Tao Chengdao raised his head and said to Han Du while eating: "When I get busy, I can forget to eat for three days and three nights. But after I get free, I can eat for three days. So, although I am old, I really have to compare my appetite, you may not be my opponent.

After Tao Chengdao finished speaking, he smiled proudly. It seemed that he finally had a certain aspect to suppress Han Du, so he was so happy.

Han Du was so surprised that he forgot to rub the meat skewers, and asked hesitantly: "You are hungry and full like this, it is not good for your health and will shorten your life."

Tao Chengdao sneered at Han Du and said, "I'm just about 60 years old this year. Do you tell me about my life short?"

Han Du was immediately blocked and shook his head slightly and sighed. Well, maybe this old man is talented and his common sense is not suitable for him.

After eating, Zhu Biao was about to leave with Han Du.

However, Tao Chengdao suddenly proposed to invite Han Du to his arsenal.

Han Du looked at the old man in front of him carefully. Seeing that he was thinning his arms and legs, he couldn't help but ask strangely: "Mr. Is there arsenal? At your age, can you still dance with a knife and pick a gun?"

Han Du couldn't even play with swords and guns, so there was no arsenal in the mansion at all. However, Han Du had seen it in Lan Yu and Tang He's mansion and knew what was going on.

Zhu Biao suddenly became excited and asked quickly: "Really? The old man is willing to let Gu see your treasures?"

Tao Chengdao immediately raised his head with satisfaction, stroked his beard, and looked at Han Du with a squinted look. Seeing Han Du's confused look, he was immediately a little unhappy.

Zhu Biao quickly pulled Han Du's arm and said, "The treasure house of Wanhu is full of firearms made by Wanhu over the years, which will definitely open your eyes."

When Han Du heard that it was a firearm, he became interested.

Tao Chengdao saw Han Du’s face showing an interesting look, and then smiled happily and said, “I will make an exception today, let you see it.”

After saying that, he got up and walked ahead first, and took Zhu Biao and Han Du to his arsenal.

Han Du walked behind and couldn't help but mutter, "Isn't it just a firearm? What's so amazing? I have to make it so mysterious."

Zhu Biao turned his head and glared at Han Du, and said helplessly: "Can you say a few words? I know that you are also a famous artist in making firearms. The revolver is indeed a unique firearm. But Wanhu's firearms are not bad either. When the Ming Dynasty fought in the south and north, Wanhu's firearms made great contributions, which even the father praised them."

Han Du glanced at Zhu Biao and didn't say anything. He was not only able to make a revolver, but also knew the direction of the future development of firearms. Of course, there was no need to explain this to Zhu Biao, nor could he explain it, otherwise Han Du would not be able to explain it clearly. He could not shirk everything to the down-and-out Taoist priest. It was OK at one time, but if there were too many times, it would inevitably lead to suspicion.

When he came to an extremely guarded house, Tao Chengdao took out the key from his arms and opened the door. He turned around and smiled at Zhu Biao and Han Du, "Please please."

Zhu Biao bowed politely and was about to take Han Du in.

Seeing that Tao Chengdao was hard to refuse, Han Du said nothing and followed Zhu Biao in.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhu Biao saw a strange iron instrument placed on a shelf. On an iron-cast handle, a circle of tiny steel pipes stretched out, which were about the thickness of a thumb, and there were a total of more than a dozen. The steel pipe passed through an iron round shield, and there was a bracket in front of it. This thing could be placed on the ground to save the user's physical strength. After all, such a large piece of wood was made of steel and it was not light.

Seeing that Zhu Biao was curious, Tao Chengdao explained: "This is a Thunder gun. I heard that Zhuge crossbows can shoot arrows continuously, so I thought of making a firearm that can be fired continuously."

Han Du was really surprised and reached out and touched the four-foot-long steel pipe. The surface of these steel pipes was smooth, and they were evenly and consistent in both size and aperture. He was a little curious about how this was done.

“Who did this?”

Tao Chengdao stroked his beard and raised his head and smiled: "This Thunder gun is old."

Made it by my husband.”

"These steel pipes were also made by the old man?" Han Du asked persistently.

Tao Chengdao frowned and said naturally: "Of course, I made this Thunder gun by myself, and these pipes are no exception."

"It's amazing!" Han Du raised his thumbs up and exclaimed.

Originally, Han Du thought that he would win the favor of this old man.

I never expected that this old man would be furious: "You are good at being in front of me. I admit that this Thunder gun is not as good as the revolver you made. Your revolver is indeed a masterpiece. If I can't compare with me, I can't compare with me. There is nothing to cover up, and you don't need to say something against your will."

Han Du was immediately surprised. This old man couldn't have eaten gunpowder, why did he explode at all?

Upon hearing this, Zhu Biao even stood up to smooth things over and said, "Stop angry, Han Du definitely didn't mean this, right?" After saying that, he also gave several winks in the North Korean Du.

