Gongsun Kang wanted to tell the Japanese people that whales were food given to them by the gods and that they were allowed to catch them.

As long as we teach and let go of the Japanese people eating whales, the problem of food shortage on Kyushu Island can be solved. Therefore, the key to solving the food problem of Kyushu Island lies in the whale.

But before Gongsun Kang opened his mouth, he thought that the whale was full of treasures, and the whale was an active gold mine, which was eaten by the Japanese people in vain? What a pity!

Gongsun Kang took people to catch whales, and he wanted to teach Zheng He the process of catching and refining completely.

The blue sea is endless, and on the calm sea, a few seagulls fly by from time to time, adding a bit of vitality. Schools of small fish emerge out of the sea in droves, jumping.

Gongsun Kang pointed to the schools of fish and said to Zheng He: "You can send people to fish every day, and the infinite creatures in the ocean are our food." ”

Zheng He said respectfully: "Master, Shengming." ”

Gongsun Kang scolded with a smile: "Don't say anything I say, you have to pat yourself on the back." You're also a person who can do things, and doing your job well is what makes me happiest. ”

Zheng He hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't want to do that, but respects you from the bottom of my heart." ”

The large fleet sailed for half an hour, and saw a magnificent column of water appear on the blue sea in the distance, looking from afar, like a fountain on the sea, and at the same time emitting a sound as loud as the whistle of a train, more than ten meters high, the waves scattered, and it was very beautiful.

Gongsun Kang said: "That's the whale. They are also mammals and need to use their lungs to breathe, so they come out of the water to breathe about every quarter of an hour. That's our chance to capture them.

There are many ways to catch them. 1, archery, 2, large bed crossbow, with a rope. 3. Throw guns. Do you remember these experiences? ”

Zheng He replied: "If you go back to your master, the slave still remembers that when he was in the ocean, he saw some scenes of foreign fishermen catching whales. ”

"Let's demo it all today." Gongsun Kang commanded.

"No"

When the fleet came to the vicinity of the two whales, Zheng He ordered: "Bow and arrow, crossbow and arrow shoot together." ”

Sharp arrows are thrown out and pierced into the whale's body, causing it to tumble in pain.

Soon, the beast will die of mortal injuries and will be dragged back to the harbor by the ship to be slaughtered.

There was also a whale that was not seriously injured and began to dive.

Zheng He continued to order: "Launch a bed crossbow at the diving whale!" ”

Some giant ships are equipped with two special bed crossbows, which are as powerful as the bed crossbows used to defend the city. It shoots sharp arrows with ropes that hit the diving whale directly, making it almost impossible to miss.

Zheng He finally ordered: "Start throwing guns".

Barbed whaling javelins were thrown, with leather ropes attached to them as floats on a swollen sheepskin raft to hold the whale in the water until it was exhausted.

Six whalers left the boat and chased the whales in small dinghys, usually 8.5 meters long and equipped with barbed whaling halves and long ropes. Once the whale has been stabbed, it flees with a rope until it surfaces from exhaustion, where it is killed with a whaling gun (a longer form of whaling), dragged by a rope to the side of a large ship, and then towed back to the harbor by the ship to be slaughtered.

If it is not shot into the vital part of the whale's body, the method of retracting and releasing the towing can be used to promote the whale to consume physical strength during the struggle, and if necessary, it should be shot again to make it die as soon as possible.

Huge stoves are built on the shores of Kyushu Island. These stoves are equipped with special cauldrons. Each one is huge. It can fit several pigs.

The whole island is near the beach, full of stoves. And on the beach, two whales, which had just been hunted, were dragged to the shore. Hundreds of Liaodong soldiers who had been prepared for a long time came forward,

Holding a large knife with a handle, he sweated like rain and cut the whale meat.

Pieces of whale meat that had been cut were thrown into these cauldrons, smoke billowing and countless large stoves burning red. On both sides of the big stove, dozens of Japanese slaves, holding firewood one by one, shuttled back and forth.

Three or five naked slaves, standing on a high stone platform, holding huge shovels, were ready to stir the boiling pieces of meat in the pot.

In about an hour, a whale can be skinned, dismembered, chopped and thrown into a pot to be steamed to make whale oil and whale meat products.

Most whales, the most valuable parts of the whale, are the fat in the brain and the liver.

Cod liver oil can be eaten, which is good for soothing the liver and brightening the eyes, and treating night blindness.

The oil in the whale's brain, the essential oil extracted, is the best and the best of all whale oil. Highly purified whale brain oil, known as cetamine wax, is a white waxy solid with a high melting point that is used to make certain high-grade candles. Whale products can also be used as raw materials for soaps, soaps, cosmetics and perfumes.

It is said that whale brain oil can also be used to make explosives and is an important raw material for nitroglycerin.

After the whale skin is nitrated, it can be made into leather armor; Whale skin can also be boiled into better glue. Glue is a type of leather boiled and used to bind bows, crossbows, and weapons.

In the past, this resource could only be obtained through the processing of expensive donkeys, horses, cattle and other leathers, and the price was very expensive.

Whale fat, which is made from whale meat, is cooled and then packed into wooden barrels.

Whale oil is derived from baleen whales, which is edible, and was once mainly used to make margarine and cooking oil.

Whale oil can also be used as lubricant and antifreeze, and is also used in tempering baths (for steelmaking), and after hydrogenation, it can be used as a raw material for eating and making soap, candles, etc.

And whale grease is very good for lighting, maintenance of weapons and equipment, lubrication of various vehicle equipment.

Lubricating oil is used to maintain weapons, maintain vehicles, and lubricate crossbow machines.

Especially now. There are many instruments and machinery in the Han army.

These equipment require a large amount of various lubricants and lubrication of its mechanical parts every year.

The antifreeze paste made from whale fat is a new supplement, which has special protection for the soldiers of Liaodong. If you add cotton clothes, cotton hats, gloves, masks. You can let them fight in the winter.

The general rule of whale oil production is that 1 blue whale = 2.5 fin whales = 6 minke whales.

A whale of about 1,000 koku can refine about 200 koku of oil.

So whale fat is more important - cheap! This cheapness is compared to the expensive donkeys, horses, and oxen. Also, whale grease lasts longer and has better lubrication.

Baleen can be made into many items, such as brushes, women's corsets, and umbrella bones.

The tendons of whales can be used as bowstrings for bowbows.

Bone meal can be used as fertilizer.

A whale, except for blood and internal organs such as the stomach and intestines, can be sold for money!

So, whales are active gold mines, which are eaten by the Japanese people for nothing? It's a shame.

After visiting the division and refining of whales, Gongsun Kang instructed: "After the process and technical know-how are clear, simple manual labor can be handed over to the Japanese people to do."

The unwanted internal organs of the whale carcasses, as well as the oil residue after refining the fat, can become food for the Japanese people.

These foods are highly nutritious and high in protein.

It was possible for these slaves, even in such heavy labor, to grow very strong. ”

Zheng He kept it in mind and hurriedly replied, "No! The minions remembered".