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Chapter 65 Sharp Weapon
(The picture shows the flintlock pistol)
"My lord, Bi Maokang sees Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Wearing a beam crown and scarlet clothes, he is old and in good spirits. The first impression of Yang Reform is that he is about 60 or [-] years old.

"You are Bi Maokang?"

"My Majesty, the subject is Bi Maokang."

"Good! Good! Good!" Yang Huaihe called out three times in succession, and he was a little too excited.

"This flintlock gun, but you made it?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it was made by the minister."

"Good! Good! Good!" Yang Reform was so excited, he didn't know what to say, the reason was that this flintlock gun was really awesome, it was an epoch-making thing!With him, Yang Reform was no longer afraid that the wild boar skin would enter the customs. Instead, he looked forward to seeing how the wild boar skin would be abused by him after entering the customs.

"...reward..." Yang Reform was so excited, he didn't know what to say, so he said a reward.After thinking about it, he asked again: "Bi Maokang, what is your position now?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the minister is currently the censor of Youqian Capital..." Bi Maokang replied.

Youqian capital censor?Yang Reform doesn't know what kind of official this is, but Yushi is probably an official like a speech official.Immediately said: "Aiqing is a great talent, don't be a censor, go..." Yang Reform wanted to say that he would go to the Ministry of War to be a deputy minister or something, specializing in weapon research and development, manufacturing, and so on. The weapon research and development department, even opened a weapon company, selling various weapons to make money, this is my future source of income!Didn't you see how happily the United States sold weapons later?It is worthy of attention, but Yang Reform is not clear whether this weapon manufacturing is now under the control of the Ministry of War, and there is still a military battle bureau in his inner court, which is under the management of the inner court.

"...This, this, rewarding 1 taels of silver... rewarding a thousand households of Jinyiwei, this..." Yang Reform was a little incoherent, ordering rewards like ordering food.

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Bi Maokang was about to thank him, and the emperor's reward came again. Today, he won the big prize, with a reward of 1 taels of silver, and a title of "Thousand Households of Jinyiwei". Yes, the most important thing is that the emperor took a fancy to him. It is the official of the fourth rank, and after a little promotion, you will go to the third rank. Above the third rank, you will enter the minister and the cabinet, and you will be a senior member of one party when you leave.It is very different from the fourth grade.That is the goal of how many people strive for it!

"... Maokang, of the 1 taels, 5000 taels of which I rewarded you, and the other 5000 taels were your patent rights that I bought. You invented this flintlock gun, which is beneficial to the country and has made great achievements for thousands of years. Award, be rewarded, this is what I call a patent, every time you make a flintlock gun in the future, you can still make a profit of ten coins..., um, don't refuse, the ancients said that a thousand dollars buy a horse bone, and I am following the example of the past People, if you want to use your words and deeds to prove that I am a meritocracy, as long as I have contributed to the community, I will never be stingy, and I will not lack in everything..." Yang Reform was very happy, and he said a lot, when Bi Maokang was about to resign , Speak out to stop it, and promote its own "patent plan".Let the people of the Ming Dynasty know that inventing things can make money.Drive change in the world.

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"Master Sun, what rank is Maokang now?"

"Your Majesty, Bi Maokang and Bi Menghou are now the censors of Youqin Capital, and they are the fourth rank." Sun Chengzong replied.

"Menghou? Is this a word? Well, very good, who is in charge of the manufacture of these weapons and guns now?... By the way, I remember that Menghou seems to be a Jinshi?"

"His Majesty, the manufacturing of ordnance belongs to the Ministry of Industry, and there is still a part of the inner court. The name of Menghou is Maokang. Your Majesty remembers it correctly. Menghou was born as a Jinshi..." Sun Chengzong answered the emperor one by one.I thought the emperor was too young to understand these things.In fact, Chongzhen understood it at first, but now he doesn't understand it very well.

"Jinshi? Well, very good, then let's be a minister of the Ministry of Industry first. Specialize in the manufacture of ordnance, weapon development, especially muskets, flintlocks... must be mass-produced as soon as possible..."

Yang Reform was afraid that if he added an official to a person without much fame, he would be opposed by all the officials and cause unnecessary trouble. Although he could force it through, it would not be good for the development of his own person, and others would look at him differently. exclude him.So, after hearing that Bi Maokang is a Jinshi, he is not afraid. No one has anything to say to a Jinshi, or a fourth-rank official, even if he has no credit.Yanguan is born to see officials one level higher.

