Chapter 33: 17th Century Airship Designs (Recommend My Friend's Book)

Sitting on a ladder, Will Hackman rummaged through the mountains of miscellaneous rooms in the attic, "I remember it should have been here, but it was basically untouched because it was of little use." ”

The old man babbled in pieces, and after a long time, he finally found the target: "Found it, this is it." ”

Bai Yujing was holding on to the ladder below, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Really found it?"

"My ancestors were shipwrights, and I came here at the end of the 17th century, when the Isle of Skye was still a deserted island, and it was my ancestors who built the first dock and the ships that could sail the seas here, and I heard that my ancestors were involved in the construction of Galen ships, but I don't know if it's true. The old man walked down slowly, while Bai Yujing focused his eyes on the old man's hand, which was a dilapidated rotten wooden box.

The box is very large, an adult can just lift it up, it looks a little heavy, there seem to be a lot of things inside, although the old man is already sixty-two, but he looks strong, he can easily hold it in his hand, put it on the ground, and suddenly the dust is scattered, "This is some old things left by our family, if there is anything, it should be placed in it, you just see." ”

Bai Yujing asked, "Isn't there such a thing as a family history or a roster?

Emma shook her head and told Bai Yujing that in the West, only nobles have this thing, and ordinary people don't pay so much attention to the inheritance and name of the family, in Europe, there are many grandfathers, fathers, and grandsons who are called by the same name, because most people will never step on the land under their feet for the rest of their lives, just call them Old Edward, Big Edward, Little Edward, so if you are not a nobleman, it is difficult for you to find out where this person's ancestors came from and what they did.

Bai Yujing opened the box, and the box was full of tattered pieces, some commemorative badges, coins, old antique silver cups, iron pieces that were so rusty that they couldn't see their original appearance, etc., a lot of mess was placed inside.

"It's all in there, and if there's nothing important in there, I can't remember. Will Hackman looked at Bai Yujing carefully one by one, and then put it on the ground, but he didn't get anything, and said to Bai Yujing with some apologies.

Bai Yujing shook his head: "There is no such thing, the news that you just provided that the ancestor is a shipwright is already very precious to me, and it has also given me a lot of information, now it's just to see if there is more gain." ”

Bai Yujing suddenly found that there was a parchment roll underground, and his heart moved, so he immediately picked it up, the rope on the parchment roll was rotten, and he didn't need Bai Yujing to untie it at all, and it became two pieces with a light pull.

Bai Yujing carefully spread out the parchment scroll, and a design drawing drawing drawing of a large ship was printed into his eyes, which was filled with a large number of English and numeric symbols, drawings and structural drawings from several angles, and the design data of the big ship was fully displayed.

Bai Yujing opened the parchment roll completely and put it on the table, and Alice, who was originally tasting the food sent by the old man on the table, also paid attention to it, and the drawings were unfolded in a long volume, and the content information recorded was also very large, and it was well preserved.

Will Hackman also followed: "It doesn't seem to be a ship, it feels, it's a little strange." “

Of course, Bai Yujing also discovered this, this is not a ship, but a hot air balloon airship, Emma immediately said: "Of course this is not a ship, this is a hot air balloon airship, Mr. Hackman, your ancestor was a great creator, inventor, he invented the hot air balloon airship more than a century earlier than the Mengfeild brothers in the late eighteenth century, he is a genius." ”

Bai Yujing and Emma glanced at each other, and Bai Yujing said, "It seems that it was Mr. Hackman that your ancestors designed the hot air balloon airship and sent Rimmel Gulliver to the legendary Lilliput. ”

"What? Lilliput, that legendary Lilliputian, I heard you right, and that Grimel Gulliver, that Gulliver?" Will Hackman also heard the conversation between the two men, and felt incredulous.

