soon.

The day Zhu Houzhao promised has arrived.

The group did not go out and prepared to test in the open space in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Many places in the palace have large open spaces, and the roofs are not high.

In the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, even horse racing takes a long time to run from the hall to the other side.

God is also doing something beautiful today.

After noon, the wind gradually became lighter.

There are not many officials moving around the palace now.

Zhu Houzhao personally stood aside and commanded expectantly.

As soon as Zhao Ce was invited from the Hanlin Academy, he asked nervously: "It shouldn't fail, right?"

This hot air balloon was made under such simple conditions when Zhao Ce was in Mengcheng, and it is still usable.

Now after such a long period of research, production and stability should be greatly improved.

Zhu Houzhao personally took charge of this matter and acted as the leader.

He was now worried that the thing he had spent so much effort on would not be able to fly.

Zhao Ce comforted him and said, "Your Highness, don't worry."

"The principle of this thing is actually not complicated."

"As long as the heat is enough, it's basically no problem."

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists and cheered himself up.

"Yes, it will definitely be no problem!"

"We are releasing a hot air balloon in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, but I don't know if my father will be able to see it in the Palace of Qianqing."

He obviously invited his father to come and see him today, but his father has not shown up yet.

I guess I was temporarily hampered by some political matter.

Just as I was thinking about it, the people over there had already prepared things.

The brightly colored sphere has not been opened yet.

A bamboo basket for carrying people is tightly tied below. You can imagine how huge this sphere will be after it is stretched open.

Zhao Ce looked at the pattern on it and asked curiously: "What did His Highness ask him to draw on it?"

Zhu Houzhao said mysteriously: "You will know later."

With that said, he proudly walked over and asked people to start charging the hot air balloon.

What they used this time was still high-concentration alcohol as fuel.

Compared with the fuels such as straw straw and carrion used when humans first experimented with hot air balloons, the fuels used by Zhao Ce and others are obviously much more advanced.

Zhao Ce also discovered that there seemed to be a thin layer of paint on the inside of the hot air balloon.

Zhu Houzhao said that because he was worried that the hot air balloon would catch fire, he had someone apply a layer of fire-retardant paint inside.

But he didn't know whether this would affect takeoff.

Hot air balloon charging is a continuous process.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao had forgotten the little anxiety he had just felt, and patiently watched from the beginning to the end.

When the airbag is full of air, it slowly inflates.

The two of them sat in, while many others were leaning against the bamboo basket.

The huge sphere is slowly expanding and expanding upward.

The pattern on it was also slowly opened.

Zhao Ce looked at the pattern on the sphere in surprise and was speechless for a moment.

"This is a dragon..."

Zhu Houzhao said proudly: "The hot air balloon I launched is naturally a dragon."

A lifelike golden dragon on the sphere is majestically spreading its teeth and claws as the sphere expands.

The painter Zhu Houzhao hired was naturally good at painting.

Zhao Ce couldn't help but praise: "So majestic!"

Others were also amazed by this.

Zhu Houzhao puffed up his chest proudly and accepted their praise.

The dragon represents the emperor.

Praising this dragon means praising him and his father, right?

If the father is not here, doesn't that mean he is directly praising him, the Ming prince?

He felt at ease receiving this praise!

The air bag is now full of air and ready to fly.

Zhu Houzhao looked around but didn't see his father appearing yet.

But the gas inside doesn't wait for anyone either.

Zhu Houzhao could only wave his hand helplessly and let them start flying.

The two East Palace attendants sitting in the bamboo basket both looked excited.

Following Zhu Houzhao's order, the hot air balloon began to slowly take off.

After rising to a certain height, it stabilized.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the giant dragon rising into the sky in surprise.

"Really, really can fly!"

"Your Highness is really amazing!"

The hot air balloon was successfully released. Zhu Houzhao said with some regret: "If I had known it was so successful, I would have sat on it myself and tested it."

He has long wanted to take a ride himself.

But after Liu Jin and the others heard about it, they hugged his feet and cried, telling him not to take risks.

He said that after testing it a few more times and confirming that it was safe, it would not be too late for him to ride it again.

Zhu Houzhao gave up the idea temporarily and waited patiently for the test flight.

...

Zhu Houzhao's test flight was very successful.

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was a little upset.

His son invited him to watch a hot air balloon test flight today. As a result, he just walked out of the gate of Qianqing Palace and heard that Franji's envoy was asking for an audience.

This Franji man bribed many officials and asked them to help with the report, saying that he wanted to maintain the qualifications to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hongzhi suppressed their memorial because they had attacked his place before.

Now this Franchise messenger finally couldn't hold back anymore.bΙＱμＧètν.còＭ

He used the excuse that he was about to leave and wanted to say goodbye to the emperor of Ming Dynasty in person.

As soon as we arrived outside to wait for the audience, we saw Emperor Hongzhi's honor guard approaching nearby.

The Franji messenger happily shouted to his companion next to him.

The person acting as a translator quickly came forward to ask for an audience.

Emperor Hongzhi's chariot did not stop. The attendant walked over and said directly:

"Your Majesty is busy today and is unable to receive foreign envoys."

"Please go back first."

The translator looked a little embarrassed and told the Frankie man next to him.

After hearing this, these Francois were a little angry.

They were talking in their own language, whispering.

"Da Ming asked us to help fight pirates, and we have done so."

"Now they have promised to pay tribute to us, but they still haven't received our people."

"Could it be that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wants to break his promise?"

While several people were muttering, they saw Emperor Hongzhi's chariot suddenly stopped.

Several people were happy, thinking that things had turned around.
To be continued...