Ye Yaodong stared at the screen until he saw that as the fishing boat moved, the yellow and green dots on the screen suddenly turned red. His eyes lit up, and the red dots became redder and redder.
A large area of ​​red almost fills the screen, with only some scattered green and yellow dots on the edge.
He was very happy and immediately drove the fishing boat slowly towards the direction of these red dots.
It was almost time to set up the net, but he didn't expect that he would encounter a large group of fish.
The denser the red dots and the darker the color, the larger the fish school.
Along the way, he saw red dots on the display screen, but they were only scattered, not so red, and not so large that they filled the screen.
After all, fish schools under the seabed are moving, and sonar detectors can only detect an approximate picture. Once the fish move, the coverage of fishing nets is also a matter of luck.
Naturally, the larger the fish school, the greater the probability that the fishing net can catch fish, and the more fish there are.
Anyway, wherever the red dot is detected, he will move there until the red dot disappears, then he will continue to move along the established track.
At this time, he was operating the fishing boat to move towards the red dot on the monitor, and there was noise coming from the channel.
It was the other two fishing boats who were discussing the harvest of their net, and said that they were not far from the fishing point on their chart.
According to the current speed of 2 to 4 knots, it will only take more than an hour to reach the fishing point. Then everyone can move around and fish by themselves, as long as they do not deviate too far.
In fact, it's pretty much the same now. I'll move based on the situation. Anyway, the general direction is not much different, and we're almost at the location.
As for the remaining distance of less than ten nautical miles, it may only take half an hour to reach it under normal sailing. Now it is considered to be in the surrounding area, so it doesn't matter if you can move around freely.
Ye Yaodong listened to them and only responded casually a few times, saying that he also planned to close the net.
He had to wait for the red dot on the display to disappear before turning on the Internet. Anyway, it wouldn't take more than half a minute.
The workers below were almost all waiting to raise the net at this time. They knew in their hearts that it was time to raise the net. The previous batch of goods had already been sorted.
The ones with high value are put in the freezer, the ones with low value are put in the refrigerator, and the ones that cannot be sold are thrown back into the sea.
The clattering basket after basket made Ye Yaodong feel pain in his heart. These can be sold for a lot of money in the future. Even now, if he drags them back, he can dry the dried fish and sell them for money. Where does this come from? Return
Where has it gone?
If he could record videos, he couldn't imagine how many fans he would gain.
It's possible that not many people were left on board but fell down, which is not impossible.
He shook his head regretfully and could only turn his attention away from the screen.
At this moment, he saw the people below seemed to be exclaiming and excited, and he stretched his neck out of curiosity.
The area around the fishing boat seemed to be boiling, with water constantly splashing and schools of fish jumping. Workers were running back and forth holding nets.
He was surprised, and curiously walked out of the cockpit with a flashlight, stood on the helm and shined it on the water, and then he saw it clearly.
"Ouch, holy shit, bomb fish..."
There were densely packed shellfish on one side of the fishing boat. As the fishing boat moved forward, those shellfish kept chasing the fishing boat.
It only exists on one side, but not on the other side.
The workers below also kept shouting.
"Lao la la lao..."
"Hurry up, be careful..."
"Oh my god, there are so many..."
"It's too big. Please help me. I can't pull it up alone..."
Ye Yaodong shouted to them with a loudspeaker: "Come on, catch more. They must have been attracted by the light of your flashlights and headlamps. We will prepare to set up the net later."
Everyone responded without looking back, focusing on fighting the bomb fish next to them.
The shellfish attracted by the light were densely packed beside the boat. The small shellfish weighed about ten kilograms, the average one weighed thirty or forty kilograms, and the large ones weighed fifty or sixty kilograms, which were quite a lot. You couldn't sell them even if you caught them.
Less money.
In order to catch these fish beside the boat, he did not dare to lift the net now, so he could only continue to drag it and watch it going back and forth in the cockpit.
In fact, he really wanted to go down and help, but there were enough people down there, so he had to sit up here.
But we can't keep this up indefinitely. We still need to be able to connect to the Internet when the time comes. Otherwise, if there are too many goods, it will be a big problem that the network cannot be collected by then.
Four or five hours have passed since the net was launched in the evening, which is much longer than the afternoon. Moreover, a large wave of fish has just passed by, so the cargo in the fishing net must be considerable at this time.
Generally, a fishing boat of this size can operate underwater for between 3 and 6 hours. It is up to the person at the helm to take control and close the net according to the situation.
