The shipyard established on the shore of Zhoushui Lake has also made rapid progress in the study of shipbuilding.

More than 20 NPC craftsmen specializing in research took only three days to master the technology of various specifications of wooden boats, heavy transport boats and light assault boats are two different research directions.

The boat is light and fast, far better than a raft. However, there are many disadvantages of the boat, even the boat with the largest load capacity is easy to capsize, and the stability is not enough. At present, the study of the construction of cabin ships has begun on the basis of boats. The hull of the cabin is much larger than that of the ship, and there is an additional inner compartment and deck, which is specially used to carry cargo.

It took five or six days for the craftsmen to experiment with a variety of models, and the technology of building a cabin ship was basically mature. Because the water in some sections of the Zhoushui River is too shallow, in order to avoid the ship running aground, the cabin ship cannot be built too large.

Fully considering the three indicators of degree, stability and load capacity, they developed a standard light type transport boat, using oars to row. It can carry 100 or 10,000 cargoes at a time - this is ten times the carrying capacity of an ordinary transport carriage. Although the ship was a little slower than the horse-drawn carriage, this load capacity was enough to make up for the difference.

Qin Xiaobai set up a Zhoushui shipyard to build this light type of transport ship, and sold the light transport ship to other merchants in Zhoushui. The young man who was in charge of the research dock took the initiative to ask to be the director of the shipyard.

Qin Xiaobai couldn't laugh or cry, he originally planned to let Micai Qingniu preside over the "Technology Investment Department" of Zhoushui Academy, but now Micai Qingniu is obviously more interested in shipbuilding. Spend a lot of energy on shipbuilding instead of presiding over the technology investment department.

After Qin Xiaobai thought about it for a while, since the Lost Wealth Qingniu was willing to do this, let him do it. Because shipyards are also very important, no worse than the Technology Investment Department. The Technology Investment Department lets other suitable people do it.

He transferred 1% of the equity of Micai Qingniu in the technology investment department to the shipyard. He himself invested in the shipyard and owned 99% of the shares.

The shipyard purchased the mature shipbuilding technology from the Technology Investment Department of Zhoushui University, began to build a large number of ships, and sold ships.

Boats can only sail in Zhoushui Lake and Zhoushui River. The Zhoushui River extends towards the Bohai Sea to the south. Other words. Ships had to go south, trading along the many complex river systems.

Head to Jicheng to the west. Use horse-drawn carriages and roads. To the south of the Bohai Sea, use boats and rivers. These two ways of business transportation were quickly promoted in Zhoushui City. The number of merchant players who buy ships to transport goods in large quantities is increasing.

For ordinary ground cabin ships, only one type of "light transport ship" was studied. Such a light transport ship, aimed at the local customer is the Chamber of Commerce, and the market price is 2 copper coins. This price is not too expensive. Zhoushui City Walled Chamber of Commerce can afford to buy more than small chambers of commerce. Using this kind of transport ship to run two long-distance transportation, you can earn back the cost of buying a ship. The large and small chambers of commerce in Zhou Shuicheng felt that this ship was more cost-effective than carriage transportation. How many will buy a few to use.

Next, there is the direct study of sailboats.

The power of the cabin boat comes from wood pulp.

Sailing ships, on the other hand, use sails to power them with the help of the wind. Drive fast on open lakes and seas. Sailing ships are not suitable for navigating small inland waterways such as the Zhoushui River, which is narrow and curved, and sailboats are easy to hit the shore when the wind blows.

The purpose of studying sailing ships now is not to use them in the Zhoushui River, but to use them in such places in the future when entering the Bohai Sea and entering the Yellow River from the Bohai Circle.

In order to develop a dhow and a sailing ship, about 5 copper coins were invested in the research in advance.

However, more than 20 craftsmen mounted the mast sail on the deck, and experimented five times, but the mast broke in succession, the sailboat was overturned by the wind, the ship sank, and so on. Fortunately, the craftsmen had learned to swim and swam ashore with a flutter.

The result of this fiasco shocked the fortune green cow like dirt, and 5 copper coins were not a small amount, and they were directly lost. He didn't dare to continue to invest money in it, and immediately reported the research status of the setback in the development of the sailboat to Qin Xiaobai.

