Feng Bao's eager eyes made Chen Mo speechless, so he could only deal with two sentences in a concealed manner, and left the hot air balloon base as if he were fleeing.

He can understand Feng Bao's anxious mood, but although Siqi has affection for him, he has been avoiding it, Rao is asking himself to understand the psychology of women, and he has no way to think about it for a while, so he can only delay it again and again.

As for Li Jiumei, he may have had some ideas before, but since Xing'er said that she had a crush, she could only silently bless in her frustration.

It's Apricot and Chun Tao who have a lot of affection for him, especially Chun Tao. It's a pity that one is Siqi's good sister, even if he wants to start, he has to take into account Siqi's feelings. And Xing'er, it seems that she and Li Jiumei are not like ordinary master-servant relationships, if you want her to leave Li Jiumei and come to him, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

The blessings of Qi people are really not so easy to enjoy. Chen Mo obviously knew that several women had a good impression of him, but now that Feng Bao was covered, and the sky was high and the emperor was far away, the threat to his lower body was not as serious as that of Jingshi, but every woman let him look forward and backward, and he couldn't start, so he could only sigh and toss and turn for more than half a night, and then he fell asleep in a daze.

This time back in Beijing, he is ready to take a hot air balloon ride. After a period of exploration, the soldiers who were transferred to guard the tomb have gradually mastered the direction of the hot air balloon by raising and lowering the height of the hot air balloon and selecting different air currents. Choosing to ride, first, counts as a test, and second, he also hopes to obtain an official identity for each of these people. In addition, there is another benefit, when he returns to Beijing in a hot air balloon, Zhu Yijun will definitely be elated when he sees it, and he will have a small complaint about his frequent entry into Beijing, and he will not say much.

Hejian Mansion is only a few hundred miles away from Zhaoling, and since he saw the oil that day, Chen Mo asked Zhu Yihua to ask his subordinates to send some more. Until yesterday evening. Just when he arrived, it was still the same clay pot, a full ten jars were delivered, and now the hot air balloon he was about to ride in was ready to replace rapeseed oil with oil, and by the way, he also compared the advantages and disadvantages between the two.

Say goodbye to Feng Bao. Chen Mo and Caiyu got into the hanging basket together. After deciding to return to Beijing today, Chen Mo went to Caiyu to discuss, hoping that she could return to Beijing with him. At first, Caiyu was reluctant, but after some persuasion, he finally agreed.

The reason why he persuaded Caiyu was that Chen Mo just wanted Caiyu's behavior of staying in Zhaoling to become "legal". Instead of seeking the consent of those foreign ministers, Chen Mo did not have any hope for those old Taoists. He only hoped that Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijunnian had suffered so many grievances in Caiyu, and acquiesced in her staying in Zhaoling. For this. He believes that with the results brought into Beijing this time, he is still 70% sure.

That's right, oil is the source of his self-confidence, not to mention the small jar of yellow-orange-orange oil distillate that Liu Fuxing happily handed him after arriving at the hot air balloon base this morning. He was sure it wasn't gasoline, it wasn't diesel, maybe it was only a semi-finished product. However, its ignition point is very low. The fierceness of the flames still surprised him. He believes that if the unnamed oil distillate in this jar is handed over to Wanli, for him who is interested in expanding the territory, the shock may not be inferior to that of a hot air balloon.

When the time comes, the dragon will be happy. Qi Jiguang's matter is easy to speak, and as for Caiyu sneaking to Zhaoling, it is estimated that it is even more so.

The development of hot air balloons has not been long, but because of Chen Mo's guidance. The pace of development is very fast. Today's balloons have also adopted the process of brushing tung oil, which is larger and lighter. The hanging basket is made of wattles in the mountain, and the inside and outside are wrapped in cloth to block the wind, so that there can be a square foot, and when you enter the inside and close the door, it is like entering a bucket room without a roof.

The four walls of the hanging basket were more than a man high, and the jar containing the oil was firmly held in the middle by iron clamps. The four walls are more than half a person high, and there is a circle of wooden platforms more than a foot wide, with steps to go up and down, so that it is easy to manipulate the size of the fire vent and look around.

The only regret is that a telescope is missing. Chen Mo had seen glassware in the palace, but he had never asked where those utensils were made, and he had not paid attention to it before, but now he was sitting in a hot air balloon again, and he couldn't help but put this matter in his heart, and his heart said that this time he would return to Beijing, and he would take the time to inquire about it, and strive to invite a few craftsmen who could make glass, and put the invention of the telescope on the agenda.

There were a few pestles under the platform, Chen Mo and Caiyu each sat down and waited, and as the flame ignited, the balloon that had already been blown up by the blower gradually floated up. Caiyu couldn't sit still anymore, got up and went to the platform, looked at the railing, and exclaimed from time to time.

Chen Mo was worried that she was in danger, so he hurriedly followed, and saw that several soldiers who were operating the hot air balloon were tied to ropes around their waists, connected to the hanging basket, and saw that there were several empty hanging baskets, and there was one next to Caiyu, so he hurriedly pulled her up and tied her tightly, and tied one to himself, so he was relieved, and he leaned on the wall of the hanging basket side by side with Caiyu and looked down.

The hot air balloon rises higher and higher, and the things on the ground gradually become smaller, but the direction is slowly northward, until the vast hot air balloon base becomes the size of a matchbox, and then it rises to a southward air flow layer, stops moving north, and slowly drifts south. The speed is getting faster and faster, and finally the oncoming wind has blown people's faces hurt.

Chen Mo hurriedly untied the rope and got off the platform with Caiyu, and at the same time beckoned to the foreman called Tie Niu, and asked, "Tie Niu, looking at your appearance, it seems that you are quite familiar with this strata, the speed is so fast, there will be no danger, right?" ”

Tie Niu is actually not tall, dark-skinned, stocky, and has a simple smile, and when he heard this, he said: "Don't worry, Governor, we have flown over this strata several times, and we have gone to the top of the capital twice." You and Miss Caiyu can rest for a while, and you can get there in an hour and a half at most. ”

Compared with the title of "Yin Gong", the soldiers who were transferred to the hot air balloon base were more willing to call Chen Mo "Governor", probably because they felt that the Governor was more majestic than Yin Gong. Chen Mo didn't like it very much, but it wasn't a big deal, he corrected it twice, and when he saw that no one took it seriously, he went with them

Hearing Tie Niu's introduction, Chen Mo was relieved.

Caiyu was a little surprised: "So fast?" ”

Tie Niu smiled and said: "Actually, it's not fast, every time the villain touches a stratosphere with a very fast wind speed, he blows it out for dozens of miles in the blink of an eye, if he doesn't quickly lower the height and get out, I don't know where it was blown away......" Speaking of this, he looked at Chen Mo: "Overseer, you are well-informed, we have been arguing recently, if the fire source can always be supplied and has been flying in one direction, where can it fly?" ”

Chen Mo's heart shook and he was overjoyed. He never expected that in just a few months, the concepts of these uneducated men had changed so much. Then he was quickly relieved: "Standing high, seeing far, maybe in some time, the honor of the first manned flight around the earth will be created by these people, right?" When they brought back the shocking news that the earth was round, I wonder what it was? (Magellan's first voyage was in 1519, which can be said to have changed the direction of the development of the West, but the idea that the earth is round has not yet spread to the interior of China) (To be continued......)