After he could no longer see the refugees, Jin Peng ordered to speed up.
The black smoke and white fog coming out of the chimney suddenly became much thicker, and the Taiping's speed became faster and faster.
The airships and speedboats accompanying the escort also increased their speed, exploring the way ahead and providing warning.
Airships and speedboats are also standard equipment for long-distance voyages of ironclad ships. Yesterday's trial voyage was only for the Tianping. This return to Sichuan was also a test of the cooperation between the ironclad ships and airships and speedboats.
However, the airships and speedboats that were transferred to the Taiping were all veteran team members who had served on the Zhenyuan 2 and 3 for a long time and were very experienced.
They also increased Jin Feng's confidence in Yuanhang a lot.
Airships, in particular, can not only conduct reconnaissance and early warning during long voyages, but can also conduct high-altitude reconnaissance on the American continent, which is also a good help in finding improved seeds and responding to sudden crises.
When it was still several miles away from the mouth of the Yangtze River, Jin Peng asked the Taiping to gradually slow down and then make a semicircle on the sea.
When we arrived at the mouth of the sea, the bow of the armored ship was facing the middle of the Yangtze River.
Nowadays, the Yangtze River has become an important link between Sichuan and Sichuan and the East China Sea, and is also an important way to transport kelp and salted fish.
There have been many congestions in the Yangtze River due to discharges in the past. The most serious one was for two days and two nights, causing three building boats to be blocked. One of the building boats was hit by a log and the cabin was damaged.
A big crack...
Fortunately, the captain reacted quickly and decisively ordered the ship to pull over, and then sent a speedboat to the East China Sea to seek help.
Hong Taoping and Mancang personally brought the rescue team to repair it for several days before temporarily blocking the cracks and allowing the building ship to barely sail to the dock.
After arriving at the dock, the damaged ship planks were replaced and the ship was repaired.
This process took more than half a month, and also delayed the transportation of several large ships, causing the transportation plans of the drying ground and salted fish factory to be disrupted.
This incident also made Jin Feng realize the importance of keeping waterways open, so he set up a water patrol team to patrol the Yangtze River and direct the wood to be discharged to the right to free up most of the river surface.
If there is a congestion situation, the patrol team will clear the congestion in time and send speedboats upstream and downstream to warn the passing ships to avoid being unable to avoid and hitting the wood again.
In addition, Jin Feng also strengthened the alert intensity of Zhenyuan 2 and 3 and various building ships.
Jin Peng knew that Jin Feng had high hopes for Taiping, and with the lessons learned from Zhenyuan No. 1, he paid more attention to vigilance.
In the command module on the deck of the Pacific, two sailors stood guard by the telescope, taking turns to stare at the airship ahead.
According to the agreement, if there is a situation ahead, the airship will wave its flag and fire arrows as a warning.
There was no movement from the airship now, indicating that everything ahead was normal, so Jin Peng did not order the Taiping to slow down, but maintained the current speed and continued to move forward.
When traveling upstream on the Yangtze River, the speed of the boat must be subtracted from the speed of the water flow.
The roar of the steam engine was more violent than before, and the black smoke and white mist it spewed out were also more intense than before, but the speed of the Taiping was much lower than on the sea.
But even so, the Taiping was still much faster than the building ship, and it arrived at the former territory of King Chu that evening.
Along the way, the Taiping encountered several queues, but with the guidance of the water patrol, the queues only occupied part of the southern river channel, leaving the northern river channel for passing ships.
In fact, sailing on the Yangtze River is more dangerous than sailing on the sea, so at night, Jin Peng asked the Taiping to find a place with gentle water and stop.
Chapter 1593 Snobbery (2 / 2)
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Just like last night, coal is still buried under the boiler to maintain the water temperature in the boiler so that the steam engine can be started as quickly as possible.
Jin Feng had long guessed that Jin Peng would be more cautious after taking over the Taiping, but he didn't expect to be so cautious.
But nothing is too much.
In Jin Feng's view, Jin Peng's current approach is too much and not enough.
So after dinner, Jin Feng asked Tie Hammer to call Jin Peng over.
"Sir, are you looking for me?" Jin Peng bowed respectfully to Jin Feng.
"There are no outsiders here. Brother Jinpeng doesn't need to be polite." Jin Feng pointed to the chair opposite the desk: "Brother, sit down!"
When he first met Jin Peng, Jin Feng called Jin Peng his eldest brother. Because both of them had the surname Jin, Jin Peng was really grateful to Jin Feng and regarded him as his younger brother, so when Jin Feng called him eldest brother, Jin Peng would also agree.
, and felt very happy.
Later, as Jin Feng's status continued to improve, when he called Jin Peng his eldest brother again, Jin Peng did not dare to agree anymore. Instead, he felt frightened.
This time, Jin Feng ignored the past suspicions and re-activated himself who had made mistakes, making Jin Peng even more grateful and respectful.
Hearing Jin Feng call him eldest brother, Jin Peng waved his hands repeatedly: "Sir, please don't call me eldest brother again, Jin Peng can't bear it!"
After finishing speaking, he did not sit down, but stood and said: "Sir, if you have any orders, just tell me and I will do it right away."
"Brother, aren't you saying that?" Jin Feng stood up and stepped forward, pushing Jin Peng down on his seat: "In the eyes of eldest brother, am I, Jin Feng, such a powerful person? You are my eldest brother for one day and will be for the rest of your life.
My big brother!"
This is not because Jin Feng is deliberately trying to win people's hearts, but because he really feels it.
Jin Feng is indeed not that kind of snobbish person. He will not deliberately curry favor with anyone just because they are useful to him, nor will he deliberately alienate his former partners just because his status has improved.
Many of the top officials of the current Sichuan-Sichuan regime are the same group of idiots who initially followed Jin Feng.
Although the two did not meet much after buying Jinpeng, Jin Feng has been paying attention to Jinpeng.
If Jin Peng hadn't been hiding in the mines in Heifeng Ridge and mining day and night, I'm afraid Jin Feng wouldn't have been able to make such hard drill bits and cutter bits.
Without high-quality drill bits, Jinfeng would not be able to manufacture machine tools and lathes. Without machine tools and lathes, mass production of many things would be impossible.
Therefore, Jinpeng played a very important role in the industrial development of Xihewan, but he did not realize it.
But Jin Feng knew and always remembered Jin Peng's contribution.
This is one of the reasons why Jin Feng appointed Jin Peng as the captain after Zhenyuan No. 1 was launched.
After sitting Jin Peng down, Jin Feng poured him another glass of water.
Jin Peng quickly stood up and took it with both hands. Half of his left hand was missing, so he used the broken palm to hold it.
Seeing him like this, Jin Feng put the teacup on the table helplessly, and then went straight to the point: "I am not here to chat with you, but I have something to discuss with you."
"Sir, please speak," Jin Peng quickly stood up again.