industrial lord

Chapter 172
It was late at night and people still didn't want to sleep. They gathered around the square in the city center and watched the tailors and embroiderers sewing a big dick.

Someone thought that this was related to what was said on the afternoon broadcast about the master marrying his wife, so they asked a tailor they knew: "Are you sewing the master's wife's wedding dress?"

The tailor shook his head and replied, "I don't know, we only know how to work."

After speaking, he continued to sew a piece of red and a piece of yellow cloth together.

Soon after, Liebherr came over and carefully checked whether the cloth was sewn twice as required and whether the distance between the stitches was too wide.

In Frederick's view, the cutting of the hot air balloon required a series of calculations, but it turned out to be very simple for the tailor, referring to the method of making hats.

After the model is rolled out in the carpenter's shop, the paper is pasted on it, and the grid is divided on the paper, and then it is peeled off and cut according to the grid, and finally it is scaled up in proportion to become the size of the cloth.

In addition to tailors, many people were mobilized.

A merchant who sells cables at the port directly asked people to evacuate his warehouse, and charged a symbolic amount of money, so that he could brag that he had helped the master marry his wife in the future.

The big hanging basket under the balloon is very complicated to make. I also found a big and strong rattan basket directly from the port, but the salty fish smell of the first rattan basket was too strong, so I changed it later.

The workshop for making tarpaulins even moved all the tools to the central square, and processed a large piece immediately after sewing.

The busiest thing was at the blacksmith's shop. Schmidt's brain suddenly twitched, and he modified the alcohol blowtorch on the spot.

The alcohol blowtorch relies on part of the heat of the flame to vaporize the alcohol and spray it out, and then burns violently after being fully mixed with air.

So he improved the lamp head, and the pipe passed around the flame, and the alcohol inside was fully vaporized and sprayed out. The pipe was made of copper pipe from the pressure gauge factory.

The fuel tank for storing alcohol is directly modified with a pressure cooker.The position of the safety valve of the pot cover is welded with a copper pipe, and the sealing valve for the pressure gauge on the steam engine can be pumped into it.At the pressure valve, the inner end is connected to a pipe near the bottom of the pot, and the outer end is connected to the main sealing valve and copper pipe leading to the blowtorch matrix.

Before ignition, you only need to pump air into the pot with an air cylinder. When the air pressure is enough, close the sealing valve of the pressurizing pipe, and then open the main sealing valve. The alcohol will be sent to the blowtorch matrix under the action of air pressure, and the firepower can also be adjusted. size.

Experiments have proved that the firepower of this burner is quite fierce.

There is also an umbrella valve on the top of the hot air balloon to control the exhaust. It is like an open umbrella, which is pushed against the top of the balloon from the inside under the action of rising hot air, and is controlled by ropes, pulleys and a manipulation rope.When it is necessary to exhaust, the control rope is pulled, and the edge of the umbrella valve is separated from the balloon, and the hot air is discharged.When you need to close it, you only need to loosen the rope, and the hot air will push up the umbrella valve so that it fits closely with the balloon, and the gas will not leak out.

In addition, Frederick also prepared a thermometer and a barometer with a special dial. The dial of the barometer can be rotated, and the scale is converted into altitude, which is used as an altitude reference.

When the sun rose to the top of the sky, the hot air balloon was finally ready.

Frederick immediately ordered a test flight, and asked people to find a chicken, a duck, and a sheep as the first passengers.

He asked people to fix one end of the mooring rope at the upper and lower air outlets, and then set the positions of the other two mooring ropes at the end points, so that the four points formed a square with four corners.

A giant trebuchet was assembled around the hot air balloon, and heavy objects were placed in their counterweight baskets. A crossbar more than ten meters long was erected high, and the upper part of the balloon was lifted by a rope. And brace it.

After confirming that the fixed ends of the tethering ropes were tied firmly, Frederick got under the ball bag and let Liebherr light the fire.

