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Section 197 Whale

The key at the moment is still fish.

According to the perspective of the civilization period, hunting was considered to be the most primitive method of obtaining food. Fishing was also a form of hunting. In the primitive era, the tool for fishing was mainly canoe. Entering the civilization era, in western Canada and northwestern United States, someone specifically tracked and hunted large and dangerous creatures in the ocean, including whales and large sharks.

Tianhao locked his target firmly at the whale from the beginning.

About one-third of fishing boats have whaling cannons. After selection, these fishing boats are usually built in the previous year and last year. The hull and keels are equipped with steel structures, like a huge steel cage, tightly clamping the wooden keel, and then fixed with special boards, finally formed and put into the water for trial sailing.

Whaling cannons are improved versions of heavy crossbows. They are installed on the bows of all special fishing boats. The huge spring torque can shoot metal harpoons up to five meters long hundreds of meters away. The tail of the harpoon is cast with a ring and tied tightly with a bubble-resistant rattan rope. Yuan Kai took his men to test that the rattan rope can withstand tens of thousands of tons. In order to prevent unexpected situations from breaking the rope, two large hollow driftwoods were specially prepared on the ship. As long as you seize the opportunity to tie a spare rope, you can ensure that the prey in the sea will not escape in a short time, and some remaining traces can be found.

When the fishing village was first built, Tianhao stood on the high tower on the shore countless times and looked into the distance. This sea area was no different from the civilization era, but he was sure that there were volcanoes or archipelagos in the depths of the distant ocean.

Water columns often spray on the distant sea surface, and huge bodies float between the deep blue sea water and white waves. Humpback whales, sperm whales, may also be orcas, or other classifications. No one knows how the creatures in the sea survived the huge disaster of asteroid impacting the earth, but it is obvious that they still maintain enough populations to reproduce.

It is difficult to deal with an adult whale alone. Visual results show that the whales of this era have exceeded the civilized era in both size and weight. Tianhao has seen more than once adult whales of about 300 tons frolicking in the sea. They are real giants and live so leisurely that they have almost no natural enemies for hundreds of years or even longer.

Wolf pack tactics are suitable for dealing with specific targets. Each three fishing boats are a small team and two squadrons. Such six fishing boats form a "wolf pack". Among them, the most experienced captain is the wolf king. The main task is to fish in the offshore, and the ship is connected through red, white and black flags. Two fishing boats are usually divided into different places to patrol far away from the coast. Their task is to find fish. Once discovered, they will report to the captain's ship as soon as possible. The captains of each fleet decide how many ships to send to the sea area to fish.

Fisheries in the civilized era had a tendency to overfish, and fishermen in that era actually had no better choice. The best and most reasonable strategy was to try their best to fish before other competitors were fishing. Hemingway praised this brave and elderly man who fought with nature so much risked his life to fight against the storm, fight against sharks, and defend his trophy. Although he only got a pair of lonely fish bones in the end, he could at least come back alive.

From the establishment of the fishing village to the present, hundreds of cattle people have sacrificed their lives for it. They accidentally fell into the sea, stood on the edge of the boat and were taken away by sharks, encountered huge octopus, and various types of shipwrecks... Their efforts were not without a price. More skilled sailors were able to grow and learn from the lessons of their predecessors. They now know how to deal with ferocious sharks. The best position on the boat will always be left to the captain and the best harpooners. Women know how to use the gifts of nature to breed oysters and clams in the reef area on the shore. The method is very simple. Just pick up these shellfish together and set up a wicker rope net to intercept them in the direction of the sea, and you will get something for about three months.

In the 20th century of the civilization era, the fishing volume of countries around the world increased by nearly forty times compared with history, with an overall output of up to 3 billion tons.

This is an extremely terrifying number, and it is also a number that makes Tianhao jealous and produces countless wonderful associations for it.

If Panshi City now had so much food, he would be sure to unify the entire northern continent in a short period of time.

