After thinking for a long time, Empress Ma raised her head and said: "I still think that Han Du's affection for Biao'er is absolutely true. Judging from Han Du's attitude towards An Qing in the past few days, he really loves An Qing." He attaches great importance to it. Biao'er has saved his life again, is the emperor worrying too much?"
Lao Zhu slowly lay down on the back of the chair, smiled, and said: "People often say that a wise man will make a mistake after a thousand worries, and a fool will gain something after a thousand worries. In fact, in my opinion, no matter whether you are a wise man or a fool, , you need to think a lot and think carefully to be prepared."
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lao Zhu, Empress Ma had no choice but to give up for the time being. Originally, Queen Ma wanted to take this opportunity to ask the emperor to return the title to Han Du. But now it seems that the emperor has no plans to let go just yet.
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Back to a few days ago, Han Du took An Qing to play at the racecourse for several days. At the beginning, Anqing was very excited and keen to bet on horse racing, but after playing with fun things for several days, she felt a little bored.
Han Du thought for a while and decided to create a hot air balloon performance at the racecourse.
The reason why Han Du came up with this hot air balloon show was that the entertainment program at the racecourse was simply too poor. Betting on horse racing is indeed like gambling and can attract countless gamblers here. But the racecourse should also have some entertainment programs to attract people who are not gamblers.
Secondly, hot air balloons can take people flying into the sky. In the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, flying to the sky was originally an extremely mysterious thing, and the more mysterious the thing, the more it attracted people's curiosity and exploration.
As long as he puts on this hot air balloon show, he will definitely attract the most popularity to the carriage and make a lot of money.
After returning to the house, Han Du left An Qing a message, "I'm going to make something and show it to you in a few days." Then he ran away impatiently, without even having time to eat lunch.
Han Du hurried to the machinery workshop, and when he found Sun Xian, he was racking his brains in drawing something with a charcoal pen.
The sudden sound of the door opening made Sun Xian's anger immediately rise in his chest, and he was about to curse. When he looked up, he saw Han Du walking in. He swallowed back the words he was about to say and said, "Master Han is so anxious to find a student. Is there something wrong?"
Sun Xian quickly stood up.
Han Du walked up to him with a smile, reached out and pushed him back to the chair. "Can I do a hot air balloon?"
Sun Xian was slightly startled. Although he didn't understand why Teacher Han suddenly asked, he still nodded and replied seriously: "Although the students have never made a hot air balloon, Teacher Han has specifically taught the students the principles of hot air balloons. If you want to make one, If so, there’s no problem.”
"Okay," Han Du nodded immediately, "In this case, you find a few apprentices and make two hot air balloons for me within the next few days."
"No problem, but there are no materials in the workshop now. All materials need to be purchased, which may take several days." Sun Xian silently calculated and estimated.
Han Du waved his hand, "There's no rush, you can take your time, but I have a request."
"Master Han, please speak." Sun Xian bowed slightly.
Han Du pondered for a moment and said: "The role of the hot air balloon is not small, and it will definitely be of great use in the future. You have to make it carefully this time, and it is best to do it better. If there is a chance in the future, maybe this hot air balloon can still be used It can become another source of income for the workshop.”
Hearing Han Du's reminder, Sun Xian's eyes lit up, and he nodded and replied: "Okay, the student has taken note of it."
A few days later, Sun Xian came to Han Du's house in person and reported to Han Du: "The students have already prepared what Master Han wants."
"Let's go and have a look." Han Du stood up instantly and was about to follow Sun Xian to the workshop.
The workshop space is larger and can easily accommodate two hot air balloons.
Sun Xian walked over with Han Du and explained: "Master Han has taught students that the bigger the hot air balloon is, the greater the buoyancy it generates, and the greater the load it can carry. The students don't know how big Master Han needs it. So I tried to make it as big as possible.”
Han Du nodded slightly, there are advantages to being big. Handu is planning to use these two hot air balloons to perform, so the hanging basket needs to be large, and more than one person may be able to go up by then, so the hot air balloons need to have sufficient buoyancy.
Sun Xian's move can be said to have helped Han Du think carefully in advance.
After walking around, seeing that Han Du didn't show any dissatisfaction, he asked with a smile: "If there is anything that needs improvement, please ask Master Han to point it out, and the student will immediately arrange for someone to correct it."
Through Sun Xian's introduction and Han Du's own observation, Sun Xian did a very good job in these two hot air balloons. At least, it was much better than the one Han Du sat in before.
