The female crab was about to give birth, so he poured some Jin Dan water into the water and put it back in. There was a group of large mitten crabs around the coral reef, and he hoped that this group could expand.
After pointing out the location of the reef, Lu Wuyai marked it on the map. He would return to fish after the female crabs had finished giving birth.
After releasing some golden vapor into the sea, he boarded a small boat and left.
The fishing boat carefully left the reef area, and he jumped back into the water to absorb moisture, while simultaneously looking down at the seabed.
The seabed around the coral reef is relatively shallow, with a vast expanse of sandy seabed underwater. Some seaweed sways in the sand, and a large school of fish lies on the seabed.
These sea fish have flattened sides and are rectangular in shape, some even oval, like a sheet of paper. Their eyes are located on one side of their bodies and are asymmetrical. They are the famous flounder.
There are many other types of flounder. These fish on the seabed are grayish-brown with black spots and brown patterns. Their flesh is thick. Omuyang carefully identified it and eventually recognized it as the European flounder, known as turbot in a certain area of a certain island.
The turbines prefer to lie on greyish-white sand. Their body shape is perfectly suited for life on the seabed. They are quite elusive when still. If Lu Wuyai had better eyesight in the water, he would never have found them. This group of fish.
When the little count (dog) saw him about to pull the net from the boat, he jumped into the water.
Lu Wuyai quickly went down, dragged it back up, and said, "Don't rush, wait for my password, let's do something together."
Like the red snapper, turbot is a prized seafood. It is primarily found along the eastern coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a valuable, low-temperature, economically important fish. Its natural distribution ranges from Iceland in the north to the European coast near Morocco in the south. In contrast, wild turbot is rare, found only in certain areas of the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Iceland, and the waters near the Scandinavian Peninsula.
However, a century ago, a certain area on our island completed the introduction of turbot, and today, turbot has become an important farmed fish.
Lu Wuyai estimated that these fish were not purely wild; they were either fish that had escaped from a fish farm or the offspring of fish that had escaped.
In any case, they weren't raised on a farm. They appear to have lived in the waters around this coral reef for some time. The school of fish includes large fish, small fish, and juveniles. They are already wild fish.
Wild turbot is extremely rare. Even farmed turbot can fetch several hundred yuan per kilogram in seafood markets in coastal cities like Hongyang. In inland areas far from the ocean, the price is even higher.
Lu Wuyai recalled that most of the wild turbot served at a hotel on a certain island were imported from outside the island. Initially, the price was over 200 yuan per kilogram. After entering the hotel, the price doubled, with 400 yuan per kilogram being a common occurrence.
Most imported turbot are frozen, as transporting live fish is too expensive. If live wild turbot were brought to a hotel, a price of one or two thousand yuan per kilogram would be a reasonable deal.
Sitting at the stern, he thought for a moment. Wild turbot are extremely rare in a certain area of a certain island. This is not their natural habitat, and most of them cannot survive in the wild.
It's purely coincidental that this group of turbot was able to survive in the waters around the Great Barrier Reef. Juvenile turbot need to eat crustaceans; they prefer small shrimp, crabs, and shellfish. Hat crabs feed the juvenile turbot.
Furthermore, turbot prefer to live in shallow, cold waters. The surrounding coral reefs are deep, and the water is cold. However, the presence of the coral reefs causes the seabed to protrude into shallow waters, allowing turbot to survive.
Seeing these turbot, Lu Wuyai understood why the population of pot crabs on the reef was not very large, and why they had natural predators.
Comparatively, the economic value of the flower crab is greater than that of the turbot. He decided to catch a batch of turbot first, which would not only make money but also help expand the population of flower crabs, allowing him to earn more money in the future.
In Europe, turbot are caught using bottom trawls. These nets have a wide casting range, reaching deep into the seabed, and can catch all kinds of bottom-dwelling fish, shrimp, and crabs.
Lu Wuyai's boat didn't have such nets, but it had many dogs. Seeing that it was still early, he decided to use a less efficient but more effective fishing method: sea fishing.
