"To be honest, it is really a blessing from Mazu to be able to catch such a blue whale. "www.biquge.info The blue whale was only a little farther away from us, and we couldn't do anything with it, because it was much faster than us. And if it hadn't taken the first hit and then had a long dive, we wouldn't have had a chance to catch up and give it a second hit. In that case, it might drag the whaling fork and the buoy behind it out of our field of vision, and then slowly die somewhere we don't know it, and then be eaten by a group of sharks, and we won't be able to catch anything......"

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The second AGM-84 once again accurately hit the blue whale's bare back, and easily penetrated the thick layer of blubber, firmly nailing the blue whale's body. The blue whale once again frantically exerted its strength, dragging the already small whaling ship and running away.

Tangshan, no one else has ever seen such a scene, the whaling ship is towed by the blue whale, the bow of the ship ploughs the water like a plow, the snow-white waves splash to both sides, the splashed sea water even wets the sails of the whaling ship, because the rope is tied to the bow smast, so the bow of the whaling ship sinks slightly, the stern is raised a little, and the bow mast has a significant bend under the huge pull of the whale, making a clicking sound.

"Captain, the bow mast is running out, and we must cut that rope!" First mate Ke shouted.

"Wait a minute, the mast will still hold up." Tang San clenched the axe in his hand, "Wait a minute!" ”

It turned out that Tangshan's judgment was correct, and the speed of the blue whale quickly decayed, after all, the faster it swam, the more painful it was torn by the whale fork.

The blue whale slowed down, but it didn't die, and even it continued dragging the whaling ship onwards. Tangshan judged the direction, and the direction in which the whale went was the direction of Beigang.

"Load up the whaling fork, let's give it another one!" Tang San shouted loudly, he knew that he couldn't give the blue whale too much time to breathe, and he had to keep hitting the blue whale until it was completely out of breath.

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"We shot all the whaling forks on the boat at this blue whale. Then there were no whaling forks available, so we bombarded it with ordinary shells. For three whole days, we had used up all the gunpowder, and the whale was as exhausted as we were. If it weren't for the fact that we had run into Li Dazui and received fresh water and food from him before encountering it, we would have run out of water and food. This is really blessed by Mazu. By noon on the third day, the whale had finally stopped......"

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The huge whale floated motionless on the surface of the sea, only blood kept pouring out of its wounds.

"Is it dead?" Tang San asked, staring at the dark circles under his eyes.

"Probably, it's been three whole days, and I've been hit so much, I should die, right?" Ke Meng said, "Why don't you let the brothers row over in a small boat to have a look?" ”

"Okay, let Zhang Sheng take two people over to have a look and tell them to be careful!" Tangshan said.

The dinghy was placed quietly on the water, and the boatswain Zhang Sheng led two sailors, armed with a long whaling gun (even if it was a longer, sharper, and barbed-free lance). In the old whaling, when the whales were exhausted and could not move, the sailors of the whaling ships used this thing to kill the whales) went down to the dinghy. The two sailors rowed their oars, and the dinghy cautiously approached the motionless whale on the surface.

Soon, the dinghy was less than a meter away from the whale, and Zhang Sheng tried to touch the giant whale with his whaling gun, but the whale did not move.

Zhang Sheng turned his head and glanced at Tangshan and them on the whaling ship, the ship Tangshan nodded, then raised his whaling rifle and stabbed the blue whale fiercely with all his strength. The sharp whaling gun pierced in at once, and Zhang Sheng also pressed almost the weight of his entire body on it, and this shot pierced very deeply. The blue whale twitched slightly, and then stopped moving.

"It's dead!" Zhang Sheng shouted,

"Okay!" The sailors cheered. Everyone began to retract the buoy of the whaling fork that had been shot at the blue whale, pulled the blue whale to the side of the whaling ship, and then tied it to the boat with a rope.

"We're going back right now, I don't want to run into a bunch of sharks, or let such a big piece of meat stink because of the delay." Tangshan said, "Let's see, where we ......"

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"Mazu bless, this whale has been dragging us in the direction of Beigang before it died, and when this whale dies, it is actually very close to Beigang, otherwise we won't have time to drag this whale back, we can only load some whale fat as much as possible, and most of the meat of this whale will be lost. Therefore, if we can't get this whale, it's not how powerful we are, but Mazu's blessing, and it's the Mazu Temple in Beigang! Tang San finally ended his story with this sentence.

