Tao Chengdao raised his head and said to Han Du while eating: "When I am busy, I can forget about food and sleep for three days and three nights. But when I am free, I can eat three days' worth of food in one meal. So regardless of my age Big, if it really compares to your food intake, you may not be my opponent.
After Tao Chengdao finished speaking, he smiled triumphantly. It seems that he finally has a way to suppress Han Du, not to mention how happy he is.
Han Du was so surprised that he even forgot to pick up the meat skewers, and asked hesitantly: "It's not good for your health to be hungry and full like this. It will shorten your life."
Tao Chengdao glanced at Han Du with a sneer and said, "I am exactly one year old this year. Are you telling me that you will have a short life?"
Han Du was immediately blocked, shook his head slightly and sighed. Well, maybe this old man is gifted and his common sense is not suitable for him.
After eating, Zhu Biao was planning to leave with Han Du.
However, Tao Chengdao suddenly proposed and wanted to invite Han Du to take a look inside his arsenal.
Han Du took a careful look at the bad old man in front of him. Seeing his thin arms and legs, he couldn't help but asked strangely: "Old sir, does he still have an arsenal? At your age, can you still wield a knife or use a gun?" "
Han Du himself can't even wield a sword or a gun, so there is no arsenal in the mansion. However, Han Du had seen it in Lan Yu and Tang He's house and knew what was going on.
Zhu Biao suddenly became excited and asked quickly: "Really? Mr. Old Sir, are you willing to let me see those treasures of yours?"
Tao Chengdao suddenly raised his head in contentment, smoothed his beard, and looked sideways at Han Du. Seeing Han Du's confused look, he suddenly felt a little unhappy.
Zhu Biao quickly pulled Han Du's arm and said, "Wanhu's treasure house is full of firearms made by Wanhu over the years. It will definitely open your eyes."
Hearing that it was a firearm, Han Du also became interested.
When Tao Chengdao saw the interested look on Han Du's face, he smiled and said, "I will make an exception today and let you see it."
After that, he stood up and walked ahead, taking Zhu Biao and Han Du to his arsenal.
Han Du walked behind and couldn't help but whisper, "It's just a firearm. What's so great about it? It has to be so mysterious."
Zhu Biao glanced sideways at Han Du and said helplessly: "Can you say a few words less? I know that you are also a famous firearms manufacturer, and the revolver is indeed a unique firearm. But Wanhu's firearms are not bad either. The Ming Dynasty Nanzheng During the Northern War, Wanhu's firearms made great contributions, which even my father was full of praise for."
Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and said nothing. Not only can he make revolvers, he also knows the future direction of firearms development. Of course, there is no need to explain this to Zhu Biao, nor can it be explained to him, otherwise Han Du himself will not be able to explain the origin clearly. You can't blame everything on the poor Taoist priest. Once is okay, but if it happens too many times, it will inevitably lead to suspicion.
Arriving outside a heavily guarded house, Tao Chengdao took out the key from his arms and opened the door. Turning around, he smiled at Zhu Biao and Han Du and said, "Your Highness, please."
Zhu Biao bowed his hand politely and was about to take Han Du in.
Seeing that Tao Chengdao's hospitality was hard to resist, Han Du followed Zhu Biao in without saying anything.
As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Biao saw a strange-looking iron instrument placed on a shelf. From a cast-iron handle, a circle of small steel pipes, about the thickness of a thumb, protruded, about a dozen in total. The steel pipe passes through an iron circular shield, and there is a bracket in front, which can be placed on the ground to save the user's physical strength. After all, 'Such a big thing is made of steel, so it weighs a lot.
Seeing Zhu Biao's curiosity, Tao Chengdao explained: "This is a thunderbolt. I heard that Zhuge Liannu can shoot arrows continuously, so I thought about making a firearm that can fire continuously."
Han Du was really surprised. He reached out and touched the four-foot-long steel pipe. The surface of these steel pipes is smooth, and they are uniform in size and hole diameter. Some people are curious about how this is done.
