Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 58 Four-wheeled vehicles, rollers, and engineering reward system!

The Chinese ancestors' appreciation of jade has a long history and can be traced back to ancient times!

In this pre-Qin era, not to mention, who knows the legendary story of He's Bi?

Even Confucius praised the eleven virtues of jade. In short, it was extremely fancy. How could future generations of gentlemen not love jade?

The jade stones Qin Mo poured out from the basket were each as big as an adult's fist.

Although the raw skin is simply rubbed off, the quality of the jade is already revealed, and it is as white, tender and moist as mutton fat!

The eyes of all the civil servants were straightened when they looked at it, and their breathing was a little short of breath: "Really give it to us?"

Qin Mo suppressed a smile and said: "Gentlemen, please choose for yourself. If you find one you like, you don't have to carve it. You can just hold it in your hand and play with it. It is gentle and nourishing."

"However, as I said before, you must show off a lot. Whether our Hexi country can prosper depends entirely on whether you show off your efforts!"

All the civil servants had no reason to respond, and they all said: "If you get such a beautiful jade, you will definitely invite your relatives and friends to appreciate it together."

Qin Mo nodded with satisfaction: "Good, please choose."

All the civil servants were no longer reserved and stepped forward to select the beautiful jade. They were really spoiled for choice and wanted every one they saw.

After quite a while, all the civil servants each held one in their hands and stood up to express their thanks with satisfaction.

"May I ask Prime Minister Qin, did the caravan use these four-wheeled carriages when it went out of the pass and out of the pass, passing through thousands of mountains and rivers all the way to the outside of the territory?"

Erlang Shen Li Yu looked at the four-wheeled carriages and asked curiously.

The civil servants were about to say goodbye and leave, but after hearing this, they couldn't help but stop and look at the dilapidated four-wheeled carriages.

From the moment they entered the courtyard, everyone's attention was attracted by the sweat-blooded horses, and then they were robbing the horses and selecting jade. No one took a closer look at these carriages.

At this time, Li Yu asked this question, and all the civil servants looked at it again, and they couldn't help but be filled with doubts: "The four-wheeled carriage is quite capable of transporting things, but how to turn it? To pull it hard?"

The chariot used by Ying Zheng also had a four-wheeled vehicle, but it was completely pulled by six strong horses.

Moreover, you can only walk on flat roads, otherwise you will be forced to pull hard, and the wheels and axles will be broken and you will not be able to turn.

"Of course it's not forceful..."

Qin Mo couldn't help but shook his head, stretched out his hand to drag a carriage, and turned it around a few times for them to watch.

All the civil servants looked at the front axle, dragging it with Qin Mo, turning left and right under the car body, and they were all amazed.

Qin Mo stopped dragging, pointed under the carriage and said, "Look, gentlemen, is there an iron disc under the front axle that is connected to the vehicle body?"

All the civil servants immediately came to watch, and they were all surprised and surprised.

Only Erlang Shen Li Yu once again wondered: "Looking at Qin Xiang's dragging and steering, it seems to be very labor-saving, and there is no friction and harsh sound. Is there a mechanism in this circular axis plate?"

Qin Mo couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and he nodded and said: "There is indeed a mechanism."

With that said, he took out a spare steering shaft plate for the caravan from the carriage and handed it to Li Yu for a look.

All the civil servants also gathered around, stretching their necks to look at the novelty.

The steering shaft plate has a simple structure, with two grooved iron rings on the inside and outside, and iron beads embedded in them. The whole thing can be seen at a glance. It was so simple that Li Yu and other officials were dumbfounded.

It's just that they can't understand how the iron beads are embedded in them and how they are distributed so evenly that the iron ring does not shift even when the iron ring rotates?

Qin Mo saw their doubts and took the initiative to explain: "You don't need to think too complicated, just take a closer look."

"There are actually two iron pieces inside this shaft plate, called the fixing frame, which are used to rivet and fix the iron balls to prevent them from shifting when they rotate."

"So when inlaying, you only need to control the size. First place the inner and outer iron rings, leaving a gap on one side, and just insert a few iron beads into the gap."

"Then push them apart one by one to make them symmetrically and evenly distributed in fixed positions, and then rivet the two fixed frame iron sheets up and down, and it's done!"

As he said that, he pointed to the wheel track: "This thing can not only be used for axle steering, but also can be used as a roller to make the wheel rotation more effortless."

Vehicles from the pre-Qin era actually had rollers so that the wheels and axles did not have to rotate together.

It's just a roller made of copper or iron tiles. There are no steel balls inside, so it just rubs hard. Not to mention the harsh sound, it needs to be replaced from time to time when it wears out quickly.

This was one of the reasons why Li Yu was surprised that there was no friction sound.

All the officials were suddenly enlightened and clapped their hands and praised: "With this thing, the transportation capacity of the vehicle will be increased several times. It is really wonderful!"

Li Yu looked at Qin Mo and said, "Is this thing also made by Prime Minister Qin?"

Qin Mo shook his head: "The truth is, I don't have much time. In fact, just like concrete, I just want to come up with an idea and let the engineering students in this academy slowly study and trial production."

Han Fei responded promptly: "Let me state in advance that a lot of iron was used in the trial production of this steel ball bearing."

"If the imperial court gives less rewards, I'm afraid the students won't be able to get back the cost of the iron materials."

"If you let the students of Baigong feel cold, even if Prime Minister Qin has strange ideas, no one will be willing to help him trial production in the future."

"The imperial court should consider how much reward it should give, right?!"

The civil servants were dumbfounded, but they also understood. They exchanged glances with each other and finally looked at Qin Mo.

Qin Mo is now the prime minister, so of course he has the most say.

And Qin Mo did not pretend to avoid suspicion, and immediately said to all the civil servants: "Then the prime minister will take the opportunity to propose a system."

"In the future, regardless of whether it is a private craftsman, an official craftsman, or a student of the craftsmanship, as long as he has improved the skill of the craftsmanship, he can report the cost to the court."

"The imperial court will review and approve it. If the reward does not cover the expenses, it will subsidize the money as appropriate. What do you think?"

Not all improvements in work are worthy of big rewards.

Some improvement experiments may cost a lot of money, but the results are somewhat useful, but not very useful, which is very embarrassing.

But then again, if you don’t take small steps, you won’t be able to reach a thousand miles. These may seem like useless improvements, but they are just small steps. If you want to travel a thousand miles, they are indispensable.

Therefore, the court still needs to provide subsidies as appropriate.

All the civil servants clasped their hands and agreed: "Xiang Qin has thought carefully and this is indeed the case. Tomorrow we will jointly submit a letter to Your Majesty to promote this system!"

Qin Mo nodded and said to Old Wang Wan: "Mr. Wang, the specific reward for the bearing should be decided through discussion between you."

This is his style of doing things, only giving the general details to the ministers.

Lao Wang Wan bowed his hands and accepted the order. He murmured with the civil servants on the spot, and then said to Han Fei: "This bearing is indeed of great use to the army and the people. Although it is not as good as concrete, it is not less generous."

"The imperial court will award a third-class knighthood and a monetary subsidy. After His Majesty's approval, it will be distributed to the students together with the concrete award!"

Han Fei clasped his hands and bowed: "In this case, I would like to thank all of you on behalf of the students of Baigong."

Qin Mo let out a sigh of relief. With this system, the school is finally on the right track!

(End of chapter)