The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 18 AE86
Tang Sufan asked Liu Xiao to move the two boxes of copper coins to the cellar where the money was kept at home, and then threw the frame of the carriage in his yard first, and then asked him to lead the horse that brought the money and follow him to Carpenter Liu.

After several detours in the village, they came to the workshop of Carpenter Liu's home.

Carpenter Liu asked his family's apprentices to pull out a carriage covered with sackcloth from the side of the house.

Carpenter Liu said to Tang Sufan, "Su Fan, come and expose the cloth."

Tang Sufan glanced at it, then grabbed a corner of the sackcloth covering the carriage, and pulled it violently.

Then, a four-wheeled carriage with exquisite decoration and fine carving appeared in front of my eyes.

Four-wheeled carriages first appeared in China in the Song Dynasty, and they were called "Taiping Chariots" at the beginning, and the number was not large.

Due to the backwardness of ancient technology, terrain restrictions, and the inability to solve the steering problem, it is generally only used for manpower to pull and plant livestock.

Although the ancient Taiping carts carried a heavy load, the disadvantage was that they were too slow, and they could only travel thirty miles a day, so they were not widely used.

Although it has been developed through innovations in the Ming Dynasty, the load can reach [-] shi, and the speed has been slightly increased, but there are still records pointing out its inherent defects: when a large cart travels, it will stop when it encounters a river, it will stop when it encounters a mountain, and it will stop when it encounters a curved line. Paths and paths stop.

At the beginning of the twelfth century, the West began to replace the ox carts with horse-drawn carts as the main force of transportation, and the transformation of four-wheeled carriages gradually began in the plains, until later even an economic model formed by forming a fleet of four-wheeled carriages appeared in the seventeenth century.

The key to improving a two-wheeled carriage to a four-wheeled carriage is the steering problem. As long as the shaft rotation problem is solved, the comfort of the four-wheeled carriage is much higher than that of the two-wheeled carriage.

But Tang Sufan was just a liberal arts student in his previous life, and he was not reborn as a master of science and engineering. He only remembered the simple principle of single-axis steering, plus an ultra-simplified ball bearing.

I drew a rough drawing of these things and gave it to Carpenter Liu, just to see if I could solve the steering problem of the four-wheeled carriage with Carpenter Liu.

In fact, Tang Sufan didn't know what to do. He didn't expect Carpenter Liu to really figure it out in the past ten days, and even figured out the single-axis steering.

Tang Sufan looked around at the first four-wheeled carriage in the Tang Dynasty, and nodded in praise in satisfaction.

It’s as if a sports car with a limited edition in the world is in your hands, that’s a great sense of accomplishment~

At this time, Carpenter Liu asked suspiciously: "Su Fan, what are these strange characters you asked me to carve?"

On the upper middle of the two sides of the carriage, and on the rear of the carriage, four letters and numbers that Carpenter Liu really couldn't understand were engraved in large sizes.

AE86!

The corners of Tang Sufan's mouth turned upwards, and he touched the model car logo carefully carved by Carpenter Liu on the rear of the car, and used it as a license plate by the way, which was only due to his bad taste.

Another point is to add some modern elements to your life, so that you can feel more familiar and less lonely.

"Uncle Liu, this is just a license plate I thought of, it's like making numbers."

Carpenter Liu nodded half-understood. Why are these numbers incomprehensible?
Of course, it was impossible for Tang Sufan to slowly explain to Uncle Liu the fact that AE86 went up the famous Qiuming Mountain. Even if he explained, Uncle Liu would not understand.

Tang Sufan vigorously turned the two huge bars that should be pulled by the horses. Under the front wheels, a simplified ball bearing made of pig iron and a simple single-axis steering system supported the steering of the front wheels.

The whole wood is connected from top to bottom, even if the wooden pole carrying the bearing and single-axis steering is broken, the carriage and horses will not be separated.

In this way, the horse can pull the pole to turn the bearing, and the small arc of the bearing drives the front wheels, so that the body can follow without any restrictions.

But after all, I have limited knowledge. The defect of this single-axis steering is that the load can only carry a few people, and there is no way to pull goods.

Otherwise, it would be more than enough to open a cargo transportation company with these four-wheeled carriages.

"Come on Uncle Liu, this is your salary."

