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

As the blacksmith's workshop was completed, several carts of iron ore were piled in the open air, waiting to be smelted.

"Lin Yi, I want to discuss something with you."

During dinner, the village chief came to see Lin Yi for the first time.

"Village chief, please speak up."

As Lin Yi spoke, he invited the village chief into the house.

"It seems like we made a bit too much instant noodles."

"One or three taels, our village has earned no less than four hundred taels."

The village chief said, "Isn't it time to stop or reduce production?"

"How much is left in stock now?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment and asked slowly.

After all, instant noodles are only sold to the army for one month. It is not a good thing to stockpile too much and then the village cannot store it all.

"In the warehouse, there are still two hundred feet of woolen cloth and five hundred and thirty kilograms of instant noodles."

Lin Yi counted the days and found that there were still several days left until the end of the month, so things couldn’t stop!

"Then let's allocate more manpower to increase the warehouse."

After thinking for a while, Lin Yi arranged, "It's no problem to reduce some of the manpower slightly."

Only after he and the village chief had arranged the work for all the villagers in Niujia Village did Lin Yi have the time to think about the shock absorber problem.

In this world, there are no springs, let alone metal springs.

Just find a substitute.

As the rocking chair was rocking, Lin Yi suddenly thought of using wood instead.

As long as I can carve the wood into a spiral shape and make changes to the front and rear fork supports...

Compared to smelting, Lin Yi knows a little bit about carpentry.

He immediately started to carve wood from the woodshed.

After hollowing it out, he kept tying it around the front fork to test its load-bearing capacity.

However, the result disappointed him. The wood was too brittle and could not withstand the pressure of riding on it.

Only then did he think of the bow.

To put it bluntly, this is also something that can be used for twisting. How about making the front fork shock absorber into a small box to absorb shock?

During this exploration, Lin Yi found the bows used by the villagers for hunting.

Keep trying.

This doesn't feel like groping, but more like a production based on one's existing knowledge level.

When the moon was bright in the sky, Lin Yi finally made the shock absorber.

It can perfectly bear the weight of the body and also absorb shock.

He drew the design and went to the blacksmith's workshop on the east side of the village.

At this time, Erniu was still smelting iron ore.

A large amount of iron ore must be smelted before it can be used.

"Erniu, these are the new front and rear forks. Make a new set based on these."

Lin Yi was designing while waiting nervously.

Erniu worked quickly and quickly changed the front and rear forks of the bicycle into two sections, and finally connected them with Lin Yi's "shock absorber".

"You should rest early. We have more work to do tomorrow."

After the things were done, Lin Yi urged Erniu to rest, and he started off-road riding on a bicycle with shock absorbers.

Sure enough, there was a lot less vibration when riding this time.

At the beginning of the design, he made the wheels slightly wider and wrapped them with wool cloth and some wood chips to increase grip.

Therefore, even without pneumatic tires, this wheel can perfectly adapt to mountain terrain.

I can run in the mountains, let alone on official roads!

When Lin Yi came back from riding around the mountains, it was already late at night.

He parked his bicycle in the yard, closed the door and hurried to sleep.

In the next few days, Lin Yi and Erniu followed the same method and made five more bicycles.

On this basis, they found some paint and covered the surface of all parts to reduce the rust of iron.

But unexpectedly, the impatient Prince Qing came to visit the next day after the five bicycles were produced.

"How's Lin Yi's bicycle?"

He happily pushed open the gate of Lin Yi's house, but saw five bicycles parked in the gate.

Overjoyed, Prince Qing immediately got on a carriage and rode away at lightning speed.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that these bicycles did not vibrate as much as before when passing through the mountains, and their speed was also faster than before!

Delighted, he walked back to Lin Yi's courtyard.

"Your Highness, did you take it for a ride?"

As soon as Lin Yi came back, he saw Prince Qing riding back on his bike.

“That’s a good change!”

After the King of Qing finished making the changes, he immediately ordered his men to ride bicycles, "Ride to the northern military camp now and bring back the military intelligence as quickly as possible!"

Having said this, the messenger who came with him immediately got on the car.

Under the "non-physical" instruction of Prince Qing, the messenger had already mastered the essentials of riding a bicycle, and this time it was just a matter of practice.

Lin Yi also gave a reminder and told him about the brakes, and then saw the messenger disappear in a cloud of dust.

On the official road, all the people were surprised by the messenger riding a bicycle.

There were even people on horseback who wanted to compete in speed.

But the messenger's bicycle was speeding all the way, and even when other people's horses were tired, the bicycle still did not slow down!

As we walked along this path, we saw a messenger on horseback coming towards us.

"Brother, stop. I'm here to pick up the letter on orders from King Qing!"

The messenger on a bicycle immediately stopped the horse and took the letter, "Thank you for your hard work, brother!"

After saying this, he rode further and further away as the messenger on horseback stared in amazement...

With this speed, what's the use of horses?

The messenger on a bicycle traveled a distance of eighty miles round trip in just one hour!

After the relay, the letter was delivered to Prince Qing in Niujia Village.

"Hahaha."

Upon seeing the letter, King Qing, who was already happy, smiled even more brightly!

"Lin Yi, thanks to your batch of instant noodles, my soldiers are holding on!"

He laughed as happily as a child.

The cold wind blew on his face and made Lin Yi shiver.

"It's cold outside, let's go inside and talk."

At his suggestion, the messenger and Prince Qing were invited to sit in the house.

In front of the stove, Lin Yi learned about the situation of the war in the north.

Previously, the enemy took advantage of the opportunity because the generals returned to Liangzhou City to discuss the instant noodles issue.

The situation suddenly became serious, and even several food routes were cut off.

However, with the introduction of instant noodles, soldiers' demand for other food ingredients decreased, and the cut-off food routes no longer posed a threat.

The full-scale counterattack directly defeated the enemy.

The enemy then sent an embassy suggesting a temporary truce.

"Although this was yesterday's news, it should still take another three hours to arrive by horseback."

Prince Qing spoke slowly, his expression suddenly becoming serious, "Lin Yi, these are military secrets and must not be leaked. Do you understand?"

"It's natural."

Lin Yi agreed immediately.

"but……"

There was a hint of embarrassment on Prince Qing's serious face.

Looking at his expression, Lin Yi secretly guessed that it must be something about the materials.

"It's said above that there's not enough material to repair the city wall."

Since Prince Qing said it, he naturally wanted Lin Yi to solve it.

If they can even make a bicycle, it shouldn't be difficult to get some materials to repair the city wall, right?

The materials used to repair the city walls today are nothing more than stones and fired bricks.

The stones are irregular and naturally of low quality, but bricks require a lot of time to fire and cannot be supplied at the moment.