Chapter 62: Genius Dai Zi

With Wang Xinyu's comparison on the map, Zheng Chenggong seemed to see a blueprint for the future: after taking Dongfan Island, he would then use the northern part of Luzon Island and Borneo Island to launch successive attacks on the Dutch, and unite the Portuguese, Spaniards, and British to drive the Dutch out of the South Seas. After driving out the Dutch, the Zheng family recaptured the route from Japan to Luzon. This was a golden route, and the Zheng family could transport iron, coal, grain, and gold from the South Seas back to Dongfan Island; Shipping spices and cane sugar from the South Seas to Japan; Copper and sulfur from Japan were shipped back to Tofan Island; Transporting Japanese ceramics, tea, and silk to the South Seas and India; Bringing European-made warships, artillery, and machinery from India back to Dongfan.

While using the sea trade, it also opened up the connection with Myanmar, connecting the power of Yongli and the Jin king with his own.

Thinking of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, Zheng Chenggong felt that he was sorry for the king of Jin twice. Once was Li Dingguo's two famous kings, Zheng Chenggong did not send troops at that time; The second time was when Li Dingguo proposed to himself, to marry his daughter to the prince of Yanping, and then let Li Dingguo's son marry the daughter of the king of Yanping. But Zheng Chenggong refused, and later felt that he couldn't go, so he used his cousin and niece to deal with Li Dingguo.

Of these two things, the first thing was scolded by Zheng Chenggong for being selfish; The second thing is that Zheng Chenggong was scolded for doing things too badly.

But Zheng Chenggong felt very wronged, when Li Dingguo became a famous king, Zheng Chenggong had just broken off with his father not long after, most of the sailors and soldiers and horses were taken by his father to take refuge in the Qing court, Zheng Chenggong was the worst time, there were only 90 people in his hands, and he relied on these 90 people to develop. When Li Dingguo became a famous king twice, what strength did Zheng Chenggong have in his hands? The second thing is that Li Dingguo sent someone to propose marriage, but the source of goods exported by Zheng Chenggong Haimao was the support of the Jiangnan Shi clan, and Zhang Huangyan and others, represented by the Jiangnan Shi clan, opposed Li Dingguo's proposal of marriage, thinking that Li Dingguo was a thief and was not qualified to marry the king of Yanping at all. And Zheng Chenggong can't offend the Jiangnan Shi clan, otherwise where will the exported ceramics, tea, and silk come from? And the Japanese routes were again controlled by the Dutch. In desperation, Zheng Chenggong had no choice but to refuse Li Dingguo's request for marriage.

Now that he has seen the blueprint outlined by Wang Xinyu, Zheng Chenggong has seen the hope of recovering the country. At that time, he will no longer be restrained by the Jiangnan Shi clan, and he can join forces with Li Dingguo to oppose the Qing Dynasty.

But Wang Xinyu didn't know that when he was talking to King Yanping at night, there was a pair of vicious eyes secretly watching him.

Zheng Jing hid outside the study and peeked, and saw his father and Wang Xinyu talking all night, and his father nodded and praised Wang Xinyu's proposal again and again, and he was very angry in his heart.

Leaving his father's study, Zheng Jing left the house overnight and returned to his camp.

"Go, call Feng Xifan to me!" Zheng Jing gave an order to one of his own personal soldiers.

After Feng Xifan came, Zheng Jing told him: "Father has a lot of trust in that Wang Yu now!" That kid is now favored by his father, and he doesn't even pay attention to me, the son of the world! ”

"Little prince, why don't you tell the prince that the second thief cultivates his wings and has bad intentions, even if he has no intention of becoming the king himself, there are signs that the tail will not fall off?" Feng Xifan asked.

Zheng Jing smiled bitterly: "Of course I told my father, but I was scolded by my father!" I didn't dare to tell my father anymore. You have to talk to your father about this matter. ”

Feng Xifan said: "Please rest assured, the little prince, early tomorrow morning, I will go to report to the prince that the thief has bad intentions!" ”

The more Zheng Jing thought about it, the more angry he became: "If you don't say anything else, let's just say that the second thief develops overseas territories without authorization and cultivates his own private soldiers, which can be regarded as a conspiracy!" The second thief also joined forces with illegal businessmen overseas to create a Nanyang company, and even lobbied his father to use the ship of the Nanyang company to transport goods! Isn't this robbing our Zheng family of Haimao's profits? In addition, the thief has been encouraging his father to occupy the entire South Seas and make enemies of the Taixi countries! This is going to trap my Zheng army in a desperate situation! The second thief also named the occupied bay Dingguo Bay, isn't this to please King Jin? How does this make those Jiangnan Shi who support us think? Everything the second thief did was endangering our Zheng family! It's ridiculous that my father still obeys him! ”

"Little prince, these things will be reported to the prince early tomorrow morning!" Feng Xifan said.

