Monkey directly placed an order for bicycle frames, flywheel chains and other components, and they were quickly delivered.
Song Yingxing put down his work at the dam and came here to direct the assembly of these human propellers.
Now that the dam is on track, the technicians and foremen can carry out the work in an orderly manner according to the established plan. There is a dedicated person responsible for everything, and Song Yingxing does not need to do everything personally.
Ten large tankers have been dragged over, and the I-beam structure is being installed transversely on the deck, and then propellers are installed on both sides.
There are twenty units on one side, and a total of forty units on both sides, plus the five units at the rear and the rudder. It is basically completed.
Installation is very convenient.
Originally, Yang Fan thought that it could be directly fixed to the ship's board with bolts. At first, Yang Fan wanted to install it directly on the wooden board on the side of the ship's side, but Song Yingxing did some research and felt that it was not possible.
The strength of the ship's plate is too low, so it won't take long before it is cracked by the force of constantly changing directions, and the bolts will come out. The ship's plate is made of wood, and if the ship's plate leaks, the ship will be scrapped.
The best way is to place a steel frame horizontally on the deck and install the propeller on the steel frame, which is safe.
Yang Fan listened to Song Yingxing's advice and first used ten canal boats to transform a batch.
The installation was quick and almost completed by the time it got dark.
Early the next morning, these ten ships obtained enough boatmen from the transportation department and began to launch the trials.
The tests were carried out with forward and reverse flow, full load and no load.
I ran in the river for a whole day.
The final statistics found that
It can run up to seven or eight knots with the current, but only two and a half knots with a full load against the current.
The fastest it can be four quarters. The average is about three quarters.
Although slower,
But if it can be used, it solves a big problem.
These boats,
One can carry about 800 tons of goods. Its transport capacity is far greater than that of a horse-drawn carriage.
In the Ming Dynasty, one load weighed 120 kilograms today, and eight hundred loads equaled about 48 tons.
Because installing the propulsion equipment and fixing steel consumes some weight,
It can carry approximately 45 tons of cargo.
This transport capacity is already amazing.
It's just that in the past, these ships were propelled by rocking the oars, or by sailors using poles.
Now it has been changed to forty-five people,
It is driven by pedaling the flywheel of a bicycle. The number of operators has increased a lot. The original canoe can be operated by only ten people, and trackers are used when rowing against the current.
Although the number of personnel has now increased to fifty, it is still an autonomous power voyage. Trackers are no longer needed and the flexibility of use is greater.
In theory, you can go anywhere.
You don’t need so many people when you’re going downstream,
You can take turns to rest,
When countercurrent,
It is necessary to go out as a whole and pedal together to drive. If the people are tired, they can anchor close to the river bank, stop and rest, and then continue to set off.
Or use two shifts, using half the people at each time, so the speed will drop to less than two knots.
The speed is about 3.4 kilometers per hour.
After the trial voyage was successful, the ten renovated human-powered canals were handed over to the water transport brigade for operation. From now on, they no longer need to deal with trackers and can freely sail up and down the Ji Canal and Haihe River basins.
Yang Fan will further modify some and put them into use as needed.
Basically it can meet the needs.
the next day,
Huang San boarded these ten ships with 500 soldiers and baggage.
Yang Fan has begun to expand his army,
Utilize regiment training veterans as officers,
Recruit new soldiers.
Fifteen hundred veterans were collectively promoted to corps commanders. Each man led four new recruits, and together with the original officer Yang Fan, the army expanded to 9,000 men.
Reorganized into three regiments. Each regiment has 3,000 men.
There are five battalions or brigades. The organization is the same as before, with 500 people per battalion or battalion.
Each battalion is divided into five squadrons of 100 men. Three small flags are set up below. Each small flag is divided into three groups, and each group is divided into two corps.
Gu Ju: These three groups must have a reasonable name to the outside world.
A group is called Jia Ding Group to the outside world, and its leader is Mo Zhu.
The second regiment is called Xinghe Tuanlian,
Group training makes Zhang Geda.
