1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 99 Civil turmoil
Regardless of whether to accept it or not, the facts are irrefutably in front of him. Apart from lamenting the injustice of God, Luo Shengdong has no other way to restore the growing gap between the two.Luo Shengdong knew very well that the Haihan people didn't care about letting him see these things, and even consciously showed them to him, just like they showed him those sharp guns before, because even if he knew about them With the existence of steam engines and advanced weapons, there is no way for the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to copy them.This sense of powerlessness greatly diminished the joy brought by the large sum of money, and made Luo Shengdong even have the idea of ​​leaving Victory Harbor overnight.

Although the trial production of the steam engine was a complete success, Chuanzhong did not get carried away.There are still many problems with the prototype that has been built so far, such as roughness, low thermal conversion rate, and poor sealing performance... Many projects still need to be improved in the manufacturing process.And such a large steam engine can only be placed in mines or factories, and if it is to be used as propulsion power, such a machine is still far from meeting the requirements.

At present, it is not a problem to use this kind of reciprocating double-acting steam engine as a fixed power source, but if you want to use it on a ship, you must build a multi-expansion steam engine with a more complex structure.Because the fresh water supply at sea is extremely limited, and the ordinary reciprocating steam engine needs to consume a lot of fresh water when working, at most it can only be used by small boats on the inland waterway.Due to the structural advantages of the multi-expansion steam engine, the steam can be re-entered into the boiler for heating through the continuous decompression process during the work process, thereby greatly saving the consumption of fresh water, which is very suitable for sea ships.

However, the structure of the multi-expansion steam engine is much more complicated than that of the reciprocating type. There are more than three cylinders alone, which increases the difficulty of processing and preparation accordingly.According to the opinions given by the expert group, it is not impossible to build a multi-expansion steam engine with the current almost pure manual processing method, but the cost performance is too low. The entire metallurgical workshop plus a group of fitters with different technical levels, I am afraid One month may not be able to create a qualified product.The most feasible way is to wait until the mechanical processing equipment is installed and the hydropower station is put into operation, and then use the advanced equipment brought in to process the important parts.

Moreover, the boarding of a steam engine does not mean that a multi-expansion steam engine can be finished. How to set up the cabin, adjust the center of gravity of the ship, how to calculate the amount of water and coal under the actual operating conditions, determine the cruising range of the ship, and the underwater propulsion system. Manufacturing, etc., there is no subject that can be easily won.

The executive committee also knows that the process of climbing the technology tree cannot be rushed. Even if you know the principle of many things, even if the blueprint is in front of you, limited by the current objective conditions, you still can't make it.Therefore, the opinion of the expert group was approved by the Executive Committee, and the large-scale steam engine manufacturing was slightly delayed for a while, and the focus was on improving the design scheme and technological process of the steam engine.

After dawn, Luo Shengdong left Base No. [-] and returned to Victory Port with a belly full of thoughts. All the trade was completed yesterday, and all the goods that should be loaded on the ship have been loaded. Today, you can leave for Wenchang, where there is still There are hundreds of taels waiting for him to get it.But Luo Shengdong was a little disappointed that when he left the port today, no Haihan leader came to see him off at the wharf. There were only a few Ming sailors on the wharf helping to untie the cables. The two departures from the dock were very different.

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be too familiar with these Haihan people?" Luo Shengdong left Victory Harbor with a trace of melancholy.

In fact, Luo Shengdong had a bit of a misunderstanding. It wasn't that no one wanted to go to the pier to see him off. It was just that he received news this morning that something had happened at the farm commune. Several powerful figures in the executive committee rushed over to deal with the emergency. I won't go to Victory Harbor to send Luo Shengdong a ride.

The farm commune sent a distress message to the executive committee when the sky was bright, claiming that there had been "large-scale bloodshed" in the commune, causing the military and police department to jump around. On the newly established security company, hurried to the farm commune.Yan Chujie, who led the team, remembered that he had forgotten to notify the medical team when he was halfway there. He quickly contacted the base and asked Old Morgan to take the medical team to catch up as soon as possible.

When the emergency troops arrived at the farm commune village, they found that the conflict here was over. There were many messy household clothes, shovels and sticks scattered on the open space outside the village entrance, and a pool of blood that had not dried up could be seen.Several of the wounded were still lying on the ground, moaning feebly.The perpetrators had apparently dispersed, which relieved the nervous rescue team a little.

