Chapter 269 – Borrowing Your Head for a While

After Zhang Youcheng said that, he actually regretted it a bit.

Not regretting the remark, though, but thinking that, as a minister, he shouldn’t look so graceless.

But at this time, when the words fell, it was already too late to do anything about it, and he heard Zhang Anshi say, “Good, then let you see with your own eyes how I transported these ten stones of grain.”

Zhang Anshi then looked at Zhu Di and said, “I implore Your Majesty, let me give it a try.”

Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi, and with a few moments of curiosity in his heart, he nodded and said, “Granted.”

Zhang Anshi did not hesitate and said, “Second, third, and fourth brothers, come with me; men, go fetch a grain cart first, and then two horses.”

After a moment’s pause, he continued, “And move that wagon of mine out of the way for me.”

Zhang Anshi did what he said he would do, not giving Zhang Youcheng any room to backtrack.

The more the crowd watched, the more they were amazed.

That Hu Guang couldn’t help but say, “How does the Duke of Wei plan to compare?”

Zhang Anshi then said, “That’s not easy? Take a grain wagon from the Ministry of the Household and at the same time compare it with my wagon that is, set up a route with separate loads of different grains and see who reaches the finish line first.”

Racing ……

Zhu Di did not comment, but looked excited, of course …… he still has some foxes in his heart.

Before soldiers and horses move, food and provisions go first, Zhu Di knew this truth better than anyone else. So every time he marched and fought, he was most concerned about the issue of food and grass. He would take the time to inspect many of the grain wagons he escorted, in order to ensure that the supplies would not be interrupted.

Since there was no room for backtracking, this Youcheng had a competitive spirit and couldn’t help but mumble, “I’d like to see what kind of method there can be in this world that can increase transportation power.”

He has his self-confidence, after all, is the Ministry of household officials, grain transportation is the main responsibility, for grain transportation, naturally, also know all about it.

Consequently, he had a good idea of what to do, but then he said, “If the Duke of Wei wants to compare, then dare I ask, what if you can’t transport ten stones of grain?”

Zhang Anshi immediately said with bravado, “If you can’t transport it, I’ll make my brother Zhu Yong call you father!”

In the distance, Zhu Neng, the military minister who accompanied the driver, was watching the show with great interest, and they, the military ministers, were eating in another hall, and when they saw that the place was lively, they all came over.

Seeing the polarization of the conflict, Zhang Anshi and the civilian ministers lips and swords, just hate to fight, Zhu Neng is gleeful, grinning and happy.

But at this moment, his face pulled down violently, reddening, while then taking a deep breath, he finally held back.

But at this time, the order was about to go Zhu Yong heard this, eyebrows a cross, fierce, eyes staring as big as copper bells, dead glare Zhang Youcheng said: “Listen to my big brother said? If you can’t do it, I’ll call your father, you give me to wait.”

With these words, Chu Neng finally felt a bit unable to hold back, and copied his sleeves to get on.

Well at this point, Zhu Di’s stern gaze swept over, Zhu Neng was ultimately discouraged and could only stay where he was, cursing in a low voice.

Zhang Youcheng of course has no interest in being Zhu Yong’s father, but both sides have put harsh words, of course, can not show weakness, so they only sneer.

Many of the civil ministers also came to be interested, and one by one, they quietly came to Zhang Youcheng’s side, admiring Zhang Youcheng’s courage.

Just for Zhang Anshi’s boasting, they laughed it off.

If a person who is completely ignorant of grain transportation may believe in Zhang Anshi’s words, but where there is a little common sense, it is not to the point of believing this Zhang Anshi.

Soon, Zhang Anshi began to take out the public opinion map of Qixia and drew a circle.

Then he said to Zhang Youcheng: “How about this, let this carriage, around the exhibition of the mansion, I roughly calculated, if it is a big circle, there are two or three miles of road. My wagon will carry ten stones of grain, and your wagon will carry one stone, so let’s see who will reach the end first.”

Although it might not be possible to accurately calculate the weight of the carriage, the approximate weight could be measured by this method.

