In a blink of an eye, it is late November, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Presumably in a few days, the winter snow will fall. ∈↗, and the preparatory work for the young gentleman to go to the Song country at the lower palace of the Zhao family is also coming to an end.

Although the state of Jin has long been in private affairs, and office work has to be paid out of the pockets of the private office, but after all, Zhao Wuxi is the first time to travel, so the Pedestrian Department has selected several officials to accompany him, including one person and two husbands. .

On this day, the three of them brought their luggage and drove the carriage to the lower palace to report to their new boss, a doctor under the title of "Little Pedestrian", Zhao Wuxi.

"Little man Feng Lin, I have seen the doctor."

Zhao Wuxi stood on the steps with his hands behind his back and looked down at this person, frowning slightly.

I saw that he was only in his thirties, with a big face, and what was even more striking was that there was a faint black mark on his forehead, which at first glance seemed to be struck by someone with a small stick. He also left a small vertical beard under his chin, and even connected this disfigured black mark from head to chin.

This is the deputy of the envoy this time, Feng Lin, who has the position of "returning the person", wearing soap-colored dark clothes, after bowing to Wu-shirt, his hands respectfully placed on the porcelain pendant of the lower garment.

Zhao Wuxi was already quite good at knowing people. At the first meeting, he knew that this person was in average economic situation, and he probably had no background, and he didn't show outstanding talent in conversation.

It's not that Zhao Wuxi judges people based on appearance, but that in the Spring and Autumn Period, he valued the integrity of his appearance. Han Hu and Zhiyao were both praised for their handsomeness. Look at Feng Rin's appearance, which can lower the appearance of the envoys. He should not have been selected as a pedestrian assistant, but why can he sneak in? You know, as the hegemon's messenger to send envoys to other countries, it is a fat shortage.

"Although the villain was transferred to the Pedestrian Department. But his ancestor's duty was to seal people, so he was familiar with the traffic in the domestic territory. He also went to the Song Dynasty once. The big pedestrian sent me as a gentleman's guide. next trip.”

Facing the new boss, Feng Rin was respectful and did not speak in a hurry, directly indicating that he was appointed because of his talent.

Fengren is an official position set up in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, responsible for managing the national border, as well as accumulating soil to make embankments, etc., under the jurisdiction of the local government department. Feng Lin's clan came from the official position of the ancestors.

Zhao Wuxi nodded. His concept is that if you really have talent, you can hide a hundred ugliness with one beauty.

"Shan, Yu Zheng lacks an assistant who is familiar with the road, you can come with me."

The two walked into the hall one after the other, and saw a noble young man in dark clothes and furs sitting on the seat kneeling long, it was Zhao Guangde. This time he will accompany Wu Xie to the east. He was looking at the map of Jin on the long case and saw Feng Rin come in. After looking at him, he frowned slightly.

Wu Xie said: "Come and show me, which is the most suitable way to go to Song country this time?" Treating subordinates. He didn't need to be polite, he directly asked him to take the exam.

Feng Rin swallowed, knowing what to say next. Will decide where to go.

He pulled his red-hot fingers from his sleeves, and lit a new square of red silk. I have been drawing south along the thick black line representing the road: "Reporting to the doctor, we must first go south from Xinjiang. In the next three days, we will reach Yuanyi and Dongshan Gaoluo..."

He came slowly, no matter the roads, mountains, rivers, cities and towns, there was no mistake.

This made Zhao Wuxi look at him with admiration, because Wu Xie was dissatisfied with the simple and crude maps provided by Zhao's family. This time he went to Song Kingdom and decided to bring a few math students from Jiqiao Academy. Depicting the terrain of mountains and rivers, the roads are dangerous and narrow, in preparation for future wars, with the help of this person, the party will get twice the result with half the effort!

Feng Rin continued: "On the fourth day, I stayed at Wangwu Mountain, and after going around there, it was the dangerous road, Taihangxing, and sheep intestines; and after walking on the mountain for three days, we could reach the land of Nanyang and pass through Yuanxian County. , Wenxian, Zhouxian, crossed the river in Yanjin, south of Chaoge, so far, entering the territory of Wei, a total of ten days. From Wei to Shangqiu, it will take another five or six days."

"It takes nearly half a month. It's still a good road condition along the way. If it encounters rain and snow, it's normal to walk for a month."

Zhao Wuxi was speechless, an average of thirty or forty miles a day, this pitiful ancient traffic.

What Feng Rin said was actually the route that Zhao Wuxi had already determined, the fastest and safest.

"Isn't Wei Guo now taking refuge in Qi? Will we be hindered when we pass through Wei?"

Zhao Guangde, who was taking a geography class with Zhao Wuxi just now, asked curiously.

Feng Rin was about to answer, but a voice came from outside the door: "Gentleman, you don't know anything about this."

A man in dark clothes stepped inside. He was handsome, seven and a half feet tall, but he was also named Zigong by Zhao Wuxi.

Zi Gong took off his mud-stained shoes outside the hall, and walked in. He bowed to Zhao Wuxi, Zhao Guangde, and Feng Rin who were inside the room. The two were tall and short, handsome and ugly, and the contrast was stark.

He then pointed to the map and said, "Ci is from the country of Wei, so I know the reason. Although Zhu Xia are fighting, they still pay attention to etiquette and bottom line, and promise not to offer Xia prisoners to the emperor, not to obstruct traffic, and not to detain and kill normal envoys."

"What's more, although the oath of Jin and Wei has been broken, the two countries have not yet declared war, let alone the relationship between Wei and Song is harmonious. Therefore, as long as we use the name of Song State, we can go to Song State from Wei State falsely. If Marquis Wei dares to block it, not only will he be condemned by domestic officials, but the next time he will face it will be the culprit army of Jin and Song countries!"

