Chapter 189 A Man's Romance
The fish under the water is still running, and it looks like it will take a long time.
When Lin Long and Lin Hu saw this scene, they no longer had the mood to continue fishing. It was obvious that they had caught a huge fish.
The two men came to Zhang Ze, their faces full of curiosity and questions, as if they had some questions to ask, but seeing that his face was now flushed red and the meridians in his arms were all throbbing, they stood quietly by and did not dare to disturb him.
This stalemate lasted for more than ten minutes.
Zhang Ze was sweating profusely, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and his throat was a little dry due to his rapid breathing.
"Water, go and pour me some warm water!"
"I'll go. Brother, you stay and help at any time." Lin Hu hurried to the kitchen and asked the more stable Lin Long to stay.
Soon, the water was brought over.
"Do you want to try?" Seeing the water coming, Zhang Ze asked Lin Long beside him. He didn't want to be fed water by Lin Hu. It would be best if someone took over so that he could take a breath.
"How do I try?" Lin Long was a little embarrassed. He was afraid that he would let the fish escape if he was not careful.
"Now is the explosive period for fish. Just hold the fishing rod with both hands and don't let it get away too easily. Don't grab the rotating handle. If it goes too fast, you will get hit by it. It's no joke."
All he had to do was grab the fishing rod, which made Lin Long feel much more at ease, so he went over to take over.
Zhang Ze let go of his hand and made room, and with a "crunch, crunch", the fishing rod immediately bent sharply.
Seeing this, Lin Long quickly grabbed it and lifted it up, but he was shocked when he lifted it up. He couldn't lift it up! Just now, he watched Zhang Ze slowly lift the fishing rod, but it was his turn, which made him, as a man, feel unwilling to admit defeat.
After all, he started practicing martial arts since he was a child. Although he was later captured and forced to do hard labor and had poor food, his basic strength was much greater than that of an ordinary person.
Zhang Ze looks gentle and even though he is also muscular, he doesn't think he is weaker than him.
So he gritted his teeth, exerted force with both hands, and lifted the fishing rod a little higher. At this moment, he used all his strength.
He had had a midnight snack before, so now was not the time for him to be hungry.
But in the end, no matter how hard he lifted the fishing rod, it just couldn't reach the angle that Zhang Ze had grabbed it at just now.
In other words, the fishing rod has the characteristic of never being damaged, otherwise if he lifted the rod with such brute force, it would most likely cause the fishing rod to break.
When Lin Long was fishing just now, he felt that the fish was very strong. Obviously, the fish was very strong, but when he hooked it, it was smaller than he expected.
But he didn't expect that the fish in the sea would have such amazing strength, nor did he know how big the fish was. Fortunately, the fishing rod was connected to the boat. If he had held the fishing rod himself, he would have been pulled into the sea by the fish in the first place.
Lin Hu, who was standing next to him, was very surprised to see that the arc of his brother's fishing rod was not as high as Zhang Ze's. He knew very well how strong Lin Long was. Even though he had wasted a lot of time and did not continue to exercise his physical fitness and strength, he should not be underestimated.
He pinched Zhang Ze's arm curiously: "Aze, I didn't expect you to be so strong, even stronger than my brother!"
"Hehe, I might be born with supernatural powers. If I practice some powerful kung fu, maybe I can be as good as Xiang Yu and step on Lu Bu, and finally go down in history." Zhang Ze joked with a smile.
Lin Hu curled the corner of his mouth. Although he had been hanging out on the street in the past few years, the huge changes in his family made him very silent. He didn't learn how to flatter others at all, so he didn't know how to take up this topic and flatter his new boss.
Zhang Ze understood his character, patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "When your brother is tired, why don't you go up and try it too?"
Lin Hu nodded, very excited about this.
After fishing a few fish in the evening, he has successfully fallen in love with the feeling of fishing. Every fish he catches is money, and it feels so good.
Even though what I caught tonight is not mine, I will still have the chance in the future.
Lin Long couldn't hold on for seven or eight minutes. His physical fitness was already very good, but it was still far inferior to Zhang Ze, who drank the spiritual spring and had a physical aura that was slowly improving.
Let Lin Hu take over. After drinking a large bowl of water, he kept breathing heavily. It was obvious that he could not recover his strength in a short time.
Unlike Zhang Ze, it only took a short while for him to recover his strength after drinking water.
Therefore, in terms of physical fitness and strength, Lin Long was convinced.
After five or six minutes, Lin Hu couldn't hold on any longer. The fish was too fierce, and they couldn't hold on for long even with all their pulling.
