The Evil Generation of Pirates

March [-], [-] in the Haiyuan calendar. .

Shipyards and newspapers, as Locke Shriver said a few days ago, are being acquired one after another under pressure.The Francis Chamber of Commerce spent a total of 35 billion berry to acquire these two properties, which was less than previously expected.

At this point, the business layout of the Francis Chamber of Commerce has taken shape. Francis Shipping Company, Francis Shipyard, and Francis Newspaper have all begun operations, putting the Chamber of Commerce on the right track.

The shipyard's maximum construction capacity is to build two ships at the same time. The first order came from Francis Shipping Company, which is also owned by the Francis Chamber of Commerce.The shipping company under Drake is now very wealthy and has placed orders for three cargo ships and two cruise ships in one go. These orders are enough to support the shipyard for a year.

This situation is also self-produced and sold. After all, the reputation of the shipyard has not yet been restored, and it is not easy to take on outside business. Moreover, it is true that the current transportation capacity of the shipping company needs to be expanded, and if it wants to expand, it needs to build ships.

Drake is in charge of the shipping company, and Rock Shriver is now in charge of the newspaper. Because the newspaper has to spin off the intelligence organization 'Reef', and also needs to break the monopoly of the Glitter Gold Chamber of Commerce, he can't spare time for a while. Come.

The shipyard is now completely unaffected by the commercial sanctions imposed by the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce. The circulation of the newspaper run by Locke Shriver is so low that it can almost only be used by internal personnel of the Chamber of Commerce base.

However, a newspaper cannot produce and sell itself like a shipyard or a shipping company. It must expand its circulation and truly become the largest newspaper on Bechus Island, the largest newspaper in the Kingdom of Laika, and the largest newspaper in the North Sea.It is considered successful only if it has a huge influence that can influence people's public opinion.

Yamos personally went to the shipyard to supervise. Now, there is no one who can take on the position of person in charge of the shipyard, so he can only take the position first.Another reason for his support is that the shipyard wants to develop steam-powered ships, which requires him to provide some ideas that are beyond the times.

After arriving at the shipyard, Yamos made a routine inspection and then met with some of the original managers of the current shipyard.

Because the shipyard's predecessor and the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce were partners rather than subordinates, they agreed that there was no need to make a major change in the management. They eliminated some of the untrustworthy and unreliable people, while retaining the rest for rewards and appeasement.

After fully affirming the work of these subordinates, Yamos arranged to meet with the boatmen.Francis Shipyard has many experienced shipwrights, but Yamos spent a lot of money to hire a number of qualified senior shipwrights, screened some of the most outstanding talents, and established a secret research and development team.

He didn't worry much about building ships for Francis Shipping Company. It was all under his own name and supervised by others.The most important thing now is to develop steam ships. Comprehensively improving ship speed, defense, and attack will be an epoch-making feat.

At this moment, in the conference room of the shipyard, Yamos was talking to the outstanding shipwrights in the research and development team about his ideas: "I hope you can work together on a steam-powered ship."

"Steamboat?" said a boatman.

"You know?" Yamos asked.

The boatman nodded: "Burn water to generate steam, and use steam as power to drive the ship forward. This idea has been put into practice and is used on a small scale all over the world."

Yamos was shocked and surprised: "It already exists? Then why is this new type of ship that saves manpower and no longer relies on sails not used on a large scale?"

"Because this kind of ship requires a lot of burning materials on the one hand, and a lot of water resources on the other. It consumes too much and is not very practical. Not many people are willing to use this kind of ship." The boatman replied.

After listening to the boatman's explanation, Yamos knew why steamships were not used on a large scale, because the current development of steamships in the One Piece world was very immature.

It is also impossible to recycle water resources and keep the steam engine running.

This is because the steam ships developed in the One Piece world at this time had not yet invented condensers.The principle of a steamship is simple, its core is the steam engine.A steam engine consists of three parts, a steam furnace, a cylinder, and a condenser.The steam furnace generates steam, and the steam in the cylinder pushes the piston to move, converting the steam into power for the ship to sail. The condenser turns the steam back into water for reuse.

If the condenser had not been invented yet, water could not be circulated and a little less would have to be used. If a steam ship was used to sail a longer distance, a considerable amount of water and a large amount of fuel would have to be provided.The cargo hold of a cargo ship contains [-]% fuel, [-]% water, and [-]% cargo. The price is too low (don’t ask me why seawater cannot be used).

This is actually a good thing. First of all, no one else has actually developed a practical steamship, which is an advantage. However, the concept of steamships is known to shipwrights, which reduces a lot of things that he needs to explain.He only needed to assist the shipbuilders to successfully research the condenser, and the steam engine could be completed. Once the steam engine was completed, the steam ship would also be completed.

"I can solve this problem with you." Yamos identified the crux of the problem. "The problem is that the water vapor in the steam engine will be wasted. If we re-cool the water vapor and turn it into water, the water will evaporate again to produce Power turns into water and evaporates again, and so on, and it can use limited water resources to create unlimited power."

"This sounds simple, but turning water vapor back into water is a big problem." Another boatman said.

In their opinion, Yamos, the big boss, can only use words. After all, this problem has troubled their boatmen for a long time, making sailboats still the mainstream of sailing. Even they can't solve it, so how can Yamos solve it? ?

“So if we want to make practical steam engines and steam ships, we must first make a condenser.” Yamos said, “Develop a device that can re-cool water vapor into water and recycle it. "

The principle of the condenser is not complicated. Copper has strong thermal conductivity, so copper can be used to make a coil to grow a long solenoid, and water vapor can dissipate heat through the copper tube.In order to improve efficiency, copper can also be used to make heat sinks to increase the heat dissipation area.In addition, a fan can be installed to speed up air convection and take away the heat quickly.

Yamos still knew some principles of steam engines, but he didn't know much about guns and cannons. After all, he was not an expert in weapons manufacturing in his previous life.

Among the knowledge he currently possesses, the principle of steam engines is the most useful, which will change the pattern of the sea. In the future, the steam warships they build will have absolute dominance in naval battles.

Of course, knowing the principles does not mean being able to build something.It is very difficult to make something perfect. Yamos can only say that he came up with such an idea, and then everyone worked together to finally create a successful condenser device.

Yamos began to explain the principle of the condenser to the boatmen, and his words made the boatmen's jaws drop in shock.

A group of people started discussing excitedly, and the atmosphere in the conference room was very lively.

Yamos can't get involved in more detailed things. He only knows the principles. The real experts are the few in front of you. There is no need to do everything in front of them.Let these outstanding boatmen study the ideas mentioned by Yamos, and he will supervise the whole process.

In addition to the discussion, Yamos also had another idea, which was to arrange for Dolat to station a escort team at the shipyard. In name, it was to protect these shipwrights who had mastered the principles of steam engines, but in fact, it was to monitor and control these people.

The advent of steamships would change the world, and Yamos had no intention of being a good guy and spreading his principles early.If even the navy built steam warships, then his series of research layouts would lose their meaning.

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