I didn't mean that. I praised this old man for being powerful, and I wasn't saying that his Thunder Gun. A continuous shot like the Thunder Gun is completely nonsense in Han Du's opinion. This Thunder Gun is too big and heavy, at least a few dozen kilograms. Even if it can achieve ten consecutive shots in disguise, what if it is done? After the shot, do you still need to slowly recharge gunpowder like an ordinary musket?

Besides, who can hold it and charge for such a heavy thing?

Han Du said that Tao Chengdao is powerful because his skill in making steel pipes is excellent. He can make steel pipes four feet long and have uniform hole diameters. This is not something that ordinary craftsmanship can make them bigger.

Han Du nodded and said, "Of course I don't mean that. I said that the old man is amazing, because it is not easy for the old man to do these pipes to achieve this level. Han Du admires this skill. I didn't say that the Thunder gun is powerful."

"What? What you are interested in is not the Thunder gun, but the tube on it?" Tao Chengdao's face changed and became extremely ugly.

Han Du shrugged and said, "Of course, these pipes are very rare. As for this Thunder gun, haha, it's just a careless one."

What does it mean to be careless? Isn’t it just a polite statement that you don’t like? Tao Chengdao is not a worldly fireworks. He naturally can hear clearly when there is something in this. "Okay, the Thunder gun is not as good as the revolver. I am not as good as the skill of others. I will admit it no matter what you say. However, there is more than a Thunder gun here, you can come with me."

When Han Du heard what the old man wanted to show, he didn't say much and followed.

Tao Chengdao took Han Du and Zhu Biao to another room, where there was a large wooden bird carved with birds. It had a bird's head, wings and belly, almost exactly the same as a normal bird.

Perhaps the difference is that this wood-carved bird is very big, with each wing about two feet.

"What is this?" Han Du asked curiously, his attitude was not even good at Thunder Gun. Because Han Du really didn't see anything interesting to him on this wooden bird.

Tao Chengdao had a smug look on his face, raised his hand and said, "This is the Divine Fire Flying Crow, do you see this?"

He pointed his finger at the position of the two rockets under the Divine Fire Flying Crow's wings, and signaled to Korea: "There are gunpowder here. After igniting it, the fire crow will fly out."

He pointed to the ball-shaped divine fire flying crow's belly and explained: "It is filled with gunpowder and connected with the gunpowder in the rocket gunpowder cartridge outside. When fired, it first ignites the gunpowder line of the rocket outside. The divine fire flying crow will fly to the enemy's side and detonate the crow's body and the gunpowder in the body, killing and burning the enemy's troops, which is a powerful weapon to break the formation and siege the city."

After watching it for a long time, Han Du didn't think this thing is so powerful. In terms of power, he is probably not as good as the Sky Thunder. The only advantage is that he can fly a relatively long distance.

Tao Chengdao

Seeing that Han Du was dissatisfied, he immediately became anxious and simply said, "Don't underestimate my divine fire flying crow. Let's go outside and let you see it with your own eyes."

Tao Chengdao asked his disciple to move the Divine Fire Flying Crow out, put it on a wooden rack, and personally hold a torch to light the fire.

After the gunpowder line was lit, a fire flashed, white smoke rolled, and the Divine Fire Flying Crow flew out instantly.

Han Du looked at it in surprise and thought to himself: "This is indeed a miracle that makes great efforts. Han Du had carefully looked at the Divine Fire Crow just now. His wings are completely a pair of decorations and do not conform to aerodynamics at all. Such things can take off. Apart from the miracle that makes great efforts, Han Du could not think of any other reason."

But whether it is time to say it or not, the old man Tao Chengdao's skills are pretty good. He can basically fly out along a straight line. He can do this. It can be said that his grasp of balance and symmetry with left and right are so wonderful.

The Divine Fire Crow flew out about a hundred meters and then turned into fragments in the sky in a ball of fire.

Han Du went up and picked up a few larger pieces, shook his head with disdain and said, "It's not flying far enough, it's bad. It's not powerful enough, it's bad. It's wood that holds gunpowder, it's not iron, it's bad."

Tao Chengdao was so angry that he jumped up. Although he couldn't understand what Han Du said badly, he still heard the bad words. Han Du said three bad words one after another, but he was unwilling to accept it, let alone Tao Chengdao who had a straightforward temper.

"Come, go and bring out my swarm of buzzers." Tao Chengdao obviously wanted to convince Han Du on the firearm. Seeing that the same thing was not done, he immediately changed the same thing.

The swaggers in Tao Chengdao's mouth are similar in shape to those of a box placed on a carriage. The difference is that the box is not filled with goods, but with thick-sized arrows, with a rocket tied to each arrow shaft.

Tao Chengdao stood next to a bee and said to Han Du: "This bee can do three shots at a time, or dozens of shots at a time, and at most, it can do one hundred shots at a time. How much you want to send it at a time depends on how many gunpowder lines you ignite at a time."

Obviously, this swarm can only hold a hundred arrows at most.

Tao Chengdao held up a torch and said to Han Du: "Today I will let you see the power of this swarm of bees at a time."

After saying that, he lowered the torch and ignited all the gunpowder lines.

As the gunpowder line burned out, due to the different lengths and burning speeds of the gunpowder line, the arrows in the swarm were not fired together, but were all fired in a mess in less than breathless time.