There were several fishing rods and a few fishing spots on the boat. After all, it was a fishing boat, a type of yacht specifically designed for fishing.
Lu Wuyai used all the fishing rods, hooked them onto the fish, threw them into the sea, and then inserted the rod handles into the fishing spot. That's how he caught his catch.
One fishhook after another fell into the seabed. Li Muyang dipped his finger into the water and stared at the fish on the seabed as if he were spying on them.
Under artificial breeding conditions, turbot mainly eat high-energy pelleted feed, but in the natural environment, they are carnivorous fish and do not like to eat meat.
Turbots are carnivorous. When ground dogs reach their heads, they don't go looking for prey, but instead gradually bury their bodies in the sand.
"What's this for?" Lu Wuyai muttered. "Could it be that their ancestors were trained on farms?" "Knowing that food delivered to your doorstep is not safe to eat."
Several ground dogs appeared above the turbine. The turbine could eat simply by opening its mouth, as long as it could swim, but these dogs didn't.
Lu Wuyai frowned, thought hard for a moment, and suddenly felt a surge of interest. He cast out his fishing line, swung the fishing rod, and dragged the dog swimming on the beach.
Just as the dog passed by a large turbot, the big fish, half-hidden in the sand, suddenly poked its head out, opened its mouth, and swallowed the dog whole, as if attacked by a venomous snake.
After successfully hooking the fish, Lu Wuyai immediately turned the reel and began to outwit and outmaneuver the fish that had taken the bait.
While pulling him along, he smiled wryly. He had indeed guessed that turbot had the ability to ambush prey. They liked to use their camouflage to wait for food to come to them, and then launch a deadly attack.
Conversely, if food is merely floating in the seawater above them and not within their attack range, they will not actively hunt it but will patiently wait.
This made him sigh, "Damn it, knowledge is power, knowledge is money. I'll have to study harder when I get back."
When the little count (dog) saw that he had retrieved the fishhook, he wanted to jump into the water to catch the fish.
Lu Wuyai quickly stopped it: "Don't do that. You could kill it with one bite. You'd better spare its life."
Little Earl (the dog) is a proud dog. He could help, but he wouldn't let him do anything. He was in a hurry to turn him around and kept whimpering in dissatisfaction.
Gu Yuxin had no choice but to put the fishing rod handle in her mouth: "Come on, grab it."
The little count (dog) bit the fishing rod, he jammed the reel, and threw the little count (dog) into the sea, making him fight a tug-of-war with the big fish that had taken the bait.
Immediately, the fishing line taut, and the little count (dog) was dragged around on the water like a boat, looking completely helpless.
Adult turbot reach 70 to 80 centimeters in length. These fish are very fierce underwater, and catching them is not an easy task.
The little count (dog) went to exhaust the fish, and Lu Wuyai took another fishing rod and hooked it.
He already knew the trick, so the rest was much simpler: drag the dog along the seabed, and as long as a big fish passed by, it would definitely take the bait.
After catching another fish, he retrieved the reel and began competing with the hooked fish.
Soon, the big fish underwater was exhausted from being cooked by the little count (dog), and then it swam back with the fishing rod in its mouth. Lu Wuyai exchanged fishing rods with it and put it back into the sea, and then the little count (dog) was dragged into the sea to swim again.
Lu Wuyai gently rocked the reel. The fish was already exhausted and weak. After leaving the water, it barely wagged its tail before helplessly accepting the torment.
Turbochargers are only valuable while they're alive, but fishing boats have so much space and no pools available. How can the turbochargers be handled to keep them alive until they're sold?
Lu Wuyai scanned the fishing boat from end to end before finally fixing his gaze on the fishing nets that had been prepared earlier.
He gave the big fish some golden elixir vapor and threw it into the fishing net, then tied the net to the stern of the boat and put it into the sea. In this way, although the big fish could not move freely, it would not have any problem surviving.
