Xiang Yang knew this would be the result. Fatty Zuo is a man who always takes advantage of others and acts ungratefully.
However, Xiang Yang didn't care. The ordinary coarse salt seemed to be in large quantities, but after deducting the shipping costs, he could only make a small profit from the actual operation.
In fact, this is the case with most factories. More than 90% of the money earned from the business is only enough to maintain the factory, and the business that actually makes money often only accounts for a very small part.
After discussing the matter of coarse salt with Fatty Zuo, Xiang Yang met Fang Youqun at a corner.
The boy was bragging in front of a group of girls in the village, "You don't know what I encountered last time I went out to sea." Fang Youqun listed them one by one, "For example, those incredibly beautiful corals and jellyfish, each with a different appearance and beauty in its own way. I also encountered a whale that was over ten meters long, and I also saw dolphins. I heard that dolphins can save people, but I don't know if it's true or not."
"What are you talking about again? Fang Youqun." Xiang Yang shouted with a smile.
Fang Youqun froze when he heard the shout behind him, turned around with a wry smile and said, "Brother Yang, I was just talking about when we'll go out to sea next time."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Really?"
Fang Youqun immediately nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice.
A girl with bronze skin, tall figure and slightly buck teeth laughed and exposed him: "Xiang Yang, Fang Youqun said that he encountered a whale over ten meters long in the sea, and he even rode on it."
As soon as Xiang Yang heard it, he knew that the girl was talking about the two humpback whales.
Looking at Fang Youqun's smug and arrogant look, Xiang Yang's eyes rolled and he asked confusedly, "What ten-meter-long whale? Where did you see it? Why didn't I see it?"
"Ah?" Fang Youqun was stunned and asked anxiously, "Brother Yang, how could you not see it? Barnacles, do you remember barnacles?"
Xiang Yang shook his head, "I have no impression at all."
When Fang Youqun heard this, he knew that Xiang Yang was deliberately making fun of him, and he suddenly became listless like an eggplant hit by frost.
Xiang Yang burst into laughter. "You guys continue chatting. I'm leaving first."
"Brother Yang, I can't tolerate you being like this." Fang Youqun cried out in tears.
Xiang Yang listened to Fang Youqun's wailing and the bell-like laughter of a group of girls behind him and quickly quickened his pace to leave the place.
"You have to believe me, I have really ridden a whale that was over ten meters long. Brother Yang was just teasing you..."
On the other side, Xiang Yang received a call from He Mingde shortly after he left.
The general meaning of He Mingde's call to Xiang Yang was that he had purchased a batch of fresh vegetables and fruits and had shipped them to the ship, and he wanted to see when Xiang Yang would go out to sea again.
Xiang Yang smiled bitterly after hanging up the phone. He knew that He Mingde must be getting anxious because he had been back for almost three days and there was no sign of him going out to sea.
In fact, Xiang Yang himself had wanted to go out to sea for a long time. If he had not been really busy these two days, he would have asked to go out to sea even if He Mingde had not urged him.
No matter how well he does in other businesses, Xiang Yang will never forget that his real foundation and future are always in that endless ocean.
It happened that He Mingde called, and Xiang Yang thought it didn't matter whether he stayed at the Salt Lake or not, so he agreed to go out to sea tomorrow.
However, Xiang Yang did not agree to go out to the open sea, so he planned to take a walk outside Qinglong Bay and come back before dark.
Xiang Yang continued his busy day as night slowly fell.
In the evening, Xiang Yang informed Chen Qingsheng to call every crew member on the ship one by one to inform them to come to work tomorrow.
The next morning, Xiang Yang arrived at the beach as soon as the clouds in the sky turned pale. All the crew members were already waiting at the dock.
"captain."
"Brother Yang."
Seeing Xiang Yang coming, the crew members hurriedly greeted him.
Xiang Yang nodded slightly, "Have you all had breakfast?"
"have eaten."
"No."
The crew members were all very honest. They said they had eaten if they had, and said they had not eaten if they had not. Most of them had not eaten, and only a few came over after having breakfast.
"Those who haven't had breakfast can eat on the deck, and those who have eaten can rest on the deck. Let's set off." Xiang Yang ordered.
Following Xiang Yang's order, the shirtless brothers Chen Qingsheng and Chen Fusheng immediately flexed their muscles and untied the iron chains that secured the boat to the dock.
He Mingde was the first to climb onto the deck. He wanted to lower the probe board for the sailors to go up.
Fang Youqun followed closely behind He Mingde and was about to climb up, but Zhou Wang immediately grabbed him and asked, "What are you going to do, kid?"
"Go up and help!" Fang Youqun said as a matter of course.
"Take a break." Chen Qingsheng rolled his eyes. "Do you think putting a probe board is just putting it on the unloading bridge and that's it? You don't have much ability, and you are the one who does the most work."
Fang Youqun almost got angry when he heard this, "Is it wrong for me to go up and help?"
"That's right." He Mingde, who had already climbed onto the deck, reached down and said, "Come up, I just need someone to help me."
Fang Youqun was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, and hurried over. While shaking He Mingde's big hand, he did not forget to look at Chen Qingsheng proudly.
"This kid." Chen Qingsheng was amused by Fang Youqun's behavior.
Xiang Yang also laughed. In fact, they all liked the funny Fang Youqun. Life is like chess. The horse moves in the direction of the sun, the elephant moves in the direction of the field, and the general always stays by the side of the general. Although Fang Youqun will make mistakes of one kind or another, but... ... in the face of all the difficulties and dangers, who has ever seen him take a step back
This is a very enterprising and passionate young man.
Soon, the probe board was lowered by He Mingde and Fang Youqun, and the crew members boarded the ship one after another.
After everything was ready and all equipment was confirmed to be functioning properly, with Xiang Yang's order to "set off", the fishing boat issued a melodious whistle, and the huge hull slowly tilted to one side. When the bow faced the boundless sea outside, it slowly accelerated and headed towards the distant sea.
This time Xiang Yang planned to head towards the sea area rich in flounder, because he didn't plan to be out at sea for too long and had to be back before dark at the latest. So after careful consideration and discussion with He Mingde, Xiang Yang decided to cast a few nets along the way. If the catch was not ideal, he would go to the bottom of the sea area rich in flounder on the return trip to catch some, at least to ensure that he could earn back the fuel costs of this voyage.
This is also the advantage of Xiang Yang compared with other fishing boats. If many fishermen are unlucky when going out to sea and do not have a good harvest for many consecutive days, they can only return empty-handed when the fresh water and supplies are exhausted. If they go out for nothing for several consecutive days, the fishing boat will basically be killed by the expensive fuel costs.
Xiang Yang is different. Even if he cannot catch fish on the sea surface, he can dive to the bottom of the sea to fish. The fishery resources on the seabed are often richer than those on the sea surface.