With Ye Yingwu's order, several craftsmen opened the door of the hanging basket against the whistling hot wind, and put several cages inside, which contained a cat and a dog, the purpose of which was naturally to verify whether the hot air balloon could still ensure the safety of life when it rose to a high altitude, and the craftsmen added some more wood to the burning fire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because in the first test, it is impossible to let people go up directly - this hot air balloon is also very small, at most it is to let two people side by side or one person turn - so simply add more wood, so as to make it fly as high as possible, after all, the first time is in front of His Majesty, so everything is based on caution, as long as it can fly, and regardless of height, it is considered a success.

"Throw sandbags!" The last craftsman jumped down and casually untied the sandbags from the nets outside.

And several other people untied the cable at the same time, and the hot air balloon, which had been constantly trying to break free, was finally released at this time, and under the gaze of a series of fiery anticipation, the hot air balloon went straight to the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Just in case, the first test flight, the rope was also dragged under the hot air balloon, some like the kite string of a kite, so that if it deviates from the direction, it can be pulled back in time, after all, it is the first hot air balloon of Daming, if there is an accident or even crashes somewhere else, it may lead to leaks. And now this rope is also constantly straightening, and the rope that circles around is like a ladder to the nine heavens.

The red dragon flag hanging on the hot air balloon, as the height increased, dancing in the wind, all the generals and craftsmen, including the Ming Emperor Ye Yingwu, silently watched the flag waving in the wind. At this moment, the golden dragon on the dragon flag seemed to be completely alive, showing its teeth and dancing claws in the nine heavenly clouds, roaring towards the land of Shenzhou below!

The craftsmen, officials, and soldiers of the Ming army erupted in cheers after a brief shock, everyone hugged and shouted tightly, and the hats in their hands were thrown into the air.

Flying, flying, flying, the dream of flying, and Yan come true.

The shouts echoed in the green hills, and the mountains shouted a tsunami.

Ye Yingwu still quietly looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, looked at the fluttering flag, and listened to the cheers, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Nine days and the moon, with this country and this era, I have finally come to this point.

"Not in vain." Ye Yingwu clapped his hands, relieved.

In addition to redeeming the heavens, he finally broadened the horizons of this era and this nation, and took them to open their eyes to the mountains and rivers and the world one step earlier.

Maybe others don't know what this earlier step means, but Ye Yingwu knows it very well. Because there will be no more humiliation of ceding land and seeking peace, it means that there will be no more bloody sacrifices of tens of millions of people, and it means that ・・・・・・ nation will always stand on top of the world.

Wu Chucai, Zhang Shun and other generals around him were talking in a low voice, their faces were full of smiles, and Guo Shoujing, who presided over the project, and several officials of the Ministry of Industry had long been tightly surrounded by craftsmen and soldiers, and they were thrown into the air again and again.

"Miracles." Deng Mu, who saw a hot air balloon for the first time, muttered.

"Too many miracles." Zhou Mi sighed beside him.

What they want to know now is how many more miracles can Ye Yingwu bring?

Because no one continued to add fuel to it, the hot air balloon slowly landed under the drag of the rope, and the craftsmen who had been waiting next to it were already excited to add stones to the net pocket outside the hot air balloon, so that the hot air balloon fell smoothly on the ground, and the soldiers stepped forward to fix the hanging basket, and under the support of the craftsmen, Ye Yingwu stepped forward and reached out to open the hanging basket.

A cat and a dog in the two cages in the basket were obviously frightened, and each huddled in the corner, perhaps hearing the buzzing voices outside, two small land creatures who had been lucky enough to rise before humans in this era, and at the same time stared at the opening of the hanging basket, and their hair exploded.

"Guo Qing's family, these two little guys are so disrespectful, what should they be guilty of?" Ye Yingwu couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty punish them for not being allowed to go to heaven in this life?" Guo Shoujing also replied with a smile.

Ye Yingwu nodded, and the generals, craftsmen, and officials behind him burst into laughter.

And Guo Shoujing instructed his subordinates to quickly pack up the hot air balloon, while keeping up with Ye Yingwu's pace, the soldiers consciously stood on both sides of the road, and the craftsmen were also busy with their own work, His Majesty was here to watch, although everyone was excited, but they didn't want to give His Majesty an impression of being lazy.

"How long does it take for this hot air balloon to produce one?" Ye Yingwu asked in a deep voice.

Behind them, Wu Chucai and the others also subconsciously pricked up their ears, as generals, after realizing the important role of hot air balloons in killing enemies and reconnaissance in the air, they naturally cared more about when they would be able to use this new magical device.

