Chapter 291: Wind and Rain Chicken Coop Bay
When Yu Xiaotian's boat arrived at Jilong Bay, it happened to be a rainy day again, the sky was full of dark clouds, and the sea surface was under the action of strong winds, setting off huge waves, which was the first typhoon on the coast of China this year, but it just happened to let Yu Xiaotian meet.
Fortunately, the journey from Tamsui to the chicken coop was not far, and they encountered this typhoon after going to sea, so Yu Xiaotian did not let the fleet shelter from the wind, but rushed to the chicken coop before the strongest wind arrived.
But when he arrived at Chicken Coop Bay, the wind here was still much stronger, and many old sailors began to get seasick and vomit a mess on the ship, not to mention the people on the ship who rarely went to sea.
This time Yu Xiaotian went to Tamsui and the chicken coop with a group of hard labor, as well as medical officers and others, Lin Yiyang also followed Yu Xiaotian, although he had decided to stay in Tamsui for the time being, but considering that he had not been to the chicken coop yet, Yu Xiaotian still let him follow this trip.
But unexpectedly, they encountered this typhoon, and several boats were like leaves, bouncing up and down in the huge waves on the sea, sometimes being thrown on the top of the waves, and sometimes falling heavily to the bottom of the waves.
The creaking sound of the ship's hull in the middle of the waves was thrilling, for fear that the boat would disintegrate in the next moment, and they would all fall into the water and become fish food.
In order to stabilize their bodies, many people had to tie themselves firmly to the boat with ropes, put on a resigned posture, and prayed loudly to the gods they believed in in their hearts, praying that the gods would bless them from being blown over by this strong wind and reach Jilong Bay safely.
And Lin Yiyang, a rookie at sea, has already become a soft-footed shrimp at this time, his face is white, lying on the hammock in the cabin, continuing to retch, almost vomiting bile.
But no one could help him at this time, so he could only tie him to the hammock, and shake up and down with the bumps of the hull, which made Lin Yiyang feel even more painful, and even had a kind of simply rushing out of the coffin and jumping into the sea to drown and pull down, which also saved him from suffering this living crime.
But the desire to survive made him restrain this thought, and he was tied to the hammock and moaned.
Even Yu Xiaotian, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, his face is not very good at this time, and he can't help but feel dizzy, and his stomach is also nauseous for a while.
Fortunately, the ships they came over this time were all selected to be strong enough boats, although the waves on the sea were very large, but the hull structure of these boats still withstood the test of the waves, and there were no accidents in which the ships were destroyed or killed.
In addition, Tamsui and Jilong Bay are not far away, and the route they walked is also close to Taiwan Island, although they encountered a typhoon, Taiwan Island also sheltered some wind to a certain extent, and they only encountered the limelight, and they had not yet encountered the main force of the typhoon, so this made them finally safely to Jilong Bay.
When they saw the fort on the small island outside Chicken Coop Bay, all the people on the boat breathed a long sigh of relief, controlled their bodies with all their hands and feet, operated the boat, and sailed towards Chicken Coop Bay.
The sea wolf tribe of Jilong Bay did not expect that their fleet would come on this windy day, and as soon as their fleet was discovered, they immediately reported to Heitou and Sun Baoqiang that they also immediately used small boats in the bay, guided the fleet into Jilong Bay, and let them dock to the dock in Jilong Bay.
Nowadays, the wharf of Jilong Bay has been greatly expanded, there was only a simple trestle bridge here, and now there are four strong trestle bridges built of thick logs at the wharf, so that the ships can easily berth and unload, and directly through the wharf, the goods can be conveniently transported to the Jilong Village.
And when Yu Xiaotian led the fleet into Jilong Bay, he also saw that there were more than a dozen ships moored in the bay at this time, several of which were warships used by the guards of Jilong Bay, and there were two merchant ships for transportation, and the rest were basically fishing boats.
Since the sea wolf occupied the Chicken Coop Bay, the population here has been increasing for more than a year, in addition to the immigrants who came here to farm, there are also a small number of fishermen have also moved here to settle here, there are several small boats in the bay that belong to the fishermen's fishing boats, at this time because of the wind in the sea, have also sailed back to the bay.
After these fishermen arrived, basically all had to rely on the chicken coop village to survive, the fish they caught, except for a small amount for their own consumption, were sold to the chicken coop village in exchange for other living materials they needed, although the life is still hard, but it is less than the original land survival time, less fishing tyrants and the government's exploitation, life is much more comfortable than the original.
Among these ships, there is a more special existence, that is, the whaling ship exclusive to the sea wolf.
Since Yu Xiaotian caught the first whale by mistake, whaling activities have become a common thing for sea wolves, and at the beginning, Yu Xiaotian hunted whales, but only to meet the needs of his subordinates for meat, and the main purpose was to let his newcomers temper their courage.
But after he began to toss the soap thing, whale oil became a necessary industrial raw material for sea wolves, so that Yu Xiaotian had to turn whaling activities into a norm.
The whaling industry has begun to gradually develop in various parts of the world in this era, if according to the previous history, China may not have officially joined this industry, but due to the emergence of Yu Xiaotian, it has made the current Seawolf Group, a full-time whaling fleet has appeared.
Whale this kind of thing can really be said to be full of treasures, whale skin itself is quite difficult to get a kind of precious leather, for the rich, very sought after, although there are not many people who use whale skin in the Ming Dynasty, but Europeans like this kind of leather very much, so after the whale skin tanning, it can be sold at a good price.
