In the morning, in a corner of Kaifeng City, the guys who were unblocking traffic began their day's work. Shortly after the gate of the car repair shop opened, a four-wheeled carriage slowly drove in.

Gradually, more and more carriages were entering the venue for repair. Under the guidance of the car dealer, they drove into the "workstation" one by one to receive repairs.

As always, the carriages that come to repair are mostly faults in wheels, wheel axle sleeves, and shock absorber springs.

The coachman first registered the frame number and completed the procedures, and the car shop technicians began to replace the faulty parts. They skillfully removed the faulty iron wheels and replaced them with new iron wheels or shaft sleeves.

Because these carriages are all "standard structures", they are designed with "easy to maintain" and "standardization" of parts, so disassembly and assembly and replacement are very convenient.

Accessories A maintenance team with extensive training can basically complete the work in a short time.

Then check the carriage, judge the wear of other wheels, axle bushings, and shock absorber springs, keep records, and inform the driver.

The coachman signed the repair slip or pressed his handprint, drove away in a carriage, and started a new day's freight work.

Four-wheeled carriages are constantly driving into the car repair yard. The rest time of the technicians in each maintenance team is gradually shortening and they are getting busier. The replaced wheels, axle sleeves, leaf springs and other accessories are sent to the next section after registration.

Here is the real maintenance section, which repairs faulty parts, and the previous section is actually a replacement section.

This is the maintenance method of the major car shops in Kaifeng City: for four-wheeled carriages coming to repair, their faulty parts are only replaced but not repaired in a sense.

If the replaced faulty parts are repaired slowly by the car dealer, if they cannot be repaired, they will be returned to the manufacturing site for refrigeration.

In this way, the faulty carriage can replace the faulty parts as quickly as possible, and immediately put them into the busy cargo transportation without delaying the owners' transactions.

In the maintenance section, the maintenance team leader and technician Lu Wangshan looked at the faulty iron wheels that were constantly being sent in, looked at the somewhat curved iron spokes, and cursed:

"These beasts are overloaded all day long. What a great carriage, they have ruined it!"

A technician in the group then said, "Oh, isn't this just changing and not repairing during the warranty period? So those bosses are overloading..."

He looked carefully at the code engraved on the iron wheel, then looked through the records, and started to curse: "It's broken after just one month of change. After the warranty period is over, I think they dare to do this!"

Lu Wangshan looked at the clock hanging under the eaves, and then called his subordinates to work: "Okay, okay, hurry up, repair if you can, put away if you can't, register, and send it back to the workshop for the furnace!!"

The technicians became busy, carefully inspected the faulty parts and replaced the bent spokes. Soon, normal iron wheels "appeared" in their hands.

Seeing that the work was going on normally, Lu Wangshan didn't have to worry about it himself, so he explained a few words and went to the next door.

Seeing many coachmen sitting under the pergola, waiting while drinking a big bowl of tea, he walked over, sat down, and chatted with the coachmen.

These coachmen are all from various goods stores, driving carriages for the owner to pick up goods. They are very busy every day and have to travel around the country and often deal with merchants, so they are knowledgeable.

The goods store and the car dealer must have a contract. The iron four-wheeled carriage purchased by the goods store at the car dealer has a "warranty", and the car dealer will also provide subsequent maintenance services.

Therefore, the new four-wheeled carriage (the main feature is full iron wheels) was promoted very quickly.

Many cargo stores try their best to pull goods during the warranty period after purchasing vehicles, which is generally overloaded, so the failure rate of carriages is extremely high, and coachmen often go to carriages to repair cars.

However, because each car dealer is well prepared, it will not hinder the cargo dealer from using the car.

Therefore, overloading is becoming more and more common during the "warranty period", and the popularity of four-wheeled carriages is getting faster and faster.

The coachmen naturally often deal with car dealers, and over time, they become acquaintances.

When Lu Wangshan is working, he likes to ask coachmen about interesting news from various places. This is much more cost-effective than selling newspapers to read news, and he can also learn more.

It is summer now, and the coachmen are sitting in the pergola waiting for the car to be repaired. They are very bored, so they naturally chat with other colleagues. As they chat, Lu Wangshan heard many useful news.

For example, in Henan and Huaibei, winter wheat was widely planted in autumn and winter last year, and now it is summer and it is about to harvest.

Because horse farming is popularized on a large scale in Henan and Huaibei, the farmland efficiency is very high, and the planting area of ​​winter wheat is large, so the current harvest is naturally very large.

When Lu Wangshan heard this, he realized a problem: after the summer grain was put into storage, the Chu army was afraid that it would not be an attack.

As a detailed work by Zhou State, he lurked in Kaifeng, Chu State for many years. He worked with other companions to collect various information and then regularly transmit it back to the country.

