After thinking about the use of rubber and the origin of the rubber used to make tires for a while, Yunxi turned his attention back to the bicycle itself. This bicycle is not made of wood like the first bicycle in history, but has many parts.
They are all made of steel, but most of the parts, including the frame, are made of wood. But I don’t know how the craftsmen who built this bicycle thought about it. The wood was also painted with dark paint. From a distance, it looks like it is all made of wood.
It's made of steel. If you ride it on the street, you'll probably have a lot of people pointing and saying: 'I don't know what kind of thing it is, it costs a lot of steel, right? Who is so rich and wastes so much money? It's really a sin.
, using so much steel on such a useless thing.'
Yunxi thought about the reaction of ordinary people and wanted to laugh, but he held it back. He tried to turn the wheel again, and the handlebars were also upright. He couldn't help but sit on it and started riding. Of course, Yunxi's bicycle riding skills did not require much.
He said that although he had not ridden a bicycle for more than ten years, his rich experience of riding a bicycle for more than ten years in his previous life instantly helped him master a bicycle that was far less easy to ride than his later generations. Although it was a bit heavy to ride and difficult to pedal, he
I walked around the yard without any concern at all.
"How dare you deceive this princess!" Min'er was very surprised to see Yun Hei so skilled. Then she remembered something and turned around and shouted to the two eunuchs in charge of the imperial palace.
"I never dare to deceive Your Highness!" The two eunuchs were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"You still dare to say that you didn't deceive me! You said this is the first bicycle ever built. But if this is the first bicycle, how can my father ride it so skillfully?"
"Your Highness, I don't know this. But this bicycle is indeed the first one built by the Royal Supervisor. I will never dare to deceive Your Highness! I will never dare to deceive Your Highness! If Your Highness doesn't believe it, call Eunuch Bai. If Eunuch Bai and the servant
What you said is different, I am willing to be punished for deceiving His Highness." One of them said hurriedly.
Seeing the two of them talking like this, Min'er was already convinced, but she was even more confused: "Did my father order craftsmen from other places to build it before? But this doesn't make sense."
She couldn't figure out the question, so she asked the craftsman from the imperial palace who had just arrived to make the bicycle. After getting the same answer, she stopped asking anyone and just waited nearby. After seeing Yunxi turn around a few times, she asked again.
He rode back and stopped, immediately walked up and said, "Dad."
"Yes." Yunxi agreed, and then called to the craftsman: "Come here!" He suppressed what Min'er wanted to say.
"My servant Wang Ming has met Your Majesty." The craftsman who is also a eunuch hurriedly ran over and saluted.
"This thing of yours is well made. Although it is a little heavy, it is still very good." Yunxi affirmed at first, but then began to make comments: "But why does this bicycle have no brakes? If there are no brakes, it will
It's hard to stop if you go too fast, and it's easy to hit someone..."
He made about four or five opinions, and finally asked: "I have one more question to ask you, how much does this bicycle cost?"
"Your Majesty, the cost of making this thing is about twenty-five taels of silver. However, this is the first one, and the slave will consume more materials. If it is made again later, it will cost about fifteen taels." Wang Ming thought about it and said.
"Dad, what is the brake I just mentioned? Also, why do you want to ask about the cost?" Min'er asked curiously.
"Do you think my father ordered the craftsmen of the imperial prison to make this for you to play with?"
"Otherwise? What use can this thing have?" Min'er asked.
At this time, other people had gathered around. Yunxi turned around and asked Wenyuan: "Wenyuan, what do you think this thing that my father ordered the craftsmen to make can be used for?"
"Father, do you want people to use this as a travel tool?" Wenyuan said hesitantly.
"Of course it is for the common people to use it as a means of travel." Yunxi thinks there is nothing to hesitate about this. Of course, things that people can ride on can only be used when going out. Otherwise, how can they be used to generate electricity?
"Father, my son thinks that this is probably not possible. Even if the cost is very low, ordinary people can afford it." Wen Yuan saw that Yunxi seemed a little unhappy, and he immediately felt courageous. He mustered up the hard-won money.
Courage, said.
"Why?"
"Father, although this thing is much cheaper than a horse, people with wealthy families would definitely prefer to buy a horse instead of using this thing. Although this thing is not too bumpy, it will consume the rider's physical strength after all. It is not very good at home.
Wealthy people will not spend money to buy this thing."
"Although this thing is fast, it costs money after all. People who are not very wealthy may not be willing to pay for it. Moreover, this thing has stricter road requirements. Most of the country roads are uneven and very difficult to walk. Some places may also be difficult to navigate.
Riding this thing through. In this way, for the people who use this thing, this thing becomes useless and can only be used as a plaything at home like the elder sister and cannot travel." Wenyuan said.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the courage that had been supporting him disappeared. He was a little scared and thought: 'What if I made a mistake? How will my father reprimand me?'
However, his idea did not come true. When Yunxi heard Wen Yuan's words, he suddenly realized: "It is true, my father was negligent." The paths in the capital have been paved with gravel roads after repeated renovations by Yingtian Mansion.
The main road was paved with alternating layers of clay and sandy soil. The road condition was very good, so he forgot for a moment that only the capital was like this in the entire Ming Dynasty. Except for the cross-shaped main roads in the city, the condition of most places was very poor. When it rained
The road turned into a river in the middle.
Moreover, this era is obviously different from that of later generations. Manpower is less valuable than later generations, and time is even less valuable than manpower. Even those who can afford a bicycle will probably not buy it to save money. As for rich people, riding a bicycle is not as good as riding a horse.
