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"Aniang, brother, look, someone is releasing sky lanterns~!"
Guiyifang, Meng Wenhao's home.
After Yaya had dinner, she came to the courtyard and accidentally saw a bright fire floating in the northeast sky. The little girl couldn't help but point in that direction and shouted excitedly into the house.
The so-called sky lantern is another name for the Kongming lantern, commonly known as the wishing lantern, also known as the sky lantern. It is an ancient Chinese handicraft that was mostly used for military purposes in ancient times. However, some people also use it during major festivals such as the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival to make wishes and pray for blessings.
There are two theories about the origin of the Kongming Lantern. One is that in the Five Dynasties, there was a woman named Xin Qiniang. When her husband was fighting in Fujian, she used bamboo strips to make a square frame, covered it with paper, and made a big lantern. , burning rosin is placed on the chassis, and the lamp relies on hot air to fly into the sky and is used as a military communication signal. This kind of rosin lamp is called Kongming Lantern in Sichuan. Mainly because this kind of lantern looks like the hat Zhuge Liang wore, hence its name.
Another theory is that it is said to have been invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Liang was besieged in Pingyang and was unable to send troops out of the city to ask for help. Kong Ming accurately calculated the direction of the wind, made a floating paper lantern, and attached a message for help. He was indeed out of danger, so later generations called this kind of lantern Kongming Lantern.
No matter which statement is correct, it is an indisputable fact that there were Kongming lanterns in the Tang Dynasty.
"It's true, but there are still more than ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival~! Why would anyone release sky lanterns at this time~?"
Meng's mother heard her daughter's scream and ran out to watch the excitement. After seeing the fire clearly, she said with some doubts.
"Mom, that's not a sky lantern~!"
Meng Wenhao said something dull at this time, and then he gestured with his hands:
"That ball of fire is at least four or five miles away from us. Generally speaking, the further away something is, the smaller it looks. But now that we can see it so clearly from such a long distance, it means that this thing is smaller than ordinary things. The sky lantern is at least dozens of times bigger~! It’s definitely not a sky lantern~!”
After hearing this, Mother Meng thought about it carefully and realized that what her son said made sense. However, she was still a little confused and said, "But if it is not a sky lantern, what else can fly so high~?"
"I don't know, kid~!"
Meng Wenhao shook his head and said, "But sir, I definitely know~!"
Mother Meng rubbed her son's head in a funny way and said, "Yes, yes, yes~! Hao'er's husband is the best~! Let's all go and rest early~! Hao'er, you have to go to Yuan Hu's family's grain store tomorrow. Let’s settle accounts~!”
Meng's father had been at sea for almost three months, and the backbone of the family was gone. Meng Wenhao had to stand up at this time, so he took advantage of his two-month field vacation to find a job to supplement the family's income.
The other party was the wife of Hu Yuan who Meng's mother often worked for. His position was Mr. Accountant. With the glory of being the first in the arithmetic school and the arithmetic knowledge in his mind that was ahead of his time, Meng Wenhao was worth ten. He was the former accountant of the Hu family, so Hu Yuanwai not only treated him with special respect, but also offered him a very high salary.
"Oh~! Got it, mother~!"
Meng Wenhao responded dullly, but his expression became a little strange.
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"Your Majesty, according to reports from people below, a large ball of fire just flew out of the Qiquge Workshop, and the ball of fire is still flying to the northeast. It should be leaving the city soon~!"
In the Manlu Hall, Li Er rubbed his sore wrists and was about to go back to his eldest grandson to sleep when Zhao Song suddenly walked in in a hurry and reported.
"A flying ball of fire~?"
Li Er frowned, and his expression became a little strange. After a moment, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly stood up and said: "Show the Xuanwu Gate~!"
Xuanwu Gate, the north gate of Taiji Palace, is located on the remaining slope of Longshou Plain. It has a relatively high terrain and overlooks the entire Chang'an City. It is an important gateway to the north of the palace city. Of course, compared to its geographical location, Xuanwumen is most famous for its political and military status. After all, a regime change took place here only last year.
In fact, in a few years, a taller and more magnificent building will begin to be built here, that is, the famous Daming Palace. Standing on it, you can even see outside Chang'an City. If nothing else, in the eighth year of Zhenguan, Li Erhui ordered the construction.
"Your Majesty, look~! It's that ball of fire. Judging from the distance, it should be flying out of Chang'an City~!"
Arriving at the tower of Xuanwu Gate, Zhao Song pointed at the eastern sky and said to Li Er.
"Hmm~!"
Li Er nodded and responded, but his eyes were staring in that direction without blinking. Zhao Song didn't know why Li Er was looking so intently, but he didn't dare to ask questions out loud, he just lowered his eyebrows and said nothing. The ground stood aside.
"Go back to the palace~!"
After a long time, the fire became smaller and smaller, until it was finally invisible. Li Er shook his sleeves, turned around and left, leaving a sentence in the air that left Zhao Song stunned.
"When Li Zexuan returns to the city tomorrow, ask him to come see me immediately~!"
Zhao Song frowned and followed Li Er, wondering in his heart: "Isn't Li Zexuan still in the workshop now~? Why does Your Majesty have to wait for him to return to the city tomorrow~?"
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"Punch left, punch right, let's all hold back~!"
Zhao Song is so depressed that Li Zexuan can't care about him. This guy is now busy wiping his ass for the awesomeness he boasted about in the first place~!
After the hot air balloon flew into the sky, he regretted it in his heart, because the wind was blowing from the south tonight, and the Qinling Mountains were northeast of Chang'an City, so the wind direction was not suitable at all~!
If Li Zexuan did nothing and allowed the fireball to fly freely, he would definitely not be able to reach Sheling Mountain and would only fly further and further north!
Kong Ming had already calculated the direction of the wind when he made a sky lantern to ask for help, but although Li Zexuan came from Taoism, he had not learned the ability to pinch and calculate. No, he was a little confused as soon as he went to heaven.
This is really a thousand calculations, but I missed one!
Fortunately, this guy is quite smart, and he suddenly came up with this method: punching continuously towards the west, punches with real energy, relying on the recoil of the punch, combined with the thrust of the south wind, Li Zexuan "With a man dribbling the ball," he "limped" toward the northeast.
(Friends who have studied force analysis will definitely be able to analyze it)
"Damn it~! Is this a rocket with its own gas tank~?"
Li Zexuan muttered depressedly while doing physical work at high altitude.
Ahem, I have to say that his description is really apt~!
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