The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 218 Old Li Yuan's Obsession with 'Big'
Li Yuan wanted to watch the excitement, and Tang Jian also wanted to watch the excitement, but time did not allow him to stay in Shanyin County, so Old Tang could only take Li Muyun and others' earnest entrustment, and embarked on a journey to Yudujun Mountain.

On the other side, Li Muyun also started to build his own exclusive carriage for that little old man Li Yuan—four fronts and eight rears, a twelve-wheeled carriage.

What?You said that more wheels do not equal luxury?You can put it down, Li Muyun has no money at all right now, the money for [-] war horses will take a while to arrive, and... even if he has money, he can't spend it in this poor place of Shanyin County go out.

Just like the material used for the trunk, Li Muyun originally wanted to use golden nanmu, but when he told old Li Yuan, he was whipped by the old man, and finally told that it was used to make coffins.

The golden nanmu can't be used, let's use the red sandalwood head office, right?But Li Muyun only found out after inquiring that this is actually not good, it's not that it's out of stock, but seven thousand guan is not enough if you use red sandalwood.

Later, Li Muyun chose several materials, but it turned out that either the money was insufficient or the materials were not suitable. In the end, he found that he could only use pine wood, which is the most produced in the Yin Mountains, to build it.

It was precisely because of this that Li Muyun had a whim and planned to build a top four and rear eight unique in the country for that little old man Li Yuan.

The whole vehicle is more than four feet long, about one foot wide, nine feet high, and the minimum ground clearance is one foot three inches. There are bedrooms, study rooms, living rooms, bookcases, wine cabinets, and toilets in the car. 24 Turkic Dun horses are used. pull.

Anyway, let’s put it this way, from the design point of view, if the material is not considered, this carriage is indeed the only one in Datang. If it is not for the identity of old Li Yuan, Yu Zhining is probably the first to jump out to impeach him. Li Muyun overstepped the barrier.

However, Li Muyun didn't realize that he was going further and further down the wrong path, because in the previous life, there was no such thing as "overstepping the limit or not overstepping the limit", so he didn't consider this at all when he designed the carriage. question.

I have to say that Li Muyun's luck is indeed good!

However, as good as the idea was, when it came to the actual application, it ran into trouble again. The car was too long, and the hard axle couldn't complete the turning. Helpless, Li Muyun began to stay by the side of the carriage to take charge of the frame modification project.

Finally, at the end of July, the frame modification was completed, and after installing the original differential, the carriage could finally complete the steering smoothly.

All of this is due to Li Muyun's six degree certificates. If he didn't have the mechanical major, and if he didn't have the hard work in the past, Comrade Xiao Li at this time would be helpless.

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Old Li Yuan was overjoyed after seeing the first four and the last eight after the completion.

He has enjoyed many luxurious things in his life, but he doesn't care much about the refinement of the materials.

What really makes him care about is the feeling of being independent and being the only one.

Li Muyun personally designed the front four and back eight crooked ways to cater to his wishes, which made old Li Yuan unhappy.

So after the old man walked around the carriage for a few times, he patted Li Muyun's shoulder excitedly: "My boy, this carriage is pretty good, quite impressive!"

"It's all because of your good guidance, Dad, otherwise I wouldn't have this ability." Li Muyun smiled awkwardly, and secretly said in his heart: In the eyes of this old man, bigness is reason, and bigness is grandeur!It seems that Chinese people still like "big" because of certain traditional factors.

But old Li Yuan didn't know what Li Muyun was thinking at this moment, after a compliment, he walked up the ladder placed at the door of the carriage.

In the past, it was necessary to bend down to get on a carriage, but this time there is no need. The nine-foot-high carriage is like a fucking bus, and it is completely possible for old Li Yuan to enter with his head raised, and the door close to three feet also makes the old man It is completely possible to enter the carriage by walking through the city gate.

As soon as he entered the carriage, there was a living room inside. The most noticeable thing was a small square table in the middle of the living room, and some wooden blocks in the middle of the square table.

"What is this thing?" Li Yuan casually grabbed a piece of wood, looked it up in his hands, and asked Li Muyun who was following behind him.

"This is called mahjong, and it's a tool for entertainment." Li Muyun said while explaining the simplest way to play mahjong.

"Well, this seems interesting." After listening for a while, old Li Yuan showed an interested expression, and glanced at Yu Zhining: "Zhining, do you understand?"

"I probably understand a little bit." Yu Zhining said implicitly.

Facing the old emperor, Yu Zhining was still a subordinate no matter what he said, and it was impossible to put on an appearance that he was smarter than his superiors. Even if he understood, he had to pretend that he didn't understand. The way of an official has nothing to do with character.

"Chen Mu, what about you?" Old Li Yuan looked at Chen Mu who was following up.

"I understand half of it." Chen Mu didn't have Yu Zhining's wisdom, and was still entangled in those rules.

"It's good to understand half of it, just play it first and get familiar with it." Li Yuan was never vague about the things he was more interested in, and he was the first to pull out the chair and sit at the table.

Seeing him sitting down, the others naturally sat down too.

In the first round of cards, everyone was not familiar with the rules, so they didn't play any big prizes, and they took turns sitting on the banker to be familiar with the rules.

