Don't think that cultured pearls are worthless.
In fact, cultured pearls also depend on size and color.
Pearls with good quality and large grains, such as the cultured golden pearls in Hong Kong, are still priced at several thousand yuan per gram.
Dark green pearls are not mainstream pearls, but this batch of pearls is of good quality and large grains. There is no problem in selling them for a few hundred yuan each.
Now that he knew they were cultured pearls, Xiang Yang was no longer interested in continuing to salvage pearls.
Firstly, cultured pearls are worthless and difficult to sell.
Secondly, Xiang Yang always felt that this was not self-serving.
I didn’t know before, I just took it.
Now I know, it would be inappropriate to continue fishing.
Although the people who cultivated these pearls may have forgotten about it, Xiang Yang did not want to take it lightly.
Of course, Xiang Yang would not throw the pearls he had already caught back into the sea.
After ordering the crew members to return to the boat, Xiang Yang promised each crew member a bonus of 500 yuan, the three crew members who caught the most pearls would each receive a bonus of 1,000 yuan, and Fang Youqun who discovered the beeswax would receive an additional bonus of 1,000 yuan, and then ordered the fishing boat to continue eastward.
The crew members were so happy when they received the bonus. They had worked hard all day and their back aches were gone immediately. They were full of energy, as if as long as Xiang Yang gave the order, they could go back to the sea and fish for another three days and three nights.
Xiang Yang was also very happy because he made money today.
As long as there is money to be made, Xiang Yang is never stingy in giving bonuses to the crew.
"We'll soon reach the real high seas." Chen Qingsheng reminded Xiang Yang in a low voice, his face looking worried.
"What? Is there any danger on the high seas?" Xiang Yang couldn't help but laugh when he saw Chen Qingsheng's worried look.
"On the high seas!" Fang Youqun asked curiously, "Will we encounter pirates?"
"How is that possible?" Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "You've watched too many war movies."
Although the waters east of the South China Sea are international waters, there is absolutely no room for pirates to survive.
Wherever there are pirates, it is a moving collective first-class merit.
Chen Qingsheng sighed, "I'm not worried about pirates. I'm worried that we might encounter fishing boats from the island country to the east."
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, "Why? Do they dare to be unfriendly to us?"
Chen Qingsheng nodded affirmatively, "That's not necessarily true."
Xiang Yang smiled, "Then I really want to experience how unfriendly they are."
The so-called high seas refers to the territorial waters that do not belong to any country. Any individual, unit or country can freely enter and exit the sea area, sail through the sea area, and engage in fishing or salvage.
If he were to arrive at someone else's territory, Xiang Yang would be really afraid that the other party would detain people and ships, or even if the other party directly fired a cannonball at him, Xiang Yang would have no choice but to suffer in silence.
But is Xiang Yang afraid of this on the high seas
Xiang Yang was sitting on a large ocean-going fishing boat. As long as he didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, could he be afraid that the other party would drive the boat into him
"Keep moving forward." Xiang Yang ordered.
Xiang Yang had actually long been salivating over the fishery resources in the high seas, various seabed mineral deposits, and treasures from shipwrecks.
In the high seas, whether it is fishery resources, precious minerals, or shipwrecks and treasures, they are all ownerless.
Instead of competing with compatriots for fishery resources in territorial waters, it is better to fish in the high seas.
There are so many fishery resources in the high seas. If people from your own country don't fish for them, they will become the property of other countries.
Xiang Yang felt that fishing within the territorial waters was just a small matter.
Only by fishing in the high seas and catching fish can we truly bring glory to the country and gain supplies.
"Cast the net." Xiang Yang ordered.
Chen Qingsheng immediately took the order and led the crew to the back of the boat and threw the fishing net into the ocean.
There may be many fishermen who have the same idea as Xiang Yang.
The first net on the high seas caught very few fish, and there was not a single rare fish. In a place like the border, fishery resources are surprisingly scarce. After Xiang Yang's first net, he didn't even make back the money for the fuel.
Xiang Yang remained unmoved and ordered the fishing boat to continue sailing, and then immediately continued to drag the second net.
This time they finally got some harvest. Although there were still no valuable catches, the total amount was not small, enough for the crew to work overtime to simply process canned fish, fish balls and fish meal.
But Xiang Yang had no intention of stopping fishing.
"Are you tired? Can you still cast another net?" Xiang Yang asked the crew members.
The crew members have indeed consumed a lot of physical energy today.
Whether it's diving, pearl fishing, digging dead trees, or cleaning the catch from the deck, it's all physical work.
"Not tired." The crew members answered immediately and loudly.
"Brother Yang, even if you use ten more nets, we can still catch it." Fang Youqun said with a smile.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. If he fished ten more times, Iron Man would be squeezed into a steel pipe.
"We will drag the net one last time today. This time we will drag it a little longer and pull up the net after two hours. You can rest as much as you want during these two hours and eat something to replenish your energy." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
The crew immediately went into the cabin to get out fresh water, milk, fruit and other food and drinks, and then sat on the deck in groups of three or five to eat and chat.
Xiang Yang leaned comfortably against the side of the boat, gazing into the distance.
At this time, Xiang Yang suddenly saw a beautiful cruise ship also in the high seas, and it was heading towards Xiang Yang's fishing boat.
Although this cruise ship is not as extravagant as the Supreme series yachts, it is also decorated very luxuriously. It has four or five floors of cabins, and each floor is decorated with lights and looks very beautiful from the outside.
"Master Xu." Chen Qingsheng said to Xu Fang who was wearing binoculars, "Give me the binoculars. I want to see who is on that ship."
Xiang Yang did not say anything. His eyesight was much better than that of ordinary people. He could clearly see some of the people on the cruise ship, but he only knew that they were of the yellow race. He could not determine what country they were from based on their skin color.
Soon, the cruise ship came over, drove to a distance of several dozen meters from the ocean-going fishing boat, and then slowly slowed down.
Soon, the two ships began to move forward in unison, and a group of well-dressed men and a group of beautiful women appeared on the other ship.
A man with completely white hair, but in good spirits, thin, with a flat head, wearing a white suit, holding a loud speaker, shouted at Xiang Yang: "Boss, where are you from?"
The other person's Mandarin was mixed with a strong Cantonese accent.
Xiang Yang was immediately certain that the other party was from his own country.
"I'm from Longcheng. What's the matter, boss?" Xiang Yang also took a loudspeaker and shouted loudly.
The white-haired old man in a suit said cheerfully, "I see you are a fishing boat, do you have any fresh seafood for sale? I want to eat freshly caught seafood."