Nearly 40,000 ships sailed, and the scene was spectacular.

It's like a giant curtain that covers the sea, and it lasts all the way to the horizon.

On the shore, thousands of women and children watched their husbands and sons leave.

There is no sadness in their eyes, only the desire for a future life and the determination to live a good life.

"Get out!"

On the five-tooth ship with the banner of the Yang character, the war drums roared.

The captain and the boatmen, after hearing the sound of war drums, began to hold their oars and row.

Nearly 40,000 ships were officially launched.

The sound of war drums, horns, and shouts spread throughout the sea.

Everyone who got on the boat was in high spirits.

They embarked on the fishing journey with hope, and they were confident that they would accomplish it.

After leaving the port, the overwhelming number of ships began to disperse in a planned manner, and the fleet was divided into three, and some of the large ships sailed due east into the deep sea.

The remaining small number of large ships, leading the small boats, began to follow the shallow waters of the coast, in both north and south directions.

The people on the shore felt that nearly 40,000 ships were enough to cover the entire sea, but Yang Qi on the flagship knew very well that even if he expanded his current fleet by a hundred times, it would only be a drop in the ocean in front of the sea.

Fifty miles after the fleet went out of the sea, Yang Qi returned to the cabin to rest.

He led nearly 200 large ships to go deep into the deep sea area of 100 nautical miles and 200 nautical miles away to fish.

With the speed of today's ships, it takes at least half a month to go back and forth.

So there was no need for Yang Qi to stay on the deck and blow the cool breeze.

The fishermen went out to sea, but the old and weak women and children who stood on the harbor and watched them did not leave.

The treasures of the sea are not only found in the sea, but also on the coast.

After the departure of the fleet.

Kou Zhun led the people and organized the old and weak women and children.

Officials and soldiers, each with a booklet, were explaining to the old and weak women and children what they could eat and what they could not eat on the coast.

Seafood grown on the coast, such as kelp, baker, crab, lobster, seaweed, etc., is frequently muttered from the mouths of those holding pamphlets.

They will not only explain to the old and weak women and children what to eat on the coast, but also provide some simple recipes.

In the end, Kou Zhun was assigned the job.

One of the soldiers led a group of old and weak women and children, and explained to them while taking food from the shore.

The old and weak women and children who remained on the shore were mobilized.

Like locusts, they walked across coast after coast.

Everywhere they went, they took everything they could eat.

Wait until nightfall.

All the old and weak women and children who participated in the work were all fully loaded.

They carried baskets, baskets, and animal skin bags, and even tightened their belts and stuffed the seafood into their arms.

All in all, they carried the joy of a good harvest, and each one of them had a warm smile on their faces.

A large cauldron was set up on the shore and joined together.

Bonfires burn brightly, illuminating half the sky.

The people threw all the seafood they had taken into the pot, and there were no accessories, and they ate it when it was cooked.

"What is this?"

Just as the people were eating the sea in their stomachs, someone suddenly screamed, which attracted everyone's attention.

I saw that the man was holding a small round purple bead in his hand, and he was stunned.

Curious people approached and surrounded the man in an instant.

Anyone who knows the goods recognized at a glance what the little purple bead in the man's hand was.

"It's a pearl! And it's also a fine purple pearl, and the price is comparable to gold. ”

When the man heard this, he held the small purple bead and said in surprise: "It's actually a pearl, it's actually a pearl comparable to gold?" Hahaha, I'm rich! ”

As his voice spread, the people around him came together.

Under the questioning of the people, the man explained carefully to the people the origin of the pearl.

However, after listening to his story, the people quickly returned to their pots to rummage.

Then, pearls were frequently found in the pot.

All of a sudden, all the people were in a stir.

And on the coast of 100 miles, this scene is not the only one that has been staged.

Frequently people find treasures in seafood.

Someone found a pearl.

Someone found a sea cucumber.

Someone found abalone.

……

In short, all the precious seafood was found on this night.

All the people were like they had been beaten with chicken blood, eager to rummage through pearls, sea cucumbers, abalone and other treasures overnight.

For they thought that they would suffer by the sea.

I didn't expect to suffer much, but I found a treasure comparable to a gold mine.

The enthusiasm of the people was aroused.

