The sperm whale, which had been hit twice, flipped in anger, stirring up a huge wave, but this only caused more blood to flow from its body, accelerating the speed of its life.

"Do you want to do it again?" The sailor drew another whaling spear, then put his musket in his mouth and asked.

"No need." Ricardo shook his head, then ordered, "Row backwards, watch the line!" It's best to drag it left and right to widen the wound on this whale! Go on, don't let it sink our little ship. ”

The sperm whale is still swimming on the surface of the sea, twisting violently from time to time, and it looks very scary. However, in the eyes of the crew of the "Hunter 1", this is just the last struggle of this sea monster before it dies. Now, all you have to do is wait for the adult whale to drain its once-tenacious vitality on its own.

Zhang Yun clutched the railing of the "Hunter 1" with both hands, and the whitening knuckles of his fingers showed the tension in his heart. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the life of the sperm whale was almost at the end of the last day, and finally, after struggling violently for a while, the two wounds on the big guy's body suddenly spurted out blood like rain. After letting out a desperate howl that was inaudible to the human ear, the adult sperm whale finally landed weakly on the surface of the sea, floating in a pool of its own blood.

The sailors erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and the sailors operating the line rollers immediately began to slowly move towards the recovery line, while the sailors on the whaling dinghy began to row hard to the side of the big ship. Thanks to their joint efforts, the giant adult sperm whale was finally pulled to the left side of the side of the Hunter 1 ship.

What to do with this sperm whale? The sailors all turned their eyes to Captain Zhang Yun, who thought for a moment. Then he began to order: "Bring this whale up." Attention tract and speed. Put down the anchor on the right side, and put two more pieces of bottom iron, so as not to let the boat roll sideways. ”

Following his order, the sailors immediately took their places, and with the assistance of Boatswain Ricardo on the whaling dinghy, they hoisted the huge sperm whale to the deck little by little with a large trawl net through a steam winch. As the giant sea beast slammed into the processing pool in the center of the forward deck, the sailors present once again let out an earth-shattering cheer.

"Stop grinding and get to work." Zhang Yun also changed out of his captain's uniform. Dressed in a white cotton shirt and holding a skinning knife, he walked over and said with a smile: "Luciano, now you are in charge of driving the boat back to Baleen Whale Harbor." "Over the years since Zhang Yun, a former Ming boy, came to the East Coast, the changes have been huge. At least he would never do the "butcher" job that was very "lowly" in his eyes, but now he has no mustard at all, and is even willing to do it, which makes people have to sigh that the environment has changed people tremendously.

Whales are almost full of treasures, and in the 21st century, almost everything on their body can be used effectively. The processed products cover a wide range of industries, including industrial, food and pharmaceutical. And for both the current East Coast people and the modern people of later generations, the most important thing in each whale is its thick fat layer. As whales often live in cold-water areas. It is also huge in size and has many parts that come into contact with seawater, so the fat layer on its body is very thick, so as to achieve the purpose of fully isolating the heat loss in the body. On average, an adult whale has more than 30% of its body weight in fat, so its oil yield is very high. And more importantly, the quality of this oil is very good, not only an important raw material in the chemical industry, but also a very good lubricant.

A small oil refining unit is installed in the lower deck of the Hunter 1, which uses hot steam to melt the fat layer. This method is much more efficient than the traditional method of boiling oil with fire, and the average oil yield of the traditional method is not more than 50%, and a lot of oil remains in the remaining residue; After the high-temperature steam melting method is adopted, the average oil yield can be increased to nearly 65%, the texture and color of the oil can also be improved by a grade, and the refining time can also be shortened by half. This method is currently used at the Shark Whale Processing Centre in the Falklands, which has proven to be very reliable, and is therefore the same principle used in the refining unit on the Hunter 1.

Zhang Yun beckoned about 20 sailors and skinners to come and peel the skin, and they began to peel the whale from the waist part of the harpoon, pulling the peeled whale skin outward with hooks as they peeled. In the process of peeling, from time to time, large balls of blood mixed with fish oil came out, and a fishy smell permeated the entire deck, which made people smell sick. Whale skin is a fairly good tanning material, with a short layer of fluff on its surface, and even a natural pattern, which is very beautiful in appearance. If you take it back to the country and dye it with high-grade dyes, it will definitely sell at a high price in China and even in Europe.

