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Chapter 55 Casualties and Gains

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

to the deck.

Wang Dinghai held a short fishing and hunting spear with thorns and a rope, and instructed the boatmen to quickly beat the water with long bamboo poles.Wang Zhong and Wang Yong also drew strong bows and were ready to shoot at any time.

"Shouzhe, you came just in time." Wang Dinghai said with a solemn expression, but he couldn't contain his joy, "It's an arrow flag of the East China Sea that was left alone. It should have been washed into the fresh water by the tide, so it's not too difficult to deal with. When it's on the surface, shoot it at the point with an arrow."

Generally speaking, the degree of difficulty in dealing with aquatic beasts is no worse than that of terrestrial beasts.When they are underwater, they are often powerful and ferocious, and it is common for them to overturn and smash ships.

Wang Dinghai has been an "old fisherman" for more than ten years. Naturally, he has his own way of dealing with aquatic beasts. The sound of bamboo poles hitting the water surface can disturb the judgment of aquatic beasts, making them not dare to attack the boat easily. arouse the opponent's anger.

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

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

With Wang Shouzhe's dynamic vision, he could only see that the aquatic beast had front spines as long as sharp swords, and dorsal fins as long as triangular flags.

But whether it is size or fierceness, it is far from the swordfish.

"Zheng!Zheng!Zheng!"

Three shocking chords sounded almost at the same time, and the sharp arrows hit the beasts one after another.The difference is that the sharp arrows issued by Wang Zhong and Wang Yong were driven into its body three or four inches.And Wang Shouzhe's arrow went directly into it by more than a foot.

The difference is not due to the difference between the bows and arrows, but the higher quality of the profound energy Wang Shouzhe used to attach to the arrows.

"Beast, so brave."

As an old fisherman, Wang Dinghai was the most ferocious. His whole body was swollen, and his profound energy exploded to the extreme. The fishing and hunting spear, which was specially used to kill large fish, threw it violently, and with a "pop", it was nailed into the flank of the beast by more than two feet. .

However, at this time, the front thorn of the fierce beast stabbed a boatman, and it fell into the water unabated. At the same time, with a flick of its tail, two boatmen were swept into the water.

"Boom!"

With the sound of huge splashes, the beast and the boatman fell into the water.

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 more than ten feet out, the rope reached the extreme and tightened suddenly, "creaking".This medium-sized merchant ship was pulled sideways by it, and the bow was swayed by a strong pulling force.

This is the experience and skill of human beings to deal with large aquatic beasts on board. This East China Sea Arrow Flag has obviously made a wrong decision.This wrong decision will naturally lead to its loss of life.

The pulling of the fishing and hunting spears and the barbs caused it to writhe in pain. It tried desperately to break free, but couldn't escape. The more he struggled, the heavier the injury, and the more special ropes wrapped around him.

Then it was greeted by the long-range strikes of Wang Shouzhe and others' strong bows.

Even so, Wang Shouzhe and others shot a pot of arrows in the air, and then the East China Sea arrow flag gradually stopped struggling and rolled over.All the boatmen got up and dragged it back slowly.

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

Although he killed a second-order aquatic beast, he filled in two lives, which cast a haze on Wang Shouzhe's face.

The morale of the boatmen was also very low. After all, all those who died were partners who got along with each other day and night.

"Shouzhe, the battle against the second-order aquatic beasts has been very successful today. This is a big victory." Wang Dinghai came over and patted Wang Shouzhe on the shoulder, comforted him, and said, "Even if the blood clansmen and family will die. In battle, it may not be impossible."

Wang Shouzhe understood that although the second-order vicious beasts belonged to the same level as the high-level Qi-refining realm, the vicious beasts were generally much stronger than the same realm.

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

However, no one can predict how many people will die in this kind of clearing and reclamation.

But water is different.

Humans don't live in water. A big river like Anjiang has a wild source and many tributaries. Some of the tributaries lead to some uncultivated fierce waters, which are the paradise of aquatic beasts.

