In the early morning of the fourth day, Zheng Yi did not wait for the military academy to send a boat across the river, but led eight veteran workers to arrive at the dock of the military academy half an hour in advance by driving the shipyard's traffic boat, and reported to the guards of the sentry, regardless of whether the sentry agreed or not, he unloaded a box of accessories. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not long after, Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng, who received the urgent report, both rushed to see that the workers had begun to work, and they were very comfortable, Yu Feipeng stepped forward to say hello to the old worker who was sitting on the deck and concentrating on polishing a part, and asked him to call Zheng Yi out to speak.

The old worker shouted to the cabin below, which immediately attracted a few rude scoldings, and the old worker smiled helplessly, turned to Yu Feipeng and explained:

"Mr. Zheng is guiding everyone to install the machine below, if he comes up, the big guys will have to stop work, the two chiefs will come again at noon, if it is convenient, send more herbal tea with salt, there is not a cloud in the sky, it is estimated to be hotter than yesterday."

"Good! We prepared at once, and what else needed to be told. Yu Feipeng agreed.

Zhou Junyan knew that today's work was very critical, if it went well, he would be able to conduct a trial voyage in the afternoon and complete the task a day ahead of schedule, so he asked with great concern: "Master, when is it estimated that the trial voyage can be repaired?" ”

The teacher's Chinese is not very good, and it is even more difficult to listen to Zhou Junyan's Zhejiang-flavored Chinese, and it took two questions to understand:

"It is estimated that the installation can be completed before lunch, and then it will take two hours of idling commissioning, and there will be no problem before the sea trial, at least until four o'clock in the afternoon."

Yu Feipeng, who was delicate, asked again: "By the way, how much diesel and engine oil are needed, master, you report the number, we will send it as soon as possible, if not, we will call the city immediately to ask someone to send it." ”

The old master replied casually: "No, Mr. Zheng said that the military school is not easy, and it is estimated that he is not prepared, so he secretly transported these things from the factory, and there are two hundred gallons of diesel alone, if you really want to help, why don't you add two catties of braised pork and five catties of rice wine to us at noon, hehe......"

Yu Feipeng immediately agreed, glanced at Zhou Junyan, nodded and left silently.

At noon, Yu Feipeng personally brought someone to bring a sumptuous lunch, and the workers who successfully completed the installation task were in a good mood and asked questions around Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi, with a towel around his neck, listened patiently, explained to the studious workers one by one in authentic Cantonese, and also took the maintenance plan and hand-drawn explanations from the side, unreservedly imparting the valuable experience that later generations of Chinese workers have summed up for decades.

Yu Feipeng, who was standing solemnly, waited with a smile, and when he saw Zheng Yi shouting to start the meal, he came over, and immediately laughed and praised in a low voice: "I didn't know before, your prestige among the workers is very high." ”

Zheng Yi modestly explained: "The masters are very good-hearted, they are all willing to do things for the military academy, these two days more than a dozen people work in shifts, no one has half a complaint, nor has they mentioned money, just the spindle processing has gone through more than 40 procedures, and the seven best skilled masters spend eighteen hours, so I respect them very much, and they are also good to me." ”

Yu Feipeng was quite emotional, patted Zheng Yi's arm and said gently: "Let's go to the shed to eat first, I brought the wine, and I will give you a glass later." ”

"Please forgive Sir Yu, you can't drink alcohol during working hours, and neither can the workers, keep it first, and give it to them to take back to drink after finishing work." Zheng Yi explained with a smile.

In less than half an hour, Zheng Yi once again led the four masters to board the hot deck, entered the hot and dirty engine room to start the test run, with a few explosions of "poof, puff", the two-stroke diesel engine started in the burst of smoke, and the whole ship vibrated accordingly, Yu Feipeng, who was standing on the dock and watching, and the officers and soldiers looked worriedly, and they could not hear each other clearly.

Forty minutes passed, Zheng Yi turned off the smoothly running diesel engine, got out of the engine room like a black man, and yelled at the four masters who were smoking and resting under the shed.

The masters immediately picked up their tools and trotted onto the boat, and began to make final adjustments according to Zheng Yi's operation test records and instructions.

At 2:10 p.m., the diesel engine in the cabin roared again, and the masters began to remove many tools, oil drums and two large bags of discarded yarn from the ship, and then cleaned the whole ship inside and out.

Zheng Yi, who was soaked all over, had been guarding the machine room without leaving, who knew that there were more and more officers and soldiers above the dock who came to see the excitement, and Zhou Junyan and Yu Feipeng had no chance to call Zheng Yi to ask several times.

At 4:20 p.m., President Chiang, Director Zhou, and other officials of various departments who had received the report came, and before they could stand in the front row, the diesel engine, which had been running continuously for two hours, suddenly stopped, which instantly made all the officers and men feel worried.

Just when everyone was worried, a strange cry came from the ship, and then a white figure with no hanging wisps rushed out of the engine room, plunged into the river with a "plop" sound, and disappeared for more than half a minute before resurfaced under the stunned gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes.

