Cannons were currently the most powerful ship-borne weapon that Li Yuan had ever seen. Just looking at those pitch-black muzzles made him have the urge to admit defeat.
Li Yuan felt his heart beat faster as he looked at the accessories.
However, he wasn't the only one who was excited. Before Li Yuan could make a move, Avril and the others ran over.
"Captain! Let us take a look!"
"Wow, there really is a sail!”
"We are now a sailboat!”
The few of them scrambled to climb onto Li Yuan's boat from all directions.
Li Yuan's face darkened. The captain didn't allow you to board the ship. Who allowed you to board?! I haven't finished modifying it yet!
Forget it. The big project was completed anyway. The remaining work would not be any major modifications to the hull. He would let these people who had not seen the world broaden their horizons.
Moreover, Li Yuan didn't know how to use this thing at all.
"Hey, I took a look. We can assemble three cannons here.”Li Yuan said," Rui, can you see if this thing can still be used?”
A Rui immediately walked to an assembled cannon and touched the barrel excitedly." Captain, you've asked the right person. I usually like to study these equipment. Although I can't afford it, it's still a hobby.”
After all, men were more interested in weapons. Li Yuan could completely understand this.
"Captain, this is a relatively simple cannon, and it is also quite common. Its principle was to put gunpowder in the fire door, which was the butt of the gun barrel, ignite it with a fuse, and use the explosive thrust to launch the cannonball.”
"However, the barrels of these cannons are relatively short and the muzzles are relatively thick. This is to ensure that the shells are large enough to cause greater damage. However, this requires a large amount of gunpowder to be loaded, and the trajectory needs to be at a certain angle. Unlike cannons, which had long barrels and could be fired at low or even flat trajectories, the firepower was extremely powerful.”
Li Yuan didn't quite understand what he was saying. Anyway, what Rui meant was that this cannon didn't seem to be anything special. It wasn't on the same level as a cannon...
"Captain, this kind of cannon has poor accuracy and low power. Under normal circumstances, it can only be used when two ships are moving close to each other.”
Li Yuan immediately thought of the naval battles he had seen on television. The two warships lined up in a row and then bombarded each other.
It felt like he had injured a thousand enemies and eight hundred of himself…
"That won't do! I don't intend to exchange my life with another ship!”Li Yuan immediately said.
If he traded his life with a boat, wouldn't his brain be damaged?
"Then, this cannon is useless. Rui, the price of gunpowder…"
"Captain, I know. It's super expensive!”Ah Min raised her hand to answer." Anyway, it's not something we can afford.”
"Captain, not only is gunpowder very expensive, but our three cannons seem to be unable to play a decisive role. These cannonballs won't explode, so it's a little difficult to kill them with just these three cannons.”Rui added.
Li Yuan was instantly deflated.
One had to know that his expectations for the cannons even exceeded the upgrade of the hull! Now, after being excited for so long, these three cannons were useless.
Not only was it useless, but it also took up a lot of weight. It was so heavy!
Li Yuan sighed and thought about it carefully. Now was not the time to throw a tantrum. Rationally speaking, what Rui and the others said made sense. There was no point in installing a few useless cannons on the ship.
Since that was the case, Li Yuan decided to go all out. He first melted all three cannons into copper ingots and then opened the crafting menu.
He didn't want the cannons, but he planned to make use of the copper.
Copper was harder than iron, and it was more malleable. Li Yuan first strengthened his ram, bow, and side plates.
In order to maintain the balance of the ship, the stern naturally needed to be reinforced. In total, 500 kilograms of copper ingots had been used up.
Now, Li Yuan's hull, the bow and the stern were equipped with copper shields, giving off a metallic luster.
The length of the ram had increased by about a meter, and after the entire body was fused with copper, its destructive power had increased further.
In addition, Li Yuan used 200 kilograms of copper ingots to strengthen the base of the mast and the joints of the wooden planks, further strengthening the hull.
There were already many copper parts on the ship. The wooden ship gradually looked different.
There were still some copper ingots left. Li Yuan thought about it.
During the battle with Cai Kun, when they sank Captain Baldy's ship, several crew members came to the bottom of the ship and planned to overturn Li Yuan. This matter had actually always been a grudge for Li Yuan.
If Ah Shan hadn't arrived in time, they might have really overturned the boat.
If the boat capsized, all the equipment would be useless!
"Let's see if there's anything that can do a simple defense.”Li Yuan searched for a long time among the items that could be made.
It seems that there are no weapons that can be made…Logically speaking, with so much Copper, why don't you make a cannon for me? It's probably still limited by the level of the ship. In any case, it's not in the list of items to be made!
"Trash system!" Li Yuan couldn't help but complain," I can only equip one Bottomwood Spike? Can't I change the wooden thorns to steel thorns?”
Of course, Li Yuan had also thought about it. Perhaps the recoil of the wooden spikes at the bottom of the ship was greater, and he usually needed space to store them. His ship's width was not enough to build more wooden spikes at the bottom of the ship, or to replace the wooden spikes with steel spikes. That was why the system did not provide a manufacturing list.
At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly saw a strange thing. This thing had the same two words as the " wooden spike at the bottom of the boat ".
[Boat bottom harpoon: 8/40 units of copper ingot, 50/577 meters of rope, loaded with a large steel fork on the side of the boat bottom. It can stab and kill small and medium-sized creatures (less than 200 kg). It can be equipped with fishing nets to capture or directly pierce and kill.] [Note: Steel forks need to be recycled through ropes. If the rope is broken, it needs to be recycled by yourself.] The range was 5 - 50 meters.
"F * ck!" Li Yuan's eyes widened. So there was a weapon hidden here!
Even though it was called " Harpoon ", it clearly stated that it was less than 200 kilograms! An adult's weight was less than 100 kilograms. In other words, these steel forks used for fishing could be used as defensive weapons at the bottom of the ship!
Without a doubt, this was what Li Yuan wanted!
"Such a powerful weapon, yet you still want to equip your brother with a harpoon? Give me six!"
The system immediately got busy. The steel ingots on the ship quickly decreased, and the rope that he had bought for treasure hunting also quickly disappeared.
Li Yuan was now 12 meters long. Excluding the bow and stern, he installed a steel fork every three meters, three on each side. A total of six harpoons were installed in less than a minute!
Avril asked in confusion," Captain, where did you use those steel ingots?”
"Yeah, and those ropes. Can't you see what's on the boat?”Ah Min also said strangely.
Li Yuan said proudly," Who told you that I had to crash into the boat!”
"From now on, I'm a fully armed ship! If anyone wants to flip me over again, I'll let them run!”
After saying that, Li Yuan suddenly fired six steel forks at the same time.
Avril and the others felt the boat shake violently, and not long after, six big fish that weighed dozens of kilograms floated up not far from the boat.
"This! Captain…how did you do it?”Rui looked at the fish in shock.
On the fish's body, a steel fork about two meters long pierced through the entire body of the fish...
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