Short video spoiler history: The beginning of modern warfare

Chapter 120 Jet Pack
In front of Fengtian Hall.

As Zhu Yuanzhang listened to everyone's discussion, his interest in extraterrestrial life decreased a lot.

He was not as optimistic as Tianmu said about a group of creatures that might look different from animals on Earth and who might be friends or foes.

It’s like, when you hunt a rabbit and crush a group of ants to death, do you care what they think?
Similarly, if we encounter extraterrestrial life that is stronger than humans, and Earth happens to have the resources they need, they will definitely not take humans' thoughts into consideration in order to plunder the corresponding resources.

Moreover, human beings explore the Earth and Mars simply for profit, and doesn’t that include the resources on this planet?
If we discover extraterrestrial life, it would be good if human military force is stronger than that of the people on that planet, otherwise, wouldn’t we be like fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others?

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. The moon, Mars, and Europa are all good, but they are too far away from the current technology.

These may be very important in the future, and can greatly broaden a country's channels for obtaining resources. Throughout history, the struggle between the Central Plains dynasties and the nomadic peoples in the north was about living space and resources, wasn't it?
These wishes are all good, but they are a bit useless for the current daimyo, or the Ming Dynasty has not accumulated enough resources to use them.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite helpless. Under Tianmu's guidance, he understood some of the theory and made some achievements based on the theory, but these accumulations were far from enough.

[How great is the charm of technology and hard work? I am so amused after reading the sharing of netizens]

[My sister-in-law bought me six packets of river snail noodles. My grandfather ate five packets and waited for me to come home and cook for him every noon.]

[Grandpa said that nowadays, if you don’t drink some milk tea with your meal, you can’t suppress it at all]

[A 90-year-old lady stole my cheese sticks, and I was so angry that I bought her several bags, but they were all gone in just ten minutes.]

[My grandma wanted to eat spicy hot pot, so I ordered a bowl for her. She ate too much and couldn’t breathe, so she was sent to the emergency room. My grandma said it had nothing to do with the spicy hot pot, but that my dad went out drinking and made her angry]

[One year, I was responsible for accompanying my grandma in the hospital. Basically, we ordered takeout every day. My grandma followed me and tried all the milk teas. Now my grandma can’t remember anything and doesn’t recognize me. She wakes up every day and asks for takeout [covering face]]

[The first time I gave snail rice noodle to my grandfather, he ate a big bowl and said it was delicious. As a result, he secretly went to the street to buy stomach medicine the next day.]

[After reading so many cases, I feel that our parents, grandparents and their generation actually have the same hobbies as us. They used to say that junk food is bad for the body, but in fact, everyone likes milk tea, spicy hot pot, snail noodles, stewed food and other delicacies]

[They say playing with mobile phones will lead to depravity. But they are addicted to Tik Tok and use shopping apps more than me]

Jinling City, Hexing Tea and Snack Shop.

Manager Wan and the others were all laughing. Although Tianmu was complaining, the scene was full of joy.

The benefits of scientific development are multifaceted. For example, higher living standards can truly ensure that the elderly have support and security.

And it's not just about support, but also about quality of life being guaranteed. An old age life like this, where you can even order food, is really not bad.

Many people swallowed their saliva as a series of delicacies flashed across the sky. Malatang, for example, is a hotpot that is a hodgepodge, and its advantage is that it has a variety of ingredients and can be eaten today; snail noodles are a combination of rice noodles, bean curd, peanuts, chopped green onions, bamboo shoots and other ingredients, with a layer of red oil floating on top?
I couldn't tell how the milk tea was made. I only saw white milk or goat milk? Plus plump black edible pearls?

Shopkeeper Wan was thinking that spicy hot pot and river snail noodle soup didn't seem to fit in with the business of this store, so maybe he could try milk tea?
With Tianmu's popularity, if he launches a delicacy that is "strongly recommended by Tianmu", there will be a lot of people willing to try it. Nowadays, many small stalls in Jinling City use this name to fool people. What's more, this time the delicacy is really selected by Tianmu, which is even more eye-catching.

I just don't know what its specific formula is. If you break it down according to the name, it is pearls, milk, and tea. Shopkeeper Wan guessed that the so-called pearls are only named because of their shape, after all, that thing cannot be eaten.

It might be possible to substitute other ingredients and shape them into pearls, but would it really taste good?
"Is the milk in this milk tea cow's milk or goat's milk? What's so good about it?" someone said, not taking it seriously. After all, both cow's milk and goat's milk have a fishy smell.

"I'm not used to it. I get diarrhea as soon as I drink it." Everyone here is financially well-off, so they have tried some new foods, but they have a low acceptance of cow's milk and goat's milk.

As soon as this was said, everyone agreed. However, it seems that the milk tea mentioned here must be processed milk mixed with tea. Otherwise, this milk could not even conquer them, so how could it conquer future generations with more discerning tastes.

Shopkeeper Wan smiled in a casual manner and sometimes agreed with a word or two. In fact, it's not that the fishy smell of milk cannot be removed, but the process is rather complicated, and the smell cannot be covered up simply by adding sugar, so generally speaking, only wealthy families can afford it.

It also seems that you cannot drink boiled milk directly as it will cause diarrhea, but goat milk does not have this problem.

[Have you experienced this kind of exciting free flight many times in your dreams? The foreigner in the video is carrying the Browning gravity jet backpack developed by the British aviation company Gravity Industries]

[Each suit is worth £30, weighs 25 kilograms, consumes about 37 liters of fuel per hour, can reach a maximum speed of 136 kilometers per hour, and each flight can only last about 10 minutes at most]

[The jet backpack was first developed and designed by the U.S. Army around 1960. It has been upgraded over the years, mainly in terms of engines and fuel. In 2013, New Zealand issued a flight license for the "jet backpack", which means that this aircraft has begun civilian use.]

