Yang Fan got off the carriage and saw many people watching the clipper ship near Hangzhou Pier.
"Tsk, it's such a big ship. I'm afraid there are four to five thousand materials in this ship."
"Hey, you can't see such a big ship nowadays. One with a thousand materials is considered to be the biggest one."
"What kind of ship do you think this is? I have seen a lot. This ship is neither a fortune ship nor a Guangzhou ship. It is not a duck-butt old lock ship and it is not a sand ship. But it looks so good-looking. Although the shape of the ship is weird, it makes people feel that it is only reasonable to make the ship like this. Do you think it is weird or not?"
"You have never been on the route to Beizhili, so naturally you don't recognize it. This kind of fast ship is a new type of clipper ship. I was lucky enough to do it once in Nanjing. It was so fast that it took three days to reach Guangzhou. Now the northern route There are more than a dozen of them running around. It’s just that these two are particularly big.”
Yang Fan listened to the discussion of these businessmen and walked directly to the dock. Marines on guard. Stand at attention and salute immediately.
Yang Fan came to the captain's room. When the other principals heard that the master was back, they immediately came to the captain's room to report.
"I have brought back a patient on the carriage, and will be placed on the ship temporarily. I will arrange for a military doctor to check it again. The patient also has a five-year-old girl with him. Chen Xi, please take care of her for the time being. The infirmary will arrange a wheelchair for the patient, and then Arrange a nurse to take care of the patient." Yang Fan said.
I saw the first mate going down to make arrangements. Yang Fan continued to ask: "How have the inspections been over the past two days? Are the machinery, equipment, and sail systems normal?"
Chen Xi took out the folder, flipped through it first, and said, "There are a lot of problems. 70% of the master's parts have signs of wear to varying degrees. Although it is no problem to use it like this for half a year, our design life is only three Years ago. Now it can’t even reach one-fifth of its performance.”
Yang Fan was not surprised. These two steam engines were successfully trial-produced for the first time and then shipped. It was normal for some problems to occur. It would be wrong not to have problems.
"Sir, the engine oil is not up to par. It's either too viscous and doesn't flow well, or it's too thin. I opened the steam engine oil pan and looked at it. There were a lot of metal debris underneath. I had no choice but to change the oil."
"The gearbox was a little loose. I checked it and found that the design was unreasonable and the assembly technology was not in place. There were cracks in more than a dozen gears, so I replaced them with new ones. The biggest problem is that the manufacturing accuracy of the drive shaft is not enough, and it is difficult to navigate at high speeds. At that time, there were vibration problems, and there was water seepage in the seal at the stern.”
Yang Fan asked: "How is the propeller? Is it broken? Did it fall into the sea?"
"That's not true, but this time Xinghe Casting Workshop was really good. It was the first time to cast such a large bronze propeller, and there was no problem at all. They had only made propellers for river boats before."
Yang Fan nodded and asked: "How is the cylinder? Is there any pull cylinder?"
Chen Xi said happily: "The biggest good news is that we have finally passed the standard in terms of cylinder technology. Thanks to the advanced boring machines obtained by the master, and the research on the alloy material group is also very effective, the cylinder material has completely passed the standard. This I experimented with maximum power sailing for the first time and there were no problems at all.”
Yang Fan was also very happy and said: "We have invested 5,000 people in research and development for more than a year and spent more than 7 million silver coins. Finally, we have a reliable product. I am not afraid of spending money, as long as I can produce The results will do. Cylinders are very important, and we will also use them in internal combustion engines in the future. Moreover, cylinders and making gun barrels are the same technology. If you can make high-performance cylinders, you can make high-performance artillery. This also benefits from our expertise in artillery technology. Long-term investment and accumulation.”
After all, artillery was the department in which Yang Fan invested the most manpower and financial resources, and the number of scrapped artillery pieces was almost piled up into a hill. The technology of making gun bores is now used in cylinders. It can be regarded as reaping the technical dividends.
"Scientific research is like this. There are no shortcuts or shortcuts. Only when the time comes, technology can mature." Yang Fan said with emotion.
