Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 578

Zhao Xin followed Huji and the others into Khobduo City and left in a hurry after leaving behind a large amount of supplies for the winter.The reason why he left in such a hurry was mainly because Thor and Jinglei had reached a situation where they had to undergo a "dock repair inspection", that is, they had to be brought back to a certain port in another time and space for a comprehensive overhaul.

Right now, the Thunder God is going to Europe, and the sea conditions along the way are extremely complicated. For the sake of everyone's life and safety, this matter can no longer be delayed.However, it is not a problem for Zhao Xin to bring the boat back. It is a big problem to bring it back to find a port to dock and find someone to repair it.This matter can't be handled by him alone, it must be done with the cooperation of all the time-traversing people.

On the morning of January 1792, 1, a gimmick meeting called "Technical Development Route Seminar" was held in the large conference room on the second floor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Fuerdan City.In addition to Zhao Xin, Deng Fei, Zhao Liang and others, there were also a group of electrical, mechanical, computer and communication professionals from power plants and steel plants, more than 21 people.

Outside the conference room, Zhao Xin called in another platoon of internal guards to be on guard.During the entire meeting, no one else, including clerks, was allowed to enter the second floor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"Hey! So many people!"

A guy named Lu Qi from Khabarovsk came into the meeting room and was taken aback by the noise in front of him.He took off his hat, found a place against the wall and sat down, looked around for a while, and then casually asked the person sitting beside him: "I said, what kind of meeting is this today?"

"Isn't it written on the blackboard in front?" On the left side of Lu Qi is a middle-aged man wearing glasses, flipping a book in his hand, without lifting his head.

Lu Qi curled his lips, thinking what a big petal garlic he was!You can see the words on the blackboard as soon as you enter the door. What the hell is a "technical seminar"?I am just an intermediate electrician, even if I want to climb the technology tree, it has nothing to do with me.

He glanced sideways at the information in the middle-aged man's hand, and found that it was about steam turbines, which he didn't understand at all.When he poured water into his cup with a thermos from the conference table, he saw Zhao Xin, Deng Fei, and Zhao Liang walking in.

"Ouch! Mr. Zhao is here!"

"Hi, Lord Zhao!"

"Chitose is here!"

"I heard that I went to fight Outer Mongolia, what's the situation?"

Seeing the salary-paying boss coming, everyone giggled and said hello, and the meeting room became lively.Zhao Xin greeted everyone with a smile, said a few nonsense nonsense, and then announced that the meeting would start immediately.

"Thank you for traveling so far to attend the meeting in the heavy snow! I won't talk nonsense, but let me say one thing before we talk about it. According to the trust agreement, last year's salary and bonus have been entered on the 15th of this month. In your account!"

"Mr. Zhao is refreshing!"

"That's the right thing to do!"

Zhao Xin finished speaking with a smile, raised his hand and made a gesture of pressing down, and continued: "Now let's talk about the second thing, which is also the theme of today's meeting. Everyone knows Thor and Thunder, right? Now, these two The ship needs major repairs. However, Beihai Town currently does not have the ability to carry out comprehensive repairs, so after discussing with several of us, we decided to take the ship back for repairs. Please come here, just to participate in this matter together.”

"Huh?" Everyone present was taken aback, thinking that repairing the ship has nothing to do with us.Lu Qi, who was sitting against the wall, felt his heart skip a beat, and turned to look at the middle-aged man with glasses beside him.

Zhao Xin explained: "You are all talents in mechanical processing, electrical, power, instrumentation, and communication. These are all related to the shipbuilding industry. My idea is this. Through this overhaul, we must accumulate experience for Beihai Town , or I have to make such a fuss next time. One time is enough, but if there are too many times, it is hard not to be noticed by interested people. I am an amateur about the matter on the ship, and Deng Fei will explain the specific situation to everyone.”

Deng Fei got up and bowed slightly to the crowd, the habitual applause in the room soon stopped abruptly.

"Let me introduce the situation first. Our current two ships are second-hand ships. The Raytheon was bought eight years ago and was built in 2009. It has a gross tonnage of 7719 tons and a cargo capacity of 1 tons. Jinglei The ship was bought six years ago, built in 2013, with a gross tonnage of 3 tons and a cargo capacity of nearly [-] tons."

"According to the "International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea" in another time and space, the longest interval between dock inspections of cargo ships should not exceed three years. Our two large cargo ships have been in the state of "treating the head with a headache and treating the foot with a foot". The condition of the ship is already very bad. If it is not repaired, it will not be able to go to Europe at all, and it will be impossible to go to Nanyang."