The third regiment is known to the outside world as the regiment directly under the Luanshitan Qianhu Guard Station. It is hung under the headquarters of the Qianhu Guard Station, and its leader is Lu Dan.
Guarding the Thousand Households,
Yang Fan used the existing personnel and the more than 300 military attachés recently sent by the Northern Zhili Dusi to set up the airs.
He recruited refugees to divide the land, used water trucks to irrigate, and developed wasteland, basically renovating the three thousand-household stations. But Yang Fan did not expect them to fight. All the officers of the original Luoshitan Hundred-household Station were promoted to hundred-household stations.
Households and flags were placed in the new Qianhu Office.
Although the emperor did not allocate the Qianhu Station under the original Zunhua Guard to Yang Fan, the Northern Zhili Dusi still gave Yang Fan the wasteland west of Zunhua up to the border with Jizhou.
This place was also renamed Shahe Guards House for Thousand Households.
Shahe Thousand Households are located on the north bank of Shahe River near Zunhua, across the river from Yang Fan's land. Yang Fan, the guard soldier, made them self-sufficient and turned over the grain for farming in accordance with the rules of the Ming Dynasty.
The training and equipment were all based on those of the Ming Dynasty. In the early days, Yang Fan was subversive. He opened his own iron factory, and weapons and the like were not important. In the future, just lay down food to supply Yang Fan.
The land here belonged to the previous two Qianhu Offices, but they had long since been abandoned and abandoned. This time the land was allocated to the newly established Shouyu Qianhu Office, and Zunhua had no objections.
After this division was completed, Yang Fan had basically nothing to do with Zunhua. Although the guard of Qianhu was half a level lower than the guard, Yang Fan was a commanding officer of the Zunhua guard, but he was directly under the guard of Qianhu.
It belongs to the Capital Commander Division, one of the three divisions of Beizhili.
There is no subordinate relationship with Zunhua Guard. To put it bluntly, the two families are in charge of their own affairs.
Mr. Yang has recruited more than 300,000 refugees in the Zunhua area within half a year, and his official positions have skyrocketed. His holy family is booming, and he has a great reputation in the local area.
As soon as Yang Fan started recruiting troops, he immediately attracted a large number of young people of appropriate age to sign up.
But this time the treatment is not as high as before.
Those who received three taels of silver a month all became officers, and the newly recruited soldiers only received three taels of silver per month. Their performance bonuses were another two taels of silver, totaling five taels of silver per month.
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Although the salary has been reduced, it is still much higher than that of the guardsmen and camp soldiers at this time. The camp soldiers were paid three coins a month.
In fact, I can't get it at all, only about half, and there are often payment arrears, mutinies, and the like.
This treatment is at least three times that of camp soldiers.
After the transformation of these ten ships was completed, the Shipping Department established the Grassland Route Department.
Specifically responsible for future transportation to the grassland.
The herdsmen on the grasslands actually have a huge demand for trade with the mainland.
On one side, they all go through the border official business or through tribute trade.
There is a serious shortage of supplies on the grassland. If Yang Fan can open a route on his own, it will be a hugely profitable deal.
Like those Shanxi merchants who used camels to transport things, they were so weak.
Yang Fan was able to compete in terms of cost and cost them money.
Yang Fan is determined to hold this land firmly. Next year, the Qing army will break through Da'ankou and other passes of the Great Wall and invade the pass. This land is on the west flank of the Qing army's invasion route and can threaten the Qing army's retreat.
of great strategic value.
Yang Fan will then transport the 3,000 newly recruited cavalry to where they will go, form cavalry on the grasslands, and then expand westward.
Because there are some very weak tribes in the western part of Monan Mongolia, it is just suitable for Yang Fan's current power to gradually encroach.
Huang San has now been promoted to battalion commander through meritorious deeds. This time he took his battalion to this grassland to stabilize the situation first.
Then, use the cement and local stones that were shipped later to build a fortress. Hold this land firmly in your hands.
From now on, Yang Fan's cavalry troops will be formed and trained here. Only the cavalry that dominates the grasslands are the cavalry that can truly fight.
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