Lu Hang is in a very happy mood now, as an otaku and a technical nerd, the happiest thing is to be able to do what he likes to his heart's content, and no one is chirping crookedly on the side.

Lenan's navigation affairs almost do not need Zhen Yao's urging and attention, because Lu Hang's work enthusiasm is very scary, but Zhen Yao and Chen Keng, from time to time by Lu Hang to do the task of improving the level of navigation technology, sometimes Chen Keng even saw Lu Hang's shadow is a little scared, afraid of being embarrassed! There are many tasks, and Chen Keng doesn't understand this talent! After all, he is not studying engineering, and Chen Keng is a liberal arts student.

Inspired by Lu Hang's high enthusiasm, Lenan's navigation technology is improving at a terrifying speed, of course, there is also Fang Zhiwen's inclination, at the beginning of July, Lu Hang's shipyard managed by Lu Hang's dry dock, finally completed the first 1,000 stone experimental ship, this round-bottomed single keel experimental ship, is a combination of flat-bottomed ship, and the advantages of strong wave resistance of the pointed bottom boat, the integration of watertight cabins, stabilizer fins, double tail rudders, and twin masted soft sails.

According to Lu Hang's calculations, this new type of sailing ship can resist wind and waves at least six to eight levels, and the speed can reach about 80 miles per hour, in other words, it only takes a little more than two days to start from Lenan and reach Qinghekou Port, which is ten times shorter than the 20 days from overland.

And it only takes one day and one night to go to the Changdao Islands and Donglai in Qingzhou, and what this represents, needless to say, everyone understands, but this new ship is still experimental, and it will not be a ship of 1,000 stones in the future. Rather, two thousand stones. Lu Hang had already thought about it, 2,000 stone was the starting size of a sea ship, but in fact, 2,000 stone was only 100 tons, and it was really just a small boat.

Fang Zhiwenken left his wife's hot quilt nest and took Zhao Yun's troops to Lenan for the second time, just to participate in the launching ceremony of this new ship, of course, not only for this.

Looking at this new ship in the dry dock, it is actually still very uneasy In Lu Hang's eyes, this is just a small ship, but in the eyes of the craftsmen, this is already a big ship. And it's a beautiful big ship.

The curved front, the straight freeboard, the cute stabilizer fins, and the huge twin rudders, and the other is the soft sail, which is not used by sailors now, and needs to be trained.

The new ship is not equipped with anything for offensive and defensive purposes, and it is a real experimental ship.

"Lord County Guard," Lu Hang, as a player, is not used to the title of lord. So he has always used his official position to call Fang Zhiwen, and Fang Zhiwen doesn't think it's angry, Old Man Lin's group of old guys are all called Fang Zhiwen 'County Guard Boy'!

"Although this ship is an experimental ship, and I don't plan to build more, let's name it and at least commemorate the appearance of a new type of ship1

Fang Zhiwen knocked on the thick wooden plank at the bottom of the boat, nodded and smiled: "Okay!" Then give it a name, you designed the ship, and you built it. It's up to you to name it1

Lu Hang originally wanted to escape for a while, but it was really because he didn't have any talent for naming, so he wanted to find Fang Zhiwen to name it, otherwise he would have written his name on the drawings early in the morning, but Fang Zhiwen said this in front of everyone. Lu Hang couldn't excuse himself, and blushed for a while. Lu Hang said embarrassedly: "My lord, you give a range, there must be a principle for naming everything1."

"Hehe, since it's a sea vessel, let's name it with a noun related to the sea."

Fang Zhiwen glanced at Zhou Tai and Duan Zhiran, who were caressing the new ship with incomparably gentle gaze and incomparably gentle movements, and replied with a smile.

"The sea! That's called the Bohai, okay? ”

"Good! Bohai, it's very nice, then this ship will be called Bohai. ”

Fang Zhiwen patted it vigorously on the board of the ship, affirming Lu Hang's suggestion, Lu Hang grinned happily, this name is good, although this Bohai class is just such a ship, the next official service should be a two-thousand-stone warship, which can be called the Huanghai class.

"Lu Chuancao, tell us about this Bohai ship."

"Oh, good, good"

When it comes to technology, Lu Hang's mouth immediately became sharp, starting from the design purpose of the Bohai, and explained in detail the design characteristics of the Bohai, the technical parameters that can be achieved at this stage, and the comparative advantages of the Bohai over the old ships, all the way to the cost and construction cycle of the Bohai, the explanation is very detailed, worthy of professional and technical personnel.

Fang Zhiwen also raised some questions about the aspects he was interested in, of course, he also paid attention to the apprentices brought by Lu Hang, although these teenagers can only start now, but one day, these children will also become qualified designers and builders, which makes Fang Zhiwen more happy than Lu Hang's ability to build good sea ships.

After the explanation, Fang Zhiwen, under the guidance of Lu Hang, personally moved the wooden handle switch, slid the Bohai into the sewer, and officially launched.

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The successful launch of the Bohai means that Lenan City has made a breakthrough in navigation technology, which can not be concealed, and now there are not many players in Lenan City, many players and player forces who value navigation have noticed the navigation technology level of Lenan, so on the second day of the successful launch of the Bohai Sea, Chen Keng began to receive a large number of applications for the establishment of shipyards.

