Good news, this is indeed good news. Zhu Cixuan immediately became energetic and greeted him enthusiastically: "Hurry, come to the main hall to discuss in detail."

With a 'bang!', Johnson Chan directly placed a short musket on the table. This was a flintlock smoothbore pistol, which was exquisitely made as modern pistols. However, this was made by hand.

Zhu Cixuan held it in his hand and weighed it heavily: "Yes, Lord Tang, how powerful is this pistol?"

"Very good, Your Highness the Crown Prince. The lower official heard that you had encountered an assassin outside the palace, but fortunately nothing big happened. This flintlock pistol is just for self-defense. Your Highness the Crown Prince will not be afraid of those evil people when he leaves the palace in the future."

Zhu Cilang was overjoyed. The flintlock pistol was indeed a magical tool. Even the gun handle had screws embedded. Unfortunately, the screw was made by hand by hand, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

"How long has this gun been made?" Zhu Cixuan asked again.

This is what I care about most. If it can be mass-produced, I will first replace all the firearm battalion equipment with flintlock rifles. Then I will have one shot in my hand.

Unfortunately, Zhu Cixuan was a little disappointed: "The six craftsmen have repeatedly corrected this gun for two months. The official knew what Your Highness meant. If the entire camp was equipped with a flintlock rifle, it would take some time."

Zhu Cilang nodded: "I am anxious, okay, this is indeed a good thing, I have accepted it."

The large-scale popularization of flintlock rifles is indeed not a matter of one day or one night. Moreover, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to build guns. If the Ming army is truly equipped, it is absolutely impossible in a short period of time.

First of all, the problem of fine iron must be solved, and more importantly, a large number of skilled craftsmen need to be required. More importantly, it is just one word, money.

Making guns and cannons is a money-burning business, but Johnson Chan was able to create this sample, which is already a huge improvement.

When you go out, you must have a flintlock gun in your hand. Otherwise, when you encounter an assassin, it will be really a bad thing every day.

If the flintlock rifle is in hand and a shot at the enemy at a critical moment, the opponent will either die or be injured.

The development of firearms in the military battle has indeed encountered many bottlenecks. In addition to offering a gun, Joshua Chan came here this time and asked Zhu Cixuan for many questions.

In fact, Zhu Cixuan didn't understand many things about firearms. He could only grop. Anyway, he tried to tell all the theoretical knowledge he knew to Johnson Chan.

Johnson Chan is the only person who can communicate easily, because he can understand many of his theoretical knowledge. Even if he doesn't understand, he will understand a rough idea after explaining it to him.

The assassination of the prince has become a major case that has caused a sensation in the capital. The Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, Censorate, Shuntian Prefecture, Jinyiwei, and even the already lonely East-West Factory jointly handled the case.

As long as the departments that can be mobilized in the capital will be dispatched to investigate the case. This is a major case involving the survival of the Ming Dynasty, the continuation of the country, and the descendants of the emperor.

All the ministries were under tremendous pressure. First, the city was closed. Since the assassination of the prince, the guards of the four gates reported that there were no large-scale people leaving the city.

In other words, the assassin is likely to be still in the city. So the capital guards, Jinyiwei, the east and west factories, the servants of Shuntian Mansion, and the people of the East Palace Guard all searched door to door.

But strangely, after searching for two rounds, I almost turned the capital upside down, without any clues.

The more than 20 assassins seemed to have evaporated from the world and there was no news. No one knew their whereabouts, let alone who did it.

But after all, the court is not a vegetarian. Even though they were not caught, they still found many clues.

First of all, among the eight assassins killed by Meng Fanchao, some of them had different fingers than ordinary people. How to say, the calluses on their hands were different from those on ordinary farmers or craftsmen. Except for those who hold knives and guns, the calluses on their hands would not be so special.

In other words, they are soldiers. They are a group of well-trained veterans who have even fought on the battlefield. With this clue, the case investigation gradually became clear.

Also, more importantly, Meng Fanchao inserted an assassin's sword into the brick wall and broke it, which caused Zhu Cixuan to pretend to die and escaped a disaster.

Although this knife is ordinary, it is used by people in the civilian and military camps. However, I have to thank Zhu Chunchen.

When Zhu Chunchen sent some shoddy crude iron to the military battle station through bribery, the military battle station not only used these thick iron to cast the bombed red cannons, but also cast some weapons.

The sword in the assassin's hand was mixed with this thick iron. This sword was brittle and blunt, and it was not easy to use. Even if it was polished, its sharpness and toughness were greatly reduced.

It's no wonder that a thick sword was broken by Meng Fanchao's divine power.

These weapons in the military battle situation have all flowed into the military camps. Because the people of the people will never use such rough iron to make weapons. No one is willing to use them.

In the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen looked at the file handed over by Luo Yangxing and others: "What else have you found?"

Luo Yangxing said in a vain: "If you go back to the emperor, I am investigating it. But one thing can be basically concluded that it was done by the soldiers in the military camp. All signs indicate that these assassins have nothing to do with the soldiers in the military camp."

"Investigate! No matter who it is, check it to the end!" Chongzhen slapped the table heavily.

Some soldiers from the military camp were going to assassinate Zhu Cixuan, and the case was really big. Is it the next step that they will go directly into the Forbidden City?

Luo Yangxing, who had left the Qianqing Palace, became more and more scared the more he thought about it. He decided to go to Zhongcui Palace and discuss it with the crown prince.

As soon as Zhong Cuigong met Luo Yangxing, he told Zhu Cixuan about the clues found by various departments in recent days. Perhaps this unique crown prince would have a better view on this kind of thing.

"Your Highness, this is the clue found by Xiaguan and others. It is certain that the soldiers in the military camp will definitely be. But what should we do next? Xiaguan has no clue yet."

Zhu Cilang said "Yes": "No wonder, no wonder the people from the Eastern Palace Guard came to report. You searched the capital door to door twice but found the whereabouts of the assassin. In this way, it was done by the soldiers of the military camp. After they committed the crime, they returned to the military camp, so they naturally had no clues."

"Your Highness, the five military camps of the three major camps have been transferred out of the capital. I think they were not the ones left. The only ones left are Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp."

Zhu Cilang had already vaguely guessed that it was done by Shenshuying.

Shenshu Camp, which is the Three Thousand Camp. When the three major camps were restored in the 29th year of Jiajing, the Three Thousand Camps were renamed Shenshu Camp, and 2,500 Red Helmet Generals and 500 Ming-Armored Generals were incorporated into the camp.
Chapter completed!