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Chapter 1364 Xinjiangkou Shipyard

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    Looking at the cargo ship that had just laid its keel on the slipway, Zhao Ran asked: "How many crew members does it carry?"

    Taoist Amber replied: "Twelve people, including one monk, mainly used to control the wind talisman and the spirit gathering talisman."

    Zhao Ran took the drawing and looked at it again. A steel winch was designed and installed in the middle for loading and unloading containers. The structure is also very simple. The key is that the material used must be strong enough.  This was a difficulty in the past, but after Zhao Ran introduced Taixuan Pavilion into the production system, this problem was no longer a problem.

    The ship is expected to be completed in two months and can be mass-produced one month after sea trials.  There are sixteen slipways in the entire sea-going ship production area. With the strength of Longjiang Shipyard, sixteen ships can be manufactured in batches at one time.

    After the inspection, Taoist Hubo asked Zhao Ran to name this kind of ship. Zhao Ran said: "Let's call it a container ship, a Class 056 container ship."

    The shipyard¡¯s chief craftsman and economist were accompanying him. They asked Zhao Ran a question: How many such container ships should be built in total.

    Zhao Ran replied: "Make six batches first."

    The wood stockpiled by the shipyard is not enough, especially the keels of the 500-material ship, which exceeds the shipyard's reserves.  The source of wood is easy to solve. Several provinces in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, such as Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, etc., are all wood production areas. The wood is cut down and tied into rafts, which are towed by small boats and flowed down the river.

    The drying process that originally took the longest was no longer a problem with the addition of Taoist Amber. In the past two months, he has recruited six more colleagues from his hometown in Fujian. Although their cultivation levels are very low, their skills in drying wood are second to none.  In other words, very easy.

    The real issue is money.

    This kind of simple container ship uses common materials and has a very low cost. Calculating the shipbuilding cost based on a batch of ninety-six ships, the unit price can be reduced to about two thousand silver, which is one-third of similar ships. However, because of the large number, the total price  Nearly two hundred thousand taels.

    Zhao Ran nodded and said: "The money will not be missing from you. First prepare for production according to this plan and get the money within a month. Let's go and see the warship."

    There are eight slipways in the warship area, but half of them are abandoned. Only four slipways are under construction, and less than a hundred river patrol ships have been built. This was the last time Zhao Ran visited Longtan Guard. After the issue of warships was raised,  Zhang Lue found a way to allocate a sum of money and gave it to Longtan Wei to order.

    Zhao Ran wanted to inspect warships that could be used in naval battles. This was news that Xinjiangkou Shipyard had received long ago. They made preparations in advance and took out the drawings of several warships. Several chief craftsmen and managers looked eagerly.  Looking at Zhao Ran, I wished that Zhao Ran would place an order immediately.

    Among the Longjiang Shipyards, the civilian shipyards are under the Battalion and Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Industry, while the Xinjiangkou Shipyard is under the Vehicle Driving Department of the Ministry of War. The civilian shipyards have always had constant business, but the Xinjiangkou Shipyard cannot accept so many orders - the Ministry of War does not allow it.

    Now that Zhao Ran is a "big customer", thousands of craftsmen at Xinjiangkou Shipyard and their nearly 10,000 family members are eagerly looking forward to Abbot Zhao's money so that they can have a prosperous year at the end of the year.

    Zhao Ran flipped through the "Ship Management Drawings" handed over by the chief craftsmen page by page, including centipede boats, battle seat boats, patrol boats, sand patrol boats, sentinel boats, etc.  After reading it, Zhao Ran didn't like it. After thinking about it, he told Taoist Hu Hu: "Immediately start designing a new warship. It is recommended to divide it into two types, one is a five-hundred-material warship, pursuing combat power, and the other is a two-type warship."  All-material patrol boats pursue speed. In terms of speed, you can consider adjusting the length-to-width ratio of the vessel, such as one to five, one to six, or even one to seven. By the way, if possible, try a flying scissor bow."

    "What is a scissor bow?"

    "Don't erect the first pillar so high. Pull it forward diagonally, with a smaller angle to the water surface, like a scissors. The underwater part will continue to reduce its cross-section based on the Fuchuan In addition, can you consider  Hard sails replaced by soft sails?"

    "What is a soft sail?"

    "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it. Anyway, you just have to do what you want. I don't understand ships either."

    Zhao Ran was biased against "Shipping Patterns". He himself admitted that he did not understand ships. Taoist Hubo had already seen this characteristic of him through several contacts and conversations. In front of all the craftsmen who looked embarrassed,  , fully agreed to Zhao Ran¡¯s request and promised to produce the design drawings within seven days.

    Taoist Amber's new ship design came out soon. The design of the 500-level 056 warship was actually modified from the battleship. The complicated decorative carvings on the ship were removed, and the wind charm and spirit gathering charm devices were added.  Then replace the original ordinary heavy crossbows with three battle formation crossbows, plus a fire dragon cannon and a water dragon cannon, and it's complete.

    It has a crew of sixty-eight, including twenty-four sailors, twenty gunners, twenty-one soldiers, and three monks.

    The two-hundred-material patrol ship took a lot of effort, made major modifications using a sailboat as the base, changed the length-to-width ratio from the original 4.5:1 to 6:1, and tried to tilt the bow pillar forward.  It is equipped with a fire dragon cannon and carries a crew of 18 people, including six sailors, five gunners, six gang members, and one monk.

    After Zhao Ran read it, he didn¡¯t see anything wrong with it, so he could only use the old method and ask Xinjiangkou Shipyard to build an experimental ship each.  Whether it can be used or not will be generally known after the sea trial.  If there is any problem, it will be too late to correct it when the time comes. Anyway, this kind of wooden boat is quick to build.

    Zhao Ran now wants to solve the money problem and go back to take inventory of his own inventory.

    All the money from the Xiuxianqiu Lottery has been invested in the construction of the bridge. Not only was it all spent, but it also borrowed 300,000 taels from the Four Seasons Bank. It can be expected that within a year, this black hole will continue to be filled.  So there is no need to consider this source of money.

    He himself has more than half a million silver, but he has a planned use of this money: developing the three mines given by the Duanmu family, continuing to invest in research and development expenses for Junshan technology, and setting aside for Suchuan Yao and the disciples he will later take under his sect.  Reserve fund for merit cultivation and so on.

    The remaining money that can be used is the 1.2 million borrowed from the original Shangsan Palace. Of this money, 200,000 will be left for the turnover of Cock Cing Temple, and 200,000 will be left to deal with Chaotian Palace and Lingji.  The palace and the Apparition Palace asked for help - this is a disguised claim, and the rest can be used to build a fleet, which is 800,000 taels.

    Eight hundred thousand taels seems like a lot, but in fact it is far from enough.  At any time, the fleet is a gold-eating beast. Just building ninety-six 500-material container ships will cost two hundred thousand.  Immediately afterwards, we have to start building warships and build a cock-crowding inspection fleet. How much money will this account cost?

    Zhao Ran¡¯s idea is to build an inspection fleet consisting of ten 056 warships and ten patrol ships. Only with such a fleet can we have the strength to compete on the sea.  But ideas are ideas, and reality is reality. The reality is that the cost of warships and patrol ships is definitely much higher than that of container ships.

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