The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 92初试

The memorials of Gongzhou Mansion and Yanwang Mansion were sent to the palace one after another, which caused a storm in the court. When such a thing happened, the local government dared not not report it. Of course, the memorials were written in a tactful manner.However, Yanwang Mansion exaggerated the achievements of the local people, such as not being afraid of hardships and sleepless nights for many days, fathers and children are sick, daughter-in-law cannot go home after giving birth, some servants fainted at work due to exhaustion, bravely captured gangsters and did not care about themselves, the magistrate who directed the detection work Chen Tang was so tired that he vomited three liters of blood. Of course, he also wrote a lot about the viciousness of the bandits???

Zhao Tun was not stingy at all this time, and wrote everything that came to his mind.Those who read the memorial all lamented that the lord's fate was so great that he escaped from danger. Of course, Gongzhou Mansion also contributed a lot. It can be promoted and commended as an advanced model. If you don't give priority to promotion and salary increase, you will be sorry for your conscience of.

"Cai Xiang, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Two memorials were placed on the table, and several bigwigs from the three provinces gathered to discuss how to handle this matter. Xue Ang, who was honored as Shang Youcheng, is still in power, and of course he must first listen to the opinion of the leader.

"Chen Zhifu has been working hard in Gongzhou for many years, and now he is solving this big case. There is a vacancy for the right servant of the Criminal Department. I think he can be transferred to Beijing to work in Beijing," Cai Jing said leisurely, stroking his beard.

"Okay, the Ministry of Punishment is the central center, and thieves are rampant now, and such an officer is needed, Mr. Cai has a discerning eye." Liu Bing, Minister of the Household Department, immediately agreed. .

"I think this matter still needs to be discussed. There are such huge robbers in Gongzhou who actually try to kidnap the prince. It shows that the place is not peaceful and tiger breeding is a problem. Chen Tang cannot escape the blame and should be severely punished." He Zhizhong turned out to be Shang Youcheng, Cai Jingfu After the prime minister, he is still Shang Youcheng, and now there is a faint tendency to exclude him and monopolize the power. Can't help but stand up and give Cai Jing some eye drops.

"He Youcheng, that's not right. It's clearly stated in the memorial. This thief is a rogue who fled around the Gyeonggi area. He went to Gongzhou to commit crimes. How could he hit Chen Zhifu's ass with a board?" Shangnai, another member of Cai Jing General, now that the 'insiders' dare to speak against Cai Xiang, he jumps out to argue with him without ordering him.

"Yeah, He Youcheng's words are chilling. With such a treatment, who is willing to contribute to the court and be loyal to the saint?" Xue Ang said with a sneer, thinking that you, the Youcheng, don't want to do it, and I, the Zuocheng, are still waiting. , you are so old, get out early, so as not to be an eyesore.

How could He Zhizhong show weakness? The old man rose up against the crime and resolutely fought against their unhealthy tendencies. The whole room was full of quarrels. "Everyone, don't argue any more. Whether Chen Tang will stay or not is still subject to a ruling from the Holy Spirit. Prince Yan has been in danger many times. Shouldn't he call the guards of the Imperial Guard?" Zheng Juzhong, a member of the Privy Council, couldn't listen anymore and interrupted them.

"Damn, I really lost the watermelon and picked up sesame seeds. Chen Tang and Prince Yan are nothing compared to each other. If we don't solve this problem first, it is still a question of whether Chen Tang, the magistrate, can continue to do it." Cai Jing cursed inwardly, just thinking about giving The old man He Zhizhong took a look and forgot about this important matter, "Commander Gaodu, the imperial army is under your jurisdiction, you can make up your mind whether it is appropriate to send troops"

"Old cunning, you know it's not easy to handle, so push it to me." Gao Lian, who was dozing off, was called out and cursed inwardly, but he couldn't help expressing his opinion. He adjusted his expression and said, "Hehe, Although the imperial army is under my command, Dianzhi has always been in charge of the royal guards. I think you all know the difficulties. .

"Well, this matter is important, and we will make a decision after reporting to Ming Sheng." Cai Jing looked at the attitudes of several people, and understood that the team was not united and had to be rectified. The tone of the palace, and then went to the next topic, "Sage feels that the world is getting worse, and thinks that the world is getting worse and people's hearts are not old. What do you think?"

Cai Jing's words immediately attracted everyone. If the old system is restored, not only the Taiwei, but also the Dazai are called majestic, and the titles of Taishi and Taifu are given, then the salary must be doubled. This is related to personal interests. Can you disagree? Several people unbuttoned their pants and urinated into a pot. The opinions of the ruling people have reached unprecedented unity.

Zhao Tong is not in the mood to ponder the disputes between the few big shots in the court, he is now devoting himself wholeheartedly to the research of new weapons.Now he is imitating the American Christopher Spencer Ming's Spencer rifle, which is the world's first practical continual rifle. Another way of saying it is the Henry continual gun.

