The four-wheeled carriage was just developed in Dengzhou. There were four-wheeled carriages in Yingtian before, but they were not as comfortable and flexible as this four-wheeled carriage in Dengzhou.

In ancient times, transportation was basically two-wheeled carriage. Two-wheeled carriages carried 5,000 years of civilization. They were not only used to carry people but also necessary tools for marching and fighting. Some people took it out of context and said that our 5,000-year-old civilization could not even be built with a four-wheeled car. That is wrong.

It is not that it cannot be made. According to the archaeology of our country, the earliest carriages were excavated from the ruins of the Shang Dynasty. In other words, in the Shang Dynasty, our country had already pulled carriages ahead of the world. Because during the Shang Dynasty, many countries in the world were not established.

So under such circumstances, our country has a long culture, and it is not a carriage without function. It was excavated from the ruins of the Shang Dynasty. It can be said that it was the earliest carriage in our country. Under such circumstances, our country's means of transportation were actually ahead of the world in ancient times.

But why are the transportation tools used since the Shang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty basically used two-wheeled carriages, and four-wheeled carriages are almost invisible? Why?

In fact, there were four-wheeled carriages in ancient China, but there were not none. However, the carriages of two people were very common, so it would lead us to think that there were no four-wheeled carriages in ancient China. In some film and television dramas, we have never seen four-wheeled carriages, only two-wheeled carriages. This also misleads us, that is, there were no four-wheeled carriages in ancient China. In fact, there were four-wheeled carriages in ancient China, but because they were not very convenient, they were eliminated.

In ancient times, two-wheeled carriages were essential vehicles for marching and fighting. Four-wheeled carriages were very inconvenient when marching and fighting. The two-wheeled carriages were steering, or had high maneuverability. Therefore, under such circumstances, the two-wheeled carriages gradually became the main means of transportation because ancient soldiers in our country often disagree with the motherland.

Because the four-wheeled carriage is not convenient to move, it is gradually eliminated. Although there are still people using it, it is rarely used. So now we think that China only has four-wheeled carriages on two-wheeled carriages. In fact, this is not the case. There are four-wheeled carriages. It is not that it is not that four-wheeled carriages are not built, but that four-wheeled carriages are rare. Now everyone must understand this meaning and do not misunderstand it.

Of course, our four-wheeled carriages are not better than those in foreign countries, because there is a problem with steering of our four-wheeled carriages. The Chinese four-wheeled carriages simply install four wheels on a fixed frame, so they cannot be turned. Although this kind of carriage has four wheels, it has no practical value.

The four-wheeled vehicle that appeared in the Qingming Festival, although it had four wheels, was a typical four-wheeled vehicle that could not be turned. This type of vehicle was used until the early 1950s after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Four narrow iron hoop wooden wheels were installed on the frame, pulled from three to four cows, and the steering problem was solved by four cows with great strength. (To be precise, the steering problem was solved by ruts. The wheels pressed the road surface very deep, and the wheels rolled in the ditch. Qin Shihuang made the same track for this purpose.) People in the northern countryside born in the 1940s have seen it.

To create a four-wheeled carriage, you must first create a steering differential to solve the four-wheeled steering problem. The West invented a bogie, so that the four-wheeled carriage can turn freely.

The front two wheels of Western four-wheelers are installed on one frame, the rear two wheels are installed on the other frame, and the rear frame is connected with a vertical shaft on the front frame. In fact, it is a combination of two two-wheelers.

This is the famous four-wheeler steering problem. This is a unique problem. Unfortunately, the Chinese have not solved it for thousands of years. Until Westerners arrived, the Chinese have been using two-wheeler cars.

The simplest mechanical technology was invented by Westerners, such as screws, bolts, nuts, gears, racks, elastics, bearings, windmills, water pumps, etc. These seemingly trivial things play an important role in the entire industrial production and manufacturing field.

Fortunately, there is Zhu Lang in this time and space. Zhu Lang has invented all of these for a long time. With these, the Ming Dynasty's technology has been ahead of Western countries by hundreds of years.

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"Dinglingling...Dinglinglingling...Dengzhou City is here, you can get off the bus..."

The four-wheeled carriage stopped, and the people who were riding the car in front rang the bell to remind the passengers on the car to get off the car. Daqiang and the second son got off the car the third time. Once they got off the car, they could see many small stalls. This is a market outside Dengzhou City, selling things produced by people's homes. They can be bought here from pigs and sheep, as well as onions and garlic.