"Although we have been doing overhaul and maintenance on the hull and interior over the years, and built a dry dock to remove foreign objects on the bottom of the ship and the propeller, we are still not capable of large-scale and all-round overhaul. So this time, we will go back The two ships will undergo a docking inspection, and it is likely that some equipment will be repaired."

The so-called "dock inspection", also called "dock repair inspection", as the name implies, is the relevant inspection of the ship in dry dock, including the external inspection of the ship's bottom and the dock inspection of the ship's class.

The external inspection of the bottom of the ship should be carried out on the shell plate, rudder bearing, propeller and shaft seal, sea valve box and filter, loading place, pressure test of the piping system, insulation resistance test of the electrical circuit, etc.

In addition to the above-mentioned parts, the "dock inspection of ship class" also includes the inspection of dynamic positioning and lateral thrusters, and repairs to the problematic parts. At the same time, "mooring test" is required to confirm the main and auxiliary machinery after maintenance. The equipment is operating normally.

It was only then that everyone present suddenly realized that the types of work they were engaged in were basically related to these contents.

At this time, someone said: "I went back to Whale Harbor and saw that the shipyard is very busy, can't those workers do it?"

Deng Feidao: "Those are Portuguese shipwrights and Danhu boatmen we brought back from our trip to Guangdong a few years ago. It's no problem to ask them to repair wooden boats. It's okay to clean the hull of the Thor, but they can't do things with equipment."

You must know that ship maintenance is also an important part of the shipbuilding industry, and it is an industrial branch system. It is impossible to think about it with Deng Fei and Zhao Liang and the ancients who have just learned it for a few years.

"I will go back first, contact the port, and after the approval procedures are completed, I can start to act."

The procedures Deng Fei mentioned here refer to the approval documents of the classification society and the flag state. Without these two, no regular port will accept it.Moreover, after the overhaul is completed, the surveyor has to sign the "Cargo Ship Structural Safety Certificate" and "Classification Certificate", and he is responsible.

At this time, one of the people present raised his hand and said, "Is it okay to find a small domestic shipyard? I have a relationship."

Then someone retorted: "What if a ship with more than 3 tons is damaged? This is not a fishing boat."

"That's right, I heard before that the price war in the domestic ship repair industry is fierce. It's cheap, but the quality is probably hanging."

"I think it's better to build two ocean-going fishing boats."

"Thank you for thinking it out! Tangtang Beihai Town is driving a fishing boat to Europe, it's not ashamed to lose face!"

"What's wrong with the fishing boat? It works just as well with a cannon on it!"

"How many guns can you install on a fishing boat? How many guns can you install on the Thor? Is there any comparison?"

"According to me, it should be equipped with a rocket launcher, what kind of 75mm gun?"

"The rocket launcher won't work, it's too expensive! It should be replaced with an 88-mm gun, which is much more powerful than the 75mm."

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Seeing that the crooked building is getting worse and worse, Deng Fei quickly stopped and said loudly: "Stop, stop, stop! We are going to Thailand to repair it this time!"

As soon as these words came out, the elders present immediately got excited, their eyes widened, and some people had already started to think about it.

"People say Thailand is a great place! Mr. Zhao, how about a three-day trip to Pattaya?"

Zhao Xin glanced at Deng Fei who had a helpless expression on his face, and said with a smile, "You can have this."

"Can you bring your family?" The man with glasses finally spoke, but his words made Lu Qi pouted again.

"Well, you can have this too, only two."

In fact, Deng Fei had considered many aspects in choosing Thailand.One is the price quality, and the other is the privacy of things to do.Due to the price war in the domestic ship repair industry for years, the price of replacement boards is ridiculously low, and the quality is worrying.Although there is no problem with a regular large shipyard, I dare not go there!
After that, Deng Fei organized the group of people present, and divided more than 30 people into power group, mechanical group, electrical group and communication system group.The task of each group is to find out the main points of maintenance during the maintenance period, and videotape the whole process of inspection and maintenance, so as to thoroughly understand the inspection and maintenance procedures of each system equipment, and keep them for future reference.

After Deng Fei finished speaking, someone finally asked the question everyone was most concerned about: "I want to ask, how many days will it take to repair the ship?"

Deng Fei said: "Under normal circumstances, fifteen days is enough."

On the second day after the meeting, Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng bid farewell to their families, and were sent back by Zhao Xin to be responsible for the work of the front station.On the Whale Harbor side, the workers began to dismantle the weapons on the two ships, and moved all irrelevant things into the warehouse of the port. The whole ship was thoroughly cleaned from the deck to the interior.In addition, the ship names of Thor and Thunder were completely wiped out, and the names and numbers of the ships registered when buying the ships were repainted.

At the same time, in the two dry docks of Whale Harbor, Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] also stopped in, and related maintenance work was carried out in full swing.

