After finishing his errands, Zhao Chuanxin was very relaxed, walking around,

The vendors and shops along the street are lined up one after another, and the ten-mile ocean field is not called in vain.

Zhao Chuanxin even saw a woman pushing a stroller and shopping with a half-grown child.

This made Zhao Chuanxin look strange, the stroller was made of bamboo, the four wheels were very small, close to the ground, and the child wearing a heavy cotton jacket could only stand inside, with two arms stuck outside.

Flatbread, fritters, rice, tofu pulp, these four King Kong shops are early, and most of them have been closed after noon.

The sun was warmly baking, probably because of the root of the starry sky, Zhao Chuanxin didn't feel too hungry.

I didn't feel tired when I saw the excitement and hurried, and after walking out of the four miles, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly saw a green paint sedan parked outside a noodle restaurant on the side of the road, with two rows of seats in the front and rear, with a carriage, the steering wheel was on the right side, and there was a spare tire on the right side of the car, which seemed a little obstructive.

On the inside of the spare tire, next to the front seat is the gear lever.

The wheelbase of the car is about 3400mm.

Under the left and right rearview mirrors, hang a wind lamp each, hang a wind lamp on the left and right sides of the carport, and there are two headlights in front.

The front logo is erected, and on it is the "m" of the British rice flag.

Zhao Chuanxin dared to say that this was the most tractor-like car he had ever seen, and it was also the best-looking car he had ever seen.

The main thing is that other cars start manually and have to shake the handlebars. But the car is electrically starting.

He stopped and circled around the car twice, feeling a little excited, do you want to ......

He looked left and right, the driver didn't know where he went, Zhao Chuanxin was about to go up to agitate and see if he could buy it for zero yuan.

Just as his feet had already stepped up, a familiar voice came from the noodle shop: "Master, here we are." ”

Zhao Chuanxin was surprised and found that Benjamin Goldberg and Zhao Yixian were eating noodles in the noodle restaurant, and there were two people sitting next to them, one was Tang Guoan and the other was a foreigner.

Next to the oily table, there are three iron drums, which smell of gasoline.

Tang Guoan and the foreigners hurriedly got up: "Mr. Zhao." ”

Zhao Chuanxin coughed, stepped on the pedal of the car, reached out to adjust the shoelaces, then withdrew his foot and entered the noodle restaurant with his hands behind his back.

Don't get me wrong, Lao Tzu's shoelaces are just open.

He said with a serious face: "You drove this car?" ”

Tang Guoan pointed to the foreigner: "This is the Dutch diplomat Van Halen, and the car is Mr. Van Halen, specially sent for Mr. Zhao." ”

Zhao Chuanxin was surprised: "Send me?" ”

It's a little awkward.

Van Halen nodded respectfully: "Yes, it is our Queen Wilhelmina, in order to show respect for Mr. Zhao's anti-smoking work, specially sent me."

This is the British Rolls-Royce car, the car that was only exhibited at the Olympia Motor Show last year, the Leslaus Silver Charm, six-cylinder, three-speed transmission, is currently the best car in the world.

The queen also made a special admonition. ”

Zhao Chuanxin raised his eyebrows: "What did the queen of your country say?" ”

Van Halen said solemnly: "The queen said - this is a good car, remember to maintain it after driving." ”

"......" Zhao Chuanxin's face was solemn, like a serious diplomat and said: "What the queen said is reasonable, please tell her that the car does need to be lubricated with oil for a long time, otherwise it will rust and the car will break down, especially for a noble car like Rolls-Royce Silver Charm." Please be sure to tell her that Zhao invited her to China as a guest, it must be very interesting, and Zhao will definitely take her to drive and play. During this period, Zhao will practice various driving postures, and she will be very happy to make the queen feel at home. I also hope that the queen can ponder more driving skills and bring forth the new, so as to achieve the realm of the integration of people and vehicles, and I hope she can be impressive. ”

Van Halen smacked his lips, and it sounded a little weird, but he couldn't tell what the fault was.

Also, What kind of oil is Kun oil?

He nodded cautiously: "No matter what, Mr. Zhao, the words will definitely be brought to you." In addition to the car, there are three barrels of gasoline here. ”

The seriousness on Zhao Chuanxin's face was swept away, and he bared his teeth and smiled: "I have a heart." Wu Na man, put on a bowl of Yangchun white snow noodles, add a plate of shallots mixed with tofu, the color should be clear and white, and the tofu should be white, tender, full and slippery......"

The guy was stunned: "Okay, this is ......"

The heart said that it is not a rich man talking nonsense to me?

