In June of the 32nd year of Emperor Qin Shi, after half a year of consideration, the emperor issued an edict, granting Prince Gao the King of Liang, leaving Xianyang to take charge of the tribes of the Western Regions, and also granting Prince Kun the King of Dai, leaving Xianyang to take charge of the Xiongnu territory, conferring Prince Jianglu to the King of Liao, and leaving Xianyang to take charge of the tribes of the Donghu tribes.

After the news that the three princes were crowned kings came out, the world suddenly shook. Countless famous scholars from all over the country flocked to Xianyang to join the three princes. The emperor also allowed the three princes to choose some scholars, doctors, craftsmen and officials from the School of Literature, Agricultural College, Health College, Engineering College and Science College to accompany them, and at the same time rewarded a lot of money to support their dynasty construction.

The emperor's decision finally made all the civil and military officials feel relieved. Although the emperor did not finally make a crown prince, according to the current arrangement, at least the eldest son Fusu is still the most promising, which calmed down the restlessness of the people and the court.

The three young men who were named the king were naturally overjoyed and soon led their vast aides and ministers to the fiefdom. Although they were named the king, their understanding of the fiefdom was still a mess. Moreover, the northwest and northeastern areas have been barbaric since ancient times. Not to mention there is no city, there is not even a decent station. Except for a group of savages, they are still poor and deserted.

But no matter how poor it is, it is the beginning of the world. Later, it will be a kingdom of the Great Qin Dynasty. Like the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they have the right to build an army and start a government and discuss politics. It is more than a hundred times better than staying in Xianyang and being an idle prince.

All of them can do today depends on the advice given to the emperor by the Hou Qinghe that day. Therefore, when the three young men left Xianyang, they all came to Chen Xu's mansion to pay their respects and thank him.

After this dazzling series of changes in the court, Xianyang finally slowly began to calm down.

Chen Xu's idea of ​​having two holidays from 9 to 5 weeks and a short holiday was not realized after all. He could only get up early every day and be a miserable office worker. But for him, in addition to going to the court to discuss politics, going to the Secretariat Government Office to work is naturally a Buddhist model. As long as there is no major event or the emperor has important orders to convey, he will go to the Secretariat every day to inspect and then continue to do what he is most interested in.

In June, the third Hercules Cup Cuju Competition was still in full swing. With the operation of a group of playboys, the teams participating in the Cuju Competition this year have reached twelve. There are more teams in the competition, and the income of the bookmakers is also ruthless every day, and the betting funds in each game exceed 200,000 yuan.

Today is the second game of the semi-finals, with Chengnan Wild Donkeys vs. Bulls.

The simple Cuju field under the Weihe River Bridge is still surrounded by crowds. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the river beach to watch the game. The cheers and cheers resounded throughout the river bank.

After two consecutive years of competition exploration, this competition looks more formal. Simple stands are set up around the venue, dozens of regular-designed billboards are arranged neatly around the field. The organizing committee has already made it easy to arrange, and the referees, the teams and players of the competition are also more standardized.

The two teams fought back and forth on the court. Although the scene was fierce, they were still showing off their poses and fancy moves.

"Mr. Marquis, look at the boys of our team this year. It's just a thug!" A playboy sat next to Chen Xu and said proudly, pointing at the scoreboard with a three-to-one score.

"Hmph, it's only the first half, I'm so proud!" Another playboy curled his lips.

"Gua Shuang, the opponent who has not yet fallen behind and turns around has appeared under a certain team. The Tigers were fed five goals by us..."

Chen Xu:...

"Hehe, don't blame me, your Tigers are so cowardly that they haven't entered the second round in three consecutive games!" Qi Laoer said with a dry smile.

Ma Teng, who was sitting next to him, shrank his head and blushed, "Mr. Marquis, I'm embarrassing you!"

"I am just worried about your money bags. Could it be that my tiger team can't beat you!" Chen Xu rolled his eyes.

"Why did my sister-in-law say this? The Tigers are really timid. As a Class A team, the people who bet on the bet now are unwilling to bet on the Tigers to win. Every time the Tigers play, the bookmaker will have to pay a sum of money!" Meng Yun spoke next to him.

"Did you forget the emperor's 100,000-month lottery ticket two years ago?" Chen Xu said with a twitch.

"What a lottery of 100,000 yuan? Didn't the Tigers win the championship that time? Could it be that the emperor still want to take back the 100,000 yuan?" Another playboy shouted excitedly.

"The emperor is betting, so he naturally wants to win. If I don't have time to fill in the lottery, the emperor can naturally take it out and cash it out at any time. If you think it's too much money, I will definitely let the Tigers win the championship next year..."

"No, no!" Meng Yun and the playboys turned pale in an instant, and they looked at Chen Xu in horror.

The odds of the lottery were naturally known to the 99 times odds. If the Tigers win, the gambling company would have to refund the deposit of 100,000 yuan and pay 9.9 million yuan. Although the gambling company is now seeing that the money received every day is weak, in fact, the one Cuju competition will be held, plus the advertising fee income will be less than two million yuan. The few people will only have more than one hundred thousand yuan each, and the rest will have to be invested in the construction of the Cuju venue. If you have to pay 10 million yuan, the gambling company will go bankrupt directly. Not only will the money earned by these three sessions be spit out, but everyone will have to pay millions.

