Chapter 198 Jinjiang Exclusive
On the vast blue sea, dozens of kayaks are racing on the sea, with two large ships as the center.
The villagers on the boat felt the sea breeze and waves blowing in their faces, and shouted excitedly from time to time.
The sea is different from rivers and lakes. For safety reasons, the elderly and children who came with them all boarded boat No. 2, and only young and middle-aged people and some young women were on the kayak.
The men were busy showing off, while the women were curiously leaning on the edge of the kayak, looking down and sighing at the crystal clear seabed illuminated by the polar day.
"This water is so clean and blue. It's much more beautiful than the small river by the village and the waterfall in the mountains."
Wu Yinyin's eyes flickered across the seabed as she said, "I saw quite a few conches, shells, and beautiful coral reefs on the seabed."
I suddenly saw the real thing, something I had only seen in documentaries. The feeling of virtuality shining into reality was particularly wonderful.
Not only the women, but also the children on boat No. 2 chattered excitedly.
Lu Xuan threw an underwater detector on the seabed and shared the images synchronously to the two ships.
The elderly and children looked at the blue underwater world consisting of vast coral reefs and countless fish revealed by the detector lens, their eyes full of amazement.
"The sea is blue everywhere, it's so beautiful to look at!"
"There are a lot of fish. The group over there are all yellow, and there are even red fish on the other side. They look like they've been cooked, haha."
"Those colorful coral reefs are so beautiful!"
"Are there dolphins? I want to see dolphins, why are there no dolphins?" A child who had seen dolphins in the dashcam video said somewhat disappointedly.
Xiong Dabao shouted loudly: "I want to see sharks!"
Su Ying pressed his head firmly and chuckled, "What are you looking at? Sharks are much bigger than you. If they really bumped into one, they'd eat you up in one bite."
While they were talking, the boat suddenly shook slightly and stopped.
Lu Xuan's voice came from the ship's radio, "Get out of the deck."
Everyone ran out of the cabin immediately.
The spacious deck was soon filled with people.
Lu Xuan and several other members of the Lu family walked up the gangway to the second ship and said to the others, "The seabed resources nearby are very rich. Anyone interested can go down to the sea and get some seafood."
The villagers were stunned.
Someone ran to the guardrail and looked down at the seabed. He swallowed and turned back and said, "The seabed here must be more than ten meters deep, right? How do we get down here?"
Others also said, "Aren't we going out to sea to catch fish with big nets? So there's no need for people to go down there?"
Many young and strong people in the village have been playing in the river since they were young, and most of them can swim. Even if they can't, they will learn it in water parks or indoor swimming pools on boats during the rainy season.
But being able to swim and being able to hold your breath are two different things.
When they were watching from the boat, they did feel that the vastness of the sea was fascinating, but when they really had to go down... everyone still felt scared in their hearts.
The audience in the live broadcast room could understand the villagers' thoughts.
[Is this the ancient saying of Ye Gong who loves dragons? It's okay to look, but going down? Noono!]
[Actually, I don't dare to go diving. It feels a bit like being trapped in an enclosed space, with seawater everywhere and no escape. I feel like I'm about to get claustrophobic.]
Lu Xuan's expression remained unchanged. He casually took out dozens of sets of diving equipment that he had bought in advance, explained to them in detail the functions and usage of the diving equipment, and taught everyone a few basic gestures.
"Those who don't want to go down will not be forced. Those who are interested can put on their diving gear and go down for fun."
"Everyone who goes into the water will be tied with a safety rope and accompanied by a detector camera. If the people on the boat find something wrong, they can pull the person up at any time."
The safety is not 100%, but at least 90%.
As for the remaining 10% of possible unexpected accidents, Lu Xuan can also make up for it in time.
He also brought his family's medical cabin with him, so the dead man would definitely not die.
After listening to Lu Xuan's explanation, the tense expressions of the villagers who were afraid of the unknown suddenly relaxed a lot.
The young men on the kayak couldn't wait to shout to Lu Xuan: "Leave me a copy of that diving suit!"
"I want one too! I can go fishing in the sea myself, it's so fun just thinking about it!"
Lu Xuan distributed a set of equipment to each person who was interested.
After making sure they remembered how to use it, he did not rush them into the water. Instead, he put on the diving suit, fins and other equipment himself, turned his back to the sea, and flipped over from the boat.
