One Piece of Song Dynasty

Kun is the ancient name for whales. Li Xin plans to take Ruan Xiaoqi and the Water Ghost Team to hunt whales. .1kanshu whaling can not only train sailors' crisis response capabilities, just think about the bloody and dangerous scenes of whaling, but it can also improve food and supplement supplies. Whales can be said to be full of treasures, and whale oil can replace lard to make soap and soap. Candles can also be used as kerosene. Whale meat is rich in nutrients and a whale has a large amount of meat. Whale skin can be used to make leather armor, but before whaling, Li Xin needs to make some special tools.

For example, the whaling harpoon is made into a barbed spear, and a rope is tied to the wooden pole. In addition, ropes are also tied to the crossbow arrows. Several sealed wooden barrels need to be made on the ship to tie the crossbow arrows. Along with the rope on the whaling harpoon, and with the instructions of the barrel, you can follow and throw the whale when it is injured.

After making these preparations two days later, Li Xin took Ruan Xiaoqi and four lucky ships out to sea. Li Xin only cruised in the sea near Taiwan Island, because after catching whales, they would be prone to decay if they could not be quickly returned to shore for processing. However, Since no one hunted whales in this era, they are still easy to find.

Li Xin found a group of swimming whales more than ten miles away from the coastline. There were about four or five whales. They were not big in size. They were all about ten meters in length according to visual inspection. Fortunately, they were not big whales. If the big whales were Li Xin for the first time, Xin didn’t dare to hunt either. Li Xin led the fleet towards one of the slower whales. This whale was probably slower because it was older.

As the ship approached the whale, although it was not a big whale, the small whale was still very large compared to a human. Seeing the huge body of the whale, the sailors became more and more nervous. Even Li Xin himself became nervous. .

The whales were not alert to the approach of the ship, probably because they were huge and nothing on the sea could hurt them. As the ship approached, the whales were still swimming leisurely.

Li Xin's palms were sweating as he looked at the whale. Li Xin grabbed a whaling harpoon with a rope attached to it. Next to him, Ruan Xiaoqi and the sailors from several ships also raised crossbows, threw spears, and hunted whales in the same manner. cross.

Li Xin hunched over and aimed at the huge body of the whale and shouted, "Do it."

All of a sudden, weapons such as spears, crossbows, and whaling harpoons flew out and stabbed the whale's huge body hard, causing blood to splash everywhere.

The whale that suffered a violent blow immediately rolled over, and the seawater set off huge waves in the blink of an eye. The ropes connecting the whaling harpoons and crossbows on several boats were instantly pulled into the sea by the whales. All the dozens of meters of ropes were quickly submerged into the water, and then A dozen wooden barrels also flew up from the boat and fell into the water, but not long after, the barrels flew out of the water again and floated into the distance.

Li Xin hurriedly said to Ruan Xiaoqi, "Brother Qi, quickly put down a few boats, grab the throwing guns and other weapons to chase the injured Kun, don't let him escape."

Ruan Xiaoqi nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Li Xin and Ruan Xiaoqi both got out of the boat and rowed towards the floating barrel, followed by the big boat. The whale surfaced from time to time to breathe due to injuries, and the dozen or so wooden barrels behind it hindered the whale from swimming away quickly, so the whale did not swim very fast.

The whale bleeds heavily after being injured. The faster the whale speeds up, the faster it bleeds and the greater its physical exertion. Two quarters of an hour later, the whale slowed down. Li Xin brought several small boats close to the whale and threw more than a dozen spears. After the whale was in pain, it raised its tail high, jumped out of the sea with all its strength, and then hit the sea heavily with its huge body. Fortunately, several small boats were at a distance from the whale, otherwise they would have been hit by the whale's tail. When the photo was taken, the boats had to fall apart, but the waves caused by the whales hit several boats, drowning everyone in the water. In addition, the sea water was cold in spring, and everyone was trembling a little.

Li Xin shouted, "This guy is about to die. Let's catch up and it won't be cold when we move."

So Li Xin and everyone continued to paddle the boat to catch up. The whale was swimming slowly now, and everyone quickly caught up with the whale. This time, Li Xin had someone tie a whale harpoon to the boat, and then threw it hard at the whale. , the whale suffered pain and once again tried its best to escape, dragging several small boats forward at high speed. The whale tried to dive several times without success, and almost capsized the boat. Li Xin and others stepped forward and decisively threw a few more spears, and the whale Although exhausted, the pain was still there. The whale began to flip in the middle, and several small boats began to shake violently from side to side.

Li Xin shouted, "Stay still, don't panic, hold the boat steady."

In this way, the boat swayed forward for a while. The whale lost its energy and slowly stopped moving. It was time to give it a final blow. The whale floated feebly on the water, watching with one eye as Li Xin's boat got closer and closer. It was getting closer, but it was unable to resist, and there was a sad emotion in its eyes.

Li Xin thought, I will end your pain right now. He picked up a spear and stabbed it into the lungs of the whale. Li Xin had seen a Japanese whaling documentary in his previous life. The heart of the whale was very deep and could not be penetrated by humans. He could only stab the lungs of the whale and make the whale drown. And died.

The whale shook a few times at the end, and a mist of blood suddenly spurted out from the nostrils on its head. The whale gradually calmed down and began to sink slowly. No one cheered at this moment. Li Xin said sorry in his heart and asked someone to step forward and use the rope. He tied the tail of the whale, then tied it to the back of the big boat and headed back.

Li Xin took everyone on the small boat onto the big boat and quickly changed clothes. It was not good to catch a cold in this era.

Li Xin changed her clothes and came out and said to Ruan Xiaoqi, "Brother Qi, how does it feel to catch Kun?"

Ruan Xiaoqi thought for a while and said, "Although catching Kun is exciting, I won't be happy when I see Kun's eyes."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Well, there is nothing we can do about it. The process of catching Kun can train our sailors very well. Brother Qi, you have also seen how difficult the process of catching Kun is. This feeling is similar to that of the battlefield. It is for our sailors." What is needed, and catching Kun can also solve part of our material problems."

Ruan Xiaoqi nodded and said, "Well, I understand this, and I feel it, but when I look at Kun's eyes, I always feel that they are pitiful."

Li Xin thought for a while and said, "Our fleet will continue to catch Kun in the future. Every sailor has to go through this process, but when we catch Kun, we only select those that are old and slow to swim. The others are not move."

Ruan Xiaoqi replied, "Yes, that's it. We will only kill the old and dying Kun."

Time is the best medicine to treat guilt. Soon everyone abandoned that feeling of guilt and replaced it with the joy of success. No one except Li Xin expected to successfully hunt the huge Kun, which is the sea god in fishermen's legend. Ah, I never dared to think about it before.