Bopu Port, colorful flags fluttering. ()

On the makeshift viewing platform of the shipyard, the members of the political power were all dressed brightly: all the committee members had changed into the more decent clothes in their luggage, although they were still strange in the eyes of the people, at least they were more colorful than the usual clothes, and the fabrics were more elegant.

Regarding the issue of the official clothing of the traverser, a few days ago, there were already Eggpain Star people who issued an initiative on the internal BBS. Preliminary discussions are currently underway. Based on his experience, such discussions will not be fruitful without two or three weeks.

The "Ship Zero" stands quietly in the dock, the scaffolding on all sides has been removed, the hull work has been completed, and only the surface facilities such as masts and sails have not been installed. As the ship's chief designer, the ship's steam engine was pumping water into the dock, and he had mixed feelings about being able to guide the construction of a real ship: proud and uneasy.

Fortunately, there is a shipwright with Zhang Machine, Wen Desi glanced at Zhang Jiji, who was smiling from ear to ear, as the chief shipmaster of the shipyard, he and the boss of the Lin family sat side by side on the viewing platform, compared to the latter, it can be said that the spring breeze is proud-the successful completion of the zero ship means that his status in the hearts of the shorthairs has greatly increased, and he has also received an additional bonus.

The Jishu personnel led by Bun Tokuji were originally quite unconfident about shipbuilding, although they knew a lot, and many of the practical engineering jishu problems encountered in the shipbuilding process were actually solved by the traditional methods of KAO shipbuilders. The main contribution of the traverser is the overall idea and modern management methods, which can be regarded as a great integration of ancient and modern jishu and ideas.

A few days before entering the water, the foot was removed. After the scaffolding, the shipbuilders carried out a general cleaning of the ship's cabin, removing the broken wood and scattered tools and supplies to ensure that there were no superfluous objects in the hull. The dock walls and hull were then connected with thick cables to prevent the hull from shaking after flooding.

In order to reduce the weight of the boat and facilitate the ride. When the tide rises, most of the ship's facilities are not installed, including masts, guns, and all ballast, which will not be installed until after launching.

The more water is poured into the dock as the pumping machine is filled. The more they came, a lot of broken wood and the like floated, and the boat began to sway slightly from side to side, but not much because of the cables. The ship had completely floated, and the crowd watching around the dock could not help but burst into cheers - the first self-built ship to cross the regime had finally been launched. The indigenous artisans did not know that this group of short-haired weishenme was so happy, and they also laughed along.

"Untie the port side cable No. 1!"

"Untie the second cable on the starboard side!"

……

"Untie the aft ten!"

With Li Di's command command in the loudspeaker, the ten cables on the ship. Nine ropes were untied in turn, leaving only the bow of the ship, Cable Zero, which was tied to the bollards under the viewing platform. Just wait to be cut off by Zuihou and go into the water.

The dock door was slowly opened, and the rising tide began to pour in, and the ship floated further up to the design draft.

With a drum beating, the Liliang Detachment of the Sea represented Mondstadt, with . Thrilled to the stage, he was dressed in a borrowed snow-white Royal Navy summer uniform, a golden ribbon, and a Victoria Cross (high imitation) borrowed from a medal enthusiast.

Mondstadt began to read out the ship name book in a trembling voice of excitement:

"Warship Zhenhai / February 1, 1629 / Announced its completion / Named / April 9, 1629 / People's Commissar of the Sea Liliang Chen Haiyang".

The naming of the first self-built warship has caused a small-scale discussion, and many people hope to name it according to the naming method of the four distances. However, the navy did not think so: the four great distances themselves had no traces of victory, and some were only defeated and sunk, which was the shameful history of surrender and capture, and if it was only selected for the sake of "tragedy", then the future crossing fleet would be too much of a tea table.

In addition to this controversy, most people do not know that Li May also went out of her way to the Executive Committee to name the ship the "Women's Cooperative" - in exchange for the cooperative's responsibility to provide food for the ship's sailors for three years. She also further offered advice, saying that in the future, the naming of ships can be carried out by bidding, so that local businessmen can also bid for naming rights, and the winning ship can be named for a year.

This proposal made the executive committee laugh, and Chen Haiyang jokingly said:

"Then the navy is not messed up, and it will change its name every other year, who will make a fuss?"

"It doesn't matter, the port number remains the same, No. 111 will always be No. 111, and the government department will use the port number to register, and the name is just a vest, change it casually." Li Mei's thinking is really not a pat on the head, even the details have been thought through, and she is worthy of being a veteran of the shopping mall.

