King of German Mercenaries

The next morning, Marin patted his sister-in-law Felice's PP and laughed:

"I didn't expect that, Ferris, you are still a baby, and your husband has never touched you?" Marin really didn't expect that the fierce-looking Ferris turned out to be the original. You know, Ferris has been married for more than two years.

"My previous husband was a fool. He couldn't take care of himself when he was eating and going to the toilet. How could he know how to do that? I was arranged to marry him, in fact, to be his servant for life..." Ferris said with a gloomy expression. Then, as if feeling the discomfort in his body, he frowned.

"What's wrong?" Marlin asked concerned. For Ferris, Marin's mood is very complicated now. If Ferris was a young woman, Marin wouldn't take her too seriously, at most she would give her more material compensation. However, I didn't expect that Ferris was the first time. Marin is not the kind of ruthless person. Although he thinks Felice is too wild, he still decides to give more care and love. After all, Felice doesn't want to be a wife, but is still her legal sister-in-law.

"It's uncomfortable down there, brother-in-law, you are too fickle. It's the first time I've done this, and I don't know how distressed you are!" Ferris said angrily. After all, Ferris is only 17 years old, and her body hasn't fully grown yet.

"How do I know? Last night, you looked like a cannibal, and you thought you were an old hand, so you moved a little..." Marin touched his nose and said helplessly. Mainly, stimulated by the indecent novels about the sister-in-law and the like on the Internet in his previous life, Marin was in high spirits last night, so he went wild. Unexpectedly, Ferris, who looked wild, turned out to be strong on the outside and hard at work. So, make it bigger.

Ferris was pretending to be sick at first, but because she went too far last night, now she is really "sick"...

Marin didn't want others to know about this, so he went out ahead of time and dispatched the guards, then went back to the room by himself, and took Ferris back to the guest room. Fortunately, the original Aurich Palace was very small, and Felice's guest room was not far from Marin's bedroom, so there was no problem. Then, Marin called the maid and ordered her to take good care of Ferris. After the explanation, Marin went to work in the office area in front of the palace...

A report submitted today aroused great interest in Marin. What kind of report is this? It turned out that the whaling team that Marin had planned to engage in was successful. At the same time, the blacksmiths also developed the whaling javelin in addition to Marin's request.

The whaling javelin is different from the general javelin. The general javelin only needs to be able to hit the target, and the javelin does not need to stay in the target. The whaling javelin requires that after the javelin penetrates into the body of the whale, the barbs will be raised immediately, and the body of the whale will be hooked tightly, so that the whale cannot break free. Therefore, this requires a spring mechanism on the head of the javelin.

Although Da Vinci and others have not developed standard spring steel, after many tests, the quality of spring steel has been getting better and better. As a result, craftsmen created the whaling javelin according to Marin's request, using the organs made of spring steel whose quality has not yet reached the standard.

At the same time, the shipyard pulled out a small group of craftsmen to study the small boats used to hunt down whales. Because the dinghy is connected to the whaling javelin, after the whale is hit, it will drag the whaling javelin and the dinghy to escape, and even dive. Therefore, the first requirement of the small boat is to be buoyant, and it is best not to be dragged into the water by whales.

To this end, Marin's opinion is to make multiple parts of the boat into a hollow structure, so that the boat has the greatest buoyancy. At the same time, try to make the boat as wide as possible to prevent the whale from dragging the boat in a diagonal direction and overturning the boat.

High buoyancy and not easy to capsize are the basic requirements of small boats. Of course, it's not difficult either. On the shipyard side, by using hollow wood, several suitable boats were made.

With the whaling javelin and dinghy ready, it's time to pick the brave fishermen. After all, for fishermen, whaling is also a game of wits and courage with the powerful whales.

Whaling fishermen must not only have high-end sea fishing skills, but also courage.

When whaling, when the whaling fishermen on the boat find a whale swimming by the side, they will choose a brave man, holding a whaling javelin, jump up from the bow of the boat, jump in the direction of the whale, and take the catcher. The whale javelin slammed into the whale's body and adjusted its position to hook the whale's body as tightly as possible.

Then, the next is the whale towing the whaling javelin and the dinghy to do intense exercise on the ocean. Whales will desperately try to get rid of whaling javelins stuck in their bodies. At this time, the whale is fighting for its life, so the movement is extremely intense. They would jump up and down, and even swim into the deep sea, trying to pull the boat into the sea.

At this time, it is necessary for the sailors on the boat to compete with the whales. Not only do they have to ensure that the whaling javelin cannot be pulled out of the whale's body, but they also do their best to control the boat and avoid sailing. Even if there is a chance, a spare whaling javelin will be used to give the whale another shot to ensure that the whale cannot break free.

This process is very thrilling and requires the superb skills and calm handling of the whaling fishermen. If you are not careful, it will easily cause the boat to capsize or the whale to escape.

The reason for the use of small boats, rather than the fishing boat itself. This is because even if the boat overturns, the sailors can hold the boat and follow it. When the whales were exhausted, it was easy for a few fishermen to right the boats back.

If the fishing boat itself is used and a large whale is encountered, even the fishing boat itself can easily be overturned. And the fishing boat was pulled over, and it was a complete disaster. Because the water in the cabin can easily lead to the sinking of the fishing boat.

Therefore, the early whalers would rather use small boats to hunt whales than to use fishing boats themselves to hunt whales. Only in later generations, heavy fishing boats with steel structures and advanced equipment such as whaling guns appeared, would the fishing boats themselves be used with confidence to tow whales. Because, facing the huge steel-structured whaling ship, the whales can't turn over the waves at all.

