Whale Harbor, is the largest port on Black Dragon Island (Sakhalin Island), five years ago, the warships of the Ming Navy sailed to this old island called Kuwu, and included it under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and later it was incorporated into the Heishui Governor's Mansion, and renamed Black Dragon Island, and Whale Harbor was also built at that time, because Whale Harbor is east to west, and is seriously affected by the west wind in winter, although there is a breakwater protection, but there are still huge waves from time to time in the harbor.

However, even so, Whale Harbor is still one of the most important ports in the Sea of Whales (Sea of Japan), especially after Vladivostok entered the ice period, Whale Harbor became the home port of the Ming whaling ships in the Whale Sea, although North Korea opened many ports to the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming whaling ships still preferred this port, because the whales would sail through the Black Dragon Strait.

Compared with any port in the Ming Dynasty, the Whale Harbor is undoubtedly very special, in addition to the Ming people here, you can also see some strange-shaped people - the Kuwu people, the appearance of the Kuwu people is completely different from the Han people and even the Jurchens who themselves are different from the Han people, their eyebrows are prominent, their hair is dense, their eyes are round and deep, their eyelashes are long and divergent, their noses are vertical, their faces and whole body are hairy, and they obviously have the characteristics of the Europa race.

Compared with the Shengjurchens who had resisted the rule of the Ming Dynasty, these bitter people easily accepted the rule of the Ming Dynasty, accepted the utensils of the Ming Dynasty, and their clothing was mainly made of animal skins and fish skins in the past. Now, like the Akito, he wears cotton clothes. Although the Ming did not prohibit them from hunting and fishing, they were required to engage in agricultural activities. But in the face of the impact of civilization, many of them still began to try to integrate into the Ming Dynasty.

In Whale Harbor, you can see many Kuwu people, compared to the Northeast Jurchen forbidden to retain their traditional customs and culture, forbidding them to hunt and fish, requiring them to engage in agriculture or logging. The Kuvultures who took the initiative to blend in with the Ming Dynasty were given preferential treatment, and they could be seen sitting and chatting on the streets, and although they were wearing Ming clothes, they were authentic savages, and their appearance would surprise even newcomers.

In addition to these natives from the wilderness, there are many people who are the whalers needed on the whaling ships of the Ming Dynasty. They used to sail birch dinghys and whaling on the sea, and they were all strong and strong, but they had never seen anything of the world. Now, driven by profit, they left their tribe and joined the ranks of whaling, seeing that whaling could bring them wealth.

After all, as civilized goods poured into the island, while changing the natives, they also saw the power of silver, which could make their families live a more decent life, and for them, whaling was the best option to gain wealth.

Here, it is very simple to distinguish the difference between ordinary sailors and whalers, although they all have a sash worn by sailors around their waists, and a sheathed cable knife is hung, but they wear different clothes, unlike ordinary sailors wearing navy-style woolen coats, those whalers want to wear such clothes to the sea, what a joke, a wave hits, and the soaked clothes can drag them into the sea, so they are all wearing leather pants and leather clothes, even if the waves hit the body, they will not wet the clothes, and the leather coat lined with fur, Even in the winter in Whale Harbor, it can withstand the bitter cold here, and of course you need to cover it with a fur coat on the outside.

Without whaling, Whale Harbor would be as indistinguishable as any other coast on this deserted island, the same desolate, the same sparsely populated. But now it is a city of five or six thousand people, and all the buildings and money here are fished out of the sea, and whalers poke them out of the sea with javelins.

It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, nine out of every ten barrels of whale oil come from here, and there are many stories about whale oil, but everyone believes that in the emperor's palace, whale oil lamps are lit all night long in the oil lamps. Whether it's true or not, no one knows, but what is certain is that the use of whale oil is a habit that has been passed down from the palace.

And whale oil is produced in Whale Harbor, from the hands of those whalers.

On the pier of Whale Harbor, there is a tavern of whalers, and all the whalers who are about to set sail and return, come here, both whalers from all over the Ming Dynasty, and of course women from all over the world, Koreans, Jurchens, Quang Nam, and even prostitutes from Europe, who are always trying to earn the money from these whalers.

Here, almost everyone will be drunk and staggering, they will talk loudly, roar, gulp wine, and flirt with the women around them from time to time, the unbridled laughter of men and the screams and laughter of women echo here, and suddenly the door is pushed open, and the wind and snow pour in.

