"Go back to your own boat." Xiang Yang held the oar horizontally to block Fatty Zuo who was trying to climb onto his boat.
Fatty Zuo then climbed back to his own boat in disappointment, but he couldn't help but glance at Xiang Yang's boat.
The two fishing boats rowed side by side towards the Qinglongwan coast. Fatty Zuo would talk to Xiang Yang from time to time, "Brother Yang, this red tiger ear mushroom can be bought for thousands of yuan per catty in the town. How much can you sell it for?"
"They're all about the same." Xiang Yang never thought that he could sell these red tiger ear mushrooms at a much higher price than in the town. The prices of top-quality seafood such as tiger ear mushrooms, blue crucian tuna, and Chinese Jingxiu lobster, which are well-known to ordinary fishermen, had already been driven up. No one would sell them at a lower price. The purchase prices outside and in the town are about the same.
After listening to Xiang Yang's explanation, Fatty Zuo became even more envious, "Brother Yang, how much money can you make from this ship?"
"About 100,000." Xiang Yang had already estimated this.
When Fatty Zuo heard this, even though he had been mentally prepared, his eyes widened with shock. He said in amazement, "One hundred thousand or so. If I could easily bring back a boatload of seafood worth one hundred thousand or so in a single trip to the sea, I would go to the best club and order ten... no! One hundred girls!!!"
"Do you want to change your career and become a lead dancer in square dancing?" Xiang Yang asked.
The fishing boat docked and Xiang Yang saw a large group of people gathered on the beach.
"Something happened?"
"Go and have a look."
Xiang Yang and Fatty Zuo looked at each other, and without saying a word, they ran to the beach without caring about their catch.
I squeezed into the crowd and saw that it was Village Chief Zuo who had set up a table on the beach and was registering something.
Xiang Yang and Fatty Zuo both breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing went wrong.
Most of the people who fish in the ocean are very united. Even if two people have grudges against each other on land, if one of them gets into trouble in the sea, the other will rush to rescue him at all costs. This is a survival magic weapon that fishermen have summed up after thousands of years of trial and error, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Fatty Zuo became active immediately when he saw that someone was not in trouble in the sea.
"I'm registering the number of diving equipment I want to buy. I've already registered your set, so it has nothing to do with you." Village Chief Zuo looked up and saw that it was Fatty Zuo and Xiang Yang who came back together. He temporarily stopped what he was doing and said with a smile, "How was your catch today?"
"Diving equipment? Dad, do you want to buy me diving equipment?" Fatty Zuo asked happily.
Village Chief Zuo pretended to look gloomy and said, "I want to ask you about today's catch."
Fatty Zuo grinned immediately, knowing that his diving equipment would not be lost. He became even more excited when talking about his catch, "What a great catch, Dad. Look at the water intake of my fishing boat. It's full of horsehead fish. A whole fishing boat full of horsehead fish."
Horsehead fish? The crowd was in an uproar. All the people present were experienced fishermen. They didn't even need to look at the catch. They only needed to look at the draft of Fatty Zuo's fishing boat to know that the catch was at least 400 to 500 kilograms, which meant that Fatty Zuo's income today must have exceeded 10,000 yuan.
"Xiao Yang, it seems your luck is bad this afternoon!" After seeing the draft of Zuo Pangzi's fishing boat, a fisherman inevitably looked at Xiang Yang's fishing boat nearby. After discovering that the draft was very shallow, he immediately joked to Xiang Yang.
When Fatty Zuo heard this, he immediately became even happier. It seemed that he was not the only one who was going to be slapped in the face. Fatty Zuo had said something similar to that villager at sea, and his face still hurt.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I got some good stuff, but it's not a big amount."
The three words "good stuff" immediately aroused the curiosity of everyone present. They all looked at Xiang Yang eagerly, expecting what he would say next. They knew that Xiang Yang had fished up rare treasures such as large sea cucumbers as thick as arms and French blue dragons from the bottom of the sea before. This time Xiang Yang said he had fished up something good again. What kind of treasure could it be
"Xiao Yang, what treasure did you catch again? Tell us about it." Village Chief Zuo asked the question that everyone was wondering. Village Chief Zuo, who had just mobilized the villagers to buy diving equipment, was not afraid that Xiang Yang would catch something good, but that he would not catch anything good. He needed Xiang Yang, the first person to try it, to show it to the villagers to give them a stronger boost.
"It's not a treasure, just some Tiger Ear Mushroom." Xiang Yang said modestly.
"It's red tiger ear mushrooms, at least a hundred kilograms, covering the entire fishing boat." Fatty Zuo added.
"hiss!"
There was a sound of people gasping for air all around. Who doesn't know that red tiger ear mushrooms are worth thousands of yuan per pound? At least hundreds of pounds of red tiger ear mushrooms, wouldn't that be... ...
"Xiaoyang, your income from this trip is more than 100,000 yuan?" Village Chief Zuo said in shock.
Xiang Yang could only smile awkwardly: "Luck, it's all luck."
"Brother Yang, are there any tiger ear mushrooms on the seabed?" A young fisherman looked at Xiang Yang eagerly.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone pricked up their ears and looked at Xiang Yang with eager eyes.
"Yes, and there are quite a few. However, the water there is quite deep. I will take you down when your diving equipment comes back." Xiang Yang had no intention of hiding it at all. That sea area was not far from Qinglong Bay. Even if Xiang Yang didn't say it, the fishermen could find it themselves. It would just take more time. Xiang Yang simply did the villagers a favor.
Moreover, Xiang Yang also wanted the villagers to taste the sweetness of the ocean's treasures and quickly accumulate some funds so that they could follow his pace and go on the road of deep-sea fishing in the future, to open up new shipping routes, to find new fishing grounds, to fish around the world, to compete with fishermen from the Australian continent for Australian dragons, to go to the Hokkaido fishing grounds to drag a net of fat and delicious herrings, to go to the South Seas to salvage pearls... ...
Since ancient times, our country has been known for its vast land and abundant resources. The land is indeed vast, but are the resources really abundant
The confluence of cold and warm currents in the Hokkaido fishing grounds causes the flourishing of plankton, which provides abundant feed for fish survival. Our neighbor can be called a major fishing country just by relying on the Hokkaido fishing grounds. However, we have a vast ocean territory, but ordinary people in the inland can only eat seafood a few times a year.
Newfoundland fishing grounds, North Sea fishing grounds, Peruvian fishing grounds... None of these world-famous fishing grounds belong to us. The heavens are unfair, and men must strive to be strong and take what they want. Since Xiang Yang obtained the mysterious jade shell, he has never thought of competing with his compatriots for fisheries in the territorial waters, let alone plundering the villagers in Qinglongwan for their survival resources.
Xiang Yang's initial goal was the vast high seas. He dreamed of one day leading a huge fleet that could sail across the four oceans to catch fish abroad. He dreamed of one day opening up a world-famous fishing ground within his territorial waters. He dreamed of one day being able to eat delicious seafood every meal thousands of miles inland from the shore.