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  Chapter 517 514【Hot Air Balloon】

   Jinling University currently only has two grades, because the third batch of students has not yet enrolled. There is also a basic class for chieftain children and foreign students, with a total of more than 600 students in the school.

  Universities in Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan have already been completed and enrolled students.

  Universities in Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Hubei will also start enrolling students this fall.

  Public-funded students in various provinces basically study in universities in their own provinces. However, Zhao Han also let go, the top ten in the provincial examinations each year can go to Jinling University to study at public expense.

  The schooling period is four years, and you can graduate early if you complete the credits.

  Graduates with excellent grades can take the examinations of Imperial Academy and Qintian Academy, and those who pass can become ordinary researchers of the two academies. After this plan was announced, graduate students were called "Shu Ji Shi".

   "Sister Feng, why are you back at school?" Lu Tianxiang asked in surprise.

  Feng Heng smiled and said: "I heard that today is a very big gift, something made by Qintianyuan."

  At this time, it is already summer vacation, and students from other places can go home. Some people visit relatives, some people get married, anyway, the holiday is two and a half months, as long as the hometown is not too far away, there is enough time for one visit and one return.

  The legal age for marriage has also been set this year, sixteen for men and fifteen for women.

  Compared with Daming's 13-year-old legal marriage age, it has been raised by two or three years. Some people must have violated it, but the government generally doesn't care about it, it just doesn't register marriages.

   Even many rural marriages do not register their marriages at all, which really causes headaches for local officials.

  Like Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhao Han also forbids marriage with fingertips. As for whether the people obey it or not, that's another matter. Anyway, when someone regrets a marriage, the lawsuit is easy to fight, and the government will never recognize this kind of marriage contract.

  Feng Heng went home and got married this time, to a promising young official.

  After the church visit, the husband's family immediately repented and advised Feng Heng not to go to college again, but to stay at home and take care of his husband and children. With the support of her husband, Feng Heng ran away directly, and returned to her husband's house after graduation the year after next. Anyway, it's not very far away, so I can go back and have a look during the holidays.

   Of course you can’t say that to the outside world. Feng Heng insisted that her in-laws supported her in studying.

  Lu Tianxiang pointed to the elementary school textbook: "Sister Feng, what does this word read?"

  Feng Heng looked over and said, "Suspect. I suspect it is frost on the ground, and I suspect that the moonlight on the ground is hoarfrost. Have you learned pinyin?"

   "I learned it. A senior sister taught me. She didn't come home during the summer vacation." Lu Tianxiang said.

  Lu Tianxiang's group of students have not officially started school yet. But a small number of diligent and good scholars have begun to study by themselves. Luckily, Lu Tianxiang can speak Chinese, and some people have to start learning Chinese.

  Feng Heng asked: "Is it Wen Shufen? She didn't go home last summer vacation."

  Lu Tianxiang nodded: "It's Senior Sister Wen."

  Feng Heng said: "Since you have learned pinyin, you can slowly learn to look it up in the dictionary."

   "I don't have a dictionary." Lu Tianxiang said.

  Feng Heng said: "There are more than one or two books in the library, dozens of books are there. There are some uncommon characters, and even the school teachers have to look them up in the dictionary."

   The two left the room together, and ran to the next door to check, but the girl named Wen Shufen was not there.

  Feng Heng said: "I must be reading in the library building."

  Lu Tianxiang said: "I heard that Sister Wen's family is very poor?"

Feng Heng said: "He came from the southern Ganshan Mountains. The farmers there live on sweet potatoes and corn all the year round. Her primary school was very difficult, and she had to walk for an hour to get to school. The teachers in the school were not good enough, and they didn't know a lot of knowledge. She was admitted to the second place in the town by force, went to the middle school in the county at public expense, and was admitted to Jinling University at the public expense."

  Lu Tianxiang admired sincerely: "She is so smart."

Feng Heng smiled and said: "She is not smart, but hard work can make up for it. In the past two years, I haven't seen her play, either in class or reading. After you start school, you will hear her name from the teacher. If there is no use If she is a successful student, the teacher will definitely use her as an example. She is a famous lady in our school. Regardless of her mediocre appearance, there are many high-ranking officials in Nanjing who secretly seek her as a matchmaker. As long as she agrees, send someone to Jiangxi to propose marriage immediately. "

  When dignitaries and dignitaries marry their daughter-in-law, they naturally pay attention to the right family.

  But now it is the time of the great revolution, the concept of family status is not so important, because every year there are poor people emerging.

  Although Wen Shufen came from a humble background, and her appearance can only be said to be not ugly, but this woman is really working hard. And through the school's teachers, her name has spread outside the school.

   Marry a wife and marry a virtuous person. Naturally, there are wealthy people who want to have this kind of daughter-in-law.

  Lu Tianxiang followed Feng Heng to the playground, where more than a hundred students had already gathered. One of them was tall and straight, with a face like a crown of jade, surrounded by more than 20 students, as if he stood out from the crowd.

   "Who is that man? He's so majestic." Lu Tianxiang asked.

Feng Heng said with a smile: "You don't even know him? He ranks first in the provincial examination in Jiangsu Province, and he also ranks first in the liberal arts examination every year at Jinling University. Besides, he is from a scholarly family, has a lot of property, and is handsome and tall. He is not only famous in school, The whole city of Nanjing is famous. I heard that when he went to the Qinhuai River, those famous prostitutes didn’t accept money, and he could go straight into their boudoirs.”

   "Bah, he's not a good person either." Lu Tianxiang blushed.

   This school grassroots and academic bully is called Chen Weisong, the son of Chen Zhenhui, the fourth son of the late Ming Dynasty. He graduated from elementary school in half a year and middle school in one year. He was admitted to Jinling University at public expense with his grades as the number one scholar in Jiangsu Province.

