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Chapter 406
Rumor 1. The ship is in trouble to turn around, and it is even more difficult to dock!

When a technical geek leads another group of technical nerds to mess around all day long, the world often changes because of it.Just like Rafael and his R&D team, when they conquered the metal keel splicing process, they directly used this technology to create a giant iron keel with a length of 56 meters.

Of course, with the technology that Rafael and the others have now, steel keels are still a fantasy.But in this era, Raphael has made great contributions to directly enabling the shipbuilding industry to overcome the technical obstacle of wooden splicing keels!
"When did you secretly build such a big boat?" Bao'er asked Raphael, slapping the side of the boat.

"Since I conquered the large-scale casting technology of improved gray iron three years ago, I have started to build it."

Bao'er asked again, "But why didn't I see this boat in the dock when I went to Incheon a few times ago?"

Raphael replied: "Because the conditions in Incheon determine that her shipyard can no longer meet the conditions for the construction of this large ship, this ship was actually built in the dock of Keelung Newport."

"The Keelung Port has been completed?"

"Not only the Keelung Port, but also the Kaohsiung and Manila ports have reached our Dongbao berthing standards."

Bao'er pointed to the big boat under her feet, and asked Raphael, "Then you quietly built this thing?"

"Yes, is it beautiful?"

Bao'er nodded repeatedly and said, "It's really beautiful!"

“能不漂亮吗？我和工程师们按照宪法号（USS Constitution）的雷萨舰（Razee）图纸改出来的！在优化了船体结构之后，咱们能让脚下的大家伙保持15节的速度！这船的甲板长66米，龙骨长56米，型深7.4米。火炮甲板装有20门5寸炮（约等于32磅炮）及32门4寸半炮（约等于24磅炮）。火炮甲板上的那18门3寸炮在这条船上都是小家伙了。至于船首和船尾的那两口5寸臼炮，也都属于聊胜于无的东西。”

"That is to say, you have 72 guns on a ship? Has it reached the edge of a third-tier battleship?"

Raphael denied, "No, no, I said that 3-inch guns and mortars are not counted as guns, so this is just a frigate."

"Your frigate is 66 meters long? Why don't you call it a fishery administration ship?"

"Don't talk nonsense! You see, the Constitution is 62 meters long and has a displacement of 2200 tons. Why can't we call a ship with a length of 66 meters and a displacement of 2450 tons a frigate?"

Shang Ming is also familiar with Raphael. Seeing the heated conversation between the two, he interjected curiously and asked them, "What are you two talking about? It's so lively."

Bao'er waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, it means that this boat drains... more than 400 million catties."

"How much?" Shang Ming asked in horror.

"2450 tons, if converted into market catties, it would be about 409 million catties."

"God!" Shang Ming asked again: "This boat must not be cheap, right?"

"This one belongs to the first ship. It is indeed quite expensive after all the research and development expenses are allocated. It cost almost 500 million taels of silver."

Governor Shang: ...

Raphael saw that the governor was silent, and quickly explained: "The first one is more expensive. If it is rebuilt according to this ship, including the ship and the gun, the cost of 20 taels will definitely stop it!"

"Hi..." Dudu Shang was silent, because he found that he had spent half his life doing nothing, but he only got more than 100 million taels in his hand, but the crime committed the year before last was confiscated by Emperor Shenghua...

"You still make money..."

After finishing speaking, Duke Shang left the deck in frustration, and went back to the cabin to draw circles and curse Raphael.

After Bao'er saw that Uncle Shang had left, he asked Raphael again, "Why don't you build a battleship with a double-layer artillery deck?"

"Why build that thing? The current warships in our hands are enough to deal with enemies at sea. By the time they start building double-decker battleships, I'm afraid our breech-loading guns and steam turbines have already been researched. When you say that, is there any difference between two decks and four decks?"

Boa: Emmmmm...

It makes sense!

Two days later, when an escort formation composed of 9 fast brigantines and 3 high-speed frigates of the same model as the "Ruyi" appeared at the mouth of the Dagu River, the beacon tower of Tianjin Youwei unsurprisingly ignited the beacon fire again. .Fortunately, the chief who guarded the beacon tower knew who was in the fleet, and extinguished the beacon fire that had just been lit, otherwise there might be a big commotion!
You know, Emperor Hongzhi came to the port to meet his biological mother in person today. If there was a sudden fire, everyone who lit the fire would have to be executed by all of them!
"Report!"

A fast horse galloped from the direction of Dagukou, and when it was near the emperor's shaft, the knight jumped off the horse and galloped to the emperor to report:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Dongbao's big ship has arrived at the mouth of the Tanggu River, and will arrive at the pier from time to time!"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard the news, he was immediately excited and apprehensive, and became restless for a while.Fortunately, the three imperial teachers accompanying him forcibly pushed the little emperor back on the stool, so that he would no longer turn around and lose the royal dignity.But Hongzhi's restless heart could not calm down for a long time.

Then, two hours passed in vain.

The emperor turned his feet and looked into the distance, muttering: "Why don't you come?"

Why not come?Because the two-masted clipper is measuring the depth of the river bed for the big ship in the Dagu section of the Haihe River!You must know that when the big ship that Bao'er was in was sailing at sea, her waterline was almost 4 meters deep.I am afraid that once it enters a freshwater river, its waterline may go straight to 4.5 meters or even 5 meters.

However, the precipitation in the Haihe River Basin this year is much less than in the same period in previous years, resulting in a drop in the water level in the Dagu River Basin.That's why Raphael had to order the two-masted fast boat with a shallower draft to enter the river first, and go to each place to explore the water depth of the river and the surrounding port.Once they accidentally let the big ship run aground in the soft mud, it will be really embarrassing at that time!
The result was as expected by Raphael!
"No..." A fast boat brought back news, saying: "The water near the dock is only a foot deep, and even a high-speed frigate is at risk of running aground."

In addition, these fast boats also brought another news. Because the water level of the river has dropped and the width of the river has narrowed, after the big ship enters the river, it may be difficult to even turn around and come out!

This is so...

No choice but to change the ship!

So the group of people on the big ship changed from the big ship to the three fast brigs with a "hangchi, hangchi".The excess luggage brought back by Bao'er's move and all kinds of local products from all over Dongying can only be disembarked from Jiaodong, and then transported to the capital by land.

No way, originally Bao'er and Raphael planned to drive a big boat to Dagu Wharf to shock them, but they had to give up because of the lack of water in the big river after a good plan.

"My old lady is puzzled. Usually, everyone is quite good at water. How come they can't do it when they get serious!"

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first change

Two changes today
(End of this chapter)