Guo Yi has been running around everywhere in the past few days, and the more he knows, the less he knows.

Originally thought it was just a short business trip for two or three days, but now he reported to the leader that he wanted to stay longer, from the tone of the phone, Guo Yi knew that the leader thought he was a little troublesome, or that he wanted to take the opportunity to travel the mountains and rivers, but the development of things has become more and more interested in him.

First of all, he found that people came almost every day, and there were not many people coming, but most of them were very young and basically male. And it's not the usual labor-intensive workers in this area, all of them carry a lot of luggage.

Second, during a visit to the local businesses the company had contacted, he found something out of the ordinary.

In the vicinity of the city, the sales volume of some commodities has skyrocketed in the past three months, and the things that have increased significantly in the initial summary are: all kinds of food, medical equipment, medicines, tools, pumps, motors, small power equipment, various specifications of high-quality carbon steel, alloy steel materials and electrolytic copper and other metal raw materials, measuring instruments and meters, ready-to-wear, shoes and socks, etc.

Thinking of the national procurement of the company, Guo Yi did not hesitate to believe that these purchases should also be through the company. Apparently they divided the procurement into two parts, ordinary, simple items were procured locally; If the content of jishu is relatively high, or the regional price difference is obvious, it will be purchased directly from other places.

Guo Yi was too lazy to assume what they were going to do, so he decided to go directly to the company to have a look.

I took a motorcycle and went to the base, the training base looked quite old, most of them were still buildings in the sixties and seventies, and the office building in the middle was a little newer, and it was more than ten years old. I didn't see what construction the company had done, although he found out that the company had bought a lot of construction machinery. The door to the base was open, and there were two old men chatting and smoking in the gatehouse, which seemed as normal as they could. Guo Yi was worried that showing his ID and going in directly would startle the snake. He climbed a nearby hill and observed it with a telescope for a while.

On the playground, you can see teams wearing grass green training uniforms, divided into several groups. Doing cohort training. His camera suddenly stopped, and he clearly saw that there were several rows of queues with short bamboo poles in their hands, and some people were carrying snare drums, although the distance was too far to hear the sound, these people were obviously marching according to the rhythm of the drums, and the queue spread out into a horizontal line, a column at one time, and suddenly a square line. Then, the people in the front row were half-squatting with bamboo poles and stabbing at Xiangshang, while the people in the back were standing with bamboo poles held flat and posing in a strange pose.

What's going on? Guo Yi himself had military training in high school, college, and when he was hired, and the content of queue training in his memory has never been like this.

Guo Yi desperately adjusted the focus, and saw that these people then made a whole set of actions: fiddling with the bamboo pole, feeling something from the chest, putting it to the mouth to make a bite, and then fiddling with the top of the bamboo pole...... The more he looked, the more confused he became—these people had nothing in their hands but bamboo poles?

"Strange thing." He muttered, unable to see what the purpose of these ghostly gestures was. Then he moved the telescope to another place, next to the sand pit, there was a group of people practicing hand-to-hand combat, and the instructor-like person among them was obviously from the field army -- Guo Yi's unit had many demobilized soldiers. The tempered physique of a professional soldier can be felt from a distance.

The focus was adjusted to the maximum, and I saw that there were many iron buckets and angles and the like piled up on the dock, and some people were welding something, and sparks were flying. There are also two small rowing boats resting on the racks on the pier.

"What kind of demon ......moth is this company doing?"

Guo Yi wandered around for most of the day, and finally returned to the city disappointed, except for the growing mystery, he got nothing.

That night, Guo Yi came out of the hotel, walked around the street, found a small restaurant and drank two bottles of beer. I was depressed. He has never doubted his IQ, and he has experienced a lot of things over the years, and it won't take long for him to estimate the ordinary things. But the matter in front of him has made him especially in the fog to this day.

"Let's go back first." Guo Yi thought, it's not a problem to nest here. It's been four days, and the investigation can't go on endlessly. Judging from the materials in hand, this company is a little suspicious, but it has not done anything that hinders social stability and unity, and it is its freedom to purchase so many things, as for money laundering or other problems, let the relevant departments come and say hello.

Guo Yi's investigation, through the social activities of Zhong Lishi and several local people, more or less reached the ears of the Executive Committee. However, the fact that the news can be revealed shows that no one is taking it seriously. Xiao Zishan is a little worried, things are already on the verge of this step, and no one wants the same result as the men's football team. In the morning, he went to the cafeteria to eat, and hurried to find Wen Desi.

"I don't think it's anything." Wen Desi thought about it for a moment and said, "Let him go and investigate, we haven't done anything to break the ban." He couldn't find a problem. ”

"Hurry up, the night is long and you have a lot of dreams."

"Have all the people who are expected to report have been confirmed?"

"It's all confirmed, and all 19 of them are there by next Thursday. I've confirmed that I'm not going to participate. ”

"Then we'll have a plenary meeting next Friday."

"Are all the proposals ready?"

"In the past few days, various groups have been discussing and putting forward various suggestions, and everyone's mood is still relatively high."

As he was talking, the office door was pushed open, and the dusty Wang Luobin walked in. He is currently responsible for the project establishment, approval and procurement of material preparation in the Executive Committee. Constantly running around the world. In the last three months, he has concentrated on the issue of engaging in ships.

