"Don't find someone to send it back, send a few sailors down and take them to Cape Town, it's also imperial property over there, right?" Seeing boxes of goods being hoisted onto the deck of the big ship by winches and pulley sets, Hong Tao not only became interested in this small test ship, but this small boat was so resistant to construction and not slow down, Hong Tao's heart itched again. It's not easy to build another America, if you can have such a small ship, it's not bad, at least you can save a few days when you go to Luo Youde and them.

"What are you bringing? It won't be full of gold and silver treasures! Could it be that you two are also corrupt? "These wooden boxes are not only many, but also heavy, Hong Tao tried, but he couldn't lift any of them, and they were dead.

"These pig's heads are painted with my tools, materials and experimental models of steam engines, and circles are drawn with Lao Qi's tools and materials. Don't look at his boxes less, but heavier than mine, they are all solid guys. "Being able to follow Hong Tao to Cape Town to continue research, Wen Xiaoqi's whole body is relaxed, he still has a sense of humor, in order to distinguish who the box belongs to and what it is, not only numbered the box, but also drew a pattern, he is a pig, so he draws a pig's head.

"Well, it's really like a pig's head, a broken machine has been studied for several years, and it can't be used yet. You go to the temple on the shore and order me a table of vegetarian dishes, and I'll tell you how to seal it, or not? "Hong Tao likes to be with these people, he has nothing to think about and ponder the machine, it is much more fun than studying people, and the main thing is to worry about it. As long as you treat the machine well, it will be 100% good to you, and people will not become, there are too many eyes, and you are tired!

"Come, little one, go to the biggest temple and get a table of vegetarian dishes back, ask for the best, and the rest will be used as errand fees for you!" Wen Xiaoqi didn't say a word, took out a cloth bag from his small backpack, which was full of gold coins, grabbed three at random, and threw them to a sailor, very chic.

"Damn! You have more money than me, where did you get so much money......" Hong Tao's eyes were red again, he couldn't look down on the people who were extravagant in front of him, because he didn't have so much money, and gritted his teeth and hated.

"This is my salary, all I saved, it's all hard-earned money!" Wen Xiaoqi checked the cloth bag in his hand, listened to the sound of gold coins colliding with each other, and proudly straightened his chest. He and Qizu were both top craftsmen, and also served as high-ranking officials in the imperial government, receiving double salaries for several years. Although he has three children, when did the Wen family ever lack money? Relying on the salaries of Wen Lao Er and Wen Boss alone, it is enough for their whole family to eat and drink. That is to say, the Wen family is relatively well-behaved, since privatization, no child of the Wen family has gone out to engage in shipbuilding, otherwise their family would be the first family to get rich in the Jinhe Empire, and in this era, shipbuilding and selling are the same as those who made cars in later generations.

"You have a fart sweat, and even if you have, it's not worth that much money! Come on, take out all your problems, let's occupy Boss Xu's cabin as a laboratory, talk about theoretical things first, and then unpack and assemble after the ship is opened. Boss Xu, I have to trouble you, don't let people come in and disturb us during this time, these are more expensive knowledge, by the way, find a ventilated and dry cabin for the two of them to live, as soon as we chat, it will be day and night. Hong Tao was very unconvinced, but he didn't have a choice, so he could only put on a cigar in his mouth and put on a posture ready to abuse and abuse these two imperial masters who made more money than he earned in terms of knowledge. Only at this time did Hong Tao feel that the whole world was his own, not to mention that sense of accomplishment.

This time, Hong Tao was playing, and he was not in a hurry no matter how slow Xu Liangzhi's boat was, in fact, he didn't pay attention to the speed of the ship at all, and his attention was all on the two metal big guys installed and fixed on the deck. One is a yellow steam engine, and the other is a black breech-loading gun. As long as the wind and waves on the sea are not too strong, the three of them will gather around these two piles of broken copper and iron, compare and write, write and calculate. After the discussion came out, I added coal, oil, and gunpowder to try it, and it didn't matter if it failed, and then I found fault. The deck of the ship became their makeshift laboratory, and no amount of the poisonous sun or the slimy sea breeze could stop their enthusiasm.

Hong Tao is not idle, Sai Fei is the same, he also takes a small drawing board every day, goes to the deck to draw the sea, paints the clouds, paints the sailor, and paints his own father, and from time to time asks Senia to take out the accordion and guitar made by Hong Tao, and has a small concert on the deck, accompanied by his mother and sung by his son.

The Japanese sailors on the ship had never seen such a strange family, but it was quite fun, and sometimes they would sing along with Saifei. This ship really sang and laughed all the way, and by the way, from time to time there was the sound of whirring steam engines and roaring cannons, which was very lively.

"Mother, what is my dad for? I know the cannon, what is that big jar? Why do you move on your own? "Young people are curious, Sai Fei doesn't understand what Hong Tao is making all his head and face all day long, and what he is tossing, just like Hong Tao doesn't understand what he draws and draws all day long.

