First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 629

Especially after conducting countless gunpowder experiments, Tao Chengdao finally discovered the key to the sky... You see, like a second kick, the bottom exploded, sending the upper half to the sky, and then exploded.

Let's change our thinking and replace the second quarter with an adult, will we go to heaven?

The second kick is so light, we don't have to be afraid, just add more gunpowder.

Just recently, Tao Chengdao finally came up with his heavenly plan, ready to test it himself.

Of course Xia Zhifeng would not be as nonsense as he is...Because Xia Zhifeng specializes in astronomy, she believes that there is some kind of constraint between celestial bodies, which limits the trajectory of movement...If a person wants to go to the sky, he must overcome these constraints.

Otherwise, there is still a glimmer of hope for simply taking gunpowder to the sky, and that is to go to the west!

Xia Zhifeng resolutely opposed it, but Tao Chengdao was determined not to change it, and even told Xia Zhifeng that flying into the sky was a thousand-year dream in China, and now it was the prosperous Ming Dynasty, and other fields were advancing by leaps and bounds, so flying into the sky could not be left behind.

I would rather die for flying into the sky, and die without regrets!

Xia Zhifeng was not an eloquent and persuasive person, she only knew that Tao Chengdao was looking for death, and it would be too miserable if such a master of firearms was really blown to pieces.

She told Zhang Ximeng the cause and effect, and wanted the teacher to find a way.

But surprisingly, Zhu Yuanzhang became interested, "Tao Chengdao said that he can fly into the sky. Is this true or not? Is there any hope?"

Lao Zhu's eyes gleamed, as if he was tempted.

It is also a good thing for us, the real dragon emperor, to go to the sky to have a look at any time.

Zhang Ximeng took a serious look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and then said to Xu Da: "You'd better arrange a few people to watch Your Majesty day and night, don't let the lord do stupid things, it's good if you want to fly into the sky, but no matter what, don't let Your Majesty join in the fun .”

Xu Da's old face quickly tightened. It stands to reason that he should listen to Zhu Yuanzhang, but it is related to Zhu Yuanzhang's safety, so it is better to focus on Grand Master Zhang!

"I see!"

"What do you know?" Old Zhu was also in a hurry. He tugged at his beard, "We are all at this age, and we are not children, so we would take risks casually? We just want to know, can we go to heaven?"

Xu Da was startled, "That depends on Tao Chengdao's ability."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "If that's the case, what are you waiting for? Let's go and have a look with me!"

As Lao Zhu said, he really wanted to go to Taocheng Taoism.

Zhang Ximeng's scalp is numb, Tao Chengdao is chasing dreams wholeheartedly, you are killing people because of curiosity... Zhang Ximeng didn't dare to neglect him at all, he asked Xia Zhifeng, "Is there any gunpowder in Tao Chengdao's house?"

Xia Zhifeng immediately said: "He wanted to blow himself up to the sky, how could he not?"

"Then we can't let His Majesty take risks... Let's go to the barracks outside the city first and find an open place. You go and send an order to ask a few soldiers who usually carry and dispose of firearms to move all the flammable and explosive things in Tao Chengdao's house." Come out...Moreover, tell Tao Chengdao to come to the barracks as soon as possible."

Xia Zhifeng quickly agreed, and she hurried down to make arrangements.

Zhang Ximeng dragged a few people to the barracks, and Lao Zhu complained, "I've seen thousands of troops and horses, and I've seen firearms, and nothing happened to us. Why are you so careful?"

Zhang Ximeng was too lazy to talk much, Xu Da could only persuade him, be careful, there is no big mistake, it is related to His Majesty's safety, the Grand Master is also kind...

After finally calming down Zhu Yuanzhang, Tao Chengdao finally came, along with his flying device.

That is, a chair and two kites.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, "Is this the only one that can fly into the sky?"

After Tao Chengdao kowtowed, he said aggrievedly, "I have prepared so many rockets, and they confiscated them."

Xia Zhifeng stood next to her with a sullen face and said nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang could only say: "Hey, you can ask the Grand Master!"

Tao Chengdao looked at Zhang Ximeng, but found that Zhang Ximeng was staring at him.

"How do you plan to go to the sky, let me talk about your design plan first." Zhang Ximeng got up and walked to Tao Chengdao's chair, and said to him, "You sit on it, and if the lower part is lit, you will fly into the sky?"

Tao Cheng said: "Teacher, you think this matter is simple. The rockets I designed are separate. I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I will ignite them all at once, and I will not be smashed to pieces!"

Zhang Ximeng said hehe: "So you are quite careful about safety?"

