The success of the flowering bomb has aroused great attention from everyone, Bi Maokang's status has improved rapidly, and he has been revered by everyone.

Sun Chuanting is still very smart, and after talking with Su Tiancheng a few times, he already feels that there will definitely be some changes in the Shenji Battalion, and the previous model will change. This is also because the power shown by the red-coated cannon and the general's cannon is extraordinary.

Su Tiancheng has an extraordinary vision, which Sun Chuanting sincerely admires.

Recently, Bi Maokang began to supervise the manufacture of bird guns, which are said to be very different from the previous arquebuses, and their performance has been greatly improved.

After the military camp was completely built and the research and development of the flowering bomb was successful, the Jiangning battalion took out 10,000 taels of silver to reward Bi Maokang and others, and the warsmiths also got the reward silver, which inspired everyone, and many warcraftsmen put forward some improvement experience according to their own practical experience to further improve the firearms.

Su Tiancheng received the news from the capital, and Chunping also gave birth, it was a daughter, and the mother and daughter were safe.

It's a pity that he can't return to the capital and can't see his daughter for the time being.

The affairs of Henan Mansion were basically entrusted to Zhang Pu to preside, and Su Tiancheng was stationed in Jiangning Camp again, focusing on the production of firearms. There are still a lot of favorable conditions, Jiangning Camp can get out of the silver, raw materials from Kaifeng City in a steady stream, because of Bi Maokang's idea, some excellent military craftsmen in the capital have also slowly come to Henan Mansion and entered the Jiangning Camp.

These are all valuable treasures, and Su Tiancheng pays special attention to them.

Mid-November. The first flintlock pistol was born.

This is a very well-made flintlock pistol, with a length of about ninety centimeters, and a bayonet has been added to the barrel in front, which was suggested by Su Tiancheng, and the warmaker has followed the requirements. A knife similar to a centuries-old bayonet was made, with notches on both sides of the bayonet, twenty centimeters in length, and a bayonet with a handle, which could be used alone, and more importantly, it was on the top of the bayonet and could be used as a spear.

The only thing that was somewhat dissatisfied was the barrel. It is made of fine iron, which is close to the steel of hundreds of years later, but there is still a gap in texture, and it must not be compared with seamless steel pipes.

Sun Chuanting personally tested the shot, pulled the trigger, and in a minute, six shots of lead bullets were fired in a row, except that the barrel was a little hot. There are no other problems.

The plank on the opposite side, about 50 meters, is three centimeters thick. It's been completely pierced.

Sun Chuanting's face showed a look of shock.

This bird gun, which is very different from the previous arquebus, is much faster, and does not require ignition. It was also more powerful, and it was the first time he had seen this kind of round buckshot, and the previous arquebuses were composed of countless small particles of lead bullets, and they needed special paper shells. Measure the amount of lead bullets, not too much, not too little, including the amount of black powder, the same must be measured.

This flintlock pistol, unlike the first flintlock pistol in history, is also very different.

This is because Su Tiancheng put forward some points, although he is not very familiar with firearms, but he also knows some basic things, the black powder needed to propel lead bullets can be accurately measured, and it can be integrated with lead bullets, as for bayonets, this is needless to say, children after hundreds of years know things like Lu Dao.

Bi Maokang and the military craftsman are very smart, as long as Su Tiancheng puts forward ideas, they can improve them repeatedly.

The only thing that can't be improved is the barrel, which is something that can't be helped.

"My lord, this kind of bird gun is very different from before, whether it is a rainy day or a snowy day, it can be used, and it is much more powerful, I think, if it can be equipped with every soldier of the Shenji Battalion, it will definitely be able to play a great role."

Bi Maokang looked at the elated Sun Chuanting, and also smiled and spoke.

"This new type of bird gun has a lot of credit from adults, and it has been improved by pointing the lower officials, and the power is much stronger, and the lower officials see it, please give this gun a name."

Su Tiancheng was not polite, pondered a little, and spoke.

"This new type of firearm is developed by Lord Bi with great painstaking efforts, mainly relying on flint instead of arquebus, the ignition device is completely different, pull the trigger, press down the faucet, and the flint friction fires, you can shoot, I think, it is called a flintlock pistol."

Sun Chuanting and Bi Maokang fully agreed, such a name, concise and concise, very vividly illustrates the change of the bird.

What they didn't expect was that the flintlock pistol would be improved many times in the next few years, so that it became the absolute force of the Ming Dynasty to conquer all enemies.

In more than two months, the flowering bullet was successfully developed, and the flintlock pistol was also born, such a speed, in the eyes of ordinary people, is unimaginable, but it was successful in the Jiangning camp.

