Release that Witch

"His Highness, I want to ask you when I enter the door," Hogg reveals a look that has finally slowed down. A pot of ice water in the bucket was drunk by him. "The painting in the hall... ...I am afraid that not the average person can draw it? Whether it is the degree of realism or the perspective of the earth from the air." He paused and lowered his voice. "This is... the work of the witch?"

Roland looked at Margaret, who nodded. "Please rest assured that your Highness, Hogg is an old friend I have known for many years. He is also not malicious to the witch."

"You guessed it right, it was indeed drawn by the witch." Roland, after a hot air balloon ride around the beach two days ago, wanted to preserve this magnificent scenery, plus the castle's living room decoration was simple, a pair No paintings, he simply let Soloya turn the stone wall behind the main seat into a huge mural. With the artistic background wall, the lobby style has been improved several times.

"I knew," Hogg sighed. "Although they were promoted as the devil's minions, those singular abilities are really enviable. Ordinary people can't fly into the air like them, and draw one more. Exquisite murals."

"You only said the first half of the sentence," Roland shook his head. "Ordinary people can fly even if they don't rely on magic, even flying higher than the eagle, flying faster than the Swift."

"You are really funny," Hog Haha laughed. "Unless we have a pair of wings, we must become lighter than birds."

Margaret is stunned, "Really?"

"Of course," the prince laughed. "I can prove it to you."

Letting businessmen see their own inventions is also an effective way to increase relationships and expand trade channels. From mugs to liquors, it is another matter to sell or not. Anyway, the caravan will stay in the town for a few days. The regular business negotiation process should be the final signing of eating, drinking and playing. And Anna is also very interested in taking a hot air balloon trip, just to let her take a lot of rest from the busy work, it is a multi-tasking.

Yaowang quickly completed the inflating. This time, Roland simply called the witch who had not been able to ride the hot air balloon. Lucia asked her if she could take her sister to see it. He also promised.

When the balloon carried the crowd slowly, Margaret clenched his mouth in surprise, and Hogg clung to the edge of the basket, not knowing whether he was excited or afraid. The bell was too short, and she couldn't see the scenery outside the hanging basket. Lucia had to pick her up, ride on her shoulder, carefully approach the basket, and don't tamper with her. The lightning as a navigator and rescuer has been hovering around the hot air balloon, and from time to time, the bells are showing their faces.

In this way, the hot air balloon once again swayed along the southern coastline and completed the aerial sightseeing tour.

......

After returning to the castle, Hogg’s legs were still shaking, and he stuttered. “I never thought that looking down in the sky was so terrible. I felt like I would fall off at any time.”

"It’s good to fly a few times," Roland said with a smile. "The first time people who leave their feet on the ground will have such an illusion, just like someone who has never been to the sea, and will spit on the bumpy sea boat."

“You are a little bit good,” Margaret said with amazement. “The scenery I saw today is incredible. Looking from the air to the edge of the sea, it looks like a blue arc.”

"But your Highness, I don't seem to make a mistake," Hogg drank the white wine. "Ordinary people did fly into the sky, but this is still the merit of the witch. Without them, this big guy should not fly." of."

"No, my old friend," Roland said before, and Margaret said first. "Don't you find out? Miss Anna is just releasing the flames. I also specifically asked about lightning. She told me to go to the airbag." Filling in the hot air, you can rise to the sky by yourself. Flame is not the privilege of the witch, my Highness, am I right?"

It is worthy of being a fjord in the kingdom. Whether it is observation or thinking ability, Roland smiles and nods. "The heat rises and the air sinks. This is why it is called a hot air balloon. ”

"Really just use a little brazier?" Hogg wondered.

"That can't be done, because you want to let it float in the air, you have to continue to heat, and the wood itself is very heavy, can not bring too much, must be solved in a special way."

“Can you do it?” Margaret couldn’t wait to ask.

"Oh...should be OK," said Roland for a moment. "It's a little trouble."

"That's great," she said immediately. "I hope I can buy four or five hot air balloons from here. It doesn't have to be too big. Just carry one person."

"Do you want to put it on board?" Hogg asked.

"Well, the mast can't extend indefinitely, but the hot air balloon can, just tie the rope under the basket and let it not drift away with the wind. With the hot air balloon, you can find the nearby pirate ship earlier, for the sea. In terms of business, in addition to unpredictable storms and tsunamis, the most harmful are the pirates in groups."

"But its cost may not be too low," Roland estimated in his heart. "I expect more than a thousand gold dragons."

If you don't use the witch to heat it, the hot air balloon will have to use gas fuel. The easiest thing to get is the gas. Unfortunately, the coal mine in Grey Fort is in the cold wind ridge area, too far away from Bianbu Town. According to the current traffic conditions, there is almost no way to ship it. It is easier to achieve the replacement of a hydrogen balloon, but there is no practical value if the problem of the gas storage tank needs to be solved without any charge and discharge.

“How about a thousand golden dragons per balloon?” Margaret said at a price. “If you really made this kind of thing, I can guarantee that all caravans going to and from the fjord would like to buy one or two.”

"This time, the Yueyuewan caravan did not come together, otherwise they will definitely have the next big order," Hogg squandered the white wine in his hand. "I don't have to. The hot air balloon looks amazing, but it looks amazing. It has no use for the mines in Yinguangcheng. I only hope to get my steam engine as soon as possible."

The price offered by the other party made Roland happy. The thousand gold dragons were the premium after he increased the price by five times. I didn't expect the other party to accept twice the price of the steam engine. However, if you think about it carefully, the cargo carried by a sea boat is likely to be more than this price, not to mention the entire trade fleet and the ship's sailors. As long as it can avoid the pirate's looting, the deal comes to the sea merchants. It is still cost-effective to say.

In addition, thousands of gold dragons are not a hammer sale, whether it is hydrogen or gas, they are consumables. When they are used up, they have to get back to the town to inflate. This is another extra income... Of course, if you buy a lot of gas cans at once, you can Consider discounts or giveaways. At this point, the 4s shop and two barrels of oil are examples of his learning and imitation.

Roland hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "So the deal." (To be continued. Your support is my greatest motivation.)