This crossbow arrow is exquisite. It is not a crossbow arrow in the traditional sense. Through the unique streamlined design, the crossbow arrow not only has less wind resistance, but also has the function of an armor-piercing arrow. Of course, this is not to break armor, but to break ships.
After the ship is broken, the barbs can hold the ship tightly. Although the whale's skin is strong, it is not as strong as wood, so it is easy to break the defense. With a pop, the crossbow arrows with long locks sank into the body of the giant fish.
"Full rudder on the port side, hold on!"
After the crossbow arrow was fired, the sails were lowered at the same time, the helmsman held the helm tightly, and everyone else held on to the side of the ship.
A total of three of the eight crossbow arrows were shot, and the steel-like crossbow arrows sank into the whale's body.
The whale began to roll in the sea, and blood gushed out in the sea. It kept struggling and rolled up the stormy waves. Even though the Chang'an had a displacement of ten thousand stones, it could not withstand it and was shaking endlessly. However, the whale wanted to overturn the ten thousand stone ship, but it could not
It was also impossible, and the two sides were deadlocked.
The sailors were relieved. Now, they had won this situation. The sailors had all traveled through sea routes, and they had never seen a ship that could fight against whales. Now they had done it.
The crossbow's hook had obviously stuck to the whale's flesh and bones. The more it struggled, the deeper it sank in, and the wound opened wider. The whale scurried around like a headless fly, and the huge force almost dragged Chang'an.
Move forward.
The Chang'an kept rocking back and forth, and the people on the ship clung to everything they could, and the waves crossed the deck and rushed toward them. Li Chongyi grabbed the mast with one hand and Li Mu's collar with the other, fearing that he would be caught by any waves.
It fell into the water. The helmsmen were ready to adjust the direction of the ship at any time and balance it against the force of the whale. Otherwise, the gravity of the ship and the drag force of the whale would cause the ship to capsize.
Everyone does not dare to show any slightness, they know that what they are doing is life-threatening.
Everyone must perform their duties, especially at this moment, if any negligence is made, all previous efforts may be wasted.
"The whale is coming towards us and it's desperate."
Sure enough... Constantly injured and unable to escape, the giant fish covered in blood seemed to be crazy. It rolled, turned around, and ran towards the Chang'an. It seemed to want to kill the fish, break the net, and sink the Chang'an.
"Don't be afraid, come forward, just to test whether the collision angle is strong!" Li Mu ordered loudly. The helmsmen who subconsciously wanted to avoid were slightly stunned, but they immediately chose to follow Li Mu's order, adjusted the direction, and collided head-on!
The original plan was to bully the small Chang'an, so iron rams were added all around. When tested at the port, it could easily pierce the hull of the Thousand Stone Ship and the skin of the whale. Needless to say, the question is whether it can
Can it withstand the whale's fatal blow?
There was a roar, and the waves rose several feet high! Everyone on the boat trembled, as if the giant fish hit the bottom of the boat.
Everyone groaned. The unlucky helmsman was thrown away by the huge force and fell on the deck. He vomited blood, but his life was not in danger.
The power was not small, but it was much smaller than imagined. Obviously, after the giant fish had suffered heavy damage, it was not as violent as they originally expected.
The whale gave a desperate blow and used all his strength. At this time, he could no longer move. Li Chongyi stabilized Li Mu, took off the giant ax from his waist, put his hand on the side of the ship, jumped down, and rounded his arms to
With the next blow, the giant ax completely sank into the whale's head.
The whale let out its final cry, and countless blood poured out, and the bottom of the boat was completely dyed red.
The thick blood makes one almost want to vomit.
The sailors on the ship, after the ship was slightly stabilized, took out their spears and threw them at the whale.
Everyone, exaggerated by the bloody smell, has entered a state of violence. No one is afraid and no one is timid.
Those who dare to make a living in the sea are not cowards. Those who are timid or hide behind others will be looked down upon by others all their lives. Only brave people are worthy of being called men.
The sailors of the Chang'an selected by Li Mu were all outstanding ones, and there was no cowardice among them.
Although the damage they caused was far less serious to the whale than Li Chongyi's axe, the damage caused to the whale by continuous and continuous attacks on one point was still irreversible.
The damage was superimposed, eventually crushing the whale's last remaining strength.
It stopped moving.
Someone leaned out of the side of the boat to see the floating fish carcasses.
