Of course, from Li Tianyang's point of view, the sea ships produced by Bengang Shipyard at this time still made him a little uncomfortable.

In Li Tianyang's memory, shouldn't the sea ships that can sail without sails be the huge steel creations?

At this time, the steamship made of steam engine and wood, in Li Tianyang's view, is a combination of ancient and postmodern, but there is an extremely contradictory but real reality, which will naturally make him uncomfortable, but it is as if he is dissatisfied on his face.

"My lord, do you think there is something that needs to be improved?"

Yang Zhi is also a middle-aged man in his forties, and it seems that he has repeatedly failed in the competition with Chen Cai over the years, which has made him gradually lose hope, but now he is fat and has launched Fulai, and at the same time, he is also a little whiter, and he is no longer what he was back then.

At this time, he noticed Li Tianyang's frowning appearance, but Yang Zhi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.

"Oh!"

Li Tianyang came back to his senses, retracted the expression on his face, and at the same time showed a smile, patted Yang Zhi and others on the shoulder and said: "There is nothing dissatisfied, in order to build this sea ship in the past few years, you have also worked hard, especially you, while managing the troublesome trivial affairs of the shipyard, you also have to lead the research and development team to engage in research and development, today our sea ship can succeed, your achievements are indelible." ”

Hearing Li Tianyang's words, Yang Zhi calmed down, and was relieved and happy in his heart, but also flattered: "These are all things that we should do, we have spent so many resources and funds in the door, and now we have harvested, in fact, we are still a little guilty." ”

"But today we have successfully completed the task, and we have lived up to your expectations, so why don't you choose a name for this new ship today?"

Maybe people will always change, for example, the current Yang Zhi has become not quite the same as his previous personality, and he is more philistine and vulgar.

Although Li Tian's adoptive sister sighed in her heart, her expression was still natural and gentle, and she accepted Yang Zhi's request as a deserved, even if she hadn't changed, she had become a little greedy and vain.

"This ship represents our future prospects, and it is also our most powerful reliance in the future, so it is better to call it "Xianglong", I don't know what your intentions are? ”

Li Tianyang was ostensibly discussing with Yang Zhi, Wu Jie and others present, but who would really object to Li Tianyang's proposal of the name, so he was also applauded, and the name of this new steamer was also decided.

It is a pity that at this time, the steel production and technical level of Hongmen were not enough to use steel casting for the entire sea ship, otherwise I am afraid that at the end of the 17th century, there would be a cross-era and other products.

Of course, Li Tianyang did not dare to expect to be able to cast a steel warship in one step, and to be able to spend twenty or thirty years to develop a steam engine, which can already be said to be the greatest luck since Li Tianyang crossed, with the existence of a steam engine, the development of Hongmen and China in the future will inevitably be unlimited, and even ahead of Western European countries, and it is not impossible for the first industrial revolution to appear.

"By the way, is the manufacturing process of your 'Xianglong-style' sea ship mature? What is the annual output? ”

After feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, Li Tianyang turned his head and began to ask about a question that everyone present at this time, except for Yang Zhi, was very concerned about.

"In fact, the production process of this 'Xianglong-type' ship is not much different from the previous 'Jiaolong-type', as long as our steam engine manufacturing bureau can supply enough machines, and the resources of the steel smelting plant can keep up, all the 'Jiaolong-type' ships can be refurnace and transformed, which is several times shorter than the time spent on new shipbuilding."

“……”

Yang Zhi's statement can be said to be the second good thing that Li Tianyang heard today, and even just by saying this, Yang Zhi has already made a great contribution.

If you really want to put the "Xianglong-type" sea ships into the Hongtang fleet, with the scale of the Hongtang fleet and the number of warships, a one-time refitting will be an unimaginable expense for Hongmen, even if it is redressed in batches, it will be unbearable for Hongmen.

Before the Hongtang fleet was refitted, it was basically difficult for many units such as the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Qixintang to obtain this latest warship, even if they begged Li Tianyang for mercy, at most there were only a few ships, which did not meet their expectations and requirements at all.

But now that Yang Zhi said this, it means that the "Jiaolong-style" sea vessels, including the Hongtang Fleet, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and the Qixintang, need to be slightly modified to be able to regain more powerful capabilities, which not only saves everyone's finances, but also reduces everyone's waiting time, so that steamships can be popularized into daily transportation more quickly.

"Then what is the annual output of our Steam Engine Manufacturing Bureau?"

Li Tianyang turned around and asked the secretary who followed him.

"The output of the steam engine manufacturing bureau, if all the people start manufacturing, should be about twenty steam engines a year."

For this information, as Li Tianyang's secretary, he naturally needs to memorize it, and when Li Tianyang asked, he gave an answer.

"Twenty?"

Li Tianyang's stretched brows frowned, this is the answer he has no idea, but it is not surprising if you think about it carefully, first, the steam engine itself is the product of the highest technology of this era, and the accuracy of the parts it needs, the hardness of the materials, etc., are all the top in this era, so the slow manufacturing is also inevitable; Second, although the steam engine has been manufactured in this Hongmen, it has been incorporated into the practical situation, except for heavy industries such as steam trains and mines, there is really not much use for the time being.

For example, in the textile industry, although Chen Cha and they have begun to develop new looms and other machines that use the output of steam engines, after all, the high cost of steam engines and the small size of Hongmen textile industry make it difficult to popularize them in a short period of time.

"Is there a way to increase the production of steam engines?"

"This needs to be discussed with the person in charge of the manufacturing bureau in order to give accurate results."

"Tell the manufacturing bureau and ask them to find a way to at least double the output, if that doesn't work, increase the size of the manufacturing bureau or re-establish the branch!!"

Finally, there was a breakthrough in science and technology, and compared with the narrow surface used by trains in daily life, the role of ships in Hongmen is more significant.

Li Tianyang made a decision on the spot and asked the secretariat to bring a task to the Steam Engine Manufacturing Bureau.