Now that he has obtained the task, Gao Xianda naturally wants to go to Kyoto Town for a walk. www.biquge.info Before he left, he planned to go to Sukezaemon's restaurant to eat some delicious fish.

The fish dishes are as delicious as ever, and the sake is delicious. Gao Xianda and Sukezaemon were chatting happily, and a guy hurried over to report to Sukezaemon.

Sukezaemon said I'm drinking here, so can't you talk about it later?

The guy saw that Sukezaemon didn't care, so he said, "My lord, I've caught a fish!" ”

Sukezaemon was a little angry, slapped the guy on the head with chopsticks, and said, "I still think it's a big deal!" Every day, the fishing boat comes back from fishing, and it is not that the boat capsizes, what do you say to me? ”

The guy was so anxious that his head was sweating, and he hurriedly said: "No, no, boss, the fish caught this time is different!" ”

Gao Xianda saw that he was in a hurry, so he said to Sukezaemon: "Forget it, he must have something urgent, let's go and see." ”

Since Gao Xianda opened his mouth, it was not easy to oppose Sukezaemon, so he let the guy lead the way, and he took Gao Xianda to follow behind.

Arriving at the dock, Gao Xianda finally understood why the guy was in such a hurry.

The fish caught this time is not an ordinary fish, and it is a little too big.

It could be fifteen or sixteen meters long, and it could weigh dozens of tons, and at this time it was dragged to the shore, and it looked like it was dead.

"You little fishing boats caught whales?" Not only Gao Xianda, but even Sukezaemon was quite surprised, no wonder the guy was very anxious and called Sukezaemon over.

"Of course not." A bow came to report, "We small boats, it's hard enough to catch a tuna, how can we catch a whale?" The whale was stranded on its own. ”

Whales are sometimes brought ashore by the sea, but because they are too heavy and lose the buoyancy of the water, their bodies simply cannot support their weight.

So stranded whales, if no one pushes them back into the sea, they die very quickly.

From the perspective of animal protection, of course, the stranded whale should be pushed back into the sea, but in Japan during the Warring States period, human lives could not be saved, so what is there to talk about protecting animals?

The fishermen had no sense of animal protection, and they saw the whale as a gift from the sea.

Since these fishermen were all employed by Sukezaemon, they hurriedly called Sukezaemon after taking possession of the whale.

Of course, there were some people around who had bad intentions, and they watched from the side with the mentality of having a share in the sight, but when they saw Gao Xianda's tall figure, they knew that these fishermen had the support of the samurai, so they obediently retreated, not daring to have any more delusions about this whale.

Although these fishermen may not have caught whales, they are all veterans of seafaring, and whales have always been seen. They didn't think of the whale as a fetish, but as an ordinary big fish.

This whale is full of meat, and after selling it to Naya, you can get a lot of money.

But Sukezaemon doesn't really want the meat of the whale. Because of the recent discovery of large fishing spots, tuna meat is already somewhat saturated, and the supply is in excess of demand. You can't make much money from whale meat alone.

Sukezaemon was a man of knowledge, and he hurriedly shouted to the fishermen who were busy with the whales: "Be careful, this is a sperm whale, and there is a treasure in its belly, don't break it!" ”

Hearing that there was a treasure inside, the daring fisherman cut open the whale's belly and slipped into it lightly, trying to find the treasure out. But it didn't take long for him to come out, dirty, spitting, and scolding: "I didn't touch it, baby, but I touched a piece of!" ”

Sukezaemon laughed: "Yes, the treasure in the sperm whale's belly is that piece of!" ”

The fisherman thought that Sukezaemon was teasing him, so he angrily threw the fish knife in his hand on the ground.

Who knows if Sukezaemon is not angry. He took off his clothes, went shirtless, picked up the fish knife, and got into the sperm whale's belly himself.

It wasn't long before he emerged from the whale's stomach with a lump of thick, dark substance. He was covered in blood and stench, as if he was really holding a piece of.

The people around them couldn't help but laugh when they saw Sukezaemon's appearance, even though Sukezaemon was the boss who hired them.

But Sukezaemon smiled more than they did, and said, "You know, I found a treasure this time!" ”

He ordered someone to find something, wrapped the whale "", then jumped into the sea to briefly wash the blood on his body, and came back to the fishermen and said, "Whale skin, whale meat, whale bones, all useful." You sort it out and send it to the house, and you buy it all at the market price. ”

When the fishermen heard this, they were naturally very happy.

Sukezaemon left with Gao Xianda first.

Gao Xianda inevitably thought that Sukezaemon's body was a little smelly, but Sukezaemon was very excited.

When he returned to Naya's shop and found a place where no one was around, Sukezaemon laughed out loud.

In Gao Xianda's opinion, Sukezaemon was dirty and wet, holding a piece of "" and laughing, which was simply crazy.

Gao Xianda said, "Aren't you going to explain?" Or are you going to let me get you a doctor? ”

"No, no, I'm just so happy." Sukezaemon said, "My lord, do you know? It's a sperm whale! ”

"yes, I see." Gao Xianda nodded, "But I don't see why you're laughing like crazy." ”

Sukezaemon said: "Whales are such a thing, they are full of treasures, meat can be eaten, skin can be made into leather goods, and whale oil boiled out of fat is the best thing to use for lighting." But the most valuable thing on the sperm whale's body is this lumbergris in its belly, which can be used as a spice. Several of the big rouge shops in Kyoto buy ambergris at high prices all year round. I think that Imagawa Yoshimoto-sama's daily fat powder must also be made of ambergris. ”

When he said this, Gao Xianda felt as if he had indeed heard someone say such a thing. Imagawa Yoshimoto likes to imitate the public houses in Kyoto, so he also paints grease and powder on weekdays, and there is naturally no shortage of high-end goods.

The sukezaemon made a gesture with a large lump of "" in his hand and said, "The market price of ambergris is one or two 100 koko, which is ten times more expensive than gold of the same weight!" ”