Chapter 187 Stabilizing Keel

Shen Zheng in the afternoon.

The wind and rain continued, and the whole city was like dark night.

In such bad weather, a Chaifeng chariot with Tongyi drove into Linmuyuan. In Dajin, the Chaifeng chariot with Tongyi was not an ordinary post car, but a status symbol given by the imperial court.

Under the rank of third-rank official, if you encounter a chariot chasing Tongyi, the chariot and horse must give way.

The chief craftsman of Lin Muyuan had received the news early and came out with an inspector to greet him. This inspector was the same Xing craftsman who had planned the renovation of the wooden boat early in the morning.

The chasing car stopped, the driver held up an oil-paper umbrella, and Wang Changyu got out.

At night, when Zi Chou was handing over.

Wei Pavilion.

"Father, save me. The water is too cold and I can't stand it. Fish are biting my eyes and water is pouring into my nose."

Wang Erlang felt the same as A Shu's experience in the dream. He also felt something foreign hitting his eyelids and water poured into his nose. He waved his hands randomly in discomfort and woke up with a choke.

Oops, ouch! It's Apeng, he peed on the mat again.

The child didn't know how he slept. He was lying in front of Wang Erlang's face and was peeing on his face.

Fortunately, he woke up. There was rain leaking in many places in the house. The rain was almost dripping in his place. No wonder he felt cold. "Brother, get up! Ah He, A Peng, Hutou, get up quickly!"

After waking up his family, he realized that the main house was also leaking. Wang Weng quickly asked Ah He to find the pavilion official. The roof of his house was leaking like this, and he was afraid that every household would be like this. Some people were sleeping heavily, especially the elderly and children, and they would wait until they woke up from the cold.

It's too late.

Wang He put on his raincoat and straw hat and rushed into the rain. Before he could reach the pavilion, he could already hear Cheng Shuang and Lu Wu patrolling the night, knocking on the wooden bucket and shouting: "Get up and see if your house is leaking! Who is it?"

"It's me, Wang He. My eldest father asked me to come to you. My house is leaking badly. Maybe every house is leaking."

"Just in time, to use this trick, you shout along that road. When you walk back, if there is no movement at any house, shout more and knock more."

"Okay, leave it to me! Don't worry."

Shanyin County.

Wang Ge was awakened by the sound of crickets outside the window. The rain stopped? What time was it?

She turned over and saw that there was another craftsman missing in the room. It was Madam Xu, who had not completed her task for two consecutive days and was eliminated. Madam Xu had no shame in staying until tomorrow, so she packed her bags and left in the rain.

It is true that people meet in a hurry, and parting is also in a hurry. There is another acquaintance who may never see him again in his life.

After sighing, Wang Ge felt even more homesick. Has it also rained heavily in Weiting? They all have thatched roofs, are they leaking? Does the eldest father have a waist problem? Hutou is about to go to Qinghe Village to study. He is still young.

I have never been away from home for a long time, can I get used to it?

Alas, the last time she made a "worm" beast, the reward was that she was allowed to make the tools privately and sell them in a designated wood shop, but unfortunately she never got free time. There was no way, the exam was coming in October, leaving her to improve her craftsmanship skills.

Time is getting tighter.

Only late at night like this, Wang Ge allowed himself to have random thoughts. Soon, he fell asleep again and woke up full of energy.

Mrs. Hu had learned her lesson and no longer followed Wang Ge to pick her luck. When she walked out of the courtyard, there was water on the stone path. She skipped and stepped on the clean ground without covering her head. The tree was blown by the wind and the branches and leaves were tangled.

Drops of water suddenly covered her face, making her head and top all wet.

Wang Ge bared his teeth at the cold. In the situation last night, where would the craftsmen hide the luck tasks? She must have gone to the kitchen first. When she entered the felt curtain, she was dumbfounded, why are there so many people? It must be the kitchen.

News of the Luck Mission got out.

Several would-be craftsmen searched for clues under various oilcloth sheds, including piles of firewood, bottoms of vats, and cracks in urns.

Most people gathered around a large out-of-service stove. Among the crowd, three people wearing straw hats stood out. Two of them were wearing official clothes and were craftsmen.

What's going on? Wang Ge also came over, stood on tiptoe and looked for a crack to peek in.

There was a wooden ship model placed on the stove. This model opened her eyes. She felt that it was no different from the ship models of later generations. On one side of it was the complete hull shape, with three floors of ships on the deck; on the other side was the internal partition.