No one thinks that they have come to this beach to endure hardship, they feel that God has made them rich.

And not far from the people, there was a big tent.

The big tent was filled with chests full of pearls, dried sea cucumbers, dried abalone and other seafood.

In the middle of the tent, two people sat cross-legged at a table with a small red clay stove on the table, and a casserole on the stove, and the two people were eating the casserole while talking.

Chen Lin took a bite of the tender shell meat and moaned comfortably: "It's so fragrant...... The miscellaneous family never thought that there was such a piece of tender and delicious tender meat hidden in this hard little thing.

If His Majesty hadn't allowed the miscellaneous family to come over and have a look, the miscellaneous family would only be afraid that they would not be able to eat such a tender thing in their lifetime. ”

Kou Zhun's eating appearance was much better than Chen Lin's, he carefully peeled the shrimp shell, glanced at Chen Lin angrily, and said, "Are you here to have a look?" You're here to pretend to be a ghost. ”

After swallowing the peeled shrimp meat in one bite, Kou Zhun snorted and chirped: "Look at who your subordinates are, the sentence 'It's actually a pearl, it's actually a pearl comparable to gold?'" Hahaha, I'm rich' shouting how fake it is.

These small means can only fool the people, and if you encounter a little smarter, you can instantly expose your tricks. ”

Chen Lin was not only not annoyed, but smiled happily: "What? You don't look down on this little trick of the miscellaneous family. ”

Kou Zhun said without giving face: "Don't say it, you just can't look down on it." A manly man should do things above board, not play these small tricks.

Send one or two people, get some pearls or something, and put them on the coast, and naturally your own people will pick them up and expose them in front of the people. This is a very low-level method. ”

Chen Lin said with a smile: "The task assigned by Your Majesty to the Miscellaneous Family is to let the Miscellaneous Family stabilize the hearts of the people in this special period. The miscellaneous family is just doing things according to His Majesty's thoughts. ”

Kou Zhun snatched a piece of sea cucumber from Chen Lin's chopsticks, swallowed it in one bite, and scolded disdainfully: "Tend to be inflammatory, chickens and dogs are just thieves......"

Chen Lin let Kou Zhun snatch the sea cucumber from his chopsticks, and then said with a smile: "What if the miscellaneous family tells you that this method is not something that the miscellaneous family can't think of, but that His Majesty ordered?" ”

The expression on Kou Zhun's face froze, and the chopsticks in his hand were also in the bowl, and he said with an embarrassed expression: "Your Majesty...... O Shengming......"

"Hahaha......"

Seeing this, Chen Lin laughed loudly, pointed at Kou Zhun and said, "The miscellaneous family likes to see you literati look shameless. ”

Kou Zhun glared at Chen Lin angrily and roared, "You know a fart......"

If it weren't for my Lao Tzu to set a family affair for me, and it happened to be not Yang Qi's sister, Lao Tzu would have praised him for his stinky feet?

Lao Tzu had already pointed at his nose and scolded his mother.

"Hahaha......"

Seeing that Kou Zhun was annoyed and angry, Chen Lin smiled even more.

Nothing was said all night.

Following.

Before dawn, there was no need for Kou Zhun and others to urge, and the people got up early to catch the sea.

From Yuguan to the border of Yansong and Song, the coastline of more than 300 miles is densely packed with people rushing to the sea, each rushing faster than the other.

In just one day, the people gathered on the beach were not only those refugees from Song and Liao, but also the families of some soldiers who lived nearby.

Who wouldn't want to pick up money at the beach for no reason.

The scale of the sea rush is getting bigger and bigger.

The seafood along the coast is also rapidly depleting.

Except for a few who picked up treasures from the seashore, most people only picked up some seafood.

The amount of seafood that the people picked up is increasing day by day, and it has far exceeded their consumption.

Large quantities of seafood are piled up for a long time and are easy to smell.

As a result, the work of catching the sea began to enter the second stage.

From the third day onwards, all sorts of rumors began to spread among the crowd.

Legend has it that a woman was afraid that her young son would get lost when she was on her way to the sea, so she tied him to a beach not far from the tent outside the garrison camp.

The woman went to the sea alone, and after a busy day, she got a lot to eat.

When she dragged her tired body back to the garrison battalion commander, she saw an amazing scene.

