Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 259, a whale full of treasure
Liu Jin looked at the huge monster in front of him, thinking about how to maximize its value. As for the melon-eaters in the port, they were also looking forward to dismembering this big whale, and by the way, see if they can Buy some whale meat and take it home to try it out.

"Let's make room, everyone, we're going to dismember the whale soon, so don't rush away if you want to buy whale meat, whale skin, or whale oil."

Soon, the steward of Tianjin Port brought a group of butchers to the port wharf. Some of these butchers slaughtered pigs, cattle, and sheep, and each of them brought their own food. A huge chopping board.

"Haha, I, Liu Yidao, was also very lucky. I even had the opportunity to kill such a big fish. Some of them will blow it up in the future."

A tall and burly butcher took over a bone-cutting knife from his apprentice. The bone-cutting knife was arc-shaped, one meter long, and extremely sharp. It was used by Butcher Liu to chop cattle.

Although the Ming Dynasty banned the killing of cattle, in the early Ming Dynasty, cattle were more valuable than humans, but now it is the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the number of cattle has been multiplied from generation to generation, and the number is already large. The reason is to report to the government, and it is still possible to slaughter a small amount.

Liu Butcher is the most famous cattle butcher in Tianjin. The bone cutter in his hand is even more famous. It is said that it can cut a cow in half with one knife. Of course, Liu Butcher's meat cutting skills are also very accurate. No matter how much you cut, it will not be bad if you cut it with one knife, hence the nickname Liu Yidao.

"Liu Yidao, can your bone cutter cut open this big whale with one blow?"

An acquaintance smiled and said to Liu Yidao.

"Let's not talk about one knife, even a hundred knives, even a thousand knives can't cut through."

Liu Yidao smiled and replied.

"Haha, you also have times when you are humble~"

"Isn't this modest~"

With the arrival of more than a dozen butchers, preparations for the dismemberment of the whale began, and the entire Tianjin port became more lively. More and more people received the news, and everyone came to watch the excitement. How big is a whale that was dismembered by more than a dozen butchers at the same time?

"Everyone give way, everyone give way~"

Liu Yidao said to the spectators around him, and when everyone gave up a small space, Liu Yidao took off his shirt directly, and his arms were bare, revealing his strong muscles.

Then, holding the bone cutting knife in his hand, he began to move his body continuously. This was a tough battle, and he had to be prepared for a protracted battle.

"Wine~"

Liu Yidao shouted, and his apprentice immediately brought up a porcelain bowl of wine. Liu Yidao drank the wine from the large porcelain bowl into his mouth, then raised his own bone cutter and sprayed the wine on it.

This is called sacrificial knife, which is the same as the executioner's execution, with the meaning of exorcising evil spirits in it, because according to legend, this wine can exorcise evil spirits and avoid taboos. If you spray it on the knife, you will not have unclean things haunting you.

Liu Yidao used to kill cattle. These cattle are very spiritual, and they are all farming cattle. They work hard for the common people, so they have a very high status. It is not easy to slaughter cattle. Ritual.

Everyone on the side watched with gusto, and even Liu Jin was full of deep interest. The ancients had various taboos in many aspects, and they always asked God to ask Buddha for anything, or to do some strange things. Ceremony or something.

"Okay~"

Soon, Liu Yidao's ceremony was finished. He was considered a representative of the Tianjin butchers, so he was the first to make the first cut.

I saw him circle around the huge whale twice, and kept tapping on the whale with his hands, as if looking for a place to start.

"Here it is~"

Liu Yidao pointed to a position in the whale's belly, and then signaled the people behind him to step back, and soon a large space was left beside him.

At this time, all the attention of the crowd was on Liu Yidao, and they were all waiting for his next move.

"Open~"

I saw Liu Yidao took a few steps back, stared at the tiger, and rushed towards the whale quickly. The bone cutter in his hand flickered with a cold light, and at the same time, he yelled violently.