"Who did this?"
Tao Chengdao stroked his beard and looked up with a smile: "I made this Thunder Gun myself."
"These steel pipes were also made by the old man?" Han Du asked persistently.
Tao Chengdao frowned and said matter-of-factly: "Of course, I made these thunderbolts myself, and these tubes are no exception."
"Awesome!" Han Du raised his thumbs and praised.
Originally, Han Du thought that if he praised him, he would win the favor of this bad old man.
I never expected that it would make this bad old man furious: "Don't be a good boy in front of me. I admit that this thunder cannon is not as good as the revolver you made. Your revolver is indeed ingenious. If I can't compare with it, it will be better." No, there is nothing to hide, and there is no need for you to pretend to say something against your will."
Han Du was immediately surprised. Could it be that this bad old man had eaten gunpowder? Why did he explode at the first moment?
After Zhu Biao heard this, he even stood up to smooth things over and said, "Calm down Wanhu. Han Du definitely didn't mean that, right?" After saying that, he winked at Han Du several times.
That's not what I meant originally. I praised this old man for being powerful, but I wasn't talking about his thunderbolt. A continuous shot like the Thunder Gun was completely bullshit in Han Du's opinion. This thunderbolt is too big and heavy, weighing dozens of kilograms at least. So what if it can achieve ten consecutive shots in disguise? After shooting, don't you have to slowly reload the gunpowder like an ordinary firecracker?
Besides, who can charge with such a heavy thing?
Han Du said that Tao Chengdao was great because he was very good at making steel pipes. The steel pipe can be made four feet long, and the diameters of the holes are uniform, which is not something that can be achieved by ordinary technology.
Han Du nodded and said, "Of course that's not what I meant. I said that the old gentleman is amazing because of these pipes. It is really not easy for the old gentleman to be able to do this. Han Du admires this craftsmanship. I didn't say that. This thunderbolt is powerful."
"What? What you like is not the thunderbolt, but the tube on it?" Tao Chengdao's entire face changed and became extremely ugly.
Han Du shrugged and said: "Of course, these pipes are of excellent craftsmanship and are very rare. As for this thunder gun, haha, it's just so-so."
What does "so-so" mean? Isn't it just a polite way of saying that you don't like it? Tao Chengdao was not aloof from the world, so he naturally understood the meaning behind these words. "Okay, thunder cannons are not as good as revolvers. I am not as skilled as others. You can say whatever you want, I will admit it. However, I have more than just thunder cannons here. Come with me."
Hearing what else the old man wanted to show, Han Du followed him without saying anything while spreading his hands.
Tao Chengdao took Han Du and Zhu Biao to another room, where there was a rather large wood-carved bird. It has a bird's head, bird's wings and a bird's belly, and is almost exactly the same as a normal bird.
Perhaps the difference is that this wood-carved bird is very large, each wing is about two feet long.
"What is this?" Han Du asked curiously, and his attitude was not even as good as that of Xunlei Gun. Because Han Du really didn't see anything that interested him in this wooden bird.
Tao Chengdao had a proud look on his face, raised his hand and said, "This is the Divine Fire Flying Crow, do you see this?"
He pointed to the location of the two rockets under the wings of the Divine Fire Crow, and gestured to Handu: "The gunpowder here is loaded with gunpowder. Once it is lit, the Fire Crow will fly out."
Then he pointed towards the belly of the spherical Divine Fire Flying Crow and explained: "It is filled with gunpowder and is connected in series with the gunpowder in the rocket gunpowder barrel outside. When firing, the gunpowder line of the outer rocket is first ignited. The Divine Fire Flying Crow It will fly to the enemy's side and detonate the gunpowder in the crow's body and Qiu's body, killing, wounding and burning the enemy's troops. It is a powerful weapon for breaking formations and attacking the city."
Han Du looked at it for a long time, but he didn't feel how powerful this thing was. In terms of power, it was probably not as powerful as the Sky-shaking Thunder. The only advantage was that it could fly far away.
