Great warships

Chapter 442 Leading the World Shipbuilding Technology Revolution

What did Sanxing Heavy Industry send workers to do?They are definitely not here to be teachers, they are here to be apprentices!

These people came here to learn the welding technology of Invar steel. In this way, when they master the technology, they can go back to weld natural gas ships. The shipbuilding industry in South Kimchi is about to enter the era of membrane natural gas ships!

In China, Mingzhou Group trains welding talents of Inwa Steel for other fraternal units, and they have to pay tuition fees.Sanxing Heavy Industry did not pay the tuition fee, which was also the condition reached at the beginning: the establishment of a joint venture shipyard.Of course, these are secondary, the important thing is to introduce the production line of semiconductors.

In Pudong, in the Zhangjiang Industrial Park, these construction projects are also in full swing. The chip experts invited by Qin Tao are watching the construction progress there every day.

However, although the technicians of Sanxing Heavy Industry do not have to pay tuition fees, there is a condition that they have to work here for two years, and they can only go back after they have completed their work.In this way, I can also do a lot of work here, which is considered as compensation for tuition fees.

It's like accepting apprentices in cross talk, you don't have to pay tuition fees, and all your food and lodging are with the master, but after you finish your studies, you have to work for the master for a few years.

How could these people leave?

They are unbalanced in their hearts, so they can only think of some other ways. Now they are asking for a higher salary, just to find a balance.

Qin Tao put it bluntly, don't come here at all, this will balance the situation.

Can they not come?Sanxing Group has invested so much money in order to master the technology of membrane natural gas ships!

"For them to come all the way, they have to endure low wages, no travel subsidies, and even the work system that often exceeds eight hours, and there is no afternoon tea." Qin Tao said: "Why let them suffer, forget it , Let’s forget it, don’t come.”

What if you don't come?
"Mr. Qin, according to our original agreement, we must send some technicians over here. If you find a reason to refuse them to come over, it will violate our agreement!"

"Huh? What did I hear just now? Did I hear wrong? How could I find a reason to refuse them? Didn't you propose this? You despise low wages and it's not worthwhile. You want to raise wages, but you say it's not profitable , just don’t come here, then you can tell me, it’s a solution for me!”

What can they do?
Zheng Xianyu's face turned red and then turned pale. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, "Okay, we won't ask for salary, and we will follow yours. We will be responsible for their travel allowance."

Zhang Yang's eyes are full of envy, Mr. Qin is amazing, because of the salary, this Zheng Xianyu has written with him many times, and today he is going to tell Mr. Qin that he is extremely annoyed. Just started to swear.

Now it seems that there is no need at all, it can be changed in another way, and in the future, I have to learn more from Mr. Qin.

"How can this be done? We can't let them be wronged! When we are busy with work, we often work overtime until late at night. They must not be able to bear the hardship, so they should not come. Come and suffer." Qin Tao continued to refuse .

"No, since they are here, they should work with the people here, and they can't be special." Zheng Xianyu continued.

Mingzhou Group never treats workers badly. There must be overtime pay for overtime work. However, for workers in developed countries, even if overtime pay is paid, they are not willing to work too much. They work to enjoy life.

Now, Qin Tao has been asking the other party to leave, but the other party just insists on not leaving, and can agree to various conditions, which makes Zhang Yang feel extremely emotional.

After settling this trivial matter, Qin Tao continued to move forward. Looking at the built-up slipway and the gantry crane installed on it, with the words Zhenhua Heavy Industry on it, he felt very emotional. This is too powerful. In a few years, you can make a gantry crane!

"President Qin, we at Sanxing Heavy Industry have another idea." When Qin Tao finished his inspection, Zheng Xianyu suddenly spoke.

"please say."

"In order to take advantage of the human resources here, we want to build some ship sections here, and then assemble them in our country."

"Of course." Qin Tao said: "The specific price can be discussed with Director Zhang. It is beneficial to us."

Zhang Yang is a little anxious, we are a large shipyard, not soy sauce!Why can only create segments?
However, after hearing Qin Tao's words, he suddenly understood, yes, it can be made, but the price is up to him as the top leader, and the big deal is to ask for more money at that time, as long as it makes money, if the other party thinks it's not worth it, of course will not continue.

"Well, we'll talk about it later."

At that time, I will ask for a high price, the previous number will remain unchanged, and the latter RMB will be replaced by US dollars!Zhang Yang has already made up his mind.

"Mr. Qin, a young man came to the aircraft carrier park next door. He was very interesting. He made a request to our staff and wanted to meet you, saying that he had a great idea."