Ye Yaodong saw that half an hour had passed and everyone was still fighting against the shellfish, so he had no choice but to shout with a loudspeaker and ask them to prepare to set up the net.
"Getting ready to raise the net, half of the people are preparing to raise the net, and the other half are continuing to catch the bombfish... Did you hear..."
"Oh~"
Everyone agreed and then agreed to divide half of the people out to collect the net.
Some people find lead cables connected to fishing nets. Usually these lead cables are clearly marked for quick identification.
One end of the lead cable is fixed to the fishing net, and the other end is on the boat.
Connect the leader cable to a winch on the deck. The winch usually has a special connector or hook for securing the leader cable.
And keep an eye on it to ensure that the connection between the lead cable and the winch is firm and reliable to avoid loosening or breaking during the net collection process.
Some people go to the tail and pay attention to the process of retracting the fishing net to avoid making mistakes.
When they were ready, they shouted to him.
"Ready..."
After Ye Yaodong made sure they were ready, he asked them to start the winch.
It just came out today, and some of them are novices. Most of them are unsure and have to wait for his confirmation. After they are familiar with it, they will start the winch according to the situation.
After the winch is started, it begins to slowly collect the lead cable and gradually pulls the fishing net towards the side of the ship.
The speed of the winch must be moderate to avoid damage to the fishing net or breakage of the lead cable due to excessive speed.
While he was paying attention to the retracting of the fishing net, he watched them continue to fish for shellfish. The cockpit was still somewhat soundproof, and coupled with the sound of wind and waves, their surprised voices below were not so clear.
But he could see them smiling with joy every time they hauled up a shellfish.
Although they all work for him, and he sells the fish for money, there is also a sense of accomplishment when he fishes it for himself.
They also moved the rope hanging the light bulb closer to the side of the boat so that the light could shine on the sea surface and make the shellfish more excited to ensure that they would always follow the fishing boat.
The process of collecting the net also takes more than half an hour. The winch tightens slowly. The more fish in it, the heavier it becomes. The collection may be slightly slower.
When the windlass stopped moving, Ye Yaodong also knew that the fishing nets had been collected at the stern of the boat.
Now he could go down and take a look with peace of mind, and let the ship continue sailing according to the scheduled route for the time being.
"Brother Dong... there must be a lot of nets here. They are so heavy that the windlass is creaking..."
"The previous network also rang..."
"This net is louder and more difficult to watch..."
Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "There must be a lot. We just encountered a large wave of fish, and the dragging time of this net is much longer than the previous one, so there must be a lot of goods."
"I'll put a pack away now and see if there's any good stuff..."
He nodded and told them to hang up first while he went to the other side.
There are already a lot of shellfish scattered on the deck. By visual inspection, there are more than 20 fish, ranging from small ones weighing more than ten kilograms to large ones weighing more than fifty kilograms.
Some of them had already been bled, and the deck was stained everywhere and looked bloody.
"Brother Dong, there are so many fish here..."
"Thank you for your hard work, salvage it for a while, and let someone else take a rest when you get tired."
"Hey... it would be great if this was tuna. Aren't the two of us relatives?"
"As long as it's tuna, you'll be rich."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking with a smile, he also looked at the sea. The fish were really like being in a hot pot, rushing to the side of the fishing boat. The waves hit the cannonball fish, adding a bit of luster.
"There are really many."
"Yes, it would be great if the boat had the old roller. Once you cast the net, you can use the roller to roll it and put it away. It would save trouble."
"Take your time and take a rest when you are tired..."
It would definitely be good to catch more, but fishing one by one like this would not make a big fortune based on the human body's physical strength. You still have to look inside the fishing net to make a big fortune.
Isn’t this fishing net that can easily haul tens of thousands of kilograms in a single net better than the laborious efforts to fish them out one by one here?
But you can’t do it without it. They can all be sold for money, so we can only let everyone try their best.
If they are tired, let them rest.
After you have rested enough and you still have energy, fish again. Anyway, it seems that as long as there is light, these shellfish will be attracted to follow the fishing boat. If you can catch it, try to catch it as much as possible.
There are really a lot of bomb fish around here.
"Wow...it's hanging..."
"They are all red. Guess and bet, what kind of fish are they this time!"
"Squid, I bet that's a squid..."
"I bet there are shrimp steaks..."
"I bet on red snapper..."
Ye Yaodong heard their cheers and turned to look at them with a smile. The young people were still energetic.
