Byron was breaking through a barrier of "border confusion" and hurried to the dock from the Doge's Palace with Catherine.

I saw the two main [craftsmen] Violet and Little Hans directing the sailors to complete the final outfitting of a brand-new warship.

With tall masts and sail booms, it acts as a crane to lift a gate of glittering bronze guns onto the gun deck.

"Check the rope of the gun carriage one more time to prevent it from slipping."

"Hang up the sails and don't forget to tighten the halyards."

“”

Up and down the busy faction is in full swing.

Since her return, Violet has been rushing headlong into the shipyards of the International Harbor at Byron's request to join in the construction of the "Tudor mixer".

The first 3,000 teak trees planted on the island had already been shipped to the more secrecy of Riptide Fortress.

The project of a reloaded cruiser has not yet been launched.

New teak and spice farms have long since taken root on the wider island of Yucatan.

The effect of the Holy Relic [Golden Toilet] and the No. 3 Crystal Skull [Corn God] is magical, and Byron, as a qualified boss, is reluctant to let them idle for a moment.

The land within the influence area of the Golden Toilet will be slowly transformed into the precious black soil.

Like some special legume plants and microorganisms, it can also solidify nitrogen in the air and convert it into an endless supply of nitrogen fertilizer.

[Fertile Land] can speed up the growth of crops and all plants in a certain area.

Spices that take at least three years, five years, or eight years to harvest by others only need a year, or even a few months, or a dozen days.

The same is true for teak, which takes at least 50 years to mature.

Now, a few months have passed, and the black soil outside Riptide Fortress is beginning to take shape, and the next batch of shipbuilding raw materials and high-quality spices are ripe again.

This is one of the reasons why Catherine had to use the small coffers to approve the expansion of the dockyard before.

Other people are worried that the materials are too expensive and too precious, and once the battleship is lost, it will be difficult to regenerate it in a short time.

And they are worried that there are too many materials and they grow too fast, which is difficult to digest in a short period of time and transform them into real combat effectiveness.

This kind of happiness is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

As for the battleship in the dockyard, it was still the raw material they purchased from outside the island, and it was immediately built by the [shipwright] Hans the Younger according to the drawings (Chapter 182).

With the ability of Quetzalcoatl's ability "Dawning Morning Star Knowledge Light" of the eighth crystal skeleton, the construction speed is greatly increased.

The two-to-three-year construction period was reduced to a few months.

Neither the upgrading of the International Port at that time, nor the time when they went out on an adventure, did not delay the construction of this Tudor mixer.

Getting Violet's help is even more powerful.

Not only was she a third-order master craftsman, but she was also a good pirate captain, and she didn't need to bother Byron to get everything in order.

Now, even in terms of pure ability, whether it is Catherine or Violet, they are already his inseparable right-hand man.

No matter which one is missing, half of this embryonic business will have to be dispersed.

"Byron, don't you really need to transform the keel and ribs of this ship into one-piece iron ribs?

The Philosopher's Stone we harvested last time hasn't had a chance to use it yet. ”

Violet, who came to Byron's side, regretted that her plan had not been adopted.

"As a prototype ship, this is already good.

We can build a ship that has been increased to 10 ships in the future, and each one will be slightly improved, and by the way, we will accumulate experience with iron-ribbed wooden hull ships.

Prepare for industrial shipbuilding in the future.

By the time we start building heavy cruisers, you'll have the chance to make a difference. ”

Byron had just comforted the girl when an excited cry came from above his head:

"The new Golden Deer is complete!"

As the chief engineer of the construction, Hans Jr. personally carved the name of the ship "Golden Deer" on the covered bridge in the tail verandah, and announced the birth of the new ship as soon as possible.

Phew——!

A gust of spiritual wind arose out of thin air.

It took little Hans several months to build this new warship of pure teak, and his body suddenly became spiritual, and he was naturally promoted to a second-order [shipwright].

