Chapter 443: Only Success, No Failure
Wang Fu and the others were very relieved to say these cool words, and Liu Guan listened calmly, but he was silent, not at all like the impeached generals in the court, once the imperial historians accused them of something, they became angry, and they were so angry that they blushed and had a thick neck, and they jumped up to eat people.
"Your Highness, the minister has never studied scientific research, and he does not understand thermodynamics. The reason why the minister has this proposal is to follow the ancestral system. If such a great event cannot conform to the right time, place, and people, I am afraid that we will offend the heavens, disrespect our ancestors, and disrespect the ancestors."
Zhu Gaoxian couldn't refute it, this was simply a chicken and a duck, he turned to Zhu Di and said, "Father, when to launch the rocket, when to go to the sky, the star and arrow are separated, and how the project team responds, these are all carefully calculated and planned by many people, once the time changes, a lot of work needs to be redone, and once the data is not connected, it is easy to make mistakes." The son begs his father for permission to launch the rocket at ten o'clock tomorrow."
Zhu Di naturally wanted to stand on his son's side, he pondered for a while, and said, "Can you ensure success?"
These words seemed to be asking Zhu Gaoxian, but in fact, they put a lot of pressure on Wang Fu, and he hurriedly landed on his knees, "Your Majesty, the minister is only seventy percent sure!"
Zhu Gaoxian added on the side, "Erchen is 90 percent sure, and there is still 10 percent uncertainty because this is an unprecedented invention and creation, there is no precedent, and I am the first in the world, although it conforms to the principle, but Erchen does not know whether it is in line with reality."
"How do you know if you don't give it a try?" Zhu Di sighed, "Yongle No. 1, tomorrow at ten o'clock, will be launched on time, only success, not failure!"
"Son's Command!" Zhu Gaoxian took the lead in kneeling down, Wang Fu was halfway through the action of preparing to receive the order, and froze in place, he looked at Zhu Gaoxian who was kneeling on the ground, his eye sockets were hot, and something flowed out and blindfolded his eyes, making his vision blurry.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not let him receive the decree, but stepped forward to receive the decree himself, and once he failed, he was under pressure and impeached by the imperial history of the DPRK.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood in front of them and left the pressure to himself.
This responsibility not only moved Wang Fu, but also made him particularly pressured.
Back in the research office, the project leaders were still waiting for him, and when they saw him come in, they hurriedly asked, "My lord, what's wrong?" Is the time set?"
"It's settled!" Wang Fu told him what happened in front of Zhu Di, and he was silent.
The people in charge looked at each other, and some people said a little angrily, "Those officials who eat with one mouth, and don't block people all day long, it seems that they have no sense of accomplishment."
Wang Fu raised his hand to stop, "Don't say this again. Your Highness will take care of everything for us, and we just need to do our own thing well."
"Yes!"
"Therefore, tomorrow we are only allowed to succeed, not to fail!"
"But ......"
Wang Fu shook his head, "I know what you want to say, you must say that no one can guarantee success, but His Highness said that he is 90% sure, I think that in His Highness's heart, as long as we make up for the few mistakes and omissions he pointed out, we must be 100% sure."
One of them stood up, "My lord, we have spare parts for all the parts, and tomorrow's launch will definitely be successful."
The next day, the final preparations were in full swing, the entire launch site was busy, and at half past nine, Zhu Di came to the command site, a long row of machine screens, showing some data and status of each part, although Zhu Di couldn't understand it, but this liveliness, he liked it very much.
Zhu Gaoxian led Zhu Di to introduce them one by one, telling him that this is that part, which part is that, and what role does it play, which is too fresh for Zhu Di, and the tense atmosphere makes him a little uneasy.
"Dad, it's going to be fine, the failure plan has been made several times, even if it fails, it's not a big deal, it's great that we will start all over again!"
"It's not easy to say it's a new one!" Zhu Di sighed.
Time entered the countdown, Zhu Gaoxian led his father to a big screen, the launch site appeared clearly in front of him, and Zhu Di couldn't help but step forward
Touched the big screen, "What is this?"
"This is a projection screen, a special screen, and in the future, this thing can be used for civilian use, and some plays, performances, and filming will be filmed and transmitted to every household through a transmitter. But that's another story." Zhu Gaoxian said.
Zhu Di didn't put his mind on this for the time being, and the commander-in-chief Wang Fu began to read the countdown, "Ten, nine, eight, seven...... Three, two, one, ignition!"
Rumble!
A violent sound came, and I saw that the tail of "Yongle No. 1" dragged its long fiery red tail and flew towards the sky at an incredible speed.
Zhu Di couldn't help but turn his head to look out of the window, outside the transparent glass window, separated by a long distance, he could still see the soaring rocket, piercing through the clouds and rushing into the blue sky.
