In the middle of July in the third year of Shenyuan, one day, the weather was fine.
On the endless Pacific Ocean, a stormy sea was erupting near a small island. From time to time, some waves crashed onto the small island. There was no sign of "peace" at all.
On the island, a large group of octopuses were riding against the big waves, grinding their teeth and seeming to be talking to their companions.
"Zhang Da, hurry up and take your brothers to build a fishing net in the newly dug fish pond to prevent the fish from being washed away by the big waves." A one-eyed octopus shouted loudly.
"Yes, leader." A big octopus waved its arms and legs, commanding the younger octopuses to cover the ponds with fishing nets.
"Alas, it's really troublesome to raise fish to eat by yourself. You have to watch it every day. It's far better to catch it from the sea and eat it." The one-eyed octopus complained to the seven-clawed octopus next to it.
"That's not the case. Catching food from the sea seems simple. In fact, you have to look at the sea to eat, and you never know when you can't find fish. In previous years, many small octopuses starved to death, so the survival rate of octopuses was extremely low, and they could only grow thin. Come on, the root cause is that food is hard to find." The seven-clawed octopus shook its head.
"Well, that's true. Newborn baby octopuses have poor hunting abilities, so it's normal for them to starve to death. It's just that our octopus can reproduce too many at one time. If we feed them all, the entire ocean won't be able to accommodate them." The one-eyed octopus sighed.
"The only way is to learn from humans, adopt eugenics and nurturing, and only select genius fertilized eggs to hatch..." the seven-clawed octopus said with a very understanding look.
"Uh, I don't know." The one-eyed octopus looked confused.
During the conversation between the two leader octopuses, an octopus demon suddenly started making noise.
"The king is coming, the king is coming."
I saw a majestic octopus riding the waves from the sea. It had twelve powerful arms and legs, one of which was carrying a dark black schoolbag.
There are twelve octopuses guarding it in front and behind it, making it full of pomp and splendor.
"Oh, I didn't expect that the Twelve Claws Brothers, who were so honest before, now became the king after conquering many large octopus tribes, and immediately began to pay attention to pomp and ceremony. I'm afraid he is another Li Zicheng among the octopuses..." Seven Claws Octopus shook his head and sighed.
"Yes, as elders, it doesn't listen to what we say, so our future is really worrying." The one-eyed octopus sighed.
"Fortunately, it hasn't taken over the harem yet, and it's not hopeless. From frugality to luxury, human words are always so philosophical." The seven-clawed octopus is obviously a human being, and the cultural essence of human beings has been absorbed by it. Master it all.
Twelve claws swam quickly towards the island.
In front of it, twelve octopus guards, all of them strong, opened a path in front, pulling aside the onlookers, leaving a waterway.
The twelve octopus guards behind them were watching around to prevent any minor disturbances.
"The king is so majestic... If a husband is like this, what else can a woman ask for?" a group of female octopuses said with eyes shining.
"It's a pity that it doesn't seem to be interested in us." They soon became discouraged because Twelve Claws didn't even look at them.
The other party just came straight to the island, and then visited the fish ponds. When he saw the fish ponds covered with fishing nets, he nodded repeatedly.
"Chief Seven Claws, Chief One Eyed, you have done a good job. During my surprise inspection this time, you did not rest on the seabed away from the wind and waves, but took care of these fish ponds with all your heart. You are very honest. I am very satisfied." Twelve Claws said seriously. said.
"Thank you for the compliment, King..." the two leader octopuses said slightly excitedly. Although the ostentation was grand, it seemed that the other party was still as diligent as ever.
"Well, you continue to work hard and strive to make our octopus group self-sufficient as soon as possible. One of the sages of mankind said it well, only by raising yourself can you have endless fish." Twelve Claws encouraged.
"Yes, His Majesty the King." The two leaders nodded repeatedly.
The octopus tribe began to raise their own fish, which was a sign that they would transform from a sea nomad to an agricultural nation.
This is the true origin of civilization. According to the history of human development, this will bring about a great division of labor in society.
