I Forged the Myth of the Old Ones

"We call this fish the fanfish, because it looks like a fan."

A Xiang explained.

"what about the taste?"

Lu Jian doesn't care much about other things, he just thinks about whether it tastes good or not.

"Fishermen usually boil it directly with water to make fish soup."

Axiang replied helplessly.

"Is there anything else to do?"

Lu Bing asked.

"It can also be roasted directly."

"Your method is too barren. It would be very good to add some soy sauce and braise it. Use a knife to make a few cuts on the outside, then add water and soy sauce to boil, so that all the flavors can penetrate into the fish. Tsk tsk, just think about it. It's delicious."

Lu Jian said that this fish looks somewhat similar to the pomfret on the earth. He liked to eat braised fish since he was a child, so he said.

"What is soy sauce?"

Axiang asked incomprehensibly.

"You don't even have soy sauce?"

Lu Jian was a little surprised.

Originally, he thought it was just the fishermen who boiled or grilled the fish for the convenience of being on the boat. Now it seems that Hejima at this time was also quite backward in terms of seasoning.

But it’s normal to think about it. Soy sauce is made by fermentation, and the process of fermentation requires a certain amount of social development to spread, otherwise it will easily produce poison. Looking at the current development of Hejima, it is normal to have no soy sauce.

Lu Jian thought about the food and drinks on the table when he first came here.

It is duty-bound for Lu Jian to save the tongues of Hedao people.

He soon found the ship's cook.

For this kind of ship, there is no professional cook, the cook on board is simply the best cook among the group of sailors.

If you can cook food well without shaking your hands when adding salt, you are already a qualified sea chef.

Because of this, most of the food on board is boiled fish soup and rice

After tinkering in the kitchen for a while, Lu Jian created a variety of modern seasonings including soy sauce and pepper, and finally made a good-looking braised fish.

He invited Shia, Xiang, and Leopard to taste it together.

Ah Xiang felt a little unbelievable when he smelled the smell of fish, he took a deep breath, the strange smell lingered in his mind like the whisper of a devil, making him deeply intoxicated by it.

Picking up the chopsticks, Ah Xiang picked up a piece of fish soaked in the dark sauce, looked at it carefully, and put it into his mouth again.

At the same time, Leopard and Shia also ate a piece of fish, which was the size of a palm, and the four of them only took two or three bites each.

When the tip of his tongue touched the fish and felt the taste, Ah Xiang felt as if he had been hit by an electric current, and his whole body trembled.

"This taste?"

"It's so unpalatable, bah bah bah."

Leopard spat out the fish in his mouth without mercy.

"It tastes good!"

Shia commented.

Seeing the completely different reactions of the two girls, Ah Xiang didn't know how to evaluate for a while.

Compared with the fish soup that usually tastes like a bird due to the lack of salt, the taste of this fish can really be regarded as "heavy taste", but the taste is too strong, which makes Ah Xiang feel like his tongue is burnt red The tongs caught the general.

He doesn't think he's a gourmet, but he probably can't accept this food.

Lu Jian also took a bite of the fish himself.

Three seconds later, Lu Jian spat out the fish in his mouth.

“Very bad”

"Has anyone told you that you'd better not cook."

Baobao found a cup in the kitchen, took a sip of wine that was almost as weak as water, and rinsed his mouth.

"It's not my problem, it's the fish's problem."

Lu Bian explained seriously.

"There must be some special ingredients in this fish that can have an unexpected reaction with soy sauce, which makes the fish taste strange, which is worth studying."

"Is this really worth studying?"

At this time, Ah Xiang finally concluded that the taste of this fish was indeed not good.

"Of course, if only this kind of fish can't be braised with soy sauce, it means that there are some special substances in its body. Why does it have this substance and where does it come from? Aren't you curious?"

Lu Bian said seriously.

"It seems to make a little sense."

Ah Xiang was a little confused by Lu Jian, who was well-informed.

"you two"

Just when Shia was about to tell the two of them not to worry about the soy sauce and eat all the fish for themselves, there was a roar outside.

Accompanied by this roar, the voices of countless people sounded very noisy, and the whole ship began to tremble slightly.

The roar was like the sound of artillery fire.

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===806. Pirates===

Shia was the first to realize that there was no window in the kitchen. She walked through the long and narrow cabin in three steps at a time, and saw the chaotic sailors coming and going on the deck. Back on the battlefield.

bang——

The oncoming whistling sounded, and Shia saw that a lead-black shell passed the side of the ship at high speed, flying some wood fragments, and headed towards the main mast at a sharp angle of incidence.

