(Chapter 195 plus more, the fourth more is delivered, thanks to the support of Hero 0007 and mickeyswings!) ）

On the way, Li Jing learned from Zhang Hong's mouth what happened. It turned out that early this morning, when the workers of the salt factory went to work, they suddenly noticed that on the beach in front of the salt pan, a large school of huge fish suddenly swam onto the beach.

In the words of the salt factory workers, the largest fish is nearly ten zhang long, like a small mountain, and the small one is several zhang long, and it is estimated that the largest giant fish is at least 100,000 catties. And this giant fish is not one or two, but five hundred.

"Is the fish still there?"

"It's still there, and it's strange to say, that although these fish are huge and vicious, they stop there after they wash up on the beach, and they don't go ashore or return to the sea." Zhang Hong said with some surprise: "Speaking of which, we have seen a lot of big fish, and the dolphins and sharks are big, but they are not so big." It is estimated that this giant fish is the legendary Kun, and it is very likely that it is going to turn into a peng! ”

Li Jing almost knew what was going on at this time, and it must have been a whale stranding. Judging from the situation he described, it is very likely that a large group of sperm whales were stranded.

However, although he understood it in his heart, Li Jing was still shocked when he heard that there were actually five hundred whales stranded. As far as he knew, the most heard in later generations seemed to be that there were 300 whales stranded in Australia at one time. Such a time five hundred, and the largest is actually ten zhang long, hundreds of thousands of catties of large sperm whales are really rare.

Whales don't rely on their eyes to find their way in the sea, similar to dolphins. The whale's eyes are extremely disproportionate to its size, and the eyes of a giant whale are the size of a small watermelon. And generally only objects within four or five zhang can be seen. Extreme degeneration of visual power. A huge whale can't see as far as its own body. Somewhat similar to bats, whales have an innate ability to measure echo ranging with high sensitivity. They emit ultrasonic waves with a wide range of frequencies, and when they encounter an obstacle, they are immediately reflected back and form an echo. Whales accurately judge the distance between themselves and obstacles based on the round-trip time of this ultrasound, and the positioning is very accurate, and the error is generally very small.

Generally speaking, there are three reasons why whales are stranded, one is that there are parasites in the ears that disrupt the echolocation system. There is also a lesion in the whale's system. Lost his direction. Another reason is that the fishing fleet has been fishing frequently recently, because when fishing, sometimes the crew will constantly slap the side of the boat with bamboo poles, etc., and the result is that the dry sound in the water is favored, so that the whale's acoustic positioning system is destroyed.

And whales are social creatures, and they are very affectionate. If one whale washes up on the beach and runs aground, the rest will desperately follow, causing one stranding after another, culminating in a mass suicide tragedy.

Li Jing estimates that the specific reason is this.

When we arrived at the beach. Hundreds of huge whales can be seen on the beach from afar. These whales are indeed wipe-fish whales, with a heavy head and a light tail. It's like a giant tadpole.

The beach was full of fishermen and people who came to watch, and many fishermen naturally recognized it as a whale, rather than saying that it was a kun that wanted to turn into a peng, as Zhang Hong did. But the sudden appearance of 500 huge whales on the beach is as unusual as the rain that had rained every day a few days ago. So everyone just watched from afar, and didn't dare to come closer.

When many people saw Li Jing coming, they all gathered around here.

"The giant fish is dead, the prince is dead!" Li Zhen had also arrived, approaching Li Jing and whispering, his face full of worry.

"This is not a good omen, but a bad omen!" Li Liang also said in the back.

Seeing the two brothers singing and drinking, and saying what bad omen, Li Jing almost couldn't help but say what bad omen, and what kind of bad omen, and underwear. However, he also knew that there were some things that he really couldn't explain to them. Five hundred giant fish washed up in the shallows, and although they were not dead yet, there was only a trace of life left, and it would not be long before they died.

