Ling Yu took a short rest at home and had a meal, and Zhou Shaobin was bored again and pulled Zhou Ling and Ling Yu to play cards.

Time passed quickly, and the sky gradually got dark, so I waited for the people sent by Zhou Zhengxiong to summon me.

Ling Yu and Zhou Shaobin immediately put down the cards in their hands and drove into the palace.

In the imperial study, after the ceremony, Zhou Zhengxiong asked: "Ling Aiqing, I must have asked you what Bin'er has already told you, so what is the situation now, you can tell me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Wechen did talk to the baked cake about the airship, but the airship has not yet been designed, and some problems have not yet been figured out how to be solved, and further deductions are being made." Ling Yu explained.

After hearing this, Zhou Zhengxiong inevitably had a look of disappointment on his face, but then he covered it up and said: "Well, it's okay, I also said that Bin'er said that this matter is not so easy to solve, looking for you is to ask you, since it hasn't been designed yet, I heard Bin'er say that now the production capacity of the workshop has increased significantly, and now it's almost time to start training the other four armies, Ling Aiqing, tomorrow I will order the generals of the other four armies to come to you, and you will arrange the training." ”

"Wechen obeys, but Your Majesty, although the airship is not available for the time being, Wechen has designed a simpler flying machine that can be manufactured in the near future." Ling Yu said with a twist.

"Oh? Is it something like an airship? Zhou Zhengxiong, who was disappointed just now, once again ignited hope.

"Your Majesty, the performance of this aircraft is not as good as that of an airship, and it can probably only achieve relatively simple functions such as battlefield reconnaissance and commanding artillery bombardment, but the specific situation will only be known when it is built." Ling Yu said.

"Ling Aiqing, tell me about this flying machine in detail." Zhou Zhengxiong said with a smile, although there is no airship, it is not bad to have an incomplete replacement.

"Your Majesty, this aircraft is called a hot air balloon, the general structure is to use silk to sew a large sphere, with a hanging basket hanging below to carry people, and then drive the burning rune through the spirit crystal to generate hot gas, and when the heat is filled with the silk sewn sphere, it can slowly rise into the air, and Weichen also designed some propulsion devices to control the direction of travel of the hot air balloon in the air." Ling Yu explained simply.

"A ball? Can the ball fly? After all, Zhou Zhengxiong had never seen a so-called hot air balloon, so he couldn't imagine it.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but the sphere doesn't have to be round." Ling Yu said, he planned to design it into a large oval, with a pod hanging low, enough to put down a lot of people, maybe it could also realize the function of dropping bombs from the air.

"Well, Ling Aiqing, I haven't seen what you're talking about and can't think of it, but since Ling Aiqing has already designed it, let's make it in the near future for me to see." Zhou Zhengxiong didn't bother to continue to fantasize, and directly ordered Ling Yu to make it.

"Yes, Wechen obeys." Ling Yu bowed and agreed.

Zhou Shaobin, who was listening, suddenly asked: "Brother Ling, I thought about it just now, if it is designed as an oval and the pod is designed to be larger, can it be possible to achieve manned flight?" ”

Ling Yu glanced at Zhou Shaobin unexpectedly, he didn't expect him to think of this, he looked at Zhou Shaobin with approval in his eyes and said: "That's right, that's what I thought just now, but I'm not sure how many people I can carry, if it can be done, at least half of the function of the airship can be achieved." ”

Zhou Zhengxiong also looked at Zhou Shaobin with satisfaction, and was very happy to see that he could go with Ling Yu, which also showed that Zhou Shaobin had grown a lot and could use his brain to think.

"Ling Aiqing, then you should start manufacturing it earlier, but the most important thing is the training of the Beijing army, this hot air balloon is not in a hurry, just waiting." Zhou Zhengxiong said with a smile.

"Yes, Wechen understands." Ling Yu said respectfully.

After the duet in the imperial study, after nothing happened, Ling Yu and Zhou Shaobin went out of the palace, it was late, and things were not in a hurry, so they said goodbye to Zhou Shaobin and went home.

On the second day, Ling Yu went to the base barracks very early, the remaining troops of the Guards had already entered the barracks to start training, and the Second Division had left a small number of personnel to train the other guards since it was fully equipped, and the rest took on the work of the original guards.

After the first division returned to Beijing, after a day of repair, in order to better train the other 4 armies, Ling Yu left the first division and handed over the defense of the capital to the second division.

Soon, the four generals of the Longxiang Army, Qi Yaoyuan, the Longwu Army, Duan Tianming, the Qiantian Army, Yuan Long, and the Kundi Army, Hu Yiwen, arrived together in the morning after receiving the holy decree and met Ling Yu in the tent of the military camp at the base.

"The four generals, presumably you have all received Your Majesty's will, I won't say more here, since you are here, please ask the four generals to forget their identities for the time being, in my eyes, you are all recruits, train together." Ling Yu said solemnly, he knew that these four generals of the Beijing army had always been in a high position, and if there was any dissatisfaction in the training, it would easily affect the progress of the training, so the ugly words were said in front.

"Hou Ye Ling, my old Duan can't speak, and I have offended you before, but since it is His Majesty's will, my old Duan has nothing to say about the whole training, and I promise to obey the arrangement of Hou Duan." Duan Tianming said first with a big grin.

"General Duan's words are serious, Ben Hou has never blamed General Duan for what happened that day, it was all a mistake made by Ben Hou due to lack of experience, and he should be punished, and it has nothing to do with General Duan." Ling Yu smiled and said, of course, at this time, it is necessary to show generosity, which is conducive to unity, not to mention that Ling Yu really does not blame Duan Tianming.

"Hou Ye Ling, you are a refreshing person, I like it from Lao Duan, haha, let's put the words down, during the whole training, we are Hou Ye's soldiers, not the general of the Longwu Army of Nalaoshzi." When Duan Tianming heard Ling Yu say this, he also smiled heartily.

"Master Hou, the last general Qi Yaoyuan will absolutely obey the arrangement during the whole training." Qi Yaoyuan also said.

Yuan Long and Hu Yiwen also expressed their absolute obedience to Ling Yu's arrangement, and they were Ling Yu's recruits during the whole training period.

"Okay, since the four generals understand, in view of the fact that the number of your four armies is different from the number of the new army, just like the previous guards, they will first select 29,300 people to form two divisions, and train them in advance, while the rest of you will continue to be responsible for your current defense. Ling Yu looked at the four humans.

"Marquis Ling is thoughtful, and the general has no opinion." Qi Yaoyuan said after listening.

"There is no problem with the last general, and I will bring people to the base barracks later." Yuan Long also said with a smile.

"Marquis Ling, when will the rest of the rest of the people be trained? His Majesty's will is to train the 4th Army. Hu Yiwen thought for a while and asked.

"Old Hu, have you forgotten what Marquis Ling said just now? I think it's good that Hou Ye arranged a very reasonable and balanced training, and didn't leave behind the defense. Duan Tianming said with a smile.

"General Hu, the whole training is not achieved overnight, Your Majesty's will is to train the 4th Army, but the whole training takes time, training the Guards for so long, I think this way is more feasible at present, and you can't waste food because of choking, at the same time of the training, your original defense is best taken into account, just like the Guards back then, and now there are also some Guards who train with you, in addition, your original army only has 50,000 people, and the number is not enough, the first batch of 2 divisions have been trained, and they still need to be conscripted to make up the difference." Ling Yu explained with a smile.

"In this way, there will be no problem with the last general, everything is subject to the arrangement of Marquis Ling." Hu Yiwen understood what Ling Yu meant and arched his hand.

After explaining clearly to the four of them, Ling Yu asked them to go back and select good people, and then bring the base barracks for placement, and he went to the base workshop, since he told the emperor about the hot air balloon, then go and make one to try, and the design drawings are also ready-made.

Yesterday, Ling Yu asked Xiao Ling to modify the design according to his own ideas, and the final result looked a bit like the Kinov airship in the game Red Alert that Ling Yu had played in his previous life, of course, it was only similar in shape, and there was nothing else in common.

This is the first time Ling Yu has come to the workshop after returning to Beijing, Wu Yong and Yang Yuan, who have not seen each other for a long time, said excitedly, Ling Yu said: "Old Wu, old Yang, I have designed a new thing, this is the design drawing, you take a look at it first, and then prepare the materials, gather people, and I will personally take you to trial production." ”

After speaking, he took out the prepared design drawings and handed them to the two.

"Master Hou, this thing called a hot air balloon is so huge, I'm afraid there are some difficulties in making it." Wu Yong finished reading the design drawing.

"Master Hou, my subordinates don't think it's easy, shouldn't we build a dock like a shipyard shipbuilding?" Yang Yong said in divergent thinking.

Ling Yu's eyes lit up, he was also worried that the hot air balloon was too big and inconvenient to manufacture, but now that Yang Yuan mentioned it, Ling Yu thought that he could build a site similar to a dry dock and specialize in hot air balloon manufacturing.

Looking at Yang Yuan approvingly, Ling Yu said: "Lao Yang, your proposal is very good, then Wu Yong, you go and prepare all kinds of materials on the design drawing, Lao Yang, you organize people to build the site." ”

After assigning the task, the two of them went to prepare as promised, Ling Yu looked at the two with satisfaction, as the two of them spent more time in the Academy of Sciences, the more they showed their talents, the craftsmen of the Great Zhou were really smart, as long as someone guided them correctly, they could exert a very unimaginable ability.

Building the venue and preparing the materials is not something that can be done in a while, after all, the hot air balloon this time is very large, no less than the size of the boat Ling Yu took before, and the materials that will be used in this are naturally very large.

If it is so big, it will definitely be very heavy, Ling Yu is not worried about whether the hot air balloon can fly, after Xiao Ling's deduction, set up various runes on the hot air balloon pod, there will definitely be no problem in flying, and because of the large mass, the stability of the flight is also much better, although it is not as good as the airship, but it is also much better than the hot air balloon that Xiao Ling took out for the first time.

After Ling Yu arranged the whole training and the construction of the hot air balloon, suddenly there was nothing to do, and he returned to his office in the Academy of Sciences bored, planning to rest for a while and wait for a response.

As soon as he sat down, he heard someone knocking on the door, Ling Yu raised his head, and saw Mo Cheng waiting for Ling Yu to speak at the door.

"Please come in." Ling Yu saw Mo Cheng and said with a smile, he was actually more optimistic about Mo Cheng, and he also planned to polish the key cultivation at that time, and he didn't know how Mo Cheng was growing up now when he wasn't there.

"Master Hou, after such a long period of study and improvement, my subordinates have revised the design of that time, please take a look at it." Mo Cheng respectfully handed over a stack of drawings and materials in his hand.

Ling Yu glanced at Mo Cheng, motioned for him to sit down and wait, took the information, and sat there to read.

Ling Yu looked at it, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, this Mo Cheng didn't seem to have any remorse, the design method was still so radical, although some methods were used to avoid the problem that Ling Yu raised last time, but on the whole, there was not much change, and even Ling Yu felt that it might be even more dangerous than before.

Mo Cheng looked at Ling Yu and frowned, his heart had fallen to the bottom, he really didn't understand, his design information had already been read by Wu Yong and Yang Yuan, and the two adults were full of praise for him, calling him a genius, why did he always hit a wall when he came to Ling Yu.

After a long time, Ling Yu raised his head and looked at Mo Chengdao, who was anxious: "Mo Cheng, I told you before that your design is too radical and will cause some dangers, although you have avoided it, it still hasn't changed much." ”

Ling Yu read the design data, Xiao Ling naturally also read it, with the computing power of her supercomputer, she quickly calculated the problem of Mo Cheng's design, and naturally couldn't recognize Mo Cheng's results.

"But Master Hou ......" Mo Cheng just wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Ling Yu.

"Mo Cheng, Ben Hou still means that, you still need more time to learn, Ben Hou is very optimistic about you, you are also very smart, it's just weapon design, there are a lot of things to take into account, so let's do it, today Ben Hou is going to try to make a hot air balloon, you will learn from Ben Hou." Ling Yu said lightly, although Mo Cheng's design is problematic, but he is also a talent, Ling Yu still has a love for talent.

Mo Cheng was ashamed and angry at this time, he didn't listen to Ling Yu's next words at all, the so-called thing was only three, Mo Cheng, who had been denied by Ling Yu twice, had already decided in his heart that Ling Yu was jealous of his ability, afraid that he would surpass him, and kept suppressing himself.

But Ling Yu's status was too high, he didn't dare to show anything to his face, so he had to try to make a calm appearance, and said unnaturally: "Thank you Lord Hou for your advice, my subordinates are only shallow in learning, so I will go back and continue to study." ”

After speaking, he didn't care what Ling Yu said, he arched his hand, turned his head and went out.

Ling Yu shook his head, looking at this radical and impulsive, talented young man, he also felt a little pity in his heart, after all, it is good to be talented, but it is not good to be arrogant, not to be humble, Ling Yu plans to observe for a while, if it is really not good, let him go to the workshop to manage the manufacture of weapons, research and development may not be suitable for him.