Xinshun 1730

Chapter 15 Condescending
There are no osmanthus in the capital, but the laurel moon is still half over after all.

On August [-]th, the Martial Virtue Palace had another three days off, one for rest and the other for mid-autumn.

NO.14 It's a holiday, and every family is busy. On this day, they have to deliver things to the married daughter's house, and there is a shortage of needs to make the daughter look bad at her husband's house.

This group of noble children from Wude Palace had nothing to do, so they all accepted Liu Yu's invitation and came to the vicinity of Shichahai early in the morning.

The simple hot air balloon was ready, so Liu Yu chose Shichahai as the location for the first ascension.

This is also intentional.

Next to it is the Bell and Drum Tower, which is a bustling place. There are many people on August 14, which can cause a sensation.

The distance to the Imperial City is only a hundred meters, and if you are interested, you can also take a peek at what is going on in the Forbidden City today from a high place.

This is dying.

However, Liu Yu also thought clearly.It was originally a scheming temptation, if Dashun couldn't even accommodate a hot air balloon, he would have to make another plan in the future.

Anyway, if it's gambling, you should learn from Bai Yunhang, the county magistrate of Fuqing County.

It's a big gamble, if the old emperor sees it in the Forbidden City, that would be great, whether he wins or loses will be decided today.

He harbored evil intentions and arrested more than a dozen noble children. If something happened, he would be punished and not blamed.

The founding prince's second sons who went to school in Wude Palace are basically here.

More than a dozen people heard Liu Yu brag about "Li Taibai's resurrection must be a poem", thinking that they would definitely see something extraordinary.

But after Du Mantou drove the carriage to deliver the thing, they were all dumbfounded.

That's it?

That's it?

A pile of silk and cloth products, which can't be seen, is extremely huge, stacked on the carriage.

A few strong men followed, who looked like they were from blacksmiths, carrying a large bellows for blacksmithing on their backs.

The silk product seemed to have been smeared with something, and the fine silk was very ugly, as if something dirty was stuck on it.

"Brother Shouchang, why don't you just let us watch this? What is this?"

Tian Ping had the best relationship with Liu Yu, so he was the first to ask.These days, he has been hanging out with Liu Yu, and he also knows what Mantou is doing outside.

But he was not interested in Western learning, so he didn't ask.

When Liu Yu mentioned that Li Taibai would compose a poem, he was moved.

From Liu Yu's point of view, if Li Taibai was still alive, the poems and songs he would write should be as passionate as the road to Shu, so he really wanted to know what it would be.

Looking at it now, my heart is half cold.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, which is not bad at all.

"According to what you mean, Li Taibai has never seen a dough bag made of silk in his life? In the future, in those literati's notes, there must be a comment of 'the third son of the Duke of Yi, who wasted everything'."

With a merciless sarcasm, Liu Yu scolded with a smile: "What do you know? I have read the stories of Guochao, and I know that the most difficult battle during Taizong's time was the siege of Jingzhou behind Jiugong Mountain. If there is such a thing, Then you can have a glimpse of the whole city, and it will be of great benefit to deploy troops."

"This thing can make people fly!"

A thousand words are nothing compared to the word "fly".

Flying has been the dream of mankind since ancient times. Flying is not a problem, but enabling people to fly is the problem.

If it is really possible to fly with people, Li Taibai will pour out all his pride and will not be stingy.

But... No matter how you look at it, this thing can't fly.

Before Liu Yu started it, he sang a few high-pitched lines, clearly expressing that he wanted to "conquer the frontier and attack the city", so he conceived this thing, and it will be easy to explain in the future.

When a group of people heard Feizi, they had already blown up the battalion, and they all gathered around the carriage, touching this and touching that.

"I said, Brother Shouchang, then don't be a fool. If you can really fly, I'll invite you to drink tonight."

Tian Ping couldn't help fantasizing about his soaring pride, and tore at the strange-looking big bag that was more than ten feet long.

Liu Yu coughed lightly at the steamed bun, and several strong men hired behind lifted the big silk bag out of the car.

He set up the bellows for blacksmithing, took off his shirt, paid enough money, and worked hard to do things, pulling the bellows loudly, filling this huge pocket with wind.

The hanging basket woven with rattan is very strong, and there are grease candles on it for steaming heat, which can be customized if you are willing to spend money.

As the bellows are pulled, ordinary air enters the silk pocket, which gradually swells and begins to sway with the breeze.

At the caliber of the lower part of the balloon, the flame has been ignited, and the gondola is filled with sandbags, and it will take off after the air becomes hot and the sandbags are thrown down.

The place near the flame has been soaked with alum and caustic soda, so it will not be burned by the fire.

July is high in autumn, and the wind is not strong today, and the location is well chosen, and the direction of the autumn wind will not blow into the Forbidden City.

Seeing that the whole big silk bag unfolded, it was more than ten feet tall, pulling the hanging basket below to shake again and again.

The dozen or so nobles who watched the excitement were all dumbfounded. Even if they were uneducated, they knew that if they went on like this, as long as they dropped all the sandbags in the hanging basket, wouldn't they be able to fly?

