Chapter 112: Can't find the aquatic station
After collecting the fishing net, Zhang Ze continued to collect the hooks and other things. When everything was collected on the boat, the sun finally emerged from the horizon.
Only then did he see the fishermen from the island's fishery team going out to sea together. The small wooden boats were rowing towards the location of the fishing nets like a fleet. If Zhang Ze was an hour later, he would have met them.
However, as long as you don't go to the place where others set their nets, the other party will not care. The area near Nanping Island is a natural fishing ground. There are many boats that come here to fish and place hooks in the reef area.
After a while, Tong Shuyao also got up. She looked at the sunrise, exclaimed that it was really beautiful, and came over to help sort the fish.
Growing up on an island and getting up early, the sunrise has no appeal to her.
"Shuyao, go to the kitchen and make some breakfast. Leave this to me and Qinghe. There isn't much fish anyway."
The sun had already risen, and Zhang Ze was reluctant to let his wife go out to work, so he simply found a reason to send her back to the cabin.
"Okay!" Tong Shuyao nodded, got up and went to the kitchen.
My man hasn't had breakfast yet, so I really have to prepare some for him.
After sorting the fish into baskets and having breakfast, Zhang Ze drove the boat back to the dock.
It is already past eight o'clock, and Zhang Huihong is already waiting here with her daughter and son.
Zhang Ze looked around and found that two people were missing: "Where are my aunt and Xiaoxi?"
Zhang's mother explained: "Xiaoxi gets along well with your cousin. Seeing this situation, your aunt decided to stay for a while. If your cousin can take good care of the child, then Xiaoxi will stay in the future."
"Is that so?" Zhang Ze nodded and didn't ask any more questions. After all, this was someone else's family's business.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the fishing boat returned to Wenshui City Pier, where Ou Shuxiang was already waiting for him.
He got on the boat to see how much Zhang Ze had harvested this time. Now he had access to channels from five factories, and if there were fewer fish, he would have to watch over their distribution.
But as soon as I got on the boat, I saw a huge sturgeon that couldn't even fit in a bamboo basket in the most conspicuous position in the middle of the deck.
"Fuck! You managed to catch such a big sturgeon?" The group of people who were familiar with Zhang Ze had basically learned his catchphrase, and they all found that "fuck" was easier to say than "Huang Tian San Bao".
"One hundred and eight kilograms!" Zhang Ze raised his eyebrows and showed him the account book of grouper and lobster that had already been counted.
"Over 100 kilograms? Awesome!"
Ou Shuxiang gave him a thumbs up before taking the account book. But he didn't open it, instead he touched the fish head and said, "Aze, what are your plans for this sturgeon? Sell it to the aquatic station?"
"What? Do you have any ideas?" Zhang Ze looked at him in surprise.
"For such a big sturgeon, its maw must be quite large. I think the leaders in the factory might be interested in it." When Ou Shuxiang saw the fish, he was already thinking about how to sell it at a high price.
This is also the special feature of sturgeon. Most people know that its isinglass is a good thing.
Like the yellowfin snapper next to him, which is also a king of fish, he was only slightly surprised and then stopped paying attention to it. Because this fish can only be sold at the price of fish meat, it is difficult to get others to buy it at a higher price.
Zhang Ze shook his head when he heard this: "The purchasing power of the factory leaders is just so-so. After all, they are paid. They may have money privately, but they will never buy such a big fish so high-profile. Unless I sell it secretly, but I am not interested."
"I'll take care of this fish myself. You can send the grouper over!"
"Okay!" Ou Shuxiang smacked his lips regretfully. He had no choice but to sell the fish. Then he seemed to have thought of something, pulled him aside and whispered, "Aze, something happened in Yuewan County yesterday. Several fishermen jointly caught more than 10,000 kilograms of hairtail and sent them to the aquatic station, earning nearly 4,000 yuan."
"This matter has spread like wildfire in Yuewan County. It seems that many people are planning to go out to sea to fish. I want to buy grouper from these fishermen at a high price. Do you think it's possible?"
Zhang Ze was a little surprised. Ten thousand catties of hairtail fish cost nearly four thousand yuan. How could he not have heard of such a thing in his previous life? Also, the Yuewan County Aquatic Products Station has now started to purchase aquatic products from individual fishermen? But thinking about it, it was not surprising. Wenshui City was open, and Yuewan County would definitely follow soon.
The early processing of the business license also resulted in many things being done earlier.
But this incident suddenly gave him an idea. He felt that he should change the way of handling sturgeon.
"If you want to collect it from others, just go ahead. You don't work for me."
It was normal for Ou Shuxiang to want to acquire from others, but Zhang Ze understood why he told him this.
One is to ask whether this can be done, probably because he is afraid of the risks. Another is that he is afraid that he will be discovered if he receives aquatic products from others, and he is afraid that he will be unhappy and replace him.
But Zhang Ze's goal was to make him a seafood merchant and help him sell his seafood at a high price.
As long as the price on his side remains unchanged, it is Ou Shuxiang's own business how he wants to develop.
Seeing that he didn't care, Ou Shuxiang breathed a sigh of relief.
It is not possible to purchase from others stably at the moment, but Zhang Ze can provide stable supply. Of course, he has to maintain the relationship between the two parties, even if it is just a small matter.
