The parish must have a certain rejection of non-believers. In order to reduce the possibility of conflicts, when we took the ferry the next day, we only took Akeem, Olga and two guarantors with us. The others stayed in the hotel to watch the horses and bears, especially Xiong, Natasha takes more care of him in the Eight Great Kings, and he will be more stable with her around.
By the way, Olga was originally nicknamed Chipmunk in the Latour Gang. Although she was beaten and expelled without any excuse, she had no merit. She usually just worked as Akeem's follower.
There are many tricks to the ferry process.
The first is the vehicle used.
Rizhao Pier not only provides ferry boats, but also magic vehicles, but it is difficult to buy tickets for them.
There are basically no full-time operators of magic vehicles. Most of them are stored on the north shore by wealthy households on the island in the middle of the lake to facilitate the exchange of staff and welcome guests. However, there are also some people with financial problems who will provide rental services.
When Wang Qi asked the guarantor to help inquire about the situation, he saw with his own eyes... or a magic vehicle moving on the lake.
This thing looks like a small boat with a large cabin, but when it moves, it turns out that it flies by ground effect.
The concept of ground effect flight is most commonly used in landing hovercrafts. They generally fly at a height below 1.5 meters above the ground. However, the behavior of the hovercraft injecting air downwards provides some longitudinal thrust. Real ground effect vehicles do not need this thrust. .
Typical sustained ground effect flight is the specialty of hydrofoils. It has a wing-like structure underwater. When the ship speed reaches a certain level, the wing-ground effect will lift the entire hull out of the water, leaving only the hydrofoils underwater. .
This is the case with the small boat I witnessed. Its forward momentum is magic, but the effect of the hull moving forward from the water comes from the wing-ground effect. There is also an extra connecting structure standing between the bottom of the hull and the water.
The senses given to Wang Qi were very strange. In the world of his previous life, hydrofoils seemed to have appeared twenty or thirty years later than airplanes. Since hydrofoil flight requires huge propulsion power, the real application would be decades later, with a gap of even more. A century is so far away.
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The order is not what Wang Qi cares about. After all, the humanities and productivity backgrounds are completely different. It is not surprising that the order of some less relevant things changes after they appear.
All he cared about was that hydrofoils were a dead end!
The development of science and technology is about constant trial and error, looking for the pitifully few correct routes. Wang Qi's Phoenix Kingdom can develop relatively quickly by running on the correct routes, and the hydrofoil is a typical villain.
Not to mention complicated things, the biggest problem with hydrofoils is that the lift caused by the wing-ground effect is in a square ratio to the length of the hull, but the weight and length of the ship are in a cubic ratio, so it is impossible to do it from a mathematical point of view. Big possibility. The so-called Caspian Sea Monster is just a small piece of junk weighing less than 500 tons. It is not comparable to oil tankers that can easily weigh hundreds of thousands of tons. Its weight is at the same level as the fully loaded take-off weight of a large aircraft. The only advantage is that the fuel consumption of ground effect flight will be higher. It is lower, but due to the supercavitation effect corrosion inevitably caused by high speed in water, maintenance is also a problem.
So what do locals think of hydrofoils?
I asked the guarantor to specifically ask about the situation of the hydrofoil boat, and it was almost certain that it was just to show off.
There are only three magic vehicles that use hydrofoils in the entire dock. They are all wealthy families that have been prospering for nearly a hundred years or more. Only they are willing to pay the extra magic cost. Normal magic ships are just faster.
When Wang Qi boarded the regular version of the luxury ferry, he saw other magical vehicles leaving the pier. It couldn't be described as faster.
The speed witnessed by the ground effect magic ship is about 80 kilometers. Due to the poor observation angle, there may be a certain error. The speed of ordinary magic ships is also more than 40 kilometers.
Compared with them, the single-digit sailing speed of so-called luxury ferries seems particularly pitiful.
The luxury ferry uses a paddle wheel propulsion, that is, there are two large water wheel-like things on both sides, and the lower part is driven by human power "bicycles".
Because people on luxury ferries often have a higher status
The guarantor was a little timid, so Wang Qi came to inquire on his own.
"Shouldn't paddle boats use steam?"
"Hey, you still understand this!" The man with glasses was shocked when asked.
"I've seen it elsewhere."
The bespectacled man took a look and knew that he had an identity. He was probably from out of town. He didn't show off and explained: "The steam can be a little faster, but it is too noisy and the taste is not good. It is still comfortable for human beings."
"I see."
If the steam engine is too noisy, it is obviously a problem of processing capacity. If it refers to the whining sound of exhaust and pressure relief, there is really nothing that can be done.
The taste is a matter of coal source. The Phoenix Kingdom also went through this stage.
To put it bluntly, the gentlemen are rich and can afford to hire people to ride the paddle wheels.
Less than four kilometers and a half-hour journey, Wang Qi also saw many other ships. When entering the pier at the parish side, the man with glasses pointed out: "Look, that ship is steam, and the ticket is much cheaper, but There are not many people sitting there, and I heard that the owner of the ship is looking for a buyer. If you are interested, you can ask."
"Thanks."
Wang Qi was really interested. After getting off the boat, he went to look for the steam paddle steamer. He saw it up close and asked about the price of the boat. Then he understood why he wanted to sell the boat.
The one-way price of the luxury ferry is 50 yuan in local currency. It is only four kilometers and is less than a week's working income of ordinary people. It is ridiculously expensive.
The layout of the steam paddle steamer is also good, and there is also a small restaurant inside. The ticket price is not much cheaper, at 30 yuan. The private boat next to it soliciting ferry business only costs 5 yuan for a one-way ticket. A comparison shows that this price is also not acceptable to ordinary people.
Real high-end customers dislike the sound and smell, and ordinary people have no money. They are a typical mismatch. The customer base is limited to those who want face but are short of money. But to be honest, for high-end customers, they would despise taking this kind of ship even more.
"How much is the transfer price of this boat?" Wang Qi asked the person selling tickets for the boat on the shore.
The conductor opened his mouth but did not dare to quote: "How about you wait a moment and I'll ask the boss."
"Is the boss on board?"
The conductor shook his head.
"Forget it."
Wang Qi didn't really mean to buy it. It was okay to shout out on the boat, but there was no need to wait to pull people out from the city.
He just wanted to know whether the price was so high because the ship owner had a flaw in his mind or because the steam engine was too expensive. This kind of thing did not require the ship owner to be present. He could find out by going directly to the relevant workshop.
Back to business first, visiting the parish.
Xiahu District Diocese is a newly established diocese a few years ago. It has not yet formed a unique religious architectural environment. It only has a few churches and is not particularly exclusive.
But going deeper, from the orphanages, church schools and other institutions supported by the church, it can be seen that the Bright Church has developed very well in the local area, and its believers and believer cultivation mechanism are very mature.
There is also a temple of the Church of Nature in the Lower Lake District. In comparison, these people are completely otherworldly.
