Chapter 600 The Great Inventor Hidden in the Shipyard (Please vote and subscribe)
Luo Chong entered the meeting room and clapped his hands, immediately attracting everyone's attention. Everyone also stood up and worshipped.
Kneeling is not popular in the Han tribe. Except for formal sacrificial occasions, even if you meet your superiors or nobles, you just bow and kowtow. The same is true when meeting the leader, unless it is a particularly formal occasion.
"Hello, leader." The craftsmen bowed at the same time.
"Okay, now it's meeting time. No need to be polite. Everyone, sit down. Prepare to record it later." Luo Chong nodded, and then asked everyone to sit down. The craftsmen below also took out their own small notebooks and pencils.
Pencils have become popular in the Han tribe. Not only students use them, but many carpenters have also started to use them, especially when drawing short lines or making marks. It is more convenient to use than ink lines. More importantly, you can mark data on wood or list formulas on wooden boards at will, which is handy.
After everyone below was ready, Luo Chong also started today's work meeting in front of the blackboard.
"Today I will mainly talk about the structural features of the new ship, the construction process, and the production goals for the next four months this winter." "
I have drawn the structural diagram of the new ship on the blackboard. I believe everyone can understand it. It is not much different from the previous ketch. The construction method is still the same, but the size is a little bigger.
The main construction process still has four parts: keel laying, plank installation, waterproof sealing, and launching and outfitting. Here I will mainly talk about the keel and plank. Due to the elongation of the hull, the length of many woods cannot reach the length of the hull. What should we do? They can only be spliced.
However, the keel is a structure that is most taboo to splice. Too many seams will reduce the rigidity of the hull and it is easy to break. Therefore, the joints should be reduced as much as possible. I will now show you Here is a technical indicator: all new keels can only have one joint at most. Those of you who make keels should pay attention to this.
In addition, there are shipboards. If the keels are not long enough, they need to be spliced, and the shipboards need to be spliced even more. However, splicing is also a technical job. I don’t care how many sections of your shipboards are spliced, but the joints must be staggered. It is absolutely not allowed that two joints appear on the same vertical line at the same time. Only in this way can the hull be kept strong to the greatest extent.
Many people may not understand it. Let’s look at the picture on the blackboard. "
As Luo Chong spoke, he drew a vertical line on the structural diagram on the blackboard, running vertically through the entire hull.
"First of all, I want to emphasize that no matter what method you use to make the joint, no matter how well you do it, it is not as rigid as a whole piece of wood. Everyone agrees with this."
The old masters below all nodded. Everyone understood this principle.
"So never put the joints on a vertical line. Look at the picture. If all the joints are on a line, then if one end of the hull is stressed, the joints will easily break. It's not terrible if the planks break. The most terrible thing is that if one of the planks breaks, there is no other plank to hold the break. In this way, the whole boat will easily break directly from the joints.
After all the joints are staggered, each plank can play a role of mutual checks and balances and mutual pulling, which can greatly improve the rigidity of the hull.
Those who are responsible for the keel and planks should pay attention to this issue. Those who do waterproofing should also pay attention to this. Because the new ship is larger, the planks must be thicker than those of the ketch. When the time comes, When tying hemp ropes into the gaps in the planks, you can stuff a few more ropes in. Don't be afraid of wasting ropes. It's easier to waste a little more material now to make the boat stronger than to repair it later if it leaks. If it leaks, the loss may be huge.
The same goes for the outfitting department. The paint must be applied well, the stairs and other things must be sturdy, and the pulleys, anchors, ropes, and sails must be checked several times. There must be no mistakes, because in shipping, the slightest mistake can lead to the destruction of the ship and the death of people, and the loss caused is also huge.
You are building a big ship now, a 40-meter-long, four-story-high ship, which is larger than a teaching building when placed on the ground, so please be serious and don't cause unnecessary losses due to the negligence of a few individuals."
