Chapter 200
"Thank you." Lu Chen smiled.
If it weren't for Karp and the others here, he and Sakaski would have talked more, but I don't know when they would have talked.
"Humph!"
Sakaski snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left. He didn't want to stay here anymore.
Looking at Sakaski's back, Lu Chen shook his head helplessly, thinking in his heart: "Fortunately, I didn't choose the position of the current Navy Marshal, otherwise it would be really distressing."
I used to feel that the position of Navy Marshal was okay and not so busy. Now when I see Sakaski, I feel that he is busy like a human being and can't get enough.
It's worth being thankful for.
"Lu Chen, I look forward to your transformation of this ship. When it is done, remember to call me." He Zhongjiang left a word and left in a hurry. She had more important things to do.
"Okay, Grandma He, just wait and see!" Lu Chen replied loudly.
Then, after Garp, Zefa and Zhan Guo gave Lu Chen a few instructions, they all left one after another and returned to their posts.
"Lu Chen, what should we do next?" Ain asked doubtfully.
According to what she said just now, she realized that Lu Chen had actually been lying to her before, fearing that she was too worried, so Marshal Sakaski would not blame them, but in fact he still blamed them.
It was just hidden by Lu Chen, and she silently remembered this kindness in her heart, and thanked him well in the evening.
"First drive the boat to a nearby island and dock on the shore. After celebrating tonight, I will go to transform the ship." Lu Chen said.
Made a rough plan for the next few months. Because he had to build Pluto, he had to adapt to the shipbuilding technology in advance and improve his shipbuilding skills first.
Although he had learned and simplified it before, he had never improved his proficiency. Now he had to find a place to improve his proficiency.
"Okay, I'll contact the free shipwrights and scientists at the naval base first, and ask someone to prepare dinner tonight." Ian said.
"Okay." Lu Chen nodded and watched Ian leave.
The two have cooperated for many years and have long been close. Lu Chen doesn't have to worry about some complicated things at all, and Ian basically does it.
Afternoon.
Ian found many free shipwrights who were willing to follow Lu Chen to the surrounding uninhabited islands to transform the ship, and arranged for people to prepare dinner for the evening.
As long as you pay, you can still add meals in the navy cafeteria. If you pay, the navy chef will naturally go to the nearby area to buy a lot of food to make a more sumptuous dinner.
Especially the ship workers, when they heard that they were going to transform the Desolo, they were very enthusiastic, especially when they heard that they were going to follow Vice Admiral Lu Chen, they became even more crazy and wanted to go and participate.
Unfortunately, the Navy Headquarters had to leave a large number of ship workers at the base, and only a part of them could leave with Lu Chen.
…
Dinner time, the Navy Headquarters cafeteria.
All the navy who could come gathered together. In addition to ordinary navy, there were more navy officers, including vice admirals, major generals, brigadiers...
Many of them were people Lu Chen had seen or knew before.
Everyone gathered together and sat in the cafeteria, and the tables in the cafeteria were filled with all kinds of delicacies, but there was no wine.
They had a long time to eat, so they didn't have wine to drink, and they all had to go back to work in a while.
Suddenly, Lu Chen stood up, looked at the many navy officers around him, and said loudly: "Dear colleagues, first of all, I, Lu Chen, would like to thank you all for coming here and being willing to come here. This is all an affirmation of me, Lu Chen."
"Tonight, let's eat a lot, and we will get drunk again in the future!"
"Okay, let's use water instead of wine to toast Lieutenant General Lu Chen!"
"Cheers to Lieutenant General Lu Chen!"
"..."
As they said this, everyone raised their cups of water and wanted to toast Lu Chen.
Lu Chen naturally did not break his promise, raised his cup of water, and laughed loudly: "Come on! Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
"Eat!"
Everyone drank the water and started to eat and drink.
Lu Chen and Ain sat together, eating and drinking happily, and everyone was talking and laughing.
...
At the same time, the Marshal's office.
"Humph! Bastard!"