When Tao Chengdao saw that Han Du was disapproving, he immediately became anxious and simply said: "Don't underestimate my magic fire flying crow, let's go outside and let you see it with your own eyes."
Tao Chengdao asked his apprentice to move the sacred fire flying crow out, put it on a wooden shelf, and personally held a torch to light it.
After the gunpowder line was ignited, a flash of fire appeared, white smoke billowed, and the divine fire crow flew out instantly.
Han Du looked at it in surprise and thought to himself: "This is indeed a miracle with great strength. Han Du took a closer look at the Shenhuo Flying Crow just now. The wings are just a pair of decorations and do not conform to aerodynamics at all. Such things are not Han Du can't think of any other reason to be able to take off except for the miracle caused by his great strength."
But should I say it or not, the old man Tao Chengdao's craftsmanship is still pretty good. Being able to make this divine fire flying crow basically fly out in a straight line. To be able to do this, it can be said that his grasp of balance and left-right symmetry are extremely wonderful.
The divine fire flying crow flew about a hundred meters, and then turned into fragments all over the sky in a ball of fire.
Han Du went up and picked up a few large fragments, shook his head with disdain and said: "It doesn't fly far enough, bad review. It's not powerful enough, bad review. The gunpowder is filled with wood, not iron, bad review."
Tao Chengdao immediately jumped in anger. Although he couldn't understand what Han Du said about the bad review, he still heard the bad word. Han Du said three bad words in succession, and no one was convinced, let alone Tao Chengdao, who had a straightforward temper.
"Come here, go and move my swarm out." Tao Chengdao obviously wanted to impress Han Du with firearms, but when he couldn't get the same firearm, he immediately changed it to another.
The swarm of firearms at the entrance of the Tao Cheng Road are similar in shape to a box placed on a carriage. The difference is that the box does not contain cargo, but rather large arrows, with a rocket tied to each arrow shaft.
Tao Chengdao stood next to a swarm of bees and said to Han Du: "This swarm of bees can shoot three rounds at a time, or dozens of rounds at a time, and at most it can shoot a hundred rounds at a time. Just shoot as many rounds as you want at one time. Let’s see how many cords of gunpowder you light at a time.”
Obviously, this swarm of bees can only hold a hundred arrows at most.
Tao Chengdao held up the torch and said to Handu: "Today I will let you experience the power of this swarm of one hundred rounds at a time."
After saying that, he lowered the torch and lit all the gunpowder lines.
As the gunpowder thread burned out, because the length of the gunpowder thread was different and the burning speed was also different, the arrows in the swarm were not launched together, but were scattered in a chaotic manner in a short period of time. Launched.
The sharp whistling sound of "咻咻咻..." is continuous and frightening.
One hundred arrows were carried into the sky by the power of the rocket, and then fell down under the dual effects of gravity and inertia, making continuous "duh" sounds.
The intensive attacks are indeed like a rain of arrows, giving people a sense of oppression.
After Tao Chengdao finished signaling, he looked at Han Du, trying to shock Han Du.
However, it was obvious that Tao Chengdao had found the wrong person and made the wrong calculation.
There was no shocked expression on Han Du's face at all, but a look of nothing more than that. He sighed and said: "It's so-so. Although the power of the volley is not small, it is essentially the same as firing a crossbow. Moreover, the distance is also too close."
"You!" Tao Chengdao wanted to get angry, but he forced himself to hold it back. Pointing at Han Du, he said: "Okay, you want to fly far, right? Come here, go and move my fire dragon out of the water."
Han Du soon saw Tao Chengdao's apprentice bringing something on a long pillar. On the front was a dragon head folded out of paper and painted with color, and on the back were rockets on a paper tube.
I don’t know why, whether it’s Tao Chengdao’s Divine Fire Flying Crow, a swarm of bees, or this fire dragon coming out of the water, he likes to use rockets. There is nothing wrong with using rockets, but Han Du wants to ask, why do these rockets have a tube of gunpowder tied to an arrow?
