A year later, the Royal No. 1 Shipyard in Dalian Port.

A huge launch ceremony is underway. Celebrities and officials from Dalian Port, Jinzhou City and other places have been invited by the shipyard to witness this historic moment.

After several years of construction, the number of residents of Dalian Port exceeded 100,000, and from a small fishing village to become one of the most prosperous cities in southern Liaoning. Originally, Jinzhou City was Chu Yun’s original base camp, but after Chu Yun left here with the top leaders of the Jiuzhou Army, Jinzhou City was about to be annexed by the emerging Dalian Port. In the ocean era, cities near the ocean and have excellent harbors, and cities with vast hinterland often get the best development opportunities.

Tens of thousands of residents of Dalian Port gathered on the embankments on both sides of the dock, looking forward to it. They could see the huge boat platform from afar. This boat platform adopts a horizontal structure of side water, which is unique in this era! And inside the horizontal boat platform, there is a huge thing lying quietly inside, with four huge chimneys leading directly to the sky.

"It's really terrible. There are such a big ship in this world!"

"It started construction a few years ago. It seems that it has only started to be launched now. It is said that 2,000 workers were invested at one time. At the peak, the number of workers was 5,000, which was simply unimaginable. In order to supplement shipbuilders, a large number of cheaper Korean workers and Japanese workers were hired."

"This is the largest ship we built in China, and I heard that the hull is a metal plate that can withstand the great storms on the sea!"

"Will such a large ship break in the middle? And it is used with a lot of metal. I am really worried that it will sink into the water and hope it can be successfully launched."

The residents on the embankment were talking about the ship that had never been launched.

Because the hull is too large and the hull is metal, people always worry that the water will sink!

The director of the Royal Shipyard and the officials who came to supervise the construction of the Ministry of Works were closer. Looking at such a huge creature, their hearts were as exciting as those of the residents of Dalian Port.

Their Royal First Shipyard has invested a lot of money, manpower and material resources to build this giant ship. Many steel produced in Anshan have been consumed here. If it weren't for the steel produced in Liaodong, it would not have been possible to produce such works of art in industrial history.

"This is the second-generation steamship developed based on the technology of the first-generation steamship "Yongchang", which has reached the extreme of the technology we currently master. It also uses three propulsion devices, six sail masts, two shipside paddle wheels, and propellers. The normal speed can reach 14 knots." The factory director introduced the giant ship to the special envoy sent by Chu Yun.

Nelson was the commander of the navy and was obsessed with ships. After hearing that the giant ship in Dalian Port was about to be launched, he immediately asked Chu Yun to serve as the special envoy for the acceptance of the giant ship, and brought teachers and students from the Navy Military Academy to watch!

The birth of this giant ship will mean that the ship has entered the era of steam iron ships!

Sailing wooden boats can still be active for decades, but there will be more and more steam iron boats. The era of mixing sails and steam is quietly coming!

"With such a huge hull, the normal speed can reach 14 knots. Isn't it a bit exaggerated? The Victory's speed is only 8-9 knots, and the faster Constitution is only about 12 knots." Nelson narrowed his eyes and looked at the tall giant ship, a little unbelievable.

In the era of sail battleships, the speed of the Victory can be said to be quite normal. If the Victory has a speed of 14 knots, it would be amazing. If you want to beat others, you can't run away, and if you want to run away, you can't catch up.

"Four large steam engines and 3 generators require 100 workers to add fuel day and night during navigation. The full load displacement can reach 10,000 tons, and there are 6 waterproof compartments, so safety is not a problem. It was originally planned to build a larger ship, which is more than 200 meters long, but for economic benefits, there is currently no need for ocean transportation, so the original plan was cut in half, which was only 125 meters long." The factory manager said to Nelson.

"125 meters... long enough, the Victory is only 69 meters, and the length of this giant ship is nearly twice that of the Victory." Nelson was shocked when he heard that the original plan of the shipyard was a 200-meter-long giant ship.

The displacement of a 125-meter-long giant wheel is three times that of the Victory. Wouldn't the displacement of a 200-meter-long giant wheel reach a terrifying tens of thousands of tons?

Such a ship is incredible in this world! It even makes Nelson feel unpractical!

"The current positioning is to be used as a cable ship to build submarine cables from Beijing to Nagasaki, Edo Castle, and submarine cables from Xiamen to Yizhou, Guangzhou to Shenglong Castle, and Shenglong Castle to Batavia. After all, it is not a coastal area. The required submarine cable weighs thousands of tons, and a large ship that is not such a large ship cannot carry all the cables. In the future, after the task of laying out submarine cables is over, it is very likely to act as an oil tanker or passenger ship." The captain said.

Chu Yun built such a giant ship, and the first thing he invested in was not military use, because the entire East Asian waters could no longer shake the power of the three major fleets! The demand for passenger transport is not very large, and the current sailing ships can barely meet the transportation between Japan, Ryukyu, Nanyang and the mainland.

What is needed now is to lay submarine cables and include all territory in the communication range. If any problem occurs in any place, Chu Yun can get notification in the capital and send a fleet to suppress it as soon as possible!

The second is the need for large industries, which requires stable large ships to transport the oil from the Nanyang Borneo oil refinery.

This is why Chu Yun is obsessed with building large ships! Whether it is used to lay submarine cables or to transport oil in the future, such a giant ship can serve for 20-30 years, and it will definitely not be a loss!

"There is another important thing. In order to build this giant ship, we are also improving our shipbuilding technology. This project has brought us two benefits. One is that it promotes the technology of our factory, and the second benefit is that it cultivates a large number of skilled workers! After several years of hard work, these workers will become more skilled in producing steamships in the future, which indirectly reduces the cost of manufacturing steamships in the future." The captain continued to introduce the benefits of this large order.
Chapter completed!