Chapter 1037: scurvy

"Xiao, why don't you let us collect the crab cages?" Nikita asked Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng looked at Nikita: "Let you do something else and leave the crab cages. Let me tell you that. During the crab fishing season, an average of one person will die every seven days. More than 80% of the crab boats All of the deaths and injuries occurred when the crab cages were harvested, which is the most dangerous. You think, so heavy crab cages coupled with wind and waves shaking, accidentally smashed people to death. So you two still Stay away."
Nikita curled his lips after hearing this: "I still look down on us, I think the other people on the boat are doing it easily!"
"Relaxed?" Xiao Peng pointed out the window: "A fully harvested crab cage weighs about 700 or 800 kilograms! Almost every crabman on the crab replenishment ship has injuries on his body when returning to the voyage!"
"But you always want us to do some work too. My father said he wants us to work like ordinary fishermen!" It was Georgina who was talking and staring at Yang Meng when she was talking. What does this mean? Want to show it in front of Yang Meng? Is this woman really in the brain?
After thinking for a while, Xiao Peng took out two calipers and handed them to Nikita and Georgina: "You are responsible for the card measurement. Throw the female crab and the small male crab back into the sea. Remember to bring gloves. These large tongs can be used. It's not a joke. Also, pay attention to safety and stay away from crab cages!"
The two girls walked out with the calipers, and Yang Meng turned around and said, "Is it too dangerous to let them out? The waves are not small now."
Xiao Peng smiled: "What's wrong? Distressed?"
Yang Meng was anxious after hearing this: "Ah, bah! I'm afraid they will affect work efficiency! This winter will pass after they are sorted. Look, look, they don't dare to take crabs."
Yang Meng's concern is not unreasonable. Although using crab traps to catch crabs is a traditional method of crab catching, with modern technology, the efficiency is very fast. A crab cage can be removed from the seabed in eight minutes. And the most time wasting is sorting.
In order to maintain continuous development, Alaskan king crabs and Alaskan snow crabs retain only large male crabs, while female crabs and ungrown male crabs are thrown back into the sea. In addition, different crabs should be classified into different categories. There are not only snow crabs, but also king crabs, treasure crabs and other different crabs, so all the crabs must be sorted before they can be put into the warehouse. This is the most time-consuming process when catching crabs.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Worry, it's not just the two of them who are doing the work. Others will do all the work, so they can experience life. Hurry up and go to the next crab cage. Get in early. Get on the road early. By the way, I'm going to save a few female crabs and let's eat by ourselves..."
Fourteen hours later, in the restaurant on the ship, Xiao Peng looked at Georgina with sympathy, where she was holding a trash can and vomiting nonstop.
He kept saying that he was not seasick, but when he was working on the deck, the ship swayed and brought the fishy smell of the crabs caught. Georgina couldn't hold back anymore, and it made a terrible vomit.
Xiaoqiu walked over with the seasickness medicine and an orange: "After taking the seasickness medicine and another orange, it can relieve a lot."
Nikita helped Georgina pour the water and said: "This seasickness is a problem of the vestibular nerve of the human body. Just take medicine. Why do you still have to eat oranges?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Xiao Qiu, Nikita is right. Seasickness is a neurological problem. Eating fruit is useless, it's just a psychological effect."
Xiaoqiu curled his lips when he heard: "If you don't know good people, you don't eat me."
Xiao Peng laughed, and took an orange from the side: "Who said it was not eaten, this orange is a good thing. I don't know how many people were saved back then. Nikita, Georgina, I suggest you eat more oranges, right? Good for sailing."
Nikita asked curiously: "What are the benefits?"
Xiao Peng explained: "In ancient times, in the western seafaring industry, due to the relatively backward navigation technology, ships sailed for a long time and there was no way to store fresh ingredients, so scurvy was prone to occur ------ note, Not sepsis. This scurvy is also vitamin C deficiency. So far at least millions of Western navigators have died of this disease. For example, in 1740, the British Admiral George Anson led a huge crew of more than 2,000 The fleet traveled around the world, but only one ship was left after returning, and the crew was left. Almost all of them died of scurvy, and those who came back alive were also patients with scurvy. When Magellan traveled around the world, so did his crew. Most of them died of scurvy. Only 18 people survived in a fleet of more than 200 people..."
"At that time, the navigators were really sick to treat this scurvy. Someone saw that the mice on the ship were not affected by scurvy, and they thought that there were factors in the mice to cure scurvy, so the mice on the ship They can be sold at sky-high prices, and some people use fish blood to bathe; others choose to release blood in their bodies; some choose to drink honey; some hold various religious ceremonies to drive off diseases; some believe that the cabin air is not fresh. He sleeps on the deck every day; some people choose to drink their life and drink. Anyway, they have come up with various ways to combat this scurvy."
