In North Zhili, outside Hejian City, a four-wheeled carriage slowly came to a halt by the official road.
Subsequently, Grand Secretary Chen Xun, dressed in a long robe of white cloth, descended from the carriage.
His gaze was then deeply captivated by the straight road ahead, about four zhang wide, paved with asphalt, cement, and gravel, and also by those four-wheeled carriages constantly shuttling back and forth.
In the early years of reformation, the Court reorganized the rites related to carriages, explicitly allowing the common people to use four-wheeled carriages as well.
Consequently, this type of four-wheeled carriage that was originally only to be used in the military and was equipped with bearings and shock absorbers rapidly spread and gained popularity among the common people, soon becoming the favorite mode of transport for government officials and wealthy merchants.