Chapter 637 Definitely Want to Survey the Sky
The Queen Mother was also surprised when she saw it, but it was the first time she saw it, so she said uncertainly, "It should be the case. It is said that the Shenwei Army enlarged the hot air balloon used in combat to carry passengers, and anyone can ride it. Then the small balloon at the back should be the hot air balloon of the Tianjun Army."
Zhao Ruilan immediately went over to help the empress dowager watch, and said happily that she wanted to go for a ride too, as the feeling of flying in the sky must be extremely refreshing.
The Queen Mother immediately told her to stop, saying that going up to the sky was too dangerous. If someone did something to her, she would fall straight to the ground and be smashed into a meat patty. She must not do that.
Zhao Ruilan is a young woman, and her ideas are very different from those of the old woman. She wants romance, freshness, and she definitely wants to survey the sky.
She heard the cheers , knowing that the Third Young Master was flying in the sky with Zhao Feiyan, and she was extremely jealous.
Once upon a time, the grandmother around her wanted her to marry Zhao Yulin, but now she was intercepted by Zhao Feiyan, who flew over her head like a fairy couple, clearly showing off and demonstrating in front of her.
Zhao Ruilan was very dissatisfied and wanted Zhao Yulin to accompany her to play in the sky. As long as Zhao Yulin was with her, she was afraid of no one who would dare to do anything bad.
The girl made up her mind, helped the empress dowager to sit down, and immediately walked through the garden gate to the emperor under the flower corridor. The emperor was looking up at the sky to see his daughter and son-in-law flying in the sky, and said with a smile: "Lan'er is here, look, Feiyan is soaring in the sky."
Zhao Ruilan said with a smile, "I can't believe that our court has such a wonderful hot air balloon. Dad, let's go and take a ride. Let my brother-in-law accompany us to fly."
Haha, Zhao Ruilan is smart. The Queen Mother said that she was worried that someone would do something bad, that is, she was afraid that Zhao Yulin would not tolerate them and would kill them secretly. She wanted Zhao Yulin to accompany her to ride in a hot air balloon. Who would dare to damage the hot air balloon in the sky? Moreover, she could get close to Zhao Yulin.
The emperor was not a fool, he knew his daughter's mind, she was looking for an opportunity to compete with Feiyan for the man. The old emperor had seen too many fights in the palace, all of which were fratricide and relatives crying.
He didn't want that scene to happen again, and said with a smile that Yulin was busy. This time he accompanied Feiyan on a tour in the sky. It should be because people in the city were worried that the hot air balloon was not safe and no one wanted to ride it, so they took the lead in flying.
Lan'er really wants to go on a tour in the sky. Let's find time to go. Huangtianba is not far from here.
Zhao Ruilan's goal was not only to fly, she also wanted Zhao Yulin to accompany her. The woman went up to give the old emperor a massage-style blow on the shoulder, and pestered the emperor to ask Zhao Yulin to accompany her on a hot air balloon ride.
The next day, according to Hua Yue's proposal, the central government held a public meeting. There was only one agenda item in the meeting, which was to discuss the safety of Zhao Yulin and Zhao Feiyan riding in a hot air balloon and to restrict the king from traveling at will.
On the night when he and Zhao Feiyan boarded a hot air balloon to fly over Chengdu to Cuiping Mountain, the old judges in Taijian Hall expressed their opinions. They believed that the king's safety was of paramount importance. In particular, Li Quan and Qiu Gong strongly opposed the king's taking risks. They believed that the king's safety was related to the safety of the country and should not be treated as a joke.
Zhao Yulin and Zhao Feiyan didn't care. They just left without saying goodbye, leaving the deputy ruler as regent and ran away. This was irresponsible to the New Song court.
Damn, the hat is too big.
Seeing that Hua Yue, Yu Jie and Du Fan were all angry, Zhao Yulin carefully explained to them that hot air balloons were absolutely safe and that even if there were accidents, there would not be much danger.
He said it until his mouth was dry, but the gentlemen still did not agree.
Zhao Feiyan then reviewed herself and said sincerely that it was her own fault for not considering things carefully. She would be more cautious in the future and communicate more with others beforehand.
Then he said that hot air balloons are a new thing of the New Song Dynasty, and we need everyone's support and concern to speed up the production of the New Song Dynasty's flying vehicles. The Ministry of War has decided to select another location for the layout, and use ropes to fix the position of the hot air balloon so that the people can sit in it and experience flying.
After the couple explained earnestly, the gentlemen finally let it go.
Zhao Yulin knew that the cause was that the elders of Taijian Hall blamed Hua Yue, so he went out and asked Jing Gang to drive to Taijian Hall for tea.
As soon as he walked in, Meng Gong and Cao Youwen spit on him, blaming him for being too careless and taking the King of Feiyan on a hot air balloon ride, which was a flight hundreds of feet high in the sky and very dangerous.
Everyone had a frown on their face.
He knew that everyone was concerned and did not want him and Feiyan to get into trouble, so he smiled as he explained the structure of the hot air balloon and the principle of its launch. Everyone realized that the hot air in the balloon's cloth cover could not have leaked out in a short time, and they gradually believed what he said was safe.
Zhao Yulin asked them if they dared to try and make a short flight at Huangtianba. Lao Cao had seen it before and was not afraid. He was eager to try and everyone went to Huangtianba to watch.
A group of people came to the take-off and landing field, where a hot air balloon was taking off. Jing Gang brought the person in charge of the flight over and reported with regret: all three hot air balloons had taken off at the same time, so there was no space on the field.
After that, the host happily told them that many people had booked to ride the hot air balloon and they were all lining up. It was estimated that one would come back from Xinjin in a while, so if you don't mind wasting time, you can rest here for a while.
