There is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun!

When Li Kuangang heard Tuesday Fu say that there was a sea monster, he was slightly startled.

But as soon as he described the appearance of the sea monster, he immediately laughed.

"You said the sea monster you saw spewed water on its nose? Huge? ”

"Yes, Lord Wang, this is what my subordinates saw with their own eyes, I swear it is true, everyone on the ship saw it." Tuesday Fu thought that Li Kuan didn't believe what he said, and was a little anxious.

"I know what you're saying is true!"

Li Kuan suddenly felt that he could find a new industry for Dengzhou Mansion again.

Whales are full of treasures, and whale baleen is an important material for umbrellas, women's underwear, fishing rods and other products; Whale oil can be used for lighting and lubricating various machines, and is a very good natural lubricant; The vomit of sperm whales is an important source of the precious spice ambergris.

Li Kuan is fed up with the appearance of darkness everywhere every day as soon as it gets dark.

Even in a mansion like the Chu Palace, butter candles are very precious, and only the room where Li Kuan is located will light them.

And a whale, as little as dozens of tons, weighs more than 100 tons, and the whale skin is covered with thick fat, basically a whale, can refine hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of catties of whale oil.

It is really the best choice for lighting in this era.

You know, even in later generations, whale oil was once the most important lighting material for the American people, until oil was extracted on a large scale, and kerosene took its place.

"Lord Wang, what should I do in the future?"

Seeing that Li Kuan didn't speak for a while, Zhou Fu was a little apprehensive.

Although he is brave enough, he doesn't know what to do when he encounters a sea monster.

"What to do? Naturally, it is to kill gods when encountering gods, killing ghosts when encountering ghosts, and killing sea monsters when encountering sea monsters! ”

"Huh? Kill...... Kill the sea monster? Tuesday Fu's face turned white and blue.

"Don't worry, it's not a sea monster, it's just a relatively large animal in the sea, and this king named him Whale."

"Whales?" Chu Suiliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Li Kuan say that thing was not a monster, but he still asked suspiciously: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think they are also well-read, but they don't seem to have heard of such a thing as a whale?" ”

"If you ask those maritime merchants in Jiangnan, it is estimated that many people have seen it, and this king also heard it by chance."

"Lord Wang, this sea monster...... No, this whale is so big, how can we kill it? I look at its infinite strength, and I don't think I can catch it with a fishing net. Tuesday Fu thought of the whale's huge body as huge as a boat, and his heart felt weak for a while.

If the prince lets himself deal with whales, he doesn't know what to do at all.

"You can't use a fishing net to deal with a whale, and if it does get into the net, it's troublesome, and the boat may be capsized."

Hearing Li Kuan say this, Tuesday Fu breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, his prince did not mess around.

"So what to do?"

"Don't worry, there's a way. Tomorrow, the king will arrange for Dai Quan to prepare some equipment, and the fleet will rest for a few days, and then the king will personally take you to catch the whale back! ”

"Huh? Lord Wang, you want to go to sea again? Qing'er's face turned pale next to her.

"Lord Wang, that whale is huge, it must be infinitely powerful, and it is too dangerous to go to sea, or Lord Wang, you can tell everyone the method, and your subordinates will lead the team to fish." Xi Junmai said on the side.

"Lord Wang, this time is too dangerous, you better stay in the county office."

Everyone persuaded Li Kuan to dispel the idea of going to sea to kill whales in person, but Li Kuan naturally would not compromise easily.

Of course, Li Kuan is not the kind of stunned young man who really cares about his own safety.

Killing whales, as long as you are fully equipped, is actually not too risky.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Americans dared to go to sea to hunt whales with a single ship, and there was no reason to fail with five ships.

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Dai Quan has been very busy these days, staying in a makeshift iron workshop, and he is personally making whaling equipment according to the sketches drawn by Li Kuan.

"Lord Wang, although these ballistas are very different from those used in the army, but they are privately built ...... ballistas" Chu Suiliang stood beside Li Kuan a little worriedly.

After watching it for a few days, he basically understood Li Kuan's thoughts.

Each ship was equipped with two ballistas in the bow and a special towing mechanism in the beds.

And the most important thing should be the ballista, a ballista with a barb that shoots out, and the ballista gun is connected by a cable.

It's just that the ballista, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, can only be produced by the Ordnance Superintendent.

"Who said I was a ballista? This is a harpoon gun, which is specially designed to hunt whales. Li Kuan naturally knew what Chu Suiliang was worried about, but this kind of thing, as long as all his ballistas were installed on the ship, and insisted that this was a harpoon gun, it should be acceptable to Li Shimin.

As for the imperial history of the court, he loves to be impeached and impeached, as long as the sacred heart is not lost, Li Kuan is safe.

"Harpoon guns? The name Wang Ye is well-named, and it is a harpoon that shoots out, so this thing is naturally a harpoon gun. ”

Xi Junmai didn't have much respect for the imperial court, and only Li Kuan was in his eyes.

Chu Suiliang: ......

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Just as the fleet was rehearsing the whaling method, several fast horses rushed into the county seat of Wendeng.

Even when they arrived at the lively street, these people did not mean to slow down, and the pedestrians on the road saw this group of teenagers in fresh clothes and angry horses, knowing that these must not be ordinary people, and they dared not speak out.

Even in the chaos, the tables and chairs of a few stalls were overturned, and they had to consider themselves unlucky.

"Brother Cheng, I just inquired. His Royal Highness the King of Chu lives in the county office, let's go directly to him! ”

Needless to say, who dares to be so arrogant and dusty, except for Cheng Chumo, Wei Chihuan and Fang Yiai, who else can there be?

Originally, Fang Xuanling didn't support Fang Yi's love to come to Dengzhou, but he couldn't stand the green hat king and sneaked out of the house.

Soon, Li Kuan, who had just disembarked, was told that someone from Chang'an City was coming.

"Brother Cheng, rare guest! Rare guests! ”

As soon as he entered the county hall, Li Kuan saw Cheng Chumo sitting there very unceremoniously eating and drinking.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, I knew that the sea fish here in Dengzhou was so delicious, so I came here with you, where can I still use my grandfather to arrange it." Cheng Chumo stuffed a large mouthful of fish meat into his mouth, chewing and saying.

"Haha~ I've come to Dengzhou, and the sea fish is definitely enough." Li Kuan smiled and entered the lobby, "It just so happens that this king is going to sea tomorrow, and I will let you taste whale meat at that time!" ”

"Whale meat?" Fang Yiai swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, looking like he was almost choked to death.

"That's right, a sea overlord as big as a palace, let you see for a long time!"

"I also said on the way to the bereavement that I have no place to use my strength, and now I have found a partner!" Yu Chihuan smiled and pointed to Fang Yiai.

A group of people got acquainted with each other in Chang'an City, but they chatted together without any estrangement.