On the vast expanse of the Bohai Sea, a large ship was sailing slowly, and the sails of the three masts were only one raised, and it was clear that it was not in a hurry or anything.

Although this ship is as large as a fortune ship, twelve feet long and three feet wide, its shape is completely different from that of a fortune ship, this ship has a large belly, a deep draft, and the most peculiar thing is that the bow of this ship looks like a triangle, and there is a harpoon gun that needs to be driven by a winch.

That's right, this is a whaling ship, the first real whaling ship built by Tianjin Shipyard, and all its structures are imitations of the bottlenose whaling ships that were born in the late 1st and early 20th centuries.

'Kunpeng' is the name of this whaling ship, at this time, on this ship, the crew is looking around with binoculars for traces of whales, they have been out for two whole days, but until now no whales have been found, so the captain Tian Baiyi is also in a hurry.

"In the past, I could see these whales every time I went fishing, but now these whales know that we are out to hunt, so they all avoid us."

Tian Baiyi put down the binoculars in his hand, looked around, and never found any trace of the whale, this ship went to sea, the daily expenses are a large amount, not to mention, the sunset is about to fall, if there is no harvest today, but you have to wait for tomorrow.

"Maybe we forgot to incense the dragon king when we went to sea."

Tian Baiyi's side, Deputy Captain Peng Yi said with a smile.

"I just don't dare to incense the Dragon King, if this Dragon Lord knew that we went to hunt and kill their whale general, he would definitely not bless us."

Tian Baiyi smiled and said, the current seafarers go to sea generally to the dragon lord incense, almost every household is offered to the dragon lord of the gods, in this era, all walks of life have their own worship of the gods, this medicine for the saint Sun Simiao, this carpenter for Luban, the seafarers go to sea in the southeast coastal area is for Mazu, in this northern region, everyone does not believe in Mazu and found the dragon lord to come out for offering.

In short, everything requires God to ask the Buddha, and the heart is more steady.

"Whales, whales~"

Just as the two were chatting, there was an exclamation from the mast overhead, and everyone immediately came to their senses.

"Skinny, in that direction?"

Tian Baiyi hurriedly asked.

"About 2 nautical miles ahead~"

On the mast, the man called the thin man was as thin as a monkey, and he was pointing forward with a telescope in his hand.

"Ring the bell and get to work~"

Tian Baiyi looked straight ahead with a telescope and saw nothing, but he still ordered the 'Kunpeng' to act.

"Bell~Bell~"

With a burst of rapid bells ringing on the 'Kunpeng', suddenly the whole ship began to become busy, and at the same time, everyone became extremely excited, and after two days at sea, they finally found the whale.

"Hey~hey~"

At the bow of the ship, several sturdy crew members, bare-necked, began to stir the winch and load a spear made of iron, two feet long, attached to a thick rope.

The spear has a barb on it, and once it hits the whale, it will bite into the flesh, and no matter how much the whale struggles, it will not unhook.

The ropes that connect the spears are specially made ropes, which are very thick and strong enough to ensure that they will not break.

The sails on the Kunpeng rose one after another, and soon they swelled under the sea breeze, and the speed of the ship began to soar rapidly.

The 2-nautical-mile road did not take too long, and Tian Boyi and the others could see the water columns rising above the sea like fountains.

This is the water column that the whale breathes when it breathes, the whale is a mammal, it can not breathe directly in the water like other marine fish, it needs to go to the sea surface from time to time to breathe, which is also the most direct, simple and effective way to find the whale.

"Drink~ The number of whales in this group is really quite a lot, I'm afraid there are hundreds."

Tian Baiyi looked at the columns of water rising on the surface of the sea, his face was full of smiles, these whales inhabited the ocean carefree.

Since ancient times, they have been the overlords of the ocean, and their status is unshakable, even if human beings are rampant on the land, but they are helpless against the giant beasts in the ocean.

"Tsk, Lao Tian, let's pick the biggest whale."

