The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 93 Finalization

The gun rang with a 'bang', and a puff of gunpowder smoke rose in front of Zhao Tong's eyes. The bullet roared out of the gun and hit the wooden board in front of him. Instead of checking the point of impact, he checked the lower gun, and found nothing wrong. The cartridge case was relatively complete, and immediately pulled the retainer, pressed the bullet, pulled down the hammer, and fired again. This kind of test was very troublesome. Zhao Tuo kept standing up, chambering, and shooting. After one cartridge was fired, he was already sweating.

"It seems that bullets with this amount of charge will not cause damage to the gun body." Zhao Tun fired sixty low-charge bullets in a row. After checking the gun, he made a judgment, and then replaced it with a bullet with a one-third increase in charge. Continue to experiment, and now he has no good solution to the air leak in the barrel, and can only increase the power by appropriately increasing the dose.

After cleaning the barrel, and after several rounds of shooting, the gun can still continue to shoot normally except for the barrel being hot.Come down Zhao Tong to test the power and range of this bullet.He looked at the big yard and measured the distance. It was about 100 steps long from east to west, that is, a distance of [-] meters. The gun rack is fixed, the gun is fixed again after aiming, and the gun is started to shoot.

After several rounds of bullets were fired, there was no malfunction in the gun body, which made Zhao Tun full of confidence.This time he didn't hide, but stood openly in front of the gun rack and fired two cartridges in one go. After twelve bullets, he checked the target.The results are not bad, there are ten targets, and the bullet holes are scattered within a range of three feet, which is relatively uniform.The target bullets all penetrated the first three boards, and the fourth board had only six bullet holes. He judged that it was because the trajectory of the bullet changed after passing through several boards in succession.There are still three bullet holes left on the fifth piece of wood, and the rest of the bullets are embedded in the surface, which shows that the effective range of the gun is no problem at all within a hundred meters, and the power is not small at this distance.

After testing, the long-distance shooting accuracy of the gun is not satisfactory, but if it uses concentrated fire shooting, it is still very effective against group targets. Zhao Tuo considers whether it is possible to add a few rifling lines to the barrel, and the spiral one cannot be done. It may not be too difficult to get a few straight rifling lines, so the accuracy and range will be improved a lot.

The next thing he will do is a destructive test, in order to test the endurance limit of the gun.Seeing that the large-charge bullets he made were still unused, Zhao Tong pressed them into five cartridges and started shooting, but after only about 20 shots, the gun jammed, and then the frame that fixed the gun began to appear. There was a crack, and the lever couldn't be pulled anymore, so he had to stop.He sighed, not to mention whether the gun can bear it with this amount of medicine. If the gun is not fixed on the shelf now, the person holding the gun may not be able to bear it now. Maybe the shoulder blades will be shattered, but it can't be because of this. Get a stand for each gun.

Zhao Tong put the scrapped guns aside, and took out two assembled new guns for testing. With the cartridges, the guns fired very quickly. He estimated that he could shoot a gun in one minute. Fifteen bullets, this is still in the case of untrained and unskilled, if after systematic and long-term training, he concluded that there should be room for improvement.

When the two guns were shooting around [-], there was a malfunction, one was the bomb feeding system and the other was the shooting system.At this time, Zhao Tun was exhausted from tossing and tossing. He didn't have the time to think about the cause of the failure, and planned to study it carefully after returning home.Reluctantly cleaned up the scene, cleaned up all the leftovers such as bullet casings, found a room to seal up a few wooden boards, and then greeted the little yellow door guarding outside.

"Second Master???" For more than a long time, the two little yellow gates had sunbathed for a long time and listened to the "thunder" for a long time. Tama's greeting and they promised to walk in quickly, waiting for orders.

"Hey, why didn't you talk when you came in?" Zhao Tang packed up the box and turned around, looking at the little yellow door, it seemed that he didn't hear their voices at all.

"Second Master, I??? Let's talk back." The two little yellow men raised their heads and looked at each other suspiciously, and they were even more shocked when they saw the prince who turned his face away, "Second Master, what's wrong with your face? "They saw that Zhao Tun's face was swarthy, as if he had come out of the stove just now.

"Why do you just open your mouth and not speak?" Zhao Tang was even more surprised, these two guys seemed to be silent after taking dumb drugs, he asked loudly.

"Second Master, your face" Xiao Huangmen was even more confused about the situation, and boldly pointed at Wang Ye's face and raised his voice.

"What's wrong with my face? You can't speak louder, you bitches." Zhao Tang still didn't understand, but guessed a little bit based on the gestures.

The two little yellow gates were stunned when they heard Zhao Tama's words. In the past, the prince's ears were as sharp as a dog's. If you passed by the gate, he would be able to tell who it was. Why are you deaf today? "Second Master, what's the matter with you, can't you hear us?" A little yellow man approached Zhao Tian's ear and shouted loudly.