"Wait a minute? Alcohol is considered a cure? Isn't that self-defeating?" Nikita asked.
Xiao Peng nodded: "Believe me, among the many treatments I just mentioned, alcoholism is the best treatment. Have you watched the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean"? Those pirates in the pirates drink rum every day. Mujiu is a fruit wine, so it is really helpful for curing scurvy. In fact, the treatment of scurvy is really very simple. As long as you properly supplement vitamin C and eat more fruits and vegetables, you can heal. But because of vegetables at that time Fruits rot very quickly, so the food in the Western Fleet at that time was mainly bread and bacon, so it’s not scurvy. I didn’t see the manga "One Piece" where they all planted orange trees on the boat. Huh? Of course, it’s much better now, the refrigeration technology is so good, the vegetables and fruits are not afraid of corruption, and the boats are fast, so there will be no more scurvy deaths like in ancient times."
Nikita took the orange in his hand and observed for a long time, and suddenly found a question: "Wait a minute! What you just said was the Western sailing class? As far as I know, your country also has long voyages, and there has been so-called since the Sui Dynasty.' 'Maritime Silk Road', don't you suffer from scurvy?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said: "First of all, I will correct you a little. This'Maritime Silk Road' actually existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, we had an ancient country called the Seven Kingdoms, and there was a king in Qi State called Qi Huan Gong, which was known at that time. One of the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn Period, he opened up a
golden channel
on the Jiaodong Peninsula during his reign, including the current Liaodong Peninsula, the Japanese Kingdom, and Southeast Asia. Later, the maritime trade during the Qin Dynasty was mainly between the Qin Dynasty and the South Vietnam. China’s maritime trade, this South Vietnam is today our China’s Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan Island, so it’s not even ocean-going. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, China’s "Maritime Silk Road" began ocean-going. As far as Sri Lanka, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, I went directly to the third class of India. Therefore, the development of our country's maritime trade is beyond your imagination... But you are really right, no matter what period, Our ocean-going fleet has never been troubled by scurvy."
"Why is this?" Georgina, who was on the side, also became curious after listening. At this time, she stopped vomiting and asked Xiao Peng curiously.
Xiao Peng said with a relaxed look: "Who made us Huaxia people eat it since ancient times? Fresh vegetables are perishable? It doesn't matter! We pickle pickles; what's the most popular thing in China's export trade besides porcelain? Tea! Rich in vitamin C! Oh, and the most important thing is that we are smart, our ancestors can make fresh vegetables on board!"
"Conjure fresh vegetables?" Nikita's eyes widened. ,
Xiao Peng nodded: "Yes, beans are easy to store, right? Bring more beans. If you don’t have vegetables, just sprout bean sprouts and eat them. The taste is good, and you can also add vitamins. So the scurvy that makes the entire western sailing industry a headache is for us For Huaxia, that's nothing!"
Nikita suddenly seemed to think of something after hearing this: "Xiao, you are not right to say that. Corn and potatoes are also rich in vitamin C. This corn was discovered and popularized by Columbus in 1492. About a hundred years later. Potatoes have also been discovered and popularized from South America. They should all be good foods for curing scurvy, right? They are also convenient for storage. Why are the West still troubled by scurvy?"
Xiao Peng laughed loudly after hearing this: "Who makes you Westerners arrogant? In the eyes of people at the time, these corn and potatoes were all native to America. These things can only be used as fodder and food for slaves. Don’t eat these things. Let’s even put it this way. In 1747, James Lind, the founder of British Hygiene, discovered a cure for scurvy and published the famous paper "On Scurvy," but the arrogant Westerner I don’t believe him at all-can the terminal illness of millions of people be solved by a few oranges? It was not until 1912 that the emergence of vitamin C completely defeated scurvy. Let’s see now A few oranges, a few soybeans, a few corns, and a few potatoes can solve the disease, but it has been a problem for the West for more than ten centuries. Should I say that Westerners are persistent and arrogant or Westerners are stupid?"
Nikita pursed his lips after hearing this: "Xiao, why do you still carry a gun and a stick when you talk? My sister and I are what you call "Westerners"!"
Xiao Peng pouted at Georgina: "Isn't Georgina proud?"
Georgina still wanted to refute, but she threw up too much, and she suddenly rolled her eyes: "Xiao, you all say that you Chinese can eat, so can you make a delicious dish with this orange?"
Xiao Pengle said, "Challenging? Yes, I am in a good mood today, so I will open your eyes!"