"I guess that guy hasn't given up yet. There are still eight ships missing that haven't returned." Shuichong said helplessly.
"This bastard must be a real troublemaker!" Ma Yue said hatefully.
"Smith, don't worry. Hai Rui spends almost the entire day at sea. He's very experienced." Wu Qi said. Bai Pi and Hai Rui are navigators, so they're not at home all day.
However, thanks to Hai Rui's discovery, they were able to successfully hunt whales. The ocean is so vast, do you think finding whales is easy? The Sea Tribe has been searching for them for years, and Hai Rui's small fleet found them, right?
"Yes! You charlatan, Bing Yueshui hasn't come back yet. She is on Hairui's return ship." Shuichong said.
"Oh, that's good!" Ma Yue would feel more at ease if Hai Rui had Bing Yueshui with him. Bing Yueshui has a water-type spirit boat, so at worst, she can bring Hai Rui back.
"The charlatan is back." Shuichong pointed to the sea.
"That's not right. There are only six ships, and two ships are missing."
"I understand. In order to save fresh water, Hai Rui asked most of the ships and sailors to return first." Wu Qi said.
"Alright, let him do whatever he wants." Ma Yue was also helpless. At most, they would lose two ships and some sailors and marines. How could it be so easy to get food from the sea?
Casualties were inevitable. Honestly, adventurers like Hai Rui were more suited to the great voyages of discovery, and Ma Yue agreed. In his previous life, in the fifteenth century, navigators sailed across vast oceans, suffering countless casualties, leading to numerous great maritime discoveries.
Shuichong had a water bug personality, relatively stable, suitable for overall leadership of the navy. Hairui had his own great value, and Ma Yue admired Hairui's adventurous spirit of sailing the most. Otherwise, Ma Yue would not have allowed Hairui to run around with a fleet of more than a dozen sailing ships.
If you want to explore the ocean, you have to pay a price. As for how big the price is, it all depends on luck.
As for why Bing Yueshui was on Hai Rui's ship, it was actually arranged by Ma Yue in advance. Hai Rui was Ma Yue's old brother and had great value in exploring the ocean. Of course, it would be best if he didn't die.
It was the first time to go whaling, and it was extremely dangerous. With Bing Yueshui around, Ma Yue felt more at ease.
"Spirit, do we need to leave some meat on the whale?" asked the third priest.
"No need. Distribute them all to the north and south branches. Our Haifan City is on the seaside. If things really don't work out, can we at least get some food by trading? Haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile.
"I understand. I will arrange for someone to cook the fish oil and store it as soon as possible." said the third priest.
"Spirit, there are two ships that need major repairs. Let's go to the Kirishima branch and bring back some salt." Shuichong said.
"Yes, the consumption of salt is too great, and we have too many people here. You just go and make the arrangements." Together with the two branches in the north and south, the salt demand of more than 40,000 people in Haifan City is huge. In order to deal with these two big whales this time, a large amount of sea salt reserves has been consumed.
"Spirit, let me go to Sea Area No. 7 to pick them up." Bing Yueyue said.
"Okay, you two are twins, maybe you have telepathy, haha!" Ma Yue patted Bing Yueyue's shoulder, "Huo Shi, after your squadron is replenished, follow Bing Yueyue to sea."
"Okay!" Flint thought for a moment, "I won't bring so many Marines this time. This way, I can bring more food and fresh water."
"That makes sense. In actual whaling, two or three ships can attack simultaneously," Shuichong said approvingly. In other words, a squadron of at least fifteen sailing ships could be equipped with at least half of them empty, with only sailors and non-aggressive marines. That way, they could easily stockpile fresh water and rations for more than a month.
"Okay, your navy should do more summarization, and your future whaling trips will be more efficient." Ma Yue was very pleased. As a leader, he needed to be good at thinking and summarizing.
The ocean is rich, and the capture of only two whales is nothing special. According to statistics from previous lives, in one year at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of whales captured worldwide exceeded 20,000. This shows how many whales there are in the ocean.
If the Sea Tribe can continue to hunt whales, it will greatly relieve the food pressure on the Sea Tribe.
"Third priest, the strategy of spring plowing of sweet potatoes here is inappropriate." Ma Yue said.
"Yes, I've been reflecting on this too. Without the summer potatoes, the food pressure is too great. Besides, sweet potatoes require a lot of storage and consumption, and they can't last a year. Even if the yield per mu increases by a few hundred kilograms, it's not cost-effective." The third priest understood what Ma Yue meant.
"So, during spring plowing, we have to plant potatoes."
"Understood! We'll adjust next year's plan. Potatoes stored for six months will have less damage than sweet potatoes stored for a year." The third priest nodded. The cost-effectiveness of planting something depends on a variety of factors.
Once the autumn harvest is over, the sweet potatoes from the spring plowing and the potatoes from the summer plowing are almost all concentrated together. There are so many of them that the pressure of harvesting is very great.
How could it be so easy to manage such a large tribe? Making mistakes was understandable, as they were generally for the good of the Hai Tribe.
Not to mention the inexperience of the Third Priest, even Ma Yue had never managed so many people in his previous life and had no experience. The Seven Hundred Cities that Ma Yue had decided to build were still there. Wasn't it all built in vain?
"How's things going in Poseidon City?" Ma Yue continued to ask.
"There are some troubles. The rainfall in Poseidon City is a little less. I guess the harvest will be reduced again." Poseidon City is really prone to disasters. There were continuous heavy rains two years ago, and there is a lack of rain today.
"We can't give up. Poseidon City can't just be about boiling salt." Ma Yue felt helpless.
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