Chapter 236: Giant octopus, too big to stew in one pot
The leather tube can be used as a backup, and if there is a trolling boat, it can also be used in some shallow waters.
Zhang Ze drove the trolling boat to the reef, dropped the anchor, put on fins and entered the water.
This time the position has changed, and I estimate that I can recruit a large number of Jiang Yaos again.
As soon as he entered the water, Zhang Ze found that this side was deeper, estimated to be about twenty-five meters deep, and there were very lush underwater seaweeds, and the fish resources were much more than where he was yesterday.
The difference is probably only a hundred meters, but the result is like a completely different world.
Zhang Ze swung his flippers and slowly came to the bottom of the water. As soon as he approached a reef, he found two tentacles swaying back and forth underneath.
I was lucky enough to find a lobster right after I came down.
It’s not known how big it is yet, Zhang Ze slowly sinks down and looks into the gap.
Oh, it’s a big flower dragon. Its head is as thick as its arm.
His current body is top-notch. Although his arms are not so exaggerated as to be thicker than a woman's thighs, they should not be underestimated when he exerts force.
The gap was not very deep, so Zhang Ze reached out and grabbed the big flower dragon inside.
He has done a lot of diving and catching lobsters with his bare hands, and it is actually not difficult to catch the big lobsters hiding in the cracks of the rocks.
Their bodies are too large, and as long as their escape direction is blocked in advance, they will not be able to force their way out.
If it is a small green dragon, it would be much more difficult to catch it with bare hands.
When Zhang Ze caught it, he immediately put it into the space, so there was no need to take the lobster out, and he was easier to catch than others.
Weighing 10.3 jin, this flower dragon is quite big.
Unfortunately, this kind of big flower dragon is not suitable for sashimi, because the bigger it grows, the stronger the alkaline taste becomes, and it tastes very pungent.
Therefore, those who say that the Ise lobsters from Dahualong or Xiaorizi weigh more than ten pounds and are served as sashimi probably have never eaten them and are just imagining it in their minds.
In fact, lobsters weighing one or two pounds are more advantageous when it comes to sashimi.
Eating such a big lobster is just for fun and gives you a special sense of satisfaction.
After catching the big flower dragon, Zhang Ze continued to swim forward.
Then he found another one. Although it was smaller, it still weighed more than six kilograms.
Zhang Ze immediately had a premonition that the lobster might be free today! Sure enough, after picking up a few conches and a large sea cucumber, the lobster appeared again.
Next, in just half an hour, Zhang Ze successfully caught thirty-three lobsters, twenty of which were large flower lobsters.
The rest were all dense-haired lobsters, which like to travel in groups. Zhang Ze passed by a sand bed and saw dense-haired lobsters lined up in a row and on their way.
When he attacked and caught the last one, he unexpectedly took the whole team into the space, which was something he never expected.
After such a long time, he finally encountered a small BUG again. Unfortunately, the chance of encountering migrating lobsters on the seabed was too low, so the space was too lazy to fix this BUG.
Half an hour has passed now, and I will need to go back after picking up the items for about ten more minutes.
So Zhang Ze seized the time and continued swimming forward.
At the same time, about thirty meters in front of him, a large creature with a slippery head was slowly moving towards him.
This creature looked soft and crawled on its eight thick tentacles, and its movement speed was not very fast.
Wherever it passed, all creatures stayed away, for fear that any large one would be caught by its tentacles and become its snack.
"Hey, what is that?"
Another five minutes passed, and Zhang Ze, who was holding down a mantis shrimp, suddenly noticed something moving in his sight.
He looked up and found an extremely huge octopus in front of his left.
Its head is twice as big as basketballs, and including the tentacles, its body length is definitely over 1.5 meters.
An octopus this big would be very troublesome even if a person got entangled in it.
Fortunately, its movement speed is indeed slow, and its huge body means it cannot swim and can only crawl.
It's no wonder these giant octopuses become food for larger creatures, such as sperm whales.
But at this moment, the octopus has become its prey.
Zhang Ze swung his legs and swam over immediately.
The octopus seemed to sense the danger, and it paused and quickly retreated.
The speed of the sudden burst was still very slow, and Zhang Ze caught up with it easily.
Perhaps knowing it couldn't escape, the giant octopus immediately turned around to face him, adopting a defensive posture.
Before Zhang Ze could make any move, a cloud of black smoke suddenly came and blocked all his vision.