After processing the fish, he baited the hook and threw it into the water, and soon another fish took the bait.
Around the same time, Little Earl (the dog) returned. Li Muyang stuffed the fishing rod into its mouth, letting it continue its battle of wits with the newly caught giant bream: "Goodbye, let's go."
So, he started fishing with the bait, and after catching a fish, he locked the reel and handed the rod to the little count (dog). The little count (dog) then carried the rod into the water. The turbot went crazy and started dragging the little count (dog) around, which drained the turbot's stamina.
When the turbot was exhausted, the little count (dog) would carry the fishing rod in its mouth and drag the fish back to the boat. Lu Wuyai would then give it another fishing rod, put the exhausted fish back in, and pour Golden Elixir Water into the fishing net. This process would be repeated.
From morning to afternoon, Lu Wuyai caught more than 50 large silver carp, one after another.
At this point, he decided to stop. First, the turbot struggled after being hooked, startling the school of fish and causing them to scatter, making fishing more difficult. Second, he accepted good deals without wanting to exhaust his resources. Third, the little count (dog) was so tired his eyes were practically bulging.
Lu Wuyai tied up the fishing net, steered the boat back with the net, and waved to the little count (dog): "Come on, hardworking young man, come and help your father with some work."
The little count (dog) rolled over, exposing his belly. His limbs were curled up on his chest, and he remained motionless, his eyes closed and his tongue lolling out. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his abdomen, he would have been dead.
On the way back, Lu Wuyai kept checking his phone signal. As soon as he got a signal, he immediately called Lu Luofu: "Brother Hu, I just bought a batch of fish, desert flounder."
“Desert flounder. You didn’t come looking for me with a text message, did you? Turbot,” Land Rover asked.
"It's definitely a desert flounder. Not a turbot."
"Then just wait, I'll bring men and boats to your place right away."
"No need, Brother Hu, I'm at sea, I need to drive to the Red Sea. Let's meet at Golden Turtle Beach, it's too far for you to come to my place."
"very good."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Wuyai sped off towards Hongyang.
Desert flounder is the scientific name for turbot. This fish is called turbot in a certain area of a certain island, European flounder in Europe and America, and academically known as desert flounder.
The academic name refers to wild fish, so there's a little-known rule in the marine fisheries industry on my island: farmed fish are called turbot, while wild ones are called flounder.
Lu Wuyai learned this little rule at the Beijing Hotel. In fact, there was no such saying in his hometown, because there was no opportunity to come into contact with wild turbot there.
Land Rover is a major seafood merchant, so he is naturally very familiar with such minor rules.
Half an hour later, the two boats met in the waters off Jinbie Beach. The Land Rover was piloting a small water transport vessel. These boats have no hull; instead, they have a large net cage that allows them to enter the ocean directly, and are used to transport fish—live seafood.
Gu Yuxin pulled the fishing net up, and Lu Hu held the fish by the head and body. He then turned on the light and carefully examined the patterns and spots on the fish's body, as well as its eyes and mouth. Finally, he nodded and said, "Okay, this is indeed a desert spotted flounder."
"I believe Brother Hu, I can lie to you."
Lu Hu laughed and said, "Haha, don't be surprised, brother, you really know how to write. To be honest, I really don't believe anyone in Hongyang could get their hands on a live desert flounder, but you've really opened my eyes."
Lu Wuyai said, "I was just lucky to encounter such a group of fish. They must have escaped from a fish farm, but they are definitely wild."
Live spotted flounder are not available in the market; they can only be bought from Europe at exorbitant prices. Land Rover paid him 500 yuan per kilogram, which exceeded Lu Wuyai's expectations.
He had wanted to cooperate with Land Rover for a long time, so he asked frankly, "Brother Hu, I'm not trying to take advantage of you, it's just that 500 yuan per kilogram is a bit expensive."
The red ocean is teeming with fish, and a pound of live turbot sells for 50 yuan. Although desert flounder is rarer, the price difference is less than tenfold.
