At first, when Bi Maokang introduced himself, everyone may not know who this person is, but when he said that he made a flintlock pistol, several officials finally knew who the other person was. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You are Bi Menghou who wrote the "Illustrated Description of Weapons"!" One of the officials asked.

Who invented the flintlock pistol in the Ming Dynasty, these people may not know, but the "Illustrated Description of Weapons" printed in the eighth year of Chongzhen, most of the military generals of the Ming Dynasty have read it, and even these civil officials have heard a little about the people who wrote.

I have to say that this is the sorrow of the Chinese people, for the experts who invented the magic weapon, few people can remember it, but the literati author who wrote the article and published it in a book is well known to the public.

"That's right, this "Illustrated Description of Weapons" was written by Lao Yu." Bi Maokang replied.

"Quick....... Go and invite Master Lee! The officer in charge of recruitment hurriedly instructed the soldiers next to him to maintain order.

Because Li Hongfei once explained that he would personally receive craftsmen in smelting iron, making firearms, and mixing gunpowder.

The purpose of this is, first, to show that Li Hongfei attaches great importance to this kind of talent, and secondly...... Naturally, I am worried that someone will fish in troubled waters in order to become an official.

Although he does not know the principle of firearms manufacturing, as a modern person, he still understands a little basic knowledge of firearms, and with the assistance of craftsmen from the Suzhou Ordnance Bureau, whether the other party knows how to manufacture firearms or not, you will know when you ask.

Of course, for a firearms expert of Bi Maokang's level, Li Hongfei didn't need to bring a craftsman over to test it at all, but after learning the news, he quickly rushed to the city gate in a carriage.

"You are the old Mr. Bi Maokang who invented the flintlock pistol and wrote the "Illustrated Description of Weapons"?" Li Hongfei asked.

To tell the truth, Li Hongfei has never heard of Bi Maokang's name in later generations, because in his cognition, Huaxia has not independently developed a flintlock pistol, and even the Shenji Battalion of the Qing Dynasty only used an arquebus, and the flintlock pistol was introduced to China by foreigners.

But after coming to the Ming Dynasty, Li Hongfei realized how ignorant he was, and the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Wei was not only equipped with a flintlock pistol, but also a repeating pistol like a three-eyed gun.

If the Ming army is now fighting hard, even if it is a head-to-head confrontation with the Western army two hundred years later, it will not fall behind at all.

Even the Ming army could easily defeat the foreigners, why was the Manchu Qing Dynasty more courageous than the Ming army, and in the later period in the face of the foreigners, but constantly lost power and humiliated the country?

The reason for this is, on the one hand, that the Taiping and prosperous times have been too long, and the Manchu Eight Banners have basically been abolished.

Another reason is that in order to maintain the military superiority of the Eight Banners over the Han people, the Manchu rulers were afraid that the Han people would rebel with firearms and overthrow the Qing Dynasty, so they banned the army from using flintlock pistols and only allowed the use of backward arquebuses, which led to the stagnation of the development of firearms in China.

Even weapons works such as "Illustrated Weapons of Weapons" disappeared because of the Qing Dynasty's literary prison, so that later generations left a history of humiliation for hundreds of years.

"The Illustrated Description of Weapons is indeed written by the old decay, as for the flintlock pistol? The invention of the old decay is a self-generated firecracker, but this kind of firecracker is mainly ignited by flint, and the adult named it a flintlock pistol, which is really appropriate. Bi Maokang replied.

The names of firearms in the Ming Dynasty were more poetic, such as the Divine Fire Flying Crow, Ten Thousand Enemies, the Fire Dragon Out of the Water, the Rainstorm Pear Flower Gun and other ambiguous names, such as the flintlock pistol, which is really not taken.

"That's right, I heard that Mr. Bi was still a Chinese scholar before, and now the saint is the time to employ people, if Bi Lao is willing, the official can play the saint, I believe that with His Majesty's saint, it will be reused for you, not to mention the Ministry of Works, the position of the squire is indispensable." Li Hongfei said.

Forty years ago, Bi Maokang was an official from the seventh grade, and then invented the flintlock pistol, and also wrote the "Illustrated Description of Weapons", these two merits are enough for him to gain a foothold in the Ministry of Industry.

Li Hongfei didn't want to drive the talent away, but his temple was too small, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to keep such a big god, so he planned to send a favor.

"The old man is so old, how can he still have the heart to intrigue with those people, as long as the adults can take them in, even if he is an ambassador in the Ordnance Bureau, he can eat enough." Bi Maokang thought for a while and said.

If it was ten years ago, he might still have the heart to fight, but now he looks down on fame and fortune, and just wants to calm down, concentrate on the study of new firearms, and make another contribution to the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty.

"In this case, the official is not hypocritical, you will be the director of the firearms research department of Suzhou Heavy Industry in the future, and you will be awarded the official title of professor of Liupin, with a basic salary of twenty taels of silver per month, and if you invent a new type of firearm, you can also get a bonus, or share." Li Hongfei offered a salary.

The new title of director of the research department, as well as the professor, is a term that Li Hongfei quoted from later generations, and it is mainly applicable to the newly established business department.

Officials of the Ministry of Commerce could not be called by the official positions of Ming Dynasty officials because they had to be recruited from merchants, or those skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, the managers of various government-run enterprises will be titled, (principal and deputy) factory director, (principal and deputy) manager, or (principal and deputy) general manager, and the official rank corresponds from nine to seven.

As for the comprehensive enterprise invested by Zhou Furen, it was named Suzhou Heavy Industry by Li Hongfei, and Zhou Furen was appointed as the vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce and the first chairman of Suzhou Heavy Industry.

The official positions of the craftsman are (principal and deputy) section members, (principal and deputy) section chiefs, and (principal and deputy) directors, which also correspond to the ninth grade to the seventh grade.

Bi Maokang does not belong to a businessman, so naturally he can't get the official position of a businessman, although Li Hongfei gave him a professor's official title, which belongs to Congliupin, and is at the same level as Zhou Furen, but the scientific research department has not yet been established, and can only rely on Zhou Furen's funding for research and development.

Therefore, although Bi Maokang is a fortune from the sixth grade, he can only enjoy the right to be the seventh grade, and is committed to Zhou Furen's factory and is the director of the firearms research and development department.

Later, when Li Hongfei's reform in Suzhou has taken effect and Zhu Youzhen can be promoted nationwide, it is not impossible to establish the Daming Academy of Sciences at that time and give Bi Maokang the title of a third-grade academician.

"But it's up to the adults to decide." Bi Maokang said respectfully.

He didn't know anything about the so-called chief professor title, and he didn't even know what Suzhou Heavy Industry was, but fortunately, he also knew that this was a six-grade official rank, and there were twenty taels of silver per month, which was enough.

Bi Maokang was satisfied, but a group of ordinary people who watched the excitement began to discuss.

"Twenty taels of silver a month! It is said that the officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee from the sixth grade only have eight taels of silver per month, and the price has risen by twelve taels all of a sudden, isn't it a lie? ”

Some people were the first to express doubts about the officials' talents.

"That is, how can the officials of the DPRK and China be changed if they are changed, and if officials everywhere are like this, won't they be chaotic?" Someone chimed in.

"The court is already famous for arrears, probably because I am worried that no one will do it!"

A group of ordinary people have lost trust in the imperial court..............