The hardwood butt, a typical flintlock bolt, semi-enclosed rear compartment, front-loading loading, the length of the gun is about 1.3 meters, plus a 20-centimeter-long bayonet, the total length is about 1.5 meters, and the overall weight is around 4.5 kilograms.

The bullets were still shot shots, but they had been modified to be packed in cardboard shells, and the amount of excitation and firing gunpowder had been allocated in advance, which greatly increased the reloading speed.

The average soldier can fire about two shots per minute, and the skilled musketeer can increase to three or even four.

The effective killing range is more than 250 meters, and the precision range is about 80 meters.

If you put it aside at the beginning of the eighteenth century, this can only be described as a standard flintlock smoothbore gun, and there is nothing surprising about it.

But now it's the beginning of the fifteenth century!

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

Looking at the more than 200 flintlock pistols in the warehouse, Sun Shaozong felt as if he had opened the door to a new world - when the large-scale assembly was completed, the military strength of the Great Zhou would undoubtedly go to a higher level!

At that time, not to mention sweeping the Eight Desolations and Liuhe, it will always not be a problem to subdue the four wildernesses.

Carefully put the rifle in his hand back on the shelf, Sun Shaozong suddenly turned around and said straightforwardly: "Let's talk about it, the situation before and after the case, as well as your speculation about this case, as long as it is related to this case, tell me!" ”

Stared at by Sun Shaozong's scorching eyes, Zhu Shan, the supervisor of the Gunpowder Bureau, and Lu Yuan, the Qianhu of the Shenji Battalion, were a little inexplicable - this Lord Sun was still cold, how could he suddenly become fanatical after taking a few glances at the new musket?

But how did they know that Sun Shaozong, as a traverser, saw the flintlock pistol of the early 18th century, mass-produced on the land of China in the early 15th century, and the excitement and ecstasy welled up in his heart?

This kind of important weapon of the country must not be left behind!

If before, Sun Shaozong was just chasing ducks to the shelves, but now he is full of motivation, and he can't wait to get those two muskets back immediately!

Although Zhu Shan and Lu Yuan were a little puzzled, since Lord Qincha had already spoken, the two of them could naturally only pour beans from a bamboo tube and tell the whole thing over again.

It is said that after the successful imitation of this new musket, Emperor Guangde was greatly satisfied, personally named it 'Megatron', and gave great grace to the gunpowder bureau.

Emperor Lao Tzu attaches so much importance to it, how dare others be careless?

Therefore, after the small-scale production of this 'Megatron-style musket' began, it has been stored in the most heavily guarded Celestial Warehouse, and in this Celestial Warehouse, only four people can enter and exit at will in and out of the entire Gunpowder Bureau.

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

As for the fourth person, it is Du Ning, the deputy superintendent of the Gunpowder Bureau, who has always been responsible for the storage and inspection of the warehouse.

In order to be foolproof, this deputy Du Jian will go to the Tianzi warehouse every morning, noon and evening to conduct a careful inventory, no matter the wind or rain.

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

The officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse felt strange, and they did not dare to enter and leave the Tianzihao warehouse at will, so they reported the matter to Lu Yuan.

After Lu Yuan heard about it, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to the warehouse to check what was going on, but as soon as he entered the door, he found that Du Ning was lying in a pool of blood, with a bayonet stuck in his heart, and two Megatron-style muskets on the shelves were also missing!

After a brief discussion, they sent someone to Beijing overnight to report it, so today's matter came to life.

After listening to this general experience, Sun Shaozong asked a few questions in a row: "Is there any other place where I can enter and exit this Tianzi warehouse?" When Deputy Du Jian came in, did anyone else follow? Are the officers and soldiers guarding the Tianzi warehouse reliable? ”

Zhu Shan hurriedly said: "Tianzihao warehouses are usually places to store important items, and in case of emergency, there is also a special 'ground listening' to prevent someone from digging a tunnel to sneak in, so there will definitely be no other entrances and exits!" ”

The so-called 'ground listening' is actually to bury a water tank under the ground to listen to the sound of digging tunnels, which is generally used in the defense of the city to prevent surprise attacks.

