"Going to Jinzhou for fun? And taking the crew with you? Xiao Yu, do you know that once you say that, you're not just taking the crew of this one fishing boat, but the entire fleet of crew!"
Do you know how many people are in our fleet? Even if each person spends 100 yuan a day, how much would that cost in two days?
"Money aside for now, the sheer number of people we have is staggering—over four hundred! Where are we going to eat lunch or dinner with so many people in Jinzhou? We can't all go to fancy hotels, can we?"
The eldest uncle thought he had misheard and looked at Bai Yu with disbelief.
Just as my uncle said, money is not really important. If 400 people each earn 100 yuan a day, that's only 40,000 yuan. Even if we calculate it at 200 yuan, that's only 80,000 yuan.
What's a few thousand or even twenty-eight thousand yuan to Bai Yu and his crew if they only catch these salmon this time?
Forget salmon, even if they took the mackerel they had caught earlier and sold it in Jinzhou, the money would be enough for them to live on.
The main problem is that there are too many of them. If more than 400 people want to go out and have fun together, there might not be enough space to accommodate them.
Bai Yu disagreed with his uncle's concerns, because he was only talking about taking the crew to Jinzhou for a trip, and he was referring to the crew of their Yuxue. The crew of other ships would be taken care of by their respective captains. Bai Yu didn't care about such things.
"Uncle, we just need to take care of our own crew. The brothers have been working in shifts these past two days and they're all exhausted. Once we get to Jinzhou, we can have a good rest for a couple of days before heading back to Hainan Province."
Later, you can talk to the other captains. When we go back this time, we'll refuel and resupply in Jinzhou. At that time, every crew member on every fishing boat, regardless of their position, will receive a relaxation allowance of 500 yuan.
"The crew can do whatever they want. Those who want to eat and drink can eat and drink, those who want to take a bath can take a bath, as long as they don't cause trouble. Then we'll set off again in two days."
Bai Yu waved his hand and allocated 200,000 yuan plus 1,000 yuan for activity expenses.
Why would there be an extra thousand yuan? Here we have to mention Bai Yu and Wang Hai.
Each of their company's fishing boats carries forty people when fully loaded, but this time Bai Yu and Wang Hai joined the boat, so the total number of people reached 402, and the budget became 201,000.
After communicating with her uncle, Bai Yu prepared to return to the crew quarters.
Although he and Wang Hai were freelancers with no fixed tasks on the fishing boat, they still provided a lot of help today, doing all sorts of things, which exhausted them.
Go to bed early at night so you can get up early the next day.
Nothing was said that night.
Bai Yu slept very well that night, sleeping soundly until dawn without waking up in the middle of the night.
After Bai Yu stepped out of the cabin, the fishing boat, just as he had expected, began to turn around and head towards the notebook.
That's right, they headed towards the notebook.
After all, they were heading to Jinzhou this time. The best route from their current location to Jinzhou would be to travel through the sea between Japan and North Korea, then through North Korea and South Korea, and finally into the Bohai Sea before sailing to Jinzhou.
The distance from where they are now to Jinzhou is not actually that far if you only consider the straight-line distance.
However, it's a different story for shipping. Taking the sea route adds a lot of distance, as it goes from the Goose Island and around the entire Korean Peninsula, adding about half the distance to the route.
In fact, for Bai Yu and his group, the best place to resupply on their return journey would have been Zhejiang or Fujian provinces.
They didn't need to take a detour to these two places; they could simply return along the way. Going to Jinzhou, on the other hand, required a detour, adding several days to their journey.
If they were private boats, they would definitely choose the most convenient and cost-effective route, and would absolutely not go to Jinzhou for supplies.
Even if you're going to the Bohai Sea, you should go to Dalian and Tianjin, not Jinzhou.
However, these are the company's fishing boats, and it was the company boss who said they were going to Jinzhou. The rest of the employees just need to follow the instructions.
For a fully loaded fishing boat, sailing is slow, and it is not recommended to increase the speed.
After all, these fishing boats are carrying more than a thousand tons of cargo. Add to that the weight of the fishing boats themselves, and once they get up to speed, it won't be easy to slow them down.
Therefore, Bai Yu and his crew did not sail very fast. It took them nearly two days just to get their fishing boat into the border area between Da'e and Xiaobenzi.
Then they arrived at a sea area shared by the four countries. Here, apart from the North Korean ships which were not easy to encounter, the ships of the other countries, such as South Korea, Japan, and Canada, were quite common.
When these three boats saw the fishing boat flying the red flag, they instinctively did not choose to approach it.
It wasn't because they were cowards, but because Bai Yu and his group weren't just one ship, but a fleet of ships, all of them 70 meters long.
In this situation, even if the law enforcement vessels of these three countries wanted to cause trouble, they would have to think twice before acting.
Besides, Bai Yu and his fishing boat didn't do anything here; they were just passing through safely. Why should they stop them?
A week later, in late November, the ten Yuxue ships docked at the Jinzhou pier, ready to begin their own rest period.
When they set off from Hai Province, it was only early November, and in the blink of an eye, it was already late November, and December was just around the corner. Time flies so fast.
The year is almost over, and Bai Yu is about to grow another year older.
"Ah! After such a long voyage, we've finally arrived in Jinzhou!"
"Uncle, do you want to get off the boat and go for a stroll? Let's go take a bath together. The bathhouses in Jinzhou even include meals; it's on me."
Bai Yu stretched as she walked out of the cabin and then spoke to her uncle beside her.
"I can't go for now. I need to contact the other captains about the tanker trucks. I can only leave after I've arranged everything. You and Ahai go first."
"It's alright, Uncle, you go ahead with your work. The bathhouses here allow overnight stays. We can stay there all day with our tickets. We'll wait for you and Tianyu."
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he and Wang Hai stood on the deck and looked at the surrounding port facilities.
They were currently at a dock in Jinzhou, though they weren't sure which one exactly. However, judging from the surrounding facilities, it was probably a city-level dock, as there were quite a few large ships around.
While waiting at the dock, Bai Yu saw tanker trucks coming and going, and the crew members on the fishing boats left the dock in twos and threes to wander around the city.
It's worth mentioning that not only are prices in Jinzhou much lower than in Hainan Province, but even the price of gasoline is significantly lower.
Perhaps it's because it's close to the Goose Island and also has its own oil fields in Northeast China that the oil prices here are slightly cheaper?
Whatever the reason, cheaper gas prices are beneficial to them, at least they can pay less when it comes to gas.
After all, they have a total of ten fishing boats, and the fuel costs are not a small amount. They would have to wait until after refueling before the uncle and others would call the company and ask them to transfer the money to the other party.
As the tanker trucks arrived one after another, and each ship had its own guards, everyone else who wanted to go out and have fun used their travel allowances to go on vacation.
Bai Yu hailed a taxi at the dock entrance, and then he, Wang Hai, Liu Tianyu, and his uncle headed towards a bathhouse.
The taxi driver was also a very curious person. When he saw Bai Yu and the others heading to the bathhouse early in the morning, his first reaction was: "You guys are from the south, right? Why did you come by boat?"
Bai Yu then chatted with the other party, briefly explaining how they got there, and then asked them what good food there was in Jinzhou.
Every qualified taxi driver is a local expert; when people from out of town ask him these kinds of questions, they can talk for hours on end.
On their way to the bathhouse, Bai Yu and the others obtained the addresses of many restaurants and snack shops. They wondered how many they would be able to try this time.
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