Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1272, came to Tianjin Shipyard again

Tianjin, with the prosperity and development of the Ming Empire, Tianjin has also become more prosperous, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, the population is increasing, the factories are getting denser, and even Tianjin Port has become extremely busy.

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao sat in a four-wheeled carriage, looked at the bustling Tianjin, and drove towards the Tianjin Shipyard.

After waiting for several years, the steamship was finally built.

The appearance of steam ships means that the steam age has developed to a certain stage.

This speed is much faster than the steam era in history. Of course, it is because of Liu Jin's deliberate guidance. If there is no one to guide, it is not known that it is a matter of the year of the monkey just to make the steam engine.

Technology sometimes needs a foundation, but more often it needs inspiration, especially in the early days of technological development.

The use of steam as a power source was started by Liu Jin who spent money on people's research. After the research was completed, he deliberately guided the development of various machines with the steam engine as the core.

Steam cultivators, harvesters, rice mills, grinders, trains, driving spinning machines and looms, etc., in the final analysis, focus on steam engines and study various mechanical equipment around steam engines. increase productivity.

The steamship is an extremely complicated and huge project, and it must be difficult to research it without sufficient technological accumulation.

This is also the reason why the steam engine is already so powerful, but it took several years, with the strong support of Liu Jin, to research the steamship.

This is because the research on steam trains has greatly improved Daming's mechanical level, otherwise, this steam ship would not have been produced until the year of the monkey.

"Old Liu, let me tell you, if I become the emperor in the future, I will definitely make my younger brother a champion, and he must also be a great general who can win the three armies bravely and seal the wolf."

Zhu Houzhao is still immersed in the joy of becoming an older brother, thinking about rewarding himself in the future.

"...Your Highness, maybe it's a younger sister~"

Liu Jin is speechless, he hasn't been born yet in this life, you keep saying that he is a younger brother, maybe he is a younger sister.

What's more, the son of the Ming emperor is not the emperor, but he is also the prince of the king. If you become the emperor and confer your younger brother, you will be a prince?

The wolf residence was also sealed, and now the places where the wolf is sealed belong to Daming, and you can go there if you want. As for the countries in the world that can compete with Daming, it seems that there are really few countries.

Besides, your father, Emperor Hongzhi, is at the height of his spring and autumn, and his body is as strong as a cow. This is not creating a human again, and you yell that when you become the emperor, isn't that not good?
Not a human being!
"Brother, it must be younger brother."

"I don't want a younger sister. My younger sister is not fun at all. She can't march and fight, and she must not be good at learning mechanics. Thinking about it, I don't like it."

Zhu Houzhao pouted and said.

Why does this old Liu have to say that he is a younger sister? If it is really a younger sister, what can I do?
The four-wheeled carriage they took arrived at the Tianjin Shipyard soon. Chen Shou, the director of the shipyard, and Professor Ren Siheng, the dean of the Beijing Institute of Mechanical Research, had already been waiting.

Because Ren Siheng developed the train on behalf of the team, he was also received by Emperor Hongzhi himself and made an earl. At the same time, he received the official title and salary of a fifth-rank official. Now he is a role model and benchmark for Ming science and technology workers.

After the train was researched, he led the team to the shipyard and worked with the shipyard to study and manufacture steam ships.

"See Your Royal Highness~"

"I've met Lord Liu~"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, the two of them and many people behind them who had been waiting for a long time saluted quickly.

"No~ no, hurry up and take me to see my steamship."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand. He has always disliked the rules and regulations here. He is careless, so he naturally dislikes this aspect the most.

"Yes~"

Chen Shou and Ren Siheng hurried forward to lead the way to the shipyard where the neat ship was located.

Liu Jin watched as he walked. Tianjin Shipyard is currently the largest shipyard in Ming Dynasty. It can produce thousands of large ships every year.

At this time, in each dock, large ships under construction were moored, and there were a large number of shipbuilders beside each ship.

Each group of shipbuilders has designers, master masters, masters, apprentices, workers, etc., teaching while building ships.

The shipbuilding teams are also constantly competing, competing for the quality and quantity of production, and at the same time can cultivate a large number of shipbuilding talents.

This is also an important reason why Tianjin Shipyard was able to set up branch factories in various parts of Daming.

Because Tianjin Shipyard has always paid great attention to this aspect since Liu Jin was established.