Part of the labor force is dedicated to solving the food problem. As long as the fruits of surplus labor are sufficient, the other part can be specialized in military and cultural industries.
Octopuses began to raise fish, and they had unique advantages over early fish farming by humans.
This is a great advantage, that is, they are born with the ability to enter the water...
When humans raise fish, if they want to observe the growth status of fish schools, they have to use various instruments and use various indicators to check water quality issues and nutritional issues...
And these are all obvious to octopuses, because they can live with fish schools.
Compared with farmers tending crops, they go one step further and can observe 360 degrees around the clock and without blind spots.
Humans have hands, but they only have ten fingers. They also have eight arms and legs, which are also very flexible. The cooperation of two or three arms and legs is even more flexible than human fingers, not to mention a longer range and greater power.
They can also use various tools flexibly.
In particular, humans have not launched any embargo plan against them. They can easily purchase various special tools from humans, which are mainly resistant to seawater corrosion and have sufficient sturdiness.
As for where the original funds came from
You must know that there are countless sunken ships under the sea, and octopuses are basically seen among them. Who makes them naturally love to drill holes? Their kind have occupied these wrecks for countless years.
And every sunken ship is a treasure.
And these treasures are quietly flowing into someone's pocket.
This man himself didn't know it yet, but his housekeeper had already reported it, but he never bothered to read it.
That's right, the treasure from the Book of Heaven, which has always been devoted to its master, persuaded Twelve Claws to become the king, and let it order the octopuses to explore the sunken ship, unearth the treasure, and then sell it to Zheng Dao for a cabbage price...
These things were all done without Fang Ning's knowledge. This shows that the Heavenly Book Baby is also evolving, gradually gaining experience, and knowing what its master is in short supply now.
Of course, this also has genetic factors, after all, it was built by a certain guy himself.
"Your Majesty the King, I think that instead of raising fish ourselves, we should spend money to buy it from humans. They are good at raising fish and fishing, and we are not short of money. If we just catch a few pieces of garbage, we can sell them for a lot of money..." One person The green octopus demon suggested boldly.
"Uh, what's your name?" Twelve Claws asked curiously.
"Ah, the little one's name is Zhang San." The green octopus demon said excitedly.
"You have to know one thing. Food issues cannot be controlled by others. You must be self-sufficient. Human beings are born to lie. There are very few honest people. Agreements made are meant to be broken by them. Buying fish from them is risky. It’s too big. You ordinary octopus don’t know this. In fact, we have bought it for a while before, but humans often do not abide by the contract and cheat us of our money, but do not send us fish, or just send us some dead fish. Shrimp, or pass it off as a good one to fool us." Twelve Claws taught him a lesson.
In and out of words, he seems to be thinking like a qualified king, no longer the simple and honest octopus before.
The two leaders, the octopuses, nodded repeatedly. The twelve-clawed man was making rapid progress and understood the matter very clearly. It seemed that he was more than enough to be a king, at least for a long time.
After all, the octopus community is still in the primitive tribal stage.
"What the king said is, I remember one time we bought 100,000 tons of fish, but they mixed 60,000 tons of shells for us. Do you really think we don't know the quantity? I'm really angry with the fish, but we can still raise it ourselves." ." The leader of Seven Claws said angrily.
"Well, what the seven-clawed octopus talks about is a history of blood and tears. Fortunately, Venerable Shenlong made the decision at that time, and the money was returned to us. Otherwise, we would have suffered a big loss. Alas, there is always a conflict between man and fish. We can't have more trust. If everyone acted and spoke honestly, it would save us a lot of worry." Twelve Claws sighed very much.
After sighing for a while, Twelve Claws walked around the island, braved the wind and waves to complete the inspection, and after boosting morale, left.
Not long after Twelve Claws left, the schoolbag it was carrying suddenly vibrated.
A thick, shiny book floated out, then he said something to it and flew towards the northwest.
"Alas, Teacher Tianshu is going to study again..." Twelve Claws said with a sense of loss.