"Wow~"

It sounded like the sound of a piece of back cloth being cut. This knife directly cut open the whale's belly, but it didn't hurt the internal organs of the fish, so that no dirty things would come out and make the surroundings smell bad.

"Good~"

I don't know who took the lead in applause, but suddenly there was a burst of applause from the port pier.

"Show your ugliness, show your ugliness~"

Liu Yidao responded with a smile and clasped his fists in his hand, holding a bone-chopping knife.

After the first knife was cut, the other butchers began to act quickly. Several people pulled up the fish skin, and one of them kept sliding the knife under the fish skin. Soon, a large whale skin was cut off. .

"The first whale skin, everyone, come and take a look. If you want it, you can make an offer~ On-site bidding, the highest bidder wins~"

The whale skin was placed on the chopping board, and the steward of the port immediately said loudly to everyone.

"I'll see~"

Immediately caused a commotion, curious people immediately went up to touch the whale skin carefully.

"This whale skin is completely different from ordinary fish skin. Why does it feel like animal fur? It even has fluff."

Soon, someone was surprised to find that the whale skin was very strange.

"Isn't it? If this whale skin is used to make clothes, it is a good leather material."

The knowledgeable person nodded and said.

"I bought this whale skin for 500 coins~"

Bids soon followed.

"I issued 1000 papers. This is the first whale skin. It would be nice to take it home and store it properly."

"I'll give you a tael of silver~"

"I'll give you two taels of silver~"

Soon, the price rose in a straight line. Many merchants gathered here in Tianjin Port, merchants from Haiyu, and merchants who wanted to do business in North Korea. Tianjin is also a transportation hub, and all kinds of There are many businessmen, and naturally there are many rich people.

"Haha, I'll pay fifty taels of silver. It's good to buy this whale skin to make a cushion. It's auspicious! This whale is the Kunpeng in the sea. Everything can be like Kunpeng, flying [-] miles straight.”

There was a businessman with a big belly who paid a high price of fifty taels of silver without even blinking his eyes, and at the same time even said something about Kunpeng far-fetchedly.

This made Liu Jin couldn't help but take another look at him. Sure enough, it has been like this since ancient times. The happiness of the rich and ordinary people can't imagine it at all. Silver to buy a whale skin.

But what surprised Liu Jin was that his words were still very popular. The crowd around couldn't help nodding their heads, seeming to agree with this reasoning, and they started asking for prices again, and finally sold the whale skin that had just been cut off. The sky-high price of more than five hundred taels of silver was paid.

"Haha, admit it, admit it."

The one who won the lottery was the businessman just now, and he also thanked the other people around him for taking the whale skin.

On the other side, as the first piece of whale skin was cut off, there was a thick layer of fat under the whale skin, and the butchers used it to cut off the fat continuously, and soon filled a bucket and filled it again. a barrel.

Someone brought a briquette stove and a cauldron, poured a barrel of whale fat into it, and soon oil came out. The fish oil of this whale has no peculiar smell, and it is mostly used as a lubricant, food, and making soap, candles, etc. in later generations. .

"Come on, whale oil, whale oil, everyone, take a look, it's still the old rule, the one with the highest price gets it~"

The oil was being boiled continuously here, and the steward of the port naturally did not forget to sell the whale oil, and the boiled whale oil was constantly displayed to everyone present.

"This oil is good, clear and translucent, without any fishy smell, and without any smoke~"

"It's very good, and the output is huge. Look at how thick the fat of this whale is. It's impossible for these hundreds of pigs to have so much fat."

"Isn't it? The oil is packed in barrels, and there is only so much oil in a pig."

Everyone carefully looked at the oil scraped off the whale, and couldn't help but compare it with lard, and suddenly found that in front of the whale oil, the lard was really too little, too little.

Soon, there was another round of fierce bidding, and barrels of whale oil were also sold out.

"Crack~"

A large piece of bright red whale meat was cut from the whale and placed directly on the chopping board.

"Everyone looked at it. This is whale meat. The meat is bright red, bright red, and still warm, very fresh."

"Everyone, look at the quality of the meat, look at the texture, it's the same as beef."

