At the end of April, the sound of firecrackers was heard in the shipyard to the left of the pier, and two three-masted sail cruisers with colored silk tied to their masts were launched again. They were carved out of the same mold as the previous four warships, except that a stabilizer was added to the bow to allow the ship to sway a little less when sailing in high sea conditions. The principle of this thing is very simple, it is a bow tank that communicates with the bottom of the ship, usually it is half water and half air, when the waves press the bow into the seawater, the sea water will enter the sealed cabin through the opening in the bottom of the ship, and spray the air inside from the whale's nostrils on the bow. In this way, the bow of the boat is heavier, and when it is lifted upwards again, the amplitude is much smaller than usual. As the bow is raised, excess seawater in the tank flows out through the opening under the bow until the amount of water designed for it is restored.

This simple design not only reduces the forward and backward oscillation of the boat, but also restores the balance of the boat more quickly. The anti-shake tank was the first of its kind in Chinese ships, but like gunpowder and the compass, it was carried forward after it was transmitted to the West. If you want to know about this thing, you can pay attention to the image of a long-distance ship sailing in strong winds and waves. Once the bow of their ship is caught in the waves, it will emit two streams of water vapor, like a whale ventilating, which is the stabilizer tank excavating air. Whether it is a warship or an aircraft carrier, this kind of equipment is necessary, but it is more advanced, and it is all controlled by computers for the amount of water and air.

Although this technology is the construction technology of Chinese ships, it took Wen and Wen Laoer, a dry shipbuilding technician, to figure it out for more than a year. The reason is simple, the bows of Chinese ships are mostly square or trapezoidal. It's easy to get a water tank that is sealed and separated from the rear compartment. But this kind of European sail warship designed by Hong Tao. The bow of the ship is pointed, and a triangular tank made of wood is too technically tested. In the end, it was a carpenter who came back from the Mongolian sailors who came up with the idea to solve this problem, regardless of the shape of the bow of the ship, to make a large round bathtub-like thing in it.

At present, the Wen family's shipyard is the unit with the most types of technical work, the busiest production tasks, and the most modern large-scale production model in the entire Jinhe Bay. Shipbuilding is a comprehensive industry, just like building a car. It takes the cooperation of all kinds of work to build a ship smoothly, and if the shipbuilding technology improves, other technologies will also improve. At the same time, it is also the most skilled labor place in the whole Golden River Bay, almost 70% of the craftsmen are all in the service of shipbuilding, and also have to take a part of the slave labor, which is equivalent to accounting for more than half of the labor force of Golden River Bay. Similarly, the biggest expense of Golden River Bay is also the shipyard, which is a gold-swallowing monster, and such a large investment in exchange for the construction of 4 fast cruisers per year. It's impossible to think about it anymore, this is already the limit of the shipyard.

"Alas. Wimber, not only are you short of people, but I am also short of people! You see, a quarter of the sailors on my ship are on their first voyage, and I have made them captains of small fish and shrimp, and all the children in the school who are enough for 13 years old have been drawn out. I don't want to take them on adventures, these children are the future of our family. But no, I can be more sure of one more ship, and this time I will not only exchange the horses back, but also consolidate our supply points. Why don't you stop the remaining two ships first, and even if they do, I won't have that many sailors available. Let's rest for half a year, you think about how to start with that big ship, and let the superfluous people make it easy for them to build waterwheels for mines and sugarcane fields. Huang Bo on the board of directors complained that the carpenters had let the shipyard take it, and you didn't hear it. Hong Tao looked at the new ship, half happy, half worried. He never expected that in the end, it was not shipbuilding that would restrict the development of Jinhewan, but the training of qualified sailors. And the most important reason restricting the development of Jinhewan is actually the population problem!

O man! Hong Tao couldn't think of where else to find someone other than to catch slaves. The Tan family on Hainan Island is almost wiped out by him, and the old man Rong of the Tan family in other places has also been in contact, but there is no progress so far. Old man Rong is a good speaker on Hainan Island, and when he comes out of this one-acre and three-point sea area, who knows who he is. Although they are all Tanka people, the Tanka people in each place are basically isolated. They are not a nation, there is no national cohesion, everyone has their own lives, they don't get along with each other, they don't even understand living habits and languages, and they are basically no different from the two nations.

Capturing slaves alone can't solve the immediate problem, even if Cixi can manage it again, and Jinhewan will be attractive to the future of slaves, you have to let them learn the language before they can use it, right? Farming is easy to do, and you can communicate easily in half a year, but being a sailor is very troublesome, and you may not be able to teach it for a year. Moreover, there could not be too many slave sailors or captive sailors on board, Hong Tao was not very confident about their loyalty, and there must be enough Tan sailors to mix the sand to use it with confidence. After all, you arrested them, and you killed their relatives.

