infinite blood core

Chapter 139 Shipbuilding
Inside the cave, there are sketches of sea ships on a long wooden table.

Zhen Jin, Zi Di, Cang Xu, Zong Ge and others sat around, and everyone's eyes were focused on the sketches.

The sketches depict side views, top views, perspective views, etc. of the vessel.

The author of the sketch, the fourth boatman, introduced: "After statistics, there are a total of 247 survivors. The pigsnout has been dismantled by us, count the wood we transported, and estimate the energy of our iron ore. How much iron can be produced, I conceived this ship."

"The new ship is expected to be 42 meters long, 16 meters wide and 8 meters high, with a displacement of 300 tons."

"As you can see, the new ship will have two decks, with five guns on the top deck."

"There are three masts, and each mast has a mast."

"This is the leading slash."

"There are sails on the mast and the bow slash, mainly square sails. According to our chart and course, the wind direction is stable, and square sails are the most practical. But on the mizzen mast is a jib. More precisely, a spinnaker ."

"It is expected that our mainsail will be more than 200 square meters."

"This is the poop building, mainly for the big guys. This is the poop building, and there is your room, Mr. Zhenjin. There is a balcony behind the poop building, with a wide line of sight and a beautiful view of the sea."

At the end, the fourth boatman showed a flattering smile to Ting Jin.

The new ship is half the size of the Pigsnout.The Pigsnout is 76 meters long and is a large trade ship capable of transporting large quantities of goods and people over long distances.

According to the voyage, this island is located near the midpoint of the straight line between Shengming Continent and Wilderness Continent.

The purpose of Zhen Jin and others is not to build a ship with excellent performance, but to leave the island as soon as possible and complete the second half of the voyage, so as to rush to the wilderness continent.

"How many gaps are there in materials?" Zhen Jin broke the silence and asked.

The boatman replied, "Mainly the nails. We need a lot of iron, and that's the biggest gap."

"Aren't we enough ore?" Zhen Jin was puzzled. He was afraid of this at the time. He turned into a monkey-tailed brown bear for many nights and kept digging.Now most of the ores in their hands are excavated by Zhenjin alone.

Zidi replied: "We would like to thank those monkey-tailed brown bears. The amount of ore is sufficient. But to extract the iron in the ore, we are currently using the method of ablation. The medicine in this area is far from enough."

"So that's the case." Zhen Jin nodded and glanced at everyone, "What can you do about this problem?"

Zidi showed embarrassment: "At present, I am actively looking for alternative materials, but I am not sure whether I will find them. After all, this is a rain forest, not a forest. Maybe we can organize an expedition team to go to the forest landscape to collect these raw materials. ."

Cang Xu shook his head: "The difficulty is too high, and the risk is too great. Lord Zhenjin needs to guard the valley, and our combat strength is not enough to support an expedition team. Using medicine to process ores is not a conventional method in itself. My suggestion is to make Earth kiln. Not the small earth kiln I made in the oasis, but the large earth kiln. We can use charcoal fire to heat it, melt the ore, and get a lot of pig iron.”

"Can a large earthen kiln be built here?" Zhen Jin asked.

He remembered that Cangsu's attempt to make an earthen kiln failed when he was in the oasis.

But Cang Xu nodded: "That's ok. The soil here is different from that in the oasis. In fact, someone has already made it. He is a craftsman and has more experience in making earthen kilns than I am."

The percentage of artisans among the survivors is high.These people all went to the wilderness to work.

To gain a foothold on the wilderness continent and win the war of aggression, the human race must build a large number of castles, camps and other fortifications.

These fortifications represent a large number of job opportunities, far exceeding the standard salary of Shengming Continent.

Zhen Jin nodded: "According to Cang Xu's suggestion, we will build an earthen kiln."

After making a decision, Zhu Jin looked at the boatman again.

"There are other gaps." The boatman said.

The remaining gap, one is the sail.The production of sails requires a lot of cloth, and the boatmakers originally pinned their hopes on the sails on the Pigsnout.But after dismantling, only a few pieces of the sail were recovered.Because before that, the temperature dropped, and the survivors of the first camp dismantled and tore off the sails one after another, and used them as warm clothes.

The other is adhesive.The ship board adopts the flush joint technology, and there are gaps.Under normal circumstances, it is filled with asphalt, hemp rope, glue, etc.There is also a big gap on the adhesive side.

The third is the crew sailor.Needle Jin and others need to train some temporary sailors.

Lastly is the material.

The reserves of food and water are large, but not enough.

Building ships requires a lot of energy, which leads to increased food consumption.

After the ship is built, enough supplies need to be stocked.During the voyage, it was difficult to obtain supplies.

Some people may say that you can fish and fish in the sea.

This is very outlandish.

Fishing operations are usually carried out in fishing grounds, and fishing in other waters is inefficient.

The work on the boat is very heavy. If everyone goes fishing and fishing, the efficiency is very low, and the sailing speed will slow down. Over time, the food consumption will be more, and the gain will not be worth the loss.

From this perspective, there is not much difference between the sea and the desert.

"How long will it take to build this new ship?" Zhen Jin asked the most concerned question.