In any case, Zhang Anshi has already been considered to have suffered a great loss.

Ten stones of grain is 1,500 pounds.

And the grain wagon only needs to carry one hundred and fifty pounds.

In fact, it is enough for a grain cart to carry a three hundred pounds, and with the cart driver and other facilities on board, it can barely reach five hundred pounds.

But …… the real grain transport, not so, you transport three hundred pounds of grain to set out, along the way the people and horses also need to eat and drink, this grain …… can only come from the loaded grain car.

So when you actually get to your destination, there’s probably a hundred pounds or so gone of this forage to feed the horses and the grain for the people to eat.

It is for this reason that it is said that only one stone of grain can be transported.

But now, after all, it is impossible to let people transport grain to hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles away, right now can only follow Zhang Anshi’s method than.

So Zhang Youcheng nodded and said, “This is very good.”

Soon, Zhang Anshi’s carriage, was pulled out, while someone else went to fetch an ordinary grain cart.

This grain cart is no more ordinary, all wood, is the most common two-wheeled cart, Zhang Anshi let Zhang Youcheng choose their own horseman, Zhang Youcheng is not polite, let people go to invite a to come.

This horseman looks very professional, very skillful to the grain wagon lasso, as for the two horses, but Zhang Anshi let Zhang Youcheng to choose, Zhang Youcheng naturally chose a taller one.

On the other hand, Zhang Anshi let Zhu Yong be in charge of catching the car, when this new car appeared, Zhang Anshi let Zhu Yong drive it, so Zhu Yong was quite familiar with the new car.

Everything was ready, and the two wagons began to be loaded with grain.

Zhang Anshi smiled and turned back to look at the hundred officials, saying, “Among the princes, is there anyone …… who is as interested in coming to gamble as Zhang Zhang Zhanglang?”

The crowd was silent.

Although people felt that Zhang Anshi had overstated his case.

But after all, he was a minister, so he was not going to get angry with someone over something like this.

A bet? That’s what it looks like!

Zhang Anshi then sighed: “Hey, what a pity, I thought that my Ming ministers, all have hot blood. It turns out that they hide when things go wrong, so it seems that it is Zhang Youcheng, a member of the Foreign Ministers, who has a bit of bloodlust.”

Crowd: “……”

Zhu Di is considered to see, Zhang Anshi this guy, absolutely is considered to be the pick of the litter.

At this time, only to see Zhang Anshi and said: “If the Confucius saint in, know that his students, one by one only take his learning to do knocking, in order to make a government body, but will be benevolent to take righteousness two words, tied up in a high shelf, I do not know what will think.”

“Sage Kong ah Sage Kong, open your eyes and see, look at the students under your door, how they hang you on your lips, and how they humiliate your lintel. Sage Kong, open your eyes and see ah ……”

At this, many people began to stir.

To be honest, if Zhang Anshi had just provoked a bit, of course everyone would have ignored it.

But Zhang Anshi actually moved the Confucius sage out a good deal of yin and yang, which makes people angry.

It’s like cursing the father at the son, it’s like spitting in the face.

Someone can not help it, stood out with his head held high: “My humble supervisory royal inspector Kwong Warrant Officer, but also want to bet a gamble.”

The name Kwong Ant is a very awkward name.

However, Zhang Anshi carefully measured him, but saw that it was a young minister, should have just won the examination, but apparently this person is lucky, young to become a royal historian, the future of the future, I’m afraid that it is not limited.

This person …… seems to have some familiar ears.

Zhang Anshi remembers, Ming Yingzong’s time, the Tumu Fort mutiny, when the situation was very urgent, when the Warat people attacked, it is to the British Prince Zhang Fu, and the then Secretary of the Ministry of War Kuang Nao as the head of the Minister of the death penalty, and ultimately, these two people are dead.

I think, this Kwang Wo鍩�, is that battle died in the Tumu Fort in the Ministry of War Secretary.

