On the way back, Lin Yi took advantage of the rest time to take out the hard-won book "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons" and read it.

This is a workshop carved book, in the Ming Dynasty out of the book is different from later generations, there are mainly three kinds of official carving, workshop carving and family carving. The book is also very neatly typeset, exuding an antique flavor, written in the 30s, and there are many ancient characters in it.

This should be Bi Lao's preservation book, there is also his seal stamp on it, you can also see the circle of Bi Lao's handwriting in the browsing, some places he also added notes with his handwriting, it may be that there are some subtle places that need to be more perfect after publication.

In addition, the value of this book is that it is illustrated and illustrated, which is the best commentary on ancient characters and classical Chinese. Lin Yi has traveled over a few years, before the crossing, he had some cultural knowledge of the Ming and Qing dynasties, coupled with the influence of the environment in recent years, although it was a net war, but there was also a lot of contact with cultural people, for example, for a period of time with Lu Xiangsheng, Governor Lu also gave him a few books, so Lin Yi comprehended this kind of illustrated book very smoothly and naturally.

It takes more than ten days to travel from She County in Anhui Province to Jingzhou by water, and Lin Yi has opened the book twice in the past few days. The book records a variety of weapons, focusing on two types of firearms, one is the self-generated pistol and the other is the pear flower gun, and the manufacturing method, use method and power of these two types of firearms are attached.

The pear flower gun is to tie a pear flower tube to the spear gun, and the pear flower tube is filled with explosives. Ignite and spray out during battle, burn the enemy at a range of only a few feet, and then you can still stab with a gun. This firearm is limited in power and is no longer suitable. Of course, what Lin Yi values is the self-generated flintlock pistol.

The self-fired pistol replaced the arquebus, it didn't matter rain or wind, and more importantly, it bought time for shooting. The burning of the arquebus arquebus takes time, and this gun only needs to pull the trigger, which can naturally ignite and ignite the gunpowder, which obviously improves the efficiency, and when it comes to the battlefield, the gun holder only needs to aim, and then put the gun, and there is no need to light the arquebus at all, thus improving the soldier's shooting accuracy, that is, improving the combat effectiveness.

From the fire rope to the Sui Fa this step, China used it for hundreds of years, that is to say, from the end of the Ming Dynasty to have this technology, but the real popularization and use of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

During this period, the main battle was fought with broadswords and spears, and muskets and redcoat cannons were at most used as a support or embellishment.

Lin Yi thought about this, and felt that these ancients were both smart and ignorant, to say that they were smart enough to be at the peak of the world, but to say that they were ignorant, they could also be stupid to the point of ridiculousness.

There are new technologies, but instead of promoting and applying them, they are led by the continental powers, so it is no wonder that the backward ones are beaten. Looking at the war scenes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Boxer Rebellion, and the invasion of China by the great powers, they did not use weapons, and even despised Western firearms, but blindly flaunted their bravery and martial arts, and even relied on the strength of the crowd, and even engaged in feudal superstition, as a result, the two armies encountered, and the flesh and blood were really vulnerable in front of firearms.

Isn't that the case with the current Chongzhen court? Such a good invention of advanced technology was made in the 30s, but Emperor Chongzhen turned a blind eye, saying that he was a dou who couldn't be helped, and he didn't wronged him at all.

After returning to Jingzhou, this round trip is more than 20 days, Zu Keyong has to report and take the generals out of the city to pick up how far, in the greeting team, there are a few flowers, this is the heavily armed Zhezhe with two personal maids and several other female battalion soldiers, all heroic and cool, especially Zhezhe dressed up in the flower branch show is no less than the Moon Palace fairy down to the earth, Zu Keyong also ordered people to fire nine rings of red-clothed cannons, the city gate is also full of flowers, in order to show grandeur.

Lin Yi's time in Jingzhou City is not short, his army is strictly disciplined, he has no offense against the common people, and he can help the people in the city, especially for those poor people, and he also opened a porridge factory for positive relief, food and clothing, and won the hearts of the people, the people have never seen such a good army.

Therefore, as soon as they heard that they were going to welcome Lord Lin back to the city today, they poured into the streets, and thousands of people were empty, all wanting to see Lord Lin's demeanor.

In the face of the enthusiasm of the people, Lin Yi kept waving, and in some places he couldn't walk, so he dismounted and led him on foot.

Back at his Taishi Mansion, or the Yamen of the General Soldier's Mansion, Zu Keyong and Hao Shaoqi reported the situation of each battalion during this period, and Lin Yi was very satisfied.

During this nearly a month, the imperial court really allocated him another 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 loads of grain and grass, and urged him to step up the dispatch of troops to suppress the thieves.

200,000 taels of silver for the transformation of the musket is completely enough.

Lin Yi ordered, the battalions continued to step up training, and then ordered Zhang Hua to recruit skilled craftsmen, mainly blacksmiths, in Jingzhou City, taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Yi ordered people to copy a few more books according to the appearance of this book, this is a necessary backup, if it is just one, in case it is damaged, and then go to Anhui, it is not easy to open your mouth when you see the Bi brothers, and it will take a lot of money.

