Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1284
The queen's car did not go north along the Yongji Canal.

Cai Songyang, the envoy of the Tiande Army, reported: Wang Rong assembled a large army to attack Jizhou, and his cavalry vanguard rushed to the vicinity of Yongji Canal, which was not safe, so he advised the queen to change the route, go to Bozhou, go to Cangjing, and then go north.

Tianxiong's army heard it from top to bottom and cursed loudly, almost wanting to settle accounts with Tiande's army.

However, Zhe Fangai still listened to the advice and diverted eastward.

On March 905th in the fifth year of Jianji ([-]), the army arrived in Ande County, Dezhou, and stayed for a day.

After dismissing Wei Xun, governor of Dezhou, Zhe Fangai met the palace official Su Shi who had come by order, and then accepted the "gift" Shao Shude gave her.

"This is..." Zhe Fangai opened the first piece, and was stunned for a moment.

"Queen, about this thing, a sage has a virtue..." Palace official Su's face turned red.

"Say." Zhe Fangai probably guessed it a little bit, and her face was a little red.

"My wife's meat shoots, I really love evil, so protect them well." Su Shi said bravely.

The craftsmen of whale skin are of course very clear about its usefulness.

From these results, it can be seen that the whale was completely dismantled.

It can also be used as water support, raincoat, rain boots, etc.Whale leather rain boots have excellent waterproof performance and will not deform or break in severe cold environments. They are very high-quality leather.It is not a problem to make one, two, or even two or three thousand pairs of rain boots out of the leather of a whale.

The final result is more than 1 catties of meat, nearly 5000 catties of oil, more than 3000 catties of whale bones, and more than [-] catties of whale skin. This is the main result.

What an inexcusable waste!
Zhe Fangai quickly put on her bra and changed into a new skirt.

Oh, and not to forget the caudal fin and intestines.

That Huangzhuang has just opened, and a large-scale wild fruit forest has been encircled as an orchard. These whale bone meal will be used as fertilizer in the orchard and farmland in the future to see how the effect is——The "Supreme Instruction" said that calcined whale bone meal It is a very good phosphate fertilizer. The amount of more than 5000 kg is very large, and it can fertilize at least one hectare of land.

Several women were flattered to sit with the queen, talking and laughing, and eating until the evening.

Compared with the sea hunting of Europeans in the Middle Ages, the Bilbao people got off the big ship, approached the lazy and slowly swimming whale in a canoe, killed it with a spear, and left after cutting the blubber , Let the whale's body float on the sea.

Only at this time did he know that whales mainly live in the cold seas of the extreme south and the extreme north.The water temperature there is cold, but there are many fish and shrimps, so whales often move there.And when winter comes and the sea water gradually freezes, the whales will leave, swim south, and enter the warmer waters for food.

The function of whale oil does not need to be taught, the craftsmen in Shaofu know at least several uses.

"Let's eat together." Zhe Fangai said happily: "This item is expensive because it is rare, and it is not available on land."

The first is naturally to eat.It is very nutritious to eat directly, but no one would waste it like this.

Theoretically speaking, although the success rate of this method of artificial insemination is a little lower, it can still greatly speed up the speed of breeding - everyone understands it.

Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhe Fangai received the gift, waved her hand, surrounded by the palace people, went to the inner room to change clothes.

The imperial envoys have been busy all winter at the seaside of Wudi.

Mrs. Su hurried out to order.

However, without the corresponding technical level, everything is in vain.Shao Sheng ordered the internal organs to be taken back to see if they could be eaten.

For example, the use of whale offal - whale liver and some offal can be made into cod liver oil.

In short, there is no essential difference from traditional leather tanning.

The third is to make cream.No one is doing it for now, it's such a waste.

When it was getting dark, whale oil candles were lit.

Whale viscera is very rich in vitamin A and vitamin D. The cod liver oil preparation can be used as nutritional health care products or even medicines. It is very valuable for young children who need to supplement these vitamins.And some special parts of whale internal organs, such as thymus, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, etc., can be used for pharmaceuticals, because more than 20 kinds of hormones can be extracted from these.

The fire is extremely bright, far exceeding ordinary candles.And there is not much peculiar smell, and it seems to be very resistant to burning.It is said that Shi Chong, a native of Jin, likes to use this kind of candle, which is very extravagant. I don't know where he got it.

Of course, Shao Shude didn't write everything in, because he knew that his technical level was limited at this time.

"Queen, the imperial chef is waiting outside and has brought some dried meat and shark's fin..." Su reminded again.

There are actually two uses beyond the cognition of Shaofu artisans.

The tanned whale skin is about two to three millimeters thick and can be used as leather armor with excellent protection.

The master in Wudi County was urgently mobilized more than a thousand people to assist the imperial envoy in handling errands. For this reason, the matter of this whale has been widely spread from north to south, and it has become a topic of conversation for many people after dinner.

"I just heard you say that, so I know that the big fish is full of treasures." Zhe Fangai looked at the bright candlelight and sighed, "It's so useful if you get one by chance. More than 5 catties of meat, it's as high as a mountain. If you can catch dozens of them a year, it's really..."

