By the afternoon, thousands of people worked together, and five hundred stranded sperm whales were divided. Zhang Hong kept taking the officials to register. The five hundred whales were really gifts given by Shangyao.

The largest sperm whale has more than 100,000 kilograms, while the others are mostly tens of thousands of kilograms per head, and the smallest whale also has 20,000 to 30,000 kilograms. After calculating the cut meat, it was more than 200,000 kilograms, which is equivalent to more than 200,000 kilograms of whale meat. In addition to sending some bits and pieces of meat that are not very good to the barracks and various construction sites in Dengzhou, the people were also divided into some of the remaining meat. Li Jing mobilized tens of thousands of intakes to work together, and kept working on the water flowing moments, with five types of whale meat jars of 30 kilograms, sixty kilograms, one hundred and twenty kilograms, and two hundred kilograms, three hundred kilograms and other whale meat jars, which were more than 200,000 cans.

If it weren't for the recent comprehensive expansion of the canning workshop and the pottery cellars had been expanded several cellars, even if Lao Yao sent so many whales this time, it wouldn't have been eaten. In June, Yao would have been stinky after spending the night.

The 200,000 shi of meat, the people under the rule of Dengzhou and Liaodong combined less than 500,000 yuan, and the average income was 50 or 60 kilograms.

In addition to these precious whale meat, Li Jing has gained a lot, among which ambergris is not less valuable than these meats. In ancient China, it was believed that when ambergris dragons rest on stones, the saliva flowed down would float on the water, and then gathered together to solidify. The fishermen collected them into this very expensive ambergris. It was also concluded that when a group of dragons sleep, dark clouds would gather above their heads, and remained motionless for weeks or months when the dragons were sleeping.

Westerners believe that ambergris is the feces or jing liquid of whales.

But in fact, ambergris is actually a kind of feces. The main foods of sperm whales include squid and octopus. The big squid and octopus have tough keratinous jaws and tongue teeth in their mouths, which are difficult to digest. When sperm whales devour large mollusks, their jaws and tongue teeth accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, stimulating the intestines, and the intestines secrete a special wax, wrapping the residual core of the food, and slowly forming ambergris. However, some sperm whales will vomit the condensation, and some will excrete it from the intestines. Only a small number of sperm whales leave ambergris in their bodies.

After being rinsed by sea water, the condensate that is spit out and the condensate discharged from the intestines slowly turn from black se to white se, and it will also turn from the initial fishy smell to the fragrance. The ambergris of white se are the best quality. It has to be soaked in Shanghai water for a hundred years and float all the impurities out before it can become the best among ambergris. The ambergris taken from the intestines of the killed sperm whale has no value. It must be floating and soaked in sea water for decades to gain a high status. Some ambergris pieces are soaked in sea water for more than a hundred years. The most valuable ambergris is the ambergris; the lowest value is the brown se, which has only been soaked in sea water for more than ten years.

Li Jing was disappointed when he heard the explanation from the perfume master who had just arrived from the perfume workshop.

The five hundred sperm whales were finally found in eleven whales. Except for the first one, which was more than 900 kilograms, the rest were two or three hundred kilograms, and finally more than 3,000 kilograms were added together. Li Jing used to only hear that ambergris was equivalent to gold, but unexpectedly, the fragrance taken out of the whale's body was not worth much.

"It's not worthless, it's just that the ambergris is not as valuable as white. The ambergris is very rare at present. Occasionally, fishermen get it from sea, but only ten or twenty kilograms per piece. Although our three thousand kilograms of ambergris cannot be equivalent to gold, it is almost equivalent to silver." The perfume master was disappointed when he saw Li Jing, and hurriedly added.

After hearing this, Li Jing was a little happy again. It was not enough to sell gold, and it was good to sell silver.

At present, one tael of gold is equivalent to five taels of silver, one tael of silver is equivalent to one thousand six hundred coins, or two pieces of silk. In summary, three thousand jin of ambergris is worth three thousand jin of silver.

One pound of 16 taels, if you calculate it this way, it will be 72,000 guan. Although it is somewhat different from the one imagined, it can be regarded as a sudden loss of money.

"In fact, if you want to make these ambergris more valuable, I think it is best not to sell them directly. If you hand them over to the perfume workshop and combine them with some other spices, you can make ambergris perfume. The taste will not be similar to that of the white ambergris. And if you make perfume, the amount is still small, and you can make more perfumes."

If you can make more perfumes, you will naturally sell for a higher price. Li Jing just focused on calculating the raw materials, but in fact, the most valuable thing is of course the added value after processing. This ambergris is both a spice and a drug.

Ambergris is an excellent tribute. The royal family often uses this fragrance. Some royal family even hang it into ornaments on their bodies. The rich people will spray ambergris powder into the water when cooking tea. Moreover, many wealthy people believe that this thing is good for the heart, brain, and stomach. It is also said that it can regain its strength and increase its function. In short, this is a priceless thing.