Guo Shoujing bowed his head slightly with some shame: "Your Majesty, it took ten months to make this first hot air balloon, and then the production will definitely be faster, but you can't simply imitate the style of this hot air balloon, after all, this guy is too small, and he has to double the size to accommodate three people, so as to ensure that one person controls the hot air balloon and the other two people observe the battle." ”

"How much will it be able to produce this year?" Ye Yingwu raised his eyebrows.

"I don't dare to say more, two should be fine." Guo Shoujing replied cautiously, he originally said that one is one and two is the character of two, and he can't do it if he wants to say more.

Ye Yingwu nodded, since Guo Shoujing promised two, then there must be two, as for whether there will be more, it is difficult to estimate, after all, Ye Yingwu also knows that all this is just starting, if you ask too much, there will be an accident. These craftsmen present are all treasures of the Ming Dynasty, and they feel distressed when they lose a Ye Yingwu, not to mention that once something happens to a hot air balloon, it is definitely not a trivial matter.

"Everything is about being careful," Ye Yingwu commanded, waved his hand, and Xiao Yangzi came over with two guards carrying a box, "Guo Aiqing, this box was taken out by me from the royal inner treasury, and I will reward it to all the people involved in the development and production of equipment in the Jiangjunshan Workshop, you are a great achievement!" At the end of the year, I will let the household department allocate special funds and reward them heavily! ”

Xiao Yangzi opened the box, the golden light flashed, and the shining Guo Shoujing and Deng Mu and others behind him were in front of them. Guo Shoujing immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty! Please retract your Majesty's order, this reward minister does not dare to accept it! In its position, seeking its position, this I will be the master of the mountain of the consensus also, the development of firearms and hot air balloons are our share of what we should do, Your Majesty does not blame the minister for not doing well, the minister is already ashamed, now His Majesty is rewarded with money, how can the minister suffer? What's more, His Majesty does not regard our craftsmen as untouchables and 'kitsch and prostitution', and the Ministry of Industry and the General Mountain do not know how to repay the emperor's favor, obviously if you accept Your Majesty's reward, the minister is sorry for his conscience! ”

Guo Shoujing knelt like this, and Deng Mu and Zhou Mi and other officials of the Ministry of Industry behind him also knelt down with the black pressure, not to mention how rich the money was in front of them, just what Guo Shoujing said just now made them feel shocked from the bottom of their hearts. Being able to treat all the people equally, no matter what kind of background and occupation, is already a great blessing in life to have such a Majesty, how can you still receive your Majesty's money.

And as if they felt something, the craftsmen not far away turned their heads one after another, looking at Guo Shoujing and the rest of the Ministry of Industry officials who were kneeling on the ground, and also at the money and wealth that flashed around Ye Yingwu, even if they were not smart, most of them were people with flexible minds - otherwise they would not be so proficient in these craft skills - where could they not understand what was going on, and immediately the craftsmen in the entire valley knelt down one after another, and everyone did not speak, but one by one their eyes fell on Ye Yingwu, and the meaning they wanted to express was the same as Guo Shoujing.

"Get up!" Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, Guo Shoujing is not a person who is good at words, so he knelt down and said this, which touched Ye Yingwu's heart, although Guo Shoujing did not say it explicitly, but Ye Yingwu knew what he brought to the craftsmen of this era.

Dignity.

They kneel because they are grateful for the dignity that the person in front of them has given them the dignity of being on an equal footing with others.

People in this era will not easily kneel three times and bow nine times, nor will they easily kneel down to others. Kneeling to the heavens and kneeling to the parents, it is only used or can be kneeled in front of the great gifts such as sacrificing to the heavens and parents, even in front of the king.

But there is another situation where you can kneel, that is, in front of the life-saving benefactor, the grace of recreation, naturally there is no so-called violation of the ancestral etiquette.

"Get up!" Ye Yingwu said again, "This is what you deserve!" ”

Before the words fell, Ye Yingwu walked quickly in front of Guo Shoujing, and said loudly: "Without you, there would be no current territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will pay more sacrifices!" Without you, even I would have died on an unknown battlefield! ”

Zhang Shun, Wu Chucai, Xiao Yangzi and other generals stepped forward at the same time and saluted solemnly towards the black crowd.

"You have made great contributions to the survival of each of your bloodlines, the survival of the children and grandchildren of each of your families, the survival of this country, the survival of the Ming Dynasty, and the survival of our Chinese nation!" Ye Yingwu's voice echoed in the silent valley, constantly hitting the green mountains and reverberating in the wind.

All the craftsmen were already in tears at this time, even more excited than when the hot air balloon was lifted off. At this moment, they seem to finally know why they are working so hard and why they are sweating blood. There are some concepts of nation, family and country, which were once vague, but now they are more clear and clear in my heart than ever before.

Guo Shoujing took the lead, and everyone stood up silently.

