Chapter Forty-Eight: The Iron Ship
When Li Feng came to the shipbuilding base with the drawings, Liu Zong was thinking about the design of the new ship.
After the initial frenzy of upgrading, it became more and more difficult to improve on the original foundation.
In the past, Zhou Yu and Gan Ning were too frightened about the upgrading of the ship, and when they were troubled and worried about constantly testing the ship, they asked Liu Zong to research more slowly and steadily, so as to minimize the huge loss of research and development.
In fact, Liu Zong also had this plan at that time, so he agreed without hesitation.
Because at that time, it happened to be the time when he fell into the feeling that there was no change, and there was no way to advance, as if he had reached the end of the ship and completed the optimal solution.
But Liu Zong vaguely felt that the ship was far from reaching its limit!
But the thoughts in his mind were suppressed like countless chain boulders, blurring a little light for him to see, but he could never find the direction in which the ship was going next.
Yanagi clutched his head in anguish, and on the table in front of him lay countless drawings and scrap papers, all of which were designs that he kept coming up with and discarding.
"Knock knock."
There was a knock on the door, and Liu Zong raised two dark circles under his eyes, and said irritably, "What's the matter?" Didn't you say it's okay not to bother me! According to the latest ships now, mass production is! ”
The person outside the house trembled and said, "Yes, it was the lord who came over, saying that he wanted to give you something, and now he is inspecting the ship's construction base, and Governor Zhou asked me to inform you." ”
There are three sub-governors and one governor general in the shipbuilding base, and Governor Zhou is one of the three sub-governors.
The four Governors were the pillars of the shipbuilding base, and played a significant role in the rapid replacement of the ships that preceded them.
One of the more interesting things is that Liu Zong served as the governor, two of the following three sub-governors were his apprentices, and the remaining one also had a close relationship with him, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a professional ship.
"Bang!"
As soon as the people outside the house finished speaking, they heard the sound of tables and stools knocking over from inside, and asked worriedly, "Are you okay, Governor?" ”
The sound of hurried footsteps came, and the door of the house opened with a "bang", Liu Zong glared at him, sorted out his messy clothes, and snorted coldly: "Don't say it earlier!" ”
Then he hurried towards the ship-building base.
The man muttered aggrievedly, "Didn't I say it as soon as I knocked on the door?" How can it be too early? ”
Glancing into the room, I saw that the table had been knocked over, as if someone had been frightened and hurriedly got up to knock it over.
There are many clumps of waste paper and drawings on the floor, making the whole room look very messy.
This person feels both admiration and some funny, this is the current situation of the life of people engaged in technology? It's either a hair-scratching design or a sweaty build, and the cycle is endless, endless.
If you encounter a sudden attack by the leader, you have to tremble to meet it, for fear that it will disappoint the leader and feel sad, and then go back to the manuscript and redo it frantically.
On the other side, Li Feng was inspecting the shipbuilding base of this territory with great interest.
Anyway, after that craftsman competition, he really didn't pay much attention to these things, but he kept getting the news that all aspects of construction were advancing by leaps and bounds, so he was very relieved.
Now take a look for yourself, if the development is really good, it has really reached the limit of the wooden boat.
If it weren't for his whim this time, he came to inspect with the newly obtained drawings of the iron ship, I am afraid that he would not know how long he would be stuck on the wooden ship.
Li Feng silently praised himself: "It's just the right time to come!" ”
Generally speaking, the renewal of boats in Fenglin Village has mainly gone through seven stages: rafts, small wooden boats, large wooden boats, single sailing boats, multi-sailing boats, building boats, and five-story boats.
At the stage we are in, the five-story ship is the central main ship, the number of four-story, three-story and double-story ships as the deputy command ship and frigate, the multi-story ship as the attack ship, and the single sailing ship as the patrol, reconnaissance, assault and other multi-purpose ships.
It can be said that the system has been developed very well, and the division is relatively reasonable, but after all, it is limited by the wooden structure and cannot make a greater breakthrough.
Regardless of the load capacity, weapons and equipment, travel speed, and the degree of defense, there are considerable restrictions.
Simply, Li Feng has all kinds of advanced theoretical guidance, plus the drawings of the Iron Cavalry Warship obtained this time, it is still very easy to break through this point.
Li Feng was fascinated by the study of these ships, and a rush of footsteps came from behind him, and at the same time, a slightly apprehensive confession sounded.
"The governor of the shipbuilding base, Liu Zong, has seen the lord!"
"I don't know that the lord came today, and he missed the welcome, and I ask the lord to forgive the sins."
Li Feng shook his head and said with a light smile: "This time I came out to visit in private, what is there to welcome, let alone talk about crime." ”
"I'm here to send you something, and by the way, see how the shipbuilding development in our territory is."
"I am very happy with the results, and without any external help, you have been able to develop shipbuilding to this extent, which is gratifying and frequent."
"But equally, I also like that you don't be proud, keep your feet on the ground, and continue to push shipbuilding to new heights."
"Here is a groundbreaking shipbuilding drawing, maybe you can be inspired, when the new warship is built, I will personally celebrate for you!"
Li Feng handed the drawings in his hand to Liu Zong.
Liu Zong had already been boiled by Li Feng's heart-to-heart words and recognition and encouragement, and when he got the drawings and opened them, his boiling blood suddenly became cold, and he looked at the huge iron bumps on the drawings blankly.
He muttered, "I see! I see! I'll just say, I'll just say that shipbuilding has definitely not reached its limit! It's a matter of material! ”
"Wood is light and easy to float, but this does not mean that shipbuilding must be made of wood, as long as the structure of other materials is good, it can also be achieved on the water!"
"And the characteristics of wood itself determine that its performance limit is very low in many aspects, but because of its ease of use, everyone subconsciously chooses and stubbornly thinks that only wood can build ships!"
"But how can iron or even stone not be able to build ships? It's just that the difficulty is too great, and the power problem makes everyone avoid building with other materials! ”
"But if others can't do it, why can't I? I'm going to build a stone ship and an iron ship! ”
"With the material of the stone ship and the iron ship, as long as it is built, the load capacity and defense will naturally be greatly improved, and the only thing that needs to be solved is its power problem!"
"And this! I seem to have found the direction of my research! ”
Liu Zong stared at the drawings in his hands with burning eyes, especially the power design drawings at the core, his hands were clenched tightly, and his heart was full of excitement.
Li Feng looked at Liu Zong's performance and nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that you already know the direction of your next research, then I wish you early success." ”
"Okay, my purpose for this trip has been achieved, so I'll leave first, don't send it, continue to be busy with you, I believe you must have a lot of thinking now, I won't affect you here."
After speaking, Li Feng turned around and left in a dashing manner.
Liu Zong pinched the drawings hard, looked at Li Feng's back, and hissed excitedly: "Move for me!" The three sub-governors, come with me to study this drawing, and we must not disappoint the lord! ”