Daming One Piece

Chapter 49 Conspiracy
"Actually, you don't have to use iron nails to build a ship!"

In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded. They looked at this Mr. Shi in astonishment. We all know that Mr. Shi is a man of great ability, but, it is too ridiculous to build a boat without nails!

"Master..."

When the words came to his lips, Fang Dayang changed his words.

"Then Master must have your idea!"

Brother Fang, what happened?
Li Fuxing glanced at him, and the other apprentices and craftsmen all looked at him puzzled.

"Fuxing, didn't you say earlier that there are some iron woods in our stockyard?"

Shi Yiwen ignored their gazes and directly ordered.

"Go get some iron wood, it doesn't have to be thick, um, it's just as thick as an arm!"

"Master?"

When Li Fuxing was puzzled, Fang Dayang turned his head and said.

"Junior Brother, you still don't do what Master ordered."

When Li Fuxing ordered people to fetch the iron wood, Fang Dayang asked respectfully.

"Master, what are we doing with these iron woods?"

"Make nails!"

Shi Yiwen laughed.

"What? Make nails?"

Fang Dayang opened his mouth in astonishment, and Li Fuxing also stared wide-eyed. As for the others, they all suspected that they had heard it wrong.

"That's right, to make nails, it should be said to be bolts. Not only do the planks of the ship use wooden nails, but also the sections of the ship's sides must use wooden bolts!"

Shi Yiwen specially explained.

"To put it bluntly, this bolt is a hardwood rod that has been fully dried, and iron wood is the best!"

Shipbuilding Dowel Pins!

In fact, when he first learned about it, Shi Yiwen was also taken aback. In fact, in the age of great voyages, whether it is a ship's rib section or keel section, it is often connected by wooden bolts, which are hardwood sticks that have been fully air-dried. Generally, it is dry oak, the best iron wood. This kind of wood pin can be regarded as a return to the original nature of the traditional British shipbuilding technology. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the entire underwater hull of British warships in the sail age was not fixed with iron nails, but With wooden nails, this kind of white oak wooden nails are naturally fastened when they are soaked in water.And it can be deformed, twisted, and shifted together with the wood—the wood is "elastic", and it is all fixed with iron nails like in France. The iron is not elastic, and the wood is broken.

"Using wooden nails, oh yes, dowel pins? Can, will it work?"

Fang Dayang looked at Master suspiciously, and most of the others did the same.

"Why can't it work? And the dry hardwood rod has its own advantages, it is not easy to be moldy and not easy to deform, but it also has the flexibility of wood and can be twisted and misaligned with the wooden structure of the hull. We only need to connect the two parts that need to be connected. A hole is punched in each segment, and this hardwood rod is inserted to connect them. Of course, the process is not that simple. In order to isolate moisture and moisture, the wooden rod and the space of the two segments must be coated with pine oil... "

In fact, shipbuilding with wooden nails is a traditional craft, not unique to Britain. In fact, wooden nails and bamboo nails were also used in ancient China. Until the Song Dynasty, many seagoing ships also used wooden nails.Wooden nails seem backward, but in fact they have many advantages that iron nails cannot compare with.

The British navy defeated opponents one by one with "backward wooden nailed ships", and the Russian Cossacks advanced all the way eastward, relying on "wooden nailed ships".

Besides, wooden nails are cheaper than iron nails!Of course, this wooden nail not only pays attention to the material, but also pays attention to the method of application.If he hadn't watched a documentary about it, Shi Yiwen wouldn't dare to brag about it.

"Master, this, can this work?"

Facing Fang Dayang's doubts, Shi Yiwen stared at him and chuckled.

"What do you say?"

Although he was a little puzzled, Fang Dayang thought for a while, then nodded.

"Master said it will work, it will work!"

"That's it!"

Shi Yiwen laughed loudly.

"Okay, hurry up, don't surround yourself, and build our boat as soon as possible!"

With an order, the shipyard immediately got busy. In this era, shipbuilding is not an easy task. It took two days to make a 26-meter-long keel into shape.

When the craftsmen were busy, Zhang Hong, who had been preparing to go to sea at the water village, looked at the bustling shipyard and said to the deputy finance minister beside him.

"See, you actually use juniper wood as the keel!"

Holding the cigarette pipe and pot in his hand, Zhang Hong grinned, then shook his head and said.

"He can really think of juniper wood as the keel!"

Indeed, ancient Chinese shipbuilding did not pick materials, even pine wood can be used for shipbuilding, but juniper... is just cypress, it can be used for shipbuilding, but the problem is the keel, which really can't be used!

"Jiu Ye, I estimated that the boat would sink as soon as it goes out to sea!"

"No, juniper wood is so soft, when a wave hits, the boat will naturally sink..."

Here the minions are talking and laughing, and there they are talking happily.

"Jiuye, Jiuye, my little one also heard something new."

The Zhao Dong who spoke was his subordinate ship manager, that is, the captain.

"What's new?"

Holding the cigarette pouch, Zhang Hong said with a smile.

"Zhao Dong, come on, tell us, let everyone have fun."

"Jiuye, you don't know, that kid named Shi, someone took dozens of iron wood from the material factory today, Jiuye, guess what he wants iron wood for?"

"What are you doing? Isn't it just a rudder?"

Zhang Hong, who was smoking a pipe, suddenly paused, and then asked.

"Could it be that he plans to change to iron wood, that kid has come to his senses?"

"Back to God?"

Zhao Dong laughed loudly.

"Master Jiu, you think too highly of that kid. That kid asked for iron wood and said it was used to make nails. He wants to use wooden nails to build a boat!"

In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded. Zhang Hong looked towards the shipyard, and then said to himself.

"My God, isn't that kid crazy!"

Zhao Dong said:

"Aren't you crazy? That boat made of wood and nails can still go out to sea?"

When the minions laughed together, Zhang Hong couldn't help but mutter.

"That kid, you don't look like such a crazy person!"

Crazy?
After observing for such a long time, Zhang Hong really doesn't think that kid is crazy, not to mention others, Zheng Yiguan didn't take advantage of him at all, let alone cheap, his face was slapped again and again once.

But now what does he mean by using wooden pegs?
"Dong Lin!"

Zhang Hong turned his head and looked at a scholar beside him who was dressed as a young man. Wei Donglin was one of the few scholars under him. He was not full of knowledge, but in the Pirate's Den, he was definitely a genius.

"What do you mean by that kid?"

Wei Donglin was stunned for a moment, then replied.

"Jiuye, shipbuilding...we're a layman!"

His answer made Zhang Hong speechless, and said again:
"I think there must be a conspiracy in this matter..."

(End of this chapter)