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Chapter 81: Showing the Pot

The next day, the weather in Lin'an looked pretty good. It was a cloudy and sunny day and the wind was not strong. Today is the day when His Highness the Crown Prince accompanied the Jin envoy Wanyan Delang to watch the hot air balloons take off. So far, all preparations have been orderly and everything looks satisfactory.

After the hot air balloon was made, he had tried two rounds of air launch. Zhao Dun felt that Mao Geng underestimated the power of the hot air balloon that day. It was obvious that the hot air balloon's effect should be extremely good. Just as the Jin envoy arrived in Lin'an, the father had to come down from the imperial throne to receive the letter of the Jin envoy. This was a shame in any case, especially the unscathed Wanyan Jing was called the uncle, which made Zhao Dun quite angry.

Therefore, Zhao Dun asked Zhao Shen to let the Jin envoys see the powerful hot air balloon, a new weapon. Zhao Shen thought about it and thought it would be better to shock the Jin people, so he agreed, so he had such an observation performance today.

In the schoolyard, Jin Jun Wanyande asked the group to notice that a row of fences was erected in the schoolyard. Not long after, a big white ball suddenly appeared in the row of fences. After a while, the big white ball became bigger and bigger. After a while, the huge white ball actually slowly rose. Then a fire-breathing hanging basket rose above the fence with the big white ball and soared upwards. But there was clearly a warrior wearing shiny iron armor standing inside the hanging basket.

Yelu Jing, deputy envoy of the Jin Kingdom, immediately remembered something, and asked Yang Wanli, who was accompanying him, and said:

"Is this the hot air balloon written in the Xinbao newspaper?"

Yang Wanli was a little surprised and asked without answering:

"Can the "New News" be seen in the Jin Kingdom?"

Yang Wanli was a famous poet in the Song Dynasty and was always praised by the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, this time he was recommended by Zhao Dun. He served as the envoy of the Jin Dynasty and the reviewer of the Records Institute. His intention was to suppress the Jin people in poetry. Yelu Jing also admired Yang Wanli's reputation. When he saw Yang Wanli asking, he did not think it was offended and answered happily:

"The "Xinbao" is also very popular in my Dajin. Every issue of "Xinbao" is spread to my Dajin, I will carve wax paper again. I have also read it. I have heard of Chen Liang's name. I read his articles, and I am full of fun. After reading "Xinbao", how can I not know about hot air balloons! Therefore, I guess this is the hot air balloons contained in the "Xinbao".

The story of Mao Geng's love in the air in the Xinbao newspaper has been a good story that has spread throughout the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, even the Jin people learned it. Yang Wanli smiled and said:

"Not bad! Today I'm going to invite Jin Guo's distinguished guests to watch the hot air balloon."

In a blink of an eye, the hot air balloons were rising higher and higher, and there was no longer the oppression of rising just now. At this moment, the hot air balloon was led by two ropes and floating in the high air. The Jin delegation present looked at the balloons in the sky one by one, and was shocked in their hearts. Although the "New News" mentioned the hot air balloons, they did not see it with their own eyes. These people were thinking about how to make such a big big guy fly into the sky, while thinking about what wonderful performance would be next.

Du Boqing is currently in the hanging basket of hot air balloons, looking down at the observation group below. There is His Royal Highness of the Song Dynasty, Yang Wanli, the great poet of the Song Dynasty. As for those golden dogs, hum! Today is to let them see the power of the Song Dynasty hot air balloon artifact.

Du Boqing is the head coach in front of the palace. He was lucky to be selected as the warrior for the test flight of hot air balloons. After two rounds of hot air balloon test flights, Du Boqing finally defeated two companions for the test flight and was honored to be the warrior for today's performance, which made Du Boqing feel very proud. To be honest, the two guys who tested the flight were also great, but they were not as lucky as themselves!

Suddenly, a group of birds flew over, interrupting Du Boqing's thoughts. Du Boqing cursed casually, "Grandma!" What are these stupid birds here to join in the fun!

Perhaps because of his resentment to Du Boqing's rude mouth, several stupid birds actually fell on the top of the hot air balloon airbag. Du Boqing looked at him, damn! This bird is quite big!

The birds were lying on the top and were still calm. Look at the posture, they seemed to be pecking at the silk with their sharp beaks. It probably felt that the silk tasted very good.

Du Boqing cursed, but there was nothing he could do with the stupid bird on the top. But then Du Boqing came up with an idea, and I would raise the balloon again to see if you stupid birds can still stand it.

Today's hot air balloon rises at a height of more than 200 feet. The higher you go, the more you can feel the chill. It's just that the alcohol blowtorch in the hanging basket is blowing fire. Du Boqing did not feel the cold, but Du Boqing learned from Mr. Mao that the higher the temperature, the lower the temperature. Those birds do not have alcohol blowtorch to keep warm. In this chilly spring season, these hairy animals are afraid that they can't stand the cold.

So Du Boqing shook the flag and issued an order to raise the height, requiring the hot air balloon to rise below.

The people below saw the banner and were not thinking deeply. They thought Du Boqing intended to make the performance more exciting today. They might feel that the height set was not exciting enough and they wanted to rise to a higher level to make the observation group happy. The leader below also felt that it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity today to suppress the arrogance of these golden dogs, so they ordered the four soldiers below to pull the rope to follow Du Boqing's instructions and just release the hot air balloon to rise.

As the hot air balloon rose, Du Boqing felt a gust of cold wind blowing over. The more he rose, the harder the cold wind blew. However, Du Boqing decided to force the damn stupid birds to fly away and decided to continue to let the balloon rise.

