"Ken, hurry and bring over the new version of the blueprints. The lord is coming to inspect them."
"Which version?"
"The new version!"
"I know, but do you mean New Version 1.0, New Version 1.1, Latest Version, Most Latest Version, or Latest Absolutely-No-More-Changes Version?"
"Huh?"
Ken raised his head from the filing cabinet, his face full of helplessness. "Lord Tata drew all of these in an overnight shift yesterday. They're all new versions."
The room descended into chaos once more.
This was the design institute attached to Castel Shipyard.
Normally, a design institute would not be located inside a manufacturing plant. However, Castel's shipyard did not yet have a mature shipbuilding system, and nearly everything was still being explored from scratch. Tata had therefore simply set up the design institute directly inside the factory.
Once the engineers finished their blueprints, they only had to leave the room, turn left, and walk three minutes to enter the workshop and begin trial production. They could examine the finished product on the spot and analyze any problems.
It had to be said that this was extremely efficient. Ship designs were being iterated at an incredible pace.
As soon as Ken returned to Castel, Tata claimed him.
Ken had received advanced-class training and had sailed out with the Black Pearl many times, giving him extensive seafaring experience. In addition, Jeremiah had taught him everything he knew, so Ken had also gained considerable knowledge of hydrology and related fields.
When Theus had sent this group out in the first place, it had been to accumulate shipbuilding experience. Now was the time to reap the rewards.
Ken had not disappointed expectations. His mechanical knowledge was solid, and more importantly, he had plenty of actual experience at sea. That was precisely what Tata, a designer born on