Zhizhang Datang

Chapter 369 Improvement or fabrication?
Not far from the barracks where Lin Sen and the others are located, there is a shipyard that is not well-known locally. Recently, many shipbuilders have come here.

If there are people from Yangzhou who are well versed in this industry, they will definitely find that many of them are masters with top skills in the industry.

Maybe they don't have a lot of fame, their wages may not be high, and their identities are not on the table, but many of them can exist as the pillars of a shipyard.

Although those shipyards are not as deeply involved with the major forces as those caravans, and many of them are fighting alone, but there are so many shipyards that cannot be ignored. I don’t know who has such great energy and can gather From so many top craftsmen.

Lin Sen led his guards and strolled into the shipyard seemingly unintentionally.

A group of old craftsmen are arguing non-stop around a piece of blueprint.

If you listen carefully, you can hear words such as "watertight cabin", "keel" and "mast", obviously discussing the structure of the ship.

Seeing Lin Sen's arrival, the group of craftsmen didn't stop arguing, and were still expressing their opinions on their own.

It wasn't until Lin Sen leaned over to pick up the drawings and looked at them that these people stopped temporarily and quickly bowed to salute.

"Don't be too polite, I'm just here to see how the discussion is going. You are experts in this area. I'm just proposing an idea. You don't have to follow the framework I gave." Lin Sen waved his hand indifferently. , indicating courtesy.

Compared with people's contempt for craftsmen at this time, Lin Sen regarded them as treasures. Whether his task can be completed quickly depends on whether they can quickly build this new type of ship.

The connection between Lingnan and the hinterland of the Central Plains is too weak, and no one is willing to come here for more development. Most of them rely on the locals to come spontaneously. In addition to the uncomfortable local environment, there are also problems with inconvenient transportation. It has a lot to do with it.

It takes too much time to come by land, and it is very uncomfortable, and it is very difficult to transport bulk supplies.

This is also an important reason why most of the people who come to Guangzhou to do business are caravans with huge backgrounds. Only they have enough strength to open up such a business route.

In addition, in fact, more people are not allowed to see the benefits, and there is no more motivation to communicate between the north and the south. Naturally, there will be much fewer people traveling between the two places, which makes the whole Lingnan seem natural. It's like an independent kingdom.

To strengthen this connection, it is natural to start from these aspects.

And no matter which aspect wants to develop, it must be related to transportation.

There is no faster and more convenient way to circulate more goods. Other ideas are nonsense. It is not unreasonable to say that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

It is obviously not possible to improve the land route in a short period of time, and it is not even a matter of one generation or two generations. Taking the sea route is naturally a better choice.

And Lin Sen hoped to build a sea ship with a faster speed and a larger carrying capacity.

Even if it is temporarily unable to keep up with navigation technology and other aspects, it can only move forward along the coastline, and it is not convenient to carry out cross-ocean operations, but it can still play a very effective role.

Just connecting ports like Guangzhou and Yangzhou will not be 01:30 in terms of promoting North-South exchanges.

Why do you say that in Yangzhou, it’s not that the powerful fan merchants can’t go there at all, and it’s not that the fan merchants here in Guangzhou don’t want to go to the more prosperous Yangzhou.

The distance by sea between Guangzhou and Yangzhou is more than three thousand miles.

Of course, there are a lot of opportunities and profits in it, such as higher selling price, more trading partners, faster disposal of the goods on hand so as to make more trips, no matter how you look at it, you can earn more.

But it also means greater risks and more losses on the road. With the existing navigation technology, the danger is really not small.

The new type of sea-going ship that Lin Sen envisioned will at least have a considerable improvement in safety. It is stable and sturdy, and is more suitable for ocean-going sailing. boat to use.

The main body he used has some improvements on the basis of the traditional Fuchuan, which is more like an old lock boat, also known as a duck-ass guy.

It has traditional Chinese style sails and a streamlined western style hull, which is faster than traditional Chinese style sailboats, requires less manpower than Western style sailboats, and is easier to build and maintain.

At the same time, it also refers to the mature construction concept of Guangzhou Shipyard in later generations, and the keel and watertight cabin are naturally indispensable.

It also used a design commonly used by the small fast warships of Datang at this time. A floating board would be placed on each side of the ship to form a shape structure similar to a trimaran.

The benefits of this kind of thing are also obvious. It can reduce the possibility of rollover and help balance the hull, because the streamlined hull must not roll relatively small on the sea like the traditional Fuchuan. More assistance Should be better.

Since this is a brand-new ship type, it can be said to be a hodgepodge product, and there is no mature precedent to follow. Lin Sen himself knows that he is not an expert. This kind of thing is more like a fabrication. It is really hard to say how effective it will be. That's why I asked these experienced old boatmen to discuss more.

Anyway, this ship type is experimental in nature. If it is easy to use, it will naturally be finalized. If it is not easy to use, just continue to change it.

This is also an important reason why Lin Sen feels that he may have to work here for a term or two before he can complete the task.

And the only place that gave him confidence was the various timbers that had piled up like mountains in the shipyard.

Later generations of Canton ships mostly used hardwood such as iron wood, so that they could easily smash into other ships when they were used as warships, and the materials used by Lin Sen here are even more powerful.

When making keels and rams, you can use hardwood that is [-]% harder than iron birch, or you can use serpentine wood that is slightly harder than white hardwood but also higher than iron birch.

Because this kind of wood has the highest density among all woods, it just takes into account the function of ballast at the same time, greatly reducing the possibility of overturning.

There are also many options for the upper deck, including green sandalwood, black sandalwood, black rosewood and red sandalwood.

These precious woods are not only beautiful, but their hardness can also be included in the top ten ranks. The strength of the hull made in this way is self-evident.

And all these types of wood are harder than iron wood.

And some parts that need to be light, as well as the two large floating boards that provide buoyancy, can be made of balsa wood.

Because of the density, the buoyancy that balsa wood can provide is obviously incomparable to other woods of the same volume.

It is also relatively strong and will not be easily damaged. Later generations of surfboards are often made of this kind of wood.

More importantly, Lin Sen also wanted to move many secret weapons to this ship, so as to increase its combat effectiveness by several steps, enough to surpass all the warships in Datang's active service.

　As mentioned in the chapter, the appearance of the ship in this concept is actually a product fabricated by the author. I have carefully checked the information, including this afternoon, I have been thinking about this matter, and I am stuck until now before finishing this chapter. , but helplessly, I am really unprofessional in this aspect, and the things I made are ridiculous and generous, everyone lightly complains.

　　
　
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