Chapter 115 The Ye brothers' decision
Hearing Zhang Ze say this, Zhang Zhenghong immediately thought of the 4,000 yuan hairtail sold in Yuewan County, and his eyes lit up: "Is going out to sea really that profitable?"
To be honest, they didn't bring their wives and children because they came here to check out the situation first. If they didn't earn that much, it would be better for their wives and children to stay at home, and it would save more money.
But if you can earn a lot of money, then who wouldn’t want to move to the city and become a city dweller?
"Going out to sea depends on luck, but generally speaking, the harvest of large ships is not too low. I have also made arrangements for you. After you are familiar with going out to sea, I will lend you money to buy a boat, and then you can go out to sea on your own."
Zhang Zeke had no intention of keeping his cousins with him all the time; he preferred to have his own boat.
If you don't use fishing nets but just extend the line, one person can actually do it, it's just a little more time-consuming and troublesome, but not as troublesome as using fishing nets.
In taking them with him, in addition to getting some shares and more money, he also considered his own safety.
If three or four ships go out to sea together, they can help each other in case of any problems at sea.
If you encounter a robbery or something, you can support each other at any time. To put it bluntly, it means finding some reliable people to serve as bodyguards.
Zhang Ze even thought of the weapons that have not been completely banned in this era. It would be great if he could get some for self-defense.
Unfortunately, he is just a farmer. Although he now makes some money from fishing, he still has no connections.
If he didn't have someone he absolutely trusted who could get these, he wouldn't take the risk to buy the channels himself.
When Zhang Zhenghong and his companions heard Zhang Ze's arrangements for them, they all showed joy on their faces.
Aren't they just here to make money instead of planting their fields? "It just so happens that you lent us two hundred yuan before, and we still have a lot of money. Let's go find a house first, and then take them over after we've arranged it."
"Okay, you guys go and rent the house first, and we will go out to sea the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow will be a high tide, so we will usually get more." Zhang Ze set a time.
Because of the fish problem yesterday, he decided to take two quiet days to go to the shipyard to study. Now that his cousins are here, it just gives them some time to prepare.
Two days passed in a flash, and Zhang Zhenghong and the other two had each found a suitable house. Zhang Qinghe had also found a house and moved out.
In addition to studying these two days, Zhang Ze also bought some wood to make a doghouse for Dahuang, and placed it in the living room on the first floor of his house.
After Zhang Qinghe moved out, it was naturally not suitable for Dahuang to live on the boat any longer. Otherwise, he would have to frequently deliver food to Gouzi, which would be very troublesome.
When he saw his new home, Dahuang went in to take a look around and then took the child in, looking very satisfied.
His tail was swinging high, his eyes were narrowed into a line, and he was smiling like a fox.
When the whole family came, Zhang Wu and Zhang Qing were also very happy. That night, the two of them took the puppies out of the kennel, one for each of them, and even Dahuang couldn't do anything to them.
Fortunately, they only spent one night at home, and Zhang Ze took them back to the boat the next day.
"Aze, this is your boat. It's so big and magnificent."
"That's right, I thought you just had a small boat, but I didn't expect it to be so big?"
"You said that the same will happen when you lend us money to buy a boat in the future?"
Zhang Zhenghong and his friends who came to the ship for the first time were very surprised, and then envy appeared in their eyes.
It seems that the cousins who used to need their occasional help have become really rich, but they are also very fortunate that their relationship has been maintained well. If they were like the relatives on Zhang Ze’s father’s side, how would they have the opportunity to come to the city?
"Your ships will be like this in the future." Zhang Ze nodded affirmatively.
A 15-meter boat can go to the Nanping Island fishing ground and the Zhoushan fishing ground, which is enough.
Bigger ships require more manpower, so we have to recruit more people.
But who knows if the people he recruited would have unpleasant experiences with each other and cause bloodshed, so Zhang Ze has not considered a larger ship in recent years.
After a while, when Tong Yuanhang and Zhang Qinghe arrived, Zhang Ze introduced them to each other and then they boarded the ship.