Land Rover waved his hand and said, "This is the current market price. You didn't take advantage of me, and I didn't take advantage of you. We're just friends. It's a business transaction."
He laughed at the last sentence.
Lu Wuyai laughed and asked, "Wild turbot is too expensive."
“Non-wild ones are also expensive, but the rare ones are the most expensive,” Land Rover stated.
Lu Wuyai asked, puzzled, "Turbot farming has been carried out on a large scale for a long time. What's so special about this thing?"
Land Rover's face showed resentment. "It's not that those farms are evil. It's popular to feed turbot with furazolidone now, but their mothers all use this stuff. After the State Food and Drug Administration discovered this in a certain area of the island, a large number of farms were closed down for rectification."
Furazolidone is an antibacterial drug widely used in livestock farming. It can enhance fish's resistance to disease and increase the digestion and reabsorption of food in the fish's intestines, allowing the fish to grow faster.
This drug was originally intended to treat enteritis; it's inexpensive and effective. However, it also has drawbacks. If a person consumes furacilin or seafood containing furacilin metabolites, the drug's effects can remain in the body for up to two years, potentially inducing various diseases and even causing cancer. If consumed by pregnant women, it can even lead to birth defects.
Hearing Lu Hu's words, Lu Wuyai took a deep breath: "So ruthless."
"Even more serious is that some fish farms were found to have residues of drugs such as malachite green, enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, and erythromycin." Land Rover became increasingly dissatisfied, saying, "He's driving me crazy."
The fish in the net have all been moved. There were a total of fifty-five fish, and they were all large. The total weight was approximately two hundred kilograms, and each kilogram cost one thousand yuan.
Lu Hu quickly transferred the money to him. As it grew late, the two agreed to have a drink together sometime before parting ways.
Besides the 55 adult fish, one juvenile remained. Lu Wuyai initially intended to release it back into the water, but most of the Red Sea is unsuitable for wild turbot, so he decided to take it home. He would keep it.
Raising turbot is not difficult. They are relatively quiet and like to stick to the sand on the seabed, so you can simply put them in a fish tank.
Turbot have a very interesting appearance. Their juvenile and adult stages are different.
Like most fish, the eyes of juvenile fish are located on the sides of their bodies. As adults, two eyes grow on one side of their bodies, one in the middle and the other gradually moving to the left or right, resulting in asymmetry.
After returning home, he put the small fish and nautilus in the fish tank.
Although juvenile turbot prefer to eat crustaceans, the nautilus is a very large crustacean that it cannot even bite off a single shell, so the two can coexist.
When it was time for dinner, neither Wang Ming nor Lu Wuyai came, which puzzled him, so he took Little Earl (the dog) to school.
Lu Wuyai was tidying up a classroom. He knocked on the door and said, "Mr. Lu, you are very responsible."
Seeing him enter, Lu Wuyai smiled and said, "I'm thinking of cleaning a classroom and starting a tutoring class to help the children in the village with their homework. These past few days I've talked with Teacher Li and Teacher Zhu and learned about the students' academic level..."
She didn't say anything else, just shook her head helplessly.
Lu Wuyai understood what she meant: what kind of educational quality could a school in a small town offer? Besides rote memorization of basic knowledge, what else could students understand?
He asked, "What assignments do you plan to take? How much will it cost?"
Lu Wuyai said, "Tutoring courses for all subjects will be charged. Haha, teachers these days don't dare to charge tuition anymore. They're free."
Lu Wuyai immediately gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Lu, number one. Come, come, have dinner and see what I brought you."
Lu Zhizi chuckled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, but I don't have much of an appetite, it's too hot."
Lu Wuyai said, "Let's eat something alive. When do you plan to start classes?"
Lu Wuyuan said, "Once the tables and chairs arrive, they promise to allocate funds to purchase a batch of tables and chairs as soon as possible."
Lu Wuyai curled his lip: "It's just Li Zhijie's temper. He can buy tables and chairs from the village's distribution center."
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