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Sunday, July 25, 1621. Brooklyn Industrial Estate Shipyard.

It's been a weekend, but the Brooklyn shipyard is still in full swing today, with a group of European-American mechanics busy around slipway No. 2, and the wooden keel that has been processed is slowly hoisted onto the crane and suspended in mid-air.

The Liberty, a fellowship of the Enterprise class light cruiser previously built at slipway No. 2, was launched a week ago and is currently undergoing slow outfitting work; On slipway No. 1, the ship of the same class "Vostok", which was built immediately after the launch of the Enterprise, has also completed most of the main construction work, and the launching schedule is also scheduled for early August.

Now the vacant slipway No. 2 is about to be built on the fourth ship, which makes the naval officers who came to watch the ceremony proud. Among the guests who watched today's ceremony, there were more than a dozen middle-aged and elderly Drabe Indians, all of whom were not low in status in terms of clothing and decoration, and they all seemed to be the leaders of the nearby Delaware tribe villages.

"Delaware?!"

Among the crowd represented by the leader of the Delaware tribe, Li Xiang's father-in-law looked in surprise at the huge warship being outfitted on the dock not far in front of him, and then looked at the slipway surrounding a large number of shipwrights, as if he was still dreaming.

"Yes, Daddy! This is the name of the ship chosen by the Chinese leader for our tribe, and it is said to symbolize the friendship between the Chinese and the Delaware! That's how it will be from now on! As an interpreter, Nada explained in detail to her father the empty slipway in front of her, and pointed to the Liberty in outfitting and the Vostok in the other slipway.

As a representative of Indian goodwill, Li Xiang did not speak at this time, but quietly looked at the shipyard workers who were busy around him, as well as the naval officers who were laughing and talking loudly.

He noticed an interesting phenomenon that there was not a single community mechanic from the shipyard on site. All of the people who worked were European or Indian.

"It's still tossing people like this on weekends." Li Xiang's labor and safety and security commissioner Di Zugong said coldly.

Li Xiang was stunned for a moment, so he made a helpless expression: "There is no way, if you want to gather these leaders together at the same time, the time is not easy to grasp...... Is there something going on today? Why don't you see a person of your own? ”

"It's really full, I see where they find so many people to be soldiers." Di Zugong sneered, and then his eyes fell on a simple office dozens of meters away from the slipway, "I want to know what's going on?" Let's ask someone and you'll know......"

After speaking, they glanced at Li Xiang, and the two walked around the slipway towards the on-site office.

"Mr. You, you're in a daze." Li Xiang walked into the room with a smile and paid his respects to the young chief designer of the shipyard in front of him.

"Oh, it's you. Li Xiang, look at the appearance of your daughter-in-law, she is about to give birth, right? You Qi, who was thinking about something, came back to his senses, quickly reached out and shook hands with the two, and while still looking through the window, he smiled and pointed to a girl with a big belly in the crowd in the distance.

"It's still early, the due date is mid-October, and there are two months to go." Li Xiang scratched his head embarrassedly, and then lowered his voice, "You guys are so fast, the Enterprise has only been in service, and the Liberty has only been launched for a few days, why did it start again?" ”

You Qi's expression was a little helpless, but he didn't answer this question directly, but pointed to the Independence that was being outfitted on the dock: "Yes, such a high load and high density, there will never be enough manpower, the outfitting work of the Liberty will be extended as much as possible, and the Dongfang will be delayed even more, just because Seiko is working hard to train the workers." ”

In the past six months, the number of mechanics at the Brooklyn shipyard has grown from a few dozen at the beginning to about 300 at present, in addition to about 30 Manhattan community mechanics, there are more than 60 European-American mechanics, plus more than 200 low-level Indian laborers. In this way, a team of half-toned technicians actually completed the construction of the Enterprise from scratch in more than half a year, and even the three ships of the same class, including the Liberty, are currently in different stages of construction, not to mention the few small river steamers that were temporarily rushed out.

"Why is the Navy in such a hurry?" Di Zugong frowned, looking at the light cruiser Dongfang on the No. 1 slipway, which would also be launched in a week, "What do you say after the Dongfang is launched, continue to build?" In such a hurry, the quality of the project is not afraid of hidden dangers? ”

"Shi Yige and I received instructions from the Military Department of the Commission half a month ago to redesign a cruiser of a larger tonnage of the first class...... However, the construction period will be longer than that of the enterprise level. The Ministry of Industry will also fully cooperate with them, and strive to launch a 20-horsepower steam engine auxiliary lifting sail device at the beginning of next year. ”

You Qi did not show the excitement he imagined, but sat down on the pile of wood on the side in a tired posture.

"Then ...... today," Li Xiang paused, thinking about what language to use to organize the problem.

"The stall is on strike, Shi Yige and they said they couldn't stand it, and a few of them planned to quit, saying that they were purely playing as NPCs." You Qi, who was once enthusiastic about shipbuilding, was dejected as if he had lost his soul.

"Shi and I originally planned to rest after the completion of the Liberty, and then build a new ocean-going flying shear carrier for Ren Changle and them to make up for the lack of ocean-going capacity...... After the Vostok is launched, a steam carrier that is more suitable for Hudson's inland shipping will be built to make a technical upgrade reserve. By the way, all skilled workers are trained for a period of time in shutdown operations. You Qi lowered his head slightly, looked at the ground, and unconsciously drew lines on the dust with his feet, and the excitement of building a ship at the beginning seemed to be gone.

