Hong Tao has another private matter that needs to be dealt with, which is the ship used by Hong Yu and Luo Meizhou for long-distance voyages. Although this ship is not big, similar to the Predator, its technical content is far greater than any ship before. It is Hong Tao, Wen Xiaoqi, and Wen Si gathered together to take out all the technology accumulated by the Imperial Shipyard over the years and make a new ship.

Its freeboard is very low, the bow is very long, the bow is vertical, and there is a forward-tilted blade-shaped inclined column in front of the bow. After wrapping it on the board, it becomes a pointed bow that protrudes forward and extends on the upper part. This bow was first created by Americans. In the mid-19th century, a ship designer named Griffith designed a sailboat, which adopted this shape, and was regarded as the world's first flying scissors sailboat.

Later, the British carried forward the vast Atlantic bow, that is, the fly-scissor bow, which was not quite the same as the fly-scissor sailboat created by Hong Tao. The bow of the fly-scissor bow is floating outside near the deck, and the bow is vertical under the waterline, and there is a curved arc between the float-slide and vertical. This shape is a bit difficult to make with steel or wood, and Hong Tao has not mastered the specific bending angle.

The bow shape created by Hong Tao now cannot be called a fly-scissor bow. The bottom of its bow is not vertical, but is called a bow inclined bow. This shape is more common in warships in the early days of World War II. Small and medium-sized warships that pursue speed mostly use a tilted bow, and large warships with less speed requirements mostly use a vertical bow.

Using this bow alone cannot improve the performance of the ship. It also requires a series of supporting designs. For example, the bottom of the ship cannot be made into a U-shaped shape, but becomes a semicircular with the least resistance, but is slightly sharper below. The outer keel extends directly from the middle front of the bottom of the ship to the tail and is connected to the tail rudder, which can increase the stability of the hull.

The most important thing is that the length-width ratio of the hull has been lengthened to more than 6 to 1, which looks thin and long compared to any ship of this era. This is the best high-speed ship ratio that humans have been fighting with the sea for hundreds of years. It can not only increase the speed by the maximum, but also not lose too much stability. Except for Hong Tao, if others want to test it out, they must live as long as the turtle.

This North American flying scissor sailboat should be regarded as the last batch of formally used large-scale sailboats in the history of sailing. It is very suitable for ocean freight, but not very suitable for warships. To be precise, it is not suitable for front-mounted smoothbore guns. Its deck is basically straight from beginning to end, and is called a low freeboard straight deck. Because the freeboard is very low and looks like it is close to the sea, it is impossible to build a multi-layer deck, and it can barely fit a layer of naval guns.

Too low freeboards will interfere with sight and the shooting angle of artillery. Once high sea conditions are encountered, the slender hull will be larger than the old sail warship, which is very unfavorable for shooting. There are fewer cannons and cannot be accurately shot. The hull cannot be made too thick. When a warship is just a crispy and lacks firepower, it has no advantage except running fast and turning well. Moreover, this kind of ship has another disadvantage, which is that the mast is too high and the sail area is too large. In naval battles, the hull is low, and the mast and sail cannot be short, and it is easy to be damaged by the mast and sail. Once the mast and speed are lost, the flying scissor sailboat will have no advantages.

Hong Tao did not intend to use this ship as a warship. It was to carry Hong Yu and Luo Meizhou for long-distance exploration. The ship has three masts, all of which use a new type of sail called the upper edge inclined sail. This sail is a bit like a combination of Chinese hard sails and European soft sails. An inclined sail is installed on the upper edge of the soft sail, making the sail easier and simpler. The purpose of this is to reduce the number of sail handlers, no longer have to climb up the mast and step on the rigging to lift the sail piece by piece. You only need to shake the winch at the bottom of the mast and pull up the two layers of inclined sails on the mast to fix it.

A North American fly-scissor ship with a displacement of 3,000 tons was equipped with the upper edge inclined sail, and there were only 20 sailors in the ship. Hong Tao, a fly-scissor sailboat called the Americas, was just a little guy with a displacement of less than 100 tons. Four or five people were enough. If he was driven by an old sailor, two people could play.

"Dad, is this ship strong?" Luo Meizhou followed Hong Tao to the test dock of the Empire Shipyard. He looked at the America floating on the water, and was a little hesitant. He had never seen a flying scissor sailboat, nor did he understand the performance of this ship. Just from the appearance, he looked thin.

"Your father is in America! I don't like you, so I have to ensure that my daughter is safe. Do you want it? If not, don't sail far away, or you can go by yourself!" Hong Tao spent a long time trying to dig out the last little memory of the ship in his mind, but it turned out that he was not favored by others. It would be strange if he was happy.

"If I were your real father, I would kick you to death! Bastards, I dare to look down on my Wen family's skills. Forget it, I don't plan to give this ship to you, I will keep it for myself!" Wen Xiaoqi is actually a fellow of Luo Meizhou, but he is much older and likes to act as an elder when he speaks. He is even more cruel than Hong Tao. He doesn't want to give it to others what he makes, especially good things. Now others don't like it, so he is even more unhappy.

"Brother Wen, don't pay attention to him. This boat is not his, it's mine! Dad, let's go out for a walk and let this country bully see it." Hong Yu was not afraid that Wen Xiaoqi would be a senior with her, and Wen Xiaoqi would not dare to argue with her like this. Seeing that his fiancé was defeated, he quickly came forward to rescue the situation.

