Arquebuses have many drawbacks, such as the wind blowing the gunpowder in the fire door, and the rain will wet the arquebus. What's worse is that before the war, a long fire rope must be lit in advance, which is time-consuming and laborious. At the time of the battle, the tension between the two sides is high, and the more complicated the operation, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Because of this, Zhang Ke was always afraid of Jiannu's cavalry.

However, with the flintlock pistol, the situation was completely different, not only overcoming the difficulties caused by wind and rain to shooting, but also eliminating the need to press the dragon head with the hand, so that the aim was more accurate, and it could be fired at any time, and the speed was greatly increased. Even if you encounter the Jiannu cavalry in the wilderness, you can deal with it calmly, and it will definitely make your combat effectiveness soar!

Sun Yuanhua is indeed a talent, and being able to make a flintlock pistol so quickly made Zhang Ke overjoyed.

"Mr. Sun, bring it to me!"

took a short fire bolt from Sun Yuanhua's hand, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, the fire door became a firing device, and when he pulled the trigger, there were sparks flashing.

The more Zhang Ke looked at it, the happier he became, and shouted: "Why don't you go and get gunpowder!" ”

"Hehe, Master Zhang, I've been preparing for this a long time ago." Sun Yuanhua took out a bamboo tube, and after opening it, it was filled with fine and uniform granule gunpowder.

Zhang Ke moved quickly, filled the gunpowder, stuffed a projectile into it, and raised his hand to aim at a willow tree about twenty paces away. The movement was like flowing water, and the crisp sound sounded, and the willow tree was beaten to the point that sawdust flew all over the sky, revealing the white trunk of the tree.

"What a firebolt!"

Zhang Ke nodded with satisfaction, he estimated that with a flintlock pistol, the shooting speed could be doubled! That's a terrifying number, a dense mass of bullets that can blast any odd soldier to smithereens.

And without the troublesome arquebus, the speed of training soldiers will be greatly improved.

A rural boy who was still working in the fields half a year ago will become a battlefield soldier comparable to an archer in half a year! Half a year can withstand a lifetime of hard training, and bullshit riding and shooting will only become worthless!

Even Wang Huazhen saw the advantage of the flintlock pistol and stared at the firearm with covetousness.

"Yongzhen, you can't be stingy, don't say anything about giving Guangning three or five hundred, otherwise I won't agree."

Even Wang Huazhen couldn't help but want to grab it, which shows the attractiveness of the flintlock pistol. But before Zhang Ke agreed, Sun Yuanhua had already shaken his head like a rattle.

"There are no doors, three have just been made under it, and the springs of two of them are broken, this is the only one that is qualified!"

"Is it hard to do?" Wang Huazhen wondered.

"It's very hard!" Sun Yuanhua nodded firmly, in fact, looking at his virtue, he could guess how much hardship he had paid in these days.

"Mr. Sun, take us to the workshop to have a look, and find a way to solve the difficulties."

Sun Yuanhua nodded and immediately led them to the workshop in Jinzhou.

Originally, the production of weapons was placed in Daqing Fort, but Jinzhou originally had an iron-smelting workshop and many craftsmen. Zhang Ke also intended to test Sun Yuanhua's ability, and did not directly arrange him to Daqing Fort, but asked him to try out the production of fire guns in Jinzhou.

Sun Yuanhua has studied Western studies for many years, and has also been exposed to a large number of guns and artillery, he thought that it would not be difficult to make zuò, but he encountered trouble at the beginning.

The mechanism of the flintlock pistol is roughly the same as that of the arquebus, and the difficulty lies in the firing device, which is to use the elastic parts to charge up, and after striking the trigger, it quickly hits the flint and produces a spark to detonate the gunpowder.

Sun Yuanhua thought about many things, but none of them worked, and finally he set his eyes on the Western table clock, which happened to have a spring in it.

It's easy to think of, but Western grandfather clocks are rare, and the missionaries bring them to the limit, and each one costs thousands of taels of silver, and buying a grandfather clock, just for the spring inside, no matter how big a loser will not do this!

But without springs, you don't want to get a flintlock pistol.

Sun Yuanhua was so anxious that he turned back and forth, he had to try to report to Zhang Ke, and after ten days, five brand-new grandfather clocks were placed in front of him, so use them casually!

Sun Yuanhua never imagined that Zhang Ke would be so generous, and he suddenly sighed that the person who was a confidant died as a confidant, and his prejudice against Zhang Ke in the past was also reduced a lot.

After more than a month of busy work, two springs were broken in the test, three firecrackers were made, and two more broke after a few shots, and finally only one finished product remained.

