What, can't afford it?Roland sat in the office, and the paperwork that required the extension of the enrollment of the administrators and the purchase of sailboats was placed on his desk.
Barov cleared his throat, Your Highness, that's true.The price of a two-masted sailboat is between eighty and one hundred and twenty golden dragons, but this is only the cost of building a ship.There is more than that in the people on the ship, the total price is estimated to be more than 200 golden dragons.
Didn’t I say that there is no need for sailors or helmsman?The captain doesn't need it, I just want the boat.Roland asked, knocking on the table.
With Wendy there, he didn't have as many people to operate the sailboat.
Most inland boats are straight sails, and they are like lifting flags. The paddlers and sailors are redundant. Just pull someone up and try it.
Anyway, with vector wind power, are you still afraid that the ship will not move forward?
Your Highness, there is no such business, at least not in Liuye Town.Barov carefully explained that you may not know much about the industry, and generally speaking, the owner of the ship is the captain.It may be a merchant or aristocrat. After recruiting people by themselves, they will travel between major towns and wharfs with the ship, traveling merchants or delivering goods.For the latter, an acting captain will usually be recruited to follow the ship for him.Employees are not paid monthly, but pay once every one to three years.
Most of the time, ships and people are tied together.If you intend to buy a ship from the captain and not his hiring subordinates, then he will lose his employment salary.The amount of eighty golden dragons is not a number that can be given up at will even for the great nobles.At the beginning of the month, including the transaction with the gemstones in Liuye Town, there are now 315 gold dragon balances in the city hall. If you spend most of them to buy a boat, your militia will not be able to pay the salary next month.The assistant minister finished speaking in one breath, raised his glass and drank ale.
Most of the time you said...
That's right, he nodded. There are two situations where empty ships will be sold. One is that the merchant urgently needs cash and sells property.At this time he would dismiss all crew members and sell the ship as quickly as possible.The second is to replace the new ship, which is easy to understand.But it has to be said that both situations are very rare.
Wait, Roland frowned and said, "You said you bought a new ship... Then where did these ships come from?"
Bishui Port, Haifeng County, North Point.Only harbor cities have docks, and only they can build ships.
It turns out that this is what I can't find in Liuye Town. Roland was silent for a moment. It was too far to buy a boat in the Harbour City, and he didn't hire a crew. Who would help him drive the boat back?
Since that's the case, I'll think about it again.
After the minister's assistant took a break, the prince fell into deep thought.
In the strategic plan he conceived, shipping is an irreplaceable link.
Without fast and convenient ship transport, he would not be able to complete double-team with artillery.
The troops of the fortress dukes generally recruit farmers, knights and mercenaries, and the marching speed must be nowhere soon, but they are slower.
As Carter said, if you rely solely on land, a mud pit can make it difficult for artillery to move forward. The land transportation in this era is not asphalt roads, and there is not even a stone road.
But there are more people walking, and they are pushing out a way.
It's okay on sunny days, but it will be muddy when it rains.
In the end, do you still have to make it by yourself?
Roland spread out the paper and recorded the specifications he needed one by one.
First of all, this is a ship that can carry one to two artillery pieces, plus about thirty people. The ship can be driven without power and sailing.
Second, the ship is sailing in the river, and requires stability and reliability, not easy to overturn and shallow draft.
Third, it must be easy to operate, and militia can quickly get started after short-term training.
Looking at these points together, there is only one answer left... a flat-bottomed barge.
Before Roland crossed, these ships with extremely shallow drafts and extremely low center of gravity were everywhere, almost all major river roads.
In the past, those ships piled with river sand or stones, and the side of the ship was almost flat to the water surface were flat barges. As long as there was a tugboat, it could drive several barges forward like a train.
After the ship type is determined, the next key point is to choose which material to build it.
Roland wrote three options on paper: wood, iron, and cement.
Using wood to make a ship is the earliest illuminated navigation technology tree by mankind. From rafts to sail battleships, from rivers to oceans, wooden ships are forever.
Unfortunately, Roland didn't know how to use logs to spell out a flat-bottomed boat, and he didn't have relevant craftsmen.
If you rely on a few carpenters to make it, it is likely to be a large raft, or the kind that may fall apart at any time.
For iron ships, the structure is similar to building a house. The crisscrossing main and secondary beams form a keel and then wrapped in iron sheets.
