Chapter 653 Luo Chong's Solution (Please vote and subscribe)

When Youfu heard about the lighthouse, the first thing that came to his mind was the big reef where he met the fishing tribe in the open sea. There was a truly wide view there. If a lighthouse was built there, all ships passing through the eastern part of Zhudao Island could be guided by it, which was much better than the lighthouse next to the port.

Although the two still didn't know what a lighthouse looked like, they only heard from the leader that it was a tall tower with a big lamp installed, which could guide the direction of ships at night. However, what they couldn't figure out was what kind of light had such a powerful ability.

In the next few days, the two of them were planning the construction of the port. Based on their usual sailing experience and the local hydrological conditions, Youfu developed a more suitable pier and pier. The initial plan was to abandon the plan for the seaport.

Youfu believed that it was not suitable to build a fixed port in such a place with a large tidal difference. However, floating ports and piers were very unusable and easily damaged, and the maintenance cost was too high, so it was better not to build them.

The solution he proposed was to simply renovate the place that Shouya had previously selected as a seaport and use it as a "parking lot", specifically for temporary docking of ships or as a safe haven. The dock for loading and unloading goods was directly set up in the inland river, right by the river where the mission was stationed. The station was the dock and the cargo station.

The reason why he came up with this idea was actually mainly because Youfu didn't know how to build a seaport. Since he didn't know how to build it, he simply didn't build it. Since this tree wouldn't die, he would try another tree. There would always be a solution.

Youfu was most familiar with the several inland river docks belonging to the Han tribe, the dock of Weishan County, the dock of Liuyang County, and the newly built dock of Dongxin County. The three large docks were all capable of docking the largest ships of the Han tribe, and they were all distributed on both sides of the Liuyang River. Therefore, Youfu was very experienced in the construction and use of such inland river docks.

The tidal difference in the bay of Zhudao is relatively large. If the Han tribe has the ability to use tidal energy to generate electricity, this would definitely be the best natural resource. Unfortunately, they don't have that ability now, and the tidal problem just affects the construction of the port.

So Youfu decided to directly avoid this problem and build the dock in the inland river with a relatively high water level, so that it will not be affected by the sea tide at all, even if it is affected, it will be very limited.

As for the inland river estuary of Zhudao, Youfu and his party had already observed it when they sailed in. The width of the estuary is nearly one kilometer. Although it is gradually shrinking upstream, the width of the river basin next to the mission station is still more than 200 meters. The largest ship of the Han tribe is only 40 meters, so there is no need to worry about any problems in sailing in such an inland river.

Although Shouya doesn't know much about this, there is an example of the Han tribe headquarters, which is an inland river dock water transportation city. It is not difficult for him to learn by copying, so he agrees with Youfu's suggestion.

Of course, the construction of an offshore port still requires some necessary facilities, but this needs to be explored slowly. In Youfu's words, first solve the problem of whether the cargo can be unloaded, and then think of ways to increase the scale. What the Han tribe needs most now is to get the mission up and running in Zhudao as soon as possible. Shouya agrees with this and immediately makes a corresponding plan, waiting for the leader to support him with manpower and materials.

When Luo Chong received the news, it was already the fifth day since Youfu arrived at Zhudao. Due to bad weather, Azuka flew a little slower. In addition, Luo Chong was not in Hanyang City at the time, but was guiding the construction of a chemical plant on the lake island east of Weishan County. Therefore, plus the time it took for the letter to be transferred in the Han tribe, the speed was a little slower.

After receiving the letter, Luo Chong was shocked to see the news inside, but he was not too surprised, because he knew very well that as long as he followed the method he said and there were no major problems on the road, it would be a sure thing to find the sea route to Zhudao.

As for the material support and solution mentioned by Shouya in the letter, Luo Chong would definitely provide support, but as Shouya and Youfu discussed, it would definitely not be fast, after all, the speed of the ship was there, and Luo Chong also felt that there was no problem with the looms and car manufacturing mentioned by Shouya. It was nothing to pass on some technology to Zhudao to buy the hearts of the people.

In addition, Shouya wrote some personal opinions to Luo Chong. In the letter, he said that after the delegation saw the ship of their tribe coming, they were very impatient. Many people privately discussed whether they could return to the tribe. Many of them really missed home, and hoped that the leader would make it convenient and transfer some people back.

Luo Chong had no objection to this. Of course, he could come back, but as the saying goes, the replacement personnel and materials could not be delivered to the place in a short time, so the actual operation of this matter still depended on Youfu's fleet.

After reading the article written by Shouya, he read Youfu's. The content was not very much. It first described the voyage along the way, the tribes encountered along the way, the communication with them, and the specialties discovered in various places. Luo Chong didn't care much about this because there was another detailed document for reference, so he jumped directly to the end to read Youfu's suggestions.

Luo Chong had no opinion on the development of new types of advanced sea vessels, but that was not something that could be done right away. It took a lot of time for a new ship to be developed and finalized. It was not impossible to temporarily replace it with a three-masted building ship, which was much better than a two-masted inland ship.

After reading the end, Luo Chong pondered for a while and began to write a reply to the two people to guide their subsequent work.

First of all, Shouya proposed the idea of ​​self-sufficiency. Luo Chong thought it was very good. Not only did he agree directly, but he also encouraged and praised them. In addition, there were specific operational plans and the issue of some people in the delegation missing home and wanting to return early.

The solution Luo Chong came up with was that since Youfu’s current ship didn’t have much stuff on it anyway, it would be better to let him go first. After returning to the vicinity of Tang Tribe and joining the three ships stationed there, they would gather all the manpower and supplies and head to the delegation’s base on Zhudao Island again.

After arriving at the place, Youfu could leave a few of the most basic craftsmen to the fleet as fleet maintenance personnel, and leave the rest of the craftsmen to Shouya. Then, the missing vacancies in the fleet would be replaced by those who the delegation was going home with. This would solve two problems directly.

Finally, all the supplies and tools used by the fleet for trading would be left behind. The delegation would help Youfu replenish daily necessities on Zhudao Island, and could replenish a batch of white salt at a low price on Zhudao Island to use as supplies for the return trip. The food that was missing on the return trip could be exchanged with the natives along the way using white salt.

(End of this chapter)