The signal of the short-haul transport aircraft is not very good. Shang Luo kept breaking Han Xingzhi's hand, so that the signal would be better.

"Let's take the 'Hercules' back." He finished typing and sent a flying letter to Zhu Xianene.

He also didn't know what the Herculess was, but according to the request, it was the "most expensive". Titus himself said he recommended this for a good rest along the way – and of course, a good shower.

The Herculess departed from Constantinople at 12 noon on time, but it was still too late to get there. Because there is a general airport used by the Roman senators on vacation next to Lake Nemi, they can get there in ten minutes by car. Now they were on their way to Constantinople on a medium-sized transport plane, and they were still about two hours before they left, so they were not in a hurry. This kind of military aircraft does not have to queue up at Constantia Airport, and as soon as it enters the airspace, it will be released by air traffic control all the way.

But what is the Hercules? He asked Titus before, but he said that it would be better worth it to keep it a secret. As for Lu Huaiyang, the middle-aged old man couldn't stay up all night, and he slept until now without closing his eyes all night, and now he is still asleep in front.

However, Zhu Xianene on the other side knew it. After more than ten seconds, he replied:

"Then you won't be back until Tuesday afternoon. See you later. ”

"See you later." Shang Luo also knocked on a "goodbye".

"How? What did His Excellency Danshou say? Han Xingzhi didn't know who the chief Danshi of Ouchi was, but he knew that Shang Luo had been in contact with the other party.

"He said he wouldn't be there until Tuesday afternoon."

"That's good, I avoided Monday and Tuesday classes. But what the hell is that? Open at noon on Sunday and arrive at noon on Tuesday. There are not such fast ships, but also not such slow planes. ”

"Is it an airship?" Shang Luo asked.

Han Xingzhi thought for a while: "The compromise between the plane and the ship, is it an airship?" No, the airship isn't that fast, I know, it's a seaplane. ”

"Eh???" Lu Liang, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly sat up, "Ah! I remember. It's the Hercules! ”

Shang Luo asked, "Have you seen it?" ”

"I've seen the commercials. That's it! The Hercules, which can take a bath on it! ”

The Pengzi 4 heavy flying boat is moored in the seaplane berth of the Constantine airport. This heavy seaplane was codenamed "Pontianak Express" during the Javanese War, and was intended to be used to undertake long-distance high-speed transportation missions from Kinai to the South Seas, and to deliver heavy vehicles supported by Kinai.

However, the war ended quickly due to the intervention of the celestials, and the Pontianak Aeronautical Engineering Institute turned to the civilian use of this type of military transport aircraft. The huge double-decker fuselage was found to have great potential for modification, and Lanfang Airlines put it into passenger service under the name "Hercules" to operate luxury long-haul routes between Rome and Kinai or Rome and South Seas.

This is a decision made by Lanfang Air after careful consideration. In the four years of Shaoping, when the aviation industry was "far away", the kingdom of aircraft research and development still reverberated with the surge of the humble aircraft of aviation pioneers. Although the aviation industry has developed at a rapid pace under the leadership of a series of advanced research and development, the construction of airports still lags behind the progress of aircraft design itself.

In this case, water airliners have become a convenient choice for major airlines. Because water airliners only need to land in flat water, there is no need to plan a large airport.

The berth in the berth, the Herculesus 1 has a monstrous wingspan of 97.82 meters and a terrifying body size of 113 tons, and its wings are large enough for a flight engineer to walk directly in it. It is clear that such a behemoth cannot stop at any conventional airport - mainly the problem of the aircraft itself, because so far there is no landing gear that can withstand the impact of a huge aircraft of more than 100 tons slamming on the concrete floor. And the Herculesus was originally used to recover the cost of research and development, so it could only be designed how it could be, and there was no breakthrough in the landing gear.

When taking off on water, the requirements for airframe strength are also much lower than on the ground, and it is easier for the aircraft to be larger - at least an exaggerated wingspan of 97.82 meters is not seen in a land plane.

Shang Luo stood on the tarmac of the airport, where the Herculese was parked like a big ship in the distance. She was so big that she couldn't even get close to the shore, so she had to rely on a ferryboat to board the boat.

"Ah" Wen Yuan looked into the distance, "It turns out that there is really such a big plane, and this plane really has two floors!" ”

"Do you know how much the ticket costs?" Shang Luo asked. When they arrived at the airport, the tickets had already been issued to them. The upper left corner of the ticket is printed with the Lanfang Air hibiscus logo, which is gilded like the edge of the ticket, and the face of the ticket is also a faint gold. It's expensive just from the face of the ticket, really expensive, very expensive. And their seats are not first class and second class, but the "first seat of the sky" marked in red letters all the way to the "sixth seat of the sky". It is not printed, but handwritten in pavilion style.

"I don't know, it seems expensive, right? Lu Liang, how expensive? Haven't you seen the advertisement? ”

"I think it was .259 taels."

"259 taels?" Wen Yuankou calculated, "That's 259,000 Wen, a bottle of Coke is 3 Wen, and you can buy 80,000 or 90,000 bottles of Coke!" Do they have enough money for hospitality? ”

[Boom. Apollonia sneered, "The Oracle Office is the three highest institutions parallel to the Senate, not to mention anything else, there is still money to entertain you students. Although the funds of the oracle office are not large enough to burn money, as long as it is valuable, it is not expensive for the oracle office. 】

"Say." Shang Luo thought for a while, "Why is this ticket so expensive?" ”

"I don't know." Lu Liang shook his head, "People who can probably afford a ticket don't care too much about throwing 259 taels out at once." And didn't you find it running for a day and a half? Other air tickets are only a few hours away, and you can spend 259 taels here for a day and a half to play, and the food and accommodation for a day and a half are top-notch, and there is also an intercontinental trip. Thinking about it this way, did you earn it? ”

"Yes, yes, we all earned it, and the country has to go to the subway."

"But, there's a shower up there! There are suites and showers above! ”

"That's okay"

I have to say that the business of showering in the sky also made him want to try it. If it hadn't been for the Rome side this time, he would never have bought this ticket. A three-foot bed is enough to sleep in, and it is too luxurious to spend so much money to widen your bed in the sky.

The Herculesus had to make a lot of preparations for takeoff. There are many transport boats coming and going at the pier and on the shore to transport luggage and supplies. There is also a special Lanfang Air refueling ship with the hibiscus logo parked next to it to refuel the Hercules.

These preparations will continue for some time, so they will not be able to board the aircraft until less than an hour before departure. During this time, they first came to the tarmac. The Ninghe is still waiting here.

"Alas~~~" Captain Lin shook his head and sighed, "It's too cruel." I came to pick you up, but you didn't even sit down. It's really sad. I said Lu Qianhu, is this how you treat your old friends? Do we also have to sell air tickets, so that you can appreciate the value for money of free flights? If you really want to sell it, maybe it will be more expensive than the Hercules. ”

(End of chapter)