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0076 You can also do this

The Kongming lantern may cause fire, but it may not necessarily cause fires - especially when it can limit its flight range. Therefore, after Cai Yan proposed the transformation plan, the new Kongming lanterns were tied to the line. From then on, not only the Central University located in Nangong, Luoyang, but also the Luoyang City and Beigong would occasionally float up a few Kongming lanterns with threads.

Although logically speaking, the Kongming lantern with a thread should have a lower chance of fire than the one without a thread - in fact, the Kongming lantern with a thread causes more fires, just as the number of deaths caused by a car is actually far more than the one who takes a plane.

This is not difficult to understand, right? Even if there are differences in probability, it seems that with this layer of security, the absolute number of people using this seemingly safe thing will be greatly increased. Moreover, the thread tied to the Kongming lantern is like the airbag of a car, and it may not be so useful. Moreover, the people who play with Kongming lanterns are children and women who are idle and have nothing to do, and children and women are often synonyms that do not know the importance and do not know the pros and cons.

After losing several fires, the Kongming lantern was completely banned by Emperor Ling of Han among the people. The only two places where he could play Kongming lanterns were Central University and Luoyang Beigong. However, not long after, the Party Patriotic, who learned about this, banned Emperor Ling of Han or his concubines from playing Kongming lanterns in the Northern Palace of Luoyang. Among the Central University, there was only the "Aviation Model Association" that could release Kongming lanterns and other flight props with certain dangers due to research needs.

Emperor Ling of Han finally found a fresh fun, and was even keen to make Kongming lanterns by himself. Therefore, he was naturally very unhappy when he was stopped by the Party and Patriotic before he got tired of playing. However, the Party and Patriotic successfully used hot air balloons and must have personally protected his promise to ride in the hot air balloons, which temporarily comforted Emperor Ling of Han.

But even if it is not Emperor Ling of Han, no matter which student at Central University wants to ride a hot air balloon, Dang Paiguo will also protect him closely. After all, before the quality of the hot air balloon is not very reliable, only under the protection of the undead "future gods" of Dang Paiguo, the immortal "industry", can most people dare to ride a hot air balloon with peace of mind.

In fact, not only hot air balloons, but other projects that are being studied by the "Aviation Model Association", such as gliders, wings, paragliders, and the last move to ensure safety - parachutes, are all test pilots played by the "advisor" Party Patriotic.

By the way, when everyone didn't know, the various experimental aircraft of the "Aviation Model Association" had already tested three or four times on the highest cliff near Luoyang. Well... But the result was all failed, and even the parachutes they carried on each time did not play a good role.

This is of course. The designers of these experimental aircraft do not understand aerodynamics very well and do not know a particular knowledge of the various characteristics and parameters of the manufacturing materials. It is almost impossible to successfully study it if you want to hit a dead mouse in a flash. Not to mention other things, at least, when it comes to the manufacturing materials, you should first conduct physical properties tests, and theoretically calculate which material to use can fly without being damaged due to excessive force, and then put it into use.

Therefore, after experiencing free bungee jumping several times without any safety measures, and even the most important rope, the Party Patriotic firmly refused to act as a test pilot again in the short term.

Although every time he lands on the ground, his whole person seems to be directly fixed in space, and his velocity and acceleration are classified as 0 for an instant, and then he is gently "put" on the ground. The law of inertia has completely lost its effect on him... But this is not the case for experiments, and research funds are not so wasted! Dang Paiguo asked Liu Bian and Liu Ye to design a more scientific and reasonable experimental plan. If he cannot be convinced in theory, then this plan cannot be granted by the school.

After the Party and Patriotic proposed a new scientific research approval system, Liu Bian could only re-made the model with a bitter face. If it weren't for Liu Ye's joining, he would probably have to make the model in the future. However, even Liu Ye had to work hard to complete various theoretical calculations, and the progress was very slow. Therefore, the absorption of proposals from interested and capable new members was put on the agenda again. The final practical action was to use the Party and Patriotic to advertise in disguise when making Kongming lanterns.

Well... I always feel like I have forgotten something.

By the way, the cliff used by the "Aviation Model Association" to test aircraft. Villagers nearby who occasionally went up the mountain to hunt, collect herbs, chop wood or dig wild vegetables all claimed that they had witnessed huge beasts and monsters falling off the cliffs there many times. After hundreds or thousands of years, the cliff became the first choice for finding adventurers and suicides.

