"The hosts! ...... tea is ready", an old man with gray hair walked in, holding a wooden plate with a teapot and tea set on it, and his hands and feet were quite strong, but his back was a little rickety.

"Uncle Yan! Didn't you say call me Zhen Lang? How can you still do these things yourself! ”

The old man named Yan Bo showed a mouth with a few teeth missing, and his words were a little leaky, "Master, this name is already called Shunkou, and I can't change it if I want to!" ”

"Alright! I didn't say ....... ”

Yan Bo is also one of the stewards of the shipyard, he has no knowledge and skills, he was born a slave, he used to help the family look after the grave, and then the family was ruined, and was bought by Zhen Gan's family, Zhen Qian saw that Yan Bo was honest and asked him to be responsible for logging, sawing and managing some things in the warehouse in the shipyard, and he was promoted to one of the stewards when he was conscientious.

The first principle of Zhen Qian's employment is to be honest and responsible, and the second is skill, no matter how high the skill is, if the person with a slippery body will not use it, at least it will not be reused.

Now the principals on the Wufeng Islands are Zhen Jiu and Ke Ming, and there are two stewards, Zhen Jiu's future task is to open up the sea frontier, and it is not appropriate to put it in the position of the principal, which is not in line with Zhen Qian's attitude towards employing people, but now is an extraordinary period, so I can only let Zhen Jiu help take care of it.

"Uncle Yan will meet Mr. Ke, Mr. Ke will also be one of the principals of the shipyard in the future, Zhen Jiu will not often be in the shipyard, can you introduce Mr. Ke to the shipyard first?"

Yan Bo poured a cup of tea for everyone, and at this time, another steward also walked in, Zhen Qian introduced Ke Ming to each other, and Yan Bo reported to everyone about the development of the shipyard in the past two months.

"At present, the shipyard has built three drying kilns, and plans to build four different drying kilns in the future, different drying kilns have different uses, large drying kilns are mainly used for keel, mast and other large wood drying, and small drying kilns are used for wood board drying ......", Yan Bo saw that Ke Ming had just arrived, so the introduction was very detailed, so that Ke Ming understood the planning of the entire shipyard as soon as he heard it.

"At present, two thousand stone docks have been built, and the remaining eight docks will be built in half a year, and now thousands of timbers have been collected in the warehouse, because the ship type has not yet been determined, so most ......of them have not been dried and separated."

Ke Ming wondered: "Is there a little less wood in stock?" ”

Yan Bo smiled and said: "What Mr. Ke said is not wrong, there is indeed not much wood now, but the old man has circled several logging sites, as long as there is a need, tens of thousands of square meters of wood can be prepared within ten days, and the time between the cut wood and the qualified wood will not exceed ten days, and the use of wood for shipbuilding cannot be delayed. ”

Yan Bo asked someone to bring a large wooden plate, which turned out to be a sand table model of the shipyard, Ke Ming had already seen the sand table of the Wufeng Islands, so he was naturally not surprised, but the scale of the shipyard model was larger, which was equivalent to magnifying a local corner of the Wufeng Islands by ten times, and there were many miniature buildings on it.

"At the beginning, considering the future development of the shipyard, the shipyard was built here, and if the shipyard needs to continue to expand, the small island opposite this island can also be used, and the scale can be more than doubled, so Mr. Ke does not have to worry about the shipyard not being enough!"

To build a thousand-stone sea ship, it takes almost 500 cubic meters of various timbers, usually a small shipyard has to reserve twice as much wood, and large shipyards need to reserve more than ten times as much wood, mainly because the timber has been drying for too long, and Zhen Qian's shipyard does not have such troubles, but it is still ready to reserve timber according to the scale of a large shipyard.

After listening to Yan Bo's introduction, Ke Ming was already shocked and speechless, a shipyard was built on a ten-square-kilometer island, this is already a very large shipyard, even in Datang, it is second to none, and there is a small island to be developed opposite, once such a shipyard is built, it will be the largest shipyard he has ever seen in his life.

In fact, these are not big at all in Zhen Qian's eyes, the large shipyards in later generations can cover an area of several square kilometers just by docks, and now the shipyards and docks on the island cover an area of less than half a square kilometer, and the rest are mainly some auxiliary facilities, including the houses of craftsmen, such a scale can only be regarded as a small shipyard in later generations.

"Uncle Yan! You can put off on other things and focus on building houses, which are very stormy and often stormy, so it is important to build houses that are strong and durable, even if you delay the time of building a boat! ”

Now Zhen Qian's heart is very entangled, mainly the selection of ships troubles Zhen Qian, if you directly design the ship type such as the Galen ship and the three-masted sailing ship, the first problem encountered is the problem of the internal structure, the appearance of the mature galleon in later generations Zhen Qian can be drawn, but the internal structure is not known, and many new technologies and new processes have been added, the difficulty of construction has risen sharply, and it is good to be finalized within two years.

But if you use the Datang ship type ......, or as it is now, add a flywheel to the ship and make small changes, Zhen Qian is a little reluctant?

In the case of unpredictable storms, it is dangerous to stay at sea for an extra day, for example, Zhen Qian went to sea to the Japanese country this time, and when he left the port, it was obviously a clear sky, and he never thought that he would encounter a storm, but after staying at sea for a month, it was difficult to avoid a storm, but if the sailing time was shortened by half, Zhen Qian's storm was just avoided.

"Now let's study the sea ships that are going to be built?"

Zhen Qian took a few drawings, on which he drew the shape of the galleon in his memory, but there were no detailed parameters on it, and the explanation was just an idea.

"These are the types of ships that I thought of after referring to a large number of ships, the shipyard has experimented with the technology of splicing keels before, and there is no problem in theory, these ships have adopted the most advanced technology today, watertight compartments, centerline rudders, splicing keel technology and new sails, etc., the length and width ratio of the hull has been expanded from one to five to more than one to seven, the slender hull is more suitable for sailing at sea, stability and safety have been tested, but it is the first time for shipbuilding, so you all express your opinions, to see if there are any difficulties in the construction of such ships for us? ”

The Galen was a light warship, fifty meters long and with a displacement of five or six hundred tons, which was more suitable for long-range artillery battles and improved operational performance, and they lowered the bow superstructure and moved it into the hull, or even in the head hanger.

The three-masted galleon was a combination of a merchant ship and a warship, with a more rational hull structure, three masts, which could travel in the wind at an angle of 65 degrees, could carry a large number of necessities of life, could stay at sea for months on end, and could even sail around the earth.

Zhen Qian now wants to find a seagoing ship suitable for this era, and the three-masted sailing ship is undoubtedly a more suitable ship type, but the performance used for combat is reduced?

(End of chapter)