The difference between now and the past is so obvious. Historically, "ancient people" did not value fish meat. They only like delicious fish species with tender meat and fat. In that era, fish meat was used as fertilizer and used as animal (domestic livestock) feed far exceeds people's consumption. Now, fish meat has become the main source of nutrients in Panshi City.

He was wearing cotton shorts, naked upper body, and his legs were standing on the flat deck. His thick thighs were like two iron nails nailed there, and his burly body swung left and right with the shaking rhythm of the hull. He maintained his balance, holding the steel fork tightly in his right hand, his alert eyes slightly wrinkled, constantly scanning the sea in the distance.

Life can change a person. From appearance to nature, from thought to action, stupid people will become smarter, and timid people will gain courage. They know that they have no choice but to have a path ahead, and they cannot turn back or turn.

The Red Nose has been integrated into the Rock City for not long. He has seen and experienced some cruel things personally.

Before the start of this harvest season, all the pig infantry in the city changed their professions. According to the orders of the city lord, they went to the seaside fishing village for training. Steering, rowing, casting nets, throwing harpoons... These tasks are extremely unfamiliar to pig men, and they are simply industries in another world. In contrast, they are more willing to kill people on the battlefield with their axes, cut off bloody heads, dig out the hardest skulls, and make alien medals that boast their courage.

Chibi knew that this job was not suitable for him, so he instinctively rejected this order. But he had no choice. All pigs were the same. He had to gather honestly according to each person's number and board the ship for training in order.

Almost everyone vomited. There was a lot of dirt floating on the surface of the clear sea water, and the stinky smell could be smelled far away. Some people were scared to have incontinence. Yellow-white excrement mixed with vomit. But the fish and shrimp in the sea liked it the most. They rushed over and ate happily, without any warning about the big nets cast from their heads.

Chibi swore: If he had known that the fish and shrimp in the sea had such special preferences, he would rather starve to death than eat a bite of fish.

Of course, just thinking about it and complaining.

To survive, he had eaten dirtier garbage than this.

I cried and cried in the salty sea water again and again, struggling desperately in the wind and rain again and again, and the metamorphosis of the red nose grew beautiful wings like a caterpillar.

He is now the best harpooner in the entire team. He is far superior to other peers in both accuracy and strength.

Red flags fluttering on the patrol boat in the distance.

"There are big guys!" Chibi raised her hand excitedly and stroked her nose, and turned a gun flower flexibly in her hand. He could now understand the banners of different colors. Following the guidance of the flag, Chibi saw a stream of water more than ten meters high spraying from the sea level in the distance, and a layer of black skin floated under the blue sea water.

It was a short, thick and fat monster in the sea.

Chibi has never learned the biological history of ancient humans. He didn't know that this was an adult right whale. It took time to improve the wisdom of barbarians. Tianhao could only tell them in simple and easy-to-understand words that it was called "whale". As for the difference between mammals and fish... he felt that saying it was a waste of time. These guys who only have the concept of "food" in their minds will never understand what a real fish is.

Perhaps many years later, more barbarian scholars will appear one after another, and they will reclassify all living things in the world. Perhaps they will continue to use the ancient "genus species of the genus of the zodiac family", or it may be a new word I have never heard of before. It is no longer important, after all, it is a science and a brand new civilization that belongs to them.

Several sailors ran to Chino, raised their hand mounts to block the dazzling sunlight in front of their foreheads, and looked towards the direction where the right whale was.

"It seems like he is a man with a man, the kind with a handle."

"No, what are your eyes? You can even see this? Hello, the city lord said, the whale thing grows below, under the water!"

"I think it should be the first female. The city lord said that the female whale has milk (**, there is no way, the keywords may be blocked), it is very sticky and very delicious."

"You've drunk?"

"No, so I want to try..."

A group of savage sailors with strange thoughts were talking, without disturbing the red nose, which was visually measuring the distance between the whale.

Although the conversation between rough men is very good, Chibi knew that his current identity is no more than before and had to be cautious in his words and actions. He bent his fingers and gave the person with the loudest a sniff, and cursed in a low voice: "Small sound, if you scare the whale away, I will open your stomach tonight and use your intestines to drink."

