Chapter 258: The First Car
After the successful test flight of the airship, for the sake of secrecy, Zhu Yuanzhang specially issued an edict that all people should not spread today's events.
If you let us know what is going on outside, we will be severely punished!
These princes are still visiting and studying here in Daming, and they are not busy returning to China for a while.
After Lu Ning's vacation, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and asked him to go to the Construction Division to help the prince Zhu Biao make something more and improve the prestige of my Daming.
Who knows, Lu Ning didn't know how to bless his soul, and actually built the first steam engine, but although this thing had great strength, his movements were very slow.
So, he worked non-stop to transform it, and finally used King Kong to cast the first diesel engine of the Ming Dynasty.
Then the transmission device was developed, and the first open-top classic car of the Ming Dynasty was born.
It's just that Daming's materials are really limited, and he can't build those cool sports cars in later generations, so he can only use local materials and ride in an automatic carriage.
It's just that the wheels of this carriage are not like those wooden and iron things that are now seen on the market, but completely use tempered wheels and rubber tires on the outside.
Just like the No. 3 car tires of horse-drawn cars used in rural areas in later generations, although the tires of automobiles are still a little rough, they can be used improvised.
After this thing was done, he added the diesel fuel he refined to it.
Then, Lu Ning went to Zhu Yuanzhang to observe, this uncle is also a good person, it is necessary to see how powerful the car invented by Lu Ning is.
So he passed down the holy decree and called the officials above the fifth grade in Beijing, as well as all the clans and meritorious heroes of the Ming Dynasty, to come to the scene to observe.
At this time, Lu Ning followed the example of the streets of Changning County and paved the main streets of Yingtianfu with asphalt roads. Zhu Yuanzhang is very happy about this.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Lu Ning to pull out his sports car on this asphalt road that leads directly to the north and south.
Who knows, as soon as this car was unveiled, it immediately caused ridicule from a person. Lu Ning saw that this was Zhao Manho, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty.
The guy sneered and said mockingly.
"You are so bulky, you need a few horses to pull it, see no, I have a special carriage here, which can travel thousands of miles a day, and you and I have the ability to compete with each other."
Lu Ning sneered and said.
"Why do you compare yourself to me?"
The fellow's chest was raised high, and he replied contemptuously.
"Do you know who I am, I am the sixteenth great-great-grandson of Song Taizong, and I am nicknamed Daming Cheshen, and you have the ability to compare with me!"
Who knows, Lu Ning listened to the history of this guy's very stylish, not only was he not daunted, but he snorted disdainfully and said.
"Who should I be, it turns out that you are a descendant of the famous sorghum river car god, hahaha!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and said.
"Zi'an, what does the Sorghum River Car God mean?"
This is the nickname given to Zhao Guangyi by later generations, which is used to satirize his humiliating behavior of failing to quarrel and finally having to snatch a donkey cart in embarrassment and flee for his life.
Lu Ning told the Manchu Dynasty civil and military about this source, and those military generals with straightforward personalities couldn't help laughing.
This smile turned Zhao Manchu's laughter into anger, and directly retorted.
"What's ridiculous, my ancestors were gods anyway."
Lu Ning sneered and replied.
"But the people in our hometown think that your ancestor is a bit exalted to call Song Taizong, so everyone affectionately calls him Song Chezong!"
At this time, Zhao Manchu couldn't wait to find a hole to get into, and he no longer wanted to be entangled in the question of who his ancestor was.
"What are you doing with all this uselessness? Do you dare to compare with me? ”
Lu Ning immediately called his student Li Jinglong and commanded.
"Jiujiang, according to what the teacher taught you, show them it."
Li Jinglong was the first to touch this new car, and he has long learned how to start it.
He picked up the rocker handle, plugged it into the diesel engine, and shook it vigorously a few times, and the diesel engine slammed.
Lu Ning sat in the car and said to Zhao Manchu disdainfully.
"The surname is Zhao, you can run away, I'll let you count ten first."
Zhao Manchu really has the true biography of his ancestor car god, I saw that he flicked his tail again, drifted again, hit a carriage and played flowers, like an arrow off the string, running forward along the special road.
Xie Jin next to him counted coldly, and counted quite slowly according to Lu Ning's instructions.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong and others were secretly anxious for him.
But he stayed there, only waiting for Xie Jin to finish counting the ten, then calmly hung up the gear, and then stepped on the accelerator.
The car rushed out quickly, and before everyone could react, they had already caught up with Zhao Manchu, who was desperately playing sycophants.
At this time, Zhao Man was in a hurry, and desperately beat his horse, and he could barely follow it at the beginning.
Lu Ning is also angry, he doesn't drive well, but he walks side by side with the other party, and then cheers for that Zhao Manho.
"Marquis Zhao, come on! Hurry up, you'll be able to do it, I'm sure you'll be fine! ”
But when Zhao Mancang was about to throw the whip and beat him, he overtook him with one foot on the accelerator.
The angry Zhao Manchu beat his horse's horse bloody, and the horse was also angry, seeing that he couldn't catch up no matter how he chased it, he simply lost his front hooves and lay on the ground.
No matter how Zhao Manho smokes, he can't get up.
In the end, the cart that didn't use the horse actually ran over the horse-drawn car.
Da Ming Wenwu was shocked, as for the descendant of the sorghum river car god, where did he dare to see Lu Ning's face, he ran away directly.