Zhang Zhaohua's eyes widened: "That's really the case! I don't even know it!"

Zhang Zhaohua originally made friends with Zhang Sheng and Chen Xuan, so that it was convenient for the sailors of the Ming Dynasty to escort the Zhang family's fleet, so they didn't have to worry about pirates and pirates. The Battle of Poyang Lake was a battle in which Emperor Gao could almost be regarded as the world's finality, and the two sides dispatched 300,000 sailors. And when Jing Nan hit the Yangtze River, if Chen Xuan did not lead the water division to surrender, it is still unknown whether King Yan would be able to successfully attack Nanjing.

As a result, Zhang Sheng did not befriend Chen Xuan according to her ideas, but found another way to get the old gun of the Shenji Battalion to arm himself - Zhang Zhaohua repeatedly confirmed that Zhang Sheng got the old gun, not the new gun as stated in the newspaper.

"No matter how bold the second brother is, he doesn't dare to get a new gun, and he has no way," Zheng was very sure at this point, Zhang Sheng had no reason to lie to his family before he was arrested: "Even if he has the courage to get it, how can he trade with the Japanese people! Isn't this a capital crime! Copper and iron, firearms, gold and silver, are all forbidden things, and it is absolutely impossible to trade privately, let alone sell them to the Japanese people!"

Zhang Zhaohua believes this, although smuggling these things is indeed a hundred times profitable, but the Zhang family's roots have always been innocent, and the capital is gathered little by little, rather than expanding rapidly through this method - so what is going on with the two hundred firecrackers on the ship?

Zheng Shi saw Zhang Zhaohua's unpredictable expression, and couldn't help asking: "Niangniang, this time, the second brother shouldn't have any problems, the origin of that thing is handed over to Jinyiwei to investigate, it can prove his innocence——"

Before she finished speaking, Zhang Zhaohua turned his head to look at her: "Do you think this is an accident when something appeared on the ship? Ji Gang of Jinyiwei has a vendetta with the Zhang family, will he let go of such a good opportunity? Starting from the Ordnance Bureau, to the Shenji Battalion, to the City Ship Division, this is to implicate all of them! Someone has set up a big killing game, this time, how can he get out of the net!"

At this time, in the palace, the emperor was also looking at Chen Xuan's recital from Pingjiang Bo, and he said to Ji Gang, who was hiding his excitement in front of him: "Chen Xuan said that Zhang Sheng was suspected of collaborating with the Japanese and smuggling arms. ”

The emperor has said this many times, and the most recent time when he was discussing the situation of the Japanese enemy with the cabinet, he said that anyone who has anything to do with the crime of 'colluding with the Japanese' will not be tolerated and tolerated. I also made an order before, and the Ministry of Household Orders strictly prohibited foreign traffic. China's gold, silver, copper coins, gunpowder, weapons and other things are not allowed to be used, if anyone dares to trade these things privately, he will definitely be punished!

"But this case is suspicious," the emperor said slowly, "For example, where did you get these two hundred guns? Why don't you have a name? I can see through the widow, maybe it's not just him Zhang Sheng, this case will be handed over to you, I know your ability to handle the case, you must find out to me——"

Ji Gang suddenly felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, but the emperor said again: " It's just that this case involves the inner court, he Zhang Sheng is the brother of the crown princess, I will send you another helper here, it is Ma Yun who spoke for you before, you also know, he is an old adult, not good at handling cases, he is old, confused, I have scolded him several times, if it weren't for his kindness and affection, I wouldn't bother to let him bother you, you, just treat him as if he didn't exist, he just showed me what kind of measure this case can go, I am also difficult, I want to fight mice, and I have to worry about the jade bottle……”

The emperor asked Ji Gang and Ma Yun to work together to solve the case as soon as possible, Ji Gang went out from the palace gate, thinking about the emperor's words all the way, the emperor's words, the more he tasted them, the more profound they meant - now Ji Gang is thinking, is it important to fight mice, or is it important to take care of the jade bottle?

He forgot that no matter how Zhang Sheng's case is, it can't involve the inner palace, what the emperor said about proportionality, in fact, does not refer to the proportion between the outer court and the inner court, such a proportion, will not let Ma Yun grasp, what he said is actually a subtle reminder to Ji Gang to pay attention to proportion, the emperor has never forgotten the grievances between Zhang Chang and Ji Gang, and the events that happened during the period of the East Palace should have deepened this contradiction, if Ji Gang is smart, he should know that Ma Yun is the chief judge of the case appointed by the emperor, and Jin Yiwei should serve this one——

But Ji Gang can't even figure out such a simple holy will now, it can be seen that he, the governor of Jinyiwei, has a lot of scruples behind him, his henchmen, his selfishness is getting heavier and heavier, and he no longer dares to fight for his life like he did more than ten years ago.

Even if Zhang Sheng had been arrested and imprisoned, the first thing Ji Gang did was not to interrogate him, but to ask Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan to drag the two sea ships involved in the case from eastern Zhejiang to the port of Nanjing, and then search everything on board. ”

Ji Gang squinted at them, the two of them stopped suddenly, Zhuang Jing picked up a handcuff, and said: "It's the same as what Chen Xuan said in the report, the fire gun is a bronze cast handcuff, the diameter is half a minute, and the total length is one foot one." ”

The length unit is different from one dynasty to another, for example, 1 zhang is 10 feet, 1 foot is 10 inches, and 1 inch is 10 points - and the 1 foot of the tailoring ruler is 34 centimeters, the 1 foot of the measuring ruler is 32.7 centimeters, and the 1 ruler of the construction ruler is 32 centimeters, the diameter of this thing is about 15 millimeters, and the total length is about 36 centimeters.

"Tianzi handcuff?" Li Chunyi raised his eyebrows.

"Tianzi handcuffs," Ji Gang said, "distribute the things of the three major battalions of the forbidden army." ”

The fire gun is produced, the gun body will be engraved with the manufacturing place, the manufacturing department, the name of the craftsman, the official position of the supervisor, the weight and the year of manufacture, if these are not, then look at the shape, from the caliber of this thing, it can be determined as the "Tianzi handcuff", in addition to the "English word", "Shengzi" and other handguns, the shape is different from the "Tianzi" handcuff, such as the winning number of the handcuff diameter of 22 mm, the total length of 44 cm.

Compared with the handcuffs equipped by the army 20 years ago, this kind of handcuffs are not only reduced in shape, easy to collect and carry, but also have a reduced caliber, which is conducive to increasing the range of firearms. And there is also one important difference is that the other firecrackers are equipped with iron sand in the breech, which is a scattershot, which can only kill a large area and is difficult to aim accurately, but this firearm has a fixed projectile, and it can be said that the range is accurate - it was not until the third year of Yongle that this firearm began to be mass-produced, but it was only for the three major battalions of the forbidden army, which could not meet the needs of the guards.

"Then check the number," Ji Gang said lazily, "Look where there are two hundred missing." ”

When the fire gun is manufactured, there must be a number, the minimum serial number is "Tianzi No. 1", and the maximum serial number has no upper limit, or it may be "Tianzi 98,602", or it may be "Tianzi 123,217", because as long as this kind of gun has been produced, it can always be numbered.

However, it is very interesting that such a new gun, whether it is the Ordnance Bureau or the Baoyuan Bureau, does not admit that it was lost by itself, saying that the guns they produce are all numbered, and there is no one that does not match the number.