Simple!

It's not very simple, it's extremely simple, but for Qi Jiguang, Zhang Pengju, and Li Zide, who have been in battle for a long time, how can they not know how important such a simple gadget is.

The bird gun may be very sharp, but the rate of fire is too slow to deal with the possible melee combat, so it is necessary to have spearmen, sword and shield hands to escort them, so Qi Shuai's training is half of the firearms soldiers based on the birds, and half of the melee soldiers equipped with various weapons.

But now the "bayonet" in Shi Yiwen's mouth has turned everything upside down, with the bayonet, the bird soldiers can participate in white-knuckle combat on their own, without the protection of close combat soldiers such as spearmen. In between the shots of the birds, the gunners can use this spear-like cold weapon to drive away the attacking attackers, or rush into the enemy line for white-knuckle combat.

"Zhiyuan might as well let the blacksmith in the village make this bayonet together, if I can't see the bayonet with my own eyes, I'm just leaving, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and sleep."

Qi Jiguang's words seemed to be a joke, but he said it very seriously.

"This is easy, I will order the blacksmith to make a bayonet in a while, if you are not in a hurry, I will find a spearhead to guard the village and remake it."

While a few people were talking, Carpenter Chen had already installed the flintlock machine and trigger, and Shi Yiwen was occasionally instructing on the side.

"Qi Shuai, look, this is a flintlock pistol."

Shi Yiwen introduced while pulling the head.

"Da!"

The powerful firing when he pulled the trigger made him smile.

"Fix the flint on the vice, this side is a rain cover, which can withstand some light rain, as long as it is not a heavy rain, the general rain should be fine."

While explaining, Shi Yiwen trimmed the flint taken from the fire sickle with an axe, and then clamped it to the stone tongs.

In this way, after completing all the preparations, Shi Yiwen asked Zhao Shizhi for a horn cartridge, and then filled the flintlock pistol with gunpowder, which was in powder form.

"Shiji, such powdered gunpowder is not good, it is easy to get damp and agglomerate, not to mention, and after a long time of bumps, the medicine is loose, which will also affect the power, if the gunpowder is granulated, these problems can be avoided."

seemed to say it casually, and it made Qi Jiguang and the others look surprised, except for surprise, they didn't even know how to face this successive surprises.

"Zhiyuan used a bird gun in the past?"

Zhao Shizhen tried to ask, originally he wanted to take the bird gun out and let Shi Yiwen play a fresh one, but he never thought that others were so proficient.

"Well, only a few times once in a while."

Shi Yiwen, who was almost exposed, hurriedly changed his words.

"After all, the Old Port is a place where there are many rampant things, and there are often Western-style merchant ships in the area, and they have also come into contact with many firearms."

His explanation didn't arouse Qi Jiguang's suspicions, he was just staring at the five-foot spear in Shi Yiwen's hand now.

Finally, after pouring some gunpowder into the powder pool and covering it with a rain cover, Shi Yiwen raised his flintlock pistol and aimed it at the ...... in front of him tree, then take a deep breath.

Aim, shoot......

The moment the gun rang out, white smoke erupted from the muzzle and tail.

"Good gun!"

It doesn't matter if it's good marksmanship, the important thing is that this gun really doesn't need an arquebus, and many of the problems of the arquebus gun will naturally be gone.

Until the evening, Qi Jiguang, Zhao Shizhen and others were there to try to put a flintlock pistol, although the flint may not be able to fire every time, and even if it is fired, the spark may not fall into the medicine pool, so occasionally there will inevitably be a dumb fire, but it is still not comparable to the arquebus.

Qi Jiguang and others, who have been in the army for a long time, naturally know the value of the "flintlock pistol", and at dinner that night, Qi Jiguang expressed his thoughts.

"The one who is afraid of the captives is my Ming firearms, in the past, the guns could not defend themselves because of close combat, so the guns were not more than half, and now with bayonets, this army can naturally make full use of the guns!"

Looking at Shi Yiwen, Qi Jiguang's tone was a little excited.

"Can Zhiyuan hand over the flintlock pistol to me, and I will make it clear to the imperial court that this kind of artifact will be promoted to the world, and when the time comes, my Ming officials and soldiers will definitely be able to take advantage of firearms, so that the northern captives will be pacified, and when the nine sides are stable, Zhiyuan can be said to have made a great contribution!"

In the face of such a request, of course Shi Yiwen would not refuse, and just when he agreed, Zhao Shizhen sighed.

"Qi Shuai is afraid that he is too optimistic, and he thinks that even with Zhiyuan's flintlock pistols and bayonets, it is impossible for my Ming officers and soldiers to use guns."

"Hey, Lord Zhao, look at what you said, with such an artifact, how can you not use it in the army?"

When Zhang Pengju's words fell, Li Zide said casually on the side.

"What Zhao Zhubo said is very true, it is a bird gun, except for the southern soldiers transferred by Qi Shuai who are willing to use it, most of the officials and troops in the northern nine sides are unwilling to use it."

Turning his gaze to Qi Jiguang, Li Zide said.

"Although the bird gun has been introduced to the country for many years, it is still not practiced by the northerners, and the northern craftsmen are not as good as the law. The birds are easy to blow up and are unusable, and the soldiers are not happy to use the birds, and naturally they are not willing to use flintlock pistols. Even the birds in the army were brought from Zhejiang. ”

Li Zide's reminder made Qi Jiguang's brows furrow suddenly.

"I heard Zhiyuan say before, it's not all because the northern craftsmen have no way to make guns, but because the iron in the north is smelted with coal, which is not suitable for making birds,"

Zhao Shizhen repeated the reason he learned from Shi Yiwen.

"The Northern Iron is unbearable, so what if it is all made of Fujian iron?"

"Is there so much Min Tie? A three-foot bird gun costs 20 catties of Fujian iron, and it is necessary to turn it into a gun, and the gun pipe should use a four-foot long gun like Zhao Zhubo, not to mention 267 catties of Fujian iron, and the whole country uses a bird gun, that is, the whole Fujian iron is sent over, and it may not be enough, and the local people do not use iron, not to mention that the Fujian iron needs to be transferred thousands of miles, so that the price of the gun will naturally go up. ”

"Then why don't you make iron from charcoal?"

"There are few forests in the north, and charcoal is too expensive."

Listening to the words of several of them, Zhao Shizhen turned his eyes to Shi Yiwen, who had been silent, and asked tentatively.

"Zhiyuan, since you know the reason for the inferior use of northern iron, what is the solution?"

As soon as he asked, everyone turned their eyes to Shi Yiwen, and Qi Jiguang stared at him and asked.

"Is there a solution to Zhiyuan?"

In the face of his inquiry, Shi Yiwen nodded slightly.

"There is a way, but it is a little troublesome, this is related to iron mines, iron factories and coal mines, I am afraid it is not easy to do, and the cost is quite high......"

Hearing that Shi Yiwen seemed to be a little embarrassed, Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment and asked tentatively.

"Zhiyuan, if you can solve these problems, this flintlock pistol will be all made by you, what if you can't Zhiyuan?"