Chapter Ninety-Five: Great Sorrow and Great Joy
The Great Windmill of the Sea was slowly parked at the berth, and before the gangway was lowered, several middle-aged men with their own sturdy bodies had already climbed up to the deck along a cable dropped by a sailor. These middle-aged men are the minority shareholders of the whale hunting company to which the sea windmill belongs, and they can't wait to know how much prey the sea windmill has brought to them.
Less than a week after going out to sea, the great windmill of the sea returned to Dunrk, did it happen to encounter a great harvest of wild whales on the outing, or was it unlucky enough to encounter an accident and return to the port? The big hole in the stern of the ship was not a good omen, the hull of the great windmill of the sea was extremely strong, and it was able to split its hull like that, and anyone could imagine the terrible power of that blow.
Lin Qi swung along a cable to the dock, he patted the dust on his hands, smiled and waved his hand to the good luck of the boat, Joa Jean: "Uncle Jo Arjan, you have to pack up all your things!"
Lin Qi's so-called tidying up is naturally those leftover whale hunting forks. With Colonel Neville's official letter as evidence, the whale hunting forks could be crossed off the Empire's list of controlled items. On a good day when the dark wind is high, these treasures will be able to obediently lie down in the secret warehouse of the Black Tiger Family, waiting for a dazzling fire to erupt in the chest of a certain powerful storage zĂ i one day.
The wind and snow swept in, and Joajean, whose hair and beard were grayish, smiled and waved the cigarette pouch in his hand to Lin Qi. Of course, he will keep those little cuties well, they are all good babies who can play a big role. With these treasures, maybe after the resumption of operation of the Spring Shipping Route in the coming year, some subordinates of the Black Tiger Family will be able to loot a few more armed merchant ships, right?
"It's all fat sheep!" said Joarang, smacking his lips and laughing contentedly.
Enzo and Long Cheng also slipped off the boat, and Lin Qi had already hugged Blackbeard warmly.
Blackbeard rubbed his big face full of prickly beard against Linzi's face, and he cried out with tears in his eyes: "Oh, Linzi, my child, my Linzi! Why did you run to sea? Do you want to make your poor Blackbeard daddy scared? It's a pity that you have grown up, otherwise I should have spanked you!"
Lin Qi coughed a few times weakly, and then he smiled triumphantly: "Oh, don't worry, respected father, I just took Enzo to see the scenery of the sea." Honorable adults must understand what a sad thing it is for an inland man not to have seen the sea. â
The dignitaries of Dunerke all laughed at once, and they leaned back and forth with laughter, as if Linzina Enzo, the 'inland dirt bun', had come to make fun of them, and they got a great sense of satisfaction. Yes, I haven't seen the sea of dirt buns, but they, the dignitaries, deal with the sea every day.
Holding Lin Qi's shoulders hard, Blackbeard exclaimed, "So, my little Lin Qi, tell your father, you didn't make trouble for poor old Joajean, did you?
The dignitaries closed their mouths at the same time and obediently listened to Lin Qi's answer. There is no way, the going out of a whale hunting ship always touches people's hearts, and every whale hunting ship is golden, and as long as there is a harvest, its shareholders can get a great return.
The Great Windmill of the Sea is a brand-new whaling ship, and it is extremely expensive to build, not to mention its sturdy iron-clad hull, and it costs a lot of money just to drive its magic furnace, which alone costs the shareholders millions of gold coins.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the windmill can bring back two narwhals this time, all the costs will be returned! If there is a little other catch - which is basically an essential extra trophy, such as hammerhead shark fins and other seafood, then the trip to sea will be a small surplus. And the next time the big windmill goes to sea, all it brings back will be pure profits!
Lin Qi pursed his lips proudly, he gave a thumbs up to the big windmill on the sea, and said with a smug smile: "Ah, there is only one, honorable ladies and gentlemen, there is only one trophy." This time, Enzo and I joined forces, and we killed that big guy with our own hands!"
Enzo bowed slightly to many dignitaries and nobles in reserve, his face was slightly red, and he seemed to be very shy.
Those dignitaries and nobles were suddenly amazed, and they were really a simple and shy young man, these days, it is too rare to see such a simple and simple young man. Compared with those scum who spend their days drinking and drinking, young people like Enzo are pure gold and jade.
Long Cheng sneered on the side, Enzo's blushing was because of shame, right? Lin Qi shamelessly usurped Long Cheng's credit.
After admiring for a while, the dignitaries suddenly let out an exclamation in unison, 'Wow'! What? Did they hear it wrong, or did Lin Qi say it wrong? There was only one prey? Hell, damn it, there was only one prey? No matter how high the price of a one-horned whale was, all the profits could only be about half of the construction cost of the big windmill at sea!
In other words, those shareholders of the offshore windmill, they will not be able to recoup their costs until this time next year, and they will not be able to reap the benefits until two years later!
Some dignitaries laughed with a hint of schadenfreude, and they were ridiculing some people's bad luck. It is about to pass the Festival of the Descent of the Gods, which is a heavy festival at the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year in the Western Continent. During the feast of the descent, it is impossible for a whale hunting ship to go to sea. After the Feast of the Gods, the weather will become extremely harsh, and the whale hunters will not be able to go to sea.
As for the beginning of spring, if the whale hunting ship goes deeper into the North Sea, it will be tantamount to sending it to death -- the wolf-like sailors of the five Dalian Islands will eat the whale hunting ship even with its belt and bones! Therefore, this time, the shareholders of those big windmills on the sea will be sad!
And the shareholders of the big windmill of the sea, the big shareholders still have a slight smile on their faces, but the small shareholders, those who are counting on the income of this small shareholder, their faces have become extremely ugly.
It's just a one-horned whale, oh my God, aren't you Lin Qi harmful?
Dozens of small shareholders who were not very wealthy stared at Lin Qi angrily, it was this guy who made their lives become tight all of a sudden! Damn, how could he do this?
At this moment, several middle-aged men who had just climbed onto the boat happily rushed to the side railing of the ship, and they all worked together to raise a golden horn more than four meters long.
"Narwhal King, Young Master Lin Qi and Mr. Enzo teamed up to kill a narwhal king!"
The whole dock was full of exclamations, what are you kidding, a narwhal king?
A narwhal king who can top a dozen or twenty narwhal whales is developed, and this time it is really developed!
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