I became the son of Renzong

If these craftsmen are lured to rebel, then there may be problems between the officials, the owner of the workshop, the prime minister of the cabinet, and Su Song.This is impossible.

Su Song can figure it out, so can Zhao Xi.

"Zirong, how about the firearms store?"

It's not that Zhao Xi doesn't trust Su Song and the manager of the workshop city. The more he gets to this point, the more he needs to rule out all possibilities.

"When I returned to the official's house, after I found the firearm residue, I immediately checked the firearms depot. After the inventory, there was no leakage of the firearms depot. All the inventory and destruction records are detailed for every firearm and every bullet. on. Checked."

Is it true that there are forces that manufacture firearms?Zhao Xi couldn't be sure.To be honest, as far as black powder is concerned, the real so-called craftsmanship is purification and proportioning, or Su Song's various additions and experiments later, it is not yet a big progress.

If someone is committed to this aspect, it is not difficult to deploy gunpowder with a certain power after a long period of deployment.

This is really a big event, even a big event that can change many plans and strategies of the imperial court.

"Xuan Cabinet..."

"Officials, I think..."

"Zirong, if there is another way to make gunpowder, it may change the general situation of the imperial court's many strategies. Some things need to be discussed by the imperial court."

"Officials, I may not have explained it clearly. Judging from the residues, the residues at the scene of the prince's attack are not gunpowder made in other non-workshop cities. I mean, those gunpowder residues are actually the first generation of offensive and defensive warfare. , the residue of the second-generation gunpowder."

"If there is a gunpowder production process outside the workshop city, or if there is a gunpowder formula formulated, it may be exactly the same as the previous one in the workshop city!"

This is a bit of a paradox.Zhao Xi looked at Su Song, seeming to be thinking about what Su Song said.

The inventory of the workshop city is no problem, the craftsmen of the workshop city are no problem, the process flow of the workshop city is also quite strict, but there are gunpowder residues that belong to the manufacturing process of the workshop city...

What is Su Song trying to explain?Zhao Xi could feel that there was something in Su Song's words.

Zhao Xi felt that he didn't have enough brains about the prince's attack, or that he was a little disorganized.

Also, the more overemphasized something is, the easier it is to cause people to think biasedly.Although Zhao Xi kept telling himself to calm down, due to some reasons in his heart, Zhao Xi had never completely calmed down in fact.

Today, Su Song had a question about firearms, which Zhao Xi paid special attention to... It further disturbed Zhao Xi's already somewhat chaotic thinking.

If you want to see the truth of the incident thoroughly, the best way is to stay out of it...

"Zirong, please send me the accounts of all firearms production and storage..."

Zhao Xi felt that at this time he had to really calm down, put aside the incident itself as much as possible, and look at the incident from another angle.

Whether it is the crown prince or other related people, Zhao Xi needs to put aside completely and purely consider this matter.

"The minister has already brought all the accounts of the production of firearms and the entry and exit of the warehouse, and this will be presented to the housekeeper."

Following Wang Zhongzheng's entry, two inner eunuchs came in carrying a pile of ledgers.

It should be that I have gone astray. Judging from various signs, Su Song seems to know the direction...

Chapter 754 Dali's suspicion

The books of the workshop city firearms are very standardized, even if they are standardized, after all, they are accounts of more than ten years, and they cannot be sorted out in a short time.

Zhao Xi didn't keep Su Song, so he could understand Su Song's hesitation.The prince was attacked, after all, it was a matter involving the palace, and it was not suitable for ministers to intervene too deeply. It was even said that Su Song had reached the limit of a courtier.

I don't know if it was Su Song's intention, or the accounts of the firearms in the workshop city are arranged in chronological order, and the accounts presented were the earliest accounts of firearms that Zhao Xi saw first.

The accounts are very complete, even those muskets and gunpowder in the earliest workshops in the guard camp are recorded in the book, including the registration of all receipts, consumption, recycling, and destruction of previous training, combat, and expedition.

Zhao Xi looked at the accounts and was a little immersed in it, as if he was repeating his journey from the formation of the guard battalion... This is the best way to calm himself down.

From the mass production of firearms, to first equipping the guard battalion, to training with the captains and soldiers of the old guard battalion, the consumption of each training was recorded.

