Chapter 222: Galen Ship Progress

The front of the Dudu's Mansion was noisy because of Xiao Ming's return.
Many people and merchants also stopped and watched, and they all looked excited when they learned that King Qi had returned to Qingzhou.
Everything they have now is given by Xiao Ming, and naturally hope that Xiao Ming will always provide them with protection and convenience in Qingzhou.
"What happy event?"
In Chang'an, the four major troubles of Fiji bothered Xiao Ming for a while. Not to mention the barbarians, there were two restless neighbors in Linhai. He was really troubled, and now any good news is very important to him.
"Zhang Liang said yesterday that the first Galen ship was about to be completed, and he came to ask His Royal Highness how many days he could return. He did not expect that His Highness would return today."
"The Galen ship is almost finished?" Xiao Ming said in surprise.
"Yes."
Pang Yukun said that he didn't feel much about this Galen ship, but it must be very important to see Xiao Ming so excited.
"Hahaha...great, this Liang said it was handed over to the king's three Galen ships at the end of the year. Seeing that more than half a year has passed, after all, it's a bit of an eyebrow." Xiao Ming said.
Xiao Ming was so excited not because he could sail with the Galen ship, but because the launch of the Galen ship meant that Qingzhou had the ability to build the Galen ship.
And then it shows that Qingzhou has had a group of craftsmen who built large warships, which is extremely precious. With this group of craftsmen, he can formally expand and formalize the shipbuilding industry in order to form a naval fleet in the future. basis.
At the same time, the training of this navy professional should also be on the agenda.
During this period of time, Bowen College has been recruiting talents, but many specific courses have not been offered. After all, everything was for the Cangzhou battle at that time. Now it is time to look back and put education on the agenda.
After all, the advantage of technology spar lies in education.
Xiao Ming was naturally excited when Galen Boat had a look, but like Pang Yukun, Lu Fei and Luo Xin didn't feel much.
For them, this Galen ship is just a ship, without any special meaning.
And this is the fundamental reason why the modern navy has always fallen behind, and has never attached importance to maritime rights.
But there is no way. Northern soldiers are not good at water stations. This is a common problem, and naturally they don't feel much about ships.
But Xiao Ming comes from modern times. He deeply knows that the ocean will bring prosperity and power to a country. One of the most important ones is trade routes.
Nowadays, the Silk Road is occupied by barbarians, which cut off the trade route between Great Chongqing and Western countries. This one is very fatal to Great Chongqing. In this way, a sea route becomes very necessary.
At the Dudu’s Mansion and a group of officials, Xiao Ming asked Aster and Luluo to go back first, and he and Pang Yukun went directly to the shipyard on the lower reaches of the Xiaoqing River outside the city.
Lu Fei, Luo Xin and others led the cavalry into the Qingzhou camp.
Since asking Zhang Liang to build the Galen ship, he has rarely intervened except for the transfer of slaves and the provision of woodworking lathes. From his point of view, he is not willing to interfere too much in the duties of his subordinates.
Because of this, not only are they tired, they can't really master the technology he provides by themselves.
Therefore, he only provided a set of drawings for this Galen ship, and the equipment was basically taught in the form of lectures. The specific operations were all explored by themselves.
"His Royal Highness, that's it." After riding a horse for half an hour, the two arrived at the river bay.
Xiaoqinghe suddenly turned a corner here, the surface of the river bulged, wide in the middle, narrow at both ends, and the river seems to be deep here, which is suitable for building a shipyard.
Standing on the river bank, Xiao Ming looked down from above. At this time, the hulls of three Galen boats were docked in the river bend. On the vast beach, the craftsmen were busy, slaves transporting logs and rivets these materials.
On the side of the river beach near the river bank is a 100-meter-long spire brick house. Many craftsmen go in and out, lifting out the processed wooden boards, and there is the sound of sawing wood inside. This is the main building of the shipyard. .
At this moment, Zhang Liang was holding the drawing on the river beach against the hull, pointing constantly in his hands, as if correcting something.
He and Pang Yukun looked at each other and walked down the of the river bank.
When the guards guarding the shipyard saw Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun coming over, they immediately opened the door.
"Your Highness."
Zhang Liang also noticed Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun at this time, and he immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Not bad, this will be ready for sailing soon." On the three Galen boats on the river beach, the first main body is basically completed, and the craftsman is painting the hull with tung oil.
This wooden ship sails in the water, and the water is very corrosive to wood, especially if the Galen ship sails in the sea, the sea water is more corrosive to the wooden ship.
Therefore, after the hull is completed, the craftsman will apply tung oil to the hull to extend the service life of the ship.
"The words of your Highness make the old slave feel guilty. It is a bit difficult to complete the three Galen ships this year, but the old slave must do it for His Highness if he doesn't eat or sleep." Not only was Zhang Liang not happy, he was a little worried.
The three of them wandered around the hull as they walked. In fact, Xiao Ming had no hope of launching the three Galen ships, but he could not tell.
Otherwise, these people will definitely slack off, so this indicator task cannot be let go.
He said: "In this case, we must work hard."
"Yes, Your Highness." Zhang Liang respectfully said, he is still a sinner, and as a slave, he dare not care.
Under the boat, Xiao Ming patted the brackets on both sides of the boat.
These brackets are made of wood ~EbookFREE.me~ similar to the scaffolding on buildings, this kind of construction method is also indicated on the drawings.
In the past, shipbuilding was generally made of wood-shaped ladders, but this was not conducive to the construction of large ships. Therefore, scaffolding was first built during shipbuilding to facilitate the craftsmen to climb up and down, install wooden boards, smash rivets, and brush tung oil. .
"His Royal Highness, this kind of scaffolding is indeed very convenient, but it makes the shipbuilding speed much faster." Zhang Liang said, admiring Xiao Ming in his heart, and don't know how Xiao Ming learned of this method.
"That's for sure. When the tung oil is finished, these scaffolds will be dismantled and rebuilt to build the next Galen ship. This is called streamlining, which saves materials and time."
On the river beach, all three Galen ships have built scaffolding more than ten meters high, but this is not a small project.
Zhang Liang nodded when he heard the words. A few words he had never heard before could always pop out of Qi Wang’s mouth. It was no surprise, but he was not only looking for Xiao Ming this time to inform the good news, but there was still some trouble. You have to tell Xiao Ming.
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