King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 100 Mr. Wanhu, are you thirsty?

Yanzhou.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

at this time.

Zhu Tan was looking at an old gentleman wearing a Confucian robe with a flattering smile on his face.

"Sir, are you thirsty?"

The old gentleman frowned and shook his head.

Zhu Tan nodded and poured a cup of fragrant tea for the old gentleman.

“If you don’t drink it, moisten your throat!”

The old gentleman sighed, leaned forward and said, "I would like to thank you, Your Highness."

Zhu Tan waved his hand and said: "Little things, small things!"

Sit for a while again.

Zhu Tan just stared at the old gentleman and laughed.

The old gentleman was fed three cups of tea in succession.

The whole person couldn't sit still.

Zhu Tan saw that the old man's cup of tea was empty again.

He hurriedly stood up and was about to refill the old gentleman's hand.

The old gentleman waved his hand and said: "Too much water will damage your kidneys! Your Highness, please don't fall down!"

Zhu Tan said with a smile: "Sir, at your age, you don't need that thing anymore. Unlike me, you are still young."

not far away.

The princess was passing by and happened to hear these words.

His face suddenly turned red.

"Ah! How could such a shameless person as Your Highness say such things to the old gentleman!"

For a while.

Princess Tang only remembered that Zhu Tan often told her nonsense things like whether it was big or not, whether it was good or not.

Couldn't help but spit.

"Are your kidneys good? Humph. In that case"

The princess' face turned red as she quickly left.

The old gentleman was made to cough repeatedly by Zhu Tan's words.

"Ahem, that's what Your Highness said. The five or six concubines in my house are indeed not satisfied now.
  They always say that an hour is too short or something.”

While talking.

The old gentleman also glanced at Zhu Tan, with a trace of pride on his face.

Zhu Tan nodded and said: "It is indeed too short. I think two hours is normal!"

"cough cough"

You are sick!

Get cure!

While coughing violently, the old gentleman sighed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for being courteous to me all the way. However, I don't know what you are doing by bringing me from Zhejiang to Shandong!"

Zhu Tan smiled and said: "Old sir, I would like you to study firearms with me!"

The old gentleman was stunned.

Looking at Zhu Tan, there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Zhu Tan is the vassal king and wants to study firearms.
  He. Why is he so passionate about weapons?
  Doesn't he want to rebel?
  Then you can't just get into this muddy water!
  Too dangerous!

If you are not careful, it will be a serious crime to confiscate your family and exterminate your clan!

Zhu Tan saw that the old gentleman looked at her with a strange look in his eyes.

He sighed and said: "Old sir, I don't have any bad intentions! I'm just interested in firearms!

I have heard a long time ago that before the founding of the country, my father relied on the inventions of the old man. Only then did he destroy the city and conquer the enemy!

But now, in our Ming Dynasty, the south is facing invasion by Japanese pirates, and the north has remnants of the Yuan Dynasty who are ready to attack!
  Firstly, I am interested in this art of firearms, and secondly, I sincerely want to take care of my father’s worries!
  That’s why I invited my husband to come here to help me! "

When the old gentleman heard this, his nervousness suddenly eased a lot.

He just smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, I am already old after all. The art of firearms requires a lot of effort and effort. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to be of much help!"

Zhu Tan snorted coldly in his heart.

The old guy is still here trying to show off to me!

If this old gentleman said this to others, I'm afraid they would be easily believed.

But when he said these words to Zhu Tan, Zhu Tan didn't believe even a single punctuation mark.

Because the person in front of him has a surprisingly big background.

Zhu Tan is so familiar!
  Therefore, it is impossible to believe the nonsense he said that he is too old and frail to bear the heavy responsibility!
  Because this person's name is Tao Chengdao!
  His original name was Tao Guangyi.

A native of Zhejiang, he was originally the headmaster of Taojia Academy in Wucheng, Zhejiang Province, similar to today's university president.

I don’t really delve into reading on weekdays, but my favorite thing is refining alchemy!
  He was probably looking forward to attaining enlightenment and ascending to heaven.

It's a pity that Principal Tao's elixir training is not very good.

Instead, the furnace often explodes.

Seeing that the furnace explosion became more and more powerful, Principal Tao began to worry that if things continued like this, he might ascend to heaven before he could attain enlightenment.

So, Principal Tao, who had found another way, suddenly opened up another idea for himself.

Since refining elixirs is not possible, and the explosion is so powerful, why not just refining gunpowder to make firearms?
  This time, he successfully found his life position and became a firearms expert.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was a chaotic time.

Principal Tao also had a keen eye and recognized Zhu Yuanzhang as a potential stock at a glance.

With his scientific research disciples, he voted for Lao Zhu and refined a series of firearms for Zhu Yuanzhang.

He repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in previous wars, and was eventually granted the title of Ten Thousand Households by Lao Zhu as a scientific research expert.

Since then, Tao Chengdao has had such a resounding nickname, and it is also a name that shines in the history of world aerospace.

The ancestor of the world's aerospace industry, the first human being to fly using rockets. Thousands of households!

The feat of raising thousands of households to heaven was originally accomplished in his later years.