In terms of cultural education, reading and literacy are the basics. If you don’t know this, you will not be able to advance to the advanced level. While going to work, you must study and communicate regularly, share your own experience, and so on.

Of course, the new recruits at the shipyard are basically recruited from the new-style schools run by Liu Jin, and most of them are middle school graduates, who have received systematic education.

There is no problem with reading and literacy, and at the same time, I have received basic education in mathematics, geometry, physics, astronomy, geography, chemistry and other related knowledge. Compared with the previous apprentices, I am much faster and more innovative.

Many people, as long as they are willing to endure hardships and learn, they can be promoted to master after a few years of work, and they can stand on their own after a few more years of work. The promotion is very fast and there are many opportunities.

Tianjin Shipyard has set up branch factories in various places in Ming Dynasty.

There are several large and small branch factories in Songhu, Ryukyu, Nanyang, Guangzhou, Australia, Huangjinzhou and other places, and the orders received each year account for more than [-]% of the entire Daming ship orders.

However, in the past few years, many large and small shipyards have appeared in various places in Ming Dynasty. Many of the masters in these factories are still from Tianjin Shipyard, and they have taken away many orders.

In this regard, what Liu Jin told Chen Shou was that he can come and go freely, and leave whenever he wants, there is nothing wrong with it, and competition is also a good thing, so that he can make continuous progress.

What's more, the core of Tianjin Shipyard is not creating technology, but the cultivation mechanism of talents and the research and development of new technologies and new ships.

As long as we always maintain a leading edge in technology and maintain our ability to innovate, we will never have to worry about these problems.

This is why those major commercial firms would rather wait for ships from Tianjin Shipyard than to place orders at Zhang's Shipyard, Li's Shipyard and other shipyards.

Because of ocean voyages, a good ship is absolutely the most important. Without a reliable ship, it is even difficult for you to recruit a captain and sailors to run the ship for you.

Ships produced by Tianjin Shipyard have always been synonymous with reliability.

For a long time, the warship orders of the Ming military and the orders of large ocean-going vessels of major commercial firms have been completed by Tianjin Shipyard.

Under Liu Jin's request, Tianjin Shipyard has been carrying out technological innovations. When other shipyards are still using traditional tools such as planes to build ships, Tianjin Shipyard has begun to use them in large quantities. Various steam machinery to build ships.

Even now, steamships have been researched and manufactured!
In the future, steam will be used as power to develop larger and faster large ships. The current ships are all made of wood, and the requirements for wood are very high.

This is also one of the reasons why Tianjin Shipyard built new factories in various parts of Daming, because there are too few good timber here in Tianjin, and they need to be transported from Liaodong.

But if you can use steel to build ships, you can get rid of the limitations of wood, and ships can also be made larger and stronger.

This is also a trend in the development of ships. Wooden ships will eventually be eliminated and replaced, and steam ships will be the trend of future development.

Liu Jin carefully looked at the ships in the dock. This is the peak era of sailing. Hundreds of docks are building ships at the same time. They are extremely busy. From time to time, you can see a dock here. Launched for sea trials and ready for delivery.

You can also see some docks here. Some ships have just started to be built, and their keels are being built. The huge keels look a little hideous and terrifying.

After walking in the shipyard for about ten minutes, I came to the dock where the steam ship was located. At this time, the place was full of people, all of whom were high-level and technical R&D personnel from Tianjin Shipyard, and It is the researcher of Jingcheng Machinery Factory.

They were waiting for the arrival of Prince Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin, to watch the steamship and preside over the launching ceremony of the steamship.

"Wow~Wow~"

As soon as he came to the side of the steamer, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help shouting excitedly, and then ran to the side of the steamer excitedly, looking at the big guy in front of him, and then at the propeller at the tail of the steamer, he was very excited .

"This curved surface~"

"This design~"

At the same time, while looking at the situation of the propeller, he carefully observed the structure. The more he looked at the whole person, the more excited he became, and then he said angrily to Liu Jin: "Old Liu, it's all your fault. If you didn't ask me to study electromagnetics, I would He must have participated in the research and development of this steamship."

"Look at this curved surface, and then look again, this design is simply the pinnacle of the mechanical field. It is amazing that such a curved surface can be processed!"

"… .."

Liu Jin was speechless immediately. If the field of electromagnetism I pointed out to you can achieve anything, it will definitely not be inferior to your steamship. Yes, it's all right now, and you're blaming me.

(End of this chapter)