Can you show off? After two days of riding it, you will no longer know how to ride it if it is fresh and fresh. If you follow Yunxi's idea and sell it to the public after lowering the cost, I am afraid that except for rich people who buy it for fun at home, not many will be sold.
It's not going to be of use as he intended.
He was immediately disappointed and casually told Wang Ming: "When you go back, continue to improve this bicycle and correct all the minor problems I just told you. Let's continue studying." What he said was almost the same as what he planned to say, but his tone was completely different.
do not.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch and craftsman Wang Ming was also a little frustrated. Yunxi asked the imperial eunuch to make many new things. Bai Xiguang, the eunuch in charge of the imperial eunuch, gave the errands to different people, each of whom was responsible for the same thing.
The craftsmen, especially those who were also eunuchs, worked hard to make what Yunxi wanted, hoping that their craftsmanship would be appreciated by His Majesty. Among these craftsmen, Wang Ming came out on top and was even more happy to hear that the emperor
After being told, he immediately rushed over excitedly; but in the end, because of some problems with His Majesty's ideas, his work was in vain. Needless to say, Wang Ming was disappointed. If he was not a eunuch, he might be disappointed and pick up the
Knife made himself a eunuch.
"By the way, I have another errand for you." Yunxi remembered something again and said to him: "You should study how to make a four-wheeled carriage. The tires are made of rubber-covered wood, just like bicycles. But compared with bicycles,
The four-wheeled carriage must pay more attention to reducing the tremor. After you go back, do some serious research. If you can make a four-wheeled carriage that does not feel much tremor on the gravel road, I will definitely reward you heavily."
Although bicycles are not practical, four-wheeled carriages must be practical. The carrying capacity of a four-wheeled carriage is far greater than that of a two-wheeled carriage, and if people can actually ride in it, it will be more comfortable than a two-wheeled carriage, whether it is for rich people or
It is of great use in the military. In fact, Yunxi has always been curious about why four-wheeled carriages did not appear in China, or that although they did appear, they were not very popular. However, no matter why they were not popular, he would let the craftsmen study it.
, come and ask him for advice if you encounter problems. Although more than ten years have passed, he is 'confident' that the problems in mathematics, chemistry and physics in junior high school can still be solved. Four-wheeled carriages appeared before the industrial revolution at the latest.
(He can't remember the time when the Western horse-drawn carriage appeared.) The problems involved can't be more than junior high school physics, right? In terms of physics knowledge, he can beat Newton; if it weren't for mathematics, he would have forgotten how to do calculus.
, should also be able to completely defeat Newton.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Ming became happy again. Although the task of making bicycles failed to achieve his goal, the emperor also ordered him to do other tasks, so there is still hope. "No matter what problems there are, they must follow the emperor's instructions."
The four-wheeled carriage was built at his command!'
He kowtowed again, stood up and was about to leave; Yunxi also turned his head and praised Wen Yuan: "You did a good job. It's good that you gave your father some advice. If you think there are omissions in what my father does or thinks in the future,
You must say it, as long as you are right, your father will definitely listen. The so-called "three people walking together" must have my teacher, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. Han Changli did not say "three people walking together" these three people cannot
There are juniors; not to mention that the truth will not change right or wrong just because the person who speaks it is different. Well done."
"And my father is also very happy that you can understand the people's sentiments. Water can carry a boat and capsize it. As a monarch, you should know more about how ordinary people live. This time you thought of things that my father ignored. Very good, not bad
."
"My son knows." Wenyuan said very excitedly. Because he prefers reading, and Yunxi prefers people who exercise more. It's not that Yunxi has never praised him, but he always praised him for reading well, and praised him.
After that, he always told him not to just indulge in books, but to learn more about people's sentiments and practice martial arts more. Although Wenqi was praised by Yunxi less often than him, he never had these suffixes.
Children of this age like to be praised by their parents, so although Wen Yuan didn't like it, he followed Yun Xi's instructions. Today he finally saw the results for the first time. How could he not be excited.
Yunxi smiled and touched his head, and was about to say something else. Suddenly he heard someone shouting: "Uncle Shi!"
"Nephew, what's wrong?" Yunxi took back what he was about to say to Wenyuan and raised his head to look at Zhu Bao. Wenyuan also looked at Zhu Bao, but his eyes were not very friendly. He was so easily affected by his father.
His uncompromising praise was interrupted. To be honest, Wen Yuan really had the intention of ordering his servants to throw him out at this time.
"Uncle Shi." Zhu Bao walked up to him, saluted and said, "My nephew just heard Uncle Shi talking to the craftsmen. When he heard the four-wheeled carriage being mentioned, an idea suddenly came to my mind. Please ask Shi.
Uncle at most."
"Oh, what do you think?"
"Uncle Shi, my nephew originally agreed with what Lang Jun said, and felt that this bicycle was of little use at least for the time being. But just now after hearing about the four-wheeled carriage, an idea suddenly came to his mind: If the two wheels of the bicycle are turned into three wheels,
,how?"
"Among these three wheels, there are two wheels in front and two in the back. A bucket is placed between the two wheels in the back like a cart used by country people. It can also hold things. If the things that can be loaded are heavier than the cart,
People are willing to use this kind of three-wheeled bicycle. Although it is more expensive than a cart, it is cost-effective to transport a lot of things." (To be continued)
