671 Lead by example
With Hong Tao in charge, and then hanging the banner of the Liang King and the envoy, this small boat less than 20 meters long was like a motor after full sail, and ran at a speed of seven knots on the river by measuring the wind and going downstream.
At this time, the White Emperor City of Li Bai is the most appropriate, and it is really the two sides of the strait that they can't stop exclaiming, and the light boat has passed the windows of ten thousand homes. Even the sailors and boats on the river could only look at the boats and sigh, and they had no chance to catch up and investigate.
There were about 700 miles of waterway from Yangzi Town to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it took only 15 hours for the training ships. When the Yaoliu sandbank at the mouth of the Yangtze River was vividly remembered, Hong Tao knew that further ahead was the vast East China Sea.
"Three hundred directions, raise the auxiliary sail ......" In fact, the training ship did not run at full speed on the Yangtze River, and large and small ships appeared on the river from time to time, and there was no fixed route, so it was not appropriate to bump into others and be hit by others.
Now it's okay, Jiaolong enters the sea, it's the first time in his life to drive a boat, Hong Tao doesn't even need a helmsman, he personally steers and navigates, not to show off his ability, just to have fun.
The eight sailors on the same ship had never been so nervous, and the King of Cool was clearly more familiar with the sea than the previous Jewish captain, and then he became a master of the arts.
He was not allowed to lower the sails at night, and he was still moving at full speed, and many of the sailing skills he had learned before had to be changed to him, such as how to measure the speed of the ship, how to locate the course through the stars at night, how to increase the speed of the ship by adjusting the direction of the bow of the ship, and so on.
Originally, Hong Tao was the god of war in the eyes of the soldiers of the new army, but now he is a god of sea and land, and he seems to be more powerful on the sea, and no one will believe that he is the first time to sail a boat.
But at this time, reason stood up again and told everyone, it was the first time! After so many years, whether he was a colt or a handsome, this one had never left the interior, let alone been born by the sea, all of which could only be explained by the gods.
"My lord, there is a training ship with a skull flag four or five nautical miles ahead, chasing a school of whales!" Three days later, in the early morning, about 30 nautical miles southwest of Jeju Island, Hong Tao was about to go to sleep in the cabin after the night shift, when the lookout came with the news.
The skull flag, this thing is Chen Niang's personal flag. Sailors say that their queens like to go out to sea to hunt whales with a black cloth blindfolded and a skull flag.
"Your queen is really dedicated, she doesn't want to die to earn money...... Catch up and get the king's water fly and javelin ready! Looking through the binoculars, whether Chen Niang was on the boat or not, their methods of hunting whales were too primitive and dangerous.
In the era when there were no naval guns to fire whaling forks, chasing whales with galleons had to be fired with siege crossbows at close range to fire javelins with ropes and pontoons.
In the past, the whaling team of the Kim and Empire never did this, but used a sailboat to search for fish with a windsurfing board, and after finding it, a single person chased the whale on the windsurf board and dropped a speargun.
The sailboat runs after the injured whale for a mile away, and only comes forward when the whale is exhausted, whether it is dragged or decomposed on the spot, depending on whether there are sharks in the nearby waters.
Obviously, Chen Niang didn't learn all her craft, there happened to be two ready-made windsurfing boards on the boat, and she didn't come empty-handed to be a father, and then taught her daughter a lesson.
Chen Niang was indeed on the boat, and was wearing a black blindfold to direct the crew to chase the largest whale, when she suddenly received the news of the discovery of the training ship, and immediately gave up on the whale, and asked the other party why she appeared here in the flag language.
But the boat didn't answer questions other than speeding towards the whales, which made Sidi worry about Hong Tao's situation. If there were no major accidents, the ship would not have suddenly run back from Yangzhou.
"Daddy didn't have an accident, he came to see me in person! Hurry up and catch up with that little sail! ”
This guess is very logical, Chen Niang didn't care about pretending to be a pirate, she pulled off her blindfold, climbed the mast like a little monkey, and looked hard with a telescope. Looking at it, he suddenly giggled and climbed down with his hands dancing.
“…… What's that......"
Sidi soon saw the shadow of the windsurfing board through the binoculars, and she couldn't figure out what it was. It's like a ship but it's too small, it's not a boat, and it's sailing on the sea, and it's not at all slower than a training ship running at full speed.
"It's Daddy's windsurfing board, but Daddy didn't tell me how to make it!" Chen Niang said the name of the windsurfing board very confidently, she had heard this kind of extra-small sailing boat piloted by one person in the story, but unfortunately it was impossible to build it by imagination.
"Your Excellency is up there?!" Sidi kind of understood, since this thing is Hong Tao's secret secret, then there is no need to ask who can drive it.
"That's nature, let's catch up and see how Daddy hunts whales!" Chen Niang had already urged the Jewish captain to speed up for the Nth time, but unfortunately the sails were all up, and the wind was stopped, so it was useless to be in a hurry.
