Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 507 This is an artifact

   Just do what you say, Fang Jifan is an honest person, and he doesn't compare blindly.

   Busyly ordered people to go to Xishan, and ordered Xishan to send the balloon urgently.

  Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood, and the Empress Dowager was in good health. As a grandson, he heaved a long sigh of relief, so...just let Fang Jifan make troubles, just don't demolish the Forbidden City.

  The Empress Dowager arranged a bench under the eaves of the main hall to sit on, and Zhou La obediently accompanied the Empress Dowager.

  Zhu Xiurong stood behind the Empress Dowager, saw many people, and hurriedly carried things.

  Fang Jifan was there, while Zhu Houzhao, as always, added to the chaos.

  Under Fang Jifan's command, the eunuchs first inflated the Sharkskin's balloon, and when it was almost done, they opened the valve of the kerosene tank, and the fire blazed.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the flames and suddenly regretted it. He began to worry whether the Forbidden City would burn down.

  The steaming hot air made the balloon more inflated. Someone had nailed a wooden stake on the ground, and the cable was tied to the wooden stake.

  It was full, and the balloon started to float up slowly.

  Emperor Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, staring straight at the balloon that was slowly flying into the air.

  However, due to the pull of the cable, the balloon hovered steadily half a foot above the ground.

  Zhu Houzhao was already happy: "Can you really fly? Hey, I have to go up and have a look, and put it in a bamboo basket?"

  Fang Jifan nodded and nodded, then said to Yang Biao: "Biaozi, come, get the goggles for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

  The goggles are also made by Xishan. In fact, they are two pieces of glass wrapped in leather. When worn, they protect the eyes and prevent them from being blinded by the strong wind when they reach high altitudes.

  Yang Biao was also invited into the palace. He was very disgusted with the goggles. There was nothing to protect them. The wind was so strong that I could keep my eyes open.

  Zhu Houzhao was happy. In fact, he really wanted to get into the bamboo basket. Many eunuchs were about to stop him, but Zhu Houzhao himself was a little timid. He flew into the sky, would he fall off? In this case, it will be more ugly to die.

  He was happy: "I'll fly again next time, I'm not feeling well today, come here, Liu Banban, come here."

  Liu Jin hid in the crowd, looking around, he felt his eyelids twitching all the time today, when he heard Zhu Houzhao calling, he shivered, his face turned green with fright, and he came out trembling.

  Zhu Houzhao waved at him: "Come on, Liu Banban, go to the sky and have a look, don't be afraid, you won't die."

   "Slave, slave..." Liu Jin cried.

  He...scared.

  As long as he is a bit courageous, or in other words, he is really the kind of courageous person, why would he cut himself off and enter the palace to become an eunuch? A cowardly person will have nothing to eat wherever he goes?

  Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "If you are told to go up, you will go to the sky. Don't talk too much. If you talk too much, I will hang you up. Quickly, help him up."

Liu Jin's legs trembled, and he suddenly regretted that he was going to be a eunuch. In the past, his father sent him here because his family was poor and couldn't eat enough. He still remembered what his father said when he sent him to the palace. He was not allowed to be an **** if he drank yellow rice porridge. Liu Jin suddenly thought, we cut up everything, but Fang Jifan tossed out potatoes and sweet potatoes. In the future...do the common people still lack food?

  No matter how you think about it, it seems that Emperor Taizu Gao was an official in the Yuan Dynasty when he was preparing for the Northern Expedition.

  Crying and crying, he finally climbed into the rattan basket.

  Yang Biao clapped Liu Jin's shoulder with a big hand: "Are you ready?"

  Liu Jin's legs were weak and he didn't dare to stand. He trembled and saw that Yang Biao's face was very scary. Not only was he responsible and rough, but the most important thing was the scars on his face, which was full of scars. He looked... like a thief.

  Yang Biao saw Liu Jin looking at his face, and was happy: "Are these small injuries? Haha, small things..."

   Liu Jin tentatively said: "Did you fall?"

Yang Biao laughed, he is a man who loves to laugh: "Yes, he fell from the sky, hundreds of feet high, and thanks to the blessings of his ancestors, he hung on the branch of a tree, but it was not enough. Look at this The scar is the branch scratching, here... this is when I fell from the tree again, I hit my head on the stone, and here, here..."

Yang Biao waved his hands: "It's just a small matter. I don't have to worry about me. I'm used to seeing big winds and waves. Grandma's legs...I am a person blessed by my benefactor. I am immortal. Next time I fall, I guarantee that I won't die. Benefactor is protecting it, Lord Yan dare not accept it."

  Liu Jin was shocked and collapsed in the rattan basket.

   At this time, the people below untied the cable, and the balloon slowly floated up. Liu Jin thought of something and cried loudly: "We want to go down, we want to go down, we don't want to go to the sky, we want to be human, to be human."

