Chapter 679: Test Ride II

The so-called reach out and don't hit the smiling person. If the Grand Duke is aggressive as soon as he appears, someone will inevitably put on a good show that is not afraid of power. Anyway, he is in Estari, the territory of the magician, and he has the confidence to do so now, and the other party only brings a few people with him.

But the other party is like a big child looking forward to a new toy, his eyes are shining, and it is difficult to make someone feel bad. On the contrary, it was a few people behind him, with serious expressions, who just hung their explicit disgust on their faces, so that someone was a little self-aware and retreated.

After thinking about it, Lin said: "Lord Duke, instead of me introducing a bunch of them, it is better to experience what a car is for yourself." When we get to that point, we'll talk about other things. Otherwise, it would be irresponsible for you and for me to make any decision in a hurry when you don't understand anything. ”

"Of course, that's exactly what I mean."

Not long after entering the reception room, before the hot tea was served, a group of people ran out of the house and came to the workshop of the silverbearded dwarf. The two knights brought by the Grand Duke were very consciously guarding the door, and only the others followed Lin into this sci-fi workshop.

Except for the first day of their visit, the Ruan brothers came in to see it once, and the rest of the time they were focused on discussing the plan of cooperation, and never came in again. But in a few days, the workshop has changed greatly, and the silver-bearded dwarves are not just eating and not doing things.

Babak Abunahan looked left and right in confusion, but did not see the car in which he had been riding. In front of me, there is a large piece of metal in front of me, and the structure is similar to that of a car. He asked, "Your Excellency, could it be this...... Also a car? ”

"This is the car that the guys have been in before." Lin replied casually. Suddenly realizing what the problem was, he said shyly: "I went out last time to try the car, and found some problems, and after I came back, I asked Jermaine to improve." So it's no wonder that some of you don't recognize it. ”

The silver-bearded dwarf, who had been named, raised his head proudly and wiped his nose. For this legendary dwarven royal family, Kavi Gong still has a lot of respect. After a few polite words at the door, he asked around the car.

The dwarves have no intention of hiding their secrets, and they will say whatever they know. Anyway, according to what someone said, even if you throw the car directly to someone else's copycat, no one can imitate it in a short time. Just listen to the introduction, of course, I can't hear the reason.

But unlike the Grand Duke who saw the car for the first time, the Fa Sheng, who saw the car for the second time, couldn't see that the big guy in front of him was not at all similar to the car he had sat in that night.

First of all, there is a folding roof made of cowhide, with glass on the sides of the doors, and the rear seats are also designed with additional doors. In the engine compartment in front of the car, the skin is finally wrapped.

And at someone's urging, most of the parts of the engine room were reconfigured, simply put, to make the height as uniform as possible. The overall effect is that the height of the front of the car is reduced a lot, and the space is used more effectively.

Second, of course, it is lacquer, polished and waxed, and the main color is still very bright silver. The overall texture has been improved by more than one or two points, and it is simply like a different car. The appearance already looks a lot like someone's impression of the antique car silver ghost, a sedan built by Rolls-Royce before World War II.

Third, the tire area is further widened. However, due to the design of the inner and outer tubes, it is difficult to achieve flat tires like earth cars, but they are also much wider than the wheels of ordinary carriages. This is mainly to increase grip. Now the performance of all aspects of the car does not dare to improve to the limit, the biggest reason is that the tires are not up to par. Without a good grip, acceleration and braking are both problems.

It's like the end of the twentieth century, no matter how fast the computer CPU was at the beginning of the twenty-first century, it was still limited by the speed of the hard disk, resulting in limited overall performance improvement. It wasn't until the advent of solid-state drives that the actual experience and performance of computers improved significantly. And the fan version of the car, the tires are the hard disk that drags down the whole.

The reason why it lags behind in terms of tires is that the silverbearded dwarves have no intention of doing this, and on the other hand, the rubber used to make tires does not have the material on the magic side. In the past, just dealing with the problem of hardening would almost make someone's hair gray.

The results were also completed by mistake, and the method used was the old way of fascination, exhaustive and trial and error. If you hope that a few silverbearded dwarves will improve your tire process, you might as well wait until you have time to do it.

In addition, it's the dashboard reset. Remove some things that are obviously not needed, and only keep the rotational speed, speed, water tank temperature, fuel tank capacity, and the power meter unique to Midi.

In short, the car in front of him is seven or eight percent complete in Lin's mind, and the benchmark for comparison is about the level of the first half of the twentieth century on the earth.

