Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 44 Ships ([-])

Guo Yi has been running around for the past few days, the more he knows, the less he understands.

Originally thought it was just a short business trip of two or three days, but now he reported to the leader that he would stay for a longer time. From the tone of the phone, Guo Yi knew that the leader thought he was a little busy, or that he wanted to take the opportunity to play around. Playing with mountains and rivers, but the development of things has become more and more interesting to him.

First of all, he found that there were people coming almost every day, and there were not many people who came, but the accent was different, and most of them were young and basically male.And it's not the usual labor-intensive enterprise workers in this area, all of them carry a lot of luggage.

Secondly, in the process of visiting the local enterprises contacted by the company, he discovered another unusual place.

In the various professional wholesale markets around the city, the sales volume of some commodities has skyrocketed in the past three months. The things that have seen a significant increase in preliminary summaries include: various foods, medical supplies, tools, water pumps, electric motors, Small power tools, various specifications of high-quality carbon steel, alloy steel materials and metal raw materials such as electrolytic copper, measuring instruments, ready-made clothing, footwear, etc.

Reminiscent of Time Travel's nationwide procurement, Guo Yi determined without hesitation that these purchases should also be from Time Travel Company.Apparently they divide the procurement into two parts. Ordinary and simple items are purchased locally; those with relatively high technical content or significant regional price differences are directly purchased from other places.

Guo Yi was too lazy to assume what they were going to do, so he decided to go directly to the company to have a look.

I took a motorcycle ride to the base. The training base looked quite old, most of which were built in the 70s and [-]s. The office building in the middle is a little newer and has a history of more than ten years.He didn't see what kind of construction the company had done, although he found out that the company had bought a lot of construction machinery.The gate to the base was open, and there were two old men chatting and smoking in the concierge, which seemed as normal as it could be.Guo Yi was worried that showing his ID and going in directly would startle the snake.Then he climbed up a nearby hill and observed with a telescope for a while.

On the playground, you can see teams wearing grass-green training uniforms, divided into several groups.Doing queue training.His camera stopped suddenly, and he could clearly see that there were several rows of people holding short bamboo poles in their hands, and some people were carrying snare drums. Although the sound could not be heard from a distance, these people were obviously beating the drums. The rhythm is advancing, and the queue will expand into a horizontal line for a while, a column for a while, and suddenly become a square line.Then, the people in the front row squatted and stabbed upwards with the bamboo poles, while the people in the back stood with the bamboo poles raised horizontally, posing in a strange posture.

What is this doing?Guo Yi himself had military training when he was in high school, college, and when he joined the job, and he never had such content in the queue training in his memory.

Guo Yi desperately adjusted the focus, and saw these people make a whole set of movements: fiddling with the bamboo pole, feeling something from the chest, putting it in the mouth to make a bite, and then fiddling with the top of the bamboo pole... the more he looked, the more Confused—these people don't have anything in their hands except bamboo poles?

"Strange thing." He muttered, unable to understand the purpose of these ghost-drawing gestures.Then I moved the binoculars to another place. Next to the sandpit, there was a group of people practicing hand-to-hand combat. The man who looked like a teacher among them was obviously from a field army—there were many demobilized soldiers in Guo Yi's unit.The tempered physical spirit of a professional soldier can be felt even from a long distance.

The focus was adjusted to the maximum, and there were many iron barrels and angle steel piled up on the pier. Some people were welding something, and sparks were flying.There are also two small rowboats resting on the davit on the dock.

"What the hell is this company doing..."

Guo Yi wandered around for a long time, and finally returned to the city disappointed. He got nothing but more and more doubts.

That night, Guo Yi came out of the hotel, walked around the street, found a small restaurant and drank two bottles of beer.I was very depressed.He has never doubted his IQ, and he has experienced many things over the years of work. Generally speaking, it doesn't take long for him to make an estimate.But the matter in front of him still keeps him in the fog.

"Let's go back first." Guo Yi thought, nesting here is not a problem.It has been four days before and after, and the investigation cannot continue endlessly.Judging from the materials we have, this company is a bit suspicious, but it has not done anything that hinders social stability and unity. It is its freedom to purchase so many things. As for money laundering or other issues, let the relevant departments come and ask. up.

Guo Yi's investigation more or less reached the ears of the executive committee through Zhong Lishi's social activities with several local people.However, the fact that the news came out showed that no one took it seriously.Xiao Zishan was a little bit worried. This step in the matter was already a close call, and no one wanted the same result as the men's soccer team.In the morning, he went to the cafeteria to eat and hurried to find Wen Desi.

"I don't think it's anything." Wen Desi thought for a while and said, "Let him go and investigate. We didn't do anything prohibited. He can't find out the problem."

"Let's hurry up, the night is full of dreams."

"Have all the people who are expected to report confirmed?"

"I've confirmed all of them, and there are 19 more who will arrive before next Thursday. I've also confirmed all those who won't participate."

"Then we'll have a general meeting next Friday."

"Are the relevant proposals ready?"

"In the past few days, various groups have been discussing and making various suggestions, and everyone's emotions are still relatively high."

