Chapter 32: The Great Leap Forward in Youzhou (Sixth)

After a while, when Xu Shu and Guo Jia came to report on the recruitment of Yan Bin and gave Yan Bin the list of relevant personnel, a name jumped into Yan Bin's eyes, Ma Jun's name was Deheng Fufeng clan. Isn't this a famous inventor in the Three Kingdoms period? He picked up a treasure. With him, he not only had things like overturning, trenchers, crossbows, etc., and then he used his 21st century insight to guide him. Wouldn't he want anything to make?

Yan Bin quickly and decisively appointed Ma Jun as the director of the Youzhou Craftsmanship Department, in charge of the smelting, construction and casting of farm tools in the entire Youzhou. Ma Jun is a very muscular person and is from a poor family. So when he learned about Yan Bin's appointment, he was shocked. This was really a step to reach the top. Ma Jun said nothing grateful for Yan Bin's extraordinary promotion, but he was already loyal to Yan Bin in his heart.

Gan Ning sent someone to say that the naval military port had been built and the trees used for shipbuilding were all ready. Yan Bin asked to go to the site to guide the craftsmen to build new giant ships. Yan Bin took Ma Jun and went straight to the naval base located in today's Tianjin Port.

After arriving at the military port, Yan Bin didn't say anything nonsense and asked Gan Ning to invite the old shipbuilders into the tent. He handed the drawings he had drawn to them and asked, "My masters, use your rich experience to see if the warship I designed can be built. What kind of difficulties are there?"

Everyone looked at the oldest old man. The old man was silent for a long time before speaking: "Sir, no matter the size of the ship, the construction principle is the same. So theoretically, the warships designed by adults can also be built. But the current technology is not good. The main difficulty lies in the splicing of the hull. The current splicing technology can make a 30-meter-long building ship. If you barely build such a giant ship that is 120 meters long, 20 meters high and 25 meters wide, the hull will fall apart immediately as soon as the water is bumped by the waves. The old man just thought about it but still couldn't solve this problem."

Yan Bin thought about it, modern ships are welded for hull welding, and after the welding is completed, they have to take X-rays to check the welding strength. In ancient China, the woodworking technology was not even used for nails, so how can this giant ship be spliced? Yan Bin suddenly thought of the British warships during the Opium War in history, and there was no electric welding during that period. How did the British make that kind of wooden strong ship and cannon? By the way, they used rivets. Yan Bin asked someone to find paper and pen, draw the shape of the rivets, and then showed the size and usage, and then said to Ma Jun: "Deheng, you immediately organize people to create such rivets. This rivet used for warships should be forged with the best steel. So how to practice stainless steel is the most important thing, what do you think?"

"Master, it should be possible to use the current method of steel frying."

"No, not only the method of stir-frying steel, I will teach you another method of steelmaking." After saying that, Yan Bin explained the modern open furnace steelmaking method to Ma Jun in detail and ordered him to start the experiment immediately.

For more than half a year, Yan Bin and Ma Jun were heading to the military port of Ganning to supervise the construction of warships. Fortunately, there were Tian Feng, Ju Su, Jia Xu and other capable civil servants supporting him, and they were still in good operation. After the first giant ship was launched, after a series of tests, Yan Bin completely breathed a sigh of relief. Old man Li, named Li Yun, was the oldest shipbuilder, and returned to Youzhou after returning to the General Office of the Navy Supervisor and Construction.

Old Man Li didn't expect that when the soil was buried in his neck, he became a high-ranking official. Not only did he manage more than 20,000 craftsmen under his command, but even Gan Ning and other generals had to be polite to see him. Not only was he very excited, he was wearing official uniforms and soaking on the construction site every day. On the one hand, he enjoyed the pleasure of being respected after becoming an official, and on the other hand, he also enjoyed the sense of accomplishment caused by the giant ship. Although the craftsmen were full of complaints about this old workaholic, the improvement of work efficiency was not a little bit.

A year later, with the day and night of shipbuilders, 15 giant ships were finally built. Yan Bin brought the officials from Youzhou to the military port to watch the launching ceremony of the warships and the establishment ceremony of the Ganning Navy. Everyone was stunned by the giant ships in front of them. Each giant ship was 120 meters long, 20 meters high and 25 meters wide. After launching, the side of the ship was 10 meters higher than the water surface. The warship was divided into three layers, and 15 small stone throwers were placed on one side of the upper deck. 15 ports were opened on both sides of the lower side of the ship.

There are 15 bed crossbows installed inside. Four wheeled paddling slurries driven by human trampling are installed on both sides of the lower side of the ship. Each battleship has 400 sailors, 120 stone throwers, 90 bed crossbow operators, 100 fighting archers, and 90 sailors. The battleship can sail on the sea for two months without supply. Because canvas has not been invented, the three huge masts are still bamboo cloth sails, but when the sails are full of wind, the speed of the battleship is faster than that of the galloping horses.

Yan Bin was in a good mood at the Navy's founding ceremony and not only commended Old Man Li in public, but also allocated 5 million yuan to reward the craftsmen. He also agreed to Gan Ning's idea of ​​expanding the Navy to 10,000 people. Yan Bin thought to himself: Not to mention the great man, this navy is probably ahead of 1,500 years even around the world.
Chapter completed!