Detective in the Red Chamber

As soon as the words fell, the thirty or so military men in the first row in the square were all short, "Please refer to Lord Qianhu for the bid!"

"See Qianhu under the bid..."

"See below for..."

Followed by the second row, third row, fourth row...

Sure enough, it is worthy of being the emperor's pro-army, even a special mother who can make a show!

Although there was a taste of rushing ducks to the shelves, at this moment Sun Shaozong pressed his waist knife and watched these hundreds of mighty soldiers prostrating at his feet one by one, but his heart was so turbulent that he couldn't control himself.

Just as he was hesitating about what to say, the hundred households who presented the bullfighting uniform respectfully said, "Master Zhenfushi has been waiting in the front hall for a long time, please move forward, Mr. Qianhu."

got~

As soon as others finished paying respects, it was my turn to pay respects to the boss.

Sun Shaozong felt a little disappointed, so he raised his voice and said, "Everyone get up and wait!"

After finishing speaking, he walked through the army formation alone and walked into the hall.

This time the appeasement envoy Lu Hui did not sit in the golden chair, but set up a table and two chairs at the gate.

Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in, he asked with a smile, "How do you feel?"

Sun Shaozong patted the treasured knife on his waist, shrugged and said, "It's a bit lighter, so it's not very convenient."

"Hahaha……"

Although the answer was not the question, Lu Hui was more satisfied, because it proved that Sun Shaozong was not dazzled by the big scene just now.

After laughing for a long time, he said seriously, "Eunuch Dai has no other advice for you, only one thing this time, no matter what, we must not weaken the prestige of our Fusi in Beizhen!"

Chapter 319 Reversal

The Gunpowder Bureau is located in the southeast of the capital.

It is built near mountains and rivers, with high walls and deep moats on the outside. Inside, there is no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation. There is even a small market, which is more like a town than an ordnance workshop. isolated town.

At noon that day, in the supervisory office located in the center of the town, more than [-] officials stood in the middle of the lobby with their hands tied, but there was no sound at all, and even the necessary breathing was slowly and softly. threw up.

Looking further in, the three giants of the Gunpowder Bureau are also sitting in the hall. From left to right are Qianhu Lu Yuan of Shenjiying, Zheng Zhu Shan of Cong Sipin Supervisor, and Luo Jing of Baihu of Nanzhen Fusi.

These three are all uncompromising characters in the Gunpowder Bureau. If they get together, there is nothing they can't do!

But right now...

touch~

As if he couldn't stand the oppressive atmosphere, Lu Yuan slapped the table and jumped up, yelling with his big belly like a thousand-layer meatloaf, "What's wrong with this mother? When you don't let you come up with ideas, one by one If you want to talk about Doriso and Doriso, now it's really critical, why are they all dumb?!"

"Let me tell you, if this matter becomes serious, none of you will think about it!"

In just a few words, he really mustered his 'strength'. After he finished speaking, he hissed and panted, and it took him a long time to calm down.

However, after he regained his breath, there was still a dead silence in the hall. Even the two hundred households who bowed to Lu Yuan on weekdays were watching their eyes, their noses and their hearts, without any reaction at all.

"you……"

"All right!"

Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, and was about to say a few more slaps, when the supervisor Zhu Shan said in a deep voice, "Everyone go outside and wait, I will call you in if there is anything to do."

All the officials below bowed and retreated as if they had received an amnesty.

"Master Zhu, you..."

Lu Yuan grumbled in dissatisfaction, seeing that Zhu Shan's face was sinking like water, like the gunpowder piled up in the warehouse, which was about to explode at one point, he could only sit back on the chair aggrieved.

"Lu Qianhu, please be safe and don't be impatient."

At this time, Luo Jing, who was dressed in a robe of black dragon swallowing clouds, said slowly, "None of us big guys want to have an accident, but since the accident has already happened, what's the use of scolding the people below?"

"Humph~!"

