If you can't figure it out, just forget about it. This is a primitive world. Can't we use the biological standards of modern society in our previous life to measure the biological standards of this world?
A few days later, Huoshi's fleet of sailing ships returned, and it was a miserable sight. Out of the twenty sailing ships that went out, only seven returned. Ma Yue really didn't like such a costly naval battle.
According to the battle reports that Flint brought back, he had fought more than a dozen guerrilla battles with the enemy's navy on that large island. In actual combat, the attack effect of the rockets was indeed similar to that of the catapults, and the casualties on both sides were similar.
The question is, what about the lost naval personnel? If you can't win, just run away, but there's no chance to rescue the naval personnel on the destroyed ships. In essence, the ones who suffer the loss are still the navy of the Sea Tribe, right?
The naval reserve is completely empty, and the most crucial helmsmen and sailors cannot be trained in a short period of time. It is unrealistic to replenish Flint's fleet as quickly as possible.
Damn it! This time, the Sea Tribe had run into a tough opponent. If they continued to fight like this, within two battles, the Sea Tribe’s navy would lose its ability to launch an offensive.
Ma Yue’s so-called policy of protecting sea routes looks more and more like a joke.
If there is no sea route, how will Haifan City contact Poseidon City, Baiwu Branch, and Qiu Haicheng in the future? It's so frustrating!
Never mind, I’ll give in this time. Ma Yue was helpless!
A dozen days later, the white fleet also returned, and it was still a miserable sight...
Let’s not fight anymore. If the sea route is gone, then it’s gone.
Ma Yue ordered Hai Rui's fleet to go to the Baiwu branch, and ordered all personnel to evacuate, abandon Wu Island, and go to Poseidon City. This would also help to make up for the lack of defense in Poseidon City.
As for the Baiwu Shipyard, it was also moved to Poseidon City. There was a large forest nearby, so there was no shortage of wood.
The enemy's navy is powerful, but if you land and attack Poseidon City, the stone city defenses on the Poseidon City side cannot be easily broken through.
Withdrawing the White Mist branch, where the defenses were weakest, gave Ma Yue some peace of mind. As for Poseidon City and Qiuhai City, were they really that easy to defeat? How many land forces could you bring with you for a landing operation? Most importantly, you couldn't bring much cavalry.
There are at least two thousand cavalrymen in Poseidon City and Qiuhai City. There is nothing to be afraid of.
The strategy has been contracted, so let’s leave it at that for now.
"What about maritime trade?"
"Keep going. It's such a vast sea, how could we keep bumping into each other?"
"That's right! Besides, our sailing ships are faster than theirs. If we run into one, we can just run away."
That's it, what else can I do?
Bing Yueyue and Bing Yueshui? Logically, their spirit ships are faster, so why haven't they returned yet?
The latest news from the Battle of Sun City finally came out. The poor Sun City tribe was attacked by the alliance of three tribes and disappeared into the long river of history. The largest salt mountain was overtaken by the three tribes.
The war between the Gui Luo King and the Gui Yu King tribes in the Ghost City area has also ended. Although no one has destroyed the other, the Gui Luo King tribe gave up part of its interests in Tongshan in the post-war peace agreement; the Gui Yu King tribe also gave up part of its interests in sea salt. Speaking of which, can this be considered a happy ending?
As for the battle on Guishan Peninsula, it is still in chaos, and everyone seems to be very resilient.
After waiting and waiting, half a year passed, and the powerful navy on the other side of the sea did not attack.
Whatever, Ma Yue felt that he was worrying too much. There would always be a way out when the car reached the mountain. Why think so much? Practice!
The question is, why haven't Bing Yueyue and Bing Yueshui returned yet? It's really worrying.
Haifan City's maritime trade has finally been launched, and many tribes with sea vessels have come to trade with Haifan City. Generally speaking, the food of the Hai Tribe is richer and the resources are relatively more comprehensive.
The Hai tribe had rarely used pottery basins (large concrete basins had largely replaced them for boiling seawater salt), but they had all been traded in large quantities to the Qinghai tribe. It seemed they had also placed large orders for the next batch of pottery.
interesting!
As for exchanging various sea fish for potatoes, salted radish, mutton, etc., as long as it's cost-effective, of course it's possible. Wuji Island is so cold, farming and grazing are probably not possible, right?
Sea fish is also good, rich in various nutrients. There are many people in the sea tribe, so eating more fish is also a good idea. As I said before, fish always has a longer emptying period (anti-hunger) than potatoes and radishes, right?
Prosperity comes from trade, that's for sure. Sharing what we have and what we don't has the potential to lead to common development, right?
The Qinghai tribe is getting lazy. They no longer skin the fish or squeeze the oil themselves. They just bring in whole boatloads of big fish... Okay, I heard there's a severe fuel shortage over on Wuji Island. As long as everyone agrees, we can trade.
As long as the price of the big fish in the trade drops and the Sea Tribe has no shortage of fuel, they can just generate their own fuel.
What was this? A shark? No, sharks weren't that big. A whale? No, whales weren't that small. Ma Yue hadn't seen much of anything primitive.
Where's the meat?
Besides the massive amount of fat… what kind of creature is this? Does it rely solely on this fat to swim through the sea? Damn! I've learned something new.
"You charlatan, it stinks!" The three priests couldn't help but cover their noses. The fat from boiling this fish tasted almost like feces.
"Okay, if it tastes good, why would they sell it to us so easily?"
It’s not that this fish has no lean meat, but the lean meat is mixed in with a lot of fat (very similar to pork belly), and it is quite difficult to remove it separately.
"Is it okay to eat this thing?" No matter how difficult it is, it can be eliminated.
"It should be fine. Our people have been eating it for half a month and they are still quite energetic... although the taste is really not that good." The three priests all looked disgusted. If the fat can be cooked into feces, how can the taste of the lean meat in the middle be good?
'Kunyu' is what the Qinghai tribe calls it, and it is a homophone of this name.
This Kun fish is quite large. The sea tribe has seen whales weighing more than 20 tons (and even larger whales weighing more than 100 tons). This 'Kun fish' is roughly half the size, weighing at least 10 tons.
No wonder the Qinghai tribe got so many large skins of sea animals. In fact, they were basically just pieces of fish skin peeled off after the Kun fish was decomposed.
It is unrealistic to peel off the entire hide of such a large sea beast.
Hunting this kind of Kun fish on Wuji Island is also a matter of luck, so such transactions are not common. However, once a Kun fish is hunted, a lot of fish skin and fat can be obtained, which can be traded for more food.
As the saying goes, in this primitive world, food is everything. Even for the people of Wuji Island, the edible value of Kun fish is not as substantial as exchanging it for potatoes and salted radish. Such a trade is indeed a win-win for everyone.
Relatively speaking, the Sea Tribe had more food reserves. Perhaps only a large and wealthy tribe like the Sea Tribe could have enough surplus food to exchange for such a Kun fish.
Of course, the sea fish in Wuji Island are not limited to Kun fish. Except for this kind of Kun fish which is particularly smelly, the other sea fish are normal and safe to eat.
It's not worth making such a long sea trade trip if you don't bring more goods for trading at one time, right?
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