Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 261, Zhu Houzhao Whaling
"It's already noon, why hasn't Zhu Houzhao, a foodie, come here?"

Liu Jin woke up naturally when he fell asleep, and he was busy all morning when he woke up. At noon, Liu Jin also habitually waited for Zhu Houzhao to eat together.

Since this guy came to Tianjin, except for the meal in the morning, he usually came to Liu Jin's house for lunch and dinner, so Liu Jin would basically wait for him to eat together, and it would also make people feel uncomfortable. Prepare some extra dishes, Zhu Houzhao's appetite is so great that he can reach several Liu Jins by himself.

But Liu Jin waited and waited, but never saw Zhu Houzhao, a foodie, coming, which made Liu Jin also feel a little strange.

"Forget it, don't wait, I guess this guy went to the restaurant again. I don't know which restaurant I went to for the meal last night, and I didn't even come to my place for the meal at noon today. It seems that my food expenses There will be a lot left in the future.”

Waiting and waiting, I didn't see Zhu Houzhao coming to eat. Liu Jin himself was hungry, so he didn't care about so much, so he ate first.

Liu Jin never thought that Zhu Houzhao would be so bold as to sneak onto the whaling ship 'Kunpeng'. At this time, he had already left Tianjin Port with the ship and was flying freely over the Bohai Sea.

In the Bohai Sea, the 'Kunpeng' was sailing with the wind, and the sails on the three masts were all up, blown by the wind, and the speed of the ship became extremely fast, constantly breaking through the waves and riding the wind.

At the bow of the ship, Zhu Houzhao was like a curious baby, with a pair of small eyes constantly looking around the whaling ship, and from time to time he touched the ship curiously, looking very curious.

"Tsk tsk, so that's the case. The sail is so heavy, it would be very difficult to lift it up by manpower alone. There are pulleys all over it, and the pulleys are used to increase the strength."

Zhu Houzhao carefully looked at the sail above the mast, and soon discovered a little secret of the sail. He was not interested in things like the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Hundred Schools of Philosophy.

His teacher Yang Tinghe was also troubled by this. Zhu Houzhao asked for leave every now and then, and asked for sickness. dissatisfaction.

But Zhu Houzhao is actually very full of brains. As long as he is willing to learn, he learns very quickly and very well. He is very interested in many things Liu Jin said here, and he also learns with his heart. Understand.

He knows roller skating, and even knows the principle of leverage. Yesterday, in order to go to sea, he went to learn the knowledge of going to sea, learning the skills of survival at sea and so on.

"Wow~"

Zhu Houzhao's small eyes looked around on the boat, and soon he saw the harpoon gun on the bow. The harpoon gun used for whaling is naturally not an ordinary harpoon gun. It is the largest bed crossbow, and it needs to be wound by a winch , the whole harpoon gun is very big, and it looks very domineering.

Seeing such a huge harpoon gun, Zhu Houzhao's small eyes lit up.

He is a fan of military affairs. He admired Huo Qubing and Wei Qing the most. Generals like Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, and as a prince, he has seen all kinds of military books and weapons, including crossbows and bed crossbows in the army Naturally, I have seen it.

But this was the first time he had seen such a huge harpoon gun, and he couldn't help running over immediately, wanting to take a look for himself.

"This harpoon gun can't be touched casually~"

A huge figure stretched out his hand to block Zhu Houzhao, and his huge body also enveloped Zhu Houzhao at once. This person was naturally Gao Shan who was in charge of shooting on the 'Kunpeng'.

This harpoon gun is his private domain, and most people are not allowed to approach it at all, for fear that people will damage this harpoon gun. It is not easy to manufacture this harpoon gun, and it needs careful maintenance every day.

Zhu Houzhao was not a crew member on the ship, so Gao Shan would not let him approach. Once the harpoon gun was broken, the ship could sail back directly.

"Cough cough~"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Shan's burly body, coughed lightly, and Liu Jin behind him immediately understood, stepped forward to Gao Shan's side, stuffed a few silver ingots in his hand and said, "Brother, may I ask you?" My surname is Gao, my young master just wants to see this whaling harpoon gun, it doesn’t have any other meaning, please help me.”

Gao Shan held the gold ingot in his hand, weighed it carefully, his eyes lit up slightly, nodded and said, "My name is Gao Shan, and I'm in charge of shooting whales."

"You can see that there is no problem, but don't mess with this harpoon gun. If it is broken, we will have no way to hunt whales."

"Brother Gao Shan, did you shoot that whale yesterday?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, his small eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly asked with a smile.

"That's right, I shot the whale directly with one shot."

Speaking of this, Gao Shan immediately said proudly.

"Awesome~Awesome, you shot and killed such a big whale with one shot. It's really admirable."

Zhu Houzhao repeatedly expressed his admiration, which made Gao Shan touch his head honestly and said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing. This whale is very big and easy to aim at."

Everyone likes to listen to good words and compliments, so does Gao Shan. This Zhu Houzhao looks like the son of a wealthy family. He spent money to find connections to play on the boat. It seems that the other party praised him repeatedly, which made Gao Shan very happy. In addition, Zhu Houzhao has no airs and calls Gao Shan a brother, which makes Gao Shan feel very close.

