Chapter 247 Sea Trial

Zhang Hao was stunned, he never expected Zhou Xueyao to ask such a question at such a beautiful moment.

But looking at Zhou Xueyao's pretendingly strong but aggrieved eyes, Zhang Hao immediately replied seriously: "In my eyes, you are the most perfect and the best!"

"real?"

"real!"

"Oh...then I'll pinch you, and you're happy too?" While talking, Zhou Xueyao had already made her move.

The corners of Zhang Hao's mouth twitched, but seeing Zhou Xueyao's aggrieved and coquettish look, he suddenly hugged the beauty, hugged her tightly, and then...

After a while, Zhou Xueyao pushed Zhang Hao away blushing, turned to look at the sea, and gave Zhang Hao a beautiful back view.

Zhang Hao gently hugged Zhou Xueyao, "Why do you ask this question?"

"You really don't understand?"

"I really don't understand!"

"Now there are rumors all over the street that the reason why you bought Liu Xinyu's war bonds worth more than one million yuan in one go on behalf of the Dayang Group is because... because... you and her don't know each other!"

Zhang Hao suddenly couldn't laugh or cry: "My good sister, do you believe all these nonsense? Now that the country is in trouble, we must do our best. And it's not Liu Xinyu's bond, it's the country's!

Oh I see. Tomorrow I will announce that you are my fiancee... Hiss..."

"You dare!" Zhou Xueyao pinched Zhang Hao's soft waist fiercely; Zhang Hao's cultivation base at the peak of the middle foundation establishment stage had no power to resist under Zhou Xueyao's cultivation base at the golden core stage.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, someone came to the rescue. Zhang Shengye walked leisurely, "Oh, the young couple are having a fight."

"Ah..." Zhou Xueyao threw herself into Zhang Hao's arms, not daring to see anyone, even though she was pinching Zhang Hao's hand, she still didn't relax. Zhang Hao smiled wryly, "Second uncle... hiss... what's the matter... hey, take it easy..."

Zhang Shengye looked at Zhang Hao and laughed, "The shipbuilding base asked me to come and inform you that the main body of the giant steel ship has been inspected, and we are applying for the first water test."

"Ah..." Zhang Hao was overjoyed. The speed of the shipbuilding base was beyond imagination. It was the first time riveting technology was used, and the craftsmen quickly mastered the skills, and the speed continued to increase. Today, can you finally go into the water?

Zhang Hao hugged Zhou Xueyao excitedly and spun around, but Zhou Xueyao threw him aside the next moment; Zhou Xueyao blushed and disappeared into the twilight.

"Ahem..." Zhang Hao blushed a little, practice, practice, you should hurry up. But after more than a month, he still failed to break through the middle stage of foundation establishment—well, Zhang Hao also understood that it is good for him to have two epiphanies in succession, but after all, cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Zhang Hao and Zhang Shengye walked towards the shipbuilding base, Zhang Shengye said: "Xiaohao, Xueyao is doing well this week, and the little girl has stayed at our house for so long, there are always some gossips outside. I think this matter should be more straightforward, I How about asking someone to go to Xinglin Hall to propose marriage?"

This time it was Zhang Hao's turn to be surprised, but soon Zhang Hao had to nod. That's right, Zhou Xueyao has been staying at home for too long, almost three months. For so long, gossip has obviously been a thing.

But who is more suitable to propose marriage?

The Zhang family is not ordinary now, and not everyone is qualified to enter Xinglintang. Ordinarily, the most suitable person should be Zhang Hao's cheap master, Taoist Master Mingxu. But Taoist Master Ming Xu is still closing the small black room.

Zhang Hao thought about it, and suddenly there was a candidate: Liu Dingshan!

Liu Dingshan, a master of the transformation stage and the Supreme Emperor of the Qixia Kingdom.

Zhang Shengye was horrified when he heard Zhang Hao's "brain hole", "God transformation stage? How did you invite?"

Zhang Hao smiled: "Invite him to come and visit the first sea trial of the giant steel ship! What a meaningful thing!"

Zhang Shengye was stunned for a moment before slowly nodding his head: "Maybe it's good. If Liu Dingshan came forward in person, Xinglintang would be too embarrassed to refuse; the most important thing is that it can greatly enhance the influence of the Zhang family."

The two walked while talking, and soon arrived at the shipbuilding base. The shipbuilding base is close to the sea, covered by several layers of defensive barriers, and the inside cannot be seen from the outside at all.

As soon as he entered the enchantment, he heard the deafening sound of machines and steel colliding. Although the main body of the giant steel ship has been completed, there are still other things under construction.

Such as naval guns. Also, due to technical problems encountered in the production of guns, the giant ship is temporarily preparing to install a giant crossbow to deal with some things.

There are also the superstructure of the giant ship, etc., which are all in production.

But for the main body of the giant ship, there are only a dozen people doing the final inspection. Or rather, pick a thorn. For this unprecedented steel giant ship, the workers put great enthusiasm into it.

Zhang Hao came to the side of the giant ship, quietly looked at the huge hull, and gently stroked the steel body.

Rows of fist-sized rivets are neatly arranged, splicing pieces of steel plates into a huge monster. There are fine knock marks at the seams of each piece of iron armor, which is for better sealing.

Due to technical and design issues, the first steel giant ship did not have a slanted armor design, but a vertical one. This kind of design is rough and domineering, presenting the power of industry in the simplest way.

