Small Landlords of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 148. 183. Meeting the Sperm Whale

Tai Shici took the fleet to sea the next day. According to Wang Hao, the piece of blubber may be the blubber of a blue whale.

Tai Shici didn't know how big the blue whale was. The last time he saw a humpback whale in the Vietnam-Thailand area, Wang Hao said that the blue whale was the largest whale. Compared with the humpback whale, the blue whale was a giant.

Soldier: "General, are there really such big whales in the world? Who can hunt them so big?"

Tai Shici: "Let's not talk about whether it was hunted by humans. The blubber appeared in Zhu Yalang this time, which proves that there are large whales nearby..."

Whales are divided into two major categories, baleen whales and toothed whales, with about 12 species.

The larger baleen whales include blue whales, fin whales, blackboard baleen whales, arm whales, giant arm whales and right whales, etc. The larger toothed whales include sperm whales and orcas.

Tai Shici: "The last time I sailed with my lord, I saw a group of humpback whales. That guy's head is very big, but his body is not very long."

Yan Ming: "To tell you the truth, last time when I transported supplies to Vietnam and Thailand, I also saw a humpback whale. Its back was black. It was as long as a landing ship, and it was bigger than the Mengchong battleship. Know how much fish that guy eats in a day."

In fact, both Tai Shici and Yan Ming were wrong. The humpback whale eats a lot, but it will not pose a threat to the big fish in the sea, because the humpback whale eats phytoplankton and a large number of small shrimps.

As for being bigger than Meng Chong, this is a bit of an exaggeration. The largest humpback whale is only 15 meters long and weighs no more than 1 tons.

Wang Ruoxi: "Look, Dad, the big boat is back..."

Wang Hao looked up and saw that Tai Shici's company was approaching the port. Tai Shici did not encounter whales when he went out to sea this time, which was also expected by Wang Hao.

Zhu Yalang's coastline patrols are generally bounded by ten nautical miles, and these are shallow water areas. Big guys like whales generally don't enter shallow water areas because they are easy to run aground due to their size.

Tai Shici's first mission was to focus on Zhu Yalang. On the first day of patrol, the coastline was naturally the main one. He just wandered around Zhu Yalang. How could he encounter whales?
Wang Hao: "Tomorrow, I will go to sea with you, and start a big search within fifty miles around Zhu Yalang!"

Tai Shici: "My lord is a body of gold, we can easily take risks..."

Wang Hao: "I just went to sea with the company, and I didn't go to the battlefield to fight, so what danger can I have?
No, you don’t need to persuade me anymore, whales are a kind of docile animals, as long as you don’t provoke them, even if you encounter a group of whales, it’s fine..."

Wang Ruoxi: "I'm going too, Daddy, I'm going too..."

Wang Hao: "Okay, take you naughty bag."

Wang Ning: "Daddy Ning'er is also going, along with Xiao Hui, Xiao Hei, Big Crocodile, and Dog..."

Wang Ruoxi: "Xiaohui will go with me, so it won't follow you, who made you wet the bed frequently."

Wang Ning: "I didn't wet the bed..."

Wang Ruoxi: "Yes, mother said..."

As soon as they heard that Wang Hao was going to go out to sea by boat, the two little guys ran over, grabbed Wang Hao's sleeves, and looked at Wang Hao pitifully. It seemed that Wang Hao wouldn't even think about it tonight if he didn't take them with him. Dump them.

The next day, Wang Hao went to sea with the fleet, and Wang Ruoxi and his brother also followed. There was no way, the two little guys got up early in the morning, and their eyes never left Wang Hao's figure. .

Fortunately, it was only for a while, and it was not a war or a long voyage, and I could return to Zhu Yalang at night, so it was not inconvenient to take them with me.

Wang Hao: "Mr. Zhao often goes fishing here?"

Old man Zhao: "I would like to report to Chief Sima, my Zhao family has been fishing for generations, and after we moved to Zhu Yalang, we have resumed our old business. Thanks to the lord who improved the keel of the boat, the big boat can sail in this huge sea.

Thanks to Lord Zhu Yalang, the prefect, who thinks highly of him, bid for the fishing rights in this sea area to my Zhao family, the little old man and his clan have been fishing in this sea area..."

It was a thin old man who bowed to report to Wang Hao, and behind him were more than a dozen middle-aged sailors, all of whom were members of the Zhao family and hired sailors.

Wang Hao's territory has a wide coastline, and many water-based industries such as fishing, pearl fishing, aquaculture, and kelp can only be developed through bidding. It doesn't mean that everyone can fish. Only those commercial fisheries count.

Wang Hao: "Has the old man met a big fish in this sea area, the kind of sea fish that is bigger than a fishing boat?"

Old man Zhao: "Reporting to Da Sima, the little old man has been in Zhu Yalang for several years, but he has never seen the big fish that the lord mentioned.

only……"

Wang Hao: "Just what?"

Old man Zhao: "When I was in Jian'an County in my early years, I heard from my grandfather that there are giant monsters in the deep sea. That kind of huge monsters are just like what the Lord said, they are as huge as Mengchong warships, even bigger than Mengchong. Battleships are even bigger.

The little old man has been wandering in the sea all his life, and he has only heard about it from his grandfather, and has never seen this giant beast with his own eyes. "

Wang Hao was skeptical about the giant beast that old man Zhao said. There are many strange fish in the deep sea, some of which are far more than animals on land. Wang Hao knows this.

However, even in the ocean, there are countless giant beasts larger than Mengchong.
The blue whale is the largest among the whales, and its body length is only about 50 meters. The Mengchong battleship is [-] meters long, which is even bigger than the Mengchong battleship.

Blue whales are generally more than [-] tons, and their tongues weigh three tons. The blubber found in the harbor last time is very likely to be the blubber of blue whales.

It’s just that such a huge whale, if it hadn’t met someone bigger than it, it would still be difficult for humans to hunt and kill whales in the current environment, especially the blue whale, the ocean overlord.

Wang Ruoxi: "Dad, look quickly..."

Wang Ning: "Ah... what kind of fish is that, why is it spraying water?"

Wang Ruoxi: "Daddy, let the big boat pass by, Ruoxi wants to see Yuyu..."

Just when Wang Hao and others were about to return, a group of sperm whales swam past the right side of the fleet. The head-heavy sperm whales looked like huge tadpoles.

Because only the left nostril is unblocked and the right nostril is blocked, when it breathes, the mist column is sprayed to the front left at an angle of 45 degrees, which looks like a group of naughty children playing with water.

Wang Hao: "They are going home so late, can we come and play with them tomorrow?"

Wang Ning: "Well...I will definitely come over tomorrow. Big Yuyu, please wait for me..."

Wang Ruoxi: "Big Yuyu...you have to wait for me..."

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the waves red. Wang Hao picked up a pair of children and looked at the whales in the distance. The sperm whales seemed to have heard Wang Ruoxi's words. After half a circle around the Shield Sea, they disappeared into the waves of the sky, and the night gradually darkened. come down!

(End of this chapter)