After the perfume master's reminder, it has been decided. In addition to giving one to the emperor, most of the rest will be sent to the perfume workshop to prepare more ambergris perfume, and the others will be used to develop a batch of ambergris-made pills, and a batch of ambergris versions of the Tang Dynasty blue se pills. At that time, the specialists will sell them to those rich and wealthy families at high prices, and there will be a market, especially those noble old men who will definitely be willing to buy them. When they think of this, Li Jing felt that countless money was flapping his wings and flying towards him.

In addition to whale meat and ambergris, there is another thing that is also valuable, that is whale oil. Whale oil is an excellent lighting oil. Cook the whale's internal organs, the fat under the skin, and bones together to get whale oil.

"By the way, don't destroy the bones of this largest whale and keep them intact. Next time, you can send them to Chang'an to make tribute to Yaozi." This bone has no effect for Li Jing, but whales worth more than 100,000 kilograms are not common. This skeleton is also a rare rare thing. It is just used as a gift to the young man who likes to play, and saves Li Jing from giving out real money.

Military Chief Xiao Kai smiled and said, "Qian Qianqian has preserved all the whale skeletons. Anyway, the bones cannot be boiled much oil. Why don't we promote it a little and sell these skeletons to those rich families directly. I believe there will be many people who think about art."

It’s right for Li Jing to think about it. For many people who have money, they like things that cannot be eaten or drunk. The key is to be rare. After thinking about it, Li Jing said: “Then start with me, Mingyao will also give me one in my mansion.”

This skeleton is given to Yaozi, which is a tribute. Li Jing also built one at home. If other officials from Dengzhou and senior officers from Zhendong Army were also made, they would probably have to buy one to go home and take over Fengya. Alas, it is a good way to make money.

Many of the following few adolescents came to hear the news. They all heard about the Dragon King’s kindness and sent five hundred giant fish to Dengzhou, and also heard about Li Jing pulling back a young man who was eaten by the giant fish from the gate of ghosts. In addition, Li Jing borrowed rain from the Dragon King and fishing in Dengzhou and other strange things. All parties sent in to inquire about the authenticity, and some smart business owners saw the business opportunities and rushed over.

The more than 200,000 cans of whale meat first aroused the interest of the crowd, and many merchants regarded it as a rare thing. They knew that as long as the legends in Dengzhou spread farther, these whale meat would not be ordinary whale meat, but whale meat with stories. At that time, what would be sold is not meat, but stories and rare things.

Li Jing refused everyone who wanted to buy whale meat, but there was only one requirement, that was to exchange food. This food included a lot of food, not only five grains, but also cattle, sheep, horses, chickens and ducks. As long as it could be eaten, it was a bit too much. However, Li Jing's price for whale meat was not high. One stone of whale meat was only exchanged for two stones of rice. The discount was about ten cents of money, and a pound of whale meat was equivalent to eighty-three cents, which was equivalent to a laborer and a good wage.

However, the merchants are very clear that ordinary people cannot afford to eat this canned whale, and the wealthy family will not care about how much more or less. The only trouble is that they cannot buy it directly with money, but this will not make them difficult. Dengzhou is originally the largest port in the north, and there are many granaries here. Just find a few familiar ones and exchange them for some grain from there.

In just three days, the canned whale meat of 200,000 shi were sold out. After returning 400,000 shi of rice, Li Jing almost died. Due to the attractiveness of the whale, it even attracted the merchant entry in Lingnan, Hebei and even Guanzhong. However, when they arrived, the canned whale meat was sold out.

Li Jing took the opportunity to sell whale oil and whale skeletons. Many of them couldn't buy canned whale meat, so they bought some of them. In addition, Li Jing did not let them go.

Various fish, pork, beef, mutton, horse meat, chicken, duck, goose meat and other canned foods in Dengzhou.

There are four types of canned foods, such as aquatic meat, meat, poultry, vegetable meat, and fruit. They are all kinds of flavors, especially various canned foods. Because they are fished in large quantities now, they are quite cheap, and they are more expensive. The low price has attracted a lot of business owners. Li Jing did not force the canned food to only change the grain, but only required half of the grain to pay, and the rest half of the money and silk.

In addition to canned food, there are many other products in Dengzhou, including high-quality salt released in Yantian, as well as magical lighters, rock candies, various silk cloths, ready-to-wear, and perfumes. In particular, the latest ambergris series of perfumes launched by the Perfume Workshop are of good quality but not expensive, and are the most ordered by merchants. After the spot sale, the orders lined up for orders were collected.

In addition, Dengzhou’s liquor is also very popular. High-quality Wuliangye liquor and various fruit wines have received a lot of orders.

Many of them started to come for the whales and were immediately attracted by various treasured items in Dengzhou.
Chapter completed!