The news of Miro's desire to buy a manpower boat soon reached the Executive Committee, and the Industrial Committee blew up the nest as soon as it received the phone and rejected the order, because several of the elders of the Industrial Committee felt that it was not suitable to sell the ship to the natives. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And Gu Qingqian felt that there was nothing wrong with this order, and the two sides quarreled, and finally had to hand this over to the executive committee for arbitration.

At this time, there were three executive committee members in the office of the executive committee, Yang Minghuan, Zhang Yuan and Xiao Jing, the latter two were originally from the industrial committee, so they did not participate in the discussion as arbiters, but only as professional veterans. Gu Qingqian and Liu Yeqiang also came to the office, Gu Qingqian is definitely a good day now, even the documents approved by the executive committee every day are less than half of what Gu Qingqian has to deal with, and now she puts down the work at hand and runs here obviously very much to value this order.

"I mainly want to ask why I can't sell this manpower boat to the natives," Gu Qingqian didn't go around in circles, and asked directly.

"It's simple." Zhang Yuan spread his hands, "The technical content of the human-powered boat is too low, and we don't think it's a good thing to expose the indigenous people to the propeller black technology too early. ”

"That's right, the propeller is indeed a black technology." Xiao Jing said on the side, "In the history of scientific and technological development in the old time and space, the propeller can basically be regarded as a difficult birth, because at the beginning, people could not get rid of the old idea of paddling, so they used paddle wheels. ”

Gu Qingqian laughed, "I know the paddle wheel, wasn't the human-powered boat originally the paddle wheel, the human-powered tour boat used in the old time and space park used the paddle wheel, and there are single-wheeled, double-wheeled, and even three-wheeled." ”

"Yes," Xiao Jing nodded, "as the driving part of the battleship, whether to use the propeller or the paddle wheel was discussed for a long time, and finally in 1845 the British Navy arranged a tug-of-war, two 800-ton cruisers of the same class were equipped with the same 200 horsepower engines, one used the propeller to power the other to use the paddle wheel, and then drove at full speed in the opposite direction, and finally the paddle steamer was pulled backwards by the propeller ship, and since then the propeller has completely established its position in navigation. You must know that the propeller is far simpler than the paddle wheel, the cost is low, the maintenance is convenient and efficient, and it is impossible for the Medeno people not to disassemble and analyze it after buying it, so if they find the benefits of the propeller, there is only one result, that is, to improve the navigation ability of the Medeno sea ship on a large scale. ”

"But they don't have a steam engine, let alone an internal combustion engine, how can they drive a propeller?" Gu Qingqian couldn't help but be a little curious, "Without source power, it's useless to have a propeller." ”

"You are wrong about this," Liu Yeqiang said with a smile on the side, "The propeller can play a role as long as it can rotate, it is not a picky eater, as long as it is power, it can play a role, you see that our manpower ships still use manpower." ”

"That's right," Zhang Yuan nodded to the side, "If the Medeno people enlarge the human-powered boats, or build their large catamarans or trimarans, they will also have their own powered boats." ”

Xiao Jing laughed on the side, "Yes, the people of Medno even have the ability to build a sea city, so that means catamarans or trimarans are not a problem for them at all, they just didn't think that once they get a prototype ship from us, then it is very likely to build their own large manpower warship." ”

Gu Qingqian couldn't help but scratch her head, "But what about this matter, how should we explain it to this Maidno person, because the technical level is too high, so it can't be sold to you."

Liu Yeqiang thought for a moment on the side, "I'm afraid there is another problem in selling human-powered ships, that is, the gearbox, we now use the same gearbox whether it is a Rolls-Royce or a human-powered ship, which also includes a set of simple clutches, this technology is unique in this time and space, and the current natives must not have figured out the propeller, so they have to toss the gearbox to them, which is not suitable." ”

"No, people don't even have a bright wheel now." Xiao Jing added on the side.