Even though the doors and windows were closed, Sakaski could still hear the sound of people talking and laughing coming from the cafeteria not far away. He was still working in the office, while those people were still eating happily there.
The most important thing is, now
It was meal time, and he couldn't do anything to them.
Can't the navy eat?
So, when he thought of this, Sakaski was extremely angry, and his teeth were chattering.
About an hour later, the sound gradually died down.
Most of the navy returned to their posts, and only those shipwrights who would follow Lu Chen to transform the Desolo stayed.
They are now temporarily under Lu Chen's management, so naturally they don't have to do anything else.
At this time, the shipwrights all stood straight in front of Lu Chen and shouted respectfully: "Lieutenant General Lu Chen!"
These shipwrights are not young, and they have been in the naval base for some years. For shipwrights, the older and more experienced, the better.
They have long admired Lu Chen, the navy supernova, and heard that Lu Chen needed help from shipwrights, so they all signed up enthusiastically.
"Well, you are all good, and you may have to work hard in the future." Lu Chen glanced at their attributes and nodded with satisfaction.
Although the skills of the boatmen present were not at the SSS level, most of them were at the A level or above. There was also a white-haired old boatman at the SS+ level who would retire gloriously from the navy in a few months.
"Lieutenant General Lu Chen is joking. These are what we should do."
"That's right. I am also going to retire. I want to transform a better and bigger ship before I retire. This also gives me the opportunity."
"It seems that each of us has the opportunity to make history!"
"..."
Everyone was talking about it, and their faces were full of excitement. Because they all knew that the ship to be transformed was the legendary ship built entirely of gold, the Desolo.
"Okay, everyone go back and have a good rest. Gather at the port early tomorrow morning. I will take you to the nearby island to start transforming the Desolo." Lu Chen said with a smile.
"Okay, Lieutenant General Lu Chen."
After speaking, everyone went back and prepared for tomorrow's itinerary.
After everyone left, Lu Chen looked at Ain behind him and asked, "How are the preparations for tomorrow?"
"Everything is ready, don't worry." Ain smiled.
"Thank you, you may have to work hard these two days."
"It's okay, I'm willing to do this, you're also very good to me!"
"Haha, then I'll be better to you!"
"Okay!"
"..."
...
The next morning.
After Lu Chen and Ain got up, they took all the boatmen to the island where the Desolo was parked at the ferry.
As soon as they got on the island, they began to carefully observe the magnificent ship in front of them, the Desolo, which was covered in gold and was towed by two huge turtles.
"What a big ship. I only saw it from a distance yesterday. Now I know it's really big."
"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so big."
"It's really too big. I don't know how long it will take to renovate it."
"..."
Lu Chen smiled and shouted to them: "Everyone, you've seen it. The renovation may require everyone's trouble. This is the drawing I rushed out last night. Let's take a look."
"Okay."
"Let me take a look!"
"..."
The boatmen came forward one after another, wanting to see Lu Chen's renovation plan drawings.
As a boatman with A-level shipbuilding skills, Lu Chen's drawing ability is still good. In addition, he has Pluto's drawings, which he can refer to.
According to Pluto's renovation, the capabilities of all aspects of its hull will naturally not be bad.
"Lieutenant General Lu Chen, your drawings are good, but some places still need to be modified."
"Yes, the overall plan is good, and the details need to be further refined."
"Agree!"
"..."
After reading it, everyone expressed their opinions.
Lu Chen naturally accepted their opinions, "In that case, let's get started!"
"Okay."
At the command, everyone began to transform intensively. Some modified the drawings, while others prepared equipment, disassembled the Desolo, and collected materials...
Now the problem that the entire Desolo needs to solve is the overall weight. The weight is too heavy. Only by solving the weight problem can the Desolo go faster, or it does not need to be dragged by two giant turtles.
After all, if someone kills the two turtles, the ship will not be able to move.
It is still somewhat useless.
The first step is to reduce the weight of the Desolo.
The second step is to completely transform and install new power for the Desolo. In addition to the sailboat, there are also electrical equipment. You must know that Lu Chen has the Thunder Fruit, which can still be used without being known by others.
