Chapter 490: Chi Yan Zhu Hong, grand occasion and going out

Just as Han Shuang and Xia Yu Yao were talking in the boudoir.

Han Yue and Xia Yu Sheng at the entrance of the Lord's Hall had already boarded the carriage, and under the guard of three hundred Dragon Guards, left the Xia Gong, walked along the main road of the inner city to the west, and headed toward the direction of the inner city gate.

Human-powered carriages are not fresh things in the southern foothills area. The leaders of some giant or even large camps are basically equipped with them.

In the extreme cold environment like the Frozen Abyss, for some weak camps without any infrastructure, it does not play any role in saving time and effort. It is a luxury item purely used for enjoyment and symbolizing status and status.

But for town-level camps, the situation has changed slightly. The territory of town-level camps is already not small. Out of consideration for camp security and material turnover, they basically spend their minds building roads.

And with the cooperation of roads, the role of carriages is much greater.

Firstly, for some people with low cultivation, saving time can certainly be achieved;

Secondly, most people who have not broken through to the Frost-Resistant level cannot be exposed to the cold light during the day. Closed carriages can solve the problem of their travel;

Finally, in the extreme cold environment of the Frozen Abyss, some old, weak, sick, and disabled people find it difficult to endure long-distance travel, so sitting in a carriage is naturally much more comfortable;

The towns in the southern foothills have long had human-powered carriages, while Da Xia only became popular last year. According to reason, the start is relatively late, but it is worth mentioning that despite the latest start, the carriages made by Da Xia have become the most popular in the entire southern foothills area, and it is the kind that has thrown other towns several streets away.

Da Xia carriages have three unique points.

First is the perfect fit with the road, and the operation efficiency is fast:

The roads in the entire territory of Da Xia can be roughly divided into two types. The first type is called Xia City Road, as the name suggests, it is the internal roads of all cities in Da Xia. The second type is called Xia Straight Road, which was first proposed by Yue Feng. They are all outside the city and are responsible for connecting all stations and cities in the entire territory of Da Xia.

In the early years of building the Xia Straight Road, the Craftsman Department, in order to improve the efficiency of material turnover, used cast iron to open grooves on the ground of all Xia Straight Roads, and then unified the wheel track and iron wheel width of all cargo vehicles. In this way, no matter how heavy the cargo vehicle is, as long as it is driven by a little manpower, it can run fast in the special groove road. The more people pulling and pushing the car, the faster the speed can be.

With such experience, when human-powered carriages became popular last year, they naturally followed suit. Cargo vehicles weigh tens of millions, while human-powered carriages are mainly for carrying people, so the specifications of the two are naturally different. Therefore, the Craftsman Department specially formulated standard wheel tracks and tire widths for carriages, and then spent a lot of manpower to reopen special road grooves for carriage operation on all city roads and straight roads.

In this way, as long as it is a standard carriage made according to Da Xia specifications, it can run fast with very little manpower in Da Xia, and the operation efficiency is far higher than other towns;

The second point is the production of the carriage itself:

The Xia-style carriage made by the Da Xia Art Workshop not only has a unique appearance and high closure, but also has a very strong shock absorption effect, and the comfort level is unique. It is currently an extremely tight material in the southern foothills area, but the price is shockingly expensive. The main body of the carriage without Da Xia standard iron wheels, even the worst kind, has a price as high as 30,000 taels of silver;

The third point is Da Xia's strict regulations on supporting carriages:

In the final analysis, carriages focus on personal enjoyment, so they can only be considered a luxury item, not a necessity. Moreover, they also have a strong status symbol attribute, and they will waste a certain amount of human resources. Therefore, when Da Xia launched carriages last year, it made strict regulations for the first time.

First of all, since Xia-style carriages can save time and effort, it is natural that everyone can enjoy them. Therefore, it is natural to become a trade. Da Xia stipulates that people who want to engage in this trade must first spend money to handle the corresponding business license at the camp supply department before they can officially operate a car rental company in each city.

