Chapter 374: Boat Trial

With the gathering of talents from Cambridge University, Wan Qiyang only needs to set up a research team, and has a strong financial strength and research team, Wan Qiyang in the known mineral production area to acquire a large number of mountainous land, and at the same time mining minerals, anyway, there is money and willfulness, Wan Qiyang to hand all kinds of metals are mining, including copper, aluminum, lead, chromium, etc., at this time England has become the center of world industry and trade, just on this day, Wan Qiyang heard a news, August 10, 1628, The self-righteous King Gustav II of Sweden built an overly focused flagship Goblet, which sank on its first sea trial, killing more than 400 people. Although his ship has not yet been launched, Wan Qiyang is ready to launch it together after equipping all three ships at the same time. When Ken built three identical hulls at once, he made it clear that he must be strict in terms of size and use the best materials. Because Wan Qiyang is still constantly transporting equipment and parts to the shipyard, even the Lance Patriarch, who has been observing the progress of the construction, is a little inexplicable, because many equipment Wan Qiyang has always sent personnel to guard, and all personnel are not allowed to approach. It is said to be for the sake of secrecy, and at the same time, it is also in the name of protecting patents. Of course, Wan Qiyang also said that many technologies and patents could be shared with the Douglas family when he started signing the contract, so Wan Qiyang was not worried that they would leak secrets.

In fact, many of the materials are cannons and shells made by Wan Qianyang, because of Wan Qianyang's assembly line operation, many personnel do not know what kind of products they are making. When Wan Qiyang made bullets and cannonballs, he used all slaves to make them, these people have no freedom, of course, Wan Qiyang is a humane arrangement, so slaves only know how to do it, and no one asks what it is, anyway, they never know these things.

The materials used to make gunpowder were also obtained by Wan Qiyang from the laboratory under the guise of experiments, and the finished products were never seen by anyone, so naturally they would not be leaked. Wan Qianyang deliberately built a shooting house in his manor, except for the shells that have not been tested in the field, all the guns are mass-produced in accordance with Wan Qiyang's tested standards, what makes Wan Qiyang a little disappointed is that his loyal sniper rifle is too backward because the conditions are too backward, this special steel is also to meet the luck will produce a few furnaces of steel to meet the requirements. So only a small number was made, not even a hundred. After the test, Wan Qiyang was still able to hit the target at about 600 to 800 meters. Of course, this is because of the telescopes made by the glass factory.

Zhuang Yang asked Wan Qiyang to arrange for him to train blacks more than half a year ago, until 500 well-trained blacks were selected from the original 2,000 blacks to form a special team. The rest of the people are all used to train new blacks, Wan Qiyang has developed a set of task contribution tables for them, and the completion of tasks is divided into team tasks and individual tasks, corresponding to different contribution values from the difficulty of the task, and after reaching the specified score, they will be given personal freedom, and appointed as a lord, but there is a rule that cannot be violated, after profiting from freedom, they cannot do any hostile activities related to Wan Qiyang, of course, they can stay in the team, they are also welcome, and they will also get the real estate and property that they are gifted.

Don't say too much, just for the sake of these regulations and everything Wan Qiyang has done for everyone, there is no one who does not sell his life. What a person is most afraid of is not having a goal to strive for, which will make people lose their fighting spirit and faith in life. Therefore, Wan Qiyang gave them abundant food spiritually. Wan Qianyang calculated that his ship should have two months to be launched, and the first ten ships that the Douglas family could build were all booked by Wan Qianyang, and they were all paid, and the engine of this ship must also be supplied by Wan Qiyang steam engine factory, so they can't expand the shipyard and produce more, of course, Wan Qianyang also supports them to expand their production capacity. Wan had now fulfilled the conditions of his proposed cooperation plan ahead of schedule, and when they saw the gradual improvement of the steamship designed by Wan Qianyang, they were also shocked by the mixed wood and steel steamer, and at the same time laughed at the exaggerated news that the countries had blown.

But they were still a little worried about such a large ship, although it was protected by steel plates, most of the deck was still made of wood, and the enemy was still vulnerable to being hit by shells all the time. As a result, the day before Wan Qianyang's time to go to sea, all the materials and weapons and equipment were transported to the ship, Wan Qiyang personally commanded the workers to install the battery, the slender barrel, a total of three rows, a row of main guns, two rows of secondary guns on both sides, a few machine guns in close combat, there are more complex equipment behind, the front of the special battery and anti-aircraft machine guns are used as a cover, and the battery can rotate 270 degrees, a battery is operated by less than ten people, there are a total of three batteries in front of the ship, There are only two in the aft section, which is also aimed at reducing weight and saving ammunition, after all, it is a miracle that today's ships can withstand a single shot. Because the cannonball is going to explode when it hits, it should be so powerful that all wooden steamers cannot defend against it. And the range is long, the hit rate is high, and it is completely sufficient.

With the efforts of all the staff, the first steamer was finally assembled. Both Ken and Patriarch Lance invited them aboard the ship to go on a trial voyage with them, and Jean made a offer that they couldn't refuse, and at the same time made them excited.

Wan Qiyang demanded that this ship and all ships built in the future be named after the Douglas family, and the name of the ship should be the number, until finally the hull was made of steel and then renamed. They only need to train all the captains of the ships for Wan Qiyang, and what they ask for is loyalty! The sailors who went to sea this time had to keep it strictly confidential, and after receiving the assurances of the Lance patriarch, Wan Qiyang decided to sign the agreement after the test return.

Jack was on board with Wan Qiyang this time, and he was appointed captain of this maiden voyage. Wan Qianyang steel structure increases the stability of the hull, because the hull is wide, plus a large number of steel plate protection, after calculation, Wan Qianyang this steamer standard displacement of 5500 tons, 210 meters long and 29 meters wide, a total of 6 boilers and 3 steam engines, the speed reached 24 knots, in order to solve the mileage, Wan Qiyang so used three ships at a time, one of which is full of coke does not carry people, the other two are carrying people and goods, this time Wan Qiyang will bring back his own people back to China. However, he had to go to Taiwan first, and Wan was ready to use Taiwan as his base, because in July 1628, the Spanish governor in Manila sent warships to Huwei on the northwest coast of Taiwan to build the city of Tamsui City. Wan Qiyang has a good reason, so this time he is bound to win! And there are a few big things to happen on his way back home, but there may be small changes because of some of his involvement. The main events are July 25 in the first year of Chongzhen, when the Sichuan and Huguang soldiers in the Ningyuan Army in Liaoning Province mutinied due to a shortage of pay for four months, and the remaining 13 battalions rose up to respond, binding the governor Bi Zisu, the chief military officer Zhu Mei, the general judge Zhang Shirong, and the push officer Su Hanchun on the upper floor. In early August, Yuan Chonghuan conspired with Guo Guang, the deputy military envoy, to trap their leaders Zhang Zhengchao and Zhang Sishun, beheaded 15 people, and put down the mutiny. Therefore, Wan Qiyang can't appear under his real name after returning to China, which is exactly the purpose of his return to China with his troops, he has a ship and weapons, and he is worried that there is something that he can't satisfy.