It's crab season now, so there's plenty of crab and the prices aren't particularly high.
Fu San offered a purchase price of two cents per pound, which was considered a high price. The less plump ones were priced at five cents and one cent.
Prawns and mantis shrimp are definitely more expensive, as these seafood products have higher nutritional value and are more popular in the market.
Prawns have risen to 1.2 yuan per jin, and mantis shrimp to 2.3 yuan per jin.
Mantis shrimp is definitely not as good as prawns or tiger prawns, but it's a bit more expensive than crabs, around 88 cents.
Besides these large quantities, there were also about one or two hundred pounds of conch and miscellaneous fish.
In total, the Sailing Ship earned more than 5,800 yuan in one night.
This figure is comparable to the profits from venturing out to sea in the previous months.
But Fu Wan wasn't stupid. To achieve this in coastal waters, besides good shipping, the ship's crew also had to be hardworking.
With so much seafood, the boatmen probably didn't sleep all night.
We've started trawls and sorting the fish.
They might have even used a net, otherwise there wouldn't be so many crabs.
Looks like I'll have to withdraw some money tomorrow to give everyone a bonus.
Thinking this, Fu Wan turned to a page of the ledger.
The next page shows the catch of Fu Liang Xiang Qian. The types of fish are similar to those of Yang Fan Qi Hang, but the weight is a bit different. However, the catch is still pretty good, worth more than four thousand yuan.
Next came the haul from Fu Sanji's other ships. Looking through them, the prices were all one or two thousand, or less than a thousand. Fu Wan flipped through more than ten pages before finally seeing her own ship.
The group at the front of the line, carrying a full load, didn't go to collect the fish traps and octopus snares near Coconut Island, so they returned half an hour earlier than Fu Wan and the others.
The types of fish on board are somewhat different from those on the "Sailing Against the Wind" ship.
More than 2,000 catties of cuttlefish, 4,000 catties of ribbonfish, and 5,000 catties of squid.
It seems that Chen Balang has used the method of catching squid with a light again.
To Fu Wan's surprise, the "Full Load Return" caught nearly 10,000 catties of crabs, including blue crabs, swimming crabs, and 2,000 catties of mud crabs.
Fu San circled the blue crab in a large circle and marked two prices: one for one yuan and the other for a high price of five yuan and eighty cents.
Fu Wan looked up at Fu San, puzzled, and asked, "Third Uncle, what's going on with this price?"
Upon hearing this, Fu San put down his abacus, leaned over to take a look, and immediately remembered.
"Oh, I haven't told you about this yet. The blue crabs your uncle and his family caught this time are a bit strange. I broke one open and saw that the meat inside was all golden yellow."
When Mr. He from Gangcheng came over and saw it, his eyes widened. Seeing that things were not going well, I simply raised the price five times.
Damn it, I didn't expect that guy to buy it without saying a word!
Fu San still felt a little regretful when he talked about it. That Hong Kong guy was too straightforward, making him feel like he had sold it for too low a price.
Fu Wan knew what was going on as soon as she heard it. It was her fault; she was so busy last night that she forgot to tell Fu San about the unusual thing about the blue crab.
But it's nothing, since it can be sold for five times the price of ordinary blue crabs, so it's not a loss.
"Third Uncle, those aren't mud crabs, they're butter crabs. People in Hong Kong like to eat these."
"What, butter crab?"
Fu San was a little confused, but thinking about the crab's meat, he felt that the name was indeed fitting.
Damn it, I've never paid attention to this kind of crab before when I was collecting mud crabs. I've seen crabs with lots of roe, but it's rare to see one with this much roe.
Speaking of which, the guy from Hong Kong really knows how to eat. Last night, he kept two crabs with broken legs for himself. And I must say, these mud crabs are indeed much tastier than regular mud crabs.
His daughter ate without even lifting her head, and didn't need to be fed; she just grabbed the food and stuffed it into her mouth herself.
"Butter crab it is, I'll remember next time. But those people in Hong Kong are quite clever. They kept the mud crabs they bought in buckets and leaves. It sounds like they plan to transport them back to Hong Kong to sell."
Hearing Fu San say this, Fu Wan was not surprised. This kind of crab does not fetch a high price on the mainland. Blue crabs can survive out of seawater. If they are brought back to Hong Kong, He Guohua can earn at least two to three times the profit.
However, Longhai City is still a bit far from Gangcheng, so there will definitely be some losses if this batch of yellow crabs is to be transported back to Gangcheng.
Moreover, the mud crab genus is different from the swimming crab, which dies as soon as it leaves the water. The mud crab rots before it dies, and once it dies, it is completely inedible.
However, this was not Fu Wan's concern. The money and goods were settled, and He Guohua would bear the losses.
Fu Wan glanced down at the earnings of the "Full Load Return" boat. They had earned nearly 30,000 yuan. Their boat had a lot of mantis shrimp and prawns, as well as more than 2,000 catties of red mantis shrimp.
Turning the page again, she finally arrived at the section on the "Riding the Waves." Fu Wan flipped through two more pages and discovered that the section on the "Riding the Waves" fish products actually spanned three whole pages.
The shrimp and crabs that the fish collection boat had brought back earlier were also recorded on the list. Fu Wan flipped directly to the last page to check the amount. Even though she was mentally prepared, her heart still skipped a beat when she saw the last number.
More than 398,000 yuan!
The price made Fu Wan's lips curl into a smile.
The most profitable fish in this batch were the croaker and the mandarin fish. There were 8,200 catties of croaker, each priced at 25 yuan, for a total of nearly 210,000 yuan.
More than 5,600 catties of Plum croaker were sold at a price of eight yuan per catty, totaling 45,000 yuan.
Besides, the unit price of other fish products was significantly higher than what Fu Wan had seen before, which surprised Fu Wan, so she asked Fu San.
"Third Uncle, are you sure you didn't write the unit price wrong? It looks so high to me."
Fu San laughed heartily upon hearing this, "That's right, that's a price unique to your 'Riding the Waves' ship."
Don't think I'm giving you a high price on purpose. The fishmongers opened a few fish on the spot to check the fish maw. The fish maw was so beautiful that the bosses were all vying for the catch from the "Sailing the Waves" fish.
"And the other fish on your boat are also larger than those on ordinary boats, so the higher price is normal."
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many fish and Fu San was too busy to handle them all, he originally intended to auction off that batch of croakers.
It's a pity, but at only 25 yuan per catty, it's still the highest price Fu San sells for croaker.
Fu San was essentially the recorder of Fu Wan's achievements at sea over the past two years, and he was truly impressed by her accomplishments.
The quality is always several times better than other fishing boats, and once he accepts a bid, he never has to worry about selling it!
Even if I'm worried, I'm worried about how to distribute the money evenly so that the shop owners won't be angry that they didn't get any!
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan stopped worrying about it. She knew the quality of the fish from her own boat!
Since it's already been sold, I'll keep it!
"No problem at all. I'll reduce your commission, and you can still transfer the money to my account!"
Fu Wan signed her name below. By this calculation, the total income from the three ships on this voyage was more than 500,000.
This number made Fu Wan very satisfied. Hehe, after a few more trips to the sea, she will have enough money to build a house on the Bund in Shanghai!
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