The fleet of twenty steamships had been adrift on the seas for a week, and the fleet was still traveling with some merchant ships. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But it didn't take long for the merchant ships to be left far behind, and this speed made the merchants stunned and envious.

Many people said that it would be good if all merchant ships were converted into steamships in the future, so that the sailing time on the sea could be greatly shortened.

There are even many people who ask if they can buy such a ship, even if the price is twice as high as that of ordinary merchant ships.

After all, the shortening of the navigation time also means the reduction of costs, which can greatly increase the flow activity of goods and shorten the transportation cycle.

This would be a major revolution in the nautical industry, and Lin Ye saw with his own eyes that when the steamship was launched, the old shipwright in the shipyard trembled with excitement.

For the demands of these businessmen, Lin Ye patiently told them that it was only a matter of time before the full promotion of steamships was carried out, but now the shipbuilding capacity of the shipyard is really limited, and the annual output is only twenty or thirty ships, which is still the premise that more than a dozen shipyards start construction at the same time and concentrate a large amount of resources.

At present, in order to achieve military superiority and thus gain sea supremacy, the forcibly built steam ships will not be able to spread on a large scale in a short period of time.

It will take at least five to ten years for a steamship to be commercially available, and it will take patience to make repeated improvements during this period.

These businessmen also expressed their understanding that the change of the times is a long process that requires everyone to be baptized with new ideas.

This is difficult for people who have taken root in traditional concepts to accept and do, and can only hope for their children.

After a short replenishment at Eagle Harbor, the fleet continued to slowly leave the harbor and sailed towards Seagull Harbor, where the target was located.

The sky is blue, and there are seagulls docked on the ship, making a chirping sound, and the seagull normally prefers to be docked on the mast of the ship.

But the familiar mast sails were not found on the steamship, which made the seagulls a little confused, and the young man with black hair and black eyes stood on the deck.

"The speed of this improved version is even faster than the previous time to go south, the time from Blackwater Port to Eagle Soar Port has been shortened by two whole days, it took almost half a month at the beginning, but now it only takes a week, and the time is saved by more than half, which is incredible. ”

Crouff stood behind Lin Ye and sighed, the first time he followed Lin Ye from Seagull Harbor back to Blackwater Harbor, he was on a traditional sailboat.

The second time he went south from Blackwater Harbor to Rose City, it was the first steamship, and at that time he was very impressed by the speed of the ship.

However, this time he went south again, and his speed increased by another level, which he would not have been able to imagine if he hadn't experienced it himself.

"This is only a small achievement, there is still a lot of room for improvement in speed, and the current mapping technology is not perfect, the existing waterway has not been accurately mapped, it is dredged by experience, and if the waterway is fully channeled, the distance can be shortened. ”

Lin Ye looked at the open sea, and there were no more than two ways to improve efficiency on the sea surface, one was to increase speed, and the other was to shorten the distance.

Now he is working towards the first method, and as for the second method, he has consulted many experienced old sailors and has roughly calculated a figure.

If the shipping channel were completely cleared, the sailing time would be reduced by at least a third! That would mean that the time would be shortened by two more days!

"It's a big project, I've never thought about it, but you've thought about it a lot, Lord Duke. ”

Crouff scratched his head, he was just a soldier, and after a period of study, he had to figure out the logistics piece thoroughly, and he really didn't understand anything else.

"Yes, it's a big project, and this kind of thing can only be done in peacetime, and now we can't afford that time and energy, and we need relevant water conservancy personnel, and these have to rely on the students who study modern science in school, they are the key. ”

Lin Ye looked at the far east from afar, and he knew very well that he could only provide an outline of the general direction, and there was no way to involve the corresponding technical details.

Not to mention that he doesn't understand those technical details, even if he does, he doesn't have so much energy to involve all aspects, and what he lacks is talent.

Therefore, he was not stingy in education, and built as many as eight schools in the Far East!

This density is unmatched by other regions, and even so, he still spent a lot of money to invite painters and poets from all over the world to the Far East.

Although these people also do not understand modern science, as long as they create a sufficient academic atmosphere, they can breed the soil of modern science.

"My lord, you know so much, I can't do it, this life is almost like this, I can't imagine what the new world you sketched looks like, but it is also a very honorable thing to be a witness, I am really glad that I made the right choice in the first place. ”

Crouff recalls what happened to him in Windmill Town, where he waited for the Duke of the Far East on Orsser's orders.

I was going to give him some color to see, but I didn't expect that Young Master Osser, who was invincible in the royal capital, would actually let the teenager who was only a teenager at that time kill him.

That courage shocked the entire royal capital, and Kruff, who was a witness at the time, began to make decisions that seemed ridiculous at the time.

That is, according to what the young man said, spread the death of Oser in the royal capital, and then even oppose the Duke of Goorren at a critical time and join the Far East.

"You will live to learn all the time, and you are only in your thirties, it is too early to talk about a lifetime or something, and the next time I go back to the Far East, I will arrange to run an officer training school, and I will send all you officers to the school to go back to the furnace, and at least you must master a skill or something. ”

"After all, it is impossible to fight a war for a lifetime, and when the war is over, all regions will usher in stability, and you will eventually have to return to normal life, in my opinion, how about you learn the technique of baking bread?" Lin Ye looked back at Crouff, who was full of emotion, and smiled.

"Well, the skill of baking bread? is the old Bill of the bakery talking about?

Crouff's eyes widened, and he quickly waved his hand at the image of old Bill of the bakery in his mind.

"I'm just going to talk about it casually, by the way, I just got the latest battle report from the East China Sea in Eagle Wing, bring me the battle report and map, I will arrive at Seagull Harbor in about four days, and it's almost time to formulate the next strategy. ”

Lin Ye stretched out his hand, and Crouff and the guards behind him immediately handed over the battle report and map to him.

After a short break, a new battle is about to begin!