Yan Beijun may not understand what a hot air balloon is, but Yan Beijun knows about sky lanterns. Tianqi has a ceremony to release sky lanterns every year to pray for blessings.
It's just that the sky lanterns made by Tianqi craftsmen are small and unique. Although they can fly, the direction cannot be controlled. People naturally think that sky lanterns are used for praying, and do not think about their other uses.
What Ji Yunkai is doing now is to enlarge the sky lantern and then try to control its direction.
This move was not shocking. Even when Ji Yunkai said nothing, several lieutenants saw the prototype made by the craftsman and guessed what Ji Yunkai wanted to do.
However, although the lieutenants guessed what Ji Yunkai was going to do, it did not mean that they were also optimistic about it. In fact, none of them were optimistic about it.
"Princess, is this really possible?" They had also made large sky lanterns, but they couldn't fly.
What the princess wants to do is not only a large sky lantern, but also people on it. How is this possible?
"How will you know if it works if you don't try it? And even if we can't carry people, we can make a batch of small sky lanterns later, put some things in them, put more, and some of them will be able to end up in other villages. When the time comes,
News from other villages can also spread." Ji Yunkai is very confident in hot air balloons.
As an academic genius, although she has little practical experience, it is not difficult to direct people to make a hot air balloon.
After all, the principle of a hot air balloon is very simple, it just uses the density of heated air to be lower than the density of the air outside the balloon to create buoyancy for flight.
As long as you give her enough time, she can make simple aircraft, not to mention hot air balloons.
Ji Yunkai did not explain too much to the deputy general. He sat directly next to the craftsmen and instructed them to make them according to the drawings without making any mistakes.
Ji Yunkai does have no practical experience, but as a technical geek, he has no problem drawing professional design drawings.
The craftsman was a little repulsive at first. When Ji Yunkai explained the principles to him in detail and knocked down a bunch of words related to wind resistance and air pressure, the craftsman's eyes suddenly lit up. When he looked at Ji Yunkai, he could only look at him with admiration.
Despite the slightest bit of dissatisfaction and rejection, he did whatever Ji Yunkai told him to do, strictly following the drawings Ji Yunkai drew, without slacking off at all.
Seeing the craftsman's appearance, the deputy general asked the craftsman quietly if the large sky lantern the princess wanted could be made.
After hearing this, the craftsman looked at the lieutenant seriously, then shook his head: "I can't guarantee it even for a young man."
"I can't guarantee that?" The deputy general was dumbfounded: "You didn't seem to be like this just now? Didn't you say that the princess's picture is very exquisite? What the princess just said, it feels so powerful, but I don't understand this very well, give it to me
Talk about..."
"Ah..." After hearing this, the craftsman was stunned, and he touched his head honestly: "That... I didn't understand."
"I don't understand, then why are you looking at the princess like an expert?" The deputy general gritted his teeth in anger and glared at her like a craftsman.
Just now I saw the craftsman looking at the princess with admiration, so he didn't dare to ask if he didn't understand something, for fear of looking stupid.
"Although I didn't understand, what the princess said seems to make sense. I really admire the princess." The craftsman looked honest and honest, and without waiting for the deputy general to ask again, he added: "General, do you have anything else? I'm okay, little one.
We need to put the basket on. The princess said that the basket must be strong and not too heavy, otherwise it won’t fly. This is a bit difficult, and I have to think about it carefully.”
"Go and do your work, don't keep the princess waiting." The deputy general also wanted to get some information from the craftsman's mouth, in case he didn't understand anything when the princess said it. As a result... everyone was divided, which was really boring.
Regardless of what the deputy general was thinking, the craftsman took the tools and ran towards Ji Yunkai. Under Ji Yunkai's command, he hung the finished oilcloth and the basket together.
With the concerted efforts of several craftsmen, a simple version of the hot air balloon was ready, which basically met Ji Yunkai's needs.
"Try igniting it." After checking again and again to make sure there were no production flaws, Ji Yunkai placed the hot air balloon on a stable area, and then stood in the middle of the basket.
"Princess, it's too dangerous, let me come." When the deputy general saw that Ji Yunkai was going to put himself in danger, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he refused to say anything.
"It is precisely because of the danger that I have to do it by myself. In the face of emergencies, I can respond in time, can you?" Ji Yunkai has ridden a hot air balloon before, but it is a professional version. It is easy to lift and adjust the direction.
Simple, but...
She can't make a professional version of the hot air balloon now. Even if the craftsmen try their best, they can only make a simple version. Although it can adjust the lift and direction, it still relies more on the wind direction.
To put it bluntly, after flying into the sky, you basically rely on God.
"But this is too dangerous, Princess... You can teach us first, and then we can go up after we learn it." Everyone knows how dangerous it is to float in mid-air. Even if they have a hundred courages, they would not dare to
Let the princess take the risk.
"It's getting dark, we don't have that much time, don't worry, I'll be fine." When encountering danger in the air, Ji Yunkai was 70% sure that nothing would happen to him. Can these people?
People who have not received professional training will first panic when encountering danger in mid-air and will not be able to respond correctly.
Rather than making a fearless sacrifice, it would be better for her to do this experiment herself, and this was also what she proposed, so it was only right for her to do the experiment.
After some negotiations, facing the tough Ji Yunkai, the deputy general had no choice but to give in. When he saw Ji Yunkai standing in the basket, the deputy general silently prayed that the huge "sky lantern" would not fly. However, the reality left the deputy general speechless.
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When the torches were lit, you could see the sky lanterns held up by dozens of soldiers lifting off the ground little by little and rising slowly.
"It's done, it's done, it's flying!" Hundreds of Yanbei troops stood on the top of the mountain. When they saw the huge "sky lantern" rising slowly, their eyes widened, and they couldn't believe what they saw.
"Fly, it'll be fine once it starts flying!" The deputy general saw the sky lantern flying into the sky, and he was worried and full of expectation at the same time.
Sky lanterns can make people fly, so as long as the prince is still alive, they can rescue him in the shortest time.
"Princess, you must be careful." Looking at the "sky lantern" getting further and further away from the ground, the deputy general was very worried about Ji Yunkai standing inside.
The sky lantern will fly now, but who knows what will happen next second? Will there be an accident in mid-air?
If something happens in mid-air, they can't do anything to save them even if they want to...
It was really too dangerous for the princess to stand inside.
If he had known that the sky lantern would be able to fly, he would never let the princess put herself in danger. Even if he was afraid of death, he would still go up and try it himself.
If they want to let the prince know that they put the princess in danger, the prince will probably beat them until they can’t even recognize their parents... (To be continued)