Zhao Xin followed Hu Ji and the others into Khovd City, leaving a large amount of supplies for the winter before leaving in a hurry. The main reason why he left in such a hurry was because the Thor and Thunder had already arrived and had to do "dock"
"Repair and Inspection" situation, that is, it needs to be brought back to a port in another time and space for a comprehensive overhaul.
Now the Thor has to go to Europe. The sea conditions along the way are extremely complicated. For the safety of everyone's lives, this matter can no longer be postponed. However, taking the ship back is not a problem for Zhao Xin. He can take it back to find a port for docking.
Human cultivation is the big problem. He cannot handle this alone, and all the time-travelers must work together.
On the morning of January 21, 1792, a sheep-headed meeting called "Technological Development Route Seminar" was held in the large conference room on the second floor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Fuldan City. Apart from Zhao Xin, those who attended the meeting
In addition to Deng Fei, Zhao Liang and others, there are also a group of more than 30 people from power plants and steel plants who are experienced in electrical, mechanical, computer and communications fields.
Outside the conference room, Zhao Xin mobilized another platoon of internal security troops to serve as a guard. During the entire meeting, no idlers, including clerks, were allowed to enter the second floor of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"Oh! So many people!"
A guy named Lu Qi from Khabarovsk Steel Plant walked into the conference room and was startled by the noisy scene in front of him. He took off his hat, found a seat against the wall and sat down, looked around, and then
Then he casually asked the person sitting next to him: "I said, what kind of meeting are we having today?"
"Isn't it written on the blackboard in front of me?" To the left of Lu Qi was a middle-aged man wearing glasses, flipping through a book of information in his hand without raising his head.
Lu Qi pouted, wondering why he was pretending to be so big! He saw the words on the blackboard as soon as he walked in. What the hell is a "technical seminar"? He is just an intermediate electrician. Even if he wants to climb the technology tree, he is not that big.
relation.
He squinted at the information in the middle-aged man's hand and found that it was about steam turbines, which he didn't understand at all. When he was minding his own business and filling his cup with a thermos from the conference table, he saw Zhao
Xin, Deng Fei, and Zhao Liang walked in.
"Ouch! Mr. Zhao is here!"
"Hello, Prince Zhao!"
"Chitose Chitose is here!"
"I heard that I went to get a vaginal mask surgery. What's going on?"
Seeing that the boss who paid wages had arrived, everyone cheered and said hello, and the meeting room suddenly became lively. Zhao Xin smiled and said hello to everyone, said a few useless nonsense, and then announced that the meeting would begin immediately.
"Thank you all for traveling so far to attend the meeting in the snow! I won't talk nonsense. Let me say one thing before we get down to business. According to the trust agreement, last year's salary and bonus have been paid in on the 15th of this month.
In your account!”
"Mr. Zhao is so happy!"
"This is business!"
After Zhao Xin finished speaking with a smile, he raised his hand and made a downward gesture, and continued: "Now let's talk about the second thing, which is also the theme of today's meeting. Everyone knows about the Thor and the Thunder, right? Now, these two
The ship needs major repairs. However, Beihai Town currently does not have the ability to conduct a comprehensive overhaul, so after discussion, a few of us decided to take the ship back for overhaul. We invite everyone to come, just to participate in this matter together."
"Huh?" Everyone present was stunned, thinking that repairing the ship has nothing to do with us. Lu Qi, who was sitting against the wall, felt something in his heart and turned to look at the middle-aged man with glasses next to him.
Zhao Xin explained: "You are all talents in mechanical processing, electrical, power, instrumentation, and communications. These are all related to the shipbuilding industry. My idea is this. Through this overhaul, we can accumulate experience for Beihai Town.
, otherwise I have to go through this trouble next time. It was okay once, but if it happens more times, it will be difficult not to be noticed by interested people... I am a layman regarding matters on the ship, so Deng Fei will explain the specific situation to everyone."
Deng Fei stood up and bowed slightly to everyone. The usual applause in the room suddenly stopped.
"Let me introduce the situation first. Our two current ships are both second-hand ships. The Thor was bought eight years ago and was built in 2009. It has a total tonnage of 7,719 tons and a cargo capacity of 12,000 tons. Thunder
The ship was purchased six years ago and was built in 2013. Its total tonnage is 32,000 tons and its cargo capacity is close to 56,000 tons."
"According to the standards of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, the maximum interval between dock inspections of cargo ships should not be greater than three years. Our two large cargo ships have been in a state of "treating the head when it hurts, and treating the foot when it hurts."
The condition of the ship is already very bad. If it is not repaired, it will be impossible to go to Europe, and it will be impossible to go to Southeast Asia."