They've all eaten it all.

Zhao Chuanxin saw that Zhao Yixian was sluggish, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Zhao Yixian complained: "People who didn't eat in the morning and didn't sleep all night last night and couldn't walk are like this. ”

Zhao Chuanxin disagreed: "Is it because I didn't eat because I didn't have a mouth?" Can't you get in the car if you can't walk? ”

Benjamin Goldberg flipped his pockets out: "Master, why don't you eat minced meat, we don't have any money." ”

"No money?" Zhao Chuanxin remembered that Zhao Yixian was a poor ghost, and Benjamin Goldberg never brought money. "If you don't have money, won't you take credit? Wouldn't it be robbed if you didn't give it on credit? You see, as long as the people who dress like these two guys are rich people, they can be tied up directly. ”

Tang Guoan and Van Halen: "......"

It's really lawless.

Zhao Chuanxin finished eating, rolled up his sleeve robe, and three barrels of gasoline disappeared on the ground.

This stunned Tang Guoan and Van Halen.

Zhao Chuanxin wiped his mouth: "What are you doing in a daze?" Go out and tell me how this car works. ”

Van Halen said to himself, you're really welcome.

At this time, there are all kinds of cars, brakes, accelerators, clutches, joysticks, everywhere.

Only these two Rolls-Royce silver charms, the layout is no different from the cars of later generations.

Zhao Chuanxin is an old driver, and a little research will make you understand.

He suddenly had a question: "No, your queen gave me this car, but I just proposed that all countries cooperate to ban smoking, and the car was delivered the next day, this ......"

Van Halen lifted her top hat and scratched her bald head: "This ...... It was shipped to Hong Kong Island earlier, but it has only been shipped to Shanghai in the past few days, and I don't know how it is. ”

Doesn't he think it's strange? And if you don't smoke, you have to send a car? This inevitably seems to be a bit of a self-defeating character.

But he only did what he was told.

Zhao Chuanxin understood.

Her Majesty must have thought of him, and had already prepared a car to send it to him. When I arrived on Hong Kong Island, I found that he had left and was transported here again.

Perhaps from Wilhelmina's return to the Netherlands, it was already purchased and shipped.

It's easy to say, but it's certainly not a toss-up.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand: "Okay, you guys get out, I'm going to drive." ”

Benjamin Goldberg and Gan Fan were crowded in the front row, next to Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Yixian went to the back row.

Zhao Chuanxin started the car, skillfully hung the reverse gear, and turned the car around. Putting on the forward gear, the car suddenly ran away with a puff of black smoke.

Van Halen smashed it and smashed his mouth: "Mr. Zhao drove for the first time, why is he so skilled?" When I was just studying, the car rolled over into a ditch. ”

Tang Guoan watched the car go away, smiled and said, "Capable people can do anything." ”

Actually, he was curious, but he just wouldn't say it.

……

In the car, Zhao Yixian looked at the scenery flying outside the car window, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Science and technology are changing with each passing day, and such a machine that does not cost manpower and animal power is really amazing." ”

The people outside cast curious glances.

This somewhat satisfied Zhao Yixian's vanity.

The first car in China, a Hungarian, was transported from Hong Kong Island to Shanghai. That was in 1901.

So the people of Shanghai have seen cars for a long time.

In 1902, Yuan Datou bought a car on Hong Kong Island and gave it to Cixi as a gift, and there were cars in the capital.

By 1907, the coastal cities even had automobiles for passenger and freight transport.

Maybe seeing a car on the street is still a new thing for the people, especially these two Rolls-Royce silver charms look at it.

At this time, a car with a shed is called an RV.

Driving in winter without being blown by the cold wind is already enjoyable.

Ford's cars cost only three or four hundred dollars each.

But this Rolls-Royce Silver Charm touring car costs as much as more than 700 pounds.

Converted into a knife, it costs thousands of dollars, a proper luxury.

Rao is like this, Zhao Chuanxin also felt that his muscles were shaking, and he felt like he was being beaten by a fascia gun.

He bared his teeth: "It seems that our master has to take the time to study the car." ”

Is it difficult to build a car?

Difficult.

Is it difficult to build a car at this time?

Zhao Chuanxin didn't think it was difficult.

Ford in the United States, how does Ford make cars?

A laboratory with a car in and out, a blackboard, a drafting table, a rocking chair, all these things were available in the early days of design.

Later, a grinding machine, a drilling machine and a lathe were added.

In the laboratory, the chassis parts are made, and the engine parts are made outside the laboratory, and the assembly, inspection, debugging and improvement are made.

The steel material is the core.

