"No matter if it works or not, I'd like to thank you, teacher, for this time." Xiang Yang thanked him. He knew that Chen Yu must be under a lot of pressure to do this.
"You don't have to thank me. I should be the one thanking you." Chen Yu laughed and said with emotion, "When I knew you didn't go to work at the Ocean Bureau and went solo, I felt really sorry. I didn't expect that in just a short time, you already have an ocean-going fishing boat."
Xiang Yang just laughed. In fact, he was quite proud, but he could not be proud in front of his teacher. This is called virtue.
"It costs a lot to sail an ocean-going fishing boat. You didn't even earn enough for the gas this time? You're not going fishing?" Chen Yu asked.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "There are not many fish to be caught in the near sea, and most of the crew members on the ship are still a little inexperienced in the open sea. I will stay here to accompany you, teacher."
"That's perfect." Chen Yu stretched his arms and said with a smile, "Drive the boat out. I'll go with you to this sea area."
Xiang Yang was surprised and asked, "Teacher, you are leading this salvage operation, can you not stay here to guard it?"
"Detecting the surrounding sea environment is also one of my jobs. Going out for a walk with you won't delay my main business. The most important thing is that the professional divers haven't come yet. It's useless for me to stay here now. I have to wait for the diving team to come." Chen Yu said.
Xiang Yang nodded. Since Chen Yu wanted to go out for a walk, he directly ordered: "Master Xu, you take the crew to drive the boat. We are going to cast a net."
"Wait." Chen Yu asked, "Xiang Yang, can I drive your boat?"
Xiang Yang wondered, "Teacher, you must have sailed before, right?"
Chen Yu actually blushed a little. He said, "I have driven speedboats, research vessels and scientific research vessels, as well as medium-sized fishing boats, and have also been on fishery administration ships."
The implication was that he had never driven an ocean-going fishing boat. Xiang Yang immediately nodded and said, "I understand, teacher. I'll take you to the cab."
When he got to the cab, Chen Yu first looked at the dashboards, then pressed a few buttons and turned something skillfully. The engine of the ocean-going fishing boat immediately roared. He then said happily: "Your boat is great. It even has automatic driving."
"Usually it's driven manually." Xu Fang beside him said with a smile.
Ocean-going fishing vessels generally have an autonomous driving function, but few people will activate this autonomous driving program because autonomous driving can only allow fishing boats to automatically navigate according to a set route and cannot avoid passing ships. In fact, there is a considerable risk, which is far worse than the autonomous driving programs of luxury cars such as Tesla.
Chen Yu nodded and skillfully switched to manual gear. The fishing boat slowly accelerated amid the roar of the engine.
Chen Yu was sitting in the main driving position, feeling a little excited, as if he had done something remarkable. He said excitedly: "Driving a large ship like an ocean-going fishing boat is much more exciting than driving a small or medium-sized ship like a research vessel. It makes me feel the urge to conquer the stars and the sea for the first time in a long time."
Xiang Yang smiled bitterly. This was true. Driving an ocean-going fishing boat was much more exciting than driving a car, except that it consumed too much fuel.
Chen Yu drove for only a few minutes before he turned something to slow down the fishing boat. He was just satisfying his desire to do so and did not really occupy the cabin. He also knew that ocean-going fishing boats consumed a lot of energy when sailing and would not make it too difficult for Xiang Yang.
Xu Fang immediately sat in the driver's seat.
Xiang Yang and Chen Yu returned to the deck.
Xiang Yang began to direct the crew to start fishing. In fact, he didn't have much time to fish at the moment. His eyes were always glancing at Chen Yu.
If the Mongolian warship really landed in Qinglongwan after being salvaged, the benefits to Qinglongwan would be simply indescribable. Xiang Yang has been thinking about this matter all the time.
However, there was no point in Xiang Yang being anxious about this matter, he could only wait and see how Chen Yu would arrange it.
Chen Yu was on the deck, writing and drawing with paper and pen.
In this way, Xiang Yang asked the crew to pull up two nets of fish from the sea in a row. The harvest from each net was not much, but the fuel money for this trip was definitely paid for.
After two nets, the sky began to darken and Xiang Yang commanded the crew to return.
After reaching the sea area with Mongolian warships on the seabed, Xiang Yang stopped the boat and said to Chen Yu, "Teacher, would you like to have dinner with us?"
The crew had already prepared all kinds of food and drinks for Xiang Yang, and the table was filled with all kinds of precious and rare sea fish.
Chen Yu waved his hand and said, "I'll just eat something in a while, you go eat first."
Chen Yu seemed to be very busy, and he was on the phone with someone the whole time.
Seeing this, Xiang Yang stopped insisting and asked someone to leave a portion of food for Chen Yu to keep warm, and then started eating with the other crew members.
Xiang Yang was having a meal when he saw someone on a nearby research vessel putting a probe board on a distant fishing boat. Then several tall and big scientific researchers ran over via the probe board and surrounded Chen Yu, whispering something.
Chen Yu nodded slightly at first, then his expression became a little surprised. He turned his head and shouted to Xiang Yang: "Student Xiang Yang."
Xiang Yang quickly stood up, "Teacher."
"I'm going back to my own ship." Chen Yu said with a smile: "We have contacted the people from the Institute of Underwater Archaeology. They are on their way now. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest, we will be able to officially start the underwater archaeological survey of the "Mongolian warship."
Xiang Yang was also somewhat excited after hearing this. What he was most worried about was that Chen Yu’s actions would be hindered because he had angered the middle-aged man and left.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Xiang Yang asked quickly.
"No need." Chen Yu said with a smile: "As long as the people from the Underwater Archaeology Research Institute come and deal with the difficulties in the early stage, the difficulties in the later stage will not be a problem for me at all."
Xiang Yang nodded repeatedly, "Then I wish you immediate success, teacher."
After seeing Chen Yu off, Xiang Yang felt relieved instantly.
To be honest, Xiang Yang is still not suitable for dealing with these people. When he was in school, he didn't feel such great pressure when he came into contact with Chen Yu. Now that he has graduated, he feels even more pressure when facing Chen Yu.
Now Chen Yu is gone.
It's really easy.
Xiang Yang glanced around and thought to himself that it would be useless for him to stay here anyway, so he might as well go back. So he directly ordered Xu Fang to drive the boat back to Qinglongwan Wharf.
However... ...
The fishing boat has not returned to Qinglongwan Wharf yet.
Xiang Yang was surprised to see a dense crowd of people standing on the dock at the bow.
“I’m back!”
"It's Xiang Yang's ocean-going fishing boat!"
"It was Xiang Yang and his team who discovered the Mongol warships!"
A large group of people Xiang Yang didn't know at all were waving and shouting frantically at the distant-water fishing boat.