When Han Xiao saw the scene in the Night, he couldn't help but be in a daze.

"What about people? Why don't you even have a human figure? Is this ship a ghost ship, and it sailed on its own at sea? Or is it ...... It's not good, did they have some secret passage to escape!" Looking at the empty cabin, Han Xiao's face changed abruptly.

Zhao Gangdan looked at Han Xiao coldly and said, "It's all burned to ashes, so naturally there is no figure." ”

Han Xiao touched his nose and looked at him left and right.

Jokes aside, when inspecting the cabin, Han Xiao once again sighed at the powerful firepower of the black gold essence, although it turned out that even the black gold essence could not directly burn the ship's plank, but once the warship was broken through the gap, the blow of the black gold essence to the human monks was absolutely devastating, and the spirit cannon on this ship had even been burned and deformed, and like this ship, the spirit cannon had become worthless.

"Waste, waste, it's all good things, if it is moved to our ship and then sold, it will be a lot of income. Han Xiao said with a look of regret.

"How many spirit stones?" Zhao Gangdan waved his hand with a big grin, and looked at Han Xiao angrily and said, "If you didn't have the Black Gold Essence and the Wood-eating Ants, you would have won so easily?" ”

The words are not rough, Han Xiao also understands Zhao Gangdan's hardships, because of his stinky temper, he went to sea to make money and did not bring out the crew in the tribe, as a result, there can only be two of them on the boat, and when there is no wind and no waves, it will be even more hurried, for example, when the war started, the two of them never sailed again, not because they were big, but Han Xiao's extremely bad boating skills were really unsightly, and he couldn't control the rudder at all in the chaotic naval battle。

So from beginning to end, he simply threw the rudder and watched Zhao Gangdan throw spirit stones out in the gun cabin to play.

"It would be nice if Chen Jiao and Bai Yi were here. Han Xiao suddenly said with emotion.

"Don't worry, they will get on the boat sooner or later. Zhao Gangdan said confidently: "Actually, I didn't find a crew from the tribe because of this. Chen Jiao is better, that girl is arrogant, and ordinary people really can't bully her. But Bai Yi's girl can't do it, it's just a glass heart, in case I recruit a few five big and three thick tribal crews on the ship, there will be some conflict with Bai Yi in the future, I can't help both sides, it's a lot of difficulty. ”

Han Xiao seemed to know Zhao Gangdan for the first time, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to think it through." ”

"Nonsense, someone saved my life, and if you don't say it, it doesn't mean it's over. Zhao Gangdan snorted, and buried his head in the cabin to find something interesting, he had already seen that this ship seemed to be different from the sea ships they had encountered in the past.

Looking at Zhao Gangdan's busy appearance, Han Xiao suddenly realized that the reason why he was willing to walk around with this obscene guy was not only because of the so-called tribal rumors, but also because of his character.

"Perhaps, this is the ship of those Western pirates. After the inspection, they returned to their boat, Zhao Gangdan said to Han Xiao.

Han Xiao had already told Zhao Gangdan about the Western pirates when he was just on the road, and when he heard him say this, Han Xiao asked curiously: "How can you see it, people are burned to ashes, do you still recognize it as an Eastern monk or a Western monk?"

"Not from people, from above the cannons. Zhao Gangdan pointed to the two spirit cannons in the cabin that were not too deformed, and said, "This kind of spirit cannon is very similar to the spirit cannon I use. ”

"Don't all spirit cannons look the same, at most they are different in size. Han Xiao said not very agreeably.

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Zhao Gangdan corrected himself and said categorically: "This ship is definitely the ship of the Western monks, and it is very likely that it is the Western pirates you mentioned." ”

Seeing that Han Xiao didn't speak, Zhao Gangdan directly explained: "The biggest difference between the Western spirit cannon and the spirit cannon we use is that the spirit furnace they place in the cannon body is more clever than the one we use, which is embodied in the fact that the spirit furnace burns spiritual power faster and consumes lower spirit stones. Seeing that Han Xiao still didn't understand, Zhao Gangdan simply said more concisely: "If the spirit cannon wants to send out a powerful attack, it first needs to be charged with a spirit stone, and only after the spiritual power in the spirit stone enters the spirit furnace and burns quickly in a special way, it can be released." ”

"You mean, the spirit furnace in the spirit cannon we use is not as good as the spirit furnace used by the Western monks?" Han Xiao asked.

