The earth has 365 days per year, but this world has 30 days per month, so there are only 360 days in a year.
"On February 30, 72 of the Great Yao Calendar, the world's first hot air balloon is about to take the Hulk full of anger to the sky." A deep voice sounded from the sidelines.
"My lord, what is the Hulk?" The official who was recording raised his head with a question mark.
"You don't have to worry about what it is, just write as I say."
"This balloon not only carries the angry Hulk, but also carries the dream of human beings wanting to fly into the sky for thousands of years, and it also kicks off the beginning of human exploration of the sky." Ren Baqian continued.
"What the hell is Hulk?" This time it was the Empress who came up behind Ren Baqian and asked.
"Hulk represents strength!" Ren Baqian said. "It's a metaphor."
The empress glanced at Ren Baqian suspiciously, she always felt that he was cheating again.
"Tell me, how much of what you said to me back then was true and how much was false?" the empress asked suddenly.
"With His Majesty's brilliance, martial arts, intelligence, and cleverness, can lies be deceived by His Majesty?" Ren Baqian laughed.
The empress snorted softly, and pushed the sudden thought away.
At this time, everyone's location is the square in front of the palace.
In addition to the empress, there are also the ministers of the court, the students of Zizhu Academy, and many children of the families of officials, big and small, watching the excitement from a distance.
In the middle of the field is a hot air balloon being prepared.
There is no heat control equipment, no protective equipment, just a hot air balloon with a bamboo basket below, and a large stove above the bamboo basket.
As the coal and firewood in the furnace were burning, the hot air balloon gradually inflated and began to leave the ground with the bamboo basket below.
"Same world, same dream..." Tuwan read word by word while looking at the font fully revealed as the balloon inflated.
Immediately, someone ran to the side to see what was written in other directions.
"If the heart is in the dream, it is..."
"I want to fly into the sky, shoulder to shoulder with the sun... These words are imposing, and I deeply appreciate this old man." Qin Chuan laughed loudly.
Although they were suppressed by Ren Baqian and the Empress with volume and force some time ago, these people don't have much intention of holding grudges.
Most of the ancient people are rectal! Unless the offense was serious, such as when Ren Baqian offended the kite severely, they generally don't pay attention to petty disputes.
"Can this thing fly?" Qin Chuan approached Ren Baqian and asked.
"Of course, you can see it soon."
"If this thing can fly, can it bring soldiers into the enemy city?" Qin Chuan asked.
"Then they were shot down by an arrow, and they all fell to death..." It was useless for Ren Baqian to speak, Tong Zhenye said it, and looked at Qin Chuan with a mocking expression by the way.
"Everyone be quiet!" the Empress said coldly.
Both of them immediately stopped the words on their lips, stared at each other and stood on both sides respectively.
"Senior, it's almost ready. Remember, if it falls, you must spread the piece of cloth as soon as possible to increase the resistance and slow down the speed." Ren Baqian stepped forward to pat Li Fu and said.
In fact, there is no need to use if, but affirmation should be used.
"I know, this thing can't go all the way to the sky according to what you said, but it's good to be closer to the sky, I want to go up and see with my own eyes." Li Fu is not as crazy as he was a few days ago at this time, he is completely calm down.
"Well, the materials are not up to standard now, and we can make better ones in the future." Ren Baqian nodded.
However, Ren Baqian knew in his heart that it would be useless to make a modern hot air balloon. The ascent of a hot air balloon depends entirely on the buoyancy of the air, and after reaching a certain height, the air is thin. s level.
"That's fine, the old man will go up and have a look first!" Li Fu said as he stared at the hot air balloon as it began to float up little by little.
"Use coal first, and then use the molten wood when you reach a certain height. The flames of the molten wood are bigger, allowing you to fly higher." Ren Baqian reminded again.
"I know. Alright, the old man is going up." Li Fu waved his hand, then jumped into the bamboo basket on the hot air balloon.
As Li Fu pulled off the rope on the hot air balloon, the hot air balloon began to take off slowly.
There was a burst of exclamation immediately around the venue.
To be able to fly is extremely surprising to most people.
On the contrary, the students of Zizhu Academy are all very proud. They all know the principle and production method of this thing. Seeing the shocked expressions of other people made them feel extremely happy.
Many craftsmen of the Zhang family also watched this scene with gaping eyes, completely unaware of how it was done.
As the hot air balloon soared higher and higher, the flying behemoth could be seen all over the city.
"Look, something is flying!" someone shouted, pointing to the sky.
But after a while, a group of people stood beside him, all looking up at the sky.
"What is that? It looks so weird!"
"The words are still written on it!"
"What did you write?"
"I want to fly into the sky and stand side by side with the sun!" the sighted person recognized every word.
"This thing is going to fly to the sun!" Everyone sighed after hearing it.
Soon, the hot air balloon flew higher and higher in front of everyone's attention, until it became a small dot, and then a strong wind blew past...
The hot air balloon was blown away in full view...
Everyone looked at the hot air balloon that quickly disappeared in the sky, and looked at Ren Baqian in unison.
"The sky, like the sea, is an area that humans rarely set foot on, full of opportunities and dangers!" Ren Baqian rubbed his chin and said deeply.
"Can he come back?"
"The fuel is only enough to burn for less than an hour, so it shouldn't fly too far, right?" Ren Baqian put his hand on his head to block the sunlight and looked into the distance.
"Your Majesty, let's go back." Ren Baqian turned to the Empress.
Then the two returned to the palace, and the others also dispersed. Those who should go back to handle official business handle official business, those who should go back to make clocks make clocks, and those who should go back to make locomotives make locomotives.
But for those officials' children and ordinary people, it is still something they can talk about for a long time when such a big thing flies into the sky.
No matter in which world, people are extremely enthusiastic about the dream of flying in the air.
"I heard that something flew into the sky in front of the palace today?" Qing Lian was asked by Ning Caichen as soon as she returned to the home restaurant.
"Yes!" Qinglian nodded.
Up to now, she thinks that thing is very powerful and very interesting. If there is a chance, she also wants to take that thing to the sky to see what it looks like.
"What is that? How is it done?"
"It's called a hot air balloon. I've seen how it's made, but it's a bit troublesome to get the materials together," Qing Lian said.
"It would be great if I could go up to the sky to have a look." Ning Caichen said with some yearning.
"I heard that thing is going to fly to the sun? The sun is so hot, will it catch fire?" Ning Caichen asked again.
"Uh..." Qing Lian was taken aback, she really hadn't considered this question.
There are still many such discussions in the city.
This hot air balloon didn't have much technical content in Ren Baqian's eyes, but it made many people think it was very powerful.
Being able to take people into the sky is simply amazing!
The reputation of Zizhu Academy also took this opportunity to greatly publicize in Lancheng.
In the next few days, the most lively topic of discussion in Lancheng is - will flying to the sun catch fire...