"You're not tired yet, you can still scream so well."
"Haha, I didn't see enough. I only saw him hanging a few times at noon. This is the first time he ran so far..."
"Yeah, they haven't had a net worth tens of thousands of pounds, and they haven't been excited enough. In the past, they could only listen to everyone bragging, but now they have seen it."
Ye Yaodong said jokingly: "When your energy is worn away tomorrow and only fatigue remains, you won't be able to scream."
"Then tomorrow is tomorrow. I'm still excited now."
"Okay, seeing how excited you are, I'll give you a shift that night. I'll call you one more night. Those who are fishing for shellfish over there can just go and have a rest when you get tired. It just so happens that half of you are taking shifts. We'll go back at dawn.
sleep."
"ah……"
Ye Yaodong ignored their screams. Seeing that a large package of goods had been hoisted, he went to pull out the rod at the mouth of the net, and all the fish fell down.
"Wow... there are so many big squids... I guessed it right..."
"They're all squid..."
"Holy shit, I'm still moving..."
Ye Yaodong was sealing the mouth of the net, throwing the fish collection bag into the water, and letting the remaining fish in the net continue to fill the fish collection bag. Hearing their words, he turned around and took a look.
Each of the big squids was as long as his forearm. They were red, freshly released, and still transparent. The tentacles and the small butterflies on their backs were still swinging.
"Red squid, not bad, there are quite a few..."
This is a deep-sea red squid with thick flesh. It is a good choice to be dried into dried squid or shredded squid.
"Brother Dong, the small tube can be eaten raw. This one is so big, can it be eaten raw? I have never eaten such a big one raw..."
"I'm so greedy for you, you can eat it if you want, but can you finish it? When spread out, it's twice as big as your face."
"Then let it dry a little and make soup tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong agreed, "Okay, you can kill some later and hang them up, let the sea breeze blow in for a night, and then dry them for another day tomorrow. You can eat them tomorrow night. By the way, you can also dry some shredded squid."
"How to dry shredded squid?"
He had an idea and realized that there must be a lot of big red squid in this wave. By then, they would all be taken back to dry the squid and not be sold.
Then part of it is made into shredded squid, which is easy to sell in pieces per pound. It is easy to make, effortless, and delicious. It is an excellent snack.
Self-produced and sold.
Or when he returns, he could move all the fish sauce-making workshops to the city, and use his family's workshop to make shredded squid.
A whole Dongsheng brand shredded squid!
One-stop service from fishing, production to sales.
These deep-sea red squids are plentiful, cheap, and easy to catch. Their life cycle is only one year, and it only takes one year to grow from roe to a large squid weighing dozens of kilograms.
It's great to produce and sell by yourself. The profit can be doubled several times. It can also avoid the trouble of selling a shipment of hundreds of tons of goods and reduce the burden on Ah Cai.
He snapped his fingers and felt more and more that his idea was a good one.
This is much easier than setting up a fish cannery. The process is simple and even women in the village can do it.
Anyway, most of the fish sauce is now in the city, and the ones I have at home are just some that I made before, and they haven’t all been fermented yet.
After returning from this trip, Ah Qing and his mother were asked to deal with it quickly, and asked his father to transport some empty barrels and large tanks to the city to free up the family's fish sauce workshop.
Because the filling machine has been moved to the city, I don’t have a filling machine at home now, so I can’t pack it in bags. Everything is filled in small jars or large tanks.
Some small groceries also need to be filled in tanks. The remaining batches at home are now being kept and sold to some small groceries in the surrounding area or near the county town. After all, they are very close.
This plan is just right. We don't need a fish sauce factory at home and a factory in the city. We need to build two of them there.
According to the current transportation situation, it is more convenient to dock in the city, and it is more suitable for transportation to put the fish sauce factory in the city.
Hand-drying shredded squid requires cooking and drying, which requires labor. It would be better to provide employment to women in the village.
"I will teach you later. You can pick out these red squids later and freeze them all. I will drag them all home then."
"Do you want to dry the squid? Okay, I got it. If you didn't tell me, we'll probably put it in the freezer and wait for a few days to sell it directly. This product is cheap after all."
He didn't explain much, "Well, if we catch red squids from now on, we'll freeze them all."
"What about the others? Are there any fish you want to keep home to dry?"
"Let's forget it for now. It's too cheap. There are a lot of them and they take up space in the freezer. Let's just sell them fresh. Put the valuable ones in the freezer and keep them at home and sell them more expensively."
"OK."
