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This kind of labor-intensive production mode is almost impossible to see before the full advent of industrial society.

Even if they can be seen occasionally, the projects they are responsible for are mostly national-level projects such as imperial tombs, the Great Wall, and canals, and it is absolutely impossible to gather around a factory.

The reason why Cao Ang was able to do it was because the imperial court had more and more food and tax revenues, otherwise, it would not be able to support a manufacturing team of this size anyway.

The shipbuilding industry in the Central Plains began in prehistoric times and flourished in the Warring States Period. It reached its first peak in the Qin and Han Dynasties. During the Unification War, Qin Shihuang organized a large fleet capable of transporting 50 shi of grain.

After the unification of the Central Plains, during several large-scale patrols, they all cruised inland rivers or sailed on the sea by boat.

At that time, the shipbuilding industry was very developed, and it went a step further in the Han Dynasty.

The Han court could mobilize more than 2000 large ships and 20 naval troops in one battle.Louchuan is a famous ship type in the Han Dynasty, and it is a symbol of superb shipbuilding technology.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms were the southern peaks of Han shipbuilding technology, and the shipbuilding industry in the land of Jing, Chu and Wu was the most prosperous.

Among them, Soochow was the most prosperous. The Soochow Shipbuilding Workshop during the Three Kingdoms period could build large ships with five floors and 3000 soldiers at a time.

According to records, when the Jin Dynasty destroyed Soochow, Soochow still had more than 5000 large official ships. Soochow also opened up navigation, and the fleet had reached Southeast Asia.

Although Soochow has not yet reached its peak, its shipbuilding capacity is already ahead of the north by a large margin. This is also the confidence that the Sun family in Jiangdong can separate from one side.

There are various types of naval warfare. The fastest and most flexible assault ship is called "Xiandeng", and the warship specially used to attack enemy ships is called "Mengchong".

In addition, there are upper and lower double-decks, tall towers, and large ships that can deploy thousands of soldiers. However, due to lack of technology and experience, the new ships built by Cao Wei's Huainan Shipyard are biased towards Haochong warships.

The Mengchong warship is the main combat force of the navy. This kind of warship is not too big or small. It can carry hundreds to hundreds of people at a time. There are crossbow windows and spear holes in the ship. The Chinese rely on oars, and each ship requires at least 20 or more soldiers to paddle.

On the basis of the old-fashioned Mengchong ship, Cao Wei made a new-style warship according to the transformation.

On this day, Cao Ang and Zhuge Liang came to a tributary of the Huai River. In the early morning, the sky was bright and the air was fresh and slightly cool. Suddenly a gust of wind blew away the mist on the river.

Three warships with strange shapes loomed in front of them and came slowly.

Cao Ang personally inspected the warships. The three warships were exactly the same, twice the size of the ordinary Mengchong. Most of the hulls were made of cement, and the important parts were covered with a layer of iron.

It looks very heavy and clumsy at first glance, but it is as indestructible as a water fortress. Such a ship is not afraid of loss, flying stones, or fire.

If it collides with an ordinary Mengchong ship, the Cao Wei warship can easily knock it away or even turn it over with its strong hull and overwhelming quality.

It can be called a water monster!

The new Mengchong has a conventional sail structure, and its sails are 50.00% larger than ordinary Mengchong boats.

The stern of the ship looks like two small chimneys, which are specially used to discharge the gas produced during the coal burning process. There are also wood pulp holes on the ship, so that the oars can be manually paddled at critical moments, so that the power will not be completely lost in critical moments.

Cao Ang was very satisfied. Judging from the appearance, the ship is not ugly, and the structural design is quite reasonable.

Zhuge Liang ordered a combat demonstration. Several soldiers waved flags on the shore and gave orders to the three warships.

After about a quarter of an hour, Cao Ang could see from a distance that the chimneys of the three warships were starting to steam.

The originally somewhat clumsy warship showed amazing maneuverability, and within a quarter of an hour or so, the speed increased to an unbelievable level.

In a windless environment, it is at least three or four times faster than ordinary Mengchong boats.

