I don't understand, I can understand it.

On the second day of the first month of March, when the ice and snow in the north began to melt, in front of the open space in front of the Shanhai Pass in Jizhen, Qi Jiguang looked at Zhao Shizhen with great interest.

"Shiji, you're dressed like this, but it's a little different."

Different from the usual bird hand, Zhao Shizhen has a large cowhide box hanging on his waist, and a belt is tied around his waist.

"Back to Qi Shuai, since it is a flintlock pistol, the outfit naturally has its differences, Qi Shuai, please see, usually the bayonet hangs on the waist, and it is pulled out when it is used......"

As he spoke, Zhao Shizhen pulled out the bayonet, and then twisted it into the muzzle, and the surrounding generals looked at it and exchanged their heads and ears.

"This is what the marshal said about turning guns into guns?"

"With the bayonet, it's about seven feet long...... It's almost enough. ”

"It can't be any longer, and if it's any longer, it can't be loaded with guns......"

Listening to everyone's mutual voices, Zhao Shizhen did not speak, but clenched the bayonet and rotated it left and right in order to prove to everyone the sturdiness of the bayonet.

"After loading the bayonet, even if the enemy is close, the gunner can stab the enemy with the bayonet and defend himself, of course, the most important thing for the flintlock pistol is to kill the enemy with a gun."

Seeing Zhao Shizhen say as he took out a pointing paper from the leather bag on his waist...... Tube, Qi Jiguang said in surprise.

"It's ......"

Then he was surprised to see Zhao Shizhen bite open the paper tube, hold the flintlock pistol, and actually pour gunpowder into the medicine pool at the end of the gun with the paper tube, in an instant, Qi Jiguang's eyes widened, and then he watched in surprise Zhao Shizhen poured gunpowder from the muzzle into the barrel, and then stuffed even the paper ball into it.

"Could it be that the gunpowder and the gun are in the paper tube!"

If it weren't for Shangguan's prestige, I'm afraid Qi Jiguang would have run to Zhao Shizhen to snatch the ...... The cowhide bag around his waist was gone.

Seeing him use gunpowder to fill the gunpowder, when Zhao Shizhen pulled the trigger and hit the wooden board thirty zhang away, Qi Jiguang, who couldn't control the surprise in his heart, immediately walked over and said in surprise.

"Shiji, show me your leather bag quickly!"

"The bag is filled with fixed ammunition, Zhiyuan is really right, saying that Qi Shuai must be more interested in this."

Surprised by Zhiyuan's foresight, Zhao Shizhen took down the big cowhide box and handed it over.

After taking the big cowhide box, Qi Jiguang saw that there were four rows of paper tubes inserted in the wood contained in the box, and the note at the end of the cylinder was open. Two rows of 10 holes, two rows of 9 holes, counted them, and there were 38 of them.

"Is this a gun?"

"Qi Shuai, Zhiyuan said that this is a fixed ammunition."

Zhao Shizhen explained.

"A cartridge and gunpowder for a single launch are loaded into an oiled paper cylinder, and when used, you only need to bite the cartridge open with your teeth, pour the gunpowder inside into the firing pool, and then put the remaining gunpowder into the barrel, and then stuff the bullet into it, don't be as troublesome as a bird, it is a bullet and gunpowder, and it is used separately......"

Taking out a bullet, Qi Ji looked at him, tore open the paper tube with his teeth, looked at the gunpowder exposed, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"I only knew that Zhiyuan was quite talented before, but today I know that Zhiyuan's talent is far beyond imagination!"

The reason why Qi Jiguang has such an exclamation is because he sees the advantages of a full load, which is not only conducive to improving the firing speed, but also the cartridge box placed on the right waist can not only carry more bullets, but also avoid the various risks of hanging the medicine tube on his chest.

In amazement, Qi Jiguang looked at the ten boxes of flintlock pistols over there and immediately decided.

"Yangwei, you go to the capital again and tell Zhiyuan that Ben Shuai will first order 20,000 flintlock pistols......"

After hesitating for a moment, Qi Jiguang said again.

"The flintlock pistol has a bad name. Doesn't sound imposing enough. Since he is faster than a bird's gun, he will call it "Thunderbolt" from today onwards, and this name is more majestic. Let him just take care of mass production, and when I turn around, I will report to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to promote the Thunderbolt gun on the nine sides. With such a sharp weapon, why worry about the nine sides? ”

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Qi Jiguang looked at Zhao Shizhen and asked.

"Shiji, that, how much silver is this Thunderbolt gun?"

If it's too expensive, he really can't afford it...... But when he heard the number from Zhao Shizhen's mouth, his eyes suddenly widened, and after a while, he sighed.

"Zhiyuan...... True countryman also! ”

When Qi Jiguang sighed like this, of course he didn't know that the "true countryman" in his mouth was in the capital, busy trying to please the emperor - sending silver flowers to the emperor, no, it was to find a place for the emperor to put silver, that is, to open a bank, no, it was a money bank.

The location of the money village has been selected, and it has been almost decorated for more than half a month, but in the selection of the shopkeeper, there has been a problem, after all, talents are rare.

In less than 20 days, when the decoration of the front shop of the money village was completed, only the silver cellar of the back shop had not yet been built, and at the window position on the second floor, Shi Yiwen, who had nothing to do, played chess with Wu Cai, perhaps because there was too little entertainment in this era, so now he has also learned to play chess.

"Young master, this place is not a good location."

Playing chess, Wu Cai euphemistically expressed his thoughts.

"Although West Chang'an Avenue is not deserted, it is not lively, and I am afraid that I will not be able to make a few dollars by opening a money shop here."

Shi Yiwen also had an explanation, but nodded with a smile.

"yes, speaking of which, it's really not lively."

Glancing outside, he said again.

"But speaking of which, it's quite able to deceive people, do you think, in the future, when others ask where Qian Zhuang is, they will just say it directly - it's on West Chang'an Street, facing the palace gate, across the road from the root of the imperial city, how much face do you say?"

"But the owner, you are not a face-saving person, if it is not bad as expected, you must have other plans." "Hmm."

Shi Yiwen admitted it very lightly.

"Want to do business in the palace?"

Wu Cai frowned.

"No, what business is there to do in the palace?"

"The main thing is to make it easier for one person to spend money!"

"Convenient for one person to spend money?"

With his eyes wide, Wu Cai's breath suddenly flickered.

"Yes, who is it?"

Nodding, Shi Yiwen said.

"The last time I went to the city, I didn't know him by accident, and his life was quite poor, so I wanted to send him some silver, but so much silver brought inconvenience to him, so I thought about opening a money shop here to make it easier for him to use it......"

Hearing this, Wu Cai's body trembled a little, and the whole person only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"East, East, you, do you know, you, you do this, yes, you are going to cause a big disaster......"

Taking a deep breath, Wu Cai lowered his voice and said in panic,

"Throughout the ages, there has been a give...... The one who sent the silver flowers, this, this is rich all over the world, how can he send you that bit of silver, not to mention, if it is known by the one in Wusha Hutong, the young master will be burned, not fire, it is a disaster! ”

"I know ......"

Shi Yiwen said lightly.

"But there are some things, don't just look at the present, but look at the long term, look at the distance, besides, we don't give him silver to flower, it is he who keeps the silver in our ......"

This is a good thing with the left hand out and the right hand in, it seems that the silver was given to the emperor, but in fact, it is still in his own bank. Why refuse? Just when Shi Yiwen's voice fell, he heard Dezi come up to report.

"Young master, there is a gentleman downstairs who said he wants to see you."