A sharp shout sounded in Huo Fei's ears, but at this moment, he couldn't do anything.

Because, he is about to face the same end as the test pilot.

There was a boom, and the violent shaking caused the hot air balloon to shake violently, as if it was about to fall apart.

Huo Fei's body suddenly shifted to the right, and he was almost thrown out of the hanging basket, and at the same time, a not-so-pungent scorching smell came in.

It was the smell of whale oil, which no longer had a strong smell and black smoke compared to the fat of other animals, but it could still be smelled in the falling rain.

At this moment, Huo Fei, whose five senses had become extremely sharp, could even hear the crackling sound of flames......

"I ...... I don't want to die......"

He turned his head with difficulty and tried to open his eyes, but in his vision, there was still a dark rain curtain.

This heavy rain, which decided the direction of the change, was bought by them with their lives.

But right now, people are thousands of feet in the sky, and the only one who can save him is himself.

At this time, Huo Fei's only feeling was fear.

He was not afraid of death in the face of a name in history and money that he could not earn in his lifetime, but he felt a little afraid of this helpless and hopeless way of dying at this time.

He struggled desperately to get the hot air balloon to stop falling, however, when he tried to reach out and grab the crossbar above the hot air balloon, he unexpectedly found that it had disappeared.

"What's going on?"

His heart tightened, and he quickly turned his head to look, but at this moment, he couldn't see anything, because his vision was all occupied by the more and more pouring rain, and he couldn't even open his eyes.

The rapid fall caused his ears to buzz, and Huo Fei only knew that he was getting closer and closer to death.

"Bang-"

There was another muffled sound, followed by a sharp pain.

Huo Fei felt as if his body had been torn apart, he snorted in pain, his mouth opened, and he spit out a ball of blood.

"No, you can't sit still."

He wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, beat his spirit, struggled hard, and wanted to stand up, but as soon as he tried, he immediately trembled with pain and broke out in a cold sweat, because he had just been fallen, and at this moment, in addition to being sore, his internal organs seemed to be displaced.

He propped his hand on the bottom of the basket, struggled to his feet, and tried to continue looking for a skydiving spot.

The national teacher told him that if it was a last resort, he should parachute, and find a place with dense woods, preferably in the mountains.

Because in this era, whether it is Fengshan or Zhongshan, the mountains are towering trees that cannot be cut down, and parachutes are easy to hang on trees.

Looking at the wind and rain howling outside, Huo Fei really couldn't see the ground.

In Huo Fei's mind, he vaguely remembered the scene when the national teacher made him jump from the sky during the hot air balloon test that day.

Gritting his teeth, he leaped from the falling hot air balloon.

"Blessed by the national teacher."

——————

The Great Heavenly Realm Temple, the highest place in Tallinn.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao looked up at the rolling dark clouds in the sky.

Thunder roared, lightning increased, and bean-sized raindrops hit the face and hurt.

"Good rain! Good rain! ”

Zhu Di looked up to the sky and laughed, and the disgusting feeling of being fed by Jing Qing's blood oath before was suddenly swept away.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Yao Guangxiao also smiled with his eyebrows, and the whole person became kind.

"As long as this rain happens, Jing Qing's blood oath will be self-defeating, the louder the noise before, the higher the opposition, and now, I am afraid that I will be dumbfounded by this rain."

"What's more?"

Zhu Di pushed away the umbrella that Zhu Gaosui was holding for him behind him, wiped his face, and said loudly: "Even if I spit on these disgusting faces, I'm afraid that these ordinary and heavenly guys will have to spit on themselves!" ”

"Hahahaha!"

After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked up to the sky and roared, dripping with joy to the extreme.

"After this rain, there will be an uproar in the court tomorrow!"

"Just."

Thinking of that situation, Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh twice, then turned to Yao Guangxiao and asked, "By the way, what did you just say 'just', what do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is a saying...... The old minister didn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

Yao Guangxiao squinted his triangular eyes slightly, as if he was brewing words.

Seeing this, Zhu Di immediately frowned, and shouted in a deep voice: "Today's great joy, what else should not be said?" ”

Suddenly, Zhu Di seemed to think of something: "Could it be that what you want to say has something to do with that evil animal?" Got his leads? Hum! He is already 'dead', can he dare to come back? ”

Speaking of Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor who caused him to eat pig food and pretend to be crazy in the downtown of Beiping Mansion, Zhu Di gritted his teeth, and even pinched his nails into the flesh with hatred.

"No, no, no!"

Yao Guangxiao hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, what the old minister said is not because of Jianwen. ”

"That's ......" Zhu Di stared at him suspiciously, waiting for an answer.

"Actually, what the poor monk wants to say is another thing." Yao Guangxiao pondered again and again, and finally slowly spoke: "According to the old minister's observation, today's rain may be ...... It will go down for a long time. ”

"What do you mean?!"

"Lao Chen didn't dare to guarantee the specifics, but he always felt that it might take many years, or even more than ten years, to deal with the things that could be dealt with before, and with this rain, they could quickly cut through the mess and deal with them together."

