Daming pirates

When Yu Xiaotian saw this scene, he suddenly slapped his head and laughed loudly: "It's really hard to find a place without wearing iron shoes. It took no effort to get here! We are really sitting on a treasure mountain and can't find it."

You know! Why are you worrying about oil? Isn’t there a big barrel of oil right in front of you?”

Yu Xiaotian's sudden and unexpected behavior startled the men who were following him. They couldn't figure out what he was talking about for a while, so Liu Laoliu quickly asked: "Xiaotian, are you thinking of something else?"

Got a good idea? Tell me!"

Yu Xiaotian pointed to the sea water in front of him and smiled at Liu Laoliu: "We are worried about having no oil, but we forget that there is a lot of oil in the sea. What do you see there?"

Liu Laoliu looked in the direction of Yu Xiaotian's finger and immediately said, "Isn't that a whale?"

Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Yes! It's a whale! As long as you catch one of these guys, why don't you worry about the lack of oil? And as long as you can catch whales, everyone will have endless meat to eat in the future, and whale skins can also be made.

Leather clothing and whale baleen can also be used to make bow strings, and the endless whale oil can also be used to make candles, soap, and steel..."

Yu Xiaotian danced and pointed at the whale that was disappearing and appearing in the distance on the sea, and said to Liu Laoliu and others.

Everyone was stunned for a moment. People who were active in the sea often saw whales, and there were many whales in the nearby waters. And because of their huge size, they all harbored suspicions about them.

With a feeling of awe, Yu Xiaotian said that it has a lot of oil on its body, and of course everyone believed it.

In addition, everyone can basically understand what Yu Xiaotian said about the other benefits of whales, but some people like to get into trouble. For example, Liu Wang, a kid, waited for Yu Xiaotian to finish talking and asked: "The tiller!"

What is the soap you just mentioned?"

After hearing this, Yu Xiaotian realized that he had just gotten carried away and had casually said something that would only be found in later generations, so he had to hesitate and confuse Liu Wang.

But what Liu Laoliu said next made Yu Xiaotian feel a little embarrassed again: "Helmsman, aren't you confused? That whale is so big, and none of us have ever caught it. It's easy to say, but it's really

If Ge goes to catch that thing, I'm afraid it won't be easy!

As for our ship, as long as it is hit by a whale, it will probably break up our ship. Even if it is swept by the tail of that thing, I guess it will be unbearable! Who would go fishing for that kind of thing?

Yeah! The tiller is a joke!"

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he felt that it was indeed difficult to handle. Although he had some veteran fishermen under his command, these people usually only caught some marine fish at sea, but no one had ever killed a whale. Moreover, the whaling industry was the first in Chinese history.

It has never been developed and has no industry at all. Historically, Chinese people have not had the tradition of eating whale meat, so there are very few people who know how to hunt whales in this era.

Although whaling will be of great help to solve many of his problems, at least someone must know how to do it! If you take people to hunt whales rashly, you may not be able to catch whales, but even sink the ship.

The gain outweighs the loss.

After Yu Xiaotian listened to Liu Laoliu's words, he immediately calmed down as if he had been poured cold water on his head. He waved his hand and asked those who had nothing to do to go work on their work first. He took Liu Laoliu and Guo

I walked around the slide at the beach again and continued to think of a solution.

But the idea of ​​hunting whales was like a devil. Once it appeared in his mind, it immediately took control of his thinking.

He had not thought about this before, but after thinking about it today, the various benefits of whaling immediately flashed in his mind. So many benefits were really a temptation.

Although he is currently engaged in the pirate business, after all, he relies on robbery to make a living, and he is still an enemy of the orthodox court officials of this era. Sooner or later, when he goes too far, he will attract the attention of the officials or the court.

There will inevitably be conflicts with the imperial government, and it is not impossible to send troops to suppress him.

In addition, deep down in his heart, he still had some resistance to ship hijacking, which was based on killing people and stealing goods to satisfy his accumulation of wealth, which was too bloody.

So he would often think of it, and when conditions permit, he would also have to think of some ways to do business. Doing business is inevitable. In history, many maritime pirates formed powerful groups in the late Ming Dynasty and even other dynasties, and maritime trade

It accounts for a large part of their business.

However, the competition in maritime trade is also very fierce. If he does not have enough control to form a monopoly, it will not be easy to open up the situation. Therefore, if he can start from the basics and produce some goods that others do not have or are scarce, he can

You can live in rare things and make a lot of money.

As for whaling, he was also very emotionally opposed to it in later generations. The long-term excessive whaling by humans has made whales, such strange creatures of nature, on the verge of extinction. In the old time and space where he lived, the world

Only the extremely dirty country outside the East China Sea and a few countries such as Norway are still engaged in whaling. Most other countries have banned whaling.

From the perspective of environmental protection, he doesn't like whaling. However, the era he lives in now is not the old time and space he lived in before.

The number is still very large, which can be seen from the fact that he often sees a large number of whales every time he goes to sea. The whales in the ocean are now far from being endangered.

Therefore, it is completely acceptable to hunt some whales rationally and make full use of what they have on them to meet their immediate needs. As long as this industry does not develop in large quantities, it will not cause too much damage to the ecology and the survival of whales.

Influence.

So if he is limited to the way of thinking of later generations and looks at the current era and environment, it can only be said that he is a pedantic person. The first thing he should consider now is how to strengthen himself as soon as possible and obtain more

Wealth, and as for protecting whales, that shouldn't be an issue he is considering right now.

So he sat down on the slide and began to carefully collect various information about whaling from his mind...

Although China in the old time and space had completely banned whaling as early as the 1980s, there is still a lot to learn from various TV news, documentaries and some literature on this matter.

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In particular, he remembered watching a documentary, which specifically talked about some things that happened to whalers in history. It introduced in detail how Western countries carried out whaling activities and methods in history.

It provided him with experience that he could learn from.

Although whaling is not a simple matter, as far as he knows, humans have begun to hunt whales very early on to obtain food, oil and even leather to meet human needs.

In ancient times, the ancients in some places were able to hunt whales. Now in the late Ming Dynasty, although China has stagnated and even regressed in the development of sea-going ships due to maritime bans, the things they can use now are still far more than

With the technology and equipment that humans possessed in ancient times, if they could not catch whales now, it would be a real loss of face.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian immediately regained his confidence. Everything depends on man-made things. Only the unexpected is impossible! No matter what, you have to do this! So he immediately stood up and smiled to himself.

He said: "Damn it, I have finally climbed to the top of the food chain, how can I continue to be a vegetarian every day? I want to eat meat!" After saying that, he turned around and strode towards the village, leaving Liu Laoliu and Guo Fu with expressions on their faces.

Looking at his back confusedly.

After Liu Laoliu smiled bitterly, he shook his head and said to Guo Fu: "Our helmsman must have made up his mind. He has this temper. As long as he thinks of something, he must do it. Now we

Look how exciting it is! Maybe we at the helm can really get this done!"