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By the afternoon, thousands of people had worked together, and the five hundred stranded sperm whales had been divided. Zhang Hong has been taking a group of officials to count and register, and these 500 whales are really a gift from God.

The largest sperm whale has more than 100,000 catties, while the others are mostly tens of thousands of catties, and the smallest sub-whale is also 20,000 catties. The cut meat was calculated, and there were more than 20 million catties, which was equivalent to more than 200,000 stone of whale meat. In addition to sending some bits and pieces of meat that were not too good to be sent to various military camps and various construction sites in Dengzhou, he also distributed a little to the people, and Li Jing mobilized tens of thousands of people to rush to work together, and worked non-stop to make whale meat cans according to 30 catties, 60 catties, 120 catties and 120 catties, as well as five capacities of 200 catties and 300 catties, which were more than 200,000 cans.

If it weren't for the recent full-scale expansion of the canning workshop, and the expansion of several cellars on the side of the clay pot cellar, even if God sent so many whales this time, it would be impossible to eat them all. June day. One overnight. But it stinks.

200,000 stone of flesh. The total number of people under the rule of Dengzhou and Liaodong is less than 500,000, and on average, each person has a standard of 50 or 60 catties.

In addition to these precious whale meats, Li Jing has many harvests, among which ambergris is no less valuable than these meats. The ancient Chinese believed that when the ambergris dragon rested on the stone, the saliva would float to the water, and then gather together to dry and solidify, and the fishermen collected it as this very expensive ambergris. It has also been concluded that when a group of dragons slept. There would be dark clouds gathering above their heads, motionless for weeks or months while the dragon was asleep.

Westerners believe that ambergris is whale feces or semen.

But in fact, ambergris is actually a kind of dung stone. The sperm whale's food mainly includes squid and octopus, the big squid and octopus have tough jaws and tongue teeth in their mouths, which are not easy to digest, when sperm whales swallow large mollusks, the jaws and tongue teeth accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, stimulating the intestines, and the intestines secrete a special wax-like substance that wraps the food residues. Slowly, ambergris is formed. However, some sperm whales vomit out the coagulation, and some excrete it from the intestines. Only a small percentage of sperm whales keep ambergris in their bodies.

The condensation that is spit out and the condensation that is excreted from the intestines is rinsed by seawater and slowly turns from black to white, and the initial fishy smell becomes a fragrance. The white ambergris is of the best quality, and it has to be soaked in seawater for more than 100 years to float out all the impurities before it can become the top grade of ambergris. Ambergris taken from the intestines of a killed sperm whale is of no value, and it must be floated and soaked in seawater for decades to gain a high status, and some ambergris blocks are soaked in seawater for more than a hundred years. The most valuable is white ambergris; The lowest value is the brown one, which has only been soaked in seawater for a decade or so.

Hearing the explanation of the perfumer who had just arrived from the perfume workshop, Li Jing couldn't help but be disappointed.

Five hundred sperm whales, in the end, eleven whales found ambergris, except for the first one with more than 900 catties, the rest are two or three hundred catties, and the most lull together has more than 3,000 catties. Li Jing had only heard that ambergris was equivalent to gold before, but unexpectedly, the incense taken out of the whale's body was worthless.

"It's not that it's worthless, it's just that it's not as valuable as white ambergris. At present, ambergris is very rare, and occasionally fishermen get it at sea, but it is only ten or twenty catties a piece. Our 3,000 catties of ambergris, although it cannot be equivalent to gold, is almost equivalent to silver. Seeing that Li Jing was disappointed, the perfumer hurriedly added.

Hearing this, Li Jing was a little happy again. If you can't sell it for gold, it's good to be able to sell it for silver.

At the moment, one tael of gold is equivalent to five taels of silver, and one tael of silver is worth sixteen hundred coins, or two horses of silk. Calculated, three thousand catties of ambergris is worth three thousand catties of silver.

One catty and sixteen taels, so that if you calculate it, it is enough to have 72,000 yuan. Although it is a little different from the imaginary million, it can be regarded as a windfall.

"In fact, if you want to make these ambergris more valuable, Lao Yu thinks that it is better not to sell them directly. If you give it to the perfume workshop and mix it with some other spices, you can make a perfume with ambergris. In terms of taste, it is not similar to that white ambergris. And if it is made into perfume, the amount used is small, and more perfume can be made. ”

The more perfumes you can make, the higher the price you can make. Li Jing only cared about the raw materials just now, but in fact, the most valuable thing is, of course, the added value after processing. This ambergris is both a spice and a medicine.

Ambergris is an excellent tribute, and the royal family often uses this incense, and some members of the royal family even make him into ornaments and hang them on their bodies. And the rich will also spray ambergris powder into the water when boiling tea. Moreover, many rich and noble people believe that this kind of thing is good for the heart, brain, and stomach, and it is also said that it can rejuvenate men and increase their functions. In short, it's a thing that has no value.

