Chapter 55: Casualties and Gains

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Wang Shouzhe immediately picked up the strong bow and sword and rushed out.

To the deck.

Wang Dinghai held a short fishing spear with a thorn and a rope, and directed the boatmen to quickly slap the water with long bamboo poles. Wang Zhong and Wang Yong, the two generals, also picked up their strong bows, ready to shoot at any time.

"Shouzhe, you've come just in time. While Wang Dinghai's expression was solemn, he couldn't hold back his joy and said, "It's a lone East China Sea arrow flag, it should have been washed into fresh water by the tide, and it's not too difficult to deal with." You notice that when it is out of the water, shoot it with an arrow. ”

In general, the degree of difficulty in dealing with aquatic beasts is no worse than that of terrestrial beasts. When they are underwater, they are often very powerful and fierce, and it is not uncommon for them to knock over and smash boats.

Wang Dinghai has been an "old fisherman" for more than ten years, and he naturally has his own set of dealing with aquatic beasts, and the sound of bamboo poles slapping on the water surface can disturb the judgment of aquatic beasts, so that they do not dare to easily impact the boat, and at the same time, it will also arouse the anger of the other party.

With the exception of a few fish, most of them, even if they are ferocious beasts, are generally less intelligent than terrestrial beasts.

As soon as Wang Dinghai's words fell, four or five feet away from the side of the boat on the left, a large splash suddenly exploded. An aquatic monster nearly two feet long jumped out of the water and rushed towards the boat fiercely.

Based on Wang Shouzhe's dynamic eyesight, he could only see that the aquatic beast had a front thorn as long as a sharp sword and a dorsal fin like a pennant, which looked slightly like a sailfish on the earth

But both in size and fierceness, it is far from being comparable to sailfish.

"Zheng!Zheng!"

The three shocking sounds sounded almost simultaneously, and the sharp arrows hit the beast one after the other. The difference is that the sharp arrows sent by Wang Zhong and Wang Yong were driven into its body by three or four inches. And Wang Shouzhe's arrow directly sank into more than a foot.

The difference is not due to the difference in bows and arrows, but the higher quality of the Xuan Qi that Wang Shouzhe uses to attach to the arrows.

"Brute, so daring. ”

Wang Dinghai, as an old fisherman, was the most ferocious, his whole body was swollen, and his Xuan Qi exploded to the extreme, and the fishing and hunting spear specially used to hunt large fish was thrown violently, and with a "poof" sound, it was nailed into the flank of the fierce beast more than two feet.

However, at this time, the front thorn of the beast stabbed one of the boatmen, and the castration fell into the water, and at the same time, with a flick of the tail, two more boatmen were swept into the water.

"Boom!"

With the sound of a huge splash, the beast fell into the water with the boatman.

But it carried Wang Dinghai's fishing and hunting short spear, and the tail of the short spear was tied with a special thick rope.

Before it could swim out of the tens, the rope was tightened violently to the extreme, "squeak". The medium-sized merchant ship was pulled sideways by it, and the bow swung over with a strong pull.

This is the experience and skill of humans in dealing with large aquatic beasts on a ship, and this East China Sea arrow flag has clearly made the wrong decision. This wrong decision, of course, will also lead to the loss of its life.

The pull of the fishing and hunting spear and barbs made it churn in pain, and it tried desperately to break free but couldn't get out, and the more it struggled, the more serious the injury became, and the more the special rope was wound around it.

It was greeted by the long-range strike of Wang Shouzhe and others' strong bows.

Even so, Wang Shouzhe and the others shot a pot of arrows, and the East China Sea arrow flag gradually stopped struggling and turned its belly. The boatmen all got on board and slowly dragged it back.

At this time, the body of the boatman who was nailed to death by its front thorn had already been thrown away, and he was washed away by the tide and disappeared. Of the boatmen who fell into the water, only one was rescued, and the other was afraid that he was swept away by the underwater tide and could not be recovered.

Although he killed a second-order aquatic beast, it filled in two human lives, which made Wang Shouzhe's face clouded with a layer of haze.

The morale of the shipwrights is also low, after all, it is the partners who die day and night.

"Shouzhe, the battle against the second-order aquatic beast has been very smooth today, this is a big victory. Wang Dinghai came over and patted Wang Shouzhe on the shoulder, and after comforting him, he said, "Even if the bloodline clan and the family will die in battle, it may not be impossible." ”

Wang Shouzhe understood that although the second-order fierce beast belonged to the same level as the high-level Qi Refining Realm, the fierce beast was generally much stronger than the same realm.

And this world is different from the earth after all, and human beings have always been competing with fierce beasts for survival. Because humans live on land, in the habitat of humans, the terrestrial beasts have long been wiped out and are relatively safe.

However, it is impossible to estimate how many people will die in this kind of clearing and land reclamation.

But it's a different story in the water.

Humans don't live in water, and a large river like the Anjiang River has a wilderness source and many tributaries, some of which lead to some unexplored fierce waters, where it is a paradise for aquatic beasts.

