The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 93 Finalization

'Bang' The gun rang out, and smoke billowed out in front of Zhao Tong's eyes. The bullet roared out of the muzzle and hit the wooden board in front of him. He did not check the point of impact, but checked the gun and found nothing wrong.

The cartridge case was relatively complete. He immediately pulled the retainer, loaded the bullet, pulled down the hammer, and fired again. This kind of test was very troublesome. Zhao Tong kept standing up, loading, and shooting. After firing one cartridge, he had already fired.

It's a sweat.

"It seems that bullets with this amount of powder will not cause damage to the gun body!" Zhao Tao fired sixty rounds of low-charge bullets, checked the gun and made a judgment, then replaced it with one-third more powder.

He continued to experiment with a certain amount of bullets. Now he had no good solution to the air leakage in the gun barrel. He could only increase the power by appropriately increasing the amount of ammunition.

After cleaning the barrel of the gun, and after several rounds of shooting, except for the hot barrel, the gun could still continue to shoot normally. Zhao Tong came down to test the power and range of the bullet. He looked around the big yard and did a walk test.

After checking the distance, which was about eighty paces from east to west, which is a distance of one hundred meters, he placed the prepared five wooden boards one inch thick, five feet long and five feet wide at one end, then adjusted the gun stand, and after taking aim, he placed the gun

Re-mount and start shooting.

After several rounds of bullets, there was no malfunction in the gun body, which made Zhao Tong full of confidence. This time he did not hide, but stood openly in front of the gun frame and fired two cartridges at once. After twelve rounds of bullets, the result was

Target. The results were pretty good. Ten rounds hit the target, and the bullet holes were scattered within a three-foot range, which was relatively even. The bullets that hit the target all penetrated the first three boards, and there were only six bullet holes in the fourth board. He judged that

This is because after passing through several wooden boards in succession, the ballistic trajectory of the bullet has changed. There are still three bullet holes left on the fifth wooden board, and the rest of the bullets are embedded in it, indicating that the effective range of the gun is no problem within 100 meters.

It's quite powerful at this distance.

After testing, it was found that although the long-distance shooting accuracy of the gun was unsatisfactory, if concentrated fire was used, it would still be very effective against group targets. Zhao Tong considered whether he could add a few riflings to the barrel. Helical ones could not be done.

I'm afraid it wouldn't be too difficult to get a few straight rifling lines, which would improve the accuracy and range a lot.

The next thing he wanted to do was a destructive test to test the gun's endurance limit. Seeing that the large-charge bullets he made were not used yet, Zhao Tong pressed them into five cartridges and started shooting.

However, after only firing more than twenty rounds, the gun jammed. Then the frame holding the gun began to crack, and the trigger could no longer be pulled. He had to stop. He sighed and used this amount of medicine.

Not to mention whether the gun can withstand it, if the gun is not fixed on the stand, the person holding the gun may not be able to bear it now, and the shoulder blade may be cracked, but we can't equip every gun with a stand just because of this.

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Zhao Tong put the scrapped gun aside and took out two new assembled guns for testing. When equipped with cartridges, the gun's rate of fire was very fast. He estimated that he could fire in one minute.

He fired fifteen rounds of bullets, and this was without training and proficiency. After long-term training in the system, he concluded that there should be room for improvement.

When both guns fired about 200 rounds, a malfunction occurred. One was in the ammunition supply system and the other was in the firing system. At this time, Zhao Tong was already exhausted from the torment, and he had no time to think about the cause of the malfunction.

I planned to stay and study it carefully when I got back. I reluctantly cleaned up the scene, cleaned up all the bullet casings and other leftovers, found a room with a few pieces of wood and sealed them, and then called the small yellow door guarding outside.

"Second Master?" For more than a long time, the two little yellow gates had been sunbathing for a long time. After listening to the 'thunder' for a long time, they were already impatient to wait, but they didn't dare to leave even half a step. When they heard Zhao Tong's

He greeted them and walked in quickly, waiting for instructions.

"Hey, why didn't you say anything when you came in?" Zhao Tong packed the box and turned around. Looking at the small yellow door, it seemed that he had not heard their words at all just now.

"Second Master, I... let's reply!" The two little Huangmen raised their heads and looked at each other doubtfully. They were even more shocked when they saw the prince turning his face, "Second Master, what's wrong with your face?

"They saw that Zhao Tong's face was dark, and he looked like he had just emerged from the stove.

"Why do you just open your mouths and not speak?" Zhao Tong was even more surprised. The two guys seemed to be mute after taking dumb pills, so he asked loudly.

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

"What's wrong with my face? You can't speak louder, you're so effeminate!" Zhao Tong still didn't understand, but he guessed a little bit based on his gestures.

