There is a huge concentration of shipyards on the coast near the Sea Cape Industrial Zone, which is a large shipyard design that Yi Xiaoge spent a lot of money to get from the Heart of the World Shipping Department, and then built a large shipyard manufacturing center by Buge himself.

The research and development of the refit of the Brilliant class battleship and the Dragon Treasure ship was carried out here, and after Watt arrived, a third of the area here was occupied by him for the research and development of steam ships.

At this moment, a new type of ship twenty meters long, seven meters wide and six meters high is entering the waterway under the tug of the boatmen. The new boat, which is close in size to the galleon, has no traditional mast canvas and is replaced by two black metal chimneys with a diameter of one meter and a height of three meters, and rudders with redesigned propeller shafts. On the two sides of the middle of the boat, slightly behind the middle of the boat, two round windmills two meters wide and five meters in diameter protrude very strangely.

This is similar to the windmill in the shape of an ancient Chinese waterwheel, which is embedded in the vertical wall of the ship, and half of it is submerged in the water. The windmill paddle in the middle is the product of Uncle Blacksmith's use of a new forging method to remove impurities, according to Uncle Blacksmith, this paddle can last for more than half a year in the sea and will not decay.

When Yi Xiaoge walked into the dock, the new ship had just been launched, and Watt was standing on the boat ordering the shipwrights at the dock to untie the anti-rollover ropes.

When Dill saw Yi Xiaoge coming in, he hurriedly walked over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Mr. Watt's No. 6 experimental ship has just been launched for sea trial, and you have come at the right time." ”

"Well, I've worked hard for you all this time, and without you and Hall's support, I don't think Mr. Watt would have been able to build so many experimental ships so soon."

"Your Majesty, we haven't done anything, we just hope that the empire will be able to equip such self-propelled ships as soon as possible, after all, this is also the reform that our shipbuilders expect the most."

Dill is telling the truth, the development of autonomous ships has opened the door to a new world for them, and don't you see the professional proficiency of these shipbuilders slowly rising.

"Ignite and set sail!"

Watt stood on the deck and shouted loudly into the cabin, and then he saw two chimneys emitting large puffs of black smoke. It was kerosene mixed with low-intensity gunpowder that was accelerating the ignition of coal. After about half an hour, the coal in the combustion chamber finally began to explode with energy, and the fresh water in the steam boiler began to boil violently.

"Turned! It's starting to turn! ”

I don't know who shouted, and everyone looked at the windmill paddles on the hull. Yi Xiaoge also leaned forward excitedly, the steam steamer was developed by foreigners in history. Although it is still developed by foreigners, the control is in his Yi Xiao Singer!

As the pressure in the steam engine increases, the propeller shaft drives the windmill shaft to rotate slowly and faster. Qin Feifei clearly saw that this slightly strange ship was moving forward.

The chimneys on the deck were black and white, and the smoke from the burning of coal gushed out with steam, and the No. 6 steam test ship sailed out of the dock dock at a constant speed.

"What does Your Majesty think?" Dill looked at Yi Xiaoge expectantly, they had spent too much energy and money in this regard, if they couldn't get Yi Xiaoge's affirmation, then they would be sorry for the handful of gold coins spent.

"It's been amazing! You've made history! Qin Feifei glanced at Deere, and couldn't bear to discourage them.

In Qin Feifei's view, this kind of ship is not of practical value, first of all, the Achilles' heel is that the speed of the ship is too low, and at this speed to participate in the battle or take a step back for transportation, it is impossible to wait for the daylily to rot. The second is that the consumption is too large, and now the price of coal is rising, almost a price a day, if it weren't for the fact that there is a large coal mine outside the Savage tribe of the Cape of the Sea, this energy consumption will make him a pain.

However, Yi Xiaoge felt that there were some things that still needed to be woken up, after all, his knowledge was two or three hundred years ahead of them.

"However, your design may not have been well thought out." Qin Feifei said meaningfully.

Dier's expression, which was originally very happy, suddenly became serious when he heard Yi Xiaoge's words, obviously His Majesty the Emperor was not satisfied.

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"Although your design is far ahead of the world's ship development, your design is very flawed when it comes to new steam-powered ships!"

Yi Xiaoge pointed to the No. 6 test ship and said: "First of all, you shipbuilders know that the hull adopts a streamlined design, which can minimize the resistance on the water and increase the sailing speed. However, two windmills with a width of two meters are installed on both sides of the hull, although it facilitates the direct action of steam power, but also increases the resistance of the ship, and most of the kinetic energy is consumed in the process of windmill rotation. ”

After listening to this, Dill said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the problem you said, in fact, we have considered it for a long time, and we have also designed to install the windmill on the bow or stern of the ship, but the effect and power are not as good as those on both sides!" ”

"Why do you have to use a windmill?" Yi Xiaoge simply reminded directly: "You can replace the waterwheel with a device that consumes less energy and has better transmission efficiency." ”

"A better device?" Dill was thoughtful.

"Forget it, I'll draw it for you later!"

Yi Xiaoge plans to directly intervene in the research and development of Deere and them, in the end, it is a virtual reality game, and learning and applying it is the last word.

The top speed of the No. 6 test ship was only six knots, which did not mean that Watt's steam engine was too bad, but that the combination of the two was lacking. After the test ship returned to the dock, Yi Xiaoge found Watt.

"Mr. Watt, the new test ship is very good, but there is still a big gap between the actual use, I think you can design a steam locomotive to run on land first, maybe this will give you some inspiration in the development of steam ships."

"Your Majesty is right, at present, we have not been able to design a better transmission mode, and the power mode of the water wheel makes a large part of the energy consumed on the transmission. In terms of steam locomotives, I think I've made a breakthrough! ”

Watt took out a drawing, and as soon as he opened it, Yi Xiaoge saw a very familiar pattern, an old-fashioned steam locomotive running on the railroad tracks.

"This is the locomotive I designed to be driven by a steam engine, which can be pulled by two steel rails, and can use the power generated by steam to propel the locomotive forward. It can be used to transport heavy material ......"

Yi Xiaoge couldn't help but want to laugh wildly, the first train of the Super Island Master World was about to be born on his island, which would play a very big role in accelerating the development of the islands. It's a pity that the island is small after all, and the use of trains is destined to be within the scope, and more importantly, the invention of steamships.

"Mr. Watt's mind is probably not much like you in the world, tonight you summoned the steam engine research and development department and the shipbuilding department to cooperate with you to the main villa of the Sea Horn, I have a very reliable idea to tell you!"