The two fishing boats set sail again after staying for a few days. Because they were going to cast longlines this time, Zhang Ze specially bought a lot of cheap small squids at the fishery station.
The small squids are used as longline bait, so the cost is shared by all three parties.
However, Zhang Ze paid the money first, and then deducted the money directly from them after the fish were sold when he returned.
After sailing for a while, he was completely relieved when he found that his cousins showed no signs of seasickness.
This time the target location is in the southern part of Nanping Island. This location was chosen because there might be a chance to catch some fish species from the northern part of the bay.
But before that, he had to go to Lumen Island to buy equipment for his cousins. By the way, he asked Zhang Qinghe to go back home and help bring the javelin.
Originally, he asked the two sons of the Ye family to take care of the child, but they haven't come yet and they don't know what happened, so he asked him to go and ask about the situation.
If the other party changes his mind, ask him to give five dollars as payment for the dog.
I went to Lumen Island first, and two days later I had made two longlines. This thing is not difficult to make, and the process is quite fast.
However, these two were given to his cousins, and he also gave one of his two to Zhang Qinghe.
But this is just for their temporary use. When he has more longlines, he will still have to prepare at least two.
When reeling in longlines or hooks normally, the fishing lines are cut directly, which is convenient and quick, so it is not uncommon for a boat to have extra longlines.
The longline with the fish hooks cut off is taken back to the net weavers for further sorting and repair. This money itself is earned by them.
After leaving Lumen Island and arriving at the seaside of Qinghe Village, Zhang Qinghe moved his bicycle onto a small boat and rowed to the other side.
Zhang Ze taught his cousins some basic fishing knowledge on the boat, just like he taught Zhang Qinghe.
Half an hour later, he came back on a bicycle with two 1.5-meter-long iron javelins tied to the bicycle. They were painted to prevent rust and extend the service life of the javelins.
There was no stainless steel in the village blacksmith shop, so he had to make do with what he had.
After Zhang Qinghe came back, he took a sip of water and said angrily, "Aze, I have already found out about the two brothers of the Ye family."
"After they heard that the hairtail was sold for 4,000 yuan, they got a small boat together and went fishing. They don't plan to go to Wenshui City to look for you anymore. I have already given the money for buying rhubarb to their parents."
"Is that so?" Zhang Ze nodded calmly.
"You're not angry?" Zhang Qinghe felt a little strange when he saw that he had no reaction at all.
"Why should I be angry?" Zhang Ze said with a smile, "I think it's a good thing that they didn't come. I was originally worried that they would reveal my affairs, and then more people in the village would come to find me. If this happens, I will definitely drive them away."
“Now they’re out fishing themselves, isn’t that better?”
"Then why did you agree to it?" Zhang Qinghe became even more confused after hearing this.
"I thought that you would need help after you could sail the boat yourself, so I planned to bring two people with me to fill in the vacancies."
"." Zhang Qinghe was a little speechless, "Why bother looking for them? It's better to look for my brother."
Zhang Ze's eyes lit up: "How could I forget your brother! My three cousins will definitely have a ship in the future, and they will be a group of three."
"And I'm a little worried about you being alone. When you have a boat, take your brother with you. That would be perfect."
Zhang Qinghe opened his mouth, wanting to say, "What about you?"
But thinking that Zhang Ze seemed to be very skilled in everything he did at sea, and it seemed that there was really no problem for him to do it alone, he shut his mouth and didn't mention it anymore.
Now that everything was clear, Zhang Ze did not waste any more time. He set the coordinates and started the cruise mode.
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When we arrived at noon, Tong Yuanhang and his team had already started casting the nets.
Because several cousins were present, Zhang Ze took out the fishing net today and taught them how to cast the net.
Next is longlining. Normally, two people are needed for this. First, hang the baits on the sub-line hooks, then one person drives the boat while the other lowers the longline.
It would be much more convenient to have a winch specifically for lowering and retrieving longlines. Zhang Ze planned to focus on longline fishing in the future, so he decided to go to the shipyard to install a winch specifically for lowering and retrieving longlines after he returned this time.