"Well," Zheng Sen nodded and said, "Mazu bless, Captain Tang and your brothers are not bad either!" You've done a great job this time, not bad! Third uncle, how do you say we should reward them? ”

"Ah Sen, you just went back to the house to try, someone caught such a big whale, this is a great auspicious omen, it can be seen that God bless my Zheng family will definitely be developed. There is no doubt that this is high school. In the future, it will not be necessary to have a small three-yuan to become large. Three. Yuan, to be the champion. Zheng Zhifeng said with a smile, "That's the case, all the sailors on this ship are rewarded!" In addition to the ordinary reward for making up for the whales, each person will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver! The boatswain added five taels, the first mate added ten taels, and the captain doubled forty taels! Captain Tang, do a good job, young people have a great future in the future! ”

The sailors cheered when they heard this, and Tang San didn't care that there was blood on the deck, so he knelt down on the ground and said: "Thank you for the reward of the three generals, dare to serve without being bothered." ”

"General Zheng, Major General. It was the world's first blue whale to be caught. Captain Jack also interjected, "Why don't we erect the skeleton of this blue whale in this harbor as a memorial, and the name of this North Harbor is too ordinary, why don't we call it Blue Whale Harbor?" ”

Zheng Zhifeng thought for a moment, and then said: "That's right, just do it according to your wishes!" ”

"In my opinion, Captain Don and his crew should also have the privilege of embroidering a harpoon on their clothes and forking a blue whale. So that wherever they go, everyone knows that this is the man who caught the biggest whale in the world! Zheng Sen also said.

"That's not bad either! Okay, too. Zheng Zhifeng also agreed.

"And this ship, it can't be only one number, let's call it the Blue Whale!" Captain Jack said.

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Because of this whale, the return voyage was delayed for a whole day. Fortunately, things are not in a hurry, on this day, the entire North Port, oh, it should be all the people in the Blue Whale Harbor, and even the people in the village seven or eight miles away from the port came to see the excitement, watching this big guy that is more than 30 meters long and weighs more than 100 tons. And for a period of time after that, the sailors and soldiers in Zheng Zhilong's fleet lived a period of eating whale meat every day.

Two days later, Zheng Sen returned to Anping. As soon as he entered the port, Zheng Sen noticed that Anping's fortress had begun to take shape. It's just that according to the rules, he still has to go home to see his father first, so he didn't have time to take a closer look. It wasn't until the next day that Zheng Sen found a time, took Liu De and Hai Dafu, and came to Anping Fort.

"Major General, there is a lot of dust over there, you go this way." Foreman Zhao Yinggong was with a smile on his face.

"This city is almost finished, right?" Zheng Sen asked.

"Back to the words of the major general, it will be almost fine. You see, this city wall is rammed up with the best Sanhe soil, and it is strong, and when the hammer is hammered up, there is no trace of it, and it is so strong that it is comparable to the soil in the courtyard where Zhen Yuanzi Daxian planted ginseng fruits. ”

"You're a very eloquent man. Really talkative. Zheng Sen said with a smile.

"The villain thanks the young general for his praise, the villain is an honest man, and he is telling the truth." Zhao Yinggong also smiled and said, "Young General, now that the rammed earth matter has been basically done, and several artillery emplacements have been built, all that remains is to lay stones and green bricks on the city wall." Some of them are also being shopped over there, why don't you go over and have a look? ”

"Okay, let's go over and have a look." Zheng Sen was also the first time to see the city wall built in ancient times, and he was also very interested.

Several people came together to a section of the city wall that was under construction.

"Young General, you see, generally speaking, outside this city wall, a large stone is used at the bottom, so if someone wants to dig a hole here, they must dig such a large stone first, and it is much more difficult to cover and dig green bricks. This is also the case in our city, where there are two stones at the bottom. But in our city, whoever wants to dig a stone here is no different from looking for death. On the top of the paving bricks. Our city wall is not high, and the paving stones and blue bricks are very fast. Zhao Yinggong explained.

At this time, Zheng Sen saw that someone had smeared a layer of mortar on top of the large stones, and then several other people worked together to put another stone on top of the mortar.

"You have glutinous rice in your mortar, right? Don't cut corners. Zheng Sen said with a smile.

"Major General, how could we do such a thing? Besides, everyone is staring, how many heads does the villain have, dare to do such a thing? ”

Zheng Sen listened, and just smiled. Several men left the section of the city wall under construction and went up to the highest platform in the center of the castle. From this location, you can see the entire castle and a large area nearby.

"Such a castle, once built, as long as the defenders are firm enough, as long as the sea is not cut off, at least for now, this castle should not be easily conquered. Even if he is the so-called 'invincible' Jianzhi. If history does not change significantly, there will be more than nine years to go, and it will be time for a baptism of blood and fire. ”