Chapter 108: Kong Ming: I don't, I'm going to fly today!
Chen Gong of Pingyuan County was reading a battle report sent by Guan Yu at this time. In the battle report, Guan Yu sent Wen Chou to station troops in Nanpi and drill every day. It was written in it that he had no intention of attacking Pingyuan County.
Looking at the battle report from Guan Yu, Chen Gong always felt that things seemed not that simple now.
"Is there any news about General Gongsun?" Chen Gong continued to ask like a scout. After Gongsun Zan learned that Yuan Shao was going to use troops against Qingzhou, he personally led his troops to support him. However, he was intercepted by Zhang He under Yuan Shao. So far, there has been no news of the latest news.
news.
"Not yet." The scout answered truthfully.
Hearing the scout's words, Chen Gong frowned and told the scout: "Go back and tell General Guan not to let down your guard. It is very likely that Yuan Shao still has an army that has not been exposed!"
Chen Gong guessed that the troops led by Nan Pi Wen Chou were probably just a suspicious force that attracted their attention, and Yuan Shao should have another army hiding in the dark to find the right moment to launch a fatal blow to them!
But where will this army hiding in the dark be?
After the scouts retreated, Chen Gong looked at the map around Pingyuan County to see where he came from, trying to find other possible routes for Yuan Shao to attack Pingyuan County!
"Sir, sir!" At this moment, Zhuge Liang suddenly ran in panting and interrupted Chen Gong's thoughts!
"It's Kong Ming, what happened? You're so panicked." Chen Gong looked at Zhuge Liang who suddenly ran in and asked curiously, what happened to make Zhuge Liang so impulsive!
"Sir!" Zhuge Liang held the knees of his legs with both arms, panted heavily, looked up at Chen Gong and said, "Sir, I have found the material that can make the sky lantern fly with people!"
"What! Are you telling the truth?" Chen Gong immediately came to Zhuge Liang and asked urgently. God knows how many materials he used to make the sky lantern fly with people, but he still hasn't found the right material.
Either too heavy or unable to capture heat.
"Yeah! Found it, this is it! He can definitely do it!" Zhuge Liang affirmed, took out something similar to a leather bag and handed it to Chen Gong for Chen Gong to see.
Chen Gong quickly took it and inspected it carefully. He tugged at it and found that the skin was not only very elastic, but also very tough. The most important thing was that it was light and well-sealed, and could collect the heat generated by combustion. It was definitely the most perfect one he had seen so far.
Material! It just smells a bit rotten.
Chen Gong slapped his nose with his hand, trying to get the bad smell away from him.
"Hey!" Zhuge Liang smiled when he saw Chen Gong's appearance.
"Kong Ming, what on earth is this?" Chen Gong asked Zhuge Liang, pinching his nose.
"Pig urine bubble!" Zhuge Liang scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
He just discovered this thing today.
The sky lantern lacked suitable materials and could not continue. Today he had nothing to do and went to the market to see if he could find any inspiration. When he walked to a butcher's stall, he happened to see the butcher's child blowing something with his hand.
Blow back and forth, as long as the butcher's child blows hard, the thing will become bigger. This is the first time he has seen such a magical thing. He is quickly attracted by this magical thing and looks at it for a while.
After looking at it for a moment, Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this the material that he and Mr. Chen were looking for so hard?
The air that the butcher's child blows is the heat generated by the burning of their flames. Isn't the thing in the butcher's child's hand that can grow bigger when he blows it a container for holding heat?
Seeing this, Zhuge Liang immediately ran over and took the things from the butcher's child's hands. After checking, if the butcher hadn't seen that Zhuge Liang was dressed gorgeously and didn't look like someone they could afford, he would have taught the bully a lesson.
My own child’s child!
"Sir, what is the name of this thing?" Zhuge Liang asked the butcher with wide-open curious eyes. After Zhuge Liang carefully inspected it, he found that this thing is the most suitable material for making sky lanterns he has ever seen. It is elastic, willful and most importantly.
The best thing is that this thing is sealed! Apart from the bigger taste, there are no other disadvantages!
"I'm not a gentleman, I'm just a butcher, and this thing is pig urine." The butcher scratched his head naively and replied. After being a butcher for so many years, this was the first time he saw someone interested in this thing!
"Pig urine bubble?" Although Zhuge Liang has never heard of this name, he knows what it is used for just from the name. It is so strange that it is not so big!