Peng Yi's eyes flashed, and as the boat got closer and closer to the whales, he could clearly see the huge bodies of the whales, which were not afraid of the boat at all, and even roosted around the boat.

"No, it's better for us to hunt whales for the first time, it's better to be safe, just choose a medium-sized one."

Tian Baiyi thought about it and shook his head and said, he is still more cautious, the first time he goes to sea to hunt whales, he does not seek merit but seeks no fault, as long as he can catch whales, he can go back safely.

As for how much profit this first whaling must have, I really don't care very much, after all, the owner of this ship is Liu Jin, he has money, and he doesn't care about this star at all.

"Let's take a look at it, let's pick a medium-sized whale, and we'll finish the work before sunset, and we'll be back to Hong Kong early tomorrow morning."

Tian Baiyi said loudly to the crew on the ship.

"Okay, I think this one here is very good, almost seven zhang long, average size, very suitable for starting."

"I also have a good one on my side~"

"Brother Tian, you can do it the day ahead~"

As soon as the crew heard this, they immediately searched for targets at sea and shouted one after another.

"Harpoon Gun Ready~"

Tian Baiyi smiled, everyone eats on a boat, this relationship is still very good, as the captain, he has a lot of power, and he is the one who says it on this boat.

He came to the bow of the boat and looked at the group of whales in front of him, which seemed to have eaten and drunk enough, and were very leisurely breathing on the surface of the sea, and had not gone underwater, so it was a good time to start.

As his words fell, next to the harpoon gun, the person in charge of operating the harpoon gun was a tall and strong man, and the whole person became nervous, concentrating his attention on the group of whales in front of him.

"That's it, if you see the right shot, it's best to be able to shoot it in the head with one shot."

Soon, Tian Baiyi pointed to a whale more than ten meters in front of him and said.

"Look at my~"

Gao Shan nodded, and said very confidently, in the training of controlling the harpoon gun, he has always been the first, and the harpoon gun can be said to be a hundred shots, so he has also become the gunner on this 'Kunpeng', specializing in controlling this harpoon gun.

"Medium~"

The sea is rough and the boat is constantly shaking with the waves, and it is a great test of experience and skill to aim at whales in such an environment.

After waiting for a while, I heard a loud shout from the high mountain, and the harpoon dragged the rope and flew out rapidly.

"Poof~"

Not surprisingly, the shot landed firmly on the whale's body, but it did not fall on the whale's head, but on the whale's thick back.

"Whoa~"

A large amount of blood instantly gushed out of the sea, staining the surrounding sea water red, and at the same time, the injured whale twisted its body in pain and slapped the water, which immediately set off a huge wave of waves.

At the same time, I saw that the rope dragged by the harpoon was rapidly straightened and tightened, and then the speed of the 'Kunpeng' soared all of a sudden, and the hull of the ship also made a tooth-sour sound.

The whale's size is too big, its strength is too great, and now that it is injured, it begins to run desperately, and under the huge pull, the 'Kunpeng' is also under great pressure.

Listening to the sound of sore teeth coming from the ship, Tian Baiyi, Peng Yi, Gao Shan and others also changed color slightly, and began to worry about whether the ship could withstand the pull of this sea beast.

"Prepare the knife~"

For the sake of safety, Tian Baiyi also immediately ordered that a crew member holding a sharp machete would wait for an order at any time, and once the ship showed signs of being unbearable, he would immediately cut the rope to prevent the ship from being destroyed.

At sea, the whales were also frightened and began to dive into the sea, and soon, only one injured whale was left on the surface of the sea, dragging a rope and pulling the Kunpeng to drive rapidly on the sea.

The performance of the whaling ship is still very good, although the whale is very powerful, pulling the boat to speed on the sea, but the ship is still intact, and there is no unbearable appearance.

This made everyone on the boat also relieved, and then they had time to take a look at the whale.

A large amount of blood kept gushing out of the whale's body all the time, and everywhere it passed, the sea water was swept away, emitting bursts of bloody smell.

