Looking at the cargo ship that had just laid the keel on the slipway, Zhao Ran asked, "How many people are carried?"

The Amber Daoist replied, "Twelve, one monk, are mainly used to manipulate the wind talisman and the spirit gathering talisman. ”

Zhao Ran took the drawings and looked at them again, and designed and installed a steel winch machine in the middle for loading and unloading containers, and the structure was also very simple, the key was that the materials should be able to withstand the strength. This was a difficulty before, but after Zhao Ran introduced Taixuanguan into the production system, this problem was not a problem.

The ship is expected to be completed in two months, and will be ready for mass production one month after sea trials after production. There are 16 slipways in the entire seagoing ship production area, and with the strength of Longjiang Shipyard, 16 ships can be manufactured in batches at a time.

After the inspection, the Amber Daoist asked Zhao Ran to name this kind of ship, and Zhao Ran said: "It's called a container ship, a 056 container ship." ”

The chief craftsman and the economy of the shipyard were accompanied by him, and they asked Zhao Ran a question about how many such container ships would be built.

Zhao Ran replied: "Make six batches first." ”

The shipyard's hoarding of timber was not enough, especially the keel of the 500-gauge ship, which exceeded the shipyard's reserves. The source of timber is easy to solve, several provinces in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, such as Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, etc., are timber production areas, wood is cut down and tied into wooden rafts, pulled by small boats, and down the river.

The original longest drying process was not a problem with the addition of Amber Dao people, and he recruited six fellow Taoists from his hometown in Fujian in the past two months, although the cultivation was very low, but the skill of drying wood was very easy for them.

The real problem is silver.

This kind of simple container ship materials are ordinary, the cost is very low, according to the batch of 96 ships to calculate the cost of shipbuilding, the unit price can be reduced to about 2,000 silver, is one-third of the same type of ships, but because of the large number, the total price is nearly 200,000 taels.

Zhao Ran nodded and said, "The silver will not be missing from you, first prepare for production according to this plan, and it will arrive within a month." Let's go, go see the warship. ”

There are eight slipways in the warship area, but half of them are deserted, only four slipways are started, and less than 100 patrol ships on the river are built, which is still Zhao Ran's last visit to Longtanwei, and after mentioning the issue of warships, Zhang Luo tried to allocate a sum of money and handed it over to Longtanwei to order.

Zhao Ran wanted to inspect the warships that could be used for naval warfare, this is the news that the Xinjiangkou Shipyard had already gotten, they made preparations in advance, and took out the patterns of several warships, and several chief craftsmen and economists looked at Zhao Ran with blank eyes, and they couldn't wait for Zhao Ran to place an order immediately.

In the Longjiang Shipyard, the civilian shipyards are subordinate to the Ministry of Industry's Battalion and Renovation Division, while the Xinjiangkou Shipyard is subordinate to the Ministry of War's Vehicle Driving Division.

Now with Zhao Ran, the "big customer", thousands of craftsmen and craftsmen in Xinjiangkou Shipyard, as well as their nearly 10,000 family members, are eagerly looking forward to Abbot Zhao's silver, so that they can have a fat year at the end of the year.

Zhao Ran flipped through the pages of the "Ship Administration Patterns" handed over by the chief craftsmen, centipede boats, battle ships, patrol ships, sand patrol boats, sentinel boats, and so on. After reading it, Zhao Ran didn't like it, thought about it, and instructed Amber Daoren: "Immediately start designing a new type of warship, and it is recommended to divide it into two types, one is a 500-material warship, which pursues combat power, and the other is a 200-material cruiser ship, which pursues speed." In terms of speed, you can consider adjusting the length and width ratio of the ship, such as one to five, one to six, or even one to seven. By the way, if possible, try the flying scissor bow. ”

"What is a scissor bow?"

"The first pillar is not so high, and it is pulled out diagonally forward, and the angle between it and the water surface is smaller, like scissors. The underwater part continues to reduce the cross-section on the basis of the Fukubune..... Also, could you consider replacing the hard sail with a soft one?"

"What is a soft sail?"

”...... Forget it, I didn't say it, anyway, you can do it, I don't know how to ship. ”

Zhao Ran is prejudiced against the "Ship Administration Pattern", he himself admits that he does not understand the ship, Amber Dao people through several contacts and conversations, has seen his characteristics, in front of a dry face of the embarrassed craftsmen, full of consent to Zhao Ran's request, promised to come up with design drawings within seven days.

The design of the new ship of the Amber Dao people came out soon, and the design of the 500-056 level warship was actually modified from the battle-seat ship, removing the complicated decorative carvings on the ship, adding wind talisman and spirit gathering talisman devices, and then replacing the original ordinary heavy crossbow with three battle formation crossbows, plus a fire dragon cannon and a water dragon cannon, it was completed.

It was manned sixty-eight, including twenty-four sailors, twenty gunners, twenty-one jumpers, and three monks.

The 200-material cruiser took a lot of effort, made a major modification to the bottom of the sailboat, changed the length-to-width ratio from the original 4.5 to 1 to 6 to 1, and tried to tilt the bow pillar down to the front. Equipped with a dragon cannon, it carries 18 people, 6 sailors, 5 gunners, 6 jumping soldiers, and 1 monk.

After Zhao Ran read it, he didn't see anything wrong, so he could only use the old method to let the Xinjiang Estuary Shipyard build an experimental ship. Whether it can be used or not, I will generally know after the sea trial. If there is anything wrong, it will be too late to change it then, anyway, this kind of wooden boat is built quickly.

Zhao Ran now wants to solve the problem of silver and go back to take stock of his own inventory.

The silver of the cultivation ball lottery has been invested in the manufacture of the bridge, not only all spent, but also borrowed 300,000 taels from the Four Seasons Money Village, it can be expected that within a year, this black hole still needs to be filled in a steady stream, so there is no need to consider the source of this silver.

He himself has more than 500,000 pieces of silver, but he has planned for these purposes: to develop the three mines sent by the Duanmu family, to continue to invest in research and development expenses in Junshan Technology, to set aside a reserve fund for the cultivation of merit power for Su Chuan Medicine and the disciples who were later included in the sect, and so on.

The remaining silver that can be used is the 1.2 million copied from the original Shangsangong, and this money should be left for the turnover of the Jiming Temple, and the 200,000 yuan will be used to deal with the requests for help from Chaotian Palace, Lingji Palace and Manifestation Palace - this is a disguised claim, and the rest can be used to build a fleet, that is, 800,000 taels.

800,000 taels seems to be a lot, but in fact it is far from enough. At any time, the fleet is a gold-swallowing beast, and it will cost 200,000 yuan just to build 96 container ships with 500 materials. Immediately after that, the construction of warships will be started, and the construction of the Jiming Guan inspection fleet will be built, how much silver is this account?

Zhao Ran's idea was to establish an inspection fleet composed of ten 056 warships and 10 patrol ships, and only with such a fleet could they have the strength to compete on the sea. But ideas are ideas, reality is reality, and the reality is that the cost of warships and cruise ships is definitely much higher than that of container cargo ships.