"Yes, I only learned this after I returned to the tribe this time. Zhao Gangdan nodded and said.

It turned out that after Zhao Gangdan returned to the tribe this time, he learned some things about the western country from the tribesmen who went out to do business all the year round. After all, in recent years, Western pirates have been constantly attacking the waters near the Huating Empire, and ordinary people don't know about this kind of thing, but it is naturally impossible for the Zhao family to have a business that is even spread throughout the Three Realms Sea.

Out of curiosity about the unknown, the members of the tribe spent a lot of money to get some secrets of the spirit cannon commonly used by Western pirates, and after returning, they invited many refining masters to study together, and finally found that the spirit furnace in the spirit cannon used by Western pirates burned spiritual power faster and consumed less. The result of this is that the firing speed of their spirit cannon will become faster, and it will not affect the power of the spirit cannon.

The spirit furnace of the spirit cannon used by the monks of the Huating Empire is relatively slow to burn spiritual power, which is why there are a lot of spirit cannons on the warship, but when the war starts, it is not that the cannon is flying all over the sky, not the gunner, but it is really difficult for the spirit cannon to shoot continuously for a period of time.

"The reason why Western pirates have always been able to suppress the Imperial Navy may be because of the speed at which their spirit cannons are fired. Zhao Gangdan made a judgment: "You also saw the ship just now, their speed is not fast, the hull is not necessarily made of any rare wood, and even the means of building it are not very clever, the power of the spirit cannon is like that, so-so, Qingpu can eat it in one bite is estimated not to have much power." If you only look at these, these Western pirates are naturally not worth mentioning. But the problem is that in the past few years of war with them, although the Imperial Navy has not fallen behind, it does not have the slightest advantage at all, which can only show that they still have superiority, and this advantage is still quite large. ”

Listening to Zhao Gangdan's analysis, Han Xiao nodded approvingly, although he was not very proficient in naval warfare, he could still figure out what Zhao Gangdan said. Don't look at the speed of the spirit cannon, it is only a small improvement, but this improvement is enough to change the situation of the battle.

"What does this cannonball of yours have to do with their spirit furnace?" Han Xiao asked again.

"Cannonballs?" Zhao Gangdan smiled bitterly and said: "Although the news that the clansmen got back is very useful, it is not the most core thing after all, and besides, these refiners in our tribe can't completely imitate the same spirit cannon as the Western pirates with this little thing, and they don't even have a chance to imitate it at all." As a result, this nondescript thing can only be created in the current way. The reason why this cannonball is so expensive is not because it contains too much black gold essence, you can also see that with such a large space, how much black gold essence can be contained. ”

"Yes, I was also curious before, even if the black gold essence is very expensive, it will not be as high as 100,000 high-grade spirit stones for a cannonball. Han Xiao frowned and said.

"Of course it's not worth so much, the reason why it's so expensive is because there is a special spirit furnace in each cannonball, and I have already ignited the spirit furnace in the cannonball before the war, and then stuffed it into the spirit cannon and can shoot it out at any time. And you see......" Zhao Gangdan took the opportunity to open the spirit cannon he used before in the gun cabin and said: "Actually, this cannon is also special, there is no spirit furnace here, but there is an extra stove placed, and the two stoves push the cannonballs outward together, which ensures that the shooting distance is not too small." ”

"Placing a spirit furnace in the cannonball to burn spiritual power in advance, and then placing two furnaces in the cannon body to strengthen the pushing force, it is with this nondescript method that we have created such a strange cannon, which is barely comparable to the spirit cannon used by Western pirates. Zhao Gangdan said with a wry smile: "But the result is that our consumption is hundreds or thousands of times that of theirs, in order to protect ourselves, we can play like this, and we can afford to play like this with the family background in the tribe, but how can the huge Huating Empire play? Can you really use this method of burning spirit stones to fight with each other for speed?"