The Chu State suddenly planted winter wheat on a large scale in Henan and Huaibei during the autumn and winter seasons last year. The Chu State newspaper reported this and the court already knew about it.

Therefore, Lu Wangshan knew that the country would be wary of the Chu army launching an attack after the end of this summer.

But it depends on the harvest of summer grain in Henan and Huaibei this summer.

Over the years, water conservancy facilities have been built in various parts of Henan and Huaibei, so their ability to resist natural disasters has become much stronger. Although it has been a bit drought since the beginning of spring this year, it has not affected the harvest, so...

So, he had to send the news back quickly.

Lu Wangshan didn't listen silently and asked: "Is this Ma Geng still the same rule?"

"Yes." Several coachmen nodded, "They were all organized by the trading club and agreed with the local governments in advance. When the day came, the horse team took the plow to the local plow to plow the fields. The cost was easy to say."

Lu Wangshan asked again: "The same is true in Hebei?"

"I heard that, and the summer grains in Hebei have also begun to be harvested."

"The summer grain is harvested, so you have to plant alfalfa. You need to take turns to grow and raise ground." Lu Wangshan asked again. A coachman thought about it and revealed a message: "In some places, it seems that two-ripe rice is needed to plant in paddy fields."

"The second ripe rice, what kind of rice is this?" Lu Wangshan was intrigued, and the others also pricked up their ears.

The coachman replied: "The second-ripe rice seems to be the rice seeds brought from Jiaozhou. It can be ripe twice a year. This spring, it will start planting in Huainan and Jiangnan, and it will also be harvested in summer. This is a ripe."

"Then plant it again, and you can harvest it again in autumn. This is the second ripe."

"I learned that when I sent the owner to Suiyang, I heard the owner chatting with the guests. This is the ling that is Jiaozhou. It is said that the rice is ripe twice a year, or three times a year."

Everyone suddenly realized that because there are more and more newspapers, they don’t have to travel far away, and they can also know what’s happening thousands of miles away.

They have never heard of the distant ridge and the vast area before.

But now with the great prosperity of maritime trade, many imported products have poured into Henan and Kaifeng, so the naughty boys on the streets and alleys know the place names such as "Jiaozhou Dragon Bian" and "Guangzhou Panyu".

Jiaozhou is said to be very hot, hotter than Guangzhou, and very humid, and does not snow in winter.

In the summer of Jiaozhou, people are so hot that they want to be naked, so the rice in that place ripens quickly, and it is common to ripen twice a year.

Everyone was chatting and chatting enthusiastically. In addition, the scorching sun outside made people sweat and rain, but Lu Wangshan felt cold in his heart.

All signs indicate that the Chu army will launch a large-scale attack this year, so he is worried.

It's also quite entangled.

He had a family, but in the years he lurked in Kaifeng, he naturally had to get married in order to cover up his eyes and ears.

He worked in a car dealership, and because he was willing to use his brain, he worked quickly and well, so he was valued and his salary was high. The matchmaker told him a good marriage.

Lu Wangshan became a family in Kaifeng, had children, and lived a good life, much better than in Zhou State.

cocoa...

His first wife and children in Zhou State were still eager to go back.

In the Chu family, the inner family is well-mannered, and his son is smart and clever, and he is a mad teacher. The school teacher said that this child is a seed of studying.

Therefore, my wife's family is willing to invest in the county and state schools for his son to study in the imperial examinations in the future.

Some merchants even came to him and were willing to support his son in school. They only hoped that they would become famous in the future. After they became famous on the list, everyone had hope.

Seeing that his home in Chu State had a bright future, Lu Wangshan was in a dilemma.

His companions and superiors have reminded him more than once to put the overall situation first, and his family in Kaifeng has actually become hostages.

If he treasoned, his family members in Zhou and Chu would not end up well.

what to do?

Lu Wangshan doesn't know.

The reason why they were selected was because they became a family and had concerns, so their superiors would not worry that they would be rebellious after lurking in Chu State.

But now, Lu Wangshan doesn't know what to do. Once his superiors order him to do some dangerous things, such as assisting in assassination...

Not to mention whether he succeeded or not, he would be finished in Chu's home.

Because the "Yousi" of Chu State is very powerful, his minions and ears are everywhere, many of his companions have gradually lost contact over the years.

I don’t know what to do if he was taken away one day when he was in Kaifeng’s home.

Or, after the Chu army invaded Zhou State, they captured Chang'an, and learned his true identity from the archives or from some officials...

Just as I was sad, a friend came over to say hello: "Master Lu."

"What's the matter?" Lu Wangshan asked, calming down and looking at the other person.

"Master Lu, someone is looking for you."
Chapter completed!