Ye Xing rode a horse, and the others took a carriage, starting from Osmanthus Peak, all along the way were rugged mountain roads, and it took 4 days to reach the oil base.

Mu Zilang reported the situation, and now Li Qifeng took the hand of the county guard to go to various places to purchase grain, and transported it here by boat, and then sent it to the front line by horse-drawn carriage.

Ye Xingrang sent a report to ask about the situation on the front line, and soon Lin Yifan from the front line sent a report, and now he has occupied a Wufeng Mountain 30 miles away from Heifeng Mountain as a cottage, and he can't hold on to each other, he can only practice, and the food is not enough, and he will soon run out of food.

Ye Xing sent a telegram and asked them to collect some animals and plants in the mountains and forests for food, and this side will also send food as soon as possible.

Ye Xing called Mu Zilang to come over, gave him the silver of the two carriages, and asked him to recruit the surrounding peasants and make every effort to build the road to the front line, no need to be more flat or wide, as long as the carriage is good;

At the same time, let him publish the information of buying grain at a high price, let the merchants send grain over by themselves, and then send it to the front line, food is a big problem, the key is that no one can be robbed now.

Ye Xing asked the four teenagers to come over, work together, and immediately make two new sets of transmitters, change the frequency, and erect a large pot-shaped antenna on the highest mountain in the vicinity, one in the direction of Black Wind Mountain and the other in the direction of Donghai City, which is used for Donghai City to communicate here.

Ye Xing took a set of transmitters and decided to go back to Donghai City by himself, let the rented big ship load a boatload of black oil, and Ye Xing got on the boat and went down the river.

Along the Xijiang River, all the way without incident, 5 days later came to the estuary, then turned into the Beijiang River, and then went north from the Beijiang River to Donghai City.

Because this waterway is against the current, it took another 2 days.

Ye Xing asked Lin Tie to transport the black oil and his luggage back to the villa, and he went to report to the master first.

Li Xuantong listened to Ye Xing's report, didn't say anything, just asked Ye Xing to continue to do it, Ye Xing also said that he had advanced to the 5th layer, Li Xuantong was very happy, just 4 months, this genius has broken through to the 5th level in all three systems.

Of course, Ye Xing is actually all at the 5th level, but he can't say it, it's too shocking!

The two practiced their hands for a while, and Li Xuantong felt that Ye Xing's internal strength was good, and he could already compare with the people at the peak of the 9th order of the day after tomorrow, but he had fewer moves, and he had not yet comprehended that the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow should have the true meaning of martial arts, which was a bit paradoxical.

Ye Xing himself understood, so he nodded yes, the moves are for use, the internal force is strong, if the moves are simple, they will be abused by people of the same level, he decided to think about the moves next, and push all kinds of martial arts to the realm of doing whatever he wants.

The ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, in fact, is not only the internal force meridians, but also involves some understanding of martial arts, which are not all moves, but should be suitable for their own conditions.

Accompany the master to have a meal, and then return to Xingchen Villa, Ye Xing went to greet his mother first, and then asked Lin Tie to report on the situation in the past 4 months.

Now in the villa, there are 14 teenagers who are learning mechanical manufacturing, and 6 girls are learning textiles.

Ye Xing said, "You don't need to learn the skills of weaving, let them come over, I have a more important thing to teach them." ”

Ye Xing asked Lin Tie to bring his luggage, take out the generator, and install a large net-shaped antenna on the top of the highest tree in the villa, and teach the six people to learn the use of the transmitter and generator.

It took Ye Xing a day to teach the six people how to use it, and asked them to send a few telegrams, and received a reply from the base.

This kind of novelty is so amazing that everyone in the villa comes to watch it.

Ye Xing asked Mu Zilang to report the situation at any time, which allowed everyone to report on the improvement of the machinery.

Lin Haotian and Ye Yunshan led four teenagers to improve textile machinery, and now the main work is to improve the machinery of automatic crimping and pulling of twine, so that cotton and hemp can be automatically spinned.

The loom has also improved some details, mainly in the problem of thread breakage at high speeds, adding an automatic traction process, so that the thread can be pre-pulled, the thread break can be detected early, and the thread will automatically stop and wait when the thread is broken.

Lin Hammer and 10 teenagers were divided into two groups, one to improve the steam turbine, and the other to develop marine propulsion propellers.

