Because the whole team rode by car, mule and donkey, the team was very fast, and in less than half an hour, it had already crossed the stone bridge over the Xinjiang East River and entered Baima Township.

The manor that Yang Yi helped Li Dan find was in the south of Baima Township, but Li Dan didn't have time to look at it at this time, so he led the team to walk north along the left bank of the East River, and then turned to the east.

There are three roads to Wannian, the south line passes through Chatou, Huangguling, Lion Rock, Qingyun Town, the road is full of mountain roads, it is difficult to go around.

After passing the white horse on the middle line, walk down the pond, pass through the valley between Guishan Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain, and then walk along the north bank of Muxitan to Doosan Gorge to Qingyun Town.

The first half of the road is easy to walk, the second half is difficult, and it is doubtful whether it can be passed.

The north line needs to go north along the East River for a section, then turn east, walk along the south bank of Baihu Lake, pass through the ridge mountain pass to Gubu and Qibu, and go straight to the north pass of Wannian City along the official road next to the Xizhushui at the foot of Songshan.

Although this road is a bit detoured, the advantage is that it is safe, spacious, and there is no problem with horses, and there are not too many ups and downs, and it is generally flat. Li Dan: This is the path they chose.

……

Li Fushang. After finishing the refreshments for morning tea, Li Su saw Li Changjing shaking his face by the door, so he called him in, and asked thoughtlessly: "Gone?" ”

"Yes, sir. The people on the south gate could see clearly that San Lang and his men were driving a few new cars and a dozen donkeys and mules towards the official road in Baima Township. Changjing replied respectfully.

"Tsk, what an out-and-out loser! How can you use your newly bought carriage and horses to spoil the work for the public service? Li Su frowned with some distress.

"Master, everyone has gone out to live independently, he spends his own money, and we have no loss." Changjing comforted.

"That's also the Li family's silver!" Li Su pouted unhappily and said, "I can't see that little evil beast looking complacent!" After a pause, he asked softly: "Have you arranged and arranged it over there?" ”

"Don't worry, master," Changjing looked back to see that there was no one else in the room, and replied in a low voice: "I found two or three groups of people." As long as one of them succeeds, Saburo will definitely be convicted.

But ......, do you really want to do that? He's your own nephew. ”

"Who knows what kind of blood he has in his body? He wasn't born in this house! Li Su sneered and gritted his teeth and said:

"If he returns safely, the old lady will give him a share of what he has left. If you want to make a meritorious contribution again, maybe the nostrils of that room will look at the sky!

Look at the intimacy of the county when he mentions him now, hum! If he really gets an official position because of this, where will my face be left in the main room?

So, no matter what, we can't let him have a safe trip! ”

……

Li Dan didn't know that his uncle was grinding his teeth behind his back.

On the official road in the south outside Gubu Town, he asked Mao Zai to order the team to stop and rest, and each Shimafu (one of the main and one deputy, and also a fireman) began to bury the pot to make rice, Gu Da and Xiaoyi went to the uninhabited slope to cut bamboo, and instructed Liu Hongsheng to go to the mountain to collect pine gum.

The crowd didn't know what they meant, but they still obeyed their orders and cut dozens of bamboos.

Li Dan asked everyone to leave the part that is too thick under the bamboo, remove the part that is too thin on the top, cut the head obliquely to cut out the sharpness, and dry it on the earthen stove where the cooking is made, brush the layer of boiled pine gum under the tip of the cut, wrap it with hemp rope, and there is also a rope at the back grip, and after it is dry, it is a bamboo gun.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and everyone other than the firefighters started to make it.

Li Dan was assigned, according to the six steps of cutting the wood, sharpening, roasting the fire, boiling glue, wrapping, and wrapping, and each assigned a person with a knife to guard the livestock and materials, and patrol the guard.

"In the future, every time I rest, I will follow this rule, and one person will be sent out for each person." Li Dan instructed Xiao Niu to let him be responsible for supervising this matter.

He also asked Chen Sanwen to use the discarded bamboo tips to make some whistles and give them to the guards and the chiefs to use.