However, this is not the place where Daqiang and his second son are going to stay. They want to buy books, and the bookstores are all in Dengzhou City.

"Let you run..."

Suddenly, a riot sound came from the front. Daqiang and Erzi saw a group of people chasing someone. The person who was chased in front was obviously a scammer and not a good person. Sure enough, Daqiang and Erzi asked and realized that the person being chased was a small strand, and a shameless small strand.

Why are shameless? Because in the Ming Dynasty, there were rules for making Xiao Lai. There were several types of people who would never steal. The first type was that students would not steal, for fear of stealing the student's money, delaying others' studies, and becoming a pillar of the country. From this point of view, Xiao Lai respects intellectuals.

The second type is that patients do not steal because you steal other people’s money, and they may lose their lives because they have no money to see a doctor.

A woman from Langfang came to Dengzhou for treatment with her child in her arms, but she didn't expect someone to steal money. She cried and made a fuss, which alarmed everyone, but at some point, a stack of money suddenly appeared in her pocket, and it was more than she lost.

This shows that there are other small strands that can't be seen and stuffed into them. The small strand that steals the patient's hands are cut off and will never be able to eat this bowl of rice in your life. Why? Because you broke the rules.

The third type is to be alone and not steal. Living alone is difficult, but if you steal other people's money, how can you live? Because thieves in the Ming Dynasty are relatively more rules-oriented. Nowadays, thieves have long ignored these things, and they don't care about what you do, and they will talk about it if they steal.

Of course, it is best not to offend these small strands, because they are like beggars, and they also form cliques. If you offend one of them, you will ensure that your whole family will be stolen.

Another point is that the thief organization has rules. No matter what you stole, you must not ship the goods within three days, just for someone to come and find them. For example, if you steal the heirloom of a nobleman, the nobleman wants to find this item and find "high-buy".

Don't worry, make sure to return the stolen property within three days. For example, if you steal the wrong person, the other party is a "robber-belt gangster" and they want to return this thing. Don't worry, make sure that when you can't see it, the stolen property will return it to the original owner.

The thief just now was a widow, so he was chased and beaten. At this time, Daqiang looked at the second son and said, "Second son, take a good look, remember it for the elder brother. You can do any profession, but you must have backbone and loyalty.

Even widows steal, how hateful this kind of person is."

"Yeah..." Erzi nodded repeatedly, saying that he would not become such a person.

In this way, the two brothers began to prepare to enter the city. Dengzhou City was now different from the past. Dengzhou City is now divided into three parts, consisting of three parts: outer city, inner city and royal city. All industries in the city are prosperous, with a maximum population of more than 450,000.

This is really a super metropolis.

There are 31 industries including white rice shops, rice shops, japonica rice shops, butcher shops, meat shops, oil shops, fruit shops, peppers, bamboo shoots, charcoal shops, pig iron shops, grinding shops, cloth shops, silk shops, colored silk shops, toe shops, boot shops, grocery shops, new shops, and other industries, with very developed economy.

In addition to these, there are also night markets. The Dengzhou night market is also very lively. When entering Dengzhou City, this is the outer city. From this outer city to Feng Tingqiao, from the south of Zhouqiao, on the street, water rice, old meat, dried jerky; in front of the Wanglou, badger, wild fox, jerky, chicken; Mei family, deer family, goose, duck, chicken, rabbit, belly lung, eel bun, chicken skin, waist and kidney, chicken crumbs, each of which is only fifteen cents.

There are also buffets, lunch boxes, such as fried lamb, and white intestines... and they will be open until after three o'clock in the evening.

This shows that there is no curfew in Dengzhou City.

As soon as it is night, commercial activities in Dengzhou City are more active. Most stores are closed until the third and fifth hours. After that, there are even shops that open from the fifth hours to the dawn.

In the snack street in Dengzhou, you can eat fried fish, duck, fried chicken and rabbit, plum juice, powder soup, etc.

The menu of Dengzhou people's night market includes roasted kang sheep in the stove, roasted charcoal-grilled bones (lamb steak), tortured wine-fried lamb, slow-cooked lamb, rolled with crusts into strips, sheep tongue sticks, etc.

