Chapter 072: Two More Deaths
"I said two, the bullets are quite expensive, so let's save some use. These zebras don't have a grudge against the two of you, so you don't have to fight so hard. "Time flickered to the end of October, Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi, the two guys who were eating, drinking, and playing, not only did they not lose their patience, but their small days became more and more comfortable, as if they should have let Hong Tao raise them.
The double-barrel shotgun has been made, although because the primer has to be replaced by matchpowder, the firing pin must be strong enough, and an extended spring device bulges out of the rear of the butt, which is not beautiful enough, but the effect is really good. This copper-cased shotgun fires at an astonishing rate, and even the unskilled can fire ten rounds a minute without any problems. The firing range is not too close, the effective range of the twelve-gauge deer bullet can reach forty meters, and if you switch to a one-headed projectile, the full charge can accurately shoot a zebra at about ninety meters without considering the problem of recoil.
The caliber of the twelve-gauge deer bullet is 18.5 millimeters, which is also the actual caliber of this double-barreled shotgun. At present, there are three types of bullets, single-headed bullets, deer bullets and bird bullets, all of which are 70 millimeters in length, but the amount of propellant and the number of projectiles contained in them are different.
The one-headed bullet is a round cap made of alloy lead, and there are three yang lines around it. These are not rifling, but just to make the warhead rotate slowly with the help of air resistance when flying out, so as to stabilize the trajectory, similar to the principle of badminton.
Inside the deer bullet is eight small lead balls with a diameter of eight millimeters, and one advantage of hunting with this bullet is that you don't need to aim carefully, you probably aim at the prey, as long as the distance is right, it is basically one shot. If one of the eight small shot put hits, it can kill.
Inside the bird bomb is a pile of iron sand, all within two millimeters in diameter, and the number is about 100. With this kind of bullet, you don't need to aim at all, you don't even need to aim, you just find the right direction, and a shot is a large piece of iron sand, which is the most effective against birds and rabbits that move quickly. Using it to hit large animals, such as deer, horses, etc., has no effect, and the injury is certain, but not enough to kill.
If all the firing and firing ammunition in this bullet are replaced with collodion particles, the firing range can be increased a lot, and it can really be used as a standard weapon of the army. However, it is still that problem, the cost is a bit high, although the shells can be reused, but the production process is more complicated, and it cannot be produced in large quantities by machinery, and it cannot cope with the quantity required by large-scale battles by manual alone.
Now the disadvantage of this gun is that the primer is not very reliable, nearly half of the bullets can't be fired, and the recoil is a bit large, unless replaced with bird bullets with less charge, Saifei mother and son still can't control it.
"Your Majesty, it seems that these bullets are all made by me and Xiao Qi looking for materials, you haven't paid a penny." These days, Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi have completely abandoned their previous suspicions and unanimously turned out to the outside world. In order to force Hong Tao to be urgent, he resolutely stood in a front.
"Yes, you didn't even pay for the materials of these guns, I still paid for them." Wen Xiaoqi was afraid that Hong Tao would not be heartwarming enough, so he added another sentence.
“…… If I don't pay you back, you two should go to work, why should you go? Hong Tao touched his belt and gritted his teeth, feeling that it was barely acceptable to send the two plague gods away with some blood.
"The two of us are not short of money, and it should be a toy for Saifei." Wen Xiaoqi raised his gun and aimed at an antelope again, they must have used these animals as a punching bag, and when they saw anything, they didn't let any of them go, turning the hunt into a slaughter.
"Let's get straight to the point, I know what you two want, but I really can't give it...... "Hong Tao plans to enlighten them for ......the Nth time, Sai Fei has been thinking about the university he told him, he wants to go to school, and he also wants to set off for Sun City in the near future, and he must solve the problem of the two of them as soon as possible." It's a pity that this time he didn't even finish the whole sentence, Wen Xiaoqi pulled the trigger, Hong Tao was annoyed, and they were also tired of listening.
"Hey, hey, hey...... You didn't hit it, go further, it's time for me to be next! Qi Zu also took Hong Tao's words as a deaf ear, and didn't pay attention to it at all, and drove the horse forward.
"If you two are willing to pay a higher price, I can find a place for you both to play." It's really out of line, Hong Tao is not a very patient person, and now he only has two choices. One is to kill Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi on the grassland, and no one will investigate it; The second is to meet their requirements and get rid of these two big burdens as soon as possible.
"We won't go back to Jinhe City, and we won't go to Port Calamba......" Hong Tao's suggestion was not new, and it couldn't arouse the interest of Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi.
