185: Chapter 185 The Heavenly Palace Flying Above the Bustling City!
Zhao Fusu had to take this into consideration.
The sizes he needed to set had to be even larger.
"3XL is typically suitable for people around 185cm tall, with a chest circumference of 104cm and a waist circumference of 88cm."
"4XL is generally suitable for people around 190cm tall, with a chest circumference of 108cm and a waist circumference of 92cm."
"5XL is suitable for people around 195cm tall, with a chest circumference of 112cm and a waist circumference of 96cm."
After listing all these sizes, Zhao Fusu converted the centimeters into the Qin Dynasty unit of length, the chi.
Then, after rewriting the simplified chinese characters into lesser seal script, he handed it to Zhang Han and said, "Produce a hundred pieces for each color scheme, with ten pieces for each different size."
"Produce a few more of the large size L and the small size S."
Zhao Fusu arranged it this way because those two sizes were worn by the most people!
The Wool Sweaters he designed were a unisex, gender-neutral style.
He intentionally designed them this way so that both men and women could wear them.
He simply wanted to use the lowest cost to test whether Wool Sweaters would be well-received in the Qin Dynasty.
"Understood!"
Zhang Han immediately proceeded with production according to Zhao Fusu's arrangements.
He first had the yarn placed into dye vats of different colors for dyeing, creating fabrics of various colors.
Next, he brought in dozens of highly skilled tailors from the Royal Textile Mill.
The clothes worn by the thousands of the First Emperor's concubines, princes, princesses, and palace maids living in Xianyang Palace were all made by these tailors from the Royal Textile Mill.
They produced 900 Wool Sweaters of different sizes at the fastest speed possible.
At the same time, Zhao Fusu also began preparing for the debut of the Wool Sweaters.
He decided to personally act as the spokesperson for the Wool Sweaters.
He had maintained his physique very well.
The First Emperor was nearly two meters tall, and since his genes were inherited from the First Emperor, his height was not lacking either.
He was a perfect clothes horse.
Zhao Fusu invited a large number of painters.
He wore Wool Sweaters of different colors and had the painters paint him.
Holding brushes of different colors, the painters depicted Zhao Fusu wearing different colored Wool Sweaters onto a scroll one and a half meters long.
These portraits would be mounted and then made into billboards to be carried by people for promotion in the busy streets.
Zhao Fusu originally wanted to print a large number of flyers for ground promotion.
However, he felt that the effect would not be very good.
Without modern printing tools, it was difficult to make eye-catching advertisements; it was better to try a different approach.
Zhao Fusu thought of an idea that would definitely cause a sensation throughout the city.
As long as the whole city was stirred up, taking the opportunity to promote it under the watchful eyes of the public would surely have a great effect.
Zhao Fusu went to the Aviation Academy within the Defense Academy of the Great Qin Empire Academy of Sciences.
This academy was dedicated to the research of aircraft, primarily focusing on Hot Air Balloons.
Over the past few days, they had launched Hot Air Balloons multiple times.
At their highest, they had flown them to an altitude of five hundred meters.
However, they did not fly freely.
They used ropes to tether the Hot Air Balloons, preventing them from flying away.
Building a Hot Air Balloon required a large amount of asbestos, and currently, all the asbestos was being used by the Gongshu Family to make Hot Air Balloons.
Before they had any spare Hot Air Balloons, if one flew away, it would not be easy to find it.
If it couldn't be found, the loss would be significant.
Because the Gongshu Family frequently launched Hot Air Balloons, people often spotted them, and the people of Xianyang were all buzzing with talk about the Hot Air Balloons.
Everyone was still very curious about this kind of tool that could fly.
Influenced by the Great Qin Empire Weekly newspaper, the common people called the Hot Air Balloon the 'Heavenly Palace'.
After arriving at the Aviation Academy, Zhao Fusu spoke with the Dean of the Aviation Academy, Gongshu Chou.
"I want you to arrange for people to bring out the Hot Air Balloon tomorrow, and have it pulled by a chariot to parade through the streets of Xianyang."
"Understood!"
Listening to Zhao Fusu's instructions, Gongshu Chou nodded repeatedly, indicating there was no problem.
"Good."
Zhao Fusu nodded with satisfaction.
He believed that flying a Hot Air Balloon in Xianyang would definitely attract the attention of a large number of people.
Ever since Zhao Fusu performed the artillery demonstration, the Nobles of the Six Lands had become despondent.
The simultaneous roar of those three thousand six hundred explosive packs was ten thousand times more terrifying than a bolt from the blue.
At that moment, it felt as if heaven and earth were about to explode.
Whenever they closed their eyes, they couldn't help but think of that earth-shattering loud noise.
That feeling of helplessness, as if falling into an abyss, made them deeply feel the shudder of death.
The Qin Army possessed such terrifying weapons; if they were used to attack them...
How could they possibly resist!
Unless they could also obtain these 'Heavenly Fire' weapons!
But the Qin Army would surely strictly control such weapons; how could they be allowed to obtain them!
A large number of the Nobles of the Six Lands had surrendered.
A great shadow had been cast over their hearts, and they no longer wanted to oppose the State of Qin.
They would just follow the State of Qin, farm some land, sell some grain, and live a peaceful life.
Among the Nobles of the Six Lands, Wei Changcheng from the Wei Territory had already joined Zhao Fusu's camp.
This time, by selling grain to Zhao Fusu, he had also earned quite a bit of money.
Following His Majesty the Head of State means having food to eat!
This was the true thought in Wei Changcheng's heart.
Wei Changcheng was having breakfast with his son, Wei Se, and his wife, Lady Chen.
Wei Changcheng and Lady Chen sat on chairs with backrests, while Wei Se stood, serving the two of them.
He still had no seat.
"Heavenly Palace!"
"It's the Heavenly Palace!"
"It's the Heavenly Palace!"
...
Suddenly, a series of noisy shouts came from outside the door.
Wei Changcheng, Wei Se, and Lady Chen, who were eating breakfast, were attracted by this sudden sound. They put down their bowls, went out of the house, and followed the crowd's gaze.
They saw a giant spherical object slowly floating in the sky.
Flames were constantly being sprayed beneath that spherical object, and a bamboo basket was suspended below it, with people standing inside.
Wei Changcheng, Wei Se, and Lady Chen all knew about the Hot Air Balloon.
This Hot Air Balloon was often launched near the Great Qin Empire Academy of Sciences, but this was the first time it had flown over the busy streets.
The entire city of Xianyang was shaken by the arrival of the Hot Air Balloon.
Old Man Zhang, who was picking out goods at the market, looked at the giant Hot Air Balloon in the sky,
"This..."
"What on earth is this?"
Old Man Zhang rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Xianyang was so large that many people had still never seen a Hot Air Balloon.
"Could that be the Heavenly Palace!"
"A Heavenly Palace that can carry people in flight!"
Beside him, Li Erwa was also staring dumbfounded, stammering as he spoke.
He had only heard people talk about the Heavenly Palace; this was also his first time seeing a flying Hot Air Balloon.
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