More importantly, the price is affordable, and each serving of these snacks is only fifteen yuan. The teahouse lights up every five minutes, buying and selling clothes, paintings, garlands, collars, etc.

Entertainment programs are also very rich. People can sing and have fun in restaurants and have fun and find singers from restaurants and teahouses to accompany them. More importantly, these entertainments are not limited to class, industry, and gender, and are extremely romantic.

As long as you have money and you pay, you can enjoy it.

Especially on the Mid-Autumn Festival night every year, Dengzhou City carnival all night long. I'm afraid that even modern people would praise it when they saw it.

It's daytime now, but it's also very lively during the day. The second son followed his elder brother Daqiang and walked across a food street. It was full of delicious food.

There are braised fish, wontons, hot-roasted mutton, oil tea, bean paste, and spicy soup, as well as almond tea, eight-treasure porridge, rock sugar red pear, peanut cake, etc. that the children like.

There are many jelly stalls here, and Dengzhou people are very particular about eating jelly. Sweet potato flour and mung bean powder are cut into thin slices, add bean paste and chili, and they will be fried until yellow and burnt.

Also, Xiaolong Baozi is also a favorite delicacy of Erzi. It is filled with oil and is sweet but not greasy, and has a slight taste of any other bun.

"Brother...!" The two boys couldn't walk after seeing Xiaolongbaozi, and shouted timidly to their elder brother.

Daqiang laughed and said, "I'm hungry... want to eat?"

Erzi nodded repeatedly, and Daqiang here also smiled and said, "You can buy you a cage, you can eat six, and your mother eat four, is that okay..."

"Yeah..." Erzi nodded happily.

Then Daqiang came to Xiaolongbaozi's stall and asked with a smile: "Boss, how much does it cost to have a cage?"

"Ten eldest sons." The boss smiled slightly, picked up kraft paper and skillfully wrapped a basket of small buns. Erzi saw that the fat little buns had already overflowed.

Because Dengzhou is a big immigration city, there are delicious foods everywhere, such as Shangji braised mutton, Ersao mutton kang buns, Chaoshan guy’s hand-beating beef balls, beef bone soup... The banners of various snacks floated up, shouting one after another, the streets here are neat and orderly management. The carts are neatly arranged and hung relevant documents, vendors dress uniformly, and the arrangement and matching of ingredients are also very particular.

Some people will definitely ask, do you still need a certificate?

We don’t know whether other people’s cities want, but the management of Dengzhou City is the most modern. If you want to buy things, you must apply for various documents. If you don’t have one, it is a violation of the rules. That is to be arrested. If you don’t want to be arrested, then go outside the city, and you can just place it outside the city.

Going further forward, there is a second-hand street. The things sold in it are second-hand, and all of them are street stalls, clothing, daily necessities, Bodhi bracelets, and even second-hand books... only you can't imagine, but you can't buy them.

Here you will see mobile vendors, who either have plates on their heads or carry loads on their shoulders and sell along the streets. Those with some talent can sing to attract customers. This makes the market in Dengzhou quite famous throughout the Ming Dynasty.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the curfew system was re-implemented due to the implementation of a national lockdown and the operation of night markets was not restored until the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Dengzhou was finally developed and moved forward. As we walked forward, we were the East City of Dengzhou. This East City is different from the East City of Chang'an. There are twelve cities in Dengzhou. These twelve cities are gradually developing and forming seasonal markets, including Chai City, Medicine City, Silk City and Qibao City, from catering to daily necessities, flower ware, bronze ware, toys and foreign books, books and antiques.

"Brother...it's here, it's here." Erzi took Daqiang to a bookstore and followed Erzi to the name of the book he wanted to buy.

The shopkeeper immediately packed the book and asked, "Are you a student in the school?"

The second son nodded.

The shopkeeper asked again: "Which mock exam is the one?"

"The top three..." Erzi answered proudly.

"Okay, good...not bad... Since it's the top three, the price is half. Originally, fifty cents, but now twenty-five cents are enough."

"Hey, how can you be so embarrassed?" Daqiang wanted to refuse honestly.

However, the shopkeeper here smiled and said, "No need to refuse. This is the benefit given by the King of Qin. Take it well and continue to get better than the exam. When you grow up, you will be a person who is useful to the Ming Dynasty and the King of Qin."

"Yes..." Erzi nodded happily, and Daqiang here also showed a happy smile!
Chapter completed!