In order to confirm this, Yuan Fang deliberately took Yuqing to test fly a fog balloon, the flight time was not long, but the shock to Yuqing was not small, after landing for a long time Yuqing came back to his senses, and grabbed the triumphant Yuan Fang, saying that he must participate in the test flight of the airship.

The airship was assembled, and after two days of adjustment and inspection before the first test flight, these two days, Yuqing obtained Yuan Fang's consent and sent someone to send the news back to the imperial capital, on the day of the test flight, Yang Xing, Xiaomei, and Da Mei and Yan Xiong, who arrived in the imperial capital with the first batch of supplies from the military hospital, rushed to watch.

Hearing that Yang Xing was coming, Lin Mengsheng, Wang Jinbao and a group of workers were excited, and they began to prepare early, showing their best works in front of the emperor.

At about ten o'clock, Yuan Fang and others, who were waiting at the foot of the base mountain, saw a large group of people coming slowly in the distance, one of which was the most obvious carriage with the royal emblem, a group of forbidden cavalry opened the way in front, followed by this golden luxury carriage, and then behind, the forbidden army and the local defenders escorted, Ren Chang, the commander of the legion, followed the team very low-key.

For various reasons, the staff of the base are forbidden to leave the base area, so everyone can only wait in three feet, when the carriage stops, the door opens, Yang Xing, Xiaomei and Da Mei come to the foot of the mountain under the escort of a group of female soldiers, more than 200 craftsmen and more guards led by Lin Mengsheng knelt on the ground together, and bowed to the emperor, Yuan Fang looked left and right, only himself and Sang Rou and Yuqing around him were still standing, which seemed a little alternative and abrupt, no way, although he was reluctant, he had to kneel down on one knee and salute, However, Yuan Fang's face was hideous, waiting for Yang Xing, who was grinning evilly, to grit his teeth and mutter: "I knew that I would have to kneel, and I wouldn't go down the mountain if I killed Lao Tzu." ”

Yuqing pulled Yuan Fang's arm and comforted: "Okay, brother-in-law, don't complain, just get used to it, after all, Yang Xing's identity is different, as a courtier, this is due courtesy." ”

Yang Xing was already a little accustomed to this kind of scene, stepped forward with a smile, first picked up Yuan Fang, whose nose was not a nose and eyes were not eyes, hugged and said, "Boss, hard work." ”

Yuan Fang lowered his voice and said viciously: "I know that I am working hard and still come with me." ”

Yang Xing said with an innocent face: "Did I let you kneel, but I said before, you don't have to kneel." ”

Yuan Fang said viciously: "Fart, everyone else is kneeling, I'm just stupid, right, standing like that?" ”

Yang Xing didn't care: "So what? This is the honor you deserve, honor or not. ”

Yuan Fang scratched his head, with a look of chagrin: "I'm so stupid, really." ”

Yang Xing helped Yuqing up again, and then Lin Mengsheng and Wang Jinbao, and then said loudly: "Everyone get up, don't be polite, this time has been hard, and the empire will remember your efforts." Yang Xing's words, everyone was excited, and even some emotional tears were shed, Wang Jinbao was in tears, in his heart, there was His Majesty's affirmation, no matter what kind of effort was worth it.

After all, Lin Mengsheng is from a wealthy family in the imperial capital, and he is much calmer in comparison, he is used to seeing big people, he stands behind Yuan Fang respectfully, he doesn't say much, and he is not humble, he learns from Yuan Fang's appearance to stay calm, at least on the surface, it is not known whether he is really calm as usual.

Xiaomei jumped in front of Yuan Fang wearing a cotton skirt and fur, looked up and down for a while, and then took Yuan Fang's arm and said, "Brother, why are you wearing so much?" It looks like a stuffy bear. ”

Yuan Fang said with a sad face: "You sit in the carriage and have a charcoal stove to bake the fire, look at me, after flying into the sky, I rely on this clothes to keep out the cold, can I not wear more?" ”

Xiaomei's eyes lit up: "Brother, what kind of balloon can really take people to the sky?" Can you take me to a circle to see what to see? ”

Yuan Fang followed behind Yang Xing, and said as he walked: "Well, this can be considered, wait for me to take you to sit in the fog balloon together, but you have to wear some more." ”

Da Mei asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say that today is a test flight of an airship?" Why don't you take us on an airship? ”

Yuan Fang shook his head vigorously: "The airship is not good, that thing is the first test flight, it is too unsafe, if it falls from the sky, every person in it can live, it is still a fog balloon, that thing has been tested many times, except for cold spots, there is no problem with safety." No way! ”

Yuan Fang only cared about talking to Xiaomei and Damei, and didn't pay attention to Yang Xing in front of him to stop, and hit him headlong, he was jumped by Xia Liang without saying anything, and knocked Yang Xing into a slant.

Seeing this scene, Ren Chang, Lin Mengsheng and the others turned their heads to look to the side very interestingly, they didn't see it, this kind of thing, it's better not to know. Yang Xing turned around depressedly: "Boss, can't you look at the dot when you walk?" My new shoes. ”

Yuan Fang was fine: "Why did you stop suddenly?" ”

Yang Xing pointed to the cave halfway up the mountain and said, "I was about to ask you what kind of place that is." ”

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes and said, "That's the cave of the three brothers of the Nanmen family, who burns gas stones, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Yang Xing was puzzled and asked: "The three brothers of the South Gate, by the way, why didn't I see them?" ”

Yuan Fang explained: "There are too many rules in this place, what to say to prevent the leakage of secrets, the cave was to be closed during the test flight, and they didn't know that you were coming, so they didn't come out." ”

Then, Yuan Fang shrugged: "But that's fine, the less they know, the greater the chance of freedom." Yuqing coughed lightly and interrupted Yuan Fang's words, after all, if this kind of thing was heard by Lin Mengsheng, it would affect everyone's emotions, and even cause dissatisfaction and resentment towards the empire.

Why do you say that, if Lin Mengsheng and these craftsmen are not accidental, they will be locked up in the base like a prison for more than ten years or even longer in recent years, and the good thing is that the empire protects them for their safety, and if it is not good, it is another form of imprisonment to prevent secrets from leaking.

Of course, it depends on the future development, if the empire has enough conditions or is strong enough, I believe that Yang Xing will not treat these meritorious ministers badly, Yuan Fang has already thought about it, if it is necessary to keep it secret, then build them a small town or something, and let these people live a normal life as much as possible, but this kind of thing should not happen, whether it is a fog balloon or an airship, the main core is the fog stone, and the others are really not very important, even if other countries master it, it doesn't matter, It would be useless for them to have no fog stone and no power, unless they could find other power sources, so Yuan Fang believed that instead of strictly controlling these craftsmen, it was better to strengthen the excavation protection and exploration of the fog stone.