Chapter 296: The Yellow River
The Surin car, which was suddenly emitting smoke and exhaust fumes, was driving on the official road leading to the summer city of Kyoto in Wu Kingdom. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The carriages stopped and stared curiously at the sight of this strange creature that could walk with a fire on fire.
"What the hell is this? Why...... You don't have to pull a horse to walk, and this speed is comparable to a thousand miles of horses...... It's gone as soon as you smoke ......"
"Who knows? The world is so big, there are no wonders! This shouldn't be the Mo family's machine car! I heard that the Mo family Confucian can create a kind of machine car that consumes holy power, and that's it, you don't need to be pulled by animals, you can travel thousands of miles a day!"
"That's a big guy who burns money, galloping on the official road like this, and few people in the entire Tianren Continent can afford to consume it. I don't think it's a machine car, I don't know if you just saw it, it seems that the car is still burning and smoking?
"Where's the fire? Maybe the car walks by fire...... I didn't see it drive all the way, and it suddenly ...... The more vigorous the flame, the faster it goes?"
"I've heard that you can cook with a fire, and you can pull a car with a fire, but I've never ......seen it before."
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Surin's Surin car drove all the way, causing shock all the way. Not only the businessmen walking on the official road, but also the people of Wu along the way, have never seen such a big guy walking fast on the road with fire.
"Haha! Shizi, our Surin car, on the way to the capital, I don't know how much limelight there is! You see that the merchants and people along the way have really never seen the world......
Ye Hongye, a university scholar, sat quietly on the Surin car, and then looked out through the window, only to see many people along the way who came to hear the wind, one by one, poking their heads out, looking at the Surin car with curiosity, but looking at the sudden flames, they didn't dare to come forward.
"Lao Ye! Don't talk about those people and merchants, haven't you ever seen such a Surin car when you first started? Hehe! When the Qian family continues to make cheap Surin cars in the future, I'm afraid this official road will be widened again, and the common people won't be so surprised by this thing. ā
Of course, Surin knows how much impact this cross-era industrial product can bring to the aborigines of the Confucianism and Taoism world.
This time into Beijing, Surin took this initial version of the Surin car to swagger through the city along the way, in addition to the portability and speed of the Surin car, of course, there is also the meaning of advertising along the way. Originally, Surin just planned to let Surin chariot be on the official road, so that the caravans could see it.
After all, the first people to adopt Surin cars in the future must be these caravans. However, Surin did not expect to cause such a huge sensation, so that many people even rode horses all the way to catch up with this big guy with fire and smoke.
However, now that Surin has let the two subordinates who control Surin's car increase the speed to about fifty kilometers per hour, the horses ridden by those people can't catch up at all. On the contrary, those caravan vehicles on the official road were panicked, after all, anyone who saw a big guy on fire speeding on the official road would be so frightened that they would stop the car and take shelter from the side.
Presumably, after crossing the Yellow River today, you will be able to reach Kyoto Summer City in two days. If this had been done in an ordinary carriage, I am afraid that none of them would have been able to reach it in five or six days. ā
Sitting in the Surin car, fast and steady, Ye Hongye also cocked his feet and sat there comfortably reading. Su Lin smiled and said, "Our Jian'an Mansion is more than 3,000 miles away from the capital, and at our current speed, we can reach it in three days." Ordinary horses and horses do take five or six days to travel. Lao Ye, there is the Yellow River in front of you, right?
"I have already arranged it for Lao Ye, and now it is early spring, and the Yellow River has thawed, so we can directly use a big boat to transport our entire Surin car. Ten days ago, the river was covered with thick ice, but it would not have been so easy. The boat can't get through, and the carriage just steps on the ice and it is very easy to get stuck in the river......"
When he was a temple overseer, he often had to travel from country to country. The Yellow River traverses the entire Tianren Continent, and the basin covers seven countries, and Ye Hongye basically has to cross it several times a year, so he has a very good understanding of the situation on the surface of the Yellow River.
Now just after the second day of February, the earth has rejuvenated, the river has melted, and the Yellow River can be navigated. It is estimated that the large ferries on the pier have also begun to run normally, so Ye Hongye dared to pat his chest and say.
"That being said, but Lao Ye, we have offended the arrogance of the eldest princess of the Dragon Clan. If she has the heart to embarrass me, this Yellow River should be the most likely place. I'm afraid, she won't let us go so easily ......"
