Volume 1 Little Yuanba Chapter 43 Six-horse serial carriage
"Is this an order from Shangrao? Is there a time limit? When will the order come?" Li Dan also began to understand at this time. It turned out that Han Shoubei had received an almost impossible task, which was why he was so enthusiastic when he saw them.
"Well, to be honest, this is an urgent order from Shangrao the day before yesterday, saying that it will be completed within twenty days. Now Shangrao is not the only place in need of supplies, how can I have the ability to clone myself?
I thought it would be possible to do it by taking the waterway in three round trips, but unexpectedly the waterway was cut off again, and two hundred soldiers were diverted, and thousands of stones of food and fodder were lost. So now the only way is to take the land route."
"But...even if your brother uses all the people, cars, and horses, he can only transport three or four thousand dan in one trip. How can he get there in time?"
Although Sheng Huai'en couldn't calculate the accounts, he could still estimate the approximate amount. He immediately understood the difficulty of this task and couldn't help but look up at Li Dan.
Li Dan looked at Sheng Baihu, who was somewhat repelled, and then at Han Shoubei, and then noticed the dark circles under his eyes. Well, he was probably too anxious to sleep.
To say that something worth more than 20,000 stones would probably be equivalent to the transportation volume of dozens of heavy trucks a few hundred years later, but in those days, this was a shocking figure!
Indeed, the original plan of the army was that water transportation was the most suitable, and it would be easy to carry a few hundred stones on a sand ship.
But on land, what should we do when we only have five newly built trucks?
"Master Han, do you have a map? Also, is there any sergeant who has walked this road recently? I would like to invite him to ask questions."
"Yes, yes, yesterday someone came to deliver a letter urging food and grass. I sent someone to call him." Han Guards quickly found the sergeant and the map.
When Li Dan asked, he heard that he was sent by the General's Office, so he gave him two taels of silver as a reward for Han Shou's hard work, and then asked him about the traffic conditions on this road.
When the sergeant was happy and saw that the young man was approachable, he told him in detail where there were streams and rivers, where there were bridges, up and down slopes, wild shops, houses, hillsides, valleys and even sparse trees.
Already.
Li Dan asked for some paper, took out a pencil, listened and compared the maps, and drew maps, signs, and even contour lines on the paper.
Finally, he was very satisfied and sent him outside the hall. When he turned back, he saw two military leaders lying on his back and looking at his sketches very seriously.
"Sanlang's painting is very good, very detailed and precise!"
Li Dan smiled at Han Shoubei: "It's just a sketch. I'll go back tonight to reorganize and draw it, and give you a copy." After saying that, he looked at Sheng Baihu: "Although the task is difficult, it is not impossible."
"Oh? What's Saburo's clever plan?"
As a heavy-duty beast of burden, a mule or horse can carry about two hundred (mules) to two hundred and fifty kilograms (horse) of cargo. It can be hitched to a carriage, but it has the ability to pull eight hundred (mules) or one thousand two hundred kilograms (
horse).
If it is driven by two horses (two horses), it can pull one thousand five hundred kilograms (mule) or two thousand five hundred kilograms (horse), and the utilization efficiency is greatly improved.
Li Dan explained this truth to them, and both of them were very happy.
"Oh, Li Sanlang is really knowledgeable. I admire him, I admire him!" Han Shoubei bowed repeatedly: "Han has learned a lesson."
"But..., Saburo, ordinary carriages can only carry seven hundred kilograms at most, and there are very few heavy carriages weighing more than a thousand kilograms. I'm afraid you are the only one who has the double carriage you mentioned!"
"Oh? It turns out that Yuan Yuan also brought a carriage?" Han Shoubei had already changed his name to Li Dan to show his closeness. Now all his hopes are pinned on this fifteen-year-old young master!
"There are only five cars, which is a drop in the bucket." Li Dan bowed and said:
"But I have a way to solve the Shanda people's concerns. As long as the two adults allocate enough manpower to the students, as well as carpenters and blacksmiths."
