On the third day after the confrontation, during yesterday's negotiations, the Japanese made many negotiations in one day, showing a little anxious, and finally felt a little relieved.

Originally, Lin Mo was going to visit Shanghai today to learn about the situation, but he was not relieved to let Zheng Junshan prepare the goods today and not to do it himself, so he had to postpone the entry into Shanghai a little.

Of course, another reason is that although the injury on the leg heals well, it also affects normal walking, Lin Mo is worried that it will be too arrogant and that problems will affect follow-up actions, so he simply chooses to take care of it for another day.

If the skin and flesh are injured for three or four days, the chance of worsening will be much lower. Moreover, he has some knowledge of the information he needs to know, but he only needs to know more carefully, but it is not the best time for two days at present.

It will take some time for Zheng Junshan to receive the goods, and it should be noon, so Lin Mo is still recuperating in the base in the reed marsh for the time being.

It was said that it was a rest, but it was just idle inside. However, my leg was injured and I hadn't moved my muscles much for several days, which made Lin Mo feel a little uncomfortable, so I might as well make something delicious.

It’s not too complicated. Cut the bones of several big fish like ribs, stew them directly in a large pot, and cut the fish into thick fish steaks and fry them directly on an iron plate.

Although it is not the most suitable way to eat, the fish is of good quality and is still properly processed, so the taste is good.

The fried fish pieces are divided into different fish, and the taste is different. Some are very amazing and some are relatively average. Lin Mo prefers tuna and swordfish. The taste is indeed not bad, but it is mainly because it has no thorns.

The taste of fish bone soup was a bit beyond Lin Mo's previous expectations. He thought it would be a bit fishy, ​​but he didn't expect that it would not be, but it tasted very delicious.

Lin Mo thought about it and guessed that he should have used big fish bones, which had a lot of internal bone marrow, and after shaving the meat, there was no residual fish blood, so there was no fishy smell.

Because eating while it is hot is better, everyone should just eat while doing it. There are not so many rules, and there is no need to wait for anything.

When Zheng Junshan came back from receiving the goods, everyone had already eaten it. The fish steak was fried now and the morning and evening were the same. As for bone soup, the soup was almost over, but no one chewed the fish bones.

The thing tastes good, just like gnawing ribs. The most important thing is that due to bone quality, the fish bones are more like crisp bones. There are no broken bones after cutting, and the big fish has no small bones, which tastes very good.

After eating and drinking, everyone rested for a while. Lin Mo then brought people out and boarded the Li family's small steamer. This boat would definitely not be able to carry so many equipment, so he dragged the boat behind him to act as a barge to carry more things.

The barge is similar in size to the small steamer, and it is also open and has no closed compartment. Because the engine is not loaded with coal, and the weight is also low, the cargo capacity is not low, and those large machines are basically installed on it.

First, temporarily loosen the drag rope, and the small steamer returns to the edge of the big ship, load the tools and materials on the ship before dragging it back onto the small ship.

Everything went smoothly on the way. I came to the hidden place of the wild lake with good looks like Wang Shoufei and others. There were much more fishing boats and cargo ships here than the flood discharge lake where they stopped.

However, this size of small steamer is not uncommon here, and they even encountered a few larger ones on the way, but they didn't attract much extra attention.

The place is indeed quite hidden, in a wetland and reed marshes that extend into the lake area. However, the drought and hot weather have caused the water to shrink, and the reed marshes and wetlands are already a lot from the lake.

The place Wang Shoufei found was a slightly larger lake surrounded by these wetlands and reed marshes. Because the waters are large and the waters are deeper, the area of ​​the remaining waters is not small.

However, this is also relative. Compared with the Zhengjing Lake District, it is just a large pond. Moreover, its surrounding area was in the wetlands and reed marshes, crisscrossing waterways and scattered lake ponds, which were generally shallow and have basically dried up now.

It has not dried, but the waterways connected around it have basically dried up to the bottom. Although this pond is connected by a slightly wider and slightly deeper waterway, the navigation conditions are not bad, which is also the reason why it can still maintain the lake area.

But it was quite difficult to go around all the way, and I couldn't do anything when I came in, so basically no one came.

In the surrounding wetlands, there were still people living in the reed marshes, but there were no settlements like villages. Most of them were poor fishermen with no land or houses. They set up shacks to live and earn a little limited wealth by fishing.

However, as the waters shrink, it is extremely inconvenient to continue living in these places. Some may have to walk hundreds of meters to reach the waterside. There are also a large section of exposed mud in the lake that is impossible to even walk.

Therefore, we can only give up the shack, live on the boat, rely on fishing in the lake, or go to the villages and towns around the lake to make a living.

Of course, I didn’t find such a secret place myself. I happened to run into a larger duck raising boat when I was looking for the place before, and it drove out of the waterway.

Duck boats are similar to beekeepers who drive around. They carry ducks on boats. They mostly raise ducks in places like lakes, allowing ducks to eat aquatic plants and fish, shrimps and snails in shallow waters.

