As one of the three treasures of Dongjiang brewing, Dongjiang stuffed tofu became a household name in the southern region of later generations and is a classic representative of Hakka cuisine. The other two are stuffed eggplant and stuffed bitter gourd, which are much less famous than stuffed tofu.

Stuffed tofu is finely made, using tender Dongjiang landscape tofu, chopping pork, fish and shrimp meat into a puree together, adjusting the taste, stuffing the tofu, heating and frying the wok, frying until golden on both sides, and then putting it in a casserole to add the soup, simmering over medium heat, the soup is fragrant, tender and delicious.

"Brother Xian, I've been eating here for several days, and it seems that there are no duplicate dishes, how many kinds of delicacies are there in this Lingnan cuisine?" After eating for a few days, it was time for Li Ke to leave, and this guy looked at the food that Li Hao had prepared for himself, and asked curiously.

There are nearly dozens of delicacies every day, and none of them are the same, at most the ingredients are similar, but the method is completely different, different from the food he has eaten before. This made Li Ke think that there were too many types of Lingnan cuisine, and I was afraid that he would not be able to finish it for a few more days.

"Actually, it's pretty much the same, but there's still a lot of old and beautiful soup. You drink two or three dishes a day, and it's no problem to drink for a month or two. Li Hao looked at Li Ke's appearance and couldn't help laughing. Eat different dishes every day, and there are so many types of Cantonese food, how can you not eat them all?

However, some delicacies are only available in certain seasons, such as grasses and other ingredients, which are only available in March and April. It's winter now, and there are no of these things, and Li Ke can't eat them even if he wants to.

"What kind of ship is this? It's completely different from other ships? But it looks so strange, how many people can this ship carry, is it safe? ”

High on the mast, the white sails feed the wind, and enormous power is transmitted through the mast to the streamlined hull. Low freeboard, less superstructure, makes the stability of the boat excellent. At the same time, along the forward bow of the ship, a mast protrudes in the direction of the upward direction directly in front of the ship.

Four sails were drawn between the mast and foremast, and a spinnaker was hung. The foremast, mainmast, and aftermast were hung with full sails, and the width of the sail greatly exceeded the width of the hull. The transom extends beyond the hull, and each mast uses not only large and small square sails such as mainsails and top mast sails, but also spinnakers such as side sails and wing sails.

Fully equipped with sails that can withstand the wind blowing in all directions, this is a new boat unlike any boat of this era. Li Ke had seen many ships, and he still couldn't help but marvel after seeing this ship, and there were twenty or thirty such ships in the entire shipyard.

Although Li Ke has been eating a big meal with Li Hao desperately during this time, tasting the unique delicacy of Lingnan, he has not forgotten his business. Southern Shipyard, he Wu Wangfu also invested a lot of money into it, but only Li Hao and him knew, and the others didn't know about it.

So after eating well, Li Ke didn't forget his business, and followed Li Hao to the shipyard here to have a look. This is a shipyard in Guangzhou Prefecture, and the same shipyard also has one in Quanzhou Prefecture, and there are about fifty or sixty ships in the shipyards on both sides of the shipyard now.

"It's a scissor sailboat, a very fast sea boat." Li Hao accompanied Li Ke, looking at the big ship in the shipyard, his heart was full of pride. The previous sea ships here could only be used as offshore ships to train the naval forces here, and this kind of ship was the sea ship that Li Hao was preparing to use for ocean trade.

This type of boat is the pinnacle of human use of sailboats, the scissor sailboat, which takes its name from its hollow bow that cleaves the waves. It is generally believed that its speed has reached and exceeded the limit of a large sailing ship: 16 knots, which is why this type of ship is called the pinnacle of sailing ships.

This type of ship was supposed to appear only in the middle of the XIX century, but now, it was born more than a thousand years earlier. Because of Li Hao, this has nothing to do with the system, and the design of the entire ship is Li Hao's own skills. He accompanied his children to make model ships in later life, so he knew this thing very well.

However, it would seem unfair to say that it is a scissor sailing boat with pure blood. Many ancient Eastern shipbuilding techniques have been embodied in it: for example, the watertight compartment that the East has been six centuries ahead of Europe, and other advanced technologies have been used.

The ship was divided into seven compartments, and if one of them was flooded, the ship could still continue to sail. If the two compartments are flooded, the ship will be able to drain and save itself. Even if the luck is extremely bad, there are multiple compartments flooded, which can slow down the sinking of the ship and give the crew enough time to escape.

In addition to the watertight compartment, there is also a retractable balance rudder invented in the Northern Song Dynasty and not used in Britain until more than a thousand years later. It can also be seen on this ship, these are the changes brought about by Li Hao and his students after the test

When the wind is stable and the rudder is sailing long distances, the rudder can be raised without creating underwater resistance. When you need to turn quickly, you can lower the rudder plate, and the distance from the rudder pressure center of the balanced rudder to the axis of the rudder rod is small, so the rudder torque is small, and you can easily control the course.

