Liu Tan stood up and asked, "Father, do you want to ride an ice sled or go ice fishing?"

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Come on!"

Liu Tan had no choice but to explain, "We don't have an ice sled. We have to make one now, and it's not very easy to master. I've only seen others use it, but I don't know how to do it myself."

Liu Che didn't care: "Then let someone do it."

All right, Liu Tan didn't care. Ice sleds were much easier to make than other things. He stood up and said, "I'll go find a carpenter to make two first."

Liu Che waved at him, and Liu Tan turned and left. Once he left, Gun Gun would naturally follow him.

As a result, before Gungun took two steps, he felt the skin on the back of his neck being pulled, and he couldn't help but scream.

Liu Tan looked back and saw Liu Che pulling Gun Gun towards him, saying, "The Iron-eating Beast will stay with me. You go now."

Liu Tan looked at Gungun sympathetically and thought to himself, son, daddy can't save you, you're on your own!

Then he left without any burden. After all, Liu Che would not really hurt Gun Gun, since he was the one he raised carefully.

Because he was in a hurry, Liu Tan did not draw a picture, but directly asked the carpenter to dictate it.

After all, this thing is really simple. A simplified version of an ice sled may just be a wooden board on top and ice skates on both sides. When playing, people just sit cross-legged on the board.

But of course he couldn't be so perfunctory when giving Liu Che something, so he directly made the shape of the ice sled into a sitting scale with a semicircular balance.

Liu Tan looked at the sitting scale and hesitated for a moment, wanting to change it into a lower chair.

How do you use this scale?

Kneeling, to be frank, means sitting on your knees.

Fortunately, this body has long been accustomed to this sitting posture, but it would be very uncomfortable for a long time. How can it be more comfortable than a chair?

However, the kneeling posture is stipulated in the etiquette. If Liu Tan wants to change it, he has to change the etiquette.

This kind of thing is too challenging and different from other things, so he has never cared about it.

Now, we can let Liu Che adapt first.

Liu Tan did what he said and asked the carpenter to raise the seat scale a lot higher and also add a footrest in the front.

After the main body of the ice sled is made, the ice skates will be installed on it.

The ice skates were also made by the blacksmith, with pointed ends according to his memory, and then installed directly on the ice sled.

Then there are the two most important ice rods of the sled. When people sit on the sled, they rely on these two rods to poke the ice and force the sled to slide. They are made of iron at about the same height as the person sitting on the sled.

These things are relatively easy to do, but Liu Tan always feels like something is missing.

He walked around the ice sled, thought about it, and then led his men to an oxbow lake.

Fortunately, there are many oxbow lakes near Shuofang City, otherwise it would be difficult to find such a place in a short time.

Liu Tan originally wanted to go up and try, but was stopped by Wei Deng.

Although the ice on the lake was very thick, it was the first time that the ice sled was used, and no one dared to let Liu Tan go on it directly. For this reason, Wei Deng even took the risk and planned to go on it first.

After thinking about his athletic ability, Liu Tan agreed to let Wei Deng try first.

After Wei Deng understood the operation process, he got on the ice sled directly. After trying to push it with the ice hoe and finding that the ice sled was running smoothly, he began to increase the force little by little.

At first he was a little restrained, but perhaps because the feeling of gliding on the ice was too good, he gradually increased his strength, and could slide for a long time with one poke. In addition, he stabbed quickly and urgently, and later he felt as if he was flying on the ice.

Probably no one can refuse such an activity. Apart from the fact that your face feels a little cold, it is really fun.

However, Weiden still remembered that he was helping to test the stability of the ice sled, and after having fun for a while, he was ready to stop.

However, at this moment he discovered one thing - he had been having so much fun that he couldn't stop at all!

Wei Deng suddenly panicked and shouted, "Your Highness... I can't stop!"

Liu Tan slapped his forehead and then remembered what he had forgotten - brakes!

He watched Weiden circling on the lake and shouted, "Control the direction. Don't use too much force. Just wait for it to stop by itself."

Weiden: ?????

Wei Deng thought about how he had just exerted force in pursuit of rapid and continuous exertion, and couldn't help but shout, "How long will it take then?"

Because he was going too fast, the wind blowing in his face made his voice distorted and trembling, sounding a bit miserable.

Liu Tan smiled unkindly and said, "I don't know! It's okay, it will stop sooner or later! Be careful, I'll take the others back to continue the transformation!"

After saying that, he left with his men, leaving only two people waiting for Wei Deng on the shore.

Wei Deng: "Your Highness!"

A burst of ghostly howling echoed over the Oxbow Lake, startling all the crows around.

Liu Tan took his people back. Because he was used to problems when making things, he directly made a spare one this time.

As for the so-called braking system, it is actually easy to add. Just add a row of small ice blades in the front of the car, but the shape of the ice blades is different from the ones below, and there is a very sharp right angle.

Normally, these small ice blades do not touch the ice surface and are in a half-raised state. If you want to stop the sled, just stretch out your foot and step on the brake pedal in front. The small ice blades will come into contact with the ice surface, increasing the resistance to make the sled stop slowly.

Because of the concern that the sled may overturn if it stops suddenly, the brake blades are made to be gentler.

Liu Tan returned to Oxbow Lake with the newly made ice sled. At this time, Wei Deng was squatting by the Oxbow Lake.

Liu Tan walked over and asked, "Why don't you go back quickly? What are you doing here?"

Wei Deng's face turned pale: "I feel a little dizzy."

Liu Tan sneered, "Serves you right. You paddle so fast."

This oxbow lake is not small, but no matter how big it is, Wei Deng cannot move in a straight line, and the ice surface is not particularly flat, so he has to keep turning to avoid those uneven places.

Wei Deng glanced at Liu Tan with a resentful look. Liu Tan thought for a moment and said comfortingly, "You did quite well on your first ice sled, better than most people."

Wei Deng felt much more relieved, and then he saw Liu Tan pointing to another ice car and said, "Try this one."

Weiden: ???

Seeing his look of disbelief, Liu Tan quickly said, "This ice sled has brakes, which means it can stop. See here? Just step on it and it will stop."

Wei Deng was skeptical: "Really?"

Liu Tan said seriously, "When have I ever lied to anyone? Go now."

Wei Deng had no choice but to try again, but this time he learned from his last lesson and didn't dare to play so crazy.

Liu Tan thought the ice sled's braking system was pretty good, at least it was no problem for Wei Deng's speed. He thought about Liu Che. Although he didn't know how strong his father was, he shouldn't be stronger than Wei Deng who had trained for several months. This level was about the same.

Liu Tan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go and find another lake."

After the lake surface was "ruined" by Wei Deng, it was covered with all kinds of scratches. Although it was still playable, since Liu Che was going to play on it, he had to find a cleaner one, and he also had to have someone prepare the ice surface.

The terrain around Shuofang City had already been explored. Liu Tan selected a lake on the map and said, "Let's go over and take a look. If possible, clear all the reeds there."

After Liu Tan finished speaking, he led his men back. He didn't have to go and find a clean ice surface himself.

But just when they were halfway there, the person they had just sent out caught up on horseback, panting and saying, "Your Highness, that lake...it's not frozen!"

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment: "Not frozen?"

That's impossible. With the current temperature in the Northern Kingdom, if it's not running water, and the ice is not thick enough, it would be a shame to have such bad weather. How could there be an unfrozen lake?

But these knights wouldn't lie to him.

An idea suddenly struck Liu Tan: "Is the water in that lake salty?"