Sharp fangs are more intimidating than any weapon.

The sailors began to paddle hard, and the fishing boat accelerated to approach the target, and soon crossed the boundary indicated by the patrol boat in flags. Chibi grabbed the harpoon and retreated to the stern. The acceleration time of a few seconds was enough for him to rush forward, throwing the harpoon with great inertia, speeding towards the huge black piece that was exposed to the sea, causing a "whirring" sound of wind.

The right whale appeared very suddenly, and there was no time to contact the fleet in the distance, along with the ship where Chino was located, and two other fishing boats surrounded from other directions. Almost as he threw out the harpoon, two sharp long-handled steel crossbows flew horizontally with dull ejection sounds, cutting through the air and piercing deeply into the fat and fat back of the right whale.

The huge sea beast churned in the water, and the leaf-shaped tail fins raised endless waves. It screamed in pain, but people could not understand the meaning of the miserable wail. The fishing boat quickly rushed to the vicinity. The three harpoon hands lined up and threw them again with extremely fierce force. The long-handled steel fork had a ring-mounted welding hook at the tail, and the extremely tough vine rope was firmly tied. The eye-catching floating objects appeared in the sea water. It was destined to be impossible to escape.

The other three fishing boats arrived inquiring about the incident. They fired crossbows from a long distance. The impact force and terrible inertia made the harpoon penetrate directly through the whale's brain. Its body suddenly straightened, raised in the water at a nearly vertical angle, protruding out of the sea, and then fell heavily, splashing countless waves.

A dozen naked and strong sailors jumped into the sea cheering. They held daggers in their mouths and ropes tied around their waists, like a group of ants snorting around the prey, swimming below the water, circling the rope around the huge whale corpses, especially the tail fins and the thickest parts of their bodies, and circled back and forth several times, and finally tied the sailor knot taught by Tianhao.

The wisdom of the city lord is so amazing. This kind of knot is so wonderful that it is getting closer and closer, and it is not difficult to untie it. Just follow the fixed rules and you can loosen it with a slight lift. But if you don’t know the secret and forcefully pull the rope and pull it hard, it will never be a dead knot that cannot be opened.

The large scent of drifting blood attracted two sharks.

They are probably the last survivors of the population in this sea area.

The northern barbarians do not have a deep understanding of the ocean, and they are largely in the range of "fish can be eaten". The barbarians who are never picky about food only know big fish and small fish. They do not have the concept of "genus species of the family of the genus of the zodiac family". They never care about whether this kind of fish is beautiful or that kind of fish looks ugly. They can eat, be delicious, have tender flesh, and have many thorns... This is their evaluation and understanding of fish.

In their opinion, sharks are no different from other fish, either, they are more ferocious and arrogant. Since Tianhao led his tribe to kill the mutated hairtail fish that entrenched the coast, many fishermen in Panshi City have had a mysterious and fanatical confidence. They believe that no marine creature can stop them from getting food. Anyway, fishing in the sea is similar to hunting up the mountain. Blast-bred bears have teeth, and sharks have teeth. They like to eat people, and humans also like their meat.

The story of three fishermen fishing in the sea is familiar to Panshi City, and has even become a textbook widely recognized by fishermen. Please note that what is mentioned here is "fishing" rather than "fishing". It was three strong men who went out to sea together, tied one of them with ropes, and went to the sea where sharks were infested, and took the initiative to jump down as bait. They also had to use a dagger to cut a few times on their body and let some blood flow to attract a large enough shark.

Don’t panic when you see a shark. As long as the boat cooperates with the three people in the sea, stab the harpoon in its open mouth, seize the opportunity to throw a few knives in, it is easy to kill the terrible beasts in the sea. Especially those experienced old sailors, who are addicted to eating shark meat, play this exciting brave man game once or twice a week.

I'm not even afraid of a violent maned bear, sharks are nothing!
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