Since the Ming Dynasty, whaling and shark fishing and fishermen in the Leizhou Peninsula have long used blubber to make oil, and paid tribute to the imperial court as a fishery tax in kind.

According to history, in the 24th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1391), Leizhou Mansion paid 3184 catties of whale oil to Jinggong, 28 taels and 4 yuan, which was the crown of Guangdong.

Compared with whales, due to the influence of the dietary preferences of the Ming people, the commercial value of sharks is greater, and they have been regarded as the supreme delicacy by diners since ancient times.

In 1972, President Nixon of the United States visited a certain country, and in a certain sea banquet, there were Xu Wen Wailuo Port wings.

If you can give it to foreigners at a state banquet, it must be a good thing, which has attracted the favor of the world even more. However, due to the sharp decline of sharks due to "excessive hook fishing", the marine fishery has declined sharply and withered quite severely...... There is not even a single shark hair off the coast, so if you want to fish in the ocean, the fuel cost is still high. If you're not careful, or you're unlucky, you'll have to pay for your pants.

So when Guo Ziren heard that there was a recruitment to go to the Philippines, he applied for it, and in a blink of an eye, he joined the great cause of Hantang Group.

The bow of the Yu-3 was equipped with a base in advance, and Lin Shengli, the director of the Red Star Military Factory, was leading a technician assistant to install the Lin-style whaling cannon there at this time.

This whaling cannon has the style of the Han and Tang Collective Regiments, with a rough appearance, simple structure and strong durability.

The height of the cannon is 1.51 meters, the length of the cannon is 1.6 meters, the axis is 60 degrees, and the height is 5 degrees. The firing range is seventy meters. It can be aimed directly within 30 meters, and it should be projectile within 40 to 70 meters.

The powder chamber of the whaling cannon is a seamless steel pipe with an inner diameter of 10 cm and a seamless steel pipe with a low exhaust and a chamber of 5 cm with a high pressure resistance.

The whaling fork is carefully machined, and it comes in two types, inertial and explosive. Both whaling forks have polymer polyethylene ropes tied to the end of the pole. Among them, the habitual whaling fork can be deep into the whale's body, the fork blade rushes forward and deploys, can cut off the blood vessels and nerve tissues in the whale's body in a large area, and is conducive to hooking the whale body, and the explosive type is to add a small amount of explosives at the front rod, when invading the whale's body, the front rod retracts to deduce the explosive, enlarges the whale's internal wound, and the latter is a special equipment for dealing with large whales of more than 5o tons.

After screwing the last screw, Lin Shengli, the director of the Red Star Military Factory, patted the cold body of the whaling cannon and said, "I really don't know how many sea elves will die on it-this will be a massacre-"

The technician also straightened up, handed Director Lin a cigarette, threw out a copycat Dupeng lighter for him, and then lit it himself.

"Massacre, yes, yes."

The technician pointed to the sea surface of the fishing wharf, and the Ming fishermen who were about to rush out first said: "An ordinary whale is 30,000 catties of meat, how many people will survive because of it?" Nature, if it is not for human use, then nature is a pseudo-concept -- of course, we have to use it in different ways, and it all depends on our level of development -- you see how happy those Ming fishermen are, and how much labor we need to live a happy life -- we dare not open it up to accept it now. ”

The sea at the fishery-only wharf in the city of Geranza is now in a state of chaos.

About two days ago, many fishing boats suddenly heard the news that the people of the Han and Tang groups were going to Dongsha Island to hunt and kill Hailong Gong, and those who went with them should go faster first - everyone hesitated for a moment, and immediately decided to follow.

Previous experience has proved that fishing with the Han Tang Group has too many benefits - they have the power of ghosts and gods, and they can know where the fish are in advance, and they don't need to look at the water color, smell the smell, and listen to the sound.

Those who insert a penny, listen to it to know which direction there are schools of fish in the sea, really wonder, different fish schools have different calls, this is a hundred years ago the elders handed down the secret art, those sailboats, stop and go, suddenly began to net, there are fish, full.

