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Chapter 340 Steamship

"Master Allen, the steam turbine for seagoing ships has been successfully installed on the ship!"

"okay, I get it."

The orcs left the office, and the orcs in the room raised their tails curiously and looked at Allen.

Windsor and others knew that Allen's next plan was not to expand to neighboring countries, but to explore the ocean and uncover the mystery of the mysterious ruins.

Tomorrow City has built a total of one steam-powered ship this time, which uses the most advanced steam turbine and propeller structure, not a two-wheeled steam ship.

The hull is also made of steel, and a large amount of steel is fully provided by the third steelmaking plant in Tomorrow City.

The shipbuilding site is the newly built dock in Tomorrow City. Due to the large population of Tomorrow City, countless employees are busy in the dock. The big steel ship has been built from scratch and is close to completion.

With the successful installation of the steam turbine, the employees of the shipyard began to paint the steel ship to prevent corrosion.

That night, the content of Tomorrow Evening News began to announce that the big ship was nearing completion.

The orcs are very interested in the newly built sea ships in Tomorrow City. The previous ships were all sailed ships, powered by natural wind energy or human paddle power. There has never been a saying that they are driven by steam.

Alan knew that the orcs such as Windsor were very curious, and when they got off work at night, Alan suggested: "Will you go to see the ship?"

"Is that okay? It's already past six o'clock in the evening." Windsor glanced at the physical clock hanging on the administrative hall, and the time pointed to 37:[-].

"Don't forget, now there are electric lights at night, and the factories don't turn off the lights at night. They work full-time in three shifts, and the shipyard is no exception." Allen laughed.

Before the start of the electrical age, no factory could work 24 hours a day.

But with electric lights, Allen could schedule three shifts, with workers in each shift for eight hours, keeping the factory floor working [-]/[-].

Eight hours of work is not hard work for the orcs. In the past farming era, working from morning to night for more than twelve hours, eight hours was considered light.

"Let's go, take the train to see the ship." Allen went downstairs, picked up the orc from the military department by the way, and headed to the train station together.

After a while, the train roared out, and the roar resounded through Tomorrow City.

When the train started, the electric lights of Tomorrow City were already on. Alan stood at the locomotive and looked at the dark place of Tomorrow City and was scattered by the lights.

Windsor and other orcs stood in the carriage and looked outside, witnessing the lights lighting up the night, as if they saw a sleepless giant beast open its eyes in the night.

"Tomorrow City is so beautiful."

"The night view of Tomorrow City will be more beautiful from the mountain." Alan returned to the carriage and said with a smile.

Windsor and the others showed expectant expressions, but now is not the time to go up the mountain to see the night view.

The speed of the train is very fast, and their train is not far from the port, and they arrived at the terminal in less than 10 minutes.

The few people chatted for a short time, and it felt like they just chatted for a while, talking about the recent naval training, and they stopped before talking a hundred sentences.

After Allen got off the train, the orc Buckle from the shipyard personally received Allen with enthusiasm, "Master Allen, our ship will be ready soon, and it is estimated that we can go down to the river to test the water the day before your enthronement ceremony."

The river Buckle mentioned is the Grand Canal, which originates from the snow-capped mountains of Shiwanda Mountain, flows through Morning Glory Town-Tomorrow City-Nitre Town, and finally flows to the Sea of ​​Death.

The width of the river is about 500 to 15 meters, the shallowest part of the channel is [-] meters, and the maximum depth is [-] meters.

Allen walked for a few more minutes before arriving at the shipyard. The shipyard was built very high, the soil was hollowed out, the water inlet was sealed, and the hull was built indoors.

Tomorrow City uses most of the resources to build ships for them. The wooden boats are in charge of the shipyard in Nan'an Town, and the large steel ships are manufactured in the Tomorrow Shipyard. One is to save the cost of steel transportation, and the other is to facilitate Alan's supervision and guidance. After all, he is not free. Go to Nan'an Town every day to guide others to build steamships.

After the steamship is built, the steam shipyard can continue to absorb orders from merchants in the future, gather more wealth, manufacture more steamships, shorten commercial trade time, and promote the economy of towns and villages along the river.

While thinking about it, Allen and others crossed the guard line and entered the shipyard, and the space suddenly opened up.

The height here is very high. The first time Ivan stepped into the shipyard, his eyes were fixed on the giant steel ship parked in the middle of the dry dock.

Its whole body is made of steel, and the surface of the steel wall has a smooth silver color, but there are thin black lines on it, which looks very unattractive.

At this moment, there are several steel frames under the hull. The orcs walk on the frames, holding paint buckets, and use small brushes to paint the hull of the giant steel ship, adding corrosion-resistant paint to it.

It was the first time for Ivan to see such a large hull, and it still looked like all steel, with bright eyes.

"If those adventurers see this ship, they will go crazy with excitement." Ivan stared at the ship for a long time with bright eyes.

Someone was painting the hull, and there were orcs building a command room on the deck, and they were welding the steel plates with electric torches.

Allen and others went up to the deck to inspect, and Ivan happened to see the welders doing welding work. The orcs fixed the steel plates, and the workers pulled a long wire. , the steel seam melted and re-solidified after cooling, leaving black scorched marks.

Ivan quietly watched the welder doing electric welding. When he finished welding the two steel plates, he tapped the steel plates with his fingers, and there was a crisp sound, and they were connected together.

"The black lines on the hull are also made in this way?" Ivan asked suddenly.

The electric welder knew that the city owner was nearby, and said respectfully: "Yes, the joints of steel are all welded by electric welding."

Electric welding is a method that the orcs of Tomorrow City can't think of, at least he can't think of it.

The director of the shipyard who was following him proudly said: "This method is Master Allen's unique technology. In the past, shipbuilders did not have electricity, nor did they have this method."

Ivan looked at Allen, wondering what Allen's expression was like now.

Allen did not watch the welding process. When Electric was born earlier, the welding torch was already in the process of being manufactured. After the birth, he also made a special trip to teach it. The orcs learned it immediately.

In Allen's opinion, electric welding guns are easy to use, but due to material limitations, more powerful electric welding tools are not available. The current electric welding speed is very slow, requiring three groups of welders to take turns to weld.

Allen's key inspection object was the steam turbine cabin. After Ivan and others finished watching the coal-fired process, they walked down the deck and came to the boiler room.

Allen walked to the boiler room, touched the wall of the boiler, and used the appraisal technique on the closed machine room to get a qualified appraisal result.

"Master Alan, is there a problem?" The orc factory manager asked carefully.

"No problem, Ivan, you can recall those navies and let them see the finished product." Allen let go of the appraiser's hand.

　Salted fish today, one more, and work hard tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)