"Although we have been inspecting and maintaining the hull and interior of the ship over the years, and have also built a dry dock to remove foreign objects on the bottom of the ship and propellers, we still lack the ability to carry out large-scale and comprehensive inspections. So this time we go back, we are going to
The two ships will undergo a docking inspection and it is likely that some equipment will be repaired."
The so-called "dock inspection", also called "dock repair inspection", as the name suggests, is the relevant inspection of the ship in dry dock, including external bottom inspection and ship class dock inspection.
The external inspection of the bottom of the ship requires pressure testing of the hull plating, rudder bearings, propellers and shaft seals, sea valve boxes and filters, loading areas, piping systems, insulation resistance testing of electrical lines, etc.
In addition to the above parts, the "class dock inspection" also includes the inspection of dynamic positioning and lateral thrusters, repair of problematic parts, and "mooring test" to confirm the repaired main and auxiliary machinery.
The equipment is operating normally.
Everyone here suddenly realized that the types of work they were engaged in were basically related to these contents.
At this time, someone said: "I went back to Whale Harbor and saw that the shipyard was very busy. Can't those workers do it?"
Deng Fei said: "Those are the Portuguese shipwrights and Danhu shipwrights we brought back from Guangdong a few years ago. There is no problem in letting them repair wooden ships. They can also clean the hull of the Thor, but they can't do the equipment."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! You must know that ship maintenance is also an important part of the shipbuilding industry and an industrial branch system. Deng Fei, Zhao Liang and the others, with the ancients who have just studied for a few years, can’t think of anything else.
think.
"I will go back first and contact the port. After the approval procedures are completed, I can start taking action."
The procedures Deng Fei mentioned here refer to the approval documents from the classification society and the flag state. Without these two, no regular port will accept it. Moreover, after the overhaul is completed, the surveyor will also need to submit the "Cargo Ship Construction Safety Certificate"
" and the "Classification Certificate" are signed, and you have to take responsibility.
At this time, someone present raised his hand and said: "Can you find a small shipyard in China? I have connections."
Then I heard someone retort: "What if a ship of more than 30,000 tons is messed up? This is not a fishing boat."
"That's right, I've heard before that the price war in the domestic ship repair industry is fierce. It's cheaper, but the quality is probably too high."
"I think it's better to build two ocean-going fishing boats."
"Thank you for thinking it through! Isn't it a shame for the dignified Beihai Town to drive a fishing boat to Europe?"
"What's wrong with the fishing boat? Mounting a cannon is just as useful!"
"How many cannons can be mounted on your fishing boat? How many cannons can be mounted on the Thor? Are there any comparisons?"
"According to me, it should be equipped with a rocket launcher, not a 75mm cannon."
"The rocket launcher is useless, it's too expensive! We should replace it with the 88mm gun, which is much more powerful than the 75mm."
"..."
Seeing that the crooked building was getting worse and worse, Deng Fei quickly stopped and said loudly: "Stop, stop, stop! We plan to go to Thailand to repair it this time!"
As soon as these words came out, the elders present suddenly became energetic, their eyes widened, and some of them had already begun to think about it.
"People say Thailand is a great place! Mr. Zhao, how about a three-day trip to Pattaya?"
Zhao Xin glanced at Deng Fei, who had a helpless expression on his face, and said with a smile: "You can have this."
"Can you bring your family members?" The man with glasses finally spoke, but his words made Lu Qi curl his lips again.
"Um...you can have this one, but only two people."
In fact, Deng Fei chose Thailand after many considerations. The first was price and quality, and the second was the secrecy of the work. Due to price wars in the domestic ship repair industry for years, the price of plate replacement is ridiculously low, and the quality is worrying. Regular large shipyards
Although there is no problem, I don’t dare to go there!
After that, Deng Fei organized the people present and divided the more than 30 people into power group, mechanical group, electrical group and communication system group. The task of each group was to clarify the maintenance points during the maintenance period and carry out the maintenance work.
The entire inspection and maintenance process is videotaped, and the inspection and maintenance procedures of each system equipment are thoroughly understood for future reference.
After Deng Fei finished speaking, someone finally asked the question that everyone was most concerned about: "I would like to ask, how many days will it take to repair the ship this time?"
Deng Fei said: "Under normal circumstances, fifteen days is enough."
The day after the meeting, Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng said goodbye to their families and were sent back by Zhao Xin to take charge of the front station. At Whale Harbor, workers began to dismantle the weapons on the two ships.
All irrelevant things were moved into the port warehouse, and the entire ship was thoroughly cleaned from the deck to the interior. In addition, the ship names of Thor and Thunder were completely obliterated, and the names registered when purchasing the ship were repainted.
The ship's name and number.
At the same time, in the two dry docks of Whale Harbor, Beihai No. 1 and No. 2 were also parked, and related maintenance work was also in full swing.
By the way, since Deng Fei brought back a batch of teak purchased with the help of Ye Zhanrong and his son, a clipper ship with a full load displacement of 1,500 tons also started to operate in the dock of Dolphin Bay Military Port.