This gun adopts a rotary locking bolt. When the trigger guard is pulled down, the locking machine moves back to open the chamber and pulls out the empty shell. At the same time, the spring in the butt automatically pushes the next bullet out of the feed tube; when the guard is pulled, The locking machine advances, pushes the bullet into the chamber and locks the chamber at the same time.The shooting action is: pull down the hammer, aim, pull the trigger, pull down the trigger guard, pull the guard, pull down the hammer, aim... Take out the feed tube from the rear of the butt when loading, which is what we commonly call a lever gun.The parts of the Spencer gun are easy to manufacture, and the structure seems to be complicated, but in fact there are not many parts, and it is not impossible to break through with the current technology.

Now there was a conundrum that had to be solved. The gun fired .52 caliber metal cased rimlock rounds.The first problem is to make the shell first. With the shell, the warhead, propellant and flash cap are all protected by the shell. One is that ordinary collisions will not cause misfires; the other advantage is that most of the slag of the propellant will settle. In the cartridge case, without contact with the chamber, pulling out the cartridge case is equivalent to automatically cleaning the chamber; and the ammunition is integrated, so there is no need to put a cap on the fire door when shooting.

There are advantages but there are difficulties. It is good to use all-metal shells. It not only solves the problem of moisture resistance, but when the other one is fired, the brass shell expands, which can lock the rear of the chamber and solve the problem of air leakage in breech-loading guns. question.This made Zhao Tong tangled for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of ​​all-metal shells. One was because of technological problems, and the other was economic accounts. Copper was a state-controlled material in the Song Dynasty, and it was not allowed to be bought and sold. Most of it was exported. Making coins is very scarce, and of course the price will not be cheap, and once it is fought, the consumption of bullets will be astronomical. No matter how rich Zhao Tun is, he may go bankrupt.After careful consideration, he decided to use a semi-metallic shell, the primer part is made of copper, and the main body of the shell containing the propellant is made of a special paper tube, which can not only partially solve the problem of locking, but also greatly reduce the manufacturing cost.

Another issue is the primer.The central fire needs to use a separate primer, which is installed in the center of the bottom of the shell, which can withstand high chamber pressure and can also be reloaded. The problem is that he can’t make smokeless gunpowder now. No, this is undoubtedly abandoned; another solution is to use a rim-fired cartridge case. This rim-fire method does not need to use a separate primer. The primer is installed around the bottom edge of the case, and the firing pin hits any part of the bottom edge of the case. Both can hit explosives and detonate projectiles.The disadvantage is that the bottom edge of the shell has to be made very thin when using this firing method, which makes it impossible to use large charges, and it cannot be reloaded, which is not cost-effective.

There is no choice but to use marginal fire, but the gunpowder he uses now is red phosphorus, which is more sensitive. He doesn't want the bullet to shoot when it falls on the ground, and he doesn't want the bullet to be fired automatically when the bullet is loaded in the barrel, but He couldn't make thunder mercury, so he could only find a way to reduce the sensitivity. After dozens of experiments, he finally found a suitable formula and solved this problem. After a lot of hard work, he made a batch of bullets. It is purely handmade, and it is necessary to ensure that the amount of charge is appropriate, and it will not cause an explosion. However, it made Zhao Tun so tormented that it can be said that he was physically and mentally exhausted.

Now it's June, Zhao Tun got up early in the morning and asked the two little yellow gates to carry out two big boxes, and let them send them to Chen Tang's manor, now everyone calls it Beifu, it's the prince's "residence". , Zhao Tun said hello to Huang Jingchen, saying that he would conduct an experiment and try to produce several new fireworks.Huang Jingchen knew that the prince did some weird things, but he could make a lot of money, so of course he agreed, but he just told him to be careful, and didn't ask much.

There is no one living in Beifu, and now only five or six people are left to look after the yard and take care of the cleaning. The sudden arrival of Zhao Tuo startled a few people, and they all rushed to serve them. Zhao Tuo didn't say anything, but just ordered them Cleaned up a large courtyard in the backyard, set up a few planks, and let them avoid it.The two little yellow men who came with them stood guard at the door and told them not to enter the courtyard without their own orders. Both of them are old people who know the prince's temper and understand that the prince is going to 'play around' again. If you bump into him, you are looking for death. Not only will you be scolded, but in severe cases, you will have to deduct money, and you will not be allowed to eat meat for a month??? Anyway, he has a lot of ways to make you feel so uncomfortable that you will die without hurting your muscles and bones

Zhao Tong saw that there were no idlers in the yard, and then he opened the box, took out a pair of gun inspection brackets from inside, found a suitable place to fix it, took out a gun from the box, and pulled the trigger. The retainer, fired two shots in the air, and then carefully took out a cartridge, where six bullets have been pressed. The bottom of the cartridge is equipped with a spring, which can push the bullets into the gun chamber one by one. Its function is similar to that of modern firearms. The magazines are the same.

Fixing the gun firmly on the gun rack, Zhao Tuo pulled the retainer and pushed a bullet into the gun chamber. Because it was the first "on-line test", he still used the old method. He hid himself and controlled the trigger with a rope. I don't want to be a victim, "God, if you want me to live well, don't play with me." He muttered a few words and pulled the trigger???

Based on the description of firearms, I added my own subjective conjectures. Although I want it to be as reasonable as possible, I also know that some things cannot be relied on. If it is unreasonable, please forgive me and don’t take it seriously.