Speaking of what happened, Sun Yuanhua's face was feverish, and the five exquisite table clocks were piled up in the corner, lacking springs, and he couldn't go anymore. Wang Huazhen was stunned, the table clock alone costs thousands of taels of silver, that is, Zhang Ke, a loser, can't be ruthless if he changes to something else!

Sure enough, Zhang Ke didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's good to make it, the price of a flintlock pistol is not something that can be measured by just a few grandfather clocks!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Sun Yuanhua felt the sound.

"But...... In the future, every firearm will have to dismantle a grandfather clock, I'm afraid no one can stand it! Zhang Ke sighed: "The table clock is made by Xiyi, which means that they can make springs, but the Celestial Empire can't, which is our greatest shame!" If, a few years later, the descendants of Xiyi attacked the Celestial Empire with flintlock pistols, but the Celestial Empire could only use arquebuses, our descendants might not look down on us much! ”

Sun Yuanhua's face was red, and he couldn't help but say ashamedly: "Zhang Shaobao, I have followed my teacher to contact many missionaries, Xiyi has surpassed my Ming Dynasty in the astronomical calendar, and the rest of the navigation and military technologies are also a lot ahead!" The Hongyi cannon is an imitation of Xiyi. It's a shame to say that I always thought that the Celestial Empire had everything, but after really getting in touch, I would know that the Celestial Empire had fallen behind! ”

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten, this is the eternal truth!" Zhang Ke sneered: "Sage Kong can't help us, and Sage Meng can't help us, only by immersing ourselves in research, producing high-quality steel, and making our own springs, can our flintlock pistol have hope." ”

Zhang Ke's mood is particularly heavy, since the end of the Ming Dynasty, China has changed from a comprehensive lead to a mutual short and long, and if you honestly let a group of savages with pig's tails rule, the Celestial Empire has become a complete joke!

"One hundred thousand taels! Mr. Sun, I will give you 100,000 taels of silver, and immediately look for skilled craftsmen and hire Western missionaries. Whether I do my own research, or buy, or cheat, in short, I want to see the mass production of flintlock pistols. ”

A few months ago, Sun Yuanhua must have scoffed at Zhang Ke's words, but now he loves to listen to them.

What is needed to really do things is silver, and the talents that are needed to invest and work hard can produce results. And once their achievements are used on the battlefield, they can kill more enemies, and the victory or defeat of the war is related to the fortune of the country and the life and death of millions of people.

At both ends of the scale, one side is the Confucian tradition, and the other side is the national economy and people's livelihood.

There doesn't seem to be a hard choice!

"Lord Shaobao, Yuanhua was confused in the past, please forgive me. As for the problem of spring steel, I immediately wrote to my teacher, at most half a year, I will definitely solve it! With high-quality steel, not only flintlock pistols, but also artillery can be greatly powerful. When the time comes, I will wait for Zhang Shaobao to kill Jiannu to the ground! ”

"Hahaha!" Zhang Ke looked up to the sky and laughed, patted his chest and said, "Mr. Sun, if you have any difficulties, just say it, I will do my best to help!" ”

……

According to estimates, within a year, the workshop in Liaodong will be able to produce 5,000 firearms, and if a batch of flintlock pistols can be manufactured, the combat effectiveness will definitely increase exponentially.

Wang Huazhen saw Zhang Ke's joy, and he said with a tiger face: "Yongzhen, this time you have food and money, but you are not allowed to hide behind, a mess, you have to help me clean it up!" ”

Zhang Ke really wanted to keep a low profile, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the supreme commander of the Liaodong region was Jingluo. I heard that because of the whipping corpse Yang Lian, the court officials were frightened.

No one is afraid of causing trouble, and they can't even leave the whole corpse, so no one dares to come to Liaodong, and the post of economic strategy is vacant.

Zhang Ke didn't want people to chew his tongue, saying that he was flying and domineering, so he left the limelight to Wang Huazhen. However, I recently heard that the imperial court has finalized the candidates for the economic strategy, and he will be able to go to Liaodong in a few days, and Zhang Ke is also ready to act.

"Shibo, since this is the case, the little nephew will go to Quang Ninh with you and stew all those defeated soldiers in one spoonful!"

Before Zhang Ke left, a joint letter was sent to Zhang Ke and Wang Huazhen, the person who wrote the letter was Bao Chengxian, who returned from the defeat of Liaodong, he was originally the deputy general soldier under He Shixian, guarding Shenyang, when the old slave broke through, he took more than 300 Ding to run wild overnight, ran out of 1,000 miles in seven days, and barely saved a life.

Deputy General Bao did not have the slightest shame, but brazenly wrote that Jiannu had seized his family's land, causing the Bao family to have no place to live, and asked for 5,000 acres of fertile land, 200 attendants, plus 20,000 taels of silver, to settle his family......

"Shameless! Lao Tzu won't give him a single son! ”R1152