Today is the day when Lu Chen tests a reconnaissance hot air balloon.

According to the principle of Kong Ming lanterns, a huge hot air balloon made of silk, equipped with a bamboo basket and a giant oil lamp, was filled with air all morning, and finally barely lifted into the air. I haven't seen anything that can fly, everyone is very worried, I didn't provoke you to dare to get on, Lu Chen naturally climbed onto the bamboo basket.

In the end, Cao Xing gritted his teeth and followed Lu Chen to the bamboo basket, saying that he wanted to protect Lu Chen's safety, and his loyalty was commendable, Lu Chen sighed, and instantly despised Lu Zhan, the kidney loss man beside him.

Lu Zhan was silent for a long time, and then said: "I have a fear of heights." ”

If it weren't for the fact that the hot air balloon had already begun to rise, Lu Chen would have to jump down and slap Lu Zhanliang, there are no high-rise buildings in this era, you know a hairy fear of heights, and it is not a new word that I overheard from Lao Tzu's mouth.

Then, the hot air balloon experiment ran into problems.

When the balloon flew into the air, the wind became a little violent, and the flames fluttered and ignited the silk.

Naturally, the hot air balloon was about to crash.

Lu Chen was quite prescient, the test site was on a prominent river beach not far from the city of Mayi, and the hot air balloon was connected to the ground with a rope under it, flying not high, and the river water was below. So, in order not to be burned to death, Lu Chen and Cao Xing resolutely jumped into the river, which was a countermeasure that was thought out in advance.

However, in the summer, there is a lot of rain, the river is swollen, and the water is fast.

After falling into the water, Cao Xing shouted Xiaojun to help me, I don't know how to water. Lu Chen was drunk, he flew with Cao Xing because he couldn't swim, and the result was ......

Outcome. They were washed across the river.

……

Under the stone mountain, there was a creature that looked like a human and a monkey, and Lu Chen, who was passing by, was stunned.

"Immortals?"

"Whoop Woohoo ......"

"Youkai?"

"Whoop Woohoo ......"

"Holy! Monkey King? Is this Five Finger Mountain? Ahh Fortunately, I will be glad to meet you! ”

"Whoa...... I...... You ......"

"Don't talk if you're tired, carrying such a big mountain on your back, I know you're tired. I think about it, I think about it, my head can't turn around, is there really a god in this world? Lu Chen solemnly crutches and squatted at the foot of the mountain, and in a trance, he felt that he might not be the Three Kingdoms that he had traversed. It's a mythical version of the Three Kingdoms. He folded his fingers seriously, "Tang Dynasty, well, I'll take a look." Elder Tang learned the scriptures during the Zhenguan period. More than 600 years AD. You have been under the Five Fingers Mountain for five hundred years...... That is what has been suppressed since more than 100 years AD. It is now the fourth year of Jian'an, 199 A.D. That is to say, you have only been suppressed for less than a hundred years? ”

"Something wrong?" The dirty monkey at the foot of the mountain gave Lu Chen a blank look.

"Elder Sun. What's inside, haven't you eaten in a long time? I'll help you pick peaches? Well, there doesn't seem to be anything nearby. I invite you to eat dog meat? Lu Chen licked his face and said to Huo Huo, I don't know if I can ask Brother Wukong to teach me two spells.

"I'm not eating, I'm going to pee, you fuck off." The monkey scolded.

"Phew! The shaft is looking for death! ”

Choke-

A ring-headed knife was unsheathed, and the tip of the knife still had red blood stains, but it was not dry.

Blade cold.

But it was Cao Xing, who was not far behind Lu Chen, who saw that the black clay man dared to insult Xiao Junhou, and his murderous intent became great.

"Hey! Uncle Zhimou, don't mess around, beware of a few hairs of the Great Sage conjuring up thousands of monkeys and beating you to death. Put it away, put it away! No politeness! After a few words of reprimanding Cao Xing, Lu Chen squeezed out a flattering smile again, and said to the mud monkey, "What, it's hard to hold back for decades." My name is Lu Chen, not Tang Sanzang, I can't save you, you have to hold back for a few hundred more years. However, I can treat you to a meal, and I can also chat with you to relieve your boredom, what do you think? ”

"Drink--Bah-"

A mouthful of thick phlegm flew towards him, Lu Chen was a practitioner anyway, and he rolled on the spot to avoid the monkey's secret weapon, and he was secretly frightened, my attitude was humble enough, right? How did you provoke him?

Then, the Great Sage climbed out from under the Five Finger Mountain!

Lu Chen got up from the ground, and before he could bother to pat the dirt off his body, he slapped himself with his hand.

It's stupid!

Lu Chen scolded himself in his heart, how could there be immortals in this world. That's not the Monkey King who is pressing under the Five Finger Mountain at all!

I saw that the pitch-black humanoid creature spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and after forcing Lu Chen away, it came out with a whoosh, leaving a hole exactly the size of a person in the grass at the foot of the mountain. And the man even shushed directly on the side, looking comfortable, as if he had really been holding back for decades.

Cao Xing saw Xiao Junhou beating himself, and he was very worried: "Xiao Junhou, are you sick again?" ”

Lu Chen glanced at Cao Xing, somewhat embarrassed by his stupid performance just now.

"There's something wrong."

The man shook twice, lifted his pants, glanced at Lu Chen with disdain, turned around and went to the cave again, and then dragged out a small dustpan, carried it on his shoulders and left.

"Little gentleman! This man is extremely rude, and I will teach him a lesson for you. Cao Xuan was furious.

"Don't, just because you were too impulsive, we were driven by those villagers for more than ten miles like dogs." Lu Chen glanced at Cao Xuan with disgust.

"Isn't it because you want to eat dog meat?" Cao Xuan muttered.