The reason why Zhang Anshi has an impression of this person is not because he is familiar with history, but because he used to read books on child-rearing, in which there are examples of Kwong’s father, Kwong Zi Fu, who was an ancestor of Kwong’s father, who was an example of child-rearing, and used it as an example of child-rearing methods.

This Kwong Anzuo from a young age has no mother, and therefore is almost his father Kwong Zi Fu pulled up, father and son can be said to be dependent on each other.

One of the deeds, Zhang Anshi remembered more deeply, said kuang鍩滃湪鍒戦儴浠昏亴鏃讹紝鏇惧瘎缁欑埗浜查倽瀛愯緟涓€浠惰。鏈嶏紝鐖朵翰鍒欐槸鍥炰俊璐ｅ閬擄細”You are in charge of the law, you should clear up the wrongful cases, solve the long backlog of cases, and do not be ashamed of your official position, where did you get this clothes, even use it to defile me. ” When it was sealed, it was returned to him.

This is just a small thing, but also see this Kwong Zi Fu this person is a strict father, just strict to some over the head.

It’s just that this era, by and large, belongs to the paradigm of education.

This Kwong Wren is young and vigorous, now but the early twenties, plus his bones, it seems to continue his father’s stubbornness.

At this moment, when he was provoked by Zhang Anshi, he did not hold back and stepped forward.

Kwong said, but there is another person also stood out, said: “The next official Ministry of the military system of book order history Wang Wenliu, but also want to bet a bet.”

Three came out before and after this, but the other ministers, though they did not come forward, showed hostility.

Zhang Anshi’s intention, in fact, is to let these people remember the lesson, and then use this to give this exhibition, do an advertisement.

Now, but found that it seems to play a little big, especially this Kwong Ant …… this person is not by any means a bad person, hit his face, it is really a bit too much.

Only now, he’s riding the tiger as well.

So with a dry smile, he looked at Zhu.

Zhu Di was obviously in a hurry to wait for the load of this carriage, but when he saw that Zhang Anshi was still fighting with people here, his face was a bit unsightly, so he said, “Let’s start.”

“Yes.”

Two wagons, start loading grain.

On this side of the new car, Zhang Anshi let people dismantle the carriages on the upper head of the chassis, but instead use the open bucket, and then …… the bags of grain are piled up.

In a few moments, the top of this new cart was piled up like a small mountain of grain.

But with those fifteen hundred pounds of grain on top, the chassis of the new car began to sink slightly, yet there seemed to be room for more.

With the spring cushioning and the steel beaten chassis, it’s really just a one and a half ton load, heavy yes, but after all, it’s four wheels, enough to share that weight.

As for the grain wagons on that side, they have begun to fill up.

Zhu Yong got on the cart with agile hands, carrying the horse whip, and the cart driver on the other side got on the grain cart at this time.

Zhang Anshi gave a call.

Many people just wait to see the joke, they have never seen, there are cars dare to carry more than a thousand pounds of grain, any grain car, only the horse-drawn can not pull.

But something strange happened.

As Zhu Yong s whip fell, this horse moved forward slowly, and then …… this carriage even began to move.

At first it moved a little slow, but once it did, it was actually extraordinarily smooth.

Those rubbery four wheels turned on the ground, filtering out a lot of the vibrations.

Not only that, the four wheels that turned, the ball bearings in the center began to turn at a rapid pace.

This design, almost minimizes the resistance caused by friction.

So much so that, with the power of a horse, even though the start was a little slower, once the carriage started to turn, the next thing you know, the horse seemed to be moving forward as if it were idly strolling along, and it couldn’t even feel any resistance.

The balance that comes with four wheels is also on display at this point.

Zhu Yong is a wild faction, as soon as this carriage moves, he gets excited, holding the whip in his hand, but not really hitting the horse hard, after all, he is from a general’s family, he may not have feelings for people, but he has feelings for horses.

Consequently, he only gave it a light jerk, and the horse seemed to be commanded to start picking up speed.

And the new car, in the back, started to turn over and over.

The speed …… actually began to accelerate.

