Everyone looked up and saw that the sky that was originally full of clouds rose with the strong wind, and the clouds were torn out of huge gaps at this time.

A dazzling ray of light was cast through the cloudy clouds.

It happened to be projected on the statue of the immortal on the altar.

The statue has a majestic and solemn demeanor, as if the true god is in the world.

"The national teacher's rain prayer technique is really extraordinary!"

Seeing this peculiar scene, everyone was shocked.

Even the people are adoring.

They never imagined that the national teacher's rain prayer spell was simply as simple as he said, and after releasing six magic weapons, he could summon such a scene, which was really too spectacular and beautiful.

These onlookers, in their cognition, have no concept of science and hot air balloons at all, so they can only attribute all this to the "magic weapon" and "mana" of the national teacher.

And their criteria for judging whether the national teacher is powerful or not are also very simple, and the "magic weapon" can fly, which is quite powerful.

As for what this "magic weapon" is for, no one cares, and no one cares, most people just watch the excitement and what they should do when they go home.

And Mei Juma and Jingqing, who were tied together and thrown on the ground, changed their faces suddenly.

They don't know the role of the hot air balloon, although they don't think it's a "magic weapon" like some of the more superstitious people, but at the moment, whether it's a mistake or this strange thing really works, it's obviously not a good thing, because once the wind blows, it means that it is possible to rain.

And once it rains, it means that their bet is lost!

"What the hell is this thing for? Why put a living person on it? Mei Yin asked.

In Jing Qing's eyes, the only remaining Qingming has long since dissipated, his eyes are full of madness, and his mouth is full of words.

"Impossible! No way! They can't make it! Heaven is clear! Heaven is clear! ”

But the layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Just when the onlookers were fascinated, Zhuo Jing on the mound on the other side of the altar frowned as he looked at the various monitoring instruments of Qin Tianjian in front of him.

Zhuo Jing, as the supporter of the change of the law who knows the most about astronomy, it is natural that he and Qin Tianjian will communicate with Qin Tianjian about the matters related to celestial phenomena.

But in fact, the things in front of you are very basic common sense, the sky is windy, it does not mean that there is rain, this kind of major event can not be gambled on probability.

Since the clouds have condensation nuclei, if you want to become clouds and rain, the clouds should be stable to play. And now, the wind and clouds have suddenly changed, and the clouds have begun to change drastically, which will undoubtedly make it more difficult to pray for rain.

Zhuo Jing silently pondered, since the wind is so strong, he might as well let the hot air balloon come back first. If it rains after the wind, then the hot air balloon naturally does not have to go up, and if it does not rain after the wind, when there is no wind, the hot air balloon will go up again, which is better than going up against the wind now.

Zhuo Jing informed the officials of the Qin Heavenly Prison behind him of his thoughts, and asked them to inform Jiang Xinghuo.

Jiang Xinghuo stood quietly under the statue, watching the six hot air balloons soar into the sky with difficulty against the sudden gale.

Several officials from Qin Tianjian hurried over and shouted hoarsely in the face of the wind.

"National teacher, don't stop!"

Song Li behind him frowned and shouted, "Didn't you say that there was no wind today? ”

The officials of Qin Tianjian were all embarrassed, and the date of praying for rain was set by them, and after calculation, there should be no wind today, however, there were unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, but at this time there was a strong wind.

The scorching wind blew his green shirt, but Jiang Xinghuo stood still as if he were another statue.

Jiang Xinghuo quietly felt the changes in the direction and strength of the wind, and finally made a judgment.

"The plan remains the same."

This is what success is also me, defeat is also my meaning Since the national teacher bears the overall responsibility, therefore, everyone on the altar can only pray silently, hoping that if God really exists, then they can hear the request in their hearts and give a trace of favor.

Farther away, at the top of Fengshan Mountain, where the tower of the Great Heavenly Boundary Temple is located.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao's expressions were a little dignified at the same time.

Unlike the unsuspecting crowd of onlookers, they knew very well that hot air balloons used to carry people to the clouds to spread silver iodide were not suitable for operation in strong wind conditions.

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At this time, as the hot air balloon slowly rose into the air, the surrounding wind was already blowing, and the wild sand was flying, making the whole world seem to become dim in an instant, but the heating device of the hot air balloon still shone brightly, as dazzling as the stars in the night, illuminating the place around the hot air balloon.

