After the completion of the "Tianji", it first sailed off the coast of Wusongkou, and then sailed to the ocean of Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province and returned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 On September 28, 1868, Zeng Guofan, who was the governor of Liangjiang at the time, personally boarded the ship for sea trial, and measured the speed against the water to be 10 knots, and the "Tianji" was successfully tested. Arranged by Zeng Guofan, the "Tianji" was retained in the two rivers, mainly responsible for the patrol and transportation of the Yangtze River.

And Zeng Guofan's arrangement of the "Tianji" to meet Lin Yizhe is undoubtedly self-evident.

Lin Yizhe and his entourage got on the "Tianji", and Feng Ruiguang, the pipe belt, ordered to sail straight to Jiangning. Lin Yizhe couldn't help but be very surprised when he noticed that the pilots of the "Tianji," including the first officer, the second officer, and the third officer, were all Americans.

"At present, there are no pilots in my sailors, and Di Shuai is appointing foreigners to drive the boats, and my officials are watching and learning, so that they can be independent in the future." Feng Ruiguang saw the doubts in Lin Yizhe's heart and said with a smile.

"It's a quick fix." Lin Yizhe nodded in agreement with Zeng Guofan's approach, and at the same time deeply felt the difficulty of modern China to rise.

There are many things that need to be done bit by bit.

When the boat arrived in Jiangning, Feng Ruiguang sent Lin Yizhe and his party to the Liangjiang Governor's Office, and Zeng Guofan's family waited in the inner hall early.

When Lin Yizhe saw Zeng Guofan for the first time, he almost couldn't believe that the old man in front of him, who looked quite majestic at a glance but did not lose his eyebrows, was Zeng Guofan, one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty.

At this time, Zeng Guofan's face is very different from the photos of Lin Yizhe that he saw in the original time and space, and the current Zeng Guofan, his eyebrows and hair are gray, and he looks very old, plus he suffers from eye disease, his complexion is not very good, but his spirit looks good.

Thinking that this famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty would be an ancient man in a few years -- of course, if it weren't for the tremendous stimulation of the "Tianjin Teaching Plan," he might have lived a few more years -- Lin Yizhe's heart felt a pang of sadness inexplicably.

Perhaps, this will be the last time he and the old man will meet.

Can the outcome of the "Tianjin Teaching Case", which had a very bad impact on his reputation, be changed and the life of this venerable old man can be prolonged?

Lin Yizhe forcibly suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and took Chen Wan and others to salute Zeng Guofan and his wife, and then greeted Zeng Jize and Zeng Jihong's brothers.

"After a long time, Kunyu has already become a talent, and I don't dare to admit it." Zeng Guofan looked at Lin Yizhe and looked very happy, "In the past, the young children in the general corner have already started a family, it seems to be a blink of an eye, hehe." ”

"Yes! That year, I remember Kunyu just like that. Mrs. Ouyang, who hugged Lin Yuxi affectionately, smiled and gestured with her hand, and said to Chen Wan, "Born handsome, her face is red, like a little girl doll, she doesn't say much, she doesn't cry, she just follows Wan'er, hehe, the day she left, the one who cried was called reluctant, does Wan'er remember?" ”

"Yes." Chen Wan nodded with a smile, looked at Lin Yizhe, and her eyes were full of happy smiles, "Godmother couldn't coax him at that time." ”

Listening to their words, Lin Yizhe secretly beat a drum in his heart, for fear that they would say those details about himself before, because he had no concept of these "past events".

That is, later Wan'er persuaded him, saying that he would marry him in the future, so that he would stop crying. The godmother didn't coax him, but she helped you settle the family matter. Mrs. Zeng looked at their little couple, and then looked at the young Lin Yuxi in her arms, and as she spoke, she burst into tears, "I haven't seen each other for many years, you are all married, and the children are so old......

"Mother, today is a happy day, why are you still crying." Zeng Guofan's sixth daughter, Zeng Jifen, smiled and comforted.

"yes, yes! Look, it's been so many years, and I've been a grandmother, but I still haven't grown. Zeng Guofan smiled and said to Lin Yizhe, "This time I led the 'Wannian Qing' to Shanghai, did everything go well?" ”

"Back to Zeng Gong, everything is going well, after arriving in Shanghai, the dock is just empty, so it will be directly docked for repair, and after the hull repair is completed, it will be re-painted for the imperial court review." Lin Yizhe replied.

"I have learned from the Di Bao that you were on the ship at the time when you killed the pirates and saved the merchant ships from the palace, and I heard that you were on the ship at the time, and you shot the enemy with your own hands?" Zeng Guofan asked again, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"Hui Zenggong, this is indeed the case." Lin Yizhe said, beckoned to the court, and a personal entourage who had been waiting there for a long time came up to the front of the hall and held the cloth bag containing Lin Yizhe's sniper rifle in front of Lin Yizhe.

Lin Yizhe opened the cloth bag, took out the sniper rifle, and stepped forward to present it to Zeng Guofan.

Zeng Guofan saw the scope on the gun, and his eyes flashed with surprise.

"You made this gun yourself, too?" Zeng Guofan took the gun and looked at it carefully.

