Captain Guo Ziren installed the whaling gun directly at the bow of the "new" old ship at the Anjiang Inland Sea Shipyard.

The Ming version of the whaling cannon has a simple structure and can be understood at a glance.

When it was designed, it was designed according to the level of blasting power that can withstand black, fire and ammunition, so its fire and medicine chamber is relatively compact, the barrel is one meter two, the total weight together with the supports is less than 100 kilograms, and the forward firing angle is 60 degrees, plus or minus five degrees up and down.

The fuse and cable ignition can have five seconds of preparation time for launch after ignition.

After the installation, Captain Guo Ziren took the two handles behind the whaling cannon and turned them back and forth in various allowed angles, feeling that the universal joint was a little jerky.

Captain Guo Ziren pointed to the universal joint and said, "They are reluctant to install a standard part, this thing is actually hand-forged by the Ming craftsmen themselves-Lao Liu, you add some more lubricating oil to it-"

The captain of the Liu family, who had been holding a long-spouted tinplate oil pot next to him, immediately bent down to add whale lubricating oil.

Captain Guo Ziren turned again, and it felt much smoother.

Captain Guo Ziren pointed to an ornament on the bow of the ship and said, "I saw it, when it goes down to a fifth angle, that thing may affect the launch!" Once there's an accident, it's not fun. ”

One of the hallmarks of this Canton ship is that on the slightly upturned bow, there is always an ornament of a fish dragon's head, which has the function of praying for blessings - what captain does not value it?

The captain of the Liu family glanced at the dragon head ornament that he had just repainted with lacquer.

Captain Guo Ziren immediately laughed and said, "It's not that you can't have it in the future, but you can put it lower in the future!" ”

Captain Liu immediately said: "Yes, yes! ”

Captain Kwok Tzu-jen personally tested the guns on the fishing boat.

They found a half-exposed sand dune in the Anjiang Inland Sea, just like the back of a beachback whale - there are many such sand dunes in the Anjiang Inland Sea.

Captain Kwok asked the sailors to park the boat about twenty meters away from the whales and then let them lean behind him.

Captain Guo Ziren began his long conversation loudly.

"First of all, you must know that whales generally can't see twenty meters—"

Everyone was puzzled, so how could it find food?! But Captain Guo Ziren didn't explain why, and everyone could only choose to believe him.

"When you find it, follow it generously, it will always stop at sea to rest, and it will rest for half a day, so you have to find a man with good eyes to go to the mast and observe—"

Captain Guo Ziren pointed his finger at the location of the observation post on the mast.

Everyone looked up at the position of the observation post that was added later, and by the way, they saw that the sails were so white and the sky was so blue.

"After you find a whale, you can install the whaling fork - this can be installed in advance, and then the solid propellant is loaded, and the latch is closed - this must be installed after the whale is found, be careful that it is tidal - each one will cost twelve horses - the evil Gunpowder Factory."

The last sentence was whispered by him—everyone had just hurriedly turned their eyes back, staring at his movements, not hearing his last sentence clearly.

The Zongheng Gunpowder Factory of Hantang Group is digging deep into the scientific and technological content of black, fire and medicine, and the cost of this digging may be into the product.

Captain Guo Ziren once complained about this price, thinking that this was sucking blood in the whaling business, not injecting strength into the whaling business, and that sooner or later, this Zongheng gunpowder factory would be crushed by the gunpowder products of the old Zheng family.

The director of the Zongheng Gunpowder Factory had a really good temper and explained to him slowly.

"This propellant is specially designed for them to extrude the mold, specially formulated various fillers, designated personnel to process and produce, so the cost is a little more expensive, and now the demand is there - but as long as it is used once, they will use it a second time, we can ensure the quality, the propulsion change of each shot is in the range of five percent, which basically belongs to the aim can be hit. Their Zheng family's products? Not to mention whether there is a propellant as a product, it is not even suitable for us as a raw material for processing - I have tried, about 15 percent, if the conceptual shooting is okay, is this whaling, or is it a primary accuracy, right?

