Chapter 158 [Learning Technology, Looking at the West]

The successful development of the hot air balloon was a scientific progress for the Ming Dynasty and the world, but the invention had an obvious flaw - it could not be controlled.

The hot air balloon cannot control the direction, it can only move according to the direction of the wind, and the speed of its flight also depends on the speed of the wind, which means that if you want to attack the city with a hot air balloon, you must have the right wind direction, and the wind must not be too strong, otherwise you will not know where to blow the balloon.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not have powerful bombs to bomb the ground. In these years, there was only black gunpowder, and there was still a long time before Will Brand invented the powerful yellow gunpowder, and the so-called flowering bomb in the Ming Dynasty was to put nails and iron filings and other things in the bomb, and use these to hurt the enemy after exploding. How powerful can that be? At most, it will hurt people, play a little harassing role, and can't kill people. This kind of thing is not suitable for actual combat, and it is not as powerful as the tiger squat cannon that hits stones.

It will be a long process to use hot air balloons in the military, unless you can modify the airship, control the direction, and have bombs made of yellow gunpowder, you can attack the enemy like Red Alert Kinov.

After letting the hot air balloon be used for siege, Ao Bai convened a meeting of many craftsmen and said the practice of "parachute", he took the drawing and said: "Use light cloth to sew into an umbrella shape, connect it with a few strong slings and wrap, fold the umbrella and stuff it into the package, as long as you pull a specific mechanism in the air, you can let the umbrella pop out, and with the help of the wind, people will float in the air and land, and they will not fall to death."

Sun Hedou smiled: "Childe" >, your idea is a few words to match the hot air balloon"

Ao Bai smiled: "That's right, if something goes wrong with the balloon, you can skydive." When attacking the city, you can also send people to take a hot air balloon, parachute in the city, avoid the defense in front of the enemy's city gate, and a team of people should be combined with the outside, it is easy to break through the city. ”

When the craftsmen think about it, this is indeed the case.

Sun Hedou sighed: "Childe" >, your idea is simply a genius idea. In this way, if you attack the city, it is much better than climbing the city wall with firepower, and it can save the lives of many soldiers. ”

Sun Hejing also said: "Childe" >, I see that with you, there is no need to recognize foreigners as teachers, everyone just worships you as a teacher. ”

The craftsmen also said that they have always thought that they are good at Qiyin skills and handmade, but compared with the idea of Aobai, they have all become frogs at the bottom of the well.

Ao Bai said: "Although the West does not have balloons and parachutes, we must learn from the West in terms of navigation technology. I have summoned you today to talk about sending people to study in Macao. ”

Anna followed Ao Bai every day, asking this and that like a curious baby. She listened to Vieri's translation and said something, and Vieri translated: "Miss Anna", > said that Daming's shipbuilding technology is really incomparable with Portugal, and learning is due. If you want to sail to Europe by the current ship of the Ming Dynasty, it is simply impossible, and the current ships of the Ming Dynasty are almost vulnerable. ”

Anna was telling the truth, but she was too straightforward to take into account the national pride of the people here, and immediately everyone began to refute her together, excitedly: "Your Hongyi warship is vulnerable, don't think that if you build a cannon, you will be invincible." ”

"If you start a war with Da Ming, can you win?"

"When Zheng He went to the West in the past, you foreigners didn't know what they were doing."

Anna couldn't understand what they were saying, but she clearly saw the hostility in the eyes of these people, and looked at Ao Bai as if asking for help, her expression was pitiful, and her body trembled a little, there were so many Han people here, if she wanted to deal with her, she couldn't resist at all.

Ao Bai felt a little uncomfortable when he saw so many people targeting her as a weak woman. I didn't care about Su Meng'er's jealousy, so I got up from my seat and went to Anna's side, condescendingly, and gently pressed her shoulders with both hands.

"You don't have to stand up." The light touch of Ao Bai gave Anna courage, and she nodded lightly and smiled. Ao Bai said to everyone: "Don't quarrel, everyone, I know your national pride and superiority very well, but I have seen the situation of the Ming warships in the Ministry of Industry, and Anna is telling the truth, our ships are really inferior to Portugal." In the past, we were ahead, but after many years of sea bans, our shipbuilding technology has stagnated and even begun to regress. It is not terrible to be inferior to others, but we must be modest, and only humility can make people progress. ”

As soon as Ao Bai spoke, everyone quieted down, they didn't believe in foreigners, but they believed in Ao Bai.

