Chapter XVII The Problem of Battleships Dengzhou is rich in seafood, you can buy a lot of seafood in any fishing village, there is no need to let Liu Renliang go, in fact, it is one of his relatives who leads the way, and the real Liu Renliang is in a dense forest to report to Li Zhen. “......
Your Highness, the above is all the information of Dengzhou Shipyard.
Liu Renliang respectfully said to Li Zhen: "According to the prediction of his subordinates, Dengzhou Shipyard has not yet developed to the limit, as long as His Royal Highness injects another 100,000 yuan, the production capacity of Dengzhou Shipyard can be doubled." ” "No, you don't need it."
Li Zhen shook his head slightly and said: "Dengzhou Shipyard does need to be expanded, but not now, the biggest use of Dengzhou Shipyard now is to provide a sufficient number of craftsmen for the future Yuezhou Shipyard, and our main goal in the next stage is to build Yuezhou, and Yuezhou Shipyard is the most important part of the construction of Yuezhou." ” "Yes, I understand."
If you want to develop Lingnan, the transportation link is the top priority, but unfortunately the Luoyue Highway (Luoyang to Yuezhou) has just started, even if you don't spare your own life, it will take at least several years to complete it completely, and it will definitely not work in a short time.
Since the highway is not good, the only available is shipping, just Yuezhou is near the sea, there is an excellent deep-water port, just can develop shipping, as long as the route from Yuezhou to the Central Plains is opened, then the special products produced in Yuezhou can be transported to the hinterland of the Central Plains at the fastest speed, providing sufficient funds for the construction of Yuezhou.
And Li Zhen's next mind will be more on the sea, the ocean is the focus of Li Zhen's development, if you want to conquer the ocean, you can't do without ships and warships that are strong enough, the construction of Yuezhou Shipyard is the top priority, Li Zhen would rather postpone the construction of Wuzhuang Temple (Li Zhen is like the excuse used when he fooled Li Shimin, to build a Taoist temple for him in Zhenyuan Daxian's hometown), and the navy must also be developed.
"But you don't have to be a pity, since I chose to build the Dengzhou shipyard in Dengzhou, naturally I will not abandon it, and it will also be one of the important shipyards of our Datang Navy in the future, but it is not possible at present."
Seeing Liu Renliang's pity, Li Zhen knew that he had feelings for Dengzhou Shipyard, so he hurriedly comforted.
"The minister is relieved, thank you, Your Highness."
After all, the Dengzhou shipyard was built by Liu Renliang himself, and it can be said that he worked hard for this, and if it was abandoned like this, he would really feel distressed, but fortunately, Li Zhen's words made him feel at ease.
"By the way, have you built the warship I want?"
Li Zhen asked the second question: "You wrote some time ago that there was a problem with the construction of the battleship, I don't know what the problem is?"
” "It's not a big deal."
Liu Ren orbit: "The fifth-level battleship has been built, and another fourth-level battleship is also trying to be built.
The trial voyage of the battleship was successful, the problem was with the artillery, at first we did not find out, but after a long time, problems arose.
That is, the accuracy of the cannon will slowly change, and in the end it can even be larger, especially when there are strong winds and waves, it is easy to have problems.
After our detailed research, we found that it is the problem of seawater, the corrosiveness of seawater is much stronger than that of ordinary freshwater, your majesty has not seen the wind and waves on the sea, sometimes even the whole ship will be submerged in the waves, in this case, the barrel is easy to get into the water, plus we do not pay attention to maintenance, which leads to this situation. ” "Well, how did you solve it in the end?"
Li Zhen asked, although he gave the shipbuilding design drawings, but in the specific manufacturing process he did not give much guidance, in order to let the craftsmen suffer more losses and increase experience, only in this way can a group of real qualified ship designers be trained, otherwise they can only be cultivated into fakes who know what they are and do not know why.
The same is true for the manufacture of cannons, except for the first cannon, Li Zhen only gave a general direction of development for the manufacture of cannons in the future, and then encouraged the craftsmen to give free rein to their own innovation, allowing them to study and accumulate experience on their own.
Facts have also proved that Li Zhen is right, at any time can not underestimate the creativity of the working people, now the Tang army has been equipped with four or five kinds of artillery, from mortars to howitzers, the current artillery performance is advanced, can be compared to the artillery around the First Sino-Japanese War.
Among them, there are even mortars, but they have made great achievements when fighting Tubo, the highlands of Tubo Mountain are dangerous, and heavy artillery cannot be transported at all, and finally it is this kind of mortar that can be carried by one person to blow up the resistance determination of the Tubo people, blow up the city gate of Luo, and make great contributions to the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Tubo, and that battle is also the famous battle of mortars.
"Haven't solved the problem yet."
Liu Renliang said with a look of shame: "The subordinates have thought of a lot of ways, such as covering the cannon with a cannon jacket, or increasing the closure of the cannon window, but to no avail. ” "Haven't you thought about oiling or lacquering the cannon?"
Li Zhen asked strangely: "This method has been spread in the army, haven't you learned from it?"
” "Of course there are, but ordinary oil doesn't work at all."
Liu Renliang smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, don't you know, sailing in the sea, washed by water too many times, as long as the general oil is washed more than ten times, it will be washed away at all, if there is too much brushing, it is inconvenient to clean up during the naval battle (now the maintenance is animal oil, but the animal oil is residue, and the brush is too thick will affect the accuracy), we are preparing to study a waterproof oil, but there is no clue yet." ” "......Forehead" Li Zhen was speechless, she really hadn't thought about this, but she couldn't get engine oil now, otherwise the waterproof problem would have been solved.
"But the lid is also a good way, in the Western Regions, there is an army to cover the cannon with a lid to prevent sand and dust, and it is good to use the lid."
Li Zhen can only say this, after all, he has no good way, in the past ten years, he has really been concentrating on studying and learning art, and he has not opened too many hangings, at most, he just occasionally launches some businesses to make some money.
"Yes, my subordinates understand, but Your Highness, are you really helpless?"
Liu Renliang said disappointedly, he originally wanted to get some guidance from Li Zhen, after all, Li Zhen's intelligence is well-known in the entire Tang Dynasty, and he, as Li Zhen's close minister, naturally knows better.
"There must be a way, but I can't figure it out now."
Li Zhen himself is actually a half-ass, it's no problem for him to design mechanical ship cannons, after all, he is learning this, and it's no problem for him to do some small chemical experiments, although he is not professional, but after all, he can be regarded as dabbling, but let him how to prepare the right anti-corrosion oil, this is really a bit embarrassing - not in the same subject at all, petrochemical and mechanical design really have nothing to do with it, I haven't done this before.
"But you're right."
Li Zhen saw that Liu Renliang was a little disappointed, and said: "First of all, block the muzzle of the cannon with a lid for the time being, and don't be idle yourself, and strive to research a suitable anti-rust oil." ” Seeing that he had been affirmed by Li Zhen, Liu Renliang was immediately shocked, and immediately assured: "Yes, the subordinates will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations and strive to make suitable oil." ”