"Marty, don't win your Tiger team, otherwise we will hang ourselves!"

"Yes, the Tigers must not win!"

"But I heard that you want to fire the Tigers..." Chen Xu rolled his eyes.

"Where can it be? No, absolutely no, who dares to say that the first one of the Tigers will not forgive him!"

Several playboys jumped up and yelled.

"In order for you to make money, this Hou's Tigers can only endure humiliation and be eliminated in each round of group stage. How do you think you should compensate me for this loss?" Chen Xu said lightly at the indignant goods.

"Hehe, the Marquis is rich enough to compete with the country, and his ability to make money is invincible in the world. Naturally, I don't like this little money. Later, I'll invite the Marquis to have a big meal and then I'll make a girl!" Several people quickly smiled.

"This is almost the same. By the way, my uncle, how are your hot air balloon doing now? Has it flew up?" Chen Xu finally remembered something.

Several playboys suddenly laughed and burst into tears. Meng Yun's face suddenly collapsed, and his handsome face turned red as blood: "Don't mention this matter, it's so embarrassing. Last year, you went to the southeast tour, and we spent more than 40,000 yuan to make a large balloon according to your drawings. It was more than ten feet high and six feet in diameter. As a result, it burned the first time it was ignited, and two craftsmen were burned, and they were almost burned!"

"How could this happen?" Chen Xu was puzzled.

"At that time, in order to test the hot air balloons to fly as soon as possible, craftsmen placed a large amount of rosin and oil wax in the stove of the hanging basket. As a result, after the balloon was shaking, the flames ignited the hanging rope. The fine cloth used to make the balloon was soaked with tung oil, and it was ignited instantly. The balloon burned and collapsed, ignited the weeds and thorns, burning dozens of acres of wasteland, and alarmed the imperial guards of the lieutenant's mansion..." Meng Yun said with fear, "Fortunately, my father was not in Xianyang at that time, otherwise he would have been beaten to the point of bruises!"

"It didn't fly at all?" Chen Xu asked, pinching his chin.

"It almost started to burn as soon as I left the ground. Fortunately, I jumped down when I saw something wrong, otherwise my sister-in-law would definitely not see me this time!" Meng Yun shook her head with a twisted face.

"You didn't do the flight test first?" Chen Xu opened his mouth wide.

"No, I wanted to be the first person flying as a sister-in-law, but I didn't expect...ah!" Meng Yun lowered his head in shame.

"Mr. Marquis, you don't know. The hot air balloon burned dozens of feet high in a flash. Fortunately, it was tested in the wilderness. When it collapsed, hundreds of people were almost buried. Thick smoke could be seen in Xianyang more than ten miles away. Later, I heard that the Lieutenant's Mansion Lu Xiao was so scared that he almost pissed his pants, thinking that it was the beacon fire ignited by the enemy..."

"Haha, the scene was so chaotic at that time, and the onlookers fled in scattered and it was really spectacular..."

“It’s exactly…”

A group of playboys were scathing about the scene at that time, and Chen Xu was covered in black.

The principle of hot air balloons is actually very simple, it is an enlarged version of the Kongming lantern. Chen Xu made a few when he was reviewing Yan Le at night, but the silk and fire candles used were very light, so they could easily fly up.

However, the manned hot air balloon must be made very large, and the cloth material can only be used with fine linen at the moment. In order to be airtight, tung oil must be used to infiltrate it. This will make the balloon very heavy. The hot air balloons in later generations used chemical fiber materials such as polyester and nylon, which are sealed, light and very strong. The most important thing is that Chen Xu felt that it was because of the ignition device that could not provide enough hot air flow quickly. The hot air balloons in later generations used high-pressure gas furnaces, and the fuel was flammable gas or oil with high combustion value.

Therefore, even if a hot air balloon can fly, the prospects are very worrying. It is very difficult to create a hot air balloon that can fly normally without sufficient chemical industry support. In fact, compared with making hot air balloons that cannot grasp the direction and move with the wind, hard air boats are more practical. However, airships need to be filled with hydrogen or helium. Before inventing physical and chemical methods that are easy to extract hydrogen and helium, it is almost impossible to create a safe aircraft that can fly manned in this era.

All kinds of materials and processes are completely inaccessible.

"Son-in-law, don't do hot air balloons. It's fun and expensive and dangerous, far less than a glider. The glider we are making can fly several miles away when the wind is sunny!" Meng Yun persuaded with lingering fear.

"Let's put aside the hot air balloons first, and wait until I see if I can find a better way!" Chen Xu could only nod.

If you can find oil such as diesel and kerosene through distillation, and then design a blower sprayer, maybe the hot air balloon can save it.

Now everything in the Qin Dynasty has gradually entered the path of development as planned. Both the court and the people have begun to recognize Chen Xu's various reforms. As long as the plan for the next five years can be successfully completed, the Qin Dynasty will definitely be more than ten times more prosperous than it is now in five years.

With sufficient manpower, material resources and financial resources, the chemical industry can also be slowly developed and promoted.

At least with glass right now, you can make various simple chemical experimental equipment, flasks, beakers, test tubes and even alcohol lamps...

When Chen Xu thought of the alcohol lamp, he immediately couldn't sit still. He wanted to promote chemical experiments. Alcohol is the best fuel, but the preparation of alcohol is very simple.
Chapter completed!