Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 724 New Projects and New Gadgets

The development ideas in Zhou Xu's mind have long been sorted out clearly, and now he can mobilize them with ease according to the immigration progress of each city.

After making the arrangements here, he went to visit Huo Qubing, who had been recuperating in the City Lord's Mansion here.

It should be that the effect of his 'evolved leader' is taking effect, and he has received his own blessing and strengthening. Huo Qubing's foundation has improved, and his recovery power has also improved. Over time, his complexion has obviously improved a lot.

But the body is still losing weight. After all, the treatment time is still short. According to Huo Qubing's situation, it will take two or three months to slowly adjust to achieve a relatively obvious effect.

However, recently, he has been able to perform some simple exercises.

When Zhou Xu saw him, he was following Zhang Jingyan, doing Tai Chi in the yard.

Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment when he saw the battle.

"Is it passed down from your grandfather?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhang Jingyan nodded.

"Does the king know?"

"You know, Tai Chi, right?"

By now, 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 since I was a child."

According to the previous information, Zhang Jingyan's grandfather is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and can also do acupuncture. Under this premise, the other party can also practice Tai Chi with both hands, which seems to be nothing unusual.

In the next two days, when Zhou Xu got up in the morning, he also practiced together.

So far, it doesn’t feel special. It’s just ordinary. The old man in the park will do Tai Chi for health.

Zhou Xu had no idea about this, so he just practiced it as a warm-up exercise.

After all, if he really wanted to practice 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 the others first came here to develop and manufacture urban defense crossbows. Now that there are new projects, their manpower is obviously not enough.

Fortunately, the components of the hot air balloon were not difficult for them just to look at the requirements.

Even many parts do not need to be made by Zhuang Mengdie himself, for example, the basket below.

According to Zhou Xu's idea, this basket for carrying people is directly made of bamboo, because the bamboo material is lighter and tough enough at the same time. The transportation capacity of the hot air balloon is limited, so the material itself should be as lightweight as possible.

When Zhou Xu came over, they were busy. The emergence of new projects made their work pressure increase greatly.

During this period, when he noticed Zhou Xu's arrival, Zhuang Mengdie's eyes lit up and he hurried over.

"Your Majesty, when I was studying hot air balloons these two days, I thought of a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Your Majesty, this hot air balloon is going to fly into the sky, but we can't fly. If something happens to the hot air balloon in the air, wouldn't we be in danger?"

Hearing this question, a smile suddenly appeared on Zhou Xu's face.

"What a coincidence, I came here today just to solve this problem."

After this hot air balloon flies into the sky, it can't really be left to its fate, right? Zhou Xu undoubtedly took this safety issue into consideration.

While he was talking, he took out something from his arms.

"Keep an eye on it."

As the words fell, Zhou Xu threw it casually.

The thing flew out of his hand and drew a long parabola in the air. Then there was only a muffled sound of 'bang', and a small round cloth as big as a palm stretched out, hanging on the small stone below. Land slowly.

Similar small parachute toys were available at the nearby canteen when he was in elementary school.

"This thing is called a parachute, and a larger version needs to be made. When the time comes, the person riding the hot air balloon can carry it on his back. If something happens to the hot air balloon in the air, he can jump out in time and escape with this The parachute landed safely.”

While Zhou Xu was talking, Zhuang Mengdie had already rushed over. After waiting for the parachute to land, he quickly picked it up and studied the structure of this small parachute. His eyes were full of extraordinary splendor. .

The structure of this parachute is a bit beyond Zhuang Mengdie's imagination.

But such a simple structure can actually show such incredible effects. Anyone who can think of such a design is simply a genius!

For their king, Zhuang Mengdie had already admired him to the point of throwing himself into the body, and now he didn't know what to say.

During this period, Zhou Xu also took the time to activate the 'Eye of Peeping Secrets' on a group of members of the Ordnance and Equipment Department, including Zhuang Mengdie.

Then he discovered that the loyalty of these members to him was so high that he was a little surprised. The one with the lowest loyalty among them had eighty-eight points, and Zhuang Mengdie's loyalty to him was as high as nine. Thirteen o'clock.

The reason for this is actually not complicated.

For the members of the Ordnance and Equipment Department who need to study and manufacture various equipment every day, the more they study, the more they realize how powerful their king is!

From their perspective, their king's mind was beyond their imagination.

This feeling is equivalent to a group of ordinary scientists facing Edison and Einstein. They were constantly surprised by his genius ideas, and in the end they only had fanatical admiration in their hearts!
The principle of the parachute is actually very simple. When I first came up, I used the small parachute I made and conducted some physical demonstrations. According to Zhuang Mengdie's mind, I quickly understood it.

And this also means that they have one more thing to do.

But now, compared to the pressure brought by the increased workload, Zhuang Mengdie and the others are more excited!
At this time, each of them knew very well that they were making something that could be called 'across the ages'.

Once the production is successful, each of their names will be engraved in their history!
For R&D personnel like them, what could be more tempting than this?

During this period, Zhuang Mengdie, who was responsible for the research and development and manufacturing of hot air balloons, undoubtedly encountered more problems during the actual research and development process, and then kept looking for Zhou Xu for discussion and research.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu also 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 lift and flight of the hot air balloon, the heating device is undoubtedly the top priority.

"To put it simply, after the furnace starts to heat up, hot air will be produced. The hot air will fill the sphere and cause the hot air balloon to fly. After the hot air balloon flies up, it moves according to the direction of the wind. The wind direction Whichever way it blows, it will fly."

Listening to Zhou Xu's story, Zhuang Mengdie frowned.

"But then, don't we have no way to control the flight direction of the hot air balloon? It all depends on luck?"

In response, Zhou Xu shook his head.

"No, you need to know another knowledge at this time, that is, after flying into the sky, there are different airflow layers at different heights, and the wind direction of each airflow layer is not completely consistent. This problem is more complicated. , you don’t need to delve too deep for now, just know that there is such a situation. "

"Suppose when our hot air balloon flies to 500 meters, the wind direction is eastward, but we want to go west, then we can increase the firepower and generate more hot air, so that the hot air balloon can fly further Go to the high airflow layer, and then stay in the westward airflow layer to move.”

(End of this chapter)