When Qin Tao got into the car, Xu Zhengyang told him the funny thing he just heard. In his eyes, it was indeed interesting. A young man, wants to see Mr. Qin?What great ideas could he have?
"Is it funny?"

"Yes, because he said he is a descendant of Zheng He."

Zheng He was the greatest navigator in ancient times, and there was no shipbuilder who didn't know Zheng He, so everyone knew that Zheng He was a eunuch.After he was captured at the age of ten, he became a eunuch. Before the age of ten, he should have no chance to leave offspring.

"Then what great idea does he have?"

"He said he was going to put sails on the tanker." Xu Zhengyang said, "This idea is so funny."

"Well, let's go, let's take a look."

"What? Boss Qin, do you want to see this person?" Xu Zhengyang was very surprised. Boss Qin was always dealing with all sorts of situations, and he dealt with major issues. Such a far-fetched fantasy would actually fall into Boss Qin's eyes?

"Yes, his idea is very creative. I have thought about building a sail training ship before. If he has this idea, let's see how the sail training ship he designed and see if he has the ability."

So, the car drove to the aircraft carrier park. In the park service center at the gate, a young man was still talking to the staff.

"Qin is always a very discerning person. He must be able to see the great effect of the sail. As long as you help pass the news, he will definitely meet me."

"Mr. Qin has a lot of things to do every day. We staff may not be able to see him. If you really want to find Mr. Qin, you should go to the Mingzhou Shipyard and report to the designers there. Maybe they are interested. I will report it to President Qin." The staff member said, looking up at the door, he was shocked.

"President Qin?"

President Qin?
The young man stood up, his eyes full of excitement: "Boss Qin, you must have heard of my genius plan and came here specially, right? My plan is ahead of the entire era!"

Xu Zhengyang was a little speechless, you young man, are you too arrogant?How could our President Qin come here specially for you?We just stopped by to have a look.

"You say you are a descendant of Zheng He?"

"Yes, my name is Ma Wenming, and I am the 32nd generation descendant of Zheng He's ancestors."

"Nonsense, your surname is Ma, and your surname is Zheng, how can you misidentify your ancestors?" A staff member couldn't help but speak.

Facing this subordinate, Qin Tao was also a little speechless: "Let's find an office to talk."

To save so many outsiders from bothering me and asking some idiotic questions, I don’t even know that Zheng He’s real name is Ma Sanbao.

Next to the staff member who spoke, someone whispered something to him, and he immediately flushed with shame, feeling ashamed.

"Back then, in addition to adopting the elder brother's eldest son, the ancestor also adopted two nephews. My ancestor was one of the adopted nephews."

"What evidence do you have?" Xu Zhengyang asked.

In fact, Qin Tao didn't care whether this person was really a descendant of Zheng He. After all, he was a person who had passed away and had nothing to do with this era.

But Xu Zhengyang is concerned, he has to confirm the real identity of the person in front of him, if it is a fake, then he will educate the other party well, and use lies to deceive President Qin, how bad this kind of behavior is.

"I have blueprints of former treasure ships."

"The blueprint of the treasure ship?"

The treasure ship is the main treasure ship that Zheng He took on his voyages to the West. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, it is 44 feet long and 18 feet wide. In conversion, it is 146.67 meters long and 50.94 meters wide. It is definitely a [-]-ton ship. Those European ships were much larger.

However, no one knows what this ship looks like.

After all, after the seven voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty began to close the country, and the craftsmen who built the treasure ships also changed careers. After hundreds of years of history, everything was covered up.

In 1985, on the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's voyages, the China Shipbuilding Association manufactured a model of a treasure ship with a pointed bottom. After that, if all places wanted to commemorate Zheng He's voyages, the models used were all modeled after this.

What exactly it is, no one knows.

Now, the person in front of him actually has the blueprint of the treasure ship?
"Did you bring it?"

"No, the drawings are at home."

If there is, then this kind of drawing is definitely a precious cultural relic of the national treasure level, and he cannot carry it with him.

Then what are you talking about?Xu Zhengyang's eyes were filled with disdain again.

"Then do you remember? Can you draw it?" Qin Tao asked.

Ma Wenming nodded and began to draw with a pen and paper.

"Is this a boat? It doesn't look like it!" Xu Zhengyang was curious.

"This is a sail." Ma Wenming said, "The only drawing handed down from my family is the drawing of this sail. Because the ancestors of my family used to supervise the making of sails."

That's it!