"Yes." Lin Yizhe replied with a smile, "This gun is also modified from the barrel of the Belgian platoon gun given by Zeng Gong, and is equipped with a clairvoyant mirror to make it easy to get accurate." ”

Zeng Guofan raised the gun, put his left eye in front of the scope, and then held the gun and looked at the courtyard.

"It's both far-sighted and accurate, not bad." Zeng Guofan noticed a large wooden box carried by two people in the courtyard, and when he realized something, he put down the gun and handed it to the two sons beside him, "Look at it, Kunyu's craftsmanship and ingenuity, I think it is still above foreigners." ”

Zeng Jize and Zeng Jihong brothers stepped forward together, and while watching the gun, they were amazed.

"Kunyu has learned from both China and the West, and can apply what he has learned, and he lives up to the teachings of the saints, which is rare." Zeng Guofan sighed, "It's a pity that there are too few young people in China who can be like Kunyu." ”

"Zeng Gong has a reputation, and the younger generation is ashamed."

"In that box, is that the 'six-barreled divine machine gun'?" Zeng Guofan pointed to the large wooden box in the courtyard and asked.

"Exactly." Lin Yizhe said respectfully, "After the younger generation got the gun from Zeng, he didn't dare to be slow, he thought about it day and night, and fortunately he didn't disgrace his life and made this gun." This time I came to Shanghai, so I brought it along the way, and asked Zeng Gong to take a look. Lin Yizhe said, waved his hand, and motioned for his entourage to open the box and assemble the gun.

"Three consecutive spears killed more than 100 pirates, which is really incredible." Zeng Guofan watched Lin Yizhe's two personal entourages quickly open the box and set up the "Lin's machine gun" on the wheeled gun mount, and couldn't help but be shocked, "How did you do it?" ”

"Junior, let's show Zeng Gong, please try it yourself." Lin Yizhe said.

Zeng Guofan got up and came to the yard, Lin Yizhe saw that the machine gun had been set up, and personally stepped forward to check it, at this time the soldiers in the government office saw that the governor wanted to test the gun, so he moved several straw stack targets and placed them in the yard, after Lin Yizhe finished loading, he pointed the muzzle of the machine gun at the target, and hung the pocket that collected the shells next to the machine gun, and then asked Zeng Guofan to sit down at the firing position and taught him to hold the crank.

Mrs. Ouyang and Zeng Jifen also wanted to let them watch, but Chen Wan smiled and grabbed them, signaling that they didn't have to come forward, just watch at the door.

Zeng Guofan slowly shook the handle according to what Lin Yizhe said, and the muzzle of the "Lin's machine gun" instantly spewed out white smoke with faint flames, accompanied by a brisk "sudden ......" gunshot, and dense bullets shot out rapidly, shattering the wooden humanoid target in front.

Lin Yizhe helped Zeng Guofan slowly rotate the gun body, and had the intention to let him experience the feeling of strafing, with the strafing of bullets, after a while, the haystacks caught fire one after another, and the wooden target was either broken by the waist or was shattered.

Seeing the debris in disarray, Zeng Guofan, who was sitting on the launch position, frowned, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Lin Yizhe noticed that Zeng Guofan's face was cloudy, and doubts were secretly in his heart, but he didn't ask questions, but stood quietly aside.

The Zeng brothers on the side seemed to be sad when they saw their father's eyebrows, and they couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

After a long time, Zeng Guofan came back to his senses and stretched out his hand back, Lin Yizhe understood, hurriedly stepped forward, and carefully helped the old man up.

"It's so fast that it's no wonder it can kill hundreds of pirates." Zeng Guofan muttered, "It's too fast! ……”

Lin Yizhe felt that Zeng Guofan's hand was trembling slightly, and knew that the test gun just now had given the old man too much shock, and he felt a little unbearable.

"How is this gun constructed? Western utensils are too clever to be encompassing, and clever parts are fragile and not easy to prepare," Zeng Guo said, "I don't know if this gun can be easily manufactured in large quantities." ”

"This gun type is already available in the West, as Zeng Gong said, some parts are too complicated, and this gun has been simplified as much as possible and easy to prepare." Lin Yizhe said.

"That's good, that's good." Zeng Guofan nodded.

"The disadvantage of this gun is that the barrel is made of copper, and after firing for a long time, it will overheat, and it is easy to explode, endangering the shooter. If it can be changed to steel, there is no such disadvantage. Lin Yizhe said while helping Zeng Guofan to walk back, "The steel barrel cannot be produced by our country at present, and after careful investigation and comparison, the younger generation thinks that it is better to use the 'Lin Mington' rifle barrel of the United States." ”

Lin Yizhe helped Zeng Guofan back to his seat and sat down, Zeng Guofan's eyes fell on the "Lin's machine gun" placed in the courtyard again, this time he noticed the pocket hanging next to the gun for collecting bullet shells, Lin Yizhe quickly explained: "Western gun cartridges are expensive, in order to save money, the younger generation designed this cartridge case collection bag to collect its cartridge shells and recycle them." ”

"If you use this gun as a battle, you can get the effect of one as ten." Zeng Guofan did not comment on Lin Yizhe's seemingly "stingy" design, but suddenly sighed, "If this gun had been born a few years earlier, the southeast half of the wall might not have been ravaged here, and I would not have fallen into the notoriety of 'Zeng shaved his head'......"

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