First of all, Chen Qingsheng is the boatswain, and it would be difficult for him to restrain other sailors on the deck without giving him some power.
Another thing is that a few people will be left out every time they go diving, and this job is actually quite offensive.
Another thing is that Xiang Yang was too lazy to count who caught the least fish during each diving operation. Those who were lazy during underwater operations had to be remembered by Chen Qingsheng, and these people would definitely be frequently left out.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xiang Yang wants to train Chen Qingsheng so that he can stand on his own in the future, because he will definitely form a fleet in the future, and the first batch of veterans on this ship may become captains in the future.
Soon, Chen Qingsheng identified the people who were going to go into the water and distributed diving equipment to them.
Fang Youqun sat alone on the deck drinking milk in a depressed mood. He pestered Chen Qingsheng for a long time but in the end he was still given a bye.
Xiang Yang was also wearing diving equipment. Wearing the diving equipment did not affect his activities under the sea. At first, he wore the diving equipment to hide his own secrets, but since the diving equipment on the ship was replaced with fully wrapped diving equipment, Xiang Yang wore the diving equipment to protect himself. At least after wearing this set of diving equipment, he could ignore most of the poisonous marine creatures in the sea.
When Xiang Yang went down to the bottom of the sea, the first thing he saw was a huge seaweed.
This is a benthic algae that is mostly brown in color.
Everyone was shocked by the giant kelp. Right below the place where they entered the water, there was an extremely large kelp nearly 100 meters high. At first glance, it looked like a pillar reaching the sky.
Xiang Yang swam carefully towards the giant kelp, and Chen Qingsheng and others who followed behind him also kept a vigilant eye on their surroundings.
Giant kelp is known to be the fastest growing plant in the world and one of the largest plants in the world. Ordinary giant kelp can grow to 70 to 80 meters high when it is an adult, and super-large seaweed can grow to 200 to 300 meters. The giant kelp, which looks like a pillar to the sky, is supported by a main pole, and many branches like tree branches are divided on the main pole, and then leaves grow on the branches. There are special air sacs on the leaves that can make the leaves generate buoyancy. Therefore, the countless leaves of giant kelp floating in the sea water can support the algae itself, allowing it to occupy a large area of sea. The saying "a single tree forms a forest" refers to this plant.
Xiang Yang and his companions swam very slowly in the giant kelp. Each giant kelp was actually a small ecosystem. Among the marine creatures living under the giant kelp, there were many very ferocious marine predators.
While swimming, Chen Qingsheng saw a small blue fish. The fish was very beautiful, with a body that looked like a drifting bottle, and a light yellow line in the middle extending from the head to the tail. The peculiar thing was that their fins were very small, and the proportion of the fins was less than one-tenth of the fish body.
Chen Qingsheng pulled Xiang Yang's arm from behind, then pointed at the blue fish and motioned Xiang Yang to look at it.
Xiang Yang took a look and shook his head at Chen Qingsheng. Xiang Yang didn't know the real name of this kind of fish, he only knew that its common name was line fox.
The price of a string fox is equal to the number of its colors. The one that Chen Qingsheng pointed to is not much more expensive than ordinary cat food. It is really a very cheap marine fish.
If a wire fox had six thin lines on its body, its value would immediately increase exponentially.
The six-line fox, also known as the six-line dragon, has six horizontal blue lines on its orange body, and the color becomes very bright when the male fish is courting. It is aggressive towards other gentle fish or more timid fish, and is one of the few marine fish in the marine tank that can rank among the top ornamental fish.
It is worth mentioning that this small fish loves to eat sea urchins.
Many wealthy people who raise six-lined dragons like to use live sea urchins to lure them to open their mouths when they first enter the tank.
Once this fish starts to eat, it is very easy to keep. Its food consists of finely chopped animal bait, and sometimes some nutritious frozen food.
As soon as Chen Qingsheng saw Xiang Yang shaking his head, he immediately lost interest in the little blue sea fish. Normally, if Xiang Yang saw a marine creature shaking its head at the bottom of the sea, it meant that the marine creature was worthless.
After a while, Chen Qingsheng saw another light yellow fish. The body of this fish was flatter than the blue line fish and looked like a tree stick. He immediately called Xiang Yang to look.
After seeing it, Xiang Yang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It was also a line fish, and a very worthless species at that.
Xiang Yang gathered the crew members who were swimming around and signaled them to follow him closely.
In fact, compared to those sea fish that run around, are very difficult to catch and are not very valuable, the giant seaweed itself is the real treasure.
Giant kelp has many utilization values and is of great benefit to human life.
First of all, giant kelp contains a large amount of trace elements such as potassium, iodine, and amino acids. The health medicines and supplements made from it can very effectively treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, anemia and other diseases.
In addition, the gum extracted from giant kelp can be made into hemostatic drugs and various pollution-free additives. In Liaogang, there is a kind of specialty spicy strips made from giant kelp. Not only is the spicy strips refreshing, but they are also very chewy like Weilong. The most important thing is that they are harmless to the human body.
In addition, giant kelp can also be regarded as a new type of energy to be developed. The fermented giant kelp fragments can be made into a combustion gas that can replace chemicals such as alcohol.
Giant kelp is so cute that it can of course be eaten directly. It is also very easy to prepare and the cooking method can be the same as that of kelp.
Of course, the reason why Xiang Yang thinks giant kelp is a treasure is not because it has so many benefits.
Faced with such a huge thing that looks like a high-rise building, it is difficult for any unit or individual to directly mine it. The manpower and material resources required to mine such a thing are probably something that only the country can afford.
There are quite a few plant-feeding marine organisms in the ocean. It can be said that the bottom of each giant kelp is a paradise for marine organisms. Swimming crabs and the like will appear in groups at the bottom of the giant kelp, lobsters will make their homes at the roots of the giant kelp, and all kinds of scallops and clam shells will cover the sea area near the giant kelp.
The water in this sea area is quite deep, and not every crew member can dive to such a deep seabed in one breath. Halfway through the swim, many crew members stopped to rest with pale faces.
Xiang Yang did not urge them, but just waited there, and gestured to them that if they couldn't hold on any longer, they should not try to be brave, but swim back to the deck quickly.