However, Yang Zhi's pride has something to be proud of, Yang Zhi's marksmanship and knife skills are very good, Chao Gai went back to a few generals to say, Liu Tang and Sun An often come to the welcome guest inn in the trade city to visit Yang Zhi and learn martial arts from each other.

Liu Tang's martial arts are more miscellaneous, originally they were all wild roads on the rivers and lakes, and after coming to Chao Gai, in the daily training, he and the generals learned from each other, and the sword skills improved rapidly. Yang Zhi also has a lot of study of knives, after all, the knife technique handed down by the Jiangmen family is different, and it is a cut above Liu Tang.

Sun Anbu used double swords in battle, but it was on par with Yang Zhi, and Yang Zhi felt greatly improved after a few times, originally Yang Zhi's plan was to repay Chao Gai's kindness and teach martial arts to the generals of Jeju regimental training, but in fact it is not the same thing, it can only be said to be a competition. Yang Zhi also realized that the Jeju regiment practiced the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger.

Early in the morning, Yang Zhi got up and punched in the yard first, and at this time the courtyard door rang, dangdang, dangdang. Liu Tang's voice came: "Is Brother Yang Zhi here?" ”

Yang Zhidao: "It's here." ”

It was none other than Liu Tang who opened the door, followed by a tall man. This man has a straight body with a knife and an axe, and he carries a horse chopping knife behind him.

Liu Tang said: "Brother Yang Zhi got up really early, just rested today, a brother from Dongping Mansion, named Wu Song, is also a battalion commander of the Jeju regimental training, good at using knives, specially came to give you a spar, don't you mind." ”

Yang Zhi said: "How can it, everyone doesn't treat me as an outsider, and I, Yang Zhi, am also a person who knows what to do." Two of you, please come in. ”

Yang Zhi invited Liu Tang and Wu Song into the courtyard, and Wu Song was also looking at Yang Zhi, only to see that this man had a long and unruly face, and there was a large birthmark on his face.

It turned out that Wu Song came back last night to do business, and I heard that a good man called Yang Zhi came, and his sword skills were quite good, Wu Song was not convinced, so he asked Liu Tang to bring and learn from Yang Zhi.

The two saluted each other and informed each other of their names, Wu Song said: "I heard that Brother Yang's sword skills are outstanding, and I also use knives, so I came here to ask for advice." ”

"Brother Wu Song is polite, and wait a while, I'll take the knife." Yang Zhi said that he went back to the guest room and got a Pu knife, and Yang Zhi compared the competition with others to try out the Pu knife, not the waist knife of the Yang family.

Wu Song used a thick-backed slashing saber, and Yang Zhi fought in one place, although it was a sparring or a dragon fight, the two knives flew up and down, and they fought for more than 40 rounds, from the beginning of no one refused to obey anyone, and then they admired each other.

Liu Tang saw that the two were fighting, and he was worried that there would be damage, so he immediately said: "The two brothers are staying." ”

The two of them withdrew from the circle, and Wu Song said: "Happy, Brother Yang Zhi is good at swordsmanship, which is really unusual." ”

Yang Zhi also said: "Brother Wu Song's arm strength is amazing, if it is a battlefield fight, I will already lose." ”

Wu Song said: "Otherwise, your skills are good, if it weren't for the phase, I wouldn't have been able to resist it." ”

The two admired each other, Liu Tang ordered breakfast from the inn, and the three of them came to eat together. Wu Song and Yang Zhi were also very speculative and agreed to drink when they had time.

Except for the individual soldiers trained by the original Jeju regiment, the other recruits were trained together, and they were assigned to each battalion after training the basic queue, military posture, and physical fitness. Chao Gai has been personally training soldiers when he has nothing important, and he has to train generals in time, and use his set of special forces training tutorials to train generals, mainly military order obedience training and survival training. For example, Yang Zhi, if he participated in survival training, he would not have to go to Jeju hungry, at least he would hunt a few pheasants and hares, and he would also have the ability to find some simple herbs to treat his wounds. These are all necessary knowledge for being a general, and the general learns to gradually teach it to the soldiers in the future to improve the overall level of the soldiers.

Just when Chao Gai was grasping the training of recruits, Ma Hua and Meng Kang were busy in New Jeju Island.

Winters in New Jeju Island are dry, and although the weather is a little cold, it is much warmer than in Shandong. At the new Jeju wharf, MCA and Meng Kang were busy on a centipede boat, which looked like an ordinary ship from the outside, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a chimney in the middle of the ship, which is not thick, but there are still more than 20 centimeters in diameter. There were six other workers, and after a while, the workers said, "All right, everything is ready." ”

Meng Kang looked at MCA, and MCA looked at Meng Kang. There are still hundreds of people watching from the shore, including the Commander of Xiao Rang County, who is in charge of New Jeju Island.