Ao Bai smiled: "Tell everyone a little military secret, and you will understand." The Franc cannon weighed 500 catties, and the projectiles fired weighed four catties each. Now we also have this kind of cannon in the Ming Dynasty, and using this kind of cannon to bombard enemy ships from a long distance should be very powerful in naval warfare, but this kind of heavy artillery is basically a decoration on our ship, and as soon as the cannon is fired, the hull will be cracked by the recoil of the cannon. That's the reality. Not to mention that the carrying capacity is not as good as that of Western ships, and there is a big difference in firmness. I gathered you together for the development of the Ming Dynasty, not for you to be blindly arrogant here and sit in the well and watch the sky. ”

When everyone heard Ao Bai say this, they stopped talking.

Originally, Ao Bai wanted the Portuguese to come to Shanxi to help make firearms, but after understanding the performance of the rifle, the loading was too slow, the cost was high, and the practicality of the battlefield was not as good as the chain crossbow. The key to learning was shipbuilding and navigation, and the Portuguese agreed.

Many people were immersed in the treasure ship that Zheng He used when he went to the West, and felt that it was great. Ao Bai thinks that the treasure ship is actually as powerful as the Hongyi cannon, and it is blown out. Looking at the description, "the length is forty-four zhang, and the width is eighteen zhang sixty-two." According to this scale, Zheng He's treasure ship will be 135 meters long, with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, and a deck area about the size of a football field. Isn't this thing an aircraft carrier? In the 21st century, the largest warships of the Chinese Navy are inferior to Zheng He's treasure ships.

There were all kinds of fraud in the Ming Dynasty, which were not unprecedented, but also the pinnacle.

The motives and reasons for fraud are varied, because they rejoice in great achievements, whitewash face, and pursue vanity, so as to fabricate nonsense, exaggerate political achievements, and create something out of nothing; Because there are huge economic interests, unscrupulous means, shoddy, false and true; Because the superiors refer to the deer as the horse, abuse their power, and force the subordinates to talk nonsense according to their own will, reversing black and white; Because the villains pat the horse, out of interest, cater to the power, and are forced by the power, for the survival or development of the individual flattery.

In short, this is an era of extreme bragging, and a group of people tell stories every day for fun.

suppressed the atmosphere, Ao Bai smiled: "I don't say this to make you arrogant, falling behind now does not mean that you will fall behind in the future, as long as you work hard, you can catch up soon." I would like to remind you that you must respect Anna, the Portuguese are our friends, stop calling them Hongyi, understand? ”。

"Understood," the group shouted.

After the meeting, Ao Bai personally selected the first batch of students, a total of 20 people, all of whom were relatively smart young people who had experienced hot air balloon making together. A few days later, the Salt Gang would send them to Macau in secret.

When Ao Bai was done, Anna kissed him on the face again, said thank you, and ran away. Su Meng'er watched from the side, her face turned blue with anger.

Su Meng'er didn't talk much in the afternoon, and when she returned to the house in the evening, she lay on the bed and said angrily: "I don't like that foreigner, she looks so strange, why do you still talk and laugh with her all day long?" She's kissed you several times, aren't you angry? ”。

How could I be angry with such a lovely beauty? Ao Bai said helplessly: "My dear, Anna is very nice, kind and cute, and can make weapons." She's alone in a foreign country, how can I take more care of her. ”

Su Meng'er said lightly: "But she pesters you like this, she obviously likes you." I really don't understand why you can attract foreigners and speak their language. Who did you learn those words from? ”

Ao Bai had no choice but to make up another lie, saying, "I know a Britannian who taught me. Portugal belongs to Europe, but it is not a country, and she also understands a little English, so we can communicate simply, but when it comes to important things, we also need a translator. Meng'er, if you want Daming to become the strongest country in the world, you must develop in Europe in the future. I asked the missionaries that some of the products of the Ming Dynasty would be many times more profitable as long as they were transshipped to Europe for sale, and as long as the foreigners guided us in building ships and provided us with navigation routes and charts, we could send people around the world to develop the world. ”