If the shell hit the main mast, the ship would probably be sent in nine out of ten. In this era of relying on sail power, a broken main mast is basically an incurable disease, and the only option is to abandon the ship and escape.

There was no time to react, Shia didn't move, some invisible force immediately bound the cannonball.

The fuze has burned into the shell, and is about to come into close contact with the gunpowder, bringing a little spark of civilization.

But the flame was extinguished by an invisible force, and finally failed to fully shine and dedicate his youth.

Beyond the shells, Shia saw three ships in the distance.

The three ships are slightly smaller than this one, with only two masts. This kind of ship is flexible, fast with the wind, and low in cost. It is usually used as a short-distance merchant ship or an offshore frigate.

It's just that there are black flags hanging above the masts of those ships.

Swords and skulls were painted on the black flag, obviously, it was a pirate.

Shia doesn't know what kind of sea area this is, but since it has been sailing for a while and has not landed, it must be located in the far sea, and it is normal for pirates to appear.

This also means that there should be islands nearby as a stronghold for pirates.

These pirates have artillery, three ships, and many people. They must have robbed many ships, and the brigantine is not suitable for oceangoing. A large part of their wealth probably has not been taken away for consumption, and they have stayed on the island. superior.

In other words, these pirates should be rich!

The thought slipped to this point, and Shia couldn't hold back anymore.

"Pirates, pirates attack!"

The sailor climbing on the top of the mainmast roared. Amidst the gunfire and chaos, it was not easy to hear the sailor's roar. That's why it was so loud to be a sailor at sea.

The ship quickly organized a counterattack, and the captain Changzheng turned the rudder to let the whole ship sail towards the three pirate ships, which could effectively reduce the impact area and prevent being smashed into a sieve.

Of course, in this way, there are not so many cannons that can be used. Only the two doors at the bow can face the enemy head-on, and the others need to wait until maneuvering before they can fire sideways.

There was another series of cannonballs, but this time most of the shells missed, causing splashes in the water.

In this era, although artillery is powerful, its accuracy has always been criticized. Many times, two ships will bombard each other for half an hour, and both sides are unscathed.

Therefore, a very common tactic is to connect two ships and bombard them at close range to see whose skin is thicker. This has contributed to the situation that the battleship is getting stronger and stronger, and it can stand upright after being violently poured with several shells. , Then weapons experts began to study how to increase the equivalent, increase the caliber of the muzzle, and increase the power of the shells. Only then did naval warfare truly enter the era of giant ship cannons.

Of course, all this was later changed by air supremacy and aircraft carriers, and the subsequent missile era, that is another topic.

Shia looked ahead and saw that the three pirate ships were gradually spreading out, outflanking this side from three directions. In this way, no matter how the ships on Shia's side moved or moved, they would inevitably face being sideways. caught condition.

At sea, numerical superiority is overwhelming.

The premise is to rely only on ships.

Shia came to the bow, the sailors here were still trying to load the shells, ready to attack the front ship, the sailors noticed Shia and wanted to dissuade her from leaving.

"Miss, it's dangerous here, you'd better leave"

A sailor kindly reminded.

But before he finished speaking, Shia raised his right hand.

A certain throbbing that even ordinary people could hardly ignore spread in the air, and a moment of silence enveloped the sea.

It's like, in the noisy classroom of the self-study class, when everyone is talking freely, suddenly, at a moment of coincidence, everyone's voices disappear.

The sailors looked at each other, they felt a little fear, this girl in armor seemed to be disturbing reality.

The next moment, from Shia's hands, some distortions were fleeting.

Only under the most blazing sunlight is it possible to see these distorted entities, those palm-sized light spheres, completely transparent, and only the wind can read the shape of these light spheres.

The speed of the ball of light was relatively slow at first, like a snail climbing up step by step, but soon, the ball of light began to accelerate, becoming extremely fast, surpassing the cannonball, and heading straight for the pirate ship in front go.

On the pirate ship, the vicious pirates were still busy loading ammunition, sharpening their knives, and preparing for the next boarding battle. Some of them noticed that the artillery fire of that ship stopped suddenly. Before they had time to celebrate, they felt something Something crashed into its own vessel.

"Struck on the rocks?"

The first officer of the pirate ship held on to the railing on one side of the ship and couldn't help asking.

"Idiot, we are in the deep sea, where did the reef come from?!"