So now, when he heard this theory from Wu Zhi, he was immediately impressed by Wu Zhi's extremely forward-looking ideas.
And it is not difficult for him to implement it.
If it is difficult, it is in the initial recruitment stage.
Although Su Yuanjing was very popular among literati in the world and had numerous disciples.
But after all, that was when he was in the imperial court and serving as a lieutenant.
And where is he now?
Not only did he lose his official position, but he also became a fugitive.
The most important thing is that the grass is turned into a thief.
In such an era where the idea of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country is extremely strong, how many scholars will go up the mountain to become thieves without any scruples with just a wave of Su Yuanjing's hand?
No one can say for sure.
Perhaps among those thousands of literati, only a few dozen would respond to Su Yuanjing's call.
Maybe a dozen, or none at all.
When Wu Zhi heard Su Yuanjing's concerns, he felt helpless.
After all, that's how it is in this era.
At this time, Wu Zhi was also a little anxious.
If they were all well-educated people living on the Liangshan Mountains, would he still have to adopt this method?
But then again, if all the people on Liangshan Mountain were well-educated people, would it still be a den of thieves?
In the end, Wu Zhi's final request for Su Yuanjing was that as long as he did his best and obeyed fate.
As for when the time comes, how many knowledgeable people will be recruited?
Wu Zhi did not make any hard and fast rules.
When Su Yuanjing received Wu Zhi's instructions, he hurriedly returned to his residence, preparing to send a letter in his own name to the literary circle and his disciples.
Because he wanted to see what those people's attitude would be after receiving his letter.
It would be better if people come to vote one after another.
If nothing happens, then this matter can only be discussed in the long term.
After Su Yuanjing left, Wu Zhi asked Li Jie about the development of bicycles and the planting and growth of sweet potatoes.
As for Li Jie, because he had to be responsible for many things and was not very proficient in farming, he handed over the tasks related to sweet potato planting to his apprentice Liu Laosan.
Although this Liu Laosan is not a serious farmer.
But at least he is better than his master Li Jie in farming.
Since the last time Wu Zhi left Liangshan, the small bag of sweet potato seeds had been eaten by Liu Laosan.
As for the planting location, Liu Laosan chose the back mountain for the convenience of observation.
So, it has been two months since the sweet potatoes were planted.
At this time, the sweet potato seedlings are growing quite gratifyingly.
But I just don’t know what the yield will be when mature.
Wu Zhi didn't have a particularly good solution in his mind for Liu Laosan's various concerns.
After all, he had never planted such a thing during this period.
So all they can do now is wait.
And the bicycle was the thing that Li Jie had worried about the most in the past two months.
At the very beginning, when Wu Zhi was sketching the bicycle drawing, the transmission structure was drawn in the form of a chain.
After all, this is also the main way for bicycles to achieve power transmission in later generations.
Later, after discussing with Li Jie, Shen Kuo, Liu Laosan and others, he found that it would be quite difficult to make this chain.
By then, even if a prototype can be made, the feasibility of mass production will be quite low.
Then, after a few people’s research and development, they came up with the idea of using animal tendons to drive a winch to provide power for the bicycle to move forward.
But after a lot of experiments, a few of them discovered that although a bicycle with this structure could carry people on a ride, its climbing ability was unbearable.
Even when riding on flat ground, the speed never picked up.
Not to mention competing for speed with those war horses.
Li Jie and Liu Laosan almost gave up after several studies.
However, a fantastic idea from Shen Kuo gave the two of them the motivation to continue research and development.
That is, a power arm is used to connect two eccentric shafts to complete the transmission of force.
In this way, the problem of animal tendons slipping with the winch, which affects the forward momentum of the bicycle, can be greatly avoided.
Moreover, during this period of time, Li Jie and Liu Laosan also successfully built a prototype based on Shen Kuo's theory.
After riding on it and testing it, the three top technical experts said that this thing is both light and flexible when riding.
If they hadn't wanted to wait for Wu Zhi to come back and make a final decision, they would have ordered their men to mass-produce it.
When Liu Laosan pushed the new bicycle to the Juyi Hall.
Wu Zhi couldn't wait to ride on it and circled the hall several times.
After Wu Zhi rode a few laps, he still felt a lot of emotion about the first bicycle of this period.
Not only was the bike extremely heavy, but the riding speed was also much slower than the bikes he rode in his previous life.
These are Wu Zhi’s most intuitive feelings after riding a bicycle.
But it didn't take long for Wu Zhi to feel relieved.
After all, with the technological power of this period, it is quite good to be able to achieve this level.
But after Wu Zhi got off the bicycle, a rather embarrassing episode occurred.
That was next to the bicycle seat. Because it was not polished properly, the burrs on it caught Wu Zhi's pants.
Finally, Li Jie, Liu Laosan, Shen Kuo and others spent a lot of effort to pull Wu Zhi's pants off the bicycle.
Wu Zhi really didn’t know what to say about this quality problem.
And when he looked at the bicycle carefully with a scrutinizing gaze again, he found that there were more than just various minor problems on that bicycle.
Although the overall appearance is no different from the 28-girder bicycles of later generations.
But in many details, there are still various problems.
For example, there was no rubber at this time, so Li Jie and the others had to use animal tendons to wrap the wheels to act as a shock-absorbing system for the bicycle while it was traveling.
As for the wheels, since there was no qualified blacksmith on the Shuibo Liang Mountains, wooden wheels could only be used temporarily instead.
The body of the bicycle was also so messed up by Liu Laosan's poor craftsmanship that it was almost unbearable to look at it.
Not to mention the uniform color scheme, the overall look is rusty.