"Don't ask someone to send it back. I'll send a few sailors to Cape Town. It's also the property of the Empire when it's there?" Seeing boxes of goods being hung onto the deck of the large ship by winches and pulleys, Hong Tao not only became interested in this small test ship, but the small ship was so resistant to construction and its speed was not slow. Hong Tao felt itchy again. It's not easy to build a America. If he could have such a small boat, it would be good. At least he would save several days when he went to Luo Youde and the others.

"What are you bringing? It's not full of gold, silver and treasures! Could it be that you two are corrupt?" Not only are these wooden boxes numerous, but they are also heavy. Hong Tao tried it, but he couldn't lift one of them, and he was dead.

"These steam engines with pig heads are my tools, data and experimental models, and those with circles are Lao Qi's tools and materials. Although his boxes are fewer, they are heavier than mine, and they are all solid guys." Wen Xiaoqi's whole body was relaxed and he had a sense of humor. In order to distinguish who and what the box was, he not only numbers the box, but also patterns it. He was born in the year of the pig, so he drew a pig head.

"Well, it's really like a pig's head. A broken machine has been researching for several years and cannot be used. If you go to the temple on the shore, you can order me a table of vegetarian dishes. I will tell you how to seal it and whether to do it?" Hong Tao likes to be with these people. He has nothing to do with thinking about machines. It's much fun than studying people. It's mainly worry-free. As long as you treat machines well, it will be 100% good to you, and you won't be able to do it. You have too many hearts and are too tired!

"Come on, little guy, come back to the largest temple to get a table of vegetarian dishes. I want the best ones, and I will give you the errand fee!" Wen Xiaoqi took out a cloth bag from his small backpack, full of gold coins, grabbed three of them casually and threw them to a sailor, very casual.

"Damn! There is more money than me. Where did you get so much money..." Hong Tao was jealous again. He couldn't see the people who were big-handed in front of him, because he didn't have so much money, so he gritted his teeth and hated him.

"This is my salary, and what I saved is all hard-earned money!" Wen Xiaoqi weighed the cloth bag in his hand, and listened to the sound of gold coins colliding with each other, proudly stood up. He and Qi Zu were both top craftsmen, and served as senior officials of the imperial government, and received double wages for several years. Although he had three children, when did the Wen family lack money? The salary of Wen Laoer and Wen Laoda alone was enough for their whole family to eat and drink. In other words, the Wen family was more law-abiding. Since the privatization, no child from the Wen family went out to engage in the shipbuilding industry, otherwise their family would be the first family to get rich in the Jinhe Empire. In this era, shipbuilding was the same as those in later generations.

"You have nothing to do with blood and sweat, even if you have one, it is not worth that much money! Come on, take out all your problems and we will take up Boss Xu's cabin as a laboratory, first talk about theoretical things, and then unbox it after the ship is opened. Boss Xu, I have to trouble you. Don't let someone come in and disturb us during this period. These are relatively expensive knowledge. By the way, I will find a ventilated and dry cabin for them. As soon as we chat, we will be able to talk day and night." Hong Tao was very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to hold a cigar and set off to prepare to abuse and abuse these two empire masters who earn more money than he did in terms of knowledge. Only at this time did Hong Tao feel that the whole world is his own, and that sense of accomplishment is so satisfying.

This time, Hong Tao had some fun. No matter how slow Xu Liangzhi's ship was, he was not in a hurry. In fact, he had never paid attention to the speed of the ship. He focused on the two fixed metal guys on the deck. One was Huang Cancan's steam engine and the other was a black rear-loading gun. As long as the wind and waves on the sea were not too big, the three of them would scatter around the two piles of broken copper and iron, writing and calculating. After the discussion came out, add coal, refuel, and try it. It doesn't matter if it failed, and then find a problem. The deck of the ship became their temporary laboratory. No matter how poisonous the sun is, the sticky sea breeze cannot stop their enthusiasm.

Hong Tao, the father-in-law, was not idle, and Sai Fei followed suit. He also took a small drawing board every day to draw the sea, clouds, sailors, and his own father. From time to time, Senya took out the accordion and guitar made by Hong Tao, and held a small concert on the deck, with his mother accompanying and his son singing.

The Japanese sailors on the boat have never seen such a strange family, but they are also very fun, and sometimes they sing with Sai Fei. The ship is really singing and laughing all the way. By the way, there are also the sound of steam engines and the sound of cannons from time to time, which is very lively.

"Mother, what is my father's use for? I know the cannon, what is that big jar? Why do you move it yourself?" The young man was curious. Sai Fei didn't understand what Hong Tao had made his head and face full of oil and mud all day long, just like Hong Tao didn't understand what he drew all day long.

