Villager of Daming

Chapter 689: Direction can be called in many places

The hot air balloon floated, and everyone watched. The large Kongming lantern carried a thousand kilograms of stone, so people could naturally get on it.

However, everyone is worried about safety issues. If they fall from the sky, they will fall to death. Now they are just watching the excitement.

The next day, the test location was moved to Xuanwu Lake. There was water here. At the same time, the people from the Prince's Mansion went up and did not let go of the rope.

There was no wind in the afternoon, so the people from the Prince's Mansion asked to try without the rope. Three people stood up, and the rope carried part of it. They adjusted the size of the flames, and the hot air balloon rose and was blown by the wind toward the center of the lake.

There was a steam engine ship buzzing below, and the hot air balloon floated all the way to the other side of Xuanwu Lake. After descending, it dropped the rope, and was carried little by little by the steam engine ship and flew back from the lake.

"It seems that it is okay to take people to play on the lake. If there is no wind one day, when the operator becomes proficient, we can go up and have a look."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he looked at the three pale-faced people from the Prince's Mansion in the basket. He was very scared when he went to heaven for the first time.

Empress Ma also smiled: "The sea is very windy, so you can't fly with a hot air balloon. The tilt is too serious and the fire will burn to the side.

Ships carry hot air balloons to other people's shores, which is good as a lookout.

Are you being dragged by horses on the grassland?The horses are carried, divided into several horses, carrying different things, and assembled when the time comes. "

"I'll call the ministers tomorrow to see what can be done."

Zhu Yuanzhang just thought that hot air balloons were fun and proved that people could fly into the sky, so their military uses were limited.

"Your Majesty, you can draw maps." The chief provided an application channel.

"Yes, to draw a map, it will be easier to look down from a high place." Zhu Yuanzhang finally found a useful one.

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On October [-]th, Zhu Yuanzhang went to court. Today was Wangri and a court meeting was held, so a group of civil and military officials were brought to Xuanwu Lake.

The weather is good today and the wind feels less windy than yesterday.

It was still the three 'skilled workers' who 'inflated' the hot air balloon, climbed it into the hanging basket, and floated towards the middle of the lake.

When we reached the middle, we dropped the rope and let the boat pull back to the shore without coming down, just floating like that.

The officials looked up and saw that the man was flying into the sky, being blown away by the wind.

"The skills of Xiaqiu Village are amazing. How did you figure it out? The big Kongming Lantern is made of silk paint and glue?"

Zeng Lu, the censor doctor, looked at the hot air balloon and spoke. The hot air balloon stopped at a height of five feet, with water underneath.

"Think about it, gentlemen, what is better for this hot air balloon?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw it yesterday and didn't find it strange.

"Your Majesty, it is useful. It is of great use. It is used for beacon towers. We have built a lot of beacon towers between the earthen castles. We consider that once Beiyuan comes, the beacon towers will be able to kill a few after passing the news.

With the hot air balloon, after the beacon fire was set off, they took the hot air balloon and ran, flying high. Maybe they were lucky enough to fly to the Ming Dynasty. "

Xu Da's eyes were bright. If the Beiyuan army attacked Helin, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at the Beacon Tower would undoubtedly die, but Beiyuan would have to pay more lives.

If you can avoid it, it is obviously more cost-effective than dying in battle, because the Ming Dynasty has better weapons. If you don't defend the beacon tower, but defend the earth fort, Beiyuan will not be able to capture it.

"Father, General Xu is right. The sergeants at the beacon tower no longer need to defend the beacon tower and run away after setting off the beacon smoke!" Zhu Biao nodded.

Tang He also said: "As long as it flies far enough, people from Beiyuan may not be able to find it. When it falls, burn it, or wait for the wind to blow south. The wind will change."

"Your Majesty!" the chief said: "The height in the sky is different, and the wind blows back and forth. As long as you keep rising, you will eventually encounter the right wind.

