Zhenguan sixteenth spring Dengzhou seaside

The sea breeze is blowing... There are seagulls flying happily in the sky, not far away... A few big ships had just left the port, and Li Zhan was lying comfortably on the beach, and Li Zhan had already faded from the immaturity of a young man at this time.

Become a more calm adult, after all, it has been six years, and Li Zhan is already twenty-five years old.

Around Li Zhan, several hairy children were playing with the sand on the beach, and Li Zhan equipped them with a small shovel and a bucket for each person, so that they could play freely.

These children are Li Ping, Li An, Li Ju (Li Chengqian's eldest son), Li Hao (Li Ke's eldest son), Li Yuxi...!

The five children are now studying with Li Zhan, Li Ju and Li Hao were sent by Zhenguan in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan last year, and under the care of Li Zhan, they are becoming more and more lively, you don't know, when these two children were just sent, they looked like little adults, and they didn't have the childlike innocence of children at all.

Now, I've finally regained my childlike innocence.

"Daddy... Look, I've made a big city. Li Zhan's eldest son, Li Ping, came to Li Zhan with a smile and offered his treasure.

Following behind Li Ping, Li An, Li Ju, and Li Hao also came one by one, Li Zhan looked at Li Ping's small city and nodded with a smile: "Not bad, not bad...!" ”

As soon as he finished saying that it was good, Li An, Li Ju, and Li Hao also immediately asked Li Zhan to see what they had built, including boats, streets, and carriages... Don't say it, one by one is pretty good.

Li Zhan gave all the praise, but what made Li Zhan wonder was that only his daughter Li Yuxi did nothing alone, Li Yuxi was just picking up shells on the beach, and when Li Yuxi came to Li Zhan's side, there was already a small half bucket of shells in the bucket in his hand.

At this time, Li Zhan asked Li Yuxi with a smile, why didn't you play with sand?

And Li Yuxi's answer made Li Zhan not know how to answer, because Li Yuxi told Li Zhan? Now it doesn't matter how good the sand pile is? When the tide comes, no matter how good the sand is, it will be destroyed in an instant? So no matter how good the pile is, it's useless.

It's better to pick up some shells yourself.

"Uh...!" In a flash? Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, he felt that his daughter seemed to know a lot.

At this very moment... Li Yi ran over from a distance with a smile? Then he smiled at Li Zhan and said, "Your Highness... It's time to eat...! ”

Hearing about the meal, immediately five children lined up? Don't need anyone's support at all? Instead, after waiting for Li Zhan's order, they walked to a villa by the sea together.

The villa is a building that resembles a modern villa.

The villa occupies a small area, with a total of eight rooms and three living rooms? Four washrooms... Is there running water in the villa? Flush toilets, of course, there are no electric lights and cannons, and Li Zhan's family lives here.

There are no servants in the villa, housekeepers? Is it Yang Qiaoer, Li Jing'an? Ouyang Duoduo, Feng Ming? Koji Xiaodi, Yue'er? Hua Gu... These people? But? The villa range is one mile blocked.

Wait a minute to get back to the villa.

"Grandpa Shadow... Grandpa Shadow...! ”

The children happily saw the shadow, followed the five children and ran happily, and then rushed into the shadow's arms, six years later, the shadow is a little older, but still very energetic.

The shadow is the most spoiled by these children, I still remember that Li Ping once broke a porcelain cup because of naughty, Li Zhan was very angry, because Li Zhan had said Li Ping's naughtiness three or four times, but Li Ping always didn't listen,

In order to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, Li Zhan issued an order, and Li Ping was not allowed to eat for a day.

Oops... Yang Qiao'er hadn't cried yet, and the old man knelt down beside Li Zhan sadly, hoping that Li Zhan wouldn't have such a punishment, and the old man cried and said that now when Li Ping is still growing up, if he doesn't eat, it will definitely affect his body.

Li Zhan was speechless, others didn't give face, but Ying Lao's face, how could he not give it, Ying Lao had been following Li Zhan from birth to death, and now he was kneeling in front of Li Zhan and crying so miserably.

Li Zhan had no choice but to sigh, and then helped Ying Lao up and said forget it.

Originally, Li Zhan thought that Ying Lao should be better to Li Ping, and the others should not be protected like this, but what made Li Zhan a little dumbfounded later was that Ying Lao actually spoiled all the children equally.

Whether it is Li Ping, Li An, Li Yuxi, and later Li Ju and Li Hao, Ying Lao is so spoiled for these children that later, when Li Zhan wants to punish these children, he has to support Ying Lao.

"Grandpa... Grandfather... Grandfather...! ”

Of course, because Ying Lao is sincere to the children, so the children are also kind to Ying Lao, rushing into Ying Lao's arms, and shouting grandpa happily, that touch is really warm.

