Part of the steel smelted by Baoshan Iron and Steel Plant was transported to Xiaoqingshan Arsenal as soon as possible, and thousands of catties were transported on the first day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this era, there are no cars, no trains, and transportation is a little difficult, even so, one guy transported thousands of catties, which made Zhao Zuolin very happy.

Zhao Zuolin showed great enthusiasm for work, and the arsenal also started immediately, and the first thing to manufacture was those machine tools, including four lathes, two drilling machines, and a planer.

Of course, these machine tools cannot be looked at from a modern point of view, because these machine tools are a little rudimentary and a little less accurate, but this era, in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, was groundbreaking. Although it is simple, this is a truly practical machine tool that can actually process parts.

In order to ensure the quality of the machine tool, some key parts, Zhao Zuolin took people to process them by himself, and the entire Xiaoqingshan Arsenal was busy for a while.

During this period of time, Zhang Feng was busy manufacturing machine tools and steam engines, and naturally cultivated a relationship with Chen Yuanyuan at other times.

Although he is a little busy, he can cultivate a relationship with a beautiful woman, Zhang Feng is happy in it, and his life naturally flies.

Several machine tools were first manufactured, and under the drive of the steam engine, each machine tool worked quite stably, and the processed parts were also quite good, which made Zhang Feng very satisfied.

Then there was the manufacture of two steam engines, the basis for the manufacture of the first steam engine, and the machine tools for processing parts, although these two steam engines were relatively large and slightly more complex in structure, but they were successfully manufactured and installed on those two transport ships.

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Shanghai Shipyard.

Two 2,000-material treasure ships have been completed, and the two cargo ships are almost entirely wooden in structure, but there are some small improvements, and steel is used in some key and important parts.

The cargo ship had no sails, no masts, no oars, and instead was a thick, tall chimney, which was a steam-powered cargo ship.

The first steam engine steamship designed and built by itself in Chinese history In 1865, the "Yellow Bird" steamship designed and built by Xu Shou and Hua Yufang was 17 meters long, with a speed of 6 knots and a weight of 25 tons.

Zhang Feng's two 2,000-material cargo ships undoubtedly broke the historical record, and broke the history of world shipbuilding, and will undoubtedly leave a strong mark in the history of world shipbuilding development.

The 2,000-material cargo ship, with a deadweight displacement of about 1,000 tons, belonged to a large ship in this era, and the historical Columbus fleet at that time was only composed of three sailing ships, and the largest Santa Maria was only 100 tons, which could only be regarded as a small guy in front of Zhang Feng's two thousand treasure ships.

Today, the shipyard is in a state of festivities, and everyone knows that there will be sea trials today.

The steam-powered cargo ship was on a trial voyage, and on such an important day, Zhang Feng came in person, and Tang Jianqing was with Zhang Feng, with a happy face, as if he was ten years younger, and was introducing the situation of the two cargo ships to Zhang Feng.

"Childe, these two cargo ships, all built according to your requirements, are now all completed and ready for sea trials."

Looking at the two cargo ships not far away, Zhang Feng became interested and waved his hand: "Donald, let's go, get on the ship and experience the fruits of our labor." ”

Tang Jianqing also showed great interest, and boarded one of the cargo ships with Zhang Feng, standing on the cargo ship, looking at the sea in the distance, both of them were in high spirits.

Zhang Feng said: "Donald, inform everyone, start the ship immediately and try the sea!" ”

"Good!" Tang Jianqing happily agreed, not to mention notifying.

Not long after, black smoke rose from the high chimney, the whistle blew, and the two cargo ships drove out of the shipyard one after the other, and gradually increased their speed.

Zhang Feng felt the speed of the cargo ship, and said in his heart, this speed has reached at least five or six knots, and it is estimated that the normal speed can reach about seven or eight knots, and the fastest speed is estimated to exceed twelve or three knots.

One section is about 1.8 kilometers, 10 knots per hour is about 18 kilometers per hour, and 7 or 8 knots is 13 or 4 kilometers per hour.

Tang Jianqing stood on the deck, holding the side of the ship, obviously his face was a little excited, he didn't think about it, Zhang Feng really didn't lie to himself, it really came true, this steam-powered steamship was finally manufactured, and now it is starting to sea trials.

If he hadn't met Zhang Feng, Tang Jianqing knew that he would never have thought that there were such ships in the world, without sails or oars.

Tang Jianqing's eyes were a little blurry, I don't know if it was because of excitement or happiness, the scene in his mind that Zhang Feng came to the door to invite him out of the mountain......

"Woo!!"