The seeker of adventurers is confident that as long as he jumps from here, he will definitely be able to obtain some kind of adventure: either he is hung up by a tree on the hillside, and finds a cave, which contains the gold, silver and treasures and immortal cultivation books left by the legendary "Future Man and God" Party Principal; or he falls to the bottom of the mountain for some reason and does not die, and there are many legendary corpses and inner elixirs of the legendary divine beasts and monsters below; or he jumps halfway through the clouds, and ends up traveling back to the past or future or even another world.

Of course, if we can really encounter these situations, it can indeed be called an adventure. Let us sincerely wish them success.

As for the suicides, they must have a little hope in their hearts. If they can get any adventure, it doesn’t matter if they don’t die—of course, they won’t suffer any loss if they die like this. Compared to those who give up their lives to take revenge, those who invest in all their wealth to fight for wealth, the ruling class prefers them like them, as if they use the hard-earned hard money they have earned to buy lottery tickets or even gamble, and are brave enough to "invest dreams".

Well, "dream", this is really the most wonderful word in the world, and it emits a mysterious and seductive fragrance like a poppy flower at all times. So it's no wonder that in this world, there are always many people who dream with their eyes closed, and few people who work hard.

=====I am the dividing line of dreams=====

After the craze of Kongming lanterns passed by Luoyang, it was gradually spread to other places by some people as a novelty. The restriction order of Emperor Ling of Han to prohibit the release of Kongming lanterns was almost exclusively implemented around Luoyang. It seems that people in other areas will face this point only after they realize the huge safety hazards of the random release of Kongming lanterns or even suffer a painful lesson.

At the same time, the people of Luoyang, who have no Kongming lanterns to play with, are not lonely. Because soon after, a larger Kongming lantern has risen in the Central University, which has been rumored to be a "school of immortals". Moreover, this Kongming lantern can be lowered and used repeatedly. Of course, sometimes the scene of it catching fire and falling in the air is even more spectacular - Luoyang people often talk about the huge Kongming lanterns that were finally on fire at Central University today.

But strangely, by the end of May, as long as it is not a windy and rainy day, it will inevitably appear above Central University. It seems that a giant Kongming lantern like some kind of mysterious magic weapon - the hot air balloon release activity, has stopped inexplicably. This makes Luoyang people who lack entertainment regret.

Although they heard that in Central University and the emperor often perform colorful ball sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, rugby, baseball, billiards, handball, hockey, rattan ball, shuttlecock, golf, etc., it has not become popular among the people yet.

Because even if some of these sports have already taken shape among the people, they are not as rigorous as the ones circulating in Central University now. At most, a few people are playing there, which is not too interesting compared to other entertainment events. Moreover, if you really want to play according to the gameplay of Central University, you still need corresponding venues or equipment. In Luoyang City, in addition to the imperial guards' school grounds, there is also the Nangong and Beigong, there is no such large venue for civilians to perform ball sports.

Regarding this, the Party and Patriotic Affairs have plans. It is not possible in Luoyang City, but there are open spaces outside the city that can build various sports venues. Nowadays, there are many residents who are not engaged in agricultural labor. They have more free time and their entertainment life is too barren. Basically, except for talking about mountains during the day, they just live a "couple life" at night, and occasionally they are so tired that they beat their wives and children.

In addition, whether it is going to a gambling house or visiting a kiln, it is a relatively harmful way of entertainment. Therefore, the Party Patriotic proposed that as a government, it is obliged to provide public entertainment facilities for the people.

——Of course, the Party’s patriotism is not just about suppressing people with administrative orders. It also gave the officials in the court a report on “emancipating the mind and revitalizing the economy”, pointing out the benefits and necessities of carrying out various infrastructure construction. For example, building a series of stadiums such as stadiums, and then focusing on this stadium, build ancillary buildings that can generate various economic benefits, such as restaurants, sports goods stores and even bathhouses.

As long as there is a dense flow of people and consumption, it will definitely not lose money. Even if the government does not operate it well, it can still rent it to merchants and only collect rent every year. In addition, the economic benefits generated by holding sports competitions in the future, or even the economic benefits of organizing the sports betting industry... Even if it is not directly operated by the government, it will only collect taxes, which will bring considerable income to the government.

This kind of administrative idea centered on economic development made the officials in the court lit up and were amazed. However, what they were thinking about was how to use public money to invest in construction, and then they rented the place at a low price in their private capacity and transferred the profits generated to their own homes.

In fact, although the natural economy was the main body in ancient times, and a very important part of the income of the landlords and powerful people came from the exploitation of farmers' land output, in fact, as introduced by Party Patriotic, seizing a large amount of wealth through economic means was also a very common method. The Party Patriotic report only broadened their horizons and let them know that the collusion between officials and businessmen and using power for personal gain could be done like this.
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