Chapter 131 Whaling

Suddenly, a group of pirates did not do their job properly, but switched to temporary workers, ran to the sea to do whaling, and two ships went to sea together.

One is the bird boat they fought in, and the other is the flat sand boat they snatched. Each boat also has a ssam for six or seven people, which is specially used for whaling.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian asked the carpenter and the blacksmith to work overtime to build several whaling forks. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a spear with an inverted thorn. The tip of the sharp iron spear is equipped with a strong wooden rod, which can be tied with a rope.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also asked Guo Fu to take his apprentice to make several round wooden barrels with ready-made wood, which were completely sealed. There is an iron ring on the barrel, which can tie the rope on the whale fork to the barrel. For Guo Fu and his son and apprentice who are good at shipbuilding and repairing ships, making this kind of barrel is not beautiful, nor Don't be too meticulous, just require a tight seal.

This kind of thing is a piece of cake for them. They rushed to work day and night, and soon made several such large wooden barrels, mixed with tung oil with grass and wood ash, fish glue and broken hemp, sealing the gap between the boards. Such a wooden barrel was completed. After throwing it in the water and tried it, there was no The water leaked and was transported to the ship.

As for the big ship, a large number of ropes and guns were prepared in case the hunted whale was tied to the stern and dragged back to the island or caught up with the injured whale and hit it hard.

After making these preparations, Yu Xiaotian ordered to go to sea, divided his Qingzhuang into two groups, and sent them to two ships to go to sea with him.

Now his ship is no longer one. After the Spring Festival, considering the convenience of naming the ship, Yu Xiaotian named the current four ships.

Their main battle bird ship simply used their name, named Seawolf, which is also used as the special name of his rudder ship, and the name of the ship will not accompany this ship for life. In the future, once Yu Xiaotian changes a better boat, the name of the ship will be transferred to his new boat.

Yu Xiaotian named the unrepaired bird ship Seal. Once it was repaired, he immediately followed the Sea Wolf as the No. 2 main battleship.

The sand ship is named walrus, mainly because the sand ship is slightly stupid and can only be used for cargo transportation, not as a pirate ship.

Only the small fishing boat was too simple. Originally, Yu Xiaotian didn't want to name it, but it attracted the opposition of the people who came from Xiaohuangdao. After all, that boat was the only boat they relied on before, and they could not favor each other, so Yu Xiaotian had to find a name in the sea fish. The hull of the boat was yellow, so it was named the Yellow Fish.

In this way, it is much more convenient to call these ships. After a few days of preparation and temporary training, Yu Xiaotian took his subordinates to board the ship and sail to sea and began their first whaling operation.

People on the island don't understand that Xiaotian is suddenly going to hunt whales. They think it's too risky to do so. Whales are so big that it can't be easily hunted, and it's better to go to sea to grab boats.

However, Yu Xiaotian believes that he can try whaling. In addition to obtaining a lot of valuable things such as grease, whale meat and whale skin, if they can be lucky enough to catch a sperm whale, and there are still a few pieces in the sperm whale's body. If there is time to remove the dragon saliva from the body, then they are really lucky to get home, which is a great wealth.

This is not the most important thing. More importantly, he hopes to further train his opponents through whaling.

Although these people have also done several boat robbery deals, there are not many veterans among them, and many of them are ordinary people. Even if Yu Xiaotian strictly trains them, he always feels that this group lacks a fierce murderous spirit.

Now he happens to be able to use whaling activities to temper this group of people, because whaling is definitely a life-and-death test in this era. People who don't have the courage can't do such a thing, and he also knows that the scene of whaling will be very bloody. Through whaling activities, it is guaranteed that these people will get a lot. Good tempering.

So he resolutely decided to take these people to sea to hunt whales. In addition to obtaining the oil they urgently need, he can also store a lot of oil, which can be eaten, and can also be used as firearms at sea.

The sea environment in this era has not been damaged too much. Marine life is very sufficient. In addition to countless sea fish, the number of whales is also far more than that of later generations. The sea area outside Fuzhou is also a place where whales often haunt. There are many whales, so they don't have to go too far to hunt whales. .

And their whaling is just a trial, and they don't plan to do it for a long time for the time being. This is also a preparation in advance for the next battle with the mixed river dragon they may participate in.

