"Can you make a bird gun that doesn't have to be lit with an arquebus?"

The words behind him made Shi Yiwen and Zhao Shizhen turn their heads.

I saw three guests on the road to Zhuangzi at some point, except for the fifty or sixty-year-old man in the middle, what attracted Shi Yiwen's attention was the two attendants behind the man, one with a full beard, like a reckless man, and the other with a goat's beard, with a smile on his face, but both of them had a pair of eagle-like eyes, and their eyes were very sharp when they swept over Shi Yiwen's body.

This is the first time Shi Yiwen has encountered such a person, especially the killing machine in this eye, whether it is like a general who has been in the army for a long time, or a killer with countless blades.

But these two people are actually just standing behind the old man, acting as escorts.

The identity of the one in the middle is naturally not simple. Seeing that he was still staring at himself, waiting for his answer, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"What's so difficult about this, it's just a slight improvement to the bird gun igniter."

"Oh?"

The old man stared at Shi Yiwen and said.

"How can that be improved?"

Not to mention this strange old man, even Zhao Shizhen stared at Shi Yiwen curiously, and Shi Yiwen, who was stared at by everyone, felt a little helpless.

I just said it casually.

"Hmph, I think it's just a master who doesn't practice."

The reckless man with a beard on his face snorted coldly, but the killing intent in those eyes didn't seem to have lessened, I don't know if it was an illusion, Shi Yiwen felt that as long as he moved a little, he would definitely do it.

Do it? Do it to me?

There was a gloom in his heart, and Shi Yiwen said coldly.

"Whether Shi Mouyi can control it or not, I'm afraid it has nothing to do with you!"

After that, when Shi Yiwen was about to turn around and leave, the old man hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Oh, Shi Tongzhi, it's me who is presumptuous, I am Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of Jizhen Town."

Qi Jiguang!

His eyes opened suddenly, and Shi Yiwen looked at the old man in front of him in surprise, who looked almost sixty younger and did not look amazing, he was Qi Jiguang.

actually caught another historical celebrity alive!

Surprised, Shi Yi stationery looked at the last famous general of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Shi Yiwen has seen Qi Shuai."

Since he shouted out his official identity, he must have come here on purpose, although he didn't know his purpose, but the person who came was a guest, so Shi Yiwen invited him to Zhuangzi. What's more, people are still heroes of the anti-Japanese war, and they should invite others to be guests.

Along the way, Qi Jiguang didn't ask Bird Gong any more, and it wasn't even until he sat down in the hall that he picked out his intentions after Yahuan served tea and drank a few sips of tea.

"Shi Tongzhi, I entered Beijing this time, and saw that the capital was full of "shortcuts" of big carriages, not to mention the convenience of those four-wheeled carriages walking in the ice and snow, and they could bring more than 20 people, which was really much more convenient than the old style, and the transfer was sensitive, after a little inquiry, I heard that the shortcut line was Shi Tongzhi's business, so I wondered, can I buy some carriages from you to go back, so that they can be used in the army. ”

It was actually the carriage that caused the trouble, and then Shi Yiwen was also relieved, not to mention that Qi Jiguang was not only a famous general, but also an outstanding weapons expert and military engineer, he transformed and invented all kinds of firearms; He built large and small warships, chariots. Even other generals and officials of the Ming Dynasty were also extremely sensitive to the application of new technologies, whether it was a bird gun or a Franc machine, they were imitated at the first time of contact.

However, it has only been half a month, and people have come to the door to buy a carriage, and this kind of reaction speed is indeed beyond Shi Yiwen's expectations, after all, he was still wondering, will someone write a book "The four-wheeled carriage is really a monster" or something like that.

If it is delayed, there is this possibility.

"It's easy to say, I don't know what kind of car Qi Shuai wants? The size of the carriage in the city is too large and not suitable for the army, does Qi Shuai want to carry goods, or is it fast? ”

"Oh, and the difference?"

Qi Jiguang said curiously.

"Back to Qi Shuai, the load capacity of the cargo is large, the four-horse pull can pull the goods no less than six thousand catties, as for the fast three-horse pull speed is not inferior to the single ride, can pull the goods thousand catties or carry the number of people."

Shi Yiwen explained with a smile that because of the car dealership this time, with the information in the library, the carriage has been studied in depth, like a five-ton western carriage, which is undoubtedly more in line with the needs of this era.

"Oh, so it is, then I have set fifty cars for the kind of cargo you said, and the other one, it is the same, if it is good to use, I will buy more. But it's better to build it faster, and the price is naturally easy to say. ”

Qi Jiguang said politely.

The reason why he is so polite is not only because Shi Yiwen is a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, but more importantly, the words on the signboard of the car dealership, others did not recognize it. That's why he's so polite. Even this is the reason for his personal visit, otherwise, he is afraid that he will directly order in the car dealership, and there will come to the door in person.

Shi Yiwen naturally didn't know the inside story, but Qi Jiguang's politeness made him have a good impression of him.

"Qi Shuai is polite, at most a month, I will order someone to send the carriage to Qi Shuai."

It's nothing more than subcontracting the carriage, and after the last experience, Shi Yiwen is also familiar with the "subcontracting operation".

"I just heard Tongzhi mention that the bird gun can not use the fire rope?"

Qi Jiguang's body leaned forward slightly, full of revealing his interest in this matter, no wonder, after all, he was the first person in the Ming Dynasty to respect the bird gun, and naturally knew the pros and cons of the bird gun, and the biggest shortcoming of the bird gun was the fire rope, and just now on the way to Zhuangzi, he heard Shi Yiwen mention that he could not use the fire rope, how could he not be anxious.

"Yes, indeed."

nodded, and then Shi Yiwen explained.

"The use of the fire rope is nothing more than to start the fire, if you find a way to use other methods to start the fire, naturally there will be no need for the fire rope."

"Shi Tongzhi, this matter is indeed easy to say, but if you don't use the fire rope to ignite the fire, then what can you use to ignite the gunpowder?"

Qi Jiguang is still polite, of course, more polite than curious. Compared with the carriage that was quite useful in the army, he was more concerned about the bird gun that Shi Yiwen said did not use the arquebus.

He was curious, Zhao Shizhen was also curious, and the two subordinates who followed Qi Jiguang were also very curious.

"It's simple, Qi Shuai sit down for a while, let me go out."

After saying that, Shi Yiwen got up and left the hall, after he got up to leave, Qi Jiguang and the others couldn't help but be a little surprised, and a moment later, when Shi Yiwen entered the house again, seeing the things in his hand clearly, Zhao Shizhen stood up violently and said.

"Yikes! It's actually this! How I didn't expect that! ”