Working Prophet

The process of retrieving information is often long and cumbersome.

Moreover, there will always be deviations between theory and practice, and Li Yu is not sure how useful these derived results will be in the end.

However, these studies did bring him a lot of ideas. The black dragon in the swamp was still mysterious to Li Yu, but at least Li Yu no longer knew nothing about it.

After removing the magnificent coat that mythology and fictional literature has attached to it, it is nothing more than a powerful creature.

And as long as it is a creature, it has weaknesses and health bars.

Of course, seeing weaknesses and health bars is one thing, but how to effectively attack weaknesses and complete output is another matter.

Li Yu had a question in his mind after downloading and browsing the app [Forging House] launched by the Equipment Department, and later consulted Hephaestus.

"Why are there no weapons or equipment inside?"

The handsome mixed-race guy replied at the time, "Please, we are a joint-stock company that operates completely law-abidingly and honestly. Of course we will not develop and produce weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. This is illegal."

"Furthermore, considering the company's main business, we send employees to other universes to produce and collect faith, not to engage in cross-dimensional conquest or colonization. Therefore, after investigation and discussion, the board of directors does not feel that the company has developed weapons. necessary.

"Look at the weapons that humans have today. Our ancestors once ruled the earth with cold weapons and stood at the top of the biological chain. But after we have hot weapons, we basically use those Hot weapons are killing each other." Hephaestus took the opportunity to make a political speech.

"That's what I say, but there will still be times when violence is needed." Li Yu said, "After all, there are always people in this world who are unwilling to reason, and there are quite a few of them."

"Well, you are right. If the company allocates 10,000 AK47s to each person in the business department, I believe it will greatly improve your work efficiency. But unfortunately, the board of directors does not agree with this approach. "The handsome mixed-race guy shrugged.

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To sum up, Li Yu has basically given up on the possibility of obtaining weapons through company channels. Although there are indeed some equipment in the [Forging House] that are not inferior to modern weapons in Li Yu's opinion, the price of such equipment is often very high. Outrageous.

Unless he has so much faith that he has no place to spend it later, purchasing this kind of equipment is obviously not as cost-effective as purchasing other equipment in terms of cost performance, and Li Yu doesn't have that much faith on him now.

Therefore, Li Yu still had to figure out the solution for weapons.

And on the sixth day after Jude and Juan returned from the swamp, Li Yu also received good news.

After more than a month of hard work, nearly a thousand gold coins were spent, and Li Yu dispatched fifty people to help Fitzwilliam. The shipwright finally built the first Sea King Halberd!

This giant crossbow was originally mounted on warships for use in naval battles. It is extremely powerful and can easily shoot through small warships that dare to approach. It is one of the two major weapons that allows the Weiting family's fleet to traverse the four seas.

The shape of the finished product is a bit like a combination of the bed crossbow of the Song Dynasty and the Roman crossbow. The huge crossbow body is fixed by a bracket. An iron bar made of fine iron is installed between the machine shafts. On top of the iron bar It is a square wooden beam with an arrow groove.

According to Fitzwilliam, the core craftsmanship in building a giant crossbow lies in the torsion spring.

The strength of the torsion spring determines the maximum power a crossbow can provide.

The torsion spring used in the Sea King Halberd is a composite material. The formula and process have always been a secret of the Weiting family. No one except the family heads and the craftsmen who are mainly responsible for shipbuilding in the family know it.

Unfortunately, some of the materials were difficult to collect in the West, so Fitzwilliam could only use other materials instead, which made the final Sea King Halberd weaker than the original.

But then the shipbuilder took someone to test-shoot. Using a special iron arrow, or more appropriately an iron gun, it could probably shoot a distance of nearly four hundred meters. And if the arrow body was replaced with a wooden one, it could still fly for two more meters. 100 meters.

This result has greatly exceeded Li Yu's expectations.

Although the Sea King Halberd is not as outrageous as the legendary three-bow bed crossbow, with an effective shooting range of more than one thousand meters, many people are skeptical about the data given in "History of the Song Dynasty".

After all, ordinary pistol bullets can fly a thousand meters.

It's a pity that the craftsmanship of the three-bow bed crossbow has been lost, otherwise Li could print out a copy and bring it to Fitzwilliam for reference, and maybe it could help the shipwright gain some experience points.

However, the current Sea King Halberd is enough. It is hard for Li Yu to imagine that there are creatures in this world that can use flesh and blood to resist the crossbow arrows fired by such a giant crossbow.

Even if it is a giant dragon covered with scales, as long as it is close enough, even if it is hit by an arrow from the front, it will still lose half of its health.

However, this heavy weapon is not without its shortcomings. First of all, because of its huge size, it is almost impossible to move and can only be used stationary. The Weiting family generally only places this kind of giant crossbow on battleships and port walls.

And due to the huge recoil, even some small warships cannot install the Sea King Halberd, let alone move it around with an ox cart.

Besides that, winding is also a problem. Eighteen people were needed to twist the shaft alone. After an arrow was shot, it took at least three minutes to load and wind it again. In addition, the time to aim and adjust the position was even longer.

And with the speed and wisdom of that dragon, it will never give the crossbowman so much time. If this shortcoming can be solved by increasing the number of giant crossbows, then the next problem will be the biggest headache for Fitzwilliam. of.

Because similar giant crossbows place too much emphasis on power, they naturally fall short in accuracy.

When the Sea King Halberd was first born, it was basically used to deal with other ships, because only such a large target could be aimed at, and the family would also spend a lot of money to train a group of excellent crossbowmen from an early age, specifically for maneuvering. Giant crossbow.

Since the Wetting family was defeated too quickly in the previous rebellion and did not even have time to use the fleet, most of these people survived. However, after the war, they either joined the imperial navy or were killed by some foreign fleets. Poached away.

Anyway, no matter what they do next, there is no way they can come to the West.

As for the members of the Wetting family, no one, including Fitzwilliam, can control the Sea King Halberd.

The shipwright only remembered this when the construction period was coming to an end, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, because Li Yu had spent a lot of money to make this giant crossbow, but in the end it might not be of use.

However, Li Yu did not mean to blame him after hearing this. Instead, he praised his skill level and gave another bonus to all those who participated in building the giant crossbow. After that, he asked the shipwright to continue building the second giant crossbow. As for the crossbow The matters at hand will be resolved by Li Yu himself.