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"Which of them has the sharpest eye?" Lu Yuan drove the boat in the direction of Trinidad.

August stood right behind him. He had just moved out of the captain's quarters, and now he had to live in the officers' quarters aggrievedly. However, whether it is now or in the future for a long time, he is the only one in the officer's dormitory.

Even if Misha gets on the boat, it is obvious that she will not live where he is.

Lu Yuan swore that even if he took on the reputation of a "", he would pull "Misha" into the captain's room to cause a "ship shock".

Now, except for a small number of sailors who are still sorting cargo in the bilge, the vast majority of sailors are gathered on the deck, waiting for the new boss's arrangement. However, Lu Yuan did not directly assign it, except for specific positions, he basically listened to August's opinion.

"Jacques, he's the best-eyed of all of us!" August pointed to a young pirate and said, and Lu Yuan smiled when he saw it. It was precisely when the drama was performed today that the kid who applauded first was also one of the only two remaining bronze-level LV9 players!

"Hi Jacques! Do you want to be a lookout?! Lu Yuan saw that in the appraisal technique, it really showed that he had the same ship skill "Eagle Eye" as Jiang Guan, and he knew that his eyes were very good, and he was very suitable for acting as a lookout.

Jacques stepped forward, looking embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before loudly refusing, "Captain." I don't want to be a lookout! I want to stay in the SA. It's a better place for me. Of course, it would be better if you could give me a musket. ”

"Well, Jacques, I see that you are better suited to use a musket than a scimitar. Go up. Wait until I'm looking for you a good musket. I'll allow you to shoot on it! It's easier to aim on it, and you'll be the one with the most kills among us! Lu Yuan has already seen that most of his skills are musket skills. Much of his LV9's strength is reflected in the use of muskets. Obviously, this guy doesn't know which musketeers he ran out of the Musket team.

Since there was no musket team on the boat, he was lined up in the stormtroopers to pick up the scimitar.

"Ah, is that true?! Thank you so much, Captain! Jacques bowed happily and prepared to climb the mast. 'What is hopeless, bold trying, often succeeds'! You couldn't be more right! By the way, Captain, you will ...... in the future Do you still perform dramas? ”

Looking at many pirates with hot eyes, Lu Yuan shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense, my level is as far away as the sky and the earth compared to those stars of the Havana Theater!" I promise to find you a professional in the future! Now, get down to business! ”

Jacques scratched his head, ready to slip away before the new captain got angry. The new captain looked strange and cold, and he didn't know how he could have made such a request.

"Wait, this thing is for you!" Lu Yuan took out the "delicate telescope" and handed it to him, "Very expensive things, use them carefully...... Always keep an eye on me, I'm going to spot those pirate ships in advance. ”

"I swear to you, I promise!" Jacques excitedly took the telescope that looked as delicate as a work of art, and quickly climbed up the rope ladder to the lookout platform with his hands and feet, and couldn't wait to use the telescope, and his strange cries of excitement could be heard from time to time below.

Leaving the sail man, separating the stormtroopers from the gunners, even if the task is basically completed.

As I said before, being a sailor on a ship is actually a very professional job, but it is not taken seriously in many places. For example, cooks, they directly let people who can't fight, in fact, this job is very crucial, Lu Yuan has already made up his mind to find a better person.

Before that, he was going to eat the food in the space box to deal with it, he really couldn't get used to eating the food on the ship, God knows what the chef made out of the slimy thing!

There were also people who worked in the powder room, kept the gunpowder dry, and divided the gunpowder. This person needs to know how to use scales and arithmetic! In this era, they are also high-tech talents, but they are still not valued on pirate ships. Let three skinny teenage little sailors serve as ......

Lu Yuan shook his head, what displeased him on this ship, but not just this?!

Looking at the layout of the ten 16-pounder guns on the ship, two in the front and one and three on the left and right, Lu Yuan felt a headache again. Only two or three cannons are fired at a time, so it is not a dense fire at all! Fortunately, this ship was originally designed with twenty gun emplacements, and the layout was two in the front and rear, eight on the left and right, and there was room for adjustment.

Of course, although the ship could be armed with up to 24-pounder guns, that was basically an impossible situation. If it is really equipped with 20 24-pounder guns, then the weight of the artillery, the turret and the shells alone can reach about 30 tons, and it will not be able to hold any cargo. Only when it is simply necessary to go to sea to fight, will such an extreme configuration be carried out before leaving the port.

"August, I need to concentrate all the artillery on one side to form an advantage to cover the fire. You can arrange this, I know that this will cause the center of gravity of the ship to shift. So you can move the cargo, whatever, I want to be able to fill the eight gun emplacements on one side! That's it! ”

"Yes, sir." After August agreed, he walked away with a sad face, which made Lu Yuan finally feel better.

You must know that from the time he seized the ship to the present, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to visit his captain's room! How can you not be depressed with others?

It's just this weather...... He looked up depressedly at the sky, the sea was still clear in the morning. Now the clouds were in the form of flakes, and the wind was getting stronger, as if it had begun from the moment he became captain......

If this continues, there will be a storm when we reach Trinidad tonight.