  The reason why he was able to go so smoothly was that he was already very knowledgeable, and he had already learned most of the knowledge in elementary and middle school.

   Don't look at Chen Weisong's coolness at this time, but he was very down and out in history. His father, Chen Zhenhui, did not want to be an official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, his family was in decline, and his property withered. His two younger brothers both entered the Hou family and became Hou Fangyu's brother-in-law, and he himself went to the Hou family to live under the fence.

  By the way, this guy is gay.

   And in another time and space, he didn't shy away from homosexuality, and even wrote a poem commemorating his marriage with the book boy in the bridal chamber, so he made it known all over the world!

   It can also be said that it is the most literary and **** work in Chinese history: Sipping Tea and Brewing. Happy in the present, the hairpins are shining on the temples, and the lights are rippling in front of the lamp... The male and female are indistinguishable, but the spring bow is taken privately by the wind... It's the flower and candle of your life, just like a married woman singing with her husband...

  Chen Weisong in front of him is the focus of the audience, and there is a girl staring at him infatuatedly in the distance.

   But Chen Weisong glanced at a boy from time to time.

  Suddenly, a group of soldiers rushed to the playground, and all passages in the school were also put under martial law.

  The students were not surprised but happy. Looking at the battle, it was obvious that the emperor was coming.

  Feng Heng said excitedly: "Tianxiang, you are very lucky. You have only been in school for a month, and you can see your majesty. I have been studying in Nanjing for two years, and I haven't seen your majesty yet."

  Lu Tianxiang's eyes lit up immediately: "I can ask His Majesty to let me be a female general."

  Feng Heng smiled and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

   Before the emperor came, Fang Yizhi's scientific research team came first. In addition to the researchers from Qintian Academy, there are also several science students from Jinling University who are carrying the hot air balloon that has been disassembled into parts.

  The hot air balloon was assembled in the center of the pasture, and then everyone waited together.

   "The Emperor is here!"

   Not only the emperor, but also several concubines, princes and daughters, even brothers and sisters Zhu Cihong and Zhu Wei came.

   Opening the way for martial law again, and shouting and embracing, Lu Tianxiang sincerely praised: "It's so majestic to be an emperor!"

  Feng Heng quietly pulled her sleeve, brought Lu Tianxiang forward, bowed to the guards and saluted: "Meet Your Majesty!"

   Zhao Han rode the BMW donated by Jeju Island, raised his hand and smiled: "Excuse me."

  Zhao Han and his party were invited to sit on the stage.

  Fang Yizhi came over and reported: "Your Majesty, the hot air balloon is ready, please allow it to take off."

   "Ascension." Zhao Han nodded.

  The sphere of a hot air balloon is made of linen. As for the fuel, it was charcoal and cotton fibers impregnated with oil.

   This is already advanced enough. In another time and space, the first hot air balloon of human beings was launched into the sky, fueled by straw, wool, firewood, carrion, old boots and wet cloth. Just because the inventor of the hot air balloon thought that the hot air balloon could be lifted into the air because it was pushed up by thick smoke and peculiar smell.

  Wait until the second experiment, using straw and wool as fuel, flew several hundred meters high, and floated for more than ten minutes before falling.

  The third experiment, the king of France was alarmed. The experimental site was in the square in front of the Palace of Versailles. The hot air balloon was painted with the French royal family logo and collected old boots, carrion and waste items from all over Paris. When the fire ignited, the square was full of stench, and people covered their noses one after another, but excitedly watched the hot air balloon take off.

   "Fire!"

  Fang Yizhi gave an order, and several assistants lit the fuel, and the hot air balloon began to inflate slowly.

   There were two people standing in the bamboo basket, they were Fang Yizhi and his son. I have done experiments with piglets before. After the flame is extinguished, the hot air balloon will not fall sharply, but will land slowly on the ground. There is basically no danger to life.

   "Fly up, fly up!"

   "Isn't this a large sky lantern (Kung Ming lantern)?"

   "Will it fall?"

   "..."

  All the teachers and students in the school exclaimed, including Lu Tianxiang, those chieftain children were even more shocked, thinking that Fang Yizhi must have invited the gods.

   "It's not asking God," Meng Tai yelled in Yi language, "it's His Majesty who is casting a spell! Just now His Majesty let this thing go into the air, and this thing went into the sky. Long live your majesty, long live your majesty!"

   Fei Rulan and the other concubines were quite nervous sitting on the stage, their eyes fixed on the hot air balloon, for fear of falling and killing them.

   "Father, I also want to go to heaven!" Zhao Kuanghuan suddenly felt that his pony was not cool enough.

  The hot air balloon is still climbing slowly, until it reaches a height of five or six hundred meters, and is blown by the wind towards the north.

  The people in Nanjing also raised their heads to watch the excitement, shouting out all the people in the house to invite their friends.

   In the previous experiments, the hot air balloon was relatively small, but this time it was a big one with a diameter of thirteen meters!

   "It's amazing!" Fang Weiyi praised with a folding fan in his hand.

  Fang Weiyi is Fang Yizhi's second aunt. She is fifty-nine years old and is a famous female poet and painter all over the world. In addition, he is well-versed in Chinese and Western cultures, and studied mathematics and physics very early. He used to teach physics in a girls' middle school, and is now specially appointed as a professor at Jinling University.

  Twenty minutes later, the hot air balloon flew over the Yangtze River and landed slowly in the farmland several miles away.

  Some farmers were harvesting rice, and they all stopped their work, staring at the thing in the farmland in a daze.

  (end of this chapter)