Wild North America 1846

Chapter 289 The world's first four-wheeled vehicle

after a few days
"Qizou Your Majesty, Mr. Hou Guangtian, the inventor of the automobile, his invention and sponsors are already waiting in the square outside the hall, and welcome your Majesty's inquiries."

"Oh... Is anyone here? Then go and have a look."

Hearing the sound, Li Cha put down the memorial in his hand, and a look of interest appeared on his face. When he first saw the news in the newspaper, he was very surprised. He thought this was another time traveler?

What time is it now?

It is only late August 1858. The German inventor Mrs. Karl Benz ~ Beretta Ringer took her children and drove the world's first three-wheeled Benz car, bumping all the way to Puerto Rico, more than 8 kilometers away. Forzheim visited the child's grandmother for a full 1 years.

Li Cha fell into a misunderstanding, always thinking that the era of automobiles has not yet arrived and needs to wait for decades.

Actually

Since the rise of the Datang Kingdom in North America, many changes have been caused by the butterfly effect. 6, 12 and 20 diesel engines are widely used in the agricultural field, and the world's leading diesel machinery production capacity has been formed in the Datang Kingdom.

In the previous year, the annual output of 12 horses walking tractors had reached 1.33 units, which were widely used in large and small farms, plantations, and wasteland reclamation in the Datang Kingdom, and sold well in the southern states of the United States and Europe. Large orders such as Fly like snowflakes.

Datang Empire quickly formed several leading enterprises such as Changan Agricultural Machinery Factory, Los Angeles Agricultural Machinery Factory, and Portland Machinery Factory, supporting the production of walking tractors, bucket tractors, and various agricultural machinery accessories, which are widely used in turning, raking, ridge, mowing, etc. various scenes.

Small diesel engines are also used in food factories, canning factories, machinery factories, and textile factories as equipment power sources, mine traction and pumping, small and medium-sized ship power, etc.

That being the case, why can't we build cars powered by diesel engines?

Li Cha really didn't expect it. It doesn't mean that the intelligent Chinese folk inventors didn't expect it. Not only did he think of it, but after several years of polishing, he really developed the world's first four-wheeled vehicle.

In the square
Li Cha was so attracted by the four-wheeled vehicle in front of him that he didn't even notice Hou Guangtian and his companions who were saluting next to him, so he went straight over to inspect it carefully.

The diesel car invented by Mr. Hou Guangtian directly applied the structure of a four-wheeled carriage. The front two wheels are small, and the rear two wheels are large. A wooden steering wheel like a rudder protrudes from the front wheels.

Uh... wait... that's a small rudder.

Its power system is a 12-horsepower diesel engine, which uses a lever-type shifter of a walking tractor. Pushing up is the forward gear, the middle is neutral, and pulling down is the reverse gear. There is nothing novel about it.

In fact, the design of this clutch came from Li Cha’s reminder that the original walking tractor didn’t have any gears at all, and the diesel engine would move forward slowly when it was started. It is very inconvenient.

During the inspection, Li Cha heard such a huge flaw, and said in passing; "A set of devices should be designed separately. The main function is the combination and separation of power, so as to solve the problems in use."

Many designs are just a layer of window paper, and it will suddenly become clear after being clicked through. There is no difficulty in realizing it, and many technicians often don't think of this.

What interests Li Cha the most is the tie rod connected to the rudder. This is a new design that steers through gear engagement. Pulling the rudder by hand can freely steer the two smaller front wheels. Presumably this is due to Novel design by Mr. Hou Guangtian.

This is different from the traditional Western carriage steering structure, which originated from the Celts in the ancient Roman period. The steering shaft is set in the middle of the two front wheels of the carriage to rotate flexibly.

On the world's first four-wheeled vehicle in front of him, Li Cha even saw the steel springs on the modern carriage, and he knew it by heart when it circled around it.

This is indeed the first 1-wheel car that has never appeared in history. This design of steering through gear engagement cleverly avoids the universal joint that has not yet been invented. The structure and manufacturing process of the universal joint are too complicated. This folk wonder can also play a very good steering effect through the ingenious design and the tie rod.

The car looked quite nice, presumably decorated before it entered the palace, and there were even two kerosene lamps on either side of the driver, with mirrors at the bottom to reflect the light.

"That's right, it's a very novel design. Did it all come from your own genius idea...Mr. Hou Guangtian?"

"Caomin Hou Guangtian kowtows to His Majesty, and respectfully invites Your Majesty Jinan." Hou Guangtian respectfully knelt down on one knee, almost leaning on the ground, and curtseyed with one hand on his chest.

This is the most solemn etiquette in the Tang Kingdom. If one hand hangs down, it should be hitting Qian'er. If one bows and strokes the chest in place, it is the western chest touching ceremony.

"Excuse me, stand up and answer." Li Cha said with a gentle expression.

This is his usual practice. He treats the common people like a spring breeze blowing on his face, which is why he is widely loved, has an outstanding reputation in the kingdom, and enjoys a very high fanatical worship group.

But Li Cha has been in a high position for a long time, and the noble aura on his body is inadvertently revealed, which can give people a great sense of oppression.

