Forcing me to keep vigil for your childhood sweetheart? Then I'll leave you.

When Prince Qing came to a small hill to check the situation, Lin Yi was circling with this group of mounted officers and soldiers.

Lin Yi was in front, riding his bicycle at a fairly fast speed, and the officers and soldiers were behind, and the horses were panting from running.

The horse could still catch up for a while in a straight line, but once it turned, Lin Yi easily left the distance behind.

They circled around Niujia Village for more than ten rounds, and Lin Yi was still at ease. He could even stop and pedal to "glide" along the ground for a while. On the contrary, these officers and soldiers on horseback could not keep up with his speed.

Sprinting around Niujia Village at full speed for more than ten laps has already reached the limit of these horses.

Finally, the horses simply stopped to rest and graze on the side of the road.

No matter how the officers and soldiers whipped them, they were unwilling to run a step!

At this time, Lin Yi rode his bike all the way up the hillside and headed straight towards Liu Yu's position.

Liu Yu was so scared that he dodged in a hurry.

Then he fell flat on his face.

"how?"

"Is this still a weapon?"

Lin Yi got out of the car and walked up to Liu Yu with a smile on his face.

Liu Yu sat on the ground, unable to utter a word for a long time.

"What does the prefect think?"

Lin Yi turned to the prefect and asked with a smile on his face.

"This... this is not a weapon..."

"Yes... yes, I am... confused."

The prefect glanced at Lin Yi, then at Prince Qing, and out of fear and helplessness, he could only speak this way.

"Since it's not a privately manufactured weapon, then disperse."

At the order of Prince Qing, the officers and soldiers followed the prefect and left, and the people in Liangzhou City had no choice but to leave reluctantly.

After so many laps of exciting chasing, they have long been interested in this so-called bicycle.

He only left because of the order from Prince Qing.

“It’s time for me to try!”

Prince Qing has been eager to try.

Lin Yi is just a scholar, but he can ride this bicycle faster than a horse. As a soldier, shouldn't I be able to run very fast?

Immediately, he got on the bicycle and started pedaling.

But I found that even if I stepped on the pedals, the car didn't move.

"what happened?"

He muttered as he wondered which step he had gone wrong with.

Just now, from a distance, he had seen how Lin Yi used the bicycle and thought he had mastered it.

But the current situation left him confused.

"Your Highness, you must first break open the parking things before you can move."

Lin Yi smiled, explained patiently, and then kicked the parking pole open.

Prince Qing suddenly felt a bit of difficulty in pedaling.

Then he staggered a few steps and fell off the bike to the side of the road.

"Why is this thing so disobedient?"

He stood up, dusted himself off, and frowned.

A bicycle is just a lump of metal, lifeless.

How come it could move so fast in Lin Yi's hands, but became a bulky piece of scrap metal under his feet?

"Your Highness, this requires training and there are tricks to it."

Lin Yi followed and explained, "It will only be usable after practice."

Afterwards, Prince Qing pushed the cart with Lin Yi to an open space west of Niujia Village and began to practice driving.

At first, Prince Qing was still shaky, but as he gained balance, he could ride steadily for a while.

Prince Qing still had the basic physical fitness of a soldier, and in a short while, he learned to ride a bicycle.

You can even increase the horsepower to give the bike a sudden acceleration.

After riding a few laps smoothly, he suddenly looked very proud, as if he had conquered a wild horse with a violent temper.

"This thing is good, but I think... it has some flaws."

Prince Qing rode back after a circle and felt the problem. "It's very fast on the official road, but it won't work if we get to the mountains."

When he rode on an uneven road, he felt the handlebars he was holding vibrating constantly, and the whole bike seemed to be falling apart.

After that period, my hands were numb!

"This is not a problem. It can be solved with a few minor modifications."

Although Lin Yi said this, he was thinking about countermeasures in his heart.

According to past experience, you can just widen the wheels and install a shock absorber and that's it.

But where did the shock absorbers come from in the Dayong Dynasty?

Not to mention the spring, even this kind of structure is extremely difficult.

As the old saying goes, if I can make a spring, why not make something even more amazing?

Suddenly, a look of distress appeared on his face.

"It's a good thing. If it can be used as a tool for transmitting military intelligence... it's more than enough."

Seeing that Lin Yi was in a dilemma, Prince Qing temporarily gave up on this request for improvement, "If it's difficult..."

"We have found a solution, Your Highness, don't worry."

While Prince Qing was speaking, Lin Yi had already made up his mind. He showed a confident smile, which immediately gave Prince Qing confidence.

"Okay, then I'll wait a little longer!"

"Oh, by the way, build me a few more bicycles so I can send them to the palace."

On the way back to the village, Prince Qing instructed, "If you want iron, just tell me. There's no need to go after the villagers like this. It's also caused quite a bit of misunderstanding."

"It's not finished yet. I can't just ask you for iron out of thin air."

Lin Yi explained that it was not that he didn't want to find Prince Qing, but that he didn't arrive first.

"Just give me a number for how much iron you need, and I'll have someone deliver it to you shortly."

"Do you need a blacksmith? I can send one from the army."

Having seen the finished bicycle, Prince Qing was very happy to use it.

In addition, Lin Yi already has a way to modify it, so naturally he has to provide any convenience he can.

"I might need a thousand pounds of iron ore. I have a blacksmith here, but I don't really need anything else."

Lin Yi waved his hand and said, "You have to pay the deposit, right?"

"Hahaha, how much do you plan to sell this bike for?"

Prince Qing was suddenly amused by Lin Yi.

"Two hundred kilograms of iron costs about four ounces of silver. I still need to find someone to smelt the iron, and..."

Lin Yi did a rough calculation and said, "About the cost, thirty taels of silver. I can sell it for forty taels, right?"

"I'll have the iron sent over."

"I'll take care of the raw materials, and you give me thirty taels for a bicycle, okay?"

Prince Qing also counted the money and said, "I want five more bicycles, and I will send them to the palace later."

Having said this, Prince Qing summoned his soldiers to carry the iron ore to the army.

By the afternoon, several trucks of iron ore were parked in front of Lin Yi's house.

By the way, the deposit of fifty taels for five cars, ten taels each, was also delivered.

Prince Qing left only after confirming that Lin Yi had received the goods and the money.

The villagers were all shocked.

Lin Yi not only did not get arrested for treason, but he also got so much more iron ore!

"Master, are we going to start building that bicycle now?"

Xiaomei looked at the several carts of iron ore blocking the door and asked Lin Yi.

"No rush, let's build a workshop first. Since we are going to start production, we can't be so casual."

Another workshop was added to the east of the village.

In addition to the instant noodle workshop, a blacksmith workshop was soon built by the villagers.

It is also made of three low walls stacked with bricks and a roof.

After all, building a house is a big deal. Adding a roof behind the wall is convenient and practical, which is quite similar to the feeling of building a shed in Lin Yi's previous life.