Zhu Houwei nodded at Li Lao, and Li Lao shouted, "Open the gate and release the water." "The dock gates were opened, and the sea water poured into the dock quickly. After a while, the boat began to float a little in the water. Li Lao shouted again: "Untie the rope." The crowd began to untie the ship's cables. When the exciting moment came, the boat shook a few times in the water, and then stabilized. Then slowly sail out of the dock and really into the sea.

The boat went smoothly, and everyone's faces showed joy that the boat had succeeded. After about 100 meters, the ship dropped anchor and docked. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao and the little girl couldn't wait, so they called a Cangshan boat and prepared to board the new sailboat. Empress Zhang had no choice but to get on the boat together.

Li Lao and the three of them also got on the Cangshan ship, and began to introduce the detailed data of the new ship on the way over: "The new ship is 18 meters 2 long, the widest point is 3 meters 3, the main and secondary masts are 13 meters and 11 meters respectively, the displacement is 120 tons, it can carry about 80 tons of cargo, the draft of the empty ship is 1 meter 2, and the draft of the full load is 1 meter 6. There are 18 crew members, and nearly half of them are sail drivers. The sail can be raised or lowered, and the specific speed of the boat must be measured slowly. "Today's shipyards are no longer built with their heads covered and built according to the experience of craftsmen, but they have to draw drawings and then manufacture them precisely. The drawings of this ship alone have 2 boxes, and in order to protect the drawings, one copy of the Chinese Military Government and one copy of the safest underground secret room in the shipyard.

It didn't take long to get to the boat, the boat was relatively short, about 2 meters above the water was the side of the ship, and it was easy to get to the new ship from the Cangshan boat. got on the new ship, the little girl and Zhu Houzhao and others began to visit, and the boat was finished after a while under the explanation of Li Lao. The boat only has two levels, which is very convenient to go up and down.

Under Zhu Houwei's order, the captain shouted loudly, "Anchor, Zhang Fan." The ship moved, and at first it didn't feel anything, but soon, the speed of the ship began to increase, even so fast that these Ming people couldn't believe it. The tip of the ship quickly broke through the layers of waves, and the waves even floated to the bow of the ship. As the builder of this ship, Li Lao and the others also couldn't believe that the boat they built could drive so fast. Several people are very clear about the speed of the ship, and the current speed of the ship can be said to be faster than any kind of ship in the Ming Dynasty, but the current speed of the ship is not the fastest.

The little girl and Zhu Houzhao are very excited, this kind of pleasure of riding the wind and waves is really fascinating. The navigation of the boat also attracted the attention of the surrounding fishing boats, training boats. Everyone looked at the ship flying close to the surface of the sea in amazement, and could not recover for a long time. Needless to say, the crew on the ship can adapt to it, and the female dependents did not react, but Zhu Houwei was a little uncomfortable. The worst thing is Zhu Houzhao, he was very happy at first, but he didn't expect that it had only been less than 20 minutes since the boat had been sailing, and he had already vomited on the side of the boat. Bai Yulian patted him on the back and grabbed her with one hand, otherwise she might fall into the sea.

Zhu Hou did like this, and the boat quickly stopped, went back to the dock first, and sent them ashore. Zhu Houwei was gloating on the side, he was also seasick when he boarded the ship for the first time last time, but he slowly overcame it, and now seeing Zhu Houzhao so miserable, he felt a kind of perverted pleasure in his heart.

When they arrived on the shore, Li Lao and the others also came down, stood beside Zhu Houwei, and bowed, "Lord Wang, now that this ship is also successful, it is better for Lord Wang to give a name." Zhu Houwei thought for a while. Then he said, "In the future, this kind of ship will be called a flying clipper ship, and as for the name of this ship, it will be called Longjiang, and you can write the name of the ship on the hull of the ship yourself." Li Lao and the others were very excited, Longjiang is not only the name of a shipyard, but also the feelings and glory of these shipwrights for generations. Originally, Longjiang was about to disappear in history, and the previous Li Lao people also knew this ending, but they still retained a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and they worked hard with more than 1,000 people to support it. The sky is as people wish, and the name of Longjiang appears again on the sea, in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houwei saw that they were almost in tears, and he had some sympathy in his heart: "A few people don't have to be like this, in the future, the shipyard in Tianjin will be called Xinlongjiang Shipyard." In the future, it is necessary to build not only fishing boats and merchant ships, but also war ships, a large number of them, and they will be built vigorously. The name Longjiang will one day spread to every corner of the world with the Ming Dynasty. A few of you will also need to take care of your health and cultivate talents, and I hope that there will be more skilled shipwrights like the three of you in the future. There is a long way to go, and you must be prepared in your heart. ”

While wiping his tears, the three of them nodded with a smile and said yes again and again. After everyone went ashore, the Longjiang had to set sail to Dengzhou to complete this short voyage. The three of them also said goodbye, and there is still a lot of work to be done in the new Longjiang Shipyard.

