Not long after, the big whale was towed back by two speedboats.
Yun Chao used a large boat to tow the big whale, and asked several bird boats to protect it so as not to harm some carnivorous fish in the sea, such as sharks.
Several bird boats are equipped with crossbows. If any predators in the sea dare to come to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, Yun Chao would not mind giving extra meals to the soldiers and letting everyone taste the taste of shark fins.
Not to mention, it’s really eye-opening.
The fleet had been traveling for less than an hour when two large sharks approached.
I don’t know how this thing grows, but its sense of smell is particularly sensitive.
It is said that sharks can smell blood several kilometers away. Whether it is true or false, it is true that sharks' sense of smell works.
Unfortunately, these two sharks did not understand the situation. What they encountered was not a passenger ship or a merchant ship, but a killing machine on the sea.
Boom boom boom boom…
With the sound of a few crossbows, the two sharks quickly lost their lives and were dragged aboard by the navy officers and became everyone's food.
Compared to many ocean fish, shark meat doesn't taste that great.
However, these days, everyone is short of fuel and water.
Even though most naval officers come from the seaside, they don't often get to eat fish.
Even though the shark meat tastes average, everyone still ate it with gusto.
Compared with ordinary naval officers, Yun Chao's food is much better.
Do you want to know more about the legendary shark fin?
The shark's fin on the dining table of later generations was cooked with a variety of high-end ingredients.
The shark fin that Yun Chao eats now has a relatively simple taste.
However, after all, it was freshly cut from a shark, and it was far more delicious than dried shark fins. It tasted a bit like fine shiitake mushrooms, soft, waxy, and elastic.
Unfortunately, in Yunchao's opinion, that's all. It's really not as delicious as the legend says. Maybe it's because of insufficient ingredients.
On the way back, we hunted several waves of uninvited guests who came to snatch the big whale.
Without exception, these guys have become a snack for naval officers.
Yunchao is now asking the scientific research department to study chemical materials. If nylon can be made one day, real large fishing nets can be made, and then the fishing industry will truly begin!
These days, fishing nets are basically made of cloth and linen.
One is that it has low strength, and the other is that it is easily corrupted.
There is an idiom that goes like three days of fishing and two days of drying the net, which refers to this kind of fishing net.
If it is not taken out to dry regularly, it will rot quickly.
With rudimentary fishing nets, rudimentary fishing boats, and rudimentary labor force, it is almost a joke to develop marine fisheries.
Therefore, Yun Chao came up with the method of hunting whales.
Compared with the fishing technology of the Dawu Dynasty, the efficiency of whaling is undoubtedly very high, and it is still much higher.
Take the large whale captured by Yunchao as an example. It was visually estimated to be at least a dozen tons, or even heavier.
How many backward small fishing boats are needed to catch one, twenty, or even twenty or thirty tons of fish?
In the end, the Yun Jiajun Navy successfully completed the live-fire drill and successfully returned to Dengzhou Port.
Seeing the safe return of the naval officers, the navy's ground staff burst into cheers, and the coast soon became a sea of joy.
Not only those on ships are called navies, there are also many navies on land.
When everyone saw the fleet bringing back such a big whale, almost everyone was shocked and speechless.
Needless to say, Brother Chao must have caught such a huge beast in the sea with magical means, otherwise who would be so capable!
By the way, this big fish could be the mount of the Sea Dragon King, right?
Brother Chao even dared to catch the Sea Dragon King's mount, and he was able to catch it back, which shows that Brother Chao is even more powerful than the Sea Dragon King!
Unexpectedly, Yun Chao didn't know the complicated psychology of the navy officers. Before getting off the ship, he asked his own soldiers to send orders to the ground crew to prepare and seize the time to deal with the big whale.
It is not easy to get such a big whale to the shore. It requires many small boats to tow it together.
Finally, through the joint efforts of hundreds of people, the whale was finally dragged to the beach with difficulty.
As soon as the big whale came ashore, dozens of navy chefs started moving.
They had never killed a whale before and had no idea how to proceed.
Fortunately, the chefs all have experience in cutting up pigs and sheep. After pondering for a while, they finally found some ways to skin the big whale.
Yun Chao didn't know if whale skin was enough to make leather armor, but it was definitely right to keep the whale skin.
Even if you can't make leather armor, it would be nice to make some leather clothes.
There is a thick layer of blubber under the whale's skin.
Whale blubber can be boiled into whale oil.
Whale oil can be used for cooking, making high-end candles, making soap, etc. It is better than ordinary pig and sheep butter.
As for whale meat, the benefits go without saying. It’s hard to say how high the protein is, but I’m sure it’s not unpalatable.
If whale meat is unpalatable, the small country in the future will not hunt it down in the name of scientific research.
It can be said that the whole body of a whale is full of treasures.
Whaling is easier than raising pigs and sheep, and easier than hunting. As long as you have a boat and people, and be careful not to hunt them to extinction, it will definitely be a profitable business!
However, the smell of boiled whale oil was not very pleasant. Yun Chao stayed there for a while and then left, running to attend the celebration banquet for the navy officers' triumphant return.
At the celebration banquet, Yun Chao tasted whale meat for the first time.
, the taste is somewhat similar to beef and mutton, but with a little more fishy smell.
To say it's delicious, it's not too delicious.
Let’s just say it’s not delicious, but the taste is just okay.
However, for poor people who don’t even have enough to eat, or who can’t eat meat several times throughout the year, it is absolutely delicious!
After staying in Dengzhou for a while, Yun Chao embarked on his way back to Dongping Mansion.
The territory of the Yun Family Army was in ruins, and many things were waiting for Yun Chao to deal with. It was really inconvenient to stay in Dengzhou for too long.
It has been more than three years since time traveled.
Yun Chao has grown from a sixteen-year-old boy to a great young man of nearly twenty.
Lin Youniang has also grown from a thin little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old to a graceful and graceful young lady.
The two finally reached the age of discussing marriage.
Originally, Yun Chao planned to wait two more years until Lin Youniang was older before getting married.
However, no one in the Yun family army from top to bottom was looking forward to their early marriage.
Ordinary people also pay attention to three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having children.
As the leader of a force, whether Yun Chao has any descendants is not only his personal matter, but also the matter of the entire force.
This made Yun Chao very worried.
According to his intention, he didn't want to get married so early.
For a girl who is 17 or 18 years old, it is still not safe to give birth to a child.
Although Yunchao invented forceps, which greatly improved the survival rate of babies, until there is a breakthrough in caesarean section technology, giving birth is still the most dangerous stage in a woman's life.
Once the fetal position is incorrect, or even upside down, forceps will be of no use.
Giving birth to a child under such circumstances is very dangerous for both mother and child, and it is extremely dangerous!
