Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi knew that they were pregnant, so they wouldn't let Yang Fan touch them. Afraid of affecting the baby.
They also need to arrange a maid to sleep with Yang Fan.
Yang Fan refused, feeling as if he couldn't live without a woman.
It was late at night, and the three of them were too excited to fall asleep. Yang Fan hugged them both and whispered things to pay attention to when raising a baby. Yang Fan specifically checked them online.
Early the next morning, Yang Fan got up quietly, covered the two ladies who were sleeping in with quilts, and then had a simple breakfast. Take the light European-style carriage that has been waiting in the yard and set off to Beitangkou.
Because there is often a need for cargo transportation, Yang Fan asked the engineering corps to briefly repair the official road from the capital to Beitangkou during this period. They used four-wheeled carriages to pull soil, sand, and lime. Along the way, if there were any potholes, they would be filled in and then flattened with huge stone rollers.
This road is 400 miles long. Although the workload is not as high as the reconstruction, it still required the engineering corps to work for two full months. Now the lime and sand on the road have been crushed by dozens of huge ox-pulled stone rollers, making them extremely hard and smooth. The carriage rides very smoothly on it.
After changing horses at several intermediate relay stations along the way, we always maintained a high speed. These relay stations were all set up by Yang Fan. In order to facilitate communication and material transportation between Beitangkou, Beijing and Xincheng.
Before dark, Yang Fan's carriage and cavalry escort entered the Beitangkou Shipyard.
The current Beitangkou Shipyard is no longer what it used to be. The area expanded to two square kilometers. In addition to the old bluestone dock from the Yongle period, more than a dozen new dry docks of different sizes were built. Used to build different types of ships.
In the future, in addition to warships, there will also be fishing boats, communication speedboats, merchant ships, yachts, etc. After this construction is completed, it will be the main construction base in the next few years.
But starting next year, Yang Fan will gradually start building the Jeju Island base. It is too close to the Ming Dynasty and is not suitable for keeping secrets. In the future, civilian ships will be used here. The warships will be transferred to Jeju Island Shipyard for construction.
These dry docks will be put into use after they open to sea next year. At present, the dock is still the oldest bluestone dock.
Yang Fan went directly to the dock and got off the bus. Ming Yan and the shipyard's stewards and technicians were already waiting here.
"Greetings to the master" "Greetings to the proprietor" "Greetings to your lord"
"Okay, excuse me. You are all lucky. The shipyard has developed rapidly in the past two years, which is the result of your hard work and hard work. I know the situation. Mingyan, all management and technical staff of the shipyard, send me ten Two taels of silver for the festival. Ordinary workers will receive two taels of silver. We will pay it today."
I heard that the master would give out rewards when he came, and there was a burst of joy.
There are now tens of thousands of people working in the shipyard. In addition to front-end shipbuilding, there are also various supporting workshops.
Various workshops and workshops are operating at full capacity to produce ship components in large quantities, and all are stored in warehouses after production. Just wait until the new shipyards are put into use next year. Large-scale batch construction of new cruisers began.
Mingyan bought these craftsmen from health clinics in various places, even from craftsmen's camps in Beijing and Nanjing. That's right, I bought it. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, these craftsmen were almost like slaves.
The whole family was hungry and cold, and there was still endless work to do. The vast majority of them do private work for the officers, and they don't get paid. At most, they are given some miscellaneous food. Ming Yan was willing to pay, so these officers were naturally willing to sell the whole family of craftsmen to him. Then he died of a sudden illness and his military membership was revoked.
When they were escorted here, all of them had blank eyes, watching the stewards here trembling, not knowing what kind of fate was waiting for them.
Unexpectedly, arriving here is just like arriving in Fuwozi.
The wages here are very high, children go to school for free, and family members receive free medical treatment. They were also given dormitories and houses, and were given two sets of unlined clothes and one set of cotton-padded clothes a year. If you do a good job, you will get a bonus. As long as you have the skills, you will be immediately transferred to relevant positions in various workshops.
The good environment here respects technology and talents, and the fair and orderly atmosphere makes everyone burst out with a long-lost enthusiasm for work.
Although the work here is non-stop for 24 hours and operates in three shifts.
But no one complained.
Not to mention that the night shift salary is 30% higher, but there are also free meals in the cafeteria, six meals a day, and meals are served every two hours. No matter which shift you work, you will get two free meals.
In the small supermarket in the factory, you can enjoy ultra-low prices when buying grain and fat. Daily necessities and other items are much cheaper than outside.
The children in the family who can work are arranged to work in factories, and the younger ones go to school.
Those who have no skills work as construction workers. The factory is constantly expanding and requires a lot of labor. Both dormitories and workshops are constantly being built. He is too stupid to even be a worker. After all, shipbuilding and construction are both technical jobs, so he just goes to the brick kiln to bake bricks.
Now, inside the three-meter-high red brick wall, the largest shipyard in Ming Dynasty has almost become a small society.
At this time, Yang Fan stood on this ancient bluestone dock and looked down against the biting sea breeze. Two huge clipper boats were parked quietly inside.
This dock built during the Yongle period is 83 meters long and 45 meters wide. Because the dock is in the shape of a bucket, with a small bottom and extending outwards on all sides. Therefore, shipbuilding can build ships with a maximum waterline length of less than 80 meters.
Both ships are 90 meters in length, 80 meters in waterline, and 12 meters in maximum width. The displacement is about 1500 tons.
These two ships completed outfitting and artillery installation in the dry dock. You can go into the water directly for sea trials.
Both ships are mixed rigs, that is, ships with both horizontal and fore-and-aft sails. A square sail is most efficient downwind, and a fore-and-aft sail is most efficient when upwind. Simply install them all and pull up whichever one you need.
Both ships are flat-deck shaped and do not have the tall bow and stern of European carrack ships.
Both ships are painted white, and the masts and sails are snow-white. Coupled with the streamlined and beautiful hull, it is very pleasing to the eye.
Below the waterline of the ship, it is golden.
This is because it is to prevent water leakage, prevent seawater from corroding the shipboard, and prevent shipworms from chewing the wood and causing water leakage. Below the waterline of the hull, apply asphalt to drain the water, and then use rivets to wrap the bottom of the hull with copper-tin alloy plates on the outside.
This is a very expensive solution, but it can effectively prevent seawater corrosion and the adhesion of barnacles and other organisms, which is especially beneficial for ocean voyages.
Yang Fan then surrounded him and boarded one of the ships.
The craftsmanship of the boats is very detailed, and it can be seen that through practicing on several boats, and with the historical data on the development of sailing boats provided by Yang Fan, these workers have made rapid progress. Shipbuilding technology is getting better and better.
