Chapter 1046: . The boat sculls (2/5)

One of the biggest features that can not be reflected in the photos is that these small steamers have a series of circular openings on both sides of the ship's side, like small circular windows arranged in a circle.
The Mexican pretty boy who came with Wang Bo was surprised when he saw it, saying, "What are these openings? Are they used for sightseeing?"
Rodter had just explained, Wang Bo said, "Is this the power pulp? No wonder these ships are cheap, it turns out that their power is the original steam engine connected to the wooden paddle."
In 1786, John Fitch of the United States installed a watt steam engine on a ship to turn the rudder, not as power. The ship was powered by 12 paddles. In other words, the steam engine of this kind of ship generates power, not acting on the propeller to propel the ship forward, but driving the wooden paddle below.
From the current point of view, this idea still does not get out of the cage of the original ship craftsmanship, just as when the Chinese just invented explosives, they did not use explosives to convert ammunition to kill them, but used explosives to push bows and arrows to increase distance.
A similar process is to use antiaircraft guns to hit mosquitoes.
In 1790, the American Mochi improved this process and still used the steam engine to paddle the paddles, but at this time he changed the wooden paddles to the linkage type. The wooden paddles move faster and more uniformly, which can increase the speed of the ship. .
But naturally, because the steam engine took up a lot of space on the ship, such an increase in speed made the shipping industry unsatisfactory at the time, and this process was eliminated.
But after entering the twentieth century, especially after the end of World War II, this retro craft was warmly welcomed in the tourism industry and gradually developed.
The reason why Wang Bo could recognize it at a glance was because he had seen such ships before, but the propellers of those ships were driven by internal turbines at that time, and the speed was still quite fast.
After listening to his words, Rodter smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is the window of the telescopic wooden paddle, but the boat has not started yet, so the window must be closed, otherwise the water vapor will be too high and the ship will be damaged."
No wonder this kind of boat is cheap, the wooden propeller craft looks beautiful, but the value is much smaller than the marine propeller. This thing needs to be maintained and replaced frequently. It is not as durable as the propeller.
Wang Bo got on the ship and inspected a series of important machines such as the steam engine and the rudder. He didn't ask industry experts to help. The ship is an empty shelf. The steam engine is used to propel the ship to sail. There are almost no electronic accessories.
So he can check it himself.
These boats can be used, but the maintenance is normal. Many decorative objects inside the ship have been damaged, the floor is rough, and the inner wall is broken. If you want to invest in the tourism industry, it will take some effort to repair.
After looking around, he came down and said, "I can take these four ships together and pack them together. How about half a million?"
Rhodet looked at Schneider with an expression of dissatisfaction: "Man, you must tell him the bottom price of these boats I bought. One boat is 120,000 yuan? So what am I still busy with?"
Schneider opened his hand and said, "I just talked to him about the white horses on the waves. I don't know about the other four boats, and I haven't said it."
Wang Bo said: "This price is very fair. Talang White Horse may have been bought by you for 120,000, but the other four boats are certainly not the price, at most 100,000. You see, the damage is too serious."
"There are more than 100,000 pieces of scrap iron sold, my man, this is a fifteen-meter ship!" Roddette said.
Wang Bodao: "To be put into operation, I have to smash at least 200,000 yuan in each, don't I?"
"You broke 200,000 yuan, then these ships can be sold for 2 million in a pack!" Roddette said, "500,000 is definitely not enough. It is better to pack and take away, 580,000. It's my good. Dude Schneider, although he messed up my business this time. "
The next step was the bargaining. Wang Bo nodded to the Mexican pretty boy and motioned for him.
Mexican Liangzi can be said to be Wang Bo's personal financial officer. Now the town expenditure and his personal expenses are both large and the income is complicated. It is Mexico Liangzi who is handling financial problems for him.
He coughed and said, "It's too expensive for 580,000 yuan. We can add 20,000 yuan. You know how long your boat has been here. If you don't sell it, you will have to stop it longer. I won't say mooring. How much it costs, I just say how much the ship will lose in the future, you know better than me. "
"Your words touched me," Rodter said with a frustrated expression. "I knew I wouldn't buy these junk stuff. My money was all overwhelmed by this thing. I also need to add parking fees and maintenance. fee……"
"So, let's take a step back, five hundred and sixty thousand, right? Five hundred and sixty-four good ships, how can this business not lose?"
Mexican pretty boy shook his head firmly: "This is our reserve price, 520 thousand, no matter how expensive we will be laughed at, we don't want to be the head of injustice, we don't want to be a laughingstock."
Rhodet shouted, "But I ca n’t even sell this boat without earning any labor money, right? Do you know how much it cost me to drag these boats back from Oakland? Five hundred and sixty thousand is also my reserve price, I Will not drop another penny. "
Mexican pretty guy said with regret: "Then we can only take the Talbaima, and the rest of the money seems to be better to buy a new boat."
Schneider pretended to be the middleman and pulled the two of them together: "Forget my guys, it's almost a deal, let the business close. It might as well be Mr. Mayor, 560,000, let my guy find a car and drag it to your lake Inside. "
Rodter shook his head again and again: "My God, brother, do you know how much it costs to hire a trailer?"
Schneider glared at him: "I'm in charge of this, you guys are so greedy!"
Wang Bo smiled and looked at the two and said, "Well, Schneider, in my face, I pretended to be willing to accept this business. You know, if it wasn't for you and my guys who sent me Talang White Horse, I would not like to be so confused. "
Apparently, before he came, the two had already discussed the price. If he insisted that the Rodent would sell at 520,000 yuan, the freight would only be more than 10,000 yuan.
It is true that the cost of transporting these five ships from Wellington to Sunset Town is very high, but it is not necessary. Wellington sea route goes directly to Dunedin, sailing first and then transferring to land, which can save more than half of the freight.
But he had to give Schneider a face, not because Schneider had sent him a boat, as he said before, but that the sunset combination would be mixed under his hands, and he could help Ryan and others to make a good bond.
After listening to his words, the two laughed, and Rodter shook hands with him and laughed: "Thank you for taking care of my business. I will ship them to the sunset town as fast as possible."
Wang Bo shook his head: "Don't worry, find a shipbuilding factory for repair and refurbishment before sending it to me." (To be continued.)