Chapter 84 Fish
Farming is a major task, but another thing cannot be delayed. If this thing is done well, the effect will be equally significant and can greatly enrich the dining tables of the orcs in the mountain tribes. Zhang Quan did not forget that his Walter came from the coast.
Zhang Quan took people to the bank of the Hope River and finally saw the small port built by the legendary orcs themselves at the mouth of the river. Facing the vast bay water surface, it became more and more remote.
The sea, the sea, how many treasures are hidden in your generous body! He stood at the mouth of the bay and sighed, completely ignoring the confused orcs behind him.
Then, he turned around and asked his subordinates:
"Who used this port in the past? Haven't you heard of the orcs from which clan dare to go out to sea?"
His question was quite reliable. The orcs on the wasteland did not dare to go out to sea, nor did they even dare to go down the river. Although with the physical strength of the orcs, most of them could not actually drown when they fell into the water, but fearing water was the nature of most orc races that survived on the wasteland.
Behind him, a leopard man emerged and shrank forward and replied that he was a prisoner of the Claw Tribe. He was left in Walter before and had no time to run out. He was kept by the people pursued by the Base Mountain. Because he was originally a small leader in the Claw Tribe and knew something useful to the Base Mountain Tribe, he was not sent to the mining area for mining.
This guy stepped forward and replied:
"This port was done by the Bills. These guys are all pure foodies. I hope they can't eat enough fish in the river. In order to eat fresh sea fish, these guys sometimes cut down some wood to make wooden rafts and go to the bay to snatch fish. So they repaired such a thing." As he said that, the guy still gritted his teeth. Obviously, his attitude towards the guys like Bill Bears is not just because they are foodies.
When Zhang Quan heard this, he was speechless. Sure enough, desire is the greatest motivation of intelligent species!
The Bill Bear Man is the most famous lazy guy in the orc race on the wasteland. He usually does nothing. He relies on his own strength to work as a mercenary for the tribe to make a living. However, for a delicious meal, these guys will overcome their natural fear of water and can spontaneously create tools to go into the sea. This is really called "eating" with great courage.
Zhang Quan hurriedly asked his men to find a guy among the Bill Bears who Walter was supervising to work. A centaur guard came out and ran away. After a while, he called a pitiful Bill. This guy was obviously just coming down from the construction site, sweating all over, dirty and smelly.
When he saw Zhang Quan, the guy's expression immediately changed. Zhang Quan's fierce appearance to the Bills heavy infantry soldiers on that day, but no Bills dared to forget it easily.
However, Zhang Quan didn't have the heart to remember these guys. At this time, he changed his face and said with a kind look: "I want to expand a port here, a real port, and then build some big ships to lead the orcs to fish in the sea. You said, aren't you Bills always interested in the fish here? Tell me what the specific situation is!"
The Bill Bear people are indeed all foodies. When they heard Zhang Quan say they were going to go fishing, Bill immediately became excited.
"Shipbuilding? Fishing? Okay! Clan leader, that's great." At this moment, this guy couldn't remember Zhang Quan's power, and he danced excitedly and pointed at the sea.
"There are so many fish in the sea, each of which is as big as a hug," Bill gestured with his arms exaggeratedly. "The fish in the sea tastes more plump and tender, but it tastes much better than the livestock we raise."
"There are not only fish in this sea, but many fish, various fish, as well as shrimps, crabs, etc. (The shrimps and crabs here are not exactly the same as those on the earth, and are descriptions of similar crustaceans in common terms in mainland China.) After being cooked, the taste is really delicious!" While saying that, the guy couldn't stop his throat, as if he was saliva was about to stay.
"In late summer, there was still a fishing flood in the bay. All the fish filled the sea, layer by layer and drilled into the estuary of the river. I heard that there was a kind of sea fish that was about to lay eggs upstream of the river. At that time, the river was squeezed by fish and could hardly go down. We didn't have to do anything, just squeezed on the riverside, just take a spoon and fish it on the shore. That was a harvest! It was much better than the hard work of centaurs and sheep-headed people to feed livestock. There were so many things that our entire Bill tribe could eat in half a winter."
The orcs around Zhang Quan were shocked by the wonders that Bill said, and they all looked like country bumpkins. There was such a thing in this world that was worthless! They could find delicious food without having to feed livestock. How could there be such a good thing in this world that these greedy Bills got it? No, no, this must be the Bills bragging themselves. These guys were angry and didn't believe it at all, and kept asking questions from the Bills.
Zhang Quan watched these guys besiege the poor Bill captive, but did not participate in the interference.
He is not these natives, with a short-sighted vision. Although he is also inland on Earth, the information on Earth is too developed and many things can be known without leaving home. It is difficult for the orcs to understand what Bill said, but he completely believed it.
The terrain, water current and climate of Opat Bay here are destined to be a sea with abundant fishery products. Even if his geographical knowledge is limited to the high school level, he can know. What will happen if the cold currents of the Arctic Ocean reach south on this planet and the warm current on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean that rises from the equator of Gaia, these two epic currents meet on water surfaces like Riopat Bay?
If you look at the geographical environment of the three most famous fishing grounds on the earth, you will know that cold currents meet and warm currents, and are on a relatively closed sea surface, with land barriers, which will inevitably lead to the warm current rising, the cold current falling, and stirring up the sea water to change drastically. This causes the nutrients deposited at the bottom of the sea water to run to the surface with the sea water, becoming bait for large groups of fish, attracting large-scale fisheries. Therefore, this situation generally forms a relatively large-scale fishing ground.
From this limited knowledge alone, we can understand that Leopat Bay has the conditions to become a super-large fishing ground, not to mention that Bill said that the inland rivers here will form a fishing flood that will be traced back to by marine fish. This is even more amazing good news.
On the earth, the famous sea fish salmon is backwards by fishing floods. This is a good day for inland rivers to obtain the richest fishing products. In that scene, thousands of fish gathered from the sea and the ocean flocked to the inland rivers, squeezing the water surface of the river estuary tightly and unable to even drive in. The fishermen just took the net and fished, and they could not catch any fish. The fishermen were all returning with boats and loads, fearing that their fishing boats were too small and could not carry too many fish. This was a scene that Zhang Quan saw with his own eyes on TV.
Now, there are such good things in this other world.
Such fishing floods are really food from the sky, and it’s useless to eat. In the animal world on the earth, every year, such fishing floods feed countless animal groups on the road to migrating fish. They are important things that can be counted in the inland river ecosystem in nature.
Of course, Zhang Quan also needs to prepare. Summer is very fast in the wasteland and passes in a flash. You must make enough preparations before summer and take advantage of the situation to make a good harvest. Maybe this kind of fishing flood alone can compare to the harvest of agricultural production.
Chapter completed!