In fact, most of the anger in Lu Yuan's heart was aimed at this Luo Jing. Seeing that he dared to speak sarcastic words now, he couldn't help but annoyed, "Lord Luo said these words really lightly, but don't forget, the gunpowder bureau Although the defense is in charge of the Shenji Battalion, you Dragon Guards have always been in charge of checking the internal officials and craftsmen!"

Hearing this, Luo Jing's face sank immediately, and he sneered, "Why, are you going to pour dirty water on our Dragon Guards? I, Luo Jing, have nothing to do, but I'm afraid that Eunuch Xia won't agree!"

This is one of the reasons why Lu Yuan was so angry. He lost the new musket. Before he found out what happened, the responsibility of the three people present should be half a catty. How can Lu Yuan be convinced by taking out the inside?

He was about to retort, when Zhu Shan, the supervisor, said again, "Okay, old Lu, don't say a few words."

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Yuan felt so angry. The supervisor, Zhu Shan, obviously wanted to help Luo Jing. As for the purpose - such matters have always been investigated by the Long Guard, to please Eunuch Xia in advance. The grandson Luo Jing, naturally, can also reduce some of the responsibilities.

But in this way, isn't Lu Yuan the only one who can take the blame? !

The more Lu Yuan thought about it, the more unwilling he became, but he didn't dare to fall out with Zhu Shan and Luo Jing head-on.

"My lord, my lord supervisor!"

At this time, I saw the little school guarding the city gate rushing into the hall, out of breath, he said, "The imperial... imperial envoy sent by... the court to investigate the case..."

"Why, the imperial envoy has arrived?!"

The three people in the hall hurriedly stood up, and while Zhu Shan was arranging his appearance, he ordered, "Quickly let all the adults outside get ready, so that I can go outside the city gate to greet you with me!"

The small guard guarding the gate did not move at all, but instead shook his head like a rattle, "The imperial envoy is now in the city, and I asked the villain to tell the supervisor, please go to the warehouse where the new firearms are stored to meet him!"

The imperial envoy has already entered the city?

Lu Yuan said in disbelief, "How is this possible?! Didn't the guard post set up by this thousand households on the official road notify in advance?"

"This one……"

The gate guard looked at him a little embarrassedly, and then said falteringly, "The imperial envoy has brought a large number of dragon guards, and has already taken over the guard posts you set up on the road. Those who have already replaced the Dragon Guards."

When Lu Yuan heard this, his face turned pale.

Luo Jing next to him was very proud, secretly thinking that the hero sees the same thing - the imperial envoy took over the defense of the Shenji Battalion as soon as he came, obviously he also wanted to use this idiot Lu Yuan as a target!

So he cupped his hands excitedly, and urged, "Master Jianzheng, since the imperial envoy has an order, we dare not delay."

Zhu Shan had also reacted at this time, and hurriedly sent people to call the officials outside, those who sat in sedan chairs, and those who rode horses, rushed to the treasury of the Gunpowder Bureau.

When I saw the vicinity of the treasury in the east, I saw the mighty and majestic dragon guards, with their hands on their waists and knives, surrounding the warehouse tightly.

"Appreciate~"

Luo Jing was the first to rein in the reins, got off his horse and pointed towards one of the general flags, and said with a bit of arrogance, "But I don't know which brother or uncle is leading the team? Please go and report, just say that I am Luo Xiaoqi." Be polite!"

Seeing his undisguised relationship with the imperial envoy, Lu Yuan's old face turned livid with hatred, his fat body rolled over several times, but he couldn't get off the horse.

He was feeling ashamed, but suddenly he heard the general flag impatiently say, "What about Mule Xiaoqi and Donkey Xiaoba? Lord Qianhu has an order that no one else is allowed in except Zhu Shan, the supervisor, and Lu Yuan, Qianhu of Shenjiying! "

Although Luo Jing encountered a setback, he was not annoyed but happy.

What he was most afraid of was that the number of visitors would not be enough to convince Lu Yuan and Zhu Shan. Now that he heard that it was a thousand households, he naturally didn't have to worry about these things.