I don’t know how many feet it has risen, but the silly bird on the top of the balloon flew away, but the hot air balloon was blown by the wind and it was far away from the school ground. Moreover, Du Boqing obviously felt that breathing was particularly difficult now. At this moment, Du Boqing felt something was wrong. Looking down, he felt that the scenery below was getting smaller and smaller. Suddenly, a sense of fear in his heart that he had never felt before. He realized that he had just been a little reckless and had to lower the height as soon as possible.

Du Boqing was busy placing the banner and asked the people below to pull the hot air balloon down, so the people below pulled it down hard again. But it was easy to rise and fell down. At this moment, Du Boqing felt like a big stone was pressed on his chest, and his hands and feet were stiff, and he felt weak all over, so he had to squat down and breathe.

After finally reaching a height that feels more comfortable, Du Boqing wanted to stand up, but his legs were numb at this moment. When he finally stood up, he waved his flag before shaking the flag. The hot air balloon had dropped to about two hundred feet. Well, the height was just right!

Everything seems to have been replied to normally, and the following is the archery performance.

Du Boqing has always been proud of his archery skills. The reason why he eventually became today's performer was because the other two people were slightly inferior to him in the accuracy of archery in the air.

The targets in the school are very eye-catching. Du Boqing needs to shoot ten arrows. Even if the performance is successful in the circle, it means that you can shoot the target at will in the air, which is enough to make people feel extremely afraid of the hot air balloon. This is the purpose of this hot air balloon performance, and it is necessary to make the Jin envoy feel fear of the Song Dynasty.

But what I hate is that at some point the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the direction of the wind will change from time to time. Du Boqing cursed and picked up a special crossbow to prepare to perform his archery magic.

This crossbow is a new modified crossbow with a ratchet device, so it is extremely labor-saving and quick to shoot the arrow. Du Boqing is extremely satisfied with this new crossbow. He believes that even if there is wind, he can shoot into the circle.

Du Boqing pulled the lever, pulled the bowstring, installed the first arrow, and began to aim.

But he immediately felt something was wrong because he felt his arms tremble slightly, which was something he had never seen before. He wanted to force his arms to not shake, but he couldn't hold on for a while and started shaking again. He repeated it many times, but still looked like this.

Du Boqing gritted his teeth and thought that he couldn't care about that much. Let's call him an arrow first! He glanced, shot out, and shot out the feather arrow with red tail feathers, and flew straight to the target circle in the training field.

But unfortunately, the arrow shot outside the circle.

Du Boqing felt embarrassed and was eager to shoot the target in the second arrow.

Unexpectedly, the wind was stronger than before. Du Boqing was breathing poorly in the high-altitude oxygen-deficient area just now, and he was afraid and nervous, and invisibly consumed a lot of physical strength. Du Boqing, who was usually extremely powerful, suddenly felt that his hands and feet were a little out of control.

When a person is nervous, his muscles will become stiff, and when the muscles are stiff, he will become even more nervous. This is how he is now. Originally, with ratchets, it is labor-saving and quick to draw a bow and arrow, but he is a terrible thing and uses brute force when he is on the string. As a result, he is halfway through, and somehow he actually breaks the ratchet mechanism. Sadly, he doesn't know how to repair it.

At this moment, Du Boqing had no choice but to shoot arrows with his arm strength. In normal times, this is nothing, but today he consumed too much physical strength, which made him extremely difficult, and he became more and more nervous as he went on the spot. As a result, ten arrows were shot outside the circle, and each one was less powerful than the other. This poor performance made Du Boqing feel ashamed.

Zhao Dun was extremely disappointed with this extremely bad performance today, his face turned pale and he didn't say a word.

However, after watching the performance, the Jin Dynasty delegation was still quite shocked.

Yelu Jing said in a protesting tone:

"Is the Song Dynasty trying to demonstrate to our Great Jin Dynasty? Is the Song Dynasty going to disrupt the Song-Jin peace agreement and declare war on our Great Jin Dynasty!"

Yang Wanli replied neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"This is just to let Dajin's distinguished guests take a look at the wonderful hot air balloons, and it has no intention. In fact, it was the first time I watched it, which was a sight to be seen. In our Dasong Dynasty, there are only a handful of people who have seen the hot air balloons take off."

Compared to Yelu Jing, Wanyan Derang seemed much more calm. He saluted Zhao Dun and said:

"Your Highness, I heard that Mao Geng, who invented the hot air balloon, came to the Song Dynasty from our Dajin Jin. I want to see this Mao Geng, and I would like to ask Your Highness to fulfill his wish!"

Wanyan De made him feel that since Mao Geng was able to invent such a magical artifact, it is said that he had invented other things. This person may become a threat to the Dajin in the future. Even if such a person cannot return to the Dajin service, he must at least set up counter-espionage schemes. In short, Dayin cannot be assured to use his ability.

Of course, Zhao Dun didn't want the Jin people to see Mao Geng, and his face was even more unhesitant.

Seeing this, Yang Wanli refused:

"This matter has exceeded the scope of peace agreement between the two countries and will not be handled."

Wanyan De lets laugh:

"Actually, we just want to buy some time watches from Mao Geng. I heard that the time watches are accurate. Our Dajin has long admired his name. Is it a big song taboo to buy some time watches with him? Haha, we have nothing else to mean, we just want to do some business with this person."

Of course, trading is not among the taboos. Yang Wanli had no choice but to answer with a smile:
Chapter completed!
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