Chapter 724 New Projects and New Gadgets
Zhou Xu already had a clear idea of ​​development in his mind a long time ago, and now he was mobilizing people according to the immigration progress in each city, and he was handling it with great ease.
After finishing the arrangements here, he went to visit Huo Qubing who had been recuperating in the City Lord's Mansion.
It should be the effect of his 'Evolved Leader' that took effect. With the blessing and strengthening from his own, Huo Qubing's foundation has improved, and his recovery ability has also increased. After a period of time, his complexion has obviously improved a lot.
But his body was still thin. After all, the recovery time was short. According to Huo Qubing's condition, it would take at least two or three months of recovery before there would be relatively obvious results.
However, recently, he has been able to do some simple exercises.
When Zhou Xu saw him, he was practicing Tai Chi in the yard with Zhang Jingyan.
Zhou Xu was stunned when he saw the scene.
"Is it passed down from your grandfather?"
"Yes, my king."
Zhang Jingyan nodded.
"Does the king know?"
"I know. Tai Chi, right?"
At this point, Zhang Jingyan is no longer surprised by such things.
"Yes, Tai Chi has a certain effect on strengthening the body, so I started practicing it when I was young."
According to previous intelligence, Zhang Jingyan's grandfather is a Chinese medicine practitioner who also knows acupuncture. Under this premise, it doesn't seem to be a surprising thing that he can also practice Tai Chi.
In the next two days, Zhou Xu also practiced with them when he got up in the morning.
So far, there is nothing special about it. It is just a very ordinary health-preserving Tai Chi that old men in the park practice.
Zhou Xu didn't have any idea about this and just treated it as a warm-up exercise.
After all, if he really wanted to learn martial arts, it would be more reliable to find Jie Liancheng than Zhang Jingyan.
On a new day, Zhou Xu went to Zhuang Mengdie to confirm the progress.
Zhuang Mengdie and his team came here in the beginning to research, develop and manufacture city defense crossbows. Now with the addition of new projects, they clearly do not have enough manpower.
Fortunately, the parts of the hot air balloon were not difficult for them given the requirements.
Even many parts do not need to be made by Zhuang Mengdie herself, for example, the basket below.
According to Zhou Xu, this basket used to carry people should be made directly of bamboo, because bamboo is lighter and at the same time strong enough. The transport capacity of a hot air balloon is limited, so the material itself should be as light as possible.
When Zhou Xu came over, they were busy. The emergence of the new project increased their work pressure.
During this time, Zhuang Mengdie noticed Zhou Xu's arrival, his eyes lit up and he quickly ran over.
"My lord, when I was researching hot air balloons these past two days, I thought of a question."
"What's the problem?"
"My lord, this hot air balloon is supposed to fly into the sky, but we humans can't fly. If something happens to the hot air balloon in the air, won't we be in danger?"
Hearing this question, a smile suddenly appeared on Zhou Xu's face.
"What a coincidence! I came here today to solve this problem."
Once this hot air balloon flies into the sky, it's impossible that life and death are really left to fate, right?
Zhou Xu had undoubtedly considered this safety issue.
As he spoke, he took something out from his arms.
"Watch it carefully."
As the words fell, Zhou Xu threw it casually.
The object flew out of his hand, drawing a long parabola in the air. Then there was a muffled "bang" sound, and a small round cloth the size of a palm was stretched out, and the small stone hanging below slowly fell to the ground.
Similar small parachute toys were available for purchase at the local convenience store when he was in elementary school.
"This thing is called a parachute. We need to make a bigger version. Then, let the person riding the hot air balloon carry it on his back. If something happens to the hot air balloon in the air, he can jump out in time and then land safely with the help of this parachute."
While Zhou Xu was speaking, Zhuang Mengdie had already run over. After the parachute landed, she quickly picked it up and studied the structure of the small parachute. Her eyes were filled with surprise.
The structure of this parachute was so simple that it was beyond Zhuang Mengdie's imagination.
But such a simple structure can produce such incredible effects. The person who can think of this design is simply a genius!
Zhuang Mengdie had long admired their king to the core, and now she didn't know what to say.
During this period, Zhou Xu also took the time to launch a "Secret Eye" on a group of members of the Ordnance Equipment Department, including Zhuang Mengdie.
Then he discovered that the loyalty of these members to him was so high that even he was a little surprised. The one with the lowest loyalty had 88 points, and Zhuang Mengdie's loyalty to him was as high as 93 points.
The reasons behind this are actually not complicated.
For the members of the Ordnance Equipment Department who need to research and manufacture various equipment every day, the more they research, the more they realize how powerful their king is!
From their perspective, the mind of their king is simply beyond their imagination.
This feeling is like a group of ordinary scientists facing Edison and Einstein, constantly amazed by his genius ideas, and finally only have fanatical admiration in their hearts! The principle of the parachute is actually very simple. At the beginning, Zhuang Mengdie quickly understood it by demonstrating the small parachute he made.
This also means that they have one more thing to do.
However, compared to the pressure brought by the increased workload, Zhuang Mengdie and the others were more excited! At this moment, everyone knew very well that they were working on something that could be called "epoch-making".
Once the production is successful, the names of each of them will be engraved in the history of their Great Zhou! For these R&D personnel, what could be more tempting than this?
During this period, Zhuang Mengdie, who was responsible for the research, development and manufacturing of hot air balloons, undoubtedly encountered more problems in the actual research and development process, and then kept looking for Zhou Xu for discussions and research.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu tried his best to give an answer.
Fortunately, the principle of hot air balloons is not complicated, and combined with his modern knowledge, he can still answer it now.
Among them, as the core equipment that affects the rise and fall of hot air balloons and their flight in the air, the heating device is undoubtedly the top priority.
"To put it simply, when the furnace starts heating up, hot air will be generated. The hot air will fill the sphere and make the hot air balloon fly. After the hot air balloon flies up, it moves with the wind direction. It will fly in the direction the wind blows."
Listening to Zhou Xu's story, Zhuang Mengdie frowned.
"But then, we won't be able to control the direction of the hot air balloon. It'll all depend on luck."
In response, Zhou Xu shook his head.
"No, you need to know another thing at this time. That is, after flying into the sky, there are different air flow layers at different altitudes, and the wind direction of each air flow layer is not completely consistent. This problem is more complicated. You don't need to delve too deeply into it for now. Just know that this situation exists."
"Suppose our hot air balloon flies to 500 meters, and the wind direction is east, but we want to go west, then we can increase the firepower to generate more hot air, so that the hot air balloon can fly to a higher air layer, and then stay in the air layer where the wind direction is west."
(End of this chapter)
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