The waves in Sea Area No. 7 were already surging. Fortunately, Ma Yue had heard something about whaling in his previous life, so the navy of the Sea Tribe was somewhat mentally prepared.
Several huge javelins from a ship pierced the huge whale one after another, and most of the sailors and marines on the ship had begun to jump into the sea to evacuate.
Why? With whaling, once you spear a whale, it's frightened and will dive as deep as possible. In the past, fishermen used seal skin balloons as floats to deflect large whales that tried to escape by diving, until they were exhausted and surfaced...
We don't have seal skins to inflate airbags, so we might as well just use sailboats as floats. If you, a great whale, have the guts to drag all the ships to the bottom of the ocean, that's impossible nowadays. Even the shabbiest ships these days are still over thirty meters long. How could they possibly be dragged into the sea by a whale?
As long as the barbed ropes of the whaling harpoons that hit the whale at the same time are not all broken, whaling can be successful even if a sailing ship is scrapped.
"Okay, it seems to be effective. Ignore Hai Rui's squad, hang up the animal skin flags, fight on your own, and find targets to kill whales." Shuichong was also thrilled to watch. The huge whale took the sailing ship tied with a rope, but the sailing ship still capsized and one of the ropes broke (fortunately, there were several other barbed whaling harpoons that hit the whale at the same time).
If the person is still on top, it will be difficult to save him.
Fortunately, they all jumped into the sea, away from the inertia of the dumping, making it easier to rescue. The number of ships that came this time was large, mainly to rescue people.
The fleet is divided into several parts. With so many ships, we can't just focus on one whale, right?
There's clearly a school of whales here. Try to kill a couple more. The Sea Tribe is facing a food crisis. Many people need food, and the water bugs are putting a lot of pressure on them. He's the true leader of the navy.
"Red Feather, let it fly."
At Shuichong's command, the two red feathers were released and headed straight for Haifan City. The whaling was basically a success, and Haifan City needed to make advance preparations.
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"Okay!" After receiving the letter from Hong Lingyu, Ma Yue breathed a sigh of relief. The whaling plan was feasible. As for whether the sailing ship could be recycled and used, let's talk about it later. Food is the most important thing.
"Contact the North and South branches and come here."
Chun Wu nodded and contacted the north and south branches, and also sent letters via red feathers, just to make it faster.
"I'll go get the cutting tools." The third priest also ran off happily. The Sea Tribe had experience with whales. Since there were more than one whale this time, the northern and southern branches could receive the whale meat first.
In fact, the first whale hunt went relatively smoothly. After all, the whales were used to roaming freely in this sea area and had no natural enemies. However, after the first whale was hit, the whales panicked, and it became much more difficult to catch and hit the whale again.
What to do? Split up into teams and chase as best they can. Fortunately, the Sea Tribe's sailboats are quite fast, but whether they can catch up to their target depends on luck. After all, sailboats can't run in a straight line like whales.
The first whale hit finally gave up and floated to the surface of the sea weakly. Hai Rui ordered his men to re-attach the rope to the new sailing ship. The big whale was in the sea, and the sailing ship carried it away.
With the huge buoyancy of sea water, the weight of a twenty-ton whale is not that heavy. It is very similar to the principle of an ice and snow vehicle, so it is not a big problem to pull it away.
Four sailing ships evacuated with the huge whale and the sailors and marines who fell into the water. Hai Rui couldn't leave yet. It was a difficult trip. There were still ten sailing ships in his lower fleet. He had to continue searching and strive to expand the results.
"You two ships stay here and clean up the overturned ship. We'll pull it back first to see if it can be used." The ship that was dragged by the giant whale didn't seem to be broken into pieces. It was estimated that it could be recycled and reused.
"The charlatan said I'm lucky. Maybe we can even kill a big whale, haha!" Hai Rui waved his hand with high spirits, "Let's go!"
"Captain Hai Rui, go that way." The other squadrons that were chasing the whales had long disappeared. The sea was the same everywhere.
"Idiot! Didn't you see the direction I was pointing?" Hai Rui waved his hand subconsciously to show off. As for where the whale was, no one knew. It all depended on luck anyway.
"clear!"
The remaining eight ships of the fleet set sail again.
The first batch of whaling fleets returned to the beach of Haifan City to huge cheers. The people of the Sea Tribe, who had been ready for battle, started to fight with all kinds of knives and axes.
This time it was different. The Sea Tribe had a lot of copper knives and axes, which were sharp and durable, and it was much easier to cut the big whale.
Skinning, removing fat, cutting meat into pieces, washing the meat, marinating the meat... All the salt that can be used in Haifan City is used, and large quantities of whale meat are cut into pieces of meat weighing about 100 pounds.
It didn't matter that the North and South branches hadn't arrived yet. Haifan City had 5,000 large livestock, so we could just transport them first. Anyway, no one was idle. With the leadership of the Ministry of Civil Affairs directing us, we could just do what needed to be done.
A large animal can carry about 200 kilograms, so one person can just lead two large animals. There's no need to go with so many people. With a hundred people and two hundred large animals, they can set off at any time without having to wait together. Efficiency is everything.
The meat and salt must be taken away, and some of them must be taken away as well. When they arrive at the northern and southern branches, they will each pickle as much of it as possible into bacon and store it.
What? No food for the journey? You brought 300 kilograms of whale meat, didn't you? Eat it all the way to the North and South Divisions, and then back again.
"The Sea Tribe's navy has found a school of whales." This time, the people in the trade zone finally knew what the Sea Tribe's navy had done.
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