It is precisely because of this well-connected water system that aquatic beasts will appear in an endless stream in the scope of human habitats. Otherwise, the perennial hunting and killing behavior of human beings would have wiped out the aquatic beasts in the habitat long ago.

This arrow flag of the East China Sea is obviously a fierce beast in the sea, and when it was unlucky, it was washed into the Tamsui River by the tide. And it also has no experience in dealing with humans. The sea is so vast that it hides many terrifying and ferocious species that humans have not yet been able to fathom.

Therefore, maritime merchant ships usually had to be built not only large, but also very strong, and loaded with some siege equipment and other weapons. And the city wall on Jinsha Island is naturally not just an ornament to prevent humans from trespassing on their own......

The beasts of the sea are also not vegetarians.

After calming down slightly, Wang Shouzhe said: "Sixth uncle, the pension that should be bereaved, the reward that should be rewarded." ”

"That's natural, according to the traditional high standards, the pension of each dead shipwright is 30 dry gold, that is, 60 dry gold, and I will deal with these myself. Wang Dinghai was used to seeing this kind of thing, and his mood did not fluctuate much, "The remaining twenty shipwrights, each of them will be given a hush money and a reward of 2 dry gold, that is, 40 dry gold, and we need to spend 100 dry gold." ”

100 dry gold, the expenditure is not small, and the pension of the shipwright is usually relatively high.

But Wang Shouzhe paid the money very happily, and directly gave Wang Dinghai 100 dry gold for him to manage.

When the living boatmen heard that each of them had 2 dry gold, they suddenly lost all their emotions and their morale rose a lot. The overall income of the shipwright is not bad because of the risky work, but the net income of 2 dry gold is a huge amount of money.

Their emotions were full of joy, and they helped Wang Zhong and Wang Yong to pull the corpse of the fierce beast to the deck little by little.

"We must move quickly, Wang Zhong and Wang Yong, and you will drag the prey into the cabin. and speed up the clearing of the deck, which should not be left for long. Wang Dinghai immediately issued the next order, and explained to Wang Shouzhe, "This area of water is not our family's hunting waters, but belongs to the territory of the Donggang Zuo clan, so leave as soon as possible to avoid extraneous branches." ”

There is no doubt that Wang Dinghai is a man who has been begging for a living on the water for a long time, and his decision is very wise.

More than a quarter of an hour after the boat sailed out, it came across Zuo's fishing fleet from a distance, and at this time the tide rose, which happened to be the best time to fish in this water.

They saw a medium-sized merchant ship passing by, and it was busy grabbing the golden hour for fishing, but they had no intention of coming forward to inquire. In the An River, it is not uncommon for merchant ships and passenger ships to come and go.

Next, all the way through the Zuo waters without any danger.

"Congratulations to the master. Wang Zhong and Wang Yong also temporarily disposed of the East China Sea Arrow Flag, and happily reported, "The arrow flag is expected to weigh more than 1,000 catties, and if you remove the inedible part, it will be at least more than 700 catties, which is a big profit." ”

The fish meat of the second-order fierce beast is about a few percent more expensive than the first-order fierce beast, and the effect of replenishing qi and blood will be better. These pure fish parts alone are worth hundreds of dollars.

The skin of the arrow flag is also very useful, and after being tanned by special techniques, some high-end water can be made, which can increase the Xuanwu's water escape technique and defense.

All edible parts, even fish intestines and liver, will be eaten.

The rest of the inedible bones and bone spurs can be dried and ground into spirit fish bone meal, which can be used for fertilization in the spiritual field.

In short, such an expensive and rare spirit fish will not be wasted anywhere.

There is also the fish of the spirit fish, which is also a very expensive thing, and after the special treatment is dried, it is the famous spirit fish maw.

This is the most expensive part of the spirit fish, and it is eaten by postpartum women to prevent postpartum bleeding and warm and replenish qi, blood and physical energy.

Of course, only when the bloodline woman of the Xuanwu family gives birth, will there be such precious things to eat, and women from ordinary families have no chance.

"I remember that after the fish gelatin was processed, I made a note on the account book when I put it in the family treasury, and when my sister got married, it would be used as one of the dowries. Wang Shouzhe's heart moved, and he said.

"That's nature. Wang Zhong smiled and admitted, "The fish maw of the red-tailed spirit fish hunted by the ancestor also exists, and it must be used as Miss Luoyi's dowry." ”

Wang Luoyi is the daughter of the Wang family, and when she gets married, she will naturally have the best fish fish maw as a dowry.

At the same time, under normal circumstances, Wang Shouzhe does not need to think about this for Liu's daughter.

Because when Liu's daughter married him Wang Shouzhe, she naturally also had high-quality spirit fish maw to marry, which was a part of the mother's family's heart for the married daughter, hoping that she would recover her health after giving birth.

The customs and traditions of the Xuanwu family have penetrated into every part of life.

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