Xiang Yang caught a total of eleven Christmas tree worms in twenty minutes, which means he caught one almost every two minutes on average.
Everyone found it incredible. This was a Christmas tree worm, not a swimming crab or flounder. Everyone knew how difficult it was to catch a Christmas tree worm.
"Actually, it's also luck that I was the first to learn the technique of catching Christmas tree worms. Your efficiency in catching Christmas tree worms when you dive in the sea later will be improved." Xiang Yang did not keep his technique of catching Christmas tree worms to himself, and carefully told it to all the crew members.
Xiang Yang was not afraid that others would catch more Christmas tree worms than he did. On the contrary, Xiang Yang hoped that everyone would catch more Christmas tree worms than he did. In the end, all these Christmas tree worms would belong to Xiang Yang anyway.
When Fang Youqun saw that Xiang Yang had shared his experience in catching Christmas tree worms with everyone, he no longer kept the knowledge to himself and shared the techniques he had learned with everyone.
Everyone on the boat nodded frequently, their eyes shining, and they couldn't wait to go down to the sea to experiment.
Ten minutes later, Xiang Yang led the crew into the sea again.
The crew members who had mastered the skills of catching Christmas tree worms had a huge improvement in their efficiency this time. Twenty minutes later, the fifteen crew members, including Xiang Yang, caught at least five Christmas tree worms. Everyone caught an average of six or seven Christmas tree worms. Chen Qingsheng caught ten of them. Of course, Xiang Yang caught the most Christmas tree worms. This time, he caught twelve Christmas tree worms, one more than the first time he went to sea.
Xiang Yang led the crew to the sea for a total of six trips. After catching more than 500 Christmas tree worms in total, Xiang Yang announced that the activity of catching Christmas tree worms was over. It was not because the diving equipment was out of air, but the total diving time of everyone had accumulated for more than two hours, and Xiang Yang felt that it was enough.
The main dish for lunch was fish soup, with some canned food, vegetables and the like.
People who dive for long periods of time will experience symptoms of dehydration, and almost every crew member on the ship who went into the sea drank two large bowls of fish soup.
After lunch, Xiang Yang had someone cut two cantaloupes as dessert before ordering the fishing boat to continue sailing south.
We sailed south for about half an hour.
"Boat, boat, look, there are fishing boats on the sea!"
“What a big fishing boat!”
Xiang Yang heard the shouts of the crew on the deck in the cabin, so he went up to the deck and took a look. He immediately saw three fishing boats sailing side by side to the north in the distance between the sea and the sky.
"Captain, would you like to come over and say hello?" Xu Fang's voice came from the intercom.
This was the first time Xiang Yang saw other fishing boats on the sea. He found it very interesting and said immediately, "Come over, let's go say hello."
"receive!"
The fishing boat tilted to one side and quickly turned towards the three fishing boats.
The three fishing boats also saw Xiang Yang's fishing boat and slowly turned their boats towards Xiang Yang.
Soon the two sides approached each other, and Xiang Yang finally saw the true appearance of the three fishing boats.
Those three fishing boats were all truly large ocean-going fishing boats, each with a hull of more than 60 meters long. A red flag fluttering in the wind was erected on the top of the cabin of the middle fishing boat, and the two fishing boats on the side had big words "Liao" written on their sides.
"It's a fishing boat from our country. If nothing unexpected happens, it's an ocean-going fishing boat from Liaoning Province." He Mingde said.
Zhou Wang also came over. "This fishing fleet has been fishing from the East China Sea to the South China Sea. Although its scale is not as large as the fleet I was in before, its fishing efficiency is better than that of the fleet I was in before."
Xiang Yang looked at He Mingde and Zhou Wang and could hear the sour tone in their voices.
It would be a lie for Xiang Yang to say that he had no idea at all when he saw three such large fishing boats. Such large fishing boats could even fish around the world. They were equipped with various advanced systems. One net could drag away all the fish within a certain range. Moreover, the supplies on board were sufficient. They were fully capable of sailing in the ocean without any external help and looking for the best fishing areas. It would be fine if they didn't go out to sea. As long as they went out to sea, they would return with a full load every time.
Compared with the other one, the fishing boat under Xiang Yang's feet was nothing. It was less than half the length of the other one, and its displacement was probably only one-tenth of that of the other one. The other one could even carry Xiang Yang's fishing boat forward.
"Fang Youqun, go get a chicken and bring the sea eagle to the cabin and hide it first." Xiang Yang ordered.
"Yes, Captain." Fang Youqun immediately walked into the hold.
It would be very difficult to explain if someone saw a Steller's sea eagle, and Xiang Yang didn't want to cause trouble. As for the two humpback whales, there was nothing he could do. Xiang Yang had nowhere to hide. However, Xiang Yang looked around but couldn't see the two big guys. He didn't know whether they were scared by the three large ocean-going fishing boats and hid on the bottom of the sea, or were still behind the fishing boats and couldn't catch up.
"Hey, how did you get?" The fleet stopped about forty or fifty meters away from Xiang Yang, and someone standing on the bow shouted loudly.
Xiang Yang also ordered the fishing boats to stop where they were and not to approach. At the same time, he stood at the bow and shouted loudly: "Our catch is not bad. Are you sailing all the way from the East China Sea to the South China Sea?"
The person who called out from the other side was a middle-aged man in a gray coat, with a crew cut and a slightly plump figure. "We set out from the Bohai Sea and are now preparing to return. The water in your South China Sea is still clear."
Xiang Yang was a little surprised, "Ready to return? Is your cabin full?"
"It's full, but they're all worthless fish like hatchet fish, saury, bluefin bream, octopus, etc. Did you catch any valuable seafood?"
"It looks like you're not ready to go back yet? If there are any rare seafood on the ship, you can sell them to me directly. The price I give you will be absolutely fair."
When they meet on distant sea fishing boats, they usually chat for a while. The purpose is nothing more than two: one is to ask the other party whether they are short of supplies or have extra supplies, and the other is to ask whether the other party has any rare catches.
Many rare fish die easily, so they must be sent back as soon as possible after being caught. However, it is not cost-effective for distant-water fishing vessels to go out to sea without catching more fish. Therefore, many fishing boats have the habit of trading rare fish on the spot at sea. Usually, fishing boats that have just gone out to sea will sell the rare fish they have caught to fishing boats that are preparing to return.
Because you can't tell when you'll be able to ask the other party for help, the prices for sea transactions are often relatively fair. Although the profits are not as high as shipping the goods back yourself, it is definitely better than dying.
In his own country's territorial waters, Xiang Yang was not afraid of the other party snatching it, and said very frankly: "This time the sea was quite successful. I caught two humphead wrasses and two splendid lobsters, but I am also ready to return home."