So Luo Jing hurriedly asked happily, "But I don't know if Zhou Qianhu, Zhao Qianhu, or Song Qianhu is leading the team?"

"What about Zhou Qianhu and Song Qianhu?"

But the general flag raised his eyebrows and scolded again, "The team is led by Sun Qianhu, Fusi of Beizhen!"

"North... North North North... Beizhen Fusi?!"

Luo Jing was dumbfounded at the time, and blurted out, "This Gunpowder Bureau is under the direct control of the inner court. What does it have to do with your Beizhen Fusi?! Why are you..."

"how?!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Jia Shanyao coming out of the room, staring at him with an unfriendly expression and asked, "Are you dissatisfied with our Sun Qianhu, or do you think Mr. Dai, an old man, shouldn't have taken on this job at all?"

Luo Jing was immediately stunned speechless, not to mention Dai Quan right now, even Sun Qianhu inside could also determine his life and death, so after the momentary impulse passed, how could he dare to question anything ?

But when Lu Yuan heard this, he grinned the corners of his mouth to the back of his ears, laughed loudly, kicked off his horse, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Lu Yuan, a thousand households in the Shenji Camp, please see the imperial envoy!"

Chapter 320 Looking for a Gun [Part [-]]

Hardwood buttstock, typical flintlock action, semi-closed rear magazine, front-loading loading, the length of the gun body is about 1.3 meters, plus the 1.5 cm long bayonet, the total length is about [-] meters, the overall weight Around [-]kg.

The bullets are still lead pellets, but they have been improved to be packed in paper shells, and the amount of excitation powder and firing powder has been allocated in advance, which greatly improves the loading speed.

Ordinary soldiers can fire about twice a minute, and skilled musketeers can increase it to three, or even four.

The effective killing range exceeds 250 meters, and the accurate shooting range is about 80 meters.

If placed in the early eighteenth century, this can only be said to be a standard flintlock musket, and there is nothing extraordinary about it.

But now it is the beginning of the fifteenth century!

So there is no doubt that this is a powerful weapon ahead of its time!

Looking at the more than 200 flintlock guns in the warehouse, Sun Shaozong felt as if he had opened the door to a new world - when the large-scale deployment is completed, Dazhou's military strength will undoubtedly rise to a higher level!

At that time, not to mention sweeping the eight wastelands, it will not be a problem to subdue the barbarians.

Carefully putting the rifle in his hand back on the shelf, Sun Shaozong suddenly turned around and said directly, "Tell me about the situation before and after the incident, as well as your speculation about this case, as long as it is related to this case, Tell me everything!"

Under Sun Shaozong's scorching gaze, Zhu Shan, the supervisor of the Gunpowder Bureau, and Lu Yuan, a thousand households of the Shenji Camp, felt a little baffled—this Mr. Sun had a stern face just now, how could he look at the new muskets a few times? Suddenly became frenzied?

But how did they know that as a time traveler, Sun Shaozong saw the excitement and ecstasy in his heart when he saw the flintlock guns in the early eighteenth century being mass-produced in the land of China in the early fifteenth century?

This kind of important weapon of the country must not be allowed to wander outside!

If before, Sun Shaozong was just driving ducks to the shelves, but now he is full of motivation, wishing to get those two muskets back immediately!

Although Zhu Shan and Lu Yuan were a little puzzled, since the imperial envoy had already spoken, the two of them could only talk about the whole thing like beans in a bamboo tube.

It is said that after the successful imitation of this new musket, Emperor Guangde was very satisfied, and personally named it "Megatron", and gave great favor to the Gunpowder Bureau.

The emperor and Lao Tzu attach so much importance to it, how dare others be careless?

Therefore, since the small-scale mass production of this 'Megatron Gun' started, it has been stored in the most heavily guarded Tianzihao warehouse—and in this Tianzihao warehouse, only four people can enter and exit at will in the entire Gunpowder Bureau. .

