Chapter 236 Victory Port Shipyard (1)

Li Nai and He Qiang believe that no matter how close the business inn they set up in Victory Port is to the dock, it will only serve to attract more foreign merchants and sailors to eat and stay in hotels in the future. This is different from the investment of "Furuifeng" in Victory Port.

The purpose of enclosing land is not very consistent - whether it is a shop, a hotel or a brothel, all of this is to close the cooperative relationship with the Haihan people, not simply to make money. Based on this consideration, they chose

This land is adjacent to the gate of Base No. 1.

Chuanchuan Group has recently invested a considerable part of its labor force in the Iron Furnace Port project. Therefore, the number of laborers assigned by the relevant departments to "Furuifeng" to build the business warehouse is not many, only about thirty people. It takes such a small number of manpower to build the store.

The time required to build a large house with an area of ​​about five acres will be measured in at least months. However, Li Nai was not in a hurry, because the Haihan people had already announced during dinner last night that this place would not take more than two months at the latest.

The business warehouse can be put into use. Compared with the time Li Nai knew he had spent building a business warehouse in other places before, the two-month construction period was already considered extremely short.

Of course, the ability to shorten the construction period to such a short time is also related to the preparations made by "Furuifeng" in advance. Not only the drawings and craftsmen were prepared, but also many building materials and materials with more complicated processes were shipped directly from Guangzhou.

Here we come, such as carved doors and windows, flat floor tiles, mahogany tables and chairs, furniture, and even prefabricated beams, etc. Chuanchuan Group mainly provides labor, bricks and tiles for this project, as well as cement that Li Nai thinks is very magical.

While Li Nai was watching, he did not forget to remind the foreman to leave space for burying sewer pipes when handling the foundation. After the completion of the major renovation of the General Office, Li Nai was invited to visit what Schneider called "advanced people."

"Living environment", Li Nai was deeply impressed by various black technology equipment. Especially the boiler that can conveniently provide hot water for bathing for a long time, the flush toilet that perfectly solves the hygiene problem in the bedroom, and the reasons that Li Nai didn't understand.

Li Nai was very interested in the powerful biogas equipment.

After Li Nai tried these things, he quickly experienced the beauty of them and asked Schneider to provide him with the same set of living facilities, so Li Nai's residence in the Li family compound became the Haihan bathroom system.

The first target of successful promotion. However, because the construction of biogas equipment was too complicated, it was inconvenient for the Li family residence to make a big move, so this set of equipment with the highest technical content was reluctantly abandoned.

To install bathroom equipment for Li Nai, the Guangzhou Guangdong Office did not take the opportunity to rip off Li Nai, but only charged a symbolic "cost of work" of one hundred taels. Schneider took this opportunity and proposed that he hoped that "Furuifeng" could be used locally.

Find better ceramic craftsmen and participate in the production of ceramic bathroom equipment. For example, ceramic basins for washing hands and faces, ceramic bathtubs for bathing, etc. When these ceramic bathroom equipment with more complex processes are successfully developed, then "Furuifeng"

Naturally, you can become a regional agent for new products.

After trying out these equipment, Li Jifeng immediately agreed to Schneider's suggestion and asked his firm to start looking for ceramic craftsmen with outstanding skills in various places. Among the group of craftsmen Li Nai brought south this time, there were several from "Fu Rui"

Ceramics craftsmen recruited by "Feng Feng". As for external promotion work, the Guangdong Office has long been at the forefront - the Guangdong Office renovated several rooms facing the street and turned them into shops facing the street. One of them

A space will be dedicated to displaying these brand-new bathroom equipment. Schneider believes that as long as this thing is driven by a few upper-class people, it will soon form a new trend in Guangzhou, just like the previous glass stationery.

