Chapter 233 Planning the Sea
The cold war between the little girls and Frederick only lasted until half of the kebabs were eaten, and each of them had red cheeks and sweated a lot.
Frederick hurriedly asked Tarot and other maids to bring dry towels and put them on their backs to absorb sweat, so as not to catch cold when the wind blew when the clothes got wet.
Maria and Susan both have personal maids arranged by their families to take care of them since childhood. Lilu naturally does not have one, so Frederick asked Tarot to take care of her during this time.
Maria had never seen the sea and asked Lilu curiously: "Are there really fish as big as houses in the sea?"
"It really does!" Lilu said while eating baked tofu skin. "Those who can catch whales in our area are the best warriors. They use many javelins to pierce the whales at sea, and the ropes behind the javelins are tied with big hollow ropes. barrel, just follow until the whale is killed."
"If the wind is good, they will use the boat to drag the whale back to the shore. The skin is used to make clothes waterproof and strong. The sailors like it very much. The skin underneath. The oil is very thick, the meat is delicious, and the bones can be used to make roofs.”
She put down the half-eaten tofu skin and stretched out her hands to describe the whale. The size and how to squirt made Maria and Susan stunned for a while.
Frederick finally said: "I ordered a whale bone specimen and will put it at the zoo in a few years."
Maria said with some longing: "I want to see it too Take a look at what the sea looks like.”
At this time, Frederick asked her: "I will go to Sister Katie's hometown next year, which is on the island. Can you go?"
Maria was happy at first, and then said a little depressed : "I don't know if my father and mother will let me go."
Frederick smiled deliberately and said: "If they don't agree, I will take you there secretly."
At this time Susan said: "Sister Maria can hide in the barrel."
Frederick touched Susan's head with his clean hands and praised: "She is really smart."
While joking, Frederick saw a familiar young man passing by, thought for a moment and shouted: "Is that Caspar over there?"
The first time Frederick saw Caspar I was still in the refugee camp next to Maria's house, when a certain big thief exposed his identity. Compared with then, Caspar has grown up now and looks a bit stronger.
Caspar turned his head and looked around for the source of the sound, and finally determined that it was the Duke calling him in the shed surrounded by maids and sisters, and hurried over to greet him.
Frederick asked him with a smile: "Long time no see, how is your grandma?"
Caspar immediately replied: "Thank you for your concern, sir. Grandma has always been in good health. Now I am busy in the restaurant every day.”
Frederick nodded and said: "The old lady's restaurant is very famous now. What are you doing now? Your friend's name is... Zobel. What is he doing now?"
Casper Er replied a little embarrassedly: "Zobel and I graduated from the Carpenters' Union School this year. I signed up for the seaman's school last month. I was admitted because I know carpentry. Zobel was too seasick, so he went to shipbuilding. "
Frederick saw that he was still holding a hardwood stick for skating in his hand and said: "Be prepared to endure hardships when you go to be a sailor, and have a good meal before going to school. . Tell Zobel for me to pay attention to your safety when working in the shipyard. Okay, let’s go and have fun without delay.”
It seems that Kaspar left the luggage just now. Very nervous.
Maria asked Frederick strangely: "Why does he have to eat something delicious before going to school?" Lilu said with some fear: "Because Frederick is so bad. There are people in the school. There are so many machines that people can’t eat.”
Maria still had a question mark, and Frederick said with a smile: "We will find out tomorrow when we go and take a look."
Frederick then asked Lilu: "Are you used to being at sea? "
"It's good." Lilu said, "I was a little dizzy at first, but now I'm fine."
Frederick touched her head and said, "Yes. Work hard and learn more from Baron Adikon. In a few years, maybe I can give you a fleet that can sail even when there is no wind.”
Lilu's face suddenly turned red.
The next thing they talked about at the charcoal stove was all about the sea. Lilu told almost all the rumors about the sea that she had heard and seen.
Maria and Susan were shocked when they heard about the sea and foreign lands, especially the profits from maritime trade, which made Maria, who had just begun to understand the meaning of money, widen her eyes.
Just now, Frederick said to Lilu that he would be able to form a steamship fleet in a few years. In fact, he was just bragging and trying to impress the little girl.
The benchmark for his ideal steamship is the Great Britain, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic which made its maiden voyage on July 26, 1845. It is about 100 meters long, has a full load displacement of about 3,600 tons, and a power of Try to build a 500-horsepower steam engine and a steel hull before Psyche incense herself.
Now his first target is the Archimedes steamship, which made its maiden voyage on May 2, 1839. It is about 40 meters long, has a full load displacement of 237 tons, two 30-horsepower steam engines, and mast sails.
But there are many problems to be solved at present, and the most troublesome one is the propeller. Frederick pointed out the key to designing the propeller: how to correctly handle the propeller elements such as diameter, pitch ratio, disc ratio, blade outline shape, blade I know nothing about the relationship between the number and the rotation speed, so I can only arrange for Weissenburg University to use stupid methods to continuously test and improve it to see which one generates the greatest thrust when rotating at the same rotation speed.
Frederick had already thought about it. If the propeller couldn't keep up, then he would use a paddle steamer.
As for ironclad ships and the like, he doesn't think so much about it at the moment. He will wait until the weight of the steam forging hammer gradually increases to the point where it can process hull steel plates.
These all take time, but Frederick was influenced by the thought of "it is better for people to wait for equipment than for equipment to wait for people". This year, he began to build a group of sailor schools based on Weissenburg University.
The administrative staff of this school are supported by Weissenburg University, and the teaching staff are recommended by Baron Adican and hired by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. They are all experienced sailors, and they are enough to teach newcomers to avoid detours.
So something happened that people found very incredible. The world's first professional sailor school actually appeared in Wesson, which is more than 400 meters above sea level and is surrounded by mountains.
However, Frederick also understood that those who have never seen the real sea are not considered real sailors. Now a branch school is being built in Hanma City, under the responsibility of the Dawn Chamber of Commerce, and the branch school will provide practical teaching on sea voyages.
In the future, the main campus will be moved to the seaside, when Frederick's territory has an outlet to the sea.
According to Frederick's plan, he would dominate the North Sea in ten years, have a huge say in the inland sea in fifteen years, and strive to open up the eastern route and find the new continent in the west in twenty years.
(End of this chapter)