"ah!"
"Lu Xuan!"
"He fell!"
The faces of the people on the boat suddenly changed, and they rushed to the guardrail quickly, and then... they found that Lu Xuan was not in any danger, but was swimming relaxedly underwater, with many small fish circling around him.
“…”
Lu Qing and Lei Yan, who were worried, immediately put their hearts at ease. Lu Chen's face turned red with excitement when he saw his brother playing with Xiaoyu.
"I also want to go down and play with the little fish!"
Zhang Dafu, Xiong Dabao and other children next to them also showed longing on their faces.
Children are always much bolder than adults.
They don’t even think about whether it will be dangerous down there, they just think it’s fun down there and they want to go!
The adults were more concerned about Lu Xuan's safety.
From the detector lens, we can see that Lu Xuan only swam in the shallow water for a while before starting to dive. His speed was not very fast, but not slow either.
In a moment, Lu Xuan had reached the seabed more than ten meters below.
When Lu Xuan reached the bottom of the sea, he did not wander around, but started looking for prey seriously.
In fact, there is no need to search for it.
In ancient times, the oceans were not overfished, the marine environment was almost unpolluted, and the resources were quite abundant.
Almost everywhere on the seabed you can see a large number of seafood such as conches, mantis shrimps, giant octopuses, pearl shells, abalone, etc., which are even bigger than those found in the previous few days.
After circling the nearby coral reefs, Lu Xuan caught a few splendid lobsters, discovered a small patch of sea urchins, and grabbed handfuls of fresh kelp and nori.
When the net bag he carried with him was full, he would put it into the space. When it was empty, he would continue to catch fish. When it was full, he would put it into the space. He repeated this many times. When he saw that the time was almost up, in order to avoid worrying the people on the boat, he began to float up reluctantly.
"Swish—"
"It's coming up!"
"Finally made it out!" The people on the boat breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lu Xuan breaking out of the water.
Lu Xuan mobilized his gravity ability and stepped lightly on the hull twice to gain leverage. Without even using a rope ladder, he grabbed the railing and flipped back onto the boat in a handsome manner.
The Lu family immediately surrounded him, and Lu Qing asked with concern: "Ah Xuan, are you okay?"
Lu Xuan took off his respirator and mask, and casually brushed his wet hair back. "It's okay."
Li Tie complained, "You've been down there for too long. If you don't come up, we'll be scared to death by you."
Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Can't we see it from the detector?"
Miao Jinfeng said, "I saw it, but I'm still worried when I don't see you coming up."
The other aunts nodded repeatedly.
On the other hand, Xiong Mao and other young men were not worried about Lu Xuan being in danger at all. They just urged him, "I see you found a lot of seafood down there. Take them out and see what they are."
Lu Xuan casually poured the harvest from the last net bag onto the deck, and a large pile of things fell out of the bag with a loud noise.
Everyone came over to take a look, and wow, there were indeed quite a few.
Conch, abalone, oysters, clams, a splendid lobster, a dozen sea urchins, and a handful of kelp.
Zhang Chengming grabbed the splendid lobster, which was only half the length of his arm, and exclaimed, "Is this a shrimp? It's huge! It's thicker than my arm!"
He weighed it in his hand and exclaimed, "This must weigh at least five or six pounds, right?"
The others were also shocked when they looked at the lively lobster in his hand.
Compared with this big lobster, the river shrimps, prawns and mantis shrimps they had eaten before were far inferior!
Lu Chen, Xiong Dabao and other children couldn't help swallowing their saliva, and were already imagining in their minds how delicious this prawn would be.
Not only lobsters, there are also two conchs that are almost as big as a human head, and the abalone is even bigger and fatter.
The most surprising thing was that it was a sea urchin.
Liu Chun asked in surprise: "Can this thing be eaten even though it's full of thorns?"
Lu Xuan nodded. "The sea urchin roe steamed eggs or fried rice are both very fragrant, with a fresh and sweet taste that melts in your mouth. You can compare the taste of crab roe to that. It's even more delicious than that."
"Slurp." Several sounds of slurping saliva were heard all around at once.
Then several people slapped their thighs and said in frustration: "I found this sea urchin when I was going to the beach yesterday, but I thought it was inedible so I didn't pick it up!" What a loss!
The other people also had the same painful expression on their faces.