Seeing that the people next to him were also discussing, Li Jing's brows couldn't help frowning, now that everything was going smoothly in Dengzhou, he didn't want anything messy to happen. At the moment, my mind turned, and I had already calculated it. Deliberately said loudly: "Last night I had another dream in the middle of the night, or the old man from Qingzhou came to invite me last time, and we sat on the turtle and went to the Dragon King's Crystal Palace." As soon as the dragon king saw me, he asked me, last time I thought you were pitiful, and I sent you 100,000 fish, are you still satisfied? ”

At that time, I replied that although there were 100,000 fish, they were only too small, and everyone was gone. If only we could be older, the dragon king only laughed and did not speak, and then we drank again until we got drunk, and when we woke up, we had already returned to Dengzhou. As soon as I woke up, I heard that a giant fish had appeared. Rushed all the way, sure enough. Could it be that this giant fish is because of the dragon king's gift again after my words to the dragon king last night? ”

Li Zhen knew very well that Li Jing slept with Gongsun Lan last night, so it was unlikely that there would be any night entry into the Dragon Palace. However, his brain is also very active, and he only understood the effect of Li Jing's words in a flash. The giant fish died, Wang Hou Se, there is a king and a marquis in Dengzhou, the king is Zhao Wang Li Wei, and the Hou is Zhendong Hou Li Jing. No matter which one of them, this is not a good thing, and if it is not done well, the situation in Dengzhou just now will be different.

But whether Li Jing's words are true or not, there are previous things about praying for rain and fishing, and now Li Jing is saying that it is a gift from the Dragon King, who can say that he can't say it?

At that moment, Li Zhen stroked his forehead and said loudly: "That's right, this must be a gift from the Dragon King, a gift from the Dragon King who listened to the words of the county marquis, and this is a gift from Li Yuanjun to the Dragon King!" ”

As soon as the three gifts came out, the crowd of onlookers below immediately believed most of them. What else could be a reason for so many giant fish to wash up on the beach on their own?

"Since it's a gift from the Dragon King, don't shirk it, quick, call more people to bring the guys over, and let's divide this giant fish." Li Jing said with a smile.

There are 500 sperm whales, the small ones are more than three zhang long, and the large ones are only more than eight zhang long. Li Jing summoned thousands of people and began to divide these whales, slashing with knives and axes, and removing whale meat piece by piece.

The stove has already been set up next to it. So many whales were killed for meat. Such weather. Except for a few that were directly distributed to the people to eat on the same day, the rest could not be saved, so they had to be processed and canned and sealed directly. Whale meat, this is a rare item, Li Jing believes that this batch of canned food will definitely be sold at a good price.

Li Jing and other officials watched from the side, and their blood was boiling, and thousands of people slaughtered five hundred giant fish at the same time. This scene is really spectacular.

"Wow!" There was a burst of exclamation from the largest whale, Li Jing and the others hurriedly rushed over, only to see that most of the meat of the huge whale that was more than eight feet long had been removed at this time, and its abdomen was opened, and a huge squid actually fell out of it.

This huge squid was measured to be six zhang long and weighed three thousand catties. The squid's body was covered with a row of huge smearing whale tooth marks, six inches deep. Li Jing saw at a glance that this sea monster-like squid was the king squid.

King squid live in the deep sea, while sperm whales also hunt in the deep sea. As a result, these two huge deep-sea creatures often engage in a desperate battle, either you die or I die. This squid has not yet digested. Most likely, it was just prey not long after being eaten.

"Keep this squid and save it with ice, I want to send Chang'an to death to the Son of Heaven!" Such a huge squid that is six feet long and weighs three thousand catties is quite rare, and when he loves to play so much today, it is estimated that such a thing will definitely please him.

Immediately, someone went back to Dengzhou to transport ice, and the wealthy families have ice storages, and there can also be ice in the summer.

Dozens of people dragged the squid, and at that moment, another thing actually fell out of the whale's belly.

"It's a person!" Someone exclaimed. Sure enough, a person came out of the whale's stomach, and everyone didn't notice it just now because of a good squid, but now as soon as the squid is dragged away, it immediately falls out.

It was a teenager, pale and with his eyes closed.

Someone watching the excitement from the back suddenly shouted: "Isn't that the iron egg of Wang Village!" Oops, it's really an iron egg, I went out to fish for seaweed last afternoon, but I didn't come back, a village people looked for a night on the side last night, and found half of the broken felling, and they all said that people fell into the sea, but they didn't expect to be eaten by giant fish. ”

At this time, several other people from Wang Village also rushed over when they heard the sound, and they all recognized it as the iron egg of their village. Soon their parents also arrived, and the family hugged the iron egg and cried bitterly. I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Jing actually saw the iron egg move in his father's arms.

"Could it be that this kid isn't dead yet!" Li Jing was surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to touch his wrist, his hand was extremely cold, and there was a lot of whale gastric juice. Li Jing hurriedly stretched out his hand to the side of Tie Dan's neck, and actually felt a faint beat.

