He couldn't figure it out, nor did he want to know, why these white people came to this hot boiler room instead of living a leisurely life above.
Workers come and go here, and various precision instruments and large machinery are operating in an orderly manner. Accidents can occur if you are not careful.
If he had a choice, he would definitely choose to sit on the deck of the first-class cabin and enjoy the sea breeze, instead of leaning against the hot stove in this cramped space and inhaling the smoke of pulverized coal.
Of course, Qili saw the disdain in this man's eyes, and she said nonchalantly, "Of course it's best for me to play on the deck, but I'm not here to play. I found that the hull of the ship was slightly tilted, and I wanted to take a look. Something is wrong and it would be great if you would help.”
After speaking, Qili stared at the person in front of her.
Judging from the clothes of this man, he is not an ordinary sailor, at least at the leadership level. It would be great if he could help us find possible safety hazards.
Hearing this, the black man frowned, squinted his eyes, and stared into Qili's eyes in disbelief, "Are you sure?"
The black people understood a little bit. No wonder they were told to slow down their sailing last night. It turned out that there might be something wrong with the ship.
And it is not known what causes this problem.
Qili didn't want to scare him too much. After all, if they messed up, the situation would be even worse.
Qili said, "Actually, I'm not so sure. I just told the captain my opinion, and the captain obviously didn't believe it."
When Qili said this, the black man's heart sank.
They still trust the captain, who is an old captain with decades of experience.
Although the captain didn't really believe it, he still ordered to slow down the sailing speed. This shows that it is not groundless, and there may be some less serious safety hazard.
After some consideration, the black man said, "My name is Moses. For the sake of my own life, I am willing to help you inspect the quality of this ship."
Very good, just want this effect.
Qili raised her lips and said, "Okay, Mr. Moses, my name is Qili, let's split up."
Moses nodded, pointed to the left and right sides, and said, "Okay, Ms. Qili, you are in charge of that side and I am in charge of this side. After the inspection, we will meet here."
Qili nodded and said, "Okay, let's start taking action without wasting time."
Amidst the noise of machinery, Qili and Moses ran in opposite directions, inspecting the boiler room and watertight cabin on this floor.
Qili walked to the left. It was quieter here. Several boilers were out and were not in use for the time being.
She stepped over some pipes at her feet, walked to the wall of the ship, and knocked.
"Clang clang clang!"
The sound of metal "clanging" sounds like there is nothing wrong with it.
It just feels like these steels seem a little thin and fragile.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons for the sinking. When they built the ship, they used substandard metal building materials.
It may also be that this is the most effective metal material in their era, but it is just a bit fragile and vulnerable to nature.
It seems that reducing the sailing speed is the right choice.
As long as the speed is not that fast, all accidents are preventable.
"Clang clang clang!"
"Clang clang clang!"
Qili knocked all the way, and the sound was like this.
Further ahead is the watertight cabin.
She walked over and reached out to touch the steel plates and rivets. They were relatively strong, but if there was any violent impact, it would be hard to say.
The designer's design is very good and the concept is clever. The watertight compartments are strictly separated. Even if one watertight compartment is filled with water, the water will not flood into the entire ship and the ship can continue sailing.
These metal building materials are really substandard.
It cannot withstand violent impacts.
Now it seems that the best way to prevent disasters is to slow down the sailing speed, plan the route rationally, and have lookouts monitor the sea surface at all times and try to avoid collisions between ships and other objects.
Everything else is in vain.
After the inspection, Qili returned to the place where she had met Moses. She waited for nearly half an hour before Moses came back.
Qili could see that Moses paid more attention to this issue than she did.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Qili asked with a smile.
Moses shook his head and said, "There is no problem. I have looked along the hull inch by inch. It is intact."
Who knows how serious he is? He still has his wife, children, and children waiting for him to come home. He doesn't want to die at sea.
But he really didn't find anything. Maybe, the problem was really not big, and his nervous mood relaxed a lot.
Qili nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, maybe I'm worrying too much and I'm tired. I'm sorry."
With that said, Qili bowed to Moses.
Moses shook his head and said, "It's okay. You should be cautious, especially when sailing on a dangerous sea."
Qili smiled and said, "You are right."
"Okay, madam, it's really noisy here, and coal powder is everywhere. Come up quickly." Moses kindly urged her to leave.
"Okay, thank you for your help." After Qili said that, she went up again along the scaffolding she came down from.
As soon as he went up, a cold sea breeze blew through the corridor.
Through the temperature of the wind, Qili felt that the iceberg was not far away from them.
After taking a few breaths of fresh air, she took out her pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost noon.
Although she had been running around all morning, she really had no appetite to eat, especially when she thought of the "click" sound of Bert chewing his fingers last night. Her head, which was already a little dizzy from the smoke in the boiler room, became even more dizzy, and her stomach felt dizzy. I also started to feel uncontrollably nauseous.
Most of the people in this corridor are third-class people, walking back and forth in the corridor, and there are also children running and jumping.
She suppressed her nausea and walked across the corridor to get some air on the deck.
The cold wind can make her head clearer.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
"give me back!"
"You run slower! Don't fall!"
Two children chased each other down the hallway for a toy, their mother following behind and scolding them.
Qili looked at them, not knowing whether they were saved in the end, whether they boarded the lifeboat, or whether they sank to the bottom of the sea with the giant ship.
Two children ran over, and Qili staggered her body to make way for them.
"Thank you!" The white woman smiled at Qili and said, "The child is a little difficult to manage now that he is older. He doesn't know where he went in the blink of an eye."
After saying that, without waiting for Qili to answer, the white woman hurriedly ran out after the child.
