Chapter 251 Ancient Ship and Wild Dogs
Tong Yuanhang was very skilled in catching snakes. He found a forked branch to attract the snake's attention and used his other hand to grab the snake's tail.
When a snake's tail is caught, its fate is sealed.
In just a few minutes, the snake was not only caught, but Tong Yuanhang also chopped off its head, peeled off its skin, and put it into the bamboo basket behind him.
Without a sack, if you catch it alive you have to prevent it from attacking you, so it’s better to be dead.
After catching the snake, we continued to walk deeper, but we did not find any trace of wild dogs. It seemed that the noise just now scared them and they ran away.
Just when Zhang Ze and others were considering whether to continue searching, Xiao Hei made a discovery.
It sniffed around in front of an indescribable mass of something, attracting their attention.
Zhang Ze went forward to take a look and discovered that it was animal feces, most likely from wild dogs, so he immediately asked Xiao Hei to take them to look for it.
Xiao Hei now came in handy. He led the way in front and sniffed around from time to time to identify the direction.
After following Xiao Hei for a while, Zhang Ze and others suddenly realized that they had taken the wrong road.
The wild dogs ran down the mountain, while they were walking up the mountain, so how could they possibly meet them?
After walking for about half an hour, they still hadn't seen the wild dog, but a dilapidated ancient ship stranded on the hillside appeared in front of them.
The ship turned on its side and looked like a shipwreck, but somehow it appeared below the mountainside.
Jin Sanbao was shocked: "Fuck, there's a ship here?"
Tong Yuanhang's eyes lit up: "This ship, could it be from ancient times? When I was a child, I heard that someone fished out some antiques from the sea and sold them for a lot of money."
Jin Fan nodded affirmatively: "The hull is covered with moss, and many parts are rotten beyond recognition. It must have been stranded for a long time."
"Whether I will get rich or not, I will find out after going in and taking a look." Zhang Ze did not expect to encounter a fishing boat at the foot of the mountain. His heart was beating fast.
If there really is any treasure, I can deal with it secretly and pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars I owe in minutes.
However, just as they were about to approach the ship to search, three wild dogs suddenly ran out from the stern.
The wild dogs were not very big, about the size of adult local dogs, but when they saw them, they started eating with their mouths wide open, and did not run away in fear.
"It looks like this might be a wild dog's den. The fact that these wild dogs appear on the island has a lot to do with this stranded ancient ship," Zhang Ze guessed.
There is a group of wild buffaloes on Xisha East Island. I heard that they were brought there by fishing boats hundreds of years ago and eventually multiplied and thrived there.
Since there is an ancient stranded ship on this island, it is not surprising that there is also a group of wild dogs.
The three wild dogs did not dare to attack because of their large numbers and could only bar their teeth in the hope of scaring them away, but this was obviously impossible.
Because they have all taken out their shotguns and are ready to take action, obviously wanting to practice their skills on these dogs.
With a "bang", a dog fell to the ground howling, and its two hind legs kept shaking as if it had cramps.
The other two dogs were so scared that they wanted to run away on the spot, but the next moment, a series of "bang bang" sounds made them die before they even had a chance to struggle or twitch.
Zhang Ze's mouth twitched and he put the shotgun back. The people around him were so fast that he didn't even have time to turn on the safety.
"Not bad, not bad. We have snake soup and dog meat tonight. We have to have a good drink." Jin Sanbao put away the spray gun with satisfaction, walked over, picked up the three dogs and put them into the bamboo basket.
"You think the number of wild dogs on this island shouldn't be so small?" Jin Fan guessed.
Zhang Ze said, "There must be enough food for them to reproduce. Dogs are not herbivores after all, and the food on this island may not be that abundant. They are not like cattle and sheep that can survive by eating grass."
After listening to him, several people nodded and felt that what he said made sense.
Wild dogs generally live in groups. There may still be some on islands, but their numbers are definitely not too large.
After dealing with the dog, they heard the barking of several puppies as they approached the ancient ship.
Jin Sanbao's eyes lit up: "Oh, there's a puppy!"
"Uh, you don't even let the little puppy go?" Jin Fan complained.
"What are you thinking about? Take it back and raise it!" Jin Sanbao rolled his eyes and looked for where to board the ship.
There is nothing much to say about Zhang Ze’s choice, because he is not a sucker for puppies.
Although they are ruthless in attacking all kinds of prey, they still have a bottom line.