"I just don't know, Your Majesty asks for stability or speed?"

Yao Guangxiao looked to the southeast, and the meaning was obvious.

If it rains for a long time, it will inevitably cause the Yangtze River, Wusong River and other water systems to skyrocket, the water conservancy project is abandoned, and there is a lack of dredging of tributaries. This is not something that can be dealt with with in advance, Chen Xuan's inland river master worked hard, and in just 20 days, it was impossible to dredge all the tributaries in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River that had been silted up for many years.

When Zhu Di heard this, he sneered, and didn't take it to heart at all: "Is it about the change of law in Songjiang Mansion?" Songjiang Mansion is where the Jiangnan gentry are deeply rooted, but for me, what are they? ”

Then Zhu Di turned around and walked down, preparing to go back to the palace to bathe, fast, and burn incense, waiting for tomorrow when the court would slap the ministers in the face.

However, just when Zhu Di had just taken a few steps, a change protruded-

Suddenly, something fell from the sky, tore through layers of rain curtains, and rushed straight to the big tree next to Tallinn!

"What is this?"

Zhu Gaosui hurriedly replied: "It seems to be a test pilot of a hot air balloon." ”

When the parachute was still more than two feet above the ground, it suddenly shook violently, followed by it, and was hung on a tree.

The huge shock made Huo Fei's head dizzy, and the bones in his body seemed to be shattered, and a numbness came from his limbs.

Before fainting, Huo Fei only heard the voice of a middle-aged man coming from under the tree.

"Young man, wake up, you have been promoted, and you will glorify your ancestors."

Only one thought flashed in Huo Fei's heart: "National teacher bless, still alive." ”

——————

At the large altar in the eastern suburbs a few miles away, the people who watched the ceremony at this time were all caught in the shock of witnessing history.

"Boom!"

The sky suddenly exploded, thunderous, and the huge muffled sound made the heart palpitate, and at the same time as this muffled sound, a burst of extremely devastating blue-purple electric light suddenly brightened the heavens and the earth.

The onlookers on the ground were all dumbfounded, and even forgot to shout, staring at the thunderclouds that suddenly appeared in the sky.

It's not that I've never seen thunder and rain, but not long after the five white dragons, it began to rain on such a scale, which really makes people can't help but think about how powerful the national teacher is.

For most people, this is the first time they have witnessed the public appearance of the legendary national teacher and the successful prayer for rain.

They didn't care whether the people in the "magic weapon" were dead or not, and a few landed safely.

For many of them, they haven't reacted to the meaning of carrying people to heaven until now, they just feel that the national teacher's magic power is boundless and can send people to heaven, as for what is it to send people to heaven?

Some people didn't think about it, some people thought about it, and most of them thought that it was a sacrifice to the dragon lord and the like, which is normal, as can be seen from the story of "Hebo Marrying", even in the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, similar things are still happening.

For the majority of the people who have not received any education in this era, engaging in some Cheng Zhu Lixue's Three Principles and Five Constants can be regarded as advanced ideas, and more primitive and backward superstitions abound in the countryside.

The pouring rain not only fell on the countless people and officials who watched the ceremony, but also on their hearts.

Previously, the government and the opposition were boiling over, and the law could not be changed with God's help.

At this moment, it is self-defeating!

Many sensitive officials have realized how big the public opinion turmoil was before the Fa Reform faction, and how much help it will be after this rain, whether it is a fake Taoist priest or a true great sage, and speak with facts.

"This rain has so many meanings."

Song Li hid under the canopy oil curtain and muttered.

"Yes, the momentum of victory and defeat is suddenly divided."

Li Zhigang, who was beside him, also sighed.

When it comes to the level of squires and scholars like them, there are many things, needless to say, too thoroughly, and the two of them naturally have a plan in their hearts about how to stand in line and express their stance next.

In fact, this is also the greatest significance of this rain in the temple.

Under the same rain curtain, Zhuo Jing was completely different from them.

Old man Zhuo twisted his beard and smiled: "From today onwards, science should be in full swing. ”

He has already seen the article that Jiang Xinghuo wrote just now, and tomorrow's "Di Bao" will be published, the principle of artificial rainfall, as well as the hot air balloon and silver iodide involved, these two projects that can directly establish the value of physics and chemistry, will undoubtedly cause a huge discussion among the academic circles of the government and the opposition.

In the past, the discussion about the "contradiction of the rain" had already been noisy in the largest and most influential ideological position of Guozijian, but now once it is empirically proven, the science that can be proved will inevitably attract the first batch of supporters.

Students are prone to impulsiveness and sincerity, but this trait that was fatal during the Taiping Street Rebellion in the past will become the best trait to help change the law after today.

Thinking of this, Old Man Zhuo looked at the back that looked a little worried.

The national teacher doesn't seem to be happy.

"Why don't you say a few words to Jingqing?" Zhuo Jing asked.

Jiang Xinghuo looked up at the rain curtain and shook his head.

"Huo Fei doesn't know if they are alive or dead, and they don't know how many people survived, so they are not in the mood."

"There is no greater sorrow than death in the heart, and I don't know if Jingqing can survive today."

