Two days later, Yan Zheng received a letter from Yangang, which explained the situation of the latest batch of victims according to custom.

After seeing the confessions of the victims briefly described in the letter, Yan Zheng fell silent.

This is consistent with his suspicion, the vast majority of these people are not the so-called disaster victims and displaced people, but good people who have been taken captive.

Most of them are coastal households, and most of them are from the same place.

After Yan Zheng finished reading it, he struggled very much in his heart.

He knew that there must be killing and looting in this process, but he was a little reluctant to stop.

Is there anything faster than this channel? Hardly!

Even out of his own interest, he should encourage Zhang He's behavior, because as long as it is profitable, other pirates will follow suit.

However, Yan Zheng, as the future master, really didn't want to cause such a big stain.

After careful consideration, he chose to pretend that he didn't know, let this matter develop freely, and wait until he had enough strength in the future to thoroughly investigate this matter.

He was also vigilant, he sensed that Zhang He must have something to hide from him, otherwise, after breaking with Yang Chengde, Zhang He's way and people from there could go ashore again to plunder?

Thinking about this question, Yan Zheng suddenly had a very insidious idea, and thought that he might as well treat it as a dog!

Let the dog get the bones from his hands first, and when the dog helps to bring back enough prey, then slaughter the dog, so that the resentment of these prey can dissipate!

After making up his mind, Yan Zheng asked people to entertain Zhang Xi and let him go back with a sufficient amount of fur to restore his life.

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Yang Fuyun, who is now a journeyman at the First Wood Factory, goes to and from work every day to cut gun butts and make so-called prefabricated wooden planks.

This kind of work is not too technical, and every day it is a reference to the ruler to make the wood into the right shape and size.

In the face of other carpentry workers, he was a little unconvinced, thinking that other people were just using those so-called machine tools, which could process wood well.

And he is really talented and learned, and the craftsmanship in his hands has been honed with hard work.

So he stayed for a while, and after the novelty passed, he could complain that the salary was lower than others, and he was very reluctant to talk about the so-called length of service.

Fortunately, a few days ago, he suddenly received an order from the short-haired king, asking him to assist two shipbuilders in researching and making a ship model.

This made him full of enthusiasm in an instant, thinking that this was an errand ordered by the king himself, and if it was done, it would be one step to the sky!

With this idea, he volunteered to work overtime, and nested in the carpentry factory with Liu Chengyun and Lin Zhaocai, constantly referring to the drawings to build the ship model.

After gluing the first model with fish bladder glue, the three of them felt that they had done a great job, and after offering it, they quickly fell apart and were beaten back.

Yan Zheng said that adhesion should not be used, and a longitudinal keel and wooden rib structure should be adopted.

After the explanation, the three returned to the carpentry factory and began to lay the keel according to the steps of shipbuilding.

It's just that Liu Chengyun and Lin Zhaocai only know the horizontal rib structure, so when facing the longitudinal rib structure, both of them are a little blind.

"If the ribs are longitudinal, that is, they should be in line with the curvature of the hull, so that they need to be cut from larger wood. If you really want to build a ship, it will be too much wood consumption! "Liu Chengyun's hands-on ability is not good, but he is very accurate in seeing problems.

"Definitely! There is a thing in the woodworking factory called a profiling machine, which boils the wood and can squeeze it to make the desired shape! I think that as long as you build a profiling machine and calibrate it with a ruler, you can produce the required wooden ribs in batches in the wood factory, so this is not a big problem! Yang Fuyun said with a smile.

Liu Chengyun didn't refute after hearing this, scratched his bald head and asked: "But these wooden ribs must need hardwood, if you are responsible, the strength is definitely not enough, and this boat can't run far!"

Lin Zhaocai shook his head and said: "What the two of you said, you have to build a boat to know, but how to splice this longitudinal wooden rib?" If you use mortise and tenon, it seems to be more difficult! ”

"With nails! A large iron drill and a simple tenon will do. Yang Fuyun said.

"Is this really possible?" Lin Zhaocai, a hands-on master, felt that this was a bit counter-experienced.

Yang Fuyun nodded and said: "Many wood products on Dongfan Island are made of iron nails, saying that although the mortise and tenon structure is good, it is not suitable for large-scale production!"

Liu Chengyun lowered his head and thought about it and said, "Try to make it first, and see if the king is satisfied!"

Lin Zhaocai looked at this ship model, pondered for a moment and said: "If you really want to build this kind of ship in the future, I'm afraid it will be like a high-rise building, and build a lot of scaffolding!"

Saying that, under the gaze and command of the two, Lin Zhaocai began to cut the wooden ribs one by one.

Yang Fuyun felt that it was too slow, and he also helped cut it on the side, because he had experience in sharpening the butt of the gun, so he was very handy in doing this kind of work.

After the wooden ribs were placed, several people began to think about how to lay the wooden shell outside.

After the pondering of the three people, the three-stage splicing was adopted.

At the same time, the entire wooden shell is divided into three parts, each of which is different in length.

When all the gluing is complete, the deck is laid and the mast is attached.

It took three days before and after, and a simple model ship was built again.

The three of them sent the ship model to the red room with great interest, and respectfully waited for Yan Zheng's comments.

Yan Zheng looked at it and said: "The wooden ribs are well solved, but the shell, you need to standardize it, such as the width and thickness of the wooden board, these need to be classified!"

"I suggest that you divide the types of wood you need into different types and according to different size standards. For example, a ship needs 1,000 planks, of which 500 can be used to uniform specifications, then calculate according to one category, and the rest of the parts, you try to separate the types, and then set the size, really don't classify, just list them separately! ”

After a period of semi-standardized production, Yang Fuyun naturally knew this set, and he was busy saying: "King, what you said is not difficult, now we have just made a rough ship model, as long as the method is correct, we promise to come up with a set of practical classification standards!"

Yan Zheng nodded: "It's feasible for you to build it like this!" At least the structure of the ship is more reasonable, the interior space is larger, and the strength is guaranteed! ”

Liu Chengyun hurriedly said: "These are all drawings given by the king!"

Yan Zheng smiled: "You have done a good job in this matter, take it out and think about it again, if you think about it, first help me build a batch of small boats, the kind of small boats that transport goods on ordinary inland rivers!"

"If the villain obeys his orders, he will not live up to the king's trust!" Yang Fuyun said happily.

Lin Zhaocai, who had not spoken, frowned and said, "Does the king have prepared dry wood?"

"Dry wood?"

"That's right!" Lin Zhaocai said seriously: "If you want the ship to be used for a long time and be strong, it is best to use hardwood that has been placed for more than five years, and this kind of wood will be harder and stronger after it is dry!"

Yan Zheng was reminded like this, but he remembered the nature of wood, and also thought of the saying that the hundred-year-old navy was born!

At that time, in order to ensure that its navy would have enough timber available in a few decades, Great Britain planted a large number of woods in Canada in order to ensure sea power in a few decades.

And the wood used to build the British ships is all wood that has been soaked for more than ten years, in order to make the ships more durable.

"Don't worry, the wood dries quickly with me!" Yan Zheng smiled and said.

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