But he was not panicked at all. He immediately swam up two meters and successfully avoided the ink sprayed by the octopus.
The reason why he didn't grab it directly was to prevent this move.
After being sprayed with ink, the octopus quickly retreated, only to find that the strange creature had avoided its ink and was approaching again.
It quickly raised its angle: I spray, I spray, I spray, spray, spray. A few minutes later, the octopus collapsed and squeezed into a crevice in the reef.
When Zhang Ze approached again, it was too lazy to move.
I can't spray anymore, not even a drop left.
The temporary gap was too small, and even if its body was soft enough, it couldn't squeeze in.
Come here!
After hiding for so long, Zhang Ze finally caught this huge octopus. He grabbed its soft body and put it into the space.
[Successfully captured a willow octopus, weighing 43.86 catties, experience (king level) +1200. ]
"Oh my god, it's a king-level one!"
What a surprise, this is it.
In other words, the weight was lighter than he expected, less than 50 kilograms, after all, it looked so big.
The oxygen tank was almost used up, and Zhang Ze found the right direction and swam towards the trolling boat.
Returning to the trolling boat and taking down the oxygen tank, he started the boat and returned to the Multifish.
The oxygen tank has been used up, so the next diving he wants to do is free diving. Simply picking up conchs is too troublesome, and he has no equipment for fishing or hunting, so he simply doesn't want to dive.
The harvest these two days was not bad. Zhang Ze took a shower, let the sea breeze dry the moisture on the surface of his body, and then took the bamboo basket to the cold storage cabin.
The deep-sea fish I caught yesterday can be kept in the ice. I’ll be returning tomorrow, so taking it out now won’t affect its freshness much.
Bamboo baskets were filled with fish. After all the fish that needed to be sold were taken out, it was already noon.
Jin Sanbao and his team have already collected all the gill nets. They have completed all the work at sea and can go back in the afternoon.
But Tong Yuanhang's work hasn't finished yet, so we have to wait for them.
At noon, they still came to Zhang Ze's boat to cook. The ingredients he prepared were not enough for so many people, but Jin Sanbao and others also brought ingredients with them, so they brought everything on their boat.
"Oh, you also bought pork elbows and barbecued pork!" Zhang Ze looked at the ingredients and was curious about how Jin Fan was going to cook them.
The dishes he bought for himself were relatively simple and convenient, after all, his cooking skills were just that good.
Jin Fan has been cooking for him recently and he is almost spoiled by it.
"Of course. Now that we're making money, we have to have meat every day." Jin Fan started to process the pig's trotters with a smile, and his work became more and more skilled.
In fact, his cooking skills have really improved recently because he has been studying. Because of Zhang Ze's relationship, he often goes to Zhao Xianghua's restaurant to communicate with the chef.
I often send gifts to the chef, and after the relationship becomes good, the chef is willing to lend a hand.
With just these few tricks, Jin Fan has benefited greatly and his cooking skills have been improved to a higher level.
"Oh, I'm used to eating the food you cook. How can I leave you when I go out to sea in the future?" Zhang Ze sighed helplessly and patted Jin Fan on the shoulder.
"Then let's go together in the future! Even if we don't make it, we basically come here now, so we will definitely meet." Jin Sanbao put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile.
After they came here, they didn't particularly need a fish finder, but having more acquaintances around at least made it safer.
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After a while, Tong Yuanhang and the others came back, apparently having finished their work as well.
If I'm not done with my work, I won't have time to come over for lunch.
Fortunately, Jin Fan had just started making his secret recipe of pig’s trotters, so it was still in time to make a few more for them.
"Go and bring some more vegetables, otherwise there won't be enough." Jin Fan said as soon as he saw them coming.
Tong Yuanhang slapped his forehead immediately: "Look at me, I forgot to bring the food when I came here, I'll go now."
Zhang Ze stopped him and said, "It's so troublesome to go back and forth. What we do is seafood is what we have the most."
After that, he went to get some Jiang Yao and said, "Here, this Jiang Yao is good, right? I picked up a lot while diving this time."
"This is awesome!" Jin Fan had no reason to be dissatisfied when he saw that he had such great ingredients to practice with.
After a while, Zhang Ze came over with a bamboo basket. When he saw what was inside, he was stunned.
There were two things in the bamboo basket. One was the dark deep-sea fish they had fished for yesterday, also known as the jade pomfret, and the other was the giant octopus that Zhang Ze had just caught in the morning.