The impeller of the steam turbine has been improved many times, and the bearings, lubrication, and noise reduction have been significantly improved, and the steam turbine has been enlarged by five times, and a prototype has also been made.

The situation of the newspaper is very good, and the sales have increased again, with 60,000 copies per issue, and there are many stores to advertise.

Now the printing press has also been improved, and it has begun to print books to the outside world, and now the shops on both sides of the original store have been acquired, Tianxing Printing has been established, and a lot of manpower has been hired, and the six uncles from Yunhai Village are all helping over there.

Ye Xing asked about the two big wooden ships he had ordered, and Lin Tie reported that he could come back in half a month, they were newly made, and the keel of the ship was reinforced, and many parts were strengthened with alloy bars.

In the following ten days, Ye Xing and everyone tested and improved this huge steam turbine, and lost weight in many places;

Because it is mounted on a ship, it must not be too heavy, and it is also necessary to remove chatter, otherwise it will be dangerous.

Finally, the two custom-built big ships came back, this is a big ship that can sail on the sea, and it is also the largest ship that Song Guo can build at present, Ye Xing took a look, it is still a little small, but it is much larger than ordinary river boats.

Ye Xingrang made a dock by the Beijiang River, towed a boat, then closed the sluice, drained the water, and then began to rebuild the boat.

The latest steam turbine was fitted with a few more horizontal iron bars at the bottom of the ship, a hole was drilled in the stern, the propeller propeller was installed, and the alloy rudder was installed, and then the seal was reinforced.

Ye Xingrang added a large iron cabinet as a fuel tank on the ship, and designed a device for automatic pressurized refueling. The ship also added a compass of its own making to point the way.

And for the sake of safety and counterweight, two sturdy small wooden boats were added to the bow of the ship, which can be regarded as life-saving. The mast is also reinforced, so there is no need to use machinery when it is windy.

Open the sluice gates and fill the dock with water. Then he began to check the situation everywhere, and it was busy for 10 days before Ye Xing recognized the safety.

Then, Ye Xing invited the most experienced sailors to test the ship, and the test process was extremely smooth, because there was a steam turbine to drive the propeller oar, which was extremely powerful, so the ship could quickly go against the current;

If the sail is added, the speed is more than 10 times that of the original manpower.

If it's going downstream, starting a steam turbine is like flying.

Everything was perfect except for the uncomfortably muffled noise.

Everyone had never taken such a fast boat, and there was no need for manpower, so the people of the whole mountain villa sat on it excitedly and played a few times along the upper and lower reaches of the Beijiang River.

And this strange low noise of the boat also surprised all the people nearby, the fools in Donghai City have already rumored in Donghai City that there is a monster in Beijiang, and it is a man-eating monster, and for a while there is a discussion in the city.

After three days of testing, Ye Xing listened to the opinions of the sailors, modified the control helm, and installed a newly designed steering wheel according to the principle of car steering in the previous life.

Then the newly designed steering wheel was tested on the river for two more days, and the counterweight test was also carried out on the boat, Ye Xing simply calculated that it could transport tens of thousands of catties of goods.

Ye Xing filled the ship with the purchased grain, and he and Lin Hammer added 4 teenagers, and hired two river veterans and sailors with decades of experience with high salaries to transport grain to the oil base in Beijiang, which could be regarded as a long-distance test.

This voyage was very pleasant, because the wind raised the sails, and the steam turbines were ignited, and the ship flew forward, comparing all the boats on the river, even the very small fishing boats could not keep up.

This is the masterpiece that Ye Xing feels is the most rewarding, because this is a really good thing, and the Age of Discovery, which is more important than anything else, was created by him and is about to be realized.

Ye Xing asked the four teenagers to follow the two sailors to learn how to steer the ship, and let Lin Hammer take charge of the logistics, while he jumped on the observation platform above the sail and hung a telescope on it.

The feeling of being high up and overlooking the world is so wonderful, the boundless indigo sky, the whole person is relaxed and happy.

Ye Xing only now felt that if he improved it again, he might really be able to use this boat, and he would be able to go down the calendar all day.

In the past, there were no steamers, and all long journeys were carried out by horses, or extremely slow manpower boats, but now with such powered boats, it is easier to move along the rivers.

In the future, it is possible to build larger ships and go directly to the sea, and then the era of great navigation can begin immediately.

It only took three days to get to the base against the current, which was 10 days less than before, which was too important.