On June 20, 19th year of Tianwu, the world's first hot air balloon rose from Chengtianmen Square.

The hot air balloon has a circumference of 33 meters. It is made of paper-paste cloth. The seams of the cloth are clasped with buttons. After repeated testing by Xu Mingwu, it was named "Zhaoyang Princess".

The meaning of this name is self-evident, marking that Xu Ershao officially joins the battle for the prince-consort and commander.

In front of Chengtian Tower, Emperor Tianwu Zhu Cixuan, Empress Xu, several princes and tens of thousands of citizens of the capital, visited the launching performance of the Zhaoyang Princess hot air balloon.

This time, Xu Mingwu also put a lot of effort into the ball. He personally boarded the balloon, lit the fire under the balloon with straw and wood, and drove the hot air balloon for air flight.

This performance took half an hour to fly, crossed half of Nanjing City, and finally landed on the Qinhuai River outside the city, stunning the whole city and ended perfectly.

The people were happy, the princess was shy, the emperor was happy, and Xu Mingwu was also excited, feeling that there was a chance to get the princess!

In the end, Xu Mingwu was awarded the title of Academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The Huangming Times has specially opened a special edition to report on this matter, and also an exclusive interview with Xu Mingwu. He knew that this was a reporter whose father Xu Qingshan spent money to hire, and the purpose was to whitewash the adverse effects of the fight with Miss Qi in the street.

Happy times are always short, and Xu Mingwu officially moved out of Pingyang Hou Mansion and settled in the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The Royal Academy of Sciences is located in the east of the city, and is in the same area as several national universities. It covers a very wide area. The buildings are luxurious and atmospheric according to the royal specifications, like a small group of palaces.

There are not only Chinese-style buildings in the courtyard, but also several Western-style villas. I heard that the people living in it were foreigners, scientists dug up from Europa by the Ming Dynasty, and some of them were very familiar names to Xu Mingwu, and the bosses in later textbooks.

Xu Mingwu asked specifically whether there was a guy named Newton, but unfortunately, there was no one. (Newton was still in his sophomore year at Cambridge University, and will arrange it later)

But what surprised him was that there was a big boss in the physics department who actually called Niu Bi! He was also the discoverer of the law of universal gravitation!

Xu Mingwu wanted to visit Mr. Niu Bi with excitement and trepidation. Unfortunately, the gentleman was very busy and had no time to see him.

The boss is indeed a boss, not an ordinary person! Xu Mingwu sincerely appreciates it.

The day after entering the Royal Academy of Sciences, someone sent a message saying that the dean wanted to see him.

Xu Mingwu was overjoyed and kept thinking about how to get close to Princess Kunxing. Unexpectedly, she took the initiative to make an appointment. It's great!

When you come to the palace where the dean’s office is, you will enter a large and quiet hall after walking around the corner. To be precise, it is an extremely large office.

"The Dean has not returned from the inspection yet, so you can wait a while." The lead man left after he said that.

Xu Mingwu took a deep breath and looked at the bright hall carefully. The furnishings inside were luxurious, the ceiling was high, the floor was wooden, the floor was large, the floor was glass products, and exquisite curtains were tied to both sides, and the sun shone into the whole room.

In the middle of the hall is a large carved desk with four treasures of the study, several green bonsai, and desk lamps of the same style as the Qianqing Palace.

When he was in the Qianqing Palace before, Xu Mingwu did not pay attention to the principle and battery of the desk lamp. When he approached, he found that the wires of the desk lamp were connected to a small pool with copper and zinc tablets.

Xu Mingwu suddenly realized that this is the battery's primordial volt stack. This pool of water should be salt water. It uses chemical reactions to generate a stable power supply and can continuously supply current to the desk lamp.

"It is worthy of being the earliest Royal Academy of Sciences in the world. With this strength, tsk tsk tsk!" Xu Mingwu sincerely exclaimed.

Xu Mingwu sat down and realized that he was sitting on a sofa or a spring-loaded sofa, which was very comfortable!

There were several stacks of newspapers on the coffee table in front of the sofa. Xu Mingwu was bored and turned over to look around, and he saw the interview report about himself at a glance...

"This report is well written, so you have to add money to the newspaper in the future!"

Xu Mingwu smiled and continued to read the major titles of other editions.

"The first-class sail battleship "Yongle" was launched in Ningbo Prefecture yesterday, and this ship became the largest sail battleship in the world"

"The fifth voyage to the West of the Tianwu Dynasty will be launched in October to strengthen trade with Western countries"

"The Situation of Asia Melica: The Great East Kingdom went to war with Spain, and the pseudo-Emperor Hong Chengchou appointed the pseudo-King-Wu Sangui as the head coach to compete for the Mexican Trade City"

.........

"Damn it, Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui are not dead yet? Have you been running to America?"

Xu Mingwu looked at the report carefully. Unfortunately, it was the news from last year. It was probably the battle that had been over long ago, and I don’t know what the so-called Dadong Kingdom’s strength is.

Xu Mingwu was so impressed that the door rang and someone opened the door and came in.

He shuddered, closed the newspaper, and looked up at the door.

I saw a woman in her thirties slowly walking over. She had an elegant appearance, plump and round face, narrowed her almond eyes, and her behavior exuded a graceful charm.

Well, he also has a good figure.

Xu Mingwu didn't know whether this was the dean Princess Kunxing or her secretary, so he didn't dare to take the initiative to salute. He just stood up and straightened his body to show respect.

However, the beauty seemed to ignore Xu Mingwu's existence, and casually closed her hair, walked straight to the table, sat down and yawned, and didn't say anything.

Hum? What to do?

Xu Mingwu was extremely puzzled and decided to use calmness to control his movements and wait patiently.

However, after sitting for a while, this strange beauty got up and picked up a small kettle and began to water the bonsai on the desk.

After watering, she walked to the fish tank by the window and sprinkled bait to feed the fish...

No...what is this doing?

Xu Mingwu looked confused, but he still didn't dare to say anything. If the other party was really the eldest princess and spared her good mood, it would not be a joke. He also hoped that the eldest princess would be a matchmaker to introduce her wife. It must be grasped and must not leave a bad impression!

He continued to sit quietly and stared at the beauty.

After feeding the fish, the beauty stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Facing the bright sunshine outside, she began to pose for opera and hummed Kunqu opera...

Xu Mingwu was stunned and a little stunned. What's going on? What's the trick?

But then again, the beauty's voice is very good and she sang well. She is quite professional. Xu Mingwu listens patiently, hoping to understand her ideas in the play...

However, after listening to it, he did not understand the essence of it. Instead, he was dizzy and didn't know what was going on.

The beauty looked full and moved her lotus steps lightly. She was about to change her figure and continued to write a song. She moved to the sofa and was stunned on the spot in an instant.

She coughed lightly and returned to normal in an instant, and said with a stern face: "Who are you? When did you come in?"

Xu Mingwu was stunned, as if asking: Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do?

The beauty frowned and lowered her face and said, "I'm asking you, who are you?"

As she said that, she slowly walked to the table, slowly opened the drawer, and took out a pitch-black rotating pistol from it...

Xu Mingwu immediately woke up and quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong. My name is Xu Mingwu, and it was the dean who asked me to come!"

"You are Xu Mingwu?"

The beauty did not relax her vigilance, took out a pair of glasses from her sachet, put them on her face, and looked at Xu Mingwu seriously. Seeing that he was nervous and had no weapon, she put the rotary pistol back into the drawer.
Chapter completed!