Chapter 514: Victory in the First Battle (Part 2)
At this time, the temperature in the furnace was still not high, so Liu Laoshi jumped into the hanging basket and pulled up a special reciprocating bellows assembled with the iron furnace under the nervous gaze of all his disciples.
Streams of air carrying oxygen poured into the furnace, and the black smoke gradually decreased, replaced by a stream of flying sparks.
When the sparks gradually decreased, streams of hot air visible to the naked eye were blown out by the bellows and rushed out of the chimney of the iron furnace, constantly filling the round sphere above.
Wang Xiaoer shouted: "Close the gate!"
Liu Laoshi, who was in the hanging basket, heard the words. He held the bellows with one hand and pulled the rope around him with the other hand. The exhaust valve at the top of the hot air balloon was closed. The hot air flow in the sphere had nowhere to vent, inflating the originally deflated sphere.
A quarter of an hour later, under everyone's stunned gaze, the sphere swayed gently and slowly floated upwards, straightening the rope connected to the hanging basket. After shaking a few more times, it took the hanging basket and the hanging basket with it. Liu Laoshi in the basket slowly rises...
Suddenly, screams came one after another, and the sound was loud!
More than a dozen craftsmen were surrounding the hot air balloon, which gradually rose up and flew higher and higher. Many people had tears in their eyes, proud of having personally created such an "artifact" that can fly people into the sky!
Fang Jun looked at all this with a smile.
He knows that after these craftsmen of the Fang family receive many incredible things over and over again, their imagination, understanding and acceptance will be greatly expanded. It is no exaggeration to say that they will be The first batch of scientists in the Tang Dynasty!
Since it was just a test flight, the load-bearing limit of the sphere and the amount of coal filled in the iron furnace were all temporary calculations, and it was not dared to fly too high. Therefore, after the hot air balloon flew about ten feet high, Liu Laoshi stopped pulling the bellows according to the original plan, and then opened the exhaust valve that had just been closed. The hot air flowed away, cold air filled it, the buoyancy decreased, and the hot air balloon It swayed steadily and landed a little bit, landing smoothly on the ground.
The craftsmen cheered and gathered around.
Liu Laoshi's face in the hanging basket was red with excitement. He was probably the first person to fly into the sky! How can this achievement not make people excited?
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Liu Lao lifted one leg and stepped out of the hanging basket. Then the moment his foot touched the ground, he suddenly softened and an onion fell upside down from the hanging basket to the outside. Well, face first...
However, Liu Laoshi is not a person who wins by his appearance. His old face is harder than the ground in the cold winter...
There was a burst of good-natured laughter around him, but the sons of the Liu family were frightened and ran over to help their father up.
Fang Jun walked over leisurely with his hands behind his back. The smile on his face seemed to the craftsmen to be so profound that he looked like a god!
This is a god-like man!
He just casually talked and created this unprecedented artifact, which can allow people to stay and fly in the sky like a bird!
Fang Jun was very satisfied with everyone's admiration, but he had to pretend to the end. He coughed and said quietly: "On the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, at the Fangjia blacksmith shop on Lishan Mountain, the carpenter Liu Laoshi took the first human ship. The hot air balloon flew into the sky, creating an unprecedented precedent... This passage can be found in the history books! ”
"Ao Ao Ao"
All the craftsmen burst into joy!
Liu Laoshi's whole body was trembling into a ball, and tears were already streaming down his face.
For a craftsman like him, what is the purpose of this life? It's nothing more than a wife and children who can make a full meal for the family with their craftsmanship!
Leave a name in history?
That is a legendary thing, I dare not even think about it!
But now, this is something that only those high-ranking princes and generals can do, and we, Liu Laoshi, are about to realize it?
Liu Laoshi knelt down in front of Fang Jun with a pop, so excited that he couldn't help himself!
It was the Erlang in front of them who brought enough respect to their craftsmen and taught them the methods of iron-making, glass, and flying that could only be found in the immortal world... He took himself to the Tai Chi Palace and took him to fly. Go to heaven and leave your name in history...
