Yangang, where more than 3,000 people have gathered.

The ever-increasing immigrant population made it impossible to sell the grain of Dongfan to the outside world under any circumstances.

After the transportation capacity comes up, it is even more possible to purchase grain from abroad on a large scale.

In Yan Zheng's view, any silk and porcelain handicrafts are not as important as a real person.

Only when the population goes up can Dongfan have a stable labor force and a steady stream of soldiers, and can he have the ability to accomplish the great cause he wants.

Take this shipbuilding as an example, when the team of the first shipyard came to Yangang, they immediately began to select the site of the ship frame.

In the end, a place with relatively flat terrain and sufficient water depth on the sea side was selected.

The place was only about a mile away from the salt port, and construction began immediately after choosing.

In order to support the shipbuilding work, more than 1,500 victims were directly mobilized to carry out the work.

The hardening of the ground and the placement of the ship frame were quickly completed, and several earthen platforms were specially erected to ensure faster follow-up operations.

After the preparation work was completed, the No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant immediately sent people to transport the manufactured keel and steel ribs by water.

Thanks to the help of a large number of victims, the assembly of the keel and steel ribs was announced to be completed in less than two months.

All the hot riveting is used, the horizontal connection is flat, and the longitudinal connection is flat with the same mouth.

"It's incredible, it's amazing!"

After the last rivet of the iron frame hull was connected, Liu Chengyun couldn't help but gasp.

He had no doubt that Iron Rib would be able to build a ship, because just looking at the interior of the ship was enough to dispel that doubt.

Lin Zhaocai also stood aside, looked at the iron-framed hull, and praised with satisfaction: "Such a huge structure of this ship is enough to use more than 30 bulkheads to divide the entire hull into dozens of cabins, and the watertight cabins can also be placed on both sides, in the bulkheads and the ribs of the beams, as long as there are three flowing water holes, it can ensure that this ship is not afraid of the wind and waves at sea!"

Liu Chengyun nodded: "After building a ship for so many years, I didn't expect that this kind of longitudinal structure would really have such great benefits!"

"Yes! After building a ship all my life, today I know that the longitudinal structure can be exchanged for more space and higher hull strength! Lin Zhaocai smiled and said with a smile.

Liu Chengyun thought about it, and then sighed again, this is a sigh for his own skills, which suddenly became useless.

Lin Zhaocai doesn't have this kind of feeling, he just relies on his craft to eat, even if no one can look down on his housekeeping skills here, he always has a useful place.

On the contrary, here, a person with strong hands-on ability, can learn more things, and other experiences are more useful.

If it weren't for the fact that these craftsmen who had built the ship were in charge, then Yan Zheng would definitely not know how to arrange the internal structure of the ship to be more reasonable.

Kelin Zhaocai can see the way inside at a glance, and only need to combine their respective experiences, with a high probability of getting an ideal space utilization.

Liu Chengyun glanced at Lin Zhaocai, who was leisurely and complacent, and then looked at the factory director A Lei, who was negotiating with Yang Fuyun, and his heart became more and more worried.

"How? Can we start laying wooden shells? ”

Just when he was stunned, Yang Fuyun came over and asked.

Listening to this new words with a slight accent, Liu Chengyun hurriedly said: "Yes, as long as you prepare the twisting material, you can start laying it immediately!"

Yang Fuyun smiled proudly and said: "That's good, Director Alei said, our progress can't satisfy the king, from now on, we will work overtime with torches every night!"

Liu Chengyun nodded and said, "No problem!"

Yang Fuyun snorted, looked at him with a smile and said, "Liu Gong is a shipbuilding master, and I will personally demonstrate one or two later!" It's also good that I, the original carpenter, can learn a good hand. ”

Liu Chengyun smiled flatteringly, he was really uncomfortable in his heart, less than three months after he arrived here, Yang Fuyun had already suppressed him.

Even Lin Zhaocai is increasingly valued by the barbarian named Ah Lei.

But if he was uncomfortable, he could only bite the bullet, put on a rattan helmet, put on a well-fitting summer cloth coat, and staggered onto the boat frame.

Laying planks, which is also a kung fu, first needs to lay the bilge deck, which is made of ten-centimeter-thick camphor wood.

On the island of Dongfan, the main timber is camphor, fir and nanmu, and there are some oak trees.

Liu Chengyun stood on the iron frame and watched as the large wooden planks were hoisted over one by one, all of which were prefabricated boards, about three meters long and half a meter wide.

After it is placed, determine the position where it fits the iron frame, then drill out the hole, and then tighten it with a wire hoop, and fill the gaps with twisted material.

More than a hundred carpenters repeated this action on the iron frame.

With the cooperation of the victims, they have made very fast progress.

Just cut part of the line, Liu Chengyun was tired and out of breath, he was in the shipyard, but he didn't need to do this kind of work.

However, Yang Fuyun, relying on the director of Alei, only needs to stand on the top and command one or two.

This made Liu Chengyun even more angry, but he knew better in his heart that he had to hug a thigh in order for him to get ahead in Dongfan!

Lin Zhaocai was also working on the side, and after seeing that Liu Chengyun couldn't do it, he immediately ran over to help him and said, "Liu Gong, you go and twist the material, then the job is easier!"

Liu Chengyun arched his hand and said, "Thank you Lin Gong!"

With that, he gasped for breath and came to the big barrel where the twist was made.

The foul smell instantly made him almost want to vomit, but fortunately, after a while, he was no longer nauseous.

In the traditional process, whether it is the hull or the deck, it is not laid tightly, but a certain gap is allowed, and these seams are filled with twisted material.

The twisted material is mainly made of hemp silk, tung oil and oyster shell ash, which is not much more advanced than the western asphalt filling.

Because the composition of tung oil, mainly tung oleate glycerides, is very easy to oxidize, polymerization, after application, can form a layer of paint film on the surface, this layer of paint film is tough and water-resistant.

The calcium carbonate content of oyster shell ash is more than 90%, lime is the most suitable for blending tung oil, the strong adhesion of lime itself, can promote the polymerization of tung oil, forming a kind of calcium tung oleate, excellent waterproofing.

In modern times, tung oil has always been a strategic material and an important source of government finance. Even a tung seed is worth a bullet.

The reason is that at that time, the manufacture of aircraft, guns and tanks all required the painting made of tung oil. Because at that time, only tung oil could quickly dry on the surface of the metal and form a paint film.

Dongfan's tung oil was also bought from Daming through the Song family. If the Ming embargo is strong, the only thing that can get stuck in the future is probably tung oil!

"This twist is a little thinner!" After Liu Chengyun adapted, he took a stick and stirred the twist and said.

The two craftsmen in charge next to them were sent by Zhang Xi in the second batch, and when they heard this, they immediately trembled.

Liu Chengyun sighed and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, add some lime!"

The two craftsmen reacted immediately, and hurriedly threw the lime into it, adding too much at once.

These two people are really afraid, afraid that one of them will be poked by the brutes if he doesn't do a good job.

Liu Chengyun glared at the two of them, lifted the tung oil and added it to it, and scolded as he added: "What are you afraid of?" Spineless stuff! ”

After the twist was ready, he beckoned, and immediately someone used a small bucket to transfer the twist to it.

The deck that had already been laid immediately began to be stuffed with twisted material.

In this way, due to the excellent preparation of twisted materials, Liu Chengyun finally found a suitable job.

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