Golden Fishery

Vol 2 Chapter 1426: .A barrel of whale oil (Thank you for your continued support

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  The water column ejected by the Arctic right whale is V-shaped, and the water pressure is very strong. It can eject five or six meters high, like two fountains.

  After a right whale spouted the water column, other right whales followed suit and started spraying the water column one after another. One of them happened to be next to the Melon Princess, and the water spray could be sprayed on the boat!

Vinnie scatters these fish segments in batches. The right whales are big-bellied and haven't eaten enough. They have found no fish segments in the water, so they leaned out. This time it was not just a glimpse. , Half of his head stuck out.

   "Wow, what a group of greedy guys." Winnie smiled, and she waved and shouted, "Goodbye, big guys, no more, no food, you have to hunt yourself!"

  The right whale was unable to stand upright in the water for too long, and later got tired and got back into the water. At this time, the Melon Princess continued to move and headed north.

   After driving for a long time, the sea monster in the cab came out and smiled: “From the point of view of the fish finder, these guys are still following us.”

   Shaq exclaimed: "How is it possible that the swimming speed of right whales is very slow, they can't keep up with our fishing boats!"

  The sea monster shrugged and said, "Perhaps they burst out of energy just now when they were full and drinking? But they are following. If you don't believe me, go and watch it in the cab."

  Qin Shiou also found it incredible that the swimming speed of right whales was so slow that they couldn't keep up with the ship that was traveling at 40 or 50 kilometers per hour. So he guessed that the bodyguards in the water were too close.

  Sure enough, the Seagod consciousness entered the water and saw that the giant monster and the black king were speeding up like the game, and he quickly controlled both. Commands were also given to the sea pythons behind to let them dive deep and radiate out to swim.

  The weather gets colder as it goes north. Qin Shiou was still interested in blowing the sea breeze outside, teasing tigers, leopards, bears, and wolves. After entering the Labrador waters, he lost his interest. It's only at noon to bask outside.

  Usually there was a lot of free time, Qin Shiou constantly released the consciousness of the sea god, and after entering the Red Bay in the Labrador waters, a more than 20-meter-long shipwreck appeared on the bottom of the sea.

  Seeing this shipwreck, the officials of Qin lifted up their spirits. The ship was a three-mast sailing vessel. It looked like a large wooden ship in the 15th and 6th centuries. It had a collision angle and a family crest on the bow. It's a bit like a treasure ship.

  But looking closer, he found that there were four small wooden boats on the stern of the ship, which was rotten and shattered. This should not be a treasure ship anymore.

  In order to prevent the crew from being unwilling to steal or steal the treasures on board and leave, the treasure ship will not bring so many small boats, but the whaling ship operates like this.

  When he entered the cabin, Qin Shiou was taken aback. The target was a few corpses, because the waters of Labrador were cold all year round. These corpses were enclosed in the cabins. There were few bacteria, and they did not rot. They kept the appearance of dehydrated and dried corpses, which looked terrifying.

  There are many kinds of corpses on the bottom of the sea, some will decay, some will swell due to seawater soaking, but the latter kind of corpses. If there is no rot. Then as the cells die, they will be dehydrated under the density difference between the inside and outside, and it will be like this in the end.

  The dehydrated corpse is the scariest thing Qin Shiou knows. The expressions of these corpses looked very hideous because of strong muscle spasms. Even the five senses are crowded together or can't distinguish the five senses.

  In the cabin next door, he found two large boxes, which were tightly sealed, which made him look forward to it. Will there be any treasures inside?

  As a result, he stirred up the waves, the decayed box shattered easily, and all that fell out of it were white bones! And looking at the appearance of the skull, it is clearly human bones!

  But it doesn’t make sense. Qin Shiou is surprised. The corpse next door is dehydrated. How could the corpse in this box rot so thoroughly?

  There is nothing to explore. He didn't want to think about it. He continued to search, and found that there were many large oak barrels piled up in the cabin. He smashed one of them and found that there was a solidified oil-like object inside.

  In this way, he confirmed the ship, which is a whaling ship, and the grease should be whale oil.

The waters of Labrador used to be an important base for the Basque whaling. In the 15th and 6th centuries, there were tens of thousands of right whales living in this area. The right whales here are now on the verge of extinction.

  As far as Qin Shiou knows, at the peak of the 16th century, during the whaling season, more than 2,000 whalers lived in the Red Bay area and produced 500,000 gallons of whale oil for profit.

  At that time, whale oil was a very valuable item that could be used for lighting, lubrication, and as an additive to medicine, soap and asphalt. Spiced whale oil was the favorite fuel of European aristocrats in the 16th century.

  After the Basques caught the whales in the Red Bay to refining fish oil, as long as they were sold to Europe through a one-month ocean voyage, the price of a 55-gallon barrel of whale oil could be as high as US$10,000 today.

  So for the Basques, finding a right whale storage area in Labrador is equivalent to finding a gold mine.

  But for Daguan Qin, it was useless. After searching carefully, he found that the only valuable thing in the ship was a barrel of whale oil in the cabin and a box found in the airtight cabin.

  This box was sealed by whale oil, so although I don’t know what’s inside, Qin Shiou thinks it should be well preserved.

He wanted to open it, but considering that since the owner of the box closed it with whale oil, the contents in it were obviously afraid of water, so he found the giant monster and asked it to **** the box with the suction cup on its tentacles, and then the water would come out. Look again.

  Bringing the box, Qin Shiou left helplessly. Whale oil has no value nowadays. Whether it is lighting or lubricating oil, there is already a better substitute for whale oil.

  In this way, he withdrew the Seagod consciousness, subconsciously sighed, and Wei Ni who was next to him gave him a strange look and asked: "What happened? You seem to be dejected?"

  Qin Shiou said, “I’ve been at sea for too long and haven’t found a suitable catch. I will inevitably be discouraged.”

  Things must be reversed. After going all the way north to replenish at Burwell Port, further north, he left the Labrador waters and entered one of the coldest regions in Canada-Baffin Island.

  Pass through the Hall Peninsula of Baffin Island and enter the Davis Strait. At this time, Canada and Greenland can see each other across the strait.

At this place, the temperature dropped to below zero. They planned to cross the Davis Strait to Ilulissat Glacier Bay. As a result, when the fishing boat arrived at the port of Attu Island to prepare for supply, Qin Shiou accidentally discovered life in this sea area. With a lot of king crabs! (To be continued~^~)

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