Li Chenpu naturally said yes to the teacher's advice, and mathematics is indeed very important, especially in ship design and construction, which requires a lot of calculations. Without mathematics, it is impossible to build a good ship.
After asking the teacher for a few more math questions, Li Chenpu had just arrived at the campus when a fat man came up to him and asked.
"Hey, Xiao Lizi, I heard that you are getting married."
Glancing at the fat man next to him, Li Chenpu smiled bitterly.
"Fat Wang, please stop making fun of me. It's not that you don't know. Your father said that if I don't get married, I won't be allowed to go abroad, no matter what the company says."
"Well, it is human nature to marry a wife, have children, and continue the family line. Besides, if you get married and have children, the company will reward you with a house, and your family will no longer have to live in a dormitory. How nice.
It’s something!”
In order to increase the population, Nanhua did everything possible. In addition to introducing a large number of immigrants, they also gave direct rewards. When most people lived in collective dormitories, a group of dormitories were specially built to encourage births.
The Tongzi Building is specially rented out to new families. Although the building is only three stories high, the room type is definitely modern - Zhu Xianhai drew on the design of later community houses, which are all suites with an area of more than 140 square meters, with six bedrooms, two living rooms and two living rooms.
, although the design is not necessarily scientific, but what is certain is that it is definitely suitable for a large family to live in. The standards for tenants are very simple - as long as the wife is pregnant and gives birth, she can sign a long-term lease contract and then move into a new home.
In Nanhua, many people yearn to move into a new home like that. Of course, the prerequisite is to have a wife.
Fatty Wang's words made Li Chenpu sigh.
"I, I'm angry at myself. What's life like at home now? My parents both have to work and they still have to worry about my affairs. It's really unfilial..."
"You, you just think too much. You think you are still in Hangzhou. You are not Mr. Li, and I am not the prince. We are all the same as others. Even if we had something hidden in our arms, we would not be able to do it here.
Most importantly, if you want to live a good life, you still have to rely on your knowledge and your brain."
Fatty Wang stared in the direction of the bay and said at the towering masts in the bay.
"I originally wanted to go to the navigation school next door, although the captain's salary is higher."
"Then why didn't you go?"
Li Chenpu looked at him in surprise,
"It's unreasonable to say that I'm not in good health and that I'm not qualified for running. I'm just a little fatter. When I get on the ship, can I still run around the deck all day long?"
When this matter was mentioned, Fatty Wang couldn't help but complain.
"I specially went to the dock to see. Whether it's the captain or the crew, there are a lot of fat people there. They are really unreasonable. Just because I'm a little fat, why don't they give me a chance? Let me tell you, in the future,
Even if I buy my own boat, I still have to be the captain, just the captain of a standard ship."
The "standard Huai ship" he refers to is a merchant ship being built in the shipyard. Not only are the keels and other metal parts made according to unified standards, but even the planks of the hull are also built according to corresponding unified specifications. According to the company, they are to
Build a batch of "standardized immigration ships".
"Okay, you have great ambitions, but by the time you buy a boat, I guess standard boats will be obsolete by then."
Lee Chen Park couldn't help but laugh and said.
"Maybe in the future you will be driving a steamship designed by me, a steamship like the Great Eastern."
The impact of a giant ship on people is unimaginable. Even the most conservative people can feel the power of industry. Under the impact of industrial civilization, their thinking is also changing rapidly.
Fatty Wang said "Hmm" in an almost unrecognizable voice, and then said.
"Perhaps, I heard someone say that the shipyard seems to be planning to build a bigger ship. Who knows? The company hired dozens of engineers and hundreds of craftsmen from the British shipyard, and it is definitely not to build a standard ship. Otherwise,
It’s not like we would go to war in such a big way.”
On this point, Fatty Wang really guessed it right.
Even now, the shipyard in Zuowan, Nanhua Bay is still undergoing extensive construction work. Hundreds of workers are busy there. They dug a deep pit three hundred meters long and more than fifty meters wide, and then built it with stones.
A shipyard was built. This shipyard should be the largest shipyard in this era, enough to accommodate the "Great Eastern".
In the factory, there are two stone-based docks about 150 meters long. In the dock, a slender clipper ship is beginning to lay the keel. The steel keel and ship ribs are reflecting in the sun.
A faint metallic luster.
While the workers were fixing the ship plates with bolts, Zhu Xianhai stood in the dock and looked at the clipper ship. Although she currently only has a keel rib frame and a small amount of hull, it can still be seen that its size is quite astonishing.
of.
"The hull is 6.55 meters deep, the widest point is 12.7 meters, and the total length is more than 72 meters. The keel and ribs of the entire ship are made of steel, and the ship's plates are made of high-quality oak..."
