usatvline Chapter 207 Bicycle
Chapter 207 Bicycle
Tiemufeng is the nephew of the Minister of Works.
Chen Dong came to visit, and the Minister Tie Yong seemed surprised and delighted.
"Lord Chen, what brings you here?" Tie Yong laughed heartily.
Chen Dong smiled and said, "I find the memorial submitted by your nephew very interesting. I want to meet him and have a chat."
"I'll take you there right now." Tie Yong said.
Chen Dong came to the backyard under Tie Yong's guidance. Tie Yong was pleased and sighed as he said, "My nephew has been obsessed with casting various iron and bronze tools since he was a child. He never leaves the house all day. He is almost 30 years old and doesn't even have a wife. However, the things he makes are really exquisite."
The backyard was transformed into Tiemufeng's workplace. In the corner were piled various items he had made. Chen Dong took a quick look and his eyes suddenly became determined.
There was actually a large gear in the pile of things!
Seeing Chen Dong staring at the gear, Tie Yong introduced: "He originally wanted to use the wheel to make a transmission device, but after he made it, he found that it was useless and just threw it away."
Chen Dong stared at Tiemu Feng with shining eyes and laughed, "You really don't know that you are in a treasure trove!"
Tie Yong scratched his head in confusion.
Chen Dong saw Tiemu Feng standing in front of a workbench, hammering a grooved board hard.
Chen Dong narrowed his eyes, the more he looked at the groove, the more familiar it seemed to him.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he asked anxiously, "Is this the mold for the musket barrel you made?"
Hearing the voice, Tiemufeng turned his head and looked at Chen Dong.
Tie Yong immediately said, "Ah Feng, this is Lord Chen Dong, the commander of the Jinyiwei."
Tiemufeng's expression turned wooden, but when he heard the word "Chen Dong", he suddenly became excited.
"Gun! Musket!" Tiemufeng rushed to Chen Dong and tried to snatch the gun from Chen Dong.
Qian Yong was sweating coldly and quickly stopped Tiemu Feng, "Don't move, don't be rude!"
Chen Dong could see that Tiemufeng was an avid scientific researcher.
He admired such people.
Taking out the gun, Chen Dong handed it to Tiemufeng.
After Tiemufeng got it in his hand, he immediately looked at it with great interest, and even ran to the workbench and took it apart.
Chen Dong: "..."
Is it too late for me to take that back?
Tie Yong said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Master Chen, this..."
"No problem." Chen Dong waved his hand and asked curiously, "You worked in the Ministry of Industry, but you didn't bring him a gun?"
Tie Yong shook his head quickly. "The muskets are confidential and of great importance. The Ministry of Works does not allow outsiders to watch. Those craftsmen are confined to the Ministry of Works and are not allowed to go out."
"Ah Feng was also very curious, so I took him to have a look from a distance. Please forgive me, sir."
"You have to be crazy to survive. Your nephew has a bright future." Chen Dong said with a smile.
Tie Yong smiled bitterly.
"Tiemufeng, come here. I have brought you something good." Chen Dong said loudly.
For the sake of the musket, Tiemufeng walked back reluctantly.
"Look what this is?" Chen Dong pointed at the tires brought by Ma Liu and the other man.
Tiemu Feng took a look and said dully, "A wheel wrapped in rubber."
"Can you connect these two wheels together?" Chen Dong asked.
Tiemufeng thought about it, took out a wooden stick, and gestured with the two wheels for a while.
After that, he placed a wooden stick across the two wheels. He only needed to push the stick and the two wheels would rotate together and move forward.
Tiemufeng looked at Chen Dong in confusion, his eyes seemed to be saying, is that it?
Chen Dong said carelessly: "Don't worry, it's time to witness a miracle soon."
He took out the gears that Tiemufeng didn't want from the pile and placed two gears, one big and one small, in front of Tiemufeng.
The doubt in Tiemufeng's eyes became even stronger.
Ma Liu and Cui Silang also looked on curiously.
"A larger gear in the middle, a smaller gear at the back, and a chain between the two gears, is that ok?" Chen Dong asked.
Tiemufeng shook his head and carried out the most basic assembly according to Chen Dong's instructions.
"The next step is the most critical second step, the frame."
Chen Dong asked Tie Yong to bring paper and pen, and handed the complete bicycle drawing and his own frame drawing to Tie Mufeng.
When Tiemufeng saw it, his eyes instantly burst into a gleam of brilliance.
This kind of strange and bizarre thing was exactly what he wanted.
Without saying a word, he immediately built a frame out of wood and connected it with wheels and gears.
Now, a hand bicycle is ready.
Chen Dong couldn't help but wave his fist excitedly, "Yeah!"
Tiemu Feng asked curiously: "What on earth is this?"
"I call it a bicycle, a car that can move by itself." Chen Dong said.
The others looked confused, only Tiemu Feng looked thoughtful.
"Now there is only one last step. People cannot walk without legs, and it naturally cannot walk without legs. So, you have to give it legs." Chen Dong said.
Tiemu Feng looked puzzled, "How do I pretend?"
"Put a stick through the middle of this big gear and install two pedals on the stick. It's done." Chen Dong demonstrated to Tiemufeng, and Tiemufeng made the two pedals according to Chen Dong's instructions.
Chen Dong looked excited.
After many years, he is finally going to live a modern life.
He found a mat and laid it on the frame, then sat on it and pedaled quickly. The bicycle immediately flew up into the sky like an arrow!
Tie Yong and the others were stunned.
Tiemu Feng let out a strange cry, and both sides looked at the bicycle with excitement.
Perhaps Chen Dong was too excited and used too much strength, and the bicycle frame broke into pieces with a "crash".
If Chen Dong hadn't acted quickly, he would have definitely fallen flat on his face.
Even so, he still showed satisfaction on his face, "Tiemufeng, have you seen it?"
Tiemu Feng nodded repeatedly.
"Replace all the materials with iron and give it another try." Chen Dong pointed at Ma Liu and Cui Silang, "Let these two help you. When the bicycle is ready, let them come to me."
Tiemu Feng stared at Chen Dong with fiery eyes, "Do you have any other good things?"
Chen Dong met those eager eyes and nodded vigorously, "I'll tell you something else when you finish making the bicycle."
"Don't go, I'll do it now." Tiemufeng said, and immediately pulled the bellows to work.
His arms were strong and bronze-colored. Every time he pulled the bellows, a ball of blazing flames would rush up, making his face turn blood red.
Chen Dong had nothing to do, so he just waited here.
Tie Yong said at the side: "Sir, can you tell us about this bicycle?"
Chen Dong said disapprovingly: "This is just the most basic thing. When the Industrial Revolution begins, I will show you the train. It is extremely fast."
Tie Yong swallowed subconsciously. "Anything else?"
Chen Dong smiled proudly, "This is just the beginning! I want to make Dayan a place of reform and innovation!"