Chapter 118: Booking a Ship
Thirteen atlases, thirteen plans, each plan is marked in detail with materials and quotations, the price is high and low, the cheapest is only 10 million, the most expensive is as high as hundreds of millions, the design is comparable to a luxury cruise ship.
And even the cheapest boat, although in his eyes the poor decoration of the slag, but in fact many times stronger than the wooden sailing ships of this era, are designed according to the ordinary train sleeper, not only equipped with heating, but also air conditioning.
After some careful screening, Li Chuan finally selected a ship with a price of 35 million.
The skeleton of the ship is an ocean-going cargo ship, which is indeed a little smaller than a giant cargo ship with tens of thousands of tons at every turn, with a length of only more than 50 meters, a width of less than 10 meters, a draft of 1.5 meters, and a maximum of 3 meters, and a load capacity of only 1,000 tons.
As for the speed, due to the narrow design of the ship, and the all-aluminum alloy hull, it is much lighter than the iron ship, the maximum speed can reach 24 knots, in addition to the diesel unit that cannot understand the parameters, it is also equipped with five masts.
In the event of a power system failure, the standby unit can also be activated and set sail.
In the case of iron ships, once the power system fails, it is difficult for the wind to drive.
Levin was very thoughtful, the lifting and closing of the sail was all mechanical control, no electronic system was used, and the mechanical system design was also very backward, but it could make Li Chuan, a rookie who didn't understand mechanics, understand, even if there was a problem, there were accessories to repair it.
Such a boat, after a few hundred years, is definitely a obsolete product.
But in this era, it is high-tech beyond people's understanding.
The ship has three floors, in addition to the cargo hold, there are eighty-six cabins, according to each room four people, can carry more than 300 people, of course, this is only the standard passenger capacity, if you don't rely on the crowding, stuffed 2,000 people are no problem.
A cabin for four people, which is designed according to the standards of ocean voyages.
Although it is not spacious, it is at least much larger than the train compartment, and it is not much stronger than the Fukubune.
Of course, apart from the two restaurants, there are no other activity rooms or anything.
To be honest, although this boat is much stronger than the wooden sailing ships of this era, in fact, except for the craftsmanship and materials, it is not much different from the boats built in the nineties in other aspects.
At the top is the turret, each with ten mortars on each side, the caliber is slightly smaller than the one Levin sold to him before, but the barrel is a little longer, not only the range has been increased a little, but the accuracy has also been improved, which is an upgraded version.
"Ten of these ships."
After choosing the ship, Li Chuan went to Taobao to find Levin.
"Lee, you're so discerning."
Although Levin was a little pity, he still patted his ass with a smile on his face, this boat is not the best, not even average, although it does not make money, but compared to the boat that quoted hundreds of millions, it naturally earns much less.
Li Chuan lazily listened to his nonsense and asked, "How long will it take to deliver the ship?" ”
Levin said with a bitter face: "Li, the manufacture of large ships is not a car on an assembly line, and it takes three months from laying the keel to launching the water at the earliest, and this is still when the funds are sufficient." If it doesn't go well, it can be a year. ”
Li Chuan was impatient: "You just said when will the ship be delivered at the earliest?" ”
Levin is still complaining: "Li, you also know that the shipyard has other orders to do, which takes time, and the shipyard's advance to purchase raw materials is not a small amount, unless you can pay a deposit first, I can help you negotiate with the shipyard and let the shipyard give priority to manufacturing the ships you want, but if you want to deliver ten ships, it will take a year at the earliest." ”
"Hemp egg!"
Li Chuan scolded his mother: "It's no problem to pay the deposit, but three boats must be delivered after three months, and the quality doesn't need me to say more, reliability and durability are the first, and you can't use it for a few years and there will be small problems everywhere." ”
"Don't worry about this!"
Levin patted his chest and said: "Dear Lee, we have been working together for so long, and I will definitely follow your best instructions in terms of quality, so I found the Germans to cooperate, otherwise I would have looked for the Americans, their ships are cheaper." ”
"That's good!"
Li Chuan said again: "The ship codenamed Paller will give me one, and I will be my flagship in the future." ”
Levin's eyes lit up, and he said: "Li, I have to say, your choice is really correct, the Paller ship is specially designed for you, only the kind of real luxury warship is worthy of your identity, and it will not be underestimated by those buns of the seventeenth century." Rest assured, I will ask the shipyard to deliver the flagship to you in the shortest possible time. ”
"Better hurry!"
Li Chuan said: "By the summer of next year at the latest, all ten ships must be delivered. ”
Levin's eyes lit up and said, "So anxious, Li, are you going to take someone to fight Europe?" ”
Li Chuan couldn't help but say, "Do you have no opinion on me going to your ancestors?" ”
Levin said indifferently: "My ancestors are poor people, and they are not nobles, maybe they can't live happily now, if you go to kill those damn nobles, I will only clap my hands, if it is not for me, I want to go with you to kill those nobles!" ”
Li Chuan said: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill all the Europeans?" ”
Levin smiled and said: "Kill all of them, kill them all, anyway, it's not a space-time dimension, even if you exterminate the human race, I still live well, and it has nothing to do with me." Of course, I'd be glad if you could kill a few more Jews. ”
"So be it!"
Li Chuan was a little bored and said, "Hurry up, the sooner the better." ”
After that, he didn't wait for Levin to say more, and quit Taobao.
Jiangnan in June was relatively calm, Jiannu did not have Nankou, the imperial court was relieved, and was able to free up its hands and concentrate on cleaning up the rebellious peasant army, it is said that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng did not have a very good time.
Especially after Yang Sichang entered the cabinet, he presented the strategic plan of four positive and six corners, and ten sides of the net, which was supported by Emperor Chongzhen, and the effect was not bad.
A while ago, Zhang Xianzhong was also defeated by Zuo Liangyu when he attacked Nanyang, it is said that Zhang Xianzhong was also injured, and now he has retracted back to Gucheng as a turtle, I heard that he was appeased again, and Li Zicheng was also defeated in Shaanxi.
"A bunch of stupid pens."
Li Chuan was extremely disdainful of this so-called appeasement, and finally cornered the rebels, and without working hard, these anti-thief leaders who could no longer be honest and good citizens peeled their skin and cramped, and even dared to appease.
How many times have this been appeased, and at the first opportunity, these guys jump out and rebel.
Why don't you have a long memory, do you really expect Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng and others to honestly follow the people?
Li Chuan felt that if he was replaced, he would definitely be the same as Zhang Xianzhong, he would come out to rebel at the first opportunity, and become the founder of the country and the ancestor of the dynasty.