The premise is that it is too high to breathe, and it is very cold. Just like the mountains, you need to wear cotton clothes.The soldiers guarding the beacon in this way are very likely to return to where they want to go safely, as long as there is enough fuel. "

"Oh~~" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked up: "Is it like this in the sky? It's the same as in the water. Sometimes the water under the water is opposite to the water above the water."

"Your Majesty, after this hot air balloon is delivered to the border, the soldiers guarding the beacon tower must be familiar with it so that they know how high it can fly. At least don't be afraid."

Feng Sheng began to think about practical applications, which must be practiced well to save his life at critical moments.

When Lan Yu saw others saying this, she quickly slapped her thigh: "There are them in the earthen fort, and they are used to convey information. Kongming lanterns and kites are both used to convey information."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to nod: "It makes sense. Since the wind in the sky always changes, it is really useful to change the wind direction when it rises to a certain height."

Others began to re-evaluate the role of hot air balloons. If they wanted to fly, they could fly wherever they wanted. The things flying in the sky were amazing.

"Your Majesty, if there are enough of them and Beiyuan attacks our earthen fortress, we will directly send flying soldiers to attack their rear. It will be over before they know what is going on.

It’s a pity that taking the initiative to attack is not easy to use. It is easy to get hit when landing, and there are no other enemies around. In Yunnan..."

Xu Da thought of another tactic. The main force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty came out and rode on horseback. As soon as they arrived, the Ming Dynasty's army flew to the Northern Yuan's nest in a hot air balloon.

The wind must be faster than the horse, and the wind in the sky is strong. When the main force of Beiyuan that came over was unable to attack the Ming Dynasty and returned, their home was gone.

Then I thought of another enemy, Liang Wang Bo'er, who was only Jin·Bazala Valmi. The terrain in Yunnan was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Just now that we have good weapons and more hot air balloons, it will be easier to persuade King Liang to surrender. His Bei Yuan will no longer be seen.

"Okay, okay! Send a group of hot air balloon soldiers to persuade him to surrender and let him see what good things we have in Ming Dynasty.

Yunnan is a good place. Winters are not very cold. There are people who grow crops and produce three crops a year. Cold places produce only one crop, but they can rotate crops.

Pepper was said to be grown there, along with some medicinal materials brought by the barbarians.

The local people are suffering. The key is that it is difficult for them to find a mine on their own. What kind of mines are there in Yunnan? "

Zhu Yuanzhang has not wanted to attack Yunnan so far. If he can persuade everyone to surrender, it will save everyone trouble. Wouldn't it be better for the army to do other jobs?

As he said this, he thought that Yunnan was his own, and the people were also their own. If they needed coal or something, he turned to ask the chief.

Chief: "..."

He glanced at Hanhan and gave a thumbs up in his mind, awesome!The village guards are amazing!
Last night Hanhan said that as soon as the effect of hot air balloons came out, someone would definitely mention Yunnan, where there is a Liang Wang.

You can mention some things just by mentioning Yunnan. Prepare first so as not to be unable to answer when the time comes and delay things.

"Your Majesty, all basic mines are available in Yunnan. The former Yunnan government began to hand over copper. They had trouble finding mines and many mines were not found.

If the Ming Dynasty occupied Yunnan, the village could provide a location, and it would be no problem to collect [-] jins a year.

In addition, there are also many silver mines. In the previous dynasty, there was more silver than copper, but still abiding by technical limitations, a very small part was mined.

Phosphate rock, used to make matches and fertilizers, is abundant in Yunnan and can be found anywhere.

The coal mines are enough to smelt the copper, silver, and iron ore... The iron ore we are digging in that mining area of ​​the former Roros Xuanwei Division is even worse. "

The head of the village told what Hanhan taught yesterday. Isn’t it just a mine?Yes, the last one said Panzhihua, what is its name?

The ministers: "..."

(End of this chapter)