Marin sent people to select 30 brave young fishermen among the Frisian fishermen, driving a fishing boat of more than 100 tons, with two small boats and several pairs of whaling javelins and cables, to the North Sea to test fishing. whale gone.

In the future, after Marin occupies Nantucket Island, he will definitely establish a whaling base there. With whaling bases, whales can be killed on a large scale to obtain whale oil and whale meat. These things are very important materials. Whale oil can be used as lamp oil for lighting, tanning, lubricating oil, and even candles. Whale meat, cured in salt, can be stored as food.

The most important thing is that the cost of whaling is low. As long as one whale is caught, you can get massive amounts of whale meat and large barrels of whale oil.

Moreover, whale meat tastes good, not as unpalatable as shark meat. It is said that it is similar to beef and mutton, and it is also rich in nutrients. It is really a good source of food.

And a large amount of whale oil can be widely used because of its low cost. In addition to being used as lamp oil, tanning, steelmaking and candle making, Marin values ​​the high temperature properties of whale oil as a lubricant.

In a previous life, Marin saw an article on the Internet that introduced that before the world began to widely ban whaling in the 1970s, sperm whale oil was a very effective high temperature lubricating oil, which was widely used in automatic Transmission oil (ATF for short). Automatic transmissions that use whale oil seat oil rarely need to replace the ATF, and vice versa.

After the machine is started, the temperature must be very high. Because kinetic energy is easily converted into thermal energy. Ordinary animal oil and vegetable oil are easily oxidized under high temperature environment for a long time, producing a large amount of sludge and acidic substances, which damages the machine itself.

The early steam engines were not bad, because the speed was slow, and the temperature could not be too high, and the effect of high temperature on the lubricating oil could not be seen. In the era of internal combustion engines, because of the greatly increased speed and the combustion of fuel in a closed high-pressure environment, it is very easy to generate high temperatures of several hundred degrees. At this time, the requirement of high temperature resistance of lubricating oil appeared immediately.

Even in a low-speed steam engine with a low temperature, ordinary animal and vegetable lubricating oils are easily oxidized and need to be replaced frequently. However, after changing to whale oil that is not easy to be oxidized at high temperature, the lubricating oil can be replaced for a long time.

Also, whale oil is cheap. Just kill a whale and you can get big barrels of whale oil at a very low cost...

Thinking of this, Marin quickly changed his mind and decided to give up getting castor oil from Egypt. Whale oil is no less effective than castor oil, and it costs a lot less. In comparison, it is better to use whale oil.

Moreover, in this era, the European whaling industry has not yet emerged, and there are many whales in the ocean. With the whaling team formed by Marin, it is difficult to kill the whales below the danger line. Whales were slaughtered in large numbers, only after the advent of whaling cannons and steel fishing boats. The whaling gun has a long range, high speed, and a sight, so it is difficult for whales to escape from pursuit. This kind of thing is the mortal enemy of whales. The artificial whaling promoted by Marin is relatively inefficient. But even so, the whale meat and whale oil obtained by whaling are quite sufficient. After all, this era is not yet the industrial era, and the demand for whale meat and whale oil is not very large.

Marin personally went to the port of Emden to meet the fishermen on a boat. Then, the 30 fishermen on this fishing boat were sent by Marin to the North Sea to try to hunt whales according to Marin's "guidance".

To be on the safe side, Marin suggested that they start by hunting small whales, and then move on to medium-sized whales when they become proficient. Finally, wait until you're too skilled before thinking about killing large whales.

In fact, because there were basically no whaling people in this era, there were also a lot of small and medium-sized whales. Just the small and medium-sized whales are enough for the fishermen to kill, and there is no need to take the risk to kill the large whales.

Moreover, large whales are too large to be dragged and handled. Unlike small and medium-sized whales, it is easier to handle and less prone to accidents.

Whales basically feed on other fishes. Wherever there are many fish and shrimps, there are bound to be whales. The North Sea area is one of the world's important fishing grounds, with a large number of fish, and there must be many whales hunting here. Therefore, Marin is not worried that these fishermen will not be able to touch the whales, but only that their skills will not pass the test. After all, whaling is really a demanding technical job...

By the time the fishermen on the boat had become familiar with whaling, Marin felt that the route between Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard was almost open. At that time, Marin will organize more fishermen, hand them over to the earliest whaling fishermen to teach them, and then send them to Nantucket Island to hunt whales.

After all, the Beihai region is a fishing ground shared by many countries, and there are many fishermen from all countries. As long as fishermen from other countries learn to hunt whales, it will definitely affect the interests of the whaling ships under Marin's command.

The North American coast is different, where there are only Indians in canoes and few fishermen. If you send a fleet there yourself, you can not only catch a large number of whales, but also can't catch enough common fish. As long as a fishing base is established there, it can not only provide sufficient food for the colonists who colonized North America, but also process the fish into dried salted fish and transport it back to Europe as a food supplement. In this way, East Frisian counties no longer have to worry about food problems. Moreover, there is an endless supply of whale oil used in various industries.

Therefore, this newly established whaling ship, although it is only a beginning, has a very profound future. As long as the attempt is successful, Marin will have an endless supply of whale oil and whale meat in the future, and can quickly gain a firm foothold on the east coast of North America, and then begin to expand inland...