Chapter 498 The Roland Gunship

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After spending a day returning to the border area, Roland felt soreness in his back and back. After washing up, he went to bed early and recovered his energy the next day near noon.

It seems that the soundproof compartment and soft recliner must be installed on his special ship. He thought to himself that it would be better to have a spacious large bed.

Otherwise, sitting on a hard bench that keeps shaking and listening to the repeated roar of the steam engine will be a double torture for both mental and physical health.

When he walked into the office, Roland's first thing was to recruit Barovmons, the head of the chief executive, and Senidali, Minister of Agriculture. Now there is only one last week left before the scheduled time for the spring offensive. The army is confident that it is iron axe, so he is very relieved. Therefore, the most important thing is to do a good job in agricultural production and do a good job in spring planting. After all, only if you have food in your hands can you be calm.

At Changge Wharf, I have seen the seeds transported there. As long as there is Golden No. 1, the harvest here will not be much worse this year.But the border area is the key point, we are role models, proofs, and examples that are promoted to everyone!He knocked on the table and said, "So, how is the spring plowing work done? Who can tell me?"

Your Highness, the current situation is like this. Barov took the lead in speaking that only 30% of the first batch of promoted serfs are willing to continue to engage in farming. In addition to the newly recruited serfs, the total agricultural population is now around 10,000.Based on the average wheat yield in the previous year, the grain produced by this 10,000 people should be able to feed 40,000 to 50,000 people.He paused and added that the feeding I mentioned was calculated based on the wheat purchase limit for formal residents, which was much greater than the daily consumption of civilians in other cities. If we just asked not to starve to death, then we could add another 20,000 yuan.

That's roughly that, Your Highness, Seni continued, but the above conclusions were all concluded by the Ministry of Agriculture based on data from the previous year. About half of the serfs this year are mainly the newly introduced Golden No. 2, which will be improved by Lord Ye Zi... To be honest, if I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe that so many ears could grow on the wheat straw, and there are still 2,000 people who will change to potatoes and corn, so I can't predict the final actual yield.

As for the tilled part, the farmland is currently being plowed. According to the crop planting manual written previously, the field needs to be plowed three times repeatedly, and the fermented compost is mixed into it. This process generally takes three to four weeks, mainly depending on the number of people working in a piece of land and the farm tools used. The serfs in the previous year basically rented iron farm tools, which should be able to shorten the tilling time.

As for how deep the ditch should be digged and the interval between seeds, I have arranged for apprentices to conduct publicity and explanations to teach them how to sow seeds according to the best methods in the planting manual.

It can be seen that the knight of the original Benlang family has put a lot of effort into the farming affairs and has considered the aspects that need to be taken into consideration. Even Roland couldn't help but nod.

In this era, underdeveloped agriculture is due to the fact that it depends too much on the land itself. A piece of land is equivalent to all planting. In order to protect the fields, it even has to plow for two years, and the land use efficiency is extremely low.

Now Wudongcheng has controllable water conservancy irrigation, natural fertilizers and reasonable planting methods, and the seeds transformed from leaves, the yield is naturally amazingly high in the eyes of locals.

However, for Roland, more than 10,000 people in the total population of 30,000 are engaged in farming, and this proportion is still too high.

The most effective way to reduce the agricultural population is to start with agricultural tools, such as manufacturing some agricultural equipment that uses animal power or mechanical power.

Very good, keep the momentum going, he said with satisfaction, and in addition, the staff sent to Changge District should also keep records. If there is any promotion to other cities in the future, they will be implemented according to this model.

After handling the affairs of agriculture, Roland left the castle and headed to the Chishui River dock with Nightingale and his guards.

The ship, which was constructed by Anna, had entered the weapon installation stage two days ago. The hull coated with gray-red two-color anticorrosion coating stood quietly on the sleepers, with three cement boats the size of a hull that looked very burly.

Unlike cement paddle boats without cabins, its side side is nearly two meters, which can stuff the boiler and steam engine into the belly, and the paddle wheels are also removed from both ribs.

In addition, it is another feature of the hull that has a raised bridge in the center, which still looks very eye-catching despite being only one floor high.

Of course, as a shallow water heavy gunboat, the most important equipment is undoubtedly the 152mm giant cannon.

In order to save construction time, Roland did not ask Anna to create a naval gun version alone, but instead removed the fortress cannon on the city wall and planned to go directly to the ship.

Now, it is lying next to the dock, waiting for the final lifting.

Your Highness, when he saw Roland appear, Anna immediately waved to him, here!

The prince walked over with a smile, how about it, is the construction process still going smoothly?

During the week he went to Changge District, Anna took charge of all the gunboats. Although she handed over the drawings of key parts to her, this was an unprecedented major project after all, and it was normal to encounter various problems.

It was not very smooth, she shook her head. The more troublesome problems were deformed on the side of the hull, water leakage of propellers, tilting the hull to one side after welding the bridge, and the inability to jamm the cannon seat to the gun, but I have solved it.

All... solved?Roland said in surprise.

It was Ah, Anna smiled brightly and said with her fingers that the deformation on the side was caused by the thin steel plate of the ship. I installed a fixed support frame in the easily deformed parts; the water leakage of the propeller was because there was always a gap between the casing and the connecting rod, so that the leaking water would not run around, and it would be drained out by the power of the steam engine; the bridge deflection was caused by the weight asymmetry, and it was enough to modify it a little bit. The problem of the gun seat was the most difficult to solve. Finally, the inspiration I found on the revolver gun first cut out a row of tooth marks on the bottom ring, and then a hook claw that could be inserted between the teeth, so that the rotating gun frame above could be fixed in any direction I wanted to aim.

Roland blinked and said for a long time, "You are such a genius."Although these are not difficult problems, for myself who has drawn countless mechanical drawings, especially the last point, the only thing that can think of the revolver structure to the fixing method of the cannon seat is probably only Anna has this meticulous observation.

By the way, Your Highness, does this ship have a name?

Not yet, he raised his eyebrows and said, What's wrong?

The First Army soldiers came to see each other every few days, and were competing to carve their names onto the bridge, Anna chuckled, saying that you promised that the person with the best artillery could own a ship named after him.

Ah... It's like this. Rodney and Nelson of the Artillery Battalion appeared in Roland's mind. But this one was not good. You should know that the name of the first warship not only represents the ship itself, but also represents this level of model.He raised the corner of his mouth, saying that I can't give this honor to others, so I called it the Roland-class No. 1 ship.