Ma Hua said: "The ugly daughter-in-law also has to see her in-laws, this is the fruit of our labor for nearly a year." ”

Meng Kang said: "Let's start, you are the developer of the steam engine, you go and light the fire." ”

It turned out that this was a steam ship with a steam engine, and there was a small boiler with a water capacity of 500 catties. MCA lit a selection of coal, the chimney on this ship is good, strong, the boiler makes a whirring sound, the boiler chimney also has a mystery, there is a small purification device, all the smoke is spewed, very little black smoke. The coal is fully burned in the boiler, the utilization rate is high, and after burning for more than an hour, the steam is spewed out in the boiler, and the steam is transported to the cylinder through the steel pipe, which pushes the piston, drives the crankshaft, and the flywheel slowly rotates. Through the gear transmission, the water wheels on both sides of the centipede ship were driven. The one-meter-high water wheel slowly turned, and everyone cheered: "Move, move, really move." ”

The people on the shore also cheered, Xiao Rang took off his hat, touched his forehead, and sighed: "There is such a miraculous thing in the world. ”

On the centipede boat, Ma Hua was observing the operation of the steam engine, and found that the speed was too slow, not as fast as manpower, like an old cow, and the people watching the excitement on the shore laughed and said: "Old cow, old cow." ”

On the boat, MCA heard it clearly and said, "Drive fast and change gears." ”

In fact, the output power of the steam engine is the same, when the transmission of MCA designed a gear lever, divided into low gear, that is, the starting gear just now, after the boat starts, if everything is smooth and the sea conditions are good, you can add to the second gear, the second gear is the sailing gear, the speed is gradually coming soon, the speed of twenty kilometers per hour, that is, the speed of an electric bicycle, but you must know that the centipede boat size is not small, run out of this speed on the sea like a dragon, behind a white lang.

"Xiao County Order, look at that boat is really fast, catch up with the galloping horse." Xiao let the person next to him say.

Xiao let his hand put on the pergola and watched: "That's true, usually the speed of the centipede boat is at least four of the strongest men stepping on the water wheel, and it can't last." ”

MCA asked Meng Kang: "What speed are we doing now?" ”

There was no speedometer on the ship, so it could only be based on feeling, Meng Kang said: "The speed of forty miles in an hour." "Why is the speed of the ship also calculated according to the li, because the cover has a meter ruler, a standard meter. Five hundred meters and one mile, one thousand meters and one kilometer. Therefore, there is no need to do any festivals.

"At this speed, can you catch up with the Flying Eagle?" MCA asked.

Meng Kang said: "The Flying Eagle Battleship can run at a speed of one hour and sixty miles when the wind speed is right. ”

Ma Hua said: "Shift into third gear and try to see if you can still accelerate." ”

When the operator shifts to third gear, he hears a creaking sound, which makes people worry about whether the machine will fall apart. Meng Kang said: "Although the Flying Eagle Battleship can run at a speed of 60 miles, it is in very rare cases, and most of the time it is good to be able to run 30 miles in an hour, so the speed of the steam ship is already okay." ”

"Out of the way, try how fast the steam engine can go."

The speed of the boat did increase after the gear change, but it didn't last long when I heard the gear click there, and then the transmission stopped.

The steamship slowly stopped at sea, and MCA looked over and saw that the gears were rotten, and it seemed that the manufacturing process was not up to par, and there were slight air leaks on the steam pipes, which were all defects. There were not many accessories on board, and MCA took the workers to repair the steam ship for a long time before slowly driving back to the port dock. During the entire trial, the steamship ran for less than thirty miles. The good thing is that the steam engine can indeed drive the ship, but the bad thing is that the steam ship has too many problems and is not as good as the sailboat.

Xiao Rang came over to say hello and said, "Director Ma, Director Meng, congratulations on your success, my brother attaches great importance to this steamship, and you have made a great contribution to my brother." ”

Ma Hua sighed and said: "I don't know if I don't open it, I'm scared when I open it, there are problems everywhere, and I don't know when it can be improved." ”

Meng Kang also cried and said: "The sturdiness of the water wheel is not enough, and the water wheel was slightly deformed when I checked it just now, and I still underestimated the power of the steam engine." ”

Xiao Rang said: "Although I don't understand machines, I don't know how to build ships, but I understand the truth that everything is difficult at the beginning, my brother said that the money and grain are enough, and the two of them are continuing to work hard, and now they have succeeded in more than half of it, and then improve it." ”

Ma Hua said: "That's right, let's hurry up and improve." ”

MCA Meng Kang led the workers to turn around and enter the dock and began to tinker again.

Bearings, gears, and better materials had to be replaced, the lubricating oil had to be castor oil, and the accelerator operator needed to be improved. There is still a foundation for these MCA, after all, there are dozens of craftsmen, and they can start quickly. Meng Kang also replaced the water wheels on both sides with steel as the shaft, and the main parts were made of steel as the skeleton, which greatly strengthened the resistance.

Although the first trial voyage was not completely successful, the good news was immediately transmitted to Xiang Yuncheng through a secret letter from the caravan.

New Jeju Island is not too cold in winter, but now New Jeju is a bustling city, with a labor force of nearly 50,000 men and women, including Tamna and Goryeo, and more than 3,000 cattle and mules. 300,000 acres of dry land and 200,000 acres of paddy fields. The dryland is mainly used for breeding Tianwang rice, and the wheat is rotated. Paddy fields are wheat who rotate with rice. Wheat is planted in winter when there is no water. After harvesting the wheat, it is watered and then the rice is planted. More than 12,000 long-term workers from Jinding, Dengju, and Yiju temporarily live on New Jeju Island, and they do not have to be idle in the winter to build water conservancy and tidy up farmland.

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