Zhao Guangde listened with relish, while Feng Rin swallowed back what he was going to explain, secretly hating this person for hindering his chance to perform again.

"This is your colleague, who is also a tribute to Zigong. He is from the Wei Kingdom, and it is perfect as a guide when passing through the Wei Kingdom."

When Zhao Wuxi said this, Feng Rin knew that this person was the merchant of Wei State who traded wheat flour and porcelain for Zhao's family in Jiangshi, and he was a personal confidant of the doctor.

He sighed for a while, and it really was a mere businessman, but he completed his ten-year promotion path in one year. When will he be able to have this kind of luck? Isn't it just bad-looking, Doctor Yan Ying of Qi country is not good-looking, why can he become the prime minister of Qi?

At this moment, he saw that Zhao Wuxi took off the moleskin gloves and shoved them into Feng Rin's hands with a smile.

"What do you mean, doctor?" Feng Rin was a little stunned. Flattered.

"Feng Huanren is indeed talented, as a sage. How can you point the mountains and rivers with bare fingers? It's freezing in the cold, so quickly put on warm clothes."

This is still the set of "Pushing clothes and clothes. Pushing food and food" that Zhao Wuxi used to buy people's hearts. Although it is simple, it has been tried and tested against taxis and ordinary people in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Sure enough, Feng Rin was also slightly moved, and bowed down again on the spot.

"The villain must do his best to assist the gentleman!"

He secretly said in his heart: "These moleskin gloves are a rare thing. I have seen them in Jiangshi, but I am reluctant to buy them. The lord who is so generous and kind to his ministers. It must be attached..."

Feng Rin felt that this time, he might have to face Zigong's competition. If he wanted to be promoted as a doctor after the fact, and get more credit, he must perform well. Well, in the future, when the doctor asks about the road conditions and even the words of pedestrians, I will be better than Zigong!

Presumably, this small businessman who got his position by virtue of his nepotism. Don't know about these at all.

Zigong came at this time, but he reported to Zhao Wuxi that the special cart was nearly finished.

Zhao Wuxi said with a smile on his face: "Good! Feng Huanren, you came just in time. Come with me to see if this new carriage is suitable for driving on the road."

Zhao Wuxi maintained the prestige of his boss, and he was also humble. Feng Rin hurriedly lined up with Zigong, and Xing Xing followed him towards the outside.

their destination. It is the Cheyufang under the jurisdiction of Sun Qi, the king of the Chacha, in the lower palace. There are wheelmen making wheels and Yuren making carriages. When Wu Xie and others entered the workshop. However, the craftsmen were assembling the final components and wrapping the leather for the carriage, while the colorist was also dyeing some parts with raw lacquer.

Feng Rin curiously observed the cart in front of him. It is no different from the production process of an ordinary carriage, but the special thing is... it has four wheels!

Zigong introduced kindly: "The city of Leda Sicheng is old and recovering from a serious illness, and can't bear the bumps, so the gentleman asked the wheeler and the man to build this kind of carriage."

Feng Rin suddenly realized: "It turns out that a few days ago, the gentleman went to the pedestrian station to ask for that idle four-wheeled vehicle for this purpose!"

He found out just now that Zigong habitually called Zhao Wuxi "gentleman", which seemed to be more intimate than the "doctor" he called.

Zhao Wuxi didn't know that he was thinking carefully, but was observing the cart in front of him.

The two-wheeled chariots of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have always been the main tool for warfare, travel and transportation since the rise of the Xia and Shang Dynasties.

Zhao Wuxi has been driving all the year round, but for short distances, it is better to say that if he walked for dozens of miles in a row, his waist would be broken, and the axle would break from time to time. In the previous wars, there are countless history of such things. It is no wonder that the exchanges between countries in this era are so limited and the travel is so slow. In addition to the poor road conditions, there are also reasons for the backward transportation.

Therefore, in Wu Xie's view, the two-wheeled carriage has the advantage of being light to drive, and can be used for short-distance impact and Benz on the battlefield. But if it is used as an ordinary means of transportation, even if it is a comfortable car and warm car, it is still extremely unfriendly to passengers.

He didn't have much thought at first, just had people reinforce the axles and adjust the torque. However, when he got the job of Xiao Pedestrian and went to the Pedestrian Administration to report, Zhao Wuxi made an unexpected discovery in the garage.

It was a four-wheeled warm car covered in dust. This thing is very similar to the four-wheeled carriage of later generations in Western Europe, but after returning to this era, he has never seen it on the road.

Zhao Wuxi only found out that ~lightnovelpub.net~ this is something from the Qin state.

Decades ago, the son of Qin State, Jian, was at odds with Uncle Qin, so he went to Jin State to become a doctor. This young man was extremely wealthy. It is said that when he went out, he brought all the belongings in the fief with him: first, he built a boat on the big river, and nearly a thousand oxen and carriages of different sizes and shapes stretched for ten kilometers. From Yongcheng, the capital of Qin, to Xinjiang, after these vehicles came, they went back to pull new property, and it took eight rounds to complete the pull.

The husband is innocent, but he takes responsibility for it. This rich son who has left the motherland and lost his protection eventually became a fish belly that was arbitrarily divided among the nobles in Jin. In the end, the property was gone, and the clan disappeared. The pedestrian agency also pulled the four-wheeled warm car back to the treasury, but abandoned it.

"People in the world don't know the Maxima!" Zhao Wuqi sighed, and then unceremoniously acted as a Bole.

ps: The four-wheeled bronze carriage model was unearthed in the tomb of Duke Wen of Qin (to be continued..)

ps: Thanks to book friends Tang Tangan, Wuti Jiangfeng, Qinhuang Hanwu, Xiaoqi civilization miracle, Diezhu for the reward!

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