Chapter 25: The Flying Woodbird
Zhou Yuanchun didn't expect that Jiang Yue, who had always been calm, would hide so much good wine.
Both he and Chang Yu believe that people who specialize in their skills often don't drink at all.
Because wine can indeed make people's minds scattered, not to mention that people who often drink alcohol, their fingers will always shake unconsciously, and it is difficult to achieve the accuracy required by the craftsman.
But Jiang Yue's current performance is an exception.
Not only is he proficient in making various mechanisms, but he is also very knowledgeable about alcohol.
In other words, his understanding of wine is definitely much deeper than that of most alcoholics.
Zhou Yuanchun looked at these wines that had been stored for twenty years, and couldn't help but sigh: "Wine is good wine, but now is not the time to drink"
"Why?"
"Because I'm an alcoholic, but I'm not here to drink."
Jiang Yue smiled: "I knew that you came here, there must be no good thing."
Zhou Yuanchun said: "There is something I need your help with"
"Another assassination mission?"
"Yes"
"Didn't you retire? Why do you go back to your old business? ”
Zhou Yuanchun motioned for him to look at Chang Yu beside him and said, "Because of him"
"Who is he?"
"Chang Yu"
"The number one celebrity around Lu Buwei?"
"Replace it as if it were fake"
Chang Yu said: "The task is important, I specially came here to ask Mr. for help."
Jiang Yue said lightly: "I'm just a craftsman."
Chang Yu continued: "We need a skilled craftsman like you."
"But I'm just not going to leave here again"
Zhou Yuanchun was puzzled: "Do you really plan to go into hiding?" ”
Jiang Yue sighed: "I am concentrating on building a miracle, which is also the last dream in my life."
"Miracle?"
"Yes, for so many years, I have had a dream to fly freely in the sky like a bird, no longer hindered by mountains, trees, rivers, etc."
"You want to build a flying machine?"
Jiang Yue's eyes lit up, and she seemed to be confident, so she only heard him say slowly: "I prefer to call it a flying car."
Zhou Yuanchun wanted to tell him that more than a thousand years later, in a distant place, a pair of brothers named Wright put his dream into practice and successfully built the first airplane in human history.
It's just that there is a very important prerequisite for their success, that is, the invention of the steam engine.
After the successful test flight of the first aircraft, it took hundreds of years for the dream of human beings to fly in the sky became a reality.
And now Jiang Yue just wants to rely on her own strength to realize this dream, and it is impossible to realize it theoretically.
Zhou Yuanchun wanted to tell him the truth, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't say it, because even if he told the truth, he wouldn't understand, because the times are different, and the things he can accept are different.
What's more, people who have dreams are always lucky.
As a friend, you should help make your dreams come true, not puncture them.
Jiang Yue looked into the distance and muttered, "I don't know if I can realize this dream in this life."
Chang Yu himself is also a person with dreams, and after hearing Jiang Yue say this, he also asked, "What stage is the construction of the flying car going on?" ”
Jiang Yue didn't answer him immediately, but said: "When Liezi cultivated for nine years, he could walk against the wind, and his old man often rode the wind and traveled to the Eight Wilderness on the beginning of spring, and returned to the 'Wind Cave' on the beginning of autumn, how comfortable it was, but I didn't want to cultivate the Tao, nor did I want to swim in the void alone, I was willing to help more people realize the dream of flying."
Zhou Yuanchun watched Jiang Yue return to the state of focusing on her dreams, and was instantly a little moved.
Yes, over the ages, it is precisely because there are countless people like Jiang Yue that human civilization and technology have been able to continue to progress, and without the efforts of these people, human civilization will definitely be much inferior.
Zhou Yuanchun asked, "Brother Jiang Yue, you plan to spend the rest of your life here?"
Jiang Yue said: "This is my place, and it is also the place where I realize my dreams, to be able to grow old here, maybe it is more suitable for me, and only here, my dreams can be realized"
Zhou Yuanchun said in understanding: "That's why you prepare so much good wine for yourself."
"If these drinks are drunk and the flying car cannot be built, it is estimated that the dream will not come true in this life."
Zhou Yuanchun didn't want to hit him, so he had to say encouragingly: "With your wisdom and ability, you can definitely make it."
"It is up to people to make things happen, and there are some things that may not be achieved by doing our best"
"Even if you can't build a flying car, you are worthy of yourself, after all, you have done your best, even if you fail, you can accumulate experience for future generations"
Jiang Yue looked at Zhou Yuanchun, seemed to understand his worries, and also saw through his thoughts, so she smiled and said, "Do you want to see the model I have already made?" ”
Zhou Yuanchun was shocked: "There are still models? ”
Zhou Yuanchun couldn't have imagined that Jiang Yue had completed the construction of the model in the past two years, which was incredible.
Because the model construction is completed, success is just around the corner.
He couldn't believe that in such a distant era as the Qin State, someone would be able to fly into the sky, and if it was true, the history of mankind could be rewritten.
