Daming pirates

There always seems to be endless rain in Jilongzhai. When Yu Xiaotian's boat arrived at Jilong Bay, it happened to be rainy again. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the sea surface stirred up huge waves under the influence of strong winds. This is

This year, the first typhoon along the coast of China happened to happen to Yu Xiaotian.

Fortunately, it was not far from Tamsui to the chicken coop. They encountered the typhoon after going out to sea, so Yu Xiaotian did not let the fleet take shelter from the wind, but rushed to the chicken coop before the strongest wind arrived.

But when he arrived at Jilong Bay, the wind here had increased a lot. Many old sailors on the boat began to get seasick and vomited into a mess, not to mention those on the boat who rarely went to sea.

This time Yu Xiaotian went to Tamsui and Chicken Coop with a group of hard laborers, as well as medical officers and others. Lin Yiyang also followed Yu Xiaotian. Although he had decided to stay in Tamsui temporarily in the future, considering that he had not gone there yet

He had to go through the chicken coop, so Yu Xiaotian let him go with him.

But unexpectedly, we ran into this typhoon. Several boats were like leaves, bumping up and down in the huge waves on the sea. Sometimes they were thrown to the top of the waves, and sometimes they fell heavily to the bottom of the waves.

The hull of the ship made an ear-piercing creaking sound in the huge waves, which made people feel thrilling. They were afraid that the ship would disintegrate in the next moment, causing them all to fall into the water and become fish food.

In order to stabilize their bodies, many people had to tie themselves tightly to the side of the boat with ropes, put on a posture of resignation, and prayed loudly to the gods they believed in, praying that the gods would protect them from being blown away by the strong wind.

Turn over and arrive at Jilong Bay safely.

Lin Yiyang, a rookie at sea, had already turned into a soft-footed shrimp. His face turned pale from vomiting. He lay on the hammock in the cabin and continued to retching, almost vomiting out the bile.

But no one could help him at this moment. They could only tie him to the hammock and swing him up and down with the bumps of the ship, which made Lin Yiyang feel so painful that he even felt like rushing out and jumping out.

If you drown yourself in the sea, you won't have to suffer this punishment.

However, the desire to survive still made him restrain this thought, and he was tied to the hammock and groaned.

Even Yu Xiaotian, who was used to seeing strong winds and waves, didn't look very good at the moment. He couldn't help but feel dizzy and felt sick in his stomach.

Fortunately, the ships they came over this time were all strong enough. Although the waves on the sea were very large, the hull structures of these ships still withstood the test of the waves, and there were no accidents involving shipwrecks or fatalities.

In addition, Tamsui and Jilongwan are not far from each other, and the route they took is also close to Taiwan Island. Although they encountered a typhoon, Taiwan Island also blocked some winds to a certain extent, and they only encountered the wind, not the wind.

The main force of the typhoon, so they finally made it to Jilong Bay safely.

When they saw the fort on the small island outside Jilong Bay, all the people on the boat breathed a long sigh of relief. They controlled their bodies with all their might, steered the boats, and headed towards the chicken one after another.

Sailing away from Long Bay.

The Sea Wolf tribe in Jilong Bay did not expect that their fleet would arrive on such a windy day. Once they discovered their fleet, they immediately informed Hei Tou and Sun Baoqiang. After learning, small boats were also used in the bay to guide them.

The fleet sailed into Jilong Bay and docked at the pier in Jilong Bay.

Nowadays, the wharf of Jilongwan has been greatly expanded. In the past, there was only a simple trestle. Now, there are four strong trestles made of thick logs at the wharf, which allows ships to dock and unload cargo conveniently, and can directly

Through the wharf, goods can be easily transported to Jilongzhai.

When Yu Xiaotian led the fleet into Jilong Bay, he also saw more than a dozen ships parked in the bay at this time. Several of these dozens of ships were warships used to guard Jilong Bay.

There are also two merchant ships for transportation, and the rest are basically fishing boats.

Since Sea Wolf occupied Jilong Bay, the population here has continued to increase over the past year. In addition to immigrants who came here to farm, a small number of fishermen have also moved here to settle. There are several people in the bay.

The small boat was a fishing boat belonging to fishermen. At this time, due to the wind on the sea, it had already sailed back into the bay.

After these fishermen arrived here, they basically had to rely on Jilong Village to survive. Except for a small amount of the fish they caught for their own consumption, they were all sold to Jilong Village in exchange for other living materials they needed.

Although life is still miserable, it is less exploited by fishermen and officials than when they were living on land, and life is actually much more comfortable than before.

Among these ships, there is another one that is quite special, and that is Sea Wolf’s exclusive whaling ship.

Ever since Yu Xiaotian captured the first whale by mistake, whaling has become a common activity for sea wolves. At first, Yu Xiaotian hunted whales just to satisfy his men's appetite for meat.

needs, and the main purpose is to let the newcomers under my command temper their courage.

But after he started tinkering with soap, whale oil became a necessary industrial raw material for sea wolves, forcing Yu Xiaotian to turn whaling activities into a normal state.

In this era, the whaling industry has gradually begun to develop all over the world. If we go by previous history, China may have never officially joined this industry. However, due to the emergence of Yu Xiaotian, it has made the whaling industry more popular.

Nowadays, the Sea Wolf Group has a full-time whaling fleet.

Whales can be said to be full of treasures. Whale skin itself is a precious leather that is quite difficult to obtain. It is very popular among wealthy people. Although not many people used whale skin in the Ming Dynasty, Europeans did.

I like this kind of skin very much, so after tanning the whale skin, I can sell it at a good price.

