In early 1643, Dongfang Port was a beautiful season in midsummer. On the beautiful river of Big Fish, a long wooden chair fixed on the ground was placed at every distance. The wooden chairs were surrounded by fruit trees. The saplings planted by everyone more than ten years ago have now produced fruitful fruits, just like this country created by travelers.

In the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard, Liu Weimin, the newly appointed chairman of the Executive Committee, sat on a long chair, looking at the flowing Dayuhe River water, without saying anything for a long time. Sitting with him was Xiao Bailang, who had already stepped down as a transportation committee member. Now he has officially served as the director of the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard, and at the same time he also serves as the chairman of the National River Channel Broadening and Dredging Committee, which looks extremely strange.

Liu Weimin, a middle school teacher, served as one of the original seven-member committee members since the day of his time travel. However, due to his personality and other reasons, he gradually faded out of the political front of the East Coast and turned to the position of chairman of the People's Congress. At the end of last year, the term of the old government ended. According to regulations, most people will step down as the current position of the Central Executive Committee. The years of stable politics in the East Coast Republic of China began a new round of—at least on the surface—refresh political power.

Helplessly, Liu Weimin, who had not wanted to wade into this muddy water, was pushed to the throne of the chairman of the Executive Committee by everyone. Liu Weimin, who knew that his foundation was insufficient, was suddenly overwhelmed. He had not even had a good night's sleep since he took office. The first major event he faced was about how to transport East immigrants.

First of all, it has to be said that this is a big event. It is a very complex but extremely important event. It tests the production capacity, transportation capacity, armed capacity, and the coordination, coordination and organizational ability of the new government. The ambitious new government members put forward the slogan of "large-scale shipbuilding" and have begun to be implemented. Liu Weimin basically agrees with this. As the Far East gradually opens up, more and more immigrants will gather in Heishui Port and even the two strongholds of Jinshan Port in Australia and Gushan Port. With the existing extremely tense transportation capacity in China, it is no different to be a fantasy to transport Ming immigrants in units of thousands. Then, starting construction of new ships immediately becomes an inevitable choice.

Therefore, after finally finishing the accumulated batch of affairs. Early in the morning today (February 15), Liu Weimin took a carriage to the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard, located outside the south city of Dongfanggang, to inspect the construction progress of several ships in the shipyard. In addition to the fifth "Madao"-class guard gunboat "Grove", the navy-manufactured "Madao" class guard gunboat, the other two 650-ton flute-type transport ships were the key targets for investigation. Lao Liu looked very carefully and climbed up and down. After only two hours of inspection, the old man with his arms and legs was a little overwhelmed and needed to sit down and rest.

Speaking of this East Coast people have equipped as many as eleven flute-type transport ships, we have to mention many advantages. For example, the materials are used to save money and the cargo loading efficiency of the same tonnage is high. Of course, the ultimate advantage is that the number of sailors they need is very small - only 18-20 sailors can start such a 650-ton medium-sized ship. You should know that today's East Coast people lack sailors. Whether it is ocean transport ships, inland steamers, or the two major naval fleets, they all need a large number of sailors to fill their countless jobs. So, since there is such a low cost and large transportation capacity, only a very small number of sailors (10 East Coast sailors + 10 Malay slave sailors) can run. Although their speed is a little slow, it is definitely the first choice for East Coast people at this time.

Of course, the East Coast people did not give up the development and production of large-tonnage fly-slippers. Since immigration operations were imminent and no time was available for developing larger tonnage ships, the two shipyards simply took the drawings of the modern special ship factory "Fubo" multi-function expedition ship. After a little modification, they designed the first large-scale fly-slipper sailboat with practical value in the history of shipbuilding in the East Coast Republic of China - the "Scud" class three-masted sailboat with a full load displacement of 1,200 tons. The design of the sailboat is the same as the previous expedition ship. Since it is on a fixed route, the wind direction and ocean current are convenient, the foremast and middle mast of the ship are both cross sails, while the rear mast is a sail. In order to reduce the number of sailors needed, a small steam engine was installed on the ship to assist in the sail handling.