The stone is Shi Yige, the head of the shipyard. But today, not only did all the community mechanics express their dissatisfaction with their actions, but even those who are good at hull mapping and engineering management were not present. Li Xiang can probably guess the psychological resistance of this shipyard boss.

Desperate for militarism? Why is the Navy in such a hurry...... Li Xiang looked back at the crowd of naval officers in the distance, and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart. And Di Zugong, who was beside him, walked away with a hint of anger.

When the time came, a string of firecrackers rang out, the onlookers cheered, the keel on the crane was slowly lowered on the slipway, and a dozen or so Native American leaders actually lay on the ground one by one, muttering Indian native language that they didn't know what it meant.

"Nada, Dad, let's go, let's go to dinner."

Returning to his wife and father-in-law, Li Xiang almost dragged the father-in-law up, and no matter how excitedly the father-in-law muttered, he squeezed out of the crowd with the two of them.

……

……

Commissioner for Labor and Safety, Di Zugong, came to the committee building, and there were few members of the committee on the weekend. But as Di Zugong expected, the dedicated chairman Liu Lao was still in the conference room, and Zheng Quan, who was also like a workaholic, was also accompanied.

Through the window of the corridor, I saw that in the closed conference room, the white-haired Liu Laozheng and Zheng Quan were talking about something. Liu Lao's face was stern, while Zheng Quan's expression was a little bad.

After thinking about it, Di Zugong still pushed open the door of the conference room.

“…… I am also building yì industry department to fully promote the technical research and development of rear-loading rifled guns and army guns! Now that we've offended the Mohoks, it's hard to say that the Iroquois League won't stand up for them. ”

Zheng Quan's voice was low and urgent, with fierce gestures, changing his usual calm and calm image.

"Oh, Xiao Di is here. Didn't watch the groundbreaking ceremony of the Delaware today? Qi Jianjun and you should be the representative to receive those Delaware guests. Liu Lao, who was listening to the other party's opinions, saw Di Zugong, who was in charge of immigration affairs, standing at the door, and quickly made a stop gesture, and then stood up with a smile, "Is there any difficulty at work?" Be fully prepared, it is estimated that next month, when Ren Changle and them come back, more European immigrants will arrive. ”

"Lao Zheng, I want to ask, why we have been rushing to build warships again and again, now there is a huge shortage of capacity for European trade and inland waterway transportation, and the limited manpower on the two roads is all playing with their lives! Didn't you see that the brothers in the shipyard were all on strike, and you didn't see anything? Di Zugong didn't answer Liu Lao's question, but stood directly opposite Zheng Quan, staring at the other party's eyes tightly, "Do we have so many naval sailors?" One Enterprise has emptied all the naval staff, and the Liberty, the Vostok and the Delaware are ready to rot in the harbor? Or even build new ships? ”

Zheng Quan was stunned for a moment, and slowly turned his head, as if he didn't intend to answer this young man's difficult question.

"Sit, sit down and talk...... Xiao Di, the committee has carefully discussed these arrangements......" Liu Lao was also a little surprised, but after a few seconds, he hurriedly played a round, "We need a strong navy to ensure the safety and interests of the community after all, and it is not a bad thing to prepare in advance." ”

After speaking, he also glanced at Zheng Quan.

"It's over, it's too much. Look at the people in the shipyard, who has not rested for almost months, who can stand it? There is also a budget cost, Su Zining and they are running business in Europe with their heads, and most of the materials and funds have been swallowed up in these military projects. Look at the community, when will the community power supply network be completed? When will the winter heating pipeline be started? When will the promised biogas delivery project be implemented......

A large number of projects related to people's livelihood and civil infrastructure were said by Di Zugong like pouring beans, and the two people on the opposite side watched quietly.

"An enterprise, even if the Indian mechanics are easy to send and the wood is obtained on the spot, but it also requires more manpower to process, and a lot of materials have to be imported from Europe, and the mechanics can't be sloppy when they work overtime, and they want everyone to be tired to death? Coupled with the manufacture of weapons and equipment, you know that there are no CNC machine tools there, all of them are manually controlled and processed, and each part is cut out by a technician little by little, how much effort does it take! Could it be that the community council is just to create arms and fight wars and play the game of global domination? With so many man-hours and materials, why not get more things to make everyone's life better? ”

Di Zugong seemed to be in love, and he didn't care about the faces of the two elder-level figures in the conference room.

"The whole community, most of the work revolves around the military...... Yes, we are afraid of death, and we have no sense of security, but we don't want to live in a huge military factory all the time! We also need an upper limit on the investment of manpower, material and financial resources for self-protection. We must not only protect ourselves, but also live well, and we will not be kidnapped by the army to take our lives! ”

"Smack!"

A porcelain cup was thrown to the ground and torn apart. Zheng Quantie slowly stood up with a blushing face, glaring at the person in front of him who was not pleasing in all departments.

"I'm done talking." Di Zugong ignored the other party's anger at this time, turned around and walked out of the conference room.

"Bullshit doesn't understand ......" for a long time before Zheng Quan spit out such a sentence.

Liu Lao quietly looked at the sudden one-sided catharsis in front of him, shook his head and sighed slightly.

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