Only the lower third begins to show an arc contraction.

The front of the hull not only adds armor, but also adds a "blade". A cold and shining arc-shaped blade was fixed in front, and the front of the blade protruded into spikes, which were three meters long.

Behind the hull is a beautifully designed four-bladed propeller with a diameter of about 5 meters. The huge propeller blades are fixed on the main shaft by thick bolts, and the bolts are semicircularly ground and polished.

The hull is about 110 meters long, 19 meters wide, and 10.5 meters high; the safe waterline is 7.6 meters. The safe standard displacement is about 4,000 tons, and the maximum displacement with full load is 5,200 tons.

However, the weight of the hull is as high as more than 1,800 tons; adding artillery and superstructures in the later stage is expected to exceed 2,500 tons. In other words, the actual effective safe load of the ship is about 1,500 tons.

Hou Shangzhuo and Wang Dake explained behind Zhang Hao with bright smiles on their faces.

Zhang Hao walked around the hull and nodded with satisfaction, "It looks good. Is there any water leakage?"

Wang Dake said excitedly: "Using spells to test it once, no water leaks! Tighter than wooden boats. I never thought that this boat made of iron is better than wood."

Zhang Hao nodded: "I'm sure it's all right, then I'm going to invite people to visit tomorrow, maybe there will be a god transformation period, you have to be prepared!"

Hou Shangzhuo shouted: "Don't worry, young master, I guarantee nothing will go wrong!"

Zhang Hao looked up and flew up, "Let's go to the cabin to have a look."

On the deck, Zhang Hao was very satisfied as he stepped on the deck, which was also made of steel, with almost no seams visible. The deck is very thick, and after stomping hard a few times, there is almost no echo. The entire steel battleship is so strong that it is beyond imagination.

It's just that there is nothing on the deck at this time, and there are still holes in the preset artillery part, and the I-beam brackets can be seen.

The deck area is as high as more than 1300 square meters, but there are still a few craftsmen in the cabin, who are doing final repairs and cleaning inside the cabin. A large number of bolt structures are used on the deck, and there are many similar structures in the internal watertight cabin. Some burrs and sharp corners need to be repaired.

In addition, the interior of the cabin is also divided. These divisions are not simply adding compartments, this process will further strengthen the hull. These techniques are the past experience techniques of the craftsmen.

It's just that in the past square wood and planks were used, but today I-beams and steel plates are used; in the past, mortise and tenon structures and auxiliary nails were used, but today riveting and screws are used. The most important thing is to establish a simple mathematical model.

The layout of the cabin is very regular, especially the ammunition storage part, fuel area, maintenance workshop and so on. Of course, Zhang Hao's guidance is indispensable.

Along the central passage, Zhang Hao went all the way to the power room.

Due to technical reasons, what is temporarily used here is not steam power, but turbines driven by spirit stones and formations. The cylinder part of the turbine is more than ten meters long, and the main shaft with a diameter of about 60 cm is connected to the rear; the main shaft extends out of the ship.

A series of honeycomb shaft seal structures are adopted at the connection, and oil pipes are connected here. Finally, there is a sealing formation to ensure absolute sealing.

Zhang Hao turned around and was very satisfied. There are many details on the ship that are handled very well, and there are almost no faults.

Zhang Hao was very satisfied, and before leaving, he said to Hou Shangzhuo and Wang Dake: "Get ready, I will invite many experts to come to participate in the sea test, and the regent and the Supreme Emperor cannot be ruled out to come in person.

If you perform well this time, you will be rewarded! "

"Yes! I promise you won't disappoint the young master!" The two shouted excitedly.

After leaving the shipbuilding base, Zhang Hao began to call friends non-stop—the representatives of Dayang Group need to give them confidence and tell everyone: The Zhang family is really not bragging.

And Liu Xinyu also needs to be notified, so that Liu Xinyu can see hope. The current Qixia Kingdom is already very bad, and a failure may lead to a complete defeat at any time.

The country of Jinyang has gone crazy, and now it is wholeheartedly trying to get rid of the country of Qixia. The resilience shown by the Qixia Kingdom, the connection with the Canglan Kingdom, and various changes in the Dayang Group, artillery, and war bonds have made the Jinyang Kingdom feel uneasy.

Zhang Hao spilled the news that night, and Zhang Hao was woken up by the guards early the next morning—everyone is here!

Arrived? When Zhang Hao came to the compound, he was dumbfounded. The Supreme Emperor Liu Dingshan, the Regent Liu Xinyu, representatives of the Dayang Group, Zhou Shuhai, Bai Yutang (former head teacher of the Nine Suns Sect) and other influential experts came.

Also, Wu Fanghai sent his disciple Shu Bennan here. Liu Jingming even rushed back from the front line just to watch a sea trial.

In short, those who have a good relationship with the Zhang family sent representatives even if they didn't come.

As for those who are not familiar with...of course it is impossible to come. None of Fu Yun and other people from the Canglan Country came.

Before Zhang Hao could speak, Liu Dingshan rushed in front of Zhang Hao, and said domineeringly and eagerly: "Boy, you can really sleep in. Lead the way, I want to see what a giant ship made of steel looks like!"

(Double monthly pass)

(Thanks for everyone's suggestions, Tianya has re-modified some data to make the novel more reasonable.)