In the Sea of Japan, a fleet is sailing rapidly, and the current scope of the navy is still limited to the waters of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the Sea of Japan is not unfamiliar, and after recruiting a large number of sailors and captains from the entire Northern Song Dynasty, it is natural to obtain first-hand information about Japan.

Japan's ties with China have a long history, starting from the time they can sail to the sea, from Japan to China, it is not very far, especially through the Tsushima Strait, from Korea bypass, probably near the Shandong of China, this is a very common route.

The Dinghai Navy also took this route, mainly from the Dinghai Navy, according to the latitude line, it can probably reach the southern part of Korea, and then bypass the Korean Strait and enter the Sea of Japan.

Because it was whaling, it was an unconventional voyage, so it didn't stay long, and the supplies carried on the ship were enough for about half a year's voyage, but in the middle, the location of some islands was determined.

First of all, Jeju Island, this island, is not on the shipping route, because most of the ships going to North Korea go to Liaodong, and then go around the top, so that the offshore sea is safer, and the direct voyage goes deep into the ocean, which is more dangerous.

These are not a problem for Western-style sailing ships, direct sailing is more time-saving, about seven or eight hundred kilometers of voyage, or even a straight line, to the southernmost tip of North Korea, than to Jeju Island, because Lianyungang is further north, Jeju Island is a little south.

This island is not very small, almost 18,900 square kilometers in size, almost six times the size of the Dinghai Navy, and it is a good transit island.

It's just that it's a little far away from the Dinghai Navy and has a large number of personnel, so far, the Dinghai Navy has not fought its doctrine.

In fact, compared to Jeju Island, the Japanese island is more troublesome, Japan's north-south width is more than 2,000 kilometers, to continue driving along Japan, plus the previous distance to Japan, it takes almost 3,000 kilometers, this distance, is the previous Dinghai Navy has never tried, the same way, the nearby charts are not familiar.

There are these captains who sail directly to Japan, and they are familiar with only the cities that Japan has opened, and Hokkaido in the north, at this time, it is not the mainland of Japan, and even the inhabitants are Ezo people with Caucasian characteristics.

The 3,000-kilometer voyage is a huge workout, but it's also a long journey, and at a speed of 100 kilometers a day, it takes almost 30 days to arrive, and that's all on the assumption that everything goes well.

The first time was always long, and in the middle, every island had to be charted according to a sextant and added to the huge chart of the Dinghai Navy, so that it took 10 days to cross the Korean Strait and enter the Sea of Japan, and it was estimated that when we arrived at our destination, it would be 40 days later.

Sometimes, luck is also a part, and while crossing the Korean Strait, they are lucky enough to run into a pod of humpback whales.

This is a group of cruising humpback whales, they are supposed to be a group from the Arctic Ocean, to the vicinity of the tropics, to breed, because the population is not destroyed, this is a complete, large whale group.

To tell the truth, Xue Yu is still skeptical about the size of the whale, although on the seaside, it is often recorded that there are fish like mountains, but how many people have seen them, even if there is, that is, a few meters long, according to Zhao Xin, dozens of meters long, a whale is equivalent to 30, or even 40 cows, which is a bit terrifying.

But when more than 200 humpback whales appeared in front of him, Xue Yu couldn't help but believe it.

It's a full pod, with about 150 adult whales, and about a quarter of them are slightly smaller, or juvenile whales.

The largest one, which is about 20 meters long, has a huge body that protrudes from the sea level, and even if it is far away, it makes people feel scared.

If it is an ocean voyage and a frequent boat runner, there is a chance to see such a big guy, but in this era, the ship rarely crosses the deep sea, and the whale, unless it is in the breeding and habitat, does not run to the shore.

There are many reasons why so many whales are stranded on the shore in later generations, but the shortage of food caused by a large number of fishing and environmental pollution is the main reason.

Under the premise that humans have not yet reached out to the sea, which is full of all kinds of food, whales will not come to the shore, and there are very few whales that can be seen.

If the navy's whaling ship chooses the original road, it is impossible to encounter whales, and the probability of encountering whales is very low if it is no more than 50 miles from the sea.

I thought that it would be possible to catch it only when I went to Japan, or even Zhao Xin, and went all the way north along the Japanese island, more than 2,000 kilometers, but who knows, I ran into it here.

There are more than 30 boats, although it is not small, such a group of about 200 whales is enough for them to eat, and it is almost more than 4,000 tons, which can fill a lot of boats.

Whaling is a technical job, and this work can train the cooperation of the crew, and to a certain extent, it is a good project for training the navy.

Zhao Xin prepared enough things for whaling, whether it was a ballista, a steel cable, or the efficacy of the ship itself, which was very good, but the lack of experience became the biggest failure.

When a large number of ships began to round up the whales, the first few shots hit, and before they could drag the whales onto the boat, they were attacked by a school of whales.

The huge whale, just relatively speaking, a 30-ton whale encountered a whaling ship with at least 3,000 materials or more, which is really a big deal, but the constant collision makes the ship dangerous.

The crew, who had never been through such a fight, panicked at first, and even began to turn and flee, but fortunately, the speed of the humpback whale was not fast, and if it was like a tiger shark, I was afraid that it would not be able to escape.

After a simple confrontation, there was no result, but he was in a hurry, which stimulated Xue Yu, observed carefully, and then found someone to summarize and continue to attack.

This time, I chose a ship with a stronger structure and even an iron rib on the hull, there were 5 ships in this ship, and when it was made, Xue Yu still felt cumbersome, compared to other ships, it was heavier and the speed was a little slower, what is the use of such a ship.

But here, it has become a tool to cut off the whale group, there is no fear of the collision of the whale group, as long as the whale group is divided, it is not very small, there are forty or fifty heads, and the rest is enough to deal with.