Fang Zhiwen didn't dare to underestimate the strength of the player, in the level of the shipyard, as long as he was willing to invest, with the backing of the city's science and technology level, it would be very fast to improve, so after careful consideration, Fang Zhiwen just Chen Keng postponed all the applications for three months for approval.

Fang Zhiwen did not simply refuse this matter, because the player's shipbuilding business in Lenan is necessary for Lenan to form a large port city in the future, after all, Lelang's current population scarcity is a very embarrassing thing. Relying on players to attract and bring in the population is also an option. Moreover, a large number of player shipyards will bring a large amount of maritime trade and capital flow, as long as the surrounding maritime military forces are controlled, these players' shipyards will not be able to make any waves, on the contrary, it can also improve Lenan's navigation technology and trade values.

After discussing with Chen Keng and Zhen Yao about what happened recently, Fang Zhiwen did not ask them to do too much, but helped them analyze the pros and cons of doing so, and let them think about what kind of policy should be used for their own sake. Chen Keng and Zhen Yao have very good foundations, all they lack is experience, with the potential of the two of them, it should not be difficult to enter the fifth order.

Next. It is the highlight of Fang Zhiwen's visit to Lenan, to discuss the situation of the navy, as well as the decision-making for future development.

"My lord, in the past three months, the Lenan Shipyard has produced fifty flat-bottomed improved ships, all of which are large ships of more than 1,000 stones, and with the harvest of our efforts to clear the surrounding pirates, now our navy has a total of one hundred and thirty-one large ships, and five thousand naval officers, not including sailors. These ships could only carry more than 50,000 stone at a time. Or a force of five thousand people. ”

Zhou Tai said with a little smugness, in fact, Zhou Tai did have proud capital to be able to double the troops in three months, not to mention, after continuous battles, these sailors were not rookies at the beginning, but powerful soldiers who were mainly elite soldiers and supplemented by strong soldiers.

However, Fang Zhiwen didn't seem to be very satisfied with Zhou Tai's progress, compared to the fact that Zhou Tai himself had entered the fourth order, and Duan Zhiran had also entered the fourth order, Fang Zhiwen was even more satisfied.

It is impossible for 5,000 sailors to control the Bohai Sea. However, it is still more than enough to defend Lenan at this stage, but if the troops are divided to escort the Qinghe estuary, there will be insufficient troops on both sides, not to mention that Fang Zhiwen now wants to carry out the strategy of Changdao and even Qingzhou as soon as possible, and there is no business for a year or two. The base on Long Island is not reliable at all, and Fang Zhiwen's move is also to lay a foundation for the future chaos in the Central Plains

"Well, so be it. I'll talk about my idea, and then let's see how I can implement it. ”

Fang Zhiwen avoided commenting on Zhou Tai, which made Zhou Tai a little embarrassed, obviously the lord was still not very satisfied with his progress, but this progress was already very powerful, mainly because of the nascent navy, and there were too many restrictions, whether it was ships or personnel.

"Okay1 Zhou Tai responded coyly, Fang Zhiwen smiled, and did not comfort him, Zhou Tai is no longer a child, but a general who is in charge alone, and it is not okay to stand setbacks.

"My plan is to operate Lenan, an island in the Changshan Islands, Qinghekou, Donglai, these four points of the trade area, may add more trade locations in the future, however, Lenan does not need to say, Qinghekou must be firmly in our hands, Changdao is the key to the Bohai Sea, must also be in our hands, other places are dispensable, but the route must be safe, and my idea, I hope that before the Bohai Sea freezes in winter this year, to lay the foundation, winter is coming, Zhou Tai could try to open the passage from Lenan to Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yangzhou. I know this idea is a bit rushed, but time is running out, so please think about what you should do to make it happen. ”

"Lord, Le Nan is the foundation of all this, if you want to realize the Lord's vision, it is imperative for Le Nan to upgrade, Lord, the third-level town will attract Inhuman forces, how to balance this?" Zhen Yao didn't say a way, and first raised a difficult point.

"Well, the upgrade is for sure, let them come if the Inhumans want to come, I didn't see that I brought Zilong here, it is used to deter the Inhuman forces, and for a period of time in the future, Zilong will be stationed in Lenan."

"Understood, let's let go of our hands to build Lenan." Chen Keng and Zhen Yao glanced at each other, both of them had excited expressions on their faces, they had been going to suppress Le Nan in the second-level town, so that these two rulers must have been a little unwilling in their hearts, but now they can finally let go of their hands and feet to display their ambitions, and their mood is naturally comfortable.

It's just that Zhen Yao saw the serious expression on Fang Zhiwen's face, and thought of the various difficulties that Fang Zhiwen envisioned, but he didn't propose any effective solutions, and he was embarrassed to steal the fun, so he had to smile awkwardly and lower his head.

Chen Keng looked at Fang Zhiwen squarely and said: "Lord, my subordinates have a strategy, but I don't know if it will work." "To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation.