Early the next morning, I had the shark fin vermicelli soup that I hadn't seen in a long time.

Shark fin, also known as shark fin, shark fin, shark fin or silk cabbage, specifically refers to the filamentous cartilage in the shark's fin, most of which comes from the shark's chest, abdomen, tail and other fin fin dried production. But we eat fresh, I don't know if the taste is better or worse, I'm definitely not an expert in this.

And to be honest, I don't like eating the water quite a bit. In my senses, even the most astute chef makes seafood smells fishy. I hate fishy smells, but seafood without fishy smells or what kind of seafood? It's not as affordable as eating vermicelli, isn't it?

After two bites, I couldn't swallow it anymore, so I gave almost the entire bowl of shark fin vermicelli soup to the kite next to me. This guy had bulging cheeks from eating, and asked me with a smile: "Mountain monk, you have five teachers and you are hot!" ”

I knew she meant, "Sir, if you don't eat it, I'll eat it all!" He knocked her on the head and left the cabin. I walked to the side of the boat and spit out the remnants of shark fin in my mouth, opened the rum and rinsed it vigorously a few times to feel more comfortable.

I wondered! What's so good about this? It is said that shark fin is edible because shark fins contain a kind of vermicelli-shaped tendons, about 80% of which are protein, fat, sugar, and other minerals. However, objectively speaking, it is difficult to absorb, so many people say that eating an egg actually absorbs more nutrients than shark fin.

The reason why sharks were killed on a large scale in later generations was entirely because people blindly followed the trend and produced a large number of high profits.

Mavi walked up behind me, and he was carrying a pretty big wooden barrel, almost a bathtub! He smiled and said, "Captain, look! ”

I turned around, my arm still on the railing on the side of the boat, and looked into the tub. There are a lot of things swimming back and forth in between, but when you look closely, there are many miniaturized whale sharks!

I was amazed and asked, "These are the calves of the whale sharks?" How is it so small? ”

Mavi slipped a few small fish out of a nearby bucket and threw them into the vat containing the whale shark calf. Suddenly, these little things rushed to the surface of the water like crazy! Almost instantly, the little fish disappeared into the mouth of the whale shark cub! Some of the whale shark cubs who didn't have a scramble for food wanted to attack their companions, but seemed to sense that it was their siblings, so they slowly gave up the idea of attacking, but seemed rather agitated.

Mavi threw a few more small fish into it, and the whale shark cubs that had not grabbed food and were still floating on the surface of the water immediately pounced, and this time down, basically the litter of baby whale sharks had food, and the water was quiet.

Mavi laughed, "This whale shark mother is quite promising, and we found twelve baby whale sharks from her belly. Two of them died last night, and there are twenty left! That's already quite an impressive survival rate! ”

I pouted, "That's not it! Tiger mother no dog fish! I said, what are you going to do with this little fry? ”

Ma Wei smiled and said, "Such a precious thing, of course, is breeding!" ”

My eyes widened and I said, "Breeding? In this bucket? ”

Mavi shook her head and smiled, "Of course not!" These whale shark calves grow up quickly, so we have to find a place to stay as soon as possible, and we have to rely on the onshore pools to keep these guys! ”

I asked again, "Why do you use it when you raise it?" Do you eat? It's so unpalatable! ”

Mavi laughed again: "No! Captain, eating whale sharks is too tyrannical! The reason why we ate the big whale shark in the morning was entirely because it was dead, and if we didn't eat it, it would be wasted, and there was nothing to eat! ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the calf whale shark in the bucket and said, "When they are raised to a certain size, they can be sold at the market or auction!" According to Governor Pence Sr., many of the big names in the West like to keep a pair of whale sharks in their pools to show that they are different. Of course, this is also a good way to execute prisoners in secret! ”

I smacked my lips and said, "It looks like this thing is very expensive!" Then you'll have to take care of it! Before these little ones grow up, you must make a move as soon as possible, but don't raise tigers! ”

Mavi laughed, "That's nature! No matter how powerful this whale shark is, it is also a fish, and it can't do without water! So in any case, the damage done is also limited! ”

I nodded. Motioned for him to take his own chances. Mavi smiled and went with the bucket.

I looked at Mavi's back and smiled bitterly, this strange guy, what a mess! Shaking his head, he walked towards the captain's quarters.

Due to the damage suffered to a certain extent last night, this morning we docked at a small backwater bay on an island in the Indian Ocean to carry out repairs.

In addition to repairing ships, the fighting density has been relatively high recently, and many of them are newly recruited sailors, and they also need a chance to rest, so I ordered all the staff to take a holiday and go to the island for a good day's rest.

The island is uninhabited, with no flora or fauna other than dense coconut palms and a few birds. But the sailors are still happy, and people who have been at sea for a long time are yearning for land. I said to myself, glancing at the cheering crowd below, I smiled and returned to the captain's room with the bottle.

"Sir, in ten days or so, we will almost be on Socotra!" Arashi looked at the nautical chart, looked up when he saw me come in, and said.

I hummed, put down the bottle, and walked over to the chart. Looking at the chart, I gently followed the island of Socotra with my hand, to Mogadishu, to Sofala, around the Cape of Good Hope, across St. George, and my fingers suddenly accelerated, straight to Lisbon!

Arashi looked at my finger movements, looked up and smiled, "It's going to take some time to get to Lisbon!" Sir, you can't be in a hurry to sail! After all, we're going around all of Africa! ”

I nodded, but my eyes were fixed on the tiny connection on the chart next to Alexandria, at the end of the Red Sea—and there was the Suez Canal! This project will not be completed until hundreds of years later, can I ......

