"Do you have any objections?" Zhang Tan was unhappy. The gentleman said that it would be OK. So what if you are a craftsman in the Ministry of Works, I am also a craftsman.

Xiaoman's face turned red. If Zhang Tan was not old, he would have cursed people long ago. Would you be so embarrassed to call yourself a craftsman?

Iron! Fine iron!

Don’t you understand that iron cannot float on the water surface, and it will sink when put into the water. No matter whether it is a river or a lake or a sea, the result will be the same.

Zhang Tan smiled and said nothing. As a craftsman, after listening to the advice of his teacher, although he was half-believing and half-doubted, it was said by the teacher. After all, he tried it several times overnight, and it was successful. This was incredible. For the first time, he saw that the ship model made of thin copper and iron really floated on the water. Even if he had prepared in advance, he still lost his chin.

With a move, two disciples walked over from behind, working together to carry a ship made of brass, not only the shape of the ship, but also the deck, mast, sail made of silk, and the tail rudder and iron anchor.

This ship model was made by Zhang Tan himself. Since he became a craftsman, he has rarely done it himself. In the past two years, he has created a lot of things under his command. He is only responsible for the most difficult part, and in fact, it is all left to his disciples to make.

Although this copper ship is extremely exquisite, it really has no technical content. You must be technical. Perhaps it took him some effort to make such a thin copper plate. It would be too easy to be a ship model.

"Xiaoman magic craftsman, please check it out." Zhang Tan pointed to the bronze ship and said.

"This... is this a copper ship?" Xiaoman asked in surprise. Could it really float on the water? Impossible?

Craftsmen are different from bachelors, and magic craftsmen do not like to make noises. Everyone compares their skills. Since Zhangtan dares to build a copper ship, they may really be able to float on the surface. It will not take much time to try it. Zhangtan cannot fail to try it.

"Yes, this is a full copper ship. The body and bottom of the ship are made of brass. Except for the sails, there is no other material. Please give me advice from Xiaoman Shenshu."

After saying that, the two disciples carried the copper boat and came to the beach, walked to a waist-deep place, slowly letting go of their hands, and gently shaking with the waves, the fully made copper boat actually floated on the sea magically.

The sails bulged up under the blowing of the sea, and the copper ship was getting faster and faster with the wind...

Xiaoman had no time to care about anything else and rushed into the sea. He was originally a ship-building craftsman with excellent water quality, so he naturally would not be afraid of the sea. After a while, he caught up with copper lead and swam around the copper ship constantly, his eyes pressed on the copper ship.

After swimming in the sea for half an hour, with the help of his disciples, he pulled the copper ship back to the shore and looked at Zhangtan with a longing look on his face.

Zhang Tan nodded slightly. The copper ship was originally used to confirm the teacher's theory. He made it casually, not a real model ship. It was demolished and it was nothing pity.

Xiaoman's fingers were very long and flexible, not as flexible as human hands. In the eyes of ordinary people, it was impossible to tell how the copper ship was connected together. When it came to his hands, it was broken into a bunch of parts in just a moment.

It was all copper. Xiaoman knew that Zhang Tan would not have lie to him. After all, he was a craftsman and was shameless.

But...but how can a boat made of copper float on the water...

The first dry ship of Shengong City, Tungsten, began to build the first sharp-bottomed sea ship half a month later. This ship had a name before it started to be built, and Renault named it himself; Hope, of course, there is another name, Experiment 1.

The ship of fine iron will take the sailing of Da Chu to a new era. Although the design length of this ship is only twenty meters, it can only be regarded as a little guy among the sea ships and cannot sail far away at all, but it carries Renault's expectations and hopes.

Renault doesn’t know how to build ships, and Xiaoman doesn’t know how to start the first step. Finally, he uses the Zhangtan method. It’s meaningless to use keels in the fine iron ships. At most, after building the hull, reinforcement tendons will be poured.

How to build a hull?

It’s very simple. Zhang Tan’s old mastery was originally a craftsman in smelting and manufacturing. Since the teacher didn’t know where to start, he would use the method he was most familiar with to cast.

The hull, which is twenty meters long and three meters high, can be cast as a whole. In order to accumulate experience, it was dismantled eight sections. It was cast in sections first, and finally cast and welded.

Renault has no good idea in the project of building a fine iron ship. He only knows so much, and he has finished speaking. When it comes to making a move, let alone two magic craftsmen, any little apprentice can kill Renault in seconds.

Like most Earth college students, Renault has a good brain ability. Compared with the Da Chu craftsmen, he is definitely a slap. Without the help of tools, he is incomparable to others.

After watching for a few days, Renault left his hands alone. Although it was just a twenty-meter-long boat, it was not fast because it was experimental. Hundreds of people kept casting day and night. After three days, they had just completed the casting of the hull.

Xiagou Village, Lantang County, Chunjiang Prefecture

If you have a distribution map of the Great Chu Navy in your hand, you will find that this happens to be the dividing line between the Southern Navy and the Northern Navy.