The alcohol blowtorch matrix spewed out 16 blue flames more than one meter long, and the hot air quickly filled the inside of the airbag, and it became more and more bulging.

Liebherr slipped out with Frederick after confirming that the alcohol blowtorch matrix was working properly, leaving a chicken, a duck, and a sheep in the hanging basket.

Not long after the rope at the trebuchet was released, the hot air balloon rose into the air at once.

The hot air balloon rose higher and higher, and was finally pulled by the tethered rope about 500 meters above the ground.

After about 10 minutes, the fuel ran out, the flames were extinguished, and the balloon slowly fell back to the ground.

Someone ran over quickly, untied the top rope on the burner rack, and then pulled it together with several people. The other end of the rope was the top of the airbag, so as to control the direction of the airbag landing.

More people ran over to check whether the airbag and various components were damaged.

The chickens, ducks, and sheep were all taken out of the hanging baskets, and they were all alive and kicking, so there would be no delay for dinner tonight.

Frederick waited quietly at the side until Liebherr came over and asked anxiously: "How is it? Is there something wrong?"

"No," Liebherr replied, "everything is fine."

At this time, Schmidt also came over and said excitedly: "I think we can pack more fuel and fly longer."

Frederick shook his head and said, "Don't be so troublesome. If it is to be practical in the future, the magic circle will be used instead of the burner. Now pack everything up and ship it to the Principality of Mainz overnight."

The next day, under the noon sun, the fiery red hot air balloon attracted the attention of the entire hunting camp, and the yellow double-headed eagle emblem on it was particularly conspicuous.

In the hanging basket 500 meters above the ground, the Grand Duke of Mainz said calmly: "Well, this little thing is kind of interesting, let's barely do it."

Grand Duke Byrne next to him sneered and said, "If you have the ability, don't shake your feet when you talk."

The Grand Duke of Mainz replied: "Don't shake if you have the ability."

Philip asked Frederick: "How long are we going to go down?"

They roughly understood the principle of the hot air balloon, but they didn't fully understand it. At the same time, they felt that the thing they made in one night was not reliable, and they were very worried that they would fall down after the blue flame above their heads went out.

All three of them were holding on to the edge of the hanging basket tightly. If they were not wearing gloves, they might have cut their hands with rattan.

Frederick didn't answer, and it took less than 2 minutes to fly into the sky, and he continued to throw an apple vigorously into the air.

I saw a flash of golden light, Li Xiao swooped down from high altitude, bit the apple in the air, chewed it twice and then swallowed it, then circled around, waiting for the next apple to fly out.

At this moment, Frederick rolled his eyes and said, "Let me tell you a joke. A bear, a pig, and a crow were sitting on the hot air balloon. The crow kicked the bear and said, 'Stay back, big fool, give me some time. The pig saw it and learned to kick the bear to make it shrink. Then the bear got angry and threw the crow and the pig out of the hanging basket. The crow smiled and said to the pig, "Stupid! , Grandpa can fly'."

The joke was over, but instead of making the three passengers laugh, they looked nervously at the flames above their heads.

Frederick smiled and said nothing, just waiting for someone to promise something.

He quietly put his hand on the valve of the alcohol tank and twisted it a little bit. After a while, there were exclamations from three people behind him.

"Ah! The fire is going out!!!"

The fire did not recover due to the shouts of the passengers, and even showed signs of slowly weakening. The passengers shouted louder.

Grand Duke Byrne wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and he was the first to realize what the hell Frederick was doing. He wondered why he had to swim in the muddy water out of curiosity.

He immediately shouted to Philip and the Grand Duke of Mainz: "You two hurry up and agree to Wesson's marriage!"

Two minutes later, the hot air balloon slowly landed on the ground, and the three passengers jumped out before the gondola touched the ground.

Frederick left the hanging basket, walked up to Maria, and with a smile on his face, picked up the blushing fiancée and turned around a few times.

Maria lowered her head and gave him a punch, and then asked, "How much should I charge the guests this time?"

(End of this chapter)