On Earth, there were 365 days a year, but in this world, there were only 30 days in a month and 360 days in a year.
"On February 30, Year 72 of the Dayao calendar, this world's first hot air balloon is about to bring an angry Hulk to conquer the sky," a deep voice said from the sidelines.
"Sir, what's a Hulk?" The official who was taking notes looked up with a puzzled expression.
"You don't have to know what it is, just write according to what I say."
"In addition to carrying an angry Hulk, this hot air balloon also carries the thousands of years of mankind's dream of flying into the sky. It also marks the beginning of mankind's exploration of the sky," Ren Baqian continued.
"What exactly is a Hulk?" the empress asked from behind Ren Baqian.
"The Hulk represents power!" Ren Baqian replied. "It's just a metaphor."
The empress looked at Ren Baqian suspiciously. She felt that he was lying again.
"Tell me, how much of what you said to me back then was true and how much was false?" the empress suddenly asked.
"With Your Majesty's wisdom and intelligence, how can I hide anything from you?" Ren Baqian laughed.
The Empress snorted softly and brushed aside this sudden thought.
At this moment, everyone was at the plaza in front of the palace.
Besides the empress, there were also the court officials, students from Black Bamboo Academy, and many family members of officials watching from afar.
In the middle of the plaza was a hot air balloon that was being prepared.
There was no thermal control equipment or any protective equipment. There was only a hot air balloon and a bamboo basket below it. On top of the basket was a large stove.
As the coal and firewood in the stove burned, the hot air balloon gradually expanded and began to rise from the ground with the bamboo basket below it.
"One world, one dream …" Tu Wan read each word as she looked at the words that were completely revealed as the balloon expanded.
Immediately, someone ran to the side to see what was written in other directions.
"If the heart is there, the dream is there …"
"I want to fly to the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun … These words are very imposing, and I like them very much." Qin Chuan laughed.
Although they were suppressed by Ren Baqian and the empress with both volume and force, these people didn't hold a grudge against them.
The aboriginals were mostly straightforward people! Unless they had really offended someone, like how Ren Baqian had offended Young Sparrow Hawk back then, they wouldn't care about small disputes.
"Can this thing fly?" Qin Chuan moved closer to Ren Baqian and asked.
"Of course you can. You'll be able to see it soon."
"If this thing can fly, then can it bring soldiers into enemy cities?" Qin Chuan asked.
"Then, they were shot down by an arrow and fell to their deaths …" Before Ren Baqian could say anything, Tong Zhengye had already said this and looked at Qin Chuan with a mocking expression.
"Keep quiet!" the empress said coldly.
The two of them immediately stopped talking, glared at each other, and stood on either side of each other.
"Senior, it's almost done. Remember, if you fall, you must spread that piece of cloth as soon as possible to increase resistance and slow down the speed. "Ren Baqian stepped forward and patted Li Fu.
In fact, there was no need to use an if, it should be an affirmative.
"I know. According to what you said, this thing can't go all the way to the sky, but it's good to be closer to the sky. I want to go up and see for myself." Li Fu wasn't as crazy as he was a few days ago and had completely calmed down.
"Well, the materials aren't up to standard yet, but we can make better ones in the future." Ren Baqian nodded.
However, Ren Baqian knew that it would be useless even if he made a modern hot air balloon. The rise of a hot air balloon depended entirely on the buoyancy of the air. After reaching a certain height, the air would become thinner, and even the best technology wouldn't be able to make a hot air balloon reach the level of a rocket.
"That's all right, I'll go up and take a look!" Li Fu said as he watched the hot air balloon slowly rise.
"Use coal first and then molten wood when you reach a certain height. The flame of molten wood is bigger and will allow you to fly higher," Ren Baqian reminded him again.
"I know. Alright, I'm going up. "Li Fu waved his hand and then jumped into the bamboo basket on the hot air balloon.
As Li Fu broke the rope on the hot air balloon, it began to slowly rise into the sky.
There was an immediate burst of exclamations around the venue.
The fact that it could actually fly was an extremely shocking thing for most people.
On the other hand, the students from the Black Bamboo Academy were proud because they knew the principles and production methods of this thing. Seeing the shocked expressions of the others made them feel extremely carefree.
Many of the Zhang family's craftsmen were also dumbfounded as they watched this scene. They had no idea how this was done.
As the hot air balloon flew higher and higher, the entire city could see this huge flying object.
"Look, something is flying!" someone shouted as he pointed to the sky.
In just a moment, a group of people stood beside him and looked up at the sky.
"What's that? It looks so weird! "
"There are words written on it!"
"What are they written?"
"I want to fly to the sky and stand side by side with the sun!" someone with good eyesight identified the words one by one.
"This thing is going to fly to the sun!" Everyone exclaimed after hearing this.
Soon, the hot air balloon flew higher and higher under everyone's gaze until it became a small dot. Then, a gust of wind blew past …
The hot air balloon was blown away in front of everyone's eyes …
Everyone looked at the hot air balloon that quickly disappeared in the sky and looked at Ren Baqian in unison.
Ren Baqian stroked his chin and said, "The sky is like the sea. It's an area that humans rarely set foot in and is full of all kinds of opportunities and dangers!"
"Can he still come back?"
Ren Baqian put his hand on his head to block the sun and looked into the distance. "The fuel is only enough to burn for less than two hours. It shouldn't fly too far, right?"
Ren Baqian turned to the empress and said, "Your Majesty, let's go back."
After the two of them returned to the palace, everyone else dispersed. Those who needed to go back to handle official business did so, those who needed to go back to make clocks and watches, and those who needed to go back to make locomotives.
However, for the children of the officials and commoners, such a huge thing flying into the sky was still something that they could discuss for a long time.
No matter which world, people were extremely enthusiastic about the dream of flying in the sky.
"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 tavern.
"Yes!" Qing Lian nodded.
Until now, she still felt that this thing was very powerful and interesting. If she had the chance, she also wanted to ride that thing into the sky to see what it looked like.
"What's that? How did you do it? "
"It's called a hot air balloon. I saw how it was made, but it's a little troublesome to gather the materials," Qing Lian said.
"It would be great if I could also go up to the sky to take a look," Ning Caichen said with some yearning.
"I heard that 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 stunned. She really hadn't considered this question.
There were many such discussions in the city.
This hot air balloon didn't have much technical content in Ren Baqian's eyes, but many people felt that it was very powerful.
It was simply too powerful to be able to take people into the sky!
The reputation of the Black Bamboo Academy also took this opportunity to spread throughout Lan City.
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