"Sir, how many more of these are there? I want them all!" Zhuge Liang was very proud and wanted to buy all the pig urine bubbles. Only a sufficient number of pig urine bubbles can form a sky lantern big enough to take people flying!
But the butcher's answer disappointed Zhuge Liang.
"This is the only one. If you want it, just take it. You don't have to pay me!" the butcher replied a little embarrassedly. Not only did the pig have a strong smell of meat, but it also ate a lot, so not many people went there.
He raised this pig, but a hunter asked him to slaughter it, and he left a pig urine bubble as a toy for his children.
Who knew there would still be people asking for pig urine bubbles now!
"Is it gone?" Zhuge Liang looked a little gloomy. There is no more here. He can only buy it elsewhere, but now he wants to make a sky lantern and fly it into the sky!
But in the later exchange with the butcher, the butcher told Zhuge Liang that this thing is also found in cattle, sheep and horses, but it is smaller than that of pigs. At the same time, Zhuge Liang also got a key piece of information, and it was also a fatal flaw of pig urine bubbles!
That is, pig urine bubbles will dehydrate. After dehydration, they will lose their original elasticity and toughness and can only be used as a temporary material. However, after this discovery, they also have new breakthroughs in their future research.
After receiving the news, Zhuge Liang immediately went to Chen Gong, told Chen Gong about this thing, and asked Chen Gong to purchase the urine bubbles from these animals.
"Come here, buy urine bubbles from pigs and sheep from all over the county!" Chen Gong immediately asked people to buy urine bubbles from pigs and sheep, and then took Zhuge Liang to prepare other materials.
Two hours later, the soldiers collected all the urine bubbles in the county and sent them to Chen Gong.
Liu Bei also brought his young Zhuge Jun there after hearing the news to witness this historic moment.
In an open space at the Pingyuan County school grounds, there are piles of materials that will be used this time. In addition to urine bubbles, there is also a furnace with an iron outer skin and mud smeared inside, several green bark branches, and two pieces of silk cloth.
, a bucket of resin and a giant hanging basket.
"Sir, do you need help?" Liu Bei also asked Chen Gong with excitement, "Fei Tian!"
The dream that mankind dreams of!
"The urine bubble is too dirty, it's fine, my lord, just watch from the sidelines!"
As they spoke, Chen Gong and Zhuge Liang began to simply cut the collected urine bubbles with scissors to form a surface, and then sewed them together two by two with a needle and thread. After the water stains on them were reduced, they used resin to seal the newly sutured areas.
After bonding and sealing, five huge planes formed by urine bubbles are finally formed.
After doing all this, the sun is almost setting.
"Sir, it's going to be dark soon, why not continue tomorrow!" Seeing the sun go down, Liu Bei stepped forward to persuade Chen Gong and let Chen Gong continue tomorrow.
After hearing Liu Bei's words, Chen Gong raised his head and looked at the sun. Just as Liu Bei said, it would be dark soon. He didn't expect that time would pass so quickly.
"Then listen to what my lord said, we will continue tomorrow." Chen Gong had no choice but to wait until tomorrow to continue. Otherwise, even if it is done today, it will not be possible to fly immediately after dark.
Before leaving, Zhuge Liang was still a little reluctant to leave. He was about to finish it. Unfortunately, time waits for no one, so he had to continue tomorrow.
The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, I saw Zhuge Liang and Chen Gong starting to assemble their giant sky lanterns in the school grounds again. Liu Bei also woke up early for fear that he would miss this historic moment!
None of the three of them slept well that night. They were all imagining what the scenery would be like when they looked down from the sky!
An hour later, a huge enlarged version of the sky lantern appeared in the school grounds. The outside of the sky lantern was wrapped with a layer of silk cloth. In order to better collect heat, the bottom of the sky lantern was sealed to leave only enough
The heat enters the hole, and further down is the hanging basket where people can stand!
"Light the fire!" Chen Gong shouted loudly, victory or defeat depended on this move!
I saw several soldiers holding the lampshade high, and Zhuge Liang took a torch and threw it into the furnace under the lampshade, lighting the charcoal in the furnace!
Everyone was waiting anxiously. After two waves of soldiers holding the lampshade, the sky lantern finally began to break away from the soldiers' hands and slowly rose upwards!
"We succeeded!" Seeing this phenomenon, Zhuge Liang and Chen Gong hugged each other excitedly to celebrate this historic moment!