Cabins (ten), wheelhouse, open rudder, keel, ribs and other structures.

Why is it an open-hole rudder? Wang Ge looked at the craftsmen suspiciously, and one of them was the craftsman who inspected it yesterday morning. She understood a little bit, maybe a certain force wanted to build a long-distance ship, and collected good ways to modify the ship structure before building the ship.

When Carpenter Xing saw Wang Ge, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Let me reiterate, this is a difficult task. Improve the structure of the wooden ship, either to reduce drag, to stabilize, to increase defense, or to assist in combat. No one answered for a moment.

, this question is invalid. The time limit for this task is half an hour. If it cannot be completed, the qualification for the craftsman examination will be cancelled. The reward will be announced after completion."

Half an hour? The punishment was still so severe? Soon only five quasi-craftsmen were left still hesitating.

Why are you hesitating about submitting the sub-question? Wang Ge put one hand on the wooden boat and raised the other hand: "I will take the task."

Wang Ge has not studied ships at all. All she knows about the history of ship development is what she listened to the tour guide explain when she was in the museum in her previous life. The tour guide’s money was not in vain. Now she is using the experience accumulated by the ancients to give back to the ancients.

Then give back well.

After accepting the task, we made it in a corner of the kitchen, out of the way. There was no shed in the temporary production area, but three layers of thick straw mats were spread to separate the wet ground. Wang Ge was included, and two craftsmen and another man wearing bamboo hats were included.

The mysterious husband sat opposite her.

The mysterious man was rushing towards Wang Ge. After she took one look at this man, she never looked directly at him again. His demeanor was so extraordinary that he was not a simple person, and he was probably the person who had given him a difficult task.

This person is Wang Changyu, the eldest son of the county governor and Wang Tian's eldest brother.

The task wood is camphor wood, which is soft and easy to carve. Wang Ge saw out long wooden strips, visually inspected the hull, removed the excess parts with a flat chisel, and first created a rough blank for the "anti-rolling keel".

Yesterday's hole-punched rudder was the simplest and most time-saving improvement method. The second-to-last most trouble-free thing is to add an "anti-rolling keel". Because it is installed on both sides of the outer hull, towards the corner of the hull (bilge)

Part), also called "bilge keel".

The anti-roll keel can be imagined as two long wing-shaped floating plates, which can increase the resistance of the ship when the hull rolls, thereby reducing the roll of the ship when it encounters wind and waves. This ship model is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a "V" shape, which is suitable for such improvement.

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Only one side of the ship model is a complete hull, so just cut a thin wing-shaped piece of wood to make a floating board. After several comparisons, the arc has been polished to a suitable angle, but how can it be reinforced at the bilge without damaging the hull?

Carpenter Xing reminded him kindly: "A moment has passed."

She didn’t dare to hesitate, and couldn’t waste time! Wang Ge coughed awkwardly, pretending to rub the back of her nostril with the back of her right index finger, and then blew it. Okay, it was quite sticky. She quickly wiped the snot from her nose that would soon dry up.

Apply it on the side edges of the small floating board and rub it towards the hull.

Breathe once, twice, three times...seven times.

Is that okay...right?

She was afraid that the small floating board would fall off like the monkey's tail last time, so she didn't dare to let go completely. She still held it on her fingertips and explained: "I think so, let the bottom of the boat spread its wings like a bird, and when it follows the water,

It will be more stable than before. I came up with this method from another problem-solving task I received. I counted the number of beasts and birds based on the number of heads and feet."

It was so embarrassing that no one responded to her.

It seems that this improvement alone is not enough. But she is very professional and insists on finishing the precautions for anti-rolling keel: "Build a wooden fin like this on one side to wedge it on the boat, but you must consider it in case one side is hit."

What should I do if it breaks? If one side is damaged and left alone, the ship will tilt even more."

What's going on? No one has responded yet?

The chief craftsman and Mr. Xing: If the prince doesn’t speak, what do they dare to say?

"Yeah." Wang Changyu finally spoke, forcing himself to forget about the scene where his nose was stuck on the floating board, and asked: "Is there anything else?"

Tongyi (xiǎn): Yi refers to the curtain on the car.

Chaifeng car: an accelerated version of the Zhen (yáo) car, pulled by two horses, without the flat cover on the top of the Zhen car.

Bilge (bǐ): refers to the connection part on the hull where the side of the ship turns toward the bottom of the ship.
Chapter completed!