"Then go ahead."

In front of Jing Qing and Mei Yin, there was a group of craftsmen who they looked down on at all on weekdays.

At this time, the craftsmen seemed to be crazy, jumping and screaming in the heavy rain.

They looked up at the sky with a satisfied smile on their faces.

"It's hard to believe, we've made it, we've made it."

Another member of the balloon development team on the side also muttered: "We actually succeeded!" ”

His tone was full of excitement, and even faintly crying, after all, under such rudimentary scientific and technological conditions as Daming, it is too difficult to develop a usable and reliable hot air balloon in a short time, especially this miracle, which is the result of the joint efforts of a group of ordinary people who have no relevant scientific expertise and foundation.

This makes this miracle all the more valuable.

The significance of the hot air balloon flying into the sky is not only at the level of public opinion and science, but also represents the promotion of the historical process by craftsmen.

In the first industrial revolution, which invention was not summarized and developed by this group of people in the actual work?

Although there is Jiang Xinghuo's guidance in it, their efforts must not be ignored.

With this "one", there will naturally be follow-up blowout research and development of scientific and technological achievements.

Mo Liangqi replied, "Yes, we succeeded, we succeeded."

There were also tears on his face, although he had recited this sentence silently thousands of times in his heart, but when he really blurted it out, he couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.

"National Teacher!"

Seeing Huikong carrying a big umbrella for Jiang Xinghuo and coming here in the rain, the craftsmen greeted each other.

"Go back to shelter from the rain, what should I do if I get cold?"

Jiang Xinghuo snatched the big umbrella from Huikong's hand and covered it for the craftsmen.

"National teacher. We're just so happy," someone else couldn't help but cry.

"Let's go to the canopy first."

Seeing Jiang Xinghuo being surrounded by a group of craftsmen into the canopy, Jing Qing's eyes were full of dead silence, and he didn't even have the strength to argue.

Facts speak louder than words, what else is there to say.

Wang Anshi's story was not repeated in Jiang Xinghuo.

"W-yes, come to laugh, my?"

Without waiting for Jiang Xinghuo to answer, Mei Yin, who was sitting on the ground next to him, suddenly interjected.

"The name of the national teacher is well deserved, and there are really some means, but it's a pity"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the plum horse.

Mei Yin didn't sell Guan Zi either, she didn't look like a loser at all, but said with a smile.

"Lin Lingsu, the national teacher of the Northern Song Dynasty, is also good at thunder and praying for rain, I don't know how the national teacher compares?"

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Mei Yuma meant.

This is to say that if you are lucky this time, it does not mean that you are lucky every time, and there will always be a time when you miss.

Jiang Xinghuo took out the folded rice paper from his sleeve, and he was not polite, and threw it out.

The rice paper fluttered and fell on Mei Yin's face, Mei Yin sneered, took it off her face, and spread it out to take a look.

Ten lines at a glance, just a few quick breaths, Mei Yin suddenly changed color!

"You? You're not using immortal arts? ”

Mei Yin looked up and asked incredulously, his face no longer showing the smile he had just now.

Jiang Xinghuo's hands were clasped in his sleeves and he said lightly.

"Trust the science."

Jing Qing struggled with the last bit of strength and arched next to Mei Yin, but Mei Juma shrank in disgust, but Jing Qing was a return to the light at this time, and the strength was surprisingly great, and the whole person was almost "sticky" to Mei Juma's side, staring at the content of the article on the rice paper.

was forced into a corner, and Mei Juma had no way to retreat, so she had to let Jingqing see.

After reading for a long time, Jing Qing was shocked, and the last trace of blood on his lips seemed to have disappeared.

"Isn't it celestial induction? No! No! ”

"—impossible !!"

"Where is the reason? What is the reason!! ”

At this moment, Jing Qing has developed a world view for nearly fifty years, and in the washing of this rainstorm and Jiang Xinghuo's article, all of them collapsed.

"Perhaps, they are the Heavenly Principles."

Jiang Xinghuo pointed to the craftsmen who were drenched in the rainstorm and covered with the smell of earth.

"Doctor Jing, if you really want to make this world better, instead of satisfying your personal moral purity, then you should know that there is no shortage of high-minded people in Daming, what is lacking is these people."

After that, Jiang Xinghuo left the umbrella in the canopy and left.

Somehow, Zhuo Jing, who was looking at the scene from the other side, suddenly remembered what he had heard Jiang Xinghuo say from the mouth of the second prince.

"I just want to leave an umbrella for future generations."

——————

A few days later.

Swallow Rock Head, the commanding heights of the Ming Royal Military Academy.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the Yanziji ferry that was engulfed by the waves of water under his feet, and his face showed a trace of worry.

The worst feared thing happened.

But is it really enough?

"There is an urgent order in the National Teacher's Palace!"

Zheng He's feet slipped and he hurriedly walked up.

"Songjiang Prefecture and other southern Zhili four prefectures flooded, food shortage, has a civil uprising! His Majesty summoned the national teacher to enter the palace urgently! ”

(End of chapter)