: There must be a navy first

Abu Bakker's inquiry made Martin look down at the drawings piled up on his desk. He shook his head, picked up the most important one and handed it to Abu Bakker.

"I can be sure of the future of our Song Dynasty Yulin Army, but to make them truly strong people, we must have a navy first!

Look, do you think you run fast with such a boat?"

When Zhao Fubo went out to operate, he was not idle. He was planning the future of the Island of Ferai and the future of the Song Dynasty Yulin Army, which had just one hundred people.

During the days when Zhao Fubo was away, Abu Bakker had already become familiar with Martin. When he spoke, he no longer felt like he was pleased or afraid.

"Martin, is this the ship you plan to use for the navy in the future? Such a ship..."

Abu Bakr didn't say anything, just shook his head.

Of course, the ship on that piece of paper cannot be used as a warship. First of all, it is not a big ship, and it cannot grow much longer than a loach ship.

According to the records of Tiangong Kaiwu, the loach boat is 16 zhang long and 2 feet wide than the ordinary canal boat, and the average trough boat is 7 zhang long and 2 feet long, nine feet wide and five inches wide, and the hull board is 2 inches thick... In the Song Dynasty, 1 foot = 31 cm 2, so the length of the loach boat is about 28 meters.

The ship designed by Martin looks a bit strange.

First of all, it uses Western soft sails, which is obviously familiar to Abu Bakker in the sail. But is this type of ship? He has never seen it before.

It has two flat-bottomed hulls, and a wide deck in the middle. There is a relatively complex support system for coping with stress under the two decks. Between the two decks, there is a high cargo hold. In the middle, Abu Bakr has begun to imagine that such a ship does not look like a ship at all when floating on the sea, but like a big brick floating on the sea.

"Don't look bad, but with this deck, you can load a lot of goods. Moreover, the double hull also makes it less resistance and has higher resistance to waves. The soft sail will also make it more powerful!"

Abu Bakker was very annoyed by Martin's words of running nouns. He didn't understand Martin's words of running nouns all the time, and what he said was more practical.

"Mr. Martin, I don't understand what you think. Do you have two hulls? When you are on the sea, the waves look like this!"

Abu Bakker reached out his hands in front of Martin, using his two hands to represent a wave, up and down.

"I have seen ships like you in blacks, but their ships are very small. I suspect that such a large ship may be disintegrated during the ups and downs, so..."

Martin understands Abu Bakker's meaning, because the catamaran hull is subjected to force, which will cause the upper deck to be subjected to a powerful twist. However, Martin has considered a problem in advance and has already found a solution.

"I understand, I understand what you mean, Captain Abu Bakr, and I have already thought of a solution in my head!"

While speaking, Martin used the tail of its long pipe to light his head. Then he pointed to the support system drawn under the deck with his fingers.

"Did you see it? Mr. Abu Bakker, there will be no problem. With these supporting systems, our ship will definitely not fall apart! When necessary, we can use some steel, of course, if our steel plant can open... If our steel plant does not open, then unfortunately, we have to use some wood to process some profiles!"

Martin, who is proficient in physics, knows that profiles are much stronger than ordinary boards. They are even much more powerful than solid materials.

For example, the wide decks that connect the two hulls, Martin intends to install some horizontal partitions on them. Then these decks will become very strong and serve to connect and secure the two hulls.

Abu Bakr shook his head disapprovingly, looking disbelieving.

Martin knew that the pirate in front of him had no idea about these mechanics knowledge. His so-called shipbuilding technology was just some basic knowledge on Western ships.

"Abu Bakker believes me, it doesn't matter. With Mr. Zhao having such a cavalry, I think he will take us all to live a good life!"

Compared with Martin's ship, Abu Bakker obviously favored the cavalry led by Zhao Fubo. Although Zhao Fubo's purpose of asking these hundred Yulin soldiers was not to make them really ordinary soldiers.

Martin could see that Abu Bakr was not very interested in the structure of the ship. He had to throw the drawing aside and look at Zhao Fubo and his cavalry gradually coming from a distance.

Just as Zhao Fubo implemented, Martin would not be surprised at all these things, and he also understood that his work would be more.

