Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 679 Proposal from the Nautical Academy

Walking from the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River in Chunshang, the scenery along the coast will kill the Internet celebrity scenic spots of later generations in seconds. No wonder the ancient poets are good at writing poems on Wing Chun, and Sun Xiangfu feels that the water boats going down the river go too fast. up.

From time to time, while watching the beautiful scenery and reciting poems, the boat soon arrived at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay. I have to say that Li Tai's achievements in literature are indeed much better than his achievements in politics. If it wasn't for Sun Xiangfu's There are many good poems that can be sung through the ages and you can plagiarize, and you will lose in front of him. The reason why Li Shimin in history did not choose him to succeed him may be because he is more suitable to be a nerd!
If you want to go to sea, you need to change to a sea-going ship. Moreover, Weinan Shipyard has opened a shipbuilding branch here two years ago, which is responsible for manufacturing sea-going ships. Unlike Lingnan Shipyard, which builds ships for its own use, Weinan Shipyard, They have to meet almost every aspect of the country's needs, military, civilian, and commercial. Therefore, Yang Shunshui's nephews not only opened a branch factory at the estuary of Hangzhou Bay, Laizhou, Dengzhou , Mingzhou and Quanzhou.

When Sun Xiangfu came, the shipyard naturally wanted to provide him with the best boat. It has been more than three years since the first Baotou steel water steamer was produced, and the shipbuilding technology has been greatly improved. The new ship has also undergone a new generation. After looking at the big ship inside and out, Sun Xiangfu felt that Datang's ship is actually short of a steam engine to provide a relatively constant power, because, in other aspects, Almost everything has been done to the extreme, and even the solar energy technology he proposed before has been extensively utilized on this ship.

The weather in the south is hot, and there is plenty of sunshine on the sea. On the wide deck, there are some cooking pots on the big iron pots that reflect the dazzling light. The focus is on the bottom of the cooking pot, and the water in the cooking pot will be boiled in a short time.

If its function is only to boil water, then the wisdom of these researchers in Datang would be underestimated. There are iron pipes connected to the mouth of some large cooking pots, and the high-temperature steam that comes out of the boiling water passes through this The iron pipe can go to the bottom of the steamer grid on the side to steam the buns, steamed buns, fish, and other easy-to-cook foods in the steamer grid.

With this design, the space for carrying fuel on board can be saved by at least [-]%, which can be used to store more supplies for continuous voyages, because as long as the sun is out, they don’t need to waste fuel for cooking and boiling water. , the capacity of carrying goods has been greatly enhanced. You must know that apart from taking up space, coal fuel is also deadly and heavy.

Similar simple science and technology have been widely used in the lives of the people of Tang Dynasty. In the past, the residents living in those high-rise buildings in Weinan needed to use coal stoves to boil water, but now they don't use them. On the balcony of their house, there are rows of such iron pots, not to mention saving them a lot of coal consumption, and the water is cleaner, without the smell of coal.

But don’t worry about the lack of iron production in Datang. After various local development industries started, Datang’s mineral output has more than tripled and is still increasing, just to supply the existing more than 3000 million people. , Ironware can basically be made casually, which is why Sun Xiangfu dared to promote the people to live in high-rise buildings. Changsun Wuji built so many buildings in Jiangling City, and he has never seen a shortage of steel and iron materials.

"Yang Min, right? I remember that you are Lao Yang's nephew. In fact, this time I just casually wandered around Lingnan. You don't have to see me off yourself." Sun Xiangfu patted the brawny man who introduced the situation on board to himself. Shoulder Road.

The Lao Yang he was talking about was naturally the one who went to Xiaoheji to sell boats and was favored by Sun Xiangfu. In the end, he became a shipbuilder in Datang. Shun the water.

"Yes, yes, sailing at sea is not [-]% safe to speak of. It's better for me to sail the ship myself. In addition, if you have any opinions on the design and modification of the ship, I can count them in time. Next When designing a new ship, make adjustments." Yang Min smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth.

Looking at his dark skin, you can tell that he has been running on the sea a lot. The shipyard in Hangzhou Bay is responsible for manufacturing sea-going ships, and various tests are inevitable.

"How much is the anti-risk capability of this new ship?"

The so-called anti-risk ability is formed by two factors, one is the ship itself, and the other is the bonus given to it by the crew. If the ship is built like the aircraft carrier of later generations, then its safety at sea will be as high as ninety percent. More than [-]%, it can avoid almost all risks except natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis.

Of course, with the current technology of this era, it is impossible. So far, there is no ship that Sun Xiangfu believes has a safety factor of more than [-]%. Evasion, able to reach [-]% to [-]%, is already a rare good ship.

At present, only the sailors of the ocean-going exploration fleet who have been on the sea for seven or eight years can reach this level when driving those steel-clad ships. That is to say, during ten voyages of more than ten days, they It can only be guaranteed that seven or eight times are safe and accident-free. There may be some accidents in two to three times. As for the size of the loss, it depends on luck. Usually, some bruises or damage to the hull are more common , because so far, they have all traveled in long lines in teams, but there has been no case of annihilation of the entire army. The most serious one was only the loss of two ships and 200 people.