Zhu Houzhao's face finally slowly returned to normal, he didn't expect that he would be so seasick, not even as good as the women in the family, he was depressed for a while, and he was even more depressed when he saw his brother's obscene smile.

The next thing is to wait for the Longjiang to come back from Dengzhou. The days of waiting were not idle, either going out to sea to fish or inspecting the cement factory in the south. The current cement plant is newly opened, with a reasonable layout and a huge output. There are 20 vertical kilns alone, after several years of research, the failure rate of vertical kilns has been greatly reduced, and because they are larger, they produce more cement at one time. Even if two cement roads are to be built through Daming, the cement plant can meet the demand for materials. Another point is that after Zhu Houwei's guidance, the sewage and other garbage from the cement factory are treated and then discharged into the sea. As the cement plant expanded, it needed a lot of workers, so many workers were recruited from Tianjin and northern Shandong to do manual labor. The monthly money of 2 taels a month also provides three meals, which makes the people rush to it. Now those guards in Tianjin want to recruit people to farm, but they don't give much benefit, and the people don't want to pay attention to him.

There are not many people from Shandong, but it is good to say that the left and right guards in Tianjin mainly rely on Tuntian to live. Tenants and military households stopped farming, and they went to work in the cement factory of the Tianxia Chamber of Commerce, and officials such as hundreds of households and thousands of households of Tianjin Wei complained to Song Renyuan, the commander of Tianjin Wei. Song Renyuan said simply, "The royal industry, what do you want me to do?" "It seems like a simple sentence, but it is actually biased in favor of the cement plant. Since the household registration of military households is in various health centers, the use of coercive means can get those military households to return and continue farming. This lawsuit went to the court, and it was also the defense of the government. However, these low-level officials all know that the cement factory is a royal industry, so they want to find a heavyweight to take the lead, and the first choice is Song Renyuan. Unexpectedly, Song Renyuan said in a simple sentence that he was also a victim, and he was a poor person who was so cold that he didn't dare to sue. Come on, the boss endured it, and he still filled some big head of garlic.

The quality of the fishing rods in these years is not very good, and they are basically made of bamboo rods, although they are pure natural and sound very environmentally friendly, but it is not difficult. Several times, the line was broken when he hung the big fish, or the fishing rod was broken, which made Zhu Houzhao angry and stopped fishing.

Zhu Houwei still hasn't given up, anyway, it's just a game, the best fishing, it doesn't matter if you don't have it. As a result, in two days, no less than 50 sea fish of more than 10 catties and less than 30 catties were caught. It's not that his fishing skills are high, but that the fish in the Bohai Sea are really too much. Except for a few fishermen, no one came to fish, and ordinary military households were so tired that they didn't want to move at the end of the day, how could they bother to get fish to eat, and this thing could not be kept for a few days without salt.

At noon on the third day, Zhu Houwei's fishing operations stopped. Because the Longjiang is back incredible. Tianjin wharf is about 500 kilometers away from Dengzhou port, and it only takes 72 hours for the clipper to complete a round trip, that is, 1,100 kilometers, with an average of 15 kilometers per hour. It is important to know that although the ship can sail at night, it is impossible to maintain the maximum speed, so it can only go slowly. Therefore, one hour during the day should be kept at least 20 kilometers per hour, which is calculated as a knot, which is more than 11 knots.

Except for Zhu Houwei, who was mentally prepared for this data, everyone else was shocked, and everyone had a more intuitive understanding of the speed of the Longjiang. Zhu Houzhao has taken the time to learn a lot of ship knowledge in the past few days, and after seeing the Longjiang, he shouted, "Build more Longjiang, and let the clippers spread all over the Bohai Bay." "The ambition is very ambitious, Zhu Houwei still has to step forward to pour cold water" Longjiang is too small, neither can carry cannons, but also does not have a large enough capacity to transport materials, this ship is to accumulate experience, and in the future to build a larger clipper ship to meet the demand. Only then did Zhu Houzhao calm down.