Chapter 24 is too lazy to think about the title (the fifth update, asking for support) "The king is very satisfied with the performance of the battleship, but the manufacture of merchant ships cannot be stopped."
Li Zhen instructed that warships are important, but merchant ships cannot be stopped in manufacturing, otherwise in five years, they will have enough warships to conquer the world, but there will not be enough merchant ships to transport the profits back to Datang, which will be really funny.
"Your Highness, rest assured, your subordinates are ready."
Zheng Yintao said with a smile: "Compared with warships, the manufacture of merchant ships is much simpler, and our design department is studying a new type of shipbuilding method, if this new type of manufacturing method can be successfully studied, the shipbuilding speed will be greatly increased, and even some simple structure but long construction period of components can be delegated to some small shipyards to make, and after completion, it can be transported to us to be responsible for the final assembly, which will undoubtedly greatly shorten the manufacturing time of the ship." ” "Okay, if you can really succeed in researching this technique, this king will give you credit again."
Li Zhen's eyes lit up, and she was shocked inexplicably, isn't this standardized manufacturing?
I didn't expect that Yue Chuan had already begun to involve this aspect?
He knows the value of this technology too well, in fact, it is precisely because of standardization that some large machinery companies in later generations can only master the core technology, and the peripheral parts are outsourced to other manufacturers for production, and finally transported to the main factory for assembly - this is the charm of standardization, as long as there is a unified standard, even if it is thousands of miles away, the parts produced by the two factories can be perfectly assembled together.
This is an industrial miracle that can only occur when the industry is extremely developed, and if it can really be studied, the construction time of ships will be reduced by at least half.
The problem is that standardization can only appear when industrial development has reached its peak, and now it is Datang, in this era when even transportation is not developed and personnel circulation is extremely inconvenient, can technical standardization really be realized?
Li Zhen was skeptical.
But no matter what, Li Zhen doesn't plan to meddle in this matter, and it's a good thing that Yue Chuan can learn to study independently.
Whether this technology succeeds or not, it's a good thing for you.
It is best to succeed, and you have obtained a weapon that is enough to conquer the world, and with its existence, the pace of your own conquest of the world will increase again.
It's okay to fail, but it's also good to accumulate experience and provide experience for future standardization.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"By the way, I have one more thing."
Li Zhen suddenly remembered another purpose for her coming, took a drawing from the hand of her entourage, handed it to Zheng Yintao and said, "Look at this, can you make it?"
” "This is ......"
Zheng Yintao opened the drawing suspiciously, and after browsing it, he was even more puzzled: "Your Highness, every part in this can be understood by subordinates, but when this is assembled, why can't subordinates understand it?"
If the subordinates are not mistaken, this should be a ship, right?
But the material of this ship ......
Your Highness, why do you have to mark it with steel?
If the iron falls into the water, doesn't it sink to the bottom?
What's the use of such a ship coming?
” "You don't care about this, this king wants to know your answer, can you make it?"
"There is definitely no problem in making it, but after it is made, whether it can float or not, the subordinates dare not guarantee it."
Zheng Yintao said entangledly: "In fact, my subordinates also know that the wooden hull is indeed a little fragile, so they are afraid of water ghosts and fire attacks."
Especially in the face of fire attack, it is even more defenseless, once it is entangled in flames, no matter how big the ship is, it will quickly become a sea torch.
It's just that in the face of this situation, I have also tried my best to make improvements, such as covering the bottom of the ship with steel plates, which has greatly improved the sturdiness of the hull, just wrapping a layer of thin wood on the hull, as long as there is a fire, it can ensure that the thin wood there is quickly unloaded, to ensure the safety of the hull, etc., our method of detoxification under the original subordinates is perfect enough, I didn't expect Your Highness to be more ruthless here, and directly use steel to build ships......
Your Highness, your approach is a little too radical, isn't it?
Steel, even if he built it, it wouldn't float. ” "What so much nonsense?"
Li Zhen said angrily: "Who told you that I built an iron ship to prevent fire and waterproof?"
This king will ask you a question now, how long will it take for this thing to be done if it is given to you?
” "This ......
A month should be enough.
Zheng Yintao calculated silently in his heart according to the size marked by Li Zhen, and gave a more conservative deadline.
"A month?"
Li Zhen nodded: "Okay, this king will give you a month, and I will strive to make things for this king." ” "Yes."
"By the way, how many merchant ships are there in the shipyard now?"
This is Li Zhen's third thing, that is, to take away all the merchant ships in the shipyard, since the third-class battleship has been built, the Age of Discovery is about to begin, and Liu Renliang's 'graduation internship' should also begin, striving to let him accumulate enough experience before the Age of Discovery.
"Your Highness, there are now eighteen large merchant ships with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, twenty-seven medium-sized merchant ships with a displacement of 1,000 tons, fifty small merchant ships with a displacement of 500 tons, and a number of micro merchant ships with a displacement of less than 500 tons.
In addition, there are three armed merchant ships, which are specially built to ensure the safety of the transportation of raw materials, and His Highness can transfer them to His Highness if he needs them.
Zheng Yintao is very familiar with these data, and he can simply open his mouth.
"I don't want armed merchant ships and micro merchant ships, I only need medium and large merchant ships, and a few small merchant ships are enough, and I can't use more than that."
Li Zhen rejected Zheng Yintao's proposal.
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Are you kidding?
A miniature merchant ship with a displacement of less than 500 tons cannot withstand turbulence in the sea at all, and the purpose of driving such a ship to sea is to provide marine garbage to the sea.
Small merchant ships are a little better, but Li Zhen doesn't plan to use them more, the reason why he wants a few is purely for use as liaison ships, otherwise he won't want any of them.
As for the three armed ships, Li Zhen also knew that because the raw materials provided by the Yuezhou shipyard were not in Yuezhou, but in Yongzhou, Luzhou, and other places near the Beibu Gulf, there was still a long way to go from Yuezhou.
Moreover, Yongzhou is located in the middle of the 100,000 mountains, there are many local barbarians, and the timber collection points are often attacked by barbarians, and sometimes even the fleet transporting timber may be attacked by barbarian sampans.