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Zhang Feng fulfilled his promise and came here again today, this time, Zhang Feng did not come empty-handed, but brought a large stack of design drawings, which is the design schematic drawings of an ironclad ship, which is the world's first ironclad ship.

It is indeed a design diagram, after all, the time is too short, and the detailed design drawings are not drawn so quickly, but there are design diagrams, at least it does not affect the communication with everyone.

This is a bit similar to the ironclad ships of European countries in the mid and late nineteenth century, except that there is no weapon system, but the design reserves the weapon installation position, and if there is a cannon in the future, after the cannon is installed, such an ironclad ship is a powerful warship.

Tang Jianqing's office.

According to Zhang Feng's request, Tang Jianqing called all the backbones of the shipyard, including technical backbones, management backbones, and so on.

The technical backbone, basically some senior shipbuilders, have good shipbuilding technology, we have built a wooden steam carrier one by one, and now, we have come into contact with ironclad ships for the first time.

In the office, according to Zhang Feng's requirements, a wooden board was erected early, and on the wooden board, there was a large design drawing, the general design drawing of the ironclad ship.

You may have heard a few words about the ironclad ship from Tang Jianqing before, but today, it is the first time you have seen the design drawing, and you finally know what the ironclad ship looks like.

Zhang Feng combined with the general design drawings and personally introduced the ironclad ship he designed.

"Everyone can see that this is an ironclad ship, completely different from our current wooden transport ships, almost all made of steel, 65 meters long, 9.5 meters wide, displacement of 1800 tons, powered by two horizontal 3-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, with a total power of 4000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 16 knots, and a range of 6000 nautical miles / 10 knots......"

Zhang Feng introduced it in more detail, and the whole office was quiet, and everyone listened very carefully and carefully.

Even if the units introduced by Zhang Feng are "meters", "tons", "knots", "nautical miles" and other units, everyone has been in contact with them before, and they can still understand and understand.

Everyone is a great expert in shipbuilding, listening to Zhang Feng's eloquent words, everyone's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, and a new door is slowly opening in front of everyone.

Tang Jianqing became more and more excited in his heart, and he didn't think that in his lifetime, he would be lucky enough to build such an ironclad ship, what a pride, what a glory!

After introducing more than half an hour, Zhang Feng basically gave a comprehensive introduction, not only introduced the overall design, but also introduced the local design, not only used the overall design schematic diagram, but also used the local design schematic diagram, and even some construction technology, Zhang Feng mentioned it slightly.

After Zhang Feng's introduction was completed, the office, which was originally very quiet, suddenly became lively, and everyone's faces could not hide their joy and excitement.

From the construction of a wooden transport ship of 1,000 materials, to a wooden transport ship of 2,000 materials, and then to the current ironclad ship, it is completely a qualitative leap, and it is completely a shotgun for a cannon.

"Boss, this is really the ship we are going to build in the future, I can't believe it!"

"Yes! Such a steamer, all straight, no, the whole country, the whole world is the first! ”

"Boss, I've handed over this one hundred and ten catties to you, and I want to participate in the construction of this ironclad ship!"

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Everyone was enthusiastic and full of energy, Zhang Feng smiled, motivated and passionate, this is a good thing, Zhang Feng said loudly: "Okay, from today on, we will start to prepare for the construction of ironclad ships, and strive to build the first ironclad ship within a year." ”

There are a lot of preparations, process preparation, technical preparation, tooling preparation, personnel preparation, etc., building an ironclad ship, this is a big project, and the preparation is estimated to take at least two or three months.

After everyone dismissed the meeting, Zhang Feng explained a series of preparations and plans for Tang Jianqing.

The construction of ironclad ships, this is Zhang Feng's first major project, Zhang Feng attaches great importance to it, in the office, on the preliminary preparations and Tan Jianqing will explain for more than half an hour, of course, as long as there is time, Zhang Feng will definitely come to the shipyard every now and then to see the progress, and even carry out a series of technical guidance work.

This ironclad ship, for the time being, there is no cannon, but it does not hinder the installation of cannons in the future, in the design, Zhang Feng has considered, and reserved the installation position, if there is a suitable cannon in the future, a slight technical upgrade, this ironclad ship can be installed with large-caliber naval guns.

Without the installation of naval guns, this ironclad ship is an ironclad transport ship, and if it is equipped with naval guns, it can become an ironclad battleship.

The shipyard was going to build ironclad ships, and the news spread quickly, and many shipbuilders were talking about it, and some craftsmen even raised their eyebrows and talked about it with relish.

"Old Tan, have you heard, what kind of iron are we going to build... Ironclad ships, I heard that they don't use wood, they are all made of steel plates and steel. ”

"Lao Zheng, I just heard about it, I didn't think about it, there is still such a thing in the world, if this thing is built, it will directly throw off the current wooden ship several streets!"

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A few days later, even some people in Shanghai County knew about it, and in everyone's opinion, the ironclad ship was a strange thing.

In one restaurant, there were several diners talking loudly about the ironclad, and many other diners were listening with their ears pricked up.

"Tsk, Mr. Zhang really dares to think that if he wants to build an ironclad ship, such a big iron guy, the craftsmen in the shipyard can really build it, it's amazing!"

Immediately, a diner asked, "I heard that thing is all made of steel, such a big thing, it must be dead and sunk, and it won't sink directly into the water?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's strange if you don't sink to the bottom!"

"Who knows, but since Mr. Zhang wants to build this thing, he will definitely not sink into the water, otherwise it will be a waste of effort."

In the restaurant, many diners laughed good-naturedly, and even the owner of the restaurant, who had been listening to everyone's talk, laughed softly.

Oh, yes! Such a big iron bump, how can it not sink, I really don't understand, many people have such doubts in their hearts, thinking so.

The more they thought about it, the more curious they became, and even many people thought in their hearts that after the construction of the ironclad ship in the shipyard was completed, they must go and see it.

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Zhang Feng stayed in the shipyard for two days, and it was not until early in the morning of the third day that Zhang Feng left the shipyard and returned to the general military mansion in the city of Songjiang Prefecture.

Even if he was already the chief soldier of Songjiang, Zhang Feng was not ready to move the general army mansion, he was in Songjiang Mansion, not to Suzhou or Changzhou.

After returning from Tianjin, it has been more than half a month, except for a military meeting and announcing the expansion of the troops, Zhang Feng's main energy has been spent on industrial construction.

According to the military division of the Ming Dynasty, there were 21 commanders and envoys, and there were more than 200 guards under it, and then there were thousands of households and 100 households.

During the Chongzhen period, Nanzhili did not set up a command envoy, but there were various guards, such as Jinshan Guard, Suzhou Guard, etc., now, Zhang Feng is already the emperor's Songjiang commander-in-chief, commanding Songjiang Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Changzhou Mansion all kinds of soldiers and horses, according to reason, these guards are under the jurisdiction of Zhang Feng.

The official document has been sent out a long time ago, but until now, no one has come to worship the pier, Zhang Feng muttered in his heart, are these people waiting, or disobeying themselves, or they are too late to come.

The traffic is inconvenient, some distant places, it takes ten days and half a month to go back and forth, and it is estimated that it is normal.

Zhang Feng temporarily attributed this to the traffic, and Zhang Feng was ready to wait a little longer to see which of these people would take the initiative to come to see him, and which would be indifferent.

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