If Anna does welding, the overall stiffness is guaranteed.
But this approach will consume the existing small reserves of iron ore. Without any necessity, these iron ores are obviously more suitable for producing steam engines and gun barrels.
Then the cement ship becomes the last option. The city wall has been built and the raw materials are still left. Anna can get enough cement powder by just one or two calcining.
The construction process is much easier than an iron ship. Just use wooden formwork to form the shape, arrange the iron bars as rebars, and then fill them with cement.
Even in my hometown, several cement boats can be built for fishing.
Compared to the iron ship that requires regular rust removal and painting, it does not even require maintenance after construction. It is cheap and durable.
Even if I have never learned how to build ocean-going ships and build inland cement barges with low technical content, it should be no big problem, right?
With a try-out mentality, Roland pinched a quill and quickly drew a sketch of the barge.
……
A walled shed was set up by the Chishui River.
To facilitate the launch, Roland has set the shipbuilding site as close to the riverbank as possible.
The shed can shelter the wind and snow, and two basins of charcoal fire are burned in the room to avoid too low temperature affecting the cement hardening effect.
The wooden formwork planed by the carpenter has been assembled with the basic outline of the hull. The bow of the hull is arc-shaped, reducing the forward resistance and the tail is square to increase the load area.
The ship is about twenty-four feet (8 meters) wide and has an aspect ratio of 3:1. Compared with the slender body of a conventional ship with an 8:1 size, he is simply a fat man.
There are double brigs in the middle.
The mast is inserted into the bottom of the ship and connected to the iron beam running through the middle line of the ship.
There is also a piece of wooden stake erected at the stern of the boat, which serves as a reserved port for the rudder.
Other places are covered with crisscrossing iron bars.
It doesn't matter if there is no wire for binding. The intersection of all the iron bars is firmly welded by Anna himself to form an iron mesh that scatters all over the bottom of the ship.
When the formwork and steel bars were ready, Roland ordered the workers to start the pounding operation.
The mixed cement is poured into the template in a pot with a flat bottom in the middle and about 1.5 meters high around it, and is used as the side wall of the ship warehouse.At first glance, it looks like a large bathtub with a unique shape.
All those involved in the construction, including Anna, did not expect that this strange thing made from the same materials as the city wall was actually a ship.
Barov cleared his throat, Your Highness, that's true.The price of a two-masted sailboat is between eighty and one hundred and twenty golden dragons, but this is only the cost of building a ship.There is more than that in the people on the ship, the total price is estimated to be more than 200 golden dragons.
Didn’t I say that there is no need for sailors or helmsman?The captain doesn't need it, I just want the boat.Roland asked, knocking on the table.
With Wendy there, he didn't have as many people to operate the sailboat.
Most inland boats are straight sails, and they are like lifting flags. The paddlers and sailors are redundant. Just pull someone up and try it.
Anyway, with vector wind power, are you still afraid that the ship will not move forward?
Your Highness, there is no such business, at least not in Liuye Town.Barov carefully explained that you may not know much about the industry, and generally speaking, the owner of the ship is the captain.It may be a merchant or aristocrat. After recruiting people by themselves, they will travel between major towns and wharfs with the ship, traveling merchants or delivering goods.For the latter, an acting captain will usually be recruited to follow the ship for him.Employees are not paid monthly, but pay once every one to three years.
Most of the time, ships and people are tied together.If you intend to buy a ship from the captain and not his hiring subordinates, then he will lose his employment salary.The amount of eighty golden dragons is not a number that can be given up at will even for the great nobles.At the beginning of the month, including the transaction with the gemstones in Liuye Town, there are now 315 gold dragon balances in the city hall. If you spend most of them to buy a boat, your militia will not be able to pay the salary next month.The assistant minister finished speaking in one breath, raised his glass and drank ale.
Most of the time you said...
That's right, he nodded. There are two situations where empty ships will be sold. One is that the merchant urgently needs cash and sells property.At this time he would dismiss all crew members and sell the ship as quickly as possible.The second is to replace the new ship, which is easy to understand.But it has to be said that both situations are very rare.
Wait, Roland frowned and said, "You said you bought a new ship... Then where did these ships come from?"
Bishui Port, Haifeng County, North Point.Only harbor cities have docks, and only they can build ships.
It turns out that this is what I can't find in Liuye Town. Roland was silent for a moment. It was too far to buy a boat in the Harbour City, and he didn't hire a crew. Who would help him drive the boat back?
