Great Song Pirate

Chapter 283

After disembarking at the Yangzhou wharf, Li Bai sent the two passenger boats away, and everyone rushed to the Jiangbei shipyard without stopping. When they first landed, everyone felt a little dizzy. Staying on the boat, although the canal wasn't too stormy, it was still somewhat undulating. When they landed suddenly, they felt a little uncomfortable.

Everyone laughed as they walked, feeling that they were stepping on the ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Xu Yi was worried about Gao Mu's body, so he specially asked Li Bai to hire a cart near the pier, and invited Gao Mu to take it. This kind of carefulness deeply moved Gao Jun brothers.

Before arriving at the Jiangbei shipyard, everyone heard the noise of the shipyard, thinking that something happened in the shipyard, so they rushed a few steps, entered the shipyard, looked up and felt relieved, it turned out that the shipyard The open space of the shipyard is full of refugees who had been transported from the north in advance. Before all of them have been transported out of here, the shipyard is not like a shipyard, but more like a refugee camp.

As soon as Xu Yi and others appeared at the gate of the shipyard, the brothers guarding the gate immediately recognized Xu Yi. After first bowing to say hello to Xu Yi, someone rushed in and informed Gray and others to go.

Not long after, I saw Gray galloping from the shipyard wharf at a speed that was not commensurate with his figure. Everyone along the road looked sideways at him, and those who didn't know thought something happened.

"My subordinates have come to see the boss... the shopkeeper!" Gray ran up to Xu Yi with a thin layer of sweat on his chubby cheeks, and he almost called out the words Dadaojia when he opened his mouth. Fortunately, he changed his words quickly. I didn't really call out.

Xu Yi said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while, but you have gained a lot of weight! How is it? Is the transfer here going smoothly?" His first concern now is the issue of refugee transfer.

Gray wiped off his sweat, let them sit inside the room, and then asked his subordinates to watch outside to keep people away from here, and even arranged for the Gao family and his party to rest in a clean place for a while before treating Xu Yi reported back: "It is absolutely impossible to be fat. I feel that I have lost a lot of weight during this period. The head of the family suddenly sent so many refugees from the north without warning. I was really caught off guard. During this time I'm busy! Every day I arrange food and accommodation for these newly arrived refugees. I also need to contact the island, mobilize a large number of ships to transfer them, prepare food and fresh water for the ships, and almost run to the latrines. I feel like I haven't slept in any of them, I'm so busy! How could I be fat?" He complained while holding his slightly protruding belly.

"You've been used to being pampered and pampered during this time. It's time to keep you busy and let you lose weight. Otherwise, I'm afraid that you are really fat and fat. There are two big fat people on our island. If something happens, don't talk about fighting with others, I'm afraid you won't even be able to walk! Tell me, have you encountered any troubles during this period?" Xu Yi laughed at him.

Gray gritted his teeth and laughed: "It's not as serious as you think. I have to move my fists and feet every day. If I fight with people now, I can definitely hit three of them one at a time! As for the trouble! It's true. Some, so many refugees came here by boat or on foot. I was really unprepared at the beginning, and I was in a hurry. As soon as they came here, they were brought to me by the Li family, and they were handed over to me. The rest I have to do everything, eat, drink, and sleep. There is nothing that I don’t want to worry about, because I am not prepared, but it made me busy for a while. Later, after mobilizing the ships and starting to transfer them out in batches, the situation here Only slightly better.