The steward of the port cut a quick slice of whale meat from above and distributed it to people around to watch.

"This meat is indeed very good, just like beef, and the key is that it doesn't have any fishy smell, which is very rare."

"This beef is a rarity. It seems that we can eat more whale meat in the future."

"How do you sell this whale meat? I'm going to buy some and go back and taste it."

In the port, everyone took turns passing a piece of fast whale meat, carefully looking at it, smelling it, and some even cut off a small piece and ate it raw. Naturally, some comments were indispensable.

"Come, come, fresh whale meat is here, it only sells for five cents a catty, cut as much as you want~"

Soon the steward of the port began to shout.

"Give me ten catties, try something new~"

"I want five catties~Taste the taste of this whale meat~"

As soon as the voice fell, a large number of people immediately shouted, and they were busy for a while, and soon, the large piece of whale meat that had just been cut was sold out.

But soon, another large piece of whale meat was cut out, and it was sold on the spot on a quick chopping board.

"A pair of whalebone~"

The sales of whale meat and whale oil are booming here. On the other side, Liu Yidao and other butchers are also continuing to dismember the whales, cutting off the long whiskers one by one.

Whale baleen naturally caused a fierce competition. Everyone seems to love things like baleen, and they seem to have collection value or something. This whale baleen was sold for more than ten taels of silver .

Inside the port of Tianjin, it was very lively, and people clapped in long queues to buy whale meat.

The size of this whale is really huge, and there is a lot of meat. Whale meat for five cents a catty is very popular, and there are many people who buy it.

Not only ordinary people want to buy some to try something new, but the merchants of this sea fish shop have spotted the business opportunities here. It was also immediately sent to the capital. There must be countless dignitaries in the capital who are willing to pay a high price to taste the taste of this sea monster.

Similarly, many seafood restaurants in Beijing and Tianjin are naturally indispensable to buy some. For the first time whale meat appeared, it is necessary to research a few signature dishes related to whales.

More than a dozen butchers were sweating profusely, and the people at the port were also very interesting to watch.

It took more than an hour, and the meat, whale meat, fish skin, etc. of this huge whale were initially cut, and a huge fish skeleton was initially exposed, which made everyone present couldn't help it again. His eyes widened, they were too big, and the butcher standing next to the whale looked very small.

"A whale tongue~ The old rule, the one with the highest price gets it~"

When the whale's huge tongue is cut off, a single tongue is very heavy and requires several strong men to lift it to the chopping board.

Tongue, whether it's pork tongue, beef tongue, or duck tongue, has always been synonymous with high-quality dishes. Naturally, this whale's tongue caused a fierce competition, and was finally used by a shopkeeper of a restaurant for 200 taels of silver. Bought it back at a high price.

"Haha, this whale turned out to be a male whale, everyone, take a look, this whale guy is scary~"

When the tail of the whale was dismembered, Liu Yidao seemed to have discovered something, and soon after a while of work, he cut off the baby of the whale's offspring.

"Bang~"

Several strong men struggled to lift it onto the chopping board, and immediately stunned the crowd watching. Naturally, such a huge baby had never been seen before, and some women in the port blushed directly. I couldn't help covering my eyes with my hands, but looked curiously through the gap between my fingers.

"I'll pay five hundred taels of silver~"

The port steward hasn't spoken yet, someone bids immediately~
"I'll pay six hundred taels of silver~"

"I'll pay eight hundred taels of silver~"

Hearing that the number was rising slowly, Liu Jin couldn't recognize it and was dumbfounded. What's so strange about this thing?

To have so many people bid so frantically for it, isn't this silver not silver anymore, it's all copper plate?
Of course Liu Jin doesn't understand these things. Even though he is a man of two lifetimes, he really doesn't understand what is the use of this thing, and it is so popular. But listening to their constant quotations, Liu Jin is still very happy. The higher the price, the greater the value of the whales. In the future, more people will hunt whales, and the whale industry will flourish.

　sleep~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)