(Your relationship with Kolybuso, the god of the sea, has dropped to "Abomination", and the likelihood of a storm at sea has increased dramatically!) ）

Did you find the reason here? Your sister's!

Lu Yuan took a sip and gently swung the rudder, making the boat draw a beautiful arc. Riding the gradually stronger wind, flying fish flew over the water!

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"Rice's! This will capsize the ship! Drag it back! Drag it back! ”

"That's enough!" Lu Yuanqing roared! While the rudder is flapping quickly, the sails are subjected to greater crosswinds. With the help of the sea breeze, the sailboat is "supported" by a large inclination. so that the ship will not capsize at once! On the other hand, a cable was to be controlled, wrapped around the mainmast, and a 700-kilogram 16-pounder cannon hung from the ship's side!

"Damn it! Osuss! Drag it up! Lu Yuan rushed to the side and hugged the mast. August, who was completely stunned, shouted! Lu Yuan's shout this time. It can be regarded as a complete awakening of those staggering sailors! They hurried to meet the gunners. Dragged the cannon back to the deck!

When the eighth gun was placed on the starboard side just now, the ship finally couldn't stabilize its center of gravity and tilted sharply! The artillery that could be fixed in the future also rolled out of the ship's side. Falling towards the sea. If it weren't for Lu Yuan's superb piloting skills and magic, they would have capsized without mistake!

Of course, the loss of a cannon costs two thousand pesos!

All the sailors on deck turned pale with fright!

"I've had enough!" Lu Yuan grabbed his hair in pain, he only knew that he had robbed a new ship, but how could he have thought that he had also robbed a group of novices at the same time! Bastard!

Although just now, his stroke of "borrowing the wind to save the boat" made him drive the value of the boat to jump a few small steps to the top of the lun, standing on the value of 50! But it doesn't help the current situation.

No way, he still has to go into battle in person in the end!

Lu Yuan quickly calculated the weight of the hull, and finally adopted the layout of "three on the left and seven on the right" for the ten cannons, and then fixed the seawater of ten wooden barrels on the outside of the left side of the ship, which can be regarded as adjusting the center of gravity back to the center line of the ship!

But he doesn't believe anything anymore - especially the quality of these guys! You must know that August's 17-strong "manipulation gun" is actually the best one among all gunners! It took him three minutes to load a small 16-pounder gun, and he was still able to accept everyone's praise proudly...... I've had enough! That's enough! Lu Yuan lifted the table in his heart!

Let him now rush over to fight directly with this gang? Is this the rhythm of wanting to die?! How optimistic I was!

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Lu Yuan drove the sailboat, looking for a lonely reef, and let the boat hover about a hundred meters away from the reef.

In the vicinity of the port of Trinianda are the Cayman Islands and large coral reefs, where the sea conditions are complex, the shipping routes are narrow, and the reefs are everywhere. Therefore, such a reef is not difficult to find, as long as it is off the course, it can be encountered at any time.

Lu Yuan didn't drop anchor and stop, he just tried to stabilize the hull of the boat, so that the boat circled around the reef in a shape that was not too much. In the era when sails are powered, the wind is the decisive factor in the sailing attitude of the ship, and there is no one in a hundred who can be a helmsman like Lu Yuan!

Lu Yuan's "navigation" value is soaring, but now he doesn't care about this at all! He also had unrealistic illusions about the crew – always feeling that if they didn't work in one area, they might be good in another...... I don't want to believe the results of my own appraisal at all!

"All the gunners, reload me with the starboard guns! Aim for that reef! Lu Yuan ordered loudly, and the gunners looked at each other...... "Damn it!" You can't have never fired a single artillery, have you? Lu Yuan roared angrily! He was about to turn into a roaring emperor this afternoon, and countless times he wanted to hang them all, and then jump into the sea and drown himself.

"Fired once,......" August replied embarrassedly, scratching his head and smiling, "it costs more than a hundred pesos to fire a cannon!" Shells and gunpowder are quite expensive, and the cannon is also easy to break, so you can save a little...... Hey. ”

"Hey your sister!" Lu Yuan couldn't bear to kick over, "Load me all immediately!" I want to see how bad you can be! He took out his pocket watch and lit it up, "I'll start the timer, and all the guns that take more than four minutes to reload will be killed!" ”

August immediately took the gunners to reload, everyone was sweating and busy, even the stormtroopers who had nothing to do, came to watch at this time. They don't care about themselves, and they look elated.

Despite the gunners' hard work, they didn't have much training and practice at all, and it still took them almost six minutes to load all seven guns on the port side!

All the gunners were pitiful, looking at the horrible captain at the helm, waiting for the trial! Especially the group of gunners who fell behind the least, they were almost on their knees and begging God!

Lu Yuan closed the lid of the pocket watch expressionlessly, "The time is just right, let's move on to the next step." Now, let's start aiming......"

The sight of aiming was unbearable, and August took the lead in lying behind the artillery, aiming at the reef with his eyes, calculating the length of his fingers. Then move here, kick and adjust the artillery there. This process took about the same amount of time as loading, which made Lu Yuan extremely disappointed with the rhythm of battles in this era!

Seeing that they were all ready, Lu Yuan simply waved his hand, "Volley!" (To be continued......)