However, after a large number of refugees flooded here, the government was still alarmed. The prefect of Mei sent someone here to investigate, but I covered it up. I said that the shopkeeper bought a lot of wasteland in the south and opened a mine, which required a lot of manpower. This time there was a riot in the north, so I took in these refugees and sent them to the south for resettlement, which is considered to have sent away the people from the government. For this matter, I also specially arranged for the government, and finally I didn’t let them pay attention For this matter, the shopkeeper was also praised as a loyal and patriotic businessman, and he transferred some food to the shipyard. Anyway, as long as these refugees don't flood into the city, they won't care about it!In addition, in order to temporarily resettle these refugees, I bought 3000 acres of unoccupied land next to the ship yard, which was specially used as a place to temporarily resettle them, and built some simple houses for them to live here while waiting for the ship. Two to three thousand people have been transferred these days. Just now I arranged a boat on the pier to leave. When I heard that you were back, I hurried over! "

After Xu Yi listened to his report, he thought that Gray had matured now. When he came back, he was afraid that Gray would not be able to handle it. There is no need to worry. This Gray handled it quite properly. It seemed that he was the right person to keep him here, so he nodded and said: "You are doing very well. There are new refugees coming in constantly, you have to keep working hard, but this kind of thing must be handled well by the government, and the government must not let the government pay attention to this matter, otherwise it may cause us a lot of trouble!"

Gray quickly nodded and agreed: "There is no problem with this. The people in the government are now our own people, and no one will want to trouble us. Please rest assured!"

They were talking, when the voice of the guard brother came from outside, saying that Gong Zhen asked to see Xu Yi, Xu Yi nodded and asked Gong Zhen to come in.

"Gong Zhen has met the shopkeeper!" Gong Zhen hurriedly greeted Xu Yi as soon as he entered the door.

Xu Yi asked him to sit down and talk, and then asked him: "During the time I was away, how was the production situation at the shipyard? Did the incident with this refugee affect the shipbuilding at the shipyard?"

Gong Zhen hurriedly replied: "Basically everything is normal at the shipyard. We have carried out production according to the method of segmented construction and assembly line operation that the young master said. The efficiency has increased by more than [-]%, and the speed of shipbuilding has also been greatly accelerated. At present, six Jiangbei ships have been launched, and one more will be launched in the next two days, and the work will be completed by the end of the month. The brothers in the shipyard are very motivated and don't need to worry about the shopkeeper. As for these refugees, Brother Ge is in charge , basically did not affect the production of the shipyard, and there are some refugees here who know some carpentry, and help the shipyard when they are free. Some people want to stay and work in the shipyard, but I don’t know if the shopkeeper agrees! "

Xu Yi nodded. He already knew the ability of Gong Zhen, so he didn't need to worry about it. As for the question he asked, Xu Yi answered after thinking for a while: "It's still useful for me to transport these refugees to the south. There is even a lack of carpenters like this, so don't let them work here. If there is a shortage of manpower here, you might as well find some local idle craftsmen to come over. I want to build a boat yard in the south, and I plan to send some masters from you, and you should also pay attention to those who are willing to go to the south to work, and you can give them some wages appropriately! You need to worry more about the shipyard, I'm afraid I don't have time to call here , Jiangbeihai ships are managed, and as many as they can be built, there is no need to worry about sales!"

Gong Zhen nodded in agreement, and Xu Yi asked Gray again: "Have the brothers and craftsmen who came back earlier been arranged to go back?" He asked Lei Tong and his party.

"Not yet, they also just arrived yesterday, let's rest here first, I plan to arrange for them to leave in the next two days!" Gray returned.

"How about this, you arrange a boat for me first, we won't delay here, let them go with me, I have to go to Hangzhou, it's too slow to be a tank boat!" Xu Yi ordered.

Gray immediately bowed to his orders, turned around and made arrangements, but after Gong Zhen hesitated, he said to Xu Yi: "The shopkeeper, I want to talk to the shopkeeper about something, I don't know if the shopkeeper has time. !"

Xu Yi nodded and agreed, and followed Gong Zhen to his house. This is not only his residence, but also his work place. There are various small ship parts piled up everywhere. It can be regarded as a research and development room!There is almost no place to stand.

"Look at the mess here, if I knew the shopkeeper would come back so soon, I would clean it up first!" Gong Zhen hurriedly pulled out a chair and invited Xu Yi to sit.

Xu Yi smiled and said: "It's normal, it shows that you are very dedicated. There is nothing wrong with a man's house being a little messy. When I was not married before, the house was as messy as yours. You are not young anymore. , it's time to consider finding a family! I can take care of your life!"

