I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 753 Zhao Xi's Misunderstandings
Su Song's report made Zhao Xi suddenly a little confused, and his unorganized thoughts became more and more confused.

The prince's guards, that is, the guards of the Imperial City Division, both light and dark, also suffered casualties.From the beginning, Zhao Xi didn't consider the cause of these people's death, and it was at the stage of the imperial court's grand ceremony at that time, so it was too late to think about it thoroughly.

Wang Zhongzheng took care of all the funerals of the casualties, and the honors they deserved were not diminished, and the compensations they should be given were not less.After what Su Song said, Zhao Xi realized that he was indeed there at that time, because of how much emotion affects judgment.

"Zhongzheng, can someone identify the cause of death of the casualties and subordinates?"

This Wang Zhongzheng knelt down again.But Zhao Xi couldn't blame this unlucky guy at this time.

"Going back to Huiguan's house, the inspector of the Imperial City Division found that the casualties were all injured by arrows, and the fatal injuries were concentrated on the head and neck because of the armor..."

"Where's the armor?"

"Go back to the official's house, collect everything and hand it over to the workshop city."

Wang Zhongzheng saw that the officials were in a good mood, so he spoke quickly.

"Officials, it was the Secretary of the Imperial City who sent those armors to the workshop city according to the regulations. I can identify these details..."

This regulation was formulated at the beginning of armor and firearms.In order to avoid the leakage of armor and firearms craftsmanship, Zhao Xi worked with Su Song and others to formulate relevant regulations on the recycling of firearms and armor.

In the words of later generations, the amount of information is a bit large, and Zhao Xi needs to sort it out.

According to the regulations, as long as the workshop city produces new firearms in batches, the army is refitted with new technology, and the old armaments are recovered and stored in warehouses and destroyed.In other words, the first generation of gunpowder and muskets should not have survived at all.

Unless there are major mistakes in the management of Workshop City.But Su Song can report in this way, that is to say, Workshop City has already done relevant work.

Even though Su Song is not the lord of the workshop city, the power Zhao Xi gave Su Song is even higher than that of the lord.

This means that there is no possibility of mismanagement of firearms in Workshop City, and there is no possibility of leakage of old-style firearms in stock.

Has the power to manufacture firearms?This is worse than leaking a firearm!

"Zirong, the craftsman of the firearms workshop..."

"Back to the official's house, the firearms workshop is manufactured step by step according to the official's requirements. Basically, each step is independent, and the craftsmen of the finished product workshop are carefully selected."

"So far, no craftsman in the workshop city has left the workshop city alive. Moreover, the regulations of the firearms workshop in the workshop city, even if they go out of the city, at least three people should go with them. The Fangcheng guards are strictly guarding against the craftsmen in the firearms workshop, and there should be no possibility of craft leakage."

In fact, all the systems of the workshop city's firearms workshop were formulated with the participation of officials.Under such a system, there should be no possibility of artisans leaking their craftsmanship.

Moreover, the treatment of the craftsmen in the firearms workshop is comparable to that of the fourth-rank courtiers of the Kingdom Dynasty. Even their family members are provided by the workshop city to make a living. It can be said that they are completely supported by the workshop city.

Su Song thought that no one could give these craftsmen higher treatment, so that they could tempt these craftsmen to betray the court, betray the workshop city, and even betray his family.

The most important point is that even in the workshop city, apart from the familiarity between the craftsmen in the firearms workshop, the craftsmen in important positions are kept secret even from the court, and there are only a few specific people who have the list of these craftsmen.

If these craftsmen are lured to rebel, then there may be problems between the officials, the owner of the workshop, the prime minister of the cabinet, and Su Song.This is impossible.

Su Song can figure it out, so can Zhao Xi.

"Zirong, how about the firearms store?"

It's not that Zhao Xi doesn't trust Su Song and the manager of the workshop city. The more he gets to this point, the more he needs to rule out all possibilities.

"When I returned to the official's house, after I found the firearm residue, I immediately checked the firearms depot. After the inventory, there was no leakage of the firearms depot. All the inventory and destruction records are detailed for every firearm and every bullet. on. Checked."

Is it true that there are forces that manufacture firearms?Zhao Xi couldn't be sure.To be honest, as far as black powder is concerned, the real so-called craftsmanship is purification and proportioning, or Su Song's various additions and experiments later, it is not yet a big progress.

If someone is committed to this aspect, it is not difficult to deploy gunpowder with a certain power after a long period of deployment.

This is really a big event, even a big event that can change many plans and strategies of the imperial court.

"Xuan Cabinet..."

"Officials, I think..."

"Zirong, if there is another way to make gunpowder, it may change the general situation of the imperial court's many strategies. Some things need to be discussed by the imperial court."

"Officials, I may not have explained it clearly. Judging from the residues, the residues at the scene of the prince's attack are not gunpowder made in other non-workshop cities. I mean, those gunpowder residues are actually the first generation of offensive and defensive warfare. , the residue of the second-generation gunpowder."

"If there is a gunpowder production process outside the workshop city, or if there is a gunpowder formula formulated, it may be exactly the same as the previous one in the workshop city!"

This is a bit of a paradox.Zhao Xi looked at Su Song, seeming to be thinking about what Su Song said.

The inventory of the workshop city is no problem, the craftsmen of the workshop city are no problem, the process flow of the workshop city is also quite strict, but there are gunpowder residues that belong to the manufacturing process of the workshop city...
What is Su Song trying to explain?Zhao Xi could feel that there was something in Su Song's words.

Zhao Xi felt that he didn't have enough brains about the prince's attack, or that he was a little disorganized.

Also, the more overemphasized something is, the easier it is to cause people to think biasedly.Although Zhao Xi kept telling himself to calm down, due to some reasons in his heart, Zhao Xi had never completely calmed down in fact.

Today, Su Song had a question about firearms, which Zhao Xi paid special attention to... It further disturbed Zhao Xi's already somewhat chaotic thinking.

If you want to see the truth of the incident thoroughly, the best way is to stay out of it...

"Zirong, please send me the accounts of all firearms production and storage..."

Zhao Xi felt that at this time he had to really calm down, put aside the incident itself as much as possible, and look at the incident from another angle.

Whether it is the crown prince or other related people, Zhao Xi needs to put aside completely and purely consider this matter.

"The minister has already brought all the accounts of the production of firearms and the entry and exit of the warehouse, and this will be presented to the housekeeper."

Following Wang Zhongzheng's entry, two inner eunuchs came in carrying a pile of ledgers.

It should be that I have gone astray. Judging from various signs, Su Song seems to know the direction...
(End of this chapter)