But the three of them took turns, and after nearly half an hour, the big fish, which had already run seven or eight hundred meters, finally felt tired.
With three people taking turns and the large drum reel pulling the fish, it was amazing that they could hold on for half an hour.
Zhang Ze took over again and could clearly feel that the fish was much weaker than before. After pulling the fishing rod for two or three minutes, the speed of the crank had become very slow.
He grabbed the crank and turned it hard. The fishing line was not reeled in quickly, but it was reeled in steadily.
It took five minutes to retract about twenty meters, which was a very slow speed.
But the fish seemed to have regained some strength, and its struggle became much stronger again.
Fortunately, this time it was not as fierce as at the beginning. Zhang Ze gritted his teeth and held the drum tightly to prevent the fishing line from letting out again.
If you are not strong now, you won’t be able to catch the fish until tomorrow.
It is very normal to take five or six hours to fish for a 500-pound tuna, and this is the result of several boatmen taking turns to fish.
If it were just one person, it would be impossible to handle such a big fish.
Without the assistance of an electric reel, an ordinary angler would get so tired that he would get a stitch in the side after catching a 100-pound fish. A 200-pound fish would simply knock him down, and it might take him half a day to recover after catching just one.
Fortunately, the tired fish's struggle did not last long. After a while, the tip of the fishing rod slowly raised its head again. It was obvious that the fish's strength had weakened again.
Zhang Ze began to slowly reel in the line. At this time, his hands had to be steady and he couldn't reel it in too quickly.
One is that if you reel in too quickly your arms will become sore and you won't be able to hold on for long. Another is that it will irritate the fish and make it resist again.
Now we have to boil the frog in warm water. First pull the fish closer and then do something else, and try to shorten the fishing time.
Circle after circle, this time Zhang Ze persisted for an hour and pulled the fish from seven or eight hundred meters away to about six hundred meters.
This was the first time he had ever caught such a difficult fish himself, and he was extremely exhausted.
Fortunately, Lin Long and Lin Hu nearby had almost finished their rest and could take over.
If he were alone, he might not be able to catch this fish. Zhang Ze even suspected that the fish at the bottom of the water weighed seven or eight hundred kilograms.
Time passed slowly, the sky began to turn white, and it was obviously almost morning.
Zhang Ze was still relatively okay, but Lin Long and Lin Hu looked pale and were almost fainting.
This is a problem of physical condition. Due to years of lack of nutrition, their physical fitness and recovery abilities are very average, far inferior to Zhang Ze.
Fortunately, the big fish they had been waiting for for a long time finally emerged from the water, revealing the mysterious veil.
The dark blue skin, barrel-shaped body and sharp spear on the head already explain the origin of this fish.
The blue marlin, also known as the big marlin, can be seen from its skin color that this species should belong to the black marlin, which is considered to be the largest type of marlin.
At a rough glance, this fish is over four meters long, probably about four and a half meters long.
It would probably take two adults to hug its roller-like body, and people standing in front of it would look very small.
"Oh my god, what kind of fish is this? How can it be so big?" Lin Long was stunned. It was the first time he knew there was such a huge fish in the sea, and it looked so ferocious.
"Pull the fish up first, I'll introduce it to you later." The fish is still on the water, and fish not pulled onto the boat are not considered caught, so Zhang Ze did not relax.
After he pulled the fish to the side of the boat, he asked Lin Long to grab the fishing rod and pull the fish to prevent it from moving.
Marlin is a very dangerous fish. All its energy has been exhausted and it lies on its side on the water, hardly moving. Otherwise, he would never dare to pull the marlin to the side of the boat so easily.
After Lin Long grabbed the fish, Zhang Ze hurried into the boat and took out the javelin that had been made long ago but had never been used.
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This javelin is not the two ones forged in Wenshui City. Those two have already been given to Zhang Qinghe and his cousin. This one was remade after he came to Nanguan, just to deal with various big guys in the sea.
Fish like big sharks, marlin and large tuna, even if they are stored alive in the space, are difficult to kill without this long spear when they are taken out for sale.
These fish are big and fierce. If people get close to them and they start struggling, they can easily get hurt.
Holding the javelin, Zhang Ze came to the side of the boat, took out a bundle of rope and tied it to the winch, and used another bundle to make a snare, which he used to catch the tail of the bluefin tuna.
The blue marlin still didn't move much, and seemed unaware that its tail had been caught and it had lost its last hope of escape.
Zhang Ze then picked up the javelin, waited for the right moment and threw it hard at its head.
"Puchi", an obvious sound of blood entering flesh was heard, and the sea surface was immediately dyed red with blood.