"Brother Gao Shan, can you tell me how to use this harpoon gun? How to aim it?"

Zhu Houzhao stepped forward to take a closer look at the harpoon gun, his small eyes sparkled, and he wished he could find a whale to try the power of the harpoon gun right now.

"This is actually not difficult to say."

After Gao Shan got the money and face, he also started to teach Zhu Houzhao.

"This harpoon gun is too powerful, so you need to use a winch to wind it. After you wind it up, you can control it here. When attacking, look at the crosshair. As long as the sight is aimed, basically there is no problem."

"However, because this harpoon gun is too heavy, it shoots in an arc. The farther the distance is, the front sight has to be slightly raised. It doesn't matter if the distance is closer."

Gao Shan taught while making gestures.

Zhu Houzhao studied very seriously, and he learned it very quickly. In fact, this thing is not difficult. The key is to practice often, practice makes perfect, and there is not much skill.

"So that's it. Brother Gao Shan was able to shoot and kill the whale with one shot. It's really amazing."

After Zhu Houzhao listened in detail, he couldn't help giving Gao Shan a thumbs up again.

After listening to Gao Shan's explanation, Zhu Houzhao understood the bow and arrow methods. In fact, they are arcs in the final analysis. If you want to shoot accurately, in addition to regular practice, the more important thing is to be able to calculate the arrow path. According to Temperature, humidity, wind direction, etc. are used to calculate the trajectory of the arrow, so that it can be more accurate.

"Brother won the prize~"

Gao Shan touched his head and replied with a smile.

Knowing that the harpoon gun is the key to whaling, Zhu Houzhao also stayed on the bow of the ship and kept chatting with Gao Shan.

Zhu Houzhao has no pretensions, and when learning things, he has an open-minded attitude towards learning, which makes Gao Shan quickly regard Zhu Houzhao as his own, not only chatting happily, but also allowing Zhu Houzhao to touch this baby Harpoon Gun.

As for Liu Jin, who was accompanying him, he knew too well that Zhu Houzhao was preparing for the future. When he found the whale, he would definitely find a way to try it himself and control the harpoon gun to kill the whale.

Time is passing slowly.

The crew members of the ship 'Kunpeng' were looking for whales in the sea with binoculars, but the whales were not just encountered.

"Why hasn't the whale been found yet?"

Zhu Houzhao seemed a little impatient and a little bored.

He has seen and touched all the things on the boat. Once the novelty wears off, he immediately feels very boring. On the sea, the scenery is the same when viewed from that direction.

He also wanted to meet the whale as soon as possible, go back after catching the whale, and then bring the whale back to the capital, so that his father, queen mother and others can see the huge monster in the sea.

"Brother Zhu, this whale is not so easy to find. Last time we searched for two whole days before we found the whale, but I used to meet whales often when I went out to sea, so don't worry, just look for it slowly. .”

Beside Zhu Houzhao, Gao Shan said with a smile.

"I'm not bored."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said.

"Dog, hurry up and find the whale together, what are you doing with me?"

Then Zhu Houzhao, who was a little upset, saw Liu Jin who was following him, kicked Liu Jin and said.

"My lord, there are people watching from all directions on this boat, and I'm not the only one missing. I'll still follow you, and I can always know if I have any orders."

Being kicked by Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin was not angry at all, but said with a smile.

"Dog thing, there's a lot of nonsense, just go if you're told, don't talk too much."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao kicked Liu Jin again.

There is no other way, Liu Jin can only take out a pair of binoculars and start looking for the traces of whales on the sea. Of course, the attention is still on Zhu Houzhao, he still knows what his main job is.

"Found the whale, found the whale~"

At this moment, an excited voice came from above the mast.

"In which direction?"

When everyone on the ship heard this, they immediately regained their spirits, and the captain Tian Baiyi immediately asked.

"It looks like three nautical miles ahead on the left~"

"Turn around immediately, three nautical miles ahead to the left, it seems that we can go back tomorrow."

Tian Boyi immediately ordered happily.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao also came to the spirit, grabbed the telescope in Liu Jin's hand, and looked to the front left direction. Soon, under the telescope, Zhu Houzhao saw columns of water rising on the sea surface. He knew it was the breathing of whales. jet of water jets.

"Haha, it's important to find~"

Zhu Houzhao laughed happily.

The 'Kunpeng' was relatively fast, and it didn't take long to cover the distance of three nautical miles, and soon came to the sea fish where the whale group was.

On the surface of the sea, a group of huge whales with hundreds of heads were perched freely, and from time to time, jets of water spewed out continuously.

"Dog, find it for me quickly, that whale is the biggest."

Zhu Houzhao carefully watched the whale on the sea, and when he saw that Liu Jin was also fascinated by it, he also kicked it.

"Yes, yes~"

Liu Jin hurriedly nodded with a smile, her eyes constantly looking around among the whales.

"Young master, that one, that one~ You see, the jet of water is more than ten meters high. This huge body is probably the head whale of this group of whales."

