The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 92 Preliminary test

The memorials from Gongzhou Mansion and Prince Yan's Mansion were sent to the palace one after another, causing a turmoil in the court. If something like this happened, the local government would not dare not report it. Of course, the memorials were written in a tactful way. Prince Yan's Mansion, however, tried its best to exaggerate the local achievements.

, why not be afraid of hardships and stay up for many days without sleep, the father and the child are sick, the wife cannot go home after giving birth, some officers are too tired and pass out at their jobs, they are brave enough to capture the gangsters, regardless of their own safety, the prefect Chen Tang who guides the investigation work is even more tired

He vomited three liters of blood, and of course there was a lot of writing and ink devoted to the brutality of the bandits...

Zhao Tong was not stingy at all this time and wrote down everything that came to mind. Everyone who read the memorial lamented that the prince was so lucky that he escaped from danger. Of course, Gongzhou Prefecture also contributed a lot, and he can be regarded as an advanced model.

If you don't give priority to publicity, commendation, promotion and salary increase, it would be disrespectful to your own conscience.

"Prime Minister Cai, how do you think this matter should be handled?" The two memorials were placed on the table. Several big guys from the three provinces gathered to discuss how to handle this matter. His subordinate Yu Shen spoke first. After Lao Cai returned to the prime minister, he

Xue Ang, who had been appointed Minister Youcheng, was still in power. Of course, he had to listen to the opinions of the leaders first.

"Prefect Chen has been diligent during his tenure in Gongzhou. Now he has solved this major case. The right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice is vacant. I think he can be transferred to Beijing to serve!" Cai Jing said calmly, stroking his beard.

"Okay, the Ministry of Punishment is a central place. Now thieves are rampant. We need such an officer. Prime Minister Cai has a sharp eye for pearls!" Liu Bing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately agreed. The boss said yes, why doesn't he, the younger brother,

Support.

"I think this matter still needs to be discussed. The presence of such a giant thief in Gongzhou and his attempt to kidnap the prince shows that the place is unstable and tiger breeding is a problem. Chen Tang cannot escape the blame and should be severely punished!" He Zhizhong turned out to be Shangshu Youcheng and Cai Jing.

After regaining his prime ministership, he was still Minister Youcheng. Now he is being excluded and monopolizing power. Why is Zhizhong so angry? I have been carrying the sedan chair for you for a long time. You don't just say it's hard work, but you have to kill the donkey.

, couldn't help but stand up and give Cai Jing some eye drops.

"He Youcheng, what you said is wrong! The memorial makes it clear that this thief is a bandit who travels around the Gyeonggi region and commits crimes in Gongzhou territory. How can a stick be slapped on Magistrate Chen's butt?" The Minister of Rites is Cai Jing's.

Another cadre, an 'insider' now dared to speak against Cai Xiang, and he immediately jumped out to argue with him without any orders.

"Yes, He Youcheng's words are chilling. With such a treatment, who is willing to contribute to the court and be loyal to the emperor?"

, you are so old, get out of here as soon as possible to avoid being an eyesore.

How could He Zhizhong show weakness? The old man stood up and resolutely fought against their unhealthy tendencies. The whole room was quarreling with joy. "Everyone, don't argue anymore. Whether Chen Tang will go or stay will be decided by the Holy Spirit.

Prince Yan has been in danger many times, shouldn't he mobilize the Imperial Guard to protect him?" Zheng Juzhong, the Privy Councilor, couldn't listen anymore and interrupted them.

"Damn, it's really like losing watermelons and picking sesame seeds. Chen Tang is nothing compared to Prince Yan. If we don't solve this problem first, there is still a problem whether Chen Tang can continue to be the prefect!" Cai Jing cursed in his heart, just thinking about it.

I gave the old man He Zhizhong some color and forgot about this important matter, "Commander Gaodu, the Forbidden Army is under your jurisdiction. You can make up your mind whether it is appropriate to send troops!"

"Old cunning man, you knew this was not going to be easy to handle, so you pushed it to me." Gao Qiu, who was dozing off, was called upon and cursed in his heart, but he had to express his opinion. He adjusted his expression and said, "Haha,

Although the Forbidden Army is under my command, the royal guard has always been under the responsibility of Dianzhi. I think you all know the difficulties!" Gao Qiu also came and pushed 625, are the Forbidden Army so easy to send? I don't belong to you.

Tube.

"Well, this matter is important. We will make a decision after reporting it to the Holy Spirit!" Cai Jing looked at the attitudes of several people and understood that the team was not united and needed to be rectified. The old slick man knew that this matter would be difficult to deal with today, so he had better find someone to investigate first.

Let’s take a look at the talk in the palace, and then move on to the next topic, “The Holy One feels that the world is declining, and believes that the world is declining and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be. The fundamental reason is that the ethics are not popular, and he is preparing to restore the system of "Zhou Guan". I don’t know.

What do you think?"

Cai Jing's words immediately attracted everyone. If the old system is restored, not only the title of Taiwei, but also the title of Dazai, and the title of Taishi or Taifu, the salary will definitely be doubled several times. This is a matter of personal interests.

Do you agree? Several people immediately unbuttoned their pants and peed into a pot. The opinions of the ruling officials reached unprecedented unity.

Zhao Tong has no time to think about the disputes between several big shots in the DPRK. He is now fully devoted to the research of new weapons. What he is currently imitating is the Spencer rifle invented by Christopher Spencer of the United States.

It is the world's first practical continuous ball rifle (another name is Henry's continuous ball gun).