Such rudders can not only adapt to ocean navigation, but also be flexible and comfortable in the complex sea conditions of high winds and waves. Wearing a rope and pulley set in a large bamboo tube allows the captain to stand in a clear line of sight at the bow and turn the rudder to control the rudder plate at the stern.

With the addition of binoculars and sextants, the hull has too much advanced stuff in its hull. In general, this is a mixed Chinese and Western ship, of course, if you look at it from the point of view of the influence of Chinese flat-bottomed sand boats on the schooner with its broadside waterboard, the son of the schooner, the pure scissor sailing, originally had a bit of the blood of oriental shipbuilding technology - albeit very faint.

Li Hao and Li Ke entered the shipyard, and then asked people to drive a boat out to test the performance of the clippers. When the ship came out of the dock, Li Hao stood at the bow of the boat, and the hunting sea breeze was blowing his hair.

He looked at his own work gently, and his eyes were like licking the skin of a girl. From now on, the most advanced sailing ships are the crystallization of the wisdom of the Orientals. As long as the latecomers carry forward these technologies, the future Dongfang will not be in the top spot in this regard, at least it will not be bullied too badly.

The design drawings of this boat, as well as various accessories and ship models, are all things that Li Hao made with his students, and he naturally has a deep affection for this. Moreover, the appearance of this kind of ship can also vigorously promote overseas trade here, which is also very important for Li Hao's ocean trade.

But there's still a lot to do, from the blueprints to the launch. Li Hao's students have a lot to do, and the craftsmen he has collected everywhere have a lot to do. This includes a variety of tests, as well as the use of a variety of techniques that are available at this time.

In the eighth century BC, pulleys appeared in the East. In the fifth century BC, a bronze ratchet with forty teeth appeared in the East, and soon afterwards an iron ratchet appeared. During the Han Dynasty after BC, the East had the technology to process steel down to the millimeter, and if the craftsmen were given enough time to grind by hand, the accuracy could be further improved......

For this era of discrimination, there has been such a great level of progress in various crafts in the East. Now Li Hao gives these craftsmen the best treatment, encourages them to innovate, and also brings them some technical accumulation in later generations, and they can play a greater role.

It can even be said that Li Hao only needs to come up with ideas and sketches, and the craftsmen can build advanced ships by themselves. Anyway, the machine tools used for wood processing have very low precision and strength requirements, not to mention that some of Li Hao's students follow them for processing and production.

Li Hao's students have no worse theoretical and practical skills than these craftsmen. In order to build these boats, Li Hao even built a cottage sewing machine. It's just that the lean sewing machine is more complicated, and it is difficult for Li Hao to build it.

Fortunately, just use a thick needle to sew the sail, the components can be made "stupid, big, thick, black", anyway, the simpler the structure, the better, as long as it can be used. The pedal of the designed cottage sewing machine transmits power to the fuselage through the belt, and the eccentric wheel is used to convert the rotary motion into reciprocating motion, so that the needle can be pierced up and down.

Of course, in addition to tools, the form of organization of production is also an important factor in determining labor productivity. The weapons manufacturing industry in the Qin Dynasty realized assembly line operations, and the Oriental shipbuilding industry realized professional subdivision at least when Sun Quan built the sea ship "Chang'an".

But I don't know why, maybe it was the devastation of the war, maybe it was the loss of written records, and for a long time after that, shipbuilding did not engage in assembly operations. This problem that often arises in Eastern civilization is the technological fault.

The craftsmen collected by Li Hao used to be divided into blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, sewing workers and other types of work, but there was no assembly line operation in each type of work. For example, to make a boat plank, a craftsman will plank the logs from the bark and cutting to the hull of the ship.

It means that the entire accessory is produced by one person, and this way will definitely not work. All the workshops in Li Hao's mansion have long since stopped using this model, and they have reformed the production method and realized the assembly line operation. It's a lot faster and more professional.

For example, in today's shipbuilding, the designer in charge of the final assembly sends out a list of profile sizes. Then, according to this list, the person who is responsible for cutting the board is in charge of cutting the board, the person who is in charge of the round and drilling is in charge of the round and drilling, and there are also people who are responsible for polishing and painting.

Li Hao is responsible for providing technical production for difficult processing equipment, and then handing it over to the designer for final assembly on board. Everything is based on a list, if it can't be loaded on the ship, it is the size of the borehole is poor, and the borehole is looking for a borehole. If the size is correct, the designer who is responsible for the billing.

In this way, a special person is responsible, so that technical people can specialize in one item and strive for excellence and make the technology better. It can also realize the responsibility to the person, and it is more convenient to track the problem, supplemented by the reward and punishment system, and the shipbuilding efficiency is naturally greatly improved.