Below, he will mainly carry out design and teaching work. Design is naturally the most recent weapon that can be used more effectively, of course not guns and cannons.

For the time being, the island of Ferai does not have the ability to make those things. The current goal is to build a future multi-shaped castle so that people here can live first.

In addition, people on the island eat well water, but with the increase in people and the rise of manufacturing industry in the future, there should be more fresh water on the island. If it really doesn't work, he will consider using some special means to desalinate the seawater.

After the initial construction is completed, in addition to supplying brick and tile products to the shore, some more Mino cold weapons and armor are mainly produced. At the same time, middle-aged and elderly people must also be used for agricultural production on the island to reduce consumption.

There are many things to do. For the time being, the ones who can be used, besides him, probably, they have to be considered as Zhao Fubo, a guy who graduated from elementary school. Now that he has money, he can also hire more Arab scholars or hire scholars from the West.

However, the latter possibility is lower, because Europe is in the period of the strongest period of the divine power in a century of darkness. It is not easier for scholars to gain more natural sciences than China or the Arab Empire.

What Martin and Abu Bakker did not expect was that when Zhao Fubo came to them, he mentioned what Martin just said.

"Oh, Teacher Martin, I think we still have to have a big ship. Look, if we hadn't used two loaches, these hundred cavalry would have been transported. Think about how delayed this is!"

After hearing Zhao Fubo's words, Abu Bakr dared not take it lightly on the shipbuilding anymore. He hurriedly picked up the drawing of Martin drawing the boat from the table and gave it to Zhao Fubo.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Martin and I have already figured out the boat we need. Should we send someone to buy some wood and come back. You know, it is rare for me to have something for me here, if we want to build many boats..."

Zhao Fubo picked up the boat drawings and was delighted at first. He believed that the boat that Teacher Martin thought of would be quite magical. After all, he came from hundreds of years later, and what he saw was definitely something that people today could not imagine.

But looking at the ship's drawings, Zhao Fubo couldn't help but worry about what Abu Bakr said just now.

His is not a lie. It is not easy to develop a navy in the Arab Empire, a place with the most sand. In the entire Middle East, except for those close to the ocean, most places are relatively lacking in wood.

This lack does not mean building a small boat, nor does it mean building only one big boat. What Zhao Fubo thought of was that what Teacher Martin told him was that a battleship carrying hundreds of cannons at a time. If there were a hundred or ten such ships, I was afraid that the wood in this place would not be enough.

Martin should be able to think of Zhao Fubo's idea, but this matter should not be discussed too much. After all, many future ideas are not known now.

He took the drawings from Zhao Fubo and rolled them up. When he looked at the bamboo tube in his hand that served as the drawing bag, he suddenly had another idea in his heart. However, he felt that this idea was a bit mysterious.

"Well, we can't just count here. We have to think of ways to buy enough wood in a farther place. In addition, we also think of ways to find out whether we can find some new materials. Or... maybe... maybe..."

When Martin said these words, he obviously thought of something.

However, if he didn't say it, Zhao Fubo wouldn't ask. At about this time, Martin might not know what he thought of except for the two teachers and students.

"Okay, that's it. I've brought a lot of money from the shore this time. Teacher, let's see if we wait for Yu'er. In a few days, she told Sanniang that she might be able to come to us, and then we will send someone to a farther place to buy wood."

When Zhao Fubo raised his head, he couldn't help but feel a little worried when he looked at the deserted island of Ferai. There was almost no production on this island. If they wanted to build factories here, enough ships to keep transported would inevitably be indispensable.

If this is the case, it takes a lot of manpower to build a ship, and now there is no place to live in the island of Ferai. Where can I start all this?

Martin looked at Zhao Fubo's expression and knew that he was in trouble for this land that started from scratch. He clapped his hands and recalled Zhao Fubo's sad heart.

"Don't worry, I heard from others that there will be bread and milk! Fubo, the pass is as long as iron, and now I have to step forward again!"

When Martin sighed for a moment and accidentally stole two famous quotes, Zhao Fubo's eyes showed a look of surprise. No need to guess, he was naturally admiring how profound and connotative these two sentences were.

Even his eyes made Martin's old face turn red, and he muttered in his heart.
Chapter completed!