Chapter 29: The Difficult Birth of a Hot Air Balloon

After the army came to Yanzhou, Murong Fu closed the door for several days in a row, and just hid in the room to write and paint. It wasn't until the fifth day after the stationing that Deng Baichuan personally escorted back the materials that Murong Fu had ordered to procure, that he came out of the room and announced energetically: "Everything is ready, make a new thing!" ”

After being stationed in Yanzhou, he was depressed knowing that he had no hope of participating in the war, and most of them had been closed except for daily drills. The master will have nothing to do, and his subordinates will have nothing to do, so Master Dao and Qiao Feng will join in the excitement of Murong Fu. At this time, seeing Murong Fu holding a stack of drawings out, the seed master couldn't help but take it over and read it curiously, only to see that the first drawing had an oval sphere drawn, and a hanging basket fell below, and the three big characters "hot air balloon" were written on the drawing. Turning to the second page, it is densely written how to make a hot air balloon, and there are some symbols that he can't understand to indicate the wind direction, altitude, mass, etc. The planter frowned, and turned to the third page again, this time he could understand even less content, but he generally knew that this drawing was to make a new gadget called "Coal Furnace". Seeing that there were still several pages of drawings behind, Seed Master Dao simply had no interest in flipping through them, so he just handed the stack of drawings to Qiao Feng casually, and asked casually, "Brother Murong Xian, what are you going to do here?" ”

"Hot air balloons, aren't they all written on it?" Murong Fu said casually, and instructed Deng Baichuan to separate the craftsmen recruited according to their respective crafts and prepare for a meeting.

"It looks like a Kong Ming lantern." Qiao Feng couldn't understand the drawing, shook his head with a wry smile, and handed it back to Murong Fu's hand.

"It's the Kong Ming lantern, it's just a Kong Ming lantern that can carry people!" Murong Fu said with a smile, according to his plan, there were still several technical difficulties in making this hot air balloon. The paraffin water should be fractionated and purified, and then supplemented with coal to ensure the flight power. Coal is easy to take, but the reprocessing of resin water has surpassed the technical level of this era, and now it is too late to innovate the technology, and to make it, you can only spare a lot of money. With these two obstacles, other problems such as the tightness of the hot air balloon, the flight altitude, the load capacity, etc., can be calculated and realized, and the number jΓΉ is already a breeze. Although it is still inevitable to be depressed, "Ouyang Feng played the extreme sports of skydiving on a cliff with a set of clothes and pants, and Guo Jing relied on a big kite to conquer Samarkan, how did I get to this so that the wind direction is considered to be a gold star in my eyes?" Could it be that physics is only useful for people who travel through time? Murong Fu muttered quietly as he raised his hand and rubbed his sour eyes.

"Ouyang Feng? Guo Jing? Who's that? Qiao Feng's internal skills are profound, and the seed master Dao can't hear Murong Fu's complaints, but he hears them clearly.

Qiao Feng asked this, and Murong Fuden was in a cold sweat, and said busily: "They are all characters in the script, they are not important." He added, "If you two are free, you might as well stay and help, I'm short of manpower." ”

Seed Master Dao and Qiao Feng glanced at each other, and nodded with interest at the same time.

"Brother Qiao," a few days later, the shirtless Planter Dao complained while holding the hammer, "Why do you say we have to strike iron here, Murong Fu's kid is just eyebrowning at a bunch of girls?" ”

Qiao Feng, who was also naked, said with a smile: "If the brother is good at needlework, he can also go and help sew the hot air balloon, and the younger brother here will take care of it." With that, he shouted and pulled the bellows with all his strength, and the fire under the stove immediately burst into flames.

Seed Master Dao was speechless, and said after a while: "I don't know what the use of making this hot air balloon is?" "This question was not only asked by Master Dao and Qiao Feng once or twice, but every time Murong Fu only cared about him.

Qiao Feng was equally curious, but he knew better that Murong Fu would never be untargeted. "I heard Deng Baichuan say that in order to buy these things to find these craftsmen, Brother Murong Xian gave him 100,000 yuan!"

Rao is seed master Dao, a child of a family with fine clothes and jade food, was also suppressed by Murong Fu's arrogance, and after a long time, Fang swallowed his saliva, and said with difficulty: "He, the eldest of his family......"