The principle is very simple. During the Three Kingdoms period, a kind of vehicle and boat appeared. This kind of vehicle and boat is equipped with paddle wheels and human pedals, which is more convenient than paddling.

Smart designers such as Zhuge Liang improved the paddle wheel into a bigger, bulkier but more powerful propeller.

Each Mengchong ship has two sets of steam engine equipment. These steam engines generate kinetic energy through burning media, and drive the propeller to run at high speed, thereby generating powerful power.

This power can not only overcome the heavy and clumsy defects of cement boats, but also make this kind of Mengchong warship run faster than ordinary Mengchong ships. In addition, it can still maintain its strength even in the case of no wind, even headwind, or even extreme wind and waves. smooth speed.

This alone can instantly kill any most advanced warship of this era.

Zhuge Liang and others were very proud. With such a powerful warship, Cao Wei would not lose to the southern army even if he fought against the navy.

However, Zhu Muliang knew that the new warship had just been born, and there were still many areas for improvement, so he humbly asked Cao Ang for advice.

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Cao Ang thought for a while and then said: "The advantages of the new ship are obvious, but the disadvantages are also obvious. The hull itself is too heavy, the load capacity is limited, and the space inside the ship is also limited. The fuel that can be carried at one time can only last for about half a day to a day."

"If you want to maintain super-strong kinetic energy and maneuverability, you must often replenish coal. Otherwise, once the steam engine is turned off, this kind of heavy warship will not be as worrying as an ordinary Mengchong ship in combat."

Zhuge Liang was very shocked when he heard the words. As expected of General Cao Ang, he could see the flaws at a glance.

Zhuge nodded and agreed.

"What the general said is very true. This is indeed a big flaw. We are improving and optimizing the design of the ship, trying to reduce the weight of the warship and expand the storage and load-bearing capacity of the warship while maintaining the inconvenient level of sturdiness."

This kind of steam Mongolian boat can only be used for inland river warfare for the time being.

If there is a naval battle or sailing, there are still many shortcomings and shortcomings, but Cao Ang feels that there is no need to rush for a while.

Climbing the technology tree does not happen overnight. There is always a process of slow accumulation and slow iteration.

Although the steam Mongolian warship will be eliminated sooner or later, it is only a substitute before more advanced ships are manufactured, but for now, it is completely sufficient.

There is no need for too many such steam Mengchong ships. As long as three or two hundred ships can be built, Cao Wei can crush the southern navy in terms of equipment.

This shipbuilding process can accumulate a lot of experience for shipyards, craftsmen, and designers. At the same time, it can continuously improve steam engines, making these technologies more and more mature, so that they can be applied to more fields.

After personally inspecting the warship, Cao Ang took a reassurance, and then he began to consider other issues.

"Kong Ming, we already have enough powerful warships, and we can consider developing powerful weapons suitable for warships."

Zhu Xia nodded: "I have already started to improve weapons such as crossbows, heavy crossbows, and Xueli chariots. There have been quite a lot of achievements recently, and they can be equipped on warships."

"That's not enough."

Cao Ang said: "If we want to defeat the Jingwu Navy, we need more powerful and unexpected weapons."

At this moment, Cao Ang thought of gunpowder. It has been more than three years since he came to this world. It is not that Cao Ang has never thought about developing gunpowder weapons.

But this is actually not very realistic. In fact, there is a very long development process from the research of gunpowder to its application on the battlefield.

From the coexistence of gunpowder weapons and cold weapons, to the complete replacement of cold weapons by hot weapons, there is another development process of tens of hundreds of years.

In this era, productivity and manufacturing capabilities are limited, and it is difficult to research enough weapons to use.

This is also the reason why Ying Ang has never thought about this aspect, but now that Cao Wei's manufacturing technology is improving, it is not impossible to barely create gunpowder weapons that match naval warfare and only be used in naval warfare.

It can be used as an alternative plan, let Zhuge Liang and the others try it, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not.

Of course it would be best if it succeeds, but if it doesn’t, it’s all about accumulating experience for the future.