"Third brother, what is the situation with those cars?" He asked Chen Jiasaburo if there could be a problem with the most critical carriage!

"Don't worry, my buddy and I have checked, there is a sound between the wheels and axles of a car, and it should be better after being greased. No other issues found. ”

It's only been half a day since they got along, and Chen Sanwen and Li Dan are brothers and are already very familiar.

"Wheels and axles?" Li Dan thought thoughtfully, touched his chin and nodded: "You are busy first, I want to think of any way to solve it." ”

Chen Sanwen answered, smiled and walked away. Although this Li Sanlang is two years younger than himself, his mind is like an adult. Often solve problems unexpectedly, this time to see what he can come up with.

Li Dan didn't think about it for too long, eating and laughing with everyone was no different from usual.

It's just that not long after getting back on the road, he suddenly asked Chen Sanwen, who was sitting next to him: "Does the third brother know what the 'axis receive' is?" ”

Chen Sanwen shook his head: "I've seen this statement in ancient books, but I haven't seen the real thing, I don't know what it looks like." Seems to have something to do with the shaft? ”

Only then did he know that Li Dan had been pondering the problem of "axle ringing" just now.

"I just listened to the sound of the axles of that car." Li Dan said: "It is mainly caused by friction between the shaft sleeve and the shaft seat or possible foreign objects, such as sand.

It's not difficult to solve it, just make a shaft and a seat. As he spoke, he took out a picture drawn at some point from his bosom and handed it to him, and pointed out and explained:

"Well, this is the shaft. This is the outer ring, the inner ring, the drum, and the support.

The bearing drum is drum-shaped, and there are grooves on the outside of the inner ring and the inner side of the outer ring, and the bearing drum falls into the groove just after the outer ring is heated, and then closed from both sides with a guard.

This is the finished product of the shaft. The inner ring is fixed on the shaft sleeve, and the outer ring is fixed on the shaft seat, and the shaft seat can be closed with a guard to prevent sand and gravel from entering.

The oiled axle can make the car run lighter and faster than it is now! What do you think of my idea? ”

Chen Sanwen pointed to the drawing: "Wonderful! But this ...... Shaft acceptance, afraid to use iron? ”

"Iron can't do it!" Li Dan replied categorically: "Either bronze, preferably steel!" ”

"Then don't you have to buy Fujian iron? The iron from our side can't be beaten into steel. In this way, the cost of four axles is at least two taels of silver per car! Chen Sanwen grinned.

"Silver is not a problem, send someone back to tell your father in 10,000 years, let the new car do the same!"

The two of them walked all the way, discussed all the way, and when they arrived at Matsuyama, they even drew the revised drawing.

At this time, Chen Sanwen noticed the pen in Li Dan's hand: "What kind of pen does the virtuous brother use?" I don't even need ink! ”

"Pencil." Li Dan smiled and handed it over to him to show him: "I did it myself when I was at home." ”

Chen Sanwen took it and drew it twice on his hand, and immediately showed two gray-black Dao Dao. "It's ......."

He turned his head and just wanted to ask, but suddenly thought that it might be someone's secret and unique skill, and he immediately got stuck.

Li Dan laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Since you and I are brothers, there is nothing bad to say."

This thing is made of black lead, oh, charcoal, which you may also call it, in the same way as incense, and a little clay is added to make strips and dried in the sun.

Then open a semi-circular groove on the wooden strip, smear some fish glue in the groove and put the lead strip in, and then use the gum to put the two wooden strips together and clamp them well.

After a few days, take it off, make the appearance into a hexagonal shape or polish it into an arc, and you're done! When you use it, you can use a paper dagger to peel off the veneer. ”

As he spoke, he found an unused root from his satchel: "Well, this is what it looks like when it's done." ”

"Brother Xian's pen is very wonderful, there is no need for a brush to study ink, and it is not as easy to dirty hands as charcoal." Chen Sanwen couldn't put it down.