"The draft of this ship exceeds all the ships we have ever built. Its maximum safe load capacity has reached [-] shi. It is difficult to overturn it in waves less than one foot high. After [-] sailing tests, we have concluded that In conclusion, the ship's own anti-risk ability should have reached [-]%. Moreover, because of its large size and very strong, it can better avoid risks under the control of experienced captains and sailors. Therefore, We give it an overall safety rating of over [-] percent.”

Fifty thousand stones, that is 600 million catties, converted into tons, that is [-] tons, but in fact, it will not be transported to the highest safe load at all, it can be loaded to [-] tons, and it can still run, even if That’s right, in later generations, a ship with this kind of load capacity, let alone at sea, even on the Yangtze River, the load capacity of any small and medium-sized sand carrier would exceed it by a lot. None of the ships of later generations would be three to five thousand tons With a heavy load, it is easy to lose money running on the river.

But there is no way, it represents a kind of limit in this era, and the power hinders its development.

"In my opinion, his safety factor is about [-]%, because in Datang, we don't have so many experienced captains like you. Since I went to Lingnan, I need to dispatch you, the chief engineer of Hangzhou Shipyard. Come and sail the boat yourself and you will see that."

When Sun Xiangfu mentioned this, Yang Min's face suddenly became embarrassing. It was really as he said, the shipping system of Datang has expanded tenfold in just seven or eight years, and all the skilled boatmen have been recruited by them. In this industry, even the shipyards and various merchants who need shipping services have repeatedly improved the treatment of crew members, but the growth of people engaged in this industry is very limited, and the manpower is extremely tight.

You know, starting this year, even the monthly salary of ordinary sailors who run ships on the Yangtze River waterway has risen to [-] yuan a month, but there is no way to recruit people in the market. If the shipyard has some students provided by Weinan Vocational and Technical College Support, it is impossible to expand now. Of course, even if it is expanded, it will be expanded very reluctantly. The reason is that Sun Xiangfu has just said that a small matter such as sailing a boat requires a chief engineer like Yang Min. That is the status quo.

Yang Min said helplessly, "There is nothing we can do about it. After more technologies are involved, there are not enough talents in the society to join, and we have nothing to do."

Sun Xiangfu said, "There are not so many talents, so we have to cultivate talents."

To put it bluntly, what restricts the development of this industry is the education system. If Datang had opened a special navigation academy in the early years, the situation would not be the same.

Yang Min explained, "Vocational technical colleges are recruiting students every year! However, the conditions for learning to sail are already very harsh. Northerners are not good at water, but there are not many people who have the conditions and choose to be sailors."

"People in the north are not good at water, so they built the college in the south. To put it bluntly, the treatment is still not good enough. In this way, you send someone to help me send a letter to Lao Yang and ask him to write a memorial to His Majesty. A nautical academy was established on the Hangzhou Bay side. Anyone who has completed basic cultural education can sign up for the study. During the period of study, the students are free of board and lodging, and a monthly living allowance of consistent money is given. Each academy has a maximum of three years of study time. During the period, as long as Those who have reached the graduation standard can start from ten per month."

"Study for free, get money back, monthly salary starting from ten per cent?" Yang Min said with his eyes widened by Sun Xiangfu's words.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "Market demand determines their value. In the future, Datang will need more crew members who can drive seagoing ships to sea. Therefore, such investment is worthwhile. Let Lao Yang go to court. "

Why do we say that education is the foundation of a century-old plan!Without the support of the education system, you will be restricted in everything you do. Datang has now passed the period of primitive capital accumulation. Its mints all over the country are constantly minting money every day. It is time to educate It is not too late to stop when the relationship between supply and demand is balanced.

Just like Li Shimin's crazy casting of money now, Sun Xiangfu has never dissuaded him, because there is still too little money in the market, and to a large extent, the circulation cannot be guaranteed. From food, cloth, poultry, livestock, etc. Such a conclusion can be drawn from the fact that the prices of the main commodities that the common people can produce still do not have the slightest tendency to increase in price.

Of course, Li Shimin will not be willing to stop until he has minted money to a scale where Tang money is used all over the world.

The boat is big enough, so the facilities are also very complete, such as lifeboats and life jackets!Emergency medicine, etc., everything is available. Sun Xiangfu's favorite thing to play with is the few metal fishing rods.

Marseille's alloy research has made new progress. He has produced many kinds of synthetic metals with different toughness, and marked them with numbers. Now what he likes to make is not tough and wear-resistant metals, because he thinks The dozens of models he has researched are comprehensive enough and have reached a limit, so he turned to research on those metals that have shape restoration and even tension.

The first batch of results is the fishing rod in Sun Xiangfu's hand. Even though he is only as thick as a finger and weighs tens of kilograms, it is impossible to break it or bend it permanently due to the pulling force that erupts in the water. Seeing the grouper weighing more than 20 kilograms that he caught, Sun Xiangfu's fishing desire was greatly satisfied. It seems that the journey to Lingnan will not be so boring.

(End of this chapter)