Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 465 Fish Can Be Bigger Than Humans
New Tang State Mansion, Chang'an Port.

This was originally a place for large fishing boats to dock, but several large piers have been built.

However, the location here is not good, no matter if you take the route to the south of Dongyang or the route to the north of Dongyang, you have to make a detour here.

Therefore, Taichang did not think about expanding it into a supply point and stop for the route to the Americas.

He just looked through the binoculars for a while, and then asked, "How about it, Wan'er, do you want to go to the new Chang'an city for a while?"

Is this Toyo?
They sailed on the sea for more than three days, and they had almost seen enough seascapes.

Originally, they thought that they would see many different things after coming to Toyo.

Unexpectedly, the pier here is similar to the pier in Wubei City, and the city here seems to be no different from the city in Daming.

What's the fun here?
Wu Wan'er thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that there are a lot of fish here? Or, let's go fishing? Fresh seafood or something, you brought back so much last time, let us have a bite." Enough, this time, we have to eat enough!"

Well, isn't it easy to like to eat raw seafood?

I will give you the most ferocious catch.

Soon, the ships spread out and approached the pier.

At this moment Tang Wang Zhu Yujian has received the news and has been waiting on the pier for a long time.

He also knew that Taichang would come to plan the route to the Americas, and he had done a lot of homework on this aspect.

However, to his surprise, after the flagship landed on the pier, a bunch of eunuchs and maids came down first.

Immediately afterwards, Taichang came down with a bunch of concubines and little princesses in his arms, Zhu Youfeng, king of Han!

My God, why is the emperor here?

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was dumbfounded.

The emperor didn't tell him that he would bring a whole family to play.

He was stunned for a moment, and then led a group of civil servants and military generals to bow their hands and said: "My humble servants welcome the emperor, and welcome all the ladies."

Uh, let's forget about princes and princesses, I'm so young, I guess I can't understand anything.

Taichang nodded slightly, stuffed Han Wang Zhu Youfeng into Wu Wan'er's arms, and then said to Cao Huachun, "Go and ask Bo Ying to come down."

Immediately afterwards, he said to Tang Wang Zhu Yujian: "Has the manager of the Western Company come over?"

Of course you are here, you finally came this time, all officials big and small in New Chang'an City have to come to welcome you.

Zhu Yujian, king of the Tang Dynasty, hastily dragged his chief minister, Ma Pengfei, to confess in a low voice.

After Ma Pengfei heard this, he immediately walked towards the pile of officials behind him.

Soon, the manager of a western company hurried forward, bowed his hands cautiously and said: "My humble minister sees the emperor."

In fact, he can't be regarded as a minister, because he can only be regarded as a petty official without rank at best.

No way, everyone said so, he can only learn to say so.

He didn't even know why the emperor would personally ask a small official like him who was as big as a sesame mung bean to question him.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "I heard that there are big tuna around here. Is there anyone who is particularly good at catching big tuna?"

Big tuna?
That big guy is not very easy to catch, but fortunately, there are still people who can catch it.

The steward nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, arrange for him to bring a big fishing boat and prepare to go fishing with me."

It turned out that the emperor wanted to catch that big guy. Hearing this, the steward hurriedly said that he obeyed, and then he bowed and walked away quickly.

Uh, didn't the emperor come to plan the route?
Tang Wang Zhu Yujian asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to go fishing?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, the fresh catch is the most delicious. You can try it when you have time."

Tang Wang Zhu Yujian was speechless when he heard the words.

What the hell is the emperor here for?

Fortunately, at this time Yuan Shu had already hurriedly disembarked from another Aegis ship.

Taichang immediately raised his hand to call him over, and confessed: "Boying, take an Aegis ship and go with King Tang to see if Dongyang Port or Hirado Port is suitable as a supply point and docking point for the fleet, we will arrange it." Let’s expand it. In short, at least five hundred ships with two thousand materials can dock at the same time, and there must be a large supply of fresh water, food, vegetables, fruits, meat and so on.”

Well, it turns out that there is a special person in charge of this matter.

When Tang Wang Zhu Yujian heard the words, he couldn't help being stunned.

Yuan Shu was a little confused, and the emperor didn't tell him about it.

However, this little thing is nothing.

He just froze for a moment, then bowed his hands and said: "I understand."