When Qin Xiaobai received this situation, he didn't say anything, but personally came to the dock base by the lake to check the research of the sailboat. Learn about the sunken passage of several sailing ships, as well as nbsp; Qin Xiaobai: "Is the position of installing the mast on the deck correct?" ”

The craftsman was at a loss: "I don't know." ”

Qin Xiaobai: "How much tension is the sail made?" ”

The craftsman was at a loss: "I don't know." ”

Qin Xiaobai asked a lot, listened to it for a long time, and gradually understood.

"Boss, what do you think of this situation?"

The Lost Fortune Green Bull was very uneasy, and lost 5 copper coins, and he couldn't get back so much money if he sold him. The shipyard has only just opened, with more than a dozen transport vessels sold, and has only just recouped the initial investment in research funds.

Now that so much money has been lost on the research sailboat, the return on investment is even slower.

Qin Xiaobai smiled and comforted the Fortune Lost Green Cow, "This has little to do with you, and it doesn't have much to do with these craftsmen." These shipbuilders have reached the limit of their research capabilities and are unable to make further breakthroughs. Send someone to salvage the ships that have sunk to the bottom, and suspend the study of the sailing ships. ”

The young bull was surprised, "Suspend sailing research? Why? Don't do sailing anymore? ”

Qin Xiaobai breathed a long sigh of relief, "Yes, but these craftsmen should be limited in knowledge, and the level of enlightenment education provided by Zhoushui Academy is too low, only equivalent to the level of junior high school."

The knowledge of the craftsman could not master the more complex techniques of sailing. What needs to be done now is to improve the knowledge transfer of the Zhoushui Academy, not to continue the study of sailing ships. I think that Zhoushui University should now offer three basic subjects: mathematics, physics, and chemistry, which will help improve the knowledge level of all craftsmen. ”

Mi Cai Qingniu immediately understood, and said: "This is good, you can save a lot of research fees." It should be much easier to wait for the craftsman to master a higher level of knowledge and then come back to study sailboats. ”

Qin Xiaobai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's not so easy, the research of basic disciplines also requires a large amount of investment, but there is no direct return, and no goods will be produced." Recently, I've been recruiting top NPC talents in our Zhoushui City, trying to invest in research funds so that they can focus on basic mathematics, physics, and chemistry. There are more than 30 NPCs, and one person needs 300 copper coins to study once, but the progress is only a little bit. Now it has cost me more than 300,000 yuan, and physics and chemistry have just made a little bit of progress, which is a bottomless pit. More cumbersome than studying one or two sailboats. ”

The green cow of the lost wealth widened his eyes in shock, three ~, more than 300,000. He almost weakened his legs, he used to work hard, and he never dreamed that he could earn more than 300,000 copper coins. But so many copper coins were used by the little white boss to smash them on the basic knowledge.

The wealthy Qingniu was shocked: "Why don't you let the finance of the Zhou Shui government pay the money, but the boss you pay?" In just over ten days, I invested 300,000 yuan in studying low-level basic knowledge, and when I study more advanced knowledge in the future, it will not be 3 million, or even 30 million! This money should be paid by the Zhoushui government. ”

Qin Xiaobai glanced at the Lost Wealth Qingniu and said with a smile: "Private school, the Zhoushui government invested money in vain, do you think the big chief and Situ will agree?" I asked Situ once, but he refused, and he wouldn't invest in research that didn't make money, and neither did the government.

At present, all the university research funds of Zhoushui University come from the monopoly operation of bronze and other aspects. I'm thinking about exploring sources of funding for university research, including raising tuition fees and getting some sponsorship from other players. I hope that the shipyard, which will soon make money, will be able to become one of the sources of research funding, and a small part of the profits will be invested in basic research. ”

Qin Xiaobai looked at the Lost Wealth Green Cow with a calm and tranquil gaze.

The young cow who was lost in wealth was surprised, he never understood who was in control of the Zhoushui Academy. He suddenly realized today that the boss monopolizes the bronze industry, Zhoushui Academy, shipbuilding, and many industry affairs, but it does not mean how chic he is, but it means that he is taking on greater responsibilities. While it is so strong that others can't compete with it, it is impossible for others to share this heavy responsibility.

If the boss didn't invest in the basics at the university for NPCs to specialize in the basics, no one would be able to do that.

The Lost Fortune Qingniu thought for a while, nodded firmly, and said, "Boss, rest assured, the shipyard will definitely make a lot of money." I can't do anything else, but I will definitely do it to the end. The shipyard will definitely monopolize the shipping of the entire Yan Kingdom, create a steady stream of huge profits, and will definitely be able to pay for such a huge amount of research expenses in the university at that time. ”