And Ye Yingwu looked at these people who supported the production of Daming firearms, and it could even be said that although they did not go to the battlefield, they also made great achievements, and they also said nothing.

A family and a country, no country is no home, and no home is not a country, the two are interdependent and continue together, and the country is broken when the family dies. Ye Yingwu knows very well that in the five thousand years of feudal history, the vast majority of people and even officials are not aware of this problem, state affairs are the emperor's family affairs, and they have little to do with themselves, so many people are not too interested in who the emperor is, as long as there is an emperor.

This is also why when the dynasty changes, most of the people will still stay to be obedient people, and why when the Ming Dynasty fell in another time and space, it was only a few people with lofty ideals who roared, and later so many humiliating land cession and peace in the late Qing Dynasty were only a few people of insight who opened their eyes to the world and struggled.

In the minds of most people, the kingdom has nothing to do with their home.

Therefore, the major events in the world must be divided for a long time, and they must be divided for a long time, because when the royal family itself is in a mess, the dynasty and the country will also fall apart.

At the beginning of the crossing, what Ye Yingwu has always wanted to establish is a kind of consciousness that there is no distinction between family and country, whether it is to build a strong army with a military soul like Tianwu Army, or to treat Shinong and industry and commerce equally, in fact, it is to strengthen the people's awareness of family and country, so that the army and the people are deeply aware that their efforts for this country are actually to protect their own homes.

Only when this kind of consciousness is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people can Ye Yingwu ensure that the army and the people of the Ming Dynasty will always unite under his red dragon banner, so that Ye Yingwu will have enough energy to deal with the enemies who are eyeing him from all directions, after all, in the previous three hundred years, Huaxia had lost too much, so that Ye Yingwu had to do his best to get it all back.

In short, it was through this consciousness that Ye Yingwu united the entire Ming Dynasty, instead of leaving the capital through the decrees that often appeared in previous dynasties. Only when thousands of Chinese people strive for the same goal and contribute their own strength in the same direction can Ye Yingwu have the confidence to completely grasp this powerful force to turn the tide and even break new ground.

Ye Yingwu, as a liberal arts student who graduated from a history major, of course, has read a lot of time-traveling novels on the Internet, and also knows how those time-traveling guests train the army, and if a lot of money and food are scattered, there will be a howling army, although Ye Yingwu has no intention of criticizing anything - after all, many elite soldiers in history are indeed trained in this way, but it seems that many armies when the dynasty fell were also trained in this way, but they are just vulnerable - but Ye Yingwu knows very well, Such an army that is purely rewarded for fame and fortune has no way to last for a long time, and even when others offer higher prices, whether this army can remain loyal to you has to be another matter, you must know that Ye Yingwu has just arrived, even if he has the financial support of Jiangnan West Road, but in front of Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty, he is still just an ant that can be crushed to death at any time, and if you want to talk about money, you are not enough for others.

Although such a simple and crude way is fast to form an army and its combat effectiveness should not be bad, Ye Yingwu has no intention of taking this path. If you simply use this method to train the army, then you can eventually become a hero of the separatist side, but it is difficult to become the master of the world, and the fifth generation of Zhu Wen is a lesson from the past, so Ye Yingwu hollowed out his mind and focused on exercising the sense of belonging of the Tianwu Army and the sense of honor of his family and country, and the abundance of money and food was only used as an auxiliary condition.

What Ye Yingwu needed at that time was an army that could maintain loyalty and trust to him, even in difficult and desperate situations. Otherwise, Ye Yingwu would not dare to take the Tianwu Army directly into Lin'an with a swagger. An army that firmly believes that only Ye Yingwu can bring them glory, an army that knows what they are fighting for, is the army that Ye Yingwu needs, otherwise it makes no sense for Ye Yingwu to train some troops who only know rich money and food.

And now it is the same thing that it has been extended from the Tianwu Army to the people of the entire country. Ye Yingwu wants all the people of Daming to know that what he is doing is not only to fill his stomach and support his family, but also for the future of the entire nation and country, and for his children and grandchildren to live a better and happier life than today.

In short, it is to open up the wisdom of the people so that everyone can open their eyes to the world.

In another time and space, the so-called opening of one's eyes to the world, in Ye Yingwu's view, is not only to see the advanced science and technology and systems of the West, but also to see the foundation of a country's long-term stability and even further dominance of the world -- every ordinary person is willing to pay the price or even sacrifice for this country.

Looking at Guo Shoujing and these craftsmen, Ye Yingwu knew that he had succeeded.

He gave these people the dignity they coveted, and let them know that all their efforts are not just for simple food and clothing.

(The purpose of the second half of this chapter is to answer a question raised by a previous book friend: "Why not just use money and food to smash an army out of money, so that you can win more easily?") ", also to illustrate the author's somewhat shallow views on opening up people's wisdom and national consciousness)