The gun barrel was so hot that it was discarded directly, the quantitative assembly of gunpowder, lead ball bullets to iron ball bullets, shotgun bullets to single-ball bullets... one by one, pile after pile, repeated in Zhao Xi's mind with.

wrong!Zhao Xi suddenly remembered that the training of using firearms...

At the scene where the crown prince was attacked, there were remnants of the first generation of firearms, but none of the officers of the imperial city found out that they were injured by firearms, and all the casualties were basically arrows... What does this mean?

Borrow a gun!Only when gangsters borrow guns and organize an attack hastily without training, can there be a situation where the firearms fail to perform.

"Zhongzheng, let you ask those who were on the scene at that time, what is the detailed situation?"

Zhao Xi seems to have found an entry point.

"Going back to the official's house, the moment the Imperial City Division discovered something abnormal, the prince's guards immediately divided the tasks. Most of them escorted the prince to leave, while a small part stayed to stop the gangsters. In fact, all those who stayed to stop the gangsters The scouting, all of them are gone, and there is no scouting to understand the details of the battle at that time."

"Officials, the memories of escorting the prince away, because in the Funiu Mountain area, the gunshots did not travel far, and they only heard gunshots, thinking that they were all gunshots fired by blocking gangsters."

Wait, Zhao Xi felt that something was wrong again.

Because of the water leakage of the water transport ship, the prince turned to land. Out of consideration for the safety of the prince, the Imperial City Secretary would never choose a remote passage, but only transfer to the official road, and the official road is still the official road connecting the water transport terminal and the rail station. How could there be no trace of people?

"Zhongzheng, how about the investigation of witnesses by the Imperial City Division?"

Zhao Xi complained a little bit to herself.Since the prince was attacked, he has been asking for the results of many affairs of the court until now, but he has not paid attention to the process... It is impossible to say whether he attaches importance to it or not.

"Going back to the official's house, there are no witnesses. Before and after the Great Court Meeting every year, the local state capital will invite the garrison to conduct selection training for local young adults of the right age."

"Since the implementation of the military service system and the selection of soldiers has become part of the evaluation of local officials, the local state government has been inviting the garrison to train civilians of the right age."

"All the training is aimed at the selection of soldiers. Every time it is time to train civilians, the local state capital will designate some areas as forbidden areas. When the prince passed by the official road in Xiangzhou, it was the official road in Xiangzhou that was closed for training. The last day."

If it weren't for this, the Imperial City Division's investigation in Xiangzhou would not have yielded nothing.

However, the Imperial City Division does not have the right to directly control the local state capital. Xiangzhou's reason is justified, and all the regulations are in compliance, and the investigation of the Imperial City Division can only go so far.

"The time for local training is fixed? Or does it depend on the situation in each place?"

Zhao Xi really didn't know about these trivial matters.

"Returning to the official house, the Imperial City Division has also done a comparison on this point. The time in various places is not fixed. Generally, during the slack season, the state capitals of various places set the time arbitrarily."

"The time in Xiangzhou is determined after the locals in Xiangzhou left to participate in the political affairs and left, and the state government and farm work were idle at the same time."

"The Imperial City Division inspected that the training time and location in Xiangzhou were determined before, that is, before the prince was attacked, it was basically close to the time planned by the imperial court for Daqing."

In this regard, the Imperial City Division could not find a reason, otherwise, simply pointing out that the crown prince was attacked in the Xiangzhou area would be enough to hold the Xiangzhou state government accountable.

It's a pity that the imperial court required secrecy, and even the place where the prince was attacked was cleaned up by the Imperial City Secretary.Even officials in the entire Xiangzhou state capital were not aware of the attack on the prince.

"Officials, because of the Han River, the water transportation in Xiangzhou is prosperous, and the officials on the land road are scattered. It is also a practice to close the official road training in Xiangzhou."

Wang Zhongzheng also had doubts about Xiangzhou state government officials, but the results of the investigation made it impossible for him to keep such opinions, and he did not dare to make suggestions to the officials at will...~The responsibilities and authority of the Imperial City Division prevent him from passing Most of them involve the court.

"Who is the official leading the training?"