Datang Nongwang

Chapter 583
Everyone knows how difficult it is to build a ship.

Of course, this is only for laymen. For professionals, it is naturally easy to grasp and does not take much brains.

For Li Chongyuan, it is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say simple.

after all.

Li Chongyuan had seen all kinds of large ships in his previous life.

Small boats with hundreds of tons are even more numerous.

Thousands of tons, thousands of tons is not a lot.

It is not uncommon for Li Chongyuan to have seen tens of thousands of tons, tens of thousands of tons, or even hundreds of thousands of tons.

Even if you haven't seen the real thing, it's everywhere on TV or on the Internet, and there are even various documentaries about ships.

past life.

The ships that Li Chongyuan had seen could not be counted by numbers.

But in front of him, it is his own ship, even if the tonnage is only two to three hundred tons, but no matter how you say it, it is also from the hands of Li Chongyuan.

In one sentence.

This ship can be said to be Li Chongyuan's son.

It was the first time for his son to walk. As a father, Li Chongyuan must have been so excited that he didn't know what words to use to describe it.

This is not.

When Li Chongyuan saw the upstream paddle steamer coming this way under the sound of rushing water, Li Chongyuan's eyes were almost not his own, and his excited face was full of anticipation.

Li Chongyuan was excited, and Xingba and the others were also excited.

paddle steamer.

This is the only one.

The boat was getting closer.

And this time.

At the front of the paddle steamer, Xiang Si seemed to have noticed Li Chongyuan's side. He took a closer look and found that Li Chongyuan was standing there on the bow of the boat, and immediately shouted, "Little lord, little lord."

"Xiang Si, when was the ship built? Is it a sea trial today?" Li Chongyuan heard the other party's shout, but he didn't know what the other party was shouting, and immediately responded loudly.

but.

The ocean water is windy, but Li Chongyuan's response has not been passed on.

The two just shouted across the air, but neither of them knew what the other was saying.

Finally, the two boats stopped in the middle of the ocean water, and Li Chongyuan looked at Xiang Si on the paddle steamer and asked, "Xiang Si, how is it going? Is this the first trial voyage?"

"Xiao Langjun, this is the first trial voyage. I only received a letter from Chang'an two days ago, and I didn't expect Xiao Lang to arrive today. Xiao Lang, you go to the dock first, and I will let them go back later." Xiang Si felt that it was really difficult to talk to Li Chongyuan from the air, so he quickly responded loudly.

Li Chongyuan didn't say much, after nodding, the boat continued to go upstream.

When Li Chongyuan arrived at the pier, all he could see were people.

Watch the fun.

plumbers.

Shipwrights wait.

In short.

On the pier, many people were standing there waiting to see when the downstream paddle steamer would return.

As Li Chongyuan got on the pier, several servants hurried over, "Blessings, my lord."

"Don't be so polite. What's the matter? Is there so many people because of the ship trial today?" Li Chongyuan waved his hand when he saw those servants coming to greet him.

The servant immediately responded to Li Chongyuan.

And this time.

The steward of the Wang family, Wang Sheng, saw Li Chongyuan approaching suddenly, so he hurried over to greet him.

He knows.

Everything here is the cooperation between Li Chongyuan and his family's lord.

Now, everything is basically completed, but he stayed behind to connect with Xiang Si, or even do some logistical work.

This can be regarded as fulfilling the orders of his family's lord Wang Ting.

After Li Chongyuan saw Wang Sheng coming over, he also knew about this person, "Wang Guanshi, when will your lord come to Xixiang? I haven't heard much about him recently. He won't be holding my goldfish money." Did you run away?"

"Li Xianhou, you are overthinking. My lord has been dealing with some things recently, so he has been delayed for some time. I believe that within a month, my lord will definitely come to Xixiang. As for the money that Li Xianhou said , My husband has already sent to Chang'an, I believe he is still on his way." Wang Sheng heard Li Chongyuan's words and knew that Li Chongyuan was joking, but he still responded to Li Chongyuan.

Wang Ting got Li Chongyuan [-] goldfish and went to the south.

He made a lot of money, but in the past half a year, Li Chongyuan didn't even see Wang Ting's shadow, and everything was connected with Li Chongyuan with his subordinates.

even.

Not even letters came.

but.

Li Chongyuan didn't even worry about his court, anyway, it was just goldfish, and he had a lot of it.