The two little Huangmen were stunned when they heard Zhao Tan's words. In the past, the prince's ears were as sharp as a dog's. If you passed by the door, he could tell who it was. Why are you deaf today? "Second Master,

What's wrong with you, can't you hear us?" A young man came to Zhao Tie's ear and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Ah?!" Zhao Tong heard it this time and realized that something was wrong with him. He plucked his ears, looked at the anxious Xiao Huangmen and thought for a moment, and immediately realized that he had fired hundreds of shots in the morning.

His ears were deafened by the shock, "Don't be afraid, my ears were deafened by the sound of the gunfire. It will be fine after a while!" He was deaf at the moment, and he was afraid that others wouldn't hear, so he shouted at the top of his lungs.

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

"It's so smoked!" Zhao Tong said angrily. The black gunpowder smoke was too big. Not to mention his face, I'm afraid the holes in his mouth and nose are also black now!

In the following days, Zhao Tong experimented and improved. The barrel was shortened 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 eliminated one shot.

Welding reduces the difficulty of making the barrel and improves the yield; he has lengthened the butt without affecting its use, so that it can accommodate longer cartridges; he also replaces some gun components based on actual wear and tear.

The material is optimized to reduce the failure rate as much as possible.

After three months of hard work, Zhao Tao finally finalized the gun. The gun was 3.5 Song feet long, weighed ten Song kilograms, had a caliber of .45 Song inches, and four straight rifling lines. The gun had a full ammunition capacity of ten rounds and an effective range of one hundred.

At fifty paces, you can shoot accurately within a hundred meters. It is still lethal at two hundred paces. It can shoot through common leather armor, but it is not accurate. Whoever is confused is unlucky. After firing fifty rounds of bullets in a row, you need to clean it up.

The gun chamber needs to be replaced after firing five hundred rounds of ammunition.

Next, he had to solve the production problem. He set aside an independent area in the workshop and closed it up to establish a new workshop - Gun Workshop. Although it was still under the name of the workshop, it was directly managed by Zhao Tao. In order to

To keep it secret, Zhao Tong specially selected 60 craftsmen from the workshop who were skilled and responsible, signed long-term labor contracts, and of course were given generous remuneration.

He further subdivided these craftsmen into several groups to make certain parts respectively. There were no drawings for the parts produced, only a model. What each craftsman had to do was to copy the same workpiece strictly according to the model. This model was assigned by Zhao Tu There are two small yellow doors for safekeeping. They are taken out when in use and put away when not in use. Qualified products and semi-finished products produced must be registered every day and sealed after get off work. Waste products must also be registered in quantity and destroyed immediately to ensure that the products are not leaked. . Even if someone runs away in this way, he can only take away the incomplete secret of this one component, and will not cause a complete leak. All the produced parts are sent to the house, and he assembles them himself and conducts the final acceptance. Fortunately, now The production volume is small, otherwise the work would be enough for him.

Zhao Tao kept the ammunition production formula strictly confidential. This was his last line of defense. Even if the secret of the gun was leaked, without the formula for producing bullets, the gun would be worse than a big knife. He handed over the task of producing bullets to

They came to the fireworks workshop, but the explosives and primer ignition powder were all prepared in advance. All they had to do was assemble a few things together. As for what this was used for, the craftsmen had no idea at all, and only regarded bullets as a kind of

New type of fireworks.

After one month of production, Zhao Tong checked the accounts and found that only fifteen finished guns were produced. He roughly calculated that the cost of each gun reached about one hundred guns. Although production had just started, the pay was high, and the craftsmen were unfamiliar with it.

It’s related to craftsmanship, but it’s also related to the high scrap rate, and the current output is far from reaching Zhao Tao’s vision. His primary goal is to reach fifty finished guns per month. After analysis, he believes

The only solution now is to recruit more skilled craftsmen and engage in human sea 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 has implemented the "New Deal" continuously. Not only has he changed the Salt and Tea Law, he has also vigorously implemented the Fangtian Law, restored all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the past, and even some taxes from the previous dynasty were turned over.

The role of reuse of minions is also huge. More than 30 confidants and generals who were dismissed when he resigned as prime minister have now been restored to their posts. Of course, they must be grateful for the kindness of the "boss", commanding the party members of the three provinces, six cao, and various states and counties.

The above-mentioned decrees were implemented vigorously and resolutely. The problem of unreasonable decrees was solved, and everything returned to the way it was two years ago. Poor Prime Minister Zhang just lacked a capable team and no one had the spirit to carry out his instructions, so good policies could not be implemented.

He became a loner and left Beijing sadly.

Officials like reforms most at any time, because as long as the system remains unchanged, they have no resources to draw money and get benefits. Now the opportunity has come again, the government has resumed various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Who wants to lose this kind of God-given opportunity? Subordinate officials in prefectures and counties

Everyone showed their talents, plundered, fished, extorted, and everyone made a fortune together. The unlucky ones were always the bottom of society. Poor farmers and wealthy farmers suffered disaster. As soon as the grain was harvested, the policemen came to the door with whips in hand to demand it. Punishments were constantly carried out in the yamen.

, like a wolf and a tiger, the methods are innovated and reached the peak.