The boatmaker replied: "Normally speaking, the construction of a ship is usually about two years. It is difficult to estimate the construction period of our new ship, but it should take at least half a year."

"It's too long, can it be shortened?" Hei Scroll was also not satisfied with this time.

The boatman sighed: "This is already the fastest speed. It is mainly because of Master Zidi's medicine, which can speed up the drying of wood. Generally speaking, wood for shipbuilding needs to be dried to completely remove moisture, and it is usually dried in the shade for more than a year. "

"Fortunately, we have a lot of artisans."

"It's not the 200 people in this valley. Just relying on our previous personnel, even four or five years may not be able to create a sailing ship."

Jin Jin was very disappointed with this answer. After more than half a year, the position of Baisha City Lord may have been decided.

Imperial officials cannot wait for needle gold alone.The two Templars who competed with him for the position of the city lord would never wait for Jin Jin.

But there is no way.

Unless rescue arrives during this period, if Zhenjin relies on building a new ship to escape, he can only accept this time.

The shipbuilding site is set in a small valley.

With a little makeover, the clearing of the small valley is a great place to build ships.

Making a dock is too much work.

Of course, the selection of materials for the dock does not need to be as high as that for shipbuilding, and the rainforest will never lack wood.

Black Scroll, Santo and others formed logging teams and patrols.

A steady stream of wood is fed into the small valley.

The locations where they fell are mainly concentrated in small valleys and beaches.Clearing the trees here will also facilitate the manufacture of tracks in the future, which is conducive to the smooth launch of new ships.

The amount of engineering to make the track can be much smaller than building a dock directly on the beach.

After several days, the open space in the small valley was finally isolated from the raindrops, and the ground remained dry even when it rained heavily.

Boat construction requires a dry environment.

The boatmen and others began to work on the largest tree trunk, which was the best material for making keels.According to the boatman and Muban, even in the major ports of Shengming Continent, it is difficult to find such good materials!
Under the overall planning of Cang Xu, the survivors in the valley are busy, and everyone has a responsibility.

Cyanobacteria and Baiya are responsible for building and transforming the valley, forming fortifications, and laying traps and warning devices on the periphery.

The fat tongue assists Cangxu, and Zidi is responsible for the research and development of medicines.

Zhen Jin, Zong Ge and others mainly collected the surrounding herds to replenish food reserves.

Sparrow fans led women and the wounded to make hemp rope and cloth.

After the keel was made, the boatman and others began to make the mast without stopping.Due to the lack of suitable wood, at least six masts must be made, which are spliced ​​together to form the foremast, the midmast, and the mizzen.

At the same time, Fat Tongue led some people to apply the medicine on the keel.With the potion, the keel will dry out more quickly.

The dosage of the keel alone almost emptied Zidi's inventory.

Zidi can only separate the manufacturing steps of the medicine and distribute it to others to make them separately to increase the output.

This requires new staff.

Fortunately, Cang Xu has a wealth of experience, and soon enough people were drawn from other areas, and he avoided slowing down the progress of other projects to a minimum extent.

With ultrasonic detection, Zhen Jin did not miss any herds near the valley.

With every action, he gained a lot.

Zong Ge no longer competes with Needle Gold, and his record in this regard is second only to Needle Gold.

When the boatmen, Muban and others started to manufacture boat boards, they were all emptied within [-] meters with the valley as the center.

But the work of clearing the herd will continue.

Because beast herds are mobile, spare land and abundant food sources are huge temptations for beast herds.

The collection of herds is no longer as frequent as before, and the danger is also drastically reduced.

Those who are attracted are usually beasts or monsters with weak competitiveness.Powerful monsters or beasts are the overlords of their own territory and do not need to migrate.

Zhen Jin gradually handed over the job to Zong Ge, Hei Juan and others.

The extra time he bought was used to privately practice various forms in the core, and he made a lot of progress.

The frequency of torrential rains has become less and less frequent, and sunny days have begun to outnumber rainy ones during the week.

In the evening, it was sunny.

The light of the setting sun reflected on the needles and a group of scaly black panthers.

When Zhen Jin was training privately on the edge of the cordon, the group of scaly black panthers broke into the range of his ultrasonic probe.

The magic energy reserve that came to the door, Zhen Jin happily accepted it.

After a fight, the battlefield calmed down.

"It's too easy... As long as they come into contact with the scale-horned black panther, they will be electrocuted by me directly." Zhen Jin showed a satisfied smile.

Long-term persistence and hard work have paid off.

He is now able to discharge freely!
"I'm different from the silver flying squirrel. The latter will immediately slump when discharged, but if I discharge it, it will increase the consumption of magic energy, and it will not affect me much."

"Who?" Using the ultrasound again, Zhu Jin suddenly found someone in the distance.

Needle gold complexion suddenly changed.

When he just fought, he stopped the ultrasound, and his main focus was on electric discharge, so he didn't notice it in time.

What did this person observe?
When did you come here?What did you find again?
The scorpion shell on Zhenjin's body can easily be linked to what Zong Ge saw at the time.

Who is this person?

Needle Jin ran wildly, chasing after this person.

The mysterious man noticed it, turned around and ran to the valley!

(End of this chapter)