On the makeshift viewing platform of the shipyard, the officials who had traveled through the regime were all well-dressed: all the committee members had changed into more decent clothes in their luggage. Although they still looked weird to the common people, at least they were better than what they usually wear.
There are more colors and the fabrics are more elegant.
Regarding the issue of official clothing for time travellers, some people from the Dan Pain Star have issued an initiative on the internal bbs a few days ago. It is currently entering the preliminary discussion stage. According to Wen Desi's experience, this kind of discussion will not take more than two or three weeks.
There are results.
"Ship Zero" stands quietly in the dock. The scaffolding on all sides has been removed. The hull construction has been completed. Only deck facilities such as masts and sails have not been installed. The steam engine in the dock is driving the water pump to
The dock was filled with water. As the chief designer of the ship, Wen Desi had mixed feelings about being able to direct the construction of a real sea ship: he was both proud and uneasy.
Fortunately, Zhang Jiji, the shipbuilder, was here. Wen Desi glanced at Zhang Jiji, who was smiling from ear to ear. As the chief shipbuilder of the shipyard, he and the boss of the Lin family were sitting side by side on the viewing platform. Compared to the latter, he was simply incompetent.
It can be said that he is proud of himself - the successful completion of the No. 0 ship means that his status in the hearts of the shorthairs has greatly improved, and he has also received an additional bonus.
The Chuanchuan technicians headed by Wen Desi were originally quite unsure about shipbuilding. Although they knew a lot, many practical engineering and technical problems encountered during the shipbuilding process were actually solved by shipbuilders using traditional methods.
The main contribution of Time Traveler is the overall concept and modern management methods, which can be regarded as a great integration of ancient and modern technologies and concepts.
A few days before launching, after dismantling the scaffolding, the shipbuilders carried out a general cleaning of the cabin, cleaning out the debris and scattered tools and supplies to ensure that there were no unnecessary items in the hull. Then they used thick cables
The dock wall and the hull are connected to prevent the hull from shaking after water filling.
In order to reduce the weight of the ship and make it easier to float during high tide, most of the facilities on the ship were not installed, including masts, cannons and all ballast, which had to wait until they were launched into the water.
As the water pump poured more and more water into the dock, many pieces of wood and other things also floated, and the ship began to shake slightly from side to side, but because it was tied with cables, the shaking was not large. The ship had completely floated.
, the people watching around the dock couldn't help but burst into cheers - the first self-built ship of the Chuan regime was finally launched. The indigenous craftsmen didn't know why these short-haired people were so happy, and they also laughed.
"Untie the port one cable!"
"Untie the number two starboard cable!"
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"Untie the No. 10 stern cable!"
Following Li Di's command command from the loudspeaker, nine of the ten cables on the ship were untied in turn, leaving only the No. 0 cable at the bow, which was tied to the bitt under the viewing platform. Just wait.
It was finally cut off and put into the water.
The dock door of the dock was slowly opened, and the high tide water began to pour in. The ship floated further and reached the design draft.
With a burst of drum music, the representative of the Maritime Power Department, Mond, came to the ceremony stage with great excitement. He was wearing a borrowed snow-white Royal Navy summer uniform, a golden ribbon, and a tribute to a certain person.
The Victoria Cross (high imitation) borrowed by medal enthusiasts.
Mond began to read the ship naming book in a voice trembling with excitement:
"Warship Zhenhai/Construction started on February 1, 1629/Today it is completed/It is hereby named/April 9, 1629/People's Commissar of Maritime Power Chen Haiyang".
The naming of this first self-built warship has caused a small-scale discussion. Many people hope to name it according to the naming method of the Four Great Fars. However, the navy does not agree with this: the Four Great Fars themselves have no historical sites, and there are
It only has a shameful history of being defeated, sunk, or surrendered and captured. If it is only selected for "tragic" reasons, then the future fleet will be too coffee table.
In addition to this controversy, most people do not know that Li Mei also specifically approached the executive committee, hoping to name the ship the "Women's Cooperative" - at the cost of the cooperative being responsible for providing the meal expenses of the sailors on the ship for three years. She also
Further suggestions were made, saying that in the future, ships can be named by bidding, and local businessmen can also bid for the naming rights, and those who win can name the ship for a year.
This proposal made the executive committee laugh and cry. Chen Haiyang joked:
"Then the Navy is still in chaos. If it changes its name every other year, who can still make trouble?"
"It doesn't matter. The ship number remains the same. No. 111 will always be No. 111. The government department will use the ship number to register. The name is just a vest. You can change it at will." Li Mei's idea is not just a slap in the face, even the details have been thought out.
, he is indeed a shopping mall veteran.
In the end, the executive committee chose Zhenhai, a very ordinary traditional name, which mainly corresponds to "Fubo". Although the two ships are one Chinese and one Western, and have similar structures, they are similar in terms of use and positioning: limited armament
, taking into account transportation.
Then a ceramic vase flew towards the bow of the ship. The one who threw the vase was Li Mei. After her plan to bid for ship names was rejected, she took over the task of smashing the bottle through hard work. Of course, it was partially sponsored - all the participants
The meals for those attending the ceremony were an asset of the Women's Cooperative, provided by the most luxurious restaurant in Dongmen City, "Half the Sky" - the banners of the Women's Cooperative and Half the Sky almost didn't reach the viewing platform. Even all the actions of the Women's Cooperative were very important.
, Ms. Du Wen, who was extremely appreciative, couldn't stand it anymore - how could such decadent capitalist business habits be used on such a solemn occasion.
As the vase was smashed to pieces, Wen Desi gave the order to flood the water. Under the whistle command of the flood director Li Di, the workers immediately cut off the last tether. The Bopu Coast Fort fired a salute, followed by a motor speedboat.
Serving as a tugboat, he carefully towed the boat out of the dock. The entire launching ceremony was completed.
There was no ballast on the newly launched Zhenhai, and it was carefully towed to the self-propelled flat barge. This flat barge will be used as a floating dock for ship outfitting. Its wide deck is filled with equipment and
Materials were collected and poles were erected to hoist large equipment such as masts and artillery pieces.
The smoke of the gun salute has not yet dissipated, and craftsmen have already rushed to the new ship to start the outfitting project. The executive committee is urging it, and the ship is urgently needed for exploration expeditions. In order to save the shipbuilding period, the bottom of the hull was originally planned to be clad with copper.
The idea was also cancelled. They naturally had copper sheets, but Wen Desi didn't know how to wrap the copper sheets - this process, which required a lot of time and exploration, was abandoned.
"The outfitting project can be completed within a week, and then we can go to sea. Damn it, what is this?" Wen Desi looked at the heated scene and took out a small piece of brittle porcelain from his hat, "It's too dangerous. Where is Li Huamei?"
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"In the business building, people from the Foreign Affairs Department, the trading company and the General Security Administration were talking to her," Ran Yaohui reported.
"How are the sailors on her ship?"
"There are ten people in total. In addition to taking turns watching the boats, they spend their free time drinking, shopping and prostitutes in Dongmen City. There are no special circumstances."
"Humph, she doesn't have a maid or anything like that by her side? A single woman has been floating on a boat with this group of people for several months, and she hasn't been given anything—nothing—"
"It seems that this woman is very strong. She has strong muscles and is very agile. Ordinary sailors probably won't be her opponent." Ran Yao said his speculation.
"Are those guys in the navy drunk? I don't think this girl is that good, she's all confused."
"In my opinion, it's because this woman fits their imagination, right? The female pirate has the same name as Li Huamei in Glorious Voyage. She has a bit of romanticism. Also, I think this woman's appearance, words and deeds are very modern.
It’s more in line with everyone’s taste.”
Wen Desi nodded: "What you said makes sense. How was her visit to the Fengcheng Wheel yesterday?"
"You can see that I'm shocked, but——"
"But what?"
Ran Yao remembered the scene when he accompanied Li Huamei on board the ship yesterday - considering that there would be many questions after boarding the ship, he specially made assumptions about the questions she might ask and unified the caliber of answers. The navy who is closest to Li Huamei
People were called one by one to the offices of the Political Security Administration for individual conversations and security awareness education. People were told that even if they couldn't remember the caliber of their answer, they were definitely right to say "I don't know."
However, Li Huamei's behavior after boarding the ship made them unable to see anything suspicious: she ran around on the deck, touched the huge anchor chain with her hands, and asked what the rotating thing on the top of the mast was.
In the end, she insisted on climbing the mast to have a look, but after being persuaded by the escort that there was danger up there, she didn't insist anymore. She was very interested in the two fully enclosed lifeboats tied to the ship, so she went in to have a look... Naturally
She also wanted to know why such a large iron ship could float on the water instead of sinking, and what the iron ship relied on to move forward.
Generally speaking, Li Huamei is very consistent with all the behaviors of an ordinary person in this time and space in such a situation: curiosity, shock, envy and happiness. From Ran Yao's point of view, Li Huamei's behavior is extremely normal, and there is nothing normal about it.
Stab.
"But she showed no particular interest."
"What's the meaning."
"Li Huamei is interested in the ship itself, not anything else. Many of the questions she asked were very professional and she has a good knowledge of navigation."
"So, is she the captain? If you don't understand, you can't bring the ship here, right?"
"Is the purpose of her coming to Bopu for trade?"
"Yes, this was specifically mentioned in the Navy report. She is very interested in our products."