Can't we just tie the gunpowder boy to reduce weight? Are those arrows useless?
"What's the use of this?" The Fire Dragon Izuku was made more sophisticated, and Han Du couldn't help but take a second look.
When Tao Chengdao heard this, he explained: "This is what I use to attack local warships. Don't you dislike that my divine fire flying crows and swarms of bees can't fly far? This thing can fly far, enough to fly three miles." "
Han Du nodded after hearing this, took a step back, and raised his hand to signal Tao Chengdao to continue.
Tao Chengdao stopped hesitating and directly ignited the fire dragon water, and the fire dragon flew out under the power of the rocket.
Han Du only glanced at it and guessed that it was probably the same as the previous ones, propelled by rockets. In fact, the principles of the three things were the same, but the shapes were different.
But when Han Du saw that the rocket flying out of the fire dragon's water had been extinguished, but another rocket emerged from the dragon's mouth and continued to burn and fly forward. Han Du was so surprised that he couldn't speak. What did he see? Is this a two-stage rocket?
"How's it going?" Tao Chengdao asked proudly when he saw that the fire dragon coming out of the water had finally shocked Han Du.
Han Du looked at the fire dragon that flew about three miles and then landed in the water. He nodded slightly and praised: "Okay, it is indeed a good thing."
Before Tao Chengdao could be happy, Han Du repeated his tone and asked: "But since you, old man, can put gunpowder in the Divine Fire Flying Crow and rely on the explosion to hurt people. Then why do you only put gunpowder in the Fire Dragon Out of the Water?" An arrow?”
After so much effort, he shot an arrow at the enemy... Han Du didn't even know what Tao Chengdao was thinking. What was the use of an arrow? Can we still expect to kill an enemy with just one arrow?
On the contrary, how much better is it to be fried like a flying crow? Blow up a big piece.
Tao Chengdao was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red and he became angry with embarrassment. He said angrily: "What do you know? This fire dragon comes out of the water and mainly attacks the enemy's warships. The last thing it shoots is a rocket, which sets the opponent's ship on fire. It's not for killing people."
After hearing Tao Chengdao's explanation, Han Du was not satisfied. He shook his head and said, "But wouldn't it be better to replace it with iron cans filled with explosives? Not only can it ignite enemy ships, but it can also kill a large number of enemies."
"This..." Tao Chengdao wanted to find a reason to explain to Han Du, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a suitable reason, so he had to say: "Okay, I admit that what you said does make sense. .”
"Haha, okay, both of you are the pillars of the Ming Dynasty. With just a few words, you can add another weapon to the Ming Dynasty. I will definitely report it to my father and mark a great contribution to the two of you." The happiest person here is Zhu Biao. Okay, he saw that not only did the two of them not fight, but they had a tendency to be like-minded and sympathetic to each other, he quickly calmed the atmosphere and said.
What I said made sense. Han Du smiled slightly and looked at the fire dragon Izuku who had already disappeared into the air with satisfaction and expectation. This thing has a great future and is of great transformation value.
Tao Chengdao doesn't care about merit or lack of merit. He is already sixty years old. No matter how great his achievements are, what's the use of rewarding him with more money? Can it be used for eating or for enjoyment?
At Tao Chengdao's age, how much could he eat even if he tried his best to eat? As for enjoyment, it is even more pointless. What can he enjoy at an age when he has more than enough ambition but not enough energy?
On the contrary, Tao Chengdao attached great importance to Han Du's proposal. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Han Du's words were wise. If gunpowder can really be put into the fire dragon water, the explosion will damage the enemy, and the fire dragon water can attack as far as three miles away. This power is simply greater than a cannon. The cannon also has a range of three miles, but it fires solid bullets. How can it compare with the power of the explosion?
The more Tao Chengdao thought about it, the more excited he became, and he even wanted to drive Zhu Biao away immediately so that he and Han Du could discuss how to improve the fire dragon water.
Han Du thought for a moment and said, "First of all, I just saw that the old gentleman's fire dragon was made of paper. This is obviously not acceptable."
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