After Zhu Chengxiu came back, Zhou Qingfeng did not express much surprise. He even reprimanded her for bringing a large number of people and servants back. In the end, he threw her into the Jinzhou University's management department for further study. Her family servants were also released from their personal attachment and were assigned to different positions. This made Zhu Chengxiu's heart sink. She felt that she had missed the opportunity to provide timely help.
However, the reappearance of Yuan Qingying made Zhou Qingfeng quite happy. The former brought a large number of high-level craftsmen. Among them were talents urgently needed for the cotton spinning industry and shipbuilding industry. Although these craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty were often illiterate, they could make up for the predicament of the Revolutionary Army having only skills but no experience to avoid some low-level mistakes.
It was already December. The strong cold wave from the north had frozen the earth and sea. The sea was also stormy, affecting the shipping. The Revolutionary Army's foreign trade transportation had been greatly reduced, but the lives of the people were still good. Zhou Qingfeng would also give them some relief. He would find a way to build houses for them to live in and give them some food and fuel.
At least, less people would die in winter. As long as they could endure until spring, everything would be better.
Since the external activities had to be stopped, the internal activities had to be strengthened. Other than the education system that was running, the industrial system continued to prepare for development. When Yuan Qingying sent the craftsmen, Zhou Qingfeng was inspecting the bay of the Dalian Shipyard in the future. A row of large and small docks were under construction on the ground.
Due to the timely construction of the nitrate field, the Revolutionary Army's way to obtain gunpowder had been opened. Even in the cold winter, they could continuously obtain granulated black gunpowder for blasting. Yuan Qingying was brought to a hill. Zhou Qingfeng pointed to an open space near the sea in front and said, "Look over there."
Yuan Qingying did not understand. After looking for a long time, there were only some people at the scene who were holding red flags and wearing rattan helmets blowing whistles and waving flags. After waiting for a full half an hour, an earth-shattering sound suddenly came from the coast. Countless frozen sand flew into the sky.
This scene was earth-shattering. Yuan Qingying could even feel the vibration coming from under her feet. Her legs, who suffered from the shock, softened, and her body fell backward. This embarrassing situation that should not have appeared was completely due to the fear in her heart. What kind of spell is this? Not even a hundred ninth-tier spell techniques could compare!
Yuan Qingying was supported by someone. When she turned around, she saw Ye Na looking at her with pity in her eyes. Even though the two sisters had a good relationship, Yuan Qingying still couldn't help but feel embarrassed. In the past, Ye Na was her maid, and her strength was lower than hers. Her tall stature was always ridiculed by others, and it was her who took pity on her and took care of her.
"Qingying, are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Yuan Qingying tilted her head and looked at Ye Na. She couldn't believe that Ye Na was her childhood playmate. In the past, no matter what, Ye Na had always been cautious because she was of humble birth. She always spoke and did things with her head down. She even hunched her back in front of Liu Fucheng. But now, the smile on her face was natural and her expression was calm, without any intention of bowing and scraping.
What was more frightening was that Ye Na's power had skyrocketed, and she had steadily surpassed Yuan Qingying. Her armor and sword were both rare high-grade magic items, extremely precious. It was obvious that she was very favored by Zhou Qingfeng, which made Yuan Qingying feel psychologically unbalanced. According to the point of view of a rich family, Ye Na was the dowry of the young lady. How could she overshadow the young lady's limelight?
"There's a limit to a person's strength. No matter how hard they practice, they can't reach this level." Zhou Qingfeng turned around and smiled. He didn't notice the subtle changes between the two girls. He just said frankly, "Don't be afraid. This is all the power of science."
Making the power of science that he was familiar with surpassing the power of fantasy was what Zhou Qingfeng had always been pursuing. He had never been interested in practicing. The improvement of his ability depended on opportunities, and he was more confident in the development of science.
"What are they doing?"
"As I said, they are digging a dock."
Zhou Qingfeng pointed at a few other large pits not far from the site of the explosion. "Those are ten-meter docks. They are mainly used to build some single-masted paddle boats for offshore transportation and transportation. The 30-meter dock that was just blown up can barely be used to build some medium-sized ships. Our shipbuilding ability is still very weak, so we can only develop it slowly. "
Barely?
You made such an earth-shattering move just to 'barely'?
Yuan Qingying suddenly felt that Zhou Qingfeng was quite hateful. She lowered her voice and asked with a fierce face, "Do you think I'm a bumpkin who knows nothing? If this explosion was seen by the big shots of the imperial court, they would probably be scared to death on the spot. This is clearly a unique skill. Are you fooling me? "
Zhou Qingfeng finally noticed that Yuan Qingying's mood had changed a little, but he just sneered and shook his head. "Fooling? Of course not. You're too inexperienced. This is nothing in our 'Revolutionary Army'. "
If this was nothing, then wouldn't Liu Fucheng's' Arrow Making Technique 'be even more worthless? Yuan Qingying was suddenly speechless and thought to herself, "This brat is getting more and more arrogant. He is obviously looking down on me."
Ye Na looked at the two people who were at each other's throats. She couldn't help but pull the corner of Zhou Qingfeng's clothes. Zhou Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Well, you are a guest from afar, and you even sent me a craftsman. I should treat you better. Let's go, I'll take you to see the ship we are building. "
After that, Zhou Qingfeng took the lead and walked to the dock.
