Xiang Yang did not waste any more time on Gao Chuang's boat. He quickly returned to his own boat and organized his people to throw thirty or forty traps into the sea.
All the crew members on the ship were dispatched, even the members of the engine room, under the leadership of Xiang Yang, they were divided into groups of two, with each group responsible for one trap.
"Captain, all we need to do is put some bait in the trap, throw it directly into the sea, and then pull it up after twenty minutes, right?"
A member of the engine room crew who had never done physical work had already stuffed a pig lung soaked in boiling water into the ground cage while speaking, and then pushed it hard, pushing the ground cage from the side of the ship into the sea.
The trap hit the sea surface with a loud noise, and then slowly sank into the depths of the sea.
Xiang Yang hurried over and saw two long hemp ropes behind the trap. When he wanted to take out the trap, he would just have to drag the hemp ropes.
"Yes, that's right, just pull up the trap every twenty minutes and then throw it down again." Xiang Yang nodded.
The members of the engine room nearby immediately knew what to do and started working hard one by one.
As for the crew members who were originally working on the deck, this little thing was extremely easy for them, and they were all as skilled as they could be.
These tasks are not stressful at all for the crew members.
They lure the fish up, put the cage down, and then take it out. Then they pour all the catch in the cage into the foam box that has been prepared in advance. Some crew members even have time to tease the newbies in the engine room.
"There are so many Antarctic krill here. Basically, every time we put a cage down, a full cage comes up."
"Nonsense! The fleet took such a big risk and sailed for such a long time just for these krill. If there weren't many krill here, would the fleet have spent so much effort?"
"If we continue fishing at this rate, our boat will be fully loaded in less than two days."
Xiang Yang listened to the crew members chatting while silently calculating in his heart.
The krill resources in this sea area are extremely rich and almost densely packed.
If we fish for a few days in a row, I'm afraid the fishing boats will be fully loaded.
At this time, an extremely discordant voice sounded beside Xiang Yang's ears, "Brother Yang, when can we catch the fish? Cast a net. Look, there are so many krill below. If you cast a net, you will definitely get a bumper harvest."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes at this suggestion and didn't even want to pay attention to it.
Fang Youqun got excited and kept muttering, "Brother Yang, fishing like this is slow and tiring. Casting a net once can equal all of us fishing together for a whole day. Why don't you use this stupid method when you have a net?"
Chen Qingsheng, who originally didn't want to pay attention to Fang Youqun, just put a trap into the sea water. Chen Qingsheng, who had freed up some time, immediately scolded Fang Youqun, "I don't have time to pay attention to you, but you're still excited. You're the only one who's smart. If the fishing net can be used, would we not use it?"
"What does that mean? The fishing net on our boat is broken?" Fang Youqun asked puzzledly.
"How big are these krill?" Xiang Yang asked Fang Youqun.
"It's just this big." Fang Youqun said as he twisted a krill between two fingers.
"With the size of our boat, even if we use the finest mesh net, the mesh will be more than one centimeter, and we can't catch krill at all," said Xiang Yang.
"Is that so?" Fang Youqun scratched his head in confusion. "Brother Yang, why don't you prepare a fishing net with smaller mesh?"
Xiang Yang said unhappily, "Let's not talk about whether I dare to prepare a fishing net with such a small mesh. Just tell me, which merchant dares to produce fishing nets with such small meshes."
The production of the family-killing net and the ground-pulling net has already been expressly prohibited. Wouldn't it be awkward to produce fishing nets with mesh smaller than that of the family-killing net
"It's good to have ground traps. You don't know how some fishing companies in Norway catch krill. They really stand on the ice floes and use a small bucket with a long bamboo pole to scoop krill in the water little by little." Chen Qingsheng said unhappily.
"Work harder, we don't need to catch too much, about a hundred tons, and our mission will be completed. When we return, I will give you a long vacation." Xiang Yang said.
Sure enough, with Xiang Yang's words as a guarantee, the crew members worked harder.
They are all young people, and it is the time when they love to have fun. Xiang Yang gave out a lot of red envelopes and bonuses on this trip, and they all want to have a good time when they return.
After three days, the huge workload made everyone on the ship look very tired.
Of course, the amount of goods received was also unprecedented.
Although the cabin was not full, the draft of the fishing boat was already visible to the naked eye.
This is the first time that the draft of Xiang Yang's ocean-going fishing vessel can be seen with the naked eye.
For a thousand-ton ship, the draft is not obvious even if it is loaded with a hundred tons of cargo. Obviously, Xiang Yang caught more than a hundred tons of fish on this trip.
"Next, should we return home directly?" Chen Qingsheng asked Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang nodded. He had gained a lot from this trip and it was indeed time to quit while he was ahead.
"I will discuss it with Wu Shiwen later. If nothing unexpected happens, we will return today." Xiang Yang said.
In waters like the southernmost tip of the South Atlantic, Xiang Yang felt it would be better to have a companion on the return voyage.
Xiang Yang had already asked Gao Chuang, and he knew that Gao Chuang's fleet would not go back so soon. Antarctica was just a stop on their trip. They would then cross the Weddell Sea, then head north to fish around the world, and finally return home through the Arctic Ocean along the East China Sea coastline.
Xiang Yang doesn't dare to be as crazy as Gao Chuang for the time being. For Xiang Yang, global fishing is still too big a step in a short period of time and the cost outweighs the gain.
The crew members, who were originally so tired that they were almost paralyzed, jumped up from the deck immediately when they heard Xiang Yang say this, and looked at Xiang Yang with shining eyes.
"Are you all homesick?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
Suddenly, everyone nodded.
Even Chen Qingsheng smiled sheepishly, "It's been more than two months since I left this trip. I really miss home."
"Okay, you guys wait on the boat, I'll go to Wu Shiwen's boat first." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
After saying that, Xiang Yang threw a lifeboat under the boat and took the lifeboat to Wu Shiwen's fishing boat.
"Brother Yang, why are you here? I was just about to go look for you with Uncle He." When Wu Shiwen saw Xiang Yang, he immediately invited Xiang Yang into the cabin, and then asked someone to bring out extremely precious fruits at sea to entertain Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang looked around the cabin he was in, but didn't get down to business right away. "Brother Wu, your cabin is nicely decorated."