Chapter 53: Shipbuilding (2)

　　 "The quality of this cedar is very high, its strength is no less than that of our European oak (white oak), and its durability is better than oak!" Shipbuilder Barents pointed out.

　　 "Compared with cedar, camphor wood is much inferior. At most, it can only be used as patrol boats, fishing boats and yachts, while pine boats are just materials for inland river boats!"

　　 "Did you really confirm that?" Yan Changwu asked in a deep voice, this is related to strategic decision-making!

　　 He has always thought that camphor wood is good. After all, it is corrosion-resistant. He couldn't help but delight in the fact that there are many camphor trees in Taiwan. Unexpectedly, Barents said that fir is better and can be compared with oak.

　　 "I swear in the name of Mazu!" Barents solemnly swears, holding the icon of Mazu in his hand.

Barents was one of the first five Dutch people to submit to Yan Changwu. They knew that they had betrayed the Western gods-God, God would not have any good fruit for them to eat, and they simply turned to the Eastern God without stopping or doing anything else- ---Mazu!

　　Since he said so, Yan Changwu believed him and sent Yan Qingquan, a capable steward of the mansion, to the northern Fujian region to buy long-term Chinese fir on a large scale.

　　Northern Fujian area is located in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, with Nanping as the center. Here there are towering mountains, low hills and undulating river valleys and mountains in the same basin, producing good wood!

　　Responsible, Comrade Yan Qingquan went on a cruise to Nanping, Jianyang, and Wuyishan in northern Fujian and successfully completed the task!

　　His method is to use money to spend, there is nothing that money can't make it, if there is, then it will be doubled!

　　 Soon, the Chinese fir from the northern part of Fujian province continued to descend along the Minjiang River. The Ming Dynasty Inspection Department along the way pretended not to see it. A ship of large trees passed in front of them, and they all let them go. . . Get the silver dollar, go back to the house and drink tea!

　　 Yan Qingquan did a very good job. He not only organized people to chop down the fir in the mountains and transport them away, but also wiped out the unsold fir in the wood factories everywhere!

　　 This is the key to shipbuilding!

To succeed in shipbuilding, sufficient dry wood must be used. The requirement is to reduce the moisture in the wood to less than 20%. This requires the wood to be properly stored for several years. In wartime, it is impossible to maintain sufficient supply of suitable wood. Only wood that is not dry enough or of lower quality can be used to build ships. Because of the high water content, the built warships are prone to deterioration and corrosion, causing disasters.

The ideal situation is to build the ship slowly with dry wood, let the frame and hull of the ship dry naturally, and then carry out the follow-up work. In this way, it will take at least 3 years to build a ship, preferably 6 years. In an emergency, a boat can be built in 6 months.

　　 The old wood stored in various wood factories can be used very well. Some wood factories put the wood in a place that is ventilated and protected from rain, and it can be used for shipbuilding immediately!

　　 It’s not a good job, because the northern Fujian region is bitterly cold, and the people’s life is hard. From there, Yan Qingquan kidnapped more than 10,000 people back to Taiwan!

　　 In addition to him, the Southeast Government also sent many people across the sea to various shipyards, recruiting a large number of shipbuilders and helpers to join the Kaohsiung Shipyard at a high price.

　　 The shipbuilding industry in Fujian Province has a long-standing reputation.

　　It has a historical heritage. In the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1403), the court ordered Fujian Dusi to build 137 ships. From the 3rd year of Yongle (1405) to the 8th year of Xuande (1433), Zheng He sailed 7 times. Many of the treasure ships used were made in the Minjiang Estuary. The largest was 44.4 feet (about 150 meters) and 18 feet in width. Zhang (about 60 meters), each boat carries an average of 400 to 500 people, with the largest being 1,000 people. In terms of size, structure, equipment, etc., this was the largest and most advanced ship in the world at that time. Even if "Hong Tao catches the sky, huge waves are like mountains", "cloud sails are soaring, stars galloping day and night, wading through the waves, and walking like a thoroughfare."

　　 During the Chenghua reign of the Ming Dynasty (1474), the Fujian Shipbuilding Department moved from Quanzhou to Fuzhou. Shipbuilding yards spread all over the coast of the province, and both government-run and private-run shipbuilding industries were very developed. Its advanced technology and sophisticated equipment. There are mainly blessed boats, treasure boats, sealed boats, and white boats.

　　 A large number of shipbuilders have arrived at the Kaohsiung Shipyard, greatly enhancing the shipyard’s technology and construction capabilities.

　　 The Ruixing Silver at Moonport has given the Southeast Mansion a great help, and the master and helpers of the old-fashioned Minfa Shipping Company in Fuzhou were packed and sent to the Southeast Mansion!

The Minfa Shipping Company encountered difficulties in its operation, and its capital turnover was not working well. The result of finding Ruixing Silver’s loan was not enough. Ruixing Silver took the fire and robbed the Minfa Shipping Company with two ways out. One was to pay back the money. The second is to go to the southeast government to play.

　　 Under the coercion and temptation, Lin Sheng, the owner of Minfa Shipping Company, crossed the sea and joined the Kaohsiung Shipyard in Southeast Prefecture.

　　 And Minfa Boat is a big boat that can make lucky ships!

　　 Fu ship is an official ship built by Fu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Fu ship is a large ocean-going ship, as tall as a building, with three floors, its bottom tip, its upper part wide, its head high, and its tail high. The hull is long and narrow with deep draft. Sealed compartments, if one compartment leaks, the other compartments are unharmed. The longest ship is about 147 meters, the width is about 60 meters, the load is about 1,000 tons, and the average capacity is 400 to 500 people. Fortune ships are used both for navigation and transportation and for naval operations. They have shown great power in the battle between the Ming army and Japanese pirates.

　　 So the shipbuilder, helper, slipway, materials, and funds were ready, and the Kaohsiung Shipyard began to build a Class 6 sailing warship.

　　 This is an agile sloop warship. UU-reading www.uukanshu.com did not build a larger warship. It was Yan Changwu's "small steps and quick run" approach, starting from simple ships.

　　 is led by the Red Hairpin Barents, and all the masters participated together to determine the design plan.

　　 After reading the design drawings, the masters said, "Oh, I was going to make a splint boat for Hong Maofan (Western-style sailing boats are called splint boats)!"

　　Barents: "..."

Lay the keel on the berth, fix and install the keel, measure and make accessories (ribs), join the ribs and the keel, the ribs are densely distributed, combined to form the hull, relying on these solid ribs and the outer and inner plates to form a thick armor layer, which is firmly protected The life safety of the warship and the people inside.

The western-style construction method is adopted to make the wood into curved ribs. First, the wood is softened by steaming, and then the column is fixed at several points according to the angle, stuck, and then bent a little bit like a bent steel bar. After all, wood is elastic. After it is launched into the water, the overall expansion will make the structure tight. The overall mutual pull force is used to ensure the strength of the hull.

When the hull is formed, it is necessary to lay the outer and inner plates. In some places, they are fixed by forged iron pieces, and in many places, they are clamped. Use hemp rope, hair, putty, tar, asphalt and other items to fill the gaps in the outer plates. To prevent water seepage.

　　Prepare the mast. The main mast is made of a large cedar with a thickness of more than 1 meter, and a cross crane is used to erect the mast.

Sailing: This is an important job of the shipyard. In the large room, the coarse canvas bought from Macau, the Shogunate and even Fujian Province is cut and sewn according to the size of the sails in different positions. It is stitched and stitched by hand. Successfully made into a specific sail.

　　 Red Hair Fan Barents used a secret effort: make the canvas not easy to catch fire!