Chapter 391: Discussion on Industry

"Dead, dead, I'm going to die..."

High in the air, Wang Chong clung to the edge of the bamboo basket, his body stiff with fear.

Even though he was brave, he was frightened this time.

From such a high place, just looking down can kill someone.

"Dad, the child is unfilial. You and your mother must find another sensible and obedient child, otherwise our Wang family will be extinct." Wang Chong muttered to himself. At this time, a gust of wind blew and the hot air balloon suddenly swayed violently. He immediately squatted down and held the bamboo The basket didn't dare to move.

Through the gap in the bamboo basket, he found a group of cavalry chasing him under the hot air balloon.

Even though he was four to five hundred meters away, he could still see the leader wearing a red official uniform.

Only the King of Yan has this kind of official government in Yancheng.

"Your Highness." Wang Chong was overjoyed. He suddenly stood up and shouted, "Your Highness, save me, I'm here..."

After shouting for a while, he saw that King Yan was still chasing after him, but no sound came back.

He knew that King Yan couldn't hear him from such a distance.

So he sat down slumped, thought for a while, and suddenly stood up again, "I can't die. There are still many things I haven't learned from His Highness. Wouldn't it be a shame to die like this?"

Thinking of this, he gradually calmed down.

Looking at the burning brazier, he thought about how to make the hot air balloon land smoothly.

"The principle of a hot air balloon is that the air expands when heated, slowly reducing the combustion supply, and maybe it can descend." Wang Chong patted his head.

He could hardly think during this time because of fear.

Thinking of this, he not only kept the gunpowder going out, but also gradually reduced the amount of fuel such as straw.

The hot air balloon floated for a while, and sure enough, it gradually got lower. He could clearly see that the people below were getting bigger.

Wang Chong was overjoyed and continued to carefully control the burning of the hot air balloon.

Otherwise, the flame will go out directly, and he will really fall into pieces.

"Your Highness, the hot air balloon has descended." Xu Lie pointed to the hot air balloon above his head on the ridge of the rice field.

This hot air balloon cannot control its direction and can only float with the wind.

Today it happens to be an easterly wind and a westerly wind.

Wang Chong also moved east and west in the sky.

They went round and round and arrived at the rice fields near Fushi Village.

The people in the village were also attracted by the movement, looking up at the sky and pointing one by one.

"God bless you, don't fall down." Wang was so anxious that he was sweating.

Although he was always strict with Wang Chong, at that time his love was deep and his responsibility was deep.

Now that Wang Chong is really in danger, he is more anxious than anyone else.

Zhao Xu took a look and found that the hot air balloon was indeed lowering its altitude.

After continuing to observe for a while, he found that the hot air balloon descended at a very even speed, and he was slightly happy. It was obvious that Wang Chong had found a way to make the hot air balloon descend smoothly.

Now, as long as the hot air balloon no longer explodes in the air, Wang Chong should be fine in general.

Seeing the hot air balloon continuing to drift north, he said: "Keep chasing, Wang Chong should be fine."

When these words came out of Zhao Xu's mouth, Wang Ying felt like he had received a reassurance.

King Yan must have understood what Wang Chong had done.

If he said it was okay, it must be okay.

The group continued to chase for five or six miles, and the height of the hot air balloon became lower and lower, finally floating above a tree and landing, and the balloon was caught on the dense branches.

When everyone arrived in front of the woods, Zhao Xu dismounted and led everyone into the woods.

Before he had walked a few steps, he saw Wang Chong staggering over with a disgraced face.

When Wang Ying saw it, he lowered his head and searched on the ground. He picked up a branch and hit Wang Chong on the head and face. "It's just a matter of blowing up the yard. You are still going to heaven now. I will tell you to go to heaven!"

Wang Chong was in pain. When he saw his father's bloodshot eyes staring at him fiercely, he immediately ran away with his head in his arms.

Zhao Xu, Xu Lie and others looked helpless when they saw this.

Wang Chong was fine, and Zhao Xu felt relieved.

Instruct Xu Lie to wait for Wang Ying and his son to calm down and go to the palace to find him.

He mounted his horse and went straight back. At the same time, Wang Chong's hot air balloon was packed up and transported back to the city.

Return to the palace.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Ying, Wang Chong and three students participating in the hot air balloon experiment arrived.

Although Wang Chong was covering his butt at this moment, he had a satisfied smile on his face.

Wang Yingze returned to his serious expression, but in his eyes, Zhao Xu saw pride that was difficult to conceal.