"My younger brother's parents are dead, except for a widowed aunt, there are no relatives and no reason, and I can be my own master." The two were chatting, but Murong Fu walked in at this time. "My younger brother has never cared about money in his life, so he has never been short of money."

Seeing his indifferent appearance, the seed master couldn't help but persuade him: "Brother Murong Xian, you are not yet weak and don't know the depths, even if your ancestors have accumulated countless wealth, you can't squander it like this." ”

This time, without waiting for Murong Fu to reply, Deng Baichuan, who was with him, had already said proudly: "The good sect knows that my son-in-law spends all the money he earns. Deng Baichuan saw that the seed master taught Murong Fu a lesson, so he naturally wanted to make a long face for his son-in-law. However, he didn't mention that this 100,000 yuan should almost be Murong Fu's net worth, let alone that he couldn't sleep in distress when he got the purchase list.

Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao both looked incredulous, but Murong Fu only smiled slightly, and said: "My oil fractionation tower is ready, and it is expected that the oil will be produced today, would you like to go with me to take a look?" ”

Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao threw down their work at the same time. Just as Murong Fu was leaving, Murong Fu glanced at the two of them, and suddenly smiled: "Put on your clothes, there are still many big girls and little daughters-in-law there, don't be abrupt and beautiful!" ”

Qiao Feng and the Seed Master Dao are both martial arts practitioners, and their bodies are vigorous. The Taoist of the master is a foreign martial arts, and his body is still burly and majestic; But Qiao Feng has ape arms and bee waist and long legs, and the proportions are very beautiful. I saw that a thin layer of skin on his body was covered with muscles, and the lines between his waist and abdomen were clear without a trace of fat. His skin was a bright amber color against the firelight, and large drops of sweat slowly ran down his neck and across his chest, sinking deep into his waist and abdomen, like honey flowing in the sun, teaching people to see the blood and veins. In Murong Fu's heart, if the seed master Dao makes any girl's heart sprout, then marry it. Qiao Feng is the predetermined father-in-law of his family, and he must be guarded like jade.

Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao couldn't cry or laugh, so they had to reach out and pull their coats on. When they got out, Qiao Fengfang and Murong Fu took two steps side by side, as if they suddenly thought of something, they pulled the seed master and walked one step behind Murong Fu.

Qiao Feng did this, Murong Fu naturally didn't know why, he turned his head to look at Qiao Feng, and couldn't help but speak. Murong Fu didn't know that in Qiao Feng's heart, he, the virtuous brother of Murong, was knowledgeable, strong in martial arts, kind in heart, and even more radiant in appearance and bearing like a Zhilan Yushu. Murong Fu is such a talent, Qiao Feng is always more careful with him every day, he is not afraid of abrupt those big girls and little daughters-in-law, but he is very afraid of abrupt Murong Gongzi. The reason why they wanted to hold the Dao of the Seed Master was precisely because the two of them had a stinky sweat in the blacksmithing, lest they smoke Murong Fu.

The two of them followed Murong Fu all the way, and soon saw a cylindrical fractionation tower more than one person tall standing outdoors, a roaring fire was burning under the fractionation tower, water vapor was bubbling out from the top of the fractionation tower, and the slightly black oily liquid was led from the side of the fractionation tower to the oil tank on the side.

"It's magnificent!" The seed master sighed sincerely.

"It's the easiest fractionation method. The impurities were separated prior to fractionation, and I did everything I could. Murong Fu casually picked up a can of oil and shook it, "No matter what, it should always be stronger than fierce fire oil." ”

When it comes to fierce fire oil, the eyebrows of the seed master can't help jumping slightly, the fierce fire oil will not be extinguished when it encounters water, but it is a military material. He was about to ask questions, but the personal soldiers around him came to herald him at this time.

The seed master left in a hurry, but Qiao Feng frowned and stepped forward and said: "If our army is really defeated in the first battle of Yongle City, there are only 5,000 men and horses under the tent, even if there is this fire oil, I am afraid that it will ......."