40 heads and 200 heads, this is not a concept, one to one, after four or five ballista attacks, with a towing device, about 25 tons of whales are pulled onto the boat, and this is the end.

The whole process is a little bloody, but for the cooperation of the whole ship, the requirements are quite high, sometimes, even if the ballista is hit, if the coordination here is not good, it is easy to fall off and eventually lose.

It took more than an hour, and after non-stop attempts, the first whale, which was covered in bruises and even dying, was dragged onto the boat.

With a length of more than 14 meters and a huge body, anyone standing in front of him is insignificant, such a huge monster was actually caught by them and pulled to the boat, this feeling is extremely different.

Everything, for the first time, although no one has ever seen a whale, let alone experienced it, is nothing more than skinning and dividing.

In the middle, Zhao Xin informed the important part of the whale, the first is the whale baleen, as a natural material, the whale baleen has enough elasticity and toughness, which can be used on some materials.

Then there is whale oil, different from ordinary fat, whale oil has the characteristics of high temperature does not change, this characteristic, can be used as a high-precision lubricating oil, although it is said that the machinery of the navy, there is no speed to the level of precision machine tools, but some high-temperature machinery, with it is quite good.

Whale meat is similar to beef, but it is more nutritious, and even internal organs, such as liver, because they are rich in various vitamins, can also be ground into flour and made into some kind of supplementary medicine, which has an intuitive effect on some vitamin deficiency diseases.

Anyway, everyone doesn't understand, but fortunately the whale is not a fish, this is a mammal, and many of his internal organs, just a little larger, are somewhat similar to the internal organs of animals.

Because of the long time, even if this whale group is caught and returned to the Dinghai Navy, at least 20 days later, these meats must be developed, fortunately, there is not much else in the Dinghai Navy, there is too much salt, and when it comes out, the entire fleet has already carried 500 tons of salt, which can almost marinate 1000 tons of food, which is enough.

After the good start, the next step is a continuation of the process, the first wave, a total of 60 whales were caught, an average of 2 per boat, not that the boat is full, but these whales occupy the position, they can't be put down, they must be divided, salted before they can be.

Fortunately, whales are social animals, they will run, but they will not scatter and escape, after losing 60 of them, they still go south, and the whaling ship, just behind, unhurried.

The whole process of whaling lasted 10 days, the whales went south at a speed of 80 kilometers per day, and they walked 800 kilometers in 10 days, and in the end, the entire colony was basically killed except for some very small ones, which were released, and the rest were basically captured.

There are a total of 160 heads, with a total weight of more than 2,800 tons, which can be said to be a bumper harvest, and the most important thing is that because of the actions of the whales, they actually ran to the same dimension as the Dinghai Navy, but they are almost more than 400 kilometers away from the sea.

This is an unexpected bonus, at the current speed of the ship, if they go all out, they can travel at least 120 to 180 kilometers a day, which means that they can return in two or three days.

Of course, Xue Yu chose to return, this time the harvest was very rich, but it did not occupy the entire ship, it was almost about one-third, and it was too far to go if it continued, maybe after that, according to the cruise route of this whale, perhaps, the whale could be found in a closer place.

More than two days later, Xue Yu arrived at the Dinghai Navy, and Zhao Xin didn't expect Xue Yu to return so quickly, thinking that something had happened, but the whales in the warehouse, including several complete leathers and skeletons, all proved that this was a whaling operation.

Soon, with the help of skilled craftsmen, 3 whale specimens were restored, and an exhibition hall was selected for display, and the people of the navy were determined to know that in the ocean, there were really fish as big as mountains, with a length of more than ten meters and a huge body, like a hill.

At the same time, whale meat is also selling well in Dinghai, more than 3,000 tons, almost equivalent to 30,000 pork, after entering Dinghai, further stimulating the market.

Before, Dingjun opened the fishing of the Yangtze River estuary, and has largely solved the problem of protein intake in Dinghai, but most of these people are not from the seaside, even if they are seaside, they have not yet formed the habit of eating auditions, and have used various different methods to give birth to a series of recipes, but these are somewhat different from traditional food.

Whale meat is delicious, to a certain extent, similar to beef, because it is a mammal, even if it is born in the sea, it is very different from ordinary fish, and it can be done with a little beef, which is almost fake, which is the reason why whales are popular.

It turned out that there was no choice, the price of beef and mutton, and because of the relationship between supply, was very high, although the Northern Song Dynasty has been harvested in the northwest, there is no shortage of cattle and sheep, but because of the relationship of transportation, the number of cattle and sheep transported from the northwest to the Central Plains every year is not very much, these through the long road, the Song Dynasty to the Dinghai Navy is less.

On the contrary, pigs and poultry are a little better, because of the gradual promotion of the Dinghai Navy, breeding in various places, and the initial results have been achieved.

At present, there are about 10 cattle, 40 sheep, 1,000 pigs and almost 10,000 poultry every day.

It sounds like a big number, but 10 cows, almost 10,000 catties, 80 sheep, less, more than 4,000, 2,000 pigs a little more, about 20,000 catties, plus poultry, no more than 50,000 catties of meat.

You must know that at present, there are almost 2 million people in the navy, even if everyone eats one or two meat a day, the demand is 200,000 catties, and the gap is huge, even if there is a supplement of fish, this is not enough.

It's not that the navy doesn't want to find a way, but the population is too large, this is the number of a day, and unless it can be a large farm like in later generations, this gap will always exist.

3,200 tons of whale meat fills this market, which is a little worse than real beef and mutton, but it can't stand up to the large quantity.

A total of 3.2 million catties of meat, even if 150,000 catties are supplied every day, it can be supplied for more than half a month, which suddenly triggered a boom.

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