"There will be no problem in returning home."
"No problem, everything has been overhauled. Water and coal have been added. Coal is sold in Hangzhou, and it is very convenient to replenish it. But the heavy oil is used up. This boiler is simply an oil tiger. We brought a total of ten tons of heavy oil, five tons per ship. Tons, it was almost consumed when it came." Chen Xi said with a frown.
"By the way, Zhang Wudian said he was coming to the ship for a visit. How was your reception?" Yang Fan suddenly remembered what happened to Zhang Wudian.
"We received Mr. Zhang very well. He came with his whole family. We sent a boat out to sea to Dinghai City in the Zhoushan Islands. We returned the same day. We only have so much heavy oil left. We didn't dare to go far."
"I stayed in the VIP cabin and the captain's cabin. After getting on the ship, Mr. Zhang ran to the power cabin to see the steam engine. He was so mesmerized that he couldn't wait to leave. In this day, he basically looked at every part of the ship. All over. When I saw our five-ton heavy artillery, my jaw almost dropped. Haha," Chen Xi said with a proud smile.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Although Mr. Zhang is old, he has a pure heart. Don't underestimate him. He is very good at mathematics. He even measured the height of Mount Tai last year."
"Master, I didn't expect that his naughty granddaughter, who seemed to be named Qingluan, immediately fell in love with the life on the ship. During the banquet in the officer's mess hall at noon, she kept begging her grandpa to come to the ship and serve as a navy officer. That girl drank so much that she even drank Chen Zuwang under the table." Chen Xi said.
Yang Fan suddenly became nervous. That unruly girl from the Zhang family was not an easy master to serve. I heard she was going to be a marine. He immediately asked, "You didn't agree to her, did you?"
"If the master is not around, who dares to make the decision! Mingyan said that the navy needs to engage in battle and fight, and it can't be done without effort. She just wanted to shirk it because she was a woman. As a result, she was annoyed and said that we underestimated her. Let's compete. Hey, it doesn't matter if we compete with each other, we will knock down the most capable ones on the ship." Chen Xi said gossiping. I didn’t expect that Zhang Fengyi could be so good at fighting despite looking so cute.
Yang Fan stroked his forehead, and there was a black line on his head. This was his aunt. The good girl in front of his grandfather was just an act. In the original history, she would start leading troops into battle starting next year. Until Chongzhen died in battle in the fifth year.
In the past few years, Zhang Fengyi fought hundreds of battles and gained countless losses.
In the second year of Chongzhen, he followed Qin Liangyu to regain the four cities of Zunhua and Yongping. Then he went to Shandong to put down the rebellion.
Later, he transferred to the Central Plains, first defeated the bandit Wang Jiayin, and then defeated the king for his own use, and drove the bandits out of Shanxi.
Later, the imperial court ordered to march to Henan. The ministers in the DPRK did not understand the local situation and gave blind orders.
At that time, there were 7,000 Mao soldiers in Henan. It was planned to use Deng Qi as the general soldier and lead 6,000 Sichuan troops. Ma Fengyi (Zhang Fengyi)'s 2,000 troops with 800 horses, mules and stone pillars would be sent to Cizhou to suppress them.
Mao Bing is also called Mao Hulu Bing. They are shanty dwellers in the mountainous areas of southern Henan. Lives by hunting and has accurate archery skills. Because the quiver is made of fur, it is called fur gourd soldier.
However, these soldiers were wiped out by Li Zicheng more than three times, and they were all reorganized and supplemented later. They were completely discouraged.
As a result, the camp was attacked at night and the entire army collapsed. Zhang Fengyi had no choice but to retreat and buy time for the army to retreat. In the end, the whole army fled, and Zhang Fengyi was surrounded by Houjiazhuang alone. As a result, Zhang Fengyi was trapped and killed.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Her grandfather would not let her become a naval officer. When her father was fighting in Liaodong, he worked with Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, Sichuan, and betrothed her to Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin. She was about to get married. , how can you let her young lady do whatever you want?"