After mastering the core ability [Spiritual Forging], as long as he is given enough transcendent materials, he can stably produce a series of low-level strange things.

Practicing the motto of "using knowledge to drive out ignorance", and then rose through the ranks.

Nowadays, there are countless pioneer pilot materials, but manpower is relatively scarce.

For a full-time shipbuilder, life is like a rat falling into a rice tank.

"I'm done, captain, father, do you see? I'm already a second-order craftsman. ”

Little Hans hugged his old father, who had been silently helping him, and cried with joy.

It's just that at this time, except for old Hans, who is full of his own son.

The eyes of others have long since fallen involuntarily on the newly built prototype of the first "standard Tudor mixed sailingship".

Even if the old fur seals look at it with the most critical eyes, they have to admit that it is a beautiful woman on the ship that all captains dream of.

"This ship is beautiful."

For the first time, the drawings of Byron's mind appeared in front of him in a complete posture, and it also symbolized the crystallization of the most cutting-edge military science and technology at present.

The long protruding bow and stern pillars increase the effective length of the deck, and the keel slopes down to the tail to allow it to gain a greater tail draft, improving the longitudinal stability and speed of the vessel.

At the same time, the transverse hydrodynamic center of the underwater hull is greatly moved backward, which is better balanced with the sail pressure center, which is conducive to wind navigation and reducing drift.

Moreover, unlike the U-shaped cross-section used by previous merchant ships, the cross-section is V-shaped in the ship, which greatly improves the speed and is especially suitable for wave-breaking navigation in high sea conditions.

The length-to-width ratio is about 5:1, which is also more slender than that of ordinary commercial sailboats, further reducing the resistance of Xingbo.

With a flat deck design, the ship does not have any superstructure, and when sailing, it has a low and long appearance, and the bow and stern lines are beautiful.

Let it ride its speed like no other.

There are also disadvantages, that is, they are not stable enough to deploy traditional heavy cannons in large quantities.

It's just that the better, lighter, and less recoil Caron cannon helped them solve this problem.

At this point, the parameters of [New Golden Deer] have become:

"With a displacement of 431 tons, which is twice the size of the original Golden Deer, the two-masted design, the foremast is equipped with a crosssail, the mainmast is equipped with a longitudinal sail, and the maximum speed can easily exceed twelve knots.

Sail handling is also much easier than a regular full-sail sailboat, requiring much less expertise and a greater number of sail crews.

It can be easily operated even by novice hands.

The artillery deck is 33 meters long, with 22 designed gun emplacements, equipped with 20 18-pounder Caron guns and two 32-pounder Caron guns, with a capacity of 140 people.

The melee firepower is fierce, and the conventional firepower is no weaker than that of an ordinary 32-gun fifth-class cruiser with a 12-pounder gun! ”

However, with the exception of this new flagship, which may not last a few years, all other Tudor hybrid ships will be scaled down in equal proportions.

Armed with one 32-pounder Caron gun and eight 18-pounder Caron guns, the firepower is more than enough for a small privateer.

What stands out is a price-performance ratio.

It is enough for them to dominate the east-west route while gradually opening the road of subsequent expansion.

Even converting to a whaling ship is effortless.

Byron gave an order:

"Fill the water!"

Under normal circumstances, the shipbuilding project is outfitting after launching, and the blank becomes hardcover.

But with the assistance of Violet, a master craftsman, and excellent ship-building materials, it is naturally easy to achieve it in one step.

Bang la blah

Just as the floodgates opened, seawater poured into the dry dock, allowing the battleship to float slowly.

The Law of Silver suddenly reappeared, and a golden light fell from the sky and fell on the world's first "Tudor Mixed Sailboat".

Like mercury pouring down on the ground, it quickly infiltrated every plank, every cable, every sail, every artillery

Dye the entire ship a brilliant sheet of pure gold.

When the light in front of everyone dissipated, this battleship had quietly completed its transformation from a mortal thing to a holy relic.

- Relic Tudor Mixed Ship Prototype!