Chapter 210 International Students

Outside the fence of the Red Leaf Village Shipyard, a short figure was jumping on its feet, trying to climb the wall and blend into the shipyard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Usopp!" a red-haired boy with rice balls in his hand walked slowly behind Usopp, and said vaguely, "If you keep running into the factory like this and causing trouble, you will break your legs by the masters, and it seems that there will be big people visiting in two days, and now it is a busy mess, so don't ask for yourself." ”

Usopp patted the dust off his hands and reluctantly stopped.

Originally, William meant to take Jesus's family to Kalmar City to take care of it, so that Usopp could receive a good education, but Jesusbu was a very proud person in his bones, although he was already an important cadre under William's banner, and the name of the sharpshooter was well known to everyone in the East China Sea, and every gunshot seemed to sound the death knell of the enemy.

However, Jesus did not want his son Usopp to be treated too favorably because of his status and status, and he also thought that by doing so, Usopp would never become a man and achieve higher achievements, so he did not agree with William.

However, in view of the fact that the original hometown of Jesusbu is too remote, and Jesusbu's wife Bancina does not seem to be in good health in recent years, Jesus Bu still asked Usopp and Bancina to move to the prosperous Momiji Village in recent years to live and seek medical treatment.

Influenced by the low-key influence of Jesus Bu, coupled with Bancina's words and deeds, Usopp did not develop the bad habit of being a gentleman, but he longed for pirates and was full of curiosity, and always liked to run to the shipyard in Momiji Village to peek at all kinds of new ships here.

As the pillar industry of the whole village today, the shipyard, which is usually shrouded in high walls, is like a mysterious forbidden place for the nine-year-old boy who loves to fantasize, and every factory inside seems to be full of magical technology.

"Eric," Usopp's eyes rolled slightly, "someone is visiting, is it because the shipyard has a new invention?"

The red-haired boy named Eric did not reply, although his face was still childish, he looked only sixteen or seventeen years old, but because of his perennial work in the shipyard, his figure was as burly as that of Mr. Bodybuilder, and he came to Usopp's side, holding the rice ball in one hand, and easily lifted Usopp with the other, and left the shipyard around the long-nosed boy with his hand and dancing.

"Let go of me, I'm a sea thief who will become famous in the East China Sea in the future, and you do this to me?" said Usopp with his teeth and claws.

Eric snorted: "When you grow up, I don't know if there are pirates in the East China Sea." ”

"I'll join the Morgan Pirates!" Usopp argued.

"Then I wish you all the best, and when you really become a cadre of the Morgan Pirates, I hope you can get on the new warship that I supervised and built. The perfunctory tone in Eric's tone could be heard by anyone.

However, Usopp didn't care, and he immediately grabbed what was revealed in the other party's mouth, and asked excitedly: "New warship?

When Eric heard this, he showed a wry smile.

……

"This is the new ship?"

Two days later, in the shipyard of Momiji Village, William frowned and looked out to sea, where a strangely shaped ship was sailing.

The strange shape of this ship is due to the fact that it has paddle wheels on both sides, some of which are sunk in the sea, and the other part is exposed on the sea.

The director of the shipyard and the local village chief Omar wiped their cold sweat, looked at William who couldn't distinguish between joy and anger on his face, and glanced at each other, but Omar stepped forward and said: "My lord, this is a new type of ship invented by the shipwrights and masters in the factory after working together, called paddle steamers, which can travel even in windless areas, and a steam engine is also installed on it, which can power the external pulp wheel, but it is ......." ”

William glanced at Omar: "Just what?"

"It's just that this structure makes the boat inflexible, and in the wind and wave environment, because the blades of the pulp wheel are partially exposed to the water, the navigation is not stable enough. Omar lowered his head, a little afraid to look William's eyes, but he didn't dare not explain the problem, let alone fool William with words, because he understood that no matter how fanciful he said, he would eventually be ridden by someone, and submit a report to William for use, and when William found out about the concealment, the consequences would be more serious.

Omar knew very well that the seemingly young man in front of him was not an illiterate person, and he was completely different from the prince in the palace who could tell why the poor could not afford to eat bread and did not eat meat.

Omar continued to whisper, "The blades of the paddle wheel are also relatively easy to break, and it is not easy to dock on the dock, and it is easy to collide with the ships on both sides. ”

"What about the propeller boat I mentioned last time?" asked William, frowning.

William had some impressions of this kind of steamship powered by paddle wheels, but it was no longer seen in his previous life, and it was all replaced by propeller ships, and William was not interested in it at all.

The person in charge of the shipyard on the side, who was a little bald, stepped forward and said: "We are still researching, the technology of using steam as ship power, we are also using it for the first time, and it is still very immature, and the steam engine on the paddle steamer often has problems, and the efficiency is also very low, and sometimes it has to be propelled by manpower, how to apply it to the propeller you mentioned, we still need to continue to experiment." ”

William turned around and looked at the paddle steamer moving on the sea, as Omar and the shipyard chief said, the new ship was still very unstable, and as a few people could speak, the ship stopped, and the paddle wheels on both sides were no longer moving, and it seemed that there was something wrong with the power.

"In two years, after the clippers and the paddle steamer, your progress can't be slow," William looked at the two places with an embarrassed look on his face, "but I still hope that your speed can be a little faster." ”

"You ask for money, people, and resources, I have never refused, and the weapons laboratory on Danpier's side may not be as generous as you," Omar and the director of the shipyard were a little uneasy, and they listened to William say, " Since it is not enough for the masters in the shipyard to work together, let's brainstorm again, I will publish news in the newspaper in two days, solicit talents and ideas, and provide a bounty, and those who can improve the stability and power of the existing steam engine will be rewarded with a minimum of 10 million Baileys, and if I can come up with a mature and usable steam engine, I will provide a bonus of 500 million Baileys. ”

When William looked back again, he found that the eyes of Omar and the person in charge of the shipyard were red, and he said to the factory director: "You can tell the shipbuilder in the factory about this matter first, and I will publish this matter in various newspapers in the East China Sea in two days, and I will set up a special project team to be responsible for reviewing the matter." ”

"There is one more thing," William stopped the red-eyed and heart-pounding director who was shocked by the 500 million Bailey, "I am going to select some young people in the factory and send them to the capital of the seven rivers of the great voyage to learn shipbuilding technology, and you will draw up a list of recommendations and detailed information of the young people in the factory for my reference." ”

"The Great Voyage?" the director hesitated a little when he heard this, the status of the Capital of Seven Waters is naturally extremely high in the hearts of shipwrights, but the notoriety of the Great Voyage is not so easy to dispel in people's hearts.

"Voluntarily," William smiled, "I won't force them if they don't dare to go." ”