When Li Nai got the task of supervising the work south, he had already thought that the store he built in Victory Port must use Haihan bathroom equipment. Although doing so would increase a lot of initial investment, in Li Nai's opinion, this

This one-step move is very worthwhile. After all, the return on investment in Haihan has always been quite high, and the safety is also guaranteed. When Li Nai entered the port yesterday, he saw that the forts on both sides of the gorge had been repaired to a great extent.

, several gun positions have been equipped with dark artillery. Although it is not clear from the ship, Li Nai can still tell that the artillery set up on the fort is much larger than the artillery he handles. In other words, these guns on the shore

The anti-gun power is definitely greater than the ones sold for export.

However, what Li Nai does not know is that although the construction of the first phase of the coastal defense artillery fortification has been completed, and the military industry department has also made several 24-pound heavy guns and delivered them to the Military and Police Department, the current gunner training is still progressing slowly.

.There is nothing we can do about it. The current group of naturalized citizens generally has low literacy, and most of them cannot even recognize their own names. And the artillery is a very technical branch, whether it is observation or shooting.

Shooting requires a lot of mathematical calculations, and the quality of the existing soldiers is obviously impossible to meet such requirements.

The Military and Police Department can only do the next best thing at present, letting the artillerymen memorize the relationship between the angle of fire, the amount of charge and the range, and rely on a large number of live-fire training to strengthen and consolidate the skills of these rookie artillerymen. But even so

, At present, there are still very few qualified indigenous artillerymen. The few who have outstanding performance are basically talented and flexible, and they cannot be said to truly understand the meaning of artillery operations. Military and police

The Ministry really has no better way now. Many things cannot be taught by hand-to-hand teaching. Perhaps we can only wait until they go to the battlefield and come into contact with actual combat in order for these artillerymen to grow up faster.

Of course, although the quality and quantity of the current artillery are still very limited, the completion of the coastal defense artillery fortifications still gives the entire group a long-lost sense of security. The Military and Police Department also claimed that with the presence of these heavy artillery defense fortifications, external forces will

The chances of forces trying to invade Victory Port from the sea will be greatly reduced. Even if the Dutch East India Company's armed gunboats or the Spanish galleons are dispatched collectively, they will have to pay a very heavy price if they want to defeat the coastal defense artillery fortifications of Victory Port.

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This is not bragging by the military and police department. Although the gunboats of the Western colonists have no rivals on the current seas in the Far East, they rely on the number of cannons on board to gain firepower advantage in battles, not on range or accuracy.

Compared with the 24-pound heavy guns in the Victory Port coastal defenses with a range of up to two thousand meters, it is really difficult for those bulky artillery fires on Western gunboats with an effective range of only two hundred meters to work. If there is such a ship that dares to withstand the coastal defense guns

If the artillery fire rushes forward, it must first withstand about ten rounds of coastal defense artillery bombardment before entering the range of its own artillery. Even though the current coast defense artillery still uses solid ammunition instead of explosive ammunition, the plan

The firepower density that can be achieved by more than 30 Chinese shore defense guns is enough to defeat maritime opponents of this era in ten rounds of attacks.

However, to achieve such combat effectiveness, the Military and Police Ministry also admitted that it will take at least one to two years to train gunners, practice defensive tactics, improve fortifications, etc. Moreover, the current navy formation plan has also been put on the Executive Committee

At that time, the navy, which relies on artillery warfare as its main firepower output, will also need a large number of gunners, which will also greatly delay the time for the coastal defense artillery to reach its strongest combat effectiveness.

Li Nai stayed at the construction site for a while and felt something was wrong. The last time he came to Victory Port, he was always accompanied by the leader of the Haihan people, but this time he seemed to have no such treatment, except for a local young man.

He was sent to follow him and wait for his orders. For half the morning, there were no traces of the Haihan leaders at all.

Li Nai felt that the person following him looked familiar, so he waved his hand and called him over: "Have you met me somewhere?"

The man responded respectfully: "Back to Mr. Li, we met once when you visited the Yanchang Commune last time."

Li Nai suddenly said: "Yes, yes! You are that Jiang... Jiang..."

