Immediately, Liu Yi called several technicians from the General Administration of Manufacturing. These technicians were all recommended by Xie Wei, mainly because Bo Yu's drawings were relatively small. In order to allow everyone attending the meeting to better understand, he

Ask Xie Wei to call a few experts to enlarge Bo Yu's drawings and draw them on the blackboard for everyone to see, so that everyone can have a better understanding.

Intuitive feeling. Liu Yi handed them the drawings in his hands, and they immediately drew them on the blackboard. After a while, several people worked together, and Jiujiang Bo Yu's drawings were copied on the blackboard. Bo Yu was stunned beside him.

In his opinion, this General Administration of Manufacturing was full of weirdness, like an organization different from this era.

Generally speaking, before coming here, Bo Yu always thought that the General Administration of Manufacturing should be nothing unusual. After all, there are already many R&D and manufacturing institutions for weapons and equipment in the Ming Dynasty, such as the Nanjing Ordnance Bureau, the Capital Ordnance Bureau, etc. The General Administration of Manufacturing just has a novel name.

It should be similar to these ordnance bureaus, but

When he arrived at the venue, he realized that maybe it wasn't what he thought. The people here didn't look like human beings. Of course, Bo Yu was not cursing, but he felt that the people here were like screws in precision machinery.

In other words, it is these people who make up the huge machinery of the General Administration of Manufacturing, which gives people a very unreal feeling.

As soon as everyone looked at the blackboard, Song Yingxing stood up suddenly, raised his hands and said to Bo Yu: "Mr. Bo, I, Song Yingxing, dare I ask if this is a large Kongming Lantern?" Just now Liu Yi introduced Bo Yu to everyone, but...

Bo Yu did not introduce the people sitting below him. Song Yingxing was the first to stand up and introduce himself to his family, and he recognized Bo Yu at a glance.

The principle of the design made Bo Yu admire him. As for Song Yingxing, he did not know Bo Yu. First, because Bo Yu was too young, and Song Yingxing was much older than him and Fang Yizhi, so the two were not the same.

A man of the times. The second reason is because Bo Yu always shuts himself at home and immerses himself in scientific research and rarely visits outside.

That is to say, I met Fang Yizhi by chance, otherwise many people would never have heard of this person. Song Yingxing revealed the secret with one word, and he was Bo Yu's idol. Bo Yu did not dare to neglect him. For Liu Yi

He might not pay much attention to this kind of official, but he couldn't remain indifferent to Song Yingxing. Bo Yu immediately returned the courtesy and said: "It turns out that

It is Mr. Song in person. I am extremely honored. I have always made it my lifelong goal to see Mr. Song tell me what I have learned and ask Mr. Song to give me advice." Song Yingxing immediately waved his hand and said: "Oh, this is wrong. Although I am better than Bo.

Sir, he is much older, but his academic skills are not big or small, and there is no advice. At most, he is just like the people in the martial arts world, exchanging ideas."

Bo Yu said again: "Mr. Song saw the meaning of the drawing below at a glance, and I really admire it." Song Yingxing was immediately attracted by the drawing again and said, "So I guessed it right? But there seems to be nothing about the large Kongming Lantern.

It’s strange that things like Kongming lanterns are not popular in China.

Mingming is very common in ordinary people's homes, it's just a matter of size. If the General Administration of Manufacturing is allowed to do it, it should be of whatever size they want." Bo Yu was about to explain further, but Bi Maokang, who was next to Song Yingxing, suddenly stood up and said: "

Could it be that, no, Mr. Song, this

It's not just a Kong Ming Lantern." Although Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing are both scientists and inventors, their research directions are different after all. Although they are both masters of physics, if they have to be classified, according to the standards of later generations, Song Yingxing may be biased.

physical theory

, and Bi Maokang is in applied physics, or simply put, one is engaged in weapons and the other is engaged in equipment. Song Yingxing did not think about weapons, so naturally he failed to realize the wonderful use of this thing. But Bi Maokang, a weapons expert,

But I immediately saw the value.

Sun Yuanhua also stood up at the same time and said: "A big killer, this is definitely a big killer." After coming down from the position of governor of Denglai, Sun Yuanhua was secretly rescued by Liu Yi and brought to Taiping Mansion. After living in Taiping Mansion these years, Sun Yuanhua had already

He's used to it now, it's different from when he was in official position

, Now he has no official position, so he concentrates on his own knowledge. He was originally an artillery expert in the late Ming Dynasty, and he and Bi Maokang complement each other perfectly. The two of them, together with Lu Chao and Xie Wei's group, directly formed the new weapons research and development department.