Cheap goods often come in large quantities. If he really freezes everything and keeps it home, his freezer will probably be full in a few days.
Anyway, he still has his father's fresh-harvest boat at home, and he goes there every two days to collect the goods from several boats. There must be a lot of fish for drying, and it doesn't matter whether he keeps it here or not.
But if you want to dry shredded squid, you can only dry it with deep sea red squid. This squid is cheap and the shredded squid will be fragrant and chewy.
Just thinking about it made him want to eat it now.
"If you have free time later, you can also kill some of these squids, wash them, drain them and boil them in a pot, then take them out and hang them on a rope to dry."
"When it's dried in the sun, take it out and tear it into strips. It's shredded squid, and it's authentic sea-dried squid shreds."
Ye Yaodong licked his tongue and said, "It's fragrant and original. When it's exposed and kept, you'll even want to swallow it. You'll want to eat it again."
"Do it! Do it later! I haven't eaten shredded squid yet."
"Haha... I'll do it after I finish my work. I'm going to get ready for the second bag."
"OK."
After Ye Yaodong finished speaking, he climbed into the cockpit again to drink tea.
The cold wind outside was howling and blowing, and his hands were frozen. Fortunately, he was fully wrapped up, including a hat, scarf, and mask.
Sitting in the cockpit, he could see clearly underneath, but he could only look more carefully when he stepped out.
The bag he had just caught was once again bright red when he saw it from a distance, and they were all deep-sea giant red squid.
Shredded squid, he really missed it, he hadn't eaten it for a long time.
I remember when I was running a boat, I could eat whatever I wanted and dry it myself. It was so convenient on the boat that I could eat whatever I wanted.
It doesn't matter what price you eat.
How much can one person eat? A ship like this usually hauls in tens of thousands of kilograms of cargo, and the boss of the ship usually lets everyone eat as much as they like.
It happens that we are at sea, the wind is strong and it is easy to dry. When we return to the shore, we save a few baskets and let the workers take some home for their families to try.
He could already imagine the children at home rushing to fill their pockets and running around the village eating and playing.
(I want to eat it too. My cousin brought a big bag over before. The ones dried on fishing boats are much more delicious than the ones bought in supermarkets. They are more authentic and the ones eaten in supermarkets have a powdery smell.)
Ye Yaodong controlled the direction of the fishing boat while watching packages of goods being hoisted up. Each package was bright red, it was just a matter of quantity.
He was thinking that the red fish shoal just detected by sonar might be these deep-sea giant red squids, there were too many of them.
Just from a casual visual inspection, he felt that it accounted for 1/3 of the total. Maybe he worked along the way and caught some.
If you hadn't thought of using it to make shredded squid, the big red squid would actually not be very valuable. Although it is big, weighing more than ten or twenty kilograms each, it is only because of its weight that it can be sold at a high price.
Their local custom of eating rice dumplings during the Winter Solstice uses red squid as the filling. It is a must-have filling and is very fresh.
It will be easy to start this business after returning home. If you want to catch red squid continuously in the future, it will be easy. If it doesn't work, you can just harvest it as you like. There is no fear of running out of stock, and there is a very big market.
He thought happily.
The mast in front of him was also bending and bending. He kept counting, and seven packages of fish bags had already been hoisted up.
This weighed more than 30,000 kilograms, and the workers were still tightening the openings of the fish collection bags and continuing to throw them into the sea, with beaming smiles on their faces.
Also...
In the future, one net will probably only be able to collect about 5 to 5 bags, which means that one net will cost more than 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I can't finish it, I can't finish it at all..."
He kept counting until the 12th bag was not full, and he counted it in his mind. There was nothing left, and he had to lower the net again when the fishing net was collected.
About 60,000 kilograms...
It's really a scary number.
All in all, from the time we went out to sea in the morning to now, the two nets have collected less than 90,000 kilograms.
When the net in front was put down during the day, it had not traveled very far and the time was a little short.
If half of it is thrown back into the sea, then he still weighs about 40,000 jins. It is estimated that those big red squids can weigh nearly 10,000 jins, which is enough to produce a lot.
If the first batch is exposed, it should be enough.
After closing the network, he also changed the channel back. Originally, he changed the channel to the public channel.
No one spoke inside, it was quiet. They probably tuned into the public channel to listen to the weather forecast and various broadcast precautions.
He could also see two bright red dots in the distance, and they had reached the target sea area.