Captain Guo Ziren, do you think this is the reason? ”

Captain Guo Ziren said embarrassedly, I'm just complaining, don't take it seriously.

After Captain Guo Ziren prepared a qiē, he shouted with a whaling cannon: "Lao Liu, ignite the fire!" ”

The captain of the Liu family went to light the guide and the fire with a thick incense candle, and after lighting it carefully, he raised his left hand and shouted: "Burn also!" ”

Captain Guo Ziren put the sand dunes twenty meters away into the aiming frame, and shouted: "You have to count to five, and it will be launched, pay attention to the ups and downs of the waves!" ”

"Boom!" The harpoon flew towards the sand dunes with the sisal cable, and in the air, the cable also made a "buzzing" sound, and the coiled cable also made a rattling sound.

"Bang!" The whaling forks were deep in the dunes, and they all went in, only the cables.

The whaling fork is also a simple version of the habitual style, not because of how sharp it is, but only because of its destructive power and gripping power.

Captain Guo Ziren is very satisfied with his results, the shooting level is quite high, these Ziming people will not know if it is the first time to fiddle with this thing, right?

The muzzle of the whaling cannon was still smoking white, and Captain Guo Ziren shouted, "Throw the floating barrel quickly!" Put the boat on both sides at the same time! What a god! ”

In spite of their scrambling, they finally lowered the two boats from the booms on both sides of the guò, and the two sailors rowed desperately, and in a few strokes, they approached the dunes, and then raised their harpoons and threw them out with all their might.

The level is okay, it's all tied up.

Captain Guo Ziren handed Captain Liu a cigarette and said, "This is the Anjiang Inland Sea, the waves are less than one meter, and the outer sea is generally two to three meters——"

Captain Liu said: "In the past, it was higher than the house - no, I still have to fish in the four-meter wave, why don't I eat?" ”

Captain Guo Ziren nodded: "It's a bit exaggerated, but I don't rule out the possibility, I was on my father's wooden sailing ship when I was eleven years old——"

Captain Liu said: "I was born on this fishing boat, and so were my two sons – when they were leaning against the dock, of course. ”

"Oh, aren't you fishing boats not allowed to get on your daughters?"

"It's a big ship, and I don't shy away from waiting for a small two-masted ship, otherwise how would I live?"

Captain Guo Ziren asked curiously, "What about your current daughter?" ”

Captain Liu said: "I have gone ashore, I bought a residential base from the Hantang Group, first built a few huts, and when I have money in the future, I will build a few big houses, and my two sons are enough, plus I also ordered a boat in Xiamen, so - I have to take out a loan - the silver is not enough, otherwise how can I be willing to use this boat that gave birth to me for a lifetime to mortgage!" ”

Captain Guo Ziren said with a smile in his heart, the evil Hantang Group!

"It's okay, Lao Liu, we'll start whaling the morning after tomorrow! Strive to catch two within this month and repay the loan at once! I won't even give them interest—"

"Okay, okay!"

Before leaving, Captain Guo Ziren said: "You let all the sailors practice firing guns, don't feel distressed - how much is a whale worth?" As long as you can hit, everything will come back. ”

Captain Guo Ziren came to the cold storage supervised by Zhou Xinglie. IN THE COURTYARD OF THE COLD STORAGE, ZHOU XINGLIE WAS SITTING IN THE SHADE UNDER A BIG TREE, BOWING HIS HEAD AND PLAYING WITH HIS IPAD.

Captain Guo Ziren walked over, pulled over a chair, sat on it, and said, "Old Zhou, you are so free-"

"Idle fart, this cold storage is more lively inside than outside-"

Captain Guo Ziren knew that this guy was not in a good mood.

The wooden villa area of Hantang Group has been fully planned, and those who have good deeds have also produced renderings, that guy seems to have done real estate advertising, and the renderings are very beautiful.

When it comes to the distribution of these more than 800 villas, Hantang Group simplifies the handling and draws lots.

If you don't care, just say that the rest is mine, and I can't imagine that I can live in an American-style villa in this life for 800 years; If you care about it, you will say that this is a benefit I deserve, but you have to catch a good number.