Even if Wang Ting has all kinds of means, it is tantamount to fantasy if he wants to breed new goldfish in a short period of time.

As for Wang Ting not showing up for such a long time, Li Chongyuan didn't care too much.

The cooperation will continue as long as the agreement between them is in place.

Besides, the people at the shipyard are already in place, and the first paddle steamer has been built. It is not so important whether there is his royal court or not.

Li Chongyuan smiled and looked at Wang Sheng, "It seems that your husband has found a way to make money again, and he doesn't even care about our cooperation. Forget it, remember to notify me when your husband arrives. "

Li Chongyuan didn't talk too much anymore, anyway, it didn't matter whether Wang Ting came or not, what was important was his own shipyard.

The crowd stood at the pier waiting for the paddle steamer's trials to be over.

After half an hour, the shadow of the paddle steamer appeared in the lower reaches of Yangshui.

When the paddle steamer arrived at the pier, Li Chongyuan walked to the edge of the pier without saying a word, and looked at the paddle steamer in front of him.

He came to the wharf on the four sides, bowed to Li Chongyuan, and said happily: "Xiao Langjun, look, this is our paddle steamer. However, this ship is said to be a verification ship, but the trial voyage feels very good. Not bad. How about, Xiao Lang, you go up and have a look?"

"Of course you have to see it. This is my boat. If you don't see it, then I've come to Xixiang for nothing." There's no reason for Li Chongyuan not to board the boat to have a look.

With a smile on Xiang Si's face, he accompanied Li Chongyuan and others to board the paddle steamer.

And this time.

Several sailors on the paddle steamer saw the owner of the shipyard arrived, and hurried over to greet him, "Wan Hong has met Li County Marquis."

"You are Wan Hong from the shipyard? Yes, yes, you can build the paddle steamer according to my drawings. It seems that you really put your heart into it. You have worked hard. After the paddle steamer is verified, I will treat you to a drink. Drink good wine " Li Chongyuan just got on the boat and saw an old man bowing to salute him.

Wan Hong.

In Xiangsi's letter to Li Chongyuan, the person mentioned the most.

In the shipyard.

There are three groups of people.

One group belonged to Wanhong's family, one group was surnamed Wang, and the other group was surnamed Yu.

The three groups of people have their own strengths, and the shipbuilding skills of the three groups of people are all family traditions, or the skills handed down from their ancestors.

this era.

Craftsmanship is basically the same, either family or ancestors.

The possibility of learning a craft from others is almost zero.

When Wan Hong heard Li Chongyuan's words, he was very happy, "The old man can thank Li Xianhou. Li Xianhou, please come with the old man, and the old man will give a good explanation for Li Xianhou."

"Old Wan, you'd better stop talking about it. The construction drawing of this ship was drawn by my little man, and he is more familiar with it than you." Hearing Wan Hong's words, Xiang Siyi hurriedly laughed.

When Wan Hong heard it, his face suddenly showed embarrassment, "Oh! Look at me, I am confused when I am old. Li County Marquis, don't be surprised. It's the first time for me to build such a ship, old man. I'm really a little too excited. .”

"It doesn't matter, although I drew the simple diagram of the paddle steamer, but the details are for you to add. Speaking of which, this boat is really not from my hand, but from your hand, and it is not mine. The credit, but your credit." Li Chongyuan waved his hands and smiled.

The design drawings are made by myself.

But some specific ones still need to be improved and corrected during the construction process.

In this regard, Li Chongyuan can only draw the picture according to the theory, but it is impossible to draw every board, every axis and every side to the extreme.

When Wan Hong heard Li Chongyuan's words, he cupped his hands again, saying that he didn't dare.

Under Wan Hong's leadership, Li Chongyuan had a detailed understanding of the entire paddle steamer.

There is not much change from the original design drawing, and only some details have been changed.

Like a mast and a sail.

The design drawn by Li Chongyuan at that time had only one main mast and only one sail.

However, in order to save manpower, Wan Hong directly added three masts and several sails.

This also makes it possible to accelerate the speed of the ship when there is a tailwind.

After seeing the paddle steamer.

Li Chongyuan was taken to the shipyard again.

And when everyone knew that the person who came was the owner of the shipyard, Wang Guan, a shipbuilder from the Wang family, and Yu Rong, a shipbuilder surnamed Yu, immediately surrounded them with their shipmasters, and one after another I bowed my hands and saluted Li Chongyuan.