Taichang nodded slightly, looked at the fishing boat slowly approaching not far away, and then waved: "Okay, you guys go to work first, and we will meet here at night."

After speaking, he greeted all the concubines to board the boat.

This tuna is actually tuna, but it is called tuna in ancient books.

This thing is actually nothing new, and someone has known about it for a long, long time.

There is a record in "Mao Poem Vegetation, Trees, Birds, Beasts, Insects and Fishes" written by Lu Ji of the Three Kingdoms: tuna, blue and black in color, small and pointed head, like an iron pocket, with a mouth under the jaw, the big one is the king tuna, and the small one is the king tuna. Tert tuna.

So, how big is this king tuna?

Under the guidance of the large fishing boat of the Western Company, Taichang and his party left Chang'an Port and sailed southeast for about an hour. The fishing boat stopped and began to prepare.

Now that he was taking the child with him, it was naturally impossible to watch the scene on a large fishing boat in a Spike warship.

Fortunately, there are many telescopes on the flagship, and they come in different sizes, so it’s no problem for everyone to have one.

As soon as the fishing boat stopped, everyone subconsciously raised their binoculars and watched the scene on the deck intently.

I saw that the old fisherman on the fishing boat had already replaced the egg-thick cable with a fishing line and tied several palm-sized fishhooks firmly to it, and then hung a discus-shaped thing on the fishing line, and then hung it directly Fresh fish half a foot long were used as bait, and then the cable was lowered down the chute.

The hook and bait are so big, what kind of fish are they used for?

Wu Wan'er couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, are they fishing for whales?"

Uh, just kidding, I'm afraid the whale is about the same size as a fishing boat, and it won't overturn the fishing boat if it is caught!
Taichang said mysteriously: "Just watch it, and you'll know when you catch it."

Originally, he thought that this tuna would be very difficult to catch. After all, this kind of tuna is also very expensive in later generations, and one can cost hundreds of thousands.

Who would have thought that before the hundreds of feet of fishing line had been cast out, the reel for setting the fishing line would be pulled to spin rapidly.

This must be a medium fish, and the fish is very big and swims very fast.

The old fisherman was not in a hurry, until the fishing line was pulled to the end and shook violently for a while, then he opened another steam valve to make the reel reverse.

Soon, a tuna longer than a person was pulled up.

The old fisherman hurriedly turned off the steam engine, and then led a few people to spread out a blanket-like thing to cover the tuna, then hit the tuna's head with a wooden hammer a few times, and stabbed it a few times with a knife. The tuna stopped moving.

Taichang found that this process was completely different from the tuna fishing scene in his mind, as if a person caught tuna with a fishing rod and then had several people to help him, and he had to work hard to pull the fish up.

What he saw at this moment was that the old fisherman seemed to have caught the tuna very easily.

There is no way, the steam engine they use can even push a wheel that is more than ten meters long. It is impossible for a tuna to be stronger than a boat with [-] materials, right?

This process was too simple, which made him a little bit uninterested in watching it.

A group of concubines cheered happily, it was the first time they saw a fish bigger than a human.

Zhang Yan couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, can this fish be eaten?"

Of course this fish can be eaten, and it tastes quite good, and its nutritional value is also quite high. Eating it can also strengthen your body.

Taichang immediately ordered someone to drive the Spike to pick up the tuna, and then called several royal cooks up to explain in detail.

Soon, the big guy weighing several hundred kilograms was lifted up by several Wu Yi.

Several imperial chefs were busy with their work, frying, grilling, stir-frying, soup, and frying with batter. It didn't take long for a large table to be set up.

Taichang greeted, and a group of concubines brought the prince and princess to sit around.

Everyone ate it full of praise.

This thing looks like beef, and it tastes quite delicious without any fishy smell. No matter how it is made, it is delicious.

Of course, the most common way to eat it in later generations is not to eat it this way, but to cut it into slices and eat it raw.

However, the taste is really not that good, there is no other flavor except wasabi and soy sauce.

That is to give up the taste in order to retain the nutrition as much as possible. If you really eat it like that, it is actually no different from chewing raw meat.

Taichang still prefers the traditional way of eating. Moreover, there is no wasabi to sterilize at the moment, so he dare not let his wife and children eat raw.

(End of this chapter)