Chapter 166: Shooting Fish
On the blue sea, a fleet is sailing along the ocean current from east to west, only to see the bow of one of the ships suddenly "whoosh~" sound, a sharp arrow like a lightning boat from the bow into the sea, a big shark under the sea immediately turned its belly and floated up, the long sharp arrow just shot from the head into most of the half, only one tail feather was left outside, naturally it was dead and could not die again.
"Haha~, pull it up, let's drink this shark today!" Zhao Jia on the bow of the boat held a bow and arrow and laughed, the arrow he shot out was tied with a rope behind it, which could pull the fish onto the boat, which was also an entertainment activity they invented on the boat, the name is called fish shooting, which can be played and can get food from the sea, which is an activity that kills two birds with one stone.
"Brother Jia, you're in good shape these days, and you shoot fish before me every time!" Yang Shiliang next to him couldn't help but be surprised at this time, he learned archery under the teaching of his grandfather since he was a child, and later practiced hard when he entered the military academy, he never came out of the top three in every military academy archery competition, on the other hand, although Zhao Jia's archery is also good, but there is still a gap compared to himself, but these days the other party is like taking an aphrodisiac, and every time he shoots fish, he is one step ahead of him to achieve results.
"What is good state, this is good strength, after this period of training, I feel that my archery has improved rapidly, and it is already expected to surpass you!" Zhao Jia said with a smug face at this time, when he tried archery in the past, he was not less abused by Yang Shiliang, but now he has finally raised his eyebrows once.
"Cut~, I don't know your strength yet? You wait, I'll adjust my state today, and tomorrow I'll show 100% strength to compare with you, and then I'll see if you can shoot the fish before me? Yang Shiliang immediately retorted when he heard this, he didn't think that Zhao Jia's archery skills would surpass him in a short period of time.
"Compare is compare. But tomorrow, if you lose again, you have to admit that my archery skills are better than yours! When Zhao Jia heard this, he immediately put forward his own conditions.
"No problem, but you'll never get past me in archery!" Yang Shiliang nodded almost without hesitation.
"Okay, you two don't quarrel, hurry up and help me deal with the fish, and wait for the wine!" At this time. I only heard that the Yuan who had just pulled the fish up next to him shouted loudly, I haven't seen him for a few months, and the body of the Yuan has returned to the original body shape of Maitreya Buddha again, but the whole person is much darker, and it looks like an African monk.
The shark that Zhao Jia shot was huge, nearly two feet from head to tail, if it wasn't for Zhao Jia's arrow shooting into its head, I am afraid that it would not have died at all for a while. However, this shark is not the largest shark Zhao Jia and they have ever seen, when they were in the Atlantic Ocean before. They had even seen some huge sharks with a body length of more than three zhang, compared to the shark in front of them could only be regarded as a medium-sized shark, but even so, when Yuan pulled it onto the boat before, it still gathered the strength of seven or eight people to pull it up.
Such a big shark was almost enough for Zhao Jia and their boatload to eat, and Yuan asked people to hang the shark. The belly of the fish is then cut open and the internal organs are removed, except for the shark liver. The rest is thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Shark liver is actually poisonous, if a person eats a large amount, it is likely to be poisoned and die, mainly because shark liver is rich in a large amount of vitamin A, if eaten in large quantities, it will cause vitamin A poisoning. This can lead to nausea, vomiting, headache, redness, swelling of the eyes, and peeling. Symptoms such as muscle, bone and joint pain and even high fever throughout the body, and even death.
However, vitamin A is also one of the essential elements of the human body, and this thing is only produced in the liver of animals in addition to plants, and there is a lack of green plants at sea, so if you want to supplement vitamin A, you can only use the liver of animals, which is also the reason why Yuan left shark liver, as long as you eat one or two tablets a day, it will not cause poisoning, but can also cure diseases.
The Song people did not have the habit of eating shark fin, in fact, shark fin only began to rise in the Ming Dynasty, but the Song people were no strangers to sharks, because they liked to eat shark lips and skin, only to see Yuan cut off the fish lips, and together with the fish skin, but this thing can not be eaten directly, because whether it is fish lips or fish skin, it needs to be dried before it can be delicious, which is the same as shark fin.
Zhao Jia, Yang Shiliang and others also stepped forward to help, and quickly cleaned up the huge shark, and then Yuan took some parts of the meat to cook it himself, and sent the rest to the ship's kitchen to make lunch, although there was a lot of food stored on the ship, but for the fleet, the main food every day actually came from ******.
The taste of shark meat is actually not very good, the meat is coarse and fishy, but Yuan's cooking skills are enough to solve these problems, and after a while, several dishes with full color and aroma were sent to the deck of the bow, and finally when Yuan brought out two pots of wine, the three of them sat cross-legged in the bow of the boat, chatting casually while drinking, anyway, the wind and sun are beautiful today, and the fleet is fine, so they have enough time to chat.
"Shizi, the poor monk calculated our position during this time, and found that our fleet should not be too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, and we have been sailing for so long since we left the Americas, so we should be about to return to the Great Song Dynasty, right?" At this time, I saw Yuan eat a few mouthfuls of food, and then drank the wine in the cup.
"It is true that we should return to the Great Song Dynasty, according to my estimate, we should be able to reach the waters near Luzon if we go further, and then we can rest in the port of Luzon, and then return to the Great Song Dynasty in one go!" Zhao Jia also nodded at this time and said, after bypassing the American continent before, they found the ocean current near the equator, and then sailed westward along the current for nearly three months, and in these three months, they almost didn't find any islands to dock at, which was also thanks to the sufficient supplies on the ship, otherwise they would not have been able to survive until now.
"Damn, this voyage is finally coming to an end, and now what I miss most is the fried sauce noodles of the Chen family noodle restaurant in the northeast corner of the capital, the strong noodles with the fragrant meat sauce make people drool when they think about it!" Yang Shiliang ate a few bites of fish at this time and said loudly, eating fish every day at sea, even if it is delicious, he will vomit.
"Haha, I'm a little greedy when I heard you say this, so let's go with Master Yuan." Zhao Jia also smiled when he heard this, counting that he had been away from the capital for the longest time, and now he also misses the people and things in the capital very much, especially Zhao Xu picked up the burden of the Great Song Dynasty at a young age, and I don't know what happened now? (To be continued.) )