"Thank you Wang Zhixian for your help, otherwise we would have been in a bad situation. ”

Seeing that Wang Mu descended from the sky and subdued these pirates, those fishermen were overjoyed and hurriedly bowed.

"It doesn't matter. ”

Wang Mu waved his hand and replied: "I am originally the magistrate of this place, so naturally I should protect you and others from the invasion of that pirate." He looked sideways at these pirates, but his face showed disdain, and he ordered Zhang Chengwu: "Take all these guys back for interrogation." ”

"Ordered. ”

Zhang Chengwu replied, and then took his subordinates to tie up these pirates one by one, and then brought them back to the county government of Huating County.

After watching those pirates being taken away, Wang Mu felt a little relieved, but he turned his eyes to these fishermen and the fish in their cabins, and became curious: "Fishermen." Can you support yourself just by fishing?" It was no wonder that she had this thought, after all, she had always lived on land and did not know anything about the coastal area.

"Wang Zhixian, you don't understand. Don't look at this ocean as far as the eye can see, as if there is nothing, in fact, under the surface of this sea, there are great treasures. As soon as the net goes down, you can harvest hundreds of catties of fish. It can be said that you only need to go out to the sea once, and this year can be satisfied."

The fisherman chuckled, probably amused by Wang Mu's ignorant appearance, but his expression then dimmed, and he said, "It's a pity that there are pirates entrenched here, and I want to pay more than half of the harvest to them." Alas, you say that we are fortunate to go out to sea at the risk of being swallowed up by the ocean, but they have been divided in half for no reason? ”

"So that's it?"

Wang Mu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry." I will deal with the pirates, and I will not let them harass you. As soon as he spoke, he asked, "It's just that I want to ask you something, is there really an infinite treasure in this ocean, as you say?"

"It's nature!"

The fisherman replied, "It's also because our boat is small, so we only caught these fish." If it's replaced by a big ship, then the harvest will be repaid?"

At this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly came from a distance, this voice was extremely powerful, but it made Wang Mu feel shocked, and his heart was almost beating out of his chest.

She stared at it, but saw a column of water emerging in the distance, which was several feet high, and the dark body of the other party was faintly visible, so she asked, "What kind of creature is this, so huge?"

"Huh. It's called a whale. This thing is amazing, it's just an ordinary individual, no smaller than that battleship. If it's bigger, it's like a hill. The fisherman replied.

He has been on this ocean for a long time, and he knows the fish in the ocean quite well.

Wang Mu also dared to be dumbfounded: "If it is equivalent to a small mountain, how big it must be." Having lived on land for a long time, she really couldn't imagine the size of the whale, but after a moment of thought, she asked, "By the way, can you hunt this whale?"

Wang Zhixian laughed. Not to mention that this thing is so huge, its power must be not small, how can we capture it with the tools in our hands alone?"

The fisherman waved his hand and replied with a wry smile: "But sometimes, the whale will also wash up on the shore and cause it to run aground." And at this time, someone will come forward to fish. After all, this whale is so huge, not to mention the meat on it, it also contains rich oil. It was often made into candles and then offered to the royal palace. ”

"Oh?"

Wang Mu's eyes lit up, and he thought in his heart: "If this is the case, then it is really promising. ”

She has also heard of the whale oil, because the steam engine bearing needs to be lubricated, a lot of grease is needed, and this whale oil is one of them, after all, the chemical industry is not yet developed, and grease is still needed as a lubricant.

If the fishing industry can be carried out here, it may become a new expense for Huating County.

Thinking of this, Wang Mu immediately started her work, of course, she did not forget to exterminate the sea entrenched here, through the interrogation of those captives, when even after learning about the entrenchment of these pirates, and when the application to the naval army stationed in Zhenjiang Prefecture, the end of these pirates also came.

In just three days, the pirates were completely wiped out.

And the ships in their hands naturally fell into the hands of the Huaxia army.

Looking at Zhang Shun, Wang Mu asked, "Do you really want these ships?"

What she said in her mouth is naturally the captured warships, these warships are all newly built in the Song Dynasty, their length is about 20 zhang, the driving method is a paddle wheel, and the power is a steam turbine, which can withstand a lot of waves, and can be used as a sea ship to cross the ocean, it should be a battleship equipped before the fall of the Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that because of the collapse of the Song Dynasty, the naval army under its command also fled to become pirates.