Three of them were naturally Zhu Shan, Lu Yuan, and Luo Jing who was blocked from the door.

As for the fourth person, it was Du Ning, the Deputy Superintendent of the Gunpowder Bureau - Du Ning was always in charge of the storage and inspection of the warehouse.

In order to be safe, the Deputy Superintendent Du would go to the warehouse of Tianzihao every morning, noon and evening to carry out a careful inventory, no matter it was windy or rainy, it would never stop.

Yesterday evening, as usual, Du Ning went to the warehouse to take inventory again, but this time it took a surprisingly long time, and he was not seen coming out of the warehouse until nine o'clock in the evening.

The officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse thought it was strange, and they didn't dare to go in and out of the Tianzihao warehouse at will, so they reported the matter to Lu Yuan.

After Lu Yuan heard about it, he didn't dare to be negligent, and hurried to the warehouse to check what happened. Who knew that as soon as he entered the door, he found Du Ning lying in a pool of blood, with a bayonet stuck in his heart, and Megatron on the shelf. Two sky-style muskets also disappeared!

For such a big matter, the senior officials of the Gunpowder Bureau naturally did not dare to hide it. After a simple discussion, they sent people to Beijing to report it overnight, and this is how today's matter came about.

After listening to the general story, Sun Shaozong asked several questions in a row, "Is there any other place to enter and exit the Tianzihao warehouse? When Deputy Supervisor Du came in, was there anyone else following him? The officers and soldiers guarding the Tianzihao warehouse, and Is it reliable?"

Zhu Shan hurriedly said, "Tianzihao's warehouse is usually a place to store important items. Just in case, a 'ground listening' is specially set up to prevent people from digging tunnels and sneaking in. Therefore, there will be absolutely no other entrances and exits!"

The so-called "earth listening" is actually to bury the water tank underground to monitor the sound of tunnel excavation. It is usually used in defending the city to prevent surprise attacks.

Since Tianzihao Warehouse even used 'Di Ting', it was obviously well-protected.

Lu Yuan followed closely and said, "Because of the restrictions of the regulations, Mr. Du goes in alone every time to make an inventory inspection. There has been no exception in these years."

After a pause, he said a little uncertainly, "As for the soldiers guarding the Tianzihao warehouse, whether there is any problem or not, the humble job is really... It's really hard to be sure."

"Not sure?"

Sun Shaozong's complexion sank immediately, and he questioned dissatisfiedly, "As the military officer with the highest rank in this place, all the soldiers on duty and night watch are all appointed by you. How dare you say 'not sure'?"

"This... this this this..."

The fat on Lu Yuan's body trembled a few times, and finally he stomped his feet and said, "Nowadays, it's not easy to cover up the lowly position, so let's just say it straight - in fact, after this accident, the few of us talked about it in private. The most suspicious ones are the remnants of Prince Yizhong!"

Prince Yizhong's remnant party?

How could this have something to do with Prince Yizhong again?

Seeing Sun Shaozong's puzzled expression, Lu Yuan hurriedly said, "Your Excellency may not know something. From the time when the Supreme Emperor first conquered Korea to the summer of the third year of Guangde, the military supervisor was actually in the hands of Prince Yizhong."

"The Gunpowder Bureau is in its current state because of Prince Yizhong's efforts to promote it."

"At that time, Prince Yizhong had long sleeves and was good at dancing, and he quite won over a group of confidantes..."

But it turned out that the conquest of Goryeo was defeated. In addition to the light soldiers rushing into the enemy's ambush, the quality of the army's equipment was worrying, and it was even far inferior to the Goryeo people's use, which was also one of the reasons for the defeat.

Therefore, Prince Yizhong, who was quite like a prince at that time, recommended himself to be in charge of military weapons supervision, and launched drastic reforms.

In the following eight years, he not only led the improvement of many manufacturing processes, unified and refined the units of measurement, but also 'invented' the assembly line operation, which caused a qualitative transformation of the entire military department during his control.