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Text Chapter 223 I wonder if I can turn it into a roc?

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    Are whales the largest creatures in the ocean?

    Li Min really can't explain this clearly. After all, in later generations, humans did not fully understand the sea, especially the deep sea areas. Many of them were still forbidden areas for humans, and I heard that there were many huge creatures there that were larger than whales. It was a pity that Li Min  I didn¡¯t pay much attention to it, I just had a general impression.

    However, if this problem were 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 creatures in the world. Even businessmen who sell canned whales for  To attract customers, they also use the gimmick of the world's largest animal to promote it.  As long as the word "most" is added to anything, it will almost be worth a hundred times, let alone such a large animal as a whale. Therefore, most of the people of the Tang Dynasty who surrounded the city gate today came here for the whales.

    When this huge whale, about fifteen meters long, slowly came out of the city gate, the originally noisy city gate suddenly became quiet. Everyone's eyes were focused on the huge whale. Living in the information age of later generations  It would be hard for people to imagine that in the Tang Dynasty, where news was relatively limited, when a legendary whale was suddenly released in front of ordinary people who had lived inland since childhood, it would have an extremely shocking effect.

    Seeing the whale slowly extending out from the city gate, the people near the city gate were all stunned. Even their breathing paused involuntarily. All the noise stopped, leaving only the explosion of fireworks in the sky.  Voice.  Until the whale's tail came out of the door.  The full picture of the whale was finally revealed to everyone.

    I saw that this whale was gray-black all over, and only its belly was gray-white.  The entire head is the largest, more than one foot long and wide.  It gets smaller and smaller as it goes back, and the whale's head is supported by a low shelf, tilting it upward slightly, while its tail is also supported by a high shelf, and its two huge tail fins swing up and down as it moves forward, making it look like it can move up and down at any time.  Will come back to life.

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

    The long-awaited whale finally appeared, pushing the atmosphere at the gate of the city to a climax. Countless people became excited, and even kept being blocked by Jinwu guards in front of them, desperately trying to squeeze forward. As a result, the Jinwu guards in front were also blocked.  The crowd was so anxious that they drew out half of their horizontal knives to threaten the people behind them. Only then did the enthusiastic onlookers calm down.  Some smart people immediately left the crowd and started to rush to Zhuque Square due north. After all, that was the real exhibition location, and I heard that even His Majesty the Emperor was waiting there.

    Suzaku Street is more than ten miles long, and the convoy transporting marine life is not very fast, so it was not until the turn of the usual time of tatsuki and sishi, that is, around nine o'clock in the morning, that the convoy slowly arrived at Suzaku Square, but the square was not open today.  .  There were guards guarding all sides, so many people couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they arrived here.

    Normally at this time, Li Shimin is still in the early morning court. It is said that today is the New Year's Eve and most of the courtiers are on holiday. However, because of this special day, all the ministers in Chang'an gathered in Zhuque Square to wait.  Want to see the true face of whales.  Moreover, Li Shimin also led all the concubines, princes and princesses to stand at the top of the city of Zhuque Gate, chatting and looking at the Suzaku Street facing them from time to time.

    "Brother Six, is that whale really big as to how many houses there are?" Sizi tugged at the corner of Li Min's clothes and asked curiously. The little sisters around her also looked at this six whom they admired.  elder brother.

    "Of course, and the whales brought this time are not the biggest. Some whales are even ten feet long. A wagging of the tail can overturn a big ship. But even Sixth Brother has only heard about it and has never actually seen it.  ." Li Min touched the heads of Si Zi and several younger sisters and said with a smile.

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

    He, Li Zhen, and Li Yun went to ask Li Shimin, hoping to go to Liuqiu Island with Li Min. However, they did not expect that Li Shimin agreed to Li Yun's request, and even agreed to Li Zhen's request, but he would not let Li Zhi go.  Leaving made him extremely depressed. He wanted to ask Empress Changsun for help, but was scolded and kicked out. For this reason, Li Zhi was sulky for a few days. Later, Li Min agreed to him and wait a few years before he can think of a solution.  , I must take him out to see the world, which made Li Zhi feel better. Today, he was dragged over by Li Min and Si Zi to watch whales. Judging from his current appearance, he is probably fine.