"In the future, if the blueprint is handed over to me, I can donate it to the museum in the Aircraft Carrier Park." Ma Wenming said: "Now the blueprint is in my grandfather's hands, and I can't take it over."

This guy is making an afterthought again!

Xu Zhengyang didn't believe in this young man.

"I was very interested in this drawing when I was young, so I started to study various sails." The young man said: "After I went to Huating University, I also studied shipbuilding. After my research, I found that modern ships, Sails are still needed, for example, sails can also be used on oil tankers with hundreds of thousands of tons!"

"A tanker with hundreds of tons of tons uses sails? Can it blow?" Xu Zhengyang dismissed the young man's words.

In the previous era, there was no way to use sails. After all, there were no engines, so this was the only way to use them. Now, with all kinds of engines, who would value sails?

In particular, Xu Zhengyang would never believe that a tanker with hundreds of thousands of tons could be carried away with sails.

"It can't be blown, but it can save fuel." Ma Wenming continued: "I have calculated that if you insert four sails on the tanker like the treasure ship, you can save 5.00% of the fuel. The fuel consumption is reduced by about five tons, which is 150 tons a month! For the ship owner, it can save a lot of money, and if it can be further carefully arranged, it may save [-]% of the fuel."

Even with the cheapest fuel, such a huge tanker will consume a lot of fuel, and it can save fuel, which is what all ship owners like to see.

"In this way, carbon emissions can be greatly reduced, which can be regarded as our contribution to environmental protection." Qin Tao said.

Compared with the fuel-saving reason, the shipowner certainly doesn't care about reducing carbon emissions, but it's nice to say it, and it will look taller all of a sudden.

"Boss Qin, you agreed to my plan?" Ma Wenming was very happy.

Qin Tao smiled and shook his head: "I have to listen to your specific plan, do you still plan to use the original treasure ship sails?"

Ma Wenming shook his head: "Of course not. We have to keep pace with the times. In college, I have been researching these things. I think we should use carbon fiber composite materials at present."

In terms of materials, the old canvas sails have long been outdated. Carbon fiber is tall, lightweight, high-strength, and highly resistant to marine environments.

"Since our oil tankers are relatively large, this kind of sail will be relatively large. After being raised, the height must be at least 40 meters. The area of ​​such a sail is several hundred square meters. Of course, the most important It’s still its control system, we don’t need a sailor to operate it, it’s fully automatic.”

The sail can be raised and lowered with one button and rotated automatically. It can automatically adjust the control strategy according to real-time data such as the navigation environment and motion status, so that the sail can automatically find the optimal angle, realize intelligent and fine control, and effectively improve the boosting efficiency of the airfoil sail.

Speaking of these high-level terms, even Xu Zhengyang put away his doubts just now and began to think seriously. If this plan is successful, maybe it will really become a new technological revolution.

Thinking about the scene of a huge guy on the sea with more than a dozen sails on it, he felt a little funny again, would there really be such a thing?

"President Qin, what do you think of my plan?" Ma Wenming asked Qin Tao.

Qin Tao nodded: "Overall, it's pretty good."

"That's great!"

"How old are you this year?"

"Senior."

"I'm about to graduate. After graduation, do you want to work in our Mingzhou Group?"

In 96, the state began not to assign jobs to college students after graduation. This year's college students still don't need to worry about work, but times have changed.

Package assignment sounds very cool. As long as you go to college, you can have a solid job. In fact, you can't choose your job, and the network will also play a big role. Therefore, some people are unwilling to be assigned to remote places. place, but chose to choose their own careers.At the same time, there are also some employers who are dissatisfied with the students sent by the university, and the rate of return can reach [-]%.

Therefore, those who are capable but do not have a network of connections will choose to make a career on their own. This is an era full of challenges.

"I think so, but I have to rely on my own ability, and I want to work in the design department of Mingzhou Group."

He is a college student, and he can't be engaged in production on the front line like those technical school students. He wants to work in design!
"Then prove it to me." Qin Tao said: "You design me a three-masted full-equipped fast sailing ship with a displacement of 1000 and 85 tons, a length of 11 meters, and a width of [-] meters. It uses conventional sails. If your design can If you get our approval, you can enter the Mingzhou Group Design Office."

"Yes!" Ma Wenming became excited.

Other students looking for a job always submit their resumes. Ma Wenming did not take the usual path. He went directly to the boss of Mingzhou Group and put forward his idea. Now, he has achieved his goal: he has attracted Qin Tao's attention, and , also got a design task!
"President Qin, the workload of this design is a bit heavy, can I complete it with my classmates?"

