Are whales really big creatures in the ocean?

Li Yan really couldn't explain it clearly. After all, in later generations, humans did not fully understand the sea, especially the deep-sea realm. Many of them were forbidden areas for humans. And I heard that there were many huge creatures that were larger than whales. Unfortunately, Li Yan didn't care much about it, just had a rough impression.

However, if this problem is placed in the Tang Dynasty, it would be much simpler. People's cognition has not yet reached the realm of the deep sea. Almost everyone regards whales as the largest creature in the world. Even merchants selling canned whales use the gimmicks of the world's largest animals to promote them in order to attract customers. As long as you add the most word, you will be worth a hundred times the value of anything, let alone a super-large animal like whales. Therefore, most of the people in the Tang Dynasty who are surrounding the city gate today are for whales.

When this huge whale, about fifteen meters long, slowly emerged from the city gate, the originally noisy city gate suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the huge whale. It is probably difficult for people living in the information age in the later generations to imagine that the extremely shocking effect of the Tang Dynasty when the news was relatively closed, suddenly placed a legendary whale in front of ordinary people who lived in the inland since childhood.

Seeing the whale slowly extending out of the city gate, all the people near the city gate were shocked, and even stopped breathing for a moment. All the noise stopped, leaving only the sound of fireworks bursting in the sky. Until the whale's tail came out of the door hole. The whole picture of the whale finally appeared in front of everyone.

I saw that the whale was gray-black all over, only the abdomen was gray-white. The entire head was the largest, more than one meter wide. The backwards became smaller and smaller. Moreover, the whale's head was supported by a short rack, causing it to slightly raise upwards, and its tail was also supported by a high rack. Two huge tail fins swung up and down as they advanced, and it looked as if they would come alive at any time.

Everyone was shocked by the huge size of the whale in front of them. After a while, someone woke up from the shock and exclaimed excitedly. As a result, more and more people woke up. The discussion that had just stopped sounded again, and it was even more noisy than before. Even the explosion of fireworks in the sky could not cover the discussion of the crowd below.

The long-awaited whale finally appeared, pushing the atmosphere at the city gate to a certain level. Countless people were excited, and even stopped the Jinwu Guards in front of them, trying desperately to push forward a little closer. As a result, the Jinwu Guards in front were also squeezed out and pulled out half of the swords to scare the people behind them, which calmed down the fanatical onlookers. Some clever ones immediately left the crowd and began to rush to the Suzaku Square in the north. After all, it was the real exhibition location, and I heard that even His Majesty the Emperor was waiting there.

Zhuque Street is more than ten miles long, and the convoy transporting marine life is not fast, so the convoy did not arrive at Zhuque Plaza slowly until the intersection of the normal hour and Si hour, that is, around 9 am, the convoy slowly arrived at Zhuque Plaza. However, the square was not open today. There were guards around, so many people couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they arrived here.

Usually at this time, Li Shimin usually still has morning courts. It is New Year's Eve and most court officials have holidays. However, because of this special day, all the ministers in Chang'an gather in Zhuque Square to see the true face of the whale. Moreover, Li Shimin also took all his concubines and princesses to stand at the top of Zhuque Gate, chatting while looking at Zhuque Street facing him from time to time.

"Brother Six, is that whale really big in a few houses?" Yizi pulled the corner of Li Yan's clothes and asked curiously. The young sisters around her also looked at the Sixth Brother whom they admired.

"Of course, and the whales transported this time are not the largest. Some whales are even ten feet long and can knock over the big ship with a wagging their tails. However, even Brother Six has only heard of them and has never really seen them." Li Yan touched the heads of Yizi and several sisters and said with a smile.

"Brother Six, I heard that you shot a whale with your own hands. Is it true?" At this moment, Li Zhi, who likes to play with his sisters the most, also came over and asked with a smile on his face.

He and Li Zhen and Li Yun went to ask Li Shimin to go to Liuqiudao with Li Yan, but Li Shimin agreed to Li Yun's request and even agreed to Li Zhen's request, but he refused to let Li Zhi go, which made him extremely depressed. He wanted to ask Empress Changsun, but was scolded and driven out. Li Zhi was still humiliated for a few days. Later, Li Yan agreed to him that he would find a way to take him out to see the world after a few years. This made Li Zhi feel better. Today, Li Yan and Yizi were pulled over to see the whale. Judging from his current appearance, he probably had nothing to do.

