Daqin Engineers

Chapter 10 Friction?

After listening to Shen Bing's method, he was angry and anxious.

"Are you crazy?"

"Tie twine to the wheel?"

"This is your way?!"

"I said you can improve the carriage, but you don't want to be so confused!"

"What about tying twine? Can the carriage go up steep slopes?"

"Could it be that you still do it?"

...

Perhaps because of the double pressure from the task and the order, Xun has long lost his patience.

At this time, as soon as he heard Shen Bing's "unreliable" method, he unceremoniously trained him.

Finally added a sentence:

"If you are so free, come and help!"

"We won't sleep for three days, maybe we can still complete the task!"

Shen Bing's eyes widened immediately.

"what?"

"Three days without sleep?"

Then I felt anxious, and it didn't matter whether I could understand it or not.

"No, Master! Listen to me..."

"The reason why the carriage can't climb the steep slope is because the road is slippery on rainy days!"

"The slippery road means that the friction between the ground and the wheels is reduced, and the horses cannot bear it!"

"As long as I wait to increase the roughness of the wheels..."

As he was pushing hard, he couldn't help but feel angry, he put the carriage in his hand.

"To shut up!"

"What friction and roughness!"

"I have been a woodworker for three generations and I have never heard of tying hemp rope on wheels for decades!"

"Are you pushing or not?"

Shen Bing reluctantly took over Xun's position cart.

But he was not reconciled yet.

How can this make him willing?

Knowing that you only need to tie a few hemp ropes to solve the problem, but you have to "sleepless for three days"?

After thinking about it, Shen Bing said while pushing the car:

"Master, it's about my life and death, so how can I dare to play tricks?"

"If we are together, we are all capital offenses. Why not let the disciples try?"

"Coming and going is nothing more than tying a few twine ropes during tea time!"

"If it can be done, it will save my'artillery' more than a hundred people from being exhausted and being accused..."

This is Shen Bing's brilliance.

First, state that you will not waste much time trying.

Secondly, he brought the artillery and craftsmen to stand with him.

As the saying goes, when everyone gathers firewood and the flames are high, then they are not afraid of not agreeing.

Sure enough, someone's heart soon became impressed.

It is Cang who speaks.

"Yes, Master!"

"It's like brother improving the trebuchet!"

"Who would have thought that just such a simple change could double the range!"

"Now that trebuchet broke open the Zhao Great Wall that our army has been unable to attack for a long time within a few days!"

"Maybe this time..."

Another craftsman also said yes.

"Shen Gongcheng said so!"

"If you only need to tie hemp rope... but only a few people and a little more time!"

"Try it, it doesn't matter if it fails!"

Others also echoed.

Xun's expression eased slightly, he hesitated and nodded and said:

"Never mind, let you give it a try!"

"I want to see what tricks you can do?"

While speaking, he shook his head and waved his hand, letting others take over and replace Shen Bing.

Shen Bing let out a sigh of relief, then raised his head at a fat man and ordered:

"Go get some twine!"

The fat man responded and hurriedly took a few people to the warehouse.

The fat man's name is Tun.

Shen Bing had two workers (army chiefs), one was Cang and the other was this fat man.

During the Warring States period, many uneducated and statusless people had no surnames.

Their names are often simple and intuitive.

For example, this name is because he came from a woodworking family.

Woodworkers always use an ink fountain to eject a straight line, and then follow this straight line to make.

Cang was born in a green forest.

As for Tun...

That's because of his background as a businessman, who always hoards goods and buys low and sells high.

It is said that this businessman may be very powerful in modern times, but in the ancient times when the emphasis on agriculture and business was suppressed, it was a despised object.

So even though this guy named Tun is a fat man, few people can look down on him.

Because of this, this guy named Tun was a little excited when he was appointed by Shen Bing as an engineer.

Shen Bing still remembers that Tun confirmed to Shen Bing three times.

"I...me? Is it really...me?"

"Gongchen? I'm Gongchen...Gongchen?"

"My lord...Is it a mistake?"

This guy has a bad habit and stammers when he gets excited!

Sometimes Shen Bing was anxious for him.

Fortunately, his actions are fairly neat.

After all, he was born as a businessman, with sufficient nutrition and some education, at least some arithmetic.

This is also the reason why Shen Bing "fancy him".

After a while, Tun and his men returned with a few bundles of twine.

Shen Bing didn't say much, and commanded as he moved his hands:

"Cut a four-footer!"

"Wrap a few turns and fasten it on the wheel!"

"Each wheel is tied to five segments!"

Everyone answered the "Promise", and then they got busy with each other.

And Xun was sitting on the stone beside him to rest, seemingly not optimistic about everyone's movements.

This is not a difficult task. After a while, the wheels of a carriage were tied with twine in circles.

At this moment, Yang Ting turned around again, and she even recognized Shen Bing.

"You guys are so bold!"

"Others are busy but only you are lazy!"

"Emotions don't put me in the eyes!"

...

Shen Bing ignored her and patted the horse to urge her to move forward.

A miracle happened. The horse dragged the carriage up the steep slope, step by step, steadily.

Xun stood up slowly in surprise.

He couldn't believe what he saw.

"What's the matter with Nima?"

"Just tie a few pieces of twine?"

"How many people can push the carriage that can't get in by themselves?"

"Who would dare to believe this if you didn't see it with your own eyes?"

"Is this a human thing? It's just a evildoer, or a god who knows spells!"

The other craftsmen and the coachman were also dumbfounded, and all stopped and looked at the moving carriage.

Only that Yang Ting hadn't realized what was happening, and still scolded angrily:

"Do you know the result of defying military orders?"

"I think you have lived enough to wait!"

"You are still a servant!"

...

Shen Bing replied: "Master Lieutenant, I only need to drive the carriage up a steep slope, right?"

"So what?" Yang Ting asked back.

Shen Bing raised his head forward.

Yang Ting looked back in the direction indicated by Shen Bing, and then continued to curse:

"It was the carriage that went up by itself, not you..."

He said "Huh" before he finished speaking.

"The carriage goes up by itself?"

"No one pushed?"

After speaking, he looked back at the carriage curiously, like a monster.

Shen Bing ignored the surprised look in Yang Ting's eyes, just looking at Xuntou inquiringly.

Xun had to be convinced, he nodded, slightly embarrassed:

"Just do it your way!"

"Tie the wheels with twine!"

All the craftsmen immediately burst into cheers, as if they had won a battle.