By the second round of cards, everyone was familiar with the basic rules, and naturally they all started betting.

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Eight rounds of cards were played for a whole afternoon. It was not until it was getting late that the game was considered over, and the result was not unexpected. Naturally, Li Muyun won. But fortunately, it was the first time playing, and everyone bets were not too much Big, even if someone wins, the income is only a few hundred pennies.

However, these are not the main point. The main point is that through Li Muyun's precepts and deeds, mahjong is the first time this thing has emerged in the Tang Dynasty, and a new trend will definitely blow up in the not-too-distant future.

It's just that these have nothing to do with Li Muyun. This guy is just a killer with extremely bad luck. Whether mahjong will affect Datang's future is not what he cares about.

After dinner, Li Yuan insisted on sleeping in the carriage with the help of alcohol, but Yu Zhining's persuasion was useless, so he could only follow his wishes and let him sleep in the carriage.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, everything was ready, and twenty Turkic horses were put on the bridle, pulled to the front of the carriage and put on the shaft.

The shaft, I want to talk about it here. In fact, most of the shafts in our country are actually hard, that is, they are made of strong wood. Let’s not talk about the common advantages of this structure. The most important point is that it is not conducive to steering. At the same time, it is not conducive to the traction of multiple war horses.

Therefore, Li Muyun designed the carriage this time to change the previous practice. The shafts of the carriage were all replaced with soft ropes. The position of a row of war horses.

There are six rows in this arrangement, or a total of 24 horses.

However, because the shafts were changed to soft materials, although the number of horses is large, it does not affect the handling. As long as the driver of the cart is capable enough, the 24 horses can be controlled well.

The horses were harnessed to the carriage, and the chocks under the wheels were also removed. Under the yelling of the thorn wood, the front four and the rear eight moved forward slowly with the movement of the horses.

Most of the horse-drawn carriages in the village have seen one-wheeled carriages. Generally, four-wheeled carriages are rarely seen. Now a twelve-wheeled carriage is moving in front of them. How can this not be surprising? .

Li Yuan in the carriage seemed very satisfied with this effect, waving his hands through the open window, with a smug smile on his face.

I have to say that although the material of this carriage is not very good, it is indeed big enough, so big that it is staggering, so big...too big to get out of the gate of the village!

Can't get out of the gate?Oh no, it's not that I can't get out, but the road up the mountain outside is too narrow, and there is no way for a one-foot-wide carriage to complete the turn.

So Comrade Old Li was stuck in the middle of the road without accident, unable to go down or up.

The cheers behind him continued, but old Li Yuan's face turned pale with anger. He pointed at the embarrassed Li Muyun, and after a while he couldn't hold back a sentence: "Nizi, you hit the door frame with your head on a pig! What's wrong with this?" thing!"

Li Muyun couldn't laugh or cry when he was scolded by the old Li Yuan, he thought that this old man was really interesting, even now he was still in the mood to make jokes, and his brain hit the door frame, I don't know how he thought of it.Could it be that when I heard myself scolding others for being brainless and being squeezed by the door, this old man hurriedly got together and said it?

But when he thought about it, his movements were not slow. As soon as old Li Yuan finished cursing, he gave Chen Mu a wink: "Mu Mu, take the old man out of the car, hurry up, I'm afraid the car won't be able to hold it if it gets lost." If you go outside the road, you will be finished."

Chen Mu naturally also sensed that something was wrong. Li Muyun had just finished speaking, and he had already come to the old Li Yuan's side. Regardless of whether the old man objected or not, he got up and ran to the car door.

At this time, the native turtles in the cottage also saw that something was wrong, so they rushed out of the village in a swarm, without caring about cheering, grabbed the rear of the car and began to return.

However, the front four and the rear eight are too heavy to be dragged by a dozen people at all, and because the carriage is blocked in the middle of the road, other people can't get through, so they can only watch helplessly.

Finally Blacksmith Zhong had an idea and shouted: "Find a stone to cover the wheel, cover the wheel, quick!"

Looking for rocks?Where can I find stones at the gate of this f*cking cottage?Whether it's the trailer or the eye-watcher, they are all a little bit blind.Fortunately, there were still a few people in the stockade. Seeing such a situation, they immediately picked up the wooden skids that had been thrown aside on the ground, and hurriedly rushed out of the stockade.

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With the concerted efforts of everyone, the first four and the last eight were finally stabilized, and there was no danger of falling into the ravine.

Chen Mu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at Li Muyun and cursed: "Your uncle, I was almost killed by you."

Li Muyun didn't know that Chen Mu's so-called murder meant that he would be beheaded if he didn't protect Li Yuan well. He thought he was talking about the carriage almost falling into the ravine because it couldn't complete the turn, so he didn't care much, just looked at Li Yuan He asked: "Father, you have also seen this situation, this car...do you still sit?"

"Nonsense, of course I want to sit." Old Li Yuan stood on the side of the road, looked at the front four and the rear eight parked crookedly in the middle of the road, and said persistently: "Send someone to dismantle the car in a while and carry it down the mountain for me. , I don’t believe it’s so difficult to ride a carriage!”

(End of this chapter)