Needless to say, whale meat tastes a bit like mutton. It is undoubtedly a very good delicacy for humans who lack meat in this era. In addition, whales are huge, and a whale can easily weigh several thousand kilograms.

Even tens of thousands of pounds of whale meat.

The whale meat obtained by capturing this whale can feed dozens of cattle, hundreds of sheep or pigs. For the sea wolf tribe living at sea, they can eat some of this kind of meat from time to time. This day

I couldn't be happier.

The most important thing is whale oil. Sea wolves cannot do without this raw material whether they eat it or make soap. Now they have also begun to use whale oil to make candles. They are also sold on land and are also very popular. In addition, they are currently using whale oil to make candles.

No oil better than whale oil has yet been obtained. As a war material, fire attack tactics commonly used in naval battles cannot do without whale oil.

Therefore, even if he only produces whale oil soap for Nanyue Island, Yu Xiaotian must normalize whaling activities and hunt whales continuously every year to obtain these materials from whales.

And sometimes if you are lucky enough and catch a sperm whale by chance, and if the sperm whale happens to have ambergris in its stomach, then you are really lucky. Ambergris is a rare and rare thing.

, an extremely valuable spice, its price is almost the same as gold. If you get a piece of it, it will be worth a fortune.

All in all, whaling activities, due to various reasons, have now begun to be developed by Yu Xiaotian as a pillar industry in the future of Sea Wolf. He will obtain a steady stream of funds from this cruel industry to satisfy his needs.

needs.

In addition, the Sea Wolf tribe, especially the sailors, have completely formed a tradition in the past two years, that is, whenever new sailors complete their initial training and are assigned to work on the ship, they must first go to the whaling ship.

, follow the whaling ship out to sea, complete at least one successful whaling operation, and participate in the dismemberment and separation of the captured whales from beginning to end, and experience a baptism of blood.

Only sailors who have experienced such a whaling activity once, and are recognized, can be officially assigned to the fleet and become Sea Wolf trainee sailors.

Therefore, while the whaling industry provides a steady stream of raw materials and food for sea wolves, it also plays a great role in tempering the sea wolf tribe, so much so that now Yu Xiaotian cannot do without this industry at all.

But before Yu Xiaotian came to this era, he was definitely a die-hard boycotter of whalers. Since the oil industry began to develop, human demand and dependence on whale oil began to decrease. Gradually, many maritime countries began to realize that this

The hunting of whales will eventually lead to the extinction of this huge spirit in the ocean, so many countries finally chose to give up whaling.

However, there is such a sanctimonious country in Northeast Asia that continues to hunt whales under the guise of scientific research, which has attracted unanimous condemnation from many countries in the world. Yu Xiaotian used to be extremely disgusted with the little devil.

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But he didn't expect that after coming to this era, he himself would become the initiator of China's earliest large-scale whaling activities. Although he felt guilty for these giant beasts of the ocean, for the future of himself and many of his men, he still had to

Don't continue doing this kind of thing.

Fortunately, the world's whaling industry has not yet developed rapidly. The whaling industry is still in its infancy. So far, the number of whales in the ocean is still very large. Although he is engaged in hunting in this area, it has not affected this species.

It's not big, and with their current hunting capabilities and technical level, it won't cause great consequences, so Yu Xiaotian decided to develop this industry.

Sometimes when looking at the whales being hunted, Yu Xiaotian even thought that if one day he became the overlord of the sea, then at that time, he would simply formulate a system to restrict the development of this industry.

To repay the evil deeds he had done to cetaceans.

But even so, Yu Xiaotian still pays special attention to his subordinates on the whaling boats. When they go out to sea to hunt whales, they must pay attention to try not to hunt obviously pregnant mother whales and young whales. In addition, for young whales,

Female whales should also be hunted as little or as little as possible. Try to choose some old whales or male whales for hunting. As for female whales with calves, they are not allowed to be hunted. Otherwise, when they come back, not only will they not succeed, but they will also be killed.

Still need to remember.

This can be regarded as Yu Xiaotian's self-restraint on promoting the whaling industry. He only hopes that when doing this, he can do less harm to the whales, so as to comfort himself.

Looking at the few sea wolf whaling ships currently anchored in Jilong Bay, Yu Xiaotian even felt that he was a bit hypocritical. On the one hand, he encouraged his men to hunt whales with harpoons, but at the same time, he secretly felt sorry for these whales.

Pity, thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian held his hand on the side of the boat and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Not to mention, during this period of his life, in order to increase the harvest of the whaling industry, he had begun to include the construction of a brand new special-purpose whaling ship in the shipbuilding plan, and even made the first special-purpose cannon there.

The molds of the whaling cannon for hunting whales have also begun, and they are just waiting for the next step to be cast and used in the whaling industry.

Once the new whaling ships and whaling guns are put into use one day, the efficiency of whaling will be greatly increased. It is even more ironic to say that Yu Xiaotian himself does not know how to evaluate himself.

This world is sometimes like this. Things you don't want to do, but you have to do them for various reasons and reasons. You feel guilty while doing them, which is full of contradictions. Unfortunately, Yu Xiaotian feels that he has fallen into this situation.

In the strange circle, when his ship passed by several whale ships anchored in the bay, he deliberately turned around and stopped looking at these whale ships.

(In my haste yesterday, I typed the wrong chapter number. I only found out today. However, due to system reasons, it cannot be modified, so I can only say sorry to the brothers who read the book! I will be more careful in the future and say sorry again! Wife

I had a cold and a high fever, and I was so busy that I was on my back! It was really a mistake I shouldn’t have made!)