When they arrived at the stern, they immediately discovered a large hole at the stern. People could get in by bending down slightly. At the same time, the puppy's barking became clearer.
The cabin was dirty, with cobwebs, a floor covered in dirt, an almost buried skeleton, and five puppies and a mother dog in a small room inside.
The mother dog seemed very scared. When she saw them coming, she lost all her wildness and was shaking all over.
But as they got closer, the mother dog bared her teeth to protect her children.
"What should I do?" Jin Sanbao was troubled when he saw the little puppy who hadn't opened his eyes yet.
The puppy we bought had already opened its eyes and was weaned, so we didn’t have a mother dog at home.
But it would be even more inappropriate to bring the wild dog mother back. They don’t know how to train a dog, and they are not sure that it will not hurt people after they bring it back.
"Either let them fend for themselves, or kill the mother dog and take the puppies back to find a lactating female dog to feed them, or give them goat's milk." Zhang Zeke had no plans to raise these little stray dogs, so he casually made two suggestions.
However, he tended to not care and let the wild dog mother raise the child on her own, leaving it to fate whether it could survive.
In other words, they didn't know there were puppies, otherwise they might not have hunted those adult wild dogs just now.
"I originally wanted to bring him back home to keep Wangcai company, but now it seems I'd better forget it!" Jin Sanbao said with some regret.
Feeding goat milk, my sons have never drunk it since they were young, how could they be so extravagant.
"Since you don't want it, let's look for any treasure on the ship!"
The clothes of the skeleton had all rotted away, and they didn't find any valuable information, so now they could only explore the interior of the ship by themselves.
Among this group of people, except Zhang Ze who graduated from an adult college in his previous life, the rest of them didn't even know many words and had only finished elementary school.
Zhang Ze had not studied history in detail, so he didn't know what age this ship was from.
But the ship was not small, and its length was probably about the same as that of the Duoyu, which would have been considered a large ship in ancient times.
They did not disperse, but searched room by room.
Since there are signs of human life on the boat, it is very likely that the skeleton lived here for a long time after being trapped on the island.
Half an hour later, they came out of the boat. Tong Yuanhang looked unhappy: "Damn, there's nothing."
"This shouldn't happen with such a big ship!" Jin Sanbao couldn't understand.
Zhang Ze also felt that such a large ship could not be without objects: "The ship capsized, so either all the objects fell into the sea, or were hidden."
"Let's look around the island first to see if there's a cave nearby. If we can't find one, I'll come here more often to dive and maybe I'll find one if I'm lucky."
Zhang Ze said so, but he was more inclined to believe that everything fell into the sea.
Only one skeleton has been found so far. If there is only one person, there is no need to move all the things away and hide them.
"This is the only way!" Jin Fan lost all interest. If there was a cave nearby, maybe he could really find treasure.
If it is not found, then searching in the ocean is like looking for a needle in it, and there is a high probability that there is no hope of finding it.
In the end, everyone searched the area, but found nothing and had to go back.
The island is quite large, so they decided to go to the other side to look for it next time.
There is a reef area on the other side of the island. Jin Sanbao's boat has a shallow draft and can go ashore directly on the reef.
They had originally planned to explore the island for a day, but nothing special was found, so they went to the beach at noon.
"Let's go, let's have a nice meal for lunch, and then I'll go back in the afternoon."
"So fast?" Tong Yuanhang was surprised.
His trawler's fish holds were only half filled, so he certainly wouldn't be returning today.
Jin Sanbao and the others were in a similar situation. Although they had been out at sea for two days, they made sure to fill up the boat before returning.
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Zhang Ze affirmed: "Yes, we got a big cargo, and the refrigerated compartment is full of fish. If we don't go back, we won't be able to load more."
"Damn, there's another big cargo. Come on, let's go to your boat and take a look." Tong Yuanhang immediately came to his small trolling boat.
They were going to have a lunch together at noon, so the rest of the people also followed him to his boat.
The size of a thousand-pound grouper is really terrifying, and no one can remain calm when seeing it for the first time.
So because of their shock, the lunch party lasted for more than half an hour.
After eating, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
The snake soup and dog meat were both well received. Although the wild dog was a little thin, Jin Fan’s cooking skills were good.
It's the coconut crab. Some people say it's delicious, but some people dislike it, saying it smells like motor oil and is not as delicious as sea crabs.
Everyone has different tastes, but Zhang Ze himself likes it very much.
In domestic waters, only blue crabs and swimming crabs are relatively delicious. Those foreign champagne crabs, king crabs and the like are not available. The coconut crab is already considered to be of high quality.
