[75] Shipbuilding

Five million eight-pound 3.2-liter iron-shell thermos flasks, each 2o yuan, with a total price of 100 million.

As a kind of Ming in 1892, the production method at that time was to manually blow out two glass bottles of different calibers, which was not possible without an experienced glassblowing technician, and James Dewar, a Scotsman at that time, hired two glass-blowing assistants with high salaries to help him get the inner vacuum bottle for the British Arctic expedition.

After the two glass bottles are put together, the inner and outer bottles are separated from the inner and outer bottles from three sides with three soybean-sized asbestos pads. Mercury is applied to the inner wall, which is then vacuumed and sealed, initially sealed with glue and wood rings, and then simply melted and sintered into a single piece.

This is not difficult to tell the truth, but the difficulty lies in mass production, otherwise the thermos flask will always be the exclusive item of the nobility and the British Arctic expedition. From 19o3 onwards, thermos flasks stumbled in workshop production, and it was not until 1921 that the prototype of industrial production began to take shape.

Yao Fan feels that he is using these commodities to make money at this stage, and each of them is a strange commodity to live in! It is closely related to people's lives, or rather, these are products that can change people's lives.

However, Yao Fan was not satisfied with the excessive packaging of the goods, so he required in the order contract that all goods should not be marked with any production year and company address except for the brand logo and logo, and the cartons outside the goods did not need to be printed.

Yao Fan's excuse is "convenient to do foreign trade on OEM".

No one will get along with big customers, the contract must be performed, no one wants to be claimed, all suppliers have accepted Yao Fan's requirements. So far, Yao Fan's purchase amount has reached 100.67oo.

Next, Yao Fan's procurement focused on the armed forces of Yaojiazhuang.

"I also want to purchase 100,000 pairs of green labor protection liberation shoes, 1o yuan per pair, with a total price of 1oo yuan.

6o pairs of cotton socks, with a total price of 3oo thousand.

There are 1,000 22.5-square-meter large marching camouflage tents that can accommodate 8 beds, each of which is 13oo yuan, and the total price is 13o yuan.

10,000 sleeping bags, 4o yuan each, the total price is 4o yuan.

There are 10,000 sets of autumn clothes and pants in winter, and 10,000 sets of shirts and underwear in summer, a total of 15o thousand.

10,000 aluminum 65-type kettles, 7.5 yuan each, a total of 75,000.

There are 1,000 FIYTA mechanical watches with all-steel waterproof 5o meters, each 15oo yuan, and the total price is 15o yuan.

Military GK8O alloy steel helmets, sapper shovels, sabers, compasses, binoculars, 7O liters of individual camouflage carrying tools, sewing kits, raincoats, mosquito nets, cold gloves, etc., etc., and so on 1,000 sets of military supplies, these add up, it costs 5oo ......"

Yao Fan calculated, these cost 15oo yuan.

"The land I bought is 56 hectares, 566o acres, which is more than 37,000 acres of land! Now that the construction has started, after the area is closed in the future, it will be difficult for outsiders to know how many people are inside, but if I continue to purchase grain in large quantities from 1875, it will be too much movement......"

At present, early indica rice is quite cheap, according to the minimum standard of 44% of the minimum rice milling rate, plus processing, transportation, and storage costs, it is only 42o yuan per ton, Yao Fan contacted a local food processing factory and asked them to help purchase 5ooo tons, which cost 22o yuan. The market price of soybean oil is 1,000 yuan per ton, and 5oo tons were purchased on behalf of 550,000 yuan.

Considering the needs of the next project, Yao Fan bought ten four-wheeled tractors with cargo hoppers, small diesel motors, and electric pumps. Take-out 2o tons of diesel fuel in 2oo liters of iron oil drums, and more than 300,000 are gone in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the current procurement list, Yao Fan couldn't help frowning and muttering: "Raising soldiers is too expensive, this is not counting the cost of weapons in the future, before finding a suitable overseas trade object, I estimate that the return of funds for commodities will not be too fast, I have to think of a fat difference like Shandong Machinery Qì Bureau to make money!" ”

After thinking about it, Yao Fan hit the idea on Li Hongzhang's head, and the Qing Kingdom quarreled with the British for a few military wheels, and finally suffered a big loss, the problem is that he can't make it.