"Yes," Gu Qingqian couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and her voice couldn't help but raise twice, "I know that people don't have paddle wheels and steam engines, so can this ship be sold to you for a letter." ”

"Actually, I don't think this can't be sold." A voice came out on the side, and several people looked over, it turned out to be Yang Minghuan, who was presiding over this small meeting. "In fact, there are many problems in a gearbox that should not be solved, such as gears, gears have very high requirements for materials."

"Yes," Xiao Jing nodded, "Our gears are basically made of hardwood, and they are all processed by CNC sawing machines, which can be regarded as a very difficult thing to process." ”

"Just like you said last time, although this thing looks simple and easy to learn, can it be copied with the existing ability of the natives," Yang Minghuan asked directly.

"Probably not." Liu Yeqiang laughed, "Just kidding, don't say that the natives don't have CNC machine tools, even if they do, they don't have mathematical concepts." ”

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"It's hard to say," Zhang Yuan objected on the side, "The concept of geometry was introduced from Europe around this year in the old time and space, and the book was brought to this time and space by Matteo Ricci, and I heard that it was translated by Xu Guangqi. Although I don't know what the mathematical concepts of the Medenor and Yaning people are in this plane, but they can build such a big ship and at the same time travel across the ocean and the earth, the mathematical knowledge must be good. ”

"Yes," Gu Qingqian couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and her voice couldn't help but raise twice, "I know that people don't have paddle wheels and steam engines, can this ship be sold to you to a quasi-letter." ”

"I agree with this opinion," Liu Yeqiang nodded, "I forgot that the pioneers of mathematical concepts were all European foreign devils." ”

"I can't tell that golden lion king that because your mathematical concepts may be very high, we are afraid that things will be copied and we can't sell the human-powered boat to you," Gu Qingqian's mouth began to pout, "If we say that, we must be too cautious, if we are afraid of this, why do we want to build these human-powered boats and rickshaws, it is better to keep them all in our hearts, so as not to be learned by the natives." Besides, if people really want to get a boat back, there is always a way, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and there will always be one or two naturalized pilots who are lured by them to sell the manpower boat, and it will be much more troublesome to recover it when that time comes. ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and said, "According to what you say, is it that they want to buy it and sell it to them, learn from the wise sayings of arms dealers, and anyone who is unwilling to sell weapons to the enemy to fight the motherland is not a qualified businessman, so should we start selling the Senate rifle and the 1628 and 1629 rifles to the outside world?"

"It's not that we haven't sold Senate rifles, we have sold both Zhanchenggang and the Zheng family, not to mention that the Zheng family is not a friendly force to us now," Gu Qingqian said without backing at all, "In fact, I think that if the Maidno people are really in need, we might as well sell them some Senate rifles." ”

"Let's not talk about the Senate rifles, what if we sell them manpower ships, and they reverse research and build large manpower or animal warships" Zhang Yuan spread his hands, "Although it is said that there is a long gap compared with our mobile warships, if the number is enough, it will still be able to continue to advance against our artillery fire." If you encounter a crazy fleet commander and force a surprise attack with a large number of powered warships, it is not impossible to win. ”

"I don't agree with that." Xiao Jing suddenly remembered something, "If they study this kind of human-powered ship in reverse, even if they can replicate it, it will only be a replica of a ship that is only two to three times the largest, and no matter how big it is, it will not be able to build it." ”

"Why" Liu Yeqiang was stunned for a moment, "How to say"

"The first is the material, the strength of the hardwood we can find now is limited, there is no wood that can reach the strength of steel, and the steel they smelt must be of poor quality, if it is used to make gears to build an enlarged version of the power boat, the first is that the material cannot pass. Whether it's a propeller, a gear, or a propeller, they can't handle the material. Xiao Jing said and laughed, "In addition, the angle and size of the propeller are required, blindly copying and amplifying is not possible, if they enlarge, it will definitely not be possible for the wooden propeller, in addition, the clutch is quite high for the accuracy requirements, do you think their technical level can solve the processing to be accurate to the minute and second, even we can't do it." Without CNC machine tools, our processing efficiency will drop a hundred times, manual processing of a gear, not only consumes a long time, but also has to produce a large number of waste parts because of the unqualified size of the huge waste, this waste we ourselves can not bear, let alone the indigenous"

"You mean it's okay to sell it to them" Gu Qingqian couldn't help but look at Xiao Jing's face carefully, "You're not entertaining me, are you?"