"You're going to eat all of this? You're not going to sell it?" Jin Fan pointed at the octopus and asked in surprise.
However, Jin Sanbao and others were amazed. They had never seen such a big octopus before.
"I don't think I can sell it for much money, so I might as well try it myself to see how it tastes."
This giant octopus is not expensive. Although it is rare in the current market and there is no specific price, I have never heard of an octopus being sold at a sky-high price in later generations.
On the contrary, Zhang Ze had never eaten this kind of octopus, so he was quite interested in it.
"But have you ever thought that the pot on your boat can't hold all the food!" Jin Fan said faintly, gesturing with his hand.
Zhang Ze's face suddenly froze. If he was at home, with a coal stove and a large iron bucket, he could indeed stew it, but now "Bring a knife!"
Zhang Ze reached out and took the kitchen knife from Jin Fan, then picked up the octopus and put it on the ground, and with one clean stroke, he cut off one of the octopus's tentacles.
"This one should be fine!"
"Yes, that's great!"
Jin Fan took the long tentacle reluctantly. It seemed that he would be busy at noon.
Even though there were several people helping out, it still took a full hour to prepare the meal at noon.
"You know what, this fish looks ugly, but the meat is really white after being steamed. No wonder it's called jade pomfret." A group of men sat down around the table, and Zhang Ze immediately stretched out his chopsticks to the jade pomfret that he was more concerned about.
After taking a bite, he was immediately amazed by the deliciousness of the fish.
Sure enough, deep-sea fish generally never disappoint.
As for the octopus, Jin Fan used brine to cook it, which made it chewy and quite fragrant. It seems that he will have to braise the whole octopus when he returns home.
After lunch, the group was not in a hurry to go back.
It’s already late at night if we go back now, so it’s better to go back later and arrive at the fishing village tomorrow morning so that it will be convenient to sell fish.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, three fishing boats set off one after another.
Zhang Ze sat in the cab with nothing to do. Duoyu has an automatic driving function, so he was very free and could only hug Xiao Hei and stroke his head.
You can't leave, you have to stay in the cab.
"Your hair is so hard when you're petting. It feels so bad!" After stroking it a few times, Zhang Ze pushed Xiao Hei away with a look of disgust. The feeling was not good at all. It was more comfortable to pet a cat. It seemed that he had to find a cat to raise when he returned.
But the despised Xiao Hei seemed to know that his position was no longer secure. After being pushed away, he put the dog's head close to his palm again and stared at it with his big eyes, as if asking him to continue petting him.
Zhang Ze laughed and simply continued petting the dog since he had nothing to do anyway.
It is indeed convenient to use space when going out to sea alone, but it is indeed boring when sailing.
Fortunately, they didn't need to rush back today, so they stopped the fishing boat at ten o'clock in the evening to rest.
The three fishing boats were parked in a V-shape, with a distance of about 100 meters between them.
Zhang Ze went back to his room to take a shower and sleep. He went to bed early at night and got up early the next day to go back to the village. He was too lazy to go fishing at night, but Xiao Hei went back to his doghouse and lay down.
Suddenly, Xiao Hei, who was lying down, raised his head and pricked up his ears, as if he heard some noise.
After listening for a while, it seemed to have confirmed something, and quickly got up and ran to the door of Zhang Ze's room. Then it stood up and began to scratch the door with its front paws, but did not bark.
But Xiao Hei was already making a sound protecting his food, and it looked like he would cry out at any moment if there was no movement inside.
But Zhang Ze hadn't gone to bed yet, so he naturally heard the noise at the door.
He knew that the noise at the door was caused by Xiao Hei, so he got out of bed puzzled, put on his slippers and opened the door. The main reason was that Xiao Hei had followed him to the sea so many times, but this was the first time this had happened.
As soon as he opened the door, Xiao Hei immediately grabbed his clothes and pulled him out.
Zhang Ze frowned, knowing that something must have happened, so he followed Xiao Hei out.
When Xiao Hei saw him following out, he let go of his mouth and led the way.
Zhang Ze also went to the warehouse to take out his javelin for self-defense. He was afraid that someone would come to rob the ship and the money.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a little regretful. He should have brought Lin Long's crossbow with him.
I don’t know what the situation is now, whether Jin Sanbao and Tong Yuanhang are okay.
Holding the javelin, he followed all the way to the cabin door, and then he secretly looked outside through the window.
He had looked around in the cab just now and found nothing, and it was the same now.
(End of this chapter)
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