"Whoa~"

The whale writhed and rolled, trying to break free, but the harpoon bit into its flesh, and no matter how much it struggled, there was no way to escape.

"It looks like we're going to have to wait a little bit, and we can only kill it like this."

Tian Baiyi looked at the sunset in the west, and then looked at the whale that was still very powerful, and he was also ready to fight a protracted battle, so he also ordered: "Take turns to eat, and take turns to be on duty at night~"

Soon, the crew of the ship began to get busy again, eating, resting, resting, and having eaten and drunk enough to have the energy to fight the giant beast in the sea.

The sun slowly sank into the sea, staining half of the sky red.

Soon, night fell, it was a rare good weather, the stars were shining, the moon was clear, even if there was no light, you could still see everything on the sea very clearly.

"Haha, the direction in which the whale is taking us now is just the direction of Tianjin Port, which is a lot of roads left."

Tian Baiyi habitually measured the position of the ship, and quickly calculated the direction, and immediately laughed happily.

Coming to the bow of the boat, he looked at the whale in front of him, after a period of struggle, it had gradually lost its strength, and at this time it was no longer as ferocious as it had just begun, but after a while, it would struggle again, and it was obviously not completely dead.

This night, Tian Baiyi never slept, and kept watching the movements of the whales on the deck.

By the second half of the night, the whale had stopped moving, apparently dead, which made him completely relieved.

Early the next morning.

"Haha, it's a belly, it's a belly~"

The first thing the crew who got up early to do was to go to see the whale caught yesterday, and they were soon pleasantly surprised to find that the whale, which was fierce yesterday, had turned over at this time, revealing a snow-white, snow-white belly, and was suspended above the water.

"It's not difficult to hunt whales, the key is that this shot must be shot accurately, and it can't be unhooked, and the rest of the matter is much simpler, just wait for it to bleed to death."

Tian Baiyi looked at the belly-flapping whale, and immediately smiled and said to the crew around him.

"It's really not difficult, I thought it would be difficult and risky to hunt whales at first, but now it seems that this is actually the case."

Peng Yi also nodded and said.

"It's still our ship that is powerful, if it were an ordinary ship, it is estimated that it would have been towed apart a long time ago, without this professional whaling ship, it really can't deal with the giant beasts in the sea."

This is whaling once, and he can be regarded as knowing the way of whaling, and the technology is not much technology, the key is to aim with one shot, and the rest is simple.

The real difficulty is the whaling ship, and the specially designed harpoon gun, without these things, and there is really no way to deal with the giant beasts of the sea.

"How much do you think this whale is worth?"

Peng Yi looked at the big fish on the sea and said.

"I have to sell it for thousands of taels of silver~"

"A few thousand taels is too little, I think it will cost at least ten thousand taels of silver~"

"Tens of thousands of taels are too much, at most it is worth a few thousand taels of silver."

Everyone suddenly said a word to me, and happily estimated.

This whale is as huge as this ship, and how much silver is worth of such a huge fish, everyone really can't calculate.

"Lao Tian, how much silver do you think you can sell?"

Peng Yi asked Tian Baiyi with a smile.

"A few thousand taels of silver must be able to be sold, didn't you say it in class, it's full of treasures."

Tian Baiyi said with a smile on his face, if he can sell it for a few thousand taels of silver, this trip, his commission will not be less.

"Maybe there will be tens of thousands of taels of silver~"

Peng Yi looked at the whale's huge body and said.

"You'll find out when you go back~"

"Let's get moving, quickly detain it to the side of the ship, and tow it back to the harbor."

Tian Baiyi didn't waste too much time estimating its value, and soon ordered to get busy.

As soon as the crew got the order, they began to get busy, and there were many specially designed tools on the ship, which buckled the end of the ship to the side of the ship, and with the buoyancy of the sea water and the thrust of the wind, followed the 'Kunpeng' back to the port of Tianjin.

"Bell~Bell~"

The mornings at the port of Tianjin are very busy, and the lookout on the lighthouse is constantly looking at the sea, ringing the bell whenever a ship returns to the port.