Kai Fu Han

Chapter 320 Never Ending
"Starboard hard!"

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"Port side hard!"

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The test was carried out more than a dozen times, until one time, one of the shipwrights pulling the rope on the starboard side suddenly shouted: "Stop! There will be no return to normal immediately."

At this time, the ship remained tilted, delicately balanced.

"Port side hard!"

The ship was straightened by the combined efforts of craftsmen on the port side.

"This level of tilt has reached the limit that the ship can right itself. If it continues to tilt, the ship will capsize." The person in charge of the shipbuilding explained to Liu Xinqi: "The righting ability of this new type of ship is better than that of sand ships and sand ships. Fu Chuan is so much better.”

"That's good." Liu Xinqi responded.

A strong righting ability indicates that a ship has a strong ability to withstand wind and waves. Only when the righting ability reaches a certain level can a ship sail across the ocean.

"The next step is to go out to sea to test the sails, masts, etc. The new ship is sailing for the first time. There are too many dangers. My subordinates suggest that the leader should not get on the ship." The person in charge of the shipbuilding suggested to Liu Xinqi.

"Okay, the two of us won't cause any trouble for you. According to the design standards, you must carefully test and build a high-quality ship and deliver it to the navy." Liu Xinqi responded in a good-natured manner.

Although his life would not be in danger even if he went along and fell into the sea, as long as he got on the ship, he would have to meet some guards and the person in charge would have to be distracted to explain the test process to him, which would definitely take a certain amount of time.

The sea test was chosen in the afternoon because there is high tide at noon and low tide at noon.When the tide is high, it is beneficial for ships to go to sea, and when the tide is low, it is beneficial for dock drainage.Therefore, the time that can go out to sea for testing in one day is limited. It is necessary to return to the dock before the ebb tide, then use the ebb tide to drain water, drop the gate, and finally use the human water pump to remove the remaining seawater to adjust the ship.

After coming out of the shipyard, Liu Xinqi did not return to Penglai, but went to the Second Research Institute next to Hongshi Mountain.

This research institute was separated from the original kiln factory, and the person in charge is Liu Xinshi.

After the kiln factory was separated from the research institute, it was split again into professional factories such as brick and tile factories, cement factories, ironworks and glass factories, and the main force in them was ordinary workers.All researchers with attached cards were assigned to the Second Research Institute to provide technical support and preliminary research for these factories.

When Liu Xinshi was found, Liu Xinshi was at the Glass Research Institute.

At present, cement research in the Second Research Institute has reached a bottleneck, and steel material technology research is very time-consuming, so Liu Xinshi mostly stays at the Glass Research Institute.

"Is this a microscope?" Liu Xinqi asked, looking at the instrument Liu Xinshi was playing with.

"Yes, according to your theory, it has just been manufactured. However, due to the lack of precision in grinding the lens, it can only magnify twenty times and it is very blurry." Liu Xinshi introduced.

"The requirements for glass in making microscopes are very high. You can't even make colorless glass now. Building microscopes is a bit too ambitious." Liu Xinqi matched.

"I was about to report to you that colorless glass has been developed."

Liu Xinqi took out a few pieces of glass from the cabinet behind him and handed them to Liu Xinqi.

When I took it in my hand, I saw that it was indeed colorless glass.

Liu Xinqi took the glass and walked outside the house, and carefully examined it in the sunlight. The impurities visible to the naked eye in the glass were indeed very small, and the color was very close to colorless and transparent.

"how did you do it?"

Hearing Liu Xinqi's question, Liu Xinshi gave a lot of explanations, but Liu Xinqi barely understood.

[Has Xinghan League’s technology developed to this extent now? 】Liu Xinqi was filled with emotion.

"Continue to study. As for polishing microscope glass, I have no good way. I can only practice more and cultivate highly skilled mirror grinders."

"That's all." Liu Xinshi agreed.

"The gem merchants should have craftsmen who can polish glass. Now that the Xinghan League has regained the seven counties, there should be gem merchants. You can ask Xu Zhong to help you inquire, and then learn the polishing skills from them." Liu Xinqi suggested.

"This kind of skill should be a secret that is not passed down." Liu Xinshi was confused.

"In this world, everything has a price. Xu Zhong has a way in this regard. Just make your request and I will let him cooperate with you."

"Row."

After the conversation came to an end, Liu Xinqi tried to use the microscope. Because of the theoretical basis he provided, the specific structure of the microscope was very similar to that of later generations. The only difference was in accuracy.

When the screw is turned, the lens zooms in stiffly and shakes slightly.

In the end, only the enlarged wood texture on the stage was seen, and no epidermal cells were seen.

"When you magnify it to about fifty times, you can see the wood cells. Now that the microscope has been developed, I believe you will soon be able to make a lens that magnifies it fifty times."

To magnify [-] times, you only need a [-]x objective lens and a [-]x eyepiece. Currently, there are already a [-]x objective lens and a [-]x eyepiece. The target is not far away.

"Well, I am also confident that we should be able to see the cells you mentioned soon."

"Using broad bean leaves or fresh leaves of other plants should make it easier to observe cells." Liu Xinqi reminded.

When I was in school, I was observing onion scale leaves. The cells are relatively large and easier to observe.But there are no onions yet, so the only option is leaves.

After looking at the microscope, several people went to the steel factory. Since Laizhou was recaptured, there is no shortage of iron ore here, there is also sufficient coal, and the steel production has increased significantly.

"The development of special steel cannot be relaxed, and the pursuit of new high-performance materials should be endless." Liu Xinqi told Liu Xinshi.

"Understood, leader." He has indeed relaxed a bit in his research on new steels recently because he is eager to see plant cells.

"If you are too busy, let others take charge and delegate your authority. This time, the work department has been given two hundred immortal talismans. How much did Liu Zhimu give you?"

"Fifty." Liu Xinshi replied.

"Should it be enough?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"It's enough for now. Uncle Zhimu has Penglai Research Institute, Shipyard, Baishiwan Liujiabao and other places that need immortal talismans. Giving me fifty is already the limit." Liu Xinshi understood Liu Zhimu very well.

"Then you should increase your research efforts. Even for cement, there should be varieties suitable for different situations, such as those that can be used underwater, those that are resistant to seawater corrosion, those that can set quickly, those that can set slowly, and those that have high strength. Wait, we cannot be satisfied with the present and stand still.”

"My subordinates are slacking off." Liu Xinshi finally became serious.

"That's right." Seeing that Liu Xinqi had listened, Liu Xinqi said no more.

I didn't see the sky getting dark until I left the Second Research Institute and took a boat back to Penglai overnight.

(End of this chapter)