To be honest, arriving at the Hambantota Port is actually like going abroad. That's why Lin Hao and the others were clamoring to go out for a walk. A group of villagers from the village, when they first went abroad, definitely wanted to go and see the world.
But after all, this is a foreign country, and Zheng Gan was afraid of any accidents, so he didn't let everyone go out and play on their own.
"It's okay for us to have some local food, brother." Lin Hao was very resentful. He originally wanted to support the local massage business, but it was impossible no matter what he said.
"This is good." Speaking of food, Zheng Gan also became excited, so the few foodies went straight to the restaurant at the port.
The Hambantota Port is a large port jointly operated by China and Sri Lanka. It is basically like a small city, with places to eat, drink, play, and even a shopping mall.
The group came to a local specialty restaurant and planned to enjoy the local cuisine.
But looking at the menu, everyone fell into deep thought.
"Brother, since we are here now, why not try it? It happens that I have never eaten curry before." Lin Hao said stubbornly.
As a famous Chinese saying goes, since you are here now, how can you be content without trying it?
The food in Sri Lanka is basically the same as that in India, mainly based on curry. This so-called delicacy is not particularly bad in taste, but it looks a bit disgusting visually.
Curries like those in China are okay, after all, they are modified Chinese curries, but the curry in front of me really doesn’t look appetizing at all.
"You guys eat, I'm going out to smoke a cigarette and get some fresh air." Zheng Gan, the big foodie, had lost his appetite and could only find an excuse to go out.
The remaining few people also tried their best to suppress the visual nausea, and after taking a few bites, they fled the scene.
Carrying large and small bags of things, Zheng Gan and his companions returned to the boat. They had almost finished refueling and there was still plenty of time before leaving the port. Everyone planned to have a good rest and set off early tomorrow morning to start their work.
After returning to the cabin, Zheng Gan's mobile phone had a signal, so he started a video call with his wife. There was no signal at sea, so he could only report to Qiao Xin every day using a satellite phone.
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Early the next morning, everyone who had rested well started to get busy. Captain Song Zhao had already applied to the dispatcher for leave from anchor. The deep-sea fishing officially began from now on. Everyone was excited and looked forward to casting the net for the first time.
For professional ocean-going vessels like them, a successful first catch is as important as a successful first cast for anglers. Whenever the first catch is successful, it means that there will definitely be a huge harvest this time.
In the waters of Sri Lanka, the main fish species caught are cutlassfish and lantern fish. There is no need to say much about cutlassfish, as everyone should be familiar with it. As for lantern fish, it is just a name that people are used to calling it. Its scientific name is deep-sea anglerfish. The square fleshy protrusion on the top of its head that looks like a small lantern is actually formed by the anglerfish's first dorsal fin gradually extending upward.
This kind of fish looks very ugly, but it tastes really delicious and many people like it very much. As for the price, the wholesale price in China is generally around 40 yuan.
Zheng Gan was still standing on the deck at this time, using the map to observe the surrounding situation. Although he had not yet reached the deep sea area, he still began to explore out of habit.
The ship headed towards the deep sea area at full speed and drove for nearly four hours before finally arriving at the previously designated area.
"Have you found a good place to cast the net?" Everyone looked at Zheng Gan expectantly, waiting for his order.
Zheng Gan had a smile on his face all the time. He had never seen so many red dots before. It was so exciting to open this new copy.
"Come on, everyone, get ready and start casting the net right here."
After hearing the order, the four people like Lin Hao and Jia Gui ran to the machine without any hesitation, ready to start working at any time. Although the others had doubts, they didn't say anything since he was the boss after all.
Only Captain Song Zhao raised his own doubts.
"Agan, do you want to reconsider the location of this net?"
There is a detection radar on the boat that can partially detect underwater fish schools. At this time, the radar shows that there are not many fish schools here.
They had an agreement between them. If Zheng Gan was not as capable as the legend said, Song Zhao would only go on this trip and would not go on ocean voyages with him in the future.
"It's okay, Uncle Song, let's cast a net first." Zheng said with a dry smile.
Seeing how confident he was, Song Zhao could only nod.
Under Zheng Gan's command, everyone began to lower the net. The net bag on this ocean-going ship was different from the previous small boat. The carrying capacity alone reached five tons, and the process of lowering it into the sea was also much more troublesome.
It took more than an hour to lower the nets, and then Zheng Gan communicated with Song Zhao through the intercom, constantly changing directions.
Because of the increase in carrying capacity, the time spent on fishing also increased a lot. It took a full four hours to complete the final collection of the nets.
Zheng Gan did a simple calculation and found that it would take about five or six hours to put down and collect a five-ton fishing net. This meant that they could only make two nets a day, which meant a catch of ten tons of fish. If they wanted to fill the boat, it would take at least two months.
This full load of five tons, if it were lantern fish, the price would be 400,000, and the two nets would be 800,000. From this perspective, the profit is already very good.
Of course, this is calculated based on the maximum profit.
Soon the net was hoisted up, and everyone smiled as they looked at the bulging net in front of them. It seemed that there would be no problem in getting off to a good start with the first net.
As the seafood in the net fell onto the deck, everyone on the boat cheered. Only Song Zhao was happy but also very shocked.
This wasn't his first time sailing overseas, so how could he have caught so many fish with such child's play positioning? It was simply incredible.
"Brother, this net is basically full of cutlassfish." Lin Hao took a careful look, then came over happily to report the good news.
The hairtail in front of us, as big as a small mountain, is estimated to account for about 80% or almost four tons. It is a sure start.
At this moment, if the hairtail from Sri Lanka is brought back to China, large seafood buyers can give it 25 to 30 yuan per catty, which means that the profit from this net is almost 300,000 yuan.
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