Li Dan was generous: "This one is sent to the third brother." It's just that...... The younger brother has a wish, I wonder if the brother can agree? ”

"Please!" Chen Sanwen was happy in his heart, and hurriedly said, "But do you want me to help Brother Xian make a few more of this?" ”

"Half right." Li Dan told him with a smile: "I want to ask the third brother to improve this process with me after I go back, and see how we can ship it in large quantities." ”

"You're going to do this business?"

"There are many literate people in the world, craftsmen, artists, merchants, doctors, and shopkeepers can write and draw.

There is a use, and the materials are not difficult to do, how much can this business cost be? Don't you think you can make it bigger? ”

"Brother Xian is saying 'you and me'?"

"Exactly! I want to give the third brother two shares, please come and be a proprietor together, how about it? Li Dan looked at him with a smile.

"This ......," Chen Sanwen couldn't refuse this temptation, and agreed to accept it with a little humility: "In this way, I am disrespectful."

But since I am a business partner, from now on, Saburo will only call me the word 'Jiangru', don't ask my brother to come and my brother to go. ”

"Good, good," Li Dan laughed: "With Jiang Ru's help, I am like two wings, fast!" Then Jiang Ru also calls me 'San Lang'! ”

Chen Sanwen nodded in agreement, and the two looked at each other and smiled. The people next to them didn't know what they were happy about, but in short, the team was happy with them, and they were very happy along the way.

Seeing that it was dark, a light in front of him provoked it. Li Biao rode a donkey and returned vividly, reporting that there was a restaurant there, and there was a place in the backyard for traveling, lodging, and shooting.

"It's getting late, why don't we just rest there? As fast as this, we will definitely reach 10,000 years tomorrow during the day. Li Biao said.

Li Dan looked up at the clouds in the sky, saw that Chen Sanwen was also nodding, and asked Li Biao: "Where are you?" Is there accommodation in the front? He wanted to walk a little more while there was some light.

Who knew that Li Biao told him: "Third uncle, you can't go, there is Axe Ridge ahead!" The shopkeeper said that there have been three trips in the past few days, and they have encountered robbers who cut the path late in the evening, so why should we take the risk? ”

"Hey, I'm waiting for dozens of people, a dozen knives, and bamboo guns, and I'm afraid of a few robbers?"

Li Dan looked back and saw that several leaders in the car behind him had gotten out of the car and came around, and what he said just now was what Gu Da said.

Li Dan thought about it and said: "Although we are not afraid, this trip is for the military affairs of the imperial court, and there is no need to entangle with a few bandits." Let's stay overnight.

On the first day, everyone went out to rest and soak their feet in hot water, and besides, aren't half of those bamboo guns still unfinished, do you say? ”

Everyone was right when they thought about it, and they all nodded when they came out and didn't catch thieves. Gu Da also said: "Okay, then listen to the team rate, let's stay first!" ”

So the group of men and horses continued to move forward, the lantern looked not far away, but it really responded to the old saying of "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse", and walked for another two quarters of an hour to come to the door.

I saw a piece of wood hanging under the lamp, with the words "my old shop" written on it.

A man was waiting at the door, and when he saw that they meant to stay, he smiled happily, and hurriedly called out two little brothers to help greet the guests and point out the cattle shed.

"The small shop is not big, I didn't expect so many people and cars to honor customers, and there are people who are not well taken care of, please Haihan!" The words were good, quite comfortable, and Li Dan couldn't help but nod at the guy.

"Third uncle, it seems that this place is indeed small, and those big cars can't get in. There are also not enough houses, only half of the brothers can live. Li Biao looked around and scratched the back of his head worriedly.

"It's okay, who would have thought this car was so big?" Li Dan comforted him:

"I thought it was still relatively flat under the east wall, so I let five carts line up along the wall, one horizontal and four columns, and the gap was surrounded by a fence made of thick bamboo and rope that we had brought.

The tithes lived in their houses, and the tithes pitched their tents along the east wall. The brothers in the house took turns to be on duty tonight, one in each shift.

To prevent thieves from coming down to harass and steal, we have a lot of mules, horses, and tools, so we can't be careless! ”

Several of the elders gathered around them all agreed. Li Dan beckoned the guy over and asked him where the shopkeeper was?