At dawn the next day, before it was completely bright, Liu Yan took Chen Xun's team back to Dapan Fort, and before everyone set off, Liu Yan ordered the lair of the pirate to be burned down.

And the thousands of taels of silver have been transported back to Oh Dapan Fort by Miao Shao, Xu Ming's Ye Bu team, and Wang Bo's team.

After returning to Dapanbao, more than 6,000 taels of silver were all put into storage after a count. Liu Yan gave a reward to everyone who fought this time, five coins of silver per person for ordinary dun soldiers, and one or two silver for each of the small flag officers.

And the rest of the Dun army and military households who did not participate in the battle were very red when they saw this, and they couldn't wait to have another war immediately, so that they could follow Liu Yan to attack and get a reward.

Liu Yan saw that the morale was available, and he was also very happy in his heart, and immediately announced that the Dun army that had attacked with the army this time would rest for a day, so that he could rest for a while, and then he would return to the General Flag Office, ready to rest for a while, after all, he had been busy for a day and a night, even if Liu Yan was physically strong, he felt a little tired at this time.

But at this time, Chen Xun came over, stopped Liu Yan, who was about to sleep, and said a little apologetically: "Captain A, my subordinates met Director Tan just now, and Director Tan heard that we brought back a flintlock bird, and he was very excited, saying that he wanted to see it, so he asked his subordinates to come over, hehe......"

Liu Yan smiled bitterly, he was also thinking about the flint bird gun, and he was still thinking about sleeping and then going over, but he didn't expect Tan Xiaoda, the craftsman, to be so eager, it seems that high-tech is the same in ancient and modern times, and they are all obsessed with the technology they are not familiar with.

"It seems that there is still no way to be lazy."

Liu Yan sighed in his heart, then got up and said, "Okay, let's go over." ”

After speaking, Liu Yan picked up the flintlock bird gun on the table and beckoned Chen Xun to go to the firearms supervision office together.

On the way, Chen Xun said with a smile: "Captain Jia, after yesterday's battle, I learned that those thieves are really rich, and a few dozen pirates can copy out more than 10,000 taels of silver, which is really rich, no wonder there are thieves everywhere now!" ”

Liu Yan said: "I know what you're thinking, thinking about suppressing bandits and making money, aren't they? ”

Chen Xun smiled hesitantly and did not speak.

Liu Yan shook his head, then poured a basin of cold water on Chen Xun, and said: "These people are Haikou bandits, they should have attacked some rich places along the surrounding coast before, so that they can accumulate so much silver, and they can also get a rare flintlock bird." And not every group of thieves everywhere is like this, most of the thieves should be poor ghosts, and even many of them are poor people who can't survive, otherwise who would risk being exterminated to be a thief! ”

Listening to Liu Yan's words, Chen Xun was silent, his eyes were full of sadness, and he remembered his parents who were starved to death a few years ago.

Seeing this, Liu Yan also understood, and sighed slightly.

Just two years ago, the Lingshanwei area was hit by a drought, and it rained for eight months without a drop of rain, and the water conservancy facilities in various places were almost completely deserted, and almost all the fields were completely harvested, and the people everywhere cried and grabbed the land.

However, the imperial court was unable to send relief food for a long time, so that the victims were everywhere, even Chen Xun, a small flag official, did not see rations and military salaries for several months. Chen Xun's parents lived in Wangjiazhuang, and the family soon ran out of food, and there was no water and rice for more than ten days.

Chen Xun, who got the news, was in a hurry, his parents were already in poor health, so he immediately went crazy and went around on credit to excuse food, and even took people to grab some food, only to make up a dozen catties of food, and hurried to his home, but saw that his parents, who had not seen him for a few days, had been starved to death.

Such a tragic situation can no longer be described in words, Liu Yan's memory still exists in Chen Xun's state at that time, almost crazy.

"Alas!"

Liu Yan patted Chen Xun on the shoulder and said, "Some things have passed, don't think about it anymore." ”

Chen Xun nodded heavily, but his eyes were slightly red.

"Now the days of Dapanbao are different from the past, I am confident that I will take you through the better, in the future, we will create a business together, so that everyone can live a good life, no longer have to go hungry, and will never be threatened by thieves and slaves, do you have confidence?"

Chen Xun suddenly looked up at Liu Yan, nodded firmly, and said in a slightly choked voice: "There is a chief armor, I believe it!" ”

While talking, the two came to the door of the Firearms Supervision Office, Chen Xun also calmed down his mood, and Tan Xiaoda, who was anxious to study the flintlock bird, had been waiting here for a long time.

At this time, Tan Xiaoda saw the flint bird gun in Liu Yan's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stepped forward excitedly to take it, and then observed it carefully, not even bothering to salute Liu Yan.

In fact, there is a description of the self-generated fire gun, that is, the flintlock bird gun, in the "Illustrated Description of Weapons", and Liu Yan still clearly remembers: "When the gun is inconvenient in the wind and rain, all guns must first open the fire door, and they can be raised against the enemy." There are often those who are wet by wind and rain and can not send a hair, and there are those who do not shine on the stars and send them by mistake, so that the faucet must be transformed into a message, so that the flint touches the machine and the medicine is fired spontaneously combusted. ”

It can be said that the flintlock is a big leap forward from the arquebus. The flintlock bird gun equipped in the Ming army was made by Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Nanjing household department in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and replaced the arquebus with a flint bolt. However, due to the influence of the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the creation of the flintlock bird gun was not carried out on a large scale.

