Chapter 1456 Imitation

After all, this is the first batch of artillery. After it is put into use in the troops, many problems will surely be discovered during actual use, and adjustments and improvements will inevitably have to be made at that time.

Therefore, Zhou Xu did not plan to maximize productivity right from the start.

One hundred cannons, distributed to various border fortresses and then used to arm their Great Zhou fleet, would be enough for the time being.

When it is time to produce the second batch, we can collect suggestions for improvements and directly produce the improved version.

After the order was given, the arms factory quickly started to prepare.

Although there are only a hundred cannons, they still have to build an assembly line if they want to mass-produce them smoothly.

Of course, Zhou Xu doesn’t need to worry about these things.

Nowadays, all departments within the Great Zhou are already very complete, so there are naturally relevant departments to deal with these issues.

After leaving the military area, Zhou Xu had just returned to the palace when a personal soldier quickly came to meet him.

"Your Majesty, Minister Li Gan of the Forging Department sent a knight's sword an hour ago. I have placed it on the table in your bedroom."

Zhou Xu nodded when he heard this, obviously knowing what was going on.

He walked quickly back to his own bedroom. The knight's sword that the personal soldier had mentioned was now lying quietly in a wooden box.

The style of this knight's sword is basically the same as Alvet's Fiery Blade. Needless to say, it is an imitation made by Li Gan.

However, the materials used for this sword were not a mixture they had researched themselves.

But don't forget that Zhou Xu still has a piece of excellent-grade raw material in his hand. That raw material was originally used to make excellent-grade equipment. Since there are ready-made raw materials in front of him, he has no reason not to give it a try.

Zhou Xu gripped the hilt of the sword and exerted a little force. With a slight "clang" sound, the sword came out of the sheath. The special pattern formed by folded forging on the sword body was dazzling.

Stroking the sword gently, Zhou Xu's voice slowly rang out...

【Blazing Blade! 】

Instantly, along with each of the mysterious tones, the invisible power of the truth quickly poured into the enchanted inscriptions engraved on the spiral hilt, lighting up the inscriptions one after another! Zhou Xu closed his eyes slightly, feeling the power of his truth flowing through the sword with his whole body and soul.

"Come on, test it!"

He quickly moved to the morning exercise field outside the palace, and when the enchantment mantra was triggered, raging flames quickly enveloped the entire sword.

From a visual perspective, the entire effect is exactly the same as that shown by the previous Blade.

But Zhou Xu, who maintained his perception state, soon realized something was wrong.

[No, the consumption rate has increased, and the consumption has also increased...]

[Is it because the raw materials of Yalvette's Fiery Blade contain a higher content of Mithril? ]

[Or is it that this enchantment effect is not compatible with this material? ]

When similar situations occur, the impact of the mithril content is the most direct.

Then there are the material properties.

Take their Great Zhou's Red Flame Sabre for example. Due to the addition of fire crystal, the originally attributeless alloy has been transformed into a fire attribute.

Under this premise, adding a fire-attribute enchantment to it will definitely have the best effect. On the contrary, adding a completely contradictory water-attribute enchantment to it will greatly reduce the effect, or even fail to trigger the enchantment effect at all.

If you change it to wind attribute enchantment, although the enchantment attributes are still not unified, at least they are not mutually exclusive, and the situation will be better. That's basically it.

With doubts in his mind, Zhou Xu quickly conducted a series of related tests.

Since he had personally used Yalvette's Fiery Blade before, he was very clear about the actual effect of the sword. After continuous comparison, he quickly came to a conclusion.

[As expected, there is no fire attribute material in this fine-grade raw material. However, apart from the fire attribute, the sword is sharper and tougher.]

Zhou Xu's conclusion is actually not fair. After all, the Blazing Blade can also improve the slashing ability in disguise through the high temperature of the blade.

However, since this raw material does not have fire properties, the relevant effects are significantly reduced, and it also leads to increased consumption and reduced power.

In response to this situation, Zhou Xu, who had just finished the test, had two thoughts flashing through his mind.

One idea is to try to add fire crystals to this raw material to give it fire attributes. In this way, theoretically speaking, the entire enchantment effect will be much better.

However, the smelting of this alloy is not a simple addition process. It is not a matter of just adding what is missing.

There is a certain balance between the various materials being smelted. If a new material is hastily added, the balance will be easily broken.

Although they now have the immutable stone that can increase stability, it does not mean that they can try it randomly.

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A piece of high-quality raw material is extremely valuable to them at this stage. If they waste this raw material, they will suffer a great loss.

In this case, Zhou Xu's heart was actually more inclined to his second idea at this moment.

That is to simply change the enchantment.

He has thoroughly analyzed and studied the enchantment of the Scorching Blade to the point where he can use it for his own benefit.

He could now completely remove the fire attribute from this set of enchantment effects, and replace it with other suitable enchantment effects, and then adjust it...

Zhou Xu thought about it carefully and found that this was very feasible.

Just do it when you think of it. After all, studying the enchanting mantra is also a way of cultivation. How can you not practice? The trouble now is that he can't be sure whether this raw material has attributes or not.

The only attribute enchantments he can use now, besides 'fire', is 'lightning'.

Every time you change the mantra, the enchantment inscription on the weapon must also be changed. In simple terms, the weapon must be reforged and engraved again.

At the same time, it takes a lot of time and energy for him to adjust the mantra once.

However, Zhou Xu did not mind the trouble. He first tried "Lightning", and then quickly discovered that this material did not have lightning properties.

In this case, he had no other choice but to treat it as having no attributes.

The Blazing Blade is based on "fire attack" and has been enchanted with fire attribute effects, making it an excellent weapon with a series of interlocking effects.

Once all fire attribute blessings are removed, you will find that the entire enchantment structure is suddenly 70% empty.

To be honest, he didn't have that many suitable enchantment mantras to replace them.

Since there is no way to completely replace it, just simplify it.

Sometimes, simplification is not necessarily a bad thing. Apart from the powerful fire enchantment, according to Zhou Xu's expectation, the simplified enchantment can be used for long-term combat based solely on the energy contained in the weapon itself!

(End of this chapter)