"That's easy to say! Tell me what clever plan Ziyuan has!" Han Shoubei couldn't wait.
Li Dan's idea was actually very simple: add two iron rings to the front and rear heads of all double-coupled carriages.
Then the four double-coupled cars are connected end to end, and the head ring of the rear car and the tail ring of the front car are connected with an open iron ring, so the four cars are connected in series;
If two long poles are hung under the shaft ring of the first carriage, it can be changed from a two-wheel drive to a four-wheel drive (a pair at the front and rear, a total of four mules or horses);
The two workshops are laid with wooden planks and are heightened, and the carriage boards are reinforced. Four trucks can load four thousand kilograms.
For example, if a fifth vehicle is added at the end, and the tail ring of the vehicle is connected to the tail ring of the front vehicle, two animals can be hung in reverse by using the rear-facing front shaft. In this way, the five vehicles can be pulled forward and pushed back, and the five vehicles can load 5,500 kilograms without any problem.
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"When camping, on alert or in war, you can take off the iron rings and form a car formation.
I just asked the brother if it is true as he said, except for the Fengqiling section where there is a river crossing and a climb, the rest of the route is relatively flat, with no rugged potholes or steep mountain roads.
So if we walk together like this, we can transport them all at once, which is fast and labor-saving. We will be back in about ten days without delaying supplies elsewhere. What do you two adults think?"
Li Dan drew a series of pictures of six-animal carts for them to see.
"Good idea!" Seeing Han Shoubei looking at him, Sheng Baihu said with a thumbs up.
"But..., I don't have four hundred double-column carriages." Han Shoubei admired in his heart, and suddenly thought of a question.
"It doesn't matter, it's easy to modify. You can even modify a rickshaw and use it.
The reason why I asked you for a carpenter and a blacksmith is because I have brought along a craftsman from a carriage shop, so we can work together to modify it immediately."
"Yes, sir, those people are idle anyway, let them all work!"
"Okay!" Han Shoubei made up his mind: "How many manpower do you want?"
"All the carpenters, blacksmiths, car dealers and masters in the city were summoned, and the manpower in the camp was divided into two groups, and a thousand people went to help the masters work.
Allocate another thousand people to go along this road to Fengqiguan, repairing and paving the road and strengthening the bridge. As long as the road is repaired, the progress here will be faster.
I think five days is enough for modification, and we must start on the fifth day!”
"How many people are accompanying us?"
"Arrange two people to support each cart. If you push the cart, plus the cart driver, the horseman, and the accompanying craftsmen, there will be 1,200 people!"
"I'll give you 1,400 men and enough vehicles! As for the livestock, I'll try my best to find them. If that doesn't work, I'll requisition some cattle on the spot."
Li Dan thought about it and nodded in agreement. Having animals is better than not having them, not to mention that he was ambushing the animals, so it shouldn't be a big problem! The three of them discussed for a while before leaving.
The military situation was so intense that food and wine were no longer a concern.
Han Shoubei hurriedly found Lin Baihu, the unlucky guy who had fallen into the water (now he was serving a crime), and asked him to recruit 1,200 civilians and a hundred soldiers to build roads. He also hurriedly found people to write documents and went to villages and towns to requisition livestock.
Sheng Huai'en had to go back and explain and comfort his two hundred people, explaining that he had a new job and could not return to Wannian for the time being. He also had to help suppress the civilian camp and assign the instructors he agreed to send to Li Dan, etc.
Yu Qian, inside the Li Mansion.
Chang Jing walked in quietly, and after Li Su rinsed his mouth, spit the water into the bowl held by the maid, then took a handkerchief and wiped it clean, then he said softly: "Master, there is a letter coming from the south.
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"Hmm? How about it?"
"Uh..., they came out from Wannian and followed the group. There were thousands of people, and there were officers and soldiers escorting the group, so..."