"Dare to love!" Tao Chengdao Le Diandian introduced to Zhang Ximeng, "Look, Grand Master, my rockets are separated, first ignite the lower row, push me to a higher level, then ignite the next row, and continue Push it up... Just like that, after I pushed it to the highest point, I took these two kites, supported me by the wind, and flew in the sky like a bird. Taishi, to be honest, I designed It's still reasonable."

Listening to Tao Chengdao's words, Zhang Ximeng didn't know whether to cry or laugh... The theory designed by this guy should be very advanced.

First, the first stage rocket, then the second stage, and then the third stage, sending people to the sky layer by layer, and finally take out the kite to increase the resistance and land smoothly... It seems that the rocket launches of later generations did not break through this design.

It's just that it's just a stool that carries this exquisite design, which is really unbearable.

"I said Tao Chengdao, if you are really reasonable, you should let a dog go!"

Tao Chengdao turned pale with shock, widened his eyes and said: "Grand Master, how can a dog be as clever as a human? I have prepared two kites, can a dog's paw control the kite?"

Zhang Ximeng asked back: "Are you sure it's your turn to unfurl the kite?"

Now Tao Chengdao was stopped.

After a long time, Tao Chengdao said helplessly: "Then try it with a dog, but a dog can't use a kite, so it will definitely die."

Zhang Ximeng said angrily, "Then eat dog meat!"

At this time, Lao Zhu couldn't help it anymore, "Hurry up, no matter what it is, send it to heaven and let us see! Can it work!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously didn't realize the nature of the flying experiment, and he just regarded it as a very interesting thing.

Zhang Ximeng didn't say much, and let Tao Chengdao prepare.

He brought those rockets and placed them in the middle of the school field. Lao Zhu wanted to move forward, but Zhang Ximeng stopped him and gave him clairvoyance.

Tao Chengdao didn't say anything else, tied up the rockets one by one, and prepared them properly. At the same time, someone brought a rhubarb... But here comes the problem, this rhubarb dog is not stupid, you let it sit on the chair honestly Well, it doesn't do it either!

There was really no other way but to tie Rhubarb to the chair.

Tao Chengdao was still heartbroken watching it, it must be a dead end if he did this!

After much deliberation, Tao Chengdao decided to tie a kite on the dog's back. If he was lucky, Rhubarb would be even more powerful, and he would become the first flying god dog to come back with a reputation!

All in all, time to act!

In order for Tao Chengdao to observe the whole process carefully, Zhang Ximeng asked him to retreat to the back, and then stuffed him with a telescope.

Next is the moment to witness the miracle!

A student of Tao Chengdao personally operated the knife and ignited the fuze.

I have to say that Tao Chengdao is really good at playing with gunpowder.

The bottom row exploded, and the huge impact sent the seats and the rhubarb on them into the air, and when they got up, they could have a distance of three to five feet.

Tao Chengdao's heart almost jumped out of excitement.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Da followed suit, thinking that they could really fly into the sky and succeed?

But the next few people stopped talking.

Tao Chengdao expected the explosion in the second row, and continued to push it up, but it didn't appear at all.

On the contrary, this time the gunpowder exploded with a thunderclap, and the flames ignited the kite on the dog's back. Just as the rhubarb barked, the chair fell to the ground and fell to pieces. The gunpowder that had not been completely burned continued to explode .

The sound of bang bang seemed to explode in Tao Chengdao's heart.

When the gunpowder smoke cleared, he was silent and could only squat down slowly and hugged his head.

He had already seen clearly that the explosion at the first level was indeed what he thought, but at the second level, it was absolutely impossible to do what he thought.

Because the first stage exploded, it will affect the next rocket, and the posture of the seat cannot be straight up and down, and the wind speed is also affected.

So when it comes to the second stage explosion, it will definitely be scattered and scattered.

Tao Chengdao kept going through the scene just now in his mind, and finally he stood up bitterly, swayed his body, and arrived in front of the broken rhubarb. Regardless of the blood on the corpse, Tao Chengdao carefully packed it up and put it together again.

"You died for me!"

Tao Chengdao was crying like a child, Zhang Ximeng walked to his side at this moment, and said in a low voice: "Have you cried enough? Get up! This trick won't work, think of a new way!"

Tao Chengdao was taken aback, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and thought of a new way?

If he failed in such a ridiculous move, can he do it again?

"It's not starting all over again... It's about finding a new method. This flying plan is not working yet... If you don't feel sorry for Da Huang's life, you can come up with a few more."

Tao Chengdao was startled, stood up abruptly, gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you grand master for your trust! I will definitely find a suitable method of flying into the sky. If I can't find it, I will die with regret!"

Chapter 871 Royal Scientific and Technological Progress Award

Tao Chengdao cried and buried the torn rhubarb, and the next day he bought another one, and then the explosion and the tragic barking of dogs were heard in the school yard outside the city...

