Kai Fu Han

Chapter 224 System and People 3
The two wandered around the scene for a while, and then a small person in charge came up to ask. He learned that Jiang Bin was an official of the Lissi, and Xu Han was a guest of the Lissi. He started to take the two people to visit and gave them advice. introduce.

The dry docks built here are all dry docks, with three sides facing land and one facing water. The basic components are dock mouth, dock chamber and dock head.

The big pit dug now is the dock room, which is used to place the ships under construction; the side facing the water is the dock mouth. After the sluice is built, the remaining water and soil will be excavated and connected to the sea. In the future, the built ships can be directly transferred from the storage The dock full of water was taken to the sea.The dock head is the end opposite to the dock mouth. The upper part of the space is sheltered, and some materials and tools that cannot be exposed to rain are placed inside, which can also be regarded as a part of the dock room.

The dry dock will be equipped with various pulleys in the future for ancillary equipment such as lifting, painting and boat pulling.When the ship enters the dry dock for repairs, first fill the dock with water using water filling and drainage facilities. When the water level inside the dock is equal to that outside the dock, open the dock door and use towing equipment to slowly pull the ship into the dock. The water body is drained so that the ship sits on the keel pier.When a repaired or constructed ship is undocking, water should be poured into the dock first. When the water level inside and outside the dock door is equal, the dock door should be opened and the ship should be led out of the dock.

Since the current pumping equipment has very low water pumping efficiency, in the planning, these dry docks are basically only responsible for the construction of new ships and ship overhauls. Minor repairs and minor repairs are still at the dock or stranded on the beach.

"Large ships with a load of tens of thousands of stones can be built here in the future. I really want to see how big a ship with a load of tens of thousands of stones will be." The person in charge finally said.

After coming out of the shipyard, the sky had darkened. The two of them hurried back to Baishiwan Liujiabao. Due to the large number of workers recruited later, the construction progress of Liujiabao was greatly accelerated. Four residential squares have now been completed. And the tenth and eleventh school squares in the middle.

There are small markets in the four residential quarters, and all of them have been opened.There are also various commercial inns built on the street to serve Baishiwan construction workers and businessmen, including various restaurants and inns.

Jiang Bin did not choose to live in an inn. Instead, he went to the Liujiabao Town Government located in No. [-] Square, showed his identity and stayed in the government's guest house.

"Sorry, the Xinghan League has regulations that when officials go out on official business and there is an official reception room at their destination, they must stay in the reception room and are not allowed to spend money to stay in an inn." Basic explained to Xu Han.

The conditions of the guest rooms are very average, and they are all made of earthen floors.

"Very good. Every cent of tax revenue is the hard work of the people. Officials and other financially supported personnel should not be squandered for no reason." Xu Han agreed with this system and calmly found a bunk to lie down and rest.

"I'll go outside and ask if there's a canteen here. Dinner for the two of us hasn't been found yet." After Jiang Bin finished speaking, he went out again.

……

At noon on September [-]th, Qizhou number.

The fleet from Wagumanam Port to Dengju Penglai Port has been at sea for the second day. It has just passed through the Jeju Strait and turned to sail northwest.

Liu Xinqi was recording the college knowledge he had remembered in his mind in the cabin. Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the cabin, and the voice was Li Cang.

"Come in."

"The ship in front sent a message that there is a fleet coming towards us from the northeast." Li Cang reported after entering the door.

"How many ships are there? The Mizhou is still leading our fleet now? Which ship is Ye Chuan on?" Liu Xinqi asked continuously.

The Mizhou is the flagship of this fleet formation and usually leads the way at the front of the fleet.

"The one at the front is still the Mizhou, and Ye Chuan is on the Mizhou. The information said that the fleet ahead is a medium-sized fleet composed of about ten ships." Li Cang replied.

"Since the Mizhou has been arranged to be the flagship and Ye Chuan is also on board, he will direct the response and we can just follow orders." Liu Xinqi replied.At present, in the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea, the Xinghan Alliance fleet can be said to be invincible, and now our own fleet has a numerical advantage.Therefore, regardless of whether the opposing fleet is an enemy or a friend, it can be regarded as a good opportunity to train naval generals.

"Yes!" Li Cang took the order and went out to command the ships of the third fleet. Liu Xinqi also put down his pen and paper and went out to check.

"There hasn't been an order to prepare for the battle yet. Do we need to prepare first?" asked Li Cang.

"How far is the distance between the two fleets?" Li Cang asked.

"The lookout on our ship can already see the mast of the opponent's fleet. The distance is estimated to be about twenty miles." the first mate replied.

"If they are really coming for us, they will be twenty miles away from each other, and we can make contact in two quarters of an hour. Order the fleet to start preparing for battle." Li Cang gave the order directly. This order was only for the ships of the third fleet. He There is no authority to order ships less than the second fleet.

"Yes!"

After this period of running-in, the time required for the ships of the Xinghan Alliance to go from unprepared to fully combat-ready has been reduced to about a quarter of an hour. If the crew cooperates tacitly, it only takes half a quarter of an hour.Because the crossbows, rockets, etc. on the ship need to be taken out of the moisture-proof bag, the personnel usually do not wear armor, and the melee personnel need time to wear armor.

After less than a quarter of an hour, the signalman on the mast gave the order, and the flagship finally received the order to prepare for battle.

"We are now in the middle of the fleet. It takes time to transmit, confirm and transmit orders from the front ship to the back ship, so Ye Chuan may not necessarily respond slower than me." Li Cang explained for Ye Chuan.

"You don't need to say this, I understand everything. And it's not too late to give the order now." Liu Xinqi patted Li Cang on the shoulder, indicating that he didn't need to worry.

"Flagship order, cancel combat preparations, ship slow down." After half a quarter of an hour, the signalman shouted loudly.

After Li Cang passed on the order, he said to the deputy next to him: "Prepare the sampan, the alliance leader may need it."

"No need." Liu Xinqi stopped the sailor from lowering the sampan on the deck into the sea because he found that there was a boat in front of the fleet heading towards the Qizhou in the opposite direction of the fleet.

Jumping on the walking boat, he and Li Cang transferred to the Mizhou. Liu Xinqi, who was on the deck of the Mizhou, could already see the fleet on the opposite side clearly.

"It turned out to be a ship from the first fleet. Did something happen to Dengzhou?" Li Cang said.

"It's probably nothing. If something happens, there won't be so many ships to report the news, and there won't be so few ships to move, so they can only come to support us." Liu Xinqi guessed.

The two fleets began to slow down and merge. The sides of the Mizhou and Dengzhou were close to each other. Zhu Lang jumped onto the deck of the Mizhou through the transverse plank.

"Alliance leader! On the orders of Gao Yuan, the director of the Naval Division, we went to Japan to support the alliance leader." Zhu Langhui reported.

(End of this chapter)