Ye Na looked at Yuan Qingying and asked, "Qingying, you forgot yourself."
The gap in her heart was too big. How could she not forget herself?
"Before I came, I eavesdropped on my master's words. He might really send me here. But you know what kind of person my master is. I'm worried that it will be very difficult for me to be caught in the middle. " Yuan Qingying sighed, and her eyes were blank. "Moreover, I feel like I don't know anything in front of that brat. What if he always laughs at me?"
Yuan Qingying was a proud daughter of heaven. She had always been favored. Her appearance and ability were the best. All the young men in the capital regarded her as a good match and chased after her. However, when this proud girl ran in front of Zhou Qingfeng, she suffered setbacks time and time again. When she thought about marrying someone, her imagination ran wild, and her mind was in a mess.
Ye Na said in a low voice, "Actually, you don't have to be in a difficult position. If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, follow the dog. As for your master, the 'Revolutionary Army' has already investigated. Young Marshal and his people have always been meticulous in their work. Don't expect that you can take advantage of it by hiding something. " She looked at Zhou Qingfeng who had walked away and said in a low voice again, "Your master is already on the list."
"What? What list? "Yuan Qingying asked in surprise.
Ye Na didn't say anything else. She just pulled Yuan Qingying forward. "Let's go see the ship. The people in the 'Revolutionary Army' engineering department are really amazing. They build everything very quickly. That's their unique skill. "
Zhou Qingfeng had already walked to the side of the dock. The five ten-meter docks were already full of scaffolding. The keel and ribs that were being installed were full of shipwrights. Yuan Qingying walked over and looked at him with some inexplicable fear. But the scene in the dock was really amazing.
"This is the 1616 standard boat that we are about to build on a large scale. It has a displacement of 20 tons and is mainly used for offshore transportation. It is powered by sail oars and has a standard capacity of 12 people. It can transport cargo. The cost is moderate and the labor time is also very short. We have tried our best to make all the materials into standard parts to facilitate large-scale production. "
Zhou Qingfeng spoke very fast and had many new words. Yuan Qingying had a hard time listening to him. But she could see a large number of two-inch thick planks being constantly spliced onto the ribs of the ship. One of the standard boats in the dock had a higher degree of completion. She could see that the middle compartment had been installed and was undergoing the final outfitting.
"How long will it take to build such a ship?" Yuan Qingying saw that the shipwrights were working very fast and that it was very easy to install the materials. She felt that the construction speed would be amazing.
"The current dock construction time for a ship is 15 days."
"So fast?"
"Our workers have just been trained. There are all kinds of small problems. Even we don't have any experience. After a period of time, when the entire construction process is familiar, we should be able to reduce it to one ship in five days. " When Zhou Qingfeng said this, he muttered, "Actually, we made a big mistake. This kind of small broken ship doesn't need any dock. It can be built with a few frames on the beach."
No one among the transmigrators knew how to build a ship. When Xu Bing and Zhao Ze planned the shipyard, they subconsciously thought that building a ship needed a dock. Based on the humble attitude that rookies should take small steps and improve step by step, they planned to build a small boat to practice when designing the ship.
In the end, when they started building the ship, the old shipwright from Jiangnan said that the shallow draft boat didn't need a dock at all. After it was built, it could be pushed into the sea. As for a ten-meter dock, it was purely a waste of explosives. This made Zhou Qingfeng and the others very depressed. In the end, they decided that after the first batch of standard boats was built, they would blow up the small docks and merge them together. They would make a large dock of more than 60 meters.
It was useless to tell these things to Yuan Qingying. Her eyes looked at another huge ship under construction not far from the dock and asked, "What ship is this?"
The standard boat just now at least had a mast, but the ship in front of her didn't even have a mast. It was very big, bigger than any ship Yuan Qingying had ever seen. The ship was flat and short. Standing in front of it, it made people look very short.
"This is a type 1616 standard barge. It has a displacement of 500 tons." Zhou Qingfeng said, "We really can't stand those small boats that carry a few tons of cargo every day taking up precious resources at the dock. So we built this barge with extremely simple facilities. Although it needs to be towed and is slow, it can transport 100 times more than a small boat. After it is built, we plan to use it to transport coal. "
The barge didn't have its own power, so it was very simple to build. Its biggest feature was that it could carry cargo, had a shallow draft, and was low to build. It was also a good model for practice. As for the power problem, they would probably use a steam engine with a propeller.
Yuan Qingying was completely speechless when she saw the ship. Her master was still thinking that mass production of arrows was the top secret military technique of the Revolutionary Army. But compared to this ship, it was like heaven and earth. She was completely convinced and weakly asked, "You always say 'tons.' How much is one ton?"
"One ton is about 20 materials." Zhou Qingfeng calculated in his mind. "This barge has about 10,000 materials."
10,000 materials?
Yuan Qingying's small face turned pale.
The Tianjin Navy treated the 2,000 materials ship as the treasure of their navy. Normally, they used a small boat of 400 to 500 materials. You made a large boat of 10,000 materials just for practice. How can you accept this?
Seeing Yuan Qingying's shocked expression, Zhou Qingfeng couldn't help but say, "It's only 500 tons. It's really a small boat that can't be taken out. We will build bigger ones in the future. "
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