In this way, Rhubarb was martyred every three days.

It made everyone in the barracks furious, you surnamed Tao, you have brain problems, you kill dogs all day long, and you are still in the barracks, it seems like we have done something bad, you have damaged the reputation of the army, you must pay for it!

After all, Tao Chengdao didn't pay for it. After he killed Jiutiao Rhubarb, he finally stopped.

Because Tao Chengdao has already observed clearly that every time he sends a dog into the sky with a rocket, it will explode due to the wind direction and force, and it is impossible to control it.

That being the case, can we start with the wind, as long as we control the direction of the wind, there is a way to fly into the sky...

Rhubarb was relieved, but the pigeon was out of luck.

Tao Chengdao bought a lot of pigeons, first observed the flight, and then slaughtered the pigeons...from the feathers, wings, bones, to the respiratory system of the pigeons.

Tao Chengdao studied carefully and shared his observations with Xia Zhifeng.

"Master, I found that Tao Chengdao may have researched something."

"Really? What is he going to do?"

Xia Zhifeng said: "He is now thinking about the shape of a bird's wing. He intends to copy it so that people can fly."

Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, "How is he going to use these wings?"

Xia Zhifeng said: "I took a look, at first he wanted to put wings on his arms, but later he said that the bones of birds are different from ours, they don't have that much strength, so they can't fly. He wanted to make a huge wing, Then let people sit under the wings, use the ropes to steer, use the wind, and fly in the sky."

Zhang Ximeng was slightly taken aback. He quickly realized that what Tao Chengzhang was going to do might be a paraglider. Although this thing was still a bit difficult, it wasn't impossible to do it at the moment.

The main thing is to have excellent quality silk, made in the shape of wings.

Anyway, no matter what, it is more reliable than strapping rockets under the chair.

"I'll let him experiment first. I'm thinking now, is it necessary to gather talented people from Ming Dynasty to make breakthroughs in technology... Do you have any suggestions?"

Zhang Ximeng was curious and asked Xia Zhifeng for his opinion.

The so-called child prodigies are all sympathetic to each other. After Xia Zhifeng published the theory of the movement of celestial bodies, she has already achieved a considerable status in the academic circle of Ming Dynasty.

Young talents from all over the world often write to her. Although [-]% of them are worthless, there are always some people's ideas that can make Xia Zhifeng's eyes shine, and feel the freshness of their ideas.

"Master, there are absolutely a lot of talented people now...As far as I know, we have made rapid progress in textile machinery, and those driven by waterwheels and animal power have all appeared. What really restricts further development is a question."

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, "Are you talking about the market? There must be enough demand, and it must be profitable... Is this your opinion?"

Xia Zhifeng smiled slightly, "Not all, I also have Shuning's thoughts."

When the eldest son was mentioned, Zhang Ximeng was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "You two seem to be quite young now, do you have any further ideas?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "It's okay to help you take care of the children while your teacher's wife and I are still young."

After saying this, Xia Zhifeng didn't turn red or shy, obviously her heart was strong enough.

"Master, I have discussed with Shu Ning, I want to wait for him to send the first batch of students out of Guizhou and into Jimin School."

Zhang Ximeng was slightly stunned again. Yes, when young people in a place can leave their hometown and enter the imperial court in a fair and reasonable way, become one of the managers of the world, and realize a leap in status. They will become loyal, connected by flesh and blood, and will never be separated again.

"That boy Shu Ning is indeed doing a big thing, but it doesn't seem good to always delay it like this? If there are too many years, won't it delay me from holding my grandson?"

Xia Zhifeng chuckled, "Master is overthinking, Shu Ning has figured out the level of the students over there...and Huang Guan has already gone!"

Huang Guan!

Zhang Ximeng's eyes lighted up. If Zhang Shuning studied the rules of the exam and found the secret to pass the level, then Huang Guan was a gifted talent and the god of the exam.

Innate ability, not to accept it.

No matter how difficult the exam is, they will always be No.1.

He also graduated from Jimin Academy and went to Guizhou to help Zhang Shuning. Guizhou students really have great hopes.

"In three years at the earliest, and in five years at the latest, a group of young people in Guizhou will go out of the mountains and enter the best schools. They will become the top talents of Ming Dynasty and serve the country in the future."

Zhang Ximeng nodded slightly, "Well, I'll wait a few more years to have a grandson... But the development of this technology is urgent."

Zhang Ximeng immediately wrote letters to various places to inquire about the situation in various places.

In terms of the speed of development, Peiping is the most important place.

With the victory in the Battle of Lingbei, Lan Yu moved to the Western Regions, and all the kings and generals gathered. They can be called the strongest army in Ming Dynasty.