"The little one used to be called Jiang San." The man straightened his waist as he spoke, and couldn't help but show a proud look on his face: "Later, Mr. Anxi gave me the name, and now I changed my name to Jiang Kaishen. The triumphant Kai,

Shen Youxuhai’s Shen.”

"Kaishen? Hmm... that's a good name." Of course Li Nai wouldn't understand Coach Anxi's bad taste, but he did remember this man named Jiang San. Last time when Li Nai visited the Saltworks Commune, he met Jiang San

There was a conversation that impressed him deeply. It was from that time that Li Nai realized the difference between the Haihan civil affairs system and the Ming Dynasty. Li Nai could clearly feel the local people from people like Jiang San.

They are in awe and gratitude to the Haihan Executive Committee, and will therefore show extremely high obedience to the decisions of the Executive Committee. From the perspective of ordinary people, the civil administration effect of the Haihan people seems to be better than that of the local officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang San was also appreciated for the "tact" he showed in front of Tao Donglai. After Li Nai left, Anxi promoted his labor grade from primary to secondary, and transferred him from the production line to

The Management Committee of the Saltworks Commune held a small civil affairs position. For the sake of dignity, Anxi also gave him a new name. Although Anxi's name may not be entirely out of good intentions, for Jiang San and Jiang Kaishen, this

But it was the greatest honor in his life.

Jiang San has been performing well since his promotion and salary increase. After the typhoon disaster in August, he received an award from the commune management committee - a 20-yuan circulating coupon - for his active participation in disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction after the typhoon disaster in August. After the Tieliang Port project started

, some of the existing Saltworks Commune personnel, especially the management, will be transferred to Tielugang when the project reaches the immigration stage, Jiang San is also among them. And he has received guidance from Anxi, as long as in the future

Don't make any mistakes within the time. When the Tielugang project enters the operation stage, Anxi will recommend him to serve as the civil affairs assistant of the local commune management committee. The labor level will also be raised one level, becoming one of the few third-level workers at present.

one of them.

Jiang San had been transferred to Base No. 1 a few days ago and was responsible for the acceptance and pre-training of new immigrants in Tielugang. These new immigrants were all immigrants who arrived in Hong Kong in early October, Vietnamese and Hainan locals.

Each person accounts for about half. They have basically completed the isolation and observation period, and will be arranged to the newly opened Tielugang residence. Jiang San’s task is to let this group of people understand their next whereabouts and work.

, living arrangements. And just last night, Jiang San received a new notice from the civil affairs department, asking him to personally accompany the distinguished guests from Guangzhou starting from today - of course, it also included surveillance.

This is not because the management committee does not pay attention to Li Nai's existence, but that all executive committee members are currently busy. Everyone has a lot of things to do and has no time to accompany Li Nai on his sightseeing tour. Anyway, after this period of time

After the contact, several veterans on the executive committee believed that Li Nai was harmless to humans and animals, and there was nothing to be particularly wary of. So they simply asked the civil affairs department to transfer a local person to serve as Li Nai's attendant, ensuring that

While he is in Victory Port, he only needs to have someone to coordinate and arrange food and accommodation for him at any time.

Jiang Sandao: "If you have anything to do with Mr. Li, just ask. The leaders have said that they will try their best to meet any reasonable requests made by Mr. Li."

"The shipyard to the west looks very lively. Can I go and have a look?" Li Nai didn't pay attention to what Jiang San meant by "reasonable request", but he also understood that the Haihan people put a little person like Jiang San in his own hands.

He is not just here to be an errand boy. I am afraid that Jiang San will report every move he makes in Victory Port to the Haihan people afterwards.

"Of course you can go to the shipyard." Jiang nodded three times in response. The civil affairs department had indeed given him instructions on where to go and where not to go beforehand. Except for the barracks and Yulin outpost, all other places in the entire Victory Port area were acceptable.

Go, this also includes the shipyard located in the west of the harbor.