After thanking Gong Zhen, he asked Xu Yi to come to a boat sample, and lifted the cloth covering it, revealing the boat sample below.

Xu Yi's eyes lit up immediately, and he saw an elegant and beautiful ship model displayed in front of his eyes. It was exactly the kind of flying shear boat he had mentioned to Gong Zhen, but it was more or less the same as the flying shear boat in his impression. There are some differences. After all, after hundreds of years, Chinese and Western shipbuilding concepts are also different. This obviously still has some characteristics of ancient Chinese sailing ships.

Xu Yi looked at the ship model carefully. On the whole, it was very close to the shape of a flying shear ship. The number of structural compartments on the deck of the ship was greatly reduced, the center of gravity of the ship was significantly lowered, the aspect ratio was enlarged again, and the bow was sharp and upturned. The layout is simple and elegant, and people can tell at a glance that this is a fast ship type. These features are in line with the shape of a clipper ship, but in terms of mast sails, it has a taste of a Chinese sailing ship. There is a big difference in the concept of sail application. The sails of Chinese style sailboats are mostly semi-rigid, which is conducive to the retraction and retraction of the sails and reduces the work intensity. It is made of soft material, which is a large piece of canvas, and it is very troublesome to retract and unwind. In the movies, we often see sailors climbing up and down on the mast. This is a shortcoming, but the advantages are also very obvious. The utilization rate of sails for wind power is higher than that of Chinese sails.

In this way, the flying shear ship that Xu Yi imagined became a standard Chinese and Western hybrid, but compared with the Jiangbei ship type they are currently building, this modified flying shear ship has a stronger western blood , looks more westernized.

Gong Zhen nervously looked at Xu Yi's expression, and seeing that he was not too excited, he knew that he was not satisfied with the boat sample he made, so he said with some shame: "This is the third boat I made. The boat looks like it, and I know it’s a bit different from the one you drew. The hull part is fine, but I think the bow part in the picture should be a hollow structure. Although the speed of the ship can be increased, but But it is not as strong as our Jiangbei ship, and it is more troublesome to arrange. In addition, the hull is long and narrow, and the underwater part has many curves. It is very difficult to cut the material and build it. At present, all kinds of fixtures in our shipyard are not suitable, and a large number of them are required. The most important thing is to arrange the masts and sails according to the shopkeeper's drawing. It is very troublesome to put the sails in and out, and this kind of mast needs to add many horizontal masts, which makes the construction difficult. It's not small, so I made some changes when making the ship model, and I made it like this!"

After Xu Yi listened to his explanation, he didn't feel dissatisfied at all. He knew that it would not take a while for Gong Zhen to accept all the western shipbuilding ideas hundreds of years later, so he smiled and comforted him. : "It doesn't matter, I am very satisfied with the current appearance. This kind of ship is not like our Jiangbei sea ship. This kind of ship pursues speed. The purpose of adding a transom is to better Arrange the sails so that the horizontal sails of the ship are as wide as possible, increase the wind-receiving area of ​​the sails, and at the same time lower the center of gravity of the ship, which is more conducive to fast sailing. Trouble, we need to go through a lot of experiments, this matter is not urgent, anyway, our Jiangbei sea ship is fast enough now, and we don’t need such a fast ship for a while, you just think about it slowly, and you will fully grasp the structure of this ship in the future , and after the application is mature, we will not be able to build again. Don’t wear yourself out. If I had known that you were working so hard, I would not have drawn you a picture of this kind of ship. Nothing can be done overnight. Take your time. !"

After listening to Xu Yi's words, Gong Zhensong felt a little more at ease, and after asking Xu Yi a lot about the structure of this ship and the arrangement of sails, Gong Zhen suddenly asked Xu Yi in a low voice: "The shopkeeper Yes, I don’t know if I should say something or not, but I don’t say it in my heart, and I feel blocked in my heart! I also know that some things are out of my control, but I always want to ask you!”

Three more today!The first update!

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