Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 246 What Zhu Zhanjun fears
"Are you sure I can sit on this thing?"

Zhu Zhanjun looked suspicious.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to go, but his identity dictates that it’s best for him not to get involved in anything that involves certain dangerous behavior.

Xu Shou laughed and said, "Your Highness, rest assured. After this period of research, we have replaced all the hydrogen inside the airship with inert gas."

"Beyond that, we have a huge body of research on parachutes."

"Song Yingxing has already researched nylon, and we have officially applied it to parachutes some time ago."

"In the virtual laboratory in space, we have conducted tens of thousands of experiments. As long as we follow the normal procedures, the safety rate is as high as 99.5%."

"99.5%."

Zhu Zhanjun was still a little hesitant, but he also knew that the safety of anything could never be 100%.

If someone tells you that someone is 100% safe, you can just slap him in the face.

"Your Highness, don't you want to try flying?"

Xu Shou guided him step by step.

Zhu Zhanjun's eyes moved, and he turned to the unknown person behind him and said, "Go back and ask our old man if he is willing to go if there is an opportunity to fly."

"By the way, don't tell my dad."

Xu Shou: ………

Half an hour later, the old man came rushing in excitedly on his horse.

"My goodness, this thing is spectacular."

When the old man saw the Hongwu airship, his eyes lit up.

"Boy, this thing can sit on it now."

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at Xu Shou and nodded to the old man.

"You can sit now, but you need to change clothes and bring some things."

"What clothes?"

The old man, who didn't notice Zhu Zhanjun's expression, rubbed his hands and looked around.

Zhu Zhanjun pointed to a pilot on standby: "Take His Majesty to change clothes."

After the old man was taken away excitedly, Xu Shou finally couldn't help it and asked curiously: "Why do you want to take His Majesty with you?"

With his hands folded in his sleeves and looking at the old man's back, Zhu Zhanjun said leisurely, "This old man's luck is beyond words. The prince who had the least chance of becoming an emperor became the emperor. He is the only vassal king in the history of the unified dynasty of Yanhuang who successfully rebelled."

After saying this, Zhu Zhanjun turned his head and looked at Xu Shou.

"Do you understand it?"

The corners of Xu Shou's mouth twitched.

He finally understood that his own prince was still worried about his safety, so he brought in a lucky star.

"That's not right, Your Highness. Hasn't your luck always been good?"

Although I don't have much trust in something as ethereal as luck, some things are really hard to predict.

But then he realized that when it comes to luck, who is luckier than Zhu Zhanjun?

My grandfather was a prince who successfully rebelled, my father was a benevolent monarch whose name will be remembered by later generations, my mother was a virtuous and kind queen, and my brother was an emperor known as the Six-Frontier Warrior.

It was under such circumstances that this prince managed to grab the position of Crown Prince by virtue of his most unlikely status as the second-in-command.

When he was eight years old, he dared to cross the desolate Siberia with dozens of people.

When he came back, he relied on luck to expand his strength little by little. Now he has developed to the point that any emperor is afraid of him.

With such incredible luck and strength, this prince is still worried about his bad luck. This is really rare.

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at Xu Shou leisurely again: "I used to be very confident in this aspect, but since I met Jia Xu, I feel that my luck seems to be a little insufficient."

Xu Shou: ???
Half an hour later, Zhu Zhanjun, a fully armed pilot escorted by two pilots carrying parachutes, and the old man stood in the cockpit of the airship.

The old man, who was dressed in the same way, was very excited. He walked back and forth inside with his hands behind his back, touching and looking at this and that.

"When can we start, little one?"

Zhu Zhanjun, who was standing at the door of the airship, was also looking around.

He is not afraid of being laughed at when he says this, but in his past life or this life, he has never ridden in any flying vehicle, not even the common airplanes.

Always worried that Jia Xu would ruin his luck, Zhu Zhanjun felt uneasy as he stood in the airship cabin.

"Oh, anytime."

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at Xu Shou outside the window and saw that the other party waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. He turned his head and said something to the old man.

"What are you waiting for? Let's get started!"

The old man waved his hand excitedly and said with anticipation: "Since I knew about this airship thing, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

Zhu Zhanjun simply ignored the old man's excitement.

After spending a long time with this old man, he finally understood that this old man was born to be an adventurer.

I like anything that is challenging and stimulating.

Following Zhu Zhanjun's order, the airship's engine began to roar.

The modified motor also began to rotate.

After all, steam airships consume too much energy. If they use steam all the time, the airship will have nothing to do with anything else. The fuel alone can fill the airship to its full capacity.

In order to make changes in this regard, Xu Shou and others began to try to install generators and power storage equipment inside the airship.

And use equipment such as electric shock and generators to drive the airship's power system.

With the information provided by Zhu Zhanjun, Xu Guangqi conducted countless experiments on the virtual laboratory bench after half a year and finally completed this step of the research.

Although the various power systems are still a bit rudimentary, this is already a very big step forward. "Wow, look, it's going pretty fast, it's already climbing higher."

