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There is also a twelve-pounder long gun and two light French cannons placed on the fort. The twelve-pounder long gun is mounted on a rotatable gun carriage, and the muzzle can be pointed in various directions conveniently, making it

Its shooting range has become very wide and it is also much more flexible, which can save the gunner from having to move the gun mount and move the muzzle

To aim at the target, you only need to rotate the gun mount to align the muzzle in the target direction relatively easily. With the addition of two light Franco cannons as a supplement, you can shoot enemies landing nearby, making this gun fort unique.

It has strong defensive capabilities. If something happens, it can quickly receive rapid support from the Tamsui City garrison.

So after coming here this time and seeing that the lighthouse had been built from a distance, Yu Xiaotian had a sense of accomplishment, and he couldn't help but secretly feel a little proud. It was a pity that he came during the day and could not see the actual situation of the lighthouse.

, but in the evening, he still planned to come over and have a look.

As for the several forts on both sides of the river mouth, they are all equipped with twelve-pound howitzers, which can easily block the river mouth, making it impossible for the attackers to rush into the Tamsui River and attack the Tamsui River without occupying or destroying these forts.

Tamsui City poses a threat.

Therefore, Tamsui City has become quite safe after building these forts. Even if a powerful enemy blocks the river mouth, Tamsui City can rely on the food and supplies stored here to hold on for a long time.

The focus of Yu Xiaotian's visit this time was to inspect the Tamsui Industrial Zone, especially the weapons manufacturing workshops under the Ordnance Agency, and the shipyard here.

Yu Xiaotian came here a few years ago. All the workshops here had just been put into operation, and various things had not stabilized. This time he came here to check the situation here and see if the industry here was put into operation.

It's stabilized.

He knows very well that this year, the sixth year of Tianqi, is a critical year for him. He is likely to have to deal with several big battles. If he does not expend equipment quickly, he may not be able to cope with it by then.

Moreover, he recruited a large number of new recruits last year. Now some of the new recruits have completed their initial training and have been incorporated into the navy and soldiers as trainees. He has also added many new ships. Now there is a shortage of artillery and muskets.

Years ago, Yan Siqi was asked to complete an order for Nanyue Island Guns and Cannons, which delayed some time. Therefore, in the past few months after the year, weapons production was particularly critical for him.

Otherwise, I am afraid that many of his ships may not be equipped with suitable artillery in time, and many of the soldiers may have to return to the cold weapon age and have no choice but to fight with swords, guns, bows and crossbows.

After Xiaotian landed in Tamsui City, he immediately started walking around Tamsui City non-stop according to his old habit. He first went to the boat house.

The five slipways of the boat house have now been completed and put into production. The ships that were put on the first three slipways last year are now basically completed. They can be launched into the water for trial sea trials in half a month at the latest and then delivered to the navy for use.

The other two slipways have also started unloading materials to build two other new sloops. Currently, Nanyue Island Boathouse and Tamsui Boathouse are concentrating all their efforts on building such fast ships. Within half a year at the latest, they will

Then you will be able to own a fleet of more than a dozen single-masted clippers with flying names, galloping on the sea.

Once such a fleet is formed, the sea wolf's combat effectiveness at sea will reach a new height for a long time to come. No matter who encounters this fleet of clippers, they will definitely have a big headache.

, and even such a fleet has the ability to compete with the medium-sized Galen ships used by Westerners.

This is also a top priority for Xiaotian, and it is what he is most concerned about.

When he saw Guo Fu again, Guo Fu quickly began to report to Yu Xiaotian about the situation of the boat house. Now, according to Yu Xiaotian's instructions, the boat house has built a large wood drying room.

And began to transport locally harvested wood into the drying room for drying.

But so far, they have not fully mastered the performance of the drying room and the drying technology. They are still in the process of groping and testing. The first batch of dried wood has been taken out of the drying room, but because the temperature was not well controlled, the drying process was difficult.

There may be problems with the design of the dry room. The ventilation is not very good. Some wood dries too quickly and is seriously cracked. Some wood is not completely dried and is still in a semi-dry and semi-moist state.

Therefore, less than 20% of the first batch of dried wood is considered relatively qualified and can be used for shipbuilding. Another 40% of the wood is not dry enough and needs to be dried in the shade for a period of time before it can be used on ships. In addition,

The remaining 40% of the wood has become waste because the temperature is too high or it dries too quickly and cannot be used in shipbuilding. It can only be used as building materials with less demanding requirements, or simply used for burning charcoal.