Su Meng'er said coldly: "Your idea is too long-term, and you haven't won the word in China yet, so you want to go abroad first." ”

Ao Bai smiled: "In this way, it will be convenient for me to consolidate my rule in the future." There are too many people in the Ming Dynasty, and there is always not enough food to eat, and the people in Europe may not be as many as us, and there are many countries that are ruled and enslaved by European powers, and there are few local adults. There are so many Ming people, if they are sent to these enslaved countries to develop and drive out those Europeans, won't they expand their territory? How much wealth and how much land will we have in the future? We are completely superior in military strength and numbers. I think it can be done. Of course, this is just an idea, and it is impossible to achieve it in the short term...... Ana represents the Portuguese, her country is very important for our future, please don't exclude her, okay? ”

Su Meng'er kicked his ass a few times, and said angrily: "So you really want her?" Then don't touch me, go find your girl, she must be happy. ”

Ao Bai grabbed Su Meng'er's jade feet, scratched her on the soles of her feet a few times, took the opportunity to turn over and pressed her under her, so that she couldn't move, and said: "I'll tell you one thing, you promise me not to be angry first, in fact, I made a mistake when she pestered me like this." ”

"You've ...... You've been hiding it from me? Su Meng'er's eyes widened.

"Where did you think of it? This mistake was when I hooked my fingers with her when I was in Hefu. Ao Bai told Su Meng'er the story of hooking his fingers.

Su Meng'er became even more angry after hearing this, and shouted, "You don't even explain it to her clearly, you still like her." Let go of me, don't touch me. ”

"Don't mention her, aren't you the one who is with me now?". Ao Bai kissed her on the mouth a few times and said, "Don't make a fuss." ”

Su Meng'er forced her eyes not to speak.

Ao Bai let go and said, "Alas, forget it, let's leave it like this tonight, I'll go to sleep in another room." ”

Su Meng'er did it again. "How dare you"

"Don't dare, I'm not leaving. You know I love doing research the most, especially your body. ”

The two hugged each other again, kissed passionately, and quickly stripped each other naked.

"If you dare not want me in the future, I will kill you."

"I'll never leave you."

Su Meng'er became more and more active. She knew that Anna couldn't compete with herself, but when she thought of returning to the capital, Ao Bai and his wife "> children, she had no bottom in her heart.

Ao Bai also cherished the time spent alone with Su Meng'er.

He got to know Su Meng'er more and more, some women who were arrogant on the outside, but they were actually very fragile inside. The more she mentions wealth and luxury in a person's conversation, the more she lacks money, the more she wants to be rich; The more I mention that I don't care about loneliness, the more I actually want to be cared for. Su Meng'er actually wants to be pampered, and she is afraid that she will lose it.

That night, the two of them worked much harder and more deeply than during the day......

After a few days in Xinzhou, the study of hot air balloons came to an end. Liang Bin took Ao Bai and others to Heishi Village together. Anna and Vieri went with them.

On the way, Liang Bin smiled and said: "When you didn't come to Shanxi, they only thought you were a good official, and now you have made this thing called a balloon, and they are about to treat you as a god." None of those immortals can fly to the sky. ”

The "fairy chiefs" are basically some liars who claim to be immortals, performing some small tricks such as water-neutral chopsticks and turning wine into ice, but in fact, they are all boring things that fool people.

Ao Bai didn't have a good impression of these people, and said: "As soon as you say it, I remember, see the immortal chief again, see one and catch the other, don't let them disturb the audio-visual." There are no spells in this world. ”

People choose their own direction in life, but they like to say that it is providential. Ao Bai felt that only by putting an end to superstition could people believe in natural science more and gradually open the shackles of their thoughts.

Shanxi is like a testing ground, and Aobai quietly implements moderate statecraft in this land. People have been able to raise interest rates, and the results achieved are obvious. As long as it is here, it will be possible to do it elsewhere. This is also a bit risky, Chongzhen doesn't know when he will know what he is doing, in case Chongzhen wants to deal with him, he will definitely not be able to tie his hands and arrest him, and then he can only raise troops and use force to take over the world.

Liang Bin suddenly said: "When you arrive at Heishi Village, I will give you a surprise, I have found a person, maybe it will make it easier for you to win the world." ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

Chapter 158 [Learning Technology, Looking to the West].

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