The Zuihou Executive Committee chose Zhenhai, a very ordinary traditional name, mainly corresponding to "Fubo", although the two ships are one in China and one in the west, and the structure is also very similar, but they are similar in terms of use positioning: limited armament, taking into account transportation.

Then a ceramic vase flew to the bow of the ship, and it was Li Mei who threw the vase, and after her bid was rejected, Jihua, she contracted to smash the bottle, of course, with a part of the sponsorship - the food of all the participants in the ceremony was the asset of the women's cooperative, and the most luxurious restaurant in Dongmen City, "Half the Sky", provided - the banner of the women's cooperative and Half the Sky almost did not reach the viewing platform. Even Ms. Du Wen, who was very, extremely appreciative of all the deeds of the women's cooperative, could not stand it anymore - how could this rotten business habit of capitalism be used on such a solemn occasion.

As the vase smashed to pieces, Wen Deji gave the order to enter the water, and under the whistle of Li Di, the director of the water intake, the workers immediately cut a tether in Zuihou. The Bopu coastal battery fired a salute, and then a motorized speedboat served as a tugboat, carefully towing the boat out of the dock. The whole launching ceremony was completed.

The newly launched Zhenhae, which was not yet ballasted, was carefully towed to the self-propelled flatbed barge. The flatbed barge will be used as a floating dock for outfitting the vessels. Its wide deck was filled with equipment and materials, and poles were erected to lift large pieces of equipment such as masts and artillery.

The smoke of the salute had not yet cleared, and the craftsmen had already poured into the new ship to begin the outfitting work—the executive committee was urging urgently, and the exploration expedition was in urgent need of ships—and the idea of wrapping the bottom of the hull with copper was cancelled in order to save the shipbuilding cycle. Naturally, they had it, but Wen Desi didn't know how to wrap it—a process that took a lot of time to explore, and was abandoned.

"The outfitting can be completed within a week, and then it's off to sea. Hell, what is it? Wen Deji looked at the hot scene and took out a small piece of brittle porcelain from his hat, "It's too dangerous." What about Li Huamei? ”

"In the Merchant House, people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Trading Company, and the General Security Department are talking to her." Ran Yao reported.

"How's the sailors on her ship?"

"There are ten people in total, except for taking turns watching the boat, they all drink and shop in Dongmen Market in their free time. There are no special circumstances. ”

"Hmph, she doesn't have a maid or anything by her side? A single woman, who had been on a boat with this group for months, didn't give—didn't give—"

"It looks like this woman is tough. Very muscular, very agile. Ordinary sailors probably wouldn't be her opponents. Ran Yao said his speculation.

"Those in the navy, did they drink drugs? I don't look at this girl very well, one by one. ”

"In my opinion, it's because this woman is a good match for them, right? The female pirate is also the same name as Li Huamei in the glorious voyage. It's a bit romantic. Also, I think this woman's appearance, words and deeds are very modern and more in line with everyone's taste. ”

Wen Deji nodded: "What you say is reasonable. How was her visit to Fengcheng yesterday? ”

"I can see that I'm shocked, but—"

"But what?"

Ran Yao remembered the scene when she accompanied Li Huamei on the ship yesterday - considering that there would inevitably be many questions after getting on the boat, she also deliberately made assumptions about the questions she might ask and unified the caliber of answers. The navy members who had walked closest to Li Huamei were called one by one to the office of the General Administration of Political Security for a separate conversation and security awareness education. The crowd was told, even if they couldn't remember what the tone of the answer was, and it was certainly right to say, "I don't know."

Li Huamei's performance after getting on the boat made them really unable to see anything suspicious: running around on the deck, touching the huge anchor chain with her hands, and asking what the constantly rotating thing at the top of the mast was, Zuihou still had to climb the mast to take a look, but after being persuaded by the escort that there was danger above, he didn't insist. She was very interested in the two fully enclosed lifeboats tethered to the boat, and deliberately went in to take a look...... Naturally, she also wanted to know that such a large iron ship weishenme could float on the water instead of sinking, and what the iron ship was KAO to move forward.

In general, Li Huamei fits all the manifestations of an ordinary person in this time and space in such a situation: curiosity, shock, envy, and pleasure. From Ran Yao's point of view, Li Huamei's performance is normal, and she can't pick any thorns out of it.

"She didn't show any particular interest, though."

"What do you mean?"

"Li Huamei is interested in the ship itself, not in anything else. Many of the questions she asked were also very professional and very good at sailing. ”

"Well, she's the captain. If you don't understand, you can't drive the boat here, right? ”

"Is the purpose of her coming to Bopu to trade?"

"Yes, the Navy report specifically talked about that, and she was very interested in our products."