"Xifan, be careful when you say these things tomorrow, don't expose me!"

"Please rest assured! The humble position will definitely not expose the little prince! ”

Early the next morning, Zheng Chenggong was about to board the ship to the mouth of the Kowloon River to check the enemy's situation, when Feng Xifan came.

Feng Xifan said bad things about Wang Xinyu in front of Zheng Chenggong, saying that Wang Xinyu had bad intentions and had the intention of becoming the king on his own.

Who knew that Zheng Chenggong blamed instead: "Xi Fan! This king does not suspect that he is suspicious! This king has always supported his subordinates to expand their territory and develop their own power! If this is not the case, when this king broke off with his father, there were only 90 people left, how did it develop? If we don't encourage our subordinates to develop on their own to the best of their ability, how can we be where we are today? You don't have to say more! ”

Feng Xifan was bored, so he had to leave in a gloomy manner.

Zheng Chenggong called Zheng Jing again, and asked with a split face: "Just now Xifan came to me to frame and slander Wang Yu, but your idea, right?" ”

Zheng Jing's face turned pale, but he didn't admit that he secretly instigated this matter, but only said that Feng Xifan was loyal and said it for the good of his father.

Zheng Chenggong said angrily: "I didn't know that you instructed me to do this? Think for yourself about what you are doing wrong! ”

"Father, the child is wrong, the child should not be suspicious of the generals under the command of the father." Zheng Jing apologized in his mouth, but he hated Wang Xinyu in his heart, and he couldn't wait to peel Wang Xinyu and cramp immediately.

Zheng Chenggong's anger disappeared a little, and he said seriously: "Xianzhi, do you know why my father wants to let go of the hands and feet of his subordinate generals and let them develop on their own?" The father fell out with your grandfather back then, and only brought 90 people back to Xiamen! How miserable it was! The first emperor was captured by the Tartars again, and unfortunately suffered! Father and uncle went to take refuge in the Tartars! How hard it was! They took away all the people, and they took away the silver and the boats. How did fatherhood develop? Aren't you relying on those brothers to fight on their own? If it weren't for the Father's letting go of their hands and feet and allowing them to develop on their own, would we be where we are today? If that Wang Yu can really establish himself as a king, as long as he is against the Qing Dynasty and restores his sight, the father will be happy for him! After all, how to say that he is our man! ”

"But father, if that Wang Yu really sets himself up as king, I'm afraid he will replace your father!"

"Taking the place of father? If he was really that kind of person, he wouldn't name a port Yanping Port! I will not take the name of the Father as the name of a city! Kenyuki, do you know why your father persevered in the most difficult times? Just because your grandfather was rebellious, betrayed the Son of Heaven, and betrayed my Ming Dynasty! When my father returned to Xiamen with 90 people, he just wanted to die on the battlefield and wash away the shame of your grandfather's treason! Fortunately, God has eyes, and the sky is endless, and I am bright! For my father, he has fought more than 100 battles for more than ten years, from 90 people at the beginning to tens of thousands of heroes today! During this period, how many brothers spilled their blood on the field! If it weren't for the fact that every brother is working hard to expand himself, can we have today? Reuse Wang Yu for the father, because the father knows that this person can make the father recover the two capitals one day and revive the Ming Dynasty! Rescue my Ming people from the iron hooves of the Tartars! After returning to heaven for his father, future generations will say that Zheng Zhilong treasoned against the enemy, but his son turned the tide and rescued the crisis, and was the hero of the revival of the Ming Dynasty! This is done for my father, so that our Zheng family can wash away the shame of your grandfather's treason, and for our Zheng family to live for generations! ”

Zheng Jing's eyes were red when he saw his father speak, and he was ashamed in his heart, so he quickly knelt down: "Father, the child is wrong!" Children should not be suspicious of a general who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty! ”

Wang Xinyu's fleet went to Zhoushan again, preparing to transport the goods purchased by Zhang Huangyan back to Xiamen.

It took ten days for the fleet to go back and forth, and during these ten days, Wang Xinyu was busy every day between the blacksmith workshop, the gun factory and the special forces training camp.