Only then did Zhao Yulin realize that his and Zhao Feiyan's back and forth flight in the sky had already served as a good advertisement for hot air balloon passenger flights.
Mr. Ding said that he was old and couldn't wait any longer, so they went to Huaxi to eat and have fun together before returning to the city.
Everyone came to the lotus pond in Huaxi Village to beg for food. The lotus leaves in the pond were spread out, and groups of red, white and colorful koi were swimming around happily begging for food.
Mr. Ding fed the koi with great interest and then sat down to drink tea. He said with some regret that Elder Qiao and Mr. Li were too old to move around. He said, "What a shame! You have to admit that you are old."
While they were talking, Shi's son came in with a smile on his face, and then said that Mr. Zhao had come with Miss Ou Lan.
Zhao Yanlan was seen holding the old emperor's arm and walking towards them with dancing steps and a smile on her face. The old emperor was also waving to everyone happily, and behind him were the empress dowager, the queen and the imperial concubine.
Everyone immediately stood up to greet him.
Zhao Yanlan pulled the old emperor towards Zhao Yulin. The elders on the side quickly made way, leaving only Ding Gong and Lao Cao to accompany them.
Mr. Ding and Lao Cao both knew that Zhao Yanlan had been talking nonsense on the way back and that his desire for restoration was stronger than that of the empress dowager. They disdained to talk to this group of people, but had to sit at the same table out of courtesy.
The emperor smiled and said what a coincidence, Lan'er wanted to change her taste and just happened to run into you gentlemen.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile: It's a rare opportunity for you gentlemen to come here, it's a good opportunity to chat with father and Lan Meir.
Zhao Yanlan had already sat next to him. She put her arm around his arm, leaned on his shoulder, and shook it vigorously, saying coquettishly: Brother Yulin's feet are so dry and precious. It's been so long since I came back, and I just didn't come to see them.
Zhao Yulin was a little surprised. Damn, this girl really knows how to seduce men. She acted so fiercely towards him the first time they met.
Zhao Lanlan's movements were so big that she was about to stick to Zhao Yulin's face and fall into Zhao Yulin's arms. Even her mother couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Lan'er, stop messing around and get down to business."
The Queen Mother immediately laughed and said: Lan'er saw Yulin flying in the sky, and she also wanted to fly in the sky. Yulin, please accompany us, Lan'er, to ride in a hot air balloon.
Ding Gong and Lao Cao were immediately displeased. Zhao Yulin was accompanying the king Zhao Feiyan on the celestial tour. What about Zhao Yanlan? She was just a woman from the previous dynasty who had just been rescued from the desert. Why did she want Zhao Yulin to accompany her on the celestial tour?
At this time, the food and drinks had been served.
Zhao Yulin didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "Let's eat the food first, otherwise it won't taste good if it gets cold." Then he picked up the serving chopsticks to serve food to the old emperor and Zhao Ruilan, and raised his glass to congratulate Miss Yulan on her safe return.
After three rounds of drinks, he casually asked Zhao Yanlan what was the difference between what she saw on the grassland and what she saw in the New Song Dynasty, and what good things from the grassland empire could we learn from?
Zhao Yanlan was stunned and didn't know what to say.
After being captured and taken to Mobei, this woman was used as a plaything by the grassland king's court. She wandered among the princes and generals for a long time, eating, dancing, sleeping with men and women, and saw the luxury and arrogance of the grassland upper class and their disregard for human life. After returning to the new Song Dynasty and entering a comprehensive, brand new society, she felt like ice and fire.
When she thought about how she was insulted by those worse than beasts, she became furious and said loudly that the Grassland Empire had few people, while our New Song had many people. If they captured a million able-bodied men and sent them to the front line, they would definitely be able to kill all the northern barbarians and avenge her.
Mr. Ding started nodding when he heard the first two sentences, but was stunned after hearing the rest.
However, Lao Cao laughed and said: The new Song Dynasty does not need to conscript men. There are plenty of passionate young men. If we work hard for a long time, we will defeat the grassland empire one day.
Zhao Yanlan couldn't help sobbing when she thought of her life on the grassland, which was like a pig and a dog without personality. She asked sternly: Since the New Song Dynasty has no shortage of soldiers, why don't you send troops to destroy the northern barbarians? Kill them for me, kill all the barbarians on the grassland.
Zhao Yulin patted her on the back and said to Concubine Jia, "Sister, you need to go back and rest."
The imperial concubine had already stood up and told the maid to take Zhao Yanlan away.
He said: The imperial court has its own plans for the use of troops, and we cannot play with the lives of soldiers. Overall, we have already defeated the grassland empire. If we really want to go deep into the desert and attack the grassland royal court, we still need to make detailed preparations.
Cao Youwen raised his glass to signal everyone to drink, and told Ding Gong and the emperor: Hebei and Yanyun recovered in the past two years all relied on the import of food and grass from Guanzhong, Jiangnan and Central Plains. The grassland empire and a bunch of traitors competed to exploit the local people. How could Yanyun, where the people are living in dire straits, fight deep in the desert without logistical supplies?
He fully supports Yulin's suggestion not to fight an unprepared battle.
The dinner was ruined by Zhao Yulan, and everyone put down their chopsticks soon. In order to buy a chance for her granddaughter, Old Lady Xie asked Zhao Yulin when he would accompany Lan'er to fly to the sky?
He said that the Ministry of War would soon discuss with Huaxi Village to organize a hot air balloon ride experience here. The hot air balloon would be fixed with ropes and then take off and land vertically. It would be very safe and anyone could ride it. After the girls had fun with the take-off and landing of the hot air balloon, they could go on the flying tour.
