I want to ruin the country

Qian Kang replied,

"In reply to the emperor, apart from Guan Shuming who is serving as the prefect of Zhejiang, Zhang Jingfei, Zhao Shan, Ma Zichao, Huang Zhongxin, and Wei Wei are all here.

They all cherish the opportunity before them, do their job conscientiously, and have thoroughly understood the mining industry!"

Yining Road,

"It seems you understand what I mean. We are in dire need of mining talent.

Find an opportunity and let them go out and stand on their own!

In the future, you must pay more attention to cultivating more talents, and they must be of good character!"

"I understand that in this line of work, one must rely on character and conscience. Otherwise, there will be too many loopholes!"

"Yes, you still need to find a complete set of scientific management systems. Only with a reasonable system can you achieve high efficiency."

After leaving Zhaoyuan, Yining and his group walked north along the coast and arrived at Lijin County.

This is the location of the Dongying Shengli Oilfield in later generations, and oil extraction has been in full swing.

There were originally large areas of saline-alkali land here, and nothing grew except reeds.

Now the black oil has awakened this sleeping land.

The nearby villagers have all become oil workers, and various chemical plants are now being built nearby.

The application of electricity has solved big problems.

Now, the oil extraction machine made of praying mantis oil is gradually replacing manual mining.

Not only did it reduce labor intensity, but it also greatly improved efficiency, and oil production doubled.

In the future, the lives of the people here will be sweeter than honey.

The trip to Yining was not in vain, so those who made contributions were commended and rewarded, and Yining treated everyone to big crabs from the Bohai Bay.

Now is the season when crabs are plump and juicy, and large crabs weighing more than a pound are everywhere.

This large, natural, wild crab is a rare and delicacy in later generations.

However, it seems that no one is in high spirits. Could it be that big crabs are no longer attractive?

After learning more about it, I realized that this place is close to the sea, and you can eat big crabs and lobsters every day.

Because of the current poor transportation conditions, these seafood cannot be stored for long after being caught ashore, nor can they be transported far away.

Sometimes if they can’t be sold by the afternoon, they have to be given away for free, so the big crabs and lobsters at the beach are not valuable, and everyone has had enough of them!

Yining laughed silently, empiricism is deadly!

Then don’t eat crabs and prawns, just stewed pork, as much as you want!

Now the workers are satisfied. The fat pork fat tastes so delicious!

Leaving here, Yining continues north to the next destination, Tianjin Shipyard.

The Tianjin Shipyard under construction covers an area of ​​800 acres and is more than 1,300 meters long.

There are two large docks and four large piers.

The current factory director is Shen Baozhen.

Speaking of Shen Baozhen, he is also a famous figure in modern history.

He was born in 1820 and is years old this year. His father is Shen Tingfeng, a teacher, and his mother is Lin Huifang, Lin Zexu's sister.

Their family was poor, and the meager salary from their father was not enough to support the family, so their mother did needlework to supplement the family income.

When Shen Baozhen was ten years old, his uncle Lin Zexu betrothed his daughter Lin Puqing to him.

In the 1836th year of the reign of Emperor Daoguang (16), the -year-old Shen Baozhen passed the examination and became a scholar.

In 1847, Shen Baozhen passed the imperial examination and was selected as a scholar-official and appointed as an editor.

A few months ago, Zhang Xiang remembered Shen Baozhen, who was then the Censor-in-Chief, and transferred him to serve as the director of Tianjin Shipyard.

Shen Baozhen was very puzzled as to why he was asked to build the ship.

He asked his uncle and father-in-law if he had benefited from his help.

Lin Zexu thought for a long time and shook his head.

"That's unlikely. I've never mentioned you to the Emperor. I heard it was Advisor Zhang who recommended you!

The Emperor listens to Advisor Zhang's advice, but we have never had any dealings with him. I have no idea why he would recommend you!

The reason is not important; the key is not to disappoint the Emperor's trust!"

Fortunately, when Shen Baozhen took office, everything started from scratch.

Influenced by Lin Zexu, he had already dabbled in Western affairs. Although the construction of the shipyard was complicated, after several months of hard work, he was on the right track!

During this period, Deputy Factory Director Gong Zhenlin and his son provided him with great help.

Historically, Gong Zhenlin was a famous shipbuilding and cannon casting expert in the late Qing Dynasty.

He imitated the wheel ship diagram provided by Lin Zexu. He first used manpower to drive the impeller and successfully conducted a trial voyage in the lake. Later, he made a larger ship.

Gong Zhenlin also wrote the book "Illustrated Explanation of Cannon Casting Iron Molds".

Now with the technical support of Yining and Zhang Xiang, he doesn't need to spend a lot of effort researching how to build advanced steamships and how to cast advanced artillery. He just needs to work diligently!

Coming back from the busy shipyard, Yining asked,

"Youdan, when will the shipyard be completed?"

Shen Baozhen said,

"To reply to the Emperor, the earliest it will take is two years!"

Yining shook his head.

"too slow!"

Shen Baozhen now fully understood the emperor's thoughts and hurriedly took out a plan and presented it to him.

"Your Majesty, although it's unlikely that the shipyard will be completed ahead of schedule, I can build the first warship before the end of next year!"

"Oh, what a huge battleship!"

Shen Baozhen said,

"You can build a wooden paddle-wheel gunboat."

"What are the dimensions of a wooden paddle steamer? How fast can it go?"

"It's 241 feet long and can run about 12 knots."

"It's a decent size, but it runs too slowly, not even as fast as some sailboats!"

In Yining's memory, there was a ship in Britain with a total sail of 18 square feet and could run at a maximum speed of knots.

The speed of 12 knots certainly cannot satisfy Yining. Speed ​​is the life of naval officers and soldiers!

"Your Majesty, this is the best option with our current technology!"

Yining waved his hand.

"No, the technology will be available soon. Don't build this ship yet. Wait for notification.

What I mean is that before the Lunar New Year next year, we must launch at least one ironclad ship over 25 tons and with a speed exceeding knots!"

Yining checked the information and found that the speed of the most advanced warships in Britain and Germany does not exceed 25 knots.

The British battleship HMS Dreadnought was commissioned on December 1906, 12.

The Dreadnought was equipped with 18 drum-fired coal-fired steam boilers and 4 steam turbine units, with a power of horsepower.

During the sea trial, the speed reached 22.4 knots, which was the fastest ship at that time.

Therefore, Yining's requirements cannot be lower than this speed.

Of course, with the technology he has now, he can easily make more than 30 sections, but the processing is more difficult.

In that era, it was already remarkable that Shen Baozhen and his team could think of building a 12-knot paddle steamer.

If Yining was not a time traveler, he might not have had the foresight and creativity of Shen Baozhen and others.

When Shen Baozhen and Gong Zhenlin heard the emperor say that he wanted to build a warship with a speed of more than 25 knots, they immediately found it a little unbelievable.