Visiting the five docks of the entire Bengang Shipyard took Li Tianyang an hour and a half of effort, and Li Tianyang didn't have time to grind in other places, but turned his head and asked Yang Zhi to take them to see the newly developed steamship.

The reason why it is called a steamship is due to Li Tianyang's inertia, and after putting forward this concept, he involuntarily thought of the name of the later generations for a long time, so that the title of the steamship has been decided before it was born.

However, in later generations, it was called a steamer, probably because the first generation of steamships mostly used a steam engine to drive the paddle wheel, just like a ship with wheels installed on the left and right sides or at the tail.

And in this era of Li Tianyang's crossing, from the very beginning, Li Tianyang and they abandoned the way of paddle wheel traction, which will certainly make Yang Zhi's research easier, but for the Hongmen fleet that needs to fight at sea again, such a big target, if you are not careful, it will be hit by the enemy's artillery fire, and then let the warship lose power and be slaughtered, which is something that Li Tianyang and they will never allow to happen.

So Yang Zhi and the others were very puzzled, according to the advice given by Li Tianyang, as soon as they came up, they studied in the direction of the propeller, and they didn't see the relationship between this ship and the wheel or anything, why should it be called a ship!

Fortunately, Yang Zhi and they are not more serious people, and they will call Li Tianyang this name after they get used to it.

This can be regarded as leaving a little bit of posterity for Li Tianyang, just like when he jokingly took his team as the Young Pioneers.

When Li Tianyang visited the first generation of steamships up close and focused on understanding the power operation of this steamship, he was actually not very satisfied with this plan.

What caught Li Tianyang's eye was a ship that was originally seriously damaged and was ready to be dismantled and recycled from a thousand materials of deck and keel, but after Yang Zhi's temporary repair, it was able to sail normally on the sea, and it was a good choice to seat the experimental subject of their research and development of a steamship.

The ship's main power bearings are inserted diagonally into the water at a 45-degree angle, and almost one-third of the main body is placed in the air before being placed in the second cabin of the ship.

Because the main power bearing is not fully placed in the water, the steam engine cannot be installed on the lower deck, which not only occupies a large space for a sea vessel, but also increases its load.

If the steam engine can be placed on the lower deck, then the huge fuselage of the steam engine can be used as a ballast, killing two birds with one stone.

But it's no wonder that Yang Zhi and them, the technical strength of Hongmen is not enough to directly submerge the propeller power bearing into the water and penetrate directly from the bottom deck.

Because with the current technical strength, Yang Zhi and they have not been able to solve the sealing problem of the bottom bearing, under the strong pressure of two or three meters underwater, Yang Zhi and their experiments have ended in failure, and they can only use this tricky behavior to bypass this problem.

And when the steamer slowly sailed away from the dock of the Bengang shipyard with white and black smoke emitting white and black smoke from the two chimneys on board, and then cut through the waves and headed into the distance.

Compared with the existing sea ships, this steamship lacks the continuous sails one after another, and it is free to gallop on the calm sea at this time, even if Li Tianyang is a little dissatisfied, but it can't resist the satisfaction and happiness brought by the normal operation of this sea ship.

The only regret is the speed of this ship, after Yang Zhi and the others actually calculated, it can only sail less than forty miles in an hour, which is even more than the speed of Western-style ships when the wind is downwind, which is really a bit disappointing.

At the same time, the coal consumption of steam ships is also huge, and the coal powder required for running for an hour is almost more than 1,000 catties, and just carrying fuel will occupy a huge space.

Of course, these are all foreseen by Li Tianyang and them, as a product of science and technology that has not yet been perfected, its performance in all aspects may not be stronger than the existing technology at the beginning, just like the first steam ship built by Fulton, has it also been ridiculed by Westerners?

Could it be that because of this reason, Li Tianyang and them no longer spend material energy on research? He continued to use the original technology and rested on his laurels.

The answer is naturally no, although Li Tianyang is not a person who is really full of scientific and technological adventure, but after all, he is a person who has crossed over from the next generation, and he does not know what great changes these technologies will bring to society in the future.

"Now our steamships can be opened, but there are still many problems in it, and they still need to be improved."

Although Yang Zhi is proud and proud of the sea ship that is operating normally on the sea, in front of Li Tianyang, he still maintains the critical eye of scientific and technological personnel for the lack of products, and said to Li Tianyang with dissatisfaction.

"That's right, the ship is already able to move, which means that your first step is considered a success, and then you just need to continue to improve for a long time!"

Li Tianyang said with relief, after all, compared with the investment of the steam train, the investment on the side of the steam ship is too small, and Li Tianyang is embarrassed to raise his dissatisfaction with Yang Zhi.

But he was also able to put his dissatisfaction forward as an opinion, hoping that Yang Zhi and them would improve.

"It would have been more perfect if the steam engine had been designed to the bottom of the ship as ballast, and the propeller had to extend directly from the bottom chamber!"

"Understand, in fact, we also have such a plan, but the bottom bin sealing technology has been bothering us, and when we overcome this technology, we will redesign the hull structure!"

Yang Zhi also agreed with Li Tianyang's opinion and said their next research direction.

"That's good, look forward to your good news!"

Li Tianyang nodded, and then said a few words as if unintentionally: "The steam train on Chen Cai's side plays a vital role in our Dayuan Island, so I put my focus on them, I hope you don't have any other ideas." ”

"No, no, no!"

Yang Zhi waved his hand, shook his head and said.

"It's best to have no nature, both of you are the scientific research talents I rely on the most, and there is no problem with normal scientific research competition, but if you compete with each other with personal feelings, it will not be good!"

Li Tianyang pointed out something, which made Yang Zhi, who originally looked smiling, look stunned, and then returned to normal: "What's the matter!" ”

(End of chapter)