As for the origin of the baleen, there is a story.To put it simply, at the beginning of winter last year, for some unknown reason, a giant whale was stranded on the coast near Wudi.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law knows it's wrong." Yueniang said hurriedly.

The intestines were given to Si Nong Si.The sage happily drew the shape of the whale intestine sleeve, and asked Sinong Temple to put it on the cock of the livestock, and then massage it...for a fee.

One is to make soap, but no one does.

Zhefang Ai felt a little uncomfortable.But when he thought that it was specially made for him by his husband, he immediately beamed with joy, and refused to take it off again.

This gift, named "brassiere" by the sage, is made of whalebone, brocade, and colored thread by artisans in Shaofu.

Question: What to do if you find a stranded whale?Is it necessary to rush to treat him, get him out of danger, and return to the sea?

Answer: Wei Xun, governor of Dezhou, was overjoyed and flew to report to the saint.When the sage learned about it, he acted decisively, took Shaofu supervisor Wang Yong as the imperial envoy, and led more than a hundred officials and craftsmen from the House of Internal Affairs, Sinong Temple, and Shaofu to Wudi, and took his highest instructions to slaughter and process on the spot.

The tail fin of whale is huge and clinking, and the meat is delicious.The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have already taken it away. According to the "Supreme Instructions", the imperial chef cut it into filaments according to the texture of the meat, and then soaked it in hot water for several times. After it cooled down, added some seasonings and mixed it to make it cold dish.

In fact, they have already started processing.First store it in salt for a period of time, and when they return to Beiping Prefecture, they will soak it in water to restore it to the state of fresh leather. The next step is the same as degreasing wool and leather, immersing it in alkaline water (using soda ash collected in the salt lake), and then using a knife Scrape off the residual fat, residual meat and other substances on the surface of the inner layer of the skin, then take it out, shave it, press the oil, wash it, and repeat it several times...

Zhe Fangai was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled.

Yueniang and Juanniang peeped from the side.

Yueniang and Juanniang looked at each other, and they could tell that the queen was in a very good mood.Officials are really good means, and the ability to please women is really unmatched.Those wild women around the official family are really lucky, the queen probably won't bother with them.

The imperial chef quickly brought out the dishes, along with some wine.

The second is lighting.A considerable part will be reserved in the palace as lamp oil, and then a part will be taken out to make candles. The saint intends to use it as a treasure and distribute it to his ministers.

The whale was still alive when the villagers found it.Because the court had issued a reward before, it was reported to the government.Soon, Wei Xun, governor of Dezhou, rushed over with two hundred state soldiers.

Zhe Fangai glanced at her, the smile disappeared, and she said earnestly: "This matter is a bit of a problem. You are the daughter-in-law of the Tian family, and your every move is watched. Going out to sea to hunt whales is not easy! Do you know where the whales are? The wind and waves are ruthless. If you drift out to sea for dozens of days and still don’t find the whale, but you are in danger, the ship capsizes and people die, outsiders say it is all the fault of the Tian family. When Yushi Qingliu is impeached, the saint will also be very worried. "

The masters even saw off the whale bones in pieces, and then put them into a large pot to cook and boil oil.The oiled whale bones were not wasted, they were uniformly calcined, crushed into powder, collected, and handed over to the Huangzhuang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Yangxin County, Dizhou for processing.

Along the way, the queen sometimes smiled, to them and to the officials, but it was obvious that it was a perfunctory fake smile.It was the first time for the two of them to see the smile this time, it was joy from the heart, the queen at this time was extremely beautiful.

The second is as a high-grade lubricant.Whale oil and seal oil are lubricating oils of good quality. They are useful at this time, but not very useful. We can think of a way in the future.

The craftsmen of Shaofu know so much about the uses, but the content of the "Supreme Instruction" is quite "outrageous": the first thing is to ask if there is any whalebone, and if so, make it into a bra. The function and shape are as follows... If there is For the rest, make some more skirts, the shape is as follows...

"Queen, why not tell Your Majesty to send the Ping Navy to go out to sea to hunt whales." Yue Niang suggested.

In fact, people along the coast can see whales haunting the sea from time to time, and occasionally they can also see whales stranded on the beach due to bad luck.But it was the first time that people were mobilized as much as this moment.

Wang Yong, the supervisor of the Shaofu, supervised officials and common people to do things, while carefully reading the highest instructions of the sages.

Yueniang, Juanniang, Su Shi and others watched carefully.Well, it seems to be much taller and straighter, and it looks really good with the gorgeous phoenix skirt.

Looking at it this way, this poor fin whale has really been dismantled to pieces, its whole body has been used, and there is not much waste.

Zhe Fangai nodded, this matter was considered to be over, and then she smiled and said: "There are still some whalebone, please share with Yueniang and Juanniang, you can find skilled craftsmen to make them. Whale oil candles, you also share some , but I don’t need much here.”

"Yes." The two agreed in surprise.

"Don't forget Concubine Zhao's share." Zhe Fangai reminded again.

"Yes." Yueniang had long wanted to give some to her husband's mother-in-law, and seeing the queen's permission, she readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)