Ye Yaodong can also see the coordinates displayed on the display screen. His side is a little offset, but it doesn't matter. It would be nice to be able to see the other two ships anyway.
Now that we have reached the target sea area for fishing, everyone can do their best to fish independently without interfering with each other, and just notify each other if there is any situation.
He guessed that the two boats were both working at this time. After all, he collected the net a little too late and it was more time-consuming.
Ye Yaodong raised his wrist and looked at it. It was almost 12 o'clock.
The workers who were slowly salvaging the shellfish were all resting now, and no one was in sight.
Without the illumination of their lights, the sea surface temporarily returned to calm, without the scene of a bunch of boiling bombfish just like before.
It doesn't matter to him. If you can't finish the hunt, everyone will be tired. It's time and it's really time to rest.
The remaining people were collecting the fishing nets at this time. They collected all the fishing nets, sorted them a little, continued to drag them to the slide on the back deck, and then informed him that they were ready to lower the nets again.
After Ye Yaodong saw their actions, he also went out to shout, informing them that they could go offline.
The net rolling machine was quickly started, and the fishing net was like a long hungry dragon, meandering behind and slowly sliding towards the sea, gradually disappearing under the water.
After the fishing net was completely lowered into the sea, the door opened wider and wider under the influence of the feng shui board. It was a hungry dragon, opening its bloody mouth.
His attention was focused on the display screen again, and he followed the sonar detector to fish.
Now the display screen is filled with green and yellow yellow dots.
There is no need to search everywhere to get online.
After placing the nets, the workers returned to the area around the fish bin cover and continued sorting various types of fish.
There were many of them, chatting with each other, and they were actually very excited. Young people could stay up late and become more energetic as they stayed up.
They can put these raw seafood into their mouths while picking them to taste the freshest taste.
Ye Yaodong picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip, shivering, which happened to refresh him.
He will stay up late tonight, and when it's dawn, he will change someone else to take over and go to bed himself.
Things like the operating table are actually very simple, and they are pretty much the same. At most, there are a few things that are a little more complicated, but you can learn them once you teach them. If you don’t know, don’t touch them yet.
Anyway, he sleeps behind the cockpit. If something happens, knock on the door and he will wake up naturally. He can also control it in time so that nothing goes wrong.
He had already thought about the candidate, and waited until dawn to call Chen Shi over.
This guy is quite reliable. Although he still stutters a little, he seems to be doing well. He doesn't stutter much anymore. He can't speak a little slower. Everyone on the boat is used to it.
After a long time, I no longer feel any discrimination.
He has been with me for four years, and his stuttering has improved a lot this year. Although he still has some stuttering, he can curse people and make them jump with anger. If he curses for another two years, he will be fine.
If you are not afraid of stuttering, I am afraid that you will not dare to speak and will become more and more inferior to you. Then don't worry about stuttering.
He is still very optimistic about Chen Shi. When he changes to a bigger ship, he also intends to let Chen Shi take over the ship. Now he can practice it first.
The main reason is that Chen Shi is also young. If he takes over the ship, he can work for him for a lifetime. If an old man comes to take over for him, he will have to replace him after a few years.
He also believed in Chen Shi's loyalty.
After the fishing net was put down, he was bored. He could only look at the screen and the sea. There was no one to chat with. If he were on the Dongsheng, he could still chat with a few friends.
What they were selecting down there was quite exciting.
Life at sea is indeed monotonous and boring.
Ye Yaodong thought to himself: "The three major hardships in life are running a boat, blacksmithing, and grinding tofu."
The future triathlon will be, "Didi, express delivery and takeaway."
Three auspicious treasures, "security, cleaning and nanny."
The trilogy of entrepreneurship is, "setting up a stall, opening a store and self-media."
Nothing is easy and nothing is difficult.
Now at sea, there is no special situation. I can only repeat the work of lowering and closing the net. When I encounter a rare fish, I am pleasantly surprised and everyone talks a few words.
After two days of exhaustion and numbness, the rare fish could not make them happy. After all, they were not making money. By then, they were more looking forward to going home.
No situation is also the best situation, boring is better than thrilling and exciting.
Fortunately, he doesn't stay at sea for a long time. Everyone can look forward to it more. He will stay for half a month and go back in a month. It's not that difficult.
It was much more comfortable than the crew of Zhao Chengzhou's two fishing boats. They really stayed on board for half a year before going back.
The wives I marry these days are still down-to-earth and considerate of their families, and can still endure it, but I don’t know about my future wives.
Chapter completed!