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On the vast surface of the Bohai Sea, a large ship was sailing slowly, with only one sail of three masts raised. It was obvious that it was not in a hurry.
Although this ship is as big as a lucky ship, with a length of twelve feet and a width of three feet, its shape is completely different from that of a lucky ship. This ship has a big belly and a deep draft. The most peculiar thing is the look of the bow. It looks like a triangle, and there is a harpoon gun on it that needs a winch to drive.
Yes, this is a whaling ship, the first real whaling ship built by Tianjin Shipyard. All its structures are imitations of the later bottlenose whaling ships that were born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
'Kunpeng' is the name of this whaling ship. On this ship, the crew is using telescopes to look for traces of whales. They have been out for two full days, but no whales have been found until now, so Captain Tian Boyi also seemed anxious.
¡°In the past, we could see these whales every time we went out to sea for fishing. Now these whales know that we are out to hunt whales, so they all avoid us.¡±
Tian Baiyi put down the telescope in his hand and searched for it, but he still found no trace of the whale. The daily expenses of this ship going out to sea were a lot of money. What's more, the sunset was about to set, and there was no harvest today. If so, we have to wait until tomorrow.
"Perhaps we forgot to offer incense to the Dragon King when we went to sea."
Beside Tian Boyi, Vice Captain Peng Yi said with a smile.
"I just don't dare to offer incense to the Dragon King. If the Dragon King knows that we are going to hunt down their whale general, he will definitely not bless us."
Tian Boyi smiled and said, now sailors usually offer incense to the Dragon King when they go to sea. Almost every household has a statue of the Dragon King. In this era, all walks of life have their own gods. This one worships the medical saint Sun Simiao. Carpenters offer sacrifices to Lu Ban, and sailors go to sea to offer sacrifices to Mazu in the southeastern coastal areas. In the north, people don't believe in Mazu, so they ask the Dragon King to offer sacrifices to her.
????????????????????????????? Whenever you do anything, ask God and ask Buddha, so that you will feel more at ease in your heart.
"Whale, whale~"
Just as the two were chatting, there was an exclamation from the mast above their heads, and everyone immediately became energetic.
"Skinny man, in which direction?"
Tian Boyi asked quickly.
"About 2 nautical miles directly ahead~"
On the mast, the man called Slender Man is as thin as a monkey, holding a telescope in his hand and pointing forward.
¡°Ring the bell, let¡¯s get to work~¡±
Tian Boyi looked straight ahead with his binoculars and saw nothing, but he still ordered the Kunpeng to take action.
¡°Dang~dang~¡±
With the rapid ringing of bells on the Kunpeng, everyone on the ship suddenly became busy, and everyone on the ship became extremely excited. After two days at sea, a whale was finally found.
"Hey~hey~"
At the bow of the ship, several strong sailors with bare necks began to stir the winch and load a two-foot-long iron spear connected to a thick rope onto the harpoon gun.
This spear has a barb design on it. Once it attacks a whale, it will bite into the meat and it will not be decoupled no matter how hard the whale struggles.
The ropes connecting the spears are all special ropes, which are very thick and strong enough to ensure that they will not break.
The sails on the ¡®Kunpeng¡¯ were raised one after another, and soon they swelled under the sea wind, and the speed of the ship began to soar rapidly.
The journey of 2 nautical miles does not take long. From far away, Tian Boyi and others can see the fountain-like water columns rising on the sea.
This is the water column that a whale sprays out when it breathes. Whales are mammals. They cannot breathe directly in the water like other sea fish. They need to go to the sea surface to breathe from time to time. This is also the most direct, simple and effective way to find whales. method.
"Drink~ There are really a lot of whales in this group, I'm afraid there are hundreds of them."
Tian Boyi looked at the water columns rising from the sea with a smile on his face. These whales were living carefree on the ocean.
Since ancient times, they have been the overlords of the ocean, and their status is unshakable. Even though humans roam the land, they are helpless against the giant beasts in the ocean.