Seeing this, others could only console him by saying, "It's gone, it's gone. There's still a lot under the sea. Just go down and get more."
Then Lu Xuan took out the harvest from the previous batches of net bags.
The total harvest exceeded 100 kilograms, of which half was lobsters.
With Lu Xuan's demonstration and fruitful examples, the young and strong people's enthusiasm for diving has never been higher, and they are scrambling to put on diving suits and go into the water.
However, at the beginning, Lu Xuan still took them to a depth of two or three meters to adapt, and only let go after he was sure that they could cope with it.
A group of people slowly dived down to the bottom of the sea. They first looked at the coral reefs for a while, and then began to frantically catch seafood on the seabed.
Conch, mantis shrimp, giant octopus, abalone, and large expanses of meter-long kelp and seaweed...
Lobsters, sea urchins, oysters... there are so many different kinds of seafood that you can never pick them all up.
The young and strong men stuffed the "buffet" into their pockets as quickly as mice falling into a rice jar, wishing they could take away all the seafood on the seabed.
Those who didn't dare to get off the boat were so envious that their eyes turned red.
But... if they were asked to go down by themselves, they still didn't dare. They could only think about waiting for the people who went to the sea to come back and then exchange other supplies for some fresh goods to try.
Especially the big lobster, it’s so tempting!
And it's not just them who are jealous, but also the audience.
[Ahhh, the seabed resources there are so abundant! ]
[So much seafood, the kids are going crazy!]
I can't stand it anymore! I'm going to the ocean planet right now! I want to go fishing and diving! I want to do it all!!!
[Hahaha, I'm a native of Planet Aquamarine. While you're still envious, I'm already at sea, ready to dive in.]
My family's private spaceship has already departed, but Planet Aquamarine is too far away. It will take at least two weeks to arrive. Sad.
[Poor idiot, no money to travel to other planets, no private spaceship, just sitting there waiting for the anchor to serve dinner, knocking on the bowl jpg.]
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There are actually only about thirty adults in the village who dare to go into the sea. Most of them are young and strong, and a few are bold women, such as Li Yue, Wu Yinyin, Su Ying and Wei Xiang.
Ji Xiuling was a little afraid of the deep sea and didn't dare to go down.
Lu Qing wanted to go down, but unfortunately she was pregnant, so Lu Xuan and Lei Yan wouldn't let her go.
As for Lu Chen, Xiong Dabao and other little ones, as long as their parents agree, Lu Xuan will take them down personally.
In order to prevent their immature bodies from being unable to withstand the water pressure, they were not taken to the bottom of the sea. They were only allowed to experience the joy of diving at a depth of two or three meters.
Although the kids felt sorry that they couldn’t catch seafood like the adults, the diving experience was enough to make them smile from ear to ear.
A group of people stayed in this sea area for most of the day. During this time, the villagers who went to the sea came up one after another and delivered several batches of harvests.
The people who stayed on the boat continued to observe the situation on the seabed while processing the seafood brought by others, spitting out the sand and opening the pearls.
There are a lot of pearl oysters in this sea area. Lu Qing, who can't go into the water, and Ji Xiuling and other female relatives who dare not go into the water sat together and opened the pearls happily.
The quality of the pearls opened today is obviously much higher than those opened two days ago.
The luster is brighter, the size is larger, there are fewer irregular-shaped beads, and half of them are relatively perfect circles. They are very good whether they are made into necklaces, earrings or earrings.
The colors are quite common, still mainly white, pink and purple, with white and pink being the majority.
Lu Qing and others naturally did not mind that the color was too monotonous. Every time a new pearl was opened, the female relatives couldn't let it go.
Ji Xiuling was holding a rather large pink pearl in her hand, and she was unusually excited. "I once saw the wife of the county magistrate wearing a very large pearl necklace. At that time, I thought the pearl was very large and shiny, but now it seems that it is far inferior to what we saw."
Liu Yu said with joy, "Doesn't that mean that if we make these pearls into jewelry and wear them, we can also satisfy our desire to be an official's wife?"
Lu Qing said with a smile: "It's not like having pearl jewelry makes you an official's wife."
However, even the pearl necklace worn by the county magistrate's wife was not as beautiful as theirs, and the female relatives were indeed very happy.
Lu Qing said, "I remember there's a master craftsman who owns a jewelry shop in the Huo family's military camp. Let's divide these pearls and then ask someone to help make the jewelry when we get back."