How can I repay this kindness and virtue?
Liu Laoshi wiped his tears, pulled all his sons to his side, knelt down with his knees, and shouted in a deep voice: "You all remember this, I, the Liu family, have been willing to work for Erlang for generations. If you are a slave and a servant, you will never have a different intention! If you violate this oath, you will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and your descendants will be cut off!"
The Liu brothers had long been convinced by Fang Jun. Moreover, once this oath was issued, it would be equivalent to becoming Erlang's personal vassal and retainer. There were many benefits! How could there be any objection?
At that moment, the brothers followed their father closely, kowtowing and shouting: "I, the Liu family, will be driven by Erlang and serve as slaves for generations to come. I will never have any different aspirations! If you violate this oath, Heaven and earth will destroy you, and your descendants will be cut off!”
When their masters did this, the eyes of the people next to them turned red!
Why didn't I think of this level?
These ant-like figures are like tiny dust in the sun, with no place in this glorious and prosperous age! Originally a pariah from a craftsman family who settled in the Fang family, it is the benevolence and righteousness of the Fang family to have a place to settle down and have enough to eat! Will they be able to get rid of the Fang family and become independent in the future?
The Fang family is prosperous, and craftsmen like them are naturally prosperous, and their lives are worry-free.
If the Fang family suffered a blow and couldn't afford it, could they still be ungrateful and fend for themselves?
In this life and the next life, generations of ancestors have been involved with the Fang family, and they have both prospered and suffered losses.
In this case, why not simply become Erlang's retainer and servant to maintain this relationship deeper?
Immediately, Wang Xiaoer took the lead, and all the craftsmen knelt down and shouted: "For generations, we have been willing to be driven by Erlang and serve as slaves. We will never have any different aspirations! Anyone who violates this oath will be punished by heaven and earth. Cut off the descendants! ”
For a time, the open space in front of the blacksmith shop was densely packed with craftsmen kneeling on their knees.
Fang Jun was a little surprised...
He naturally knew that this was a form of aristocratic families in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Being accepted as a servant by the head of the family meant that he would be a slave for life and never leave.
This is not just talk.
After the formalities are completed, their household registration will be changed by the county government and become the private property of the owner. To put it bluntly, it is private property, no different from goods. The master of the house holds the power of life and death of these slaves, and even the government has no right to interfere.
And in this morally bound society, once this ceremony is signed, it means it cannot be changed. If someone betrays the head of the family, he will be spurned and despised by the entire society. Although the world is big, there will be no place for him. Even if he is the enemy of the family master, he will not recruit such scum who seek glory behind his master!
Fang Jun will naturally not refuse the request of these craftsmen. Furthermore, this is also the wisest choice for these craftsmen. In this era, no one values craftsmen as much as Fang Jun does, elevating the status of craftsmen to equal treatment with civilians.
At this moment, the guards who were looking at each other looked at each other a few times, and then knelt down together: "We are willing to drive for Erlang, and we will never regret it for generations to come!"
The leader is none other than Xi Junmai!
Fang Jun suddenly became excited!
Once these craftsmen and guards become your servants, you will have a luxurious team!
Needless to say, the craftsmanship of these craftsmen is needless to say, and these guards are the elites selected from a hundred to follow him on his expedition to the Western Regions! Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, if this was a strong force with both super strong technological research and development capabilities and strong combat effectiveness, even the princes and royal families would be envious and drooling!
Soon, the whole Zhuangzi was shaken!
After hearing what happened in the back mountain, the men, women and children left behind in Zhuangzi rushed to tell each other, smiling happily!
Although everyone was also a servant of the Fang family before, their nature was completely different.
Now, they can truly become Fang Jun's servants. While devoting their loyalty and even their lives, they will also receive the greatest protection and blessing from the family master!
And those who have never received the opportunity are full of envy and sorrow.
Not everyone can get this opportunity!
Everyone in the village took action. On the martial arts field, bottles of wine were brought out from the cellar, then the mud seals were opened, and they were all poured into a huge water tank.
Don't go away, there will be more later...
(End of chapter)