This winch is very convenient to use, and will be very useful for longline fishing for deep-sea fish and crab cages for catching deep-sea crabs.
If there is only one person, you have to find the direction of the waves and let the waves push the longline down slowly, but the speed will be slower.
Fortunately, the magic bait had a wide enough attraction range, so he could let the boat move slowly and automatically in the open sea and let out the longline at the stern himself.
After the fishing net was lowered, Zhang Qinghe drove the boat to another location, and Zhang Ze began to teach his cousins how to cast longlines. These simple things actually do not require much technical skills.
Just be careful with the fishing lines and don't let them get tangled.
The longline customized by Zhang Ze is specially used for fishing shallow water fish, mainly grouper. The length of the sub-line is only 25 meters, which is relatively easier to operate than those longlines used for fishing deep-sea fish.
There is a small float on the main line of the longline at regular intervals. There are twenty hooks between the small floats, and a sinking stone is hung under the small floats to allow the fish hooks to sink.
Just by splicing together small sections, a longline with a thousand hooks is formed.
Of course, there are not only small floats on the main line, but also several large floats that not only help lift the longline to prevent it from sinking, but also make it easier for Zhang Ze to find it.
One longline was put in place, and then the second one was taken out and arranged neatly, and several people hung the bait together.
On the upper longline, Zhang Ze secretly hung ten grouper baits. This one was Zhang Qinghe's, so he did not use the magic bait, as it had no effect.
When all four longlines were lowered, it was already past two in the afternoon. It was obvious that the longlines were quite time-consuming to use.
In two hours, they would be able to collect the first longline, so Zhang Ze simply drove the boat to the vicinity of the longline and taught his cousins how to fish.
When it comes to fishing, two hours pass in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Qinghe had been keeping an eye on the time. Seeing that the sun had already completely moved to the west, he came up to him and asked, "Is it time to reel in the longline?"
Zhang Ze looked at the sun, nodded, and then went to drive the boat to one end of the longline.
When he arrived on the deck, Zhang Qinghe had already hooked the large float with a hitch.
Zhang Ze took over, tied the rope to the winch and turned it on. The winch slowly turned and the longline began to be pulled up slowly.
A longline with a thousand hooks is very long, and with the weight of the fish caught, it is difficult to pull it by manpower.
After a while, the first sub-line emerged from the water, and a zebra-patterned rock snapper appeared in everyone's sight.
The fish was not small, probably weighing about four or five pounds.
However, the hook of the longline is relatively large, and the hook is a whole small squid, so the fish caught are basically not small.
"Aze, what kind of fish is this? Can we eat it?" Zhang Zhenghong asked while standing nearby.
"Stone snapper costs more than 60 cents at the aquatic station. Because the production volume is not high, the purchase price is higher than that of hairtail."
Zhang Zhenghong took the fish and shook it in his hands, with a look of surprise in his eyes: "This fish is probably about five pounds, and at 60 cents a pound, that doesn't mean it would cost three dollars, right?"
Zhang Ze nodded: "About the same!"
After getting the confirmation, Zhang Zhenghong and others were a little bit unbelievable. Only three dollars for a fish?
When they went to the beach before, they would never even look at the fish in the sea.
Now he understood how much he had missed! But thinking about the collective in the past, he felt that there was nothing to regret, since there was no way to sell it at that time anyway.
The second one was a large yellow croaker, weighing a little over four pounds.
Next he discovered that what he caught were either groupers or yellow croakers, mixed with a small amount of sea bream.
Every time Zhang Ze caught a fish, he would introduce to them the type of fish and how to identify it.
Because the grouper baits are hung in scattered places, the density of grouper caught is not as high as when the hooks were set before.
But the harvest from the one thousand fish hooks was also extremely amazing. A total of more than two hundred fish were caught, and the average weight of the fish reached three and a half kilograms, or more than seven hundred kilograms.
Among them, there were more than 70 groupers, weighing more than 270 kilograms.
Although there are many empty hooks, the efficiency is still far higher than that of row hooks.
(End of this chapter)
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