After being reminded by the perfumer, it has been decided. In addition to sending one piece to the emperor, most of the rest were sent to the perfume workshop, so that they could prepare more ambergris-scented perfumes, and the others were used to develop a batch of ambergris pills, and a batch of ambergris version of the Tang Dynasty blue pills must be made. At that time, the experts will sell it to those wealthy families at a high price, and it will definitely be very marketable, especially those aristocratic old men, who will definitely be willing to buy it. As soon as he thought of this, Li Jing felt as if there was a lot of money flying towards him with wings.

In addition to whale meat and ambergris. There's one more thing that's worth a lot of money. That's whale oil. Whale oil is an excellent lighting oil. Put the whale's internal organs, under the skin fat. And the bones are boiled together to get whale oil.

"By the way, don't destroy the bones of the largest whale, keep them intact, and send them to Chang'an to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven next time." This bone has no effect on Li Jing, but whales of more than 100,000 catties are not common, and this skeleton is also a rare rarity. It was just taken as a gift to the young man who liked to play, and it also saved Li Jing from taking real money.

Xiao Kai said with a smile on the side: "Just save all these whale skeletons, the bones can't boil much oil anyway, it's better for us to publicize it a little at that time, and directly sell these skeletons to those rich families." I believe that there will be many people who want to be vassal. ”

Li Jing is right to think about it, for many rich people, this thing that can't be eaten or drunk is just as popular as someone likes, and the key is that it is rare. After thinking about it, Li Jing said: "Then start with me, and send one to my house tomorrow." ”

This skeleton was given to the Son of Heaven. That's the tribute. Li Jing's family also got one, and other officials in Dengzhou and senior officers of the Zhendong Army also got a few. It is estimated that those rich people in Dengzhou will definitely come to buy one and go home to be elegant. Ay. It's a great way to make money.

In the next few days, many people came to hear about it. They all heard about the dragon king's grace and sent 500 giant fish to Dengzhou, and they also heard that Li Jing brought back a young man who had been eaten by a giant fish for a day from the Ghost Gate. In addition, Li Jing borrowed rain from the Dragon King before, and went to Dengzhou to fish. All parties sent people to inquire about the truth and falsehood, and some smart businessmen saw the business opportunity and rushed to it.

The more than 200,000 cans of whale meat first aroused everyone's interest, and many merchants regarded it as a rarity. They know that as long as these legends on the Dengzhou side spread farther away, then these whale meat will not be ordinary whale meat, but whale meat with stories. When the time comes, it will not be meat that will be sold, but stories and rarities.

For those who want to buy whale meat, Li Jing does not refuse, but there is only one request, and it can only be exchanged for food. This grain includes a lot, not only grains, but also cattle, sheep, horses, chickens and ducks, as long as they can be eaten. This requirement is a bit excessive, but Li Jing's pricing of whale meat is not high, one stone of whale meat is only exchanged for two stone rice, which is almost ten yuan in discount, and one pound of whale meat is equivalent to eighty-three yuan, which is equivalent to more than a day's wages of a strong laborer.

However, the merchants are very shrewd, ordinary people can't afford to eat this canned whale, and the rich and noble families who can afford to eat will not care about a few more or a few less. The only trouble is that you can't buy it directly with money, but this doesn't bother them. Dengzhou was originally the largest port in the north, and there are many granaries here, so just find a few familiar ones and exchange some grain from there.

In three days, in just three days, 200,000 stone of canned whale meat was sold out, and in exchange for 400,000 stone of rice, Li Jing almost died. Because of the attraction of this whale, it even attracted merchants from Lingnan, Hebei and even Guanzhong, but by the time they arrived, the canned whale meat was sold out.

Li Jing took the opportunity to let people sell whale oil and those whale skeletons, and many people couldn't buy canned whale meat, so they bought some of them. For others, Li Jing didn't let them go.

All kinds of canned fish, pork, beef, mutton, horse meat, chicken, duck, goose and other canned food in Dengzhou.

There are four types of canned meat, meat, poultry, vegetable meat, and fruits, and there are all kinds of flavors, especially all kinds of canned fish, which are quite cheap because they are now caught in large quantities, and they are bought more and cheaper. The low price attracts many businessmen. Li Jing did not require only grain to be exchanged for this canned food, but only asked half of the grain to be paid, and the remaining half of the money and silk could be used.

In addition to canned food, there are many products in Dengzhou, including high-quality salt from the salt pans, as well as magical lighters, rock candy, various silk cloths, ready-to-wear clothes, and perfumes. In particular, the perfume of the latest ambergris fragrance series launched by the perfume workshop is of good quality but not expensive, and it is the most ordered by businessmen. After the spot was sold, a large number of orders were collected in line for orders.

In addition, Dengzhou's liquor is also extremely popular, and the high-grade Wuliangye liquor, as well as various flavors of fruit wine, have received a lot of orders.

Many of the merchants who started out as whales were immediately attracted by the various treasured items of Dengzhou.

In general, Dengzhou's liquor, fruit wine, perfume, white salt, canned food, and lighters are the best-sold, and all the stocks are sold out, and there are still a lot of orders for the future. And the grain that was sold and exchanged for these commodities was continuously transported into the warehouse city, filling one granary after another. (To be continued......)