"Iron Egg isn't dead yet! Not dead! Li Jing said loudly.

The people around couldn't believe it, Li Jing hurriedly put the iron egg flat, then gave him heart compressions, and stretched out his fingers to pick his throat, and was about to give him artificial respiration, the iron egg suddenly coughed, turned his head and spit out a mouthful, and actually opened his eyes.

Everyone looked at all this in disbelief, the child who entered the belly of the giant fish, the child who had been missing for a long time, was actually rescued by Li Tingshi, and really came back to life.

Tie Dan opened his eyes, and everyone surrounded him: "Aya, Niang, where am I?" ”

Li Jing smiled and said to this child, who may be fourteen or fifteen years old: "Just now you were still in the belly of the giant fish, and one foot stepped into the sub-ghost gate, but I pulled you back." This sentence is just a joke, or it is just a metaphor to pull the iron egg back from the ghost gate, but the father and mother of the iron egg think it is true. Thorn Shi can borrow rain from the Dragon King, why can't he pull his son back from the Ghost Gate.

The family kowtowed to Li Jing repeatedly, and the other onlookers also exchanged their heads and ears, and they all said that Thorn Shi not only asked for a gift from the Dragon King, but also pulled back the iron eggs that had been eaten into the belly of the giant fish from the Ghost Gate. All the people, everyone, when they looked at Li Jing again, in addition to the previous gratitude and respect, there was more worship and awe in their eyes!

"Get up, get up, if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future." Li Jing kindly pulled up Wang Tiedan's family. He had also seen on TV that someone had been devoured by a whale and was alive in the belly of the whale for a day. The main reason is that although the whale salmon has good teeth, it does not use its teeth to chew food, and the other is that the iron egg is young and in good health, and the average person must die. After looking at Tie Danzi, I saw that although his face was pale, his whole person should still be very strong. He was estimated to be six feet tall, just a little shorter than him.

"How old is Iron Egg?"

"Fifteen."

Li Jing nodded, "Then are you willing to follow me as a soldier, you can be my guard!" ”

Tie Danzi's eyes lit up, and he said busily: "Tie Dan is willing!" As he spoke, he kowtowed again.

Li Jing helped him up, "If you can live in the belly of the giant fish for a day, you are a person who is blessed with great fortune." Since you are willing to follow me, then I will give you a big name, just call Tieqiang, how about Wang Tieqiang? ”

Tie Dan was naturally very happy, and Tie Dan's parents and younger siblings were also happy. If you can be taken in by the county marquis, you will be able to come out in the future. This is really a great disaster, and there will be a blessing in the future. The person next to him was also happy, and felt a trace of envy and envy for his encounter.

Li Jing asked people to take Tie Danzi to rinse his body first, put on clean clothes, and found a military doctor to carefully examine his body, and prescribed a few tonics for him to regulate his body.

"It's incense! It's incense! It's incense! ”

Just calmed down for a while, the other side shouted again, this time before Li Jing passed, a butcher Da Yan ran to Li Jing with a smile and reported: "Report to the envoy, that whale is fragrant." Such a large piece of incense, it is estimated that there must be at least a thousand catties! ”

Li Zhen also followed behind at this time, and added: "It's ambergris, ambergris!" I've seen it, and that piece is at least eight or nine hundred pounds. It's so rare, I once recorded in the book that only one whale will have ambergris in a hundred sperm whales, but I didn't expect that the first whale we killed would have it. And under normal circumstances, the fragrance of a whale is only a few dozen catties or a hundred catties at most, and if you can get two hundred catties, it will be terrible. Unexpectedly, this whale is big, and the fragrance in his body is also big, and it is estimated that it is really eight or nine hundred catties. ”

"This piece of ambergris alone is worth a fortune!"

Hearing that he had found a piece of ambergris of eight or nine hundred catties, Li Jing couldn't help but take a long breath of cold air. This whale is really a bit evil, not only eight feet long, but also the cut meat is enough to nearly 100,000 catties, if you add bones and internal organs, etc., this wiping whale is only afraid of more than 60 tons, it is really a giant, no wonder even the king squid in the belly has 3,000 catties, and now there is a piece of ambergris, which is several times that of other whales.

Eight or nine hundred catties of ambergris, Li Jing couldn't help but have a golden light in his eyes, this time it was really a fortune from heaven and made a fortune. (To be continued......)