One of the biggest features that doesn't appear in the photographs is that these small steamers have a series of circular openings on both sides of the ship, like a circle of small circular windows. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Mexican pretty boy who came with Wang Bo was surprised when he saw it, and said, "What are these openings?" Is it for sightseeing? ”

Rodet was about to explain, but Wang Bo said: "This is power pulp, right?" No wonder these boats were cheap, they were powered by primitive steam engines connected to wooden oars. ”

In 1786, John Fitch of the United States installed a Watt steam engine on board a ship to turn the rudder, not as a power, and the ship was powered by 12 oars. That is, the steam engine of such a ship generates power, not acting on the propellers to propel the ship forward, but to drive the wooden oars below.

This idea is still not out of the cage of primitive ship craftsmanship from the current point of view, just as when the Chinese first invented explosives, they did not use explosives to convert them into ammunition to kill, but used explosives to push bows and arrows to increase distance.

Similar processes are anti-aircraft guns to fight mosquitoes, which is overkill.

In 1790, the American Mochi improved this process, still using a steam engine to drive the oars to paddle, but at this time he changed the wooden oars to a linkage type, the wooden oars are faster and more uniform, which can increase the speed of the boat.

But naturally, because the steam engine took up a lot of space on the ship, such an increase in speed was not satisfactory to the shipping industry at the time, and this process was eliminated.

However, in the twentieth century, especially at the end of World War II, this vintage craft was warmly welcomed in the tourism industry and gradually developed again.

The reason why Wang Bo was able to recognize it at a glance was because he had seen this kind of ship before, but the oars of those ships were driven by internal engines at that time, and the speed was still quite fast.

Hearing his words, Rodet smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is the window of the telescopic oar, but the ship has not started yet, so the window must be closed, otherwise the water vapor will be too large and the ship will be damaged." ”

No wonder this kind of boat is cheap, the wooden paddle process looks beautiful, but the value is much smaller than the marine propeller, this thing needs frequent maintenance and replacement parts, not as durable as the propeller.

Wang Bo went on the ship to inspect a series of important machines such as the steam engine and the rudder, and he did not ask the industry experts to help, the ship was an empty shelf, using the steam engine as the power to propel the ship to sail, and there were almost no electronic accessories.

So, he can check it himself.

These boats can be used, but they are generally maintained, many decorations in the boats are destroyed, the floors are rough, the inner walls are broken, and it takes a lot of effort to repair them if they want to invest in the tourism industry.

After a general look, he came down and said, "I can take these four ships with me, pack them together, how about 500,000?" ”

Rodet looked at Schneider with a dissatisfied expression: "Man, you must have told him the reserve price I bought these boats, 120,000 yuan for a ship?" So what am I busy with? ”

Schneider spread his hands and said, "I just talked to him about the white horse, I don't know about the other four ships, and I haven't said it." ”

Wang Bodao: "This price is very fair, the white horse may have been bought by you for 120,000 yuan, but the other four ships are definitely not at this price, at most 100,000 yuan." You see, the breakage is too bad. ”

"It's more than 100,000 yuan to sell scrap iron, my man, this is a fifteen-meter boat!" Rodet said.

Wang Bodao: "To put it into operation, I have to throw at least 200,000 yuan into each ship, right?" ”

"If you spend 200,000 yuan, then these ships can be sold for 2 million!" Rodet said, "500,000 is definitely not good, it's better to pack it up and take it away, 580,000, for the sake of my good buddy Schneider, although this time he messed up my business." ”

The next step is the bargaining link, Wang Bo nodded to the Mexican pretty boy and motioned for him to come.

Mexico Pretty Boy can be said to be Wang Bo's personal financial officer, and now there are a lot of expenses in the town and his personal expenses, and his income is complicated, and it is the Mexican Pretty Boy who is dealing with his financial problems.

He coughed and said: "580,000 yuan is too expensive, we can add 20,000 yuan, you know how long your ship has been parked here, if you don't sell it, then you will have to stop for a longer time." I don't say how much the berthing fee is, I just say how much the ship will lose in the future, you know better than me. ”

"Your words have touched me," Rodet said with a frustrated expression, "I knew I wouldn't buy these shitty things, my funds were all held down by this damn thing, and I had to add parking fees, maintenance fees, and ...... to them."

"So, why don't we each take a step back, five hundred and sixty thousand? 560,000 good ships, no matter how you look at this business, it is not a loss. ”

The Mexican pretty boy shook his head firmly: "This is our reserve price, 520,000, no matter how expensive it is, we will be laughed at, we don't want to be wronged, we don't want to be a laughing stock." ”

"But I can't sell this ship without even making the coolie money, can I?" Do you know how much it cost me to tow these boats back from Auckland? Five hundred and sixty thousand is also my reserve price, and I will not drop another penny. ”

The Mexican pretty boy said regretfully: "Then we can only take the White Horse with us, and it seems better to buy a new ship with the rest of the money." ”

Schneider pretended to be a middleman, pulled the two of them and said, "Forget my guys, it's just a little bit close, let the business be done." It's better to do this, Mr. Mayor, five hundred and sixty thousand, let my fellows find a car to tow to your lake. ”

Rodt shook his head repeatedly: "My God, brother, do you know how much it costs to hire a trailer?" ”

Schneider glared at him: "I'm in charge of this matter, you guy is too greedy!" ”

Wang Bo looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Okay, Schneider, I pretend to be happy to accept this business for the sake of your face." You know, if it weren't for you and my guys giving me the Wave White Horse, I wouldn't be so fond of pretending to be confused. ”

Obviously, before he came, the two had already negotiated the price, and if he insisted that 520,000 Rodt would sell it, the shipping fee would only be more than 10,000 yuan.

Admittedly, it was expensive to transport these five ships from Wellington to Sunsettown, but it was not necessary to do so, and the Wellington sea route was direct to Dunedin, and the ship could be sailed there first and then transferred to land, which could save more than half of the freight.

However, he has to give Schneider some face, not because he said before, Schneider gave him a boat, but in the future, the Sunset Group will mix under his hands, and he can be regarded as helping Ryan and others to form a good relationship.

Hearing his words, the two laughed, and Rodet shook hands with him and smiled, "Thank you for taking care of my business, I will transport them to Sunset Town as quickly as possible." ”

Wang Bo shook his head: "Don't worry, find a shipbuilding factory for repair and redecoration first, and then send it to me." (To be continued.) )