Chapter 200 Anyue New Thing
After finishing the play, Li Yuan was also very tired.
He lay down directly under the old tree and had a sound sleep.
Several days passed before he was awakened by Zhuge Laodeng.
"Lord Mountain God, Emperor Ji Yu is looking for you."
Li Yuan was sleepy and a little confused.
Emperor Anyue had already approached with the gait of a dragon and a tiger.
"Lord Mountain God, don't sleep in, come with me to see something good!"
"There are young people who have come up with something incredible that can benefit the people!"
Emperor Anyue was somewhat excited. Since there was no one else in the mountain anyway, his face showed some excitement.
Li Yuan was dragged down the mountain in a daze.
Zhuge Laodeng took a look around, confirmed that nothing was wrong, and followed.
They came to the experimental site specially designated by Anyue.
The experimental site is vast, divided into dozens of areas, each with different research objects and directions.
Emperor Anyue took Li Yuan to an open space.
Li Yuan's sleepiness subsided at this time. He opened his eyes and found that the place was already full of people.
Many calm young and middle-aged people were present, at least a hundred people.
It was the young man An Yue who was learning new ideas and the students of Gewu College.
Over the past ten years, several new batches of students have arrived and joined Anyue's research team.
Many Anyue officials were also present.
However, compared with more than ten years ago, they have become quite old and their bodies are a little hunched.
In addition, there were Zhang Tiansheng in white, the dark-skinned and delicate Zheng Tai Biao, the tall and straight Li Xiaoan... and even many spiritual beasts.
The spirit beasts that couldn't squeeze in stretched their necks and watched from afar.
"What is it?"
Li Yuan also became a little curious.
Emperor Anyue arrived, and Li Yuan followed behind. When many officials saw this, they quickly made way for him.
The two walked into the middle of the open space.
I saw a man riding on something with a serious look on his face.
This object is like a bracket, with three wheels arranged in a straight line.
There is a small wheel at the front and rear, extended with solid wood and connected with some reinforced iron sheets painted on it.
Under the circular seat in the middle is a slightly larger wheel.
The wheels are made of tough wood and painted with iron.
Several layers of dried pig skin and cloth were stuffed between the iron sheet and the wood, apparently as a buffer.
The man stepped on two oval wooden boards, which were the pedals of the car.
The footrests are connected to the wheels under the seat, running horizontally in a zigzag shape.
In addition, a simple version of the iron chain was made, with the foot pedals attached to the chain, connecting to the rear wheels to drive the body of the car.
With a push of the foot, the three wheels of the simple cart, which was like a bracket, began to roll.
The feet kept pedaling and the wheels kept rolling, carrying the man forward in the open space.
The man grasped the wooden handles on both sides, used a hollow iron cylinder in front of him as an axis, controlled the direction, and spun in the open space.
On flat ground, it is much faster and less tiring than walking.
Going uphill is a bit difficult, and you basically need to get off the bike and push it by hand.
But if you are going downhill, you just need to retract your feet to avoid being hit by the rotating pedals, and you can rush down the slope without any effort.
Everyone looked at this new thing very attentively and began to imagine themselves riding this simple strange car.
Even Zhang Tiansheng was slightly surprised.
The principle is not difficult to understand, but splicing them together to form a vehicle for people to travel is indeed a novel idea.
Li Yuan looked at this scene with his eyes wide open:
"bike?"
"Or the three-wheeled version?"
Li Yuan looked a little disheveled.
This is a research product from many years ago. Did they really make this otherworldly version of the bicycle?
When Emperor Anyue heard this, he thought the name was quite appropriate.
"Do it on your own..."
"Yes, Lord Mountain God hit the nail on the head!"
"Officials, please remember this thing is called a bicycle!"
The historian and officials from other departments nearby heard what was said and hurriedly took note of it.
"If it is stable, we can distribute a batch to the people first and try it out!"
With a wave of his hand, Emperor Anyue is about to enter the bicycle era.
Although this bicycle is driven by the rider himself, it is much more convenient for daily travel than a ox cart or a horse cart.
It can also enable people who do not have vehicles to travel long distances.
Li Yuan looked at the stable alien version of the bicycle and thought it was quite good.
He has a good attitude and does not judge with tinted glasses.
An Yuecai has only been researching these aspects for more than ten years, so there is no need to force his results to reach the level of the world before he traveled through time.
Moreover, this bicycle is only the first edition.
I believe that it will continue to improve after it is put into actual use.
Of course, Li Yuan still provided some suggestions.
"If the scholar is interested, he can study the principle of axle and wheel more. I believe there will be more techniques that can be used on this car."
"Also... there is a magical tree in the world called the rubber tree. It secretes sticky resin, and when refined, it can produce something extremely tough."
“As a soft tire, it is several times more durable than a hard tire.”
"This rubber tree is not only useful for wheels. It is also very useful for many research and development projects."
"However, this tree usually grows in hot and humid places, but it is not found in the nearby countries."
When Emperor Anyue heard this, his eyes flickered.
Obviously, more ideas have emerged about territory expansion.
After seeing the bicycle, Emperor Anyue took Li Yuan and others to see some other new things.
For example, the upgraded lime bomb can be filled with more than just lime paste.
The gunpowder stuffed inside is real gunpowder. It is relatively stable at ordinary times and can be thrown out by catapults. Once there is a violent collision, it will explode!
The explosion was not extremely powerful, but it could still cause damage within a range of two to three meters, and could create a hole several inches in size in the hard ground.
To transcendent beings such as immortals and gods, this thing is of course a toy; but for mortals who are still living in the era of cold weapons.
That is a perfect weapon of war.
Over the years, in order to study the stability of gunpowder, continuous research and exploration have been carried out, and even several young people have unfortunately sacrificed their lives.
Emperor Anyue felt very sorry about this.
But, it worked after all.
After seeing the gunpowder, Li Yuan and his companions witnessed many new and interesting things.
These are things that were never possessed in previous eras.
The emergence of these things will have a huge impact on the people's livelihood and even the national strength of Anyue.
Finally, Li Yuan and his companions visited Long Jun’s experimental field.
Long Jun now has dark skin and a deep and steady gaze. He is no longer the student he once was.
However, he was very excited to see Li Yuan and others arriving.
"Master Mountain God, Master Mountain God!"
Long Jun came trotting over, very excited.
Li Yuan smiled, as if he saw the determined young man who was leaning over the field.
Long Jun ran around the experimental field, showing his research results to several people.
"Master Mountain God, you really have a keen eye!"
Long Jun bent down and stroked the heavy ears of rice, smiling warmly.
"When you first suggested that I go into rice research, I was a little skeptical."
"Who would have thought that after all these years of continuous cross-breeding, there would actually be some results!"
"We have developed a relatively stable rice variety that produces a lot of rice seeds and has a very high grain yield rate!"
Long Jun picked up a handful of rice ears and introduced them to Li Yuan.
According to him, Anyue is now planting rice on a large scale in Qianzhou.
Its yield was 20% higher than that of mixed rice that year.
Moreover, the rice grains are plump and taste very fragrant.
After the harvest every year, every household would store surplus food, enough to last until the next year.
Even if we encounter difficulties and have to interrupt farming for one or two seasons, we can hold on!
Anyue can basically declare that the era of food shortage is gone from now on!
Long Jun introduced it enthusiastically, sometimes touching the ears of grain and sometimes pointing at the rice seedlings.
Happy from the bottom of my heart.
And, the research continues.
The future will be better!