A deafening whistle woke Tang Jianqing up, and after coming back to his senses, Tang Jianqing walked to Zhang Feng's side, "Childe, thank you." ”

Zhang Feng knew what Tang Jianqing's thank you represented, Tang Jianqing was thanking himself for realizing a dream for him.

Zhang Feng smiled happily.

The two steamers, sailing into the mouth of the Yangtze River, maintained the speed of about seven or eight knots per hour, went upstream, and the test route had already been agreed, went up the river, sailed to the Xiaguan wharf section of Nanjing, and then returned downstream.

For the first time, the sailing ships of the previous sailing ships can only be described as turtle speed, like this upstream, the speed of two or three knots per hour is good, and the speed of this steamship is obviously several times that of a sailing ship.

"That's fast!"

"Yes, if it had been put before, I wouldn't have thought about it!"

"The owner is really amazing, I heard that this steam-powered cargo ship was conceived by the owner and Donald together."

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Some of the boatmen were happy, some were excited, some were emotional, some were excited, and their expressions were different, and they all wrote their inner feelings on their faces.

Xiaguan Wharf is about 310 kilometers away from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it takes about 24 hours according to the speed of seven or eight knots.

Morning at Shimonoseki Pier.

As usual, it was still so lively, bustling, with all kinds of coolies, vendors, and boatmen, etc., forming a lively scene.

Next to the wharf, these ships are docked, large and small, and some are cargo ships, some of the owners are directing the porters to load and unload the goods, and on the wide river in the distance, there is a two-masted sailing ship, which is slowly leaving.

If Zhang Feng's steam-powered cargo ship hadn't come, everyone would have done what they had done as usual, but the arrival of these two steam-powered cargo ships immediately broke all this.

The first to spot the two steam-powered cargo ships was a young boatman who was on a boat at the dock, and he pointed to the river in the distance and shouted, "Look! What kind of ship is that! ”

As the young boatman shouted, many people looked at the river in the distance, and there were more and more people, and the two steam-powered cargo ships sounded their whistles one after the other.

An old man, obviously well-informed, immediately said loudly: "That's a treasure ship of two thousand materials, yes, a treasure ship of two thousand materials!" ”

"No, this is not a treasure ship of two thousand materials, these two ships have no masts and no sails!"

"Look, it's still smoking, isn't it on fire!"

"No, that's not a fire, look, these two ships are heading towards the docks!"

It was the first time everyone had seen a steam-powered cargo ship, and the effect was nothing short of sensational, and almost everyone at the dock stopped and almost all looked at the two steam-powered cargo ships.

And these two boats are also very cooperative, not only the whistle sounds, but also a large radius of the river, towards the pier, and then almost brush the pier, from the dock when only a dozen feet.

"Wow, these two ships are so majestic!"

"I didn't think about it, there are still such ships in the world, and today is considered to be a rise in knowledge!"

"Look, how fast these two ships are!"

In the eyes of everyone, the two cargo ships turned in a large radius, almost brushed the dock, and then drove towards the center of the river, down the river, the speed became faster and faster, in everyone's amazed, reluctant eyes, the two ships gradually moved away......

When I came over, I went upstream, and the voyage of more than 300 kilometers was only one day and one night, which greatly subverted everyone's understanding.

When they saw Shimonoseki Wharf, many boatmen couldn't believe that Shimonoseki Wharf had arrived like this, and if it had been changed before, they would not have thought about coming over for a few days.

On the return trip, because it was going down the river, the speed was even faster, definitely exceeding the speed of ten knots, this speed was simply the sound of apes on both sides of the strait could not be stopped, and the light boat had passed the ten thousand mountains!

Of course, this is not a light boat, but a steam-powered cargo ship that is 70 or 80 meters long and can reach a maximum displacement of 1,000 tons.

Tang Jianqing knew that the steam-powered steamship was better than the sailing ship and was more advanced, so he was far from thinking that it was so advanced, and he ran six or seven hundred miles in twelve hours a day, which was simply unthinkable.

The trial voyage went well, Zhang Feng was good, and said happily: "Donald, how about it, our steam engine ship is okay." ”

Tang Jianqing said with emotion: "It's not just okay, it's just too good, it's too advanced, and now I'm looking forward to when we can build the kind of iron-hulled steamship described by Gongzi." ”

Zhang Feng looked at the river in the distance and said slowly: "Everything will be there, we will definitely be able to make iron-hulled ships in the future, but at present, my task is to make steam engine-powered wooden ships, and we will build a few more steam engine-powered ships of 2,000 materials, and we will go on ocean voyages in the future." ”

The road has to be taken step by step, Tang Jianqing fully knows this, Tang Jianqing said: "Childe, my old bones are all yours, and I must make a steam-powered iron-hulled ship in my lifetime." ”

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