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Bi Maokang had a great luck today, he got 1 taels of silver, and some kind of patent money. In the future, he can collect ten coins for each flintlock gun, and he also got a reward of a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and he was promoted. It is really good luck for Pin to become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the third rank!The most important thing is that the emperor remembered himself.Appreciating himself, Bi Maokang felt comfortable all over his body.

Yang Reform couldn't wait, and wanted to equip this flintlock gun as soon as possible.

"Bi Aiqing, after returning home, I will step up the development of this flintlock gun. I need a lot of equipment, understand?"

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister understands."

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After rewarding, Yang Reform decided to try the gun.

"Bi Aiqing, here, can you show me how to operate the gun?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please wait a moment, I will try to shoot right now."

After Yang reformed the rewards, he remembered that he hadn't tried this thing yet. If it was fake, wouldn't it hurt his feelings?Waste of expression?
Bi Maokang skillfully picked up the pistol, tore open the brocade bag, poured out the lead from it, then poured some gunpowder from the medicine pot into the barrel, then poured the lead into the barrel, and plugged it firmly with a cleaning rod.Then he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, it is ready. Do you want to test fire?"

"Well, then try it."

Bi Maokang took the musket, walked a little farther, held the gun with one hand, aimed at a distant target, pulled the trigger, and there was a loud "bang", the musket was successfully fired.The lead pierced through the target, sending a few pieces of sawdust flying.

Yang Reform looked at it and applauded in appreciation.

It is true that the fire was not lit with a match, but with flint percussion powder.

"That's right, Bi Aiqing, your flintlock is really sharp! How far is it?" Yang Reform was very concerned about this.

"My Majesty, the range of this gun is 120 paces, within [-] paces, it can penetrate cotton armor. If you use a long-fire gun, it is even more powerful. It can still penetrate cotton armor as far as [-] paces away. A." Bi Maokang is also very good at this firecracker.That's right.

"Good! Good! Good! Sure enough, it's a good thing. It's sharp enough. This kind of flintlock gun doesn't need a match, so it's really fast and convenient! Shooting will definitely be more accurate... Good thing!" Yang Reform couldn't help it again and again. Praise this thing once and for all.This thing came just in time.I am still planning to buy western flintlock guns, at least I have to send someone to Macau, this time is too slow, I don't have time to wait for such a long time, and the wild boar skin will enter the customs next year.To train recruits by yourself, you also need to be familiar with weapons, apply weapons, and practice. The time is very tight. It takes three months or half a year to train a farmer into a recruit. It is enough to train a recruit into a mature warrior. It is impossible for a machine without a year or two, without going through the test of blood and fire.

What Yang Reform lacks now is time.

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"Big companion, hurry up and pass on Fu Mingde, I have something important to tell him to come here quickly." Yang Reform remembered that he wanted to speed up the production of this epoch-making weapon.He remembered Fu Mingde, the director of his arsenal.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go now." Wang Chengen agreed to Yang Reform, turned around and found someone to teach Fu Mingde.The eunuch of the military bureau.

Yang Reform rubbed his hands excitedly, today is really a lucky day.Not only did he get a flintlock gun, but he also got an inventor. What made Yang Reform even more incredible was that this person was a Jinshi and a high-ranking official in the court.This made Yang Reform feel more confusing about the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Everyone has it.The Jinshi of Christianity, Shangshu; the Jinshi of improving muskets, senior speech officer;To say that the elite class at the end of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to be as pedantic as in history. It can be said that it was a hodgepodge era, with representatives of progress and rising power;This, one step further is heaven, one step back is hell!At the intersection of hell and heaven, the Ming Dynasty chose hell.Then there is the centuries-old history of ignorance in China.

Yang Reform has mixed feelings in his heart, but it's not a taste.

[The "Illustration of Military Weapons" written by Bi Maokang was published in the eighth year of Chongzhen, that is, in 1635 AD, and it described this kind of self-igniting firecracker, which is a flintlock.The otaku feels that the book published in 1635 must have been collected for a long time before, so it is not too outrageous that the flintlock gun was invented in the first year of Chongzhen.The speed of ancient knowledge dissemination is relatively slow, and data collection and verification are also very slow. 】

[In addition, Bi Maokang's "Illustration of Military Weapons" was burned by Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty!Otaku expressed his regret at this.The so-called Siku Quanshu is this kind of virtue.The so-called prosperity of the Qing Dynasty is this virtue.China's centuries-old history of ignorance began from the moment the Ming Dynasty perished...]

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