Hou Guangtian is more or less a scholar who has seen the world and is also an experienced engineer, so he is more awed than those illiterate ordinary people. He just stood up and looked up at His Majesty, then hurriedly bowed and lowered his head.

Seeing this, Li Cha smiled kindly, and said, "I am your king, and I am not a man-eating tiger. I think Mr. He Guangtian is also a very insightful scholar. If you have any ideas, feel free to speak them out. I don't know if I'm guilty!"

"Caomin thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Hou Guangtian's legs softened and he knelt down again.

"Excuse me, tell me what you thought at the beginning, why you invented such a mechanical car, well, someone made such a mechanical car with a steam locomotive before, then it will be called a "car" from now on .”

Li Cha didn't want to change the original name in history, "Chai Che" is so ugly, so fortunately, he directly named this mechanical car, and it will be called "Car" from now on.

"Steam car" Well, there's nothing wrong with it.

When talking about his beloved invention, Mr. He Guangtian became much more courageous, and he straightened up a little, then replied with a very respectful expression;
"Cao Min was inspired by seeing a walking tractor dragging wood. Originally, he wanted to make a mechanical cart that could transport goods, partly replacing the use of a freight carriage, and saving those horses.

Later, half of the grassroots found that the roads in the countryside were mostly muddy, and the mechanical vehicles might not even be able to carry 1/3 of the horse-drawn carriages, and their uses were not as great as imagined.

thought about it for a few months
Caomin finally decided to make a mechanical vehicle for carrying people, oh... please forgive me, it is a vehicle for carrying people.

The goal was set, because there was already some foundation for research and development, so it took Cao Min more than 7 months to make this car, please Your Majesty! "

"Don't be too polite." Li Cha stretched out his hand to support the sky, turned his head and carefully looked at the 4-wheeled car parked in the square, suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, nodded and said; "It can be seen that He Guangtian Mr. is a person with a lot of ideas, has the power of action, and can put his ideas into practice. It is very good to be able to do this. Have you ever thought about further improving the car you designed and putting it into production, just like an agricultural walking tractor Going to thousands of households in the same way?"

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the grassroots dare not lie, there is indeed such a dream in their hearts, it's just..."

"It's just that the conditions don't allow it, or is it because you're afraid that the officials will reach out?"

"Your Majesty Qizuo, Caomin... Caomin..." He Guangtian was too timid to raise his head.

But what he revealed was already obvious, which made Li Cha frowned, and was very displeased with the information revealed.

It was only 10 years since the founding of the Tang Kingdom, and there were already such bad signs among the people. This is something that Li Cha absolutely cannot tolerate, and a large-scale and thorough rectification of officials must be carried out.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption under the Ministry of Internal Affairs seems to be at a low level, and it is time to become independent.

Viscount Dong Jie, the head of the secretariat standing by the side, saw that His Majesty's face darkened, and the murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and his back was covered with white sweat in fright.

Only when he often served in front of the king, did he deeply understand how cruel the methods of this sage king, who has been rarely seen for hundreds of years, are?He didn't rub the sand in his eyes at all.

Anyone who wants to lie, deceive the saints, or even have evil intentions can see it at a glance. Those deep eyes can penetrate people's hearts, and they can see how many flirtatious subordinates have.

Li Cha didn't show the anger in his heart too much, and said after his face eased; "Mr. Hou Guangtian, don't worry about this matter, the relevant matters will be taken care of by the secretariat. If you need capital investment in the future, you can also apply for the government science and technology support fund. I think Not a big problem."

"Caomin thank Your Majesty Long En!"

"Ms. Li, this car is a very good invention. You can use your name as a brand in the future. It is very good to call it "Grandland Motor". It should have great potential for development. If you are not good at managing business affairs, you can also entrust a professional The manager manages the factory and sales, and you only need to concentrate on research and development. You must listen to the needs of users and try to improve this product as much as possible.”

"Caomin would like to follow His Majesty's holy will, and must act accordingly."

"Okay then, drive around and let me have a look." Li Cha was also speechless.

This Hou Guangtian was like a kowtowing bug, even if he put on a friendly appearance as a corporal, he couldn't stop him from kowtowing every word he said tremblingly, which made him feel uninterested.

Only when you are on the throne of the king can you feel the coldness in the heights.

such a conversation

Hou Guangtian felt like walking on thin ice, and Li Cha himself felt tired, so he just drove around hastily and let it go.

Hou Guangtian started the car neatly with the hand crank, sat on it and drove around "doo-doo-doo". After the accelerator was increased, the speed was not slow, almost 23 or [-] kilometers per hour, which is already very good up.

Li Cha immediately discovered a problem, that is, the smoke outlet of the diesel engine was facing upwards, and when it was turned on, the beeping black smoke was blown backwards, which was all caught by Hou Guangtian's face.

It is estimated that it won't be long before his face is so black that he can't see it.

Forget it, let him go.

If such an obvious problem cannot be found, then the development space of this "Grandland Motor" will be very limited.

This industry is indeed worthy of great investment, and it will be developed into a pillar industry of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is competition from a hundred flowers, are you afraid that these people will not dare to improve their technology and equipment?

(End of this chapter)