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Accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher!

How can there be such a good thing?

Perhaps it was Chu Fan's Western learning background that shocked Sun Yuanhua too much, he felt that he was no longer qualified to accept Chu Fan as an apprentice, but he was unwilling to let go of this peerless talent, so he came up with a way that Chu Fan couldn't refuse: use his identity as Xu Guangqi's private disciple to accept Chu Fan as a closed disciple instead of his teacher.

This made Chu Fan happy and wanted to sing loudly! Who is Xu Guangqi? Ming Dynasty, oh no, one of the greatest scientists in Chinese history! Perhaps, none of these are needed!

What's more realistic is that although Xu Guangqi is currently at home, Chu Fan remembers clearly that this great scientist finally entered the cabinet, and the cabinet minister is equivalent to the Politburo Standing Committee of the future generations!

Whether it is academically or officialdom, being able to become Xu Guangqi's closed disciple will bring unimaginable benefits to Chu Fan.

What is it called? It's called pie in the sky.

"Old Xu is famous all over the world, and the disciples under him are all high-quality and handsome people like Lord Sun, how can he be virtuous, how dare he be indiscriminate." Chu Fanxun thanked, but the stars in his eyes revealed his overjoy.

"Yixian must not be presumptuous...... Although the old man is not good, he thinks that he has learned most of the teachers...... As everyone knows, when I met Yixian today, I actually had the feeling of a well frog...... If Yixian is willing to enter my Xumen, it is my Xumen's great luck, how can I say that I am indiscriminately filled? Sun Yuanhua twisted his beard and said, looking at Chu Fan's eyes full of anticipation, as if he was afraid that Chu Fan would not agree, after seeing Chu Fan nodding again and again, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered the old servant to bring sandalwood, and held a simple apprenticeship ceremony in court, and after Chu Fan bowed three times, he withdrew the incense case and wrote a letter for Chu Fan on the spot, which was to the effect that he told Xu Guangqi that he had met a wizard of Western learning in Tianjin, so he took charge of the teacher and accepted Yunyun as a closed disciple, so that he could visit Xu Guangqi in Songjiang in the future. and explained that he would write another letter to Xu Guangqi to emphasize this matter.

After Chu Fan carefully accepted the letter, the two reorganized their cups and plates and continued to talk - it was already the third watch at this time, Liu Zhongwen, Sidesa and the others couldn't stand it anymore, so they all confessed and went back to the house to rest, and there were only two freshly baked brothers left in the huge courtyard.

"The matter of the gun, Fan has always been concerned, and he has a few questions in his heart, but he doesn't dare to get an axe in front of Brother Chuyang." Since they are senior brothers, Chu Fan also calls each other with Sun Yuanhua's expression of Chu Yang.

"What's the matter? Only pipes come. Sun Yuanhua poured himself a drink, and he seemed to be quite interested.

"As far as Yixian knows, firearms in the army, except for the three-eyed guns, are often discarded, and they can't understand this." Chu Fan asked.

"This matter is not difficult to understand," Sun Yuanhua shook his head and sighed, "The bird guns used in the army are all prepared by the Shenji Battalion...... The craftsmen went their own way, the size was different, and the iron used was poor, so they often exploded when they were about to fight, injuring themselves...... Deprecation is inevitable. ”

"Is the bird gun made by the Divine Machine Battalion unsupervised?" Chu Fan asked.

"How not?" Sun Yuanhua replied bitterly, "According to the rule, the gunpowder and other things are supervised by the husband in the palace, but ...... Alas! Don't mention it. ”

Chu Fan knew all the drawbacks mentioned by Sun Yuanhua, and the level of the arquebus in the late Ming Dynasty was not bad, but the production process was not standardized, and there was a lack of effective quality supervision -- these eunuchs in the palace only cared about making money, and how could they know what quality management was, which caused a large-scale abandonment of firearms in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, this is only one of the reasons why the bird gun is easy to explode, and the other reason is that the soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty were poorly trained, and the charge was also in bulk, so there was often an overdose of charge.

If you use a fixed bullet, the possibility of exploding the chamber should be greatly reduced, so Chu Fan said, "Brother Chuyang, according to Fan's speculation, this bird gun is easy to explode, although it is a mistake of rough workmanship, but when the battle is about to be fought, the soldiers use different amounts of medicine, and I am afraid it is also one of the reasons." ”

"Yes, that's one of the reasons for the bombing...... Can there be a good way to circumvent it? Sun Yuanhua groaned, looking at Chu Fan's eyes full of anticipation.

"If each part of the pellet is wrapped in oiled paper, opened and loaded into a gun when the battle is about to be made, wouldn't it be possible to avoid the disaster of exploding?" Chu Fan threw out the idea of a fixed bullet.

Sun Yuanhua was still twisting his beard and pondering the fixed ammunition, and Chu Fan took out the flintlock pistol again, "Today's bird guns, lit with a fire rope, not only affect the action but also make the loading process extremely complicated; What's more important is that the bird pot is unobstructed, and in case of wind and rain, the ** of ten cannot be fired...... Wouldn't it be nice to be able to fire with flint and greatly simplify the process of loading and firing? ”

This thought immediately moved Sun Yuanhua, and he impatiently replaced ink with wine, drawing pictures on the table and studying them carefully.

Chu Fan also tried to recall the flintlock pistol he saw in the post bar at the beginning, and while drawing a picture, he and Sun Yuanhua studied how to place the flint, what shape to hit the anvil, how to transmit force to the trigger, and so on.

The two of them met and drew for a long time, Sun Yuanhua finally figured out the structure and principle of the flintlock pistol, he was dealing with this bird gun all day long, and immediately thought about how to build various components, and the scene of the bird gun operation after the construction came to mind, and sure enough, the operation was much simplified than the arquebus, and he couldn't help but stroke his palm and laugh, "Wonderful!" Wonderful! Wonderful! If this thing can be made, it will be more convenient to use the bird's gun! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but squint his eyes and carefully look at Chu Fanlai beside him, this is simply smart to the level of demons.

Just think of two ideas to turn the chicken-ribbed bird into a weapon to kill the enemy, I don't know how this head grows! Looking at his young face again, Sun Yuanhua could only sigh, how unfair God was, how could he concentrate Zhong Lingyuxiu on one person, and his decades of study couldn't catch up with his casual two ideas!

"Yixian, why did you come to Tianjin Wei this time?" Sun Yuanhua looked at it for a long time and suddenly asked.

Chu Fan then told him how his father was overturned and lost his goods, and how he was squeezed by Wang Ting, and Sun Yuanhua sighed.

"Yixian, but the old man has a reluctant request, I don't know if to talk about it or not?" Sun Yuanhua pondered for a long time before he pondered and said.

Chu Fan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Brother Chuyang, it's okay to talk about it. ”

"My generation of scholars, whether they read the books of sages or miscellaneous studies, all they ask for is nothing more than to report to the monarch and give relief to the people...... With Yixian's great talent, but to be a businessman who pursues profits, it can be said that Meiyu is abandoned in the mud...... If Yixian does not give up, and join hands with a certain person to improve my Daming gun, it is conducive to the present and the right way to work in the future...... How about the fairy? Sun Yuanhua looked at Chu Fan and said a lot, his eyes were full of eagerness to make contributions.

Chu Fan didn't expect Sun Yuanhua to invite him to join the military department to conduct research.

The military department can completely get rid of Wang Tingqian's control by himself and even his whole family, but he is already poor at home, how can he gain a foothold in Beijing? Second, the most important thing is that he knows that the Ming Dynasty is at the end of the road and cannot change the fate of destruction, so does he want to bury Emperor Chongzhen himself? He's not that stupid!

Therefore, Chu Fan had to come up with the excuse of "repayment of the father's debts and sons", and politely declined Sun Yuanhua's kindness, which made the latter even more embarrassed.

The two talked about the muskets and artillery for a long time, and they did not rest until the fourth watch.

Early the next morning, the two groups of people went to the east and west, and when the post gate said goodbye, Sun Yuanhua insisted on Chu Fan's hand and said, "Yixian, this go to Zhangjiawan, everything must go well, if there is leisure when returning, I still hope to come to Shanhaiguan to get together, and I must be in Shanhaiguan for more than a month." ”

Chu Fan nodded again and again, and the two were reluctant to separate.

Out of the city, Chu Fan and the three came to the canal, and happened to encounter a team of boats heading north. After finding one of them and paying the fare, the three of them boarded the boat and headed for Zhangjiawan, which was more than 100 miles away.

No one noticed that someone on the boat that followed them sneakily got on the boat.