This gun uses a rotary locking bolt. When the trigger guard is pulled down, the locking machine retreats to open the chamber and pull out the empty cartridge case. At the same time, the spring in the butt automatically pushes the next round out of the feed tube; pull up the guard.

When, the locking machine advances, pushing the bullet into the chamber and locking the chamber at the same time. The shooting action is: pull down the hammer, aim, pull the trigger, pull down the trigger guard, pull up the guard, pull down the hammer, aim...

When firing, take out the ammunition supply tube from the back of the butt, which is what we commonly call a lever gun. The parts of the Spencer gun are easy to manufacture, and the structure may seem complicated, but in fact there are not many parts. It is not impossible to break through with current technology.

Now there is a problem that must be solved. This gun fires .52-caliber metal cartridge rimfire bullets. The first problem is to make the cartridge case first. With the cartridge case, the warhead, propellant and flash cap all have cartridge cases.

Protection, one is that ordinary collision will not cause misfire; another advantage is that most of the propellant residue will be deposited in the cartridge case and does not contact the cartridge chamber. Pulling out the cartridge case will automatically clean the cartridge chamber; and the ammunition is integrated into one, so when shooting

There is no need to put a fire cap on the fire door.

There are advantages but also difficulties. It is better to use an all-metal cartridge case. It not only solves the problem of moisture resistance, but when the other one is fired, the brass cartridge case expands and can lock the rear of the cartridge. It can also solve the problem of air leakage in the breech gun.

Problem. This made Zhao Tong struggle for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of ​​an all-metal bullet case. One was because of process problems, and the other was economic problems. Copper was a state-controlled material in the Song Dynasty and was not allowed to be bought and sold casually. Most of them were exported.

It is used to make coins. It is very scarce and the price is certainly not cheap. Once it is fired, the bullet consumption is huge. No matter how rich Zhao Tong is, he will probably go bankrupt. After repeated consideration, he decided to use semi-metallic bullet cases and the primer part.

The main body of the copper cartridge case containing the propellant is made of a special paper tube, which can not only partially solve the locking problem, but also greatly reduce the manufacturing cost.

Another problem is the primer. To use a central fire, a separate primer needs to be installed at the center of the bottom of the cartridge case. It can withstand high chamber pressures and can be reloaded. The problem is that they can't make smokeless powder now, so they can.

I can't enjoy the gun I made now, so I gave up this without a doubt; another solution is to use a rim-fire cartridge case. This rim-fire method does not need to use a separate primer. The detonator is installed around the inner bottom edge of the cartridge case.

The needle strikes any part of the bottom edge of the cartridge case to trigger the explosive charge and detonate the explosive charge. The disadvantage is that using this firing method, the bottom edge of the cartridge case must be made very thin, making it impossible to use large charges, and it cannot be reloaded, so the price/performance ratio is not good.

There is no choice but to use the rimfire method, but the explosive he is using now is red phosphorus, which is more sensitive. He doesn't want the bullet to be fired when it falls on the ground, nor does he want the bullet to be loaded in the barrel to automatically fire.

But he couldn't make mercury fulminate, so he could only find a way to reduce the sensitivity. After dozens of experiments, he finally found a suitable formula and solved the problem. After a lot of hard work, he created a batch of bullets.

But they were all handmade, and they had to ensure that the amount of the charge was appropriate and not cause an explosion. However, Zhao Tong was tortured so much that it could be said that he was physically and mentally exhausted, which led him to use the nursing home to drink boiling water to relieve stress at night.

farce.

It was now June. Zhao Tong got up early in the morning and asked two small yellow men to carry out two large boxes and asked them to deliver them to Chen Tang's original manor. Now everyone calls it Beifu, which is regarded as the prince's 'hotel'.

, Zhao Tong said hello to Huang Jingchen, saying that he wanted to conduct an experiment and trial-produce several new fireworks. Huang Jingchen knew that the prince was actually doing some weird things, but they could make a lot of money, so of course he agreed, but he just told him to be careful, and

No questions asked.

No one lives permanently in Beifu, and now only five or six people are left to look after the yard and clean the house. Zhao Yu's sudden arrival startled a few people, and they all rushed to wait on them. Zhao Yu didn't say anything, just gave them instructions

I cleaned up a large courtyard in the backyard and erected a few thick wooden boards to keep them away. Two small yellow gatekeepers who came with me stood guard at the door and told them that no one was allowed to enter the courtyard without their own instructions. Two people

They are all old people. They know the prince's temper and understand that the prince is going to "make nonsense" again. Anyone who doesn't have the courage to confront him at this time is seeking death. Not only will he be scolded, but in serious cases, his money will be deducted and he will not be allowed to eat meat for a month.

.Anyway, he has many ways to make you miserable without breaking your bones!

Zhao Tong saw that there were no more people waiting in the yard, so he opened the box, took out a gun inspection bracket, found a suitable position and fixed it, took out a gun from the box, and pulled the trigger.

Guard, I fired two shots, and then carefully took out a cartridge, where six bullets were already loaded. The bottom of the cartridge is equipped with a spring, which can push the bullets into the gun chamber in sequence. Its function is similar to that of modern

The magazines for the firearms are the same.

After fixing the gun firmly on the gun frame, Zhao Tong pulled the retainer and pushed a bullet into the gun chamber. Since this was his first 'online test', he still used the old method, hiding himself and using a rope to control the trigger.

He didn't want to be a victim, "Damn it, God, if you want me to live a good life, don't play with me!" He muttered a few words and pulled the trigger.