Su Lin opened the car window, stretched out his hand, and felt the temperature outside, but frowned, and said suspiciously, "Old Ye, feel it, why is the weather getting cold again?" It seems that the closer you get to the Yellow River, the lower the temperature!"
"How is that possible? It's already February......"
Ye Hongye, a scholar, stretched out his hand in disbelief, but a cold air rushed in, Ye Hongye also had to admit that what Su Lin said was right, and he was also surprised, "What's going on?" I remember that it was still warming up this morning, why is it cold again now, where is this cold coming from?"
At this time, the subordinate at the front of the car immediately came to report: "Shizi! Oh no, the Yellow River in front, I don't know why, has been cold since yesterday, and the Yellow River, which had already begun to melt, suddenly froze again." ā
"What? The Yellow River is freezing again? This is not easy to do, Shizi, if it is December winter, the Yellow River is very frozen, and our Surin car should be able to drive through. But now the ice of the Yellow River is probably only a few feet thick, and our Surin cart is even heavier than ordinary carriages, and I am afraid that as long as it is on the ice, it will sink to the bottom of the river......"
When Ye Hongye heard this, he knew that there was big trouble. Although the Surin carriage is easy to use, most of the whole body is made of metal, and the weight is two to three times that of ordinary horse-drawn carriages. Even if the current river surface can be passed by an ordinary carriage, the Surin carriage will definitely sink to the bottom.
"Stop at the ferry, let's observe the situation! Hmph! Those who should come must come, don't think that if you play such a trick, I Surin will have no choice!"
Although I don't know who is behind the trouble, but the abnormal freezing phenomenon of the Yellow River, Su Lin can definitely have someone coming at him. The biggest suspicion of this is undoubtedly the arrogance of the "perverted dragon girl".
The Surin car stopped at the crossing of the Yellow River, and at the same time, at the crossing of the Yellow River, some merchant convoys had already gathered. Like Su Lin, they needed to cross the Yellow River, but because of the sudden cold, the river froze, so they were blocked here.
"Oh, what can I do? Our shopkeeper is urging me to deliver the goods...... I've already played the package ticket without any problem, and it will be delivered tomorrow. But who knows, it turned out to be a cold spring, and the Yellow River was inexplicably frozen again......"
"Yes! I knew that I crossed it overnight yesterday, but who knew that when I got up early in the morning, the Yellow River would freeze. Otherwise, I'd already be there by now......"
"Isn't this going to kill people in a hurry? I don't know when the refrozen Yellow River will melt the ice! I don't think I can only force a carriage across the river......
The convoy of merchants who were blocked here was also in a hurry to cross the river. Moreover, many of them rushed to the prefectures and counties on the other side of the river to deliver the goods, which did not delay a day, and they had to compensate for the liquidated damages for the delayed goods. Therefore, they were all very anxious, and even a few convoys of merchants wanted to forcibly drive the carriage across the river.
Today, I saw with my own eyes the shopkeeper of the Hutchison Pharmacy, rushing to deliver medicine across the river, and all of them fell into the ice hole. You don't want to die, dare to walk on this cold ice?"
An old boatman who had been guarding the ferry hurriedly persuaded the merchants who wanted to force their way across the river to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
"What can I do then? The ice can't go up or down, the boat can't be used, and the car can't pass...... But it's really strange, the ice and snow have already melted elsewhere, why is it that the Yellow River is still so cold that people shiver?"
The merchants were talking a lot, and they were all complaining about the weather. And Su Lin and Ye Hongye, who got off Su Lin's car, naturally also saw the situation in front of them.
The huge surface of the Yellow River is now also undisturbed by the water waves, completely frozen into ice. Half of the width of the Yellow River is between 10 and 40 miles, and this crossing is selected from the shortest distance to the other bank and the most gentle flow, so the distance between the river is only about 11 miles.
In normal times, the eleven-mile river can be reached by boat in about an hour. Even if the river was frozen and the carriage passed cautiously for fear of slipping, it would not take more than two hours. But now, the ice that can't go up or down has stumped everyone and become a difficult obstacle to overcome.
At this time, in the water mansion at the bottom of the Yellow River, the eldest princess of the Dragon Clan sat proudly on a gorgeous coral chair, stuffed grapes into her mouth, and said happily to the Prime Minister of the Turtle beside her: "How about it? Prime Minister Turtle, this idea of mine is not bad! This is the only way for Jian'an Mansion to go to the capital of Wu Kingdom, and if Surin wants to cross the river, he must cross the ...... from here."