"Yes, it's still my daughter's words that this boat belongs to my daughter. Do you like it or not? "Hong Tao did not refuse her daughter's request this time, and got on the boat with a slim chest and belly, chatting while walking.

"..." Luo Meizhou dared not speak anymore. This ship was spent by his family and it was very expensive. It was almost as costly as half of the sea wolf-class warship bare ship. Hong Tao didn't pay a penny, so why did it become Hong Yu? But now Emperor Hong said that it was Hong Yu's. Obviously Wen Xiaoqi agreed. It was useless to say anything else. This is called getting on the pirate ship.

Compared with traditional sailing ships such as Flying Fish, Sea Wolf, and Jiaosha, Hong Tao is actually more accustomed to the operation of this flying scissor sailboat. It is more similar to the cruise sailboats in later generations, and what Hong Tao has really learned is the driving method of this kind of ship. Without anyone help, he raised the sails on the three masts by one third, and then watched Hong Yu take the helm and slowly drove the boat into the river.

When this strange sailboat sailed past the Jinhe River, most of the residents of Jinhe Country were calm. They were used to their emperors making some fresh things from time to time. At most, they stopped to take a look and waved to the sailboat.

But the foreigners on the commercial dock were not so calm. After the first person discovered Hong Tao's America, within a few minutes, the dock was full of people. Some people were looking at the awning, and some people were watching carefully with telescopes. There was a fierce debate about what the ship was for and what it could be used for. Until the sailing ship was far away, they were not finished.

Hong Tao is not afraid of anyone's spying. Even if someone stands on the dock and draws the full picture of the Americas, it's okay if someone is willing to spend money to get on the boat. Without the I-shaped steel made by Qi Zu and the steel pipe mast base sleeve directly connected to the keel, even if the drawings are handed over to any shipyard, they will not be able to create this type of ship.

Technical defects can be compensated through learning, reference and experiments, but the differences in materials cannot be solved in a short period of time. It is useless to understand the principles and structures, you must have something to realize your ideas.

"Do you understand? Come on the rest, I'll watch it, lift half of the sail!" When the sailboat reaches Jinhekou, it can speed up. This time, Hong Tao did not do it stupidly, but handed over the work of lifting the sail to Luo Meizhou.

Although the ship's shape is different, the driving rules and techniques have not changed, so the operation can only be easier. People like Hong Yu and Luo Meizhou who have been professionally trained and have reached the level of a trainee officer in the Royal Navy can operate it if they are a little familiar. The reason why they accompany them out is not to teach them how to operate the ship, but to tell them the characteristics of the ship so that they can become familiar with it as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, your ship is good for veterans, but the hull is easy to wave. It would be great if the freeboard is higher." Luo Meizhou's sailing courses were very good. After several hours of training, he gradually became familiar with the performance of the Americas. If the hull is strong or not, he would not mention it. He didn't have to go to the bottom cabin to see the material of the keel. He just needed to use experience and feel to roughly know. He didn't find any other shortcomings, but he was a little uncomfortable being splashed all over the sea.

"Hey, you are easy to satisfy. This ship is already the fastest ship in the world, and you still need to be comfortable. Let's go back and design a ship that runs fast and far away. Minister Wen and I will help you. Let's build it and see how it will happen?" There are people who dare to be dissatisfied with such a good ship. Hong Tao has even greater opinions about this son-in-law.

"Then you said that if we set out from Uncle Carl on this ship, how many days will we find my father?" Luo Meizhou sucked his teeth and did not dare to take on this matter. When it comes to designing a ship, Emperor Hong said second, but no one dared to say first; when it comes to building a ship, the Wen family said second, but no one dared to say first. Since we can't say it on this issue, let's talk about something else, such as Luo Youde's affairs.

"Oh, I probably won't be there forever..." Hong Tao pinched his fingers and calculated, then looked at Luo Meizhou who was looking forward to it, bared his teeth, and gave an answer that no one could understand with a wicked smile.

"Why?" Luo Meizhou was a little confused. Is there any route in the world that this emperor could not calculate?

"Because I won't tell you how many days you can arrive! I want to find your father through the voyage, dream! Do you think I am the intern officers in the navy, and I just want to say a few words, and when I am happy, I will say anything. You use this brain more to Hong Yu, and other people's fiancée wears gold and silver. What did you buy for my Hong Yu? Don't mention that you bought the gems on her neck. Although our girl is very round in lies, she doesn't know that she stole my clothes buttons and went to the jewelry store to polish it into a pendant. After her feet, Lao Meng reported her. Why do you say you can leave so much money?" Hong Tao is so annoying. He likes to take revenge and does not have the patience of a gentleman to endure for ten years. As soon as he can come, he will be the best retribution in this life.

"...I don't want to be a poor king. Hong Yu will be the queen from now on. When we have our own country, she will have whatever she wants!" Luo Meizhou thought for a long time and had not forgotten his childhood ideal.

"Your blank checks are just cheating Hong Yu. She can't help but listen to me. Come on." Luo Meizhou's explanation did make Hong Tao look at him differently. When he was a child, he said that he wanted to be a king, at most it was a kind of whimsical idea of ​​a child, but if he could persist for so many years, it might be an ideal. Moreover, this child is indeed very saving, not like a wealthy little rich man. Originally, Hong Tao thought he was stingy by nature, but now he realized that he was saving money for his ideals. Cixi was right. This child is a ruthless person, with ideals, persistence and resilience. Luo Youde raised a good son.
Chapter completed!