A group of sharks soon caught up with the fleet and raced around the whales.

Li Kuan naturally didn't want his prey to go into the shark's pocket.

"Attention, harpoon guns shoot at sharks, but no one can go into the sea, not even if the whale is eaten by them."

If you fight a whale, the risk of going to sea is drowning;

Then when you fight sharks, you are likely to become excrement in people's stomachs when you go to sea.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Soon, several other boats followed the flagship and began shooting at the sharks in the water.

"Hit! Hit! ”

I don't know if there were too many sharks or if the accuracy rate was getting higher, but two harpoons fired from two boats actually hit the sharks.

At this time, the vulnerability of the shark is revealed.

If it is a huge whale, being shot is like tickling, and it usually does not cost your life.

But the shark is different, in total, it is a body more than a foot long, and it was directly shot through.

"Put the rope away, the shark won't get away."

Cheng Chumo shouted excitedly at the stern of the boat.

These sharks, it seems, are nothing more than that.

"Only one will be accepted, and the other shark will be left in the water."

Li Kuan knew that if these sharks were not allowed to eat something from their mouths, they would always follow the fleet, and sooner or later the whales dragged by the stern of the ship would suffer.

So leave one shark in the sea as food for other sharks.

This is mainly due to the fact that the launch speed of the bed crossbow is still too slow, and it is impossible to kill so many sharks in a short period of time.

……

Wenden Pier.

"Girl, go back and rest, you haven't slept since yesterday evening."

Yun'er saw Zixia's thin body standing on the dock, letting the sea breeze blow her clothes.

"No, I'm not sleepy. I slept yesterday afternoon, I waited a little longer, and the prince should be back soon. ”

The fleet did not return last night, although Li Kuan said in advance that he might not return on the same day, but Zixia was still a little worried.

"Hey, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really, the world on land is so big, why is it so strong against the sea. Everyone said that the sea monster in the water should not be provoked, but he was better and personally led people to hunt and kill the sea monster. ”

"Yun'er, if you say bad things about the King of Chu again, I won't let you follow me." Zixia glanced at Yun'er a little unhappily.

"Okay, okay, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the wisest, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the bravest!"

……

"The fleet is back!"

"The fleet is back!"

Suddenly there was a shout from the newly built lighthouse on the dock.

"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”

After the gong sounded, the whole dock knew that the fleet was back.

"Everyone hurry up and prepare, the fleet is back!"

In the salted fish workshop next to it, Wang Xuance walked briskly to the pier with a team of people, ready to receive the fish carried down from the boat at any time.

"I'm back before noon, the prince must have succeeded!"

Chu Suiliang said expectantly on the side.

"I heard that the whale is as big as a small mountain, and to be honest, it's hard to believe it until I see it." Wang Xuance stood on the pier, holding his glasses and looking into the distance.

One, two, three, four, five!

"Whew!" Wang Xuance breathed a sigh of relief, there were quite a few fleets, and it seemed that nine times out of ten it was really successful.

Soon, the news of the return of the fleet of fishing "sea monsters" in the East China Sea spread, and before the fleet docked, the dock was already crowded with people.

There are those who watch the excitement, there are the family members of the crew, and there are those who Wang Xuance brought to help.

Wenden Pier has never been as lively as it is today!

Most of the sea monsters that are seven or eight feet long want to come and see them.

"Look, everyone, is there something pulling behind the boat at the front?"

As the fleet got closer, some of the sharp-eyed members of the crowd had already spotted something towing behind the flagship.

"Wow, it looks like it's really dragging something big."

Although most of the whale was in the water, as the boat got closer to the dock, the people on shore noticed the situation.

However, this is not the time when everyone is most surprised.

When the fleet went to great lengths to lift the whales from the sea to the shore with the help of a newly erected pulley set on the dock, there was not a single person on the scene who was not shocked!

Two zhang high, eight zhang and five long, this is definitely the largest animal that everyone has ever seen in their lives.

"Don't be stunned, quickly isolate the crowd and make room for the whales!" After Li Kuan got off the boat, he found that everyone was looking at the whale stupidly, and there was no movement.

"Lord Wang, this ...... What to do with this whale? Wang Xuance looked at the behemoth in front of him, and felt a little unsure of how to start.

"Vacate the dock and place the whales in different places. The whale meat is used to marinate, the fat is used to refine whale oil, and the bones are cleaned and dried, leaving ......"

Li Kuan had never dealt with whales either, so he could only rely on some of his impressions to let Wang Xuance take the people from the salted fish workshop to start slaughtering whales.

Cheng Chumo was also enthusiastic to help on the side, especially Fang Yiai, picked up a big knife, climbed directly onto the whale's back, and began to cut it.

Soon, the entire dock was filled with whale meat pieces.

Near the pier, more and more people continue to flock to witness this historic moment.

"Lord Wang, what should I do with this shark? Did you deal with it too? ”

Tuesday Fu looked at the shark that was finally lifted off the deck and asked Li Kuan what to do.

"You cut off the shark fin and fish lip and send it to the county office, and the rest of the meat will be processed with whale meat, eat what you want, pickle it if you can't eat it, and keep it for later eating or selling."

The taste of whale meat was eaten by Li Kuan when he traveled to the Wa Kingdom in later generations, and it was not very good.

But the shark's fin and lips, which are the two of the eight treasures, are just the right time to taste today.

didn't eat and sleep well on the boat, and after instructing Wang Xuance and Chu Suiliang, Li Kuan went back directly.

On the wharf, the whale meat of five cents a pound, although it was much more expensive than the previous big yellow croaker, was quickly sold for tens of thousands of catties.

No one has ever eaten whale meat, and they all want to try it.

Even the families of the wealthy businessmen in Dengzhou Mansion each bought a bunch of whale meat and went back to taste it.

"It smells so good!"

"Delicious!"

"It's chewy!"

On that day, many families in Dengzhou Prefecture were tasting whale meat.

I don't know if it's because I spent more money, or because I've never eaten it, anyway, although a group of people feel that it doesn't seem to be as delicious as the big yellow croaker, but their mouths are constantly praising it.

Well, that's probably one of human natures!

From now on, the whaling industry can be regarded as officially on the stage of Datang.