"Your Highness, this officer is guilty, please punish me." Wang Chong spoke first, shrugging his head.

Wang Yingze said: "Your Highness, this official has failed to teach his son well and has caused such a big mess. Your Highness should punish him."

"Okay, I will not punish anyone. Although Wang Chong made a mistake in hiding this from me, his courage is commendable." Zhao Xu looked at the other three students again, "You are also brave, but If something like this happens again in the future, you must inform me first.”

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Chong and the students were delighted.

When they came to the palace, they were worried, fearing that King Yan would be angry and they would be punished.

Zhao Xu smiled and then said: "You can make a hot air balloon independently. I have really taught you all this time. In order to reward you for making a hot air balloon, each of you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver."

Not only does he not punish, but he rewards them. In fact, he encourages students to explore bravely and apply what he teaches into practice.

After all, he is focused on building the industrial base of the four northern counties.

But in fact, since time travel, the industrial base of the four northern counties has developed very slowly, just a little better than zero.

His purpose in training these students is to enable them to develop in various fields.

For example, in the smelting industry, in addition to steel, gold, silver, copper, manganese, tungsten, cobalt and other metals all need to establish a refining industry.

Another example is various types of fine mechanical parts. In the 16th century, pocket watches were already born.

Only by mastering the manufacturing of fine mechanical parts can we create more revolutionary machines in the next step.

After all, the symbol of the first industrial revolution is the steam engine.

But the steam engine is just a symbol, and other industries have actually achieved a certain degree of mechanization.

The steam engine is just a revolution in power.

But this matter cannot be rushed.

After all, it has only been more than a year and a few months since we came here.

And at that time, survival was the priority, so they took a different approach, focusing on the development of military-related workshops and the development of highly profitable commercial workshops.

But now, simple things can be made in a short time.

If you want to go to the next level and make more complex things, you must improve in all aspects.

Otherwise, there will be a generation gap.

This is actually similar to building a house.

In the contemporary Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang was ordered by Cixi to go to the United States. At that time, Li Hongzhang, who was wearing a yellow jacket, thought that when he arrived in the United States, this yellow jacket would also make Americans envious.

But when he walked out of the cruise ship and saw the dozens of high-rise buildings in the United States, he couldn't help but sigh that in the Qing Dynasty, they couldn't build such a high building because it would definitely collapse.

The yellow jacket would not be so popular.

Therefore, a two-story building can be built by a mason.

But to build a house with ten, twenty, or thirty floors, there are requirements for materials, structure, and design, and the same is true for industry.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Wang Chong and the three students winked at each other and were very excited.

Wang Ying shook his head. Sometimes he really couldn't keep up with the ideas of the King of Yan.

If it were him, he would have to beat Wang Chong and the others so that they couldn't get out of bed for half a month.

"Also, hot air balloons actually have a great effect. Now that they have been built, they should be improved." Zhao Xu smiled with his arms folded.

He already had an idea of ​​using hot air balloons in his mind.

Wang Chong was still in shock. He said, "Your Highness, this thing is flying around in the sky. What's the point of perfecting it?"

"That's because you can't control it. I'm asking you, why do you always go around in circles when you're in the sky?" Zhao Xu asked.

"Because it's sometimes east wind and sometimes north wind." Wang Ying said.

"That's right. In fact, the direction of the wind is different at different altitudes. This is called airflow. By controlling the altitude of the hot air balloon, you can use the wind direction to let the hot air balloon go where you want." Zhao Xu said slowly.

He didn't teach them this knowledge point.

"I see." Wang Chong's eyes lit up immediately.

Wang Ying sighed and closed his eyes.

He knew that Wang Chong was tempted again.

But he didn't mean to stop him.

Wang Chong is not the only excellent student in the Science and Technology School.

If he restrains Wang Chong, I'm afraid Wang Chong will regret it for the rest of his life.

He was only angry about Wang Chong's carelessness in this hot air balloon incident, not that he made the hot air balloon.

After talking about some details of the hot air balloon, Zhao Xu asked Wang Chong and others to go back and repeatedly told them to be careful.

Then, he called Xu Ke and scolded him.

Such a big thing, his Fourth Hospital did not reveal any information to him.

Xu Ke lowered his head and was scolded, feeling very wronged.

Wang Chong just sewed some rags, he thought it was nothing serious.

He didn't expect Wang Chong to make such a big fuss.

Now the whole Yancheng is spreading the news that Wang Chong flew into the sky.

He secretly swore that he would keep a close eye on Wang Chong in the future to prevent him from making a big fuss again.