Forget it, it's too far to get to this now! So I said to Arashi, "I've heard that Africa's coastline isn't very peaceful. Once you arrive at Socotra, try to replenish as much as you can, even if you reduce the ratio of food and water! ”

The stowage capacity on each ship is limited, and the storage of grain and fresh water will definitely have to be reduced if you load more shells and the like. Lan smiled and said, "Understood, sir! Before we reach the Cape of Good Hope, we all have to be ready for battle at all times! ”

Yes, the East African coastline is now known as a criminal paradise, so there's absolutely nothing wrong with being well prepared!

Early the next morning, our fleet set sail again, heading north-west to Socotra in the direction we had set.

The time at sea seems long, and yet it seems short. I don't know how many days and nights passed, but we finally saw a large group of islands in front of us!

Socotra, whose name comes from Sanskrit for "island of bliss", is an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, which is part of the modern Yemeni province of Socotra. The specific location is about 350 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula, northeast of the Horn of Africa, at the junction of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

The Socotra island group consists of four large islands and two small reef islands, with an archipelago area of more than 3,000 and nearly 4,000 square kilometers. According to later estimates, these small islands have been isolated from the continental plate for 18 million years, so many endemic plants and animals have been generated. Nearly forty percent of Socotra's plants, ninety percent of reptiles, and almost all of its snails are unique to the island.

Due to the abundance of rare creatures on the island, it is considered the "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean", which means "Museum of Living Evolution" and "melting pot of marine life".

After the landing at the port, I took a group of people to walk around the port, and the more I went around, the more I felt that this place was unique.

First of all, almost all of the buildings are domed with pointed tops, which reminds me of some kind of temple in later generations. However, my suspicion was soon confirmed, and a long trumpet sounded from the large domed building in front of me, and countless peddlers, pawns, women and children poured into the large spire and began to pray.

Oh, it seems that this situation has really been passed down for hundreds of years! Mavi leaned over to me and whispered, "Captain, this way is governed according to the teachings of their Lord, so have you noticed that there are no bars on the island, and there are no other places of entertainment. It's better to be cautious here, the people here are more unruly, but they are very ethnic! So it's best not to have a conflict, otherwise it will inevitably be a big fight! ”

I looked left and right, and sure enough, everything was green, and there was a milky smell in the air. I was bored, I suddenly lost interest, pouted and said, "Go back!" We'll set sail when we're recharged! After speaking, he glanced at the man with a turban on the side of the road and the thief's eyebrows and rat eyes staring at our group, and said lightly: "Let's go!" Back to port. ”

At the same time as we turned around, the thief-eyed guy leaned in and pretended to be careless and bumped into me! The moment I made physical contact, I felt a hand reach for my wallet!

Scold! Dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head! I made a lightning strike, grabbed this guy's wrist, and with a little force, the thief fell to his knees screaming! It's just that one hand is still under my firm control, and the whole arm is sore, and in his hand, he still holds my wallet!

I smiled and said, "Just this technology and learn to be a street shoplifter?" ”

Who knows, this thief actually said very arrogantly: "I'm not a thief!" This is my wallet! Everybody knows it! ”

Before I could speak, there was a lot of noise around me! Shouting everything! But most of the language I could understand was warning me to let go of the thief and give him back the money!

I couldn't help but sneer, huh? Is this bullying? Or is there something else to be done? So I put more force on my hand again, and the thief's sore nose and tears came out together, but he still said that the wallet was his!

The people around have already gathered around, seeing that it means that they are going to do it without asking! My heart suddenly became nameless, these people are really bad roots that can't be changed for hundreds of years!

It seems that today is indispensable to feed the knife! My heart became more and more cold, and under the influence of my mind, my whole body involuntarily exuded a fierce momentum - it was the cold fire breath from the Nine Shadows Crystal Fire Technique! I can't say I'm going to kill today!

At this moment, a low voice suddenly came from not far away: "All go back!" ”

It's not loud, but it's terrifying! The crowd around them immediately obediently retreated, and soon a "circle of people" with a radius of about eight meters around our group was formed!

In the direction where the voice came, a gap opened in the circle of people, and a small group of people came out. The leader is a noble son dressed in traditional Arab clothes, followed by two beautiful Arab women! The body is very annoying!

But the strange thing is that the people around him, both men and women, try their best to look at the two beautiful women, and only sneak a glance when they pretend to be careless!

It seems that it is a big man who has come out!

I grabbed the wrist of the golden finger kneeling on the ground, and did not let go, but the momentum on my body was slightly restricted. At least I'm going to hear what this guy has to say first, if he's a raccoon dog too...... After today, then, I am afraid that there will be another group of Arab nobles among my enemies!

The young nobleman walked ten steps away from me, stopped, looked at me and smiled: "Your Excellency is the famous Mr. Sun!" ”

I frowned, this guy actually knows who I am? So I asked lightly, "May I ask who your Excellency is?" ”

The young nobleman smiled and said with a strange expression: "I heard that not long ago, Your Excellency attacked the Kaplan Chamber of Commerce under my pretensence, why don't you even know me?" ”

I was shocked, thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency is the overlord of the Western Indian Ocean, Wooding?" ”

The young nobleman laughed and said, "The overlord doesn't dare to be!" It is Woodin who is looking for some livelihood in the western Indian Ocean! I have admired Mr. Sun's name for a long time! Why don't we go inside and talk about it? ”

After speaking, he pointed to a gorgeous big house on the side of the street, smiled slightly, and took the lead towards the big house.