Although they are also running around, there is no need to run far in pursuit of flowering periods like beekeepers. The activity area is relatively fixed, but they also need to run around, so they are very familiar with the water environment in the area.

Before, he was releasing his ducks in that small lake. The duck boats were not small, which means that the waterway was navigable, and the site for releasing ducks was not small. So he followed this clue to find this lake.

It was quite troublesome to drag a barge through this crooked waterway. I didn’t control the direction several times and touched the bottom at the corner.

Fortunately, the bottom of the water is mostly mud, and there is another power boat to help get out of trouble, so these troubles are just a waste of time.

After sailing out of the waterway, I saw nearly ten boats parked in the center of the lake area, roughly divided into two types, the small boat is one-third of the size of a large boat, which is similar to the barge towed by a small steamer.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! But the shapes are the same, and there is no closed cabin in the open air. It cannot be said that the open air is covered with tents. It is estimated that it was Wang Shoufei and others who used the temporary residence last night.

There are only people left on the ship at present, Wang Shoufei and others are not present, and they are still continuing to purchase ships outside, but they should be back soon. The last time they went to buy was to find out the inventory of the shipyard, and they would probably be able to buy them all in one go.

After saying hello to the left-behind brothers and packed the fish they had previously fryed, Lin Mo ordered people to start working with tools and materials.

It’s not a big project, it’s just a platform in the stern and outboard, first two to three triangle support frames, and then nail wooden boards on the top.

Because the boats are all ships that build the hull after simple processing of logs, they are nailed directly on. If you don’t care about the degree of firmness, then use thick nails to nail a few more.

However, to be on the safe side, Lin Mo also asked someone to drill holes with manual drilling, drill holes in the frame and the hull, and then knock in steel brazing that is thicker than the thumb. The wooden boards also use quite solid wood, and now there is no problem with a few people jumping on the countertop.

The first thing I changed was a small boat, so Lin Mo asked the small wheel to the side and directly unloaded a small machine onto the built platform.

The machine was modified with an engine and added a chassis. After the bot was fixed to the countertop, the machine could still rotate thirty degrees left and right, and could also pitch slightly up and down.

In addition to the machine, a frame made of steel bars is also installed. On the one hand, it prevents the exposed part from hurting people when the machine is running, and on the other hand, it facilitates pipeline layout.

On the side of the ship, a supporting rod was installed, which could control the machine to swing up and down left and right, making it easier on the left and right, but it was quite laborious to go up and down.

On the lever, there are two handles similar to bicycle brakes. One can control the accelerator and the other can directly shut down the engine.

On the other side, there is a long transmission shaft, one end connected to the engine power shaft, and a propeller is installed at the other end.

These installed parts are separated, and Lin Mo directed people to assemble them all. Fortunately, they are made strictly according to the required sizes. Everything goes well and there is no problem.

As for what this is? It’s obvious! Temporary modified ships should be called outboard machines to be precise. Later generations were very common in Southeast Asian countries with waterways, but this was made up temporarily, so it was barely useful.

After installing the machine on the countertop, Lin Mo personally checked it. After confirming that there was no problem, he got a large square oil barrel from the boat, fixed the buttons on the inside of the boat, and simply fixed the oil barrel with a leather tie.

The barrel lid of the oil barrel has been modified to insert the engine oil pipe into it and fix it. The oil barrel is used as a simple fuel tank.

The battery was also removed, but the battery was arranged a little further away and connected it along the side corner of the ship.

Then, I carefully applied lubricating oil to the machine, and then added a little oil to the fuel tank and began to try to start the ship.

"…Bangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbang..." After trying several times, the machine started successfully, but because of the lack of skill in operation, the boat moved and hit another boat next to it.

Lin Mo had to turn off the machine quickly. Fortunately, the power was limited and it did not cause any major problems. After using a pole to prop the boat out, Lin Mo restarted the machine.

In order to simplify the structure and modification difficulty, the reverse function of the ship machine was directly cancelled. Turning can control the left and right rotation of the ship machine, and it can also turn around within a certain range, but the reverse function does not.

Because of the samples sent before, Lin Mo participated in the test when he came back. He was not too mesmerized, but he was not very skilled and not very good at it.

After starting, Lin Mo turned around the lake area for a few times and tested it again. The power was OK, but the rotation adjustment direction felt blocked. It is estimated that it would be possible to improve if the rotation shaft joint is added with some lubricating oil or polish it carefully.

As for the speed, Lin Mo felt that it should be barely ten knots, but this lake area is small and most of the time it is turning, so it should be wasted a lot of things. If you walk straight normally, you should be able to be much faster.

Of course, here refers to the speed under the influence of wind, waves and water flow in a calm water area like the small lake.

If there are wind and waves, the speed depends on the direction of the wind and waves. The wind is fast and the wind is slow. If you drive above the river, it will naturally mainly focus on the flow of the wind and the flow.
Chapter completed!