For such an old man who worked hard to death, who would believe you now that you say you are too old and frail to play anymore?
  Zhu Tan doesn’t believe it anyway!

Zhu Tan asked people to go through great pains to find Wan Hu from the remote villages in Zhejiang, but he didn't want him to tie a Sky Monkey to his butt and fly to heaven.

Although Zhu Tan knew something about gunpowder and firearms technology, he was not professional enough after all.

And this thing can kill someone if you're not careful.

Think about it.

Zhu Tan still feels that professional people do professional things!

The research and development of firearms is not easy for anyone except Wanhu!

And if he had it, many problems would be solved.

Zhu Tan smiled at Wanhu and said: "Mr. Tao, I invite you here this time, but I do so sincerely!
  The two most important aspects of this firearm are the structure and design of the firearm!
  The other aspect is the power of this gunpowder!

I have some opinions on these two aspects, and I can discuss them with Mr. Tao!
  If the old gentleman is willing, I would be willing to chat with you. "

Wanhu snorted softly.

Talking about firearms?
  Talking about gunpowder?
  What can a little prince like you know?
  Although there is a bit of contempt in my heart.

But on the surface, Wanhu doesn’t dare to show it!

After all, the man in front of him was one of the few vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and he was extremely powerful.

Many vassal kings have become vassals all over the country, and stories of these vassal kings killing people without batting an eye can be heard everywhere.

I don't want to get into trouble with this.

In particular, he heard that His Royal Highness King Lu likes to kill chickens to obtain eggs.

Many of the father-in-laws in Prince Lu's palace became father-in-laws after being punished by him.

Although Tao Wanhu was old, he could not be sorry for his wife and concubines at home.
  With that in mind.

Wanhu naturally did not dare to neglect.

I had to cheer up and chat with Zhu Tan about firearms and gunpowder.
  However, this conversation completely shocked Wanhu!
  He didn't expect that the young prince in front of him really understood.

From the firing principle and design structure of firearms, we have been talking about innovations about fire, such as adding triggers to fire guns and improving the loading of lead bullets. The most important thing for fire guns is that the fire guns must be tough enough, which in turn involves refining. iron
  Wanhu knows that these ideas proposed by Zhu Tan are difficult to implement, but they are definitely expert-level ideas!

He even gave Lao Wanhu countless ideas at once, and the inspiration made him want to implement it now.

Then Zhu Tan's views on gunpowder shocked thousands of households.

In terms of the effectiveness of gunpowder, its production methods, and improved craftsmanship, Zhu Tan surprised thousands of households!

For example, if you add saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal and some sugar, the explosion effect may be surprisingly good.

Of course, the ratio between these needs to be slowly explored by thousands of households.

For another example, if gunpowder is made into granular form, it may be used as a weapon and the effect will be better.
  Ten thousand households heard this.

My heart was shocked beyond measure.

Although these things have not been verified, Wanhu always feels that the direction proposed by Zhu Tan is feasible!

And the probability of success is very high!

He even wanted to experiment it himself!
  However, Wanhu still sighed.

I am older.

time is limited.

If you can't concentrate on fulfilling your wish, I'm afraid you will regret it for the rest of your life.

The method of increasing the power of gunpowder proposed by His Royal Highness King Lu has inspired countless households.

Next, maybe it can be used on your own rocket!
  maybe
  You can really fly and succeed!

Wanhu couldn't help but think in his heart.

That's what I've been looking forward to!

In the end, Wanhu decided to stand up and bid farewell to Zhu Tan.

suddenly.

Zhu Tan talked for a long time.

Finally said something.

"Mr. Tao, you are working on firearms research and development for me. Your annual salary is 8 yuan. Isn't that too little?"

Wan Hu stood up and said: "Your Highness, I am also very sorry."

suddenly.

Wanhu paused.

Then he looked at Zhu Tan and couldn't help but ask: "How much more?"

Zhu Tan looked at Wanhu and said with a strange expression: "Eighty thousand strings!"

Is this old man okay?
  This age doesn’t look very old!

Why can't you hear what you're saying?

Could it be that the hearing loss occurred due to the explosion while studying gunpowder?
  Tao Wanhu was confused when he heard this number.

8 yuan!

Equivalent to silver, 2 taels!

One year!
  What is this concept?
  Even if the current prince Zhu Tan receives a prince's double salary for one year, his basic salary is only 2 dan, which can only be converted into taels of silver!

And the annual salary he gave himself was actually 8 yuan!

Isn't this equivalent to the salary of four princes? It would be terrible to spread this figure!
  Think of this.

For the first time, Wanhu was confused between money and ideals.

Zhu Tan then added: "Actually, in addition to firearms and gunpowder, I am also very interested in a weapon called rockets!
  I feel that although this kind of weapon can fly high and far, the actual distance is limited!
  If liquid gunpowder is injected into this weapon, the effect may be much better.
  Although the research and development of this liquid gunpowder is a bit difficult, I think Mr. Tao, you will have absolutely no problem. "

Yes, this time you can have both money and ideals.

What Wanhu wants to study most happens to be rockets!

He looked at Zhu Tan, coughed slightly, and said: "Your Highness, that old man is staying in this palace! From tomorrow on, I will study these things here for Your Highness!"

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