Daming pirates

Suddenly, a group of pirates stopped doing their job and instead became temporary workers. They went to sea to engage in whaling business, and they went to sea with two ships.

One is the bird boat they fought on, and the other is the flat-bottomed sand boat they captured. Each of the two boats also carries a sampan that can accommodate six or seven people, which is specially used when hunting whales.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian asked carpenters and blacksmith Zhang to work overtime to build several whaling harpoons. In fact, they are just spears with barbs. The sharp iron spear points are equipped with strong wooden poles.

Can be tied with a rope.

In addition, Yu Xiaotian also asked Guo Fu and his apprentice to make several round wooden barrels out of ready-made wood, which were completely sealed. There were iron rings on the barrels to tie the ropes on the whale harpoons.

Regarding the wooden barrel, for Guo Fu and his sons and apprentices who were good at shipbuilding and ship repair, making this kind of wooden barrel was neither beautiful nor too detailed, but only required to be tightly sealed.

For them, such a thing was a piece of cake. They worked day and night, and soon made several large wooden barrels like this. They also used tung oil to mix plant ash, isinglass and broken hemp, and sealed the wooden boards.

The wooden barrel was completed by removing the gap between the barrels. After testing it in the water, it found that there was no leakage and was then transported to the ship.

As for the big ship, a large number of ropes and throwing guns were prepared in order to tie the hunted whale to the stern of the ship and drag it back to the island, or to catch up with the injured whale and give it a heavy blow.

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

Now he has more than one boat. After the Chinese New Year, considering the convenience of naming the boats, Yu Xiaotian named the four boats now.

Their main battle bird ship simply took their name and named it Sea Wolf. It was also used as a special ship name for the ship he was at the helm of, and this ship name will not accompany the ship for life.

, once Yu Xiaotian changes to a better ship in the future, this ship name will be transferred to his new ship.

The bird ship that had not yet been repaired was named Seal by Yu Xiaotian. Once repaired, it would be used as the second main battleship along with Sea Wolf.

The sand ship was named Walrus, mainly because the sand ship was a little clumsy and could only be used to transport cargo, not as a pirate ship.

There was only that small fishing boat, which was too simple. Originally, Yu Xiaotian didn't want to name it, but it aroused opposition from the tribesmen who came from Xiaohuang Island. After all, that boat was the only thing they relied on for a living.

One boat cannot be favored over another, so Yu Xiaotian had to randomly find a name among sea fish. Seeing the yellow hull of this small boat, he named it Yellow Fish.

In this way, it would be much more convenient to call these ships. After a few days of preparation and temporary training, Yu Xiaotian and his men boarded the ship and set sail to sea, starting their first whaling operation.

Everyone on the island didn't quite understand Xiaotian's sudden decision to hunt whales. They felt that doing so was too risky. The whales were so big that they couldn't be easily hunted. Moreover, it was not as economical as going to the sea to grab a ship.

However, Yu Xiaotian believes that he can definitely try whaling. In addition to obtaining a large amount of valuable things such as oil, whale meat, and whale skin, if they can get lucky and catch a sperm whale, and it happens to be

If there are still a few pieces of ambergris in this sperm whale that haven't had time to be expelled from the body, then they really got it home through shit. This stuff is a big fortune.

This is not the most important thing. What is more important is that he hopes to further train his guys through whaling activities.

Although this group of people has engaged in several ship robberies, there are not many among them who can be called veterans, and many of them are ordinary people. Even though Yu Xiaotian trained them rigorously,

But I always feel that this group of people lacks a fierce and murderous spirit.

Now he can use the whaling activity to temper this group of people, because in this era, whaling is definitely a test of life and death. People without courage cannot do this kind of thing, and he also knows that,

The scene of whaling will be very bloody, and through whaling activities, this group of people will definitely be well tempered.

So he resolutely decided to take this group of people out to sea to hunt whales. In addition to obtaining the oil they urgently needed, he could also store a lot of oil, which could be eaten or used as firearms at sea.

The sea environment of this era has not been too damaged, and marine life is very abundant. In addition to countless marine fish, the number of whales is also far greater than that of later generations. The area off Fuzhou is also a place where whales often hang out. Whales

There are a lot of them, so they don't have to go far to hunt whales.

Moreover, their whaling this time is just a try, and they have no plans to continue it for a long time. This can also be regarded as preparation in advance for the battle with the Hunjianglong that they may participate in next.

