This thing was not invented by Hong Tao, it was borrowed from the Harpoon used by the Inuit to hunt whales, the difference is that the back of the Harpoon is connected to an inflatable pontoon made of seal skin, Hong Tao has no place to find seal skin, and he has no time to find a sheepskin or cowhide to make the same pontoon, it happens that there are many bamboos on the mountain, so take the local materials, anyway, as long as it is a pontoon, it does not necessarily mean that the Inuit use seal skin, they have to use seal skin, and the Inuit do not have bamboo yet!

As for whether it can work, where does Hong Tao know, whether there is such a big fish for him to use this thing is still unknown, he is prepared, anyway, it doesn't take much effort, and it's not bad to have a big fish as a hook!

In order to allow the men to go to the sea smoothly, the sisters-in-law worked overtime around the bonfire for half a night, and finally made the last black sail. The status of the women of the Tan family is relatively low, so they have no right to speak if they can't go out to the open sea, and the only thing they can do is to do what they can, and then pray to the dragon king and Mazu, praying that these men can come back smoothly, and it would be better if they could bring back the catch.

"She can't go! Women can't go out to sea, then Mazu will be unhappy! In the early morning of the next day, when Bo Xiaoer took a group of brothers, cousins, sons, and nephews to respectfully worship the gods at the bow of the boat, he found that Hong Tao wanted to take Bo Zhu on the boat, and immediately refused to agree.

"Bo Zhu and I take Bo Jiao on the same boat, it won't affect you?" Hong Tao also wanted to help Bo Zhu fight hard.

"No, this is the rule of the ancestors, if she gets on the boat, we won't be able to go to sea!" Bo Xiaoer treated his sister more ruthlessly than the enemy at this time, not only flatly rejected Hong Tao's request, but also glared at Bo Zhu viciously.

"The second brother is right, not only Bo Zhu, but also the daughters of the Tan family can't go to the sea, and the sisters-in-law are all the same......" Bo Xiaosan saw Hong Tao's eyes asking for help, and he didn't relent.

"You wait for me at home, I'll bring you the big fish back!" Seeing that he was alone, Hong Tao had no choice but to turn around and comfort Bo Zhu.

"I couldn't say it, but you have to say it...... If Grandpa is here, I have to scold you again! I sing saltwater songs every day waiting for you to come back...... And my brother! Bo Zhu didn't have much hope, so she was not disappointed, and comforted Hong Tao generously, and finally felt that it was inappropriate, and brought her brothers with her.

Three small wooden boats, hanging three identical black sails, slowly made their way out of the bay by a blue and white in the sky, and several figures could be seen waving their turbans in the rows of boats behind them. Every time the Tan family went out to sea, the women of the Tan family would stand by the boat to say goodbye, and when the men came back in the boat, they would greet them like this. It's just that sometimes what awaits them is not good news, but they have to go on, wipe away their tears, and they have to wipe the boat planks, do laundry and cook, chop wood, weave fishing nets, take care of children, and live like this day after day, year after year.

Whenever Hong Tao thinks of these poor people, he feels that he is already very happy, and then he feels that he has the responsibility to make them happier than before, not only them, but also many people like them on land. Since that bastard in the sky kicked himself to this era, he had to let him see it, it was useless to torture himself like this, saving him the idea of beating him again in the future, not only for others, but also for himself.

Although they all learned how to use this new style of sail, they were not very proficient, mainly because they couldn't let go of their courage for fear of breaking the sail again, so after they rose to two-thirds, they didn't dare to raise it again. In order to let them take a bigger step, Hong Tao could only raise the sail and run forward with his head full, so Bo Xiaoer had to raise the sail to chase after him for fear of running away.

Sailing on the sea is boring, especially on a slower boat, you will feel like it has not moved at all, ten minutes ago you look back and see that Drum Island is there, ten minutes later you look back, yes, it's still there! Everyone is looking for something to do, but also to relieve irritability, anyway, Hong Tao thinks this chasing game is very fun, not only to make everyone familiar with this kind of sail operation skills, but also to temporarily forget the concept of time. These people are all young men with strong blood, they all have a head and a pair of hands, who wants to lose to others in the things they are more familiar with?

This kind of competition turned out to be really beneficial, not only forgetting the time, but also allowing Hong Tao to come to the conclusion that this kind of small wooden boat is not suitable for too large sails! Why? Because it has no stabilizing plates on the bottom of the boat. Although the small wooden boat of the Tanjia family has a pointed bottom, without a stabilizer plate, the hull tilts at a very large angle when it encounters a full sail in the crosswind, and if the sail is a little larger or the wind is stronger, the boat is likely to capsize.

What to do? If you want to completely solve this problem, you have to wait until you have saved enough money to build a new ship, and then slowly discuss this problem with the shipbuilding designers of this era. As for whether the ship designers of this era will listen to themselves, Hong Tao is not sure yet, anyway, it is still early from that time, let's take one step at a time.

However, before there was a new ship, Hong Tao was killed and did not dare to run to the open sea, 2, 30 nautical miles is the limit, and there will be ocean currents in the water depth of the farther places, once the crosswind blows above, the ocean current arches below, and more than half of the boat has to capsize. And the waves in the open sea are also large, it is really not suitable for this kind of small boat sailing, no wonder the Tan family will be shipwrecked every year because of going out to the open sea to chase fish, the reason is that in addition to the weather factors, it is this kind of boat damage!

"Second brother, let's cage in this area!" Running until the evening, Hong Tao really didn't dare to run far away, stretched out his hand and pointed down, and the location of the hunting ground was set, in fact, he didn't know what it was like under the water.

"Okay! Ah Lang ...... Get out of the cage! Bo Xiaoer was really obedient, he didn't say a word, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him being commanded by a foreigner who was younger than him, so he raised his hands and shouted at Huang Lang behind him, and began to untie the crab cages piled on the bow of the boat with Bo Xiaosan, and hung fish and meat into them one by one, and threw them into the water after finishing.

There are only 16 cages brought over this time, ten on the second boat, and 6 on the Huang Lang boat, and the rest is not a lack of materials but no time to compile. Hong Tao also doesn't want to make too much at one time, the crab cages of later generations are made of steel bars, this kind of bamboo crab cage works or not, and it is not too late to make more after making sure that it is easy to use.