"I don't understand what your father made, but it's definitely not what you like. He just likes machines and cannons." His son's question really stopped Senia. If he asked her, he could answer the poems and songs immediately. He could compose the songs according to the lyrics, but he didn't understand machinery, ships, and weapons. So far, she still didn't understand why a small iron shell was stuffed with cotton, oil, and a finger was used to push the flames.

"Bang..." The mother and son were chatting, and a loud noise suddenly came from the back deck. As the gray smoke was blown away by the sea breeze, Hong Tao's broken face was revealed. This time it was even more expensive, and the above was covered with black and gray. Obviously, the test shot failed again, and the shells collapsed, but there was also a lot of smoke from the breeze, leaking air!

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck your family's eight generations of ancestors! I'm so stupid that you will be gnawed into the sea, so that you will be gnawed by the turtle and bitten by the sea snake forever, and your stomach is filled with smelly fish and rotten shrimps. Do you believe it? I..." Then Hong Tao's performance made Saifei and his son and the sailors all over the boat experience the profoundness of Chinese. He kicked and beat the cannon that was still smoking, and scolded him so fancy, how vicious it was, how vicious it was. He didn't see the light and thought he had met an enemy who had destroyed the family.

"Boss! Boss! Children, and there are children!" The only people who were not attacked by Hong Tao's mentality were Qi Zu and Wen Xiaoqi. Hong Tao's virtues in the laboratory have been common. At this time, they were thinking behind their backs to figure out how to avoid air leakage. They let Hong Tao jump and scold for several minutes before they remembered that Sai Fei was watching.

"Sai Fei, forget everything I said just now. Don't imitate your father and me. It's not good to scold people..." Hong Tao was suddenly interrupted when he was halfway through his lyrics. His face turned red, but he had to squeeze out a smile on his son. With his face, he was so scary, just like a living ghost who had just emerged from the soil.

"Son, let's go to the bow of the boat and ignore him!" Senya was afraid that Hong Tao would scare her son, so she quickly pulled Sefei to move the position.

"Your Majesty, it's still not good. Look, it's all melted..." Wen Xiaoqi didn't seem to hear Hong Tao's scolding. He kept squatting behind the cannon's butt to figure out how the air leaked. He also dipped a black and soft thing with his fingers for Hong Tao to see. He was not helping Qi Zu, but thinking about his own steam engine. Both things faced a problem, air leak! If the sealing problem can be solved, not only cannons can be used, but also steam engines can be used.

"Well, it seems that the cannon cannot be sealed with Eucommia glue like the steam engine. The temperature is too high." Hong Tao reached out and pinched the ball of glue, shook his head, not planning to find another way. No wonder no one in later generations sealed the cannon with rubber pads. It was not that people didn't expect it, but that he couldn't even have a chance to be lazy.

"That's over, I'm wasted my work!" When Qi Zu heard Hong Tao couldn't say anything, he sat on the deck. The old man who was almost sixty was almost slapped his thigh and cried and cursed.

"Hehehe...Uncle Qi, if you come to Cape Town and treat me to a meal, I will give you a new idea. We don't need glue seals, and we can still get the shells in from the back, and we can't leak too much air!" When others are uncomfortable, Hong Tao is usually very happy, and this time is no exception.

"Really?"

"Believe it or not? Forget it, do I still lack a meal?" What does it mean to take candy? It is Hong Tao's current virtue.

"Trust, trust, trust, why don't you talk to me first? Let's go to the house, there are too many people here, and it's not safe." Qi Zu must have trust. So far, Hong Tao has never disappointed him on technical issues, and his reputation is enough.

"No, don't, you pulled Your Majesty away, what should I do with my machine?" Not only did Wen Xiaoqi not congratulate him, but he felt even more uncomfortable. It was said that it took him a long time to activate the steam engine and install the cannon after Qi Zu thought about it. It has been almost eight years since then. Although the test model has been made, it has never been practical. It can still be used with a few textile machines. If the load is slightly larger, the power cannot be increased. The main reason is the air tight problem. If the air leaks out, it will inevitably have no strength.

"Your machine is different from cannons. The temperature is not that high. You can use Eucommia gel, but it needs to be processed to make it more heat-resistant and elastic. This process cannot be tested on the ship, so I will wait until Cape Town Port." Looking at a man who is nearly forty and an old man who is nearly sixty, he snatched himself like a toy, Hong Tao felt comfortable from the inside out. As long as he was happy, he could do whatever he said, and whether the technology would be advanced or not, it was not a problem. Let's talk about it after he was created.
Chapter completed!