Since the Tianzi warehouse has even used 'ground listening', it is obviously very well protected.

Lu Yuan followed closely and said: "Because of the restrictions of regulations, Lord Du has gone in alone every time to take stock and inspect, and there have been no exceptions over the years. ”

After a pause, he said with a little uncertainty: "As for those soldiers guarding the Tianzi warehouse, is there a problem, it is really ...... It's hard to be sure. ”

"Not sure?"

Sun Shaozong's face sank immediately, and he questioned dissatisfiedly: "You are the highest-ranking military attache in this place, and the soldiers on duty and night patrol are all from your assignment, how dare you say 'not sure'?" ”

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

The fat on Lu Yuan's body trembled a few times, and finally stomped his feet and said: "Now that the matter is now, it's not good to hide it anymore, so let's just say it straight - in fact, after this accident, the most suspicious thing in private is the remnants of Prince Yizhong!" ”

The remnants of Prince Yizhong?

How can this have anything to do with Prince Yizhong again?

Seeing Sun Shaozong's puzzled expression, Lu Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Excellency may not know, from the first time Emperor Taishang conquered Goryeo, until the summer of the third year of Guangde, the ordnance supervisor has actually been in the hands of Prince Yizhong. ”

"And this Powder Bureau, it is also because of Prince Yizhong's efforts to promote it, so that today's situation has arisen."

"At that time, Prince Yizhong was good at dancing with long sleeves, and he attracted a group of henchmen......"

However, it turned out that in the original defeat of Goryeo, in addition to the light troops rushing into the enemy's ambush, the quality of the equipment in the army was worrying, and it was even far less than that used by the Goryeo, which was also one of the reasons for the defeat.

Therefore, Prince Yizhong, who was quite a prince at that time, recommended himself to be the head of the military weapons prison and launched a drastic reform.

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 made the entire ordnance supervision undergo a qualitative transformation during his control.

The spring steel used in today's new firearms is one of the important results of smelting using a new process at that time.

It is precisely because of these kinds of exploits that Prince Yizhong's prestige in the ordnance prison at that time was unparalleled for a while, and he gathered many henchmen openly and secretly.

Although when he was imprisoned two years ago, the top and bottom of the ordnance prison were also purged, but in order to ensure the normal operation of the ordnance superintendent, it is always difficult to catch them all, so there must be fish that have slipped through the net.

Lu Yuan finally said helplessly: "Because the Shenji Battalion is very closely tied to the Gunpowder Bureau, there are also quite a few people who are bewitched by it, so there is really no guarantee of lowly duties, and there must be no problem with these officers and soldiers." ”

Tut~

This Prince Yizhong has really done a lot of great things, no wonder he has been imprisoned for more than a year, and there are still so many dead people who are obsessed with his mind and want to save him.

In contrast, he who is also a traverser seems to be a little ......

Shaking his head slightly, leaving the inexplicable sense of shame behind, Sun Shaozong asked again: "Among the officials of this Powder Bureau now, are there still people promoted by Prince Yizhong when he was in power?" ”

"Probably gone."

Zhu Shan and Lu Yuan shook their heads at the same time, and Zhu Shan further added: "In fact, since the summer of the third year of Guangde, the officials in this gunpowder bureau have begun to be gradually replaced, and after Prince Yizhong was imprisoned, the original old people were almost uprooted. ”

"However, a group of officials at the bottom have left, and the craftsmen have not changed much, but they can't get close to the Tianzihao warehouse."

Sun Shaozong asked a few more questions, and felt that there was not much news that could be out, so Lu Yuan asked Lu Yuan to 'invite' Du Ning's body out and restore it to the appearance of the time as much as possible, so as to conduct a more detailed investigation of the scene.