"I'm talking about a place that's far away, and you've never heard of it. If you want to go, you have to cut off all contact with your family and friends, and like Luo Youde, you can become a dead person. After you go, I promise you that you will be able to do your research as before, and no one will stop you. But the industrial base there is relatively poor, and many things have to be rebuilt. Now there is only a small open hearth and a small shipyard to use, would you like it? "If you don't make it clear, you can't impress these two pieces of goods, Hong Tao can only reveal some more information.
"Luo Youde? Boss Luo is not dead! Qi Zu knew Luo Youde, and he was quite familiar with him, and when he heard Hong Tao mention this name, he immediately thought of a possibility.
"You move the muzzle of the gun a little bit, don't you yell at me?" Hong Tao did not deny or admit it.
"Can I come back to see my grandfather to his death?" Wen Xiaoqi reined in the reins of the horse and began to pay attention to Hong Tao's suggestion, Luo Youde also knew him, and he didn't die, but went to the place that Hong Tao said.
"But you can choke, to others, you are already dead......" Hong Tao originally didn't want Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi to go to Sun City, the two of them were the wealth of the empire and the good helpers he left to his son. But now it seems that it is his own wishful thinking. With his withdrawal from the political arena of Jinhe Country, many old people like himself have slowly been marginalized. However, it is better to talk about the difficulties a little more, and let the two of them change their minds and return to Jinhe City on their own is the best result.
"I have no one to honor, it's better to die, I'm not afraid, I'll go!" Wen Lao Er is still alive, he is Wen Xiaoqi's own grandfather, which makes Wen Xiaoqi hesitate a little. But this question can't help Qi Zu, he is an elder in the family, so he doesn't have to carry moral baggage.
"I still have an older brother and a younger brother, let them help me send my grandfather, my grandson is not filial!" At this time, I was afraid that someone would stir up, but Wen Xiaoqi had already wavered, so that Qi Zu and the others were crooked again. Dismounted and knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times at Dongfang, stared at Hong Tao with a head of soil, and waited to die.
"You, the elder, don't bring the right path to the younger generation at all...... Want to die, huh? Don't worry, go back and sum up how you two should die. "Hong Tao has no choice, if they dare to die, they will dare to bury themselves, who is afraid of whom! With the two of them alone, Sun City will grow even faster.
This year was destined to be a sad year for the Jinhe Empire, and several veterans of the empire left one after another. At the end of the year, bad news came from the port of Cape Town, the first Minister of Industry and Deputy Minister of the Empire, the first head of the Imperial Shipyard and Metal Group, Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi accidentally had an accident during a hunting activity and disappeared for a week before being found. But the body has been gnawed into the remains of animals, and it is only through the belongings that the two of them are recognized.
This kind of immoral idea can only be thought up by Hong Tao, Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi are jumping around in his small boat at this time. In order to avoid suspicion, Hong Tao had already sailed out to sea a few days before their bodies were found, nominally to send Sai Fei to study at the academy of the Great Qin Kingdom, but in fact he took Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi to Chen Cang secretly.
The two corpses were all prepared by Cixi, as for where they got it, Hong Tao didn't ask, it was definitely not picked up casually, it was not a random pick-up, it was a certain two slaves who were unlucky again, and they couldn't be black slaves.
"Father, why are you lying to everyone? Will Grandpa Qi and Uncle Wen's family be sad? When Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi came out of the cabin, this kid didn't have a ghost or god screaming, but he questioned Hong Tao's approach.
"Your father is a bad person, there are few words that are true, everyone is used to it." Wen Xiaoqi is very inauthentic, helped him solve the problem, he still has opinions, this is the case that good people are not good.
"Get out of the way, don't think I'm going to be out of the way with you, Carl, do you remember? We're going to go to him first, and if you annoy me, I'll have Carl send you back to Cape Town and let you die for nothing!" "Hong Tao always keeps his back hand, and it is difficult for others to catch the pigtails.
"Son, don't listen to your Uncle Wen, there are some things that you have to lie, and to be honest, it doesn't apply all the time. You have to slowly understand this truth, this matter is related to the safety of our whole family, so don't mention it to anyone, including your mother, can you do it? "How to explain this big scam to Sai Fei is what Hong Tao is most worried about, there are many situations here that Sai Fei doesn't understand, and it's too long to talk about.
"Then I want you to promise to let my mother look for me too, I don't want to go so far alone, you will bully your mother if I am not there!" Sai Fei is a child who can't do without his mother, and Hong Tao is very annoyed by this, but he is okay.
"Cheng, you are really my good son, I know that I have negotiated terms with your father! You go to school honestly first, and next year I will take your mother to you, and if your grades are not good, I will leave you there alone and go back with your mother! Hong Tao was convinced, not only did he educate a group of second and third generations of the empire who were like wolves and tigers, but even his own children were not well educated. Saifei is not yet an adult, so he dares to blatantly negotiate with himself in exchange for conditions, which is probably also influenced by himself.
(To be continued.) )