Li Hongzhang is currently guarding the treaty port of Tianjin, what does he need?

"Face!" Yao Fan stroked his palms and smiled.

"At present, the first step, not to mention the big ship, even the tugboat Lao Li who is necessary for the port can't build it, and at present, there are only ten steam sailboats in the steamship China Merchants Bureau, and the rest are all sail cargo ships, and there is not much shipbuilding capacity in the country.

Shanghai Xiangsheng Shipyard built a 7o horsepower steam engine in 1862 to serve as the main engine for Li Hongzhang's small boats of less than 2oo tons, but all the spare parts were controlled in the hands of foreigners, and the quality of their own construction was extremely poor. And I remember that in those days, the steamer and the propeller were synchronized, and they all relied on a clutch-like device and controlled boiler temperature and coal intake to regulate the navigation.

The gear reduction device of the steam ship was not gradually put into use until 1909 after it was developed by the British Parsons Company. ”

Yao Fan is a man of action, he will do it when he thinks of it, and after making up his mind, he immediately contacted a local shipyard in Qingdao, but as soon as the other party heard that Yao Fan wanted the main engine of the steam engine, he hung up the phone after repeatedly confirming that it was correct, which made Yao Fan depressed.

"I guess it's used as a deep well ice, and yes, who still uses a coal-fired steam engine these days.

I remember that when the People's Republic of China was founded in 49, Shanghai rushed to build a batch of 75 horsepower and 15o horsepower reciprocating marine steam engines, and I went to the school to check the information to see if there were any drawings. "Yao Fan didn't believe in evil and decided to make it himself.

After searching the computer in the library of Ocean University of China, Yao Fanshun easily found these drawings of ships and main engines during the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After carefully reviewing the drawings, Yao Fan sighed: "Hey! Such a simple thing! I only need to subcontract each part to the machine processing factory, and I can build as many as I want! This 15o horsepower steam engine really doesn't have any technical content, it's completely cast iron! A mechanical processing factory equipped with a die-casting workshop can eat this order in one bite! In these years, as long as it is not a small personal workshop with three or two machine tools, a slightly more formal mechanical processing factory has a die-casting workshop! ”

Yao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and began to study the process: "In 1877, the French built the world's largest 1oo-ton steam hammer, and the main shaft of battleships in the early 2O century was only forged with a 125-ton air hammer. I take a look at the spindle parameters of this 15o hp steam engine ......"

At a glance, Yao Fan was overjoyed: "Hehe, I can cast this thing directly, and I still forge a hair!" Well, for the sake of insurance, I still directly find a similar diesel engine model, find a spindle with similar specifications to process, which is more convenient and fast, and safe to use.

Or I can directly outsource the project to any low-diesel engine manufacturer, and they will find a variety of mechanical processing factories and small workshops to subcontract and place orders, which is very familiar, and the final assembly time can be greatly advanced. ”

Since Yao Fan saw that there was no difficulty in this drawing, he couldn't help but think about it: "In the future, I will build the three-expansion main engine of a 10,000-ton steamship, and I will definitely be able to do it with this subcontracted processing method." 2o11 in the first three or five thousand tons of forging machine tools everywhere, all kinds of post-heat treatment processing or something, all can be outsourced to a variety of processing plants, as long as there are drawings and funds, 3ooo horsepower below the steam host I can build at will!

I just don't know if the assembly process of the high-horsepower steam host is difficult, but it is not difficult to think about it, the diesel engine factory can even assemble a complex large marine diesel engine, are you still afraid of a steam engine? It's really impossible to find a marine OEM and entrust their large assembly workshop to help with it. ”

Thinking of this, Yao Fanle said, "If I do this, shipbuilding will not be like dumplings in the future, as long as the funds can keep up, the invincible fleet can also be made!" For at least thirty years, military and civilian ships will not be worried. ”

So Yao Fan took all the materials and copied all the drawings in five copies in the library's copy room.

Which diesel engine factory is suitable? Yao Fan picked up the phone and first thought of a local diesel engine factory called Qingdao Yuhua Diesel Engine Company. When Yao Fan used to work in a steel group, he helped the company debug the control system of the supertreatment furnace.

Mr. Yao said on the phone that he was trying to replicate an old-fashioned steam engine tugboat for a Brazilian customer to use to receive tourists and make excursions at the country's maritime museum.

