my wonderful zoo

Chapter 233
August [-]th, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Ke Lei transported a large amount of materials and craftsmen from Guangzhou.

According to the arrangements of the military government, it is planned to build two new industrial zones in Ye County, Laizhou and Laiwu, Yanzhou.

Both places have proven high iron ore reserves and preliminary industrial industries. Once the construction of these two industrial zones is completed, Hebei's dependence on Guangzhou's steel industrial products will be greatly reduced.

What surprised Chen Xun was that Chen Qin actually came to Yexian with the boat.

Chen Xun received Chen Qin at Qinglinpu Port on the northwest side of Ye County.

I haven't seen her in nearly a year, and this girl has become more and more lively.

The dark and thin image before has disappeared. She has become fair-skinned, and her figure has also improved a bit. With the addition of her tall stature, she already has a hint of charm that charms the world.

This huge change gave Chen Xun a cultivated sense of accomplishment.

"Why are you here?" Chen Xun asked knowingly.

After Chen Qin boarded the ship, a Fetion message came to tell him that Chen Xun had already guessed the reason for her going north.

On the one hand, her parents must have sent her here to cultivate a relationship with them. On the other hand, her father also wanted to help her. She stayed alone in Guangzhou (Chen Liu was on Daliuqiu Island, and Chen Zhuang was with Chen Xun). His father was also worried.Now that the war in Hebei has stabilized, it is appropriate to send her to Chen Xun to be taken care of by her brother Chen.

Finally, of course, there is also Chen Qin’s own subjective wishes.

"I miss my brother." Chen Qin replied.

"Okay, Chen Zhuang, take your sister back first. We haven't seen you for a long time. Let's catch up on old times." Chen Xun said to Chen Zhuang behind him.

"Okay." Chen Zhuang responded honestly, stepped forward and pulled his sister back.

Seeing Chen Qin's resentful eyes, Chen Xun, who had played a straight man for once, felt funny in his heart.

"Captain, you are!" Ke Lei gave Chen Xun a thumbs up.

"Stop talking nonsense, what did you bring this time?" Chen Xun reached out and slapped his thumb away: "I don't blame you for taking the initiative, so you can snicker and dare to make fun of me."

"I didn't bring anything good this time. Most of them are gun heads. According to your instructions, we will arm the expanded recruits first and then talk about other things." Ke Lei replied: "The rest are various tools and craftsmen. , those machine tools are really heavy.”

"No good stuff? Where's the steam engine?" Chen Xun asked.

"Hey!! Look at my brain, I almost forgot." Ke Lei patted his head, and then took Chen Xun to a giant cargo ship: "This steam engine is really heavy, our new type of cargo ship , gave up all the weapons, increased the loading capacity to five thousand shi, and installed a steam engine, and it was fully loaded."

The load capacity of five thousand stone is equivalent to [-] tons in later generations. When converted into displacement, it has exceeded [-] tons.

A wooden cargo ship of this size is already larger than the world's largest wooden sailing ship unearthed in Quanzhou later.

The military government's shipbuilding technology was able to improve so quickly mainly because Feng Yutie cooperated with Zuo Xi to develop the steel keel.

The steel keel that can be spliced ​​together with bolts greatly improves the size and load-bearing capacity of the ship, and the displacement naturally increases.This technology is still in the experimental stage and is only used in the construction of cargo ships. When the technology matures, it will be used on warships.

When steel production further increases and riveting technology becomes more mature, steel warships can be built directly.

"Of course it's heavy. Now Hebei is very poor and has nothing. All the accessories for the steam engine have to be shipped from Guangzhou. Even the heavy base has to be shipped from Guangzhou, including several machine tools and some vulnerable spare parts for the steam engine. , it’s strange that the weight is light.” Chen Xun watched the boatmen laboriously unloading huge wooden boxes one after another from the cargo ship and sighed: “These are all iron guys.”

"Zhongguizhong, but don't tell me, this thing is amazing. I heard from Youwen that this is still a 'laboratory' product. After a while, there will be a lighter and more powerful version. I am looking forward to it." ." Ke Lei looked at these wooden boxes with the same greed.

According to Zuo Xi's description, as long as the weight of the main body of the steam engine is reduced by half, this new type of machinery can be used on ships.

This also means that sailing battleships will become history.

How desirable!
There is no need to consider wind speed when sailing, and the crew lacks a large number of sailors. If steel battleships are added... On that day, Chen Jiajun's navy will really be a crab.

"Completely let go of your imagination and imagine as much as you want. It's impossible for you to imagine how widely used this kind of machinery is, let alone how important it is." Chen Xun thought about the nuclear power plants of later generations. It is to boil water and then use the steam turbine to generate electricity. This shows what a great invention the steam engine is.

"That's right, you brought it down from the sky. How could a mortal like me imagine it." Ke Lei did not feel ashamed of his lack of imagination: "There is a troublesome thing at the moment. I wonder if you have any How to solve it?"

Chen Xun rolled his eyes and continued angrily: "Tell me about it."

"Now the number of Chen Jiajun's horses has increased explosively, and the number of ships on the sea has also increased exponentially. The beans we have stored and can buy are no longer enough." Ke Lei said.

Horses need to eat beans to supplement protein in order to stay fat and strong.

When a ship sails on the sea, it is necessary to use beans to sprout for the crew to eat and supplement vitamins, so as to minimize the chance of getting scurvy.

In this era, beans were second only to wheat, rice and other staple foods.

"There's nothing I can do about it. Let's use it now. It will be enough when the roads in Hebei resume farming." Chen Xun is not a real fairy, he can conjure beans and grains.

Looking back at Ke Lei, I guess he really had the idea in his mind to make beans out of thin air.

"The horses should eat less so that it won't have much impact. At most they will lose weight. But the same cannot be said for our navy crew members. Scurvy can be fatal." Ke Lei looked at Chen Xun, his eyes full of hope.

The word scurvy was popularized by Chen Xun. This disease was rarely seen on sea ships before.

First, there are bean sprouts; second, there are tea leaves; finally, Easterners eat more vegetables than meat. In addition, the great voyage has not yet begun, and the voyage is not "far", so this disease has not attracted attention.

When Chenjiazhuang opened up sea routes such as the South China Sea, Goryeo, and Japan in the early days, this disease appeared for the first time. Chen Xun remembered it, and then immediately took targeted measures, and the disease was eliminated in time.

However, after this incident, the prevention of scurvy was written into the manual of Chen Jiajun's navy.

"If it doesn't work, let everyone eat more kimchi. The kimchi is also rich in various vitamins and lactic acid to help digestion. It is a good thing." Chen Xun searched through the memories in his mind, and it really reminded him of something. A way.

(End of this chapter)