"Something's wrong!"

The sailors who broke in shouted loudly.

"When the Golden Ingot entered the port, it was pushed by the waves and hit the breakwater......"

The sudden news made the men who were originally unbridled and laughing stunned, and they were still holding wine glasses in their hands, and their expressions looked a little complicated.

It's a risky industry!

On the sea, maybe the whales will smash their dinghy to pieces when they shoot it, and they may even return to the sea. And when you sail on the sea, it will also be full of risks, and when the sea fog rises, you will get lost and hit an iceberg. Even when returning to the sea, the ship will be washed up on the breakwater by the waves in the port because of the rough waves in the port, and the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

Wind and snow poured into the tavern through the open door, but there was a suffocating silence inside. The people who learned the bad news were immersed in a silent sorrow, each with his own thoughts, which were shrouded in the same desolation.

In the dimly lit tavern, the oil lamps flickered in the cold wind, and the heat in the room seemed to be about to dissipate. Because the door was open, some light came in, and on the facing wall hung a row of various guns and spears.

They weren't ordinary guns and spears, they were full of murderous aura—these were rusty whaling javelins, which were often found on expeditions in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and legend has it that whalers used them to catch whales.

And the rusty whaling gun in the middle, it is said to be the whaling gun on the "Light", that is the earliest whaling ship here, it once caught a dozen whales in a row, and finally, on the return trip, caught in the wind and waves of the port, outside the port it will sink but not sink, a few bare masts are still struggling on the water, and finally, the only thing left on that ship is this whaling gun.

There was also a whaling gun, which was once carried into the sea by a large whale, and then another group of whalers killed the whale and found the gun. Then he brought it back, but the ship was already deep.

These whaling guns all represent the sunken whaling ships, and without exception, they are all sunk in the port, and many people will survive, but they have lost their wealth and lost the harvest of more than a month of struggle in the whale sea, which is the most pity for whalers.

I don't know how long later, suddenly, someone shouted.

"Drink!"

"Yes to drink!"

Then laughter rang out again, joy once again replaced sorrow, the sea was always full of risks, what was it?

They are sailors and are adventurous by nature!

After some time, the door was pushed open again, and in came a whaler with a whaling rifle in his hand. Despite his thick fur coat, his head was covered in ice ballast.

He walked in without saying a word, and when he walked in, everyone looked at him, and many people recognized him, he was Wang Jie, the whaler on the "Golden Ingot".

Without saying a word, he walked to the counter, then patted off the ice ballast on his head, shook off the rain and snow on his coat, and sat down in a seat there while putting his whaling gun on it.

The shopkeeper behind the cabinet poured him a glass of wine, and no one spoke.

Wang Jie drank wine, he hung his head.

The silence and solemnity of the place clearly affected everyone, and they all sat there, just sitting quietly.

"We brought back 397 barrels of oil!"

The harvest is very rewarding!

After Wang Jie spoke, everyone naturally thought of the wealth represented by these oils, but what was the use? And how much was saved?

"Now, not a single barrel is left, and there is no boat!"

The waves are too big, and as soon as the ship hits it, it will fall apart, and the oil drums on the ship will also become shattered.

"Okay, don't think so much, it's good to live."

"A boatload of people, only six survived!"

Once again, the atmosphere in the tavern has changed, and there are too many dead.

What happened to those who died was certainly inevitable for every whaler, and as long as they went out to sea, they were in danger at any time. So these whalers know that all this is inevitable, and they may choose to forget, but now they all feel sad in the face of such a thing.

The sorrow that had accumulated in my heart turned into a heavy, silent sigh, so that everyone who faced the future of death was now plunged into endless sorrow because of this shipwreck!

"Actually, it turns out that all this could have been avoided!"

Wang Jie touched the whaling gun while drinking, and then he sat there and repeated again.

"Originally, it could have been avoided."

There was a look of hesitation on the faces of the people sitting next to him, and curiosity was aroused.

"How to avoid it?"

Someone asked.

"Listen, the sound of the waves is so loud, this place is not suitable for winter."

"But, if you don't get here, you can still get there, is it difficult to go to North Korea?"

"There are other places besides North Korea! Why not go there? ”

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