    "Ha~, Ninth Brother, thisIt¡¯s a good question. It¡¯s my proudest thing. Before Goguryeo was destroyed, the fishermen in Dengzhou were detained by Bisha City on the opposite side. I rushed to the other side in a fishing boat alone, but the other party  Hundreds of thousands of navy troops were deployed at once" When Li Zhi mentioned that he had shot a whale, Li Min immediately became excited, pulled Si Zi to sit on his lap, and then began to brag about his glorious deeds.

    Anyway, bragging about not having to pay taxes, Li Min almost followed the formula of a fantasy novel to tell the story of his whale shooting. Not only did he omit all the navy that came with him to the state that day, but he also exaggerated the navy in Beisha City tenfold.  Emphasis was placed on his ability to show his composure when facing hundreds of thousands of people, and then shot a whale to death with one arrow, shocking the Goguryeo people so that they obediently handed him over. On the way back, he also killed thousands of extremely vicious animals.  shark.

    No one with a bit of common sense would believe Li Min's unscrupulous bragging. For example, Li Chengqian and Li Tai next to them curled their lips in disdain. Li Ke, Li Yun, and Li Zhen were all covering their faces.  Although Li Zhi knew clearly that it was Brother Six who was bragging, he and his younger sisters still listened with gusto.

    Just when Li Min was talking about it, 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 at this time, the whale still seemed relatively small, but as long as they compared it with the cows and horses in front and the crowd next to them, they could immediately feel the huge size of the whale.

    When the whale slowly entered Zhuque Square, the civil and military officials below were similar to the people at the city gate. They all praised loudly. Although they had some understanding of the whale in advance, knowing it was one thing. Seeing it with their own eyes  It's another thing. That kind of visual shock is simply not something that other perceptions can achieve.

    Li Shimin, who was on the top of the city, was 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 looked down through the crenels, while the concubines and some princesses in the harem  , many people screamed "ah". As for the younger ones like Li Zhen and Li Zhi, they even cheered and ran to Li Shimin, crowding around and shouting "whale~whale~"

    Next to Li Min, Li Tai probably saw a creature bigger than him for the first time. He stood up excitedly and said sourly: "There are clouds in Zhuangzi's Xiaoyao Chapter, and there are fish in the North Ming Dynasty.  The name is Kun. The Kun is so big that it is thousands of miles away. I guess this is the legendary Kun, but I wonder if it can be transformed into a roc?"

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

    But when Li Min was laughing at Li Tai, Li Zhi came over and chuckled: "Sixth brother, such a big fish, let alone you, even Xi Junmai in your house can't kill it!"

    "Go, go, go, what do children know? Does Hou Yi know? He can even shoot down the sun. Although I am not as capable as him, shooting down a whale is still a piece of cake!" Li Min was still arrogant, even the myth  The legendary Hou Yi moved out.

    Li Zhi lazily quarreled with his rogue Sixth Brother again. He rolled his eyes at him and stopped talking. Instead, he concentrated on admiring the various marine monsters below. Unfortunately, except for the most conspicuous whale, the various creatures parked in the square were not his.  I didn't know most of them, so in the end I had no choice but to ask Sixth Brother, who was known for his erudition, to help explain. Qinghe, Gao Yang, Sizi and the others also begged.

    Li Min was aroused by the conversation just now, and he was still not enjoying himself, so he did not refuse the job of being a commentator. He was about to explain everything to his younger brothers and sisters, but suddenly he heard Li Shimin next to him say: "Liu Lang, don't  We talked about it at the top of the city, let¡¯s all go down, and then you tell us everything, and by the way, let the ladies below listen to it too!¡±

    Li Shimin's words not only made the princes and princesses cheer for joy, but Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang were also very happy. After all, they usually don't leave the palace very often, so now they have such an opportunity to see the strange beasts in the ocean, which is also a very interesting thing.  , and Li Min helps explain, which can increase a lot of knowledge.

    When Li Shimin led the concubines, princes and princesses out of the Suzaku Gate, the ministers below immediately stepped forward to salute, and then Li Shimin took the lead and was the first to rush towards the whale. After all, everyone was most interested in it.

    In fact, Li Min didn't know much about the sea. Fortunately, he knew whales, sharks, etc. quite clearly, so he chose these to talk about first. But the rest would be troublesome. He couldn't even name many creatures.  Let alone an introduction.  Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance. Not only did Zhou Yu and the others transport these marine creatures, but they also transported each creature there.??'s name and some characteristics were also recorded, and they are now in Li Min's arms.  Of course, it was definitely not as accurate as what was introduced by later generations of oceanographic museums, but it was enough for him to fool these ancients.
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