How did they know? No one knows, some people who are familiar with them have inquired, and those people from the Hantang Group lazily said that it was "Sheng".

I don't understand, it's okay, as long as I keep up with them, even if I get farther away, I will gain something.

In fact, the most important thing is that their Hantang Group can buy a large amount of fish and return the cash, which is the key - but it is better to ask for a horse ticket, and buy rice cheaper.

The people of the Hantang Group temporarily recruited twenty Ming fishermen to follow the boat, all of them must have the experience of seeing the sea dragon duke, and the hunting is better, this is not a high requirement, which Ming fisherman who fishes has never seen the sea dragon duke? As long as the salary is high, there will be more people to sign up, and you can pick and choose.

In the past, when fishing, the people of the Hantang Group only went out to motive sailboats, but this time they even dispatched an iron boat, although it was not as big as the one at the mouth of the river, but it looked majestic...... This is really going to deal with the Sea Dragon Gong.

Many boat owners think that if they keep up, they may be able to pick up some bargains. Ming fishermen who have had similar experiences before also know this.

The people of the fishery department of the Hantang Group hoisted four wooden lifeboats on Yusan, which was a product of the Anjiang Shipyard a long time ago, and compared with the rowing boats of this time and space, it was light and strong, and the flow line was good.

This let the Ming fishermen manipulate and practice it in advance, and it was okay, they could row it up, and then they were given a special whaling harpoon, which was imitated according to the whaling harpoon of Little Japan, medium carbon steel, extremely sharp, and popped out of the fork blade when invading, and the detachment was low.

The whaling harpoon had a jute cable tied to its tail, which was tied to the boat.

Originally, the types of ships used exclusively for whale hunting were generally sharp and thin, with high navigation, large main engine power, good rotation and maneuverability, high parts, low tail, and good seakeeping.

Boats are generally no less than 14 knots, and fast ones can reach about 18 knots, because large whale cruises can reach up to 14 knots.

The Hantang Group did not have a dedicated whaling vessel, so it made some simple changes on the Yusan, and the original trawl winch was modified on the rear deck to make it more suitable for towing whales, and the belt bollard was reinforced. Pairs of trolling holes were also opened in the portside wall panel, which could be temporarily used to tow more than two smaller whales.

A new lookout station is installed on the mast at the front of the wheelhouse for observing whale movements and directing hunting.

Others, such as some whaling-specific electronic instruments, are not the same thing.

Captain Guo Ziren turned on the electronic device, checked the count, and felt that there was no problem, so he turned it off again and walked out of the captain's room.

Tomorrow there will be no problem at all...... Tomorrow's weather forecast says clear skies, fifteen degrees of temperature at sea, 7o-9o% humidity, five to six winds on the sea surface, and a maximum wave height of less than three meters...... What a good day for whaling.

As soon as he got out of the captain's room, Captain Guo Ziren heard the lecture of the Ming security team members who accompanied the ship this time, and they were training the twenty Ming fishermen.

He looked at the back deck and saw that the Ming security team members were standing up straight, and shouted coaxingly: "The Hantang Group has hired you and others, and this is the first thing you need to learn...... Of course, it is a few simple things for you, this first one, give you the right price, you have to do the right job, this one goes to the edge of the sky is reasonable, this second ......"

Captain Guo Ziren walked to the bow boredly, and Director Lin Shengli and his assistant were also chatting.

Captain Guo Ziren listened to their chat, and suddenly smiled: "Say, let me tell you a real story......

"Oh, Captain Guo vs. the whales?"

"No, it's my father's story......"

"It was March 19, 1953, when the whaling fleet of Wailuo Port in Xuwen County organized more than 1o tugboats and 1o small wooden boats for fishing the sea, each with six or seven fishermen, and made a special trip to the deep sea for whaling.