Jiang Yue looked at him with surprise and smiled happily, just like a wise man looking at an uncivilized mortal, both a little proud and a little excited about to solve the mystery.
He said to Zhou Yuanchun: "Please come with me"
So he took Zhou Yuanchun and Chang Yu to another bigger house.
The house is at the foot of a nearby hill, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are no people around, and it is hard to imagine that such a place could be inhabited.
Not only was the house surprisingly large, but the gate was also very wide, unlike the usual occupants, when the three of them walked to the door, the gate opened automatically.
Zhou Yuanchun thought that Jiang Yue's servant came to open the door, but after entering the room.
But they found that there was no one in the house, and not only was there no one in the house, but there was nothing in it, that is, it was just an empty house, and there was nothing to be seen.
Chang Yu was a little puzzled, so he asked, "What about the model?" ”
Jiang Yue didn't answer, but just clapped her hands twice.
The sound of clapping hands was crisp, and there seemed to be some echo, followed by a "squeak" sound.
Chang Yu wanted to continue talking, Jiang Yue "shh
The three of them just watched the woodbird-like thing fly around, and didn't bother to speak.
Not only Chang Yu was stunned, but even Zhou Yuanchun two thousand years later was stunned.
If in Zhou Yuanchun's era, such a flying machine is not unusual, or rather, this wooden bird can only be regarded as a child's toy, because it is powered by electricity, it is not difficult to fly.
However, in the distant state of Qin, a wooden bird, without electricity to provide power, can actually fly on its own, and for so long.
It's incredible.
How did Jiang Yue do it?
Zhou Yuanchun couldn't believe that the wooden bird recorded in Sima Qian's "Historical Records" actually existed.
If he hadn't traveled back to the Qin State by himself, of course, it would have been impossible to confirm it, let alone see it with his own eyes, then, those records were just the imagination of some literati, and no one believed that it had really happened.
Power, where is the source of power? How does Jiang Yue solve the problem of power? How does power arise between wood and wood?
Zhou Yuanchun couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure it out anyway.
Jiang Yue was stunned when she saw that they were all stunned, so she clapped her hands three more times, only to see that the flying bird seemed to understand what he meant, turned its head and flew out towards the gate, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
Chang Yu exclaimed, "Where does it go?" ”
Jiang Yue said lightly: "Go where it should go"
Zhou Yuanchun said excitedly: "You have created a miracle!" ”
Jiang Yue said: "This wooden bird is just a model of a flying car, it can't be regarded as a miracle."
Chang Yu said: "Wooden birds can fly, wooden flying cars, of course it is not a big problem to fly"
Jiang Yue explained: "The flight of a wooden bird is completely different from the flight of a flying car."
"Why?"
"The flight of the bird is flying by itself, and the weight is not large, but the flying car is different, there are people sitting on the flying car, and the power needs of the two are completely different."
Chang Yu didn't understand, so Zhou Yuanchun explained: "The power of the flying bird is easy to solve, but the power of the flying car is not easy to solve."
Jiang Yue sighed: "Yes, I am currently solving the power problem of the flying car, if the power is solved, the flying car will no longer be a dream, but a predictable reality."
Zhou Yuanchun asked: "How to solve the power of the bird?" ”
Jiang Yue said: "Jiaoren"
"Jiaoren?"
"Jiaoren is a kind of fish, the head of this fish is like a human head, but the body is completely a fish body, and it can also make a 'whine' sound, so it is called Jiaoren."
Hearing the word "Jiaoren", Zhou Yuanchun thought of the legendary mermaid, so he blurted out: "Mermaid"
Jiang Yue smiled: "This fish is not beautiful at all, it is even a little scary, and it smells terrible."
Chang Yu also said: "I have heard of this kind of fish, and it is said that it exists in the depths of the East China Sea."
"Yes, it was by chance that I got Jiaoren oil, an oil refined by Jiaoren."
Zhou Yuanchuan said: "The power of the wood bird is provided by this oil? ”
"Yes, once this oil is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish without the action of external forces, and it is said that even if it burns for thousands of years, it will not be extinguished"
Chang Yu sighed: "I can't imagine that this oil is so magical"
"Yes, I lit the fish oil inside the woodbird, and that's where the power to fly comes from, because the fish oil provides the heat, and the heat generates power, and then the woodbird flies."
Chang Yu said: "Won't the woodbird be burned by fish oil?" ”
"Won't"
"Why?"
"Because the wood is specially made wood, it has been specially treated and does not burn easily"
"Special handling?"
"On this mountain, there is a special kind of soil that not only prevents corrosion, but also prevents fire, so when I was making the birds, I applied this kind of soil to the wood, and I solved the problem of the wood being burned."
Zhou Yuanchun sighed: "The person who can come up with this method, and the person who can make such a delicate wooden bird, I am afraid that there will be no second person in the world."