Bi Maokang is a native of Nanzhili, Huizhou Prefecture, a native of She County, Huizhou Prefecture, a scholar in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli, and a great official, because he was squeezed out by the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, so he was cut down.

In the early years of Chongzhen, after the fall of the eunuch party, he was appointed as the political envoy of Nanjing, and was promoted to the right attendant of the military department, and soon invited himself to return to his hometown.

When saying goodbye, Chongzhen ordered the martial arts car, Shenfei cannon, etc. After the equipment was completed, he edited the "Illustrated Description of Weapons" to dedicate Chongzhen.

Gao Yihuan knew that there were not many people who knew firearms in the late Ming Dynasty, only Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, and Song Yingxing, who knew science.

Now Xu Guangqi has passed away for many years, Song Yingxing is an official in Jiangxi, and Bi Maokang is in his seventies and lives in his hometown in Nanzhi.

Gao Yihuan couldn't get any of these three people, and if he wanted to develop new equipment, he had to rely on himself.

Chen Huiting nodded in surprise, he didn't expect Gao Yihuan to be an expert, no wonder he was interested in weapons and his requirements were very strict.

Chen Huiting hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I know, Bi Shilang's "Illustrated Description of Weapons" has been seen once in Guanzhong. ”

Gao Yihuan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he looked at Chen Huiting, "Chen Qijian has also seen "Weapon Illustration"? ”

"Hasn't the general seen it?" Chen Huiting was a little puzzled, the weapon diagram said that it was a relatively confidential book, and most people who had never seen it would probably not know about this book.

Gao Yihuan remembered that there was such a book, and he asked the old man to find it, but this kind of book was originally dedicated to Chongzhen by Bi Maokang, and the weapons in the picture were classified as secrets, even if they were printed, the number would not be large, and they would not be circulated, so Gao Zurong did not find this book.

"It's good that Chen Qijian has seen it. Is the book still there? Gao Yihuan was overjoyed in his heart, rubbed his hands a little excitedly, and said: "Take it to the general, and return it to you after reading!" ”

Chen Huiting shook his head, "The general laughed. "The Illustrated Description of Weapons" is a confidential thing, and I also read it once with the craftsman when Inspector Sun brought it to the workshop, where can there be such a book. ”

Gao Yihuan was a little disappointed when he heard this, but then he retreated and said: "Then do you know that the flintlock pistol, oh, is also called a self-generated firearm!" ”

Chen Huiting's heart was even more strange, he nodded, "Inspector Sun let us see this self-generated gun, but before we made it, Inspector Sun was already out of the customs." ”

Gao Yihuan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect such a coincidental thing, but after thinking about it, the benefits of self-generated guns compared with bird guns, as long as they are people with soldiers, they can be compared, so it is not surprising.

"It's good that Chen Qijian has seen it!" Gao Yihuan was happy in his heart, so he immediately asked: "If Ben will let you build it, can you make it?" ”

Chen Huiting's heart trembled, his face was embarrassed, and he was unwilling to continue an errand, "General, this self-generated gun is much more complicated than the bird gun, it requires a lot, and it is made, the fire rate is very low, and it is not as easy to use as the bird gun~"

Gao Yihuan is very familiar with his set, and the last time he said a bunch of things, in the end it was to tell him that he could only build one gun a month.

This Chen Huiting still has the ability, last time Gao Yihuan told him the method of refining the division of labor and assembly line operations, and after he improved it, the production of the bird gun was much faster.

He can do things well, but he doesn't dare to go up when he encounters difficulties, he doesn't want to solve them, and he must exert pressure before he moves.

Now that I say so much, I just don't want to build it, I'm afraid of difficulties, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to make trouble for him.

Of course, it must be more troublesome to make a self-generated gun than a bird gun, otherwise the Ming army would have made it a long time ago, and it would not have perished in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no large-scale equipment.

"Chen Qijian, no matter how many difficulties there are, you have to build it!" Gao Yihuan waved his hand to interrupt him, and said without question: "Don't worry about me making trouble for you, this self-generated gun, if you want silver, I will give you silver, if you want people, I will give you people, you don't remember the success or failure of the manufacturing and improvement, make it."

Gao Yihuan saw that he looked depressed, and then said: "Don't worry, I won't urge you this year, no matter how much waste you make, I don't care, but I want to see the results next year." If this is done, I will remember you a great achievement, and if it doesn't work, I will beat you up. ”

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he felt a bit like a dictator, and even a little ***.

Chen Huiting and Ben had no choice but to give up their orders, "Do your best." ”

Gao Yihuan glared at him, and said with a straight face: "Chen Qijian, why don't you have any confidence in speaking?"

Chen Huiting could only say it again, and Gao Yihuan patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and then went to the firearms workshop to take a look before riding back to the city for dinner.

When he arrived at the palace, Zhao Dajuan had already helped Gao Yihuan make breakfast, and Gao Yihuan had just eaten two bites when a personal soldier came to report that an acquaintance from Xi'an had come over.

Gao Yihuan asked the people to take the people to the guest hall later, so he cleaned them up and walked over.

As soon as he entered the guest hall, Zhou Ronghua stood up inside: "Brother Gao, I'm here again."

Gao Yihuan smiled and said, "Brother Zhou is here this time, is it a private matter or a business matter?"

"It's okay to have both public and private?" Zhou Ronghua Road.

The two met and laughed, Gao Yihuan stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Zhou, sit down and talk."

The two sat down, Gao Yihuan now has enough money and food, and he doesn't attach much importance to reselling materials, he cares more about business, so he asked with a smile: "Brother Zhou, let's talk about business first!"

"Okay, let's get down to business first!" Zhou Ronghua nodded, "Zhang Xianzhong is the king in Huguang, and it was Brother Gao who reported to Li Jiedu, and Li Jiedu reported to Xi'an, right?" ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, "That's true." Zhang Xianzhong is the king, and he has the heart to fight for the world, since I have found out, I will naturally report it. ”

Zhou Ronghua listened and took out a pardon from his bosom and handed it to Gao Yihuan, "After learning that Zhang Xianzhong was called king, he was furious, and he was going to transfer troops to the south, but Prime Minister Niu Cheng was afraid that it would affect the plan of the Eastern Expedition, so he persuaded the emperor not to be angry, and the emperor canceled the plan to conquer Huguang in the south. ”

Gao Yihuan took the letter of pardon, and said in his heart Niu Jinxing did him another favor this time, it seems that the gifts he gave during the New Year's holidays are still very effective.

At this time, Zhou Ronghua continued: "At present, the imperial court is mainly moving eastward, and Huguang will not be considered for the time being, but Zhang Xianzhong cannot be underestimated, nor can he be unguarded, so brother, I will come over and give Brother Gao an order, the imperial court hopes that you can guard southern Henan and do not let Zhang Xianzhong approach Henan." ”

In the above letter, Gao Yihuan asked himself to ask Zhang Xianzhong to be recruited, but the Dashun court obviously did not think that he had this ability, so he only let him defend Henan.

But it doesn't matter, Li Zicheng doesn't know his strength, which is also a good thing, and as long as he gets the military order from Xi'an, the goal has already been ~~~~~~

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