Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"The flail is a kind of agricultural tool used by farmers to thresh grain. A long wooden stick is connected to a long wooden board with an iron ring at the front end, and the wooden stick is swung with both hands to drive the wooden board to beat the grain, so that the grains in the grain can be knocked out."

"I see." Concubine Di nodded, "The common people are really smart."

"This is the wisdom of the common people for thousands of years," Defang said, wiping his stick.

Concubine Di pointed at the stick, "My lord, what then? Then what happened?"

"As soon as the strong man's flail came down, the soldiers were startled. He had no time to dodge, and hurriedly held up the barrel of the gun with both hands to block it. Unexpectedly, it only supported the body of the flail, but the wooden boards connected by iron rings were shaking. The beating went down and hit the soldier on the back of the head. The soldier swayed a few steps and then fell to the ground. The strong man swung the flail in his hand again and was about to hit the other two soldiers. At this moment, Emperor Taizu yelled to stop, When the strong man saw someone coming, he put down his flail. Emperor Taizu walked up to the strong man and clasped his hands and asked what happened. So the fight broke out. Emperor Taizu turned his head to look at the strong man's house. It was indeed dilapidated and might collapse at any time. He thought that the current situation was turbulent and the wars continued, which would cause the people's life to be difficult, so he bowed his hands and apologized to the strong man. , and reported his name, the strong man clasped his fists and respectfully called General Zhao when he heard the name of Taizu. Soldier."

"My lord," Concubine Di pursed her lips, "What does this have to do with the Coiling Dragon Stick?"

"Of course." Defang laughed, "it was the flail of this strong man that allowed Emperor Taizu to make this dragon stick."

"Oh? A flail?"