To say that it is not easy to be a shipbuilder in this era, it is not enough to know carpentry, you also have to know how to work as a blacksmith, and the metal connectors used in shipbuilding have to be chiseled out by themselves with a hammer, Hong Tao took the sledgehammer as a small worker for half a day, and felt that the 80 yuan was really not unjust, and it was not easy for the Wen family to earn this money.

When the last mast support of this small boat was fixed, the time was already at the end of July of the lunar calendar, and it had been almost three months since Hong Tao traveled to this era, and more than half of the time he spent himself in the temporary shipyard of the Wen family as a small worker. Now it looks like Hong Tao is more like a man from the Tan family, his skin that was not particularly dark has been tanned and bright, and his hands and feet are covered with a layer of calluses, why are there calluses on his feet? Because there are no shoes to wear. Hong Tao didn't think about buying a pair of shoes, but a pair of hemp shoes were bought, and they were very comfortable to wear, but they didn't wear them for three days, and they grinned, the cloth shoes at this time were sewn, and he couldn't help but work hard all day long, no wonder those porters on the dock were barefoot, not that people were stupid and didn't know how to wear shoes, but they couldn't afford to wear them, it was too expensive!

The main body of the ship was built, but it could not be launched, and the Wen brothers had to use the fine powder that had been ground after the shells had been burned, mixed with hemp silk and tung oil, stuffed every crevice, stuffed layer after layer, and finally brushed the outside of the hull four or five times with raw paint, and then the work was finished and the ship could be delivered.

More than half a month has passed since such a toss, but Hong Tao is not idle, he is no longer a small worker for the Wen family, but followed the Yellow Sea to the mountains, found the Li family's village, spent ten yuan, and ordered two sets and six thick Li cloth sails. This time, there is no need to take it back and let the women of the Tan family sew it, just let the women of the Li family sew it according to their own requirements, and take it to the finished product. The reason why it is so expensive is entirely due to the two sails, one sail is almost the sum of the area of the main sail and the nose spinnaker.

The Wen family helped outfitting their boats, the Li people helped them sew sails in the village, and Hong Tao pulled Wen Qi and began to make a bunch of hardwood lumps, either scraping or drilling every day, and soon came up with more than a dozen things of different sizes, with holes and grooves on them, which looked like small melons.

"This is also on board?" This time, not only Huang Hai didn't know him, but even Wen Lao Er was also confused.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Just wait and see, this is called a one-eye pulley, this is called a three-eye trolley, and this is called a jointed orifice. With them, I can drive the sailboat fast by myself, hahahahaha......" Hong Tao looked at the hardwood lumps that had been polished by Wen Qi, and felt very proud. Although winches and winches could not be built in this era, they could be replaced by these simple pulleys.

On August 15, the people of Zhenzhou were busy preparing for the lantern festival at night, as well as the activities of worshiping the moon god and the tide god, and even the work of the merchant ships that docked here changed their clothes and prepared for the festival. According to the habit of the Great Song Dynasty, during the festival, you should go to the street to buy a few flowers and put them on your collar and head, and then take a stroll around the Washe to see the juggling. There are many festivals in the Great Song Dynasty, holidays of various names, the Mid-Autumn Festival is three days off, no one is allowed to go to work, the only program is to eat, drink, have fun and gamble, and do not stop until dawn. Even if it is a small family and a less wealthy family, they have to change into clean clothes and make a meal of fish to eat.

That's right, the people of the Song Dynasty didn't pay much attention to eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they ate tadpole powder during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is to use flour or lotus root flour and form a batter, and then put it in a colander spoon, and the boiling hot water is underneath, and shake it off while leaking, so that the leaked dough is more even. The dough that fell in the boiling water instantly solidified, one large and the other thin, very similar to a small tadpole, called a toad tadpole, or tadpole powder.

Scoop up the tadpole powder, mix green onions, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, vinegar and so on, and you will be snoring, and those who are lazy don't have to chew. In later generations, there were similar pasta dishes in the north, and the northern capital was called Diaoyuer, and the practice and appearance were similar to those of the Song Dynasty.

Hong Tao didn't have the heart to make anything to eat, his first imitation of modern wooden sailing ship was about to sail, although the appearance was eight points similar, but how it performed in the sea, Hong Tao really didn't dare to make a conclusion. The reason why modern sailing ships run fast and seaworthiness is more than half depends on modern material technology, the hull is light, the sails are light, and the sail area is large.

It's a mule or a horse, pull it out and slip it on. Not only Hong Tao thinks so, Wen Lao Er and his sons are also a little eager to try, every day listening to Hong Tao in their ears how to be a ship designer has become a routine, not saying one day is equivalent to not living, has already annoyed everyone listened. A cost-effective designer is a mouth peddler, huh? I can't even do such a simple job as bending the boat plank, so I'm embarrassed to say what kind of designer it is? Now it's time to show everyone whether you're a designer or a bragga!

Also coming to watch the departure ceremony were Bo Fu and them, the ship cost a full hundred yuan, not only Bo Fu was distressed for several days without eating well, but even Hong Tao's godfather Chen Mingen was also anxious to get his teeth swollen. How difficult it is for the Tan family to earn some money, they just saved less than 150 yuan, and they let Hong Tao spend two-thirds of it at once, who is not in a hurry?

There are also two distinguished guests, namely Luo Youde and that Luo Dacai. Since Hong Tao left Zhenzhou Port, he has basically not been back much, and he has been busy building ships all day long, and he has almost forgotten about Luo Youde. Fortunately, Chen Mingen also went to the Zhenhai Building every once in a while to deliver seafood, and Luo Youde inquired about Hong Tao's whereabouts through the shopkeeper of the restaurant. When he heard that he was building his own ship, he immediately wanted to come and see it, but it was only because it was the Tan family who built the ship, that he held back this curiosity.

A few days ago, he asked Chen Mingen to bring a message to Hong Tao, saying that he wanted to invite Hong Tao to participate in the lantern festival at night, and Hong Tao was very gracious. Speaking of which, he has never given anything to others, and he has taken advantage of others, and it is not very polite to ignore them all the time, as for whether to go to the Lantern Festival at night, Hong Tao has not made up his mind. At this time, all his thoughts were on this boat, but he invited Luo Youde to come first to participate in the sailing ceremony of his new ship, and the ship was completed, so there was no question of whether it was secret or not, and the Wen family could not object.