"Don't be so courteous, everyone. I am here to thank you all for coming to help me with things. After the paddle steamer is formally finalized, I will invite everyone to drink." Li Chongyuan continued the original words.

Everyone bowed their hands one after another, saying that they must be certain.

Into the shipyard.

Wan Hong, Wang Guan, and Yu Rong led the way, and brought Li Chongyuan to a room specially designed and modified with blueprints.

When Li Chongyuan entered the room, several small paddle steamer prototypes were placed on a simple large desk, and the styles were somewhat different from those built by Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan took a closer look around the small Ming steamers.

Immediately exclaimed: "Everyone, is this the sample ship you built? The workmanship, the craftsmanship, there is really nothing to say."

"Back to the Marquis of Li County, I waited to hear from the manager that the Marquis of Li County hoped that we would try to build a few small boats before building the ship, so as to have a reference. So, I followed what the manager said, We built some small paddle steamers, firstly, to serve as a reference, and secondly, to verify whether the paddle steamers are feasible in the early stage." Wan Hong responded quickly, as if he was afraid that Li Chongyuan would blame him.

Li Chongyuan nodded, pointed to a prototype ship that was different from other paddle steamers, and said, "Why doesn't this prototype have a mast? It doesn't even have a paddle wheel."

"Li Xianhou, this ship has not been installed yet, so there is no paddle wheel. Moreover, after discussing, I want to try to make a paddle steamer without a mast. However, I have been studying and judging how to add to the prototype ship. Minglun." Wang Guan explained before Wan Hong.

When Li Chongyuan heard this, he stared curiously at the sample ship that had not yet been equipped with paddle wheels.

There is no mast, and the boat is driven by paddle wheels.

Isn't this the ship that Li Chongyuan most wanted to see.

present.

Whether it's Fuchuan, Shachuan, or Guangzhou Ship.

These three types of ships are the most common large ships at present, but the mast can never be replaced.

after all.

Without any power, the ship can only be propelled forward by manpower and wind power. If there is no mast, it is equivalent to a ship for display.

As for the ship in front of them, according to Wang Guan, they wanted to cancel the mast. It can be seen that they already knew the benefits of paddle wheels and wanted to improve the way the ship moved.

Such an idea really shocked Li Chongyuan, and at the same time, he was really amazed at the imagination of these sailors.

Li Chongyuan, who was amazed, pointed to the sample ship on the desk and asked: "Then have you thought of any good way to improve the way the ship travels? If there is no mast, if the paddle steamer is all propelled by the paddle wheel, then Relatively speaking, manpower requires a lot of people on board, which is tantamount to increasing manpower."

Just when Wang Guan was about to answer, Yu Rong, who had never said a word, quickly responded before Wang Guan and Wan Hong.

"Back to the Marquis of County Li, I have also been having a headache about this matter recently. However, I do have an immature idea, but I just don't know if it is feasible or not." Yu Rong said a little uncertainly.

Li Chongyuan looked at Yu Rong's man and nodded lightly, "Tell me. The paddle steamer is also an experiment, and for the manufacturing industry, it is just crossing the river by feeling the stones, there is nothing immature. As long as you have an idea, put it forward boldly. If it doesn’t work, change it, don’t be afraid of making mistakes.”

"Since the Marquis of Li County said so, then I will say it. My idea is also very simple. The paddle wheels are installed on both sides of the ship. , gears and other devices to reduce its power, so that only three people can move the whole ship forward." Seeing Li Chongyuan's words, Yu Rong said with some embarrassment.

When Yu Rong's words came out, Li Chongyuan really underestimated him.

As for the plan he proposed, at least Li Chongyuan had thought about it, but due to many reasons such as the cost and the heavy gears and pulleys, Li Chongyuan gave up this idea.

And now.

Yu Rong said an idea that he thought was immature, which shows that this person's imagination is still very rich.

There is a saying.

A professional is a professional. Compared with a layman, a few words can clarify the key point, which also makes Li Chongyuan look at Yu Rong's shipbuilder with admiration.

Li Chongyuan cast an admiring look at Yu Rong, "You are very good, you can use your brain. However, the way you said it is too advanced, unless the paddle wheel is made very large, otherwise, the weight is too heavy and the power is insufficient. It will make the built ship only a liability."

(End of this chapter)