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A few years ago, Guo Fu summoned the craftsmen to brainstorm and made some adjustments to the stove, vents, and wood placement in the drying room. He sent a new batch of wood into the drying room, and it is still drying.

During the drying process, they went in to check and found that the drying condition of this batch of wood was much better than that of the first batch of wood. It will be out of the drying room in a few days. At that time, we can estimate the effect and see it intuitively.

arrive.

Xiaotian has nothing to say about this. He is not an expert in this field. Technically, he can only look to these professional craftsmen. Moreover, he is not an all-rounder. There are so many advanced technologies in later generations that he knows very little and cannot

To provide better suggestions, we can only rely on these craftsmen to explore on their own step by step.

The first batch of drying wood should be considered a failure, but at least this road has been proven to be feasible. After continuous improvement, the drying room will definitely be able to gradually improve the technology. By then, the wood here can be supplied in large quantities.

They used it in the boathouse.

After not coming here for a while, Yu Xiaotian saw a lot of newly cut wood added to the yard. Guo Fu took Yu Xiaotian to look at the wood in the yard and took pictures of the wood.

Said: "These woods are all good things. There are many big trees here on Taiyuan Island."

, it is also close to the boathouse and is easy to harvest. These aniseed materials are now difficult to purchase on land. The big trees near the coast have been harvested for hundreds of years. If you need aniseed,

Sometimes it has to be harvested from Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou, and the price after being shipped out is very high!

But here, there are so many of these aniseed materials, enough for us to build hundreds of large ships without any problems! It’s a pity that these materials are still wet materials and cannot be used immediately, otherwise it would save a lot of money!

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"Of course! Although Taiyuan Island cannot be regarded as a wild land, no one has developed it for thousands of years, so the reserve of timber resources here is naturally huge! Not to mention hundreds of large ships,

Even the wood of thousands of big ships is enough for you! This is why I did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a city and a stronghold here, and why I immigrated in large numbers! I just took a fancy to the resources here, which are better than Nanyue Island.

It’s so rich!” Yu Xiaotian laughed.

Guo Fu nodded in agreement, and took the opportunity to flatter Yu Xiaotian, saying a lot of good things about his foresight and foresight.

"Don't say these words to me! Haha! Although it sounds good, it is useless! The key is to see how many ships you craftsmen can build for me and how long it takes to build them for me!

And it has to be made quickly, but also well! You have to think more about these things, brainstorm ideas, and let your craftsmen come up with more ideas!

I think you can form a standard for some workpieces, and then make them uniformly according to the standards. You can do it in advance. When you start building the ship, you can directly use these materials such as ship ribs, ship plates, etc. on the ship. This can save a lot.

The time is always faster than what you are doing now, and the boats produced are uniform in shape and size, have you ever thought about this?" Yu Xiaotian proposed the concept of standardized production.

Guo Fu has been following Yu Xiaotian for a long time, and his thinking has changed a lot compared to the old conservative ideas. Now his ability to absorb new things has improved a lot. Although Yu Xiaotian only said it verbally, he immediately

He understood what Yu Xiaotian wanted him to do.

So he quickly thought about it carefully and nodded repeatedly: "This is a good idea! The boss is really talented. If you use this method, you can save a lot of work and arrange some craftsmen to do these things.

Jig can be made uniformly, and some workpieces can be made first according to one or several styles and sizes. In this way, after the keel is placed, the ribs can be directly sent to the slipway for installation. This will definitely speed up shipbuilding.

Too much!"

After thinking about this, Guo Fu was so happy that he almost started dancing. None of the craftsmen in the boathouses on land that he knew so far had ever used this method. They just built a boat and cut out the materials once.

In this way, they adopt this standardized production

This method can not only save manpower and make full use of idle manpower, but also increase the shipbuilding speed a lot. As long as several slipways are working on one ship type, these workpieces can be directly used on the ship, which will slow down the shipbuilding speed.

Not much slower.

Then Guo Fu immediately expressed his position that he would immediately start arranging the matter and immediately dispatched a group of craftsmen and brought in some apprentices to make these common parts for the ships to speed up shipbuilding.

Yu Xiaotian turned around and walked to the slipway and began to inspect the newly built ships on the slipway.

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