Of the 20 people, 13 were peeling, 2 were pulling with iron hooks, 4 were helping to hold the ladder (the fish was too high), and 1 was sharpening the knife next to him. Due to the lack of equipment and materials for tanning fresh whale skins on the ship, Zhang Yun and others decided to smear the surface of the whale skins that were to be peeled off later with refined salt to make salt storage skins. This salt hide can be preserved for a long time, enough to be harnessed back home or in Baleen Whale Harbor.

In this way, everyone peeled for more than three days before the skin of the adult sperm whale was roughly peeled off. According to Zhang Yun et al., the whale's skin weighs about 3-4 tons, and its weight may be less than one-tenth of what it is now, and the thickness is only about one-fifth (about 2-3 mm).

And when they were skinning, they also mobilized more sailors to come and cut the fat on the surface of the whale's body. They cut the fat into standard-sized chunks and sent them to the processing shop on the lower deck, where they threw the chunks into steel steamers. There are hot steam pipes passing through the boiler room of the steam engine in the steamer, and the temperature of the hot steam is not very high (no more than 200 degrees), but it is sufficient. After the whale fat is put into the steamer, the lid is sealed, and then hot steam is introduced, and after all the whale fat is melted, it flows into the wooden barrel below through another pipe above the steamer for storage, which is the finished product.

After getting the whale skin and blubber, the boat almost sailed into the baleen whale harbor. The residents of Baleen Whale Harbor heard that the "Hunter No. 1" had caught a whale and returned, and the whole city was shocked. Although the name of this small city has the word "baleen whale" in its name, almost all of its residents have never seen what a whale looks like. At this time, when they heard that the boat had caught a real big guy back, they all rushed to the dock to watch. The sailors of the "Hunter 1" held their heads high, as if they had won a battle, and received the admiration and amazement of the citizens of the city.

"Don't get in heat, get the rest ashore and dispose of it." Zhang Yun had changed into a neat and tidy captain's uniform again, and gave orders to the sailors with a smile. Following his orders, the sailors began to hoist the whale meat that had been cut into pieces one by one, and then pulled it in horse-drawn carts to the center of the city for processing. The Southern Hemisphere is now in early spring, and the high latitudes near Baleen Whale Harbor are extremely cold, so the meat has not spoiled for several days. According to the data, the weight of whale meat generally accounts for about 55% of the whale's weight, and the nutritional value is very high. And more importantly, the amount is large, this sperm whale is nearly 20 meters long, although the weight cannot be accurately measured, but it is estimated to exceed 60 tons, this meat is more than 30 tons, it is too wasteful to throw it away.

Tons of whale meat were hoisted piece by piece into a wagon car docked on a pier pier and then quickly pulled into the city. Matthias, the mayor of Baleen Whale Harbor, also scratched his head in the face of these Roshan, not knowing what to do with the road. In the end, Zhang Yun, the captain of the "Hunter 1", helped him solve the problem, he asked the sailors to carry a lot of spices from the cabin, and then sent two more people to him. These two people are ship-accompanying technicians sent by the Ministry of Agriculture, and these two people have no other skills, but they learned a good chef's craft when they were in China.

With the help of a large number of helpers sent by Mayor Matthias, they washed and bled the whale meat repeatedly, and then added various spices and seasonings according to the method of processing beef, and then made spiced whale jerky. The weight of the jerky will probably shrink by more than two-thirds, but this is still a little over 10 tons, which is still very scary. Of course, due to the hurry of coming out this time, they didn't have time to bring some glass cans out, otherwise they could have made some canned whale meat at this time, and they could bring it back to the mainland for everyone to taste, but this matter is not in a hurry at this time, and it can be brought next time.

However, it is naturally impossible to make all of the whale meat into spiced jerky. Not to mention anything else, more than 800 men, women and children in Baleen Whale Harbor are watching with their eyes. Although they have eaten all kinds of poultry, livestock, seals, sea lions, and other meat, they have never tasted whale meat. Therefore, in the face of these mountains of whale meat, they are curious and can't help but want to taste it.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yun made the decision to divide a few catties of meat by himself, and 800 people were only a few tons, drizzling. After all, if you are still counting on people to help you with the work, you have to give some benefits first. However, after I go back, I will write a report to the boss, and ask the boss to set up a whale product processing factory in the baleen whale harbor on the spot. Workers are recruited locally to make comprehensive use of the various resources on the whales in the vicinity. The Falklands Baleen Whale Port is located in the whale fishing grounds, rich in resources, and has very prominent location advantages, which is a natural whaling logistics base and processing center, which should be fully utilized. (To be continued......)