This month is when tuna arrive near Kyushu Island, not far from the waters around Jeju Island where Chen Hong last fished.
Chen Hong decided that her next goal would be to cross Nagasaki from Jeju Island, exit through the Osumi Strait, head straight for the vicinity of Kyushu Island, reach the high seas on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, and intercept tuna schools.
This route is just right for Chen Hong, neither too far nor too near, and it's about half the distance of a trip to the vicinity of Taiwan Island.
Entrusting her son to the village elders, and letting Uncle Village Chief and Uncle Erhu manage the small inn, Chen Hong prepared to embark on a spontaneous fishing trip.
The night before, Uncle Erhu, following Chen Hong's instructions, loaded all the prepared fishing gear onto the fishing boat.
Chen Hong filled the oil drums in her space and the boat with oil, took Black Tiger with her, and bought a large amount of ice. With everything prepared, Chen Hong set off at dawn.
After driving on the highway, they crossed Jeju Island at 3 PM and arrived near Nagasaki, Japan. Chen Hong took cover on a deserted island.
Taking advantage of the absence of others, he found a location with abundant seaweed and resources on the seabed, stored the fishing boat in his spatial storage, put on his diving gear, and began his daily scavenging.
After careful consideration, Chen Hong decided to change her strategy. In order to avoid trouble as much as possible, she planned to sail at night and find a suitable diving area before dawn to fish for seafood.
They disappear from the sea during the day, and return to the sea at night when visibility is poor to search for the next target.
When going to sea alone, it's essential to take safety precautions. A woman alone has no ability to confront other countries head-on.
We still need to make use of space and operate stealthily. We should learn from the Japanese: don't fire guns, sneak into the village, and try to plunder some precious marine resources to take back.
Chen Hong had planned everything perfectly that afternoon: to explore the seabed during the day and then sail directly to the Osumi Strait that night. But unexpectedly, once she arrived, she couldn't leave; the situation had changed.
She discovered a large catch of seafood in the coral reefs near the Five Islands. There were so many fish that they were bumping into her as she swam.
No wonder that for the next ten years or so, Nagasaki remained the largest seafood producer exporting fresh fish to our country.
The marine fishery resources here are incredibly abundant, with various large schools of fish such as tuna, yellowtail, mackerel, silver herring, and trevally.
When Chen Hong first encountered the school of fish, she was startled. The dense, dark school of fish swarmed past, and the oppressive atmosphere made Chen Hong immediately hide in the space.
It took me a while to realize why I was hiding. Such a large school of fish was coming straight for me; it was like they were delivering food to my door. Why was I so scared?
Chen Hong roused himself and began chasing the school of tuna. After a while, he only caught about sixty longfin and yellowfin tuna before the school disappeared from sight.
They ran too fast for Chen Hong to catch up with. If it weren't for these sixty-odd lazy stragglers, he wouldn't have been able to catch a single one by chasing them.
Chen Hong was not discouraged. Even if she couldn't catch up with the tuna, there were plenty of other valuable fish species, so she didn't mind.
There are more red sea bream, golden-eyed eagles, red sea bream, and bigeye sea bream here, and even quite a few red-tailed snapper. There are also many grouper, red grouper, spotted grouper, and giant grouper.
The ribbonfish spread out like gourds in this trench, and you can easily pick a few if you just reach out and let them stay still.
There are so many purple and red sea urchins on the seabed that you can't pick them all up; they form a thick layer on the seabed.
The famous Nagasaki lobsters of later generations also lined up like a train, wandering all over the seabed.
Chen Hong decided to work in this area for another day tomorrow, and if possible, cross the Osumi Strait to the west coast of the Pacific Ocean the day after tomorrow.
There are many jellyfish on the seabed here, so for safety reasons, Chen Hong had to return to the surface as darkness fell. At nine o'clock in the evening, she steered her fishing boat back to international waters.
She encountered a Japanese patrol boat on the way, but since she was driving normally and not fishing, she swaggered past the Japanese patrol boat.
While the fishing boat drifted on the high seas, Chen Hong worked through the night to process more than sixty yellowfin and albacore tuna. By the time they were all cleaned and bled, it was already 2 a.m.
Chen Hong only ate two meals today, she was so excited about catching fish that she forgot to eat. At two o'clock in the morning, she and her pet Black Tiger finally had a hearty late-night snack.
Black Tiger was on duty on deck, while Chen Hong went into her cabin, took a shower, and went to sleep. She was so tired that she didn't even have the energy to do yoga.
The key is that I was too excited about being a thief today, and my cerebral cortex was constantly active. After killing so many tuna tonight, my body was indeed feeling tired.
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