Chapter 670: Test Drive
I thought that the few people in front of me were either insensitive, or they had reached the supreme state of not being happy with things and not being sad about themselves. But in someone's investigation, some clues were still seen.
A sudden increase in the rate of heart rate, dilated pupils, and changes in breathing rate. In addition to these subtle signs, the Fa St. Babak? Abu Nahan's eyebrows were raised, and he sat behind Nguyen Van Viet, while his own brother showed an expression of sudden realization and excitement. But because his eldest brother maintained a pampered and unfazed appearance, he immediately restrained his expression and returned to his original indifference.
It's a bunch of old foxes!
Now that he knew that they weren't as ancient as they appeared, Lin knew how to deal with them. Stopping the mouthful of continued lobbying, he reached for the slightly cooler coffee and sipped it. Show an attitude that since you are not interested in listening, then Lao Tzu is not interested in continuing to speak.
The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and Ruan Van Viet, who was the party concerned, coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Your Excellency Tripwood, the vehicle you mentioned sounds pretty good. But there are no actual results to refer to, and I can't support any decision. So please don't misunderstand my attitude, I am very willing to cooperate with you, but I should also have the right to choose cooperation projects. ”
Such concerns are legitimate, and I can understand them. Well, I happened to be driving a car today, and I stopped where everyone parked their carriages. Although it was only an experimental product and a semi-finished product, it was almost complete with all the functions it should have, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to drive here. A few of you would be interested in stepping outside and actually seeing what I call a 'car'. ”
As soon as they hear that there are real objects to see, everyone will not be interested. They immediately got up and greeted each other, and under the guidance of the waiter, they came to the place where the carriage was parked outside the mansion.
After all, it's winter, and it's not time to leave, so the coachman and the horses have a place to take refuge from the cold. Two waiters in thick coats, carrying oil lamps, led the most important people of the banquet to the deserted carriage park.
The prototype of the car driven by Lin is parked in it, which is particularly conspicuous. The most important thing is the difference in vehicle height. The carriages are quite high, and most people can stand up in the carriages, but they need to bow their heads slightly. The wheel width is also large, so that the overall height of the carriage is much higher than the height of a person.
But the all-metal vehicle was only about chest-high at the top. If you don't count the windshield in front, the height of the entire body is about the waist of an adult.
With such a special appearance, there is no need for a special introduction, everyone also knows which protagonist is. They all came to the newly shaped 'car' and immediately stopped, looking back at the magician who was one step slower than everyone.
Passing the crowd and coming to the car, Lin Xian used magic to blow away the snow on the seat. It looks like the silverbearded dwarves need to make an extra canopy, and it's really masochistic to drive a convertible in rainy or snowy weather.
After cleaning up a little, walking to the passenger seat, Lin opened the car door and motioned to everyone: "I just said enough, how many people are willing to ride in person, how does this new form of vehicle feel?" But first of all, because it is only a prototype car, the seat cushion is only used for the sofa chair, but not for the high-end flannel or leather seats. Although there is a windshield, it is inevitable that the wind will blow. In the future, if it can be mass-produced as a product, of course, the interior can be changed according to the needs of customers. ”
Nguyen Van Viet, who was the proposer trader, was instructed by someone to get into the passenger seat and was instructed how to fasten his seatbelt. Law St. Babak? When Abuna was unusual, he had to sit down in the driver's seat.
Lin had no choice but to stop the old man who was eager to try and said, "Your Excellency, this is the driving position. If you want to go along with the experience, you can sit in the seat behind you. After saying that, I planned to move the driver's seat so that people could sit in it. For the time being, the prototype has a two-door design, with the rear seat only accessible from behind the front seat.
But this Fa Sheng, who had a white beard and was not inferior to the young man at all in terms of physical fitness, supported the frame of the car with his hand, jumped into it, and sat directly on the back seat. "Let's go, boy, and see how the car you built runs."
"Your Excellency, basically the back seat is a three-person design, so there are also seat belts that can be fastened. ……”
Before someone finished speaking, the Fa Sheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I haven't encountered any kind of danger." What kind of seat belt is this, it's too much of a hindrance. You don't have to worry about me, just drive your car. ”
"Hey, dodge." Attila Thief, a friend of the Fa Sheng, said with a smile: "The young man said that there can be three people in the back seat, and what does it mean that you are occupied by one person." Why don't you just lie down. With that, he jumped in from the other side. Strike the same position and sit comfortably.
It's a pity that Ruan Wenyue's brother also wants to get in the car to experience it, but the two people in the back seat can't afford to mess with it, and there is obviously no extra space in the front seat, so he can only watch with his eyes. Lin could only shrug his shoulders and reply with a helpless expression. To soothe this person's emotions, he got into the driver's seat.