"Okay, I'll make the final arrangements for the next production tasks. The schooner can stop producing new ships now, but the four ships currently under construction must be completed first. Starting from the keel installation workshop, after finishing the keel of the current ship, you can lead your team to transfer to the new shipyard and start manufacturing and installing the keel of the new ship. The same goes for other workshops. After completing the last batch, you can gradually transfer to the new factory.
I only give you three months. From now until the end of March, at least four tower ships must be available, and the sunken type must be in service before the spring plowing. Two ships will be put into service. The construction speed of that ship should be faster, after all, there are a lot of things missing.
Then there is the production requirement for the first half of next year. The Han tribe needs at least ten three-masted ships in service, which means that you have to build at least six more ships in the first half of next year. The more sunken sand-carrying ships, the better. There is no specific production task for this. As long as I don’t stop, you can continue to build.
In addition, I hope that everyone can accumulate experience in building large ships in this process. People with ideas can also put forward modification suggestions or design plans for other ship types. As long as they are useful suggestions or Once a new ship is hired, it will be awarded an official title and receive generous treatment.
The design direction is mainly large ships. Everyone can use their brains to think about what kind of ship is more suitable for sailing, where it needs to be improved, and what kind of design has more advantages. You can also communicate more with the crew members who run ships.
I would like to remind everyone here, don’t think that this new ship is too big. This is not our ultimate goal. Forty meters is just a transition. I hope that you can build 80-meter-long ships or hundreds of meters-long ships for the Han tribe in the future. We can try all of these. Start with small ones and wait until our crew members have accumulated more knowledge of sailing and you have developed more manufacturing skills. Sooner or later, we will be able to build large ships hundreds of meters long. Let’s keep up the good work. "
As soon as Luo Chong finished speaking, the craftsmen below were immediately excited. They have been building ships for a long time, but they have been engaged in the assembly line operation mode. In fact, many people have their own ideas in this process, but they have no chance to display them, because the leader now wants those kinds of ships and has no idea of producing other ships, so even if they can design them themselves, they can’t use them at all.
Now the chief has openly proposed that they design their own ships. Not only that, the rewards are also very generous. As long as they get the chief's approval, they will not only have an official position, but also be promoted to a noble title. This has made many people's minds active.
Some people are more dull and only think about the production tasks assigned by the chief. Four large ships in three months is not an easy production task. Fortunately, it is an assembly line operation, and the shipbuilding technology of the Han tribe is now more mature. This winter, many temporary helpers have been recruited. Otherwise, Luo Chong would not dare to make such a request.
Pa Pa Pa - Luo Chong clapped his hands again to attract everyone's attention, and then spoke again.
"Everyone remember the precautions I told you. The production speed cannot be slow, but the production quality must also be improved. In addition, those of you who have ideas and want to design new ships can only do it in your spare time and must not affect the production of the new ship.
Okay, that's all. Teams in each link can get a detailed drawing of the new ship, and then we can adjourn the meeting. The production task is heavy, so everyone must work hard after they go back."
After the heads of each workshop took the drawings back, the news that the chief was soliciting designs for new ships and bestowing official positions and promotions spread in the shipyard. Many low-level craftsmen who were not qualified to attend the meeting also knew the good news. Countless people became restless and began to prepare to present their treasures in front of the chief.
Not long after work, a carpenter in a shipyard rushed home in the evening, picked up a small box and ran to the government office.
"Boss, where are you going in such a hurry? It's almost time for dinner." The carpenter's wife shouted at the door.
"I'm going to the government office to see the leader. You wait at home. Maybe we can be conferred a title today." The carpenter shouted without turning his head, and ran to the government office before the city gate was closed .
The carpenter ran into the government office quickly. When he passed the school gate, there were still many students who had just finished their duty and went home. He ran against the flow of people all the way to the gate of the county governor's office, and was stopped by the gatekeeper at the gate.