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

This East China Sea arrow flag is obviously a fierce beast in the sea. In the case of bad luck, it was washed into the Danshui River by the tide.And it doesn't deal with human experience either.The sea is extremely wide, and there are so many terrifying and ferocious species hidden in it that humans have so far been unable to fathom.

Therefore, maritime merchant ships usually have to be not only large, but also very strong, and have to carry some weapons such as siege equipment.And the city wall on Jinsha Island is naturally not just a decoration to prevent humans from invading themselves...

The beasts in the sea are also not vegetarians.

After calming down a bit, Wang Shouzhe said, "Sixth uncle, the pension that should be given, the reward that should be rewarded."

"That's natural. According to the traditional high standard, the pension for each dead boatman is 30 dry gold, which is 60 dry gold. I will handle this myself." Wang Dinghai is used to seeing such things, and his emotions are not too much. Big fluctuation, "The remaining 2 boatmen, each one will receive 40 dry gold as a seal fee and reward, that is 100 dry gold, and we need to pay [-] dry gold."

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

However, Wang Shouzhe took out the money very happily, and directly gave Wang Dinghai 100 dry gold for him to manage.

As soon as the living boatmen heard 2 dry gold per person, they lost all emotions and their morale rose a lot.Because of the risk of work, the overall income of the boatmen is not bad, but the net income of 2 dry gold is a huge sum of money.

They were excited and excited, and they helped Wang Zhong and Wang Yong to pull the corpse of the beast to the deck little by little.

"We will start the boat quickly, Wang Zhong and Wang Yong, you will drag the prey into the cabin. And speed up the cleaning of the deck, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time." Wang Dinghai immediately issued the next order, and explained to Wang Shouzhe, "This area of ​​water is not It is our family's hunting waters, but belongs to the Zuo clan of Donggang, so leave as soon as possible to avoid unforeseen complications."

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

More than a quarter of an hour after the boat left, it encountered Zuo's fishing fleet from a distance. At this time, the tide was rising, which was the best time for fishing in this waters.

They saw a passing medium-sized merchant ship, and they were busy grabbing the golden time to fish, but they had no intention of going forward to ask.It is not uncommon for merchant ships and passenger ships to come and go in Anjiang.

Next, they passed the Zuo's waters site without any risk.

"Congratulations to the Patriarch." Wang Zhong and Wang Yong also temporarily dealt with the Donghai Arrow Flag, and happily reported, "The arrow flag is estimated to weigh more than 1000 catties. If the inedible part is removed, it will weigh at least 700 catties. Great money."

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

The skin of the arrow flag is also very valuable. After tanning with special techniques, some high-end water support can be made, which can increase the basalt's water escape and defense.

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

The remaining inedible bone spurs, etc., can be dried and ground into Lingyu bone meal, which is used to fertilize Lingtian.

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

There is also the swim bladder of Lingyu, which is also very expensive. After special treatment, it is the famous Lingyu Fish Maw.

This is the most expensive part of the fish, and it can prevent postpartum hemorrhage and replenish qi, blood and physical energy for postpartum women.

Of course, only when the bloodline women of the Xuanwu family gave birth would they be able to eat such precious things, and women from ordinary families had no chance.

"Remember to make a note on the ledger when you put the fish maw in the family library, and use it as one of the dowries when my sister gets married." Wang Shouzhe instructed with a thought.

"That's natural." Wang Zhong replied with a smile, "The fish maw of the red-tailed spirit fish that was hunted by the previous patriarch also exists, and it must be used as a dowry for Miss Luoyi."

Wang Luoyi is the direct daughter of the Wang family. When she gets married, she will naturally have the best fish maw as her dowry.

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

Because when Liu's direct daughter married him Wang Shouzhe, she naturally had to have a high-quality fish maw to accompany her as a dowry.

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

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(End of this chapter)