Without staying any longer, after eating and packing up, Zhang Ze started the fishing boat and went back.
We set out at around three in the afternoon and didn't get home until two in the morning.
The fishing village was very quiet at this point. Zhang Ze didn't disturb anyone and took a nap on the boat.
The next morning, he was woken up again by Jin Guangcheng who came to collect the fish.
Even though Zhang Ze refused to sell even ordinary blue spots to the other party, the other party was still very enthusiastic every time, making him feel embarrassed and eventually revealing some of his catches.
However, from this perspective, Zhang Ze knew that Jin Guangcheng's seafood business would definitely grow bigger and bigger.
Some people, if you reject them once, they will never come to you again and you will just become strangers. They may even trip you up in secret.
But some people will not take it seriously even if you reject them, and will still maintain the same attitude as before.
Because he wants to do your business, even if he makes less money, as long as he can make some money.
Or maybe he has his eyes on something else and doesn't mind suffering a little loss because they are aiming for bigger things.
After sending Jin Guangcheng away, Lin Long and Lin Hu also came to the shore.
The third sister’s father is also a fisherman. She has not yet married into the Lin family, so she comes to help her father in the morning.
When she saw the Duoyu, she immediately rushed to inform the two brothers Lin Long and Lin Hu, and Zhang Ze didn't need to arrange someone to call them himself.
As soon as the two brothers entered the cold storage compartment, their reactions when they saw the thousand-pound grouper were exactly the same as Jin Sanbao and the others.
A grouper this big is not much less visually impactful than a manta ray.
Manta rays are considered strange fish in the eyes of others, but groupers are considered piles of money in the eyes of others!
When the giant grouper was lifted into the air by a crane, there was an uproar at the dock and the area around the Duoyu became lively again.
Zhang Ze didn't care about all this. He helped deliver the fish to the truck at the dock.
Move the fish in the cold storage tank first, and then transport the live fish in the live water tank.
Just now when Jin Guangcheng called him from the side of the boat, he came out and went to the live water tank first to put the fish in, so every fish was very energetic.
"Along, you stay here today and hire a few people to help clean up Duoyuhao. The wages are the same as before. Ah Hu and I will go together to sell the fish this time." As for the thousand-jin fish, Zhang Ze had to negotiate it himself, so he let Lin Long stay.
He followed the truck on his motorcycle so he could go straight home after selling the fish.
"Aze, this fish came a little early! If our seafood restaurant opens next year, it would be great to have this fish to anchor the place!" When Zhao Xianghua saw the thousand-jin grouper, he immediately exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I will be ready by then. Don't you see how many big fish I have caught? Are you afraid that I won't be able to keep the situation under control?" Zhang Ze smiled confidently at this.
It is indeed difficult to come across big fish, but he has the space, so at worst he can just store a few and take them out when the seafood restaurant opens.
The opening date is early next year, which is still three months away, so there is plenty of time.
After hearing what he said, Zhao Xianghua thought about it and felt that it was true. Since he met Zhang Ze, he has seen all kinds of giant beasts in the ocean, which he had never seen before.
"By the way, let's have lunch at my restaurant at noon! The bluefin tuna you mentioned earlier, our chefs have developed several dishes. I think it tastes good, you can try it and give your comments then."
"Sure!" How could he refuse such a free thing? Zhang Ze agreed immediately.
If the restaurant's bluefin tuna sells well, he could pay more attention to this aspect in the future.
Tuna is large in size, so even though the current domestic price is not high, the profits can naturally be high given the large base.
Moreover, the tuna resources in Dongsha are also very good. He caught a lot of tuna this time, but none of them were particularly big.
When he arrived at the box, Lin Hu was next to him. He was lucky today and could get a free meal.
After a while, the bluefin tuna dishes were served one by one.
There are stews, boiled, fried, raw and pickled dishes. There is only a little bit of sashimi, not a lot, and it is basically the way of eating here.
If there were a bunch of sashimi, Zhang Ze would probably find it difficult to pick up his chopsticks.
For him, sashimi is just for tasting, he can't eat it as a meal.
After lunch, Zhao Xianghua wiped his mouth with a tissue and asked, "What do you think?"
"It tastes quite good. How much is this bluefin tuna set meal?" It was a little amazing, but not much. But overall, Zhang Ze still thought it was very good.
If the price wasn't so high, sales wouldn't be bad.
(End of this chapter)
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