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In this way, the two sides reached a very harmonious cooperation.

Lu Jun can also bring people to the Gongsun family's ship construction factory to help build and improve this steel battleship.

Different from the large steel battleship conceived by Lu Jun himself, the order received by the Gongsun family has quite complete drawings and corresponding structural construction.

Even on the drawings of many parts, the size is clearly marked, and the margin of error is extremely small.

Lu Jun looked at these errors, and then briefly compared the tools and sizes used by Taishan, and easily switched over.

This kind of error within millimeters is not a problem in Lu Jun's opinion.

But any skilled worker can produce this kind of precision in the range, especially their Jiangdong workers, who are born with precision, millimeter-level, and small problems.

However, even if the two companies work together, there will inevitably be many problems.

Some of the problems that are not shown on the drawings at all.

But fortunately, as an order placer, I didn't have too many requirements for the delivery time of the order, just said that I would do my best.

But the easier the request, the greater the pressure on Lu Jun and Gongsun Yu.

After all, it's thousands of tons of steel, and the money consumed is not a few, if you don't do it well halfway, won't it be over?

Although the steel of the ship can be re-refined and reused, the time cost of the delay is also unacceptable to the two of them.

Even halfway through the construction, Gongsun Yu wanted to give up, and directly returned the deposit, and then lost a sum of money, and it was over like this.

But Lu Jun didn't do it anymore, and he had a beginning and an end to doing things, not to mention this kind of steel battleship.

Only by experiencing first-hand how difficult it is to build such a steel battleship can he lay a sufficient foundation of experience for his own battleship.

Gongsun Yu, who was in a normal spirit, didn't know that Lu Jun not only wanted to complete this steel battleship, but also wanted to build a larger steel battleship that was enough to pass on history.

But they are already halfway through construction, and they have been working for nearly several months, and a lot of problems have been solved, and the technology of the entire family has improved a lot, so I really want to give up.

The thin liquidated damages are secondary, and the time cost invested is really gone.

There are also some unwilling Gongsun Yu, who can only bite the bullet and follow Lu Jun to grit his teeth and make it.

The steel plate of the ship is better, whether it is hundreds of kilograms or several tons, it can be easily handled, even if it is as high as a dozen tons or even dozens of tons of steel plates.

Just ask the master of the internal qi separation level to help you get it done.

Solved a series of problems such as the shape of the ship, keel, shape, deck, etc.

However, it was only when the ship was halfway dry that Lu Jun discovered the real problem.

That is the power of the ship, and it seems that it is difficult to solve.

A steel battleship with a length of more than 100 meters, a width of more than 15 meters, and a weight of more than 5,000 tons, although it can float on the sea, how to move?

Whether it is manpower or wind power, it is difficult to deal with such a problem, and as for the use of cloud qi secret arts, it is difficult to maintain a long period of travel, which is not in line with the combat thinking and operational ideas of normal warships.

And a warship of only 5,000 tons will face such a situation, so wouldn't it be more difficult for him to have a steel battleship close to 40,000 tons in his mind?

But fortunately, he didn't think about it for too long, and Lu Jun found a huge substitute when he was looking for and reviewing steel in the Qingzhou mine.

A large steam engine burning coal came into view of Lu Jun's eyes.

Lu Jun was very interested in this large steam engine that didn't start much.

This is said to be a failed test in the construction of the center, but it still shows its capabilities.

It can drive some minerals in a fixed area and transport them along some tracks to speed up the transportation of ores.

But it burns coal just as fast.

And the speed of burning coal is no different from burning money, and the power and power generated by it have not reached the level of qualitative change with those of them who have not been suppressed by the vitality.

At least what the steam engine drives, even if it is a few hundred tons at a time, cannot change a situation, it consumes too much.

And a few hundred tons of ore only needs thousands of soldiers to make a trip.

Mine officials preferred to use soldiers, especially those who smelted adaptively, rather than the rate at which the steam engine consumed coal.

Coal itself has a great role, whether it is used for heating or combustion, it has a certain value.

And it will change with the seasons, the price will fluctuate constantly, plus the long distance.

The price of coal is already close to 10% of steel, in this case, the steam engine burns not coal, but real money!

But any official who can calculate will not turn on the steam engine when he is idle.

After all, a large steam engine is equivalent to hundreds of soldiers who are not suppressed by the clouds, what is the use? It's completely useless, okay.

It is cheaper to have soldiers carry ore than to kill a large steam engine that has to kill nearly ten tons of coal in one day, which is equivalent to consuming one ton of steel.

After all, the salary cost of a soldier in a legion will not exceed 500,000 yuan a day, and a large steam engine will have to eat 1.5 million yuan a day.

The amount of ore transported by the two sides can reach a gap of dozens of times.

And soldiers are more flexible, more convenient, and they are also able to mine.

The large steam engine, which was fixed in place and motionless, had to be put in a designated place by the soldiers, and another designated place was given to unload it, which not only did not save time, but also delayed even more time.

In this case, the large steam engine became garbage in the eyes of many mine officials, and its only role was to occupy a piece of land to show that it had been there.

This is also the reason why Liu Tong complained to Chen Xi after the experiment.

Although the cost of materials is relatively small in their place, basically only the cost of labor.

But simply counting the labor cost, it can crush the steam engine, so what is the point of the steam engine?

It can be said that if the consumption of the steam engine cannot be handled, even if the steam engine is constrained by etching, the heat energy can be constrained and the heat efficiency ratio can be extremely high, but it cannot change the fact, that is, the steam engine is difficult to surpass manpower without cloud suppression.

And in the mine, who is idle and has nothing to do will turn on cloud qi suppression and slow down their own mining speed?

Especially these soldiers with adaptive talents, carrying their own mining equipment, do it quickly and in large numbers.

A hundred pounds of soldiers is fine, but I am afraid that there are some two hundred pounds of adaptive soldiers to transport ore at the marching speed of light infantry.

In this case, the steam engine was completely blown out.

And Liu Tong, who didn't understand the heaven and earth spirit steam engine at all, could only sigh after researching the steam engine.

Professional matters still have to be handled by professional people.

As for when I will be able to go to Nanyang County and invite the Nanyang Zhang family over, it is not clear.

After all, Zhang Heng's descendants also have their own pride in their hearts.

Anyway, the letter was sent, so I don't know if it will arrive.

(End of chapter)