The bluefin tuna suffered fatal injuries and began to struggle violently again. Lin Long gritted his teeth and held the fishing rod tightly. Fortunately, Zhang Ze immediately started the crane and pulled the fish, saving him so much effort.
The fish struggled for seven or eight minutes before it calmed down, and was now dying.
It was silent and was easily pulled up slowly by the winch. The power of the winch was still very strong. The fish weighed at most 700 to 800 kilograms, and the winch could easily pull it up.
With the help of Lin Long and Lin Hu, the huge bluefin tuna was finally successfully brought to the deck.
"Ah Long and Ah Hu, go to the kitchen and get the fish-killing knife. It's the one that looks very similar to the pig-killing knife. Also, help me get the water pipes, hammers, and nails. These are in the warehouse."
Zhang Ze took the opportunity to send the two brothers away. The reason he didn't take out all the things at once was for this moment.
The Dragon and Tiger brothers obediently went into the cabin to get things. He kept staring at them. When he couldn't see anyone anymore, he had an idea and put the bluefin tuna, which was not completely dead yet, into the space.
But the next moment, the fish appeared on the deck again, with only a second difference.
[Successfully caught a Pacific black-skinned marlin, weighing 767.32 catties, experience +50. ]
"Damn, this isn't even the king of fish!" Zhang Ze was annoyed.
When he saw the weight of more than 760 kilograms, he was a little excited, but it turned out that this was not even the king of fish.
The fish's body length was also shorter than he estimated, only 3.92 meters, less than 4 meters.
But then thinking of the record of this fish, Zhang Ze felt a little relieved.
He had never fished for bluefin tuna, but once when he was out at sea he saw his friend catch one. It wasn't very big, only a little over three meters long and weighing about five hundred kilograms.
At that time, he specifically read about the blue marlin and learned that the largest blue marlin on record weighed nearly 1,300 kilograms and was more than five meters long, reaching 5.28 meters.
Of course, there have been records of bluefin tuna weighing more than 800 kilograms, but that was in later times when the resources were depleted. It is estimated that there are more of them now.
Therefore, it did not reach the level of fish king because it weighed more than 700 kilograms. Zhang Ze estimated that it would be considered a fish king only if it weighed more than 800 kilograms. It was only a few dozen kilograms short, which was a bit of a pity.
He deliberately sent everyone away just to gain experience points from the Fish King. If he had known it was only this little, he wouldn't have bothered to collect it.
After a while, Lin Long and Lin Hu came out with their things.
Zhang Zexian aimed the long nail at the head and hammered it in with a hammer.
After pulling it out, a lot of blood immediately flowed out. Then he used a fish-killing knife to cut the large artery inside the fish gills and cut open the fish tail.
After finishing, turn on the faucet, pick up the connected water pipe and put it into the fish's mouth.
In an instant, a large amount of blood was washed out by clean water.
The Dragon and Tiger brothers were very curious and finally couldn't help asking: "Aze, what are you doing? And what kind of fish is this?"
Now that the fish have been caught, Zhang Ze is naturally in the mood to give them a scientific introduction.
"This is called a giant marlin, also known as a blue marlin, which is a type of swordfish. It is a large fish in the sea and very difficult to catch. But it is still rare to encounter a blue marlin of this size. Today I am very lucky."
"What I'm doing is bleeding the fish. After the blood is drained, the fish meat won't rot easily and won't have a fishy smell. The principle is the same as killing chickens and ducks at home."
"If I sell it to a fishmonger, I won't take the initiative to bleed it because the price is relatively low. But I will definitely sell such a big fish to a restaurant, and the price will be higher, so I have to try my best to ensure the quality of the fish."
"So that's how it is!" The Long and Hu brothers seemed to understand, but even though they didn't quite understand it now, they still remembered Zhang Ze's words firmly.
Lin Long even took out a notebook and wrote down the key points of his words.
It took quite a while for the fish's blood to drain out, and then the three of them worked together and used a winch to get this huge fish weighing nearly 800 kilograms into the cold storage compartment.
Zhang Ze didn't go back so soon, so the fish still had to be put in the freezer.
Anyway, they have a winch, and the three of them are quite strong, so they are not afraid of not being able to get the fish out.
Fortunately, his cold storage compartment was big enough to fit the fish, otherwise Zhang Ze would have to go back immediately to sell the fish, and he would be very pressed for time.
After catching such a big fish, all three of them were exhausted.
Zhang Ze washed his hands and prepared to make breakfast. After eating, he would go to bed and get a good sleep.
(End of this chapter)
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