Ou Shuxiang hired two people to help him and asked them to get on the boat and carry all the fish off.
Zhang Ze was not idle either. He asked Zhang's mother and the others to go home first, and he and Zhang Qinghe took the other fish to the fishery station to sell. Only the last two king fish were left.
"Aze, aren't you going to sell these two fish together?" Zhang Qinghe asked in confusion, pointing at the big sturgeon and the yellowfin sea bream in the bamboo basket.
Zhang Ze patted his shoulder and said solemnly: "As a fisherman, how can you just quietly sell the king fish you caught?"
"What do you mean?" Zhang Qinghe was immediately filled with questions.
"You'll find out soon."
Zhang Ze did not explain any further. He would use his actions to tell this fishing novice the meaning of the so-called fishing masters.
He moved the bicycle to the shore, called Zhang Qinghe to help lift the sturgeon onto the back seat of the bicycle, and tied the fish to it.
Tong Yuanhang and his friends nearby had also finished selling their fish, and came over curiously.
"Oh, this is such a big sturgeon, whose is it?"
"Of course I caught it, weighing 108 kilograms!" Unlike the great white shark, this sturgeon was caught by him personally, and it took a lot of effort.
The great white shark was already dead at the time, but it was entangled in the net and pulled up. There was no sense of accomplishment at all.
"It's amazing, they can catch such a big fish?" Tong Yuanhang and others were also amazed.
Since they learned how to fish from Zhang Ze, they occasionally catch fish weighing ten or twenty kilograms. Which fish doesn't require some effort to catch?
The fact that they could catch such a big fish weighing hundreds of kilograms was indeed beyond their imagination.
"Tell me, what should we pay attention to when fishing for this big fish?"
"Hey, this fish weighs 108 kilograms. I pulled it up with my bare hands!"
"I know. I was asking you what you think of catching such a big fish?"
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"What, you didn't hear clearly? Then I'll tell you again, this fish weighed 108 kilograms, and I pulled it up with my bare hands."
Tong Yuanhang took a deep breath, tried to loosen his clenched fists, and kept reminding himself in his heart: this brother-in-law is too strong and I can't beat him; this brother-in-law can't be beaten by himself. But while a few people were talking, some people at the dock also saw the big sturgeon on the back seat of the bicycle and came over.
A 100-jin sturgeon is almost as long as the average height of an adult woman here.
It’s not like the fishermen here haven’t caught giant sturgeon before, but it’s very rare to come across one this big.
"It's rare to see such a big sturgeon!"
"The last time, Lao Liu's fish was only about 1.2 meters and weighed about 50 kilograms, right? He was so happy about that. I heard he sold it for more than 100 yuan."
"Huang Tian San Bao~Then this one can't be more than two hundred?"
"Hey, comrade, who owns this fish? Want to sell it to you?"
Zhang Ze naturally heard these words. A group of fishermen usually shouted when talking on the sea. They thought they were talking quietly, but in fact their voices were very loud.
Someone asked them if they sold fish, which surprised him. The person who asked was very brave. There were more and more people setting up stalls and doing small business in Wenshui City, but generally speaking, no one really started to become a middleman.
They make something themselves and then sell it to make some money to supplement the family income.
I turned around and looked, but didn't see who said this.
Zhang Ze didn't take this matter to heart, but this made him realize that the great white shark couldn't be sold because not many people knew its value and might not have a use for it.
When valuable and good things appear, they will still attract other people's attention and attract the arrival of rich people.
On South Street, a young man was pushing a bicycle with a huge fish on the back seat, which was very eye-catching. The most important thing was that there were three bicycles following side by side behind to protect the fish.
When passers-by saw this, they all avoided him and were extremely surprised. Which street scoundrel would go out to harm others?
Seeing that there were only a few young people, an elderly man curiously stopped Zhang Ze who was pushing the cart in front and asked: "Young man, where did you buy such a big sturgeon?"
"Grandpa, this fish is mine. It weighs 108 kilograms."
"What, your own? What about this?"
"I'm looking for the aquatic station!"
"The aquaculture station is on the east side, you are going southwest."
Zhang Ze suddenly realized and looked towards the southwest: "So the aquaculture station is over there, thank you, Grandpa!"
After saying that, he quickly pushed his bicycle forward.
The old man was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and shouted: "Wrong, wrong, wrong direction"
"Grandpa, I'm not going the wrong way!" Zhang Ze turned around and waved to the kind old man with a smile, then continued walking towards the street where there were more people.
If he wanted to sell the fish at a high price, he had to go to streets with more people, especially those with restaurants.
At the beginning of this year, the policy of public-private partnership was implemented again.
Many restaurants have seen joint ventures between capital and local governments, and this situation will continue until around 1990.
Zhang Ze naturally attracted these joint venture bosses. He took so much effort to walk on the street. Could it be that he was just a fisherman with nothing to do and wanted to get lost by fishing? He was not so bored. He certainly had a purpose for making such a big noise.
Although the fish is very big, it is not realistic for a rich boss to come to your door directly like in later generations.
However, with the little commotion he made, these bosses would know that buying this fish could also serve as advertising for their restaurants, thus gaining a lot of attention.
Zhang Ze actually hopes that some smart bosses will come forward to him, so that he will have another sales channel for the king fish he catches in the future.
(End of this chapter)
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