Chapter 99 Trolling from the Stern
The two did not pry open many small abalones, and they finished when they had enough to eat. Then they continued to pry open oysters and pick up scallops until about 3:30 in the afternoon, when Zhang Ze was ready to go back.
The oysters that I pried open myself still need to be washed. Zhang's mother's shop has to open at five o'clock, so time is a bit tight.
Back on the boat, Zhang Ze counted the number of oysters and scallops that Zhang Qinghe had.
He didn't cheat at all, the size of both the oysters and scallops met his requirements.
One hundred and thirty-eight oysters and sixty-three scallops, after working for more than two hours and earning one dollar and one cent, Zhang Qinghe suddenly missed fishing after getting the money, because fishing still made money faster.
But he was not dissatisfied. Even if Zhang Ze didn't give him money today, he would still help.
"Aze, when are we going out to sea next time?"
Zhang Ze remembered that he had an appointment with Ou Shuxiang for a meeting the day after tomorrow, and since the shop had just opened, he had to stay at home to stabilize it, so he said, "The day after tomorrow afternoon! Then we will go out to sea for a night and let you experience the charm of night fishing."
"You don't have to rush to find a house these two days. Prepare your fishing equipment first, and then look for a house when you make money next time you go fishing."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Qinghe nodded, and felt a little excited about going out to sea for night fishing the day after tomorrow.
After fishing yesterday, he found that fishing was actually quite interesting.
It's like following my dad into the woods to set traps and catch pheasants, only even more fun.
He was bored and had nothing to do last night, so he went fishing on the deck.
Perhaps because of the pier, he only caught two small fish that he didn’t recognize, so he released them in the end.
But he had a lot of fun and found fishing a good way to pass the time.
Why haven’t I thought about fishing before?
Zhang Ze used his bicycle to transport what he dug in the afternoon back home. Then the family washed up and had dinner early in the evening before continuing their business.
As he expected, the evening after workers got off work and school was indeed busier than at noon.
Fortunately, the peak period is before dinner. Business becomes much slower after this time, which does not affect Zhang Qian and her classmates' going to night school in the evening.
After finishing his homework in the evening, Zhang Wu could help collect the money, so Zhang Huihong didn't have to rush around.
The next day, the same thing happened, but the oysters had already been delivered and cleaned.
There are too few ground traps now, and the stock of blue crabs will definitely be difficult to keep up with in a while. Tong Shuyao doesn't have time to do this anymore, so he simply asked his father-in-law to help him reserve five in the village. He will probably be able to get them when he comes back from night fishing at sea.
He no longer needed to worry about the shop, and the day he had agreed to meet with Ou Shuxiang soon arrived.
Zhang Ze arrived at the state-owned restaurant in Yuewan County at noon, and Ou Shuxiang was already waiting there.
The two of them didn't talk about business while eating, they just chatted about some small things.
After dinner, Ou Shuxiang smiled and said to him, "Why don't you invite me to see your fishing boat?"
Zhang Ze got on his bike and shook his head: "Let's go."
After arriving at the dock and moving the bicycles onto the boat, Ou Shuxiang finally understood what a 15-meter fishing boat meant.
Compared with the small wooden boats next to them, a fishing boat like this should indeed yield more rewards when going out to sea.
After showing Ou Shuxiang around, the two came to the cab.
"How's your thinking?" Zhang Ze asked.
As for Ou Shuxiang, he values him but he is not irreplaceable.
If he didn't agree, Zhang Ze would look for someone else. Apart from other things, he could choose a suitable one from his uncle's cousins.
But after all, Ou Shuxiang has been working in purchasing for many years, has more connections, and is more familiar with these matters, so he doesn't need to worry extra.
"How much do you want me to pay you for my work?" Ou Shuxiang asked directly with a serious expression.
Zhang Ze rolled his eyes when he heard this: "What do you mean by helping me? I just made a suggestion. It's up to you whether you do it or not."
Ou Shuxiang's serious expression suddenly became unbearable, and he smiled awkwardly: "It's just a joke."
This is certainly not doing things to help Zhang Ze. At most, it is a business relationship of purchasing fish, and a private friendship.
"Aze, let's be frank! If I buy fish from you, the price will definitely not be the same as before. The original price was too high. The factory doesn't care because they don't make money from this. But I made money from this after I left the factory. The profit is too low, so I might as well continue to be a buyer."
Zhang Ze also knew that it was inappropriate to continue selling at the market price under normal circumstances, but it was difficult to ask him to lower the price!
Basically, if a businessman wants to develop, he must be neither evil nor cruel. Otherwise, in this barbaric era, he will easily be eaten as a pig by others.
Zhang Ze is not a black heart, but it is impossible for him to teach others to do something and then cut himself first.
"Ah Xiang, it's impossible to be cheap. You know exactly where my fish advantage lies. So you have to look further, not just limited to Wenshui City."
"I'll give you a 10 cent kickback as profit now. Even if you do it in Wenshui City, you can make at least that much a month. Secondly, I can teach you a way to keep the fish fresh. Then you can try to transport the fish to other cities and sell them at a high price."
Ou Shuxiang frowned when he heard that it couldn't be cheap, but when he heard about the 1 cent profit and the method of keeping the fish fresh, his eyes lit up.
Why can't seafood leave coastal cities? Isn't it because there is no way to ensure that the seafood is fresh when it is transported to other cities? "Why?"
"There is a technique called bowfishing that can ensure that fish can live an extra day or two after being taken out of the water. If they are kept in the water, it will last longer."
"Secondly, I can help you get some ice. If there are fish that can't hold on any longer and die, you can put them in the ice to keep them fresh. They should be fine for at least a few days."
"What you need to solve is whether you can get a transport vehicle. If you can't get one and can't go to other cities, then you should just sell fish in Wenshui City for the time being. A dime is a lot of profit."
"You don't need to spend any money to sell fish in Wenshui City. This dime is pure profit. You can sell hundreds or even thousands of kilograms of fish at a time."
If Ou Shuxiang could find connections to transport the fish to a city that is not near the sea, he could naturally raise the price and sell it at a higher price.
Zhang Ze has the space to provide absolutely fresh fish every time, so he can be controlled to death.
Even if he taught bowfishing to others, the technique would only have a certain effect on keeping fish alive, and the effect would not be as good as expected.
Even if fishermen use this technology to preserve grouper and the like, they have actually lost a lot of vitality by the time they are delivered to him, and it is hard to say how long they can last.
After listening to this, Ou Shuxiang smiled bitterly, feeling that he had no choice: "You really gave me a difficult problem."
It is not easy to find a relationship for a transport vehicle, and he himself is not sure about it.
But just like Zhang Ze said, the profit of one cent is also not low, and the money earned in one month may be more than the previous year.
Secondly, he can also buy fish from other fishermen. As long as the price is a little higher than that at the fishery station, I believe this matter is still very feasible.
"Okay, it's settled. When are you going to go out to sea?" There was no reason for Ou Shuxiang to refuse something with such huge profits, so he stopped hesitating and asked directly.
"I'll go out to sea in the afternoon. How about you come to the dock and wait for me around ten o'clock tomorrow morning or the day after tomorrow?" Zhang Ze thought about the time and felt that going out to