¡°Tsk tsk, Lao Tian, ??let¡¯s choose the biggest whale.¡±
Peng Yi¡¯s eyes flashed as the ship left the whale group.nbsp;"It seems that if we wait slowly, we can only wear it to death like this."
Tian Boyi looked at the sunset in the west, and then at the still very powerful whale. He was also ready for a protracted war, so he also ordered: "Take turns to eat, and take turns to watch the night~"
Soon, the crew members on the ship began to be busy again, eating, resting, resting. Only after eating and drinking enough would they have the energy to fight this giant beast in the sea.
The sun slowly sank into the sea water, dyeing half of the sky red.
Soon, night falls. This is a rare good weather. The stars are bright and the moon is clear. Even if there is no light, you can still see everything on the sea very clearly.
"Haha, the direction the whale is taking us right now is exactly the direction of Tianjin Port, which leaves a lot of road left."
Tian Boyi habitually measured the position of the ship, quickly calculated the direction, and immediately laughed happily.
I came to the bow of the ship and looked at the whale in front. After a period of struggle, it had gradually lost its strength. At this time, it no longer had the ferocity it had at the beginning, but after a while, it would struggle again. , obviously not completely dead yet.
That night, Tian Boyi didn't sleep the whole time and kept watching the whales on the deck.
By the middle of the night, the whale had stopped making any movement and was obviously dead, which made him completely relieved.
The next morning.
"Haha, my stomach is turning, my stomach is turning~"
The first thing the crew members did when they got up early was to take a look at the whale caught yesterday. They were soon surprised to find that the whale that was so ferocious yesterday had turned over, revealing its snow-white belly, suspended above the water. superior.
"It's not difficult to catch a whale. The key is that the shot must be accurate and cannot be decoupled. The rest will be much simpler. Just wait for it to bleed to death."
Tian Boyi looked at the whale that had doubled its belly, and immediately smiled and said to the crew around him.
"It is indeed not difficult. At first, I thought that whaling would be difficult and risky, but now it seems that it is just like that."
Peng Yi also nodded and said.
"Our ship is still powerful. If it were an ordinary ship, it would have been towed to pieces. Without this professional whaling ship, we really can't deal with this giant beast in the sea."
Having hunted whales personally once, he finally understood the basics of whaling. There was no technical skill. The key was to aim with one shot, and the rest was easy.
The real difficulty is the whale ship and the specially designed harpoon gun. Without these things, there is really no way to deal with this giant beast in the sea.
"How much do you think this whale is worth?"
Peng Yi looked at the big fish on the sea and said.
"You have to sell it for thousands of taels of silver anyway~"
"A few thousand taels is too little, I think it should be at least tens of thousands taels of silver~"
"Ten thousand taels is too much. It's only worth a few thousand taels of silver at most."
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT??????????????? Out of nowhere, everyone started talking happily.
This whale is as big as this ship. It is really hard for everyone to calculate how much money such a huge fish is worth.
"Old Tian, ??how much money do you think it can be sold for?"
Peng Yi asked Tian Boyi with a smile.
"It can definitely be sold for several thousand taels of silver. Didn't I tell you during class that it is full of treasures?"
Tian Boyi said with a smile on his face, if he could sell it for several thousand taels of silver, his commission would not be less for this trip.
"Maybe there are tens of thousands of taels of silver~"
Peng Yi looked at the huge body of the whale and said.
¡°You¡¯ll know when you get back~¡±
¡°Everyone, take action and quickly buckle it to the side of the ship and tow it back to the harbor.¡±
Tian Boyi did not waste too much time estimating its value, and soon ordered to get busy.
As soon as the crew received the order, they began to get busy. There were many specially designed tools on the ship. They fastened the bow and stern of the ship to the side of the ship. With the help of the buoyancy of the sea water and the thrust of the wind, they followed the "Kunpeng" towards the Tianjin port. return.
¡°Dang~dang~¡±
Tianjin Port is very busy in the morning. The lookout on the lighthouse keeps looking at the sea and rings the bell every time a ship returns to the port. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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