Chapter 249 Iron Body

As soon as Liu Dingshan opened his mouth, Zhang Shengde was stunned.

Zhang Hao was even more stunned: I went, I thought of all the possible outcomes, but I didn't expect such a possibility.

After a while, Zhang Hao said, "Thank you senior for your appreciation. It's just that His Royal Highness the Regent is high above you, and Zhang Hao is just a small baron, and he dare not ask for extravagance.

In addition, the younger generation and Zhou Xueyao are in love with each other, so I ask the senior to help them. "

Liu Dingshan looked at Zhang Hao for a long time, his eyes sparkling. But finally sighed: "Well, I was just joking. I agree to this!"

"Thank you senior." Zhang Shengde finally breathed a sigh of relief. We can't bear your jokes all the time.

Liu Dingshan smiled faintly: "I also thank you on behalf of the Qixia Kingdom. Now the entire Qixia Kingdom, only the Zhang family and the Dayang Group led by the Zhang family are the most concerned about the country.

Alright, I'm going to visit the giant ship, and I'll talk to Zhou Shuhai when I get back. "

After Liu Dingshan finished speaking, he asked Hou Shangzhuo to lead the way. But deep down in his heart, Liu Dingshan also sighed a little, he also thought a lot. If the Zhang family and Xinglintang get married, plus the Dayang Group controlled by the Zhang family, it will definitely not be a good thing for the regime of the Qixia Kingdom.

But considering the current situation of Qixia Country, considering the Zhang family's performance all the time, and considering Zhang Haoxuan's identity as a true disciple, Liu Dingshan finally had to compromise.

Of course, there is another consideration, if Liu Xinyu is really engaged to Zhang Hao, will Zhang Hao come from behind?

Instead of this, it is better to sell one of the Zhang family now. Moreover, the current Qixia Country really cannot do without the Zhang family.

Liu Dingshan quickly regained his composure, and began to examine the giant ship from the perspective of the participants. The more you look at it, the more frightened you become. I just took a quick look at it just now, but now I have a lot of new discoveries.

This giant ship is so huge, but every detail is handled almost perfectly. The hard steel is tightly welded, and the joints have been finely knocked. It is not sealed with hemp rope, beeswax, etc. like traditional ships; here it is completely sealed by the combination of steel itself. Some places that are not easy to seal will be padded with a layer of soft black iron.

Especially the mechanical power and propeller system of the ship opened Liu Dingshan's horizons.

After marveling for a while, there was a shout, and the first sea trial was about to take place; everyone gathered on the deck.

The seal in front of the dry dock gradually disappeared, and the sea water flowed into the dock at a relatively fast but steady speed. The dry dock began to fill with water, and the clear water submerged the bottom of the giant ship little by little, but the giant ship remained motionless.

"It won't fail to float, right?" A faint voice of doubt appeared.

But Zhang Hao, Hou Shangzhuo, Wang Dake and others stood at the bow of the ship, waiting quietly. When the seawater poured into one-third of the height, the heavy steel giant ship suddenly shook, and then floated up little by little as the seawater poured in.

Immediately there was an exclamation: "It's floating up, it's really floating up! The giant ship made of steel is floating up!"

Hou Shangzhuo and others didn't have time to pay attention to these voices. They were quickly checking the interior of the ship to see if there was any water seepage. Although it has been tested with spells during construction, it is theoretically foolproof, but what if?

There are tens of thousands of rivets on the huge ship, and the length of the seams exceeds fifty kilometers. Who can guarantee that there will be no omissions. In addition, check the balance of the boat, etc.

The items that need to be tested in the first sea trial fully listed half of the notebook. Including structures, displacement performance, turbines and blades, rudders, energy consumption, acceleration and deceleration, balance, steering, etc.

The sea water flowed into the dock quickly, and the heavy steel giant ship stood on the water smoothly, almost without feeling the shaking.

Hou Shangzhuo quickly led his people to complete the inspection, and came to the bow of the ship again and shouted: "Start the ship!"

The power staff immediately turned on the switch, the power of the spirit stone was injected into the turbine, the formation began to take effect, and the heavy rotor started slowly and continued to accelerate.

The sound of splashing water appeared from behind the boat, and ripples echoed in the small dock.

The giant steel ship began to move with difficulty.

The roar of propellers and machines gradually became louder, but soon began to become smaller, or more stable, and finally became a low roar. The giant steel ship rushed out of the dock little by little and sailed into the sea.

When the bow of the ship entered the sea, the sea and the sky, the bright sunshine and the sparkling endless sea rolled in front of everyone.

Everyone stood at the bow of the ship, quietly watching the scene in front of them. This is not the first time everyone has seen the sea, but it is an unprecedented experience standing on a giant steel ship to observe.

"It's so magnificent!" Feng Zhiling calmed down at this moment, looking at the vast sea and accepting the baptism of nature.

Liu Jingming nodded silently, and then said softly: "It's really magnificent. Why didn't we feel this way when we looked at the sea before?"

With a smile on his face, Zhang Hao opened his hands and said loudly: "Because we saw the sea before, what we thought of was danger and awe.