Pounced on the edge of the rattan basket, poked his head out, and found that he was getting taller and taller, and the people on the ground began to get smaller and smaller. At the end, he couldn't see clearly. Only the people who could see clearly were left After passing through the palaces of the Forbidden City, slowly, the palaces could not be seen clearly, and the flying ball climbed rapidly, Liu Jin's expression was dismal, and he fell into the rattan basket, Yang Biao turned the valve of the kerosene tank Seeing Liu Jin like this: "Afraid? Don't be afraid, I won't die. I specially prepared three layers of quilts, and these three layers of quilts cover my body. Even if I fall from here, at most, it's not too much." It’s just missing an arm and a broken leg, don’t be afraid…”

  Yang Biao remembered something, and took out a handful of beef jerky from his bag: "Do you want to eat beef jerky? You won't be afraid after eating it."

  Liu Jin hesitated, stretched out his hand, took the jerky, put it in his mouth and chewed it, a little blood color appeared on his pale face, and he couldn't help saying: "It's delicious!"

  ...

  Emperor Hongzhi watched the balloon fly directly into the sky.

  At this time, his heart...is extremely shocked.

  He has seen a lot of strange and ingenious things, but many things are actually useless in his eyes.

   But this balloon was completely different. He saw two people fly directly into the sky and into the clouds.

this…

   What a shocking thing.

   Just relying on this, you can save people among thousands of troops?

  Deep in his heart, he already had an accurate answer. Yes, with one balloon, that's enough.

  Zhu Houzhao was as excited as a child: "Liu Jin has gone to heaven." He folded his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted toward the sky: "Liu Banban, Liu Banban, are you still alive?"

Naturally, Liu Jin couldn't hear His Highness the Crown Prince's words. He was chewing the jerky. The taste of this jerky was different from other places, and it was very characteristic. terrible thing.

  The Empress Dowager squinted her eyes and stood up, looking up at the sky, trying to find traces of hot air balloons.

   But even with reading glasses, the hot air balloon was still not found.

  The Empress Dowager let out a sigh of relief: "I see, so I see, go and call Fang Jifan."

  The **** hurriedly went to the wide area in front of the hall to invite Fang Jifan, Fang Jifan saluted and said: "Minister..."

  The Empress Dowager looked deeply at Fang Jifan: "Ai Jia only believed that Zhou La's life was indeed saved by you..." As she said, she took a stick and hit Zhou La hard.

   "Bastard, what are you doing standing up, in front of your benefactor, do you have a place to stand?"

  Being scolded by the Empress Dowager, Zhou La felt wronged and wanted to cry, but hurriedly bowed down: "Thank you benefactor."

  Fang Jifan laughed: "You're welcome, I don't ask for anything in return."

  The empress dowager nodded, and looked at Fang Jifan with satisfaction: "The Ai family owes you a favor, and the Ai family will remember this favor."

  Fang Jifan wanted to be polite.

  Emperor Hongzhi said at this time: "Fang Qing's family, this balloon can only save people?"

   Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi was very interested in the use of this balloon.

  His heart is already overwhelming, what's the use of something that can send people to heaven?

   "Your Majesty, this thing is really useful." Fang Jifan said, "Have you ever thought about why my Ming Dynasty is always under the control of others when we are fighting against the Tatars?"

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Fang Jifan said: "This is because the Tatars have plenty of war horses, and the desert outside the customs is full of flat rivers. If they want to attack our border town in Ming Dynasty, they can come early and attack at night, and they can launch an attack on the same day. There was a beacon fire warning, but in the end, they passively hid in the fortress, saw the Tatars with their own eyes, and then released the early warning, and the warning time was not enough for the pass to make preparations."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded slowly, his eyes lit up.

Fang Jifan continued: "As a result, a terrible situation has emerged in our Ming Dynasty. The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light. No one knows when these Tatars will appear. What's more frightening is that this has led to our Ming Dynasty. It is almost difficult for private households to gain a foothold outside the customs.”

Emperor Hongzhi shook his body. He thought of one thing. He thought that Fang Jifan was going to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes outside the customs. I have to say that the potatoes and sweet potatoes have already begun to be cultivated outside the customs, but only on a small scale. Dare to plant in large quantities. After all, it is impossible for Ming Dynasty to enclose all the land for planting sweet potatoes and potatoes with a wall, but what if it is attacked by the Tatars at this time? If the attacking Tatars were spotted by Daming's scouts and came back to give an early warning, that would be fine, at least the farmers could hide in the pass immediately, but wouldn't the crops in the field be given to the Tatars for nothing? ?

   But what if there is enough warning time?

or…

Fang Jifan said: "But if it is in the desert, if there are more balloons like this, even if the Tatars see someone watching their every move in the sky at any time, they will have nothing to do. Even... if there are some weapons in the rattan basket on the balloon, Occasionally, the Tatars are always in a state of panic, so... the Tatars are afraid, they will be in danger day and night, and they will always be in a nightmare. Their every move will be detected by my Ming at any time, and even, at any time There will be some things falling from the sky, which will disturb them and make them exhausted, so they will be disturbed and bored, how can they have the thought to attack our Daming Border Town."

   "In the past, we were beaten everywhere, and we were always huddled inside the closed wall, but from today, I, Da Ming, want to turn passive into active, and let them taste the taste of fear."

  …

  I went to get an injection in the morning, so the update is a bit late, sorry.

  (end of this chapter)