Chapter 261: Riding a Bicycle
Since the establishment of the new army divisions and regiments affected the number of veterans in the divisions and the quality of the recruits, the discipline problems of the new army were actually mainly concentrated in the fourth, fifth, and sixth new army divisions, which is why Ley's energy was mainly concentrated in the fourth regiment.
However, Xia Lin did not let go of the review of the new army as a whole, he was ready to take this opportunity to complete the screening and division of the new army's soldiers and auxiliaries by the way, and after completing the communication with Ley, he immediately arranged for the Youth League Committee to convene the soldiers and commissioners in the first, second, and third divisions, and select suitable candidates from among them to set up a military discipline department in the six divisions.
After arranging this matter, Xia Lin brought some relevant documents and a set of drawing tools to prepare to go home, according to his agreement with his mother and Hurley, this time should be as much as possible, in addition to accompanying the family, he must also teach Hurley to ride a bicycle, otherwise the bicycle that Master Holguin has built with great difficulty will be useless.
As for those drawing tools, Xia Lin is going to design a simple car, or a magic car, in the past two days, after all, unlike the development history of the car in the previous life, the car in this world started with the magic motive as the driving force.
Although with the current performance of the magic car, this magic car is destined to be very expensive and the operation consumption is quite large, but there is still a big difference for Xia Lin with or without such a magic car, and he needs an intuitive example to convince Queen Dorothea to plan the next step.
In the carriage, Xia Lin thought about the basic shape of this magic engine powered by the magic motive, although the magic motive in the shape of the cylindrical shaft body is used as the power source, which can save unnecessary parts such as the water tank, but the magic motive is better to be front-mounted in the engine compartment, after all, if the six magic motives are not placed in a centralized manner, it will be very troublesome to replenish the magic energy liquid, and it is also convenient to repair it.
According to the previously proposed magic mechanism type, the output of the magic machine cannot be adjusted through the magic field for the time being, so only an additional gearbox can be set on the chassis. Other parts can be directly copied from the layout of the car in the previous life, such as the steering wheel, brakes, clutch, gear lever, horn, etc.
At present, the chassis and shell of the main body are directly made of wood, which is convenient for rapid processing, and at the same time ensures that the power provided by the magic machine can drive this simple car.
While thinking, Xia Lin put the drawings on the wooden drawing toolbox to draw a rough sketch, and looked forward to the day when he drove the magic car, at this moment, a burst of children's laughter and the familiar ringing of "jingle bells" came into the car, Xia Lin was stunned for a moment, and then put away the draft and pencils and other tools, lifted the curtain and glanced at the street, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said to the driver who was driving:
"Just send me here! You can go back! ”
"Okay, boss! Phew~~"
The coachman shouted to stop the horses pulling the cart, brought a small stool from his side and leaned over the ground, Xia Lin picked up his things and got off the carriage along the small stool, and saw Hurley on the street who was being pushed by a group of laughing children with a bicycle under her crotch, and on the bar in front of her, there was a little girl with an excited face, who seemed to be children from the neighborhood near the cake shop.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! The people in front, give us a hand! ”
The little girl urged happily in her own childish voice, and her right hand kept pulling the bell, while Hurley shouted the opposite of her with a pale face:
"Slow down! You push it down! It's about to crash! I can't control the front of the car! ”
The pedestrians in their way turned back when they heard the noise, and they all hurriedly got out of the way, looking at the group of children who were playing, some scolding, some were apprehensive, and some were curious about the strange two-wheeler.
"We let go!"
When the speed of the bicycle had reached a considerable point, the four children next to the car behind the car looked at each other tacitly, suddenly shouted, decisively let go of their hands, and let the bicycle go forward.
"Hey!"
Hurley, who was full of nervousness, only had time to look back at them, and then had to hurriedly turn around and try to control the faucet to keep the bicycle going, and for a moment the trajectory of the bicycle became crooked.
The road conditions of Silverfish Avenue are not very good, and finally in the girl's laughter, the bicycle was driven forward for a distance of more than 20 meters, and the solid tire touched a dent, and the front of the car, which had gradually stabilized, suddenly twisted.
Just when Hurley realized the danger was coming, closed her eyes and let go of the faucet of the bicycle to hug the little girl in front of her, ready to fall again, but she didn't feel the impact for a long time.