Ignition, departure. The exhaust pipe roared, especially loud in the silence of the night. The men and women who were chatting in the main house looked out the window to see what was making such a loud noise. Some even plan to come out.
Hearing this voice, Attila, a well-informed archmagician, asked, "Is this the propulsion mechanism of the goblin airship?" ”
Anything with the word 'goblin' added to the prefix is usually not a good thing. So Lin hurriedly explained: "This is a very reliable machine that has been improved by me, I call it an engine, you don't have to worry." And this prototype car is all made of magic metal, and the durability and strength are quite high. ”
Although he explained, Nguyen Van Viet's brother who couldn't get into the car took a few steps back, and even Ruan Van Viet himself had the urge to get out of the car. It's just that he restrained himself with good etiquette, didn't show any rude expression, and sat in his seat.
Clutch, gear, throttle lightly pressed. The vehicle began to move slowly, but smoothly. The few people sitting in the car looked at the all-metal vehicle with no horses pulling in front of them, with expressions of surprise. They had all been on the train before, so of course they would not be intimidated by this miniaturized car.
It's just that...... This sense of smoothness? Is it a chair relationship? The two masters in the back twisted their butts unceremoniously, as if they were looking for such a stable reason.
But that's slow. A few people snickered in their hearts, as if they were laughing at the incompetence of a certain magician.
Approaching the gate, Lin honked the horn on the car and said, "Open the gate, we are going out for a test drive." ”
The guards at the gate hurriedly pulled the iron gate open, and released the strange cart that was not pulled by horses.
After turning smoothly and driving down the street, Lin turned to the people in the car and said, "I'm going to let go of the speed and run." Because it is a trial car, it is inevitable that there will be some uncomfortable places, so please bear with me. "After that, press the throttle hard!
The prototype No. 1 car completed by the silverbeard dwarf has not yet reached a balanced state in all aspects of adjustment and matching. This means that although there is a 40 hp, four-cylinder engine, no tires with enough grip have been found. On the one hand, the snow was drifting and the ground was slippery, which caused the rear wheels of the drive wheels to spin for a while, forming a situation of grinding tires.
But when the tires got hotter and the snow and water on the ground were dissipated, the whole car rushed out.
Perhaps, according to my own experience on Earth, the acceleration and speed of this car are really not very good. But for the natives of the Lost Land, who had not experienced it, the sudden acceleration just now had already scared them once, and they reached out to grab where they could grasp and fix their bodies.
Horses pull the wagon, and the speed of travel is about twenty kilometers per hour, according to someone's measurements. Riding a horse alone can go up to sixty or seventy kilometers. Further up, it's no ordinary horse. At least it's the level of Warcraft, so it will have a higher land speed.
However, it was a breeze to make a prototype car to exceed 20 kilometers per hour. Pressing the throttle a little more, the speed exceeds the normal travel speed of the carriage. As for what the top speed is...... I'm about to test it now.
The cold wind of the winter night blew on the faces of the four people in the car, and even the windshield did not come in handy. The only good thing is that there are probably no people on the road. This kind of ghost weather, whether it is a drunk, a prostitute standing on the street, or a pleasure seeker, will automatically disappear from the street without anyone rushing.
The cold wind whistling by, reminding the few people in the car how fast it is now.
In the era when there was no accurate speedometer, everyone's judgment of speed was completely determined by physical speed, and then compared whether they had similar experience. And now everyone feels like riding a divine horse, running wild in the winter night. Rather than admiring the speed of this car, more people are scolding themselves for being neurotic, and they actually eat wind in a convertible car in this weather!
But no matter how fast the straight line speed is, you always have to turn back and return to the mansion where the banquet was held. Lin deliberately opened this road with the intention that there would be a fountain on a certain section of the road to create a landscape, and it was still a small square.
Using the fountain as a ring, the forest after slowing down, the steering wheel hits sharply. I wanted to use the way of flicking the tail to play handsome through the ring. But in the end, the four tires were firmly on the ground, and the centrifugal force caused the body to tilt slightly, and it went around the fountain without danger.
The main thing is that I don't have much confidence in the grip of the tires. If you play handsome until you get out of control and have a car accident, then there will be a ghost if the business can continue. Spell the speed of a straight line, and you can show the advantages of this car over the horse-drawn carriage. Fancy driving skills should not be needed yet.
I don't know if the few guests in the car are afraid of the cold wind in winter pouring into their mouths, or they are really speechless. Until Lin drove the car back to the mansion where the banquet was held, they still didn't say a word, just firmly fixed themselves in their seats.
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