My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 153
More than a dozen gray-haired old men shouted Tao Qiong's name while forcing their way inside, causing confusion among the crowd and Jin Yiwei.

When Tao Qiong saw those old men, his expression changed immediately, and he immediately asked Zhu Zhanhe, "My lord, can you let my teachers in?"

"Are they your teachers?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at the dozen or so old men, Tao Qiong's teacher is too much, right?

"My son doesn't know, they are all my grandfather's students, and they all taught me after my grandfather passed away."

Tao Qiong explained.

Tao Chengdao's original name was Tao Guangyi. He was originally the head of the Tao Academy. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he presented firearms to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the name of Taoism. He and his students also joined the Ming Dynasty and served in the Military Weapons Supervision. Now the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, Many are by the Tao family or students of the Tao family.

"Let them in!"

Since he is Tao Chengdao's student, Zhu Zhanhe immediately gave orders.

More than a dozen old men staggered and walked quickly to the square, and Tao Qiong also hurried forward, holding the hand of the oldest old man headed by him.

The old man at the head brought the crowd to Zhu Zhanhe and saluted: "Old man Liu Huang, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness, and I hope His Highness will not blame the old man and others for the crime of collision!"

"It's okay, I don't know what you guys are doing?"

Zhu Zhanhe still respects these old men, after all, they are all the heroes of Daming Firearms.

"His Royal Highness, we are waiting to give Cheng Zhi two things!"

As Liu Huang said, he stretched out his hand to hug him in his arms, and opened it with something covered in black cloth, and there were actually two tablet tablets inside, one was written "The First Teacher Tao Cheng Dao", and the other was written "Senior brother Tao Feisheng's spiritual position".

No need to ask, Tao Feisheng must be Tao Qiong's father, but the name is really unlucky.

"My son, this is the spiritual tablet of my former master and senior brother. It has been enshrined in our Tao Academy. Today, I hope he can take this spiritual tablet with him.

Liu Huang pleaded to Zhu Zhanhe with tears in his eyes, as for Tao Qiong beside him, he was already sobbing.

Looking at the tablets of Tao Chengdao and his son, Zhu Zhanhe also felt his eyes getting hot, and then nodded, "Yes, let Tao Qiong take the spiritual tablets of the two ancestors today to fulfill their lifelong wishes!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Tao Qiong and Liu Huang knelt down to express their gratitude when they heard the words.

Zhu Zhanhe hurriedly helped these old men up, he did not dare to be bowed down by these old men.

Zhu Zhanhe did not let these old people leave, but arranged for them to sit down by the side of the square, and then, together with Tao Qiong, continued to direct the craftsmen to assemble the hot air balloon.

An hour later, the hot air balloon was finally assembled, and the huge airbag was hoisted up, otherwise it would be difficult for the hot air to enter if it was laid flat on the ground.

Tao Qiong also entered the hanging basket with his grandfather and father's tablets in his arms, but at this moment he made one last request: "Your Highness, can I ask Mr. Liu to light the fire for me?"

"Why?"

Zhu Zhanhe was taken aback, Liu Huangnian was nearly seventy years old, and his health didn't seem to be very good, he was trembling just now when he walked, it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him down, and it was not easy for him to start a fire thing.

"When my grandfather flew into the sky on a rocket, it was Mr. Liu who lit the fire. When my father experimented with flying birds, it was also Mr. Liu who lit the fire. So today I also want to ask him to help me light the fire!"

Tao Qiong explained again.

"This……"

Zhu Zhanhe was a little speechless, and even wondered if Liu Huang had a deep hatred with the Tao family, sending away two generations of the Tao family with his own hands.

"Okay, then please ask Mr. Liu to light the fire for you personally!"

Zhu Zhanhe finally nodded in agreement.

This can be regarded as a tradition of the Tao family, and he has confidence in hot air balloons, even if Liu Huang has a pair of hands of death, he probably won't be able to send Tao Qiong away.

Liu Huang was invited over, Zhu Zhanhe handed him the torch, and then he ignited the flamethrower on the basket with his own hands.

This flamethrower is the key to the whole hot air balloon, and it was also designed by Zhu Zhanhe and Tao Qiong. The upper part is the burner, and the lower part is connected with the oil bag and air bag. Pressing the air bag can eject the fierce fuel oil in the oil bag, thereby increasing the air temperature. fire.

As the flamethrower is ignited, hot air rises into the airbag, causing the shriveled airbag to inflate slowly, and finally the airbag turns into a big ball. The long wood that originally hung it was also removed, leaving only the airbag suspended on the ground superior.

Seeing such a huge air bag, the onlookers also exclaimed in amazement. Zhu Di and others at the top of the city were surprised, but also felt that this thing seemed familiar?

"I see, isn't this just a magnified Kongming lantern?"

Zhu Gaochi was the first to react, and immediately slapped his hands.

"That's right, Kongming Lanterns can fly into the sky, if you make it bigger, it's really possible to take people into the sky!"

Jin Zhong also agreed at this time.

"If flying to the sky is so simple, why can't the ancients always do it?"

At this time, Xia Yuanji expressed a different opinion. In his opinion, Kongming lanterns can fly into the sky, but after being enlarged, they may not be able to bring people up.

At this time, other ministers also expressed their opinions one after another. Some people think this method is acceptable, while others think it is not. In the end, the two sides are divided into two factions, and they can't settle down with each other.

"Stop arguing, don't you know after a while?"

At this moment, Zhu Di interrupted the quarrel among the ministers.

I saw that Zhu Di was frowning at this time, and his face was not very good-looking. Although he didn't want to admit it, the idea of ​​Zhu Zhanhe, the man with the Kongming Lantern, did have the possibility of flying into the sky.

At this time, the situation in the square under the city changed again. With more and more hot air in the airbag, not only the airbag was suspended on the ground, it even drove the hanging basket below, and it seemed that it might fly up at any time.

Fortunately, the gondola was pulled by a rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to the last cart. On the cart was a huge iron lion weighing several thousand kilograms, which was used to fix the hot air balloon.

Seizing this last moment, Zhu Zhanhe urged Tao Qiong on the hanging basket again: "Tao Qiong, remember, the rope tied to the hanging basket is only a few tens of feet, and it must not be untied. A height of ten feet is enough to prove to the world that flying into the sky is feasible, and then you can turn off the flamethrower, and the hot air balloon will slowly descend!"

Because it was the first test flight, Zhu Zhanhe didn't intend to let the hot air balloon fly too high. For this reason, he tied a cable underneath to prevent the hot air balloon from being blown too far by the wind after it took off, causing unnecessary accidents. Danger.

"Don't worry, my son, I understand!"

Tao Qiong patted his chest and assured, with his honest appearance, it was indeed reassuring.

At this time, the lift of the hot air balloon was getting stronger and stronger, driving the hanging basket to jump up and down, causing the people around and the officials at the top of the city to exclaim.

Finally, under the attention of all the people, the hanging basket was finally driven by the airbag and slowly left the ground.

(End of this chapter)