After the two ships were ready, they set sail and set sail. Madman Meng was ordered by Yu Xiaotian to take the Walrus and follow behind the Sea Wolf.

The two boats sailed toward the wide sea one after the other and began to look for whales that appeared nearby.

Considering that their ship is not a professional whaling ship, and it does not have the ability to process captured whales, nor can it cut up whales at sea, and ensure that the meat of the whales is not rotten, they cannot go very far this time on their hunting trip.

You can only hunt nearby Treasure Island. Once you have a harvest, you can quickly drag the whale back to the island for segmentation.

Therefore, they temporarily controlled the hunting range to within twenty miles east of Treasure Island. The captains of both ships widened their eyes and began to search on the sea.

They had to admit that the marine biological resources in this era were rich. Soon they saw pods of dolphins at sea, and also found a lot of sharks. After half a day of searching, they finally found themselves at three o'clock northeast of Treasure Island.

About fifteen miles away, a group of whales were spotted appearing and disappearing on the sea surface.

Following the call to fight, the Sea Wolf tribesmen on both boats immediately became nervous or it could be said to be excited. They rushed to the side of the ship and looked into the distance.

There are about five or six whales in this group. Yu Xiaotian is not an oceanographer, so he cannot accurately identify the types of these whales, but at a rough look, they look a bit like baleen whales, but they are not very big, and the longest ones are

One of them is roughly ** meters long. A visual inspection of its weight estimated it to be less than ten tons. Yu Xiaotian didn't know what it was called specifically, so he could only call it a minke whale.

This is a more suitable training target for them. If they encounter a larger fin whale during their first whaling hunt, they may not dare to hunt it even if they have the courage, so Yu Xiaotian immediately ordered to turn the helm.

Take the two boats and sail towards the place where the whales hang out.

As the distance got closer, the people on the boat could feel the hugeness of the whales. Even though the minke whales in front of them were not very big, they all felt nervous.

After closing the distance with the group of minke whales, Yu Xiaotian ordered the two ships to put down the sampan together, and he himself got off the sampan himself, taking with him a dozen selected capable, strong, and courageous people.

Some of his men began their first whaling expedition.

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

So now he is a standard guy who can talk on paper, but no matter what people do, there is always a first time. Otherwise, it would be impossible to accumulate any experience.

Yu Xiaotian directed the men on the two sampans to paddle hard and quickly towards the whales. Several whaling spears and wooden barrels were placed on their sampans.

, and coils of hemp rope.

After getting close to these whales, Yu Xiaotian felt that the pressure began to double. When people face such huge creatures, they can't help but feel a sense of awe. Yu Xiaotian is also a human being, not a madman, so he cannot

Unexpectedly, all the muscles in his body began to tighten.

After some observation, Yu Xiaotian fixed his sights on a slightly slower-moving whale. This minke whale was probably older and one of the largest among the group of whales.

For Yu Xiaotian, who knows some environmental awareness, although it is their first time to hunt whales, it is best to start with smaller whales, but he does not want to hunt those female whales that are young or have calves.

I feel like doing that is a crime.

So he commanded the two boats, focused on the larger and slightly older whale in the group of whales, and rowed the boat quickly towards the whale.

The whales were not alert to the approach of humans. They were huge and it was difficult for things on the sea to harm them. Therefore, after seeing Yu Xiaotian's two boats approaching it, the old whale remained calm.

It slowly appeared and disappeared on the sea surface, looking leisurely and contented.

Yu Xiaotian silently recited Amitabha, and felt hard, thinking that I'm sorry for the whale. We also want to survive better, so we can only feel sorry for you!

The two sampans were getting closer and closer to the whale, but the old whale still did not look frightened at all, did not dive to avoid it, and remained on the sea surface.

Yu Xiaotian could even smell the smell of gas emitted by whales in the air, and the size of the whales in his eyes seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. In the cold weather, he still felt that his palms began to sweat, and one of his hands started to sweat.

A whale spear with a rope attached was caught on the sampan.

The person holding the spear in the other boat was Li Dazui, who was strong, courageous and hard-hearted. At this time, Li Dazui also stood up on the sampan. He also imitated Yu Xiaotian and raised a spear in his hand.

The whale's spear was bent, its two bull's-eyes like a prawn fixed on the whale in front of it.

The people on the two sampans all held their breaths at this moment, mechanically rowing the oars, and driving the boat closer to the whale. At this moment, they could be said to be scared to death, but there was

Yu Xiaotian personally led them here, but they did not dare to say quit, let alone stop the oars in their hands.

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