Chapter 344 The strangeness of the factory director

Chapter 344 The strangeness of the factory director

above deck.

Izumi and the others could see that the smoke in the exhaust pipe was getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of gas coming from the ship under their feet was getting louder.

Huo Wu looked at the few crew members standing still on the deck with a surprised look on his face.

She asked in a low voice: "Xiao Yi, this ship doesn't even have sails. Does it have to rely on a steam engine to turn the oars on both sides?"

Quan Yi smiled mysteriously: "Don't be anxious, you will see it soon."

Jiang Jun walked to the center of the deck and held the round rudder.

After a while, three rapid whistling sounds came from the cabin.

Jiang Jun's eyes narrowed and he shouted loudly: "Sail!"

Then, he quickly turned the rudder.

At this time, the entire wooden boat shook slightly, and under Huo Wu's surprised eyes, the boat slowly left the shore.

"Wow! What is the principle of this?"

Huo Wu was shocked. She shook Quan Yi's arm repeatedly, hoping that Quan Yi would tell her the secret of this ship.

Quan Yi couldn't stand Huo Wu's coquettishness, so he led Huo Wu and others to the end of the deck.

He walked directly to the stern, pointed to the water at the stern of the ship, and said: "Look carefully here, and you can understand how the ship moves."

Huo Wu, Quan Yue, and Quan Li stretched out their bodies and looked at the sea. Under the clear water, they saw a rapidly rotating black shadow and waves of water.

"Could it be that a steam engine turns such a small device?"

Huo Wu said in disbelief.

No wonder Huo Wu was surprised, because there was a rotating metal blade connected to the stern of the boat.

Moreover, this device is too small compared to the entire ship. From an intuitive perspective, it is difficult to imagine that such a small device can push a huge ship forward.

Quan Yi explained: “This thing is called a propeller.

It is a device that can turn the water flow during the rotation process and push the ship forward.

The power of the steam engine turns the propeller, which in turn propels the ship forward.

This is how steamships move forward. "

Quanyue didn't look surprised, but Quanli looked at the propeller at the stern of the ship with a surprised expression.

Driven by the propeller, the ship quickly rushed out of the channel of the shipyard.

As time goes by, the propeller rotates faster and faster.

At this moment, the weather was sunny and there was no wind on the sea. However, everyone standing on the deck could feel the breeze brought by the speed blowing on their faces.

"So fast!"

Huo Wu has been on a sea-going ship and has his own understanding of the speed of sea-going ships.

Generally, when there is no wind, the speed of a seagoing ship is almost zero.

However, now, the sea ship they were on was rushing towards the vast sea at an extremely fast speed from the moment it set sail.

Quan Yi also felt the breeze and calculated the speed of the steam ship.

The average speed of a general sailing boat is about ten knots, which is roughly 18 kilometers per hour.

The speed of this steam ship has already doubled that of a sailing ship.

Reaching twenty knots, which is a speed of thirty-six kilometers per hour.

Don't look at the difference of only a dozen kilometers, if you multiply it by time.

The gap between the two will become wider and wider.

Moreover, a sailboat will be seriously affected by the weather. Within the same period of time, the sailboat can sail at its optimal speed very rarely.

In contrast, steam ships must have enough fuel to maintain a stable speed for a long time.

At this point, there will be a huge gap between the two types of ships.

What's more, this is not the limit of this ship.

The boiler in the cabin has just heated up and has not yet reached its limit speed.

You must know that the steam engine is forged from the soul-guided metal refined by Quan Yi himself.

Due to the addition of the extraordinary element of soul power.

The strength of the steam engine even exceeds the level of the previous life.

<divclass="contentadv">The soul-guiding metal forged by Quan Yi has extremely high strength and toughness. At the same time, this metal is mixed with the ultimate fire attribute, giving it the effect of enhancing the power of flames.

This greatly enhanced the performance of the steam engine.

The combination of steam engine and propeller was a product that only appeared in the early 19th century.

It is a device that came into being after several generations of upgrades.

Its emergence has an overwhelming advantage for sailing ships at this stage.

Quan Yi and others returned to Jiang Jun's position.

"Young Master, I wonder how this ship is performing?"

Jiang Jun looked at Quan Yi expectantly.

Quan Yi did not hesitate to praise and gave a thumbs up.

“With this ship, our Quan family’s future sailing time will be reduced by at least half.

However, I would like to ask how long it takes to build such a seagoing ship? "

Jiang Jundao: "It took us more than three months to build this ship.

However, more than half of that time is spent on research and design.

The time actually spent on shipbuilding is very short, and the most important power device can be copied extremely quickly under the production line mastered by the blacksmith.

Instead, too much time was spent on hull manufacturing. "

Quan nodded in thought.

Then he raised his head and asked casually: "How long will it take to transform the original hull into a steamship?"

Jiang Jun did not answer quickly, but after a slight pause, he replied: "Our shipyard currently has nearly a hundred seagoing ships.

Since the overall frames of the ships are similar, it is not difficult to modify them.

If you want to convert all the ships into steam ships, it will only take one year. "

Quan Yi turned to look at Quan Yue and said: "Father, it seems that we can transform the sailboat into a steam ship first.

This will significantly reduce our time. "

Quanyue nodded in approval and said, "Okay, I will push forward the modification of the ship."

The time Quan Yi mentioned here is actually the time of island development.

“However, while renovating, don’t forget about the manufacturing of iron ships.

Renovating wooden ships is ultimately a transition. In the future, we will still need stronger and larger sea ships.

Director Jiang, I hope you can keep this in mind. "

Quan Yi said this to Jiang Jun.

After Jiang Jun heard this, his body was inexplicably shocked.

He said with a slightly bitter look on his face: "Yes, I will obey the young master's instructions."

When Quan saw Jiang Jun's face turned slightly dark, he felt confident in his judgment.

He said: "Director Jiang, I think you should also see the potential of iron ships from my drawings.

However, in the past two or three months, you have found another way and found a compromise plan.

This is certainly commendable, but I can take it that you have not focused your energy on the research of iron ships. "

One clue that supports Izumi's view is that Jiang Jun did not choose to transform the original wooden ship, but instead remade and designed a wooden steamboat.

As for why he behaved like this.

Quan Yi also had speculations in his mind.

That is the manufacturing of iron ships, which will require more blacksmiths to participate.

Workers who originally made a living making wooden sailboats would lose their livelihoods.

Perhaps Jiang Jun represents the interests of this part of the shipbuilders.

The ship has sailed into uninhabited waters and completely away from the land.

However, Jiang Jun felt an extremely heavy atmosphere, which made him break out in cold sweat.