The sharp roar of "swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish sw

A hundred arrows were brought to the sky by the power of the rocket, and then fell under the dual action of gravity and inertia, making continuous "aggressive" sounds.

The dense attacks are indeed like rain of arrows, giving people a sense of oppression.

After Tao Chengdao finished signaling, he looked at Han Du and wanted to shock Han Du.

However, it is obvious that Tao Chengdao found the wrong partner and made the wrong abacus.

Han Du's face had no shock at all, but a look that was just like this. He sighed and said, "Although the power of a volley is quite powerful, it is essentially no different from shooting a crossbow. Moreover, the distance is also too close."

"You!" Tao Chengdao wanted to get angry, but forced himself to hold it back. He pointed to Han Du and said, "Okay, you want to fly far, right? Come and move my fire dragon out of the water."

Han Du soon saw Tao Chengdao's apprentice bringing something in a long pillar. The front was a faucet folded from paper, and the color was painted, and the back was also a rocket on the Gentiles with paper pasted tubes.

I don’t know why, whether it is Tao Chengdao’s Divine Fire Crow, or the ferry of bees, or the fire dragon coming out of water, he likes to use rockets. There is no problem with using rockets, but Han Du really wants to ask, why are these rockets tied a barrel of gunpowder to an arrow?

Can't we just tie the gunpowder boy to reduce weight? What's the use of arrows?

"What's the use of this?" The fire dragon's water production was more sophisticated, and Han Du couldn't help but take a look.

Upon hearing this, Tao Chengdao explained: "This is what I used to attack enemy warships. Don't you dislike my divine fire flying crows and swarms of ferrying far away? This thing can fly far, and it can fly three miles."

Han Du nodded after hearing this, took a step back, raised his hand to signal Tao Chengdao to continue.

Tao Chengdao no longer talked about it and directly ignited the fire dragon out of the water. The fire dragon out of the water flew out of the rocket.

Han Du only took a look and guessed that it was probably the same as the previous ones, and it was pushed out with a rocket. In fact, the principles of the three things are the same, but the appearance is different.

But when Han Du saw that the rocket that had flown into the fire dragon's water flown into the air had been extinguished, and another rocket appeared from the dragon's mouth, continuing to burn and fly forward. Han Du was so surprised that he couldn't speak. What did he see? This is a second-level rocket?

"How is it?" Seeing that the fire dragon came out of the water, Tao Chengdao asked with satisfaction.

Han Du looked at the fire dragon that had just fallen out of the water after flying out of about three miles, and nodded slightly and praised: "Okay, it's indeed a good thing."

Before Tao Chengdao was happy, Han Du spoke again and asked, "But since you can even put gunpowder in the Divine Fire Flying Crow and rely on explosions to hurt people. Then why did you only have one arrow in the Fire Dragon coming out of the water?"

After so much effort, Han Du didn't know what Tao Chengdao thought. What's the use of an arrow? Can you still expect an arrow to kill an enemy with just one arrow?

On the contrary, how good is it to use it like the Divine Fire Flying Crow? One blowing one piece at a time.

Tao Chengdao was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red and became angry. He said angrily: "What do you know? This fire dragon came out of water to attack the enemy's warships. The last one shot was a rocket, which ignited the opponent's ship, not for killing people."

Han Du was not satisfied after hearing Tao Chengdao's explanation, and shook his head and said, "But wouldn't it be better to replace it with an iron can full of explosives? It can not only ignite the enemy ship, but also kill the enemy in large quantities."

"This" Tao Chengdao wanted to find a reason to explain to Han Du, but after thinking for a while, he couldn't think of a suitable reason, so he had to say, "Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense."

"Haha, okay, both of you are pillars of the Ming Dynasty. Just a few words, you will add another weapon to the Ming Dynasty. I will definitely report to my father and remember a great contribution to you." Zhu Biao was the happiest person here. Seeing that the two of you not only did not fight, but instead had a tendency to like-mindedness and appreciate each other, he quickly said in a state of harmony and harmony.

What I said makes sense. Han Du smiled slightly and looked at the fire dragon that had disappeared in the air with satisfaction and expectation. This thing has a great future and is of great value to transform.

Tao Chengdao didn't care about any contribution or not. He was sixty years old. Even if he made great contributions, what's the use of rewarding him with much money? Can he use it to eat or enjoy it?

At this age of Tao Chengdao, even if he tried his best to eat, how much could he eat? As for enjoyment, it was even more useless. What could he enjoy at the age of being willing but not having enough strength?

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 was saying the most wise saying. If he could really put gunpowder into the fire dragon's water and injured the enemy by relying on the explosion, and the fire dragon's water could attack to a distance of three miles away, the power was simply larger than that of the cannon. The cannon had a range of three miles, but it fired a solid bomb. How could it be compared with the power of the explosion?

The more Tao Chengdao thought about it, the more excited he became. He even wanted to drive Zhu Biao away immediately so that he could discuss with Han Du how to improve the fire dragon's water.
Chapter completed!