The two discussed flintlock pistols, talking as they studied and discussed room for improvement.

This time, Bi Maokang suddenly came to the spirit. After he invented it, only Xu Guangqi was very interested, and the others did not pay more attention.

This time, I finally met someone who liked it.

A flintlock pistol is simply a flint fire, instead of a firewire that ignites the gunpowder.

It is obviously much more convenient to use flint than firerope, but flint can sometimes be problematic and unreliable, i.e., dumb fire.

At present, this flintlock pistol invented by Bi Maokang uses a percussive flintlock pistol, that is, the flint is pulled to produce a spark when the flint is struck, and the spark ignites the gunpowder, ignites the gunpowder and then ignites the gunpowder in the chamber.

This is the real gun.

The trigger impact flintlock is one of the most reliable flintlock devices of this era. But even so, there is usually one mistake in three shots, and after more than 50 shots, the flint wears out and needs to be replaced.

Wang Hongyu picked up the flintlock pistol, carefully observed the ignition device, looked at the trigger part, and tried to operate it in his hand repeatedly.

"There is no bullet yellow and clockwork, the force of the trigger is not enough, if you add this pouring process, the first 50 times of initial use of the trigger can be played almost every time."

"Yellows and clockwork? What are the parts inside the chiming clock!? ”

Bi Maokang remembered that in the area of Jingshi Shuntianfu, the rich and noble families were already proud of having self-striking bells at home. When he was in the Shuncheon Mansion, he repaired the chiming bell for others, and saw the yellow and clockwork.

It's a pity that he didn't see much in this area after all, so he didn't fix it for others, and finally went into the city to go to the watch shop that had to queue up for reservations......

That's right! I heard that Wang Hongyu was involved in that watch shop, and it is said that the most powerful watchmaker was his cousin...... Li Tiezhu!

Li Tiezhu is the best at this aspect, and he is also very good at studying firearms.

It seems that the person in front of him is not Zhang Mingshi's general, he should be Wang Hongyu's cousin Li Tiezhu.

No wonder, no wonder......

In his stunned eyes, "Li Tiezhu" took away a stack of tissue paper bullets from the workbench.

"The idea of oil-soaked tissue paper wrapping is very good, but the standardization of these charges when they are made by hand is not enough. From the inside, it can be seen that the weight of the charge is as consistent as possible, but the method of folding paper bullets is a bit ordinary, so the size, folds, and texture are slightly different. ”

Bi Maokang knew that these words were not wrong, but he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

After all, he is a civil official, and he is criticized by people who are blacksmiths and rely on relatives to have a high status, and he always feels a little unbearable.

"Presumably you are a subordinate of the Marquis of Dingyuan, right? can enter and exit the governor's yamen in Yunyang without going through the notice, of course, only the subordinates of the Marquis of Dingyuan. Alas, what a pity...... A group of people who are quite capable, but they don't know how to respect the rules......"

He didn't shy away from it, and directly expressed some dissatisfaction with Dingyuan Marquis and others.

Wang Hongyu was a little stunned, but he smiled, Bi Maokang is indeed a powerful firearms expert, but he is also a civil official.

Even if they are enlightened civil officials, most of them abide by the traditional Confucian etiquette system, and there are very few people who break the rules like Wang Xuezhong, Wang Gen, Li Zhen and others.

It seems that at present, he will not communicate with him without too restraint like Wang Zheng, Xu Guangqi, Cai Fuyi, Li Tingqian and others.

Roughly similar to Cao Xuequan, it belongs to the stage of a very common discourse, but it is still a preliminary contact.

"Disrespectful and disrespectful, I shouldn't have come in so directly, but I was too much looking forward to my big open flame weapon continuing to get stronger, so it was rude for a while."

Speaking of this, Wang Hongyu said solemnly: "The junior is Wang Hongyu, and the sudden visit has caused trouble for Governor Bi."

Haha, this young man is not bad......

？！ What did he say was his name? It seems that it is not called Li Tiezhu, but Wang Hong......

Wang Hongyu!

"Are you Wang Hongyu? Dingyuan Marquis, Five Provinces Strategy, my superior? ”

"I don't think it's the superiors or the superiors, I can only say that I have taken on this responsibility and shouldered these things."

"Oops! Incredible! Some literati in the capital said that you are not like this, I didn't expect that the Marquis of Dingyuan, who was so famous and prestigious, would be so handsome, wise and courteous! ”

Bi Maokang was shocked, and some civil officials said that Wang Hongyu was a demon-like guy.

And in the past six months, it has become more and more evil, saying that he looks like a bear, but his face is like a fox. He eats nine children a month, and he likes the evil way the most, and he is simply a walking hellmaker.

I thought those were all rumors!

Wang Hongyu sneered at those guys who spread their own rumors and said: "Their rumors and slander satisfy the pleasure of attacking for a while, but the good life achieved by Benhou will have nothing to do with them."

"Hahaha~ Indeed, those people are not worth it." Bi Maokang felt that Wang Hongyu handled it very well, and he didn't need to get into trouble with them, as long as he didn't take them to play, he would naturally kowtow and beg for mercy in the future.

"Let's continue to talk about guns and ammunition."

Wang Hongyu continued the topic of flintlock pistols and paper-wrapped bullets, and proposed that the firing device of flintlock pistols be yellowed to realize the development of muskets like guns.

Without an open flame, the risk of oil-soaked tissue paper bullets is greatly reduced, after all, there is no need to touch the burning rope with the hands of the oil.

After the flintlock pistol is directly loaded with this paper-wrapped bullet, the step of compacting the gunpowder with a small stick is reduced, and the speed is increased. Oil-soaked tissue paper shells are more flammable, burn more fully, reduce the white gunsmoke, and slightly increase their power.

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After equipping a large area, you will not be unable to see anything in a cloud of smoke after firing a few shots from the front row, and you can continue to aim and shoot. There is no need to carry a long fire rope weighing five or six pounds, and the flexibility of hand-to-hand combat is greatly improved.

"Speaking of hand-to-hand combat, in fact, muskets are afraid of cavalry and close combat, I heard that the Hunhe army specializes in training a large phalanx, which perfectly combines super long spears and muskets, and the gun formation is very powerful like the Qin army."

Bi Maokang heard about this powerful phalanx from Xu Guangqi and others, and compared to the musket he was already familiar with, the 6-meter spear phalanx like the Qin army made him secretly surprised.

"It's not enough."

Wang Hongyu said bluntly: "The spears of the large phalanx are suitable for the plains after all, and the Shennong army is more brilliant in mountain warfare." In the last battle of the Hunhe River, our army chose the plains as the main battlefield. In the future, Jiannu will not stupidly attack phalanxes in the plains, and even in the use of firearms, he will make rapid progress. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Bi Maokang was a little shocked, and met some civilian officials in the capital who claimed to understand military affairs, and concluded that the spear phalanx was invincible. Now that I see the real famous generals, I know that people have long seen the advantages and disadvantages of the phalanx, and they don't like to belittle the enemy.

"The arquebus is equipped to seventy percent of the army, that is, to find death. Seventy percent of flintlock pistols will bring infinite possibilities. If it's a flint with bayonets and grenades, trained in a line queue, that's a real upgrade. ”

"Bayonets?"