"I don't know what your dad did, but it's certainly not what you like. He likes machines and cannons. "My son's question really asked Senya, if you ask her about poetry and songs, you can answer it immediately, and you can compose music according to the words, but don't talk about machinery, ships, weapons, you don't understand anything. To this day, she still hasn't figured out why a small iron shell is stuffed with cotton, filled with oil, and with a flick of her fingers, a flame can emerge.

"Bang......" The mother and son were chatting when a loud bang suddenly came from the back deck, and the gray smoke was blown away by the sea breeze, revealing Hong Tao's broken face. This time it's even more expensive, and it's all black and gray on it. Obviously, the test shot failed again, and the shell collapsed, but there was also a lot of smoke from the breech, and there was a leak!

"Holy! Holy! I'll it! I'm the eighth generation of your family! I, Nima, threw you into the sea, so that you will be gnawed by the sea king forever, bitten by sea snakes, and your stomach will be full of stinky fish and rotten shrimp, do you believe it! I ......" and then Hong Tao's performance made Saifei's mother and son and the whole ship sailors experience the profundity of the Chinese language, he kicked and beat the cannon that was still smoking, and scolded so much that it was a fancy one, how vicious and vicious, I didn't see it and listened, and thought he had met the enemy who destroyed the door.

"Boss! Boss! Kids, and kids! "The only ones who have not been attacked by Hong Tao's spirit are Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi, Hong Tao's virtue in the laboratory has long been common for them, at this time they are all thinking about how to avoid the problem of air leakage with their hands behind their backs, and let Hong Tao jump to his feet and scold for several minutes before remembering that Sai Fei is also watching.

"Sai Fei, forget what I just said, don't learn from your father and me, it's not good to scold people......" Hong Tao was halfway through his lyrical expression, and was suddenly interrupted, his face was flushed, but he had to squeeze out a smiling face for his son, with his flower face, not to mention how scary, like a living ghost who had just come out of the soil.

"Son, let's go to the bow of the boat and ignore him!" Senya was afraid that Hong Tao would scare her son, so she hurriedly pulled Saifei to transfer her position.

"Your Majesty, it still can't be glued, you see, it's all melted ......" Wen Xiaoqi didn't seem to hear Hong Tao's scolding, and kept squatting behind the butt of the artillery to figure out how the qi leaked out, and also dipped his fingers in a black and soft thing to show Hong Tao. He's not helping Qi Zu, he's pondering his own steam engine, and both things are facing one problem, air leakage! If the sealing problem can be solved, not only the artillery can be used, but also the steam engine can be used.

"Well, it seems that the cannon can't be sealed with eucommia glue like a steam engine, the temperature is too high." Hong Tao reached out and pinched the glue, shook his head, and didn't plan to find a way to improve. No wonder there was no rubber pad to seal the cannon in later generations, not that people didn't expect it, but that they didn't have a chance, and they didn't have a chance to be lazy.

"That's over, I'm working for nothing!" As soon as Qi Zu heard that Hong Tao couldn't speak, he sat on the deck with his ass, and the old man, who was almost sixty, almost slapped his thigh and shed tears and scolded the street.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Uncle Qi, if you invite me to eat again in Cape Town, I will give you a new idea, let's not use glue to seal, we can still let the shells fit in from the back, and there will be no leakage of too much air! "When others are uncomfortable, Hong Tao is usually very happy, and this time is no exception.

"Really?"

"Believe it or not? If you don't believe it, am I still missing a meal? "What is called taking candy, is Hong Tao's current virtue.

"Faith, faith, faith, why don't you tell me first? Let's talk about it in the house, there are a lot of people here, and it's not safe. "Qi Zu must be trusted, so far Hong Tao has really not disappointed him once in technical issues, and his reputation is enough.

"Don't don't, you took Your Majesty away, what will happen to my machine!" Qi Zu's problem needs to be solved, Wen Xiaoqi not only congratulates him, but also has no taste in his heart. It is said that it takes much longer to pour the steam engine than Qi Zu pondered and reloaded the artillery, and it has been almost eight years now, although the experimental model has long been made, but it has never been practical. With a few textile machines can also make do with the operation, the load is a little large, the power can not go up, the main reason is the air tightness problem, the gas is leaked out, there must be no power.

"Your machine is different from a cannon, the temperature is not as high, and you can use eucommia gum, but it needs to be treated to make it more heat-resistant and resilient. This process cannot be tested on ships, so let's wait until the port of Cape Town. Looking at a man who is almost forty and an old man who is almost sixty snatching himself like a toy, Hong Tao is comfortable from the heart outward, as long as he is happy, he can say anything, what technology will not be advanced, whether it is applicable or not, it is not a problem, let's talk about it.

(To be continued.) )