After the two boats were ready, they set sail to sea. Meng Madman was ordered by Yu Xiaotian to take the walrus and follow the Sea Wolf.

The two ships sailed to the wide sea one after another and began to look for nearby whales.

Considering that their ship is not a professional whaling ship, and the ship does not have the ability to deal with the captured whales, let alone divide the whales at sea, and ensure that the flesh of the whales will not be corrupt, they can't go far in this hunting operation and can only hunt near Treasure Island. Once they have a harvest, they can In order to quickly drag the whale back to the island for segmentation.

So they temporarily controlled their hunting range within 20 miles east of Treasure Island, and the two ships opened their eyes and began to search on the sea.

They had to admit the abundance of marine resources in this era. Soon they saw groups of dolphins on the sea and also found many sharks. After half a day of searching, they finally found a group of hidden on the sea about 15 miles northeast of Treasure Island at three o'clock. Whale.

With the call of the fight, the sea wolves on the two ships were immediately nervous and excited, and ran to the side of the ship to look into the distance.

There are about five or six whales. Yu Xiaotian is not an oceanographer and can't accurately distinguish the species of these whales, but roughly speaking, it looks a bit like a baleen whale, but it is not very big. The longest one is about * meters long. Its weight is estimated to be less than 10 tons. Specific Yu Xiaotian doesn't know what it's called, so he can only roughly call it a minke whale.

This is a more suitable target for them to practice. If they meet a larger fin whale for the first time, it is estimated that they will be given another courage, and they dare not kill them, so Yu Xiaotian immediately ordered to turn the steering wheel and take two boats towards the whales. The place drives away.

As the distance gets closer, the people on the ship can feel the huge size of the whales. Even if the small whiskers in front of them are not very large, they are all nervous.

After narrowing the distance from this group of minke whales, Yu Xiaotian ordered the two ships to put down the sump together, and he himself went down to the sump and began their first whaling operation with more than a dozen capable and bolder men selected.

Among such a large group of people, the only one who can be said to have some experience is probably Yu Xiaotian, and Yu Xiaotian's so-called experience in whaling is all from TV or some novels and magazines.

So he is a standard paper guy at this time, but no matter what people do, they always have their first time, otherwise, it is impossible to accumulate any experience.

Yu Xiaotian commanded his men on the two ssam boards to row hard and quickly rowed towards the whales. Their sumps were placed with several spears for whale hunting, several wooden barrels, and a plate of hemp rope.

After approaching these whales, Yu Xiaotian felt that the pressure also began to double. When people faced such a huge creature, they would involuntarily have a sense of awe. Yu Xiaotian was also a human and not a madman, so it was inevitable that his muscles began to tighten.

After some observation, Yu Xiaotian focused on a slightly slower whale, which is probably older and one of the largest among these whales.

As Yu Xiaotian, who knows some environmental awareness, although it is best for them to hunt whales for the first time, it is better to start from younger whales, but he does not want to hunt female whales that are young or with small whales. He always feels that it is a crime.

So he commanded two boats, stared at the larger and slightly older whale in the whale group, and rowed the boat to quickly approach the whale.

Whales are not alert to the proximity of human beings. Their size is huge, and it is difficult for things at sea to hurt them, so after seeing Yu Xiaotian's two ships approaching it, the old whale still appears slowly on the sea and looks leisurely.

Yu Xiaotian meditated on Amitabha and said that he was sorry for the whale. We can only feel sorry for you for better survival!

The two sumpans are getting closer and closer to the whale, but the old whale still does not look frightened, nor do they hide, and they are still on the sea.

Yu Xiaotian could even smell the fishy smell of the gas spewing from the whale in the air, and the whale's size in his eyes was getting bigger and bigger. On a cold day, he still felt that the palm of his hand began to sweat, and one hand grabbed a whale spear connected to a rope from the sham.

The spear-held on the other ship was Li Dazui, who was strong, bold and hard-hearted. At this time, Li Dazui also stood up on the sump and learned from Yu Xiaotian in his hand. He held up a whaling spear, bowed his waist, and stared at the whale in front of him like a prawn.

The people on the two sumps also held their breath one by one. They mechanically rowed their oars and drove the boat closer to the whale. At this time, they can be said to be scared to death, but with Yu Xiaotian taking them here in person, they dared not say no, let alone It can stop the oars in the hand.

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