"Xiao Jing is right," Liu Yeqiang nodded thoughtfully, "We are indeed natives who look up to this time and space, even if they hold these machines, I'm afraid that the replica is just this kind of small ship, and there should be no way to make large warships." In addition, even if they managed the propellers, there should be no way to drive their large warships, and we still haven't figured out a way to install propellers on the Victory-class capital ships. ”

"Isn't it" Yang Minghuan asked a little depressed, "The excavation work of the dry dock has been completed by about eighty percent, and the rest is to be reinforced with cement, and you are only now talking about the inability to install propellers."

"This," Liu Yeqiang smiled at Gu Qingqian, and then smiled at Yang Minghuan, "This matter is still being studied and discussed, aren't we talking about the manpower ship now?"

"Yes, yes," Gu Qingqian was a little anxious, "You must know that this Maidno person is the first Maidno person to purchase in Dongfang Port since last month, and this order is not small, so I think it is necessary to meet his needs for procurement, at least it is a bright light effect."

"That's right," Yang Minghuan said as he looked at Gu Qingqian, and then he turned to the other three elders and asked, "So whether the manpower ship can be sold to the natives of this time and space can be voted on?"

Xiao Jing thought for a while, and said calmly, "What Gu Qingqian said before is right, if they have the heart to do it, they will definitely be able to find a way to get it from the naturalized people, we are a free port, there are so many ships in and out of the port every day, if it is really hacked, it may take a few days to find out." Instead of that, it's better to sell one directly to them and let them study and understand how big the gap is between themselves and us. So I thought we could sell it, but we were thinking too much about it. ”

"I still don't agree, the Maidno people or the Yaning people are not NPCs, there must be wise people among them, there are smart people," Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "If that kind of precision gear is done with heart, it's not impossible to make it, slow work produces meticulous work, the ancients can make breathtaking heirlooms, but they can't be mass-produced, if they are really imitated or draw inferences, and use methods we can't think of to make powered ships, It's always a potential threat to us, and if you get up one morning and find that the Medeno powered battleship has sailed to the gate of Vostok, then it's over. ”

"You also know that if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves," Liu Yeqiang laughed, at this time, two of the four elders were already in favor of and one against, and his vote was also very important, and the eyes of several people present at this time were focused on him. "Since they came to Dongfang Port and saw the power boat, they naturally have already thought about it, and if they are interested, they will definitely find a way to get one back. Instead of being afraid of people stealing, it is better to sell to them generously, at least to generate income. In addition, I think we can really sell arms to them, let's say Senate rifles, we will come out with at least 1,000 Senate rifles after the Foreign Legion is redressed this time, and they are all unrifled, and they can be sold to them as second-hand weapons. ”

"Sell weapons" Yang Minghuan couldn't help but be stunned, and even Gu Qingqian hesitated to ask after half a minute, "Sell weapons to them, what if they use them to beat us?"

"What to do" Liu Yeqiang smiled disdainfully, "It's impossible, don't forget the most important firing unit of the Senate rifle, the fire cap is something they have no way to solve, thunder mercury is not only unstable, but also difficult to analyze, and the production is not simple, even if you tell them how to modulate the molecular formula, it will take at least dozens of accidents to make it, not to mention that there are not many people in our people who know this." In addition, if the Medenor people still have a little bit of intelligence, they will definitely not come to us until they understand the composition of the mercury, because not only will we face more terrible weapon counterattacks, but also completely cut off the source of ammunition for these rifles that we have purchased. ”

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