Make sure the tank is fully filled, and the power drain tank is replaced with a new magic stone. Lin opened the rear door, made a gesture of please, and said, "Lord Duke, please." I've been thinking about this trip for a long time, and I'm going to do a test and run a little farther. It's just that I've been busy discussing things with Mr. Ruan for the past few days, so I didn't set off. Since you also want to test drive, don't mind dropping by to do this test and see how the car performs. ”

If you face an ordinary gold owner, you may go out for a walk, and it's over. However, the Grand Duke's expression of curiosity and excitement is not something that can be enjoyed by turning around. So just make a suggestion to test it in passing and go a little further.

Sure enough, Grand Duke Kaveh nodded in satisfaction. However, the silent deacon behind him walked past the crowd and came to Lin, and asked, "Lord Tripwood, can you know where you plan to go?" ”

Someone, who had not yet decided on a destination, thought about it seriously and said, "Go in the direction of Mount Vesu and see where you can go in an hour or two, and then return to the Holy City in the hope that you can return to the Holy City in the afternoon." Because I still have math classes to teach, I can't just miss them. ”

Monte Vesu is an important transportation hub near the holy city of Estali. The mountain is not high, and the slope is quite gentle. It takes about a day's time for ordinary traders to go.

If the army advanced at a forced marching speed, it would have taken more than half a day to arrive. Even if all the Duke's guards were two-horseed, they had to take into account the heavy weight of the army and the fact that it was impossible to gallop all the way on the march.

Considering that the magician claimed that he had to return to the holy city of Estali by the afternoon, he would probably have to turn back halfway. Anyway, he only said that he was going in the direction of Mount Vesu, and did not say that he wanted to get there. The deacon thought to himself. He added, "Since you are going to the wilderness, then the Duke's Guard will accompany you, no problem." ”

"Of course there's no problem." Although Lin answered quickly, after thinking about it for a while, his expression was a little tangled, and he said, "But the distance is a bit far, so I will speed up, it doesn't matter if I can't keep up." Or do you have to match your speed? ”

In response to such contemptuous remarks, Kavi Gong did not get angry, but said directly: "Don't be afraid to get rid of them." I just want to know the limits of your car. ”

In fact, not only Kavey, but also the knights and deacons he brought with him didn't quite believe someone's crazy words.

The war horses of the Duke's Guard are all divine horses with the blood of Warcraft, and the best ones are not ordinary horses, but the kind that can eat meat. Speed and endurance are not comparable to ordinary horses. Whether it is marching or charging, the performance of this duke's guard is also ranked among the best in the empire.

However, the head of the family is in front, and he is obviously on the rise, but it is not his turn to mock people sourly. If you are a subordinate and do this without instructing you, it will be considered a transgression, and you won't know whose face it is.

As the deacon of the Grand Duke's personal affairs, he just needs to make sure that what the head of the family wants to do can be carried out smoothly. It is not his job to express emotions or opinions.

After receiving the nod of approval from the Grand Duke, the deacon went out the door and ordered a knight to prepare the horses. The space in that car obviously couldn't fit everyone. Therefore, if these subordinates want to follow, they can only use the means of transportation when they come, that is, war horses.

At the same time, the deacon took out the magic letterhead from his bosom. These are two boosters that can be used after one of them is written and the text will appear on the other sheet. As a one-time consumable, magic letterheads are too expensive to produce and cannot be used as a regular method of contact.

The use of this one, like this one, conveys the military order for the movement of troops. Order the Duke's Guard, stationed outside the city, to be ready to march and to leave at any moment.

Lin didn't set off right away. Because the destination was a bit far away, he instructed Kaya, who had nothing to do at hand, to go to the kitchen to prepare some dry food that could be eaten during the journey.

For the magic apprentice who was accustomed to adventure in the first half of his life, it was not a problem to prepare these things, and after a while, he proposed a bamboo basket with some sandwiches in it and handed it to his teacher. A group of people made it look like they were going out for a picnic.

In the middle, Lin met the lich who was coming out of the silkworm chamber with the blonde girl, and casually asked, "Are we going to drive to Vesu Mountain, do you want to go together?" ”

Those cold eyes glanced at someone. In the past few days, Fen has been busy discussing with Harumi about increasing the production of silk cocoons. That's not just a matter of raising more moths and laying more eggs. It is necessary to consider the load of the nurturing environment and the amount of food available, which will affect the survival rate of moth larvae and thus the number of silk cocoons produced. So for someone's invitation, she just said coldly:

"Don't go. That thing was too slow to be available. ”

"What about slowness. Xiangche beauty, this is a man's romance. ”

Fen suddenly flashed and appeared in front of a certain person who was making a lot of nonsense, stretched his five fingers, buckled someone's disgusting ugly face, gritted his teeth and said: "Dare to say that a woman is only worthy of being your romantic accessory." ”

Feeling the pressure exerted by those five fingers on his face, the man who was in a cold sweat said vaguely: "I'm sorry, sister, I was wrong, please forgive me." ”

The lich vanished, and everyone had one thought: the car was really slow, and you see that you yourself are not in a good position.