Kai Fu Han

Chapter 192 Hunting Big Fish
Even if whale meat is not delicious, anyone who has eaten beef will never eat whale meat again, but Japan still hunts many whales every year in the name of "scientific research", and those Japanese will eat it in the name of nostalgia Whale meat.

There is a reason why Liu Xinqi organized ships and manpower to hunt whales this time.

Before the use of oil, whales were a very important industrial raw material for the Xinghan League. Whale oil could not only be used for lighting, but was also an excellent lubricant.

In addition to whale oil, whale meat can also be used as a source of meat for Xinghan League. Bone meal can be used as fertilizer. Other whale skins, tendons, baleen, etc. are all useful. It can be said that the whole body is a treasure.

The most important thing is to hunt whales and get glycerin. With glycerin, you can have a flash cap, and then you can develop a breech-loading gun.

"Ready." A soldier came over to report.

"Get closer and shoot." Liu Xinqi ordered.

The fleet landed on a whale at the end of the school of fish. This whale has been at the top of the food chain in the sea all its life and is not afraid of ships approaching until the ship approaches the fish more than 30 steps away.

"shooting!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh
The three huge crossbows on the starboard side fired at the same time, and all the barbed arrows were engulfed in the whale's body. The whale was in pain and wanted to dive directly, but there was a rope behind the arrows fired by the giant crossbow, and a cow's bladder was tied to the rope. inflatable ball.

As soon as the whale dived, it was pulled in severe pain, and it had no choice but to swim up again, and then swam around on the sea. The three ships followed the injured whale, and the Laizhou was even pulled away by the whale.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that the whale was exhausted.

The three ships approached, and Liu Xinqi also stood on the side of the ship to check. The whale was nearly ten feet long, only slightly smaller than the length of the Laizhou. It looked very spectacular floating on the sea.

Several soldiers jumped into the water and tied the whale firmly with ropes, and tied it behind the Laizhou.

With the harvest, the three ships began to return.

There are generally two ways to dispose of whales after hunting them. One is to go directly to the sea and use a bladed spear to cut off the oil and then discard the carcass.The other is to pull the bodies back to the port and then sort them all for disposal.

The former is suitable for ocean-going whaling and can maximize the profits from each trip to sea, but it is very wasteful.In the late Middle Ages, a whaling ship could stay at sea for four or five years at a time.

The latter is suitable for offshore whaling and makes the best use of whales.

The three ships sailed towards Tuima Island, with the whale carcass behind them. Liu Xinqi looked at the carcasses and felt that there was something he had not considered.

"The alliance leader is really powerful. He can hunt big fish so easily. This fish is so big that it can carry dozens of cows and hundreds of pigs. From now on, our Xinghan Alliance will never be short of meat." Cui Wu was beside him. exclaimed.

Jiao Rui was arranged by Liu Xinqi to return to Dengzhou with the Qizhou.

"There is a faster way. Once you become familiar with it in the future, you can use a small boat to cast your gun close to the big fish, and the efficiency will increase even more." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Small boat? The big fish must have capsized at once." Cui Wu asked doubtfully.

"So, you can only hunt big fish like this if you are familiar with their habits." Liu Xinqi replied.

Suddenly, Liu Xinqi saw several fins floating on the sea behind the whale tied behind the boat, approaching quickly.

"It's a shark!" Later generations read a popular science post. The olfactory bulb nerve organ of a shark accounts for nearly 1% of the brain capacity. It can smell the very powerful smell of diluted blood [-] kilometer away.

Seeing the shark following him, Liu Xinqi finally realized that there was something he had not considered just now.

I only considered making full use of the whales, but did not consider that there are many scavenging and carnivorous fish in the sea. It is estimated that after hundreds of miles of sea route, only the skeletons of the whales will be left when they arrive in port.

But it is unrealistic to kill all the carnivorous fish that follow, and it is even more impossible to pull the whale onto the ship. A whale weighs dozens of tons, and even if hundreds of people work together, they can pull it up using levers, pulleys, etc. Now Xinghan League's largest "state-class" ship cannot bear this weight, and there is not such a large space on the deck.

Liu Xinqi thought for a while, then opened his property bar to check.

Name: Liu Xinqi
Nationality: Han
Age: 18
Height: 188cm
Attack: 15+75
Defense: 14+67
Strategy: 17+35
Speed: 18+105
The strategy has reached 52. When using the general card against Gao Yuan for the first time, the system prompted to use the general card against a neutral force. The host's strategy attribute must be twice as high as the one to whom the card is attached, and the success rate is only [-]%.

Now I don’t know what the relationship between this shark and the Xinghan Alliance is, and how many points of strategy it has.

"That should be enough." Liu Xinqi said secretly.

He called over a warrior with a one-star general card, pulled out the general card from him, and then Liu Xinqi jumped into the sea with a long knife.

"Leader!!"

Cui Wu shouted loudly on the boat.

Liu Xinqi swam to the whale carcass in a few steps, stood up, and replied to Cui Wu: "Stay on the boat, no one can get off, I'm sure."

With Liu Xinqi's current strength value, with his 90 attack points and 81 defense points, added to this body of less than two meters, even if he is swallowed by a shark, he can still cut a hole with the knife in his hand and crawl out. There is a risk to life.

Several sharks swam around the whale carcass for a while, and then a smaller shark rushed up first and bit into the back of the whale's belly.Liu Xinqi spotted the shark's swimming trajectory and jumped towards the shark. After entering the water, he inserted the knife in his right hand directly into the shark's back. Then he held the knife tightly and leaned his whole body behind the shark.

The shark was in pain, so he let go of the shark meat in his mouth and dived towards the bottom of the sea with Liu Xinqi.

Liu Xinqi held his breath, exhaled the one-star general card with his left hand, and used it directly on the shark.

System prompt: When using a general card against a "hostile" force target, the host's strategy attribute exceeds the target's strategy attribute by five times, which meets the requirements.

System prompt: When using a general card against a "hostile" force target, the basic success rate is 4%, the target's strategy attribute is 13 points, the host's strategy attribute exceeds [-] times, the success rate of judgment is increased by [-]%, and the success rate reaches [-]%.

Suddenly, Liu Xinqi felt that he had an inexplicable connection with the shark beneath him. It should be able to feel the commands in his heart.

Following Liu Xinqi's command, the shark emerged from the sea, and Liu Xinqi gasped for air with his head above the water.Open the properties bar of this shark:

Name: unknown (can be named)
Race: Great White Shark
Age: 10
Relationship: ally

Attack: 65+30
Defense: 63+30
Strategy: 4+0
Speed: 35+40
Liu Xinqi first pulled out the long knife inserted into the shark, and then carefully inspected the great white shark. After attaching the general card, it was more than 8 meters long and weighed more than five tons.

(End of this chapter)