On the contrary, the grain wagon, because of the use of is a wooden wheel, only this wheel …… but also in the manufacture of errors, coupled with the axle of the wheel, the use of a large log, will be the two ends through the wheel, coupled with the use of two wheels, once loaded with goods, the center of gravity of the wagon subconsciously backward, in this way, the horse pulling, brought resistance is more and more. The resistance brought about by the horse pulling was increasing.

Of course, the most groundbreaking thing for a new car is that ball bearing. This kind of almost in the latter part of the application in almost all industrial fields, and the structure of the simple components, as long as in this, and drop some tung oil, can make the car will almost minimize the resistance.

Zhu Yong’s carriage was obviously getting faster and faster.

Because the drag is minimized, once there is kinetic energy, then the inertia of the car begins to set in and actually picks up speed.

After a hundred feet, this new car actually easily caught up with the grain car, and then after that, it began to rapidly pull away from this grain car, even getting further and further away.

The driver of that grain wagon, apparently also a bit anxious, desperately jerked his horse.

But obviously, this does not help, because how he pumped, still grasp the strength, afraid that once the horse initiated sex, grain cart is not stable enough, then even the cart will be overturned.

Three miles is surprisingly fast.

After burning incense, Zhu Yong’s figure was seen.

But he was seen driving the cart with glee, and then, at last, drove it to the end of the line.

As for that grain cart …… actually still missing.

And those who stood here did not say a word, one by one.

Zhu Di held his breath, his eyes staring fixedly at the carriage, his heart already turning over.

Zhu Neng several, on the other hand, looked at Zhu Yong who flaunted his arms and jumped off the carriage with a speechless face.

Hu Guang and Yang Rong glanced at each other, obviously seeing the shock in each other’s eyes.

The old and mature Jian Yi and Jin Zhong and Xia Yuan Ji, however, all coincidentally began to breathe faster.

Transportation …… Transportation ……

A thought that popped up.

Ten times the shipment, if not ten times, even five times the shipment ……

What does that mean?

Zhang Anshi cheerfully exclaimed at this point, “Winning, how about it, Zhang Zhang Zhanglang, what else do you have to say now?”

Zhang Anshi looked towards that Zhang Youcheng trio.

This Yucheng only feel brain dumbfounded, in the Ministry of households for so many years, killed him also do not believe that such a thing can happen.

The same are all carriages, are pulled by horses, but the results …… are all different.

He suddenly, his face became as pale as paper up, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to respond.

That Kuang鍩滃拰鐜嬫枃鐣ヤ簩浜猴紝涔熺涓嶄綇鎳典簡銆�

Fang was not holding back for a moment, now ……

Seeing Zhang Anshi’s provocative appearance, Zhang Youcheng’s heart was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, “Strike it …… The next official has nothing to say …… Since this is the case, then I will offer my head.”

Kuang also sadly said, “Willing to gamble, willing to lose.”

Even that Wang Wenliu hesitated a little, and finally drooped his head and said, “I have nothing to say, and would like to offer my head.”

Zhang Anshi, however, laughed coldly, ”Who wants your heads, why do you think I want to bet with you? It is to let you know clearly that there are people outside of people and mountains outside of mountains! You think that you have read a few books of the sages, relying on the sages, easy to profit to the hood. Then you trample everything under your feet, with no one and nothing in your sight. Zhang Youcheng, what did you just say to people? What good are these things to the people of the world? Now let me ask you, after so many years as an official, what have you done that is beneficial to the people? Of all the poor people in the world, is there a single person who has his stomach full because of you? That in Guizhou to fight thieves of the soldiers, can there be a person …… is because of your rescue, and survive?”

Zhang Youcheng buried his head at this time, the atmosphere can not come out, he face suffocated red, where dare to return the mouth.

Zhang Anshi said: “But this world, precisely you and your fellow travelers, the most despised of these things, can benefit the people, you can turn a blind eye, you can turn a deaf ear, but today, this carriage is right in front of you, you must say, what is the use of this carriage, but it is just a strange and clever thing …… ”

Zhu Di are shocked at Zhang Anshi today eloquence is actually quite good, it seems that as long as other people do not dare to refute, Zhang Anshi still has the ability.

