The cabin was crowded, so Meng Tianhai ordered Wei Shengjun to stand on the deck.
Qing Mulan had thought of it yesterday and asked the Weisheng Army to be divided into two shifts like the female workers. Half of the soldiers slept in the cabin and the other half stood on the deck.
They don't need to do anything, just stand.
Because standing up saves the most space and can pull the most people.
However, until the deck was full, it could barely accommodate more than a thousand people, and nearly a thousand people were unable to board the ship.
"Sir, there is still a lot of space on the roof, otherwise there will be people sitting on the roof too?"
Meng Tianhai came over to ask for instructions.
The grain transport ship is a traditional Dakang building ship. There are two-story wooden buildings at both ends of the deck, which takes up a lot of space.
If the soldiers are allowed to sit on the roof of the building, a lot of people can be attracted.
But Jin Feng glanced at the top of the building and refused.
"No, the sea is very windy and choppy. It's too dangerous to sit on the top of the boat!"
A large part of the reason why high-rise ships are not suitable for navigation is that they are too high and can easily capsize.
People standing on the cabin and deck can act as ballast, but sitting on the roof increases the possibility of the ship capsizing.
"Sir, in an emergency, you should use extraordinary measures. I asked them to sit a little further in the middle. It will be fine!"
Meng Tianhai patted his chest and said: "There are no cowards in our Wei Sheng army, and we are not afraid of capsizing!"
"Is this a question of whether you are afraid or not? If the boat capsizes in the sea, no one will survive!"
Jin Feng glared at Meng Tianhai: "Besides, even if the boat doesn't capsize, it's too cold up there. I took them to Yuguan City to fight. Before they got to Yuguan City, hundreds of people were frozen. What's going to happen?
thing?"
Moreover, the winter at sea is also very cold. The soldiers of Weisheng crowded on the deck to keep each other warm. The soldiers on the outermost edge could also use their shields to block the wind so as not to freeze people.
The top of the building boat is a herringbone structure, so it is impossible to sit too crowded and it is difficult to arrange shelters.
There is no cotton in Dakang now, and most of the winter clothes worn by Weisheng soldiers are just a set of cloth vests stuffed with reed batting. Sitting on the roof of the boat for a few days may really freeze someone to death.
"What should we do?" Meng Tianhai asked: "We can't let them turn back, right?"
"It's definitely not possible to turn back!"
Nowadays, the situation in Yuguan City is unclear. It is better to bring more talents to be prepared. Jin Feng thought for a moment and replied: "Let Tiehuying go to the Zhenyuan No. 2 deck!"
Loading the musket is actually very simple. After these two days of practice, most of the female workers have mastered it very skillfully, and there is no need to practice anymore.
After discussing with Zuo Feifei, Jin Feng asked the female workers to give up part of the cabin to Tiehu Camp, and the female workers on the deck also stopped training. Like Wei Shengjun, they stationed at Yuguan City in the next few days.
While Zuo Feifei and Qing Mulan were coordinating this matter, Wei Datong came to say goodbye to Jin Feng: "Sir, I will go back later!"
His mission was to send people to the East China Sea. Now that the people had been sent, it was time for him to go back.
"Master Wei, I'll leave the Dujiangyan side to you."
Jin Feng reminded: "The water conservancy project is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it is also related to countless people in Sichuan and Sichuan. If it is done well, it will be a good thing for the country and the people. Mr. Wei must not be careless."
Although the main project of Dujiangyan has been completed, in order to disperse the river water to various parts of the Sichuan Basin, many diversion canals still need to be built. The total amount of the project is not smaller than that of Dujiangyan, and it will take longer.
Jin Feng has so many affairs now that he has no time to keep an eye on them, so he can only leave them to Wei Datong to handle.
"Mr. Jin, don't worry. Even if I risk my life, I will never let you down and your Majesty's trust. I will control the floods in Xichuan and seek happiness for the people of Sichuan and Sichuan!"
Wei Datong bowed and promised.
In just a few months after the Ninth Princess ascended the throne, Wei Datong had been promoted twice.
Before, he was just a small transshipment envoy in the Transshipment Department. Four months ago, he was transferred from the Transshipment Department by Ninth Princess and joined the Ministry of Industry as a foreign minister. Last month, the main part of the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project was fully completed. Ninth Princess, under Jin Feng's suggestion,
, the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Industry of Dakang was established, with Wei Datong serving as deputy director.
After working as a transporter for so many years, didn't Wei Datong just want to move up the ladder?
Now he finally got his wish.
Although the deputy director of the Water Resources Department is only a fourth-rank official and is subject to the jurisdiction of the director, the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he has finally entered the center of power.
Moreover, the Department of Water Conservancy was newly established, and the director was temporarily replaced by Jin Feng. Jin Feng was extremely busy every day and did not even ask about the affairs of the Department of Water Conservancy. Basically, Wei Datong, the deputy director, had the final say.
What excites Wei Datong the most is that not only is the director of the Department of Water Resources temporarily replaced by Jin Feng, but the minister of the Ministry of Industry is also temporarily replaced by Jin Feng. Although there are two ministers of the Ministry of Industry below, Wei Datong inquired about these two.
The two ministers named Zuo Zhiyuan and Liu Buqun, like Jin Feng, had no interest in being an official. They usually spent their days tinkering with machines in the laboratory and didn't care about anything.
This gave Wei Datong hope.
Zuo Zhiyuan and others are not interested in becoming officials, but he is.
Wei Datong also knew that whether he could be promoted further depended on whether he could handle the tasks assigned to him by Jin Feng.
Therefore, without Jin Feng's instructions, Wei Datong would do his best to do this well.
"It's too slow to go back on a grain transport ship. I'll let a speedboat take you there!"
Jin Feng waved to Tie Hammer and asked him to arrange a speedboat to send Wei Datong away.
Taking a grain boat upstream, it would take a month or two at the fastest to return to Xichuan. It was indeed too slow. There were still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with in Xichuan. Wei Datong was not polite and handed it over to Jin Feng.
He bowed and followed the hammer away.
Half an hour later, all members of Tiehuying boarded the deck of Zhenyuan No. 2, and the sailors also tied up Zhenyuan No. 2 and the grain ship with ropes.
Woo!
Zhenyuan No. 2 blew its whistle and slowly drove out of the Navy Pier.
At sea, Zhenyuan No. 2 slowly turned around and towed the grain ship all the way north.
It was the first time for all the female workers and Weisheng soldiers to see the sea. Looking at the endless sea in the distance, they all felt very shocked.
Even Runniang, Qing Mulan and Zuo Feifei ran to the deck together and looked at the sea curiously.
The sea is just like some online novels Jin Feng read in his previous life. There is nothing but water.
At first I thought it was magnificent, but after watching it for a long time, it became uninteresting.
After staying on the deck for half an hour, the three of them felt too cold and returned to the cabin.
When passing the Donghai Shipyard, Jin Feng saw Hong Taoping and Daqiang standing at the dock from a distance, but the Zhenyuan No. 2 did not dock. He just blew the whistle and continued north.
After several days and nights of sailing, Zhenyuan 2 successfully bypassed the Shandong Peninsula and entered the Bohai Bay.
"Sir, how far is it to Yuguan City?"
Qing Mulan asked, holding on to the railing.
"There are still about five hundred miles," Jin Feng picked up the map, took a look at it, and replied, "But let's not go to Yuguan City yet."
"Where can we go if we don't go to Yuguan City?" Qing Mulan asked in surprise.