Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

It was Qi Cheng's turn to rest again, so he went to the repair shop early in the morning to live broadcast the car repair scene to those curious ancient people.

Looking at the tools scattered all over the floor, the Mohist disciples were all confused. They had no idea what these things were used for.

The screws were removed one by one, and the broken generator was finally removed after an hour. Because the new one had not arrived yet, Qi Cheng and the mechanic started chatting occasionally.

"Master, I see there are many generator repair shops on the road. Why don't you repair them here? Is it because repairing them is not profitable?"

The mechanic shook his head. "It's mainly because the models are updated so quickly. When I was learning, there were diodes in the generators, but now they only have regulators. There's no one selling spare parts."

A generator costs more than 400 yuan, and you can only make a little money by producing parts.

The people in front of the sky curtain were frantically drawing various parts of the car. Although they didn’t know what they were called, it didn’t matter. They could ask when it was their turn to ask questions one day.

The mechanic squatted on the ground and asked Qi Cheng if he knew when the first car was manufactured in our country.

Qi Cheng had actually heard of this. He told the mechanic that the first car seemed to be a tribute from Yuan Shikai, a powerful official in the late Qing Dynasty, to Empress Dowager Cixi.

However, because the driver was in front of her and could not drive while kneeling, Empress Dowager Cixi returned the car to Yuan Shikai.

"That's right. I don't know what this old witch Cixi is thinking. She has no intention of being civilized at all. She was dissatisfied with the noise when building a railway, so she came to use a horse-drawn train."

Daqin

Qin Shihuang pounded the table in frustration. This Empress Dowager Cixi was too ignorant. She couldn't even sit in the front and drive the car. She treated everyone as slaves.

The Qing Dynasty was really garbage.

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin was also anxious. Why wasn't the car invented around this time? He didn't have so many taboos. Why did he have to kneel to drive? Now ministers didn't have to kneel when attending court.

Moreover, he had never seen a train, but when the two of them said this, they were definitely making fun of Empress Dowager Cixi. It was just a short time ago in the late Qing Dynasty. The enemy was right in front of them, so why bother with these details.

No matter what method is used, the most important thing is to make the country rich and the people strong.

Qing Dynasty

Empress Dowager Cixi's face was gloomy. She never expected that future generations would call her an old witch. If she knew the name of the master in the repair shop, she would definitely kill his ancestors.

It wasn't just because of the driver's problem, but she didn't want ordinary people to be exposed to these things, otherwise people would become unstable.

And what did Yuan Shikai do to become such a powerful official?

Could it be that after she died, Guangxu could no longer control him? Guangxu was really weak. It seemed that he had to find another heir.

We must never allow Yuan Shikai to become a powerful official.

"What are the Eight Banners descendants doing? They actually let the Han Chinese Yuan Shikai become a powerful official. Summon Yuan Shikai to the palace immediately, and temporarily hand over his Beiyang to Prince Chun."

Li Lianying hurried out of the palace.

Less than an incense stick of time later, Li Lianying came back crawling, saying that Yuan Shikai had mobilized the Beiyang Army to surround the imperial palace, saying that he wanted to purge the court.

Empress Dowager Cixi laughed. Since Yuan Shikai betrayed the Reform Movement of 1898, no one would believe what he said.

Moreover, the Eight Banners are not pushovers now. I guess Ronglu will bring his men here soon. However, Yuan Shikai cannot be killed now. It is better to transfer him to the south to fight the revolutionaries.

……

"That car was imported from abroad. Do you know when our first car was produced?"

Qi Cheng thought for a moment and said that it seemed to be a Minsheng brand truck manufactured in a mortar factory in Liaodi in 1931. However, due to the current situation, only two of these trucks were produced.

No more production after that.

Large-scale production began with the Jiefang brand trucks produced after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"That Jiefang truck was only five or six years old, so it's only been around for about seventy years now. The updates are so rapid, there are even driverless ones now."

Qi Cheng nodded. He had seen the news, and his city had also introduced driverless buses.

"Technology is developing very fast nowadays. The earliest cars were powered by steam engines and could only travel at four kilometers per hour. No one could walk faster than that."

"Steam engine? That was so early."

"1769, the 34th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign during the Qing Dynasty."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin rubbed his head. What had he just heard? Unmanned driving? The technology of later generations was too advanced. However, the population of later generations was not small, so there was no need to save manpower.

Zhang Sun Wuji stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the host mentioned earlier that it was the Ming and Qing dynasties that closed off their borders, which is why technology lagged behind. Before that, everyone's level was about the same, so..."

"You want to make that steam engine car? The host said it's not even as fast as a human can drive." Cheng Yaojin said loudly.

"No one can walk as fast, but at least it can save some manpower, and we can also make some improvements after it is made." Changsun Wuji said, "I think it will be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty if it can be manufactured."

He was not like the disciple of Mohism, who wanted to make a car like Qicheng from the beginning. It would have been impossible not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even in the last Qing Dynasty.

But he thought it was still possible to make the simplest one.

……

At this time, the boss came back from outside and took out the newly bought engine and handed it to the mechanic. After installing the new motor, Qi Cheng's car was finally fixed.

Take the car out for a spin and recharge the dead battery.

The ancient people of all dynasties looked at the straight roads and tall trees with some envy. Their current cities are a bit shabby and relatively small in scale.

Even fewer people can live in the city.

After driving for about thirty minutes, we arrived at a place that looked like an old city area. Qi Cheng slowed down and introduced that this was Qishanwei during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It has now become a commercial and tourist area.

The houses inside are all from the Qing Dynasty. When he has time, he will come here to take a look and introduce this place to everyone.

The ancients who were looking at the sky curtain shook their heads. They could see this kind of blue brick and gray tile houses at any time, so they actually didn't have much interest in this place.

Only the military households of Qishanwei were curious. They wanted to see what became of their family in later generations.

After driving back, Qi Cheng lay on the bed and started playing mobile games. It cost more than 600 yuan to repair the car today, so he decided to skip going out for dinner.

I have to live frugally this month, otherwise I might not make it to the end of the month. It’s not good to ask my parents for money at this age.