Gao Junshan's attention was not focused on whether there was cleanliness and hygiene, there should have been ash in the hearth, which was not surprising, Gao Junshan felt strange that this ash was so not like coal ash?

In order to clarify the facts, he drilled into the hearth from the door of the hearth, the hearth was not deep, the ash was there, but not much, the space in the hearth was very large, and he could stand up and walk, and after his eyes adapted to the environment here, he began to observe the structure of the hearth by the faint light that came in from the outside, and grabbed a handful of ash with his hand and rubbed it, making sure that it was ash from wood burning.

The people outside anxiously called for Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan ignored it, the purpose of his coming here was to solve the problem, how could he come up with a more reasonable plan if he didn't go deep into the scene to understand the situation?

So he carefully observed the ventilation in the furnace before patting the dust on his hands and getting out of the furnace.

"Oops! Your Majesty, how did you get into the hearth by yourself, how dangerous it is! Zhou Wenjiang saw Gao Junshan come out and hurriedly helped him with his hand.

After Gao Junshan came out, he took a deep breath of fresh air, and then asked Li Jiuhua: "Do you use wood as fuel?" ”

"Yes! Wood is everywhere in the area, and the most scarce thing is coal. Li Jiuhua replied confidently.

Gao Junshan suppressed his anger and said, "Let's go, go up to the deck and take a look at the chimney you designed!" ”

The group went to the deck, three chimneys as thick as telephone poles were in the center of the ship, Gao Junshan pointed to the chimney and said: "This kind of chimney must be redesigned, and it is not a trick, such a chimney is worth a fart." ”

Li Jiuhua asked cautiously: "I don't know what kind of chimney I want?" Your Majesty, please! ”

"This boiler is substandard and needs to be rebuilt. Listen up! Gao Junshan pointed at Li Jiuhua, "The fuel must be qualified coal, and you can't stupidly use wood as fuel, the temperature of wood is absolutely impossible." In addition, the chimney is so small that poor ventilation will affect the temperature, and with good ventilation, the coal can be completely burned. I went into the hearth to see that the chimney must have an inner diameter of five meters. ”

"Five meters?" Of course, Li Jiuhua knew what the size of five meters was, and Gao Junshan had already taught them, so he was surprised.

Gao Junshan said sternly: "Just do what I say." ”

"Yes!"

Gao Junshan's tone softened a little and said, "You describe in detail the situation when the machine was turned on. ”

"After we ignite and turn on the engine, the steam engine can start normally, but when the propeller rotates, it can't generate thrust, but it just keeps rotating."

Gao Junshan asked: "Is the propeller processed in strict accordance with the drawings I draw?" ”

"Yes, we process it in strict accordance with the requirements of the drawings."

"Take me to see the propellers!" Gao Junshan commanded.

Li Jiuhua said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the propeller is underwater. ”

"Of course I know, you get ready, I'm going to go down into the water and have a look."

Zhou Wenjiang also panicked, and he persuaded: "Your Majesty, you can't go into the water." ”

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to me."

Zhou Wenjiang resolutely disagreed with Gao Junshan going into the water, and he asked Li Jiuhua: "Is there a way for us to see the propeller clearly without going into the water?" ”

"Yes, take the propeller out." Li Jiuhua replied.

"That's it!"

So, Gao Junshan went to the command cabin of the Wuchang No. 1 ship to rest, waiting for Li Jiuhua to send someone to disassemble the propeller.

The Wuchang-1 is similar to the Xiangyang-1 in that it is also a four-story warship, but the difference is that the Wuchang-1 is five meters longer than the Xiangyang-1, but the carrying capacity is twice that of the latter, due to the use of a multi-watertight chamber design and the addition of four pontoons to the bottom of the ship to improve the buoyancy of the hull.

It was not an easy task to unload the propeller, and until it was dark, the propeller had not been removed, and Gao Junshan had to spend the night on the boat and wait for the boatman to dismantle.

Wuchang No. 1 is an ocean-going warship, so there is a luxury cabin for the captain to rest on the ship, Gao Junshan stayed in this luxury cabin for one night, of course, he didn't live here alone, he invited Cao Wenzhao on board.

Gao Junshan asked Cao Wenzhao mainly to learn more about the military layout of Jinling, and by the way, to understand Cao Wenzhao's views on Nanming. Gao Junshan admired Cao Wenzhao's analysis of current affairs, especially his familiarity and understanding of the military generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty, which made Gao Junshan admire.

Cao Wenzhao was very supportive of the use of political means to dismantle the Southern Ming Dynasty, which he believed was feasible and the most ideal solution to the Jinling problem.

The conversation between the two did not end until the fifth watch, and Gao Junshan left him on the boat to sleep with him and treat him like a brother.

The next afternoon, the propeller was dismantled by the boatmen, Gao Junshan saw that the process of this propeller was very rough, and worse, the surface curvature of the propeller was completely gone, can such a propeller still be called a propeller?

Gao Junshan said to Li Jiuhua: "This propeller is unqualified, it must be reprocessed, you personally sit down, control the quality, guide the craftsman to redo it, and refine it." The blade must have an arc to be able to generate thrust, so that a flat plate is useless! ”

Li Jiuhua was very ashamed to accept Gao Junshan's criticism.

Gao Junshan also hated iron and steel, and scolded Li Jiuhua's mother, and then left Wuchang No. 1 and returned to the city.

As soon as he returned to the camp in the city, he got the news that Huang Degong had set off for Wuchang, and Gao Junshan decided to wait for Huang Degong in Wuchang.

Huang Degong, Hushan, Kaiyuan Weiren, his ancestors migrated from Hefei, lost his father at an early age, and his mother Xu depended on each other. At a young age, he had great courage and strategy. When he was twelve years old, Xu once brewed wine, and he secretly drank it. Xu blamed him, and he smiled: "It's easy to compensate you." ”

At that time, the Liaodi military was very anxious, he took a knife and mixed into the official army, ran to the battlefield and captured the enemy's two heads, with a human head, you can go to receive a reward, he got fifty taels of silver, and was favored by the Jingluo, accepted as a personal soldier. In the Ming Dynasty, when there were important military tasks, he was in charge of one or more military and political affairs, and his position was higher than that of the governor.

He returned home in military uniform, offered fifty taels of silver to his mother, and said, "I will use this money to make up for the wine I stole and drunk." ”

This Huang has a lot of skills.

Gao Junshan summoned Huang Degong at the Chu Palace's Carrier Hall in Wuchang.

Under the guidance of Zhou Wenjiang, Huang Degong came to the carrier hall.

Zhou Wenjiang said: "Your Majesty, General Huang is here to meet Your Majesty. ”

Huang Degong hurriedly bowed five times and bowed three times to the high mountain - kneeling, bowing his head to his hands five times, kowtowing to the ground three times, and then getting up and arching his hands: "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

Gao Junshan was in a dragon robe, sitting on the dragon chair, he raised his hand and said, "Excuse me." ”

After Huang Degong got up, he said, "You all sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhou Wenjiang Road.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Huang Degong said.