Simple!

It's not very simple, it's extremely simple, but for Qi Jiguang, Zhang Pengju, Li Zide and others who have been through the battle formation, how could they not know how important such a simple gadget is.

The bird gun may be very sharp, but the firing speed is too slow to deal with possible melee battles, so there must be spearmen and swords and shields to protect them. Therefore, Qi Shuai's training is half of the firearms mainly bird guns, and half of the melee soldiers equipped with various weapons.

But now the "bayonet" mentioned by Shi Yiwen subverts everything. With bayonets, bird gun soldiers can participate in hand-to-hand combat by themselves, without the protection of melee soldiers such as spearmen. In the gap between bird gun shooting, gun soldiers can use this cold weapon similar to spears to drive away attackers, or rush into the enemy formation to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

"Zhiyuan might as well let the blacksmith in the village make this bayonet together. If I can't see the bayonet with my own eyes, even if I leave, I'm afraid I can't eat or sleep well."

Qi Jiguang's words seemed to be joking, but they were very serious.

"This is easy. I will ask the blacksmith to make a bayonet in a while. If you don't have a hurry, you will find a spearhead from Zhuang Ding Shouzhuang to restructure it."

While the few people were talking, Carpenter Chen had already installed the flintlock machine and trigger, and during this period, Shi Yiwen just gave some guidance from the side.

"Shishuai Qi, look, this is the flintlock rifle."

Shi Yiwen introduced and pulled the head of the machine.

"clatter!"

The powerful firing when pulling the trigger made him smile.

"Fix the flint to the vise, here is a rain shield, which can withstand some light rain. As long as it is not a heavy rain, ordinary rain should be fine."

While explaining, Shi Yiwen trimmed the flint taken from the flint with an axe, and then clamped it on the stone clamp.

After completing all the preparations, Shi Yiwen asked Zhao Shizhi that he was coming to a horn cartridge, and then he installed gunpowder on the flintlock rifle, which was powdery.

"Shiji, such powdered gunpowder is not good, not only is it easy to get damp and clump, but after a long period of bumps, the looseness of the medicine will also affect its power. If the gunpowder is granulated, these problems can be avoided."

It seemed that the casual words made Qi Jiguang and others look surprised. Apart from surprise, they didn't even know how to face these successive surprises.

"Zhiyuan has used bird guns in the past?"

Zhao Shizhen tried to ask, originally he wanted to use a bird gun to let Shi Yiwen play something new, but he never thought that he was so proficient.

"Well, I just came across it a few times occasionally."

Shi Yiwen, who was almost exposed, quickly changed his words and said.

"After all, the old port is a rampant place, and there are often Western merchant ships in the area, and they have come into contact with many firearms."

His explanation did not arouse Qi Jiguang's suspicion. He is just staring at the five-foot spear in Shi Yiwen's hand now.

Finally, after pouring some gunpowder into the gunpowder pool, covering it with a rain cover, Shi Yiwen raised his flintlock rifle, aimed at the... tree in front of him, and then took a deep breath.

Aim, shoot...

The moment the gunfire sounded, white smoke gushed out from the muzzle and tail.

"Good gun!"

Whether it is a good marksmanship does not matter. It is important that this gun does not require a fuse. Without the fuse, many problems with the bird gun will naturally disappear.

Until the evening, Qi Jiguang, Zhao Shizhen and others tried to put flintlock rifles there. Although flintlock may not be able to get angry every time, and even if it is fired, Mars may not fall into the medicine pool, so occasionally there will inevitably be no fire, but it is still not comparable to the combs.

Qi Jiguang and others, who had been in rank for a long time, naturally knew the value of the "Flintlock Spear". During the dinner that night, Qi Jiguang expressed his thoughts.

"What the Captains feared was the firearms of our Ming Dynasty. In the past, the gun soldiers were unable to defend themselves because of close combat, so there were only half of the gun soldiers. Now with bayonets, the army can naturally use gun soldiers!"

Looking at Shi Yiwen, Qi Jiguang's tone seemed a little excited.

"Can Zhiyuan hand over the flintlock rifle to me? I will report to the court that if we promote such magical weapons in the world, then our Ming Dynasty official army will definitely benefit from the firearms. In this way, the northern enemy will be pacified. When the nine sides are stable, Zhiyuan will make great contributions!"

Faced with such a request, Shi Yiwen certainly would not refuse. Just when he agreed, Zhao Shizhen sighed.

"Shishuai Qi is probably too optimistic. I think that even with Zhiyuan's flintlock rifle and bayonet, our Ming Dynasty official army would not be able to use guns all the guns."

"Hey, Master Zhao, look at what you said. With such a magical weapon, how can you not use it in the army?"

When Zhang Pengju finished speaking, Li Zide said casually.

"What Zhao Zhubo said is just a bird gun. Except for the southern troops transferred by Qi Shuai, most of the officials from the nine north sides are unwilling to use it."

Turning his eyes to Qi Jiguang, Li Zide said.

"Although bird guns were introduced to the state dynasty for many years, they are still not used by the people of the North, and the North Magisters are not in accordance with the rules. Making bird guns is easy to explode and cannot be used. Soldiers are unwilling to use bird guns, and naturally they are not willing to use flintlock guns. Even the bird guns in the army are brought from Zhejiang."

Li Zide's reminder made Qi Jiguang frown suddenly.

"I heard Zhiyuan say before that it is not entirely because the northern craftsmen were unable to make guns, but because the northern iron was made of coal and was not suitable for making bird guns."

Zhao Shizhen repeated as he learned the reason from Shi Yiwen.

"Beijing Iron is unusable, what if they are all made of Fujian Iron?"

"Are there so many Fujian irons? A three-foot bird gun requires 20 kilograms of Fujian iron, and it needs to turn a gun into a gun. The barrel of the gun requires a four-foot gun like Zhao Zhubo. At least twenty-six or seven kilograms of Fujian iron. The whole country uses bird guns. Even if the Fujian irons are sent in all Fujian, it may not be enough. Besides, the local people don't use iron, let alone the Fujian irons need thousands of miles. In this way, the price of the gun will naturally increase."

"Why would you use charcoal to make iron?"

"There are few trees in the north, and the charcoal is too expensive."

Listening to their words, Zhao Shizhen turned his eyes to Shi Yiwen, who had been silent and asked tentatively.

"Zhiyuan, since you know the reason for using the bad iron in the north, what is the solution?"

As soon as he asked this, everyone turned their attention to Shi Yiwen, and Qi Jiguang even stared at him and asked.

"Is there a solution to Zhiyuan?"

Faced with his inquiry, Shi Yiwen nodded slightly.

"There are solutions, but they are a bit troublesome. This is related to iron ore, iron plants and coal mines. It may not be easy to handle, and it costs quite high..."

When he heard Shi Yiwen was a little embarrassed, Qi Jiguang pondered for a moment and asked tentatively.
Chapter completed!