Somehow, when Zhao Gangdan said this, Han Xiao subconsciously wanted to say something like "You are so worried", but when the words came to his mouth, he was suffocated back by himself, and at this time Han Xiao felt very uncomfortable in his heart. As soon as I heard that there was really a gap between the Huating Empire and the Western pirates, and it seemed that it was really difficult to make up for the gap, this uncomfortable feeling was even stronger.

"Forget it, I don't want to do this, this kind of thing must still be handed over to those bigwigs of the Imperial Navy, we think about it again, and no one will necessarily listen to us. Zhao Gangdan smiled self-deprecatingly, and went into the cannon bay to study it. Looking at the resolute eyes that always flashed on his obscene face, Han Xiao knew that this kid was really insincere this time.

Driving the warship back on the road, Han Xiao's mood now seems to be more complicated. Before this, he had never thought that he would join the entanglement between the Imperial Navy and the Western pirates, and even now he still had a deep resistance to this matter in his heart, but it was because of this resistance that Han Xiao was so entangled now.

"Han Xiao, what are you thinking, another ship is coming!" Just as Han Xiao was thinking wildly, Zhao Gangdan's angry roar suddenly came from the gun cabin. Han Xiao immediately came to his senses and looked at the mirror disk on the side, and then vaguely saw a ship appear in the mirror disk, it seemed that it was indeed coming towards them.

"Alas, it's time to find a lookout. Han Xiao said to himself.

Zhao Gangdan leaned over to Han Xiao, looked at the mirror disk and said, "It doesn't look like a ship of Western pirates." ”

"I don't know. Han Xiao looked at it very seriously, but there were no clues at all. After the previous conversation, Han Xiao did know that the spirit cannon used by the Western pirates was different from the one they used, but the problem was that it was impossible to see what the spirit cannon in the opponent's warship looked like through the mirror disk, and even if he did, it was impossible to see the structure of the spirit furnace.

"I'll go out first and say a flag, if it's not a Western pirate, try to avoid conflicts. Zhao Gangdan was about to walk to the deck as he spoke, but at this time, the sound of cannons in the distance had already come, and Zhao Gangdan habitually flashed to the side, which was completely instinctive.

Han Xiao is as stable as Mount Tai, because Qingpu is now on the deck, if the other party's cannon hits them, it will send Qingpu a bite to eat, and if it misses, naturally don't worry. After seeing a wave of water on the sea level next to the warship, Han Xiao knew that the other party had missed the shot.

"You go to the gun bay, I'll go to the flag. After Han Xiao finished speaking, he rushed to the deck in three or two steps, and until now, Han Xiao didn't want to have too much conflict with the other party. As a result, after Han Xiao worked the lookout to play a flag, it was indeed a more violent round of spirit cannon impact. If it weren't for the other party's lack of accuracy, Han Xiao might have died on the lookout this time.

Qingpu is certainly very perverted, but after all, the problem of only eating one bite at a time has not been changed until now, after seeing that he has started to try to refine the Optimus Tree, Han Xiao still fantasizes that he can improve his ability in this area, but now he finds that Qingpu has eaten such a precious thing, it seems that there is no other use except for appearing more joyful. This was the first time that Han Xiao regretted letting Qingpu eat, and he knew that it would be better to cut out the Optimus Tree and make it into a plank and install it on the warship.

"Eat more!" Knowing that the matter of slander was useless, Han Xiao could only shout towards Qingpu in vain before hiding in the cabin. Qingpu habitually chewed things, his head and the small flowers on his head dangled together and nodded to Han Xiao......

"How's that?" Zhao Gangdan asked.

"What else, let's fight, I'll talk about it after I've convinced them. Han Xiao said with a bad temper, and after finishing speaking, he subconsciously walked to another cabin and tried to control other spirit cannons to attack, but after trying for a long time, there was still no reaction, and Han Xiao walked back to the gun cabin where Zhao Gangdan was located angrily.

