At that time, they heard that Shaoxi Mansion was recruiting, so they came to vote, after all, Li Xiang's reputation was too great, and Shaoxi Mansion has almost become a place that many people yearn for. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After listening to the boatmaster's words, Li Xiang's heart was a little relieved, and he quit the kind-hearted boatmaster, and returned to the cabin specially arranged for them with Zhao Er to rest.

Their boat stopped on the river for more than two hours, and stayed until the end of the day, when the wind lightened a little.

Li Xiang saw that it was getting late, and he was afraid that he would not be able to find his way back at night, so he ordered the people in the bilge to light the fire, so that the steam in the three deep tripods was sufficient, until the safety valve was opened, and then asked the boatman to ask someone to pull up the two iron anchors, and at the same time open the steam valve to start the propeller.

This trick really worked, as the boat retreated a little when the anchor was first pulled up, and then slowly moved forward with the propeller pushing. As soon as the boat began to move forward, it became faster and faster, and finally the speed of the ship stabilized.

Li Xiang instructed the boatmen to press fresh water into the deep ding every two to three quarters. In addition, after the boat is stable, do not open all the valves of the steam, slowly reduce the valves, so that the boat can move forward steadily.

The person in charge of opening the steam valve turned off the steam valve according to Li Xiang's words, and found that the boat could still maintain the current speed to move forward, and couldn't help but shout happily: "Childe's words are really smart, the valve is half smaller than when the boat first started, and we can still go so fast, we can go home and sleep today." ”

Li Xiang shouted: "Don't be too happy, you have to pay attention to the speed of the boat at all times, when Shending presses into the cold water, the pressure inside will definitely be lower, and the speed of the ship will slow down, then you have to open the valve a little wider." When the pressure in the deep ding is high, the speed of the ship will increase again, and you must close the small valve to let the boat maintain a certain speed. In this way, our ship can use the machine for a long time, without taking a certain amount of time and having to stop and wait for the steam pressure to rise. Again, as I have just said, once the fire is lit and ready to sail, it must be as it is today, with the fire burning vigorously, the fresh water pressurized in time, and the valves opening to the right size. ”

These boatmen listened attentively to every word Li Xiang said, and kept these words firmly in their hearts, and they wanted to use these words as their operating guidelines for future sailing. These were also known to the sentry commander of the sailor team who was on this ship, and asked the master to write it down, and he was going to let all the sailors under his command learn to operate the machine, and in the future, all his warships would be operated by the sailors.

After Li Kang learned about this, he greatly appreciated it, and popularized the practice of a sentry commander to the entire navy, laying a good foundation for building the world's first navy in the future.

After Li Xiang finished speaking, he asked the boatmen to figure out the meaning of the words, and he and Zhao Er walked onto the deck to avoid the stuffy, hot, and smelly dirty air under the bilge.

A boat that moves slowly against the wind and waves is much more stable than when it is stationary and windswept backwards, and it does not sway from side to side except for ups and downs.

Zhao Er sneaked forward in a stealthy way, approached Li Xiang, who was standing on the front baffle of the bow of the boat, and said with a smile: "My lord, just now you called some pressure and speed by the machine, and the villain was too far away to hear clearly, can you explain it to the villain?" ”

Li Xiang carefully explained to Zhao Er what he thought, and gave him an analogy at the end: "You see, for example, we made a bamboo pump for shooting water, and when we adults go to push and shoot, the water will spray two feet away, if we ask a child who is only ten years old to play, what will it look like?" ”

"Needless to say, the water inside will definitely not shoot far, maybe the less powerful child will even be able to push...... Yes! Zhao Er suddenly realized, and shouted happily: "Hehe, I understand, there was not enough steam in our deep ding before, that is, the pressure that adults said had not reached that high, just like a child pushing a big pump, the water vapor sprayed out was weak, so he couldn't push the steamer, and finally the steamer simply stopped and didn't move." This time, the adults told the boatmen to burn the fire until the steam had opened the safety valve, indicating that the pressure was sufficient, and then the steam was turned on, and the boat was pushed away at once. ”

"Ha, it's good to get it." Li Xiang reversed Zhao Er and asked, "I said Zhao Er, now we have more than ten steam-powered ships, which is enough for the time being." But in the future, we have to sail to fight the Mongols, you have to think of a good way, and make more Shending and various supporting parts within a year. It can be installed on board as soon as it is needed, and it will be ready to go in no time. ”

Zhao Er pondered silently in his heart for a while, changed his usual hippie smile, and said solemnly: "My lord, the little one knows that you are a person who does great things, and you must have a very important plan to ask such words at this time." Let's put it this way, although we now have more than 300 blacksmiths, these people alone will not be able to meet the needs of the adults in the future. But the blacksmiths we recruited in addition, we don't have to worry about bringing them to the shipyard to do these things that need to be kept secret, so we can only let them make some ordinary ironware except for knives. Therefore, apart from the need to increase the number of blacksmiths in our shipyard, the disciples have not yet come up with any best way to fulfill the requirements of the adults. ”

After a pause, Zhao Er pondered and said: "There is a method, the little one has been thinking about it for a long time, but because others shook their heads when they heard it, they still couldn't make up their minds. You may wish to bring it up here for adults to refer to and see if it works. ”

Li Xiang turned to stare at him and said, "You say." ”

Zhao Er: "Since the last time my lord asked my disciple to separate the various processes of our ironworker, my disciple has been wondering if we can hand over some things that are not very important, but cost a lot of manpower, to a blacksmith outside the shipyard, or even to someone who doesn't know how to blacksmith to do." If this is the case, we only need to make some of the most critical and delicate components, and then assemble the things made by others after passing the inspection, which can not only achieve the quantity required by adults, but also ensure the quality. ”

Li Xiang happily raised his hand and slapped Zhao Er's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Well said, this method is also well thought out." For example, to make those long and short iron pipes, we can first let people beat out the iron bars according to our samples, and then we can roll and weld them into pipes by ourselves. Not only do it quickly, but also not afraid of others to learn the skills of welded pipes, but also use all our skilled blacksmiths in important things. It's a great way to do it, so why not do it and do what you think when you get back. ”

Zhao Er smiled bitterly: "My lord, it's not that I don't want to do it right away, but Lord Wang, they can't pass that level." The bookkeepers under Lord Wang had a good grasp of the money, and when they heard that it would cost a lot of money to do so, they shook their heads like rattles, and they said that since it was something we wanted to use ourselves, it would not matter if we were to slow down. He also said that all things that use money must have official documents and notes drawn by Lord Wang to pay for it. The little one went to Lord Wang, but he said that he would not be able to reply until after further discussion, so it was delayed until now. If Childe hadn't asked about it today, I wouldn't have thought of telling Childe about it so soon. (To be continued.) )