"Ah?" Zhao Tang heard it this time, and realized that something was wrong with him. He pulled out his ears, looked at the anxious little Huangmen and thought for a while, and immediately realized that he had fired hundreds of shots all afternoon. His ears were deafened by the shock, "Don't be afraid, my ears were deafened by the gunfire, and it will be fine in a while." He was deaf now, and he was afraid that others would not hear him, so he shouted vigorously.

"Oh." Xiao Huangmen breathed a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously, expressing that he understood, and then shouted loudly: "My lord, why is your face darkened, are you not injured?"

"It's so smoked," said Zhao Tang angrily, the black gunpowder smoke is too much, not to mention the black face, I'm afraid the mouth and nose holes are also black now

In the next few days, Zhao Tang improved while experimenting. The barrel was shortened a bit and the shape was changed to a hexagonal shape. This not only simplified the process, but also improved the strength of the barrel. More importantly, it was less Welding reduces the difficulty of making the barrel and improves the yield; the butt has been lengthened without affecting the use, so that it can accommodate longer cartridges; some gun components are also replaced according to the actual wear and tear. The material is optimized to reduce the failure rate as much as possible.

After struggling for three months, Zhao Tun finally finalized the gun. The whole gun is five feet long, weighs ten pounds, has a caliber of .45 inches and a straight rifling line. It can shoot accurately, and it is still lethal at a distance of 150 paces. It can shoot through commonly used leather armor, but it is not accurate.The barrel needs to be cleaned after firing [-] bullets continuously, and the vulnerable parts need to be replaced after firing [-] bullets.

To solve the production problem, he set aside an independent area in the workshop and closed it to set up a new workshop - gun workshop. Although it is still under the name of the workshop, it is directly under the management of Zhao Tian.In order to keep it secret, Zhao Tong specially selected [-] craftsmen with good skills and good manners from the workshop, signed a long-term labor contract, and of course gave them generous remuneration.

He subdivided these craftsmen into several groups, each making a certain part.There are no blueprints for the parts produced, only a model, and what each craftsman has to do is to copy the same workpiece strictly according to the model.This model was assigned by Zhao Tun to two small yellow gates to keep it specially, take it out when in use, and put it away when not in use.Qualified products and semi-finished products produced must be registered every day, sealed up when off work, and waste products must be registered and destroyed immediately to ensure that the products will not be leaked.In this way, even if a certain person runs away, he can only take away the incomplete secret of this one component, and will not cause a comprehensive leak.All the produced parts were sent to Fuchu, and he assembled them himself for final inspection. Fortunately, the production volume is small now, otherwise the work would be enough for him.

The production formula of the ammunition is strictly kept secret by Zhao Tong. This is his last line of defense. Even if the secret of the gun is leaked and there is no formula for producing bullets, the gun is now not as effective as a big knife.He handed over the task of producing bullets to the fireworks workshop, but the explosives and primer and ignition powder were prepared in advance. All they had to do was assemble a few things together. As for what this was for, the craftsmen had no idea , only regard bullets as a new type of fireworks.

One month after the production, Zhao Tang checked the accounts and found that only fifteen finished guns were produced, but he roughly calculated that the cost of each gun reached about one hundred guns.Although this is related to the fact that the production has just started, the pay is high, and the craftsmen are not familiar with the craft, it is also related to the high scrap rate, and the current output is far from meeting Zhao Tong's vision. Monthly to reach fifty finished guns.After analysis, he believes that the only solution now is to recruit more skilled craftsmen and engage in crowd tactics, but this also means that he has to pay more money

It has been half a year since Cai Jing returned to the prime minister for the third time. He implemented the "New Deal" continuously, not only changed the salt and tea law, but also implemented the Fangtian law wantonly, restored all kinds of exorbitant taxes in the past, and even some taxes of the previous dynasty have been turned over Reuse.The role of minions is also huge. More than 30 confidants who were dismissed at the same time when he dismissed the prime minister are now all restored to their posts. Of course, we must thank the "boss" for his kindness. decree.The problem of unreasonable government orders has also been easily solved, and everything has returned to the old way two years ago.Poor Prime Minister Zhang lacks a capable team and no one implements the spirit of his instructions, so good policies cannot be implemented, making him a lonely family and leaving Beijing sadly.

Officials love reform at any time, because as long as the system remains unchanged, they will have no resources to allocate money and benefit.Now that the opportunity comes again, the government has resumed all kinds of exorbitant taxes. Who wants to lose such a godsend opportunity?The subordinate officials in the prefectures and counties all showed their talents, plundered, extorted and extorted, and everyone shared the wealth.The unlucky ones are always those at the bottom of the society. Poor farmers and well-to-do farmers suffer. As soon as the food is harvested, the guards come to the door with whips in their hands to demand it.Tortures are constantly being used in the yamen, like wolves and tigers, and the methods are innovative and perfect.