Dangdang! Dangdang!

In the dock of the water village, Zhang Baozai with seven or eight blacksmiths stood on the ground with his mouth wide open and watched Richard busy on it.

At this moment, he was like a monkey knocking east and west on a big ship, and he used a hammer, but the miraculous thing was that he didn't know what the mystery of his hammer was, only to see those steel ingots turned into steel plates in the eyes of everyone, and then they were inlaid into the hull of the ship piece by piece, and after knocking on the outside, Richard got into the big ship again and continued to knock.

"This wooden ship is ironclad, can it really go to sea?" Zhang Baozai looked at the child's play and a little fantasy picture, and couldn't help but ask the master next to him.

"Okay, but such a ship must be very heavy, and it must be too slow." The master scratched his scalp and hesitated, Huaguo and several countries around Asia have not studied armored ships, the turtle ships in Goryeo and the ironclad ships in Fusang are the products of research, but the shortcomings of this kind of ship are also obvious, the speed is too slow, it is okay to fight in the near sea, and it is no fun to go to the ocean.

After speaking, the old master added, "However, this Mr. Li's casting technique is miraculous, maybe he can solve this problem." ”

This is a trick, this is obviously a spell!

Zhang Baozai was too lazy to refute the master, but fortunately, this world is not Newton's world, and all kinds of unbelievable magic side technology props abound, so Richard is nothing, but from this aspect, he admires Mrs. Qing's vision, and dares to place such a heavy bet on such a person who has only seen one face.

Mrs. Qing finally decided to gamble on Richard, and even planned to give him an armed merchant ship directly, which was a big ship like the Black Pearl, which was also one of the best ships in the Red Flag, but unfortunately Richard did not appreciate it, but asked for an old lock ship.

This kind of ship combining Chinese and Western is a relatively advanced ocean-going ship on the Chinese side, but it is certainly incomparable with battleships for combat, and even armed merchant ships may not be comparable, but the reason why Richard chose it is mainly that its appearance is more like the steel warships of later generations.

Yes, Richard really wants to build a steel battleship, this is what he conceived after he learned to be a master of casting, just like Zhang Baozai said, on the sea, personal martial arts are of little significance, unless he is strong enough to be strong enough to push mountains and reclaim the sea like in One Piece, so an advanced battleship is very necessary.

However, it was easy to build a ship, and the supporting power system Richard could not build it, let alone a diesel engine, and he could not even build a steam engine, so he could only transform it on the basis of the original.

Therefore, the armored battleship has become his first choice, that is, to install armor on the wooden sail warship, which is not difficult for the casting master, and this skill can also help him choose a ship, he also wanted to directly put on the armor of the armed merchant ship at first, but unfortunately, when he began to use the skill, the skill reminded him that the tall Western-style warship is not suitable for armor, because the center of gravity of the ship is too high, and it is easy to roll over after armor, but the low Chinese ship is more suitable for armor, so that He chose the old lock boat that combines Chinese and Western as the transformation target.

Hammering the iron ingot into a steel ingot, and then knocking the steel ingot into a steel plate, and then knocking it into the hull, and knocking out a few cabins in the ship by the way, Richard didn't know what the doorway was in, anyway, he wanted an armored warship in his head, and he got busy with the hammer in his hand.

For three days, in addition to eating and sleeping, Richard was here to knock and beat, which made him feel that there was still room for improvement in this skill, look at the cartoon, Tom and Jerry wanted to make something, and they didn't take a hammer and knock it out in a few seconds, obviously better than Tony and Ivan.

Finally, after striking the last hammer on the bow of the ship, the entire old lock ship trembled as if it had life, and the iron armor in that body was shining in the dock, and Zhang Baozai below was dumbfounded.

The long hull is a little wider in the middle, but generally it is much more slender than the current battleships in the West, with neat and smooth steel plates covering both sides of the hull, and a dragon carved on the steel plates, the position of the dragon body continues to the bow of the ship, where it converges into a dragon's head bow, the deck is not covered with steel plates, but the three masts are wrapped, so you don't have to worry about being interrupted by artillery fire in the battle.

"It's... It's..."

"Zhiyuan ironclad, how do you feel?" Richard came to Zhang Baozai's side at some point, holding his hands and looking at the big ship in front of him with him, as if he had seen it for the first time.

"Zhiyuan? Why is it called that, I thought Mr. Li would name it Canglong. ”

"No, the name is unlucky, the Zhiyuan is very good, we Chinese, the farther we go, the better, it is best to spread all over the world, then it is a little interesting."

"Sir, is this ship ready to be launched?"

"Nonsense, you can't go into the water, I'll follow the shipbuilding model."

"Then I'll go and report to Mrs. Qing, and let her old man come to see our ironclad ship launched."

"Okay, let's go."

It didn't take long for the whole village to hear that there was a unique ironclad ship in the world that was about to be launched, so they all came to the dock, and Mrs. Qing, the leader of the Red Flag, also came to the dock with her own soldiers and stopped to watch.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the surface of the sea, dyeing it a golden yellow.

Crash!

A huge wave splashed out from the dock estuary, and then, the Zhiyuan slowly sailed into people's eyes, and the steel hull was also plated with a layer of golden light in the setting sun, and the whole ship sailed in front of everyone like a golden dragon.

"Wow, do you see, what a beautiful boat, it's like it's made of gold."

"Mother-in-law who didn't know it, beautiful has an egg, this is a steel ship, Mr. Li's masterpiece, with a sharp weapon on the sea, with this in the future, we can go sideways in the sea."

"That's nice, but it's too slow for the ship to work."

"Uh... Iron boat, go slower and steady. ”

"But, in that case, will you still be able to catch up with the enemy's ship?"

......

The stockade is full of people begging for a living at sea, everyone can see at a glance the advantages and disadvantages of the Zhiyuan, and it is difficult to say how the ship's defense is, but the speed has decreased a lot, and these words and this scene also fell in the eyes of those who have a heart, and soon, the news that the red flag has such a Zhiyuan also reached the ears of the Far East Governor of the East India Company.

"An ironclad ship? Yes, it can be used as a gift to His Majesty, and the position of the red flag is mastered, then we can go. ”