By the way, when Deng Fei came back, he brought back a batch of teak wood purchased with the help of Ye Zhanrong and his son, so in the dock of Dolphin Bay Naval Port, a clipper ship with a displacement of [-] tons also started The project of laying the keel.

Since Chen Qingsong moved the headquarters of Minzheng to Fuerdan City, Zhao Xin changed his office to the former Civil Affairs compound.This place is not so much a "compound", but it is actually half the size of a football field.After a year of expansion and reconstruction, it has become a large courtyard house with three entrances and five entrances, which is bigger than Zhao Xin's home.

In this quaint-looking courtyard, there are many surveillance cameras.There are guard rooms outside the Chuihua Gate and at the side gates of the east and west roads, and only cards can be used to enter and exit.

After the yard was completed, due to its good privacy and security, it was quickly favored by various departments of Beihai Town.You must know that a traditional building like a courtyard house is far more comfortable than any western-style office building as long as the water supply, drainage, power supply, and heating are done well.The trade department in charge of Shen Jingdan, the publicity department in charge of Yu Deli, the judicial department in charge of Zhou Weiguo, the medical department in charge of Hong Tao, and the eight-person team of the education department all moved their offices here; It was negotiated and resolved in the process of chatting, and the office atmosphere is very good.

Zhao Xin sent Deng Fei away, rested at home for only one day, and then came to his new office, which is located in a small courtyard at the fifth entrance of Dongkuayuan.In addition to dealing with the large amount of internal affairs he had accumulated, he also had to meet the three missions who had been waiting for him for two months.

Whether it's Ryukyu or Guangnan, it's just a formality. After all, people come all the way to talk about things, and it's also necessary to visit the "Zhao Wangdian".

On the Ryukyu side, Jiang Fan has already negotiated with the envoy of the mission, Zheng Zhangguan, the official of the third division, and drafted the text of the agreement.

The two parties agreed that Beihai Town would use [-] tons of rice as rent each year to find a suitable location in the Sakishima Islands to build a port and a military base.The reason why rice is used as rent is mainly because the Ryukyu Kingdom is small in size, and insufficient grain production has always been a big problem.

Secondly, after visiting several schools in Beihai Town, Zheng Zhangguan proposed to send "official students" to Beihai Town every year according to the 24-year-old system in the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty, with no more than ten students each year.

Not only that, Zheng Zhangguan also proposed that all ships in Beihai Town can stop in Naha, and set aside exclusive berths, and warehouses can also be provided free of charge.

Zhao Xin had discussed the situation in Ryukyu with Deng Fei and Jiang Fan in detail before, and after a little thought, he realized that this must be the idea of ​​the third officer, Cai Shichang.He guessed that the other party wanted to use the Beihai Navy to suppress the old gentry; secondly, he wanted to promote the prosperity of Ryukyu trade through the ships coming and going from Beihai Town.

That being the case, it doesn't matter whether it is the Sakishima Islands or Naha.Anyway, Zhao Xin didn't intend to use the big to bully the small, he should give money, just fair trade.

As for the Guangnan Mission, Wu Siyu talked with Li Wenyue and Deng Chenchang for several rounds. The two parties finally agreed on a total loan of 200 million taels of silver, and the collateral was the iron mines located in Thanh Hoa and Nghe An. And extend the lease period of Ganao for ten years.In addition, the two of them also bought 12 cap percussion guns, [-] revolvers, [-] [-]-pound guns, and enough ammunition to fight a big battle from Beihai Town.

Ever since he watched the weapon test, Deng Chenchang, who thought he could handle the ammunition, finally understood that without the ammunition provided by Beihai Town, he really couldn't do it.Guangnan is not Man Qing, dare to go head-on and climb the "technical tree".

Finally, there is Peter. After he came to Beihai Town to talk to Yu Deli, he was accompanied to the hospital because of his physical discomfort, and he met Makarius in the end.Although one of the two is Orthodox and the other is Catholic, Peter was quite surprised to see missionaries here.

After that, Makarius called Ferapontov together again, and the three chatted all night with long sighs.Peter lamented that if he had not been responsible for the restoration of Guangnan, he really wanted to come here to preach.

Ferapontov said with a wry smile: "Dear Pierre, don't even think about it! These guys who call themselves Siris are simply not good at anything. You must know that we have been here for five years, let alone preaching. That’s right, that King Zhao didn’t even let us build a chapel, and only allowed us to hold prayer ceremonies in his own residence.”

Macarius said even more desperately: "Pierre, you really don't understand the Chinese people. These guys believe in everything, and they don't believe in anything. In the words of the Chinese themselves, it's just a matter of cramming and it works. As for His Royal Highness Zhao once said that there has never been a savior, and there is no God."

"My God!" Peter was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)