Bai Yujing was not going to hide it from Old Man Will, and nodded, "According to the information we have, your ancestors should know Remel Gulliver, this diary is the diary left by Remel Gulliver, and it is all used to record the text of Lilliput, so you can guess that he is not any kind of writing you know." ”

Old Man Will looked at the notes that Bai Yujing took out, "My God, I always thought it was a magic book, he turned out to be the notes left by Gulliver, God, isn't he a character in a novel?"

Bai Yujing shook the diary: "This diary proves that he is a real person, and he also knows the author of Gulliver's travels." ”

Alice looked at the big ship, "Is this the ship that went to our homeland back then?

Bai Yujing immediately shook his head: "No, no, no, this is a ship designed three hundred years ago, although at that time, it was already a great invention that surpassed the science and technology at that time, but now we have more powerful vehicles and flying tools, which are safer and faster than this." ”

Kaka nodded: "My father also told me that the development of the human world is very fast, which makes people feel incredible, and it is true. ”

Bai Yujing nodded and smiled: "Thank you for your compliment." ”

At the end of the parchment scroll, there is an essay by the original designer, "This is the greatest masterpiece of my life, and it is a pity that I am too old to go on an adventure with them, and it is even more regrettable that I sent them away by the fairy pool, but I was not there until they came back - Wayne Hackman." ”

Bai Yujing read this paragraph out slowly, and Emma checked the box for other clues, and finally found that there was nothing worth paying attention to in the box except for a pile of broken copper and iron and a silver kettle that was barely worth two dollars.

Emma shook her head, "Ian, no clues were found about the Land of Legends and Lilliput, let alone the address of Sky Island, and there were no clues related to Remel Gulliver. ”

Bai Yujing shook his head: "No, I think we have found it." ”

Emma was stunned: "What, where did you find it?" ”

Then he immediately looked at the parchment scroll placed on the table, Bai Yujing only looked at this parchment scroll just now, and the information must be hidden inside, but Emma has also seen it from beginning to end, and there is nothing worth paying attention to, except for learning some information about the year, there is no other record.

Bai Yujing said: "I remember reading with you Rimmel Gulliver's notes, and the last sentence of it is like this. ”

"I left something on this island that will interest you, there are directions on how to get to the Sky Island, precautions, and some gadgets, as for the place where it is buried, I recorded it on the cover page at the end, my legend is like this, where it begins, where it ends, the rest is up to you. ”

Bai Yujing pointed to Wayne Hackman's final words on the design of the hot air balloon airship, and said softly: "I sent them away by the fairy pool, but I didn't wait there for them to come back!"

Emma is a very smart girl, and when she heard Bai Yujing say this, she immediately understood: "The thing is in the fairy pool." ”

That's right, that's where Rimmel Gulliver's legend began, and where he buried his own. ”

Bai Yujing's voice also became louder, "Where you start, you will end, this is exactly what he was feeling at that time, this time there is absolutely nothing wrong, it will definitely be there." ”

Will Hackman followed suit: "I don't quite understand what you're saying, but it looks like you've found what you're looking for, congratulations." ”

Will Hackman opened his mind, and Bai Yujing and Emma, who were cheering, also hugged the old man one by one, running around for the past few days, and finally set the goal, as if he had put down a big stone in his chest, especially Emma, who was in a hurry, screamed happily at the moment.

The old man didn't know the details, only that Bai Yujing had told some general things before, but Alice and Kaka knew, and when Bai Yujing told them that he had found the relics left by Gulliver, which contained the method and address of how to get to their hometown, the two of them cheered together.

After celebrating, Bai Yujing saluted the old man and said: "Because there are many and complicated things, I didn't have time to tell Mr. Hackman one by one, I'm very sorry, now we have to leave here for another place immediately, so we can only say goodbye to you, and the next time we come to visit you, we will tell you all about our experience." ”

Old man Hackman didn't care at all: "I think it must be a story full of wonders and legends, and I wait for you to tell me." ”

When Bai Yujing and Emma left, they also sent Alice and Kaka home, and the old man told the two Lilliputians that they could come to his house at any time and could ask him for help with anything.