Murong Fu was not surprised that Qiao Feng guessed his intentions, and only said, "So I still need to have a hot air balloon." As he spoke, he took a deep breath and cheered himself up, "Now that the oil is already available, the next step is to make a qualified coal stove." ”

With coal and oil, better quality steel can be produced. The material problem of the coal stove is solved, and making the coal stove is just a handiwork. Three days later, Murong Fu personally came to the top of the mountain with the first hot air balloon he had made. In addition to Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao, there was also a kind of song that came to watch Murong Fushi fly the hot air balloon.

At three quarters, there is still an hour before the sun goes down, the airflow is relatively stable, and the wind is normal. Murong Fu loaded the gondola basket of the hot air balloon with items about the weight of an adult man and ignited the coal stove filled with coal with kerosene oil. After a pillar of incense, the hot air balloon all inflated and slowly rose. The accompanying soldiers were all amazed, but Murong Fu only paid close attention to the hot air balloon, seeing that the buoyancy of the hot air balloon straightened the fixed rope, he cut the rope with a knife and let the hot air balloon float away with the wind. At two o'clock, a soldier on a fast horse found a hot air balloon that landed more than ten miles north of Yanzhou.

The soldiers were ordered to return the balloon to the tent. Before he could speak, Murong Fu had already squatted down and examined it. After making sure that the hot air balloon was not damaged, he couldn't help muttering, "It seems that as long as the wind is in our favor, this solution is feasible." I'm going to increase the load capacity of the hot air balloon and the altitude at which he flies so that there are no accidents. The balloon should be enlarged by a third, and the firepower of the coal furnace should be increased by ......"

"Murong Fu, you made such a big battle just for such a thing?" He couldn't wait to listen to him muttering, and couldn't help but shout. "What's the difference between this and a child's kite?"

Murong Fu only glanced at him distractedly, and said with a smile: "Jingluo, soon you will know that this is a militaristic weapon!" With that, he pulled the pen and paper on the case and counted it for himself.

Chong Mo looked down for a while, and helplessly found that what his nephew said was the truth, and what Murong Fu wrote was all ghost drawings, and he couldn't understand it at all. He had already heard the seed master mention that Murong Fu seemed to be enchanted as soon as he lifted the pen, and he didn't care about it when the sky collapsed. He knew that he couldn't ask anything more, so he simply brushed his sleeves away.

Qiao Feng stepped forward and said worriedly, "Brother Murong Xian, you haven't rested for a few days......

"It's okay, I'll talk about it when I'm done!" Murong Fu waved his hand without raising his head, and said casually. "Why do you need to sleep for a long time when you are alive, you will sleep forever after you die."

When they got out, Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao glanced at each other, and shook their heads worriedly at the same time. After a while, the planter Dao Zhengse instructed Deng Baichuan: "Don't forget to stare at your son-in-law for dinner." ”

"The villain knows." Deng Baichuan hurriedly replied. I saw that he frowned deeply, and said with a sad face, "My father-in-law has always been busy with business, but this is not what the villain is worried about now." Gongzi said that he would make at least ten hot air balloons before August. Now a hot air balloon has been made for almost a month, and seeing that the time is pressing, I am afraid that he will have to do it himself......"

"What's the problem?" Seed Master Dao and Qiao Feng asked in unison.

Deng Baichuan's face was on fire, the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, how could he, as Murong Fu's subordinate, speak ill of him behind his father-in-law's back? I saw him hesitate for a long time, and finally reminded him seriously: "Don't you dare to let my son-in-law do it, remember!" Remember! ”

Seed Master Dao and Qiao Feng were like Zhang Er King Kong at a loss, they didn't know the cause and effect, so naturally they didn't take Deng Baichuan's instructions to heart.

Two days later, Murong Fu calculated the number of enlarged versions of the hot air balloon related system, and asked for fifty more soldiers to work for him. In the afternoon, he was bored as an overseer, and when he saw that Master Dao and Qiao Feng were both carrying a hammer and smashing the iron sheet to the ground, he couldn't help but roll up his sleeves and stepped forward and said, "Let me try it too!" ”

Qiao Feng was hesitating, and the Seed Master Dao had already jumped up and stuffed the hammer into Murong Fu's hand. "Just right, I'm going to drink saliva!" He pointed to the drawings at hand and said, "Make a cylinder according to this drawing, the drawings were drawn by you yourself, no problem, right?" ”

Murong Fu smiled nonchalantly: "It's easy!" "With a hammer, the piece of iron that had been smashed and leveled by the Planter Dao was dented.