While Liang Mingwei introduced this "standard immigration ship" with some pride, Zhu Xianhai silently looked at the ship in front of him. In order to speed up the development of Nanhua's shipbuilding industry, he not only introduced a group of naval engineers from the UK, but also
A group of skilled shipbuilders were also hired.
The joining of this group of engineers and shipbuilders pushed Nanhua's shipbuilding industry forward for eight years. In the simulator, it was not until 1870 that the first ocean-going merchant ship built by Nanhua, the "Hope", was launched and delivered.
It is an 1,800-ton iron-ribbed wooden hull steamship.
But now the "standard immigration ship" being built by the shipyard is similar in tonnage and structure. And its construction means that Nanhua's shipbuilding industry has progressed for eight years! This can definitely be called leapfrog development. Of course, this
Everything is inseparable from those British and French engineers and craftsmen.
"Akihito, although the shipyard is making rapid progress, in the final analysis, it still relies on foreign engineers and craftsmen. For the shipyard, these people are crutches. At the moment, we can't do without these crutches, but one day we will have to leave them behind.
So, you should seize the time and study with them, you know?"
Seeing his proud look, Zhu Xianhai took the initiative to pour some cold water on him. In history, the shipbuilding industry of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and Japan was the biggest inspiration. Almost the front and rear gates of the two countries were blasted open by European and American naval guns. Facing threats from the sea,
Threats, the problems faced by both companies are the same - one cannot build a ship, and the other is no one who can sail a ship.
The two countries also successively established modern shipyards and hired Western engineers to build ships. Compared with Japan, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties seemed to have made rapid progress - starting in 1864, they continued to build Western-style ships and even warships, from wooden-shelled wooden-ribbed warships to
From iron-framed and wooden-hulled warships to iron-framed and iron-clad warships, what about Japan? It was not until 1878 that construction of a 1,500-ton iron-framed and wooden-hulled cruiser began, which was the "Tianlong".
However, when the "Tianlong" was built, except for the designer, who was British, the rest of the technical staff were all Japanese. Japan, which seemed to have made little progress, accumulated experience through building merchant ships and spent more than ten years completing the talent development process.
Training, by the time before the Sino-Japanese War, their engineers could independently design and build warships. But what about the Manchus?
Foreign workers have never been able to leave the shipyard. The technical level of the shipyard is completely controlled by foreign workers, and the training of local talents is almost zero!
Decades later, when Japan built capital ships of tens of thousands of tons, the Manchus not only failed to make progress, but regressed - the rapid development of armor, artillery and power technology made them unable to build more technologically advanced and complex warships.
That's why Zhu Xianhai will not allow himself to make the same mistake. He must correctly understand the role of crutches and not be complacent just because he has a crutch and can walk a few steps faster.
To a certain extent, crutches are like drugs. They always make people want to stop. They even make people feel like they are under some illusion.
"Learn! The reason why we hire so many foreigners is not just to build ships, but more importantly, to learn from them in the process of shipbuilding. It takes ten or even 20 years to learn and master shipbuilding skills, and now
The opportunity is rare. Ships all over the world are switching from wood structures to steel structures. Now is the time for us to overtake them at a corner, so we must seize the time and learn while trying to surpass them."
The timing is just right now. The whole world is entering the era of steel ships. As long as we can seize this opportunity and complete the initial accumulation of technology, perhaps in ten or twenty years, Nanhua will be like Germany in ten or twenty years.
In the second industrial revolution, a developed shipbuilding industry was established by taking advantage of technological changes.
Every industrial revolution is an opportunity to overtake around a corner. By seizing this opportunity, Nanhua can not only rise rapidly in South America, but can even become one of the world's great powers.
Being reminded like this by his lord, the proud look on Liang Mingwei's face disappeared instantly.
"What my lord said is true, the villain is a little carried away."
Ignoring Liang Mingwei's introspection, Zhu Xianhai just nodded slightly. The key to this kind of thing is to remind him frequently. He looked around and asked.
"Where's Mr. Routh?"
Philip Routh was a naval engineer employed by the company, and he even participated in the construction of the Great Eastern.
He is also one of the most outstanding marine engineers currently employed by the company. His arrival has helped Nanhua solve many technical problems.
"Engineer Routh is over at Slip No. 3. Didn't you ask him to modify the clipper ship? Modifying a ship may be more complicated than building a ship. The Cadesar did not originally have a steam engine. Now it is equipped with a steam engine.
We have to consider all aspects of the impact, so he was always there to keep an eye on it.”
Look, this is the reality. Without foreign engineers, even refitting a steamship cannot be done by oneself.