"My Imperial Majesty! I've always believed in the truth that anything heavier than air can't fly! So you see, the airship that the French are doing now, there is no one on it! And without people, how can we explore the universe? We can't even fly! ”

Mr. Thomson, the Secretary of Science of the American Empire, was constantly lobbying in front of the American Emperor, or rather he wanted His Majesty the Emperor to abandon his unrealistic ideas.

Yes, our Minister of Science just thinks that it is impossible for people to fly, you just can't fly!

In the face of this, Li Mengyang really wants to laugh, really, because this is Kelvin, this is the K in physics, how famous, but he just thinks that people can't fly. Actually, this is not a once, the Minister of Science told him before when that performance just came out.

But though, if you put yourself in their shoes, you really can't blame Mr. Thomson for this.

Let's just say now, has anyone ever been to heaven?

Well, yes doesn't count, normal human beings, so far, really no one has ever flown up. Although we humans have always had the dream of flying in our hearts, and this has been the case since ancient times, no one has ever been on it, and the French airship that Thomson said, yes, the airship is now there, but there is no one on it, no one!

No one dares to go up!

Because that thing is no different from a balloon, but it's bigger, and you can't control where that airship flies, so who dares to go up there?

Other than that. Who is Mr. Thomson? He's a scientist!

Scientists need to be rigorous. Since rigorous. Then he has to look at the problem from the perspective of various experiments and theories, and the current experiments are all failures, and the various theories that can be deduced by human beings now cannot fly!

If it's not as light as air, won't it be impossible to fly? People before didn't know if there was good air?

But though, who is Li Mengyang? How could he not know if he could fly?

"Mr. Thomson, I understand your thoughts. But I have always believed that we humans will be able to fly! For example, in our oriental culture, there are many gods, fairies, in the cave of DUNHUANG, there are many beautiful fairy portraits, and there are many legends of sword fairies. Edgeworth rides the wind. Demon Destroyer Heaven and Earth...... Oh well, we humans must be flyable. Otherwise, those legends are not really fake? ”

Li Mengyang's white hoot, these examples given by this guy are simply simple, and they are about to clean up Shushan!

"......" Thomson was confused, but he was a scientist, "Your Majesty, I don't care what Chinese legends you have, but can you give me a proof?" Scientifically proven! ”

Oh yes, that's what scientists do, they want to prove it, no matter what kind of experiment or theory, you have to prove it.

"Okay!" Li Mengyang said...... Can he prove it? He understands the theory of aerodynamics?

Li Mengyang said that he didn't understand it at all, but it didn't matter.

"Bring pen and paper!"

That's right, our emperor is a master of abstraction!

"......" Thomson was very speechless, but he was very much looking forward to it, because the emperor in front of him, the things he painted, don't say it, it's quite reliable!

So what is Li Mengyang painting?

It didn't take long for something to appear on the white paper!

Two wings, but split into two layers, and a tail, and fins on that tail, and as for the front, what is that messy mess?

"Propellers!" Li Mengyang replied with a little blush.

Well, master of abstraction, you can't ask for too much!

"Your Majesty! Is this something from your Chinese mythology? "Even if Mr. Thomson doesn't have much research on Chinese culture, he can see that this thing has a fart to do with mythology?

"Ahem...... obviously, Li Mengyang this guy just drew a simple primitive biplane, which is all in his impression, but the myth ...... "Mr. Thomson, this is something we have in ancient Chinese books, but I have made certain changes, such as this propeller, which was not available before, right?"

"You mean, this propeller spins and then it's like it's in the water, oh...... Is it to treat air as water? This, this ......" Thomson, a scientist, immediately figured out the truth, but still, "where does this motivation come from?" This propeller needs a lot of power, and it has to spin extremely fast! ”

Yes, this motivation is very important, and now there is such a ......

"Engine!" Li Mengyang said naturally, "It's used in the car!" ”

"......," Thomson ceased to speak, "Your Majesty, you can think better than I do." ”

"......" Li Mengyang blushed.

The current situation is that the engine on the car is quite heavy, and it is cast iron, so you let it fly with such a heavy thing?

But in fact, Li Mengyang's idea is right, but he is really a liberal arts student, and he really doesn't understand how to do it, but he has to talk about weight loss.

"Aluminum! Let's make an aluminum-based engine! ”

Li Mengyang's trick is really affordable.

...... "Thomson, maybe, maybe?" Well, you're the emperor anyway, so this thing is an experiment......"

"It must be paid for by the Empire! Rest assured! Li Mengyang patted his chest!

