Chapter 239 [Fighting]

"Yes, nearly a thousand pounds, all on the boat. Come on, I'll take you to the boat to see it!"

Team leader Chen warmly invited Jiang Lili and the other villagers to come and take a look: "We caught a lot of different species this time, including two small sharks and two sea turtles, one large and one small!"

"Those of you who are interested can go and take a look. Miss Jiang will buy them all soon, so you won't have a chance to see them!"

He glanced back at his fishing boat and said excitedly, "This turtle shell can be made into hawksbill turtle shell, which is very valuable and is known as the gold of the sea."

Jiang Lili had heard of this before. In modern times, a hawksbill turtle shell the size of a fingernail could be sold for over ten thousand yuan.

Hawksbill turtle is a hawksbill sea turtle that symbolizes warding off evil and disasters, as well as good luck and longevity. It is usually regarded as a symbol of the mythical beast Xuanwu.

Captain Chen was shouting so enthusiastically. If it were the villagers of Yeli Village, they might be curious about what he said, but now most of the people setting up stalls were from the Xin family army, and they were very vigilant.

The cook closest to him just smiled and asked, "It's less than ten days until New Year's Eve, and you still have to go out to sea? You must be so tired!"

"Is it too late to go fishing now and sell it back?"

Facing the cook's question, Chef Chen answered fluently: "We still have time. We can rest here on the South Bank for two or three days, and then we'll go back to the North Bank."

"Fishermen like us who do offshore fishing have familiar fish shops. You guys know the He family, right? We're very familiar with Zhufeng Fish Shop, owned by He Xiuzhu on the north bank. We've been partners for many years."

Jiang Lili curled her lips, what a coincidence?

The owner of the fish shop told her a few days ago that he would not accept goods from individual investors in the near future and had already started inventory and liquidation.

The cooperating fishing fleet has also stopped fishing at sea in the past few days and has returned home one after another.

Before Jiang Lili left, she specifically asked about the names of several captains of the fishing fleet and the size of their ships, saying that if any accidents happened at sea, they could come to the south coast of Haizhou Island for help.

The names of the three ships owned by Captain Chen were not on the list of the cooperating fishing fleet.

After a while, Master Liao came with the pirate Wen Xu.

Wen Xu is one of the "poison masters" in the pirate group. He originally studied medicine but went astray. He is good at making some cheap drugs and poisons. He can only poison but not treat illnesses.

While Xin Jiajun opened coconuts, he wiped off the coconut shavings and inserted straws.

Master Liao, with a childlike smile, handed Captain Chen a cup of coconut juice from a bamboo tube. "Uncle Captain, you must have been working hard out at sea fishing! I really admire you heroes who can conquer the ocean!"

"Hahaha, this young man is exaggerating!"

When Captain Chen heard what Master Liao said, he burst out laughing. He took the bamboo tube and started drinking.

He didn't know whether it was the coconut water that was sweet or the two-year-old boy's sweet words, and he drank the coconut juice in the bamboo tube with a "ton ton ton" sound.

When Jiang Lili was delivering coconuts to this group of fishermen, she took photos of the unfamiliar fishermen and then sent the photos to Wen Qiao.

She asked Wen Qiao to distribute the portraits of these fishermen to various tribes and ask the tribal people to see if there were any relatives or acquaintances among these fishermen.

She also took photos of the fishermen brought by Captain Chen last time, so this time she could tell which ones were new faces by comparing them.

To prevent any trouble from happening, Jiang Lili sent a message to Guan Yue.

@Jiang Lili: The fishing boat captain invited us villagers to come aboard and take a look, but I don't know if they're carrying fish or something else. I doubt there are any other people on board.

@Guan Yue: Okay, I'll lead my men down the mountain right away. Some will hide at the foot of the mountain, and some will hide in the government office of that rotten county magistrate you mentioned.

While the villagers of Yeli Village were preparing food, many people came from the fishing village east of Dacangsha Wharf.

They were also pushing five or six carts covered with tarpaulins, which seemed to be filled with cooking utensils such as pots, pans, and utensils.

It seems that he is going to compete with Jiang Lili and others for business.

Seeing the people from the nearby fishing village, Chen Huzhang said unhappily, "Are you guys planning on selling us your overpriced leftovers again?"

The head of the nearby fishing village smiled and said flatteringly, "No, it was all a misunderstanding last time. We were worried that you were hungry, so we gave you all the food we had at home. We thought you wouldn't mind. After all, it's just to fill your stomach, so it's not a big deal."

Captain Chen and several fishermen who had been threatened by villagers from nearby fishing villages snorted coldly and ignored them: "Miss Jiang, we have decided to take your shelter."

The people from the nearby fishing village were still trying to persuade them, "We're well prepared this time. Their tents won't be enough for the seventy or so of you. Our houses in the nearby fishing village are plenty spacious!"

Jiang Lili noticed that a large group of people had come to the fishing village, almost the entire village.

So many people want to make money from these 70 fishermen?

There are more stall owners than customers.

Jiang Lili and Xin Jiajun both noticed something was wrong.

Jiang Lili sent a message to Master Liao: [Master, how many people are left in our village?]

@Master Liao: Stay calm. These twenty people setting up stalls right now are all members of the Xin family army. My mother is equipped with Xincheng's latest gunpowder pellets, which are equivalent to small grenades. We also have two hundred elite soldiers hidden in our village, each with a fire pole and ammunition.

Jiang Lili suddenly felt at ease.

All fear comes from lack of firepower.

The people in the nearby fishing village have already started setting up their old-fashioned tents on the dock. "As long as you buy food and eat here, you can stay in our tents. It used to cost 100 wen a night, but now it only costs 50, half price!"

Two women from a nearby fishing village set up another stall, selling vegetable and dried fish porridge, but this time it looked fresh and hot, and smelled quite nice, but still not as good as the coconut chicken hotpot.

"No, Miss Jiang, this one tastes better."

The fishermen who came here last time all shook their heads. What could be better than a pot of coconut chicken?

The head of the nearby fishing village sighed, waved his hand resignedly, and told the villagers, "Forget it, forget it. Don't set up so many stalls. Bring out your tarpaulin tents and set them up. I don't believe they have so many tents in Yeli Village!"

So the villagers in the nearby fishing village all took action, set up tents, and left a woman to sell vegetable and dried fish porridge.

Some of the unfamiliar fishermen discussed, "The hot pot isn't ready yet, why don't we go try the vegetable and dried fish porridge first to fill our stomachs."

People came one after another to buy vegetable and dried fish porridge, 20 cents a bowl.

"The taste is okay, but coconut chicken is still better!"

Finally, as everyone expected, ten pots of coconut chicken were cooked one after another.

Jiang Lili invited everyone to eat hot pot, and Captain Chen asked her to go to the boat to inspect the goods first.