"The seven ships on the ship platform of the two shipyards will not be delivered one after another until the end of April, so the construction of the 'Scud'-class large flying scissor transport ship is probably to be dragged until early May." Xiao Bailang lit the pipe for Liu Weimin, and then lit it for himself, saying while smoking.

"The supply of wood in the new China region is quite sufficient, which is what helped us solve the biggest problem. After all, these shipyards are all state-owned enterprises. We only need to pay workers' wages, and the others will no longer require any big costs. Fortunately, this is the case, otherwise the government would definitely not have the financial resources to build so many ships in one go." Liu Weimin said with emotion, "With the ship, everything will be easy to say."

"After the ship transporting immigrants set off from Gushan Port, most of the sea areas they pass through are low-latitude seas, the sea conditions are relatively stable, but the weather is relatively hot. In such an environment, food and water are very likely to deteriorate, and may also cause large-scale infectious diseases. Therefore, it is best to put the large-slide ship into this section of the sea and use its high speed to shorten the navigation time as much as possible. By the way, the Ministry of Transport developed a derivative model based on the "Scud" class large-slide ship. The original intention of this derivative model was to immigrate, so the internal link of the ship

It is different from traditional cargo ships or warships. Its internal space is relatively large, but it is divided into separate small rooms, each room can accommodate 3-4 people, which can be converted into 500-600 people per ship. In addition, several ventilation fans powered by steam engines are installed in the entire internal cabin space to facilitate the extraction of dirty air in the cabin and exchange it for fresh air. In addition, there are small seawater desalination devices on the ship, which burn coal to ensure that drinking water can continue to last for a period of time when there is a problem with the drinking water." Xiao Bailang said.

He currently serves as the director of the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard, so he is clear about these situations. Considering the general poor physical condition of the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to develop a special immigration ship to ensure the survival rate of these weak Ming immigrants at sea. However, relatively speaking, the construction cost of such a ship is also extremely expensive. Moreover, because of the many independent compartments, the purpose of this ship is very limited, and it can even be said to be only used to transport troops or migrants, which further increases the construction cost of this ship.

The expensive cost, lengthy working hours and narrow uses all make this immigration transport ship, which was set as a "Scud-Arthur" type, an expensive luxury. For this reason, after the construction plan of the large skipper ship was launched in early May, the Ministry of Transport even planned to build two to try the waters, while the rest were all built "Scud" basic type (i.e. cargo ships).

"Let's just do the ship problem first. I don't know how much Mo Ming can do there and whether he can collect enough people." Liu Weimin said with some concern, and then smiled and said, "Even if there are those big ships, self-protection will not be a problem. Moreover, they set up their bases in extremely remote and cold places like Sakhalin and Rishiri Island, which is really difficult for ordinary people to discover for a while. Moreover, the fishing resources there are extremely rich. If there are enough fishing boats and sailors, the food problem is actually not insurmountable. Let's consider our own problems first. Don't catch us by the time, but there are not enough ships to transport them, which is our dereliction of duty. So, how are the transport ships on the other sections arranged? How many are needed in total?"

"From the local area to Hezhongbao, Hezhongbao to Xinhuabao, and Xinhuabao to Gushan Port, these three sections are under the responsibility of the local Ministry of Transport. Relying on the existing cargo ships to and from all over the country, the number of ships may not be enough, and the transport cycle will probably be very long. As for the two sections from Heishui Port to Jinshan Port, and Jinshan Port to Gushan Port, the Heishui Development Team is responsible for the specific arrangement. How to arrange it is Mo Ming's business, but I guess their ships are not enough, so the modern factory still needs to continue to start construction of new ships. Second Machinery Factory 62.

The 8-horsepower steam engine has been practical, so it can be used to board faster and more efficient sailboats. The only thing that can be considered is whether the ship materials are enough at that time. At present, Dayuhe Factory and Zhenhai Factory have occupied a large amount of ship materials resources, and will soon build a large number of 72-ton inland steamer steamers. In addition, the Luomei Line Railway Duplex Project has started construction, and the wood resources are very tight. I don’t know what the limit capacity of the New Huaxia Wood Processing Factory is, so I may have to expand production." Xiao Bailang reminded.
Chapter completed!