The day after Maisie left, Roland and the witches started assembling a new generation of hot air balloons in the courtyard.
As the back garden and witch's quarters are being expanded, Foliage has moved the plants into the vestibule. All kinds of vines covered the walls, wooden frames and corridors, and it looked a bit like a prehistoric forest. The shading effect was also very obvious. 's spot.
Roland handed the witches a stack of white paper and asked them to spread it out into a huge drawing paper, and then Soraya painted the lightest blue sky coating. Compared with the combination of cow sausage skin and canvas used in the first generation of hot air balloons, the pure coated fabric is much lighter and has excellent toughness.
"According to Lightning, there may be witches over the fjord?" Wendy asked curiously.
"If all goes well," Roland repeated the content of the Fifth Princess' reply, "the specific situation will have to wait for Tilly Wimbledon's reply."
"It seems Ashes and the others have succeeded," she said thoughtfully. "So many witches have gathered on Sleeping Island."
"Yeah, I'm afraid Tilly has been planning this relocation for more than a year or two," Roland spread his hands and said, "Not only Greycastle, but also the other three kingdoms, she has sent witches to contact her secretly, and the Co-Aid Association should have received her. Invitation. I guess that's why the guards have been spreading rumors for so long, but no witches have come to the door. It's a step behind Tilly after all."
"But Hakara never mentioned this to us," Wendy rubbed her shoulders.
"If she tells you about Tilly's invitation, maybe you won't insist on looking for the holy mountain, right?"
"It is indeed possible, but in this way, we will not meet in Border Town," she smiled and shook her head, "So...that's not bad."
"I also think it's pretty good," Lightning said with a raised hand.
"Tsk, maybe it's better to go to the fjord," Lily pouted. "After all, there are witches there, so you don't need to be extra careful like going out in a small town."
"It's much better than before," Anna said seriously, "I didn't even dare to go out back then."
"That's right, some people are like this, and Ashes refused the invitation last time, and pretended to be," Miyue muttered, "and said that he is not a traitor!"
"You..." Lily's eyes widened, "Idiot!"
"traitor!"
The other witches couldn't help laughing.
"I think so too," Roland felt a sense of accomplishment suddenly surged up in his heart. Even if he couldn't compare to the cleverness and agility of the Fifth Princess, he was not as strong and decisive as Tifeco and Garcia, but at least he could Giving these witches a free and comfortable living environment can also bring a better life to the people under their rule.
"This hot air balloon... I'm afraid it's several times bigger than the last one," Nightingale looked at the part that Soraya had already drawn. "Are you going to use it to transport witches?"
He nodded, "Only in this way can you avoid the port city and go directly to the territory from the seaside at the southern end of the town. Besides picking up new visitors, it is also a new attempt."
After the paper is coated on both sides, it becomes a sandwich fabric. Each piece is nearly six meters long and wide. If it is a conventional canvas or linen, it is difficult to drag it with one hand, but for a light coating, it is almost the same as a stack of paper. equivalent weight. A dozen pieces of fabric are stitched together, and seams are glued together by coating to create a giant airbag of astonishing volume.
What Roland wanted to test was the adhesion of Soraya's coating. At least when he first saw her new ability, the half of the "thick bark" painted on the table made him fresh in his memory. The two are firmly bonded together, and you can even lift the entire square table by grabbing the bark and pulling it upwards. He wants to know how closely the paint can adhere to the base layer, and whether it can support a huge airbag and maintain its firmness and airtightness after inflation.
The hot air balloon still needs to be inflated by Anna, and the hydrogen balloon can be manipulated by anyone. Now there is a DC motor that can produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water. The famous Zeppelin in history seems not far away from him. As long as a suitable lightweight skeleton material is found, this huge monster that can fly at an altitude of two or three kilometers has almost no natural enemies, and the technical difficulty is much lower than that of an airplane.
Although the hit rate of throwing bombs at an altitude of 1,000 meters is very impressive, but the enemy can only be beaten and unable to fight back. Every day, he wanders around the enemy's territory, and I am afraid that any opponent will collapse.
Imagine that when you go to the holy city of the church in the future, there will be four or five airships suspended in the air, bombs falling like raindrops, shallow water heavy artillery ships in the river to bombard the opponent's gates and strongholds, plus infantry with bursting muskets in the The rear is ready to fight, and the three-dimensional cooperation of the three-dimensional sea, land and air forces makes me feel a little excited just imagining it.
"His Royal Highness, what are you smirking again?" Anna sighed, and reached out to cover the corner of his mouth which he couldn't help grinning.
"Probably delusional about the new witches," Lily rolled her eyes, "Men..."
A new generation of hot air balloons is complete when a giant vine basket is attached to the underside of the airbag with hemp rope. The volume is nearly four times larger than that of the first generation, and the number of members can be expanded to ten. There is also a sunshade above the hanging basket to avoid direct sunlight. Of course, there needs to be a hole in the shed for Anna to add heat to the balloon.
Roland named the balloon Yaowang, and after completing the equal-heavy load test in the open space of the garden area, it officially launched its maiden voyage the next day. In addition to the five witches including Anna and Wendy, the crew who participated in this trial voyage also included the prince himself.
The entire voyage went very smoothly. The witches chatted non-stop in the air, lamenting that the spectacular scenery from a bird's-eye view from the sky was more interesting than the fixed-point observation last time. With Wendy's steady winds, the Remote Watch headed south, reaching the mountains around noon and over the flagged summit before hovering over the coastline.
After flying around the shoal, the group returned to the castle with Yaowang. Roland noticed that Wendy, who was in charge of directional control, was beating her shoulders from time to time, looking very tired.
He has heard that women with big breasts are prone to shoulder pain, and underwear was created to solve this problem. Although he has not verified this statement, it is always right to try it. And as she grows older, Anna's body will gradually develop, and Roland decided to make a small gift for each adult witch. (., Your support is my biggest motivation.)