Under the shed, several old masters laughed, and one of them turned to Zhou Junyan and Principal Jiang and others above and explained happily: "He often does this, every time he repairs a boat, he jumps into the water to soak and wash the oil stains and mud on his body, but he has never done it in front of so many people, haha!" ”

Zheng Yi in the water originally wanted to wash well, but who knew that as soon as he looked up, he found that the shore was densely packed with officers and soldiers, and he immediately dived into the water in fright, swam quickly to the edge of the ship, poked out his head and shouted: "Uncle Seven, please let your old man go into the cabin and help me throw my pants down." ”

Hundreds of officers and soldiers on the shore quickly understood what was going on, and laughed with a "boom", Principal Jiang showed his big teeth happily, and Director Zhou, who had always been steady, also laughed, and after laughing, he poked his head and asked Zhou Junyan, who couldn't close his mouth in front of him: "Minister Zhou, didn't you inform Xiao Zheng that we came to watch the trial?" ”

Zhou Junyan couldn't be happy: "After eating at noon, Xiao Zheng got into the cabin again, and he didn't have a chance to talk to him until he came out just now, so there was no way to inform him, haha!" I didn't expect Xiao Zheng to be so interesting, after all, it's a young man, haha...... Look, this guy got his pants on in the water so quickly, haha! ”

Zheng Yi stood on the back deck wet, he didn't dare to raise his head in shame, took the shirt handed by Uncle Seven with a smile and quickly put it on his body: "Don't laugh Uncle Seven, notify the people from the military academy to come over and start the boat, and then call Uncle Bing's three-person team up to test the ship." ”

"You're not with the boat, are you?" Uncle Seven asked with a smile.

Zheng Yi rolled his eyes: "Your old man is more experienced than me, you can replace me, I will go up to talk to a few generals, answer their questions, and ask them for wages when I am done." ”

Uncle Seven happily accepted it, and ran to the dock first to shout.

Zheng Yi buttoned the canvas overalls, walked barefoot and quickly disembarked, and under the gaze of countless pairs of smiling eyes, he came to Principal Jiang and others, and bowed slightly:

"Report to President Chiang and the generals, start the trial voyage immediately, please send two hundred officers and soldiers on board to increase the load, and then return along the main channel for ten kilometers downstream, if there is no problem, it will be repaired."

Without waiting for President Jiang's instructions, Wang Boling turned around and walked to the place where the officers and soldiers had gathered, and ordered more than 200 students from the first and second teams to board the ship immediately.

In less than five minutes, the transport boat carrying nearly 300 people slowly left the pier, turned around and went down the river in the water in front of it, and a cheer immediately sounded on the shore.

Lao Jiang and the generals around him looked at Zheng Yi differently, Zheng Yi answered a few questions from the generals, and answered his questions while approaching Director Zhou:

"This overhaul can be said to be very thorough, the engine spindle is brand new, the cylinders are all repaired, the cylinder head is reworked with the best materials, the nozzles and oil pipes are replaced with new ones, all of which I and the workers quietly stole from the shipyard material warehouse, and we don't want to pay a penny from the military academy."

"In addition to this, I have re-optimized the all-important scavenging chamber to make the exhaust smoother, the noise is much lower, and correspondingly, the power is much higher than before the damage, at least 25 horsepower, and the original mismatched gear unit has been rebuilt so that there is no need for major repairs within two years."

Director Zhou asked in a low voice, "Don't you feel uneasy about misappropriating materials from the shipyard?" ”

Zheng Yi pouted: "I'm not worried if I don't embezzle, as long as I think of the two Opium Wars, I don't have any anxiety, and I can't wait to steal more." ”

Director Zhou laughed, patted Zheng Yi's arm and said happily: "Yes, I like your character, you are vibrant, and you have a clear distinction between love and hate. ”

"Thank you Director Zhou for your encouragement, I think any patriotic young man in my position will do this."

After Zheng Yi thanked him, he found that Principal Jiang, Zhou Junyan, Yu Feipeng and others were all looking at him with a smile, and immediately straightened his waist and said humbly: "Principal Jiang, generals, if there is anything else that needs to be commanded by the military academy, I am willing to serve at any time." ”

Principal Jiang looked at Zheng Yi appreciatively: "You did a good job and performed very well, we are very satisfied." ”

Zheng Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, whispered "thank you" and said goodbye for the time being, walked back to the dock barefoot, and packed up the tools with the three masters who were left.

After an hour and five minutes of the trial voyage, the ship returned to the dock of the military academy, and the naval major, who was carrying the ship with the ship as a Whampoa officer, was the first to disembark, and trotted to President Chiang, who had been waiting for a long time, and saluted upright:

"Report to the principal, the boat is operating normally, no faults were found, the chief engineer reported that the power of the engine has increased significantly, he accelerated the speed of the ship at the beginning of the return trip, and there was no problem, there has been a violent engine shake before the phenomenon has completely disappeared, the noise has been greatly reduced, I am not familiar with marine diesel engines, but I also feel the same way. For this reason, special attention was paid to the working condition of the engine, and according to experience, the overhaul was very effective, and the engineers in charge of the overhaul were very skilled. ”

"Very good, thank you!" President Jiang thanked him with a smile.

The Navy Lieutenant Saluted and turned to leave, and Yu Feipeng quietly followed, stuffing him with a heavy envelope.

Principal Jiang was finally relieved: "Ladies and gentlemen, our traffic boat can start again, why don't we take the traffic boat back to the city together?" ”

All the generals and schools agreed, few people knew that in just three days, Zheng Yi's old background had been checked by President Jiang, and Zheng Yi passed President Jiang's final test with excellent results today.

On the wharf, Zheng Yi and the workers have sent all the tools and spare parts to the dinghy, the happy seventh uncle poured a small half bottle of wine, skillfully started the small diesel engine on the dinghy, all the workers sat on the boat to communicate warmly, proudly said that after this overhaul, even if there is no British technician present in the future, they are not afraid of encountering diesel ships.

Zheng Yi finished talking with Yu Feipeng, who arrived in a hurry, politely said goodbye and boarded the boat, he didn't know why he wanted him to come to the military academy tomorrow morning to get the money, but he still readily agreed.