As a result, Zhou Xinglie, who wanted to be quiet the most, caught No. 1 and happened to be at the gate.

Zhou Xinglie said: "Okay! I have to watch people come and go every day! ”

Captain Guo Ziren liked to be lively, so he said: "Come on, I haven't caught it yet, let's change it, you see the rest are in the middle of the mountain-"

Zhou Xinglie thought for a while and said, "No, I believe this is my life, there must be a reason for him." ”

Then, Zhou Xinglie, who believed in his fate, was still unhappy.

It's better to say that he is weird, but Captain Guo Ziren likes it, and the relationship between the two is not bad.

Captain Kwok said, "Get me the coolest beer!" ”

"Take a fart, there's it in the cold storage, go get it yourself!"

Well, good friends all talk like this, and Captain Guo Ziren went to the cold storage by himself.

Hantang Group has developed suitable shanks in the mountains of the Chichi area, the estuary area and the Kaohsiung area, and they are all natural refrigerated warehouses with a little reconstruction.

However, among these natural refrigerated warehouses, the temperature in northern Taiwan is the lowest, reaching 17 degrees Celsius - but it is more difficult to dehumidify than in other regions, but it is not impossible to solve.

In this way, the cold storage in the city of Geranza has reduced a certain amount of pressure and is fully used for ice production in the freezer.

Each member of the Hantang Group has a certain amount of ice tickets - the remaining ice cubes are only sold to the catering and food industries registered with the Hantang Group, such as the Fujian area, which does not belong to them, and they only pay taxes to Yongsheng Bo Zheng Cai.

One of these is the problem of supply, and the other is that Hantang Group still has to consider its own food safety. Except for special units, eighty percent of the technicians now eat in restaurants run by Akito.

But Zheng Lian, the Marquis of Dingyuan in Quanzhou, was relatively rich and capricious, so he had to buy it.

Hu Jingge, the stationmaster who had already started working in Quanzhou, was given a headache by this uncle - he sent his strong request back to the headquarters, indicating that the willfulness of Dingyuan Marquis Zhenglian was unbearable, and he couldn't care about a few pieces of ice and a middle-aged uncle.

Director Sun Defa said: "It's easy to do, you can set up a saltpeter ice factory in the local area." ”

At that time, Hu Jingge was still a little skeptical and said: "I know the theory of saltpeter to make ice, but didn't the ancients know this trick?" ”

Director Sun Defa said: "I don't know if they will, but can their saltpeter and our ammonium nitrate be at the same level? Aren't there any of them who are as good as little Japan as if they were a head? Let them exchange small Japanese saltpeter mineral products for ice, I estimate that the level of ice consumption of the Zheng Lian family is enough for you to pay the wages of the workers-"

Subsequently, Hu Jingge, the stationmaster of Quanzhou Station, issued several orders.

First, he built a cement pool in a small courtyard house in his commercial station, which was good for storing ammonium nitrate, and then pre-ordered eighteen sealable high-waist cylinders in the Ming porcelain kiln, requiring the porcelain cylinder lid to be tightly seamed.

Then a thick wooden lid was added to the pool, and the mouth of the porcelain jar standing in the pool was exposed by the wooden lid.

A bamboo shed was built on top of this concrete pool, and two Ming laborers were hired to take care of and labor.

Before the Budai Salt Chemical Industry Zone sent the ammonium nitrate he needed, the porcelain kiln first sent eighteen large vats.

At that time, I also sighed that this Ming man played with mud, leaves, and insects, which was really a strength.

After waiting for the ammonium nitrate to come, I tried to produce it, that is, I added water to the pool, and only half of the water was put in the porcelain tank, for fear of freezing and cracking. The wages for this porcelain jar have not yet been settled.

As a result, the effect of this method was good, producing 180 kilograms of ice - after giving the ice to Dingyuan Marquis Zheng Lian, the price of the ice he gave, Hu Jingge was ready to open two more.

It doesn't cost ammonium nitrate, it can be recrystallized and re-added with water - it doesn't cost us money to do it manually, and it doesn't cost us even a porcelain jar.