The black and white corpse made everyone stunned.
On the whale carcass, Li Chongyi was covered in blood, as if he was a bloody man.
"Are you dead? Are you dead?" Li Mu threw himself on the side of the ship and vomited when he smelled the smell of blood. He had also been on the battlefield and had seen blood, but the smell of blood was still so strong that it exceeded
his imagination.
The boat was rocking for a while, which was so rough that Li Mu thought he was dead several times.
The sailors cheered, and Li Mu scolded: "What's there to be happy about? Isn't it natural? Go back to your post, return to sail immediately, drag the whale back, fill up the sail for me, and check
What's been destroyed everywhere on the ship? This is a ship with ten thousand stones, and we haven't fought yet. How about just catching fish for fun?"
Everyone started pulling the cables to raise the sails. Some people rushed into the bottom tank to check the damage of the ship. The people in the bottom tank began to prepare to abandon the ballast stones.
The sailors faced the sea breeze, all with sly smiles on their faces. They knew that when they returned to the port, when they became famous, they could catch a whale, and it would definitely belong to the sailors of Yangzhou Port, no, to the sailors all over the world today.
Glory, something you can brag about for a lifetime!
In the future, when we talk about who is good and who is not good, we only need to throw this matter out and achieve a 100% crushing victory!
Just ask you, have you ever seen a whale? Just ask, have you ever caught a whale?
Li Mu's "Yunlong Flag" was hung on the mast and fluttered in the wind. It looked particularly dazzling between the rays of the sky and the blue water.
The sailors who climbed up the mast impatiently drove away the seagulls that wanted to stop, flying a flag.
The sailors below collected the cables.
Li Mu asked someone to get fresh water and wash his face. He was a little embarrassed now. He had been hit by huge waves so many times and was filled with seawater. Li Chongyi also climbed on the boat. He was okay, but he was covered in blood. Look.
It looked scary and smelled disgusting, so Li Mu asked him to clean up and change his clothes before meeting again.
Li Mu raised his wet hand and wiped it upward on his head. Suddenly, his long hair flowed back, and his head was swung back.
"He said that in the wind and rain, this little pain is nothing. Don't be afraid to wipe away your tears, because we still have dreams..."
Li Mu roared at the top of his lungs. He didn't know why, maybe he was moved by the scene!
The sailors were stunned for a moment, and then started shouting in imitation of Li Mu's tune. They all had different accents, but when put together, they were surprisingly harmonious.
"I understand!" Suddenly an inappropriate voice rang out. Li Mu looked over angrily, and when he saw it was shopkeeper Xiao, he said impatiently: "What do you understand? Didn't you see the singing?"
"Master Hou, I understand."
Li Mu was confused: "What on earth do you understand? Tell me!"
Shopkeeper Xiao said excitedly: "In the art of war, the most important thing is actual combat. Drilling is useful, but it is useless without the method of actual combat response. This fishing of whales and fighting with giant fish is exactly actual combat. On the ocean,
Is there any battle better than a whale? If you can cope with a whale, is there any battle that you can't cope with?"
"When encountering danger for the first time, it is easy to panic. But if you encounter more dangers, you will naturally not take them seriously. This is like a veteran who has gone to the battlefield and a recruit who has not gone to the battlefield. Although the recruit is young and strong,
, but it is not as useful as veterans. Those who have experienced battles and seen blood are just different... Lord Marquis, the villain is convinced. The villain finally understands what it means to be in the middle of strategizing and winning thousands of miles away. Everything is different.
It embodies the details, and it’s not something we can figure out.”
Li Mu looked at him with a retarded expression.
After a long time, he sneered: "I'm sick!"
"Return!"
"Go back..." the sailors echoed, drowning out Shopkeeper Xiao's voice.
The sailors kept relaying with excited voices: "Go back!"
An echo came back from the distance: Return!
The majestic and majestic Chang'an returns on its original route!
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At dawn, the Chang'an returned to Hong Kong.
Countless people appeared at the port, looking forward to it.
The Chang'an left port for the first time, and everyone wanted to see how impressive such a huge ship was.
At this time, people noticed something.
Behind the big ship, it looks like a small mountain floating in the water.
The crowd stretched their necks, and when they saw clearly, they all roared as if it had exploded.
People who live by the sea have been sailors for generations. Who has never heard of whales?
Really a whale!
Countless people rushed to tell each other, and countless people from Yangzhou came one after another to have a look.