The third step is coating and decoration.
Now
The Desolo was somewhat too luxurious and did not meet the navy's standards, so the hull of the Desolo had to be remodeled.
In order to get more equipment, Lu Chen called some Vegapunks and bought a lot of equipment from them, which he exchanged for gold.
Anyway, they were all dismantled from the Desolo, and Vegapunk also needed a lot of funds to do experiments. If someone gave him money, he would definitely want it.
So, the transformation of the Desolo was carried out in an orderly manner.
While Lu Chen participated in the transformation, he also improved his shipbuilding level:
[Ding! Congratulations to the host skill "Shipbuilding" proficiency +1! ]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host skill "Shipbuilding" proficiency +1! ]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host skill "Shipbuilding" proficiency +1! ]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host skill "Shipbuilding" proficiency +1! ]
[Ding! ...]
You only need to knock on the wooden board to improve your proficiency, so most of the work of knocking on the wooden board is done by Lu Chen, which did not arouse the suspicion of others.
…
One month later.
The demolition of the Desolo has just been completed. Fortunately, other preparations have been completed during this period, and the only thing left is to start a thorough transformation.
So, Lu Chen led the boatmen on the island to start the transformation work.
The whole island began to make ding-dong-dong sounds again, as if the good show never stopped, and Lu Chen's "shipbuilding" skills were also steadily improving, reaching S-level in a month.
It would be best to upgrade the "shipbuilding" technology to SSS level to build Pluto, and he couldn't do it alone. He had to find an opportunity to get more people involved, and he couldn't be discovered by others, which was a difficult problem.
…
Two months passed.
The transformation of the Desolo is still going on, but most of the transformation work has been completed, and it has now become a powered sailing ship.
One day.
As usual, Ian brought food to Lu Chen. Looking at the completely new Desolo, he was stunned and asked in surprise: "Lu Chen, can this still be considered Desolo?"
"Of course not. From now on, the name of this ship will be Samsara, which is exclusively our ship." Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction.
He was very satisfied with the transformation of this ship. After all, it was a warship he transformed with his own hands, and it was also the first warship he made.
"Ours?"
Ian's face lit up.
"Yes." Lu Chen nodded affirmatively.
Hearing this, Ian's cheeks flushed. He didn't expect Lu Chen to include himself in it. "Thank you!"
"What are you thanking me for? You should have a share."
"Yeah."
"How long will it take for this ship to be transformed?"
"Three months at most."
"Okay."
Lu Chen was waiting for the construction of Samsara to be completed, and then he would complete the remaining tasks. Those tasks could not be missed.
Only in this way can he have the ability to surpass the strongest person in the world, that is, Yimu.
In his cognition, Yimu is a mysterious woman, and even her ability is mysterious, so he is not sure of her strength, so he must be careful.
It is always better to be careful, and it is better to be safe than sorry.
...
Two months later.
The new Samsara has taken shape, and its overall style is familiar to Lu Chen.
I won't go into details, as shown in the following picture:
"Hahaha, it's finally built!" Lu Chen laughed.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that Vice Admiral Lu Chen's shipbuilding technology is so powerful."
"It's really magnificent, I have never seen such a huge ship, as long as it is pulled out, it can easily shock tens of thousands of people!"
"Plus with Vice Admiral Lu Chen's reputation, I don't think any pirate dares to approach!"
"..."
The eyes of the surrounding boatmen were full of excitement. They all participated in the manufacture of such a grand ship, which was also a great blessing.
"Lu Chen, I have made the sail you want!"
Suddenly, Ian drove the warship in front.
Not long ago, Lu Chen asked Ian to customize the sails and paint them in various ways to make a major transformation of the appearance of the entire Samsara.
Paint it blood red like the demon sword Samsara, so that it is worthy of his name as the pirate killer Lu Chen.
"Okay! Let's install it now!" Lu Chen's face was overjoyed.
This sail came at the right time.
"Okay."
After everyone's operation, the sail was successfully installed, and the next step was to paint the entire hull.