previous life, there are still many differences. Take the written language as an example, its writing is similar to traditional Chinese characters, and the grammar is close to ancient Chinese, but Zhou Daoan mainly received simplified Chinese character education, and many traditional Chinese characters cannot be recognized or written. In addition, ancient grammar pays attention to concise connotation, but there are certain rules of rhythm. Therefore, if you don't study systematically, your reading and writing will be greatly affected, which is tantamount to "turning your eyes open".
For example, Zhou Daoan is now reading the secret book "Five Senses Spiritism", which is very difficult, and only his cheap father's semi-white annotations can understand it, which is really not in line with the identity of a child of the family.
Of course, this is for a child of a family like Zhou Daoan, who has self-requirements, like Xue Pan and Zhou Daoqi in Gao Ya, it doesn't matter if the cultural class is ......
"The second one is easy to do, in addition to our own children, our Zhou family also has a lot of outer disciples. Among them, there are some who bring their own skills to apprentice to work...... The level of Luo's teaching and learning that built for me is good, I will talk to him tomorrow, give him a sum of money, and you will be able to come to Xizhou the day after tomorrow, you can study as long as you want......
"The first...... It's easy to do, but is it necessary? The public school is about to resume school, and I heard my strict father and your second uncle say that this time I invited the old master Ren Cong - that is a pedant from the Tianxia Sect, why can't you learn it then? Why bother learning the basics first......
"Ah, speaking of which, the fourth child has already registered with the immortals, and he can let you practice and catch up with any reward he gives you, so why start from the basics......"
The curriculum of public schools is at least high school or above, right? You still have to tutor the basics, otherwise you let a professor like Old Master Ren tutor you in primary school courses? As for the skills of the Ark...... It's worth the hard work! Why don't you use what you can learn from reality?
"Ahh I know! Before Zhou Daoan could explain, Zhou Daoqi suddenly realized to himself, "Fourth, are you afraid that others will see that your cultivation has suddenly improved by leaps and bounds!" But there is no excuse for explanation! Hahahaha, you let Luo teach them as a disguise...... But it's a good idea! I will have to do this in the future, and Luo Jiaoxi will be very pleased when the time comes, and I feel that I have taught two geniuses......"
Forget it, there's nothing to say to this gentleman, just think about it if he likes......
The two of them finalized the matter in the carriage, and the time also came in the afternoon. Although the distance from the night to go to the night...... No, it's a spring building...... It's still early, but since Zhou Daoqi is here, he won't be too lazy to go back to Eastern Zhou. With a wave of his hand, he let Qingming and Xiao Gui get into the "luxury car" together, and then let Da Chun follow Tie Niu and the rest of the family to sit on another ordinary land walker, and the group was ready to have afternoon tea!