Just Zhu Di is still shocked at the role brought by this carriage, at this time there is not much heart to listen to Zhang Anshi’s indignant questioning.

But also heard Zhang Anshi said: “But I’ll tell you, this wagon load, is unusual grain wagon ten times, if there was such a wagon, even if your state lack of horses, but also in a timely manner will be the military food, sent to Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Cheng’s barracks, to teach the generals can be fed and watered, only to have the strength to fight against the bandits. Only then would it not lead to a mutiny in the camp and a rout of the official army.”

“Not only this, the amount of horses can be greatly reduced, and this manpower, can also be greatly reduced. The reduction of manpower and horses, also means …… the reduction of loss, once upon a time ten people and ten horses to do things, one person and one horse can be, along the way need to supply ten people and ten horses of food and horse material, now but also only one person and one horse dosage. This is not only to help the army to fight the thieves, but also to save how much people’s labor. You guys are always mouthing off, hanging the Cangsheng on your lips, so let me ask you, what virtue did this Cangsheng lack in his last life, becoming the mantra on your lips?”

“I organized this exhibition in the hope of borrowing these, saving people’s energy, can let the people, do not have to serve so much corv茅e, with better vehicles, instead of manpower. But in your mouths, what has it become?”

Sentence by sentence questioning, let Zhang Youcheng actually can not defend.

He opened his mouth with an effort, but realized that there was not a single allusion in his life’s learning that could be used in his defense at this point.

Finally, he let out a long sigh and said, “I get it, I get it ……”

Saying that, he actually, all of a sudden, bent down and picked up a stone.

This sudden turn of events caused Zhang Anshi’s pupils to contract violently.

Zhang Anshi immediately cried out, “Protect His Majesty, protect His Majesty ah ……”

Although his mouth was shouting, his body whooshed and ducked behind the lanky Zhu.

It was a good thing that he had always been flexible, and especially extra sensitive to such things.

But …… Zhang Youcheng, who had picked up the stone, cupped the stone in his hand and ignored Zhang Anshi s call.

He took the stone, but smashed it hard into his head.

It was only then that Zhang Anshi took a long breath, but he saw many people, looking at him with speechless faces, especially Zhu Di, who couldn’t help but show a bitter smile at the corner of his mouth.

Just …… that Zhang Yucheng side, but then change, the crowd look, this Yucheng actually head broken blood, a hard smash, brain will be dizzy, so smash not go down, body swaying, directly fainted on the ground.

Obviously, should this not be fatal.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but be speechless, and you say you, Zhang Youcheng, aren’t a loser? Even suicide is not professional!

Where in the world can someone stone himself to death? How can you die when you’re knocked out?

However, Zhang Anshi had not intended to take his head, thus he still exclaimed, “Quickly go to the rescue, stop the bleeding, go fetch alcohol, and medicine from Qixia, it will be fine after a few days of nourishment.”

So, the crowd had to carry Zhang Youcheng with their hands and feet and leave.

As for that Kuang Nuo and Wang Wenliu two people, see Zhang Youcheng has already moved, but also go to find the stone on the ground, and then quickly by the side of the other colleagues fell to the ground at once.

When Zhu Di saw this, he kept frowning.

Kuang was pressed to the ground, but he was trying to look at Zhu Di: “Your Majesty, I have faith, has made a promise, there is no reason to renege on it? Although I am not talented, the word of faith, but never dare to forget, Ji Bu a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold, if I do not die today, will not let the world a disgrace? Even if my father learns of this, and knows that I won’t die, he will scold me.”

This Kwong ant ant voice hoarse, said emotionally, actually cried: “so I implore your majesty, give me a death.”

That Wang Wenliu, too, was crushed to death, and the whole man was in a sorry state, only saying, “I am also willing to die.”

Zhu’s face was both happy and troubled.

