Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

Paul Greiman recently spent his free time studying the ship illustrations that he had received from the shipyard supervisor.

He found that even the popular ships in the south were galleys, similar to the Calais ships in the Mediterranean area on Earth. This is a narrow, long, low and flexible ship type that uses oars as the basic means of propulsion. Although it is also equipped with Sail, but that was only to allow the oarsmen to conserve their strength during long voyages.

There is only one row of long oars on each side. Large oars are more than ten meters long and weigh 300 kilograms. Therefore, each oar is usually worked by 3 to 8 people. Some large ships are often equipped with hundreds of oarsmen. .

Most of the southern countries used convicts and slaves as oarsmen. A large number of oarsmen were like sardines in a can, packed into a small space.

As the ship sailed, the oarsmen, under the threat of whips, desperately started their "muscle engines" to the rhythm of the drums.

There is a saying to describe the life of a rower on a boat: "If there is hell in the world, then hell is in the galley, where rest is never known."

The oarsmen stay with the seat board all day long, drifting on the sea, listening to the whistles and drinking, and when they are nervous, they may use wine to strengthen their courage or suffer from whipping.

"What a cruel and inhumane era! The evil old society."

Paul sighed and was thankful that his background after traveling through time was not bad.

This kind of galley has been around since the ancient Beira Empire. The reason why it has lasted for a long time is mainly because the wind and waves in the Cape Bay area are calm. The super power and flexibility generated by human rowing in a short period of time are very effective in that maritime environment. A great advantage, which is very important for maritime battles in southern countries and for merchants to avoid pirates.

The maritime trade of other countries is not developed and they have no motivation to innovate shipbuilding technology. Therefore, they generally imitate the ships in the Cape Bay area. As a result, almost all the boats used in the world are Cape Bay galleys or their variants, such as the former The kind Paul saw in the shipyard the other day.

Galleys are mostly flat boats with a low draft. They are advantageous in shallow seas, but not in deep seas because there are many crew members including rowers, and supplies are also a big problem.

What Paul needs is a fully sail-powered ship that can cross the ocean. According to his estimation, if the goods are to be transported to the south by sea, it will take more than 2,000 nautical miles to travel from the northwest bay to the Cape Bay.

If you go to the East to sell goods without using southern merchants as transshippers, the distance you have to travel will be even longer. This distance was unimaginable, at least in his own mind, by an oarsman.

What's more, he also has a "small" wish: to recruit explorers to conduct a voyage around the world like Magellan. "The world is so big, and I also want to know about it."

The theory of a round earth has been widely spread in most countries, but there is still a lack of direct and effective evidence. If the expedition you support proves that the earth under your feet is round, it will definitely leave a mark in the history of the world.

However, it seems that this wish has not been realized yet. He found a carpenter and made two full-sail models based on his memories of his previous life.

One is based on the Swedish New Gothenburg, a big-bellied U-shaped hull that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. It has three decks - the lower deck, the upper deck and the open deck.

There are three masts, each with a square sail, the main and fore masts are equipped with topsail, topsail and mainsail, and the mizzen mast is equipped with a mizzen topsail and a large mizzen sail.

At the bow is the bowsprit, which carries the jib yard, and hanging below that are two other squaresails: the staysail and the staytopsail.

The purpose of equipping the triangular canvas is to make better use of the Bernoulli effect and enable the ship to sail in headwind environments. The U-shaped hull will allow the ship to carry larger cargo, have a deeper draft, and sail more smoothly, but it also means that the ship can sail more smoothly. The risk of grounding and stranding increases.

In Paul's expectation, if this kind of ship could be built, it would become the main equipment of the navy in the early stage. After being equipped with artillery, it would roam the world's oceans unimpeded.

The other is a model of a clipper ship. This type of ship has small freeboard and less superstructure, which not only improves the stability of the ship, but also allows full use of the sails.

The ship sails almost close to the water. Its underwater shape is designed as a minimum resistance body to increase the speed, but maintain a certain lateral resistance profile, resulting in a particularly beautiful waterline. The waterline surface at the bow is concave, long and sharp. The curved scissor-shaped bow is in a posture suitable for racing. It can cut through waves and advance forward to reduce wave resistance, so it is called flying shear.

Compared with the Gothenburg, the clipper bow column extends the length of the hull. By extending a diagonal bar along the bow column, more stay jibs can be hung on the bow, which will help expand the capacity of the stay sail.

The hollow bow makes it easier for the ship to lift its bow in waves and improves its directional stability in waves. The tapered waterline of the aft body transitions harmoniously to the narrow rounded tail, blending harmoniously with the graceful bow shape.

However, the clipper ship sacrifices load capacity for speed and is not suitable for equipping a large number of artillery. Paul plans to use this ship to transport some small but high-value goods after building it, or equip it for future coast guard forces to fight against piracy and Anti-smuggling.

Rubin, the shipyard supervisor, almost stared out of his eyes after seeing these two models.

Indeed, regardless of whether the designs of these two boats are reasonable in the eyes of the natives from other worlds, in terms of aesthetics, they are far beyond the current galleys. The novel and beautiful shapes make the shipyard supervisor feel itchy.

"A work of art!"

Rubin shamelessly begged the Earl to leave the model in his shipyard, which was exactly what Paul wanted. He wished the shipbuilding expert could think more about it.

He originally wanted to make a model of the holy ship "Victory" in the age of sailing for Rubin's reference, but when he thought of the poor conditions in his shipyard, it was a bit whimsical to build such a behemoth, so he had to settle for the next best thing and build this small ship. .

He asked with great anticipation: "Can we build two actual ships based on these two models?"

However, even this wish was about to come true. The shipyard supervisor looked at the model and thought carefully for a long time, and finally admitted hesitantly that with the current technical strength and craftsman experience of the shipyard, even if the raw materials and other issues were not taken into account, it would probably be "very long". It takes a long time to create.

Paul understood what he meant. This "very, very long" probably meant the Year of the Monkey, the Year of the Horse, and the Month of the Horse.

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"You might as well just say it can't be made."

The disappointment in the earl's words was very obvious. Rubin was a little anxious. It was not easy for him to get the earl's attention, and he even sacrificed the ship illustration he had worked so hard to compile.

He had an idea and gave Paul an idea: "Don't worry, sir. Recently, haven't you rescued a certain big shot in the Corner Bay Alliance? If you can use him to dig a group of craftsmen from the south, it should be helpful. I I heard that shipbuilders in the south built all kinds of strange ships.”

The earl looked at him with a playful smile and said, "Aren't you afraid that some of the new craftsmen who are capable will take your place?"

"Huh? This...this..." Rubin was a little panicked. He didn't expect this just now. He was too rash.

"Haha!" Seeing Rubin's embarrassment, Paul stopped teasing him, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, as long as you old people study hard, study hard, and keep making progress, I will never forget you. Dear Dear, hometown people!”

"Yes, sir! I will study my technology well and live up to your high expectations." Rubin breathed a sigh of relief and promised, patting his chest.

Paul looked at the sea and thought to himself: "It's time to talk to Mr. Foster."

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