The project of laying the keel was carried out.
...
Ever since Chen Qingsong moved the headquarters of the Civil Affairs Bureau to Fuldan City, Zhao Xin changed his office location to the compound of the former Civil Affairs Bureau. This place is not so much a "courtyard" as it is actually only half the size of a football field. After
After a year of expansion and reconstruction, it has become a large courtyard with three roads and five entrances, which is larger than Zhao Xin's home.
In this courtyard that looks antique on the outside, there are many surveillance cameras. There are guard rooms outside the vertical flower gate and at the side entrances of the east and west roads. You can only enter with a card when you come in and out.
After the courtyard was built, it quickly became favored by various departments in Beihai Town due to its good privacy and security. You must know that traditional buildings such as courtyards, as long as they have good water supply and drainage, power supply and heating, are far better than Western-style offices.
The building must be comfortable. The eight-person team from the Trade Department headed by Shen Jingdan, the Publicity Department headed by Yu Deli, the Judicial Department headed by Zhou Weiguo, the Medical Department headed by Hong Tao, and the Education Department all moved their offices here; everyone can meet there.
It's convenient, many things can be solved through negotiation in the same process of small talk, and the office atmosphere is very good.
Zhao Xin sent Deng Fei away and rested at home for just one day. Then he came to his new office, which was located in a small courtyard at the fifth entrance of the East Crossing Courtyard. In addition to dealing with a large number of internal affairs that he had accumulated, he also had to interview the three
The mission had been waiting for him for two months.
Whether it's Ryukyu or Guangnan, it's just a formality. After all, it's the right thing to come all the way to visit "Prince Zhao" in addition to talking about things.
On the Ryukyu side, Jiang Fan has reached an agreement with the envoy of the mission, the Third Division Official Zheng Zhangguan, and drafted the text of the agreement.
The two parties agreed that Beihai Town would use 200 tons of rice as rent every year to find a suitable location in the Sakishima Islands to build a port and a military base. The reason for using rice as rent was mainly because the Ryukyu Kingdom was small in area and had insufficient grain production.
It has always been a big problem.
Secondly, after Zheng Zhangguan visited several schools in Beihai Town, he proposed to send "official students" to Beihai Town every year according to the old system of the Hongwu Year of the Ming Dynasty, with the number of no more than ten per year.
Not only that, Zheng Zhangguan also proposed that all ships in Beihai Town can stop in Naha and set aside exclusive berths, and the warehouse can also be provided free of charge.
Zhao Xin had discussed the situation in Ryukyu in detail with Deng Fei and Jiang Fan before. After thinking about it for a while, he understood that this must be the idea of the third commander Cai Shichang. He estimated that the other party wanted to use the Northern Navy to suppress the old noble clans;
The purpose is to promote the prosperity of Ryukyu trade through the ships passing through Beihai Town.
If that's the case, then it doesn't matter whether it's the Sakishima Islands or Naha. Anyway, Zhao Xin doesn't intend to use the big to bully the small. He should give money and fair trade.
As for the Guangnan Mission, Wu Siyu, Li Wenyue, and Deng Chenchang negotiated for several rounds. The two parties finally set the total loan amount at two million taels of silver, and the collateral was the iron mines located in Thanh Hoa and Ngai An.
, and extended the lease period of Ganzhou for ten years. In addition, the two of them also purchased two thousand percussion guns, two hundred revolvers, and ten 12-pound cannons from Beihai Town, as well as enough to fight a big battle.
ammunition.
After watching the weapon test firing, Deng Chenchang, who originally thought he could handle the ammunition, finally understood that it would be impossible to do anything without the ammunition provided by Beihai Town. Guangnan was not a Manchu, so he dared to go head-on and bravely
Climb the "tech tree".
Finally, there is Peter. After coming to Beihai Town to talk to Yu Deli, he was accompanied to the hospital because of his physical discomfort. As a result, he met Macarius. Although one of them is an Orthodox Christian and the other is
Catholicism, maybe Peter was quite surprised to see missionaries here.
Afterwards, Macarius called Ferapontov together again, and the three of them chatted for a long time all night. Peter lamented that if he had not been responsible for the restoration of Guangnan, he would really want to come here to preach.
Ferapontov smiled bitterly and said: "Dear Pierre, don't think about this! These guys who call themselves Saris people are simply incompetent. You must know that we have been here for five years, let alone preaching.
Well, that King Zhao didn’t even let us build a chapel, and only allowed us to hold prayer ceremonies in our own residence.”
Macarius said even more despairingly: "Pierre, you really don't understand the Chinese. These guys believe in everything and nothing. In the Chinese words themselves, they are just improvising, whatever works. As for
His Royal Highness, King Zhao, once said that there has never been a savior or God..."