Although it has bearings, the new bicycle designed by Jin Feng is still similar to the one made in Beijing. Instead of using a chain drive, the pedals are still placed on the front wheel, and the seat is also diagonally behind the front wheel.
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Jin Feng naturally knew that the popular bicycles in the previous life were more ergonomic, but the chain drive required too many bearings and a ratchet, which was too complicated to make.
The bicycle with a simple structure like this is Jin Feng's best choice at the moment.
Jinfeng also installed a large rear seat on the new bicycle so that it can carry more things.
At this time, the people from the logistics team pushed the bicycles to the open space and began to bundle food, grass and some boxes.
A cart that uses collars and bushings can only pull one or two thousand kilograms of grain. If it pulls more, it will not only be heavy, but the collars will also be severely worn. If you can't go far, you need to remove the wheels and replace the collars.
But now, the seemingly flimsy bicycle has three bags of food loaded on the back seat by people from the logistics team!
These grains are all in a standard seventy kilogram package, which means that a bicycle carries more than two hundred kilograms of grain!
However, what surprised the escorts was that it was not over yet. After the people from the logistics team tied up the food in the back seat, they hung a bag on each side of the horizontal bar under the seat!
Calculated this way, one bicycle can carry 350 kilograms of grain!
Then the escorts saw the squad leader of a logistics group jogging a few steps while pushing his bicycle, then jumped onto the seat and started spinning the bicycle in the open space.
Qing Mulan, who came over after hearing the commotion, was speechless when she saw this scene.
Turning to look at Zuo Feifei beside her: "Feifei, what is this?"
"This seems to be called a bicycle. I rode it when I saw cranes in the village." Zuo Feifei replied.
"So this is a bicycle!" Qing Mulan nodded.
She had heard before that Jin Feng made a two-wheeled car for Chen Ji in the capital. Chen Ji liked it very much, but she had never seen it.
"I just thought bicycles were fun before, but I didn't expect that my husband would bring them to the front line."
Zuo Feifei said with a smile: "But it seems that bicycles are really convenient for transporting grain and grass!"
Hearing Zuo Feifei say this, Qing Mulan noticed that there were five bags of grain tied to the bicycle!
Qing Mulan, who comes from a military family, immediately realized that the emergence of bicycles might change Dakang's transportation industry!
Before that, regardless of whether it was the Chamber of Commerce or the military, transportation was mainly based on horse-drawn carriages and carts.
The Central Plains area is okay, as it is all plains, and it is easier for horse-drawn carriages and carts to travel. However, in the mountainous areas, because the mountain roads are narrow, horse-drawn carts and carts cannot pull much, and the speed is also very slow.
Sometimes when encountering difficult terrain, it is necessary to unload the supplies, carry the horse and cart over, and then reload the supplies.
The wheels of a bicycle are only as thick as a wrist, and a bicycle can basically go anywhere a person can walk.
And bicycles are much faster than mules and oxen!
Qing Mulan was just thinking when she saw Jin Feng coming over with Tie Hammer, Zhang Liang and others.
"Sir, the bicycles you made are so useful. Can you sell us a batch of them?"
Qing Mulan stepped forward and asked.
"You silly girl, can't you just ask your brother to apply to His Majesty when you go back? What should you buy?"
Zuo Feifei secretly pinched Qing Mulan.
"That's right!" Qing Mulan also came back to her senses, looked at Jin Feng and said, "Sir, send us a batch too!"
"Don't worry, I won't be without you in the future!" Jin Feng glanced at Qing Mulan, then turned to look at the spinning bicycle in the open space: "It would be better if it had rubber!"
Because there are no raw materials for making tires, current bicycle wheels are directly cast from steel. There are only wheels and no tires on the outside.
This will not only waste a lot of steel, but also increase the weight of the bicycle itself.
The most important thing is that when encountering complex terrain, without tire buffering, all vibrations and impacts will directly act on the wheels, reducing the service life of the wheels.
Jin Feng understands this truth better than anyone else, but he can't find anything that can replace rubber, so he can only deal with it first.
"What is rubber?" Qing Mulan asked curiously.
"Remember the America I once talked about?" Jin Feng explained casually: "Rubber is a specialty of the Americas. It can be wrapped on the wheels to make the bicycle more comfortable to ride and increase the service life of the bicycle."
Qing Mulan saw that Jin Feng was still looking at the bicycle when he was talking, so she knew that he was not in the mood to chat with her, so she wisely asked no more questions.
While the logistics group was busy strapping supplies to the bicycles, the infantry and cavalry also began to retreat.
In order to prevent the party members from hearing the sound, the cavalry tied several layers of thick cloth under the horses' hooves.
After the people from the logistics regiment tied all the grain and baggage in the warehouse to their bicycles, they followed the cavalry and drove onto the official road.
Then came the carriages pulling the wounded and large supplies.
A few miles away, Dang Xiang was marching south to the camp. Li Lingrui did not sleep either. Instead, he led a group of staff and generals around the sand table with serious faces, waiting for something.
The person in charge of intelligence opened the curtain and came from outside, saluting Li Lingrui.
"Did it come out?" Li Lingrui asked: "What was in the box that the Shu Army brought over some time ago? Did it come out?"
"No," the person in charge of the intelligence said with a confused look on his face: "The Shu Army has been going crazy recently. Not only has the patrol manpower increased several times, but it has also set up open posts and hidden sentries at all intersections. Our scouts can't find any
A way to sneak in!"
When Li Lingrui heard this, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.
But this was what he expected, and Li Lingrui quickly calmed down.
"Now that the hostage exchange has ended, according to Jin Feng's character, if he really has a new weapon that can change the battlefield, he will definitely take action tonight or tomorrow!" Bayi Chinese website
Li Lingrui explained: "Pass the order, everyone on duty tonight will open their eyes wide, and let all the nighthawks out. If any abnormal situation is discovered, be ready to fight at any time!"
"Yes!" A group of generals bowed in response and then walked out.
"Jin Feng, what have you prepared?" Li Lingrui looked to the south and whispered to himself.
In fact, war is just like playing chess. Although the first player has some initiative, it is easy for others to see what is true and false.
If Jin Feng has an unknown new weapon, it would be more beneficial for the Southern Expedition to defend in place than to take the initiative to attack.
The previous explosion really scared Li Lingrui, so even if Dang Xiang Nanzhengjun had an absolute advantage, Li Lingrui did not dare to take action easily, but waited for Jin Feng to make the first move.
Li Lingrui has carefully studied Jin Feng and analyzed Jin Feng's character. After the hostage exchange is completed, Jin Feng will definitely take action.
If Jin Feng doesn't make any move tonight or tomorrow, it means that he is really guilty. Then Li Lingrui will take the initiative to attack and use hundreds of thousands of troops to crush the Shu army camp in one fell swoop!
But Li Lingrui didn't know that Jin Feng had actually made a move, but he just didn't see it.