At the same time, as the wind increased, more dust drifted through the air, obscuring the view, making the test pilots' maneuvering of the hot air balloon more erratic.

"Boom ——!"

It seemed as if something had made a loud noise, and the sound was coming from the air.

Huo Fei felt that he could barely stand up, but his heart was becoming more and more desperate, with his current state, if the hot air balloon suddenly lost control and crashed, if the parachute was unreliable, he was afraid that he would die and there would be no scum left.

"Hula ——!"

Another gust of wind struck, and the person who blew couldn't open his eyes, and even felt dizzy, and at this moment, suddenly a strong wind suddenly pushed the hot air balloon forward from the opposite direction.

The speed of the hot air balloon has suddenly increased a lot.

Dozens of feet away, the test pilot of another hot air balloon next to Huo Fei was also stupid, and he didn't dare to move, for fear of falling into a pulp.

——————

The wind was blowing harder and stronger, and the whole sky was obscured by dark clouds.

The people had no choice but to cover all the sacrificial things, lest the wind blow over the sacrifices they had worked so hard to prepare.

"Huh?"

The official, who was covering the offering with a cloth, suddenly noticed that the frequency of the cloth shaking seemed to be starting to decrease.

"The wind is light! Plum horses, the wind is light! ”

Jing Qing struggled to twist his body tied up by the five flowers, and at this time, Jing Qing's eyes were already full of madness.

"No rain in the clouds! It's done! It's done! Hahahaha! ”

Li Zhigang, who had just returned to the tent and took off his complicated sacrificial dress, walked out of the tent and happened to see this scene.

I heard before that the national teacher went to see Jing Qing once in prison, and Jing Qing seemed to have a trace of remorse for the pain caused to his family by his desperate behavior, but now it seems that Jing Qing, who is deeply influenced by the Taoist system of science, is still rushing forward along that desperate road.

But Jingqing is not like this, and there is no way to live after all.

Everyone knows that Jing Qing is alive now, just to witness the result of his blood oath.

Li Zhigang sighed imperceptibly.

Mei Yin's expression was not as excited as Jing Qing.

For Mei Yin, his heart was already dead when he heard the news of the defeat of the Southern Army in the decisive battle of Lingbi.

Whether it is staying in a lonely city in the future, or instructing students to disrupt the law in prison, or cursing Zhu Di, it is just his last stubbornness.

However, at this time, I saw that the wind was gradually subsiding, and it seemed that it was indeed just a gust of wind passing through just now.

The clouds in the sky had swept away, and they gathered again, but there was no sign that it was going to rain.

In a moment, the wind completely dissipated.

The corners of Mei Yin's mouth still involuntarily showed a hint of a smile.

"Zhu Di. You can't win me in this bet, now that it's not raining, even if those few strange things fly into the sky, what can they do? Is it human sacrifice? It's ridiculous! ”

Jing Qing's crazy laughter came from behind him, and on the big altar, Jiang Xinghuo still looked up at the sky.

The wind is light, which is a good thing and a bad thing, the good thing is that the hot air balloon can fly into the clouds smoothly to spread silver iodide, and the bad thing is that you can't expect it to rain on your own. But in the end, the pros outweigh the disadvantages.

For Jing Qing, although Jiang Xinghuo felt that he was a little too stubborn to obstruct the change of law with his life, but his behavior, from the perspective of people in this era, was impeccable, and Jiang Xinghuo was not interested in competing with this kind of moral outlook that could not be reversed in a short period of time.

In other words, although Jing Qing has an almost unreasonable grudge against Jiang Xinghuo, Jiang Xinghuo has never regarded Jing Qing as an opponent.

Jiang Xinghuo's opponent is Cheng Zhu Lixue, who is a member of countless Jiangnan gentry who oppose the change of law.

And the launch of the hot air balloon actually represents some kind of whipping of Cheng Zhu Lixue.

"Celestial induction? Heh."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and only said, "Bring a pen and paper." ”

Behind him, Song Li was stunned, and immediately found a pen and paper for Jiang Xinghuo.

Jiang Xinghuo simply didn't look at the hot air balloon in the sky, and splashed ink on the table where the sacrifices were held.

He hadn't thought about what article he was going to publish in the newspaper before.

Now, he's figured it out.

Song Li's gaze crossed Jiang Xinghuo's shoulder and saw the big characters on the paper that had not yet dried.

