nanming man

Chapter 175
Bi Maokang was a native of Shexian County, Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili Province. He was a Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli.

In the early years of Chongzhen, after the downfall of the eunuch party, he was appointed as the general political envoy of Nanjing, promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of War, and soon asked to return to his hometown.

At the time of farewell, Chongzhen ordered Wugang chariots and Shenfei cannons to be made.After the machine was completed, the edited "Illustration of Military Weapons" was presented to Chongzhen.

Gao Yihuan knew that there were not many people who knew firearms in the late Ming Dynasty, only Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, and Song Yingxing who knew science.

Now Xu Guangqi has passed away for many years, Song Yingxing is an official in Jiangxi, and Bi Maokang is over 70 years old and lives in his hometown in Nanzhi.

Gao Yihuan couldn't get any of these three people. If he wanted to develop new equipment, he had to rely on himself.

Chen Huiting nodded in surprise, he didn't expect Gao Yihuan to be an expert, no wonder he cared about military weapons and his requirements were very strict.

Chen Huiting hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I know, Bi Shilang's "Illustration of Military Weapons", I have read it once in Guanzhong."

Gao Yihuan couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard it, and his eyes lit up when he looked at Chen Huiting, "Chen Qijian has also read "Illustration of Military Weapons"?"

"Hasn't the general read it?" Chen Huiting was a little puzzled. The military weapon map is said to be a relatively confidential book. People who have never seen it will probably not know this book.

Gao Yihuan remembered that there was such a book, and he also asked the old man to find it, but this kind of book was originally dedicated to Chongzhen by Bi Maokang. The military weapons in the picture can be regarded as secret, even if it is printed, the number will not be many, and it will not be circulated, so Gao Zurong did not find the book.

"Chen Qijian just read it. Is the book still there?" Gao Yihuan was overjoyed, and rubbed his hands excitedly: "Bring it to the general to have a look, and return it to you after reading it!"

Chen Huiting shook his head, "The general was joking. "Illustration of Military Weapons" is a confidential thing. I also read it once with the craftsmen when Governor Sun brought the workshop. There is no such book."

Gao Yihuan was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he immediately retreated and said: "Then you know the flintlock gun, oh, it's also called a self-generating gun!"

Chen Huiting felt even more strange, he nodded, "What Sun Dushi showed us is this self-generated gun, but before we made it, Sun Dushi has already left the customs."

Gao Yihuan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect such a coincidence, but after thinking about it, it is not surprising that the advantages of self-generated guns compared to bird guns can be compared by those who lead soldiers.

"It's good that Chen Qi supervised it!" Gao Yihuan was delighted, and immediately asked: "If you are allowed to make it, can you make it?"

Chen Huiting's heart trembled, he looked embarrassed, he was unwilling to take on such an errand, "General, this self-generated blunderbuss is much more complicated than the bird blunderbuss, it requires a lot of requirements, and it is made with a very low fire rate, not as good as the bird blunderbuss~"

Gao Yihuan is very familiar with his set, last time he talked about a bunch of things, in the end it was to tell him that he could only make one gun a month.

This Chen Huiting still has some abilities. Last time Gao Yihuan told him the method of subdividing labor and assembly line work. After he improved it, the production of bird guns became much faster.

He is able to do things well, but when encountering difficulties, he does not dare to step up, does not want to find a way to solve them, and has to apply pressure to move passively.

Now that I have said so much, it is nothing more than not wanting to build, afraid of difficulties, and afraid of making troubles if it is not good.

Of course, it must be more troublesome to make self-generated guns than bird guns, otherwise the Ming army would have built them long ago, and it would not have perished in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no large-scale equipment.

"Chen Qijian, no matter how many difficulties there are, we must create them!" Gao Yihuan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said unquestionably, "Don't worry about me making trouble for you. This self-generating blunderbuss, if you want money, I will give you money. If you want someone, I will give you money." For you, if you don’t remember the success or failure of manufacturing and improvement, make it out.”

Seeing his gloomy expression, Gao Yihuan continued: "Don't worry, I won't rush you this year. I don't care how many waste guns you make, but I will see the results next year. If this thing is done, I will remember you as a great achievement." , if it doesn’t work, I’ll beat you up.”

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he felt a bit like a dictator, even a bit like San Pang. If he couldn't complete the task he had given him, he would kill him immediately.

Chen Huiting had no choice but to accept orders, "Do your best in this humble position."

Gao Yihuan glared at him, and said with a stern face: "Chen Qijian, why do you have no confidence in your words?"

Chen Huiting could only say it again, Gao Yihuan patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, then went to the firearms workshop to have a look, and then rode back to the city for dinner.

When they arrived at the government office, Zhao Dajuan had already prepared Gao Yihuan's breakfast. Gao Yihuan had just eaten two mouthfuls when his own soldiers came to report, and some acquaintances from Xi'an came over.

Gao Yihuan asked people from the future to take him to the living room later, so he cleaned up and walked over.

As soon as he entered the living room, Zhou Ronghua stood up inside: "Brother Gao, here I am again."

Gao Yi laughed and said, "Brother Zhou is here this time, is it a private matter or a business matter?"

"Public and private balance, can't you?" Zhou Ronghua said.

The two met and laughed, Gao Yihuan stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Zhou, sit down and talk."

The two sat down. Gao Yihuan now has enough money and food, and he doesn't value reselling supplies very much. He cares more about business, so he asked with a smile: "Brother Zhou, let's talk about business first!"

"Okay, let's get down to business first!" Zhou Ronghua nodded, "Zhang Xianzhong became king in Huguang, Brother Gao reported to Li Jiedu, and Li Jiedu reported to Xi'an, right?"

Gao Yihuan nodded, "That's true. Zhang Xianzhong became king, so he has the heart to fight for the world. Since I found out, I will report it naturally."

After hearing this, Zhou Ronghua took out a letter of pardon from his arms and handed it to Gao Yihuan, "I was furious when I learned that Zhang Xianzhong became king. I originally planned to send troops to the south, but Prime Minister Niu was afraid that it would affect the plan of the east expedition, so I persuaded him not to Getting angry, today I canceled the plan to conquer Huguang in the south."

Gao Yihuan accepted the letter of pardon, and Xindao Niu Jinxing did him another favor this time. It seems that the gifts he gave during the holidays were still very effective.

At this time, Zhou Ronghua continued: "At present, the imperial court is mainly moving eastward, and Huguang will not be considered for the time being, but Zhang Xianzhong cannot be underestimated, nor can he be guarded, so brother, I will come here and pass an order to Brother Gao. The imperial court hopes that you can guard it well. Henan, don't let Zhang Xianzhong approach Henan."

In the letter, Gao Yihuan asked himself to conquer Zhang Xianzhong, but the Dashun court obviously didn't think he had this ability, so he was only allowed to defend Henan.

But it doesn't matter, it's a good thing that Li Zicheng doesn't know his strength, and as long as he gets the military order from Xi'an, his goal has been achieved~~~~~~
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