"Whales! A school of whales appeared in the southeast, and America 1 and 2 immediately prepared weapons to hunt whales! As Lu Wan's hoarse roar with infinite excitement sounded, first the Americas No. 1 began to boil, and then the other ships around also discovered the southeast whale school, and the next No. 1 and No. 2 immediately headed towards the whale school as fast as they could.

The group of whales appeared in the southeast of their fleet, less than a thousand paces away, and this group of whales obviously did not regard these floating things on the surface of the sea as a threat, so they did not look afraid of the approach of the fleet, but leisurely sprayed the water column one by one, and a few young whales jumped out of the water happily, splashing waves.

The crew of the Americas 1 and 2 were all in high spirits, and one by one they used their potential to the fullest, so that the two ships approached the whale school as fast as they could, and when they were only about two hundred steps away from the nearest whale, the two ships immediately began to slow down, and then all the bed crossbows on board were aimed at that whale.

Speaking of which, for the safety of the exploration fleet, these eight ships are all equipped with weapons, and the military bed crossbows in Yishui are as powerful as those on the naval warships. Originally, Li Yu also wanted to put a few cannons on the ship, but because the size of the ship was limited, the shells and gunpowder took up too much space, and there was really nothing that could threaten them along the way, except for the harsh natural environment, so only these bed crossbows were enough.

With a distance of less than two hundred paces, and the fact that the sea was still relatively calm, the ship could maintain a state of equilibrium, and it could be said that there was almost no chance of missing, except for a few short bowstrings on the ship. Then a dozen lights and shadows flashed, and then a terrible roar of a giant whale in the water was heard. Then you can see that it has five or six giant crossbow arrows stuck in its body. The others were all missed.

The whale that was shot was five zhang away, and its vitality was extremely tenacious, even if it was seriously injured by the giant crossbow shot by more than one zhang long, but it was not killed immediately, but after screaming, it began to struggle violently, but unfortunately the crossbow arrows were tied with ropes behind them, and there were barbs in front of the crossbow arrows, and they couldn't break away at all. Coupled with the two ships being restrained on both sides, no matter how strong the whale was, it was powerless, and finally slowly stopped moving.

However, the tragic death of this whale also alarmed other whales, and as a result, these huge animals scattered in a hurry, not caring about the life or death of their companions. It's just that this makes Lu Wan a little regretful, although one whale is enough for the fleet to eat for a long time, but they don't know how long they will sail next. So the more food, the better.

The rest of the crew in the back saw that the Americas 1 and 2 did not miss, and could even be said to have killed a huge whale very easily, which made the hungry crew immediately burst into a wolf-like howl, and some excited crew members even jumped directly from the ship. The water splashed towards the whales, and the crew cheered them on, and everyone seemed to go crazy.

Although the crew's behavior seems to be very abnormal. But Lüvin knew that it was just a way for the crew to celebrate their rebirth. It's a way to vent the excitement in my heart, after all, this morning. They were still in an atmosphere of despair, but in the blink of an eye, God actually gave them a whale, and this joy of desperate life made even his whole body tremble with excitement.

After everyone's emotions calmed down, Lu Wan immediately commanded the fleet to form a large circle around the whale, and then fixed the whale on several boats with ropes, and made him half-float on the sea, and then put down the boat, and the people on the boat all held sharp blades to cut off the flesh of the whale piece by piece, and then transported it to the ship for processing. And the process must be fast, otherwise it may attract some predators in the ocean.

In fact, although Lu Wan's boat is not very big, but it is not very small, if the two boats are together, the whale can also be hoisted to the boat, the reason why this is not done is because the whale's body temperature is very high, even if it is dead, but the temperature in its body cannot be lowered for a short time, so if the whale is hoisted out of the water, it will make its internal organs stink and rot, so it is generally not necessary, the whale's dissection needs to be put in the water.

In the back and forth of the small boats, the whale in the middle is getting smaller and smaller, and slowly becomes a skeleton, and even the internal organs of the whale are all cleaned by the crew in the water, and then transported to the big ship, after all, they are starving during this time, no one will dislike these internal organs, and even some of the smaller bones of the whale are dismantled by the crew and transported back to the ship, I really don't know if they can gnaw on it?