At about 1o o'clock in the morning, my father remembered very well that there was a whale swimming in the sea around the 'Ichisha area'.

The whale's gray-black back rose more than a foot above the surface of the water, and it continued to shoot a column of water several meters high into the sky.

My father, the captain of the whaling team, took the lead in the direction of the whale when my father lifted an iron hook attached to a thick hemp cable and threw it hard at the whale's back. It was a curved iron hook, more than 6o centimeters long, so sharp that it could pierce the whale's back.

This time, I also made this one for the Ming fishermen, and I also forged one by hand, and when I was a child, I often saw my father polishing it......

The iron hook was right on the whale's back and hooked. At the same time, the rest of the ships also came together to surround the whale and fight to throw the hook.

At that time, the whaling team had a rule: the first hook was awarded the first prize, the second hook was awarded the second prize, and the third hook was awarded the third prize...... The fleet threw more than 1o hooks at the whale in a row before the whale was controlled.

At that time, they thought that there was nothing wrong, but then another small whale swam towards the big whale, and the little whale screamed very miserably.

The fishermen wanted to catch the calf again, but as soon as they threw one, the big whale, which had been unable to move, suddenly swung violently and was able to overturn a boat......

My father immediately ordered the calf to be released, and they let the calf go, and the big whale settled down and died soon after...... After a day and a night of hard work, the whaling team dragged the whale back to Wailuo Harbor at noon the next day.

This big whale is a female whale, and the cut meat weighs more than 45,000 catties. Afterwards, some people estimated that the one that was released was 5,000 catties......

The skeleton of the whale, which was later made into a taxidermier, is 17 meters long, 4 meters wide, 2.1 meters high, weighs 22.5 tons, and is now in a park in Guangzhou.

My father has passed away a long time ago, but every time I go to Guangzhou for business or tourism, I go to the park to see the specimen made of whales, which is a kind of nostalgia and remembrance of my father. ”

"That's all? That whale is not small...... It's fifty tons......" Director Lin Shengli felt a little bored after hearing this.

"That's not the point...... Later, when my father was engaged in sports, he was removed from his position as captain because of this article...... The captains of the later captains later became municipal leaders......"

At this time, Lin Shengli's assistant said angrily: "It's so unfair, your father was angry at that time, right?" ”

Captain Guo Ziren smiled and turned his head to look at the fishing wharf, where there were also Ming fishermen busy, mostly women......

"My father admitted that he could have killed the calf at the time...... But afterwards he was not angry at all, but was very happy...... He secretly told me that the little whale was 10,000 pounds, and the person who reported it looked away...... He really laughed, even the last time he drank with me. ”

Director Lin Shengli said: "What a lovely old man, I also want to drink with him...... What do you think about in front of that whale specimen? ”

"Sometimes I want to laugh, sometimes I want to cry, I hate my father for a while, I love my father for a while...... It's different every time...... I often think to myself what I would have done if I were my father......"

The technician asked curiously, "How?" ”

Captain Guo Ziren pointed at the Ming people on the dock and said, "Never let it go...... For their mouthful of food, for those who keep running to us for a mouthful of food...... People who don't love anyone, talk about fart love...... If we want to live well, we have to make others live well - it's as simple as that. ”

The shore of the special fishing wharf in Gelanza City is also busy now, there are many people who keep building stoves and stoves with clay, putting the large iron buckets provided by the Hantang Group one by one, and there are also people who keep carrying fresh water, and there are also people who wash the ground with seawater...... Hantang Group only sent a few technicians to make some simple reinforcements to the original wooden crane structure.

The fishery department of Hantang Group took a fancy to the cement floor of this place.

Due to the early plan, it was too late to build a professional whale slaughterhouse, so this place could only be used as a disposal site for the time being.

It's not that hard to split...... Many fishermen have rich experience in handling and have not been trained by people from the Hantang Group...... Many people still offer to ask for help, no horse tickets, just give them some whale meat.

It's all ready, but the whale hasn't been seen yet.

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