After they were wiped out, these warships also fell into the hands of Wang Mu.

Zhang Shun shook his head and replied: "I don't want these boats made of broken wood." ”

At present, the Yangtze River Navy has replaced them with ironclad ships such as "Nujiao" and "Canglong", so he is also full of disdain for these warships that are still made of wood, and he doesn't want to include them under his command at all.

After all, these things are outdated, and if they are equipped, they will only drag down the combat power of the Huaxia Army.

"Okay. Then these ships will be mine. Wang Mu said with a smile.

There were more than a dozen of these warships, which was not a lot, but it was a start, and she planned to modify them to equip them with javelins that could catch whales and fishing nets that could catch fish, so that Huating County could use the fishing industry to obtain a lot of money to support her vision.

If you want to do it, Wang Mu immediately relied on his own connections to consult relevant people from Chang'an, and through their help, he quickly built the first whaling ship.

Powered by artillery and armed with arm-thick javelins, it is possible to fight even if you encounter a whale.

After the corresponding crew members were recruited, Wang Mu immediately sent a ship to the ocean to start its first voyage.

"Hey, do you think we're really going to succeed this time?" asked Bu Sixteen.

Zhang Siba pointed to the cabin and replied, "Whatever, I've caught so many fish anyway, even if I don't catch a whale, there's no problem." ”

It's been a month since I set sail.

For a month, they had been drifting on the sea, searching for whales in Wang Mu's mouth. Of course, the whaling ship in their hands has also been specially modified and filled with enough supplies to last for half a year, but there will not be a shortage of food and water.

However, the sea water all around them made them feel irritated.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in the distance, large, long, and full of power.

This familiar sound startled these fishermen who had been fighting at sea for a long time, and they hurriedly looked sideways, and then saw a whale three feet long in the distance.

"Did it really show up?"

The captain was naturally very surprised, and hurriedly turned the ship around and rushed towards the whale. The whale did not seem to realize the danger, and was still wandering in the distance, after all, it had never encountered any danger in its long life, and even these strange creatures sailing on the sea did not dare to fight it.

This time, however, it was a little different.

"Bang!"

With a burst of cannons, a javelin shot into the sky, and after a graceful arc, it pierced directly into the whale's body.

Being pierced by this, the whale naturally became irritable, and immediately flipped its body, trying to break free from the javelin, but unfortunately this javelin was specially manufactured, purely relying on brute force, which would only make it deeper and deeper, and it could not be shaken off at all.

"Catch, catch. ”

The people on the ship were also surprised, they were also panicked when they saw the former overlord of the sea succumb to their javelins, but then they were excited.

If such a whale can be captured, then each of them can get the usual money as a reward, under the effect of money, they immediately red-eyed, and hurriedly pulled the chain behind the javelin, trying to pull the whale.

It's just that the whale's strength is too great, and it actually dragged the entire whaling ship all the way, and I don't know how long it ran before it stopped.

After all, the whale's strength is also limited, and after all, there is still a time when it is exhausted, so it can only be pulled up by the people on the boat, and then the body is cut open with a knife and saw, and it is directly killed.

"Oh, is this a whale?"

In the whale factory, which had already been prepared, Wang Mu looked at the huge corpse with curiosity in his eyes.

Around this whale, dozens of workers are busy, they have to completely separate the fat and meat and bones of this whale in a short time, and the fat will be packed into the prepared iron barrel and sold to those manufacturers in Chang'an who are in urgent need of oil.

And the bones, too, are used as materials to make works of art and are sold to the corresponding craftsmen.

In short, all the resources of this whale will be squeezed dry and turned into corresponding wealth.

Although this method is cruel, it is indeed the best means of obtaining wealth, and capitalism is like this, and every gold coin has a thick blood on it.

Zhang Chengwu replied, "That's right. And just such a whale should be able to bring us hundreds of incomes. If you count the fish caught, the entire income should be about 300 yuan. Only now did he know that the person in front of him could come up with this method to obtain funds.

Wang Mu smiled: "It's nothing. And that's just the first step. Next, it's time to make your dreams come true. Thinking of the vast ocean, she was even more ambitious.

If there were hundreds of such whaling ships, and each of them could bring such a whale, then Huating County would definitely get enough money to surprise anyone.