Although the relationship between the two armies of the Great Chu, the South and North was quite tense. The reason is very simple, the military expenditure distributed by the court every year is too different.

Judging from the number of ships and sergeants of the two navy troops alone, the difference between military spending is not very big, but the difference in military spending is more than ten times.

The south is rich and the north is poor, but the Great Chu has always been like this. The reason is very simple. The winter in the south is not cold, and winter crops can be planted, and two seasons a year can be planted.

Although the output in a single season is not as good as in the north, the two seasons are combined, which is too much more than it does in the south. In addition to food, there are also clothing, and the north requires significantly more clothing than in the south.

Of course, there are many reasons, such as the plants in the south are green all year round, and poultry and livestock can be raised, etc.

From the natural conditions, we can see the difference between the south and the north. With so many convenient conditions, the south is richer than the north. Shouldn’t it be?

The rich and poor in the south are not only for the people, but also for the people, but also for the military. The military expenditure received by the southern navy was ten times that of the north, but the actual expenses were as high as thirty or even fifty times.

The Southern Navy has new ships launched every year. These new ships did not come from the Ministry of Works of the Great Chu, and they could not be approved even if they were reported. Now the Great Chu court is too poor.

The Southern Navy has its own way to make money, escort caravans, fight pirates, and even carries private goods. There are many ways to do it. Anyway, when you get to the sea, you can only do things with your conscience.

For example, the question of who is a pirate, each warship captain has a different understanding. Usually, the ships that are rich and have no background are more likely to have pirates...

The days of the Northern Navy...

It’s better not to mention it. If you are ragged, it’s just a small matter, and the problem of warships will be big. Not only does there be no new ships, but the maintenance of old ships will be a problem. Two words: No money!

The amount of military expenditure paid to the northern naval army every year is enough for free to provide the naval army. If there are generals and officials working together, it will be a problem whether the naval army can have enough food, let alone maintenance and going to sea to practice, that is nonsense.

In fact, the number of Northern Navy troops is only 30% on the list, and the remaining 70% are eating for free. Even so, more than half of the Navy troops can only eat two meals a day and may not be able to eat enough.

At this time, three miles away from the coast of Xiagou Village, a warship was anchored and stopped the ship. A group of naval troops wearing broken armor, dragged out the fishing nets and threw them into the sea under the command of the deputy captain.

Although it is not far from the sea, the seaside of Xiagou Village is unusual. Usually, the water is very shallow near the shore. But here is different. The seaside of Xiagou Village is straight up and down, and the step forward is only waist-deep. One step is like a cliff, with the sea water reaching hundreds of meters.

Don’t think that you can’t finish eating fish by the beach. In fact, fishermen are not rich, and there are very few fish near the sea. Even if there are, they have been caught by generations of ancestors. People are not stupid. Who doesn’t know that eating fish can fill your stomach and leave it to you?

Of course there are fish in the distant sea, and it doesn't need to be too far. As long as you have fifty miles off the shore, the number of sea fish will be ten times more than the shore. But it requires a larger boat. Ordinary fishermen are only a few meters long and forcefully sail there. The chance of accidents suddenly increases by dozens of times. When a big wave hits, the boat can be smashed into broken wood.

Unless you really can't survive, without a big boat, even the experienced fisherman is unwilling to go deep into the sea.

"Brother Sigou, I'm just offshore three miles. Can I get out of the net here? We are warships, why don't we go fishing in the deep sea?" The young man spoke, who just turned from another warship this morning.

Why turn around?

The warship sank. It was a problem and had no money to provide maintenance. It just scraped the reef and the shipboard was broken. When the navy soldiers wanted to save it, they were no longer anxious.

Fortunately, the warships of the Northern Navy and the fishermen's boats were similar, and they never went to the deep sea. Although the warships sank, the people on the boat swam and returned to the shore.

Everyone is brother, so naturally they can't just watch and share the people on the boat with one point, at least they can eat.

The court didn't care, and the general had no choice, so he turned a blind eye to the water army's fishing with warships and let them go.

"Not bad things, Captain Xiaolan said, just go offline here, you just listen." The old navy, called Sigou, looked at the newcomer with contempt, and dared to doubt Captain Xiaolan's words!

Captain Xiaolan is a celebrity of the Northern Navy, and his reputation has been revealed in the past six months. Lan Bing is only fourteen years old this year and is just a child. Her father is the real captain. He has brought more than 180 men to make a living at sea.

Lan Guangzu is a good man. Not only is he very strong, he doesn’t say anything to his brothers. If he eats a bite, his brothers are indispensable.

Half a year ago, when I met a giant fish outside the sea, Lan Guangzu gritted his teeth and ordered a pursuit and shot the fish with a crossbow on the warship. If the giant fish could be killed, everyone would have food for a year.

But are giant fish so easy to catch?

As it turns out, an old warship that has served for twenty years or more than 20 years can't beat a giant fish.
Chapter completed!