Li Zhan walked over, and Ying Lao immediately let go of the children and bowed down and said, "Your Highness...!" ”

"Excuse me...!" Li Zhan smiled and said, "Let's go to dinner together... After eating, the old man will take the children to play for a while. ”

"Really...!" The children were pleasantly surprised when they heard that they could play for a while, and they quickly cheered.

Li Zhan smiled slightly, child... Born to love to play, after entering the villa, Yang Qiaoer smiled and went to take the children to wash their hands, Li Zhan looked at Li Jing'an and asked, "Xin'an, how many months did my father-in-law say to come back?" ”

Li Jing'an looked back and smiled: "July... This time, my father said that he had gone a little far, but he would come back in July no matter how far he went. ”

Li Zhan nodded: "It's hard work, my father-in-law, he always helps me walk around, this time when I come back, I want you to tell your father-in-law that you won't go to sea again in the future, you are not too young, you can rest and rest." ”

"Hey... Got it. Li Jing'an replied with a smile.

At this time, Ouyang Duoduo on the side rushed over and said, "Your Highness... When are we going to start teaching kung fu to kids... My teacher has been idle for a long time. ”

Li Zhan looked at Ouyang Duoduo and smiled: "These children are only six years old, aren't they too young." ”

"Hey... You don't understand this, martial arts have to be practiced from the child...! "Ouyang Duoduo is gearing up, for teaching children martial arts, Ouyang Duoduo has long been eager to try.

However, Li Zhan was a little reluctant, why... Because this martial art is indeed a waste child, it is very hard-working, although he can protect himself when he grows up, Li Zhan still doesn't agree with it, so he has always diverted the topic from Ouyang Duoduo.

"Ahh Oh...! Looking at Ouyang Duoduo, who was full of interest, Li Zhan smiled and said, "I've decided not to do it alone... You said that you want to practice martial arts, not only our children can practice it, but also Hao'er, Hao'er.

So I have to ask Cheng Qian and Li Ke, are they willing to agree? ”

"Then hurry up and ask...!" Ouyang Duoduo couldn't wait to stare at the little eyes and said.

"What do you ask...!" Ouyang Ye walked over from the side with a frown, looked at Ouyang Duoduo and scolded unhappily: "Ouyang Duoduo, if you dare to touch my granddaughter again, I will fight with you, last time I had to let my granddaughter practice what kind of splitting."

My granddaughter's tears are falling, you still don't stop, hum... Stay away from my granddaughter. ”

"Huh...?" Ouyang Duoduo looked at his father's distressed appearance and said absurdly: "Didn't you treat me like this when you were a child, and told me that you can only be sweet when you eat bitterly, why do you say this now?" ”

"Phew... Can you compare to my granddaughter... I still say the same thing, Ouyang Duoduo, you can practice whoever you want, but my granddaughter will definitely not follow you. ”

Ouyang Ye's words made Ouyang Duoduo speechless, and when Ouyang Ye turned around to find Li Yuxi, he squeezed his eyebrows behind Ouyang Ye's back, Li Zhan looked at Ouyang Duoduo's cute appearance, and laughed.

The laughter made Ouyang Ye turn around, and then he saw Ouyang Duoduo frowning at him.

Ouyang Ye's eyes widened, Ouyang Duoduo screamed 'ah', turned around and ran, Ouyang Ye instantly chased after him and scolded: "You still want to run." ”

"Daddy, I didn't mean to, don't chase me." Ouyang Duoduo begged loudly for mercy.

However, Ouyang Ye shouted reluctantly: "You stop, let me beat you." ”

"Haha...!" The daily life of the father and daughter made the children laugh, and Li Zhan also couldn't stop laughing.

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Finally... Lunch began, so relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, Li Zhan's family's lunch is a gorgeous seafood feast, king crab... Sea urchin... Oysters....!

Of course, these are eaten by adults, and children are still eaten with rice and meat dishes.

At first, these children were very fond of seafood, but after eating it for a long time, they never got tired of eating rice.

Now the biggest import in the entire Dengzhou City is rice, to be honest, those seafood, especially crabs, there are very few people who eat them, Li Zhan built a whaling ship in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan.

Of course, in fact, whaling has been around for a long time, about 2,000 years ago, our ancestors began whaling on rafts, but the mortality rate of whaling was too high at that time.

Whales are currently the largest animals in the world, large whales can be more than 30 meters long and weigh more than 190 tons, which is equivalent to 33 elephants or 300 cattle.

The ancient depiction of the whale is that the sound is like thunder, the exhalation is like the wind, the water sprays like rain and mist, and it looks like a mountain on the sea from a distance. Whales often travel with mother and child, one big with one small, looking from afar, one high and one low like an island in the sea.