The Empirical Role of Natural Sciences such as Physics and Chemistry in Helping People Transform Nature, Taking Hot Air Balloons and Silver Iodide as an Example of Artificial Rainfall

The hot air balloon flew higher and higher, and at this time, there were many people around the altar who had not yet realized what the concept of manning the sky was, they only felt that this was the national teacher who really had the power to put people in the magic weapon and go to the sky.

"I underestimated the national teacher before, he is really a man with a great way, and he can send people to the sky."

"I heard that the national teacher cultivated his magical powers at a young age, and now he uses this spell to pray for rain, which is really a blessing for the community."

"The national teacher really lives up to his name, and he will definitely associate with the good students of the national teacher in the future."

Some officials and nobles who watched the ceremony have begun to sing praises to the national teacher, after all, such a big stroke, even if it is rummaging through the annals of history, no one can do it!

Everyone was talking, but the man who was called the national teacher by everyone was not affected in any way, he stood quietly in the center of the altar and wrote, as if everything in this world did not exist at all.

But there are also people with sharp minds who quickly realize the great role of hot air balloons.

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, looked at the hot air balloon floating in the sky in a daze, and suddenly said.

"If the national teacher uses this thing properly, on the battlefield, wouldn't it open the eyes of the sky?"

Xu Jingchang was stunned and asked, "Let people stand on it and play the flag?" ”

"Yes."

"You don't need to fly so high, you need to tie a rope underneath, and fly more than ten or dozens of zhang, which is better than the highest watchtower now."

Xu Huizu hammered it with his fist, if there was such a thing during the Battle of Baigou River back then, he could see Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu personally leading the Yan army to flank and detour, and the 600,000 army would not be defeated overnight.

But now that Zhu Di has become the emperor, he never dares to tell anyone about such thoughts, so he can only bury them in his heart.

Mei Yin, Jing Qing and the like can ignore their lives, but he Xu Huizu also has a huge Wei State Mansion on his shoulder, saying that whether he has grass on the wall, or endures humiliation and steals his life, he will always try his best to save it.

Xu Miaojin listened to the conversation between her eldest brother and her nephew, but she had another thought in her heart.

"It would be great if I could fly to the sky in person, like the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and see the world from the air."

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The wind gradually became lighter, so that there was no trace of it, which made people suspect that it was just a dream-like illusion just now, and the test pilots in the hot air balloon could finally check their own situation.

Huo Fei first checked his hot air balloon, the hanging basket was complete and solid, there was no problem with the heating device, and the flames were running under the fire net, as for the silk balloon, it seemed that one place was smashed by the gravel carried by the wind just now, but this did not affect the normal operation of the balloon.

Hot air balloons are such a thing, not to mention that the balloon is broken with a small hole, or a few more, as long as the whole is complete, there is no problem with flying.

Huo Fei put his mind at ease and turned his head to look at his companions, only to find that he only saw the other four hot air balloons.

"What about the other one?"

Huo Fei looked around, but he really didn't find it, when he realized something and poked his head out of the hanging basket, he found that the earth was already far away under his feet.

The famous places of the Imperial City, Zhongshan Mountain, Xuanwu Lake, and the Shogunate Mountain Nanjing City, many places that you don't have the chance to see on weekdays, and from the air, it's just like that.

Unable to sigh a lot, Huo Fei poked his head out and searched carefully, only to find that below, a hot air balloon with two large holes in a balloon was slowly descending.

"It looks like it's okay to make that loud noise just now, I'm afraid it came from it."

These days, the test pilots have not used hot air balloons to fly into the sky once or twice, although they have not flown very high, but they understand that the safety of hot air balloons is much better than they imagined.

As long as it can continue to decline at a normal and uniform rate, then no one will die.

Next, there is the most critical part of this mission.

Looking at the bottle with silver iodide firmly tied to his wrist, Huo Fei took out a small red flag, and as the captain, he gave the other test pilots a pre-set signal.

The small red flag means that they will fly into the clouds one by one, and then after counting down to ninety-nine, they will scatter silver iodide together.

The five hot air balloons, in the eyes of everyone on the ground, have become five small black dots at this time.

The sea of clouds is surging ahead, and they are about to fly into the clouds to accomplish something no one has ever done before.

This is also the first time that science has achieved enlightenment to the world in terms of empirical evidence.

(End of chapter)