These are all records in the history books, at this time, Liu Yan only figured out the detailed structure of the flint bird when he saw the real thing, and Tan Xiaoda on the side also looked like "it is".

This flintlock has removed the original arquebus, and many changes have been made to the trigger and other places.

A fire sickle and fire sickle spring were added near the medicine pool, and the flint was mounted behind the fire sickle and held in place by flint clips.

"It turned out that this flintlock bird used a trigger to drive a hammer through a spring, hit the flint flakes, and through the rapid friction with the flint flakes, sparks were generated, and then ignited the gunpowder in the fire gate's powder pool. Therefore, this flintlock bird does not have to be like the arquebus, which must drag a long lit fire rope during the battle, which can really be fired at any time in the rain, snow, wind and frost, and also avoid the shortcomings that the light of the fire rope is easy to be exposed at night! ”

Tan Xiaoda said excitedly, and Liu Yan also smiled and nodded.

Tan Xiaoda was right, now the arquebusiers of the Ming army simply can't stay on guard for a long time when the arquebus is lit, because once the arquebus is burned, the bird gun can't be fired.

If the Bird Gunner does not light the arquebus, it will be too late to temporarily light the arquebus in case of emergency, and even more so if it encounters the enemy cavalry, it is often the Bird Gunner who is not ready and the enemy army has already rushed to him.

Of course, this situation is not unsolvable, Qi Jiguang has an emergency solution, that is, do not tie or light the fire rope, and directly use the ignition to ignite the gunpowder in the medicine pool.

However, this method also has an unsolvable problem, that is, the Bird Gun cannot aim at this time, and can only be effective when the enemy is very close. In other words, with this emergency method of shooting, the bird gunner only has one chance to shoot, and then he has to fight hand-to-hand.

It is much more convenient to use flintlock bird guns in these aspects, and the combat performance is also greatly improved. It's a pity that it is now in troubled times, the army of thieves in the pass is sweeping the north and south, and the Jiannu outside the pass are also eyeing the tiger, and the treasury of the imperial court is empty.

Besides, Tan Xiaoda continued to admire the exquisiteness of the structure, and Liu Yan also agreed with it. Although the bird gun was introduced to the Ming Dynasty from the west, but after the improvement of the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, the bird gun at this time has been blue and better than the blue, whether it is the design structure, or the manufacturing process, it is no worse than the Western fire gun of the same era. It was only because of the financial problems of the Ming army that the quality of the Ming army's equipment was worrisome.

"It's a pity, if it's not a troubled era now, but a prosperous era like the Yongle Emperor, this kind of flint bird gun will definitely be able to equip the Ming army on a large scale, maybe the Ming army can enter the era of full firearms before the West, and history may not be what it is now!"

Liu Yan sighed and put away the regret in his heart, and then said to Tan Xiaoda: "How, now that we have this flintlock bird gun in hand, the basic structure of the flintlock bird gun can also be figured out, can the Firearms Supervision Office mass produce imitations as soon as possible?" ”

Now Liu Yan's idea is that the Firearms Supervision Office will thoroughly understand the technology of the flintlock bird gun as soon as possible, and then start large-scale imitation. As long as the flintlock pistol is born, Liu Yan will go all out to promote it in the army, and even reduce the number of pikemen to the greatest extent, directly cancel the sword and shield hands, and form as many flintlock bird guns as possible to sweep all opponents with strong firepower.

Although Tan Xiaoda was very happy to see the real thing of the flintlock-haired bird, he was not carried away by the joy, and after carefully observing it, he said cautiously: "Captain A, I need a period of time to study it in detail, and I can't promise anything to Captain A until I thoroughly figure out the detailed structure of this flintlock-haired bird." ”

Tan Xiaoda himself is a very rigorous person, which should also be a common problem for such technical talents.

Liu Yan knew Tan Xiaoda's temper very well, so he didn't get angry, but secretly said that he was a little anxious, after all, the flintlock bird gun is not an ordinary knife and gun, and it can be created by directly tinking and clanging, and the flintlock bird gun is the most sophisticated technology in this era, so it naturally takes some effort.

So Liu Yan said with a smile: "Okay, Master Tan doesn't have to be too anxious, study slowly, if it doesn't work, you can also find a few capable craftsmen to refer to it together, if you need anything, you can also tell me at any time, and I will do my best to solve it." ”

"Yes, Chief Xie Jia understands."

Liu Yan nodded and said, "Then that's it for today, let me know when the imitation of the flintlock-haired bird has made progress." ”

Tan Xiaoda immediately agreed, and then said: "During this time, the subordinates will focus on imitating the flintlock bird, of course, the matter of the firearms supervision department will not be left alone, but if the first commander has any tasks, the subordinates are worried that they will not be able to take care of it." ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "It's okay, I estimate that for a period of time, this flintlock bird gun will be the most important thing in the Firearms Supervision Office, and I won't burden you anymore before I have an eyebrow." ”