"That's the only way, don't be too anxious, I'll leave half of the people to think about your big ship slowly, things at sea can't be sloppy, don't mess up your square inch because of the old man's mouth." Wen Lao Er is a person who understands, and when he heard Hong Tao's difficulties, he was also worried, and he had to comfort Hong Tao in turn, for fear that Hong Tao would have an accident at sea in a hurry.

"Well, don't worry, I'll solve the population problem first when I come back this time. But don't be idle, I'm not in these days, you talk to my grandfather, Rong Weng Weng, and Huang Bo about the local people. If you still don't want me to catch too many natives back, then I really have no tricks, so I can only wait slowly for the children in the school to grow up, and I guess you won't be able to do it when the time comes......" Hong Tao began to use the topic to play again, and read the second child to Wen.

In fact, Hong Tao has come up with a way to increase the labor force quickly, which is much more reliable than slaves, and he doesn't have to worry too much about language. He wanted to drive a boat to the Jin Kingdom or the coastal villages occupied by the Mongols to catch medicine and catch Han slaves. Although the language of those Han people is not the same as that of the south, they are still people of the same nationality, and there is still a difference between not being used to it and not understanding it. The main thing is that the text is universal, there is no need to eradicate illiteracy from scratch, and it is relatively easy.

However, Hong Tao's proposal was ruthlessly rejected on the board of directors, starting from Old Man Rong to other directors, basically all voted against, and it didn't work for Qi Zu to support him alone. The Tan family was very jealous of the natives, even more than those slaves. A small number of natives were caught by the flood and they could accept Jinhewan, but when a large number of natives came back, they felt that it was very dangerous. As for where and why it is dangerous, they themselves can't tell, anyway, they don't want to!

If your own ideas can't be implemented, Hong Tao is angry? Do you regret getting this board? Angry, but not regretful. This just shows that the board of directors has begun to work, and it is subtly influencing everyone in Golden River Bay, including those people who want to change. They know that it is a good thing to say no to authority, and that Jinhewan is not their own. If it was just for the sake of power, Hong Tao could not have wasted any effort here in Jinhe Bay, take a few pleasing and useful people, and sail to Australia, South America, and North America to fool the local natives, wouldn't it be more comfortable to be a local emperor. When the time comes, it is enough to take out Ouyang Qing's style and make a few so-called miracles, he is a god over there, and he is more enjoyable than any emperor, and all the people and wealth are his own, to say the same.

But Hong Tao felt that it was not fun, and the game mode was too simple. If it's the first time to cross through rebirth, it's understandable to choose like this, this is the third time, and it's too mentally retarded to play this simple mode. If you want to play, you have to play big, is it difficult to fight for power? Difficult! But it's not hell mode yet. The hardest thing in the world is to change the minds of others, and philosophers are the highest beings. Hong Taostan, Hong Zhelun, Hong Feite, Hong Hughes and other characters Hong Tao has already played, not new, now he wants to do Hungrates, Hong Latu, Hunx, Hontgenstein, Hong Gen, Hong Su, Hunte!

Who has ever heard of philosophers going into battle shirtless, mingling with political opponents, and having to carry out personal destruction? That's too low-level. A philosopher is a person who sets up a game for everyone, and then looks at the crowd as the object of experimentation, and thinks out a whole set of theories that can convince others and make others rush to it.

If you don't agree, it's okay, let the facts speak, I'll let you spare yourself, and in the end we won't mention this proposal, we have to let you put it forward yourself. The current life is not enjoyable for Hong Tao at all, but for the Tan family and all the people of Jinhewan, it is already a paradise. They can wait and give up, but they can't wait and can't give up. When a person tastes sweetness, they will immediately pursue sweetness, until the sweetness becomes bitter, which is a reincarnation, and at the same time, they will also understand many things and know what it means to stop in moderation. At present, these people have just tasted a little sweetness, so it is not themselves who are in a hurry to eat more sweetness, it is them.

“…… As long as you don't come too many natives, I don't object to it...... Actually, the natives are nothing. The craftsmen in the shipyard are all good, and they are also responsible, if the people who come are like them, I will be happy! Wen Lao Er knew what Hong Tao was talking about, and he had already relented. In Jinhewan, he and the Yellow Sea have the most contact with the natives, so the resistance is the least. (To be continued.) )