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Chapter 614 I will protect Kunshan County!

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    There is no doubt that this is a flintlock gun.

    To be precise, this is an impact-type flintlock gun based on the rotating musket.

    The so-called revolving musket was invented by German watchmaker Johann Kievers. It was the first firearm in the world that could be fired without lighting a match.

    It replaces the matchlock clip on the matchlock pistol with a clockwork steel wheel.  Pull the hammer, tighten the spring; pull the trigger, the spring drives the runner to rotate at high speed, rub the flint on the fire door to trigger sparks, ignite the gunpowder, and bang, fire the bullet!

    The mechanism of this gun is complex, expensive and difficult to repair.  Soon after it came out, it was improved by the Spaniards into this impact-type flintlock gun in the hands of Zhao Hao.

    It eliminates the snail-shaped spring steel wheel on the revolver, clamps a flint on the jaw of the hammer, and installs a small anvil next to the fire hole.

    When shooting, pull the trigger. Under the action of the reed, the flint hits the anvil next to the fire door hard. Sparks appear, ignite the gunpowder, and bang, the bullet is fired!

    This impact-type flintlock gun greatly simplifies the shooting process, improves the firing rate and shooting accuracy, and is easy to use.  Moreover, compared with rotary muskets, the cost is greatly reduced, which is conducive to mass production.

    In Zhao Hao¡¯s memory, the Frenchman Ma Han should have also invented another flintlock gun at this time.  Compared with the Spanish-style bolt action, the French-style bolt action has a more reliable and complete firing mechanism and safety mechanism. It is the best-performing gun of this era.

    But correspondingly, the structure of the French bolt action is more complex, requiring more fine processing, more screws, and complex and fine grooves on the sear, which requires too high levels of craftsmanship and manufacturing technology.  As a result, the Spaniards switched to the Spanish-style flintlock muskets that were simpler to manufacture and lower cost only after a short period of switching to French bolts for only one year.

    At present, the manufacturing level of the Ming Dynasty Ordnance Bureau is far inferior to that of the Spaniards. Under the premise that there is no essential difference between the two gun types, it is self-evident which choice to make.

    Zhao Hao handed the musket to Gao Wu and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget to remind me to go back and bring it to Shi Zhen."

    Brother Gao nodded heavily. He never expected that the young master¡¯s memory was worse than his own.

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    Kunshan County reserve warehouse.

    Accompanied by Yuan Fang and Secretary Xing, Lin Xunjian carefully inspected the burned Jiazicang.

    The results completely verified what Xu Yang and others said. The fire was extremely suspicious.

    He stood in the darkened warehouse with his hands behind his back, looking up at the blackened roof, and asked quietly:

    "Sixteen thousand stones of grain were burned to ashes, and the entire warehouse was blackened? Even the roof is okay?"

    "Back to the hospital, the county's reserve warehouse is a fireproof granary supervised by the Ministry of Industry. The walls of this A-shaped warehouse are more than three feet high, and the roof has been treated with fireproofing. Even if the food inside is burned out, it will not set the warehouse on fire.  "Yes." Secretary Xing explained bravely: "In this way, even if a fire accidentally occurs, only one warehouse will be burned down and other warehouses will not be affected."

    "Humph, where are the charcoal ash from burning so much grain? Where is the remaining grain? It's impossible to burn it all without leaving a grain, right?" Lin Xun chuckled.

    "When we were putting out the fire, we all went out and the remaining food was sent to the embankment to be eaten." Secretary Xing spread his hands and thought to himself, what nonsense is this?  But he could only follow Xu Wei's instructions.

    "Hahaha, what an unconfirmed finding!" Lin Xunjian raised his head and laughed, and then asked his attendant: "Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

    "Sir, my subordinates believe that Kunshan County is suspected of destroying evidence and covering up the truth." He casually said solemnly: "It seems that what Xu Yang and others said may not be lies. The arson case in the Kunshan County reserve warehouse may be  There¡¯s something else hidden!¡±

    "That's right." Lin Xunjian smiled coldly, looked at Secretary Xing and said, "This file was produced by you. Are there such obvious doubts that you, the prison secretary, are not aware of at all?"

