Ye Xin was overjoyed, he didn't expect such a big matter to be determined in a few words by this young guy, it was really beyond Ye Xin's expectations, as if he was dreaming, for the sake of safety, Ye Xin couldn't help but want to be sure: "Lord Yuan, this matter has been decided?" ”

Yuan Fang said with great certainty: "Well, it's settled, I'll write to your majesty later, it is estimated that it won't be long before the construction starts, and you should also prepare in advance." By the way, are there any requirements for the location of the shipyard? ”

Ye Xin no longer hesitated, a few years ago, he was in charge of the procurement on the island, often went to coastal villages and towns, and was very familiar with the coastline of the Eastern Sage Empire, so he replied without thinking about it: "I have a good place, that is, it is a little out of place." ”

Yuan Fang asked curiously, "What place?" ”

Ye Xin replied: "It is a bay on the southeast coast of Wanghai County in the south of Gushui County, which is about less than two days away from Wanghai County. ”

Yuan Fang was puzzled: "Village, what do you want the village to do?" ”

Ye Xin said: "There are no villages, which means that there are no roads, and if there are no roads, it will be difficult to transport materials, and what should we do if there are so many workers?" Where do you usually live? Also, most of the places are rocks and woods, and they need to be leveled, which requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time. ”

Yuan Fang thought what was the matter, it turned out that Ye Xin was worried about this, from this point of view, Ye Xin really likes shipbuilding, otherwise he would not have thought about it so thoroughly: "Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, Uncle Ye doesn't have to worry about this, you only need to be responsible for shipbuilding, and the rest is nothing, leave it to me." ”

Ye Xin didn't know how big Yuan Fang's energy was, whether it was really as simple as he said, but he had no other choice but to trust Yuan Fang.

Then, Yuan Fang talked about his thoughts: "Uncle Ye, if you change the shape when building a ship, or build a bigger ship, do you have confidence?" ”

Ye Xin was completely shocked, and even a little suspicious that Yuan Fang was happy there, and after carefully looking at Yuan Fang's expression, he felt that he didn't seem to be joking, so he asked, "Bigger ship?" Shape? ”

Yuan Fang squatted down and found a quick stone on the ground and began to sketch it, Ye Xin also squatted down curiously, his eyes looked at the gradually forming pattern without blinking, Sang Rou and Yuyue were also aroused by curiosity, staring at Yuan Fang's sketch intently.

Yuan Fang said while painting that his idea was to build a large mothership to carry the airship on sail, so that the airship would not have to worry about encountering bad weather and not being able to sail far, and with the mothership, the navy could preserve its existing complete combat effectiveness, and would not be afraid of any country's maritime armament no matter where it went.

Yuan Fang did not plan to copy the design of a modern aircraft carrier, an airship, no runway, as long as there is enough empty apron to provide take-off and landing, and then there are enough hangars, and nothing else, Yuan Fang's idea is a catamaran, consisting of two slender monohulls, the upper lower part is connected by a deck bridge, and the body can be used as a parking hangar.

In this way, the airship in the hangar can be pushed directly to the deck to take off and land, which can solve the disadvantages of inconvenient movement, and the catamaran is divided into two pieces because of the single hull, so that each piece is more slender and long, thereby reducing the wave resistance, so that it has a higher speed, and the width of the catamaran is much larger than that of the monohull, its stability is obviously better than that of the monohull, and it has the ability to withstand large wind and waves, not only has good maneuverability, but also has the characteristics of resistance peak is not obvious, large loading capacity, etc., It is very suitable as a mothership for airships, and at the same time, it can also take on some of the functions of storing supplies.

The so-called expert looks at the doorway, the expert will know if there is one as soon as he stretches out his hand, Ye Xin is an expert in this way, Yuan Fang's sketch has just been drawn, his eyes lit up, and he soon saw the benefits of this strange ship, his heart was shocked, and then looked at Yuan Fang's eyes full of admiration, before, he thought that Yuan Fang was a layman who didn't know anything, but now it seems that this unattractive kid is deeply hidden, and his own little thing is nothing compared to this guy's design.

Putting away his previous contempt, with a little respect, Ye Xin asked with a solemn expression: "Lord Yuan, the design of this kind of ship is so unique, and the advantages are obvious, I don't know if this is handed over to me or you yourself to preside over the construction?" ”

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes: "If I can do it myself, what will I do with you?" Of course, I asked you to help, to be honest, I don't know anything about shipbuilding, but I have this idea, do you think it's possible to build this kind of ship? ”

Ye Xin nodded without hesitation and said: "This is no problem, as long as there are enough good materials, by the way, Lord Yuan, how big is this ship, do you have any specific dimensions?" ”

Yuan Fang scratched his head, pointed to the largest warship in the port and asked, "How big is that?" Ye Xin was a little blindsided by Yuan Fang, looking at his design, he was definitely a master craftsman in the shipbuilding industry, but this master didn't even know the basic size of the ship, what the hell was going on.

Although Ye Xin was puzzled, he replied sharply: "Oh, that one, it is a new ship sent by the Liusang Empire some time ago, it is larger than the previous standard warship, the hull is sixty meters long and ten meters wide, and the largest warship before is less than fifty meters long, this is the largest warship I have ever seen." ”

Yuan Fang nodded: "In other words, the super-large warship you designed is about ninety meters long and fifteen meters wide?" ”

Ye Xin nodded, this data is not difficult to deduce. Yuan Fang pondered for a moment and said in a shocking voice: "Then my mothership must be at least one hundred and twenty meters long and wide, I don't know, you can do it." ”

Ye Xin was shocked by Yuan Fang's words, one hundred and twenty meters long, it is definitely a miracle or whimsical for the shipbuilding industry in this world, but Ye Xin likes this kind of stimulation, his face is flushed with excitement, and after a little thought, he nodded and said, "No problem, I'll do my best." ”

Seeing Ye Xin's cautious and shocked expression, Yuan Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, just now he originally wanted to say that three hundred meters was coming, but it seemed that one hundred and twenty meters was already the limit that Ye Xin could bear.

Yuan Fang asked the question he was most concerned about: "How long will this take?" ”

Ye Xin frowned and said: "I have never seen this kind of design before, I need to make a model first, adjust the proportions and configuration of each part, this is very troublesome, I can't be sure how long it will take, but I will do my best." ”

Yuan Fang knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed, but what the empire lacked most now was time, so he nodded with some disappointment and said, "Okay, you bother." ”