"Ignition successful!" Wang Fu's voice trembled, but there was silence in the command room, no one made a sound, and everyone's eyes were either staring closely at the screen in charge in front of them, or staring at the big screen in the command room, breathing extremely lightly, very lightly, as if they were afraid of disturbing something and causing the rocket to deviate from orbit.
Time passed minute by minute, and when the star and arrow separated, everyone held their breath until they saw the satellite enter the established orbit, and they didn't know who it was, and let out a sob, and the whole command room was cheering, and they hugged the person closest to them, crying silently, "It's successful!"
Zhu Di's gaze was withdrawn from the screen, and he looked at the crying scientific researchers in the command room, and tears gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Dad, they are so excited, they succeeded, my Daming's satellite was successfully launched!" Zhu Gaoxian cried with joy and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I know, Daddy knows!" Zhu Di patted his son on the shoulder, and he walked towards the door.
Zhu Gaoxian stood outside the door with his father, they looked at the blue sky from afar, and the satellite at this time was flying around the established orbit, they couldn't see it, they seemed to be able to see it again.
I don't know how long it took, but an exclamation came from the command room:
"Look, this is our Earth, ah, that's what it looks like!"
After entering orbit, the satellite sent back the first photo, and the speed was not slow.
Zhu Di looked back, and Zhu Gaoxian said, "Dad, let's go in and have a look and see what our earth looks like."
At this time, Wang Fu also came out, he was so excited for a while that he forgot to count the etiquette, "Your Majesty, the picture has been sent back, the earth is like this, it is like this!"
He was so excited that his eyes were full of tears, his voice trembled, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.
"Let's go, let's see!" Zhu Di naturally didn't bother with him.
Seeing Zhu Di come in, the engineers who had already seen the photos gave way to the emperor, Zhu Di's eyes were already looking at the big screen, and the photo was frozen on it, only to see a blue planet, in the shape of an oval, presented in front of them, so clear and wonderful.
"I see, it looks like this!" Zhu Di closed his eyes and forced the heat in his eyes back.
Zhu Zhanji came over and helped Zhu Di, "Grandpa, we succeeded!"
"yes, it worked!" Zhu Di held Zhu Zhanji's hand tightly, he turned around and looked around at everyone, "I congratulate you, the court congratulates you, my 30,000,000 people of the Ming Dynasty congratulate you, you are the heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and you are the heroes remembered for generations!"
"I will reward you, and the court will honor you!"
Not far away, a group of camel bells fluttered in the wind, and the merchants who came to Daming from Samarkand to do business heard the movement not far away, and they all stopped and stood and saw a flame holding a huge white object flying into the air, and some of them had a literate interpreter who could clearly read the words "Yongle No. 1".
"What's that?" In the caravan, a man who had always been silent couldn't help but ask.
He had a thick beard, a turban wrapped around his head, a gray dress, and a coat on his shoulders.
"Ibrahim, we don't know what it is, we'll find out a little further."
Ibrahim was a native of the Ottoman Empire, and although he was born as a slave, he was very much trusted by the Sultan.
Although the Ottoman Empire was allied with the Timurid Khanate and the Golden Horde, and the covenant had been signed, he was still not at ease, after all, the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty were separated by a Timur, unlike the Timurid Khanate, which bordered the Golden Horde and the Ming Dynasty.
After walking a little further, they came to a village, where every household was setting off firecrackers, and the interpreter stopped an old man and humbly asked them for advice, "I heard that the Ming Dynasty will only set off firecrackers during the New Year, are you going to celebrate the New Year here?"
The old man carried a hoe, unguarded, and said with a smile, "We are in the Ming Dynasty, and we will set off firecrackers when we encounter a happy event, and today is a happy event for all of us in the Ming Dynasty, we are close and know faster."
"I don't know what kind of happy event it is? Can you tell us that we can have fun too?"
"You should have seen it just now, our satellite was launched. My Ming court got a star and launched it into the sky to protect our Ming people."
Ibrahim didn't believe it, so he didn't ask much, but he saw the old man, who was wearing a short white coat and a pair of dark trousers underneath, with his trouser legs rolled up high, and a hat on his head, as if he had just returned from the fields, and though he had some mud on his body, his clothes were half-new and not tattered.
In the village, a group of half-grown children were chasing and grabbing firecrackers, their faces were ruddy, their clothes were very neat, and they were very lively and happy.
There are mothers calling their children home for dinner, and on the roofs of every house, the cooking smoke is filling, and there is a scene of harmony.
As they got farther away, Ibrahim said, "I don't know what the satellite is for, but I think the lives of these Ming people seem to be very rich."