Chapter 157 Re-cruising Freshwater
In addition to the factories that are continuously exporting various advanced weapons and various light industrial products to him, the scale of the freshwater boat house here has also been greatly developed. Originally, there were five ship platforms here, but now it has increased to more than a dozen. The craftsmen of the boat house have also reached thousands of people.
Moreover, the products of the ship are much richer than before, not only to build small and medium-sized ships, but also to build a flying-size fast ship.
Now the boat house can build thousands of large ships, and both Western sailboats and Chinese sailboats can be built here.
Almost every month, ships are launched, and there is more than one. The application of regulations makes standardized production possible and put into practice, so that the shipbuilding efficiency here is many times higher than that of land ships. Many ship parts and parts are in large sheds on shore in advance. It is prefabricated in advance and finally transported directly to the platform for assembly, so the shipbuilding speed here is naturally many times faster than that of the land ship.
And because of standardized production, perfect management systems, and demanding quality requirements, the quality of ships built here is far higher than that of ships built onshore.
Nowadays, most of the warships or merchant ships used by Seawolves are already from their own boat houses. In addition, considering that the dock facilities on the freshwater side are limited and are not a natural port, Yu Xiaotian has decided to take advantage of the superior conditions of Gaopingxi to follow the development of the freshwater river in those years. The way to swim is to open another large boat house in Kaohsiung.
By harvesting a large amount of wood in the upper reaches of Gaopingxi, it floats downstream to the estuary, pick it up and dry it, or dry it directly for shipbuilding.
Nowaung Ship House has already been put into production. The freshwater Boat House has divided some boatmen and moved to work in Kaohsiung Boat House, so that the two major ship houses can start work at the same time and can build dozens of various types of ships every year. This speed is very amazing. In addition to replacing the obsolete ships, it also greatly enhances their sea Strength.
When Yu Xiaotian arrived in Danshui City, two large boats were being built on two large platforms, and these two boats were Western-style Gallen ships. The hull lines were smooth, the bow was sharp, and there was a strong punching angle, but the deck was straight, eliminating the bow building, and the stern tower was also relatively lowered in height, making This type of ship can better adapt to ocean navigation and withstand greater wind and waves.
Many people will be confused about thousands of large ships, but if converted into tonnage, the full load displacement of these two ships can basically reach 6,000 or 700 tons without any problem.
Such a large ship is probably nothing in Europe at present. At best, it can only be ranked in the third-class and fourth-class warships. However, it is the classification officially promulgated by the British navy decades later. At present, the British navy has not carried out systematically. Division, but such a ship is at least their main battleship.
Europe may have had a larger sail warship at this time, with a maximum displacement of nearly 2,000 tons, but such giant ships are not only in Europe, but also few. At present, most of the main warships are about 500 or 600 tons, and armed merchant ships are basically ships of this size.
Although this Galen ship only has two layers of artillery decks, it still has a capacity of nearly 60 guns. The lower deck can be loaded with 24 24-pound cannons, 12 cannons on the left and right sides, and a total of 12 pounds of long cannons on the left and right sides of the upper deck. Twelve gates, seven 12-pound short guns can be arranged on the stern deck, and three 32-pound Karon guns can also be arranged in the bow position.
Such a firepower density is now almost enough for Xiaotian to walk across the Asian sea. Even if the Dutch drove their strongest warship of the East India Company, now Yu Xiaotian is not famiable to them.
If it hadn't been for Yu Xiaotian's lack of them at present, he would have wanted to drive these big boats to demonstrate with them and let them see it. This kind of Galen ship is not only built by you Europeans, but now it's just like playing.
If Yu Xiaotian's funds were not enough to build hundreds at will, he would have wanted to build a lot of them now to directly bombard these Europeans back to Europe and completely control the trade routes from Asia to Europe. In that case, he would have made much more profits.
Unfortunately, for the time being, he has to focus on the Central Plains. The construction of the army has taken up a lot of his capital and energy, so although he has experimentally built three or four high-end Western warships, he can't go all out to build such ships.
Generally speaking, although there are still many problems in the industrialization process of Danshui City, it has been on track on the whole. In addition, there is a blacksmith Zhang, who is almost a bug here. Now he has changed from an iron maniac to a mechanical maniac, and has been thinking about what new things to try out all day long.
The mechanical notes given to him by Yu Xiaotian opened up a new field for Zhang Blacksmith and made him addicted to it. Now Yu Xiaotian is also allocated to more than a dozen students to Zhang Blacksmith. These students are only fourteen or fifteen years old, but they have completed their primary studies in the sea wolf's school.
And through the missionaries provided by the church, these students have also systematically received a lot of professional education in mathematics and physics. In this way, when they learn the principles of mechanics, they will be much easier, and the speed of acceptance and understanding is much faster than that of ordinary people.
In addition, Yu Xiaotian has re-standardized the measurement. Whether it is length or weight, he has made standard scales to re-standardize the current chaotic units of measurement in the Ming Dynasty, and made a more accurate micrometer, that is, the cursor caliper, so that the accuracy of parts in industrial production has been improved. Step by step, it is also more convenient to formulate various production norms.
In short, although the current industrialization process has not satisfied Yu Xiaotian, it is in a state before taking off. Next, as long as he continues to develop, he believes that the industrial revolution must come earlier in China than the West.
It is also because of the industrialization process here that Yu Jiajun can continuously obtain a variety of advanced weapons. In addition to the ordinary machinery industry, he tried his best to use his chemical knowledge to test various chemical raw materials a long time ago.
Especially the basic chemical raw material of triacis and two bases is what he is striving for. Only by solving these things first can he truly promote the industrial revolution.
Of course, this kind of thing is not done overnight. Nowadays, Yu Xiaotian can only obtain a small amount of hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid through laboratory means. Nitric acid can also be obtained in a small amount through laboratory means, but if he wants to produce in large quantities, it is not realistic at present, and he can only find a way to solve it step by step. Decisive.
But after all, this is a good thing. It is estimated that after he comes back this time, he will be able to produce several acids and bases in small batches. As long as these things can be produced, his industry will completely enter the take-off stage.
Among other things, as long as he produces soda ash and caustic soda, the glass industry will go to another step. The quality of the glass products produced will be much better than before, and his soap industry will further expand its production scale because of obtaining the necessary raw materials.
Nowadays, the output of these two fist products is still a little too low, and only the highest-end people are able to consume, and they cannot open up consumption. Once soda ash and caustic soda are solved, soap soap can greatly expand their production capacity, and then the price can be lowered, so that more people It can be afforded, and it can also be dumped in large quantities to Europe to obtain greater profits.
Acid, not to mention nitric acid, as long as the nitric acid trial production is successful, he can find a way to make strong explosives. Even if he is not in a hurry to make a large number of strong explosives now, at least he can try to produce * first, that is, *. With *, he can make a fire cap.
After making a fire cap, he can improve the flimp gun into a fire cap gun, which greatly improves the firing rate of * again. In addition, after the gun is replaced with a fire cap, it has a stronger all-weather combat capability, especially affected by windy and rainy days, which will be greatly reduced.
In short, the chemical industry must also keep up with the development of the mechanical industry, otherwise it will be like a two-legged person with short legs, always unable to walk smoothly and unable to walk fast.
This time when Yu Xiaotian came back, he planned to make a breakthrough in this area and try to produce industrial nitric acid as soon as possible. The next step is to try to produce * to completely solve the problem of fire cap.
As long as the problem of the fire hat is solved, he can export weapons, especially *, which can be sold to people in need. No matter who buys his fire hat gun, he must buy him a fire hat and dare not be his enemy. Otherwise, he can cut off the supply of fire hats at any time, so those who bought his fire hat gun? The * in his hand turned into a fire stick, which is of no use.
In addition, the fire hat can also completely change many things, such as their current clumsy *. With the fire cap, you can improve the striking mechanism, and you don't have to let the operation ignite the lead every time and throw it out.
In addition, he can make an explosive firing mechanism, a serious mine, or a cannonball fuse with a spring firing mechanism. In the next step, he can try to make a line gun to make a safer and more practical explosive grenade...
During this period, Yu Xiaotian has been thinking about this matter in his spare time. He already had several preliminary ideas. After he came back, he sent someone to experiment according to his ideas. Once the experiment is successful, he can live in small batches. Nitric acid production is not far from making * such a thing.
(I won't say much about this. First, there may be a violation, and second, there is a suspicion of water injection. If you are interested, go and check it yourself. In short, there will always be a way! He)