Afterwards, Tang Sufan took out two taels of silver (equivalent to two pennies, 2000 Wen) from his bulging purse and handed it to Carpenter Liu.

Carpenter Liu took a look and directly rejected Tang Sufan's money offer: "Su Fan, this is no good. You gave enough money for the materials before, and there is still a lot left. Uncle will take advantage of you, a rich family. Ah, let’s pay for the remaining materials.”

In order to seek top-notch materials and quality, Tang Sufan paid a lot of money for the materials.

Tang Sufan didn't say much, and directly stuffed two taels of silver into Liu Carpenter's hand: "Oh, Uncle Liu, you have worked hard for half a month, and you helped me build those tables and benches before, and you didn't take a few money."

"I'll treat you as a kid, why not be polite to me? Didn't you say that your son is going to call his wife? It's good to be more prepared."

In the previous life, this kind of purely handcrafted thing would have been sold at a sky-high price, and it is understandable to give an extra two taels of silver.

Carpenter Liu was also a person who knew Tang Sufan's temperament, so he was not too polite at all, squinting his old eyes and said cheerfully: "Okay, then the old man has the cheek to accept it, you just have a good heart."

Then the cheerful expression turned serious: "Also, Su Fan, don't worry, I will never spread the craftsmanship of this carriage to the outside world. Don't worry, I will let them do it for the kids who learned from me. It's a little leftover job."

In ancient times, a unique skill represented a inheritance, and the inheritance of a skill was a treasure handed down from generation to generation. If people with foreign surnames wanted to get their hands on it, they had to be loyal servants who signed a death contract.

Tang Sufan's ability to tell him about this technology shows that Tang Sufan trusts his old man. Even if Tang Sufan doesn't tell him that he must keep it secret, he won't talk nonsense.

Tang Sufan waved his hand: "Oh, Uncle Liu won't do it. If someone asks you to do it in the future, you can just collect money and do it. It's okay. As for who you pass it on to, it depends on your own wishes. I don't rely on this to make money. "

What Tang Sufan said, in Carpenter Liu's ears, it was considered that Tang Sufan had given him this skill.

Quickly bowing his old waist and saluting his hands, Tang Sufan was so frightened that he quickly helped him up.

"Don't, don't, Uncle Liu won't."

Carpenter Liu said with a serious expression: "Su Fan, the old man won't say much else. You must take back the money now, otherwise the old man will feel unhappy."

Tang Sufan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, my good guy, you're still so serious, okay, I'll just get back the two taels of silver.

After Tang Sufan comforted Uncle Liu, he turned his head and called Qianniuwei Liu Xiao: "Liu Xiao, bring the horse here, let's go to the shop that Lao Li gave us."

So Liu Xiao went to lead the horse and prepare to connect with the carriage, while Tang Sufan was excitedly waiting to take his AE86 to the streets to bomb the streets.

If you drive it out, it won't attract a lot of attention~

When Liu Xiao went to lead the horse, Uncle Liu, the carpenter, grabbed Tang Sufan and asked in a low voice, "Su Fan, the 'Old Li' you mentioned is the owner of this nursing home?"

"That's right, he is Lao Li's nursing home. Lao Li and I are going to open a tavern, and he asked this nursing home to run errands for me. What's wrong, Uncle Liu?"

Carpenter Liu opened his mouth, but he still didn't say anything. He just said: "Since I'm doing business with someone else, don't you know how smart I am? Be more slippery. Sometimes, it's okay to suffer. nothing..."

Tang Sufan thought that Uncle Liu, like everyone else in the village, thought he was young and told him more, so he replied perfunctorily that he knew it and let the matter go.

Afterwards, Liu Xiao connected the horses to the newly released first four-wheeled carriage of Datang.

"That line, Uncle Liu, I'm leaving first, and I'll treat you to a drink when the tavern opens later."

Carpenter Liu greeted with a smile: "Okay, let's go~"

　It was typed as 100 Wentong money before, but after checking it, I found that it was wrong. 1000 Wen is equal to Yitong money. Strictly speaking, during the Tang Xuanzong period, it was clearly stipulated that 980 Wen is equal to Yitong.

　　Yiguan money is equal to one tael of silver, ten taels is equal to one tael of gold, hehe, Tang Dynasty Trivia Classroom.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)