Yan Chujie ordered the security team to spread out to maintain order first, let people who know first aid know the basic treatment of the wounded first, and at the same time let people go to the commune management committee.When the management committee sent a distress message in the morning, Yan Chujie had already asked them to ensure their own safety as soon as possible, not to act rashly, and to wait until the rescue team arrived.The Executive Committee does not want anyone to come forward to be a hero when the situation is unclear. If a person is accidentally killed and injured by these simple-minded farmers of the Ming Dynasty, it is not worth it.

Several members of the management committee were quickly found, and their residences in the commune were built separately, independent of the entire commune village.After the incident, they also stayed in the house as required by the executive committee and did not go out until the rescue team arrived.

Gao Huan, who was in charge, was still shivering when he spoke at this time, and it seemed that he was very frightened by the situation at the time: "I went out in the morning... I saw two groups of people fighting at the entrance of the village, and they were all violent. Hand... I yelled a few times and no one listened to me, so I came back and called you..."

Another Chuanzhong who was in charge of civil affairs didn't go out from the beginning to the end, so he didn't know what was going on outside, so he couldn't tell one, two or three.

The only members of the military and police department who are expected to be responsible for public security are the members of the military and police department who are stationed in the farm commune. This member of the military and police department is a dark-skinned Mongolian man named Harugong.He served in the first cavalry battalion of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, which is also the only established cavalry unit in later generations.In view of Harrugong's special experience, the Military Police Department has already decided that he should be the future cavalry instructor of the naturalized civilian army, and assigned him to be stationed in the farm commune. One reason is that he has more time dealing with horses. The horses currently being raised by the farm commune can also be cared for and domesticated.

As for the reason for participating in the transmigration, Harrugong may be regarded as a special category among the transmigrators.His ancestor is said to be the Orona clan of Mongolia, who served several high-ranking officials in the Yuan Dynasty, and then changed the Han surname to Ha in the Ming Dynasty.And Harrugong chose to participate in the time-travel because he really wanted to come to this era to search for the traces of his ancestors.Although it has been hundreds of years since the most glorious period of his family, Harrugon thinks that maybe he can meet one of his ancestors in this time and space, and stage a journey to find his roots across time and space.

Haru Gong, who had been in the army, was obviously much calmer than the two colleagues, and calmly described what happened in the morning: "...I heard Gao Huan came back and shouted that there was a fight outside, so I went out with a gun on my back to have a look , I also recognize a few guys, it should be a fight between new and old immigrants... the number of people, there are about 24 or [-] people participating. Considering the safety issue, I didn't step forward to stop them, so I went to the barn with a gun Stay on guard, lest someone take the opportunity to cause trouble and sabotage. I didn’t come back from the outside until the group of people broke up.”

"These guys..." Yan Chujie breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If it was just an infighting between old and new immigrants, it would be relatively simple in nature. I was afraid that there would be an invasion by foreign enemies or an attack against the Transmigrators. .As for these migrants, the number of casualties is not a big deal.

It's not that Yan Chujie is too ruthless and treats human life like a mustard, but this kind of fighting is nothing new among the people. For the sake of the cattle, he gnawed a few young crops, for the flow of the stream, and for the sake of which field the field should be counted. All of them may cause a village-level fight.Although the commune has a management committee, the management organization of just a few people is in charge of a large group of villagers who do not have any concept of the rule of law in their heads. Obviously, they lack sufficient deterrence.Of course, there are objective reasons for this. After all, the military and police department has limited strength, and the newly trained security guards are basically arranged in areas where security problems are common, such as Victory Port and No. [-] Base. Constraining commune members is still a place where social order is relatively stable, so the Military and Police Department has never set up strong institutions in the commune.

Since this kind of thing happened now, it is impossible for the military and police department to turn a blind eye. If it is not dealt with seriously, then maybe the military and police department will leave, and the commune will start fighting again.At this time, the medical team led by old Morgan finally arrived at the farm commune and began to treat the wounded.Soon the medical team counted the injuries caused by the large-scale fight: two died and five were seriously injured, two of whom may be disabled.No minor injuries were found at the scene, because these guys probably ran home and hid.But now he can't hide if he wants to. Yan Chujie has already brought his team to investigate one by one, and the guy with the injury doesn't need to be interrogated at all, just arrest him first.

(End of this chapter)