On this day, people all over the capital saw a huge balloon flying over their heads.
Although the suddenness of the balloon was a little difficult to evaluate, the people below cheered when they knew it was something from Da Qi.
Some foreign merchants who had just been planning to continue bargaining with the Da Qi people no longer had any other ideas after seeing this thing.
The balloon flew across the entire capital city and finally landed slowly in the square in front of the imperial palace.
At this time, Li Zhuo and others had already caught up. There were not only dignitaries here, but also ordinary people.
Even Gondor came over, and at this moment, he still looked incredulous.
No one cares about Gondor anymore. Compared to things like flying, Gondor is nothing.
When the balloon landed steadily on the ring, everyone went crazy!
Especially when they saw the three people sitting in the frame, the generals were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
If the guards hadn't stopped them, many people would have rushed forward!
"Son! That's my son! Did you see that? My son just flew into the sky!"
"Okay, okay, yes, yes, General Wei, we got it. Please calm down. His Majesty is still here. Even if we want to go forward to ask and check, His Majesty should come first!" The guards must know these people. They didn't dare to drive them away violently. They could only stop them and remind them like this.
General Wei suddenly understood what was going on. He stopped charging forward but excitedly pulled the guard in front of him, saying, "That's my son Wei Ming! Others say he's a playboy, but I think he's a genius. He's usually not good at speaking, but I know he's a good kid. Otherwise, how could he have accomplished such a feat as flying!"
In fact, General Wei's performance was quite good. Huo Qixing's father was already crying bitterly.
He pounded his chest hard, making it sound like a drum, and said, "God has mercy on us! God has truly been merciful! My Huo family finally has a successor! Everyone, come to my house! I'll treat you today, and we'll get drunk!"
Compared with these two, General Xiang was much more stable. Seeing his son also sitting in the basket, he just nodded slightly, said lightly, "Not bad," and said no more.
But no one knew that General Xiang's hands hidden in his sleeves were still shaking.
What a joke, that’s Feitian, their Xiang family is going to be famous in the future!
I will go find a matchmaker tomorrow and ask her to go to the homes of the young ladies I mentioned earlier to propose marriage.
What? My son is a playboy? He's not worthy of your daughter?
You're talking nonsense! My son can fly. Not only can he marry your daughter, but even marrying all the women in your family wouldn't be too much of a stretch!
Li Zhuo was jumping for joy. He really wanted to go over and see for himself what kind of magical object it was, but Hua Bule would never let him go forward.
Are you kidding me? This thing was flying in the sky just now. How could a big thing flying in the sky be kind?
Do you want to go and take a look at those eagles and the like? What if they hurt His Majesty?
While stopping Li Zhuo, Hua Bule quickly asked the attendants around him to go forward and check the situation.
At this moment, everyone in the Great Qi Dynasty finally showed the proper respect for science.
After coming down from the sky, Wei Ming and the other two were shivering constantly.
Firstly, they were freezing from being so high up in the sky, and secondly, they were excited because they realized what a great feat they had accomplished!
After the three men were helped out by their attendants, Li Zhuo couldn't wait to come up to them and asked, "What are your names, three brave men?"
Li Zhuo became even happier after Wei Ming and the other two introduced themselves.
He clapped his hands and praised, "Great, great, it's true that a tiger father will have a dog son! Lord Wei, congratulations on your child's success!"
Although General Wei also thought that his son was very capable, he did not dare to say so in front of the emperor.
He saluted hastily and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. Actually, he is usually very naughty. Compared to the little prince, he is far inferior."
Upon hearing this, everyone realized that although the three warriors in front of them were courageous, the one who actually researched this thing was the real master!
Li Zhuo certainly knew this. He had a lot of questions to ask Li Xiang, but some things had to be done first.
So he waved his hand and said, "You three have made great contributions to our country and have made contributions to the country. I will make each of you a baron!"
Wei Ming and the other two were so happy that they almost went crazy. Who would have thought that just a stroll in the sky would bring them such a rich harvest.
The three of them thanked him and stepped aside. Only then did Li Zhuo have the energy to ask Li Xiang, "Son, tell us what exactly this means."
Li Xiang had already prepared a plan in his mind. He pointed at the balloon in front of him and said, "This thing is called a hot air balloon. The master made it because he felt that the current land and water transportation were too limited."
"The specific principles behind this are military secrets, so I won't explain them in detail here. All you need to know is that riding this thing, you can truly fly. It can even reach speeds faster than carriages and horses, because it doesn't utilize the power of animals or humans."
Li Zhuo nodded in satisfaction, then asked, "How high can it fly?"
Li Xiang knew what Li Zhuo wanted to ask. He shook his head regretfully and said, "Father, this thing is just a low-altitude aircraft. It can't fly very high, let alone see immortals."
When Li Zhuo heard that he couldn't see the immortals while riding in a hot air balloon, he felt a little dejected.
Cui Shanzhan, standing nearby, said excitedly, "Your Highness, I wonder if this thing can be mass-produced? Can it be deployed to the military?"
As the Minister of War, Cui Shanzhan immediately realized the great military value of this thing.
With this thing, the speed of information transmission will be faster, and with this thing, the battlefield can be transformed from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.
Even if you just let this thing float above the army, just providing an observation field of view will make the enemy nowhere to hide.
In the future, when we encounter a terrain with a ravine sandwiched between two mountains, we will no longer be afraid of the enemy ambushing on both sides of the mountain and throwing stones down.
You just need to float the hot air balloon and observe to know where the enemy is.
Li Zhuo smiled and nodded. "The manufacturing process is still a little lacking, but it shouldn't be a big problem to equip the main troops with this thing. Of course, it's not cheap, so I hope the Ministry of War can make some preparations."
Cui Shanzhan thought to himself, what should he prepare for? What he really needed to prepare for was whether Liang Licang was good or not, so everyone's eyes were all focused on Liang Licang.
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