Looking at the pieces of whale meat and buckets of whale fat, the smile on Lu Wan's face never broke, during this time, because of the food, he was under tremendous pressure as a captain, and even there were some not very good rumors among the crew, fortunately, many of these crew members were his old brothers, so they were temporarily suppressed, but if there was no way to solve the food crisis, it is estimated that before everyone starved to death, a conflict might break out on the ship. But now that we have food, most of the problems have been solved.

Whale meat naturally can't just be piled up on the boat, it must be salted to preserve it for a longer time, of course, this requires a lot of salt, if it is placed on land, it is really a big expense, but on the sea, the most important thing is salt.

Speaking of which, people who go to sea rarely bring salt, and they dry a little by themselves when they need it, but it is precisely because of this that Lu Wan and their ships really don't have much salt. But this is not a problem, for example, on the side of their ship, sea salt crystals can be seen everywhere, scraped off with a knife, and if it is not enough, then the meat is cut into thin slices, and then soaked in seawater and dried, although the taste is a little unpleasant, and the preservation time is not very long, but it is not easy to rot.

After killing this life-saving whale, the entire fleet fell into a carnival, and Lu Wan was also very generous to let the material officer distribute a thousand catties of fresh meat, and then distribute it to all the crew, and at the same time, everyone's drinking water increased by half than usual, which made the crew go crazy and did not stop for two hours.

In the captain's room, Lu Wan and Feng Shijie and several other important figures of the fleet sat around the table, each with a red whale meat in front of them, the ship had been out of fire for a long time, so they could only eat raw meat, fortunately, they usually often eat raw fish meat, although whale meat is much rougher than fish meat, but as long as people are hungry, they are not so particular.

"Come on! This is the pepper I managed to keep, and I added fine salt to it, so everyone can taste it! Lu Wan took out a fist-sized bottle from the small box next to him, opened it and asked Feng Shijie next to him to pour some on the meat first, and then passed it on to the others, and when everyone had finished pouring it, Lu Wan poured some for himself.

"Captain, I didn't expect you to still have such a good thing hidden, like I originally brought a few bottles of spices, but I ate them all some time ago!" Feng Shijie sniffed the food in front of him, and found that the smell of pepper masked the fishy smell of whale meat a lot, and he also smiled at the moment.

And the others were also joking, and the atmosphere seemed very relaxed, after all, during this period of time, not only Lu Wan was under tremendous pressure, but they also underwent a huge test, fortunately, today I met this life-saving whale, which made everyone here feel relieved, and their mentality was naturally relaxed.

And Lu Wan finally smiled and said: "Okay, don't talk patronizingly, you can't be hungry, I'm hungry, let's solve the stomach problem first and then talk!" ”

Other people also heard it to their hearts, after all, they were also hungry, so one by one took out a knife, like a Hu people eat meat, cut the meat into small pieces and put it in their mouths, although the whale meat is very fishy, but as long as you get used to it, you will not feel anything, plus there is pepper, so that many people begin to slowly feel that whale meat does not seem to be too unpalatable to eat raw.

After the group of people gobbled up their share of whale meat, they put away the cutlery and began to discuss the next route. In fact, there is nothing to discuss, after all, they have been on this route for so long, and it is definitely impossible to turn back, so they can only go hard. And the reason why Lu Wan summoned these people was mainly to hold a meeting for everyone, and then let them pay attention to the emotions of the crew, and never cause any riots or the like.

Feng Shijie and the others also understood this, but at the end of the meeting, a middle-aged man with a strong body stood up and said, "Captain, how long do you think we will have to sail at sea before we reach the Americas?" If we wait until this batch of food is eaten again, then it is estimated that it is useless to appease them, and the emotions of the crew will definitely explode all at once, and we can't stop it if we want to! ”

And Lu Wan pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then he spoke: "Everyone here is my old brother, and you all know who I am, so I won't fool you with lies, although the fleet has been sailing for so long now, and I haven't even encountered an island, but I think the Americas are not far from us, after all, no matter how big the Pacific Ocean is, there is also a limit, if we hadn't deviated from the course before, I estimate that we might have reached the Americas!" ”

Hearing Lu Wan say that the Americas are endless, but he has no substantial evidence, just some of his own inferences, which makes everyone present look at each other, and it seems that they don't believe much in Lu Wan's words.

But at this moment, suddenly a crew member broke into the captain's room and opened his mouth to shout: "Captain, there is a big discovery!" (To be continued......)