Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 708 Pirates Are Really Rich!

Huben Guard protects the coastal villages, and there are more and more things to fight against pirates. During the Chinese New Year, many pirates think the same as the group of pirates like Du Xiazi, and they all want to come here to make a fortune.

But this fishing basically cost him his life.

The combat power of Li You's Huben Guard is definitely not comparable to those pirates. Just one of them will be defeated by the Huben Guard, and they have no ability to resist at all. Under the protection of her, finally passed the New Year.

Moreover, the people of Dengzhou had a good year, because Li You wanted to improve the fishing village and let the villagers have a good year, so Li You organized two whaling fleets to go to the far sea to hunt and kill whales.

It is difficult to catch whales. However, we have already started whaling in ancient times. In Zhanjiang, very powerful people or elders are usually called "gong".

So, what kind of marine animal do you guess is called "sea gong" or "sea gong fish"?Let's guess the biggest one, yes, it's a whale.Whales have often appeared along the coast of Zhanjiang since ancient times, making Zhanjiang's whaling industry quite developed.

"Leizhou Fuzhi" has a detailed description of whales: "The common name of sea fish is Hailongweng, also known as Haigong." "The sound is like thunder, the air is like wind, and the spray is like rain and fog." When you come out, your sons will follow you, and your sons will be as big as islands in the sea."

These ancient texts say: Whales have several names such as Haiyu, Hailongweng, and Haigong.Whales often go out with mother and child, one big one takes a small one, looking from a distance, one high and one low look like islands in the sea.

Every winter and spring, whales swim to the shallow sea to give birth, and this is the peak season for whaling.Once the winter solstice is over, fishermen organize fleets to hunt. After discovering whales, the boats slowly approach the prey and use the "thrust method" to catch them.The fleet consists of 9-10 boats. The fishing gear is a whale mark with a rope and a rod, 1.5-2 meters long and weighs about 10 kilograms.The hook is sharp, the cable is firmly connected, one end is wrapped around the boat, and the other end is operated with the pole.

Several groups per boat, two people in each group, one person catches the mark, one person manages the rope, and a person with high technical experience is in charge of the head mark. Generally, when the head mark is 2-3 meters away from the whale, the head mark starts to be thrown, no matter whether it falls off or not, other The bidders make up the bid, and the number of bids is all in one, so there is nothing wrong with it.After the hook pierced the fish, the fishermen made the best use of the situation, loosened the rope and let it tow. After the injured whale was exhausted, they tied it to the side of the boat and dragged it to the shore for slaughter.

You must know that this whale is full of treasures. The whale meat can be eaten, the whale juice can be used as a lubricant, the whale oil can be used to light lamps, and the internal organs of the whale can be used as spices and ornamental.

Even now, whales are on the verge of extinction, and island countries are still secretly hunting them. It is really speechless.

Li You is now in the Tang Dynasty. Although Li You has no prejudice against whales, it is the whales that can make the people of Dengzhou feel better. Therefore, Li You ordered the formation of two whaling teams to go out to sea to hunt whales.

The hard work paid off, and the first team quickly caught a whale. When the year was approaching, the first team caught a giant whale, weighing ten thousand catties, like a small mountain.

After the first team took away the whale juice, whale oil, and internal organs, they dragged the whale meat with more than a dozen cows to the [-]th Elementary School of Guangfu Road to slaughter and sell it at a very cheap price.Life was relatively difficult at that time, and everyone rushed to buy meat to eat.

Nearby people, villagers in Wenwen, Haiping, Chenwugang, Wenwenwan and other places, almost every household bought whale meat to eat, and some people ate it for several days in a row!

Soon, the second whaling team also received good news. The second team captured two laughing gray whales. The large whale was 17 meters long, 4 meters wide, 2.1 meters high and weighed 22.5 tons.

The small whale is half the size of the big one. This time, some fish meat was eaten, and the price of whale meat sold by Li You was very low. What made the people of Dengzhou happy was that they had meat to eat this Chinese New Year. Not only did they have meat To eat, Qi Wang Li You also took out his own money and distributed three catties of flour to every household in Dengzhou, so that these people could make a meal of dumplings.

Although the dumpling stuffing is whale meat, it is also very delicious. For a while, the people of Dengzhou are grateful to Li You. How can there be such a good prince in the world? Prepared dumplings for these untouchables.

In an instant, Li You's reputation also reached the highest level. When Dengzhou people mentioned King Qi, there was no one who did not give a thumbs up, but Dengzhou people didn't know that the benevolent prince in their hearts was actually not a good person.

Now Li You is immersed in a feast of killing.

Looking at the gold and silver wares, copper coins, and various pearls and agates seized in the pirate's lair, Li You said in surprise, "Are these seized from a small pirate's lair?"

It turned out that not long ago, a Tiger Company under Li You actually wiped out a group of 100 small pirates, and then with the help of the villagers, boarded the captured ship and went to the station of the small pirates.

These things were all copied from the lair of this pirate group.

You don't know, when Li You saw these things, Li You was dazzled. These gold and jewels are added together, and the preliminary estimate is at least more than 100 guan. A small pirate group of [-] people can copy more than [-] guan. , How much money can other pirates have.

Li You immediately saw a golden way of making money. If you can catch all the pirates around Dengzhou, how much money can you make? No wonder the Queen of England acquiesced in pirate robbery. This is a real way to make a fortune. ah.

"Yin Cheng.!"

Li You smiled and called out to his younger brother who was staring blankly with him.

"Brother, I'm here!"

"Immediately issue my order to Bianzhou, so that Kunpeng in Bianzhou will rush to Dengzhou as soon as the New Year is over, so that the construction of Dengzhou port will be accelerated, and we can get a lot of money."

"Hey! A lot of money, whose money is it?" Yin Cheng looked at Li You with a smile.

Li You smiled and pointed to the gold, silver and jewels in front of him and said, "It's their money. These pirates have been robbing the sea for long enough, and now it's our turn to harvest it. As long as we can get Dengzhou If all the pirates around are wiped out, I think we will have the money to set up the second and even the third division of Huben Guard."

"Oh yes, brother, you are really tall, these pirates should suffer, and brother, I feel that in addition to expanding the second and third divisions of the Huben Guard, we also have to expand the Kunpeng army. , because the Dengzhou pirates have been wiped out, we will continue to wipe out the pirates in other places, and we will make our Kunpeng army invincible in the sea!"

"Haha. Good..!" Hearing Yin Cheng's words, Li You laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)