PFC Chapter 494 is a blast.
Chapter 494 is a blast.
Everyone was shocked and looked over together. Sure enough, there was a big balloon in the sky with a person hanging underneath it.
Ye Kun looked through the telescope and couldn't help but get angry and cursed:
"Who released the balloon into the sky? There's a dummy hanging underneath it?"
He Tiantian blushed: "Your Majesty, this is a balloon made by Pang Jia..."
"Nonsense! They put the balloon up without saying anything, and they brought a dummy with them. It will scare the people in the capital!" Ye Kun was so angry that his nose was burning. He said to Wen Axiu:
"Let's have the radio explain that this is... a balloon test in the Science and Technology City. The person hanging below is a cotton dummy. Tell everyone not to panic. This is a normal test, not something supernatural. Oh, and let me tell you that we will have a large balloon show in two days. Please come and watch it on time."
Ordinary people don’t understand the principles of hydrogen balloons, so they would definitely be scared if they saw a dummy flying in the sky.
Maybe someone will take this opportunity to spread rumors, saying that the Heaven is dead and the Heaven should be replaced by the Heaven...
To fundamentally dispel doubts, you have to perform it once so that everyone is accustomed to it and no longer surprised.
Wen Axiu nodded and ran to the laboratory to insert a commercial.
He Tiantian also ran out to the Science and Technology City to teach Pang Jia a lesson.
At this time, the capital was in an uproar.
The common people were stunned by the sight of the flying man in the sky.
Some of the timid ones have already knelt down.
Fortunately, the announcement came in time over the radio:
"Fellow villagers, brothers and sisters, at this moment, there is a hydrogen balloon in the sky with a cotton dummy. This is our science and technology city's flight test. Please don't panic, please don't panic.
In the next two or three days, we will hold such flight tests again. Please watch. We will notify you when the time comes."
The broadcast was repeated several times, and the people in the capital told each other, and the situation finally stabilized.
Sang Buyi also sent grassroots officials to the streets to spread the message and dispel everyone's panic.
Ye Kun ordered his soldiers: "Wait for the balloon in the sky to float over the capital. When it reaches the outside of the city, use crossbows or muskets to shoot it down. Bring the dummy back."
The personal guards went to do it immediately.
Ye Kun asked Sang Buyi and others to continue working while he went to settle the account with Pang Jia.
In the Science and Technology City, He Tiantian was scolding Pang Jia.
Pang Jia said with a sad face: "I am doing an experiment, hoping to take a person to the sky one day."
"Your experiment is a fart." Ye Kun said angrily:
"The specific gravity of hydrogen is one-fourteenth of that of air, and the mass of air is 2.7 kilograms per cubic meter. If you do the math, you'll know how big a hydrogen balloon is needed to send you into the sky!"
The specific gravity of air is 1.29 kilograms per cubic meter, which is equivalent to about 2.7 kilograms in today's weight.
If you want to use a hydrogen balloon to carry an adult into the sky, it needs to be very big.
It would take at least hundreds of cubic meters of hydrogen balloons.
It can be done, but it is troublesome and unsafe.
Pang Jia grinned and said, "Brother, why are you so angry? It's not that serious, right?"
Ye Kun sighed:
"We do scientific research to benefit the people. You put the balloon up without saying a word, and you brought a dummy with you. The people were scared by you, and rumors spread. If this rumor spreads, someone might rebel, burn, kill, and loot. By then, China will be in chaos again, and blood will flow like a river. Tell me, is this serious?"
"Brother, I was wrong."
Pang Jia finally admitted his mistake: "I promise that I will never do these sensational things again and will focus on research."
"I won't blame you this time, and I won't do it again next time."
Ye Kun nodded and said:
"Design two more hydrogen balloons. Tie them up with ropes the day after tomorrow morning and place them on the inner city's city tower. Hang a reed mat banner below with the words 'Long Live China' and 'Long Live Shenzhou' on it to dispel the people's fear."
He Tiantian and others nodded.
Only then did Ye Kun return to the palace to rest.
The people of the capital are still talking about today's big broadcast and the flying mannequin.
People in the palace were also talking about it.
Jiang Yourong and others had seen hydrogen balloons in Xiangyang, but they did not take it seriously. They just talked about the big broadcast and thought it was amazing.
Madam Hongyun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please give me a big broadcast. I will bring it back to the Southern Wilderness and show it to everyone."
"No problem. When the technology matures, there will be large broadcasts everywhere, including in the Southern Wilds."
Ye Kun agreed immediately and said:
"If the technology of large-scale broadcasting is further developed, it can also be used for telephones, which can transmit sound over thousands of miles. At that time, you can talk directly to your relatives in the Southern Wilderness, just like talking face to face."
Madam Hongyun rolled her eyes and said, "Liar, how can a sound be heard thousands of miles away?"
"It's more than just a few thousand miles. With advanced technology, making calls over tens of thousands of miles won't be a big deal."
Ye Kun smiled and greeted everyone:
"It's time to eat. Let's eat at Fengyi Palace. After dinner, you guys can play mahjong. I have to go to the arsenal to check it out."
Madam Hongyun was overjoyed: "It's time to eat. Today the Emperor has granted us special permission to play mahjong!"
The prototype of smokeless gunpowder has been produced.
In the arsenal, an absolutely confidential production line is being built and mass production is about to begin.
To ensure safety, the gunpowder factory was divided into four parts, each with a safe distance, separate processes, and strict confidentiality requirements.
The new types of steel guns and cannons have also been finalized and are waiting for testing.
The bullets for the muskets were still made of paper shells and paper magazines, but the bullets were all replaced with lead-tin-copper alloy.
However, the 15-shot musket could not automatically eject bullet shells, so it could only use a disc-type magazine, which rotated after each shot. After a round was fired, the magazine could be replaced.
This will affect the rate of fire, but due to material limitations, this is the only way we can do it for now.
It will probably take several years to develop an automatic rifle.
The new gunpowder is extremely powerful and has strong recoil.
Ye Kun put on protective clothing and conducted a shooting test himself, with an effective range of two kilometers.
Within a thousand meters, breaking armor is effortless!
The gun has also been designed to be lightweight, with a total weight of 30 kilograms, and can be operated by a strong soldier alone.
People with poor physical fitness still cannot do this and cannot operate for a long time.
The artillery is more powerful, with a range of four kilometers when fired.
It was the design of the shells that gave Ye Kun a headache.
Solid artillery shells have limited power and rely entirely on the kinetic energy of the warhead to kill the enemy. They rely on luck to kill the enemy and cannot explode.
If an explosive warhead is designed, the detonation time cannot be precisely controlled.
It can also be used to make glycerin explosives, which will explode when the shells hit the ground.
However, the manufacturing and development of glycerin is even more dangerous. Manufacturing, transportation, packaging... every link may explode at any time.
Under current conditions, the risks cannot be controlled.
If you drop a drop of that stuff on a piece of paper and then slap the paper with your palm, it will cause an explosion. A drop of oil can destroy a hand, which shows how terrible its power is.
A technician from the arsenal said, "Your Majesty, I have a way to ensure that the gunpowder bullet explodes the moment it hits the target."