Chapter 288 As long as the best
Chen Changlin didn't dare to get carried away and quickly calmed down.
He didn't slow down.
The boat circled around the rockery, which made everyone applaud.
After a while, Xiao Sier and Liang Ping also went up to become passengers.
The load is heavy, but it does not affect the speed of the ship at all.
Liang Zhi sighed.
"Sir, you have such a wonderful idea."
"This speed is not much different from a sailboat that is smooth sailing."
Chen Lin was a little proud, and he stroked his smooth chin and smiled.
“In theory.”
"However, this is still the straight wheel that controls the direction."
"There are many side wheels, so no matter how simple it is, I will talk about cooperation."
"I don't have high requirements."
"Two and three shifts of oars come in the turn. One ship can be able to flow thousands of miles against the current day and night."
The guards all stumbled.
What speed is this?
As fast as a galloping horse?
The galloping horse also talks about endurance.
It would be great if a horse could run for half an hour in a row.
But paddle ships are different!
As long as there are no shortage of replacement officers and soldiers on the ship.
You can run day and night.
Especially during war.
Even if the enemy goes with the flow, it may not be able to catch up with us.
Because paddle ships also have sails.
Going up against the current, what enemy ship can't catch up with this speed?
Liang Zhi clapped his hands happily.
"Sir, that's OK."
"Go to Lushui!"
"I guess Chen Liang is so happy that he's crazy!"
Chen Lin shook his head, and the experiment must be rigorous.
This is his usual style in his past and present life.
"Whether he is crazy or not, let's not care."
"Three days are the shortest."
"The corrosion effect of the fan blades and transmission chains must be observed."
"The special glue we used this time also needs to be tested."
In the future, the vehicles and ships will be parked in the lagoon.
The corrosion resistance of paddle wheel fan blades is an important issue.
Iron and wood fan blades are definitely not good.
That thing won't last long.
Currently, Chen Lin uses brass products.
The nickel-aluminum bronze used for later propellers is better.
With the current conditions, he can't do it!
It would be nice to have brass.
Everyone is so distressed.
Copper is money!
A three thousand-dens-long car and ship requires hundreds of paddle wheels, right?
How much brass does that take?
Thousands of pounds!
I don't know, I'm shocked when I calculate it.
The cost of a paddle steamer with a capacity of 3,000 dan is more than 2,000 taels of silver.
Plus iron armor, broken array crossbows and so on.
Even if the fine iron produced by Chen Lin is very cheap.
The entire ship could not be defeated by three thousand taels.
This has exceeded the cost of the Great Zhou naval warships.
Everyone thought that if we built our own ships, the costs of all kinds were minimized.
At least half the cheaper.
Who knows, it's even more expensive?
Chen Lin didn't care about this.
His always believed that as long as the best, he was not afraid of the most expensive.
What's the reason why it's expensive to crush the enemy's equipment on the battlefield?
At a critical moment, you can save your brothers' lives.
Can win a battle!
This is enough.
Besides, shipbuilding is a long-term plan.
It is impossible to build a hundred ships at a time.
Anding Prefecture and Li Guangli's navy were in front.
Chen Lin’s current strategic decision is to focus on defense and counterattack as a supplement.
The wandering beach waterway was opened.
It is enough that your own naval army can dominate the Lushui River Basin.
It can reach Huanglongjiang directly.
The lower class can sway and rush to Huangjiang River with a swagger.
Once the business path in the capital is communicated.
Lushui Tiecheng's paper, books, cloth, ready-to-wear, and even private salt in the future.
These businesses can be revitalized.
There is no shortage of silver and food.
How many brass can I buy to build a ship?
During the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, copper coins were still the main circulating currency.
The copper deposited by the people is definitely more than 100 million jin.
I don’t know how many copper mountains controlled by the royal family have been sealed.
Chen Lin helped them to blossom, causing a small-scale copper wasteland.
In fact, it can also accelerate the circulation of currency.
There are only benefits but no harm to economic development.
In the future business, whether it is silver, copper coins, or Chen Lin will always refuse to accept it.
If there is too much money, you can make money by issuing silver dollars.
It can also enhance the reserves of Lushui Silver Bank, which is the silver standard!
Most of the copper coins must have been built with paddle-wheel warships.
No matter how much you have, it doesn’t matter how much you have!
Three days later, the test ship was flying on the Lushui River.
It made the military and civilian stations full of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait look strange.
Chen Lin didn't intend to hide it from others either.
Anyway, he doesn't worry about others imitating this thing.
There are no major secrets in vehicles and ships.
Even if someone can't afford a copper paddle wheel, a wooden wheel can do it.
It's just that the lifespan and usage efficiency are much worse.
He was not even worried that Li Guangli would come to him and ask for customization.
Can be sold!
Three thousand dans of paddle steamer, no iron armor, six thousand taels of silver is not an excessive amount?
This price.
Li Guangli can order two or three sailboats in batches from other shipbuilding yards.
Even if he fell in love with the advantage of the car and ship driving against the current.
He can imitate it himself!
If you use wooden wheels, will the price be reduced?
Chen Liang was very worried.
The shipyard in the Great Zhou Dynasty would build paddle ships, which could be concealed by the Liao people?
Chen Lin couldn't help laughing.
Vehicles and ships only have the advantage in inland waterways.
The wind and waves on the sea are too strong, so the wooden wheel can't last long.
If the Great Zhou navy could not win the decisive battle on the inland rivers.
No matter how advanced the ship is, it is useless to give it to them.
Chen Lin not only has a long-range weapon like a breaking crossbow.
Once the Liao navy replaced the faster paddle wheels.
He doesn't mind trying to make more powerful ranged weapons.
For example, artillery.
But, there is no need for the time being.
"Sir, three thousand dans of warships require one hundred oars."
Chen Liang carefully looked through the first draft of the design drawings.
I couldn't help but feel a slump in my heart.
"But, our navy has a standard configuration of only one hundred people per 3,000-denominated ship."
"There are also sail drivers, crossbow masters and logistics guys."
"Even if our officers and soldiers are all versatile, it's not enough!"
Chen Lin raised his head and smiled strangely.
"Will you use your brain?"
"ah?"
"I seriously suspect that you, a thousand families of water soldiers, are not qualified."
"Shuozi, you said!"
Chen Shuan was very clever. He smiled and greeted him, and said in an orderly manner.
"According to the end, we will observe."
"Three thousand ducts of paddle-wheel warships, even thirty oarists do their work."
"The foot strength is also far stronger than the hand strength."
"Moving against the current will definitely be faster than old-fashioned sail paddles."
"The adults reserve a hundred oars, just for wartime preparation."
"Because, during the war, there were more than one hundred navy brothers on the ship!"
Chen Liang slapped his forehead in annoyance.
"Sir, I'm wrong."
"I didn't consider the brothers who boarded the ship during wartime."
"We must be qualified!"
"Even if I didn't consider it."
"Isn't there a little Shuanzi? Is this deputy household picking up the gaps?"
You don't blush.
It seems that the pentazi is the golden rubble you found from the pile of gravel.
Everyone smiled.
The paddle position has small side windows.
In summer, the air blows, and the paddler will not feel stuffy even when he is in the bottom warehouse.
Winter is better, and activities are warmer.
It is completely feasible to let the brothers take oars in batches, and they are not much tired.
This chapter has been completed!