The others nodded in agreement, "Yes, make them all out and wear them regularly, or save them for your children as betrothal gifts or dowries in the future."
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By the time the young and strong men who went diving to catch seafood come back exhausted, the fresh seafood feast will be ready.
Fried conch slices, steamed oysters, stir-fried octopus with sauce, braised abalone, cold seaweed salad, steamed lobster, steamed sea urchin egg, octopus balls, sea urchin fried rice.
The villagers had already eaten conch and oysters and had a rough idea of what they tasted like, so the first things they tried were sea urchin steamed eggs or lobster.
The taste of these two high-end seafoods did not disappoint them.
Many people couldn't help but stare with wide eyes when they put the smooth, fresh and sweet sea urchin steamed egg into their mouths.
So smooth and tender, it almost melts in your mouth!
The taste is delicate and rich, a bit sticky but not fishy at all, and your mouth is filled with the unique sweetness of sea urchin.
It’s absolutely amazing, it’s absolutely amazing!
It tastes similar to crab roe, but it's obviously much more delicious!
A delicacy on earth!
Lu Chen couldn't help but scream while eating, and the exaggerated villagers even ate until their eyes were red.
There are also Splendid lobsters, whose meat is thicker than an adult's wrist, firm and chewy. When you take a bite, your entire mouth is filled with the sweet and fresh lobster meat, and the satisfaction you get is far beyond that of ordinary shrimps.
Steamed lobster retains the lobster's original flavor to the greatest extent. It is delicious whether eaten directly with the minced garlic or dipped in the specially prepared hot and sour sauce.
It’s a pity that the lobsters in this season have no roe, otherwise the taste would be even better.
The octopus balls made with the freshest octopus tentacles are also delicious.
There is also braised abalone with thick and delicate meat that has absorbed the sauce. Lu Xuan can cook a whole pot of it by himself.
The voices in the live broadcast room shouting about going diving to catch seafood have all disappeared at this moment. All the viewers are busy showing off and have no time to post comments.
Why bother diving and catching any seafood? Wouldn’t it be great to just eat the ready-made food in the live broadcast room?
Audience: Tank down! Comfortable!
"After this meal, I feel it's worth it even if I die." Someone suddenly sighed.
Although others thought the metaphor was a bit ominous, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Of course, more people are thinking, “I’m going to get some more sea urchins and lobsters later!”
Such delicious food is not enough to eat just a few meals. You must make more and eat until you are satisfied!
So after eating and drinking enough and regaining their strength, the young men went into the sea again.
In order to avoid reducing the harvest, they deliberately moved the search range slightly.
There is no distinction between day and night during the polar day, so the villagers don’t have to worry about dim light. On the first day, they went out to sea and caught seafood for seven or eight hours.
Thanks to the strong physical strength of the psychics and ordinary people who have taken the evolutionary fluid, the Covenant's diving equipment can also minimize water pressure and prevent decompression sickness. Otherwise, ordinary people really can't withstand this intensity.
But just look at what everyone has gained and you will know that this half-day's hard work is worth it.
Everyone received at least a thousand kilograms of seafood, including a considerable number of sea urchins and lobsters. On average, each family got about a hundred lobsters and 1,800 sea urchins.
Lu Xuan's gains were even greater, increasing four or five times on the above basis.
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That night, the boat did not return to the shore. The villagers slept directly on the boat in the middle of the sea. With the experience of heavy rain season, everyone was familiar with spending the night on the boat.
But there is a difference between spending the night in the waves and anchoring by the hills during a rainy season.
Even though the sound insulation of the ship was very good and I couldn't hear the sound of the waves at all when I was sleeping, I could still clearly feel the slight rocking of the ship.
So much so that I felt a little shaky when I woke up the next morning.
On this day, Zhang Chengming and others were still eager to go diving again, but Lu Xuan said, "No diving today."
Li Jing asked: "What are we doing today?"
Lu Xuan said: "Fishing."
Diving in the sea is certainly fun, but large-scale fishing with fishing nets is the most exciting.
Especially for a village with dozens of gluttons, the 1,800 kilograms of catch from sea fishing and diving is only enough to satisfy one's hunger at most.
If you want to eat to your heart's content, you have to catch thousands or even tens of thousands of pounds of fish at a time, just like during the winter fishing season.