At first, due to lack of experience, the hot air balloon was very crudely made. There was no covering at all in the hanging basket. After flying into the sky, the cold wind blew directly on the people inside. If there had been a cloth to block the cold wind, Han Du and Tao Chengdao would not have been almost frozen into ice sculptures.
But now Sun Xian's work is much better. Not only is the outside of the gondola covered with a thick layer of cloth, but the inside is also specially spliced with wooden boards to make a decent gondola.
"Yes, very thoughtful." Han Du looked at Sun Xian with a smile.
Sun Xian smiled reservedly.
Han Du pointed at the huge sphere and said: "But the white eyes are not good-looking. In this way, you can have someone dye it with a little color. Don't use yellow, red, green and blue."
Han Du made a few gestures with his hands, indicating that the color should be dyed into vertical strips. Looking at Sun Xian intently, "Do you understand?"
Sun Xian thought for a moment and nodded immediately, "Understood."
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After a few days, everything was ready.
Han Du once again took An Qing to the racecourse. Along the way, An Qing couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Where are you taking me, husband?"
"Go to the racecourse." Han Du sat next to An Qing and replied casually.
An Qing didn't know what was going on and looked sideways at Han Du, "Sir, didn't we just go there a few days ago?"
"My husband has specially prepared a fun thing for you. You will know it when you go there." Han Du showed an expression of keeping it secret for the time being.
Seeing Han Du say this, An Qing smiled and refused.
When they arrived at the racecourse, instead of going to the wing this time, Han Du took An Qing and stood in the square.
The racecourse has already publicized the hot air balloon show in advance, and now there are countless people surrounding the racecourse, all wanting to see with their own eyes how people fly into the sky.
An Qing was sitting in the viewing gallery, looking at the two huge curtains in the square. His eyes suddenly lit up. He turned his head to look at Han Du and asked, "Husband, is this a hot air balloon?"
Han Du laughed twice, "You are really smart. I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect you to guess it easily."
"That's right." Han Du nodded, "This is a hot air balloon."
"What is this going to do?" An Qing asked curiously.
Han Du smiled slightly and did not tell An Qing. Instead, he pretended to be mysterious and said, "You will know in a moment."
On the field, several people from the racecourse, under the command of Sun Xian's apprentice, placed the air inlet of the hot air balloon on a shelf, and the oil can below began to pressurize and ignite the flame.
As the hot air continuously rushed into the balloon, the originally dry balloon slowly inflated, and finally turned into a big bulging ball, floating above everyone's heads like a mountain.
People seem to be born with a phobia of large objects. Countless people who had been clinging to the fence just now and wanted to get closer to watch the excitement suddenly became frightened and all wanted to move back.
The huge hot air balloon was dyed in red, blue, green and other colors. Even the ropes that bound the balloon were hung with ribbons of various colors several feet apart. It floated very beautifully in the wind. Look. It looks colorful and full of festive atmosphere.
Fortunately, the shock was only temporary. When the people saw that the people at the racecourse were operating under the hot air balloon without any fear, their courage returned to them. There was even an inexplicable sense of excitement in their hearts, which made them extremely excited.
Someone couldn't help but roared out, followed closely by shouts like waves.
An Qing couldn't help but smile when he heard the cheers of the people below.
He cursed softly: "Husband can always do something unexpected." An Qing was definitely not referring to the hot air balloon, but the reaction of the people below.
"Hahaha, take a good look. This is something that my husband came up with great difficulty. It is specially prepared for you. Just take a good look at it." Han Du patted An Qing's hand and told her to wait for a moment.
The hot air balloon has already taken off. A thick rope is firmly holding the hot air balloon in place. The people at the racecourse quickly fix the gondola to the hot air balloon.
Several dressed-up singers walked out of the racecourse and walked step by step towards the hot air balloon, smiling and waving to the people around them.
The people looked at the two teams of eight singers and felt at a loss as to what they wanted to do.
When the two teams of singers walked into the two hanging baskets, someone among the people suddenly exclaimed, "Don't they want to fly into the sky?"
These singers really wanted to fly into the sky. After they entered the hanging basket, others put the rope up bit by bit. The rope is always tied to the hot air balloon to prevent it from flying too high and getting out of control, putting the people on top in danger.
Besides, since it is a performance for the common people, it would be of no use if it flies too high so that the common people cannot see anything.
As soon as the hot air balloon took off, bursts of pipa and guzheng ensemble music were transmitted from the hot air balloon to the ears of people in all directions.
It was obviously different music, not as loud as usual, but now it sounded like the sounds of nature to everyone. It is no exaggeration to say that the music played in the sky is the sound of nature.
