Chapter 29: The Revolution of the Carriage (1) "Well, since my question has been answered by Zhen'er, let's move on to the next one, which is to send red envelopes."
Li Shimin saw that the scene was embarrassing, so he coughed twice and threw out the next project.
There is an attendant holding a large tray, covered with red cloth, uncovering the red cloth, and below are red envelopes.
"Cheng Qian."
"Ke'er."
"Blue Sparrow."
"Yu'er." “......”
The red envelope is actually very boring, Li Shimin named one by one, and the people who were handed over walked up one by one, and got the red envelopes from Li Shimin's eldest grandson and Li Yuan respectively.
The red envelope only contained nine big coins, and the only difference from ordinary people's red envelopes was that the big money was cast in gold, not brass.
"It's boring."
Li Zhen stuffed the red envelope into her pocket and muttered something in her mouth.
After the elders sent a red envelope, it was time for the younger generation to give gifts, as the crown prince, Li Chengqian was the first to let go: "Some time ago, the sons of the sage Wang Xizhi Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Festival", the sons of the ministers knew that their fathers loved calligraphy, as a congratulatory gift, wishing their fathers all the best. ” Li Shimin's eyes lit up: "Well, Cheng Qian has a heart." ” After taking the book sticker, Li Shimin put it away closely, if he didn't scruple that it was a banquet here, he was afraid that he would have been able to appreciate it a long time ago.
Li Shimin likes calligraphy that is famous, in history he in order to get the "world's first line of books" "Lanting Collection Preface", even did not hesitate to send someone to steal, after his death also ordered "Lanting Collection Preface" to accompany the funeral.
It's a pity that the Zhaoling Tomb was later stolen, and the "Lanting Collection Preface" was also lost, which can be called another regret in the history of Chinese literature.
Li Chengqian was followed by Li Ke, only to see Li Ke also holding a scroll and said with a smile: "This is really a coincidence, the eldest brother sent a copybook, but the child sent a famous painting, the child had been in the Chang'an famous store 'Ask the Study' to buy the Eastern Jin Dynasty famous Gu Kaizhi's "Qin Chopping Picture", specially dedicated to his father, thought to be Wanhe." ” "Okay, Ke'er really has a heart, and my father is very happy."
Li Shimin is even happier, since ancient times, calligraphy and painting have not been separated, he not only likes calligraphy, but also likes painting, but his paintings are too few in the world and are not well known.
Li Ke was followed by Li Tai, and Li Tai's gift was a box: "Father, the son learned that his father was unwell a few days ago, and he was anxious. ” "Well, Qingque has a heart."
I don't know what's going on, each of the treasures sent by the three sons is priceless, but Li Shimin's reaction is not fierce, and even Li Zhen can see it.
The next thing is the same, Li Shimin's interest is obviously not high, no matter how expensive the gift is, it is still the sentence 'Well, **I have a heart', at most I can add a sentence of 'my father is very happy' or 'my father is very happy', but I can see that Li Shimin is not very happy.
Soon it was Li Zhen's turn: "Father, the child's gift is too big, I'm afraid the hall can't be placed, and I ask my father to move outside the hall." ” "Oh?"
Li Shimin was a little interested: "What kind of gift is it?"
” "Father and Emperor moved outside the palace, so he can naturally see it."
Li Zhen said mysteriously.
"Okay, let's go."
Li Shimin walked out of the hall, and the rest of the people hurriedly followed.
I saw that there was a carriage parked outside the hall, six white horses without a trace of miscellaneous hair were standing side by side in front of the carriage, the body made of high-quality nanmu was particularly heavy, the car was carved with dragons and phoenixes, the scales and wings were depicted in gilt, the eyes were inlaid with fine gemstones, and they were shining in the night fire; Inside, a four-piece sofa set made of rosewood, covered with the finest fur, soft and luxurious, and the windows are inlaid with a single piece of glass, which is smooth and translucent......
The whole carriage was brilliant but dignified in the light of the fire at night, and the whole carriage would cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver - and this was only the cost price.
Although the decoration is luxurious, if you want to build it with great care, it is not impossible for everyone here to get it, and what really surprised them is that this car actually has four wheels.
You must know that at this time, there was no four-wheeled carriage, and even the emperor's chariot was two-wheeled, so although the chariot was very gorgeous, it was still very bumpy to sit on - although the craftsman had been very careful to improve the stability of the carriage, but the limitations of the two-wheeled carriage were there after all, and no matter how much it was improved, it was far less effective than adding an extra pair of wheels.
Therefore, at this moment, the four-wheeled carriage dedicated by Li Zhen has a considerable impact on Li Shimin, which can be called an abnormal revolution in the transportation industry, and it is no exaggeration to say that the status of the four-wheeled carriage is not inferior to that of Jenny Machine.
It is said that no one thought about the feasibility of the four-wheeled carriage before, but because of the steering gear, the four-wheeled carriage could not be turned, so it was shelved.
"Four wheels, so big?"
Li Shimin stroked the wheel of the carriage and said in surprise.
In addition to being stable, the second feature of the four-wheeled carriage is that it is large, after all, there are two more wheels (in fact, the two-wheeled carriage can also be made larger, but there were no tires and steel wheels during the Tang Dynasty, and the wheels at that time were made of wood, if it was too large, the weight of the body would be greatly increased, and the wooden wheels could not withstand too much oppression; The four wheels are different, not only because there are two more wheels to share the pressure, but also because of the front and rear layout structure of the four wheels, so that the bearing capacity of the body is stronger than that of the two-wheeled carriage).
A large vehicle represents a large interior space, which represents better comfort for emperors or dignitaries, but for ordinary people, it represents a larger load capacity, that is, it can carry more goods at one time.
Now is the time of war, everything has to serve the war, so at the moment when the four-wheeled carriage appeared, Li Shimin thought of the greater significance it brought - that is, a more powerful carrying capacity, if you add the cement offered by Li Zhenjin, the speed and efficiency produced by the superposition of the two are definitely far beyond the past.
"Yes, the four-wheeled carriage is not only more stable, but also has more than twice the carrying capacity of the two-wheeled carriage, and if it used to take a thousand people to transport a batch of grain and grass, now only three hundred people are enough."
Li Yuan also nodded beside him and explained, the look of satisfaction in his eyes could not be reduced.
The decrease in the number of people means that there is less loss on the road, which is definitely beneficial to Datang's foreign wars.
It must be known that the consumption of grain transportation on the road in ancient times was very terrifying, and only 500 catties of 1,000 catties of grain were left in the hands of the soldiers (50 percent of the consumption, which was the data of the Ming Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty was even worse, with more than 60% of the consumption), and the remaining 500 catties were consumed by the grain transport team on the road.
If the Tang Dynasty popularized the four-wheeled carriage on a large scale, then this proportion would be reduced to 30% or even 20%, and if cement roads were used, the data would fall again.