At the feet of her son, there was a small pit, and in the hole, a thin layer of salt frost was covered.

The woman was so surprised that she coaxed her son and tricked her son into revealing the origin of the salt frost from her young son's mouth.

It was actually dried by seawater.

The sea water can dry salt as fine as sand and as white as snow.

After the news got out, it caused a sensation.

As a result, a large number of people who had accumulated a lot of food began the journey of drying salt.

However, the sun in winter is far less spicy than in summer, so how can salt be produced?

There were clever people who made boiling salt at this time.

So while catching up with the sea, I saw a big pot set up on the shore and began the process of boiling salt.

Immediately afterwards, a series of air-dried seafood such as dried kelp, dried seaweed, dried sea cucumber, and dried abalone were also baked one after another.

Then, after the salt was available, the seafood developed from table salt was also baked one after another.

In short, the vigorous scene of rushing to the sea, in the end, was stunned and turned into a processing factory with millions of people.

During this period, there were a steady stream of boats loaded with harvest, returning to shore, and then continuing to sail after a while with their families.

When more than 300 large and small warehouses in the port city were filled with dry goods and salted fish.

The more than 2 million people on the coast of the port city finally don't have to worry about starving to death.

From the very beginning of their quest for food and clothing, to the end of the east wind to make a fortune, it only took ten days.

And Yang Qi's fleet also drifted on the sea for ten days.

Four days ago.

Yang Qi's fleet reached two hundred nautical miles away.

Along the way, the wind and waves were calm, and there were neither waves nor dragons absorbing water.

Nearly thirty boxes of earth-shattering thunderbolts were thrown into the water.

The cabins of the fleet led by Yang Qi were filled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ten huge sharks hung in front of Yang Qi's flagship, marking the voyage and a fruitful harvest.

For this voyage, Yang Qi made full preparations.

It is to return with a full load and let all the hungry people in Yan Kingdom see hope.

However, Yang Qi still missed the abundance of seafood in this era.

In this era, except for a small number of fishermen, it is rare to use a large-scale fishing team like Yang Qi to operate, let alone go deep into the sea at a depth of 200 nautical miles.

Most of them are hovering around fifty nautical miles.

So, the seafood, which has been grown carefree for thousands of years, is frighteningly abundant.

Beat the roe deer and scoop the fish.

Yang Qi has only seen this kind of thing in books.

Yang Qi didn't expect that he would be able to see a similar scene in his lifetime.

A sky-shattering thunderbolt was dropped, and hundreds of big fish floated up on their stomachs.

Of course, some of the deep-diving expensive fish are hard to get blown up.

But this did not affect Yang Qi's harvest.

Picking up fish in earnest.

Yang Qi only needed to let the two big boats cross the net and move over, and he could easily harvest the fish that had been blown up.

There were also some live fish mixed in with the dead fish pile, which were also pulled up.

What surprised Yang Qi the most was that those sharks in the sea were not afraid of his huge fleet at all.

When people saw that Yang Qi had fried the fish, they came up and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Maybe they still have the intention of taking down the entire fleet.

In short, these sharks who are not afraid of death eventually become Yang Qi's trophies.

After filling the cabin, Yang Qi ordered to return.

When I returned, it was much slower than when I came.

Since the cabins were full and the draft was so deep, it was a lot of effort for the rowers.

In order to rush back to the coast as soon as possible, even the soldiers who followed Yang Qi joined the rowing ranks.

And Yang Qi himself was like a salted fish, lying on the deck, basking in the sun with those sharks hanging in the air.

"Woo~"

"Poof~"

A loud roar like a whistle was heard, and a splash of water rose like a fountain.

A behemoth slowly floated to the surface.

"This ......"

"This ......"

"Kunpeng!"

"It's Kunpeng!"

“……”

Screams rang out on the deck.

As if they had encountered the most terrible thing in their lives, they ran to tell each other, and then they shivered together at the behemoth that rose above the sea.

Yang Qi got up as early as the loud roar came.

He lay on the bow of the boat, looking at the slowly rising behemoth, his face stunned.

"Your Majesty, it's Kunpeng, it's Kunpeng......"

"Fart Kunpeng, this is a whale!"

"Whales? What is Whale? ”

"Forehead ......"