From this we can see how precious seahorses are.
However, seahorses are not easy to catch, and Xiang Yang did not want to go against common sense and use a large net to scoop up the seahorses, so many seahorses escaped by chance.
Xiang Yang prefers the kind of sea fish that can be sold for a lot of money as a single individual.
This kind of fish is the easiest for him to catch.
Looking left and right, Xiang Yang saw a group of "old acquaintances" again.
Under a large reef facing away from the sun, Xiang Yang saw a lot of ginseng.
However, these ginsengs were not as terrifyingly large as those seen before. They were all normal size, only as big as Xiang Yang's two fingers on average, and looked like black caterpillars.
When Xiang Yang saw these plum ginsengs, he was immediately interested.
Those ginsengs that are too big will definitely be sold for money. After all, Xiang Yang is not alone now. He has an ocean-going fishing boat and more than a hundred mouths to feed.
But Xiang Yang kept some of the smaller ginsengs for himself and didn't feel too bad about it.
The texture of the sea cucumber is soft and its taste is a bit similar to that of cuttlefish stewed in chicken soup, but the aroma is much stronger and the taste is more fresh. After eating it several times, Xiang Yang can no longer forget the taste. Now that he has seen it, he naturally wants to catch some and take it back.
Xiang Yang caught a full net bag, about thirty pounds, and then returned the same way.
Zhang Qicheng was not on the boat.
Chen Qingsheng was not on the boat either.
They all went down to the bottom of the sea and haven't come up yet.
Xiang Yang immediately asked the crew on the ship to deal with the batch of ginseng for him.
"Xia Pengjie, please help me process the sea cucumbers I brought. After they are cooked, put them in my private room in the cabin." Xiang Yang said.
Xia Pengjie took the net bag from Xiang Yang's hand, and was shocked after untying it. "Captain, where did you find so many sea cucumbers?"
Xiang Yang pointed under his feet, and the meaning was very clear: under the sea.
"Captain, are you sure you want to keep all these in your room instead of in the warehouse?" Xia Pengjie said anxiously, "I've seen sea cucumbers in supermarkets. Dried ones cost 500 to 600 yuan per pound, and they're not even as big as yours. This bag must cost tens of thousands of yuan, right?"
Xiang Yang sneered after hearing this. "Five or six hundred yuan a pound can't be wild sea cucumbers. It can't even be sea cucumbers. Farmed sea cucumbers are about the same. Farmed sea cucumbers the size of a normal thumb are sold for one or two thousand yuan a pound. Wild ones that are the size of two or three fingers are bought for at least five thousand yuan."
"What?" Xia Pengjie was so shocked that he almost dropped the net in his hand. He trembled and said, "Captain, are you saying that the catch in this net is worth more than 100,000?"
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded.
After seeing this, Xia Pengjie's scalp went numb. He muttered, "Is this guy eating gold?"
"Alright." Xiang Yang urged, "Hurry up and prepare it, otherwise these sea cucumbers will be ruined."
"By the way, do you know how to prepare sea cucumbers this way?" Xiang Yang asked.
Xia Pengjie nodded quickly, "I know, I understand all of this."
Only then did Xiang Yang feel relieved to let Xia Pengjie go, and at the same time he felt in his heart that this ocean-going fishing vessel was really a good purchase.
There are equipment for processing sea cucumbers, including smoking and air-drying, on the ocean-going fishing vessels. If it was still the same drift net fishing boat as before, he should have gone back after catching these sea cucumbers, because sea cucumbers cannot be processed on drift net fishing boats, and sea cucumbers will completely melt into a pool of water if they are away from the sea water for a few hours.
Xiang Yang took out a new net bag, tidied it up a little, and then prepared to dive to the bottom of the sea again.
At this time, several crew members surfaced.
"Haha, guess what I caught?" Fang Youqun was very proud. He pulled the rope but did not tie the net bag to the rope for the people on the boat to pull it up.
Xiang Yang was quite speechless. Fang Youqun had been hanging out with Zhang Qicheng for a while, and his personality had become somewhat similar to Zhang Qicheng's.
"What did you catch?" Xiang Yang asked Fang Youqun while standing at the side of the boat.
"Ah? Brother Yang? You are on the boat?" Fang Youqun immediately flattered, "Brother Yang, I caught a humphead wrasse."
"What?" Xiang Yang was shocked by Fang Youqun's words, "Are you sure it's a humphead wrasse?"
The humphead wrasse is a very precious species of fish, with extremely high ornamental and edible value. Wild humphead wrasse are rarely seen in the market, and once they appear, they will be bought as ornamental fish. Moreover, this fish is not allowed to be eaten now, and certain procedures are required to make it an ornamental fish. Farmed humphead wrasse costs about five or six hundred yuan per catty. It is a sacred object in the hearts of countless foodies and is sought after by countless people.
Fang Youqun quickly tied the net bag to the rope and shouted, "Brother, help me pull the net bag up so Brother Yang can identify whether it is a humphead wrasse."
"This kid." Xiang Yang burst out laughing. Just by listening to Fang Youqun's tone, he had roughly guessed that this was really a humphead wrasse.
Fish such as the humphead wrasse are relatively friendly to humans. They will often swim to the side of divers and cannot be pushed away.
The largest humphead wrasse are even larger than humans and are the largest reef fish.
The net bag was pulled up.
Xiang Yang took the net bag from the crew member who was pulling the rope, opened it and took a look.
It was indeed a Samui fish.
However, Xiang Yang's face was full of disappointment.
This humphead wrasse is too small, probably only about four or five kilograms. Such a small humphead wrasse has high edible value, but it has no ornamental value. It is difficult to sell it at a high price if it is sold as an ornamental fish.
As for selling it as edible fish
Even if Xiang Yang dares to sell it, I guess few people would dare to buy it. The consumption of grouper is strictly prohibited and is strictly checked in all coastal countries, and the penalties are very severe.
"Let him go." Xiang Yang said immediately.
"What? Released?" Fang Youqun exclaimed.
Xiang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "The humphead wrasse needs to eat some poisonous marine organisms to survive. Those who can afford to raise humphead wrasse are all wealthy bosses. It would be embarrassing for such a big boss to raise such a small humphead wrasse. The smaller the fish, the lower its ornamental value. It is not worth taking such a small one back home. Maybe leaving it in the sea can breed more humphead wrasse in the future."
The humphead wrasse opened and closed its mouth as it looked at Xiang Yang. It seemed to understand what Xiang Yang said, and its eyes blinked, looking exceptionally smart.
Xiang Yang smiled and threw it back into the sea.
The humphead wrasse fell into the water, but did not swim away immediately. Instead, it swam on the sea surface, looking at Xiang Yang from time to time, as if it was grateful to Xiang Yang for letting it go.
Xiang Yang saw this and thought to himself, "I'm afraid most sea turtles can't catch up with this intelligence."