Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Early the next morning, after explaining what needs to be explained, Zhou Xu left Grassland Village on horseback and returned to Heiyue Village.

As the distance draws closer, the first thing that catches his eyes is the stretches of cultivated fields!

Now that a series of equipment such as oxen, plows and waterwheels are in place, although the manpower of the farming team has not increased, the overall work efficiency has doubled.

During the time when Zhou Xu went to Grassland Village, the fields had basically been reclaimed. Zhao Geng had already commanded two subordinates to control the cattle and started plowing the fields.

At a glance, they are all thriving.

Without disturbing their work, Zhou Xu just rode back to the village.

"Xiaoshan, during the time I was away, did anything happen in the village?"

Habitually asked Zhang Xiaoshan, who is the village head, to ask questions. While listening to the other party's report on the situation, he completed a simple inspection of the village.

Zhou Xu then went to the equipment department to talk to Zhuang Mengdie about the matter.

"How is the research on the drawings I sent earlier?"

When Zhou Xu was resting in Grassland Village before, he was obviously not completely idle. He drew a blueprint, and then asked the courier to send the animal skin blueprint to Zhuang Mengdie for her to study.

Now when Zhou Xu came over, Zhuang Mengdie, who was fiddling with the mortise and tenon structure in his hand, immediately pointed his finger.

"Just finished it yesterday."

Looking in the direction Zhuang Mengdie pointed at, and seeing the object that was leaning quietly beside him, Zhou Xu was really surprised and delighted.

Zhuang Mengdie, on the other hand, was still a little confused.

"Boss, this is called Zi, Zi..."

"bike!"

"Oh yes, can this thing called a bicycle really move like you said? I don't think this thing can even stand upright."

Zhuang Mengdie had no doubts about their leader, but the bicycle was indeed unstable, and at the same time, she couldn't figure out how to run it, so she asked this question.

Hearing the question, Zhou Xu smiled.

"Of course it can move, but it requires a little skill."

While talking, Zhou Xu squatted down first, dialed the wheel, and confirmed that the wheels and pedals could rotate smoothly.

During the period, it is natural to carefully look at the bicycle.

With the idea of ​​exercising by the way, before crossing, bicycles have always been his main means of transportation, so it is impossible for him to be unfamiliar with this, so he is very comfortable in drawing drawings.

The gear plate and chain of this bicycle are poured out of copper after the mold is opened, and then the equipment department is hand-polished.

The frame and wheel parts are made of wood.

When Zhuang Mengdie was researching and developing, he also added a mortise and tenon structure to improve the firmness.

"Go, try it."

After confirming that the wheels and pedals turned smoothly, he pushed on the bicycle, and Zhou Xu happily found a relatively flat ground for testing.

Although I haven't ridden for a long time, skills such as riding a bicycle are semi-permanent skills. Once learned, I will basically never forget them.

Turning over and getting on the car, Zhou Xu searched for the feeling a little, and then rode up amidst bursts of unexpected exclamations.

"It's moving! This bike is really moving!"

Their leaders are really always able to create something beyond their imagination.

Every time, they felt, 'I've seen this kind of thing before, no matter what the leader makes in the future, I won't be surprised. '

As a result, the next time, what their leader made could always refresh their cognition and make them fully realize how naive and short-sighted they were once.

Riding the wooden bicycle, Zhou Xu was a little unfamiliar at first, but he quickly became familiar with it, and after a circle, it stopped firmly in front of Zhuang Mengdie.

At this moment, looking at the bicycle in front of him, Zhuang Mengdie's eyes glowed with splendor.

Although she made this bicycle by herself, to be honest, this performance was completely beyond her imagination.

In the end, she just made the parts according to the drawings provided by their leader, and then assembled them together. She didn't know how the bike would perform after that, until now!

"It's done well, but there are some places that need to be adjusted a little bit."

At this moment, Zhou Xu, who turned over and got out of the car, couldn't help touching his butt.

This bike is really bumpy to ride, and it's also really hard on the buttocks.

Needless to say, the reason is that on the one hand, the road is not good, and on the other hand, it is the hardware problem of the bicycle.

Normal bicycles are all inflated rubber tires, which have a certain degree of shock absorption effect. Under this premise, shock absorbers will be installed on the stool and even the body to further improve the riding comfort. comfort.

But on this bike, that's definitely none of it, and they can't figure it out, so they'll have to figure it out elsewhere.

"Mengdie, can you wrap a straw rope around this wooden wheel to increase its impact resistance, so that the wheel will not crack if it is jolted casually."

"In addition, there are stools, and some straw can be added as a padding, and then wrapped in leather."

Because Zhou Xu often discusses these issues with Zhuang Mengdie and develops some new objects, Zhuang Mengdie can understand words like 'impact resistance' now, and understand what Zhou Xu wants to express mean.

"The subordinates think it's worth trying, but the grass rope is not wear-resistant, so you can wrap a layer of bark rope around it to increase the wear resistance."

"Okay, let's follow your thinking about the wheel."

The grass rope itself still has some cushioning capacity. As long as the thickness is uniform, it is definitely better to wrap it around than not to wrap it around. If you wrap the bark rope again, you are worried that the grass rope will break during the friction of the wheels. much stronger resilience.

Next, it is the height and angle of each part of the bicycle.

After some discussion, Zhuang Mengdie, who confirmed the problems, quickly got busy.

Although these adjustments are all minor adjustments, the workload is not small at all when added together. This busy work took almost an afternoon, and the adjustments were finally completed until the sun went down.

Riding on the bicycle again, the change of the wheels makes the whole riding experience very different, but it can be confirmed that with the grass rope tires and cushion cushion, the riding experience is much better than before.

After riding in a circle, Zhou Xu was overjoyed.

"That's it. Let's make it according to the adjusted version. Let's make ten cars first."

"yes!"