"Hey! Ay! You're a little less strong! "Seed Master Dao was distressed when he saw it, and he couldn't help but pull his wrist." Why do you masters work so hard that you are not measured? ”

Murong Fu put down the hammer and shook his hand, and said helplessly: "It's the first time I've done this, hand-born." What are you anxious about? As he spoke, he flipped the piece of iron over and hammered it down again according to the protruding place, only to see that the original protruding place was concave again this time. Murong Fu frowned, turned the iron sheet over again, and hammered it again.

Seeing that he had finally leveled the half of the iron sheet, the seed master was smashed by Murong Fu in the blink of an eye, and he was not thirsty anymore, so he only squatted in front of Murong Fu and pointed: "Take your time, you take your time...... Be a little less powerful and a little gentle...... Ah! Look...... This, really...... Why don't I come, Murong ......"

"It can't be! This can't ......" Murong Fu turned a deaf ear, just fighting with that piece of iron.

Seeing that he repeatedly smashed the piece of iron sheet to the ground, Qiao Feng suddenly understood the deep meaning of Deng Baichuan's words, "Don't you dare to let my son-in-law do it". He couldn't see it, and stepped forward to get the hammer in Murong Fu's hand. "Brother Murong Xian, let's let Brother Seed come!"

Unbeknownst to him, Murong Fu didn't listen to persuasion, and smashed his backhand at the back of his hand. Qiao Feng hurriedly flipped his wrist and made the little grappler take his "Waiguan Acupoint". These two people are both equipped with martial arts, and they have passed three moves in the blink of an eye. Although the hammer in Murong Fu's hand had never hit Qiao Feng, Qiao Feng was unable to take the hammer. "Brother Murong Xian!" Qiao Feng shouted in disbelief, almost unable to believe that Murong Fu could actually do something with him for such a trivial matter.

"It can't be!" Murong Fu was even more incredulous than Qiao Feng, brandishing his hammer and roaring angrily. "How could I not even smash a piece of iron! That's impossible! ”

Fearing that Murong Fu would miss someone for a while, the Seed Master Dao hurriedly pulled Qiao Feng to the side. "What's crazy about him?"

Qiao Feng shook his head and only asked, "What about Deng Baichuan?" ”

At this time, the seed master also remembered Deng Baichuan's explanation, and replied: "I'll go find it!" Don't do anything with him again! ”

Qiao Feng smiled bitterly and nodded, and when the seed master saw him answer, he hurriedly turned around and left.

After a while, Deng Baichuan hurriedly arrived with the seed master, and was still chattering and complaining as he walked: "I said a long time ago not to let my son-in-law do it...... I didn't say it sooner......"

When Qiao Feng saw him appear, he pulled Deng Baichuan over without saying a word, and said angrily: "What's the use of talking about this now?" Don't persuade me yet! He just looked at it coldly on the side for a while, and Murong Fu's face was hideous, as if the piece of iron in his hand had a grudge against him to kill his father, which made people feel frightened.

Deng Baichuan hurriedly bowed forward and said cautiously: "Son, I've been busy for a while, why don't you take a break and drink saliva first?" ”

"Don't drink it!" Murong Fu glared at him angrily.

"Don't drink! We don't drink water! Deng Baichuan hurriedly echoed and persuaded again. The prince is a talented man, why do you have to do this rough work......"

"Shut up!" Murong Fu's eyes were red, and he roared like a mad dog. "My son, Wen Taowu, has learned through the past and the present, and he is all good at piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and astrology! Except for having children, there's nothing in this world that I can't do! How could I be a handicap? How can it be?! ”

Seeing that Murong was really angry, Deng Baichuan hurriedly shrank back and stretched out his hands to Qiao Feng and Seed Master Dao to signal that he had done his best.

Seed Master Dao was choked by Murong Fu's shameless boasting, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, Fang Fang struggled to squeeze out a sentence: "What the hell is going on with him?" ”

Deng Baichuan sighed weakly, and said quietly: "My son-in-law has always been arrogant, probably ...... Hurt your self-esteem! ”