Chapter 344 The Factory Director’s Strangeness
On the deck.
Quan Yi and others could see that the smoke in the exhaust pipe was getting thicker and thicker, and the sound of air 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 expression.
She asked in a low voice: "Xiaoyi, this ship has no sails. Does it have to rely on a steam engine to turn the oars on both sides?"
Quanyi smiled mysteriously: " Don't worry, 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, wanting Quan Yi to tell her about this sea ship. the mystery.
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 here carefully, and you can know how the ship moves."
Huo Wu, Quan Yue, Quan Li San The man stretched out his body and looked towards the sea, only to see a rapidly rotating black shadow under the clear water, creating waves of water.
"Could it be that the steam engine rotates 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.
Izumi explained: "This thing is called a propeller.
It is a device that can turn the water flow during the rotation and push the ship forward.
The power of the steam engine , turn the propeller, and then push the ship forward.
This is the principle of steam ship moving forward. "
Quan Yue didn't look surprised, but Quan Li looked at it with surprise. The propeller at the stern of the ship showed 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 is sunny and there is no wind on the sea. However, everyone standing on the deck can feel the breeze brought by the speed blowing on their faces.
“So fast!”
Huo Wu has been on a sea ship before and has his own understanding of the speed of sea ships.
Generally, when there is no wind, the speed of a seagoing ship is almost zero.
However, now, the ship they were on was rushing towards the vast sea at extremely fast speeds 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 ship is about ten knots, which is roughly 18 kilometers per hour.
The speed of this steam ship has already doubled that of the sailing ship.
Reaching a speed of twenty knots, which is 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. During the same period of time, the time when a sailboat can sail at its optimal speed is very small.
On the contrary, 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-guiding 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 previous lives. 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 enhances 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 appeared 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, how is the performance of this ship?”
Jiang Jun looked at Quan Yi expectantly.
Quan Yi praised him without hesitation and gave him 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 will take to build such a ship?”
Jiang Jundao: "It took us more than three months to build this ship.
However, more than half of that time was spent on research and design.
Real use The time for 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 only takes one year. "
Quan Yi turned his head and looked at Quan Yue and said: "Father, it seems that we can transform the sailboat into a steam ship first.
This way our time will be greatly reduced. "
Quan Yue nodded in approval and responded: "Okay, I will promote the modification of the ship. ”
The time Quan Yi mentioned here is actually the time of island development.
“However, while transforming, don’t forget the manufacturing of iron ships.
The transformation of wooden ships is ultimately a transition. In the future, we will still need stronger and larger sea-going 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 was convinced of his own 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 , found a compromise solution.
This is certainly commendable, but I can’t believe 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 by manufacturing wooden sailboats will lose their livelihood.
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.
(End of this chapter)