While talking, the door of the office opened, and Wang Luobin, who was busy with travel and dust, walked in.In the executive committee, he is currently in charge of project establishment, approval and procurement of material preparation.Often travel around.In the past three months, he has concentrated his efforts on the issue of building a ship.

Travelers discovered during the travel trade that the energy of the wormhole gradually decays with the passage of time when the wormhole is opened. The longer the wormhole is opened, the more energy the wormhole consumes.

Small cross-trade trade involves nothing more than a few trailers at most.When the crossing operation starts, thousands of tons of materials will have to pass through the wormhole—the plan of using a convoy to transport materials and personnel is obviously unfeasible——the crossing time is too long, and it is very likely that it will be exhausted before it is completely transported last energy.

The only thing that can pass through a wormhole in a relatively short period of time and transport a large amount of matter is a ship—a ship as large as possible.The purchase list of the crossing people is getting bigger and bigger. Without a big ship, it is impossible to send hundreds of living people and thousands of tons of equipment and materials to the 17th century at once.

In addition to the transportation itself, a modern cargo ship is the epitome of a modern industrial society, with various main engines and auxiliary engines, high and low pressure pipelines, pumps, cables, electronic communication and observation equipment, desalination equipment, small machine repair workshops, health centers... Before the land base is built, it is a complete modern world. Travelers can get support from electricity and processing equipment in this modern base.The biggest advantage is that it can maintain the basic modern living conditions for a considerable period of time, lest these modern people who are accustomed to enjoyment suddenly feel that the living conditions are too difficult and have a nervous breakdown.

Finally, there is the considerable military role.The huge iron ship is enough to form a shocking sense of oppression, and the steel body is not afraid of any shells and arson weapons.Even if the brave want to jump to help the white blade, they have to climb the freeboard that is as tall as a city wall.

There is no need to equip any weapons, and even hitting it with full power is enough to make any warship in that time and space lose its soul-the smaller ship sank directly, and the larger ship could not withstand the collision of the steel bow, and they still had no way to escape. Even very old ships can easily reach a speed of 11-14 knots. Except for some fast sailing ships that may escape the clutches of favorable winds, most ships can only be ravaged by them.

Gorgeous multi-turret battleship!With such a ship, isn't it the master of the ocean.

Behind the gorgeous dream is often accompanied by a terrible reality, and it was a graduate of the Maritime University who brought the reality.

At this moment, Mond appeared.

Mond knew that the chat group was already after the second batch of backbone personnel reported for duty.On the frequented BBS, I accidentally found that the space-time shuttle door actually appeared, and it has begun to secretly summon the party to change history in the early years of Chongzhen.After confirming the authenticity of the news, Mond resolutely decided to join it, dreaming of becoming a real history tamperer.

He is the only graduate of the Maritime University in this group, and he often touches ships in his work.

His academic qualifications and work experience in China immediately attracted the attention of the executive committee. Although the executive committee felt that this person's ship handling skills were suspected of having two knives, there was no one else who knew about large freighters except him.

The two irrelevant factors of Maritime University and wormhole energy are destined to be one of the people who will leave a separate chapter in the history of traversing.

He was hired as a consultant to a specially called conference on ships.This made the young man, who had graduated only a few years ago, feel valued for the first time.

"Mr. Wen, this matter is difficult to handle," Mond heard the executive committee's plan introduction, "Crew, we don't have a crew."

"How many people are needed"

"Older ships with a weight of less than 5000 tons usually have 40 people, and those with a weight of up to 50 tons have more than 20 people." Mond said, "New ships that use unmanned cabins also have more than [-] people." He spread his hands , "These people are all technical jobs, and it is impossible for them to be competent when they travel through the crowd."

If China's merchant ships do not carry passengers, they are basically divided into two parts: the deck department and the engine department.In the deck department alone, there are the captain, the second and third mates, the chief operator, the operator, the cargo officer, the tallyer, the bosun, the deputy bosun, the first water, the second water, the chef, the second cook, the third cook, and the deck The waiter waits.

The key engineering department includes: chief engineer, second and third engineer, electrician, chief engineer, fire chief, mechanic, assistant mechanic, coppersmith, electrician, refueling, fire, etc.

"Half, if not all, if we are going to operate the ship for a long time. Especially the engine department."

The executive committee looked at each other in blank dismay. A ship is so complicated?Then make a P.It is already very lucky to have such a shipping professional to participate, and you still count on a ship of sailors?

"What if you just travel through the past?"

"It's also very difficult. Although there can be fewer people." Mond put forward his suggestion: set up a freight forwarding office at a port in Leizhou Peninsula and rent a warehouse.The various materials needed will be transported to the port for loading; rent or a coastal bulk carrier, and the shipping destination is set to Bopu Port in Hainan. Coastal freighters are a common sight, while others arrive at the rendezvous point first on several fishing boats.When the ship sailed out to sea and approached the port, the crossing crowd took over the ship, drove the crew into the sea, drove the ship through the gate of time and space, and then landed on the beach on Hainan Island.

"The Qiongzhou Strait is very narrow. I personally think that my own ability to operate the ship can still be achieved. I suggest that the executive committee send some people to study for the engine and basic deck personnel, but this ship will basically not be used in the future."

(End of this chapter)