"Good, good, well done!!"

Half a month later, Li Tianyang of Dayuan Island and the others obtained the full content of the covenant between Dongjiang Town and the Koreans, and Li Tianyang and Hongmen all held positive opinions on this.

Influenced by the travel of later generations, Li Tianyang has always regarded the Qing people as the masters of the greatest historical changes in this era, after all, in the original history, the Jurchens were indeed the future masters of this era, and now that Li Tianyang has ambitions, he is naturally happy for every action that can weaken the Jurchens of the Qing Dynasty.

Even if Qiu Xiang and their unauthorized actions caused the huge damage last year, Li Tianyang was very happy to see it happen, which was also one of the main reasons why he thought that Qiu Xiang had made a lot of contributions to Hongmen, and finally regretted letting the other party go.

Of course, other people in Hongmen may not necessarily agree with Li Tianyang's importance to Jurchen Ren, but Dongjiang Town, as a branch of Hongmen, has always been an important burden in the Hongmen system, and now if it forms an alliance with the Koreans, it may also be able to reduce the expenditure and burden of the Hongmen itself, while not delaying the development of Dongjiang Town, which is also a very happy thing.

"Tell Shang Kexi that I will arrange for Qixintang and He Fei to increase business activities in Dongjiang Town, and as for the purchase of firearms requested by the North Koreans, they can also come down completely!!"

"Yes."

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs, while bringing good news to Phi Island, Dongjiang Town, the far northernmost point, there is also a great news from Bengang, Dayuan Island, the base camp.

Ming Chongzhen June 18, this day Bengang area is calm, cloudless, suddenly, from the distant sea level to kill a black shadow, in the unobstructed sea, with a long tail, and then under the breeze of the sea, disappeared without a trace.

The closer the black shadow approached the horizon of Dayuan Island, the more violent its sound became, and as the black shadow approached, its figure gradually became clearer, but it was a Western-style foreign ship that was similar to the "Jiaolong" sea ship that did not raise its sails.

The difference from other sea ships is that although the Western sea ship that appeared in front of us at this time was also equipped with a sail mast, the demeanor on its mast was not opened, but it was precisely this sea ship that did not open its sails, and its speed was faster than that of those ships with smooth sails.

Of course, the most striking thing is a thick chimney-shaped fitting in the center of this sea ship, which is constantly spewing out strong gray-white smoke at this time.

That's right, this new type of sea ship that can run quickly without sails is a steamship researched and invented by Yang Zhi of Bengang Shipyard.

It was not until two or three years after the start of operation of the train port that the development of the steamship was finally completed, and it was put into practice that such a real object was manufactured.

In fact, the progress of the manufacture of steam ships and other products was faster than that of steam trains, and the second generation of improved versions was already able to reach a speed of 20 miles per hour, and it was already ready for practical operation.

However, because of Li Tianyang's dissatisfaction at the beginning, Yang Zhi and them proposed to convert the paddle wheel of the steam ship into an underwater propeller working method, which seems to be a simple request, but it has brought a great test and problem to Yang Zhi and the R&D masters of the shipyard.

At this time, this real steamer that appeared off the coast of Bengang used the operation mode of the underwater propeller to stably maintain the speed of 20 miles per hour in the ordinary environment without wind and waves, and if it was overloaded, it could even reach 30 miles per hour in a short time, and even in the case of headwinds and waves, it could also ensure the speed of 10 miles per hour.

At such a speed, it is self-evident how much convenience it will bring to Dayuan Island's routes all over the South China Sea, and how much sea travel time and risk will be reduced.

Improving the operation mode of the early paddle wheel to an underwater propeller operation will enable the Hongtang fleet, the largest force in Hongmen, to give full play to the speed advantage of the steamer, as well as its tireless and laborless advantages, and maximize its combat effectiveness, without worrying about the problem of the ship losing power and becoming a target in the eyes of others after the huge target like the previous paddle wheel is destroyed.

The problem that has always stumped Yang Zhi is that when the underwater propeller is operated, there will always be water seepage, and with the current technology, even if Li Tianyang imitates the vernier calipers and micrometers of later generations, and there are vulcanized rubber and other later creations that appeared in advance, it is still impossible to achieve the same sealing as in later generations when actually manufacturing tools.

The final solution is a problem of reverse thinking, but it is this reverse thinking that makes Yang Zhi and them more than two years late Chen Cai and them to come up with a reasonable ship manufacturing plan.

But fortunately, good things never worry about being late, it can always shine in the future, there is no transition such as the paddle steamer in the previous life, and the Hongmen steamship that was set at the beginning of the overtime dog target in the underwater turbine output mode, when it was really put into practice, it not only attracted the attention of Li Tianyang, the leader, but also attracted the attention of a series of units and groups such as the military department, Qixintang, Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, etc.

Today's Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, Bengang Alliance and the like, not so much a joint group, but rather the backbone of the Hongmen periphery second only to the headquarters, with the interests of each of them and the Hongmen integrated with each other, follow the Hongmen to obtain benefits again and again, and even in many projects have been separated from each other, at this time, even if the member representatives want to separate from the Hongmen, I am afraid that they are more than enough and not enough, can not let go of that large amount of interests.

Therefore, Li Tianyang didn't mind sharing the new inventions of trains and ships for the benefit of one party, to him and other allies and followers, so that they could feel the advanced and powerful Hongmen, and secondly, they could also let the other party know that Hongmen had never treated each other, and everyone could be more sympathetic.

"My lord, this ship must be loaded with all the warships of my Hongtang fleet, with them, I dare to guarantee that on this sea, my Hongmen will be invincible!!"

"My lord, don't forget the second sister Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, with a sea ship like them, we no longer have to look at the weather to eat, we can go to any sea area we want anytime and anywhere, they can create immeasurable value!!"

After witnessing the functions of the steamship with their own eyes, the members of all kinds who accompanied Li Tianyang to watch the practical operation of the steamship began to negotiate with Li Tianyang for the steamship to come to the shore without waiting for the steamer to land, and everyone had a reason.

(End of chapter)