As long as you are willing to pay money and grain, it is easy to find such a person in such a large Jingzhou City, and a group of them were quickly recruited.

After Lin Yi verified their identities, these people must not be undercover agents of thieves, or spies of Tartars, even the purpose of the imperial court, they must have an innocent body, and they must be real ordinary people.

Then they found a top-secret place, and from this day on, these people ate and lived here, and the soldiers outside were strictly guarded, and no one was allowed to enter or leave without orders.

The ironware, coal, muskets, bellows stove for striking iron, etc., were all prepared, and the place was turned into a military workshop, or simply called an arsenal.

Of course, the person in charge here is Dongsheng, the commander of the musket battalion, and then handed over the book to Dongsheng, and Dongsheng taught it to the skilled craftsmen who work in detail, Lin Yi gathered their heads and brains together, and put forward requirements for them, let them first understand this map, and then study the improvement plan, specific operations, and so on.

From this day on, in addition to insisting on practicing every day, Lin Yi then went to the training ground of each battalion to supervise the training of each person, and then another key task, to go to the military factory to see the progress of the new musket.

A few days later, the good news came that the first flintlock pistol had finally been released.

Dongsheng rushed to let Lin Linyi test the gun, Li took the gun, heavy, the total length of the gun is about one meter, the back is the butt, the top is the place where the gunpowder is placed, and there is a trigger below, this shape is somewhat similar to the rifles of later generations.

For the needs of close combat, according to Lin Yi's requirements, this gun is equipped with a bayonet, and the bayonet can be lowered or folded on the gun when not in use.

Lin Yi can see that these basic styling functions are okay, and the key is to see how the improved flint hair is.

He put the bullet in, pressed the gunpowder, and then raised the gun to aim, and there was a pre-placed target 200 meters away.

Lin Yi looked at the barrel and crosshair, for an elite of special fighters in later generations, he was too familiar with playing with guns, as long as there was nothing wrong with things, he didn't need to aim at all, he could shoot with a gun.

But the premise is that he must be familiar with this kind of gun, after all, this is not the kind of advanced gun of later generations, the difference is too big.

Therefore, Lin Yi did not make a mistake, he aimed at it for two or three seconds in advance, and then pulled the trigger, and when the spring hit the flint inside, there was a soft crack, which ignited the gunpowder, and then made a sharp sound, spraying the bullet out of the hall, the sound was like setting off a firecracker, a puff of white smoke dissipated, and the general who reported the target over there shouted: "Hit the bull's-eye, Lord Lin shoots!"

Xiao Ying and Zhezhe, Zu Keyong, Zhang Hua, Dongsheng and others also applauded.

Lin Yi didn't feel enjoyable, he fired three more shots with the charge, and all three of them hit the target, not to mention, and the aim was obviously faster, obviously one shot was more proficient than the gun, one shot was faster than the other, and he even raised the gun to shoot at the last shot, and there was no pause in aiming at all.

At this time, everyone present fell silent, and it took a while before thunderous applause and cheers erupted.

They all know that they are strong in martial arts, and they are well-deserved invincible in the world in terms of kung fu. I've shot arquebuses before, and although I think it's just a coincidence, but now these shots are more exciting than the other. This can no longer be used, coincidence to explain, in terms of their level of gun-fighting Master Lin, no one can compare, even the sharpshooters in the musket battalion who have used muskets for many years can't match.

Therefore, including Dongsheng, the commander of the musket battalion, they were all stunned, they didn't know where the adults learned these skills, from the extraordinary martial arts to the gun, the martial arts bar still practiced every day, but I didn't see how he practiced the gun, it seems that they Lord Lin is really a natural god of war. But why didn't they see it when they were in the border army together?

Dongsheng, Zhang Hua, Wang Jian, Wang Qi, Lin Yi's old comrades-in-arms who used to be in the border army, can't figure it out, but now they don't think about it, and now they are slapping and cheering hard.

The self-generated flintlock pistol finally succeeded, earlier than the people of the continent, this is a great joy, and the significance is even more extraordinary, Lin Yi's heart is also very excited and excited, waiting for the applause and cheers to go down.

Lin Yi pointed out some flaws in this gun, such as the butt needs to be heavier, not top-heavy, and then the barrel should be thickened to avoid continuous firing, too high temperature and explosion. Another point is the safety measure, that is, in order to prevent misfire, the gun must be given a safe, and the safety must be opened when used, and then it can be fired, just like the bolt of the gun can only be loaded before the design of later generations.

Dongsheng and the skilled craftsmen present wrote down all Lin Yi's opinions one by one, and then used it for more than ten days, and the improved flintlock pistol was made again, Lin Yi was very satisfied when he tried the gun again this time, fired more than a dozen bullets in a row, and then touched the barrel, but it was slightly hot, and he put the bayonet on and danced a few times, and said with great satisfaction: "That's it, start mass production, the first batch of 500!"