Chapter 152: Dai Zi, a firearms manufacturer

Hearing that Tuoheqi's purpose was to come here to find Dai Zi, Liu Hua thought about it carefully, he remembered that in his previous life, he seemed to have read a document, it is said that there was a person in the Qing Dynasty who made the most primitive machine gun, and this invention was more than two hundred years earlier than the machine gun of the Europeans.

But when he watched it at the time, Liu Hua didn't read it carefully, only remembered a general plot, and couldn't remember the specific content clearly, he only remembered that the person's surname was Dai, because he was jealous of Nan Huairen, and was framed and convicted.

Suddenly, he remembered the fake porcelain of the Shenwu General Cannon that Sun Shidong bought back before he came to Shengjing, and Sun Shidong once said casually at that time that there was a person surnamed Dai in the world who was very good at making firearms, but because he committed something, he was assigned to Liaodong, and the two things were connected in a series, Liu Huaxin said: "Could that person be Dai Zi?" ”

Thinking of this, Liu Hua immediately ordered someone to look for Dai Zi's information, because he knew the relationship between Liu Hua and Na Hetu, and he had just seen the scene when Liu Hua showed his might, so the soldiers in the supervision camp did not resist Liu Hua's order.

After about a cup of tea, the soldiers of the supervision camp sent Dai Zi's file, and after reading the file, Liu Hua learned that Dai Zi's family had been assigned to the Ningguta supervision camp before, and was transferred to the Baishanling supervision camp in two years.

Subsequently, Liu Hua collected some information about Dai Zi stored in the supervision camp, and then hurriedly returned home.

Hearing Liu Hua ask about Dai Zi, Daddy Zhang was a little surprised, pondered for a moment, and Daddy Zhang told Liu Hua that although he knew Dai Zi and had some intersection with Dai Zi, he had no friendship, because when Geng Jingzhong rebelled, Dai Zi had followed Prince Kang Jieshu to lead the army to conquer Geng Jingzhong. At that time, Daddy Zhang was still serving as the governor, so he met Dai Zi a few times.

Then, Daddy Zhang told Liu Hua about Dai Zi's life experience, through Daddy Zhang's story, Liu Hua had some preliminary understanding of this Dai Zi, Dai Zi was born in the family of officials, since childhood is extraordinary, erudite and versatile, proficient in astronomy, calendar, canals, poetry and painting, historical books, etc., is a famous machine, weapon manufacturer.

Under the influence of his father, Dai Zi fell in love with mechanical engineering when he was a teenager, and once made a variety of firearms himself, one of which could hit a target at a distance of 100 steps, and was famous at that time.

In the thirteenth year of Kangxi, Geng Jingzhong invaded Zhejiang from Fujian in response to Wu Sangui's rebellion. Kangxi sent Prince Kang Jieshu as a general and led the Qing army to Fujian and Zhejiang to conquer Geng Jingzhong. Twenty-three-year-old Dai Zi happily abandoned his pen and went out with the army, because Dai Zi was upright and outspoken, so he was very respected in the barracks.

After returning to the dynasty, Dai Zi was valued by Kangxi, and he was awarded the official position of attendant of the Hanlin Academy, and entered the south study. But it was precisely because of this that Dai Zi laid the root of the bane, because Dai Zi was good at manufacturing machinery and firearms, and was trusted by Kangxi, so it aroused the jealousy of the Belgian priest Nan Huairen at that time.

At that time, Nan Huairen was full-time to manufacture all kinds of mechanical objects for the imperial court, and once Nan Huairen showed off to Kangxi the "cupola" invented by their country, and boasted to Kangxi that the "cupola" could only be made by the Belgians.

After hearing this, Kangxi ordered Nan Huairen to make this kind of cupola, but Nan Huairen spent a year not to make it, and afterwards Kangxi ordered Dai Zi to make a cupola, but Dai Zi only took eight days to cause.

After the "Cupola" was built, Kangxi led his ministers to the scene to watch the test firing, and the "Cupola" made by Dai Zi was powerful, unstoppable, and powerful. Kangxi was very happy after reading it, praised Dai Zi, and gave the cannon the name "General Weiyuan", and ordered the name of the manufacturer Dai Zi to be engraved on the cannon body to commemorate.

It was precisely because of this incident that Nan Huairen felt embarrassed on his face, and under jealousy, Nan Huairen colluded with Chen Hongxun, the son of Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, to frame Dai Zi in front of Kangxi for "fornicating with the East". Hearing this, Kangxi was furious, and in the early thirties of Kangxi, he ordered Dai Zi's family to be exiled to Shengjing.

It is said that Dai Zi's family lived very poorly, sleeping on a cold kang covered with a shabby bedding in winter, and in the early hours of the morning, he had to step on the frost into the mountains to pick up hazelnuts and use hazelnuts to satisfy his hunger, and later Dai Zi made a living by selling paintings. Dai Zi was always looking forward to receiving forgiveness and hoping to return to the capital again, but more than ten years had passed, and the imperial court had no intention of pardoning him at all.

After learning about Dai Zi's life, Liu Hua's heart was lively, he came from later generations, and knew the power of firearms, although this thing was a taboo weapon in the Qing Dynasty, but because of the late Qing Dynasty, the imperial court was relatively backward in the development of firearms, so it was bullied by the powers of other countries.

Although it seems very peaceful now, Liu Hua knows that in the future, there will be Kangxi's third personal expedition to Geerdan, the invasion of the Russian tsar on the border, the rebellion of Lopzang Danjin in the northwest, and several other wars.

At present, this Dai Zi is an opportunity, Dai Zi can make firearms, and he is the world's first firearms manufacturing expert, and Liu Hua knows the principle and structure of pistols in later generations, if he gets this Dai Zi, then he will have mastered a peerless killing weapon.

After Daddy Zhang left, Liu Hua couldn't calm down in his heart, he was thinking about how to connect with Dai Zi, and in the next few days, Liu Hua went to the supervision camp twice and secretly figured out Dai Zi's exile area.

After Dai Zi was transferred from the Ningguta Supervision Camp to the Baishanling Supervision Camp, he was not assigned to the supervision area om/jiazhu/"> the latest chapter of the head of the family, but like Father Zhang, he was assigned to supervise and execute outside the supervision area, and now lives in Xiyuan District, Heshunyuan, which is more than 200 miles away from Dongyuan District, where Liu Hua lives.

After finding out Dai Zi's residence, Liu Hua asked Yahuan to prepare some gifts, and brought a copy of the tea and wine that Tong Zhen brought from Yangzhou.

After settling these down, Liu Hua planned to go out, but at this moment, a maid ran in: "Childe, there is a person looking for you outside, that person claims to be surnamed Xiao, saying that he is your old friend, do you want to invite him in now?" ”

"Surname Xiao? My old friend? Who is it? How come I can't remember someone I know whose surname is Xiao? After hearing this, Liu Hua was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something? Hurriedly instructed Yahuan: "Come to remember, I do have a friend surnamed Xiao, you can bring that person here quickly." ”

After a while, Yahuan led a bearded man to Liu Hua's room, after making tea, Yahuan gently retreated, and after Yahuan retreated, the bearded man took off his coat, tore off a fake beard from his face, and then knelt down on one knee and bowed to Liu Hua: "Subordinate Huang Tianxiao to meet the chief catcher." ”rs