In the following time, while Xia State organized manpower to build a railway from Ninghai City along the coastline to the north to connect the Ice and Snow Kingdom on land, it also developed people's livelihood in the country and made every effort to build new warships.

The breech guns required for the new warships are manufactured by arsenals in various parts of the Xia Kingdom, and the marine steam engines and other supporting equipment are also manufactured by specialized factories. It can be said that these three warships are currently using the entire power of the Xia Kingdom.

The ships are built by the shipyard of the Navy City in the south. Navy City can be said to be the birthplace of the Xia Navy, and the shipbuilding industry here is also the most developed.

In the well-equipped Navy City Shipyard, there are currently three dry docks, each with three keels, large, medium and small. The large, medium and small here are only relative, even the smallest one is larger than the civilian ship next to it.

Big circle.

In the dock on the other side, the hull of a ship that was obviously for civilian use had completely stopped at this time. The Navy City shipyard had concentrated all its manpower and material resources on these three new warships.

The keels of the three new warships are obviously different from those of previous wooden ships. They are not made of whole logs, but made of steel. The shape should be I-beam.

And not only the keel is made of steel, but also the support of the bottom isolation layer is made of steel. If it weren't for the neat and orderly piles of wood placed next to the dock, some people would probably think that this ship was made of steel.

"Director, can't the speed be faster?" Beside the slipway, Zhuang Wei observed the progress of the battleship and was still a little dissatisfied.

"Captain Zhuang, you see we are going all out to build these three warships. If it weren't for the shortage of manpower, we could have done it a little faster." The director of the Navy City Shipyard could only smile bitterly.

A high-ranking official like Zhuang Wei was not someone he could offend.

"Not enough manpower?" Zhuang Wei frowned. He also knew that the current manpower was all the shipyard had, and all the other ship construction plans had to be given up for this purpose.

Zhuang Wei thought for a long time, and he also knew that Yang Song attached great importance to these three new warships, so he secretly made up his mind and said: "How many more people are needed? If not enough, we will transfer them from several other shipyards."

"That's great!" The factory director couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this. He knew that the other shipyards all had capable teams, and now he could use them to update their shipbuilding technology.

Although the shipyard in Navy City is the earliest shipyard in Xia Kingdom, after so many years of development, the other large shipyards have developed their own unique skills.

How can the factory director be unhappy now that he can "steal his skills" openly and openly? You must know that the competition in the shipbuilding industry is still very high, and the ability to improve the core competitiveness of the Navy City Shipyard was something he never dreamed of in the past.

But after being happy, the factory director couldn't help but feel worried. He asked Zhuang Wei: "Will the other shipyards let people go? Does the official know that they don't have enough manpower?"

"Dare you not let him go?" Zhuang Wei sneered at this and said sternly: "This is His Majesty's order! You can go and ask for it, but I don't believe that there are people in my country who dare to resist the order and disrespect it!"

"Yes, yes, your Majesty made a mistake. I will take action now." When the factory director heard Zhuang Wei's words, his face turned pale with fright. Who dares to disobey His Majesty's will? Although he is the same as several other shipyards.

Even though we are competitors, we dare not accuse our opponents of such crimes.

Just as Zhuang Wei said, as soon as the letter from the factory director that he needed manpower arrived, several other shipyards immediately sent people over.

In fact, there is no need for the director of the shipyard to worry about whether or not these are available. It is not as if the other shipyards who sent people will not return, and the final credit will also be shared.

As for technical issues? These shipyards already have one "owner". How many locations will Yang Song build them? The purpose is to enhance competition and share risks.

Now after a technical exchange, various shipyards have learned from each other and can also "know themselves and the enemy", which will only benefit and not harm future development.

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After nearly half a year of overtime work, the construction of three new warships was finally completed, and they were immediately put into sea trials after outfitting.

The sea trials are also very intensive? Equipment debugging, marine steam engine testing, maximum speed testing, cruise testing, operability testing, stability testing...

After three months of sea trials, the three new warships were officially delivered to the Navy. Of course, a lot of fine-tuning and corrections were made during the sea trials before they were completed.

At this time, it was the end of March in the eighth year of Qiyuan. In the military port of Linhai City, three new steam-sail hybrid wooden and iron-clad warships stood among them, full of flags, waiting for Yang Song's review.

March 27th? Yang Song, Li Bao, Li Jing and other important officials came by train from Beijing.

As soon as Yang Song arrived at the military port, what caught his eye were the three particularly conspicuous new warships docked in the military port.

These three warships of different sizes all have a common feature - the towering chimney at the rear of the ship replaces a mast of the previous sail warships? However, there are still two masts full of sails in the front of the warship, indicating that

These three warships have not completely abandoned the traditional power source of sails.

In addition, the huge body also attracts the same attention. Compared with other warships in the naval port, the smallest destroyer and frigate of these three new warships is comparable to the cruiser next to it.

Moreover, the new cruiser can also be compared with the previous sailing battleships. Even the new battleship has the same size as the super battleship next to it.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" Following Wang Wei's loud shout, everyone in the military port bowed to Yang Song with either cupped hands or fists: "Greetings to your Majesty!"

"No courtesy!" Yang Song raised his hand to indicate, and then quickly walked to the new battleship and looked up at the particularly oppressive hull. He looked up at the hull covered with steel armor and was a little lost.

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After a while, Yang Song came back to his senses, but he still did not change his eyes. Yang Song asked without thinking: "How big is this battleship?"

"Your Majesty, this new type of battleship is seventy-eight meters long, twelve meters wide, eighteen meters high, with a full load draft of five meters, and a full load displacement of more than 5,600 tons.

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Although Yang Song didn't ask anyone specific questions, Li Bao, who knew everything about it, answered.
Chapter completed!