"Ha~, I asked this question well. It's the most proud thing for me. Goguryeo had not been destroyed yet, and the fishermen in Dengzhou were detained by the opposite city of Beisha City. I rushed to the other side alone on a fishing boat, but the other party suddenly set up hundreds of thousands of naval troops..." When Li Zhi mentioned that he shot a whale, Li Yan immediately became excited, pulled Yizi and sat on his lap, and then began to brag about his glorious deeds.

Anyway, there is no need to pay taxes for bragging. Li Yan almost talked about his deeds of shooting whales according to the routine of fantasy novels. Not only did he omit all the Dengzhou naval forces with him that day, but he also exaggerated the naval forces in Beisha City ten times, and emphasized that he had not changed his expression with hundreds of thousands of faces. Then he shot the whale to death and shocked the Goguryeo people with one arrow, causing the other party to hand over the person out obediently. On the way back, he also killed thousands of extremely ferocious sharks.

People with a little common sense would not believe Li Yan's unconventional bragging, such as Li Chengqian and Li Tai next to him, and after hearing this, they curled their lips disdainfully. Li Ke, Li Yun, and Li Zhen were covering their mouths and laughing. Although Li Zhi knew that it was the sixth brother who was bragging, he still listened with his young sisters with relish.

Just when Li Yan was talking about the rise, the convoy on Zhuque Street finally arrived at the square. In addition, they were standing on the top of the city, so when they were still more than a mile away, they could see the huge whale. However, in their eyes, the whale seemed relatively small, but as long as they compared it with the cattle and horses pulling in front and the crowd next to them, they could immediately feel the huge size of the whale.

When the whale slowly entered the Suzaku Square, the civil and military officials below were almost the same as the people at the city gate, and they all exclaimed loudly. Although they had some understanding of the whales in advance, it was one thing to know, and another to see them with their own eyes. That kind of visual shock was simply beyond what other cognition could achieve.

Li Shimin on the top of the city was also extremely shocked when he saw this huge whale. Then he couldn't help but stand up, walked to the female wall at the top of the city, and watched down the squadron. Many people in the harem, including the concubines and some princesses, shouted out loud. As for Li Zhen, Li Zhi, who were young, even ran to Li Shimin with cheers, and squeezed and shouted, "Whale~Whale~"

Li Tai, who was beside Li Jing, probably for the first time, saw a creature larger than him. He stood up excitedly and then said sourly: "There is a rumor in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao Chapter, and there is a fish in Beiming. The name is Kun. Kun is so big that it is thousands of miles away. I guess this is the legendary Kun, but I don't know if it can be transformed into a Peng?"

When Li Yan heard Li Tai's last words, he almost laughed out loud. He didn't know whether the whale was the Kun mentioned by Zhuangzi, but he knew that the whale would never turn into a big bird and fly away.

However, just as Li Yan mocked Li Tai, Li Zhi came over and chuckled softly: "Sixth brother, such a big fish, let alone you, even Xi Junmai in your mansion will definitely not be able to shoot to death!"

"Go and go~, what do children know? Houyi knows? People can even shoot the sun. Although I don't have his ability, shooting a whale is still a piece of cake!" Li Yan was still stubborn, and even Houyi in the mythology and legendary way was brought out.

Li Zhi was lazy and bickered with his rogue Sixth Brother. He gave him a blank look and stopped talking, but focused on appreciating the various marine monsters below. Unfortunately, except for the most conspicuous whales, he did not recognize most of the various creatures parked in the square. So in the end, he still had no choice but to ask the Sixth Brother, who is known for his erudition, to help him explain. Qinghe, Gaoyang, Yizi and the others also beg for help.

Li Yan's conversation just now was aroused, and he has not yet had enough fun, so he did not refuse the job of the tour guide. He was about to tell the younger brothers and sisters the same thing, but suddenly he heard Li Shimin next to him say, "Liulang, stop talking on the top of the city. Let us all go down, and then you tell us the same thing, and let the dear ministers below listen to it too!"

Li Shimin's words not only made the princes and princesses cheer, but also the company Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang were also very happy. After all, they didn't usually leave the palace. It was very interesting to have such an opportunity to see the strange beasts in the ocean. Moreover, Li Yan helped to explain, which increased a lot of insight.

When Li Shimin brought his concubines and princesses out of the Zhuque Gate, the ministers below immediately stepped forward to salute, and then led by Li Shimin, the first one rushed towards the whale. After all, everyone was most interested in it.
Chapter completed!