Turning her eyes open in confusion, Hurley saw a large transparent hand firmly gripping the front of the car, and a figure in a mage's robe standing not far away came into view.
"You little imps are really good at playing, alright, Hurley, it's all right!"
Xia Lin looked at Hurley who was stunned and shook her head helplessly, stepped forward and took the little girl with a magical face from her arms and put it on the ground, patted the dust on the two girls, and shook her head helplessly when she looked at their embarrassed appearance:
"Didn't I say I'd teach you how to ride a bike when I got back? How did you try it out on your own? The road conditions on Silverfish Avenue are not much better, and even if you want to learn to ride a bike, you have to pay attention to safety. ”
"I ...... I just want to learn to ride my bike to school quickly......"
Hurley sat on the saddle of the bicycle, lowered her head and pulled the trendy and beautiful black and brown plaid skirt on her body with both hands, looking weak-hearted, Xia Lin didn't continue to blame her thoughts when she saw this, and pushed the front of the car in the direction of Carl's cake shop:
"Then go and say goodbye to your friends! Let's go home for dinner first, and I'll teach you how to ride a bike when we're done! ”
"Brother, are you a mage?"
The little girl and the four children followed behind the two, and after looking at each other for a while, they finally couldn't help but ask.
"yes, you're kids from the neighborhood, aren't you? It's not too early, so go home and eat, and don't worry your parents! If you want to learn how to ride a bike, come back to Carl Cake in the evening and I can teach you. ”
Seeing that these children seemed to be a little afraid and curious about themselves, Xia Lin smiled and said to them.
"Oh! Are you sure? ”
Seeing that Xia Lin was so approachable and not as mysterious and scary as the mage in the story, a little boy with freckles on his face excitedly confirmed.
"Of course, you're all friends with Hurley! If your parents agree, come as you want! ”
"Then we'll go home and eat now! Hurley, we'll see you in the evening! ”
"Well, see you in the evening!"
The children suddenly dispersed, and they all seemed to be looking forward to learning to ride a bicycle. Seeing a smile on Hurley's face, Xia Lin felt a lot more relieved.
Since moving to the North District, Hurley has no contact with her former friends, and the people who stayed in the Copperhand Neighborhood in the later disaster are even more boneless, plus he faked his death once, Hurley's temperament is obviously much duller than before, and now it is a good thing to have some children of the same age to play with her.
Thinking of this, Xia Lin found that he cared less about this sister, and asked with some surprise:
"By the way, Hurley, how did you know them, I didn't see you playing with them the other day!"
"The day before yesterday, I finished my homework and didn't have anything to do, so I thought I would ride my bike for a while, and once when I almost fell, they suddenly rushed out and helped me hold the bike, and then we played together for a while."
Hurley replied, grabbing the cushion under her ass to maintain her upper balance.
"Really? If you want to play with them, you can invite them to our house for a snack, and there are leftovers for sale every day anyway! ”
"Hmm!"
Back at home, the cake shop hasn't closed yet, Lannie and Bessie are still busy, and Xia Lin returns to his room, refining the sketches of the magic car, and finally comes up with a model that looks a bit like a flatbed truck used to pull goods in the countryside in the previous life.
After dinner, he didn't make too many improvements to this simple magic car, Xia Lin first took Hurley and the children on Silverfish Avenue to learn to ride a bicycle for a while, most of the children in this world don't have any interesting toys, such as this bicycle specially built for Hurley, which naturally greatly attracted the attention of this group of children.
Even if it was the turn of each child to ride a bicycle, even if he walked crookedly and almost fell to the ground from time to time, he was also in high spirits, until the sunset completely set, and the group played for a while under the light of Xia Lin's shimmering technique, and were sent home by Xia Lin respectively, still looking unfinished.
Seeing their reaction, Xia Lin couldn't help but have the idea of promoting bicycles, and with the magic motive, it became possible to design a machine for stamping bicycle chains, and at present, Xia Lin's idea is actually only the problem of rubber.
When Her Majesty had completed the rubber trade with the Sybil family, and Archduke Alfred had established his confidence in the rubber industry, Charlin felt that he could almost start a rubber factory and a bicycle factory, adding a convenient and fast way for the people of this world to travel.
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