Needless to say, whale meat tastes a little mutton, which is undoubtedly a very good delicacy for humans who lack meat food in this era, coupled with the huge size of whales, a whale can easily get thousands of catties or even tens of thousands of catties of whale meat.
The whale meat obtained from the capture of this whale is topped with dozens of cattle and hundreds of sheep or pigs, and for the sea wolf tribes living at sea, it is simply too happy to be able to eat some of this meat from time to time.
The most important thing is whale oil, whether the sea wolf is edible or made into soap and soap, it is inseparable from this raw material, and now they have also begun to use whale oil to make candles, which are also sold on land, and they are also very sought-after, plus they have not yet obtained better oil than whale oil, as a material for war, and the fire attack tactics commonly used in naval warfare are also inseparable from whale oil.
Therefore, even if it is only for the production of whale oil soap for Nanri Island, Yu Xiaotian must normalize whaling activities, hunt whales continuously every year, and obtain these materials from whales.
And sometimes if you are lucky enough, you happen to catch a sperm whale, and this sperm whale has ambergris in the stomach, then it is really lucky, ambergris is a good thing that can not be found, an extremely valuable spice, the price can be almost equal to gold, get a piece, it is worth a fortune.
All in all, whaling, for various reasons, has now begun to be developed by Yu Xiaotian as a pillar industry after the sea wolf, and he will obtain a steady stream of funds from this cruel industry to meet his needs.
In addition, the sea wolf tribe, especially the sailors, has completely formed a tradition in the past two years, that is, all new sailors who have completed their initial training and are assigned to work on the ship must first go to the whaling ship, follow the whaling ship to sea, complete at least one successful whaling operation, and participate in the dismemberment and division of the captured whale from beginning to end, and feel a baptism of blood.
Only sailors who have experienced one such whaling activity can be officially assigned to the fleet as Seawolf Trainee Sailors after being recognized.
Therefore, while the whaling industry provides a steady stream of raw materials and food for the sea wolves, it also plays a great role in tempering the sea wolf tribes, so that now Yu Xiaotian can't do without this industry at all.
But before Yu Xiaotian came to this era, he was definitely a hardcore resistance to whaling, since the oil industry began to develop, human demand and dependence on whale oil began to decrease, and gradually many maritime countries began to realize that such a hunt would make this huge elf in the ocean eventually go extinct, so many countries finally chose to give up whaling.
However, there is such a sanctimonious and well-dressed country in Northeast Asia, but under the guise of scientific research, it continues to hunt whales on a large scale, which has attracted the unanimous condemnation of many countries in the world, and Yu Xiaotian was even more disgusted with the little devils before.
However, he did not expect that after coming to this era, he himself became the initiator of the earliest large-scale whaling activities of the Chinese, although he felt sorry for these sea monsters, but for the future of him and many of his subordinates, he still had to do this kind of thing.
Fortunately, the whaling industry in the world has not developed rapidly, the whaling industry is still in its infancy, and the number of whales in the ocean is still very large, although he is engaged in this kind of hunting, but the impact on this species is not great, and with their current killing ability and skill level, it will not cause great consequences, so Yu Xiaotian still decided to continue the development of this industry.
Sometimes when looking at the whales that were being killed one by one, Yu Xiaotian even thought that if he became the overlord of the sea one day, then at that time, he would simply formulate a system to restrict the development of this industry to repay him for the evil things he had done to cetaceans before.
But even so, at the moment Yu Xiaotian still takes special care of his subordinates on the whaling boats, when they go out to sea to hunt, they should pay attention to not hunting obviously pregnant female whales and young whales as much as possible, in addition to the young female whales should also try to catch as little or no killing, try to choose some old whales or male whales to kill, as for the mother whale with calves, it is not allowed to kill, otherwise after coming back, not only will it be useless, but also have to be demerited.
This can be regarded as Yu Xiaotian's self-restraint for himself to promote this whaling industry, and he only hopes that when he does this, he can do a little less damage to cetaceans, so as to talk about masturbation.
Looking at the whaling boats of these sea wolves moored in Jilong Bay at the moment, Yu Xiaotian even felt that he was quite hypocritical, while pushing his subordinates to hunt whales with whaling forks, but on the other hand, he secretly felt pity for these whales, thinking of this, Yu Xiaotian held the side of the boat with his hand and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
That's not all, in order to increase the harvest of the whaling industry, he has begun to build a new special whaling ship in the shipbuilding plan, and even the first whaling cannon specially used for whaling has begun to open the mold, just waiting for the next step to cast and apply to the whaling industry.
Once one day the new whaling ship and whaling cannon are put into use, the efficiency of whaling will be greatly increased, which is even more ironic, so that Yu Xiaotian himself does not know how to evaluate himself.
Sometimes this is the case in this world, what you don't want to do, but for various reasons and reasons, you have to do it, while doing it but at the same time guilty, full of contradictions, unfortunately Yu Xiaotian himself felt that he fell into this strange circle, when his boat passed by several whaling ships moored in the bay, he deliberately turned around and stopped looking at these whaling ships.
(Yesterday, in a hurry, I typed the chapter number wrongly, and I only found out today, but because of the system, I can't modify it, so I can only say sorry to the brothers who read the book!) I'll be careful in the future and say I'm sorry again! My wife has a cold and a high fever, and I'm busy! What a mistake you shouldn't make! )