As soon as he walked into Zhao Gangdan's cannon bay and saw another kind of cannonball in his hand, Han Xiao subconsciously asked, "What is this, it doesn't seem to be a cannonball of black gold essence." ”

"Of course not, this is an ordinary cannonball, and what is infused with it is pure spiritual power. Zhao Gangdan said, and easily stuffed the cannonball into the spirit cannon, it seems that the previous battle made his ability in this area even better, and it is possible to use this most ordinary cannonball It is easier to use it, Zhao Gangdan began to fire frantically after saying that.

This scene surprised Han Xiao in the cannon cabin, and he finally understood how terrifying this special spirit cannon Zhao Gangdan had said before. It's not that he hasn't seen a skilled gunner control the spirit cannon, I have to say that Bai Yi is much stronger than Zhao Gangdan in this regard, but when he piloted the guardianship before, Bai Yi couldn't do it like Zhao Gangdan. Now Han Xiao also understands what Zhao Gangdan said about the speed of fire of the spirit cannon, which is a big advantage.

Han Xiao felt that his ears were about to explode, and Zhao Gangdan was now like a demon, one after another cannonballs were stuffed into the spirit cannon by him, and they were sent out by him almost without stopping. The warship on the opposite side obviously had ten cannon muzzles, and there were five spirit cannons on each hull that could fire at the same time, but in less than a stick of incense after the battle, Han Xiao vaguely judged that the five spirit cannons on the opposite side did not seem to be as fierce as Zhao Gangdan's one-shot shot.

In addition to being surprised, Han Xiao was even more distressed, even if this kind of cannonball was not as precious as the black gold essence, but after all, all the cannonballs were equipped with spirit furnaces, which was the biggest consumption. In just this time of incense, Zhao Gangdan fired nearly thirty shots one after another, and Han Xiao secretly estimated that the consumption of this battle would definitely not be less than that of the previous battle.

The people on the other side seem to have been beaten stupid, after Zhao Gangdan's almost crazy bombardment, the warship on the opposite side has not only stopped on the sea and dare not move, but the spirit cannon has stopped firing early, and now they are about to put up a white flag to admit defeat directly.

"I can't help but fight. Seeing that the other party had shown weakness, Zhao Gangdan clapped his hands disdainfully, but sat down on the ground with his buttocks. Looking at his pale face, Han Xiao knew that the short time of sticking incense just now was also a huge challenge for him.

The current situation is only temporarily calm, looking at the warship on the opposite side that is only fifty zhang away from them, Han Xiao thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go talk to them directly." ”

"What is there to talk about, waving the flags, let them surrender, and everyone abandon the ship and go to sea, or let them all die on board. Although Zhao Gangdan was weak, he still said domineeringly: "Seeing that they are not Western pirates to leave them a way to live, if I use black gold essence and wood-eating ants, they will die long ago." ”

Han Xiao knew that what Zhao Gangdan said was the truth, but he was also really distressed about the spirit stone, which was something that could not be changed. There is also the fact that Han Xiao has also realized that the other party is not a Western pirate, and now the situation in the West Sea of the Huating Empire is still very delicate, whether it is a pirate or a navy, although they still don't get along with each other, but after all, they have tacitly started to fight with Western pirates.

Since he is not a mortal enemy, Han Xiao does not intend to make a dead move.

Of course, in the final analysis, he is still reluctant to give up the spirit stone, Han Xiao even thought like this, instead of fighting with the other party meaninglessly, it is better to give these shells to Qingpu to eat, at least this guy still knows how to smile at himself.

But just as Han Xiao was about to rush over to talk to the other party, the shadow of the warship appeared in the mirror disk again, and this time it turned out to be two. Seeing this situation, Han Xiao's footsteps immediately slowed down, and Zhao Gangdan also stood up from the ground with a grim face.

The appearance of these two warships affected the current situation, and soon, the warship that was beaten stupid by Zhao Gangdan suddenly moved, but their hull did not move too much, but the order flag on the lookout was constantly shaking.

Han Xiao immediately climbed to the lookout platform to watch in person, and after he rushed back, Zhao Gangdan asked, "What are you talking about on the other side?"

What is the so-called is naturally referring to the other party's flag language, Han Xiao sneered continuously, and said with murderous intent: "The other party is asking for help, let those two warships kill us." ”