Even if it is a graduation project, it is too difficult for one person to complete it, which obviously requires a team.

"Of course." Qin Tao said: "If the design is excellent, you and your classmates can join the Mingzhou Group together."

Mingzhou Group does not accept assignments, and they do not have the qualifications. They are all directly on the road of recruitment. Those who want to come to Mingzhou Group must apply with their resumes. Only those who are truly capable can stay .

In the past few years, the Mingzhou Group has become more and more popular. Even if everyone gives up the assigned work, they still have to come to the Mingzhou Group for a try. The salary is high and the future is bright.

It's really rare that you don't need to recruit, and you can join the job as long as you complete the design, or you can directly enter the design department.

After leaving their contact numbers, Qin Tao and Xu Zhengyang left.

"President Qin, Ma Wenming is really interesting today." Xu Zhengyang said with emotion: "Now, I am willing to believe that he is really a descendant of Ma Sanbao."

"The blessing of ancestors is meaningless. What we want is a capable person. It depends on the design of his sail training ship. If it is suitable, we will stay. In the future, we will indeed develop sail power."

"President Qin, there is no precedent for this in the world, right?" Xu Zhengyang was a little surprised.

Mr. Qin really did what he said!However, Mr. Qin mentioned the matter of the sail training ship before.

"Well, there is no precedent, so we will be the first to eat crabs." Qin Tao said: "We will launch a sail-powered yacht first, to see how the market is, and at the same time test the performance of the sail."

Yachting is exclusive to local tyrants, and local tyrants must be able to afford oil, but with sails, they will still make local tyrants feel tall.

The main thing is to test the manufacturing process of sails. Small ones can be built first, and then large ones can be built later. This kind of device is really needed on cargo ships such as oil tankers. The fuel saving of 5.00% will also make ship owners flock to it.

Now that it has developed, it is time for Mingzhou Group to lead the world's shipbuilding technological revolution!

The day passed like this, and it was already evening when she got home. Since she had a child, Zhao Ling didn't work overtime, she always came home on time, and the family enjoyed themselves happily.

"I was supposed to come back at noon, but I met a college student who claimed to be a descendant of Zheng He and said that he had great ideas, so we chatted for a while." Qin Tao said to Zhao Ling.

"The descendants of Zheng He, a great idea?" Zhao Ling was also curious.

After hearing the idea of ​​the sailing boat, she also found it very interesting.

"Not to mention sailing at sea, even flying in space, there is also the idea of ​​using sails, which are propelled by the light pressure of sunlight, also called light sails." Zhao Ling said: "Although the thrust is small, it takes a long time. After a long time of accumulation, it can be increased to an extremely high speed."

The missiles that Zhao Ling studies belong to the aerospace field, and the unit she works for also belongs to the Aerospace Corporation, so when I talk about it now, I think of these aerospace ones.

Qin Tao nodded: "Yes, you always have to have an idea. If you don't even dare to think about it, then let alone realize it. Sigh, time is too tight, there are still many good things, and it's too late to get them."

"What good stuff?" Zhao Ling asked curiously.

"For example, Lao Maozi's liquid oxygen kerosene engine." Qin Tao said: "If you want to explore space, you need a powerful engine. Lao Maozi's good things are too wasteful to put in the warehouse."

"Yes, the relevant units are said to have this idea. After all, our current Long March [-] rocket with the highest thrust still has a very small carrying capacity. If we want to explore space in the future, we need a rocket with greater thrust. However, this will all be slow. Slow down, after all, these require a lot of capital investment, and our country doesn't have that much money yet."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ling glanced at Qin Tao: "Your Mingzhou Group is very rich."

"You won't say, you want us to do it? We are a private enterprise, how can we get involved in the aerospace field?"

When Qin Tao finished speaking, he was suddenly taken aback. He seemed to have made a mistake. Private enterprises can also get involved in aerospace, and some enterprises even achieved great success!

Do you want to try it yourself?
This idea flashed in his mind, but Qin Tao didn't think about it seriously. After all, it's too early to say these things. The most important thing for them is to do a good job in the shipbuilding business!
"Where are you going tomorrow?" Zhao Ling continued to ask Qin Tao.

tomorrow?

Qin Tao shook his head: "There is no arrangement for tomorrow."

"Recently, the outfitted 054 frigate is installing a weapon system, and we plan to send people to watch it." Zhao Ling said lightly.

"Okay, let's go together." Qin Tao immediately agreed.

(End of this chapter)