[Some countries have even begun to introduce flying soldiers as a type of soldier. The advantages of flying soldiers are flexibility, concealment, and strong penetration. For soldiers with high personal combat literacy, flying backpacks that can take off at any time and cross terrain obstacles will greatly enhance their combat capabilities.]

[The flight backpack usually consists of five gas turbines, two small cylindrical engines on each arm, and a large engine on the back. The three sets of engines combined together are as stable as a camera tripod.] [Powered by aviation kerosene or diesel fuel, it can produce more than 1000 horsepower. The engine is ignited by a trigger on the right arm and controlled by a micro switch on the left arm.]

[The two sets of small engines on the arms can control the flight movements through body movements during flight. You only need to increase the power of the large engine to reach the weight of your body and maintain it]

[Then tilt your arms downward to lift your body off the ground, and rely on the force exerted by the engine to push the gas downward to achieve the purpose of takeoff]

[This kind of flying by waving your arms is more exciting than controlling the throttle, just like the Iron Man suit in Marvel movies. After ignition and takeoff, the engine will make a huge roar, so you must wear protective earmuffs]

In front of Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the demonstration on the skylight. The man was carrying a backpack and had a strange device on each hand. Then, as flames spewed out of the devices on his left and right hands, he jumped lightly, fell down a little, and really hovered in the air.

He was seen flying from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, then turned onto the water surface and hovered less than two meters above the water surface. Both the device held by his arms and the backpack on his back were spewing white gas. The scene was the same as the gas ejected during a rocket launch.

Zhu Biao opened his eyes wide, his eyes full of surprise and envy. Although it was different from the scene of 'flying with a sword', the feeling of flying with a full set of equipment on his back was definitely different from that of a hot air balloon or an airplane.

The civil and military officials present were all shocked when they saw the man in the sky skimming across the water skillfully, spinning and hanging in the air.

This kind of flying is different from flying an airplane, so everyone is eager to experience it on behalf of the man in the sky, especially Xu Da and other generals, who are almost crying with envy.

If every soldier in the army could be equipped with one piece of such good equipment, no, even just one piece, when two armies engage in battle, all deployments of the enemy will be exposed, and it will be a dimensionality reduction attack on the enemy!

Liu Ji and the others were all staring at the sky with laughter. Is the world developing so fast? How come there are personal flying machines? It seems that if the energy that can be carried is not limited and the endurance is not too poor, this thing would have been popularized long ago.

But even so, it was a very dreamy scene. Not to mention the military generals, even civil officials such as Liu Ji and Song Lian could not help but yearn for it. They had watched many videos of flying swords, and whether it was soaring into the sky or diving off a cliff, it was all exciting.

"The fuel used here should be separated petroleum products, right? Then the engine should be an internal combustion engine!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly. The efficiency of the internal combustion engine is much higher than that of the steam engine, and it is much lighter than the steam engine.

"Internal combustion engines, we haven't heard any news for a long time." Hu Weiyong and others also sighed. Before this, they had been promoting steam locomotives. As for internal combustion engines, although there were people in the Ministry of Science who were responsible, they had no idea at all.

"For internal combustion engines, we have tested dozens of solutions, but none of them are right." Sun Chuanshi and others were helpless. From the time the steam locomotive was built last year to now, the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Industry have worked together and made many attempts, but they still can't find a direction.

Everyone knows that the technological development of later generations has always revolved around energy, such as coal mines and steam engines, oil and internal combustion engines, electricity and motors, etc.

Unlike the bulky steam engine and the electric motor that is limited by batteries and wires, the internal combustion engine can be said to be a more balanced product in the middle.

The face of the Minister of Works turned pale and blue. The gap between theory and technical realization could not be bridged by just a few words. Moreover, the Ministry of Works was not designed to do such delicate work. The people who cooperated with the research and design were a bunch of illiterate craftsmen, who were still far from capable of making such technological inventions.

This is a groundbreaking product, but without the market demand that forces technological improvements step by step, how can it be created by empty talk behind closed doors?

Seeing that the morale of his ministers was low, Zhu Yuanzhang had to comfort them with kind words.

The internal combustion engine is very good and has a wide range of applications, including cars, ships, airplanes, helicopters, etc. But it obviously cannot be built in a day or two. Fortunately, the steam locomotive is a little less efficient, but it is simple and practical.

Now we are preparing to dredge the Grand Canal again and build railways from Peking to various important cities on the front line. If we use troops in the north in the future and the supply of food and soldiers is properly managed, it will not be a small matter.

Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Li Shimin looked at the flying backpack on the sky, and he was very yearning. Wasn't flying everywhere his childhood dream? Jumping down from the top of the mountain and then flying quickly along the ground was extremely thrilling every time.

But it’s not that difficult to say that this principle is difficult. They have known it for a long time. It is nothing more than Newton’s third law.

But it is not as simple as just talking about theory and applying it in practice. There is an internal combustion engine in between.
Sometimes Li Shimin still admired the creative ideas of people in later generations. So many inventions were designed purely for laziness, such as electric fans, rice cookers, and washing machines.

Sometimes he would wonder if there would be cooking machines, dishwashers, sweepers, etc. It was quite interesting to think about it. For example, if the dishwasher was really made in the shape of a person, would you sit there and brush the floor one by one?
"Our country does not have a target in the sky. Our country has a heavy weapon in the future [covering face]"

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