Chu Mei's trip to Ziyang View has gained a lot.

Now that the scale of Ziyang Temple has more than doubled, the impact and shock brought to Chu Mei in all aspects are very huge.

Chu Mei was deeply impressed by the kind and generous Taoist chiefs, the rule-abiding little Taoist priests, the groups of extremely devout worshippers, the huge academy with more than 4,000 orphans studying, the Ziyang Medical Center, which was neater and cleaner than many modern hospitals, the pharmaceutical factory covering an area of more than 500 acres, and the medical school located between the mountains and rivers.

All this is far more touching than any achievements made by Zhu Daolin.

When Zhu Daolin sent Chu Mei to the gate of the Conservatory of Music with an elegant environment and a curvy rhyme, Xu Fu, who was full of spring on his face, and Pei Ruyan, who was smiling, had already prepared a luxury carriage, and couldn't help but help Chu Mei to the car, and happily said to Zhu Daolin that it was not too late for us to go shopping in the city and then come back to visit the college.

When Zhu Daolin heard this, he shook his head a little helplessly, and saw the plainclothes guard hiding in the distance nodding to him, so he was relieved.

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Just after noon, Zhu Daolin quietly arrived at the Yangtze River Shipyard on Baguazhou, which was beginning to take shape.

Miao Jinde, director of the Yangtze River Shipyard, Zhang Xiangling, chief technical officer, Diao Meifang, chief auditor, and more than 30 master craftsmen of the research institute immediately gathered around and rushed to greet Zhu Daolin, and then happily took Zhu Daolin to the two new 1,200-ton warships that were being built at the same time.

"General, please see, how do you feel about the keel layout that hundreds of us spent half a year designing and the new process that has been improved in the keel connection technology of Western warships?"

As soon as Miao Jinde said this, bursts of proud laughter immediately sounded around him.

Zhu Daolin stared at it for more than ten minutes, and in excitement, he walked along the stairs built by the giant stone bars. Descending to the bottom of the dock, under the guidance of two old craftsmen who looked a little nervous, drilled through the thick and thick side keel gaps, entered the construction center, and carefully inspected the connection effect of the keel and optimized the layout.

Half an hour later, Zhu Daolin returned to the ground full of admiration. Full of praise: "Good! It's really good! It can be said that it far exceeded my expectations, which is very remarkable! By the way, how thick is the hull? ”

"65 centimeters below the waterline and 50 centimeters above the waterline, all of teak brought back from the South Seas, has been calculated to withstand the impact of 10 kilograms of shells at a distance of 500 meters." Zhang Xiangling hurriedly replied.

Zhu Daolin's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "Very good!" These two new 1,200-ton warships have gone from accumulation to design, from design to model experiments. From the experiment to the finalization, and then to the current manufacturing, it took more than a year before and after, and it embodies the efforts of countless people! ”

"Here, I want to thank you, you are not only the heroes of the Ming Empire's navy, but also the pioneers of my Ming shipbuilding industry, and your exploits will go down in history. To be revered by future generations! ”

"Thank you, General! Thank you, General! ”

Everyone was so excited that their eyes were hazy with tears, and some even cried.

Received such a high evaluation from Zhu Daolin. Everyone felt extremely proud, extremely proud, and felt that the hard work and hardship of more than a year had been worth it.

After a long period of sighing, everyone gathered around Zhu Daolin to visit more than ten departments such as the Ship Research Institute, the Model Test Field, the Hardware Branch, the Casting Branch, and the Rigging Branch of the Yangtze River Shipyard, and finally came to the yard in front of the warehouse group covering an area of 100 acres and on the verge of the wharf.

Miao Jinde pointed to the mountains of various timbers and thanked the Navy and colleagues from various departments in Yingzhou for their strong support. After finishing pointing to the dozen or so giant red pines placed near the dock, he said with emotion:

"These are all things that the Navy brothers have worked so hard to bring back from Korea...... For the sake of these 16 50-meter-long masts, the East China Sea Fleet did not hesitate to tear down the stern towers of two 700-ton transport ships, and spent a huge amount of silver to purchase thousands of tons of elm wood and sequoia log ballast, which took two months to deliver to us...... They are very much appreciated throughout the shipyard. Please be sure to give them a credit. ”

"I remember." Zhu Daolin nodded solemnly.

Diao Meifang stomped her feet, heard a dull sound from under her feet, and then told Zhu Daolin: "I'm afraid the general doesn't know, the more than 200 big iron boxes you brought are now all buried under our feet...... It is precisely with these boxy iron boxes that the two-kilometer-long wharf upstream and downstream of the Yangtze River shipbuilding can be completed more than three months ahead of schedule, and at the same time, the wharf can be extended forward by 20 meters in one fell swoop, achieving an average water depth of more than six meters. ”

Zhu Daolin was very happy and blinked his eyes: "I think about it, it should be piled to fix the container first, and then fill it with mud and stone, right?" ”

Everyone laughed and nodded their heads.

Finally, Zhang Xiangling added: "Basically, but after tamping and fixing, we also layer a meter-thick mixed layer of stone powder and clay on top, and then pave steel bars after compacting and drying, and pour an 80-centimeter-thick concrete layer." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Daolin praised again: "Amazing! Now it seems that all the construction works will be completed in two months. ”

"Roughly so, the two artisan quarters, the garrison camp and the apprentice quarters have been completed and put into use, and the market, club and sports field are about to be completed, but the foundations of the shipyard's affiliated school, medical hall and technical college have just been excavated, and it is estimated that they will not be completed until next summer."

"In addition, according to the instructions of the general and the drawings of the Portuguese, three 1,000-ton docks need to be rebuilt, and by the end of this year, the shipyard will only be able to use one 5,000-ton dock and three 2,000-ton docks, and the original 800-ton new warship can only be postponed or risk platform construction."

Diao Meifang is not afraid that Zhu Daolin will be unhappy, and she will say whatever she wants.

Zhu Daolin nodded humbly: "You can try boldly, it doesn't matter if you fail, just start all over again, the key is to sum up the lessons and lessons...... Do you have enough manpower? ”

Miao Jinde saw that Diao Meifang didn't mean to answer, so he thought for a while and said in a low voice: "For the time being, it should be enough, there are 3,600 carefully selected skilled craftsmen, including more than 600 craftsmen above the fourth level, plus the 3,000 northern craftsmen transferred by the general from Yingzhou, and 5,000 apprentices who have been trained for more than six months, the manpower is quite surplus." ”

"In order to help the Hushan Shipyard complete the construction of the 800-ton improved ocean-going armed merchant ship, our 2,500 veteran craftsmen have remained there without allocation, but after the full start of construction in the middle of this month, I am afraid that there will be no more spare support for the Hushan Shipyard."

Zhu Daolin was very satisfied.

Seeing that the sun was going down and the big guy was still reluctant to leave, Zhu Daolin simply paid out of his own pocket and ordered Diao Meifang to prepare, and he decided to give a banquet to all the master craftsmen, senior craftsmen, managers, officers above the captain of the engineering corps, and the village chiefs of the two surrounding villages.

The voice did not stop, and immediately caused bursts of cheers.

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PS: Thank you Qin Han Tang Ming for your big reward! (To be continued.) )