Secondly, it is the specification of the carriage. The ritual chapter of the Xia Rites stipulates that ordinary carriages operated by car rental companies can only be painted in vermilion and yellow, can be equipped with two driving laborers, and must hang the car rental company mark above the front of the car; only titled nobles can be equipped with private carriages. The color, size, style, and number of driving laborers of the carriage are all clearly stipulated according to the rank of the title.

With these three points, Xia-style carriages not only ensure super high operation efficiency but also take into account comfort and nobility. Once launched, they naturally aroused the enthusiastic pursuit of everyone in the southern foothills area.

Let alone inside Da Xia, many high-level figures in the five northern towns are proud of being able to own a Xia-style carriage. Whoever buys a top-spec Xia-style carriage through special channels is capital to brag about.

Of course, when it comes to top-spec Xia-style carriages, there is no need to think about it, they will only appear in the Xia Gong, and they must be the exclusive vehicle of the Lord, Xia Hong.

However, Xia Hong has not appeared in Xia City for more than four years, so no one knows what his carriage looks like. On the contrary, Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling's carriage, Nine-Headed Xuan Luan, is currently recognized as the best one in Xia City.

Going down, it is the two Princes.

The exclusive carriage of the First Prince, Xia Yu Yao, is named Blue Jade Neon Phoenix, and it has only appeared inside the Xia Gong so far. Because the three pavilions are in the Xia Gong, many people have already seen it;

As for the exclusive carriage of the Second Prince, Xia Yu Sheng, it is named Chi Yan Zhu Hong. Because the Second Prince often sends carriages to pick up friends, people in the inner city can basically recognize it at a glance.

At this very moment, this carriage named Chi Yan Zhu Hong is being pulled by five Long Jinwei soldiers wearing Xuan Guang scale armor, and under the guard of nearly three hundred Dragon Guards on both sides, it is slowly driving toward the direction of the inner city gate.

As the name suggests, the main body of Chi Yan Zhu Hong is red, but it is not that kind of ordinary red, but a bright red that resembles a flame; there are many decorations of different colors on both sides of the carriage; a circle of silver bell decorations is hung on the eaves of the carriage, which is blown by the airflow generated by the forward movement, making a ding-dong sound;

At the top of the front of the carriage, there is a Zhu Hong statue. The Zhu Hong is spreading its wings, stretching its sharp beak, making a forward-pouncing posture, and a pair of silver-white pupils are staring angrily, vivid to the extreme.

On the brow of that Zhu Hong, there is also a golden token the size of a palm, with the two vermilion characters "Da Xia" engraved on it, which are extremely clear.

"This is, the Second Prince's vehicle?"

"It must be! Didn't it come out in the past?"

"No wonder the main road of the inner city was blocked today, and the carriages of the car rental company were not allowed to go."

"The Second Prince is going to pick up friends to play in the Xia Gong again, right?"

"Picking up people, does it need so many Dragon Guards?"

"Yes! Second Prince, are you going out of the city?"

"The Lady finally let go, the Second Prince must be suffocated."

"Hahaha, I heard it long ago, the Second Prince was clamoring to go out, but the Lady just wouldn't agree. This time it was finally successful."

"I also heard my kid say it, hahaha!"

After the expansion of the inner city of Da Xia, the total area is 35 square kilometers, with a depth of seven kilometers from east to west and a width of five kilometers from north to south. The main road of the inner city starts from the palace gate of the Xia Gong and goes straight to the inner city gate to the west, with a total length of only four kilometers. Those who can live along this four-kilometer line are naturally the dignitaries of Da Xia.

These people can naturally recognize Chi Yan Zhu Hong and the Long Jinwei at a glance, and soon inferred that the Second Prince was going out of the city. While showing surprise, thinking of the interesting news that Xia Yu Sheng was trapped in the Xia Gong by Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling, they could not help but laugh and discuss. ===== CHAPTER 491 =====