Soon, Liu Jin's eyes locked on a big whale.

"Good, good, let's go to work."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction, looked at the big whale and said.

"Yes~"

When Liu Jin heard it, she naturally knew what to do.

Soon he found Tian Baiyi, the captain of the 'Kunpeng', stuffed a few banknotes in the past, and soon got Tian Boyi, and then found Gao Shan, also stuffed a few silver tickets, and Gao Shan was dealt with immediately .

"Young master, it's done!"

It's easy to do things with money. Liu Jin is best at using money to clear the way. In the past, the prince Zhu Houzhao didn't have much money. If Liu Jin was asked to do things, he often did things as a prince.

But it's different now, Zhu Houzhao has plenty of money, and he likes to use money to clear the way when doing things, and use the status of the prince to do things that can't be done with money.

"Hmm~"

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction and came to the bow of the boat.

"Hey yo~ hey yo~"

More than a dozen strong men are constantly pulling the winch, loading the harpoon gun, and preparing to hunt whales.

"Brother Gaoshan, please help me to give pointers and pointers later~"

Zhu Houzhao said to Gao Shan with a smile.

"Don't worry, even if it's on me."

Gao Shan's trip to the sea really made a profit. The silver ingots and bank notes in his arms add up to several hundred taels. Although it is necessary to distribute some to other brothers later, it is still a windfall.

So for Zhu Houzhao now, it is even more difficult to take care of him, and he is going to let Zhu Houzhao shoot the whale later.

Soon, the boat was getting closer and closer to the big whale. Zhu Houzhao was manipulating the harpoon gun in his hand, and his whole body became concentrated. According to the method taught by Gao Shan, the sight was aimed at the big whale, waiting for the opportunity to make a move.

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's appearance, Tian Boyi, Peng Yi and others couldn't help but shake their heads. They didn't know that it was the son of the wealthy family.

For the sake of money, let the other party toss a few times. Anyway, the whale group is found, so you don’t have to worry about not being able to catch the whale. After he fails a few times, let Gao Shan take action at that time. Everyone can still complete the task. Earned a handsome income.

"Brother Zhu, it's now~"

Gao Shan does not collect money for nothing, he is always paying attention to the wind and waves at sea, and is helping Zhu Houzhao find a suitable opportunity to make a move.

Finally, the wind stopped for a while, and a wave had just passed, which was the most stable time and the best time to make a move.

"I know~"

Zhu Houzhao stared at both eyes, and shot very calmly.

"Hey~"

I saw the harpoon gun dragging a long rope through the air, making a crisp sound, and directly attacking the head of the largest whale.

"Pfft~"

This shot was extremely accurate. Although it didn't directly hit the whale's head, it still firmly attacked the back of the big whale.

"Pfft~"

The big whale was injured, and immediately spewed out a huge jet of water, and then began to roll in the sea in pain. Suddenly, the waves were rough.

The injured whale began to flee desperately, pulling the harpoon gun straight, there were bursts of toothache sounds from above the ship, and at the same time, the big ship began to sway.

"Haha, hit~"

When the shot was shot, Zhu Houzhao shouted excitedly. If he was not careful, the ship shook and immediately fell to the deck.

"Young Master~ Young Master~"

This startled Liu Jin who was on the side, and hurried forward to help Zhu Houzhao, but unexpectedly she also fell down.

"Did you see it, did you see it, I shot it with one shot."

After falling his head, Zhu Houzhao didn't feel any pain at all, instead he said excitedly to Liu Jin.

"Sir, are you alright?"

Liu Jin touched the big bag on her forehead and asked worriedly.

"What can I do, just fall."

Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously, he stood up very quickly, supported the side of the boat, and looked at the big whale struggling in the sea, with a smile on his face.

"crunch~"

There was another voice of toothache, and Liu Jin also said to the guards around Zhu Houzhao: "This bow is too dangerous, hurry up and let the young master go to the back."

When the guards heard this, they quickly dragged Zhu Houzhao to the back. It was very dangerous just now. If the princes fell into the sea, they would be finished. They dare not let this master play any longer.

"Haha, did you see that, I shot this whale with one shot."

Zhu Houzhao was quite satisfied at this time, and while walking to the back, he also showed off to the people around him.

"Yes~ yes, the young master is brave and invincible, he won the three armies bravely, and shot and killed the big whale with one shot."

Naturally, Liu Jin praised again and again, coaxing this little master to be happy.

"My lord, the whale was shot, and it won't die for a while. Let's wait slowly."

"Well, that's true. Wait slowly. Listen to Brother Gao Shan. It's hard for this whale to die within a few hours."

Zhu Houzhao also nodded, came to the back of the boat, and waited patiently. Now he was satisfied, realized his wish of whaling, and shot a big whale with his own hands.

"Um~"

"This whale is too big. How to transport it back to the capital is a problem. I only thought about picking the big one, but I didn't think about how to transport it back to the capital. Dedicated to father and mother."

Soon, Zhu Houzhao frowned and thought again.

　A chapter of [-] words, is it big enough~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)