"Humph, it just means it didn't work out!" Li Su curled his lips and threw away the veil: "It's really lucky that the Fire Temple didn't stop him and let him enter Ten Thousand Years. In the end, he fell into a fish in the water and it was difficult to catch him again.
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He scratched his temples: "Then where are they now?"
"They went to Geyang and should have arrived by now."
Li Su rolled his eyelids: "Geyang has a garrison office, so it will be even harder for him to do anything."
"Master, I have an idea."
"Tell me about it."
"They are on a mission. They can't stay in the city all the time, right? So the villain has sent some people to Geyang."
"You sent people into Geyang? What's the use?" Li Su asked impatiently.
"Sir, we have a brother... who is a fellow villager in a neighboring village with Qianshanshui Bandit Yousanjiang.
When You Sanjiang followed the mining bandit Lou Zi, he was his most trustworthy general. I heard that a few days ago, he set up an ambush at the intersection of Tongshui and Geyang Rivers to defeat the army's grain transport team. Now he is very popular!"
"And Sanlang is going to Geyang to deliver supplies, right?" Li Su raised the corner of his mouth slightly and waved his hand: "Hurry up and do it. I don't know anything, and I haven't heard of anything!"
Geyang, the camp of the heavy civilians in the west of the city.
Back in the camp, Li Dan called together the twelve chiefs (including the six from Nancheng), read the instructions from the garrison master to everyone, and then said:
"Brothers, although there are more than 4,000 people from Raozhou, Nankang, Jianchang, Fuzhou, Linjiang, and Ji'an in this camp, there are only 1,000 people gathered here this time.
I requested a general order from the garrison to recruit manpower in the camp from tomorrow, and those who went there immediately started training on the river beach.
The content of training has two parts: physical fitness and formation. All the brothers in Beicheng know this.
Tomorrow, the brothers from Nancheng will also participate in the training. After training, they will become corps commanders. The corps commanders will be promoted to captains, and the captains will be promoted to team captains. Those who can't keep up will drive the carriage and become cooks!"
He looked at the shining eyes of Song Jiuyi and others with a smile: "I gave you the chance, it's up to you!"
"Hey, Sanlang, ah no, team leader, where are we from Beicheng?" Zhang Bo shouted.
"Be an instructor! Each team member trains twenty people, and each team leader is responsible for one hundred people.
Within seven days, everyone must change their mind so that they can listen to the sound of flutes, whistles and gongs, recognize the flag of the headquarters, and distinguish between left and right." After making the request, he asked everyone to go back to make preparations, and pulled Ma Jiu over and said softly:
"Uncle Jiu, the guards and I asked for some swords, shields, spears, and thirty sets of bows and arrows.
In addition to training what I just mentioned, you also have to be responsible for training two hundred guards. Let Guo Jiufeng help you, and he will also select thirty archers who are good at archery."
"So...what's going on in the city?" Ma Jiu asked.
"Leave two brothers, plus Chen Sanlang and Goshiro to cook. This time is a bit dangerous, they should stay behind." Ma Jiu nodded, and Li Dan added:
"I will write a letter tonight, and when I come to Shengbaihukai Luyin, ask A Biao to ride back to Yugan overnight and give the letter to Master Han and Zhu Qing to let them know the situation here.
Oh, and I have to send a message to his father for Chen Sanlang."
Then he asked Mao Zaidi to call a few people over.
Zhao Jingzi was the first to come in. When he came in, he saw Li Dan directing people to pile stones into his tent, and then put three wooden shields on top. "I said team leader, what are you...?"
"Don't call the team leader." Li Dan smiled and pointed to a roll of paper placed on the horse next to him: "Just now, someone was sent from the garrison yamen, and a defense errand was temporarily appointed."
Then Han Guard is a fifth-grade Qianhu. Guarding is his dispatch duty but not his official title.
In order for Li Dan to do things for him, he needed a title, so he was given the title of Team Training Defense Envoy.