One morning, Wang Xinyu had just walked into the blacksmith workshop when he saw Dai Zi happily greeted him: "Mr. Wang, the student has already imitated the vernier caliper!" ”

"Really? Take a look! Wang Xinyu took the self-made vernier caliper in Dai Zi's hand and was overjoyed, "What is the accuracy of this vernier caliper compared with the original one?" ”

"Please sir, give it a try!"

Wang Xinyu took Dai Zi's imitation vernier caliper, and conducted a comparative test with the one he bought, and found that Dai Zi's imitation vernier caliper was not at all inferior to the original imported goods he bought! He happily hugged Xiao Daizi: "The little boy is really a genius!" ”

Dai Zi said something that made Wang Xinyu excited: "Sir, with the help of my father and Mr. Tessie, the student has improved the drawings of the Thunderbolt Bracelet and the Electric Switch, and the new drawings are in the student's study, please take a look at the students with him." ”

Wang Xinyu was overjoyed and asked Dai Zi to take him to his study.

Dai Zi's study is in the dormitory next to the blacksmith's workshop, and the father and son have a courtyard, which is a courtyard with a gate, a vestibule, a side room, a lobby, a kitchen, a bedroom, a study and a back garden. In addition to Dai Cang and Dai Zi, father and son, there is also the Swiss technical talent Blair, an old janitor, a cook, two domestic servants and three maids. Wang Xinyu's conditions for Dai Cang's father and son and Blair are still very good, the three of them, each of them has a separate bedroom and a separate study, and there are maids to take care of.

Walking into Dai Zi's study, Dai Zi took out the drawings of the Thunderbolt Handcuff.

Wang Xinyu carefully looked at the drawings and found that Dai Zi had made great improvements to his Thunderbolt short gun: it was originally a rotating tube type, but it was changed to a style similar to the later revolver, with a belly that could be rotated at the back of the barrel, and the belly could be rotated by pulling the trigger. Inside the belly of the gun, it is possible to reload six guns. As long as the trigger is pulled, the belly of the gun is turned, and the flintlock mechanism of the bolt ignites, igniting the primer in the sub-gun, and then igniting the gunpowder to launch the projectile. The second time the trigger is pulled, the belly of the gun rotates, and the firing hammer is pushed backwards, and when the trigger is pulled to the end, the belly of the gun stops rotating, and the position of the sub-gun is just aimed at the barrel, and the spring behind drives the firing hammer to move forward, and the flint emits sparks.

After all six guns are fired, you only need to flip a switch in front of the belly of the gun to make the belly pop out, and you can take out the guns inside and replace them with six new guns.

This design is simply the design of the revolver of later generations! Although primitive, unrifled, and complex to manufacture, special forces and agents can have such weapons, which can be said to be multiplied by the power of assassination or special missions behind enemy lines!

Such a genius design can only be imagined by a genius like Dai Zi! Wang Xinyu thought to himself: The person who can invent the primitive machine gun will definitely not be a simple person!

As for the design of the switch, it has also been improved by Dai Zi.

Dai Zi improved the switch to have a top plate cover that can be pulled apart by the bolt, and at the same time when the bolt opened the top cover, he also pulled the spring mechanism, pulled the flintlock machine back, and then stuffed a gun into the belly of the gun, and then pushed the bolt to close the top cover at the same time, and pushed the gun gun forward a little bit, which was consistent with the barrel to ensure that air leakage was avoided as much as possible. Then aim at the target, pull the trigger, and complete a launch. After hitting a gun, pull the bolt, open the top cover, and the gun is also pulled backwards, under the action of the spring, the gun is ejected, and then a new gun is pressed, and then the bolt is pushed on, so that you can enter the second firing state!

"This is the real electric switch!" Wang Xinyu was overjoyed, "The original electric switch is still the fire rope ignition, you have changed it to a flint engine, and by adding the top cover and push and pull device, the air leakage problem of the electric switch has been solved!" What a genius! ”

Dai Zi was very embarrassed by Wang Xinyu's words, lowered his head, and said with a red face: "Sir, but I'm afraid the air leakage problem of the Thunderbolt is not so easy to solve." ”

Wang Xinyu said: "It doesn't matter, the Thunderbolt Bracelet originally required a range that was not far away, and it was a melee weapon." As long as it is not a gas leak so bad that the gunpowder gas hurts the shooter himself, he will be fine. ”

"Then please rest assured, sir, there will be no air leakage to such a serious extent!" Dai Zi replied.