"This is easy, not to mention the copper plate, a few months ago, I cooperated with your Uncle Qi to make a copper plate from the scrap copper left over from the casting cannon, and make a copper boat as you said, hehehe...... Your uncle and I are convinced, that boat can really float on the water as you say, that's copper! You say that if you throw it in the water, it sinks to the bottom, why can it be made into a boat and float? "Wen Lao Er is already a gray-haired old man at this time, because he has been soaking in the sea water for a long time, and he still has rheumatism on his legs, he can no longer go to the shipyard to lead everyone to work. However, he was not idle, and began to work on some strange things when he had nothing to do, and tried the ideas about ships that Hong Tao had told him one by one, which was his greatest hobby.

"It is too expensive and too heavy to make a boat out of copper, and it is most suitable to make a boat with its practical steel plate. When my father-in-law repairs the Shilu iron mine, and there is more iron ore, let's build two more hydraulic forging hammers in the upper reaches of the Jinhe River, and then you will have enough steel plates to build a steel ship. Every time Hong Tao sees the strength of old craftsmen such as Wen Laoer, Wen Laoda, Huang Hai, Bo Fu, and Qi Zu to ponder and improve all kinds of farm tools, boats, and simple machinery, he is extremely satisfied. As long as they are there, Jinhewan will not worry about getting better and better.

Under their words and deeds, pondering all kinds of useless things has become the collective hobby of Jinhewan craftsmen, as long as the materials can keep up, anyone can do this kind of work. This is not called waste in Jinhewan, it is called creation, it is more respected than reading and literacy, and at the end of each year, several craftsmen will be commended and rewarded by the board of directors, and their names will be engraved on the monument of Jinhe City, so that their ancestors and grandchildren can pay tribute to them. These craftsmen are inventors, as long as their inventions are recognized by the board. It can really improve working conditions and increase work efficiency. Then you can go to the monument! The word "stele" is a specialty of Jinhe Bay. As long as this word is mentioned, the housewives in the women's federation have their eyes lit up, and they also want to invent something that can make their ancestors glorious, just like Bozhu.

"Nonsense, your Uncle Qi said, steel is too hard to bend casually like a copper plate, so you can't make a square box to go to sea!" Wen Lao Er is not the turtle boatman who didn't know anything before and knew how to build a ship with a model handed down from his ancestors. They go to school and kindergarten to read and learn math when they have nothing to do, and they know more and more, and it is difficult to be blinded.

"Hey, hey, Uncle Wen, when did I blind you? Steel does make a big iron ship, it's hard, but that's okay. Have you ever seen chain mail? It doesn't matter if the steel is not easy to bend, let's make it into small pieces, and then rivet it with the ribs of the ship with large rivets, won't it be bent? The ship in the future. They are all made of steel and iron, hundreds of meters long. Only one boat is needed to pull our Jinhewan old and young to go to sea together. "How to make a hull out of steel, Hong Tao has not studied, and he does not plan to study it, that thing is too advanced, and it is useless to research it, because without a steam engine, it is impossible to propel a steel ship with sails alone. And steel battleships are also not needed in this era, it is enough to have sail battleships. However, bragging and pretending to be forced in front of professionals has always been Hong Tao's favorite, whether it is true or not, he can say one, two, three, which sounds quite reliable. Especially his identity as a half-immortal, as long as he is serious, no one dares to disbelieve it.

"Riveting with steel plates! That's right, the chimney at home is riveted with iron sheets, and even the smoke does not leak...... Fortunately, I also taught Xiao Qi the blacksmith skills, otherwise he would be in trouble! Wen Laoer's dizzy old eyes suddenly lit up, and when he slapped his thigh, which couldn't stand straight, he immediately thought of a living example, and by the way, praised his own foresight.

"Hey, you're too anxious, it's useless to build a big steel ship, steel is much heavier than wood, you can't run on sails alone, you have to have a steam engine. That thing is very difficult to build, I have already told Uncle Qi the general pattern, and when he builds the steam engine, it will not be too late for you to think about the big iron ship! Now you can think about the bottom of the boat with copper plates, I'll use it in the summer, and Carl's boat, let's try two first. "Hong Tao doesn't want the old man to pay too much attention to steel shipbuilding, some technologies are matching, and if one is missing, a series of them can't be used.

It is not difficult to build a ship with steel alone, but how to provide enough power can only be pondered by the steam engine. In fact, it is not difficult to build the main body of the steam engine by hand, but what should be done with various crankshafts and connecting rods? Even if the crankshaft and connecting rod are also flawed, a series of problems such as sealing, lubrication, pressure detection, and rust prevention still have to be solved. Hong Tao does not think that he has the ability to solve all these problems, and he still has a little grasp of the physical and mechanical problems, and he is powerless when it comes to basic chemical industry.

