Chapter Seventy-Nine: Vertical and Horizontal Levels After the banquet, Zheng Yintao began to take Li Zhen to visit the shipyard.
Because he knew the purpose of Li Zhen's coming, he directly skipped the various departments and took him directly to the dock.
At this time, on the 3,000-ton dock, there is a giant ship that can be called a giant beast in this era, the main body of the giant ship has been completed, and the final outfitting is underway, and it seems that it will be launched for sea trials in three or five days.
Following Li Zhen's gaze, Zheng Yintao immediately introduced: "Your Highness, this is the vertical and horizontal class cargo ship, the name is Hengxing, according to the design standards, the vertical and horizontal class cargo ship belongs to a three-masted sailing ship, with a draft of three zhang, a standard displacement of 2,000 tons, a full load displacement of 2,300 tons, at least 200 people are needed to start, the speed is eighteen knots, the load capacity is 800 tons, and the limit load capacity is 1,000 tons.
In addition, the ship will be equipped with two guns and five bed crossbows, and will not be equipped with other weapons, after all, it is only a cargo ship. ” "I understand, how many ships have been built so far?
How long does an average take to get a ship?
"The role of the cargo ship is only to carry cargo, and there are naturally special warships to escort the defense, and the two more guns are just to prevent the lonely, which is a bit of self-protection strength, and will not be killed by the natives or pirates.
Zheng Yintao hurriedly replied: "In addition, a total of three ships have been built on the Hengxing, which are the first ship of the Zongheng class, which has been completely completed, and it is in the shipyard port, not far from your fleet, Your Highness."
The second ship has also been completed, and sea trials are underway, and some problems have been discovered, but they can be solved in a month at most.
The third ship is this one Hengxing, which is about to be completed and undergoing sea trials.
In addition, the fourth ship of the vertical and horizontal class, the Chicheng, has also begun to make preparations, and after a few days the Hengxing is launched, the Chicheng will lay the keel. ” "Very good, what about time?
How long does an average ship take?
” "Your Highness Xie compliments."
After thanking him, Zheng Yintao continued: "We have only built three 2,000-ton cargo ships so far, and everything is in the exploration stage, so it takes a long time.
It took half a year for the first ship to be completely completed, and there were many problems, and it took half a year to adjust before it was qualified, and it took us a full year for this one alone.
However, the time-consuming time of the Zongheng was not without benefits, because with the experience of the first ship, the construction speed of the Zong Shu increased a lot, and it took only four months to complete, and it took a little more than half a year to add the sea test.
And the speed of the third ship is even faster, it only took three months from laying the keel to now, and it will be launched in a few days, and the problem should not be as many as the previous two ships, at most half a year.
I believe that with the experience of the previous three brothers, as the fourth brother, the gallop should be faster, and we strive to complete the outfitting within two months and complete it within four months. ” "It's still a bit slow, and there's only one dock that's a bit less."
Li Zhen was a little dissatisfied, and if she wanted to turn Datang's attention to the overseas market by herself, she had to come up with a big bait.
In other words, Li Zhen must obtain enough attractive wealth overseas, and if he wants to get more benefits, he must come up with treasures that Westerners cannot refuse.
This is very simple, the Tang Dynasty is full of treasures, some are extremely precious jewelry, the tea trade once dominated the whole of Central Asia, porcelain and silk are even more crazy for Westerners.
But it's not enough to have a baby, you have to have the ability to transport the baby over.
If you want to carry out ocean trade, ten cargo ships can only be a small fight, if you want to make a lot of money, you must set up dozens of cargo ships to make a profit, at present, if you want to collect dozens of cargo ships, you have to wait.
And there is another point, if a large amount of goods are dumped in the West, it will inevitably cause the price to drop, so he must take advantage of the fact that others do not react, and gnaw all the meat he can eat, as for the latecomers, he can only eat his own leftover soup.
Hearing that Li Zhen felt that the speed was too slow, Zheng Yintao felt extremely aggrieved, and said, "Your Highness has atoned for our sins, but this is already our limit."
If we want to continue to expand our production capacity, we have to expand the shipyard, and only by expanding the size of the shipyard can we recruit more shipwrights and build more shipyards, but it costs a lot of money, and shipyards are very expensive. ” "Can you find a sufficient number of skilled workers?"
Li Zhen immediately grasped the key point in Zheng Yintao's words, he did not worry about the source of workers, but rushed to the tangled for wasting money, which is a bit strange.
"Yes, there are a lot of workers."
Speaking of this, Zheng Yintao's eyebrows immediately danced: "Your Highness doesn't know, this Lingnan not only has a lot of miasma, but also the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and no one in this place builds bridges for them, so if you want to cross the river, you can only take a boat."
Moreover, most of the states in Lingnan are close to the sea, and the coastal transportation is also very developed, here, the shipbuilding industry is very prosperous, but it is not large-scale, and most of them are in the form of small workshops.
If you pull two workshops at random, you can find more than a dozen masters with mature skills, and after a few days of training in the factory, that is, qualified masters, can completely participate in shipbuilding work. ” Li Zhen was suddenly overjoyed, she didn't expect Lingnan to have such benefits, and hurriedly said: "That's great, as long as there are people."
Although you build the dock, how much money is missing, you report a number, and I will go back and ask Jiang Lao to approve it for you. ” “......
Your Highness, you are really a trench, no, you are a god.
Zheng Yintao held back for a long time before he held back a comment, he was too arrogant, he knew that this King Yue was not a bad money, but he never thought that he was so rich, and he really underestimated his title of God of Wealth.
Li Zhen was uncomfortable by his burning gaze, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't talk nonsense, this time you will not only build a two-thousand-ton dock, but also a five-thousand-ton dock, and if you can, you will also try to build an eight-thousand-ton ......."
Before Li Zhen finished speaking, Zheng Yintao cried: "Your Highness, will you spare me?"
Do you think the shipyard is made of wooden shelves?
If you want to weigh as much as you want, just add a few pieces of wood?
A 2,000-ton ship has just been built, and a 5,000-ton ship has not yet been built, so what's the use of building an 8,000-ton dock now?
Even if the dockyard is out, where do you go to get the drawings?
Is there an 8,000-ton cargo ship in the world?
” "Try to build it for the time being, and I'll use it later."
Li Zhen could only comfort like this: "And even if you don't need it, it's considered a technology accumulation, isn't it?"
It can also provide a lot of experience for future ship design. ” Note: Ben San's data on the ship is not very clear, but Ben San calculated carefully, the displacement and load capacity of the Galen ship (because the general displacement is the load plus the weight of the ship itself) is about three to one, I have slightly increased it, to the extent of 2.5 to one, this should not be too much, right?