Is it possible... this thing can really carry people up?
With a diameter of more than 40 meters, it is not small at all, but it is even more intuitive when it expands at this time.

The person under the balloon looks small, but the huge shadow also covers an indescribable shock.

"Isn't this a magnified Kongming lantern?"

Someone muttered in the crowd, Liu Yu smiled and said, "Isn't it? It's a pity that Kongming lanterns already exist, but you didn't think of making it bigger. Now the name of the first person in the world to ascend is just It's about to fall on my head. In the future, how about leaving a name in the history books?"

When it comes to leaving a name in the history books, the hearts of the people next to him are all excited.

That's right, it's just a magnified Kongming lantern, why can't I think of it?It seems that it is nothing more than made of silk cloth. Among these people present, which family does not have a thousand 800 taels of silver?This thousand 800 taels of silver is enough for more than a hundred small households to live on their own farming for more than a year, but for these honorable families, it is just money leaking through the fingers, how could they not think of it?

If he can really fly, then he really needs to be famous in history.

Liu Yu jumped into the hanging basket first, and shouted: "Who is willing to be the first person in the world to ascend with me?"

Just after shouting, a group of people shouted me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

Don't look at him being tough when he sees a horse and soft when he hears a cannon, but he is not timid, it's just a certain psychological shadow.

After jumping up, he cupped his hands at the rest of the people in a mean way: "The moon is the first to get close to the water tower, brothers, I will fly first!"

The people below scolded Tian Ping for being cunning, or shouted: "Stupid birds fly first!"

Liu Yu laughed, and waved at the steamed bun, motioning to untie the tied rope.

He and Tian Ping threw out all the sandbags in the hanging basket, and as the rope was untied, the huge silk bag really left the ground with the steam.

Of course, Liu Yu had flown in civil aviation in his previous life, and he had seen a lot of flying thousands of meters, but it was the first time for Tian Ping to truly experience the feeling of being able to fly.

Clutching the hanging basket of the balloon with both hands, watching the land under his feet getting farther and farther away, Tian Ping subconsciously spread his folding fan, and wanted to find a song from Tang poetry and Song Ci to express his feelings at this time.

But when the fan was unfolded, his mouth didn't know what to say, and he was stuck there in a daze.

At this time, he couldn't find a suitable word for his full of literary talents, so he could only follow Liu Yu's mantra learned in the past few days, and turn thousands of words into one sentence.

"Damn it!!! Did it really fly?"

Seeing that the fallen leaves of the willow tree next to him are at hand, and they have crossed the courtyard wall of the next house, red fruits are hanging on the pomegranate tree, and a fat girl is standing by the fish tank, pointing blankly at the big balloon and shouting loudly.

Not far away, the Bell Tower and Drum Tower were originally unattainable, but now they are just below your feet.

Liu Yu was in high spirits, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the Forbidden City a hundred meters away behind him.

He turned his head half way, when Tian Ping, who was beside him, grabbed him, and slapped Liu Yu's face with the folding fan in his hand.

"Brother, are you crazy?"

Without further ado, he held Liu Yu tightly with one hand, shook his head and said, "Look northwest!"

Liu Yu's face felt a little painful, but she also knew that Tian Ping had good intentions, so she said "Shoot Sirius?"

"Sirius who shoots a fart? Looking southeast, that's Taiye Pond! That's Coal Mountain! That's the Hall of Supreme Harmony! Is that something we can look down from above? You've lived enough, brother, I haven't lived enough! "

Seeing the smoke curling up from the cooking stove in the distance, facing northwest at his feet, Tian Ping secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Just now, my mind was hot, and I jumped in without thinking.It was only after I really flew that I thought of the terrible possibility—what if I fell into the Forbidden City?
Fortunately, the wind direction was right, so he pulled Liu Yu, so that Liu Yu could not help but look back, staring blankly at the classmates who looked like ants under their feet, and looked up at the high clouds.

The blue tiles on the roofs have changed from clearly visible pieces to a large piece of mist; those towering pavilions have gradually turned into a small sculpture.

The boating on the Jishuitan in the distance; the Fahua Temple where I once went to burn incense; the gate of the Duke’s Mansion where I stopped; the Wanping County Government where there was a lot of trouble; the place where I laughed; the Huguo Temple where I worshiped ...

All these things that have been seen or not seen before are condensed into a picture scroll.

The capital city on August [-]th, the seventh year of Taixing stretched out in the eyes of the two of them, just like Zhang Zeduan's picture of going up the river.

The slightly swaying hanging basket made Tian Ping, who had never climbed so high, a little dizzy, but she still held on tightly to the edge of the hanging basket, forgetting the fear of heights in her heart.

He just muttered: "You're right, if Li Taibai comes back to life, he will be able to compose a poem, and his pride will not be inferior to that of the Dao of Shu and Tianmu."

It's a pity that this time is not Tianbao, and the royal surname Li is not Tang. Tian Ping thought, if Li Taibai was here, riding the wind and rising hundreds of feet, what kind of poems would he write?
(End of this chapter)