"Then don't slaughter other people's dogs in front of others, you used to carry thousands of troops and horses with you, how to kill dogs is up to you, now it's just the two of us! Do you understand risk aversion? Lu Chen said unpleasantly.

At that time, the two people who had just come ashore were extremely hungry, so Cao Xing slaughtered a family's dog, and without any money, he was chased and killed by a group of villagers with a flat pole for more than ten miles, and the dog meat did not have time to eat urgently.

Cao Xing stiffened his neck and didn't speak, and said in his heart: If you didn't allow me to hurt people, would we run? A group of skinny villagers, one by one!

"Blame me for not allowing you to kill?" Lu Chen knew what Cao Xuan was thinking, "It's okay to kill dogs, but it's not okay to kill people!" At least kill civilians! ”

"Got it." Cao Xuan rolled his eyes, feeling unhappy, and kicked a black stone under his feet.

"Ahh

In the distance, the Great Sage, who was about to descend, was hit in the head by a flying black stone. Immediately let out a wail and fell to the ground.

Bang la blah.

The black stones in the Great Sage's dustpan were sprinkled all over the ground.

"Holy!" Lu Chen suddenly jumped up.

"Don't be angry, Xiaojun, I didn't mean to. I'm going to see if he's hurt, I really didn't plan to hurt anyone this time......" Cao Xuan was startled and ran over.

Lu Chen didn't fall behind, and quickly jumped forward.

Cao Xuan lifted the black guy and touched his head, and there were words in his mouth.

The man was originally very angry, but when his legs were dangling in the air, he was immediately frightened. Repeatedly. Not to mention the other party's tiger and bear's waist, the clothes are quite luxurious, how can he afford to provoke a fart like him when he meets two people alone?

Lu Chen tore open his pocket. Start picking up black stones on the ground.

"Little gentleman. He had a hole in his head. Bleeding a little, not too serious. Cao Xing was afraid that Lu Chen would be angry, so he said.

"It's okay not to die. Drop him and come and help me pick up the stones. Lu Chen didn't raise his head, and there were already more than a dozen pitch-black stones in his pocket.

Cao Xuan couldn't react a little, he hurt someone, Xiao Junhou didn't blame him? Which way does the sun come out today? He was slightly stunned and said, "Little Junhou, what is this black stone?" ”

"Coal."

"Coal."

The two voices were Lu Chen and the villagers.

"Coal is coal, come, put him down, pick it up for me, and I'll take it back to Mayi." Lu Chen was excited.

Coal! Why didn't you think of it? What is the current state of Merge? Shanxi! In later generations, there were many coal bosses. With coal, iron smelting and casting processes could be improved, cement could be fired. With the advanced casting process, it may be possible to make a real cannon. With cement, you can easily build strong castles and avenues!

"Great Sage, ahhh That one...... It's you, it's okay with your head open, right? ”

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay."

"It's okay, put these coals on my back, and follow me to Mayi. When you get to Mayi, I'll give you a tael of gold. ”

"Great, my lord, are you scolding me? I'm not going. ”

"That's okay, the plan, cut off his head for me."

"My lord, I'd better go. It seems that Ma Yi is not very far away, and it is easy to say whether it is rich or not......"

"Hmm!" Lu Chen took Sun Dasheng towards Mayi, and he had already begun to look forward to creating an industrial hegemony in the Three Kingdoms.

……

After returning to Mayi, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and others were not there, and I heard that all the Wenchen generals who could ride horses rode out of the city and went along the river to find Lu Chen. As soon as Lu Bu saw Lu Chen, he was a bear hug, his eyes were red, and he almost cried, since he heard that his son fell from the sky and was washed away by the river, he almost went crazy.

"Father, don't worry, I'm not coming back?" Lu Chen was a little embarrassed, more apologetic. The matter of testing the hot air balloon was originally hidden from Lu Bu and a few mothers, because he knew that they would definitely think that the hot air balloon was unreliable and would not let him take the risk.

"Evil obstacles! I'll beat you to death! ”

Then, Lu Bu kicked Lu Chen to the ground with one kick, and he was furious.

Fortunately, the three mothers who rushed to stop Lu Bu and saved Lu Chen from a violent beating.

appeased Lu Bu and the three mothers who were crying with pear blossoms and rain, and Lu Chen was able to get out. However, for Lu Bu's angry scolding, Lu Chen felt a little moved, this was the first time he hit "himself", right? Not to mention, this world-famous tiger general also has red circles.

took Cao He and the villager named Xue Asan back to his small courtyard, but fortunately, the news that Lu Chen was almost drowned was kept secret from Zhen Mi and the others, so he was spared another round of pear blossoms and rain.

After coming to the backyard, Lu Chen began to let the light rider carry firewood and burn coal.

After a while, thick smoke billowed and the charcoal fire was exuberant.

Lu Chen asked Lu Zhan, who climbed back in a panic, to reward Xue Asan with a tael of gold, and then asked, "Are there many people digging coal nearby?" ”

"Not much." Xue Asan bit the gold with his teeth, the gold was very soft, and immediately left a few clear tooth marks, and his mouth was crooked with joy, "I am the only one who knows where there is coal for dozens of miles nearby." Because many people burn firewood, the charcoal is not sold very much. I am a monopoly on Taoist alchemy. ”

"Taoist priests are all talents!" Lu Chen sighed and said, "Except for coal, do you know oil?" ”

Now Lu Chen, as soon as his mind was opened by coal, he suddenly couldn't stop the car. On the way back, he thought a lot, in the three countries with poor technical capabilities, it may not be possible to establish a huge and advanced industrial system, but in Yanmen, it is feasible to build a simple foundation.

Even if that's it, it's a big step! (To be continued......)