    "This" Secretary Xing hurriedly explained: "The villain is just a knife-catcher. Of course, we will write whatever the superiors tell us."

    "Oh? So, someone from above put pressure on you?" Yuan Fang asked quietly.

    "That's not true." Secretary Xing quickly waved his hand.

    "Nonsense!" Lin Xunjian glared, pointed at the burning Jiazi warehouse, and asked sternly: "No one forced you, how can you ignore such obvious doubts and just issue the closing documents?"

    "This little guy has been fighting floods on the embankment for days. He was just called back today to write a document. How could he care about seeing the scene?" Secretary Xing said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Besides, the inspection of the scene is a quick shift and the fourth master's errand. This is not a punishment."  What about the house manager?"

    "Huh, put it off!"Lin Xunjian knew that what the other party said was the truth, but he still said arrogantly: "Let someone who has the final say come to see me immediately!  "

    "My eldest son went to a neighboring county to visit Yizhi County and won't be able to come back for the time being." Secretary Xing whispered.

    "Where is the county magistrate?" Lin Xunyan said with a dark face.

    "He County Prime Minister went to the government to collect food supplies" Secretary Xing said with a smile, "What a coincidence."

    "Then who is in charge of affairs in your county now?" Lin Xunjian said while suppressing his anger.

    "It's Mr. Wu who greeted Mr. Wu earlier." Secretary Xing responded in a low voice, but did not disclose Xu Wei's existence.

    This is what Mr. Qingteng specially told Secretary Xing because he was afraid that he would be too famous and scare Lin Xunjian.

    It¡¯s not like you¡¯re holding back bad intentions and plotting against the other person.

    "How about I call Mr. Wu over now?" Secretary Xing asked tentatively.

    "Get lost!" Lin Xunfeng waved his hand. He didn't know whether to simply tell him to get lost, or to tell him to get lost and call the writer.

    Anyway, Secretary Xing is right to get out first.

    As soon as he went out, Yuan Fang said softly to Lin Xun, "Sir, this is an opportunity."

    "Yeah." Lin Xunwan thought about stroking his beard again, hugged him again, and then touched his bare cheeks.  "You mean, no one happens to be in the way?"

    "Yes." Yuan Fang nodded and said, "No matter how many doubts there are, we still need conclusive evidence, otherwise we cannot overturn the county's original verdict."

    After all, it was Xu Yang and his gang who set the fire, and even Potian can't change this.  If you want to exonerate the arsonist in an arson case, how can you do it without strong evidence?

    "How to find evidence?" Lin Xunjian, a young official who has been in office for less than a year, how can he have so many regulations in mind?

    "My subordinates believe what Xu Yang said. The county is out of food, so we have to use the fire they set to write off the 16,000 shi of food that only exist on the books."

    Yuan Fang said in a deep voice, "Then where did the sixteen thousand stones go? Zhao Shouzheng has just taken office, and his family is extremely wealthy. The possibility of embezzling these grains is extremely slim."

    After a pause, Yuan Fang said in a deep voice: "Then there is only one possibility, that is, Kunshan County does not import that much grain at all! The so-called five grain ships coming every day is just a trick to fool people!"

    "Ah, you mean" Lin Xun's eyes lit up.  "There isn't that much food in those grain ships?"

    "That's ten to ten percent." Yuan Fang said resolutely: "With a little calculation, we can see that they falsely report at least one thousand dan of grain every day. So the five grain ships only have half of the grain at most. As for the other half"

    As he spoke, he kicked the gravel on the ground.  "Does this need to be said?"

    "It must be sand!" Lin Xunzhen hit each other hard with his hands and said excitedly: "The gravel in the house is not what they used to put out the fire at all, but the bag was originally filled with sand!"

    At that moment, Lin Xunjian felt that he had become the Duke of Ming Dynasty. His face turned red with excitement and he reached an intracranial orgasm!

    He waved his hand fiercely and ordered loudly: "From now on, every ship of grain shipped into Kunshan will be personally inspected by this hospital!"

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