Weapons invented from them continue to equip Qing Yi's army, making Qing Yi

Yi Jun's strength is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, Sun Yuanhua has been fumbling around in the equipment port all year round, and he has an unusual sensitivity to this kind of thing. When he saw this drawing and was reminded by Song Yingxing of the principle of the Kongming Lantern, he immediately realized

has reached huge strategic value. In fact, many times, a

The principle of this thing is obviously very simple, but everyone has entered a blind spot in thinking, so they cannot design a new weapon. For example, Bo Yu's invention, in Sun Yuanhua's view, the principle of the Kongming Lantern is very simple, but no one thought of the Kongming Lantern.

It can still have such great strategic value.

Song Yingxing grabbed Sun Yuanhua's arm and said: "Old Sun, you have made it clear what kind of killer weapon you are." Sun Yuanhua immediately said: "I think Mr. Bo's purpose is to transform the Kongming Lantern into a weapon that can be used in combat. You see

, the Kongming Lantern can fly into the sky, if we are in a bigger

What will happen if weapons are added to the sky lantern? For example, if I hang a few thunderbolts on it and float it to the enemy's camp with the wind, can I blow him up by surprise?" Song Yingxing slapped his forehead and said: "Yes, we

Why didn't you think of it? Make a big Kongming lantern and hang it up.

Thunder can explode when it floats over. That's great. Oh, that's not right." Song Yingxing quickly rejected this answer. He shook his head and said: "Old Sun, what you said is wrong. You hung thunder or explosives on the Kongming Lantern.

It has two fatal flaws. First, the Kongming Lantern floats in the wind.

It is difficult to control the direction, and it is very light. If you blow it, it will not float to your camp. Secondly, how do you control the lead wire? It doesn’t matter whether it is longer or shorter. No one can accurately measure the drift from your military camp.

When we arrive at the opponent's military camp, if we bomb too early, it will have no effect; if we bomb too late, everyone will run away."

Bo Yu couldn't help but blush when he saw these masters who could only hear but not see argue together, and the argument turned out to be the military value of his own invention. It seemed that these masters didn't know that they were actually related to Liao.

The Duke of Liao is not familiar with them, and today is the first time they met him. They may have thought that they were poached by the Duke of Liao.

Some kind of talent came over to help the New Army improve its weapons and equipment. In fact, he came to see Fang Yizhi today, or he was deceived by Fang Yizhi and forcefully pulled him into the conference room. Liu Yi turned around and said to Bo Yu

He said: "Haha, Mr. Bo, look at how they are arguing, why don't you just introduce your invention."

In front of so many masters, Bo Yu couldn't refuse, so he just asked the masters to comment. Bo Yu cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, this invention of mine is actually what Mr. Song was right about. It is a large Kongming Lantern."

, but unlike the large Kongming lantern, mine can carry people." "What? Carry people?" There was an exclamation from below, and Song Yingxing's eyes widened. No wonder Liao Guogong Jin

Tian wants to call Bo Yu to the conference room. If it is true that this thing can carry people according to what Bo Yu said, then his own problem will be solved. People will control the direction and control the weapons. This is a flying boat.

The fort in the sky can be used to fire as much as you want. But carrying people is not easy. Song Yingxing understands the physical principles of the Kongming Lantern. If it is to carry people, how big must the Kongming Lantern be? That is too exaggerated.

Bo Yu picked up the baton beside the table and pointed at the blackboard: "The raw materials used for my invention are very simple, canvas, rope, wooden frame, basket weaving, and finally a set of equipment for lighting a fire.

First, make a spherical wooden frame. Of course, this requires certain calculations to calculate the load.

The weight of people and objects then determines how big the spherical shape should be. I have done experiments and it is proportional. The canvas we will make this spherical shape is measured by the number of steps. The height needs about twenty steps to form a spherical shape.

After that, the diameter is at least fifteen steps, so that it can carry the weight of about two ordinary people. If

If you need to carry heavier objects, you need to expand it further. After the wooden frame is completed, the canvas can be used as a skin and sewn around it, so that the outer cover of the Kongming Lantern is enough. Then use ropes to tighten it, and at the same time

The rope also connects to the basket below, which is this part." He

He drew a circle on the blackboard and circled the manned frame. "Since we are going to take off, we must choose lightweight materials. The lighter the better. This kind of woven basket made of vines is fine. It is similar to the one made back then."

Like the Vine Armor Soldier, it is very strong and light in weight, making it very practical. You can put people and things in this frame."

Song Yingxing reacted immediately and said: "Then how do you solve the problem of air tightness? Kongming lanterns are easy to deal with. The outside is made of paper. After all, your canvas is also cloth. If it is cloth, it must have holes. When the heat rises, how do you do it?

Ensure air tightness." Bo Yu smiled and said: "Mr. Song, this is simple, just paint. Apply two layers of paint on the outside of the canvas, which can take into account both air tightness and waterproofing.

"Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" "Genius, what a genius idea." Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Then he seemed to be making fun of Song Yingxing, "How about old Song, there are talented people in the country, and you are old."
Chapter completed!