Zhu Zhanjun grabbed the armrest beside him and sat obediently in his seat.

The old man couldn't sit still. Under the protection of two people, he walked around the cabin excitedly with his hands behind his back.

Sometimes he would look at this window, sometimes he would run to that window, and sometimes he would run behind the drivers to ask about their driving skills.

The plane's climbing speed was not slow and it soon reached an altitude of 2 kilometers.

"This is heaven. It turns out there are no gods in heaven."

The old man stood at the window, holding a telescope, looking up and down at the sky and the ground.

When Feitian passed through a low cloud, the old man looked at the cloud layer that was as light as mist and felt a little disappointed for a moment.

Zhu Zhanjun had told him many times that there were no gods in heaven, but he wouldn't believe it unless he saw it with his own eyes.

Now he finally arrived in heaven, but he did not encounter the legendary Thunder God and Lightning Goddess, nor did he see the fairyland Lingxiao Palace in the sky.

This made the old man disappointed and secretly relieved at the same time.

"Hey, little brat, why do you have such an expression?"

Just when the old man was disappointed, he turned around inadvertently and saw his eldest grandson sitting tensely in his seat, staring straight ahead and not daring to look around.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanjun gave the old man a forced smile.

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about something, Grandpa, you can have fun."

This was a huge mistake. It was the first time that Zhu Zhanjun discovered that he was afraid of heights.

When the airship was climbing just now, he confirmed that it was safe and looked out the window like the old man.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked. As soon as I looked, everything in front of my eyes went dark and I felt dizzy and the world was spinning.

In an instant, Zhu Zhanjun came to the conclusion that he was actually afraid of heights.

My goodness, this is the first time he knows this.

But thinking about it, he had never been on a plane in his past life or this life, and the highest places were those tall buildings and mountains. He had never deliberately tried it, and he really didn't know that he was afraid of heights.

The old man has been watching people his whole life, how could he not realize that his grandson was lying?

He frowned and asked the security guard in a low voice, and the security guard told him the reason awkwardly.

After hearing the reason, the old man burst into laughter and pointed at Zhu Zhanjun and said, "You little brat, I really thought you were fearless, but I didn't expect that there are things you are afraid of."

Having his little secret discovered, Zhu Zhanjun smiled awkwardly, but held the handrail tightly, not daring to let go at all.

Seeing his grandson's nervous look, the old man stopped joking and gave an order to the pilot, and the airship began to slowly descend.

As the airship returned to the ground, Zhu Zhanjun walked out with the help of two people.

"What are you doing?"

Looking at Zhu Zhanjun who was helped out with a pale face, Xu Shou asked in confusion.

"Ahem, I feel like going to the toilet. I can't hold it in."

Zhu Zhanjun replied, relaxed his body, and strode towards the toilet.

The old man just kept laughing behind me without explaining why.

A monarch's weakness should only be known by his own people. It would not be a good thing if outsiders knew it.

When Zhu Zhanjun recovered, the old man did not rush to urge him to go back. Instead, he walked around the airship with his hands behind his back and asked Xu Shou: "Can this thing be equipped on a large scale?"

He took out the small notebook he brought with him, flipped open it and replied seriously: "Your Majesty, our plan is to build ten ships. Since the cost of some items is too high, our initial estimate is 28 taels per ship. After the completion of the construction, it is estimated to be more than 280 million taels."

"And the subsequent annual maintenance will cost at least 100,000 taels."

"hiss!"

Hearing the price, the old man rubbed his teeth.

Nearly 300 million taels, this price is a bit expensive.

But when he thought of the benefits of this thing, the old man gritted his teeth, looked at Zhu Zhanjun and said, "How much do you plan to ask the court to pay?"

Zhu Zhanjun, who had recovered, shook his head.

"I don't plan to ask the court to pay for the manufacture of the airship."

Hearing this answer, the old man was not happy, but asked suspiciously: "Are you so kind?"

My own grandson is the kind of person who won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit. He doesn't even plan to let the court pay for such an expensive thing.

Zhu Zhanjun rolled his eyes at the old man and said, "So in your eyes, I am the kind of person who is greedy for money."

The old man snorted twice, expressing his thoughts with his attitude.

"Okay, I don't plan to ask you to pay for the airship or something, but the subsequent use and maintenance of the weapons will require the court to pay for that."

"After all, your grandson is expanding the territory and fighting for the country. You can't let a grandson like me keep paying for it, right?"

The old man was speechless when he heard this.

He is not a retard. The cost of using some things is higher than the cost of making them.

When Zhu Zhanjun went to the toilet just now, he had a brief conversation with Xu Shou and knew that this thing was attacking from the sky.

The vast majority of attack methods are intensive bombing.

Although he didn't ask about the price of the bomb, judging from the price of the Tianji Arrow, it definitely wouldn't be cheap.

After thinking for a while, the old man said, "It's fine for the court to pay for these, but if the court needs them, you can't refuse them with various reasons and prevent them from using them."

Zhu Zhanjun smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with the old man.

"Happy cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)