"Who are you looking for? What's the matter?" An old gatekeeper came out and asked, stroking his beard.
"Please tell the old man that I want to see the chief. I'm from the shipyard and I want to show my skills to the chief." The young carpenter put down the box and bowed deeply to the old man at the door.
The old man squinted at his box and said lightly, "Wait here, don't run around."
"Thank you, old man." The young carpenter heard that the old man was willing to inform him and bowed to thank him again.
At this time, Luo Chong was having dinner with Dashu in the back hall of the county governor's office. While eating, the two discussed the development of the lake island after the New Year. At this time, a clerk came over with the old man at the door.
"Chief, the doorman said that there is a young man from the shipyard outside the office who claims to show his skills to the chief. The man also brought a box." The clerk stood in front of the door and bowed, and the old man at the door was waiting outside the door.
"Oh?" Luo Chong was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he had just finished talking about letting them develop a new ship in the afternoon, and someone came to show his skills in the evening. It was really fast.
"It's a good thing that someone is offering his skills. Bring that person in." Luo Chong put down his chopsticks and said.
"Yes." The clerk bowed and left, turned around and left with the gatekeeper. After a while, he led the young carpenter in.
The young carpenter was also quite familiar with the government office here. Before the shipyard was built, he participated in the construction of the government office and was very familiar with the layout here. However, he had not met the leader alone, so he was a little nervous at this time. He didn't know whether the leader would like his things. Feeling uneasy, he tightened the box in his arms.
After a while, the clerk brought the carpenter to the back hall. After announcing, the carpenter walked in.
"I meet the leader." The young carpenter put down the box and bowed to Luo Chong.
"Well, are you a carpenter in the shipyard? I heard that you want to show your skills. Do you have a design for a new type of ship?" Luo Chong turned around and looked at him and said.
The carpenter suddenly looked embarrassed and said timidly, "It's not the design of a new ship, but a mortise and tenon structure I invented. It's different from the previous mortise and tenon, so I want to present it to you."
Luo Chong lost interest immediately after hearing that it was just a new mortise and tenon structure. Mortise and tenon can be said to be ingenious, but no matter how good it is, it is just a way of connection, which is far less than the impact of a new type of tool. However, Luo Chong was still very happy that someone was willing to invent and create. After all, the policy of encouraging inventions was set by himself, so he still patiently received the little carpenter.
"Take out your invention and let me see it." Luo Chong said with a reluctant smile.
"Yes." The little carpenter immediately opened the box happily after hearing it, and then took out a few things and placed them on the ground.
Luo Chong took a look and saw that they were a bamboo tube, a bamboo brush, a rectangular wooden stick, and a wooden object that looked like a mill wheel, which was not very colorful.
However, the little carpenter immediately picked up the bamboo tube to show Luo Chong, and then instantly made Luo Chong stunned on the spot.
"Chief, please look, I made a cup out of this bamboo tube with a circular mortise and tenon. This cup doesn't need a wooden stopper and is very waterproof. It's not only easy to open and close, but you don't have to worry about leaks."
The carpenter unscrewed the lid of the bamboo tube while speaking. Yes, he unscrewed it, and then Luo Chong saw the circle of threads at the mouth of the cup.
Damn!!! It's actually a thread!!!
Could this guy have also traveled through time?
"Oh? Bring it here for me to take a closer look."
Luo Chong was not calm. This is a thread! Such an advanced connection method, but this guy actually called it a circular mortise and tenon. Well, it seems to be right to say that. Mortise and tenon are originally a structure in which two or more workpieces bite each other, but most traditional mortise and tenon joints are connected by plugging or hooking, while threads are a rotating connection method that moves around a circle, so it's really okay to call it a circular mortise and tenon.
The carpenter was shocked by the chief's reaction. He had just finished introducing it, why did the chief look so excited? ? Could it be that the leader is very interested in his invention?
(End of this chapter)
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