On the endless turquoise blue sea, a thick column of water suddenly appeared, and below the column of water was a black back that exposed the surface of the sea.

"It's just a whale." Li Xiu saw the excited appearance of Li Zhi and others, and couldn't help laughing at the moment, now the Bohai Sea is not as polluted as in later generations, let alone whales, even some ordinary marine fish can't be found, but in the Tang Dynasty, even whales are very common in the Bohai Sea.

"Is this the whale that Mr. used to talk about, it's really as big as a palace!" Li Zhi looked at the whale not far away at this time and couldn't help but show an expression of admiration, although he had heard Li Xiu talk about whales before, but after all, it was not as shocking as seeing it with his own eyes.

"This whale is not too big, as far as I know, the largest whale in the world should be about the same as this ship we are on!" Li Xiu smiled again at this time, the largest whale is the blue whale, which is said to reach more than 30 meters, which is just about the same size as the warship that Li Xiu is riding.

"What Guogong said is that the last general went to Guangzhou some time ago, and as a result, he encountered a whale as big as our warship on the road, these whales are big and powerful, and sometimes they will put a big hole in the top of the ship at sea, causing the ship to be destroyed and killed, others say that the whale is the mount of the sea dragon king, so people who eat by the sea generally dare not provoke them." As soon as Li Xiu's words fell, he saw a young admiral next to him also smiled and spoke.

This admiral's surname is Liu Mingrenyuan, and he is also one of the admirals who sent Su Yuwen to raid Pyongyang, don't look at him young, but he used to be Li Shimin's personal guard, and he is also very talented, and now he has become one of the important generals of the navy, and he is in charge of managing Beisha City, and this time he personally led the warship to escort Li Xiu and them.

"Guard Liu, are you afraid of whales, if such a big fish is caught, I'm afraid it will be enough for your entire military camp to eat for a few days, right?" Li Zhi blinked a pair of bright big eyes and asked at this time, Liu Renyuan used to be Li Shimin's own ear, Li Zhi naturally knew him, and he was very happy to meet this time, and he didn't even have time to change his name, and still called the other party Liu Guard.

"Haha~, King Jin, you really said it, there was a whale before I didn't know what was going on, and I rushed to the shore, the barracks were a group of bastards who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and it was a pity that such a big fish stinked there, so we slaughtered it, and then used a saw to transport it to the barracks, not to mention, whale meat is quite delicious, a bit like beef, and there is a lot of oil and water, and now there is a lot of fish oil in the barracks that has not been eaten." Liu Renyuan also laughed at this time and said to Li Zhi.

Although Liu Renyuan is now an important general in the Tang Navy, he felt very cordial when he heard that Li Zhi still called himself Liu Guard. However, Li Xiu next to him smiled at this time: "If you just eat the whale, it will be a bit tyrannical!" ”

"What do you mean by this?" Liu Renyuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"General Liu, don't you know, whales are treasures, meat can be eaten, bones can be refined, leather can be made into clothes, as for the use of oil, in addition to eating, you can also make candles, and even soap can be made from whale oil!" Li Xiu introduced with a smile at this time.

In fact, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, the whales in the sea can be said to be flooded, especially the people in the coastal area, these people rely on the sea to eat the sea, and they inevitably go to sea to fish or run the boat to do business, but in this era they use wooden boats, and the scale of the ship is not large. When you encounter them at sea, you all walk around.

"Soap is also made of grease?" Liu Renyuan's eyes lit up when he heard Li Xiu's words, and he asked, soap was invented by Li Xiu, but the quantity produced every month is limited, and it is very popular with nobles and riches, but the price of this thing is too expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it.

"Yes, soap is made of grease, but the grease is expensive and scarce, so the production of soap is also affected, and the price cannot be reduced." Li Xiu said with a smile at this time.

Liu Renyuan also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard this, Li Xiu also smiled indifferently when he saw this, and did not say anything, in fact, now there are not only many whales, but also a lot of national treasure pandas, and even in Sichuan, there are disasters, after all, pandas are bears not cats, this thing will hurt people when they are hungry, and even can bite the sheep raised by farmers to death, for this reason, some places have listed pandas and tigers as two pests, and they will either be killed or driven away after seeing them.

The scenery on the sea is magnificent, not only Li Zhi's three children are happy to watch, even Ma Ye and Qin Qiong and others are also relaxed and happy, when they fought in Liaodong before, they have also seen the sea many times, but they were fighting at that time, how can they be in any mood to appreciate the scenery of the sea?

It's a pity that the Bohai Sea is too small, even if Li Xiu quietly instructed Liu Renyuan to reduce the speed of the boat, but after three days they still came to the mouth of the Yellow River, Liu Renyuan their warship draft is too deep to run on the inland river, so Li Xiu and they have to change ships again, and Liu Renyuan also has to return to Beisha City to garrison.

When they were separated, Liu Renyuan specially asked people to prepare a lot of seafood, which was regarded as seeing off Li Xiu and them, but everyone else was very happy to eat, but Di Renjie looked helpless, because he was allergic to seafood, and on the first day he came to the sea, he had a lump all over his body because of eating sea fish, so now he looked at the seafood on the table but couldn't put his mouth down, and finally Li Xiu asked people to prepare other meals for him.

After saying goodbye to Liu Renyuan, Li Xiu and his entourage changed into a flat-bottomed boat on the inland river and went up the Yellow River.

Originally, Li Xiu had been thinking about this matter for a long time, and had finalized several alternative locations, planning to let Ma Ye and Qin Qiong choose one of them, after all, they were old, and they were both witnesses of the war, and it was also very appropriate for them to choose a burial location for the fallen soldiers, but what Li Xiu didn't expect was that Ma Ye and the two had differences in the choice of burial location.