At that time, the whale was called the sea dragon Weng.

Whales are full of treasures, not only meat can be eaten, whales are very rich in fat, up to a dozen to dozens of centimeters thick. Fishermen have long used whale fat to make oil, and whale oil is used for lighting, which is smokeless, odorless and durable.

After Li Zhan hunted whales, he specifically sold this whale oil to Chang'an, which was definitely a hot item.

Of course, whaling is technical, and the best time to hunt is in the spring, because we all know that whales look like big fish, but they are actually mammals. Every winter and spring, whales swim to the shallow sea to give birth, which is the peak season for whaling.

Li Zhan's Dengzhou whaling team, as soon as the winter solstice passed, the fishermen organized a fleet to patrol, and after finding whales, each boat slowly approached the prey and used the "spur method" to catch it.

The fleet consists of three whaling ships, if it is not a whaling ship built by Li Zhan, then if you want to hunt whales, you need at least nine to ten, and the fishing gear is a whale mark with a rope and rod, 1.5-2 meters long and weighs about 10 kilograms. The standard hook is sharp, the cable is firmly connected, one end is wrapped around the boat, and the other end is operated with the pole.

A number of groups per boat, each group of two, one person to catch the standard, one person to manage the cable, by the highly experienced person responsible for the head mark, generally 2-3 meters away from the whale, the head mark began to throw, regardless of falling off or not, other standard hands to make up the throw, the number of bids together, foolproof.

After the standard hook is pierced into the fish, the fishermen take advantage of the situation, loosen the rope and let it swim, and when the injured whale is exhausted, they pull the side of the boat and tie it up, and then drag it to the shore to be slaughtered.

The income from the sale of whales, there are agreed rules, according to the actual number of winning ships and parts of the distribution, each ship is disposed of according to the size of the contribution, Li Zhan thought of whaling, or because one year, a giant whale stranded on Shawan Beach, weighing 10,000 catties, like a hill!

After some people found out, they dragged more than ten cows to the vicinity of Dengzhou City to slaughter and sell, and the price was very cheap. At that time, life was more difficult, and everyone rushed to buy meat to eat.

After Li Zhan found out, he also went to see it, and found that those people didn't know how good whales were at all, so they directly threw away whale oil, which made Li Zhan feel that he wanted to teach everyone how to hunt whales.

But then the whales caught more, the whale meat was cheap, when Dengzhou was not rich, the poor greedy whale meat was cheap, bought a lot, and ate until tired of eating to be afraid. "Whale meat was much cheaper than pork, and at that time seafood was cheaper than pork, and even pigs ate seafood as feed!

Li Zhan thought that he couldn't let whale meat be sold so cheaply, but whale meat was not easy to store, so later Li Zhan invented canned whale meat. The entire country of the Western Regions was sold all over again.

Li Zhan's whaling team has also changed from one team to fifteen teams now, and the canning factory has also changed from one to ten.

Whaling alone is an income, Li Zhan can reach 50 million a year, of course, this 50 million, Li Zhan has to send some to Chang'an, and everyone will be wet with rain and dew, so that everyone knows that Li Zhan is good, and Li Zhan will always be in everyone's hearts.

Of course, Li Zhan's whaling is controlled, because Li Zhan also knows that if the fishing is not controlled, then the whale will suffer a catastrophe, and human interest in whales is actually not great.

In ancient times, when human tools were not yet mature, there was no way for humans to be a behemoth like whales, and only some small whales would become prey to the Inuit.

But with the discovery of the whale's immense wealth, humans began to hunt whales on a large scale, from dolphins to sperm whales to blue whales, no matter how big they are, they are vulnerable to human whaling ships.

In particular, after the invention of the internal combustion engine, the demand for whale oil reached a peak, and the price of whale oil at that time was comparable to that of gold.

The lucrative profits also led to the further expansion of the whaling industry, when a whaling ship was like a factory on the sea, and after the whales were caught on board, there were special workers who would be responsible for boiling whale oil on site, otherwise the whales would be corrupted and lose their value.

For whaling, whalers will even catch the calves first, so that the mother whale can't bear to leave, and eventually becomes a barrel of whale oil.

The British, Dutch, French, Norwegians, and later the Americans, were the most enthusiastic whaling countries of the time. Further development of industry and technology has equipped whaling ships with more advanced weapons, and no whale can escape in front of whaling ships.

Human whaling ranges from the Arctic to the Antarctic, especially the blue whales that live in Antarctic waters.

Whalers were pleasantly surprised to find that the blue whale can weigh up to 170 tons, making it the largest of all whales and has the most fat on its body. After the news spread, Antarctica became a dense area of whaling ships, and the blue whale was almost extinct.

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