Happy that this car …… needs to be studied later, now it seems that the value of this car is far beyond his imagination.

The trouble is …… how it got into this mess.

The ministers around them, all of them advised, “Forget it, forget it, the party was just words and laughter.”

“Why bother, it’s just a joke.”

When Zhang Anshi saw this, he was speechless for a moment, he couldn’t understand why these people were thinking like this, as far as?

I, Zhang Anshi, have made so many bets with people, and if I had to fulfill them every time, I would have died with ten thousand arrows in my heart by now.

Since ancient times, the only hard thing to die for is to have a thicker skin.

Zhang Anshi hurriedly stepped forward and said, “The party was a joke, I just deliberately …… angered you guys, wanting to make this carriage create a more sensational effect, in fact, it is an advertisement, advertising, know it? Forget it, forget it, what happened in the party, I have already forgotten it, you guys just pretend that you have never heard of it. Don’t you guys die, if you guys die, I’ll be too scared to sleep at night. I’m timid.”

But Kuang Anzuo and Wang Wenliu two people, but just howling mournfully, seems to be in their scope of understanding, since the opening of this mouth, not to die is not to say.

Plus that Zhang Youcheng had already set an example, endeavoring to push away those who were pressing against them, and then prostrate themselves and constantly kowtowed towards Zhu Di: “Please Your Majesty, grant death.”

With that said, the two of them kept bowing, and they did so with a porcelain, thumping sound.

Only then did Zhang Anshi realize even more that the other party was playing for real, and his face changed drastically.

If the other party really died, Zhang Anshi would be considered guilty.

Now that he thought about it carefully, he was still a Mengwang, even though it was a bet with someone, Zhang Anshi had overlooked a problem.

That is, those who were more stubborn often could not hold their breath and would stand up to him and make a bet with him, Zhang Anshi.

As for the people that Zhang Anshi really wants to get killed, one by one, they are cunning and incomparable, although in their hearts they have cursed Zhang Anshi a hundred times, and even no matter what Zhang Anshi has made, they still carry the so-called reader’s arrogance, but it is precisely this kind of people that they tend to never stand up and stand out.

Zhang Anshi then looked at Zhu Di pitifully, hoping that Zhu Di would relieve him.

Zhu Di glared at him, and then looked at the two on the ground, said gently, “Fangcaiqing and other jokes, I also heard, as Zhang Qing said, but it is just a joke, could it be that the two Qing think that if Zhang Anshi loses, that Zhu Yong is really willing to call you father?”

“Since it is a bet, both sides need to be able to fulfill the bet, this Zhang Anshi is unable to fulfill the bet, why should the Second Secretary be like this? Today’s matter, let’s call it quits.”

At this time, on the contrary, a eunuch hurriedly ran to say, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that Zhang Youcheng …… has woken up ……”

Zhu nodded, “It’s good to be awake ……”

“But he woke up and had to seek death ……”

Chu: “……”

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhang Anshi, and many of them had gazes that carried a few hints of taunting.

This time, it is really a king against a green bean, Zhang Anshi this guy is also considered to have met a ruthless person.

Let’s see how he ends up.

Zhang Anshi was greatly embarrassed, so he exclaimed, “I now announce that if they dare to die, then I will also fulfill the bet, and I will teach Zhu Yong to wear mourning for these three and cry out for his father at the grave.”

Come on, hurt each other.

Zhu Yong was on the sidelines to see the fun, heard here, the tiger s torso shook, he could not understand the deep meaning of his big brother, holding his hand, tilting his head to think for a long half day, or feel that this matter …… how to listen more and more chaotic.

For his part, Zhu Neng’s heart, which had just been put down, slowly began to raise up again, and then, the anger slot, which had only just been emptied, slowly began to build up again.

This statement, to be honest …… in fact, Kuang鍩� and Wang Wenliu are also beginning to be wound up.

What the hell is this?

What does our promise of a thousand words have to do with Zhu Yong recognizing his father.

………………

It’s the beginning of the month soon, and I’d like to start the month with a request for a monthly vote, sadly.