And so, the aircraft program of the American Empire began!

In fact, at the beginning, Li Mengyang was engaged in the symphony of "A Space Odyssey", he just wanted to compete with the European powers in culture, but now, this step-by-step development, so many things have been done, it's simple!

In addition, this is a bit of a strange thing, that is, there are many people in Europe who think the same way as Mr. Thomson, and many of them are scientists!

Other words. Now most people in Europe feel it. You, the Emperor of America, did this show. Symphony combined with celestial star charts, this thing is very good, but humans can fly?

I don't read much, don't lie to me!

Then, this has changed from an ideological war to a realistic scientific and technological war!

And Li Mengyang wants to engage in airplanes so much, this matter is ...... Can he do it as a liberal arts student?

Although Li Mengyang is a liberal arts student, he is an emperor, so what is the emperor going to do. That's easy!

Three months later, in May 1874, a small grandstand was erected on the outskirts of San Francisco, the imperial province of California, and in the distance of this grandstand, there was a platform with a large slope, which was a strange thing.

What is this for?

"Oh, why is it so foggy in California?"

"Yes! Sister, this air doesn't seem to be very good. ”

"Listen to Brother Meng Yang. It's a haze, there's no way around it. ”

"Haze. It's another word invented by that guy from Clint, and I remember it was called Purple Mist in London, and it was pretty good. ”

These people, the discerning person knew at a glance that these were the four concubines of the American Empire, and they were all here, so what is the matter?

In the words of several concubines, there is something new and interesting!

"Can it be done? Can it be done? ”

"Old Fog Wind, you can stop for a while!"

"Call me light. WIND！ ”

Well, there are a lot of big people from the Empire, such as generals like Fog Wind and Okasi, but this guy Fog Wind has recently changed his name because he thinks the pronunciation of FOG is not very good.

This one...... Forget it, let's see what the hell is going on.

"Comrades! His Majesty the Emperor of the United States, please! "Liszt, this guy is willing to be the master of ceremonies.

And Li Mengyang naturally walked out slowly!

"Comrades! Today we will witness a piece of history! That was the first time in human history that the sky was challenged! ”

"Wow, oh!"

Challenge the skies? This word is really good, Li Mengyang deserves to be a liberal arts student.

But though, isn't that all about flying? Could it be that the plane came out?

It's out!

I saw something that looked like a bird, with two wings, and the wings were still with threads, and the whole body of the bird was made of wood!

It's the thing that Li Mengyang painted, but there are still a lot of changes in this thing, such as the fuselage becoming wood, and the ...... The cab seems to be gone!

Well, it's nothing, because everyone doesn't know that there is a cab, and besides, this time we are going to experiment with flying, and if we can fly, it will be fine.

"Let's get started!" Li Mengyang doesn't have too many instructions, so let's just do it.

So, the crew went up and started igniting the engine, doing all sorts of things anyway, and then ......

Sudden ...... This familiar voice has come out!

Is it an aluminium engine?

It's really not, it's still the original cast iron, because how can the aluminum engine be so simple?

But however, it seems that cast iron is also fine, anyway, in order to be the first step to the heavens, to deal with it first.

That...... There is no one here, how can you go up?

It's simple, the direction of control is given, and then the plane rushes to the man-made ramp.

Anyway, as long as you can fly!

"......" Mr. Thomson was really full of emotion in his heart, until this time, he still didn't believe that people could fly, but he knew very well in his heart that as long as the 'bird' in front of him could go to the sky, then human beings would definitely be able to fly, because it was enough to carry the weight of human beings.

So, suddenly, suddenly......

"Wow!"

"It's really flying!"

That's right, it's really flying, and of course it's flying, anyway, as long as the propeller turns fast enough, then it can fly, Li Mengyang has heard someone joke, that is, 'If you can give the toilet enough thrust, then the toilet can also fly!'" ’

But not ......

"What's the wind blowing today?"

Seeing that the plane got up, of course Li Mengyang was overjoyed, we liberal arts students can do airplanes, but the planes are flying higher and higher, although they are not very high, that is, twenty or thirty meters, but it seems that this plane is going to take the lead!

Obviously, no one is manipulating it on it, and it is impossible to maneuver it on the ground now, so it is inevitable that something will go wrong with the wind alone......

"Comrades! Avoid it first! ”

"Get out of the way!"

"Oh my god!"

The first powered flight test of mankind ended in chaos...... (To be continued......)

PS: What, don't say much about the black car, thank you for your support! Thank you so much!