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 Beizhili route, 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. It’s just that these two are particularly big.”
Yang Fan listened to the discussion of these businessmen and walked directly to the dock. The Marines standing guard immediately stood at attention and saluted.
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. He is on a carriage and is temporarily placed on the ship. I will arrange for a military doctor to check it out. 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.
Arrange a nurse to take care of the patient." Yang Fan said.
Seeing the first mate going down to make arrangements, Yang Fan continued to ask: "How have the inspections been in 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 for half a year, our design life is only three years.
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 standard. It is either too viscous and has poor fluidity, or it is 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 is 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 transmission 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 a pull cylinder?"
Chen Xi said happily: "The biggest good news is that we have finally passed the standard in terms of cylinder technology. This is due to the advanced boring machines obtained by the master and the research on the alloy material group. The cylinder material has completely passed the standard. This
I tried sailing at maximum power 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 are enough. 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 is the department where Yang Fan invests the most manpower and financial resources. The number of scrapped artillery is almost piled up into a hill. The technology of chambering cannons is now used in cylinders. It can be regarded as a technological dividend.
"Scientific research is like this. There are no shortcuts or shortcuts. Only with time and effort can technology mature." Yang Fan said with emotion.
"Is there no problem in returning home?"
"No problem, everything has been overhauled. Water and coal have been added. Coal is sold in Hangzhou, so 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 upon arrival." 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 Zhoushan Islands. We returned the same day. We only had 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 fascinated by it that he wished he could not leave. In this day, he basically looked at every part of the ship.
"Every time 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, named Qingluan, would immediately fall 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. When he heard that she was going to join the navy, he immediately asked, "You didn't agree to her, did you?"
"If the master is not here, who dares to make the decision! Mingyan said that the navy needs to fight on the side of the ship, and it can't be done without effort. She just wanted to shirk it because she was a woman. In the end, she was annoyed and said that we underestimated her.
Let’s compete. Hey, it doesn’t matter if we compete, we will knock down the best fighters on the ship." Chen Xi said gossiping. I didn’t expect Zhang Fengyi to be so good at fighting, looking at the cute one.
Yang Fan stroked his forehead and had a black line on his head. This was his aunt. The good girl in front of his grandfather was all pretending. In the original history, starting from the next year, she began to lead troops into battle until the death of Chongzhen 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 recover Zunhua, Yongping and other four cities. 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 issued an order to march into Henan. The ministers 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 army and lead 6,000 Sichuan troops. With 800 horses, mules and stone pillars, Ma Fengyi (Zhang Fengyi)'s 2,000 troops would be sent to Cizhou to suppress them.
Mao soldiers are also called Mao Gourd soldiers. They are shed dwellers in the mountainous areas of southern Henan. They make a living by hunting and have accurate arrow skills. Because the quivers are made of fur, they are called Mao Gourd soldiers.
However, these soldiers were wiped out by Li Zicheng more than three times, and they were all reorganized and replenished 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 entire army ran away and Zhang Fengyi was surrounded by Houjiazhuang alone. As a result, Zhang Fengyi was trapped and killed.
Yang Fan said with a smile: "Her grandfather would not let her become a naval officer. When her father fought in Liaodong, he worked with Qin Liangyu, chieftain of Shizhu, Sichuan, and betrothed her to Qin Liangyu's son Ma Xianglin. She was about to get married soon.
, how can you let her young lady do whatever you want?"
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