So Li Nai called the foreman and gave a few more instructions before walking to the shipyard in the west. Li Nai felt that everything else about Victory Port was good, but there was no sedan chair and he could only walk on two legs. The Haihan people often rode bicycles.

He was scurrying around on that two-wheeled vehicle, but Li Nai felt that it was as fast as a galloping horse and seemed unsafe, so he had no intention of learning it.

Just after taking two steps, Jiang San said: "Mr. Li, if you want to visit a production unit such as a shipyard, you cannot bring your entourage in."

Li Nai nodded and asked the two followers to stay without expression. Li Nai was not unhappy with this request. There were also some workshops under the name "Fu Ruifeng". If outsiders wanted to visit, the followers would not be allowed to go in.

Personnel entering - I know you are a businessman, but it is hard to say whether your entourage is a craftsman in this industry. Some unique secret skills in craftsmanship are fine for laymen to see, but if they are seen once by an expert, maybe

He learned it secretly. With the Haihan people's ability to build so many giant steel ships, Li Nai believed that they must have some special methods in shipbuilding, and these things must be inconvenient for outsiders to know.

The area where the Shengli Port Shipyard is located is actually near the Yulin fishing village where Yu Xiaobao's family originally lived. It is located at the connection between the Yulin Peninsula and the mainland. The dense mangroves near the coast have long been cut down and no longer exist.

The original style. A series of work sheds were built on the shore. In the north work shed, a large amount of ship lumber that has been processed by drying methods is stacked, while in the south work shed, technicians from the shipping department work and carry out fine processing operations.

place.

There are five or six slipways of various sizes standing on the shore. At present, each slipway houses large and small ships that are under construction or repair. There is a wooden slide under the slipway directly leading to the sea, and the ships completed on the slipway are transported by

The slide goes directly into the water.

At present, the Victory Port Shipyard has more than 40 technicians and nearly 200 ordinary workers. Except for the No. 1 test ship, which is progressing relatively slowly, the shipyard has actually not been idle at all in the past few months. The Ministry of Shipping is now

All sea-going ships basically receive regular hull maintenance operations here, and this task is not easy at all. If the attachments on the bottom of the ship are not removed regularly, it will have a significant impact on the ship's navigation ability. According to the Ministry of Shipping

According to the information we have, if there are too many vegetations such as oysters and sea anemones on the bottom of the ship, the ship's power will be lost by 5%-10%, which is simply an unforgivable sin for existing low-speed sailing ships. In addition,

In addition, the anti-corrosion and anti-leakage of the underwater part of the hull must also be re-processed regularly. Otherwise, once a problem occurs during navigation, it may cause a major accident involving shipwreck and loss of life. In addition, a considerable number of ships of the Ministry of Shipping

They are all second-hand goods, so I have been paying close attention to the related maintenance work and dare not relax at all.

In addition to maintenance and repair work, the shipyard has actually launched a lot of small boats in the past few months, some of which are experimental products to verify whether some of the newly proposed technical solutions of the Ministry of Shipping can be integrated into existing ones.

Among the shipbuilding processes, especially the hull structure and sail system, are the focus of technological exploration of these trial ships.

In fact, if the requirements of the Executive Committee were not too high, it is estimated that the No. 1 test boat would have been launched a long time ago. The Executive Committee requires that the main ships in the future should have good seaworthiness and convenient sailing operation systems.

It can have a faster speed while being lower than the loading capacity of existing ships. It is best to install several newly released naval artillery pieces, or it can be transformed into a maritime firepower output unit through relatively simple modifications to provide future navies.

Use. If possible, enough room for modification should be left for future steam engines to be installed on the ship, so as not to spend a lot of time redesigning the ship later.

Although the request of the Executive Committee sounds excessive, it is also a request that has to be made based on the existing objective environment. Since the Crossing Group has chosen Sanya as its main base in the early stage, the control of sea power has become a future issue.

Main development goals.
Chapter completed!