Chapter 274: A Trip to Jiangnan

These firecrackers are too bad, they will be used as garbage in the future, and it is estimated that no one will want them when they are scrap iron, not to mention that as a special soldier, he is tired of playing with all kinds of advanced weapons in the future, and now looking at these broken things, he really has to adjust his mentality, Lin Yi frowned, how to improve them?

It is certainly not possible to change them into pistols or AK47s, and it is impossible to change them into submachine guns or machine guns.

Then it's not a major operation, then it has to be rebuilt. Now it is not socialized mass production, and such precision parts cannot be made at all, and even if they can be modified into one or two, there is no matching bullet.

It seems that Lao Ma said too highly, and the productive forces determine the relations of production and the superstructure.

He had read a lot of time-traveling novels before the crossing, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to him. The kind of protagonist who travels through the novel can do anything with a casual epiphany, and the airplanes and cannons are flying all over the sky, which seems to be complete nonsense.

Lin Yi pulled a few handfuls, eager to smash them all. Damn, this thing is too primitive, in addition to the fire gun, that is, the bird gun, what other three-eyed guns, most of them are arquebuses, there are too many shortcomings, see the target, quickly ignite, and then aim, it takes a long time for this gun to sound, who can stand still and wait for you to aim?

Not to mention that you can only shoot one bullet at a time, you can't shoot at all when it's cloudy, rainy, and windy. Even if it can be fired, if you shoot several shots, it will be easy to blow up, and this thing is really not as sharp as a bow and arrow.

No wonder there are people who have force and don't bother to use this kind of thing at all, the fire has been there from the Yuan Dynasty, if it is earlier, it can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, experienced the Ming and Qing dynasties, nearly a thousand years, until the Republic of China, there was a large-scale market for hot firearms, and the rest are some gunpowder and cannons used for tackling fortifications.

Suddenly, Lin Yi remembered something, the disadvantages of the fire gun were not discovered by him when he crossed over, and there were capable people in the Ming Dynasty, who had discovered this problem a long time ago, and had already improved it. This is the famous firearms expert of the Ming Dynasty, surnamed Bi, called Bi Maokang, who put forward the idea of improvement, and invented a more advanced self-generated flintlock pistol to replace the arquebus.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen didn't know the goods, there was no mass production at all, and he sent Bi Maokang back to his hometown in Anhui, and after Shunzhi became the emperor in the Central Plains, he opened the situation of the Qing Dynasty unifying the world, but this kind of gun was still not promoted, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, I don't know if this matter is true.

Lin Yi immediately found two people to verify, these were He Renlong and Zu Keyong. Because these two people are both members of the imperial court, although they are border generals, they should know the inside story better than others.

As soon as Lin Yi said this, He Renlong first remembered: "Adults are really well-informed people, and there is indeed such a thing. The subordinates also had the honor to meet with Lord Bi, it was the 44th year of Wanli, and his subordinates were admitted to the Wujin Shi, and later became a garrison officer in Yansui, Shaanxi. Lord Bi is a good person, he helps the victims, and is a well-known Qing official, but because he offended Wei Zhongxian and was excluded and suppressed, after the new emperor (referring to Chongzhen) succeeded to the throne, Lord Bi was reused, and he did invent a firearm, and I heard that a book was also compiled, but unfortunately the emperor did not promote it, but drove Lord Bi to his hometown in Anhui. ”

Lin Yi nodded, it seems that history is not wrong, so he has to go to Anhui and make a special trip to visit this person.

Bi Maokang, Anhui Shexian roader, Ming Wanli twenty-six years (1598) Jinshi, awarded the middle scholar, after the relocation of Guangxi Province to supervise the imperial history, the right to the imperial history, Shaanxi patrol, Shandong patrol salt imperial history. Shaanxi drought, set up porridge factories, large warehouses, displaced people gradually resumed their work, about 15,000 people lived, author of "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons" and so on.

As an elite among special soldiers, Lin Yi loved weapons before he crossed over, so he had such a vague memory in his mind while reading and flipping through books.

Jingzhou, Hubei Province is one or two thousand miles away from She County, Anhui Province, and was called Nanzhili at that time. When Zhuge Liang was invited back then, Liu Bei also looked at the thatched house. I went on duty to ask this ordnance expert. In addition, I have crossed over, and I have fought in the past few years, and this time I took this opportunity to go to Jiangnan to play and relax.

The itinerary was decided, and the defense and training of Jingzhou were handed over to the deputy generals Zu Keyong and Hao Shaoqi and others, Lin Yi took He Renlong, Xiaoying also followed, and the two personal maids Mongolian girls Haas and Tana of course had to follow, leaving Zhezhe to take care of the women's camp, and the captain of the guard, Zhang Hua, could not be less, and selected twenty-five good players from the guard.

In this way, there are a total of 30 men and women, the soldiers are in chaos, for the convenience of movement, they are businessmen who make up and do not wear armor, Lin Yi is dressed as a rich and noble brother, and Xiaoying has become the daughter of a wealthy family, two maids accompany each other, and the rest are not wearing military uniforms, and they have become subordinates.

Just in case, all the guys they had in their hands were hidden in the car, with only swords for self-defense.

In addition to horseback riding, they also got a few cars, Xiaoying took the two maids to sit in the car, and the remaining cars were loaded with the things they used along the way.

In addition, it is definitely not appropriate to go to invite people from so far away, and I don't know each other, so it is definitely not appropriate to go empty-handed, so I have to prepare a generous gift.