They used this to build the ugly but durable Model T.

Because he wants to make guns, Zhao Chuanxin not only has Chuangang, but also the best various special steels in the world.

It is a pity that there are not many of them, and domestic replenishment is difficult.

Currently, the best iron works are in Hanyang.

At that time, Zhang Zhidong was proficient in practice, and Cixi sent him to follow the example of the West to introduce the steel industry, which was actually a very forward-looking idea for the Qing court.

Zhang Zhidong understands practice, but he is very new to the steel industry, at first he felt that China has a large land and resources, no worse than the West, and the ore is used immediately, and the properties of the ore are not tested at all.

This is the evil consequence of not learning mathematics, physics and chemistry.

As a result, the boiler erected in the early stage could not be used, and the first batch of molten iron became waste.

Zhang Zhidong's mentality exploded at that time, and the Qing court saw that this was not good, so it tightened the allocation of funds.

The Qing court did not allocate money, so Zhang Zhidong raised funds from Japan and Germany.

This gave Hanyang Iron Works the shadow of Japan and Germany, but also the first iron and steel enterprise in modern China.

Most of Hanyang's steel is used in the manufacture of railroad tracks and firearms.

Benjamin Goldberg had never been in a car, and said excitedly, "Master, I think it's very good, why do you want to rebuild it?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin's body was shaken: "The leaf spring is too hard, and it trembles badly." We had to improve the suspension. Forget it, there are too many problems, and it can't be done in a day or two. ”

Benjamin Goldberg watched the car speeding under the master's control, and couldn't help but move proudly: "Master, let me try it." ”

"Wait until you go to a place where there are fewer people and teach you to drive."

Zhao Yixian's eyes lit up: "Mr. Zhao, let me open it too, right?" ”

Zhao Chuanxin: "You have neither a car nor the money to buy a car, what do you drive?" ”

“……”

The speed of Rolls-Royce Silver Charm is not slow, it can drive to 40 miles, but the road is not strong, Zhao Chuanxin is only swaying around 30 miles, but this speed is already galloping on the streets of Shanghai at this time, and there are constantly rickshaws and carriages being surpassed, and horseback riding can not compare with it.

Every hour he drives, Zhao Chuanxin needs to stop and refill water.

But when it was boiled for two and a half hours, it was still boiling.

Tossing for a long time, waiting for the engine to cool down, and then continuing to hurry.

Only to Chenghu Lake, the sun is slanting to the west.

On the side of the road, there are crab sellers carrying burdens along the way, shouting: "Fried crab and fried crab, fried crab and fried crab......"

Zhao Chuanxin parked, opened the door and shouted, "Bring it to me and take a look." ”

The crab seller also said that it was a car driven by a foreigner, and when he saw that it was Chinese, he breathed a sigh of relief, walked over with a smile on his burden, and lifted the curtain.

Zhao Chuanxin glanced at it: "Isn't this just a steamed crab?" Why do you say it was fried? ”

The crab seller innocently said: "This is fried crab." ”

Zhao Yixian traveled south and north to see a wide range of knowledge, and hurriedly said: "Zhao Shenxian, in Suzhou, the steamed crab is fried crab." The local crab meat is fat and yellow, and a big crab weighs a pound. Li Bai once praised - crab claws are gold liquid, and the bad mound is Penglai. And you must drink good wine and get drunk on the high platform by the moon. ”

In fact, it is the hairy crab of Yangcheng Lake.

The crab seller gave a thumbs up: "Mr. is knowledgeable, that's exactly what happened." My crab, just out of the bamboo gate, pick the biggest to sell, all of them are fried, and it is best to use them directly with wine. ”

Zhao Chuanxin saw that there was an ancient temple without a plaque on the side of the road, so he said: "Seeing that you don't have many crabs left, I have all the crabs, and I will make up for the night here tonight." ”

Zhao Yixian was still reluctant, and said: "Suzhou is prosperous, and some are inns. ”

Zhao Chuanxin emphasized: "We are poor travelers, staying in the inn every day, and the money suffers." ”

"......" Zhao Yixian said in his heart, it is rumored that you have earned a lot of industry in the United States, why are you so searching?

Benjamin Goldberg doesn't care, he has a low pursuit of materialism.

Zhao Chuanxin had already jumped out of the car: "Don't ink, hurry up, I'll make a fire to burn charcoal, there is no rice wine, but sorghum wine can come two taels." ”

He took out the things, and handed over the rest to the apprentice and Zhao Yixian to do.

Zhao Chuanxin took out the "Old God Codex", thought about it, and decided to do that experiment after eating.

(End of chapter)