After a few days in Luoyang, when Xiao Yumei's arrangements stopped, Gao Buer took Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Yumei back to Hangzhou.

Back in Hangzhou, Xiao Yumei did not return to Xiaofu, but lived in Gaojiazhuang with Gao Buer and Su Xiaoxiao.

Gao Buji let the second daughter have a good rest, and he himself went to the shipyard by the river to see the construction of the sea boat, because it was the first ship of the same type, Gao Buer and Lu Carpenter decided to build a medium-sized ship with a load of about 5,000 deniers first.

The shipyard was busy, but it was orderly, which showed that the carpenter Lu had figured out the assembly line operation, which made Captain Gao Fuji Huai.

Seeing Gao Buer coming, Carpenter Lu immediately greeted him: "The master is back, when will he arrive?" ”

"Just came back, how's it going, is everything going well on the construction site?"

"The overall construction of the hull is still going well, according to the current speed, it should be built in another eight or nine months, and now the biggest problem is the rudder, and some control devices have not yet been finally overcome, waiting for the master to come back, we will all figure it out together."

Gao Fuji nodded, he didn't know much about the control system of this kind of sailboat, but with the understanding of the direction control system of the car in later generations, he drew a picture of the idea, and specially explained that the parts that can be poured with iron must all be poured with iron, in order to cast the cannon, the blacksmith workshop has prepared alloy steel with relatively high hardness, which is very suitable for the shaft of the ship's control system.

Because the ship is much larger than the car, only the shaft will be bent due to the shaft being too long, and it is not suitable for the complex and changeable conditions on the sea, so the shaft length is shortened as much as possible, and a large number of gears, cams, eccentric wheels, etc., and the gear set and gearbox are also studied, and the control system can be used to survey and use, and four months have passed.

Looking at the axle with the thickness of an adult's calf in front of him, Gao Buer had no confidence in his heart, but the carpenter Lu beside him was very excited: "Master is really worthy of Zhiduoxing, I often hear people say that the ship encounters a hurricane or something at sea, the axle and rudder are very easy to damage, once damaged, you can only resign yourself to fate, and now it is replaced with this alloy, and it is no better." ”

What is this, even in the steel behemoth of the later generations, it is common for hurricane ships to be destroyed and killed, but it can't discourage them.

Gao Buer said: "Master Lu, when will this ship shaft start to be installed?" ”

"Wait until the hull structure is almost complete and the deck is not paved."

"Okay, you have to keep an eye on it yourself, according to what we have discussed, the steering wheel that controls the rudder is placed indoors, and the glass workshop has already produced transparent glass, and then a few more pieces of transparent glass will be placed in front of the wheelhouse for easy observation."

Carpenter Lu nodded in agreement, Gao Buer left the shipyard, went to the glass workshop again, and saw with his own eyes that a meter square of glass was made, and Gao Buer was relieved.

More than a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the sea vessel, which was originally planned to be completed in nine months, was completed for a full year and a half.

At this time, a monster twelve meters high and nearly fifty meters long was lying quietly in the dock, the streamlined shape of the hull showed the beauty of mechanics, the front and rear ends of the ship were installed with alloy ramming angles with cold light, and the bow of the ship was painted with a picture of a wild shark, which looked like the whole ship was fierce and abnormal.

"Sir, can you fill the dock with water?"

"Are all the sailors in training here?"

"It's already here, just wait for the ship to be launched, and then you can board the ship."

"Okay, fill the dock."

"Yes, the dockyard is flooded!" Carpenter Lu conveyed Gao Fuji's instructions loudly.

Today's dock is crowded with people, all coming to watch this never-before-seen beast.

Half a day passed, the dock was filled with water, the sea boat slowly sailed out of the dock under the pull of the tugboat on the river, and after the dock was stabilized, the sailors who had already been prepared boarded the ship under Gao Fuji's order, began to check the condition of the ship, and prepared for the sea trial five days later.

This sea monster, even if it is launched, is still seven or eight meters high when it is exposed to the water, and people stand below and look up, with a huge sense of oppression. Gao Buer boarded the ship with the first batch of crew, and Xiao Yumei also wanted to get on it, but there was an unwritten rule on navigation, and women were forbidden to board the ship, so under the strict suppression of the old captain, Xiao Yumei could only stomp her feet to watch Gao Buer wave to her on the boat.

"Master Lu, have all the crew members passed the assessment of the ship's operation manual, health regulations or something I ordered?"

"Please rest assured, my personal assessment, no problem."

"Okay, when the inspection is done, we will start to carry supplies and weapons to the ship, especially the arrows must be prepared, and the rockets from the gunpowder workshop."

When the construction of the sea ship began, Gao Fuji ordered the money manager to secretly develop rockets, in order to prevent theft on the sea, because of the lack of a strong navy, the sea is now the world of pirates.

For Gao Fuji's orders, Lu carpenter carefully wrote down, because he was ready to go to sea with the sea ship, so as to grasp the first-hand information and prepare for the follow-up shipbuilding, of course, Gao Fuji also planned to go to sea, but was persuaded back by everyone, the first ship, in case of any situation, as a subordinate can not afford to be a subordinate.