Car and ship!

As the owner of the shipyard, Zhang Bin is certainly familiar with the ships and ships. He even thought about building such ships and ships in the Song Dynasty.

What are the biggest characteristics of vehicles and ships?

Of course, it is the outboard oar. The paddles use hand power, and the car and boat use foot power. This is why the saying "use wheels to stimulate water, and they move like flying". In the shipyards of the Ming Dynasty, there was originally a "wheel boat", but because of the lack of wide use, it had long disappeared from Jiangnan.

"But this car seems to have only one pair of wheel paste. Logically speaking, wheel paste should be the same. Your ship..."

Zhang Bin raised his head and said.

"It seems a little different."

"The third brother is indeed an expert."

Zhang Ying smiled.

"The third brother knows that since the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the European multi-slurry ship has been introduced into the Yangtze River. The new "centipede ship" in the north and south of the Yangtze River has been popular. Compared with the old "centipede ship", it carries more cargo, has a fast speed, and is extremely convenient to use in rivers."

The so-called "European multi-slurry boat" is actually a Venetian galley. It is larger than the old "centipede boat" and has a spacious cabin. It is used for inland transportation to carry more cargo than the "centipede boat" and faster than the slow-slurry sailing boat. This kind of ship is also the most important product of Chengji Shipyard.

"However, as we all know, a sailboat requires skilled paddlers, and at least dozens of paddlers are needed on a boat, which is also the reason why the paddlers are not widely used."

"So, you want to use a car and a boat instead of a galley?"

Zhang Bin said casually.

"This wheel boat has not been made without humans in the past. It needs to be used with the paddler. Moreover, the wheels are easily damaged, so it is not a good choice."

"It's true that the wheels are easy to be damaged, but what if they were replaced with iron wheels?"

"Iron wheel?"

Zhang Bin said in surprise.

"Who can step on the iron wheel?"

"Why do you need to use human steps?"

Zhang Ying smiled.

"Why can't it be driven by machines?"

"Use the machine?"

Listening to the sound of ironwork coming from outside the window, Zhang Bin said in shock.

"You mean using a steam engine?"

"That's right, it's a steam engine. Since the steam engine can be installed on a car and drives a train, why can't it be used to drive the wheels?"

Why can't you use it to drive the wheels?

Zhang Ying's rebuttal question made Zhang Bin stunned for a while, why can't he use a steam engine!

"Put the steam engine on the ship, 10,000, what if the boiler goes out of fire and burns the ship?"

Faced with such a problem, Zhang Ying seemed very helpless. As a student of the Imperial College, he didn't know what to use to convince these people that the steam engine could be loaded on the ship. If he was an engineer, he might be able to convince others, but he was just a prison student.

This is also the reason why he came to find Zhang Bin. It is always easy to convince his relatives.

"There are also stoves on the ship, and it may not be burned down. As long as you take good protection, the steam engine will definitely be installed on the ship. Third brother, look..."

When he opened another drawing, Zhang Ying carefully explained his conception and the placement of the steam engine. When explaining the mechanical structure of the "steam ship", he seemed extremely serious.

"... As the saying goes, one machine can withstand a hundred craftsmanship. With a steam engine, the speed of a steam ship will be much faster than a slurry ship. Although traveling thousands of miles a day is a bit exaggerated, it can at least save money on slurry handmade. In terms of calculation, its cost is much cheaper to use a slurry ship!"

Looking up at Zhang Bin, Zhang Ying smiled.

"Once the "steam ship" is built, the ship will definitely be popular all over the country by then, and the third brother's shipyard will definitely become famous all over the country!"

"this……"

Staring at the drawings of the "steam ship", Zhang Bin's heart was filled with various thoughts.

He doesn’t care about what is famous all over the country, he cares about business!

A lot of slurry boat is good, but the slurry hand wage is very high!

Replacing the pulp hand with a machine...it seems to work in theory.

Looking at the steam engine on the drawings, there is no essential difference between its transmission structure and the transmission structure of a train, after all, they both drive "wheels".

"How much does this...a steam engine cost?"

If it were someone else, Zhang Bin might not have been so straightforward, but the person in front of him was Mr. Zhang Wu! Not to mention anything else, even if he rushed to this identity, it would be worth his spending thousands of taels of silver to make friends with him.

Besides, what if it is done?

"I'll buy the steam engine, but this ship will be built by you!"

Look, the courage of all the young master is different!

I will refuse some Zhang Bin.

In less than ten days, a completed "steam ship" appeared on the ship platform of Chengji Shipyard. Seeing the "iron wheel" like a waterwheel, Zhang Ying seemed quite excited. He even patted the iron wheel with his hand to determine whether it was as strong as he imagined.

"Not bad, not bad!"

In addition to admiration, Zhang Ying carefully checked the ship. Although the ship was a new ship, it was not built now. It was transformed by a nearly completed multi-slurry ship. In fact, it was a steam engine and a "wheel slurry" on the side of the ship. Even the steam engine was a second-hand machine. It was precisely because of this that the shipyard built the ship within ten days.

"Fifth brother, can this ship really get on?"

Zhang Bin asked with some concern.

"It's definitely possible! Haven't we tried the car before? You didn't see the car that was turned around. I dare say that when you arrive on the river, it will definitely be faster than the fastest multi-slurry boat!"

Zhang Ying said confidently.

"Then... the auspicious time is here, let's go into the water!"

The process of going into the water was not lively, nor was it quiet. Everything was followed by traditional rules. With the sound of firecrackers, the boat was dragged into the river. While the hull was in the water, Zhang Ying, who had long lost patience, hurriedly got on the boat. After the boatman carefully checked that the hull had no leakage, he hurriedly ordered.

"Hurry up, ignite the furnace quickly!"

It takes time to heat the boiler. When the furnace worker shovels coal into the boiler, Zhang Ying checks the steam engine from time to time. When the steam pressure reaches, he resists the excitement and says.

"set sail!"

While issuing the order, the machine man pulled the raft door rod. Under the push of steam, the transmission rod moved, and the two huge iron wheel pastes on the side rotated accordingly. As it rotated, the ship moved.

"The boat moved, the boat moved!"

The craftsmen on the shore and the crew on the boat shouted excitedly, their eyes were full of shock. There was no one rowing or sailing on the boat, and they actually started moving on their own!

The rotating oars rowed the river surface, causing waves to rise on the river surface, and the boat sailed straight towards the river.

"Really, really no, no one needs to do it..."

Opening his eyes wide, Zhang Bin's eyes were full of incredibleness. He asked again in shock.

"Fifth brother, fifth brother, what are we doing now?"

Looking at the coal in the coal cabin, Zhang Ying smiled.
Chapter completed!