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On the foot-long block of wood was a piece of shiny iron embedded at one end, and directly opposite the piece of iron was a curved bronze rod with a piece of flint between the head, and the other end of the bronze rod passed through the block and was connected to another bronze rod that was slightly shorter, and the short bronze rod was connected to the trigger.

This is the flintlock device brought by Zuo Liangyu, Chu Fan tried to pull the trigger, and immediately pulled the flint pole head, slamming it on the iron sheet, and a string of shining sparks fell on the wood under the iron sheet.

Chu Fan noticed that the trigger was reset quickly, and when he turned it over and took a closer look, it turned out that where the long and short bronze rods were connected, there was a cow tendon tied. Looking at the wood under the iron sheets, it was already burned black, and I don't know how many times Sun Yuanhua had tried it.

Taking off the beef tendon, Chu Fan subconsciously played with it around his fingers, but in his heart he was wondering whether to use reeds or springs instead.

Originally, there was only one air dead wind lamp hanging in the narrow cabin, and seeing that Chu Fan was carefully studying the flint device, Zuo Liangyu knowingly asked people to bring two more lamps over, and the brightness in the cabin increased greatly for a while.

"Lord Sun is really a god-man, and after this change, the loading and firing of the bird gun has been greatly simplified...... Yixian thinks there is something wrong? Zuo Liangyu broke the silence and asked with concern--It was about the combat strength of his soldiers, so he couldn't help but be concerned.

Chu Fan smiled, "It's not inappropriate, I'm wondering if I can improve it in a better way." ”

After saying that, he made a decision, took out a charcoal strip and drew a schematic diagram of the spring on paper, and indicated the method of making it - drawing wire with wrought iron.

After looking at the flintlock device over and over again, Chu Fan asked what other big problems Zuo Liang Jade Bird Gun had in actual use.

Zuo Liangyu answered one by one, in addition to complaining about the quality of the bird, he also mentioned the biggest problem of the bird, "The bird's gun is useless on a stormy day, the wind blows away the Chinese medicine powder in the pot, and the fire rope is difficult to ignite when it encounters water." ”

After listening to him, Chu Fan scratched his head, this problem is indeed a big * trouble, before the appearance of metal fixed ammunition, there seems to be no good solution.

If the medicine pot can be closed, this problem should be solved, looking up and thinking for a long time, Chu Fan thought of the 38 big lid used by Little Japan during the Anti-Japanese War, how much trouble was solved by a simple lid.

Right! Add a lid!

Add a lid to the medicine pot to seal it, bite the bottom of the fixed bullet before use, and squeeze the propellant hard when loading, and it will fall into the medicine pot from the fixed load; When firing, the trigger not only pulls the flint rod head to ignite, but also pulls the lid of the medicine pot through the gear; After firing, the flint rod head and the lid of the medicine pot are reset by using a spring, and wait for the second shot.

In this way, it is enough to add gears and medicine pot lids to Sun Yuanhua's flintlock device - gears have been around for a long time, called "ratchets", but they are rarely used.

Thinking of this, Chu Fan drew the ratchet and the lid of the medicine pot on the paper, and added a detailed description next to it.

He was drawing in his hand, but his mouth was not idle, and he explained his design to Zuo Liangyu in detail, and the latter listened honestly like a primary school student, nodding from time to time to indicate that he would definitely bring Chu Fan's words to Sun Yuanhua.

By the time Chu Fan finished painting and explaining, Zuo Liangyu's face was already full of awe - in his opinion, Sun Yuanhua's ability to make a flint device was already powerful enough, and his junior brother could further improve on this basis, and it was said that after such a change, the bird gun could be used in wind and rain days, which simply shocked him.

After drawing the drawings, Chu Fan wrote a reply to Sun Yuanhua again, chatting with Zuo Liangyu while writing.

It seems to be an unintentional move, but in fact, Chu Fan learned a lot of information about the current Ming military camp from Zuo Liangyu in the process of chatting.

The Ming Dynasty's guard system has long existed in name only, and now the main combat force is the regimental battalion system for recruiting soldiers. Taking Zuo Liangyu's Che right battalion as an example, the soldier's monthly salary is one tael or four coins of silver, and the establishment is 2,000 people, so it stands to reason that he should get 2,800 taels of silver per month, but because the salary is distributed from the household department, after layers of exploitation, "loss" and "drifting" of various names, Zuo Liangyu can receive seven or eight achievements are good, this is the so-called "bad rules", that is, unspoken rules.

Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the military generals ate empty salaries not entirely because the military generals were greedy - the civil officials were greedy for money, what could the military generals do if they did not eat empty salaries? Is it hard to pay out of your own pocket?

The salary received was not paid according to the head, which was another "bad rule" in the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty - supporting the family.

In the Guanning Army, the strength of a general does not depend on how many soldiers he has, or even what rank he has, the key is to see how many family members he has in his hands -- of course, the title cannot be said to be unimportant, because the rank is related to how much money the generals can get from civilian officials, and the more they get, the more family members they will support.

Jiading is the confidant of the general, and their salary is much higher than that of the soldiers, generally between two taels and two taels and five cents per month, and they are much better than the soldiers in terms of equipment and food, and of course their status is higher.

There is a fixed amount of money, and the high salary of the family will inevitably lead to further empty salaries for the generals - again, it is impossible for them to pay out of their own pockets.

Therefore, although the establishment of the Cheyou battalion is 2,000 people, the actual number of soldiers is not even 1,000, and he has more than 50 family members, which is considered a medium level in the Guanning army.

In the event of a war, what the generals can really rely on is the family team of dozens of people, and most of the soldiers are decorations.

Chu Fan was really confused by this strange military system -- the Chinese have always been "not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality"; they also go into battle to kill the enemy, and they also fight with their lives, and the money taken by the family is almost twice that of the soldiers, and it is strange that the soldiers have the heart to fight!

In this case, it is better to encourage the generals to use all the money to support their families, like Cheyouying, so much silver can support at least four or five hundred families, wouldn't it be better?

"If you don't raise soldiers, how can you fool the past when the officials check it?" Zuo Liangyu answered Chu Fan's doubts, but made the latter even more resentful.

The only use of the soldiers who spend one or two or four dollars of silver a month is to fool the officials during the inspection!

This is the general of the Ming Dynasty! This is the army of the Ming Dynasty! This is the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty!

All for two words: fool!

The silver that was stolen from the peasants in a vicious way fell into the pockets of officials at all levels, and then whitewashed the illusory scene of a strong army and the invincibility of the world, and finally collapsed under the iron hooves of the Tartars and the bamboo soldiers of the peasant army.

Chu Fan returned to the deck again, firstly, to see the gradually approaching Dengzhou City, and secondly, to calm the resentment in his heart in the sea breeze.

A conversation with Zuo Liangyu made him more sure that Da Ming was incorrigible, but it also reminded him.

In this era of strength, money alone is not enough, how can he protect himself?

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