I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 540, Whaling Industry
But these people gathered here not mainly to see these ships, but to see the giant whales beside these ships.

Behind each of the 4 large ships is tied a huge whale.

Even though the local people have watched it many times, they are still amazed every time the whaling ship is in port. It can be said that every time the whaling ship is in port, it is the most lively time here.

"This is the legendary Kunpeng? Isn't it too big!" A gold digger who came back from the island of Wa Island was surprised to see this scene.

He also heard that Kunpeng came here to watch the fun.

It's winter now, and there's heavy snowfall on Wajima. The climate in this season is not suitable for gold mining. In addition, there are no facilities in the area, and some are just endless savages. They don't live alone at all, let alone these big money. Yes, they have worked hard for half a year, and now it's time to enjoy it.So they crossed the ocean one after another and returned to Lelang County.

Anyway, Lelang County is not far from Wa Island, and after spring comes, they can return to Wo Island by boat at most one day.

The infrastructure of Lelang County is much stronger than that of Wa Island, so a large number of gold diggers gather here.

And these gold diggers have a lot of gold in their hands. After adapting to the high prices of Wa Island, they feel that everything is cheap when they go back to Dahan. Even the expensive fur coats are cheaper than the commoner clothes on Wo Island. Buy several at once.

These gold diggers became upstarts one by one, buying whatever they saw, which naturally aroused the envy, jealousy and hatred of the local people.If you have the chance, you have to mock them, and now that they look like countrymen, it is naturally the best time to mock them.

The local people said with a mocking smile: "This whale looks only a few hundred thousand catties, not too big. Last year there was a Kunpeng of more than two million catties that was about the same size as this boat. It's like a small mountain, that's the big one!"

Then he said enviously: "This Kunpeng alone has sold for tens of millions of dollars!"

The gold digger couldn't believe it: "How could it be so valuable? This is not a fish made of gold!"

But the local people laughed and said: "This is a fish made of gold. Even the cheapest fish costs 10 yuan a catty, and 200 million catties is 2 million catties. Treasure, golden whale skin is the finest leather. Rich merchants throughout Hebei are snapping up this kind of leather, and the price of whale oil is also high. Whether it is sold as candles, soap or as oil, it can be sold for a catty Dozens of dollars.

More than half of a whale is made of fat, which is tens of millions of dollars, not to mention that there is ambergris among the goldfish, a catty of ambergris is worth a catty of gold, and dragons among whales alone Xingxiang is also worth a thousand catties of gold, you can figure out how much it is. "

"It's still the old man in power who chooses a considerate name. What kind of Kunpeng is this? Only the name Goldfish is considerate. This is a fish made of gold!"

Another person also said: "Look at this building, it took tens of millions of dollars to build it in three years. At the beginning, everyone thought it was a waste of money to be in power, but now the whaling pays off in just one year. The building boat can still be used for more than ten years, and it is a pure profit for more than ten years, and a whaling ship can at least make hundreds of millions."

Then a person next to him said with a smile: "Do you know why we don't go to Wodao to dig gold? It's because there is an active gold mine near our Lelang County. We are still full and have nothing to go to Wadao to dig gold.

There is nothing there. I heard that the gold that the people who went there last year finally dug back was all used to buy food, and everything was made into wedding dresses for other people. What is the point of such a life-and-death adventure. "

Although it is only separated by a sea, the price of Wa Island is dozens of times higher than that of Lelang County, so the local people ridicule the gold diggers in Wa Island for being taken advantage of.

Now the gold digger said unconvinced: "The gold mines we dug belong to us. No matter how valuable this whale is, it has a half-money relationship with you. You can only look at it with envy!"

The local people immediately said: "Whoever said it doesn't matter, my son works in a goldfish cannery and often brings me some whale meat to taste. In Redang County, the price of both meat and oil is much cheaper than that in the mainland of Dahan. These are not all benefits, most of us here now work for whaling factories, our income is higher than that of Dahan Mainland, and we don’t have to go through life and death like you.”

What this person said was true. The whaling industry had become a pillar industry in Lelang County, and the gold diggers were left speechless.

At the same time, Xian Yuping, who was on the upstairs boat, instructed his subordinates: "Drag the whale to a special slaughterhouse, and be careful not to hit the surrounding boats!"

The size of the whale is too big. In this era, it is impossible for even Xu Wei to drag a whale weighing more than one million catties onto the boat.

What everyone can do is to drag the whale carcass to a factory that specializes in slaughtering whales. This is also the reason why it is not often opened in Le Langjun, because only they can kill whales within a day.

After the whales came to the factory, the workers quickly dissected the whales, sent the meat to the cannery, and sent the whale fat to a special refinery. The refined oil was made into candles, soap or refined into cooking oil.

Because of the huge size of the whale, it is regarded as the Kunpeng by the common people. Everyone thinks that its flesh and blood will bring benefits if it is used for a long time, and it may even live forever.Anyway, everyone agrees that a prehistoric behemoth like this must be good.

So even though whale meat tastes rough, many people come to buy it, and the price is extremely expensive, which is the most expensive among the big dried meats.

But now only the people in Lelang County can eat fresh whale meat.

But in other places, people can only eat barrels of canned whale meat.But even such greasy whale meat is already the best delicacy in Omae, and it is extremely popular.

Not to mention goldfish candles made of fat, a candle that is about the same length as chopsticks can be sold for hundreds of dollars, if Xu Wei hadn't forced the whaling factory to keep half of the whale oil as cooking oil I'm afraid that the whaling farms want to make all the fat into candles, because it's more profitable.

But Xu Wei can't just make money, after all, for today's wealthy people, what they need more is high-energy food like oil cakes.Instead of whale meat made into luxury candles and soaps.

"Captain, the 4 whales we caught this time are all very huge. The combined value is at least hundreds of millions of dollars. This time our bonus will be even more!"

Xian Yuping said calmly: "Everyone should be able to share more than tens of thousands of dollars this trip, but if you have money, you must save it well and don't spend it everywhere!"

But the crew member said with a smile: "Above this sea, who knows what will happen. If there is no tomorrow, so much money is left to whom, it is better to spend it on yourself."

On the sea, the waves are rough and dangerous. Even though the whaling ships made by Xu Wei are already considered the strongest and largest ships in the world, various shipwrecks will still occur. Putin has carried out this business for three or four years, but Encountering storm sinking or other incidents, more than three ships have sunk, and if you count other transport ships, there have been dozens of shipwrecks in the entire Dagan area. It can be said that the risk of working at sea is extremely high .

Therefore, the income of sea workers is relatively high. In addition to their basic salary, they also have generous bonuses. These crew members will get 5% of the profit as a bounty for every whale they catch.

Even the crew of the lowest profession can earn tens of thousands of dollars a month.

And a captain like Xian Yuping can earn more than one million a year. It can be said that this is one of the big gold-collar professions.

At the beginning, Xian Yuping was interested in this high salary, and he would only sign up when recruiting captains.

After Xian Yuping arranged everything, he asked the crew to go home to rest, and he went to the director of the whaling factory to report the situation.

The factory director smiled and said to him: "Your boy has noble people to help, and the higher-ups have notified you to be the county magistrate of Yuyang County. Even I am envious that you can take charge of one party so quickly!"

(End of this chapter)