After entering the harbor, the whale was pulled by the tide and washed up on the beach.
Countless people rushed over and looked at the huge fish in horror. They raised their heads and could not see the whale's head. At this time, even the sailors of the Chang'an were stunned.
Looking at it in the sea, it's not that big! This is not a fish, isn't it just a mountain?
The sailors jumped off the boat, drove away the onlookers, and formed a human wall. This was their booty. Without the permission of the Marquis, no one could take advantage of it and secretly cut the meat away.
Under Li Mu's instructions, several old sailors began to measure. After measurement, the whale was twelve feet long. A rough estimate was that its weight was around three hundred thousand kilograms.
Three hundred thousand kilograms... If it weren't for the Ten Thousand Stone Ship, we still wouldn't be able to pull it back!
At this time, Gu Sizhi and others also arrived. The old man was old and couldn't stand the smell of blood. He had vomited for a while on the way here. When he came to Li Mu, his face was white. He looked up at the whale and was stunned.
After singing for a long time, he murmured: "It's so big! Such a huge whale can be subdued by Lord Marquis. It's really..."
"Yes, yes, you are not young anymore. Let the young people do the flattering." Li Mu said impatiently. He pointed at the whale and said, "It's a good deal."
"Ah?" Gu Sizhi was a little confused: "Master Hou, what do you mean...how to cook it?"
"You've never dealt with a whale?"
Gu Sizhi laughed dryly: "I've only seen it in the sea before, so I really don't know how to cook it. Please give me some instructions."
Li Mu didn't know how to deal with it, but he had heard that whale oil has many wonderful uses. Whale skin is also a good material. How about keeping the rest of the meat for eating?
"Peel the skin first, then refine the oil, and divide the remaining meat into pieces. It is meat after all, so it would be a pity not to eat it. The bones are cleaned, drawn into shapes, and numbered. I will transport them back to Chang'an, assemble them together, and send them to Your Majesty.
!”
Gu Sizhi heard it clearly this time: "When Mr. Hou said this, the old man knew what to do. Yes, it is meat after all. It would be a pity not to eat it. It's just too fishy and I don't know what it tastes like. Don't worry, don't
Urgent, there are many good cooks in Yangzhou, spices are available everywhere, and they can always think of ways to cook them. The weather is hot now, and the fish carcass is very big. The top priority is to refining the oil quickly, otherwise it will rot and it will be all in vain."
"It's up to you!" Li Mu said, and went back to Yuelai Inn. The two wives were still waiting for him, so there was no time to chat with the old man.
Refining oil is very simple. Just cut the whale's oil, put it on an iron pan, heat it up and boil the oil. When it's almost done, let it cool, and the whale oil is ready.
More than a hundred sailors each took their knives, regardless of the fatigue after returning from the sea. They carried bamboo baskets, cut off the oil and whale meat, peeled off the whale's skin and meat, and sold them directly on the spot.
This meat weighs more than 100,000 kilograms, and costs ten cents per kilogram. This price is expensive for fish, but this is whale meat after all, and even if you eat it fresh, it is still worth the price.
Some restaurant owners took a fancy to this business opportunity and poured out their own ice cellars to store the whale meat. Not having a cooking method is not a problem. With time, you can always find a way!
It is impossible for the Chang'an to fish all the time, and whales are not often encountered. Things are rare and valuable, so you can make a profit if you store them. Don't forget that customers outside Yangzhou are richer, and they will also appreciate whale meat.
Interest. It is always profitable to store it now and sell it again.
All of a sudden, at the port, in addition to the people watching, there were also many people carrying poles and baskets back and forth, carrying away loads of meat.
Even the whale blood that has not yet been drained is being bid for. After all... whales are full of treasures. Alchemists have long spread that bathing in the essence and blood of rare and exotic animals can prolong life. In this world, there are
Is there an exotic animal bigger than a whale?
People always like to eat rare things, and this whale couldn't be rarer. Many people whispered in low voices, thinking that this whale must be a very nutritious thing.
Although Li Mu was not interested in whale meat, seeing how popular whale meat was, he still asked people to cut off a piece from each part, add whale blood, etc., find ice and freeze it, and ordered a fast ship to send it back to Chang'an.
No matter whether Li Shimin eats it or not, there is no harm in preparing it. But if he doesn't prepare it, if he asks, wouldn't he be sitting on a candle? Where can I find it?