It is time for Hong Tao to show his face today, this is a group of sperm whales resting on the surface of the sea. They can dive one or two thousand meters deep and hold their breath for more than an hour without floating. But the sperm whales also have to rest for an hour or two between dives, when they swim very slowly and do not dive, so if they want to hunt them, they have to seize this time.
With the thickness and shape of the water column, Hong Tao can distinguish between adult and juvenile whales, and the older the sperm whale, the more economically valuable, not its skin, flesh and fat, but the whale brain oil in its head and the ambergris in its intestines.
Both of these things increase with size and age, the former is a water tank used by sperm whales to lift and lower, and the latter is a by-product of sperm whales eating squid that is not digested, commonly known as large intestine stool......
One, two, three...... Hong Tao was targeted by the largest adult whale in the group, and there were no calves with them. The sperm whale immediately woke up from its semi-sleep state and instinctively swam out of the group, so as to keep the young whales in the group out of danger.
Again and again, Hong Tao caught up with it, plunging his javelin into the whale's back, not only to avoid the wounded beast's pectoral fins and large tail, but also to dodge the ropes and pontoons on the water. It's basically a half-life to be bumped into by any of them.,It's not good to be GAMEOVER.。
It took seven javelins and fourteen large barrels for the wounded sperm whale to stop struggling, leaving a long trail of blood on the surface of the sea and flipped on its side.
It seemed that there were no sharks in this area, so Hong Tao beckoned the two sailing boats to come closer and tied the tail and mouth with ropes. Because it is too large to be towed, the sailboat can only decompose the fat layer under the skin in situ, and only bring the skull and internal organs back for disposal.
"How about Her Royal Highness the Queen, this king's water flying kung fu still needs to be obtained, right?"
The size of the whale didn't intrigue the crew, who welcomed the man who could hunt whales alone on the sea. Hong Tao was not polite at all, standing on the windsurfing board and turning around left and right, accepting the cheers without missing all the cheers, and finally did not forget to ask Chen Niang how she felt.
"Daddy is naturally the most powerful, and Chenniang also has to learn water flying kung fu!" After being a queen for more than a year, Chen Niang is still the same as before, and she must get her hands on something fun when she sees it.
"You can't learn, you're the queen!" Sidi is not the same as before, even on the ship, she is neatly dressed, and you can feel the difference just by looking at the clothes.
"Well, learn, must learn! As the queen of the people, there is nothing more important to take the lead for the welfare of the country. If the queen only knew how to sit in the palace and eat ready-made, they would not have contributed to the country. ”
Originally, Hong Tao didn't plan to teach Chen Niang to learn windsurfing, it was too dangerous to go to sea to hunt whales with this thing, and compared with sailboats, it was only a danger for one person or a boatload of people. But Sidi's attitude is even more dangerous, and it is completely unnecessary for a small country with a big fart to be so blind.
"They are all subjects of the Queen, and it is their duty to be loyal to the Queen!" Sidi has already tried to pounce, and half a year of subtle subtlety can't withstand these few words.
"Don't you have a right just because you have a duty? Let me ask you, ladies and gentlemen, do you like the queen in the palace, or the queen in the same boat with everyone? ”
Hong Tao agrees with Sidi's way of governing the country, which is also a compulsory course for rulers, but it can't be too much, and it must be prioritized. In the entrepreneurial stage, a queen who works with her own hands and struggles with the people is more cohesive than any bloodline and nobility.
"A boat! A boat! After more than a year of hard work by Sidi and the Jewish Presbyterian Church, Hong Tao was ruined in a few words, and the crew took off their hats and shirts, shouting and waving in a gesture.
There were not only Chinese words in the shouts, but also unintelligible languages. It seems that the Jewish community on Jeju Island has expanded again, and I really don't know where these little powerhouses came from.
"I hate you!" Sidi can't do anything about this kind of scene, and he won't get any benefit if he continues to fight. The only thing I can do at the moment is to cheer for the queen with everyone, and of course, it is understandable to take the time to whisper a few words.
"But I don't hate you...... Hey, hey, hey...... Your Majesty, I have something important to discuss with Lady Sidi, can you borrow it first? ”
I haven't touched Sidi in years, and her body is still so stylish. How to help the queen rule the country is an extremely troublesome problem, Hong Tao prefers to talk to her alone, and he can't be in this boat, where there are many people.
"I have nothing to talk to you about, don't touch me, you're all stinky!" Looking at that smiling face, Sidi knew how difficult it would be to talk alone, and refused mercilessly.
"Ah, my Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, please, discussing confidential matters with my father, King Liang of the Great Song Dynasty, is not the most important part of our country's diplomatic work. Send Sidi in a hanging basket, and pull the windsurfing board over by the way, so that Queen Boroam, who rules the seas, will try it first! ”
No matter how smart you are, you have to have a good leader to succeed. Sidi is not quite qualified for this, she was betrayed by her own queen, and she sold it cleanly, and the price was not as good as a plank and a broken sail.