Before leaving, Lin Yi gathered Zu Keyong, Hao Shaoqi, Wang Jian, Dongsheng, Wang Qi, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan, and several other generals together, and told them that their trip was about a month, and asked them to guard Jingzhou City, and each of them brought the men and horses of each battalion. If there are officials of the imperial court who come to urge the war, they should prevaricate, and they must not reveal their whereabouts.

The generals nodded and wrote down, Zhezhe took a few soldiers from the women's battalion and sent them out of the Jingzhou City Gate until he said goodbye to Lin Yi in tears.

Lin Yi patted her on the shoulder and comforted her, asked her to take the women's camp, and see each other again in about a month, and then flew on the horse, and the group waited until they reached the river, and they took a boat down the river.

The boat travels on the river, the green mountains on both sides, the river is surging, and the scenery is picturesque. It was the first time Lin Yi had taken a boat on the Yangtze River, and he had never crossed it before, so it felt really poetic.

It's no wonder that those literati and scholars of the past dynasties were able to write such good poems, this scenery is indeed too good, if Lao Tzu is allowed to write, it is estimated that it will not be bad. But now Lao Tzu is not in the mood to dance and write, and he wants to take the common people in the world as his own responsibility, 10,000 years is too long, and he only seizes the day.

Lin Yi and Xiao Ying stood at the bow of the boat, feeling nervous.

From Jingzhou to Wuhan, then to Jiujiang, into Poyang Lake, south to Huangshan, this way to see all over the landscape, famous mountains and rivers, places of interest and historic sites, no need to deliberately travel, just passing by countless.

On this day, they arrived in She County, Anhui Province, and after entering the city, they inquired about Shanglu Street and soon found Bifu.

This gate is relatively wide, with a tall gatehouse, a red-painted gatehouse, two stone lions more than half a person high next to the door, and a dead wind lamp hanging on the gatehouse.

There was a couplet on the door, which caught the eyes of Lin Yi and the others. The font is strong and powerful, and the content is also intriguing, which immediately attracted Lin Yi.

Shanglian wrote: A book of poetry asks the king of the world. The next linkage: Ten thousand heroes dare to the sky. Horizontal batch: the sea of material desires.

At first glance, this is a learned person's family, and it can be seen from this couplet that the emotion of a person who is not the first, in this materialistic world, the helplessness of those who have not met is implicitly expressed their dissatisfaction with the real society. Anyone who dares to write such a couplet and hang it on the door is no ordinary person.

It seems that I am not looking for the wrong place, this must be Bi Maokang's home. Lin Yi contacted Bi Maokang's ups and downs, looking at the couplet and nodding uncontrollably.

After Lin Yi finished reading it, he ordered someone to knock on the door, the time was not long, the corner door was ajar, and a person who looked like a domestic servant leaned out half of his body from inside, and looked outside at Lin Yi and the others, none of whom knew him.

"Is there anything wrong with you?"

Lin Yi hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "This old man has worked hard, is this Bifu?"

The family nodded, "Childe, this is ......"

Lin Yi smiled all over his face, "Under the surname Lin, we are from Jingzhou, and we came to visit the old man Bi, please ask the old man to give me a word." ”

"I'm sorry, our lord never sees a guest." After the old family finished speaking, the door was slammed shut.

Zhang Hua's fire came up all of a sudden, and he really wanted to kick the door away, and He Renlong's eyes also widened, both of them were from military backgrounds, they often fought, and they would kill people when they stared, and they couldn't see Lin Yi being angry like this at all.

Lin Yi stopped them, stepped forward for the second time, and slammed the door lightly, and after waiting for a while, the corner door opened again, and it was still the one just now, showing his head from inside, with a look of displeasure.

"This son, the villain has made it very clear, my master is not a guest, where are you coming from and where are you going, don't be embarrassed for the villain."

said that he was going to close the door again, Zhang Hua was prepared this time, and blocked the door with one foot, so he didn't close it.

But as soon as the servant saw Zhang Hua like this, he became angry, and his face fell off in a moment, and just about to say something ugly, Lin Yi smiled with a smile on his face, "Please be patient, brother, and finish the words after listening." This is a post under the next post, a trip from afar, thousands of rivers and mountains, no matter what, I must ask the old man to hand it over to Mr. Bi, this is a little meaning in the next, not a respect......"

Lin Yi said and handed him a letter, along with fifty taels of snowflakes and silver.

Just let him run errands and give him 50 taels of silver, it is estimated that only Lin Yi is so generous in the world.

Money can really make the devil grind, many times as soon as you take the money, things will take a turn, and it really doesn't work if you don't accept it, no matter what society is.

The servant's face softened, "Okay then, please wait a moment." ”

Lin Yi had long expected that this expert Bi would not have a smooth career, so he was afraid that people would turn him away, not to get married, and not to bring an excuse, so Lin Yi had already prepared.

This letter, also known as the post, is actually a copy of Lin Yi's official seal and identity. The reason why Lin Yi is like this is not to show how high his status is or how big his official position is, but to use his special identity as a stepping stone, as if he is looking for him for official business, not private affairs, as long as he can see Bi Lao, the rest of the things will be easy to do. Otherwise, you will be turned away, and you can't break in.

If someone comes, and then loses etiquette, the bastard will do this.

This time, after waiting for about ten minutes, I heard footsteps inside, and it was not a person, and then someone coughed, and when I heard the sound of coughing, I knew that it was a dying old man.

Lin Yi and the others knew that it might be the master who came out, Xiao Ying smiled at Lin Yi, and stretched out her thumb again, Lin Yi made a grimace at her, and quickly looked solemn, and then the door opened with a squeak.