The surroundings were silent except for some subtle sounds made by the flames burning.
The witch widened his eyes and enlarged his mouth, revealing his gaping teeth. The stone enlarged his mouth and widened his eyes. The lame enlarged his mouth...
The people gathered around to watch the miracle looked dumbfounded and in disbelief.
Of course, it wasn't after the stone let go that the Kongming Lantern fell and was burned directly.
The Kongming Lantern did not fall. It basically maintained its original position after the stone let go, slowly shaking ten centimeters above the ground.
But it didn't fly either.
The pottery bowl containing the fireball stayed on the ground and moved a few times, then stopped moving.
With this result, Han Cheng had basically expected it before doing the experiment.
He didn't say this just to cover up his embarrassment at this moment, but he was really prepared that the Kongming Lantern would not be able to fly.
After all, this time, to a large extent, it was to prove whether the method he thought of was feasible.
The ball of linen soaked in rosin continued to burn, and when it was almost extinguished, a leather rope on the side was burned off.
Such a result was within Han Cheng's acceptance range.
Although the Kongming Lantern did not fly and the rope was burned, it proved the feasibility of this road.
What needs to be done next is to continuously improve on this basis.
The way to improve it is to make the bowl containing the flame larger and lighter.
The purpose of being larger is to hold a larger ball of linen, ignite a larger flame, provide more energy, and at the same time keep the leather rope on the edge of the bowl away from the flame.
The purpose of being lighter is to reduce the burden on the Kongming Lantern and allow it to expand better into the sky.
Making the bowl larger and lighter may seem like a contradiction.
Because the bowl is made of pottery, its weight will inevitably increase as its size increases.
At this time, it is time to test the skills of the master pottery maker Hei Wa.
Han Cheng stretched out his hand to hold the Kongming Lantern, which had become slightly tilted after breaking a rope, with his hands to prevent it from being burned by the fire below.
In a short period of time, it would not be easy to find two such big snakes to peel off their skins and use them to paste the Kongming lanterns.
Looking at the people around him who all closed their mouths and tried to make calm expressions, but their faces were a little distorted, Han Cheng couldn't help but sniff.
'These guys...'
Shitou came back to his senses and quickly came over to hold the Kongming Lantern instead of Han Cheng.
Although the Kongming Lantern did not soar into the sky as he imagined, which made him feel very disappointed, he could really see the few movements that the pottery bowl on the ground had just taken.
It was these few moments that gave him great hope.
Generally, people who can do amazing things have a very perseverant temperament, and perseverance is a must for them.
Although during this process, I was embarrassed and cried, but after wiping away my tears, I will still work hard in the direction I want.
Shitou is undoubtedly one of these people.
Ever since Han Cheng had the dream of flying to the sky a few years ago because of Han Cheng's Cowherd and Weaver Girl, this guy has never given up on his desire to go to heaven.
Although I have gone through many twists and turns, I don’t know how much suffering I have experienced, but I have never thought about giving up.
I was able to persevere under the same circumstances before, not to mention that I now see hope from Han Cheng!
Han Cheng was very surprised by Shi Shi's reaction. He thought he would have to explain a few more words, but he didn't expect that he had already thought about it.
Han Cheng smiled with satisfaction. Judging from Shi Shi's reaction, he felt that it was not impossible to see hot air balloons floating in the sky of primitive societies in his lifetime.
At that moment, he just talked nonsense. After handing the Kongming Lantern to the stone to hold, he grabbed two handfuls of soil from the ground and threw it into the pottery bowl to put out the fire inside.
Then he took Shitou and Wu, who was relatively free, to find Heiwa to make a new bowl.
Lame also wanted to follow them to have a look, but after turning around to look at the broken farm tools, he still did not follow them out. Instead, he repaired them here with the other two.
Hei Wa's craftsmanship was naturally impeccable. After hearing Han Cheng's request, he immediately patted his chest and promised that he would definitely do this well.
Then the soil and mud were poured out and started to dry.
Shi Shi, who originally had little interest in making pottery, watched attentively from the side and wanted to get involved from time to time.
The smooth stone slab below was constantly spinning in circles, and the shapeless mud quickly became regular under the movements of Hei Wa's hands...
The newly made clay embryos come in several sizes, including enlarged and thinned versions of normal bowls, open bowls that are half shallower than normal bowls, and existing bowls that look like small pans.
Compared with a bowl of the same weight, a pan has a larger area, can hold more linen cloth stained with rosin, and can provide more updrafts for the Kongming Lantern.
After the clay embryo is made, it cannot be burned directly. Even if you are in a hurry, it needs to be dried by a fire before it can be fired in the kiln.
Shitou squatted here and refused to leave, watching Hei Wa's every move closely.
These were things directly related to Feitian, so he was naturally very concerned about them, and even picked up clay and started to learn how to make pottery from Heiwa.
Han Cheng watched here for a while and saw that Heiwa and the others had made a good job, but the pottery could not be fired today, so he turned back to the tribe and went to dig a hole to build his stone flower bed.
Everyone has to have something to do, right?
The flame is burning, and a high amount of heat is transferred out. The blue smoke mixes with the airflow that has expanded due to heat, flies upward, and pours into the Kongming Lantern.
The connecting rope was tightened, and the thin pan-like thing connected underneath shook a few times.
Under the gaze of Shi Shi with wide eyes, clenched fists, and nervous breathing, the plate that had been shaking for a while finally left the ground with difficulty and floated upward slowly.
The eyes of the people around were firmly attracted by this sky lantern, and they moved upward with the slowly rising sky lantern.
It took a while for their eyes to move up to the level with their heads. After staying here for a while, they began to descend again.
When his eyes completely moved to the lowest point, Shitou automatically held the snakeskin Kongming Lantern with his hands without Han Cheng's instructions.
Han Cheng on the side grabbed a few handfuls of soil and extinguished the lingering flames.
Shitou, Wu, Lame, Heiwa and other people who participated in the great experiment of flying were extremely excited. The things they participated in making really flew!
Han Cheng was not as happy as they were because he had flown the Kongming Lantern himself.
Kongming lanterns can fly very high into the night sky, similar to stars.
The one in the tribe is just above his head. The difference is too far. For him, there is really not much to be happy about.
He casually picked up a grass stalk and pulled out the smoking linen cloth.
This is one of the reasons why the Kongming Lantern cannot fly high.