After agreeing to negotiate in person, Yao Fan drove his QQ to Yuhua Power Diesel Engine Company, and Pan Anmin, the boss of the company, warmly received him.

Pan Anmin is obviously from a technical background, and after carefully reading the drawings brought by Yao Fan, he said with a smile: "It's not difficult, let's just say that this 15o horsepower steam engine, all the parts are not difficult to process, but if you only need one, the price is definitely ten times that of a diesel engine with the same horsepower, after all, all castings have to be re-molded." All parts have to be drawn separately and subcontracted to machining units, and if people make this specification for the first time, and only buy one, the price is definitely expensive. ”

Yao Fan said: "My customers are also afraid that it will be difficult to get rid of it when the time comes, and it is expected that after it is put into operation, this kind of steamship tourism will be more popular, so three main engines have been ordered." Mr. Pan, can you use the existing diesel engine parts to replace some of the parts on the drawings? ”

Mr. Pan looked at the drawings for a while and said, "If you don't follow the drawings, it will involve redesign, and I don't dare to guarantee the quality." After all, when the designer was designing, he considered Zhou Xiang more. Besides, if you don't follow the drawings, can your customer acceptance be passed? ”

Yao Fan had no choice but to ask the price.

Mr. Pan was very sincere, and said: "5o million, 5o million for you to make, I absolutely guarantee the quality, if there is a problem, you just look for me, free maintenance within three years, only the cost of accessories within ten years, three 15o thousand, no discount." ”

Yao Fan complained in his heart, 5o thousand is enough to buy ten marine diesel engines with the same horsepower! And that's not even counting boilers and other equipment! But in a hurry, I could only agree.

"Okay, in addition, Mr. Pan, if you can make a 15o horsepower steam unit, I also have a set of drawings here, and it is also a tourist base steam ship ordered by this Brazilian customer, which is a 1ooo horsepower unit, which was originally used for inland river long-distance hauling."

Looking at the drawings, Mr. Pan smiled and said: "This is not designed by Wang Pingxuan, the author of the previous book "Ship Steam Engine" in our country, which was used on the tugboat of the Yangtze River route. I've seen the drawings of this machine in school before! ”

Yao Fanxi said: "Can it be made? ”

Mr. Pan said: "Of course it can be made, but the price is not cost-effective, one costs 12o yuan, and some large castings, I have to entrust the heavy machinery factory to order." ”

"Build one first!" Yao Fan decided.

"Okay, but the deposit is at least 8o% first! Mr. Yao, you also know that if you don't want this thing, I won't have a place to find a home. ”

Yao Fan readily agreed, left a set of relevant drawings, took the account number of Pan's head office, found a bank transfer after leaving, and came back to confirm that Mr. Pan received the payment, and the two parties hastily signed a contract, and Mr. Pan promised to deliver the goods in 1o days at the earliest, and one month at the latest.

Then Yao Fan directly found Qingdao Shipyard, which is an old factory for military and civilian use, after listening to Yao Fan's request, there was no ambiguity, but the same first ugly words were said in front, that is, the price is not cheap.

"Mr. Yao, you see, although you provided the ship drawings, this kind of steam-powered small tugboat and long-voyage tugboat, after all, few have been man-made, and it is estimated that there are many parts to be re-customized."

"My customers don't want any electronic equipment, GPS, aIs, radar sound, radio, just the original simulation of this old ship."

"But aren't you just subscribing to the console now? We're going to order a boiler for you, right? Although I estimate that other equipment such as gear sets and stern secrets can be universal, the commissioning and installation of steam units on board has not been done for a long time! ……

In this way, you leave the drawings, let our engineers study them, and then give you a quotation, but I estimate that this kind of 15o horsepower small tugboat will cost 6o thousand, and this kind of 1ooo horsepower long-voyage tugboat will also cost more than 2oo thousand. ”

As long as Yao Fan has someone who can help him build up, he will immediately agree.

The next morning, Yao Fan received a call from the shipyard, and the factory said that the engineer had read the drawings and thought that there was no problem, and calculated that the cost of 15o horsepower small tugboat was 6o million, and the cost of 1ooo horsepower long-voyage tugboat was 26o million. Yao Fan immediately rushed to the shipyard to sign the contract, and directly ordered three small ones and one big one.

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