Lu Xuan asked them to put away all the kayaks and get on the big boat, and then move their positions while using radar to search.
Less than an hour after the two large ships sailed, they discovered the first wave of fish, which were mackerel.
Ships 1 and 2 were not specialized fishing vessels, and they were not well-equipped to catch the fish.
Therefore, just like during winter fishing, after casting the super-large fishing net specifically for fishing accurately towards the fish school, once it is confirmed that the fish school is caught in the net, the catch must be directly collected into the space.
The first net was a great success, catching tens of thousands of kilograms of mackerel.
The school of fish was not large to begin with, and one net caught more than half of them. The remaining fish quickly scattered.
Lu Xuan did not insist on killing them all, but continued radar detection to look for the next batch.
There won't be too many different schools of fish in one sea area, so we move to another place every time we find a group.
As time went on, the villagers harvested more and more.
Pomfret, sardines, hairtail, and even yellow croaker were spotted in large numbers.
Modern wild yellow croaker has become extremely rare due to overfishing and its price has skyrocketed.
But it was different in ancient times. A large group of them could be found from time to time, and one net could easily contain tens of thousands of kilograms.
Lu Xuan thought that if modern fishermen saw their bountiful harvest, they would probably drool all over the floor.
The last time Lu Xuan took Lu Chen out to sea, he only cast the nets six times and caught less than 30,000 kilograms of seafood. This time they came specifically to catch seafood, so the amount was naturally different.
After two days of fishing, the final harvest exceeded one million kilograms.
On the afternoon of the third day, they also encountered a group of dolphins.
Lu Xuan didn't know much about dolphins and was not sure what species these dolphins were. Anyway, they looked almost the same as what he imagined dolphins should look like, and their color was also a beautiful silver-white.
While they were fishing, Lu Chen and the other kids kept talking about wanting to see dolphins.
When I really found the traces of dolphins, I was so excited that I almost jumped off the boat and pounced on the dolphins.
"It's a dolphin!"
“There really are dolphins!”
"Ah! They're jumping!!!"
A group of little kids excitedly pointed at the dolphins jumping in the sea and screamed.
When a few chubby dolphins made pleasant calls, not only the children became more excited, but even the adults' eyes showed amazement.
"Is this the sound of a dolphin? It sounds so beautiful."
"Brother, can I play with dolphins?" Lu Chen looked up at Lu Xuan with burning eyes and asked expectantly.
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "Okay."
Eating dolphins is definitely not allowed, but playing with dolphins is not. However, playing with dolphins is still allowed.
However, dolphins are not completely harmless, especially wild dolphins. If you want to play with them, you must be under their supervision.
When Xiong Dabao saw that Lu Chen could go play with dolphins, he immediately started pulling his parents' sleeves and said, "I want to go play with dolphins too!"
Li Kangbao, Zhang Dafu and Zhang Xiaofu also looked at their father eagerly.
Li Jing: “…”
Zhang Chengming: “…”
What else could they do? They could only accompany him.
Put on your diving suit and mask, take your children into the sea, and play with the dolphins that have come up to you.
In addition to guarding Lu Chen, Lu Xuan also paid some attention to other children. If the dolphin showed any intention to attack, he would be ready to use his supernatural power to suppress it at any time.
Fortunately, this group of dolphins has always behaved very friendly. They don't get angry when being touched, and they even hum and ask for rubs.
Even with its dorsal fin pulled, it swam quickly in the sea with its screaming cubs in good condition.
At first, it was indeed only the little kids playing with the dolphins, but some women in the village couldn't help themselves and urged their men to take them down to play, including some who had not dared to dive in the sea before.
This shows how attractive dolphins are.
Lu Qing originally wanted to get close to the dolphins, but unfortunately, because of the baby in her belly, she was forbidden to go into the sea again. She could only touch the dolphins that came close to her on the kayak.
Li Tie, Mr. Zhang and others felt that they were too old to join the young people in going into the sea, but they were happy to touch the dolphins, and after doing so, they all smiled like uncles.
The dolphins played with them for more than half an hour before leaving to look for food.
The villagers, still feeling unsatisfied, started a new round of fishing.
On the morning of the fourth day, everyone finally returned home after a satisfying catch.
Almost as soon as the ship docked, Huo Tiankuo contacted him.
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