Since that's the case, I'll think about it again.
After the minister's assistant took a break, the prince fell into deep thought.
In the strategic plan he conceived, shipping is an irreplaceable link.
Without fast and convenient ship transport, he would not be able to complete double-team with artillery.
The troops of the fortress dukes generally recruit farmers, knights and mercenaries, and the marching speed must be nowhere soon, but they are slower.
As Carter said, if you rely solely on land, a mud pit can make it difficult for artillery to move forward. The land transportation in this era is not asphalt roads, and there is not even a stone road.
But there are more people walking, and they are pushing out a way.
It's okay on sunny days, but it will be muddy when it rains.
In the end, do you still have to make it by yourself?
Roland spread out the paper and recorded the specifications he needed one by one.
First of all, this is a ship that can carry one to two artillery pieces, plus about thirty people. The ship can be driven without power and sailing.
Second, the ship is sailing in the river, and requires stability and reliability, not easy to overturn and shallow draft.
Third, it must be easy to operate, and militia can quickly get started after short-term training.
Looking at these points together, there is only one answer left... a flat-bottomed barge.
Before Roland crossed, these ships with extremely shallow drafts and extremely low center of gravity were everywhere, almost all major river roads.
In the past, those ships piled with river sand or stones, and the side of the ship was almost flat to the water surface were flat barges. As long as there was a tugboat, it could drive several barges forward like a train.
After the ship type is determined, the next key point is to choose which material to build it.
Roland wrote three options on paper: wood, iron, and cement.
Using wood to make a ship is the earliest illuminated navigation technology tree by mankind. From rafts to sail battleships, from rivers to oceans, wooden ships are forever.
Unfortunately, Roland didn't know how to use logs to spell out a flat-bottomed boat, and he didn't have relevant craftsmen.
If you rely on a few carpenters to make it, it is likely to be a large raft, or the kind that may fall apart at any time.
For iron ships, the structure is similar to building a house. The crisscrossing main and secondary beams form a keel and then wrapped in iron sheets.
If Anna does welding, the overall stiffness is guaranteed.
But this approach will consume the existing small reserves of iron ore. Without any necessity, these iron ores are obviously more suitable for producing steam engines and gun barrels.
Then the cement ship becomes the last option. The city wall has been built and the raw materials are still left. Anna can get enough cement powder by just one or two calcining.
The construction process is much easier than an iron ship. Just use wooden formwork to form the shape, arrange the iron bars as rebars, and then fill them with cement.
Even in my hometown, several cement boats can be built for fishing.
Compared to the iron ship that requires regular rust removal and painting, it does not even require maintenance after construction. It is cheap and durable.
Even if I have never learned how to build ocean-going ships and build inland cement barges with low technical content, it should be no big problem, right?
With a try-out mentality, Roland pinched a quill and quickly drew a sketch of the barge.
……
A walled shed was set up by the Chishui River.
To facilitate the launch, Roland has set the shipbuilding site as close to the riverbank as possible.
The shed can shelter the wind and snow, and two basins of charcoal fire are burned in the room to avoid too low temperature affecting the cement hardening effect.
The wooden formwork planed by the carpenter has been assembled with the basic outline of the hull. The bow of the hull is arc-shaped, reducing the forward resistance and the tail is square to increase the load area.
The ship is about twenty-four feet (8 meters) wide and has an aspect ratio of 3:1. Compared with the slender body of a conventional ship with an 8:1 size, he is simply a fat man.
There are double brigs in the middle.
The mast is inserted into the bottom of the ship and connected to the iron beam running through the middle line of the ship.
There is also a piece of wooden stake erected at the stern of the boat, which serves as a reserved port for the rudder.
Other places are covered with crisscrossing iron bars.
It doesn't matter if there is no wire for binding. The intersection of all the iron bars is firmly welded by Anna himself to form an iron mesh that scatters all over the bottom of the ship.
When the formwork and steel bars were ready, Roland ordered the workers to start the pounding operation.
The mixed cement is poured into the template in a pot with a flat bottom in the middle and about 1.5 meters high around it, and is used as the side wall of the ship warehouse.At first glance, it looks like a large bathtub with a unique shape.
All those involved in the construction, including Anna, did not expect that this strange thing made from the same materials as the city wall was actually a ship.
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