The traversers discovered that the energy of the wormhole gradually decays with the passage of time when it is opened, and the longer the wormhole is opened, the more energy the wormhole consumes.

The small cross-border trade involves nothing more than a few trailers at most. Once the total crossing operation begins, thousands of tons of material will have to pass through the wormhole - the option of using a convoy of vehicles to transport supplies and personnel is obviously not feasible - the crossing time is too long, and it is likely that the energy of Zuihou will be exhausted if it is not fully delivered.

The only ones who can pass through wormholes in a relatively short period of time and transport large quantities of material are ships - as large ships as possible. The list of purchases was growing more and more inflated, and it was impossible to send hundreds of living people and thousands of tons of equipment and supplies to the 17th century at once without a single ship.

In addition to the transportation itself, a modern cargo ship is a microcosm of modern industrial society, with all kinds of main engine and auxiliary engines, high and low pressure pipelines, pumps, cables, electronic communication and observation equipment, desalination equipment, small machine repair workshops, health centers, and ...... With a ship, before the land base is built, it is a complete modern shijie, and the traverser can get support on power and processing equipment in this modern base. The greatest advantage is that it can maintain the basic modern living conditions for a considerable period of time, so that these modern people who are accustomed to enjoying it will suddenly feel that the living conditions are too difficult and break down.

Zuihou is a considerable military role. The huge iron ship is enough to create a shocking sense of oppression, and the steel body is not afraid of any cannonballs and arson weapons. Even if the brave want to jump to the white blade, they have to climb the freeboard that towers like a city wall.

There is no need to equip any weapons, even if they drive straight into the past at full power, it is enough to make any warship in that time and space lose their soul - the smaller ships sink directly, the larger ships cannot withstand the impact of the steel bow, they have no way to escape, even the old ships can easily reach speeds of 11-14 knots, except for some fast sailing ships that may be able to escape the clutches of the devil in favorable winds, the vast majority of ships can only be ravaged by them.

Gorgeous multi-turret battleship freighter! Isn't there such a ship* as the master of the sea?

Behind the gorgeous dreams are often accompanied by a terrifying reality, which is brought by a graduate of a maritime university.

That's when Mondstadt appeared.

Mondstadt knew that the chat group had already been after the second group of key personnel had reported for duty. On the BBS that often haunts, the time and space shuttle door really appeared, and he has begun to secretly gather the same party to change history in the early years of Chongzhen. After confirming the authenticity of the news, Mondstadt decided to join the group, dreaming of becoming a true falsifier of history.

He was the only graduate of a maritime university in the group, and his work involved in ships was a regular one.

His education and work experience immediately attracted the attention of the Executive Committee, and although the Executive Committee felt that this man's ship skills were suspicious of two knives, there was no one other than him who knew about large freighters.

The Maritime University and the wormhole energy, two unrelated factors, destined him to be one of the people who left a separate chapter in the history of travel.

He was hired as a consultant at a specially convened meeting on the issue of ships. This made this young man, who had only graduated for only a few years, feel valued for the first time.

"Mr. Wen, this is not a good thing," Mondstadt said after listening to Jihua from the Executive Committee, "Crew, we don't have a crew. ”

"How many people are needed"

"Older ships with less than 5,000 tons are generally 40 people, and up to 10,000 tons are more than 50 people." "The new ship with drone cabins is also more than 20 people," Mondstadt said. He spread out his hand, "These people are all jishu jobs, and it is impossible for them to be competent." ”

If China's merchant ships do not transport passengers, they are basically divided into two parts: the deck department and the engine department. The deck department alone has captains, sophomores and third mates, chief reporters, operators, freight forwarders, tally clerks, boatswains, co-boatswains, first water, second water, chefs, second cooks, third chefs, deck attendants, etc.

The key engine departments are: chief engineer, second and third engineers, electrician, chief mechanic, chief fireman, mechanic, deputy pilot, coppersmith, electrician, refueling, fire and so on

"If we're going to use this ship for a long time, half of these people will have to be, if not all, of them. Especially in the marine engineering sector. ”

The executive committee looked at each other, a boat is so complicated? That's a P. It's already good luck to have such a maritime professional to participate, and expect a shipload of sailors?

"What if it's just a trip into the past?"

"It's also very difficult. Although there can be a few fewer people. Mondstadt made his suggestion: set up a freight forwarding office at a port on the Leizhou Peninsula and rent a warehouse. All kinds of materials required are transported to the port for loading; Chartered or a coastal bulk carrier, the destination is set to the port of Bopu in Hainan, some of the crossing people can be disguised as backpackers to take the boat, which is a common phenomenon in coastal freighters, and others take a few fishing boats to the meeting point first. When the ship sails to the port of the sea, it passes through the crowd to take over the ship, drives the crew into the sea, drives the ship through the time gate, and then sits on the beach on Hainan Island.

"The Qiongzhou Strait is very narrow, and I personally thought that my own boat handling ability could be done. It was suggested that the Executive Committee send some people to study the engine and basic deck personnel, but the ship would basically not be used in the future. ”