"Lao Qi has all the drawings! That's not possible, you have to draw me a drawing of a steel ship, Xiao Qi and I have already been on the monument, and my Xiao Wu has not yet been on it. To exchange the drawings for the copper plate at the bottom of the ship, I will go to Lao Qi first to take a look, so that he can take the lead. Hong Tao didn't plan to do it, but Wen Lao Er didn't agree, once the atmosphere is formed, no one can pull it, even if it is the initiator, he can only watch.

"Xiaofei, have you seen this stubborn old man? Don't learn from him when you grow up, make trouble for yourself. Life, it's almost over, eating and waiting for death is actually the most high-end life. Your father is now a donkey, or a donkey with a chew, and he spun around the mill all day long, and he can't stop and rest for a while. You see how comfortable they are, they don't know anything, they dig the soil every day, and after digging the quota, they can go home and coax their sons. Your father and I understand the world, the earth, and the air, but as a result, how many times a year can I go home? The copper plate problem was not solved, and he took a job of drawing drawings for himself, Hong Tao was very emotional. Now the development of Jinhewan has begun to accelerate, which are all seeds that he deliberately planted a few years ago, and now they are blooming. But how do he think that this flower is not quite like the original design he designed, but no one can say this emotion, he can only talk to Sai Fei, Zehu and Hong Fan are still young and can't understand.

"The teacher said that we should grow up to be like you, and my mother also said that I will grow up to be a great king like you, and take the soldiers to snatch my mother's hometown back......" Saifei looks more like his mother, his head and chin are very prominent, his eyes are still yellow, and he is taller than children of the same age. However, a string of Chinese with a Tanjia accent, Mandarin and European Chinese ruined his overall image, more like a miniature version of Carl.

“…… It's over, child, your father and I seem to have messed up again, you can drop as much as you like......" all say that children are unscrupulous, just because children can sometimes use the most simple thoughts to tell the essence of things. Sai Fei's words made Hong Tao's psychology cold, and the kind of social model he imagined seemed to be getting farther and farther away. The society of Jinhewan is moving towards an unknown form, and Hong Tao does not know what is ahead, which is what he is most worried about. But no matter how much you worry, it's like a child, you can instill the truth in him casually before the age of six or seven, and when he grows up to ten years old, he won't necessarily listen to what you say, he already has his own thoughts. When he grows up in a few years and is fully an adult, don't say more, he won't be happy to talk too much. At that time, it is impossible for you to strangle him, because he has grown up and will not be at the mercy of anyone, and whether he will strangle you in turn is a question.

"Big city, big city, big city!" At this time, Hong Zehu, who was holding on his left arm, spit out the rough diamond from his mouth, stretched out his little finger to the front, and stammered a word. The first half of the sentence made Hong Tao very pleased, and the second half of the sentence made Hong Tao very disappointed, what is called Dad's big city, it seems that not only Senya is not good at educating children, but Bozhu is also a virtue.

Jinhe City, after three years of construction, is basically completed, and some anxious families have begun to move inward, living in a large house built of bricks, cement, stones, and fireplaces, which is indeed much more comfortable than living in a wooden house. It is said that the Philippines is located in the tropics, and there is no need for a fireplace in the houses here, but Hong Tao requires that every house have a fireplace, and there must be a flue upstairs and downstairs, not to keep warm, but to dry the moisture in the room. As a northerner, he can endure the heat and humidity of the sea, but he can't endure the cold in the room, and he would rather be hot than have a dry room. As for whether others are happy or not, then he doesn't care, love is happy or not, if you have the ability, you can design the city, if you don't have the ability, then listen, don't mess around.

"Son, this is our family, come, shush with Dad, and occupy this piece of land! Look who's peeing far! "Hong Tao's home is in the middle of No. 2 Street, and as one of the elders, he was supposed to live in a house on No. 1 Street, although the houses in the city are all the same, but that is an honor. But he resolutely refused, this is not some kind of pretense on his part, in front of the first street is the city square, and the monument stands in the middle of the square. Hong Tao can foresee how lively it will be when the time comes, living here, except for a good reputation, there is no benefit to fart, and it can be noisy to death every day.

There is only one style of dwelling in Jinhe City, with a two-story small building with a front and back garden, and the neighbors are separated by at least five meters, and they are arranged very neatly, row after row, like a chessboard. But what is different from these houses is schools, hospitals, and shops, which are scattered along every street. The tallest building in the city is behind the monument, it is light brown, all made of granite stone bars, and looks like the memorial hall of later generations, with a total of four floors. This is the library of Richin River City, where in the future it will store the books that the Golden River Company fleet has brought back from all over the world, and every resident of Golden River Bay can enter and read them at will, only to read them, not to borrow them. (To be continued.) )