Of course, all of this is absolutely secret, including the imperial court.

Su Tiancheng's reason for concealing it is very simple, everything needs to be practiced in actual combat before it can really play a role, besides, this is the hard work of Lord Bi Maokang, the Jiangning battalion spent a lot of money to be able to develop it, and it is easy to spread out, and the opponent will not be able to win by surprise if he is on guard.

Inside the barracks, mass production began.

The silver flowed out like white water.

This time, the officers of the Jiangning battalion did not have the slightest opinion, and the officers of more than 100 households were each equipped with handcuffs, which were also a kind of flintlock pistol, but the barrel was shorter. Everyone has tried the power of the handcuffs, and it is completely different from before, the speed of shooting is fast, it will not be affected by the weather, the strength is much greater, within fifty meters, it will not be much of a problem to penetrate the human body, even if you wear armor, you can also be pierced.

Su Tiancheng demanded that 10,000 flintlock pistols be produced within the year, and the more lead bullets the better.

The Jiangning battalion has a total of 30,000 soldiers, and 10,000 flintlock pistols have been produced, which also indicates that one-third of the soldiers will enter the Shenji battalion, which is also a very big change.

Sun Chuanting once asked Su Tiancheng, but Su Tiancheng did not say his thoughts for the time being, and the implication was still in the process of consideration, and there was no final decision.

Song Sijun and Wan Chenggui and others, their business is gradually on the right track.

The maximum support of Henan Prefecture has made them like a fish in water.

Song Sijun is very smart, he once held up Su Tiancheng's sign, which means that he has the full support of the prefect, after these words came out, Song Sijun was still a little trembling, and he didn't think that the government didn't have any opinions.

The 1.2 million taels of silver handed over to the Jiangning camp had already been handed over.

When Song Sijun arrived at the mansion, he was still thinking about it, and he didn't know what happened when Su Tiancheng found him.

"Boss Song, in recent times, the expenses of Jiangning Camp have been relatively large, I'm afraid I need your support."

Song Sijun chuckled in his heart, since Su Tiancheng opened his mouth, it must not be a small number.

Sure enough, Su Tiancheng then spoke.

"Within this year, you have to find a way to raise more than 1.5 million taels of silver."

Song Sijun couldn't help but shudder, such a large sum of silver, unless he took out the old book, it would be better to make it up, in a hurry, Song Sijun couldn't speak for a while.

"Boss Song, don't worry, it must be difficult to rashly ask you to take out so much silver, I have already thought of a way to ensure that you can take it out."

When Su Tiancheng said this, Song Sijun's eyes lit up, every time Su Tiancheng came up with an idea, he earned a lot of silver.

"You can contact Houjin and Duogandusi and trade firearms with them, that is, the bird guns, abduction guns, and three-eyed guns of the Jiangning Battalion will all be handed over to you, and you will sell them to them, and the Jiangning Battalion can be responsible for the safety along the way."

Song Sijun stood up in fright.

"Great, adult, the grass people have never traded with Houjin, and they have definitely never traded arms."

"Hehe, what I said is true, you have to trade arms with Houjin, mainly trading bird guns and the like, some Furlong machines, tiger squat cannons, you can also consider, I can tell you clearly, you are engaged in arms trading this time, it is for the Jiangning camp to trade, rest assured and bold to do it, don't have many worries."

Although Houjin has a lot of firearms, but lacks production technology, once the firearms are scrapped, there is no way, only to rely on the conquest to loot, after all, the conquest has to pay a certain sacrifice, if it can be traded to firearms, Houjin is not wanted.

If it is said that it is allowed to trade firearms with Houjin, as long as the quantity is large, it is not very difficult to earn one million taels of silver at a time, especially the cannons such as the Francophone and the Tiger Squat Cannon, which are the treasures in the eyes of Houjin.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng was very sincere, Song Sijun sat down suspiciously.

"Boss Song, you have to hurry up, Jiangning Ying needs silver, and it is not okay to increase your burden for no reason, it is already November, and within December, you must promote a few big transactions, after you go back, immediately plan and use all your strength, during the Spring Festival, you may have to work hard."

"Don't worry, the grass people will do a good job."

After Song Sijun left, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

The arquebus is outdated, sell these outdated firearms in large quantities to Houjin, let them be happy, the Jiangning battalion can get a large amount of silver, large-scale improvement of the device, reconfiguration, when the time comes, the power of the Jiangning battalion will not only shock the Ming.

Of course, all this requires silver, a lot of silver, and it is impossible to do without it.

As soon as Song Sijun began to trade with Houjin, Jiang Ningying's money bag began to bulge, and Su Tiancheng's plan could be realized in the shortest possible time. (To be continued......)