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Chapter 147 Vehicles
Zhang Shun pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out, so he reorganized his thoughts and thought: either use the method of ox plowing, two cows or horses, and drag them by lifting bars; or stretch out the double shafts like an ox cart, Ride on the body of the cow and horse; or directly make a pair of wheels, and put the tail end of the gun mount on the front axle!
Huh?Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help being shocked: Isn't this the solution to the structural problem of the four-wheeled carriage's difficulty in turning?He didn't expect that he would solve the problem of the four-wheeled carriage at the same time.

Zhang Shun really didn't expect such a simple question to trouble China for thousands of years.Later generations did not learn the steering system of the four-wheeled carriage until the Westerners came to China.In fact, his principle is very simple, that is, the two rear wheels are directly installed on the carriage; Turning problem.

In fact, the steering system in the West is also designed in this way. Zhang Shun’s accidental inspiration coincides with the steering system in Western countries.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun quickly found the original four-wheeled ox cart to check.It turned out that the original four-wheeled bullock cart was heavy and solid, with solid materials and simple structure.By the way, Zhang asked the craftsman who spoke to him earlier: "This Taiping car, can you make it?"

"If you have the material, you can do it, if you don't have the material, you can't do it." The man was quite honest, telling the truth.

"Oh? The material used is also particular?" Zhang Shun saw that this thing is so simple, and thought to himself, isn't it just wood?There are many mountains and forests in Shanxi, and there are a lot of wood.

"It's particular, white locust tree is the best, followed by elm. Logging in winter, killing in water for a year; shady and cool in June, smoking for ten days, before it can be used." The old carpenter talked about carpentry work, his mouth was a lot sharper .

Zhang Shun looked at the old carpenter suspiciously for a long time, only to dispel his doubts when he saw him cowering.If he hadn't seen this man's timidity, Zhang Shun would have thought that the old carpenter was just amusing himself.

It turns out that although Zhang Shun lived in this era for a long time, sometimes he still had the illusion of overestimating the efficiency of ancient production.For example, to make a war bow, it is necessary to dissect dry materials in winter, boil horns in spring, cure tendons in summer, and then use glue, lacquer, and silk in autumn to combine stems, horns, and tendons.Finally, fix the bow body in the freezing cold season, so that you can check whether the paint pattern is peeling off.It takes a year to make a good bow.

Zhang Shun had only heard that making a bow was time consuming, but he didn't expect that making an ox cart would be so troublesome.There was no other way, since there were no ready-made materials at hand, Zhang Shun had no choice but to focus on the modification.After thinking about it for a long time, he found that he could remove two of the original wheels and put the remaining two wheels in the middle and back.

Then cut the unloaded wheels a bit smaller to make a simple frame, and put the original ox cart plate on the new frame, that is, it can be made into a four-wheeled ox cart that can turn.

The wheels of the four-wheeled ox cart are all solid and made of spliced ​​spoke plates, which is why Zhang Shun asked the carpenter to cut the unloaded wheels to a smaller size.Zhang Shun found that the diameters of the four wheels themselves were not very large, but only two feet and five inches, which is only [-] centimeters in later generations. In addition, the wheels are narrow and thin. If the road is muddy, it is easy to get stuck in the mud and cannot get out. .Therefore, Zhang Shun didn't do anything, and simply asked the carpenter to thicken the wheel, which is better than nothing, and at least it can increase the sturdiness of the wheel.

Zhang Shun's tossing around here basically changed the original four-wheeled ox cart.More than a dozen carpenters were tossing around, sawing saws, chiseling wood, and chiseling wood, each of them was busy.

At this time, the blacksmith sent over the iron parts that Zhang Shun asked to make.Zhang Shun ordered the carpenter in charge of iron work to come and nail these iron pieces to the frame of his own gun carriage.There is a term here, the wheels are nailed iron tiles, and the rim is called an iron car; the wheel is called a wooden car without iron tiles and nails.

In this way, Zhang Shun's cannon cart became stronger and more durable. After the carpenter installed a simple two-wheeled frame on the cannon cart, Zhang Shun asked Li Shi'an to bring over two mules, which ran like flying.

Seeing this, Zhang Shun couldn't help saying happily: "Flying on an iron cannon, flying across the world!" Li Shi'an heard this, and happily bowed to Zhang Shun three times, shouting: "Thank you, my lord, for your words!"

Zhang Shun said it casually, seeing that Li Shi'an and others were happy, and it was inconvenient to discourage their enthusiasm, so he agreed with a smile.The last time he "bought" a lot of mules and horses in Dayang City, Zhang Shun was thinking that there was no place to use them, so he could allocate a batch for Li Shi'an's artillery battalion.

Li Shi'an happened to have thirty-six cannons under his command, but half of them were two-inch tiger squat cannons weighing more than [-] kilograms, and the shoulder resistance of the vehicle could be formed, so it didn't matter.It's just that the three-inch tiger squatting cannon weighing more than [-] kilograms is heavier, and it happens that one cannon can be dragged by two mules.Almost thirty-six or seven heads can make their own artillery even more powerful, and this deal is very worthwhile.

Li Shi'an's Second Artillery Corps got so many benefits for nothing, and was so happy that they hurriedly found some more cloth, made two vertical flags, and embroidered Zhang Shun's "ciments" on them.When Li Shi'an gave an order, he saw "Flying Iron Cannon" on the left and "Across the World" on the right, so powerful and domineering.

Zhang Shun looked at it, and he was full of pride, thinking: I, Zhang Shun, is also a traveler, and my destiny is in me, why should I be afraid of the Ming court and the Qing Dynasty?Now I have more than a thousand elite soldiers and dozens of cannons. No matter how big the world is, I can go there. What can the "Zijinliang" and "Chuangjiang" do to me!

After some busy work, wait until it is getting late.The carpenter has made several gun mounts and refitted several ox carts.Zhang Shun ordered Li Shi'an to continue to try out the gun mounts, and ordered Chen Jindou to bring some coachmen to try out the new ox carts.

As a result, the gun mount was convenient to try out, and there were no problems.The new four-wheeled ox cart has flexible steering, which greatly speeds up the vehicle's travel speed, but there is only one shortcoming, which is that the load capacity of the vehicle is slightly reduced.However, compared with mobility, the ox cart with a load of twenty-five stones of grain is still acceptable if it is reduced to a load of twenty stones.

After a day of hard work, Zhang Shun was so hungry this time, he went back and ate a full meal, which made Li Sanniang and Zhu'er very happy.

On the next day, Zhang Shun was about to go to the supply camp again to check on the carpenters making vehicles, but he ran into an acquaintance.When Zhang Shun saw it, he was shocked. This person turned out to be the messenger that Xing had agreed with him before.

Zhang Shun quickly pulled her to a remote place and asked, "What's the situation? Why did you find her so quickly?"

(End of this chapter)