And now we're thinking about... conquering!

The once green sea of ​​death was an insurmountable moat. But starting today, the green sea of ​​death will become our thoroughfare!

It will no longer be insurmountable! "

"Well said!" Liu Dingshan praised, and looked at Zhang Hao with more appreciation; but the depth of his eyes became more and more complicated.

The waves are coming layer by layer, there are no stormy waves, but the vast sea makes people feel the magnificence under the tranquility. A giant steel ship sailed out slowly, split the waves, and moved forward firmly.

The deep roar had stabilized, and everyone could feel the acceleration faintly. The huge and heavy steel giant ship, driven by the propeller, started the journey to conquer the sea.

The giant ship continued to accelerate and accelerate, advancing straight. The heavy steel giant quickly rushed out for a kilometer, out of the coverage of the Dutian Raging Fire Formation. But today, no one stopped. At this time, the giant ship still had not reached its maximum speed.

A large number of sea monsters can already be seen around. But a few huge sea snakes were knocked away by the giant ship just after they showed up, and fell into the sea. These sea snakes resurfaced and stopped attacking. They watched the giant ship drift away, and soon disappeared into the sea.

Looking at these sea monsters at present, they don't seem to pay much attention to human activities on the sea. As long as they don't come to hunt the sea monsters, the sea seems to be calm.

The speed of the giant ship gradually increased. There are craftsmen who specialize in speed counting, and now the speed has reached 60 kilometers per hour.

After seeing the giant ship, many sea monsters became curious. For example, a gigantic sea turtle about ten feet suddenly appeared, blocking the front of the giant ship. The sea turtle even spit on the giant ship, and then retracted its limbs into the shell, blocking the front of the giant ship.

"Bump over! Bump over!" Feng Zhiling was already excited again, he screamed, already too excited to control himself. Not only Feng Zhiling, but also many people screamed excitedly. Even Liu Dingshan's eyes lit up.

Liu Dingshan also participated in the construction of treasure ships in the past. The treasure ship also has a length of thirty feet, which is similar to the length of the current steel giant ship. But the treasure ship was made of wood after all, and it was so light that it would shake when floating on the sea. However, the steel giant ship showed completely different characteristics:

Heavy, smooth and domineering!

Amidst countless cheers, the giant steel ship slammed straight into the challenging tortoise. Everyone first heard a loud bang, followed by a roar.

The sea water around the giant ship boiled in the shock, countless waves rushed into the sky, and the surrounding sea water spread out in circles.

But the turtle directly in front was overturned directly. Although the outfitting of the giant ship has not been completed, the giant steel ship still looks as high as 1,800 tons. 1,800 tons of steel hit it at a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, and the instantaneous impact force exceeded 100,000 tons. Even if the effective impact was only one-tenth, it would still have an impact force of tens of thousands of tons (Note ①).

The sea turtle was still rolling in the sky, and the green blood water was spilled, and the powerful turtle shell had been torn apart by the sharp blade on the bow. The turtle stretched out its head and let out a sharp scream, but was soon surrounded by a group of small red fish, and disappeared into the sea within a few breaths.

"What a dangerous green sea of ​​death! The turtle just now probably has the defensive ability of the Nascent Soul Stage!" Zhou Shuhai looked at the little fish with horror on his face.

Liu Dingshan said lightly: "Just now it was a sea turtle in the early stage of Nascent Soul. Its defense ability is poor, but it can reach the middle stage of Nascent Soul, almost at its peak."

"Wow..." Everyone was surprised.

After the impact, the speed of the giant ship did not change much, and the direction changed slightly, but it still accelerated forward and accelerated again. But everyone on board was already tense. After all, this is the green sea of ​​death, and the sea turtle just now raised everyone's vigilance.

After another moment, Hou Shangzhuo finally shouted: "The speed is 62 kilometers, stable. The next test, full left rudder, sharp turn."

The sharp turn broke the stability of the giant ship, and the giant ship suddenly tilted to the right. Some people were not prepared, but they let out an exclamation.

But Zhang Hao and others, as well as those who had experienced the ironclad ship model last time, were calm and composed. A wall of water was raised on the right side of the giant ship, and broken waves rolled out; the entire sea surface was stirred up.

The turning radius exceeds hundreds of meters, and the sight is full of rolling waves. Leave a long white waterway behind the giant ship.

Full left rudder is followed by full right rudder. The giant ship has been switching between two states, twisting a wave-shaped route forward. In this extreme test, craftsmen are looking for possible problems.

During the entire process, the turbine is always running at full capacity.

After working for more than two hours, Zhang Hao received his first satisfactory report card: perfect.

Hou Shangzhuo immediately ordered: "Turn around and return, and the turbine will run at 120% overload for 30 minutes."

Momentum got busy, ordinary spirit stones were replaced with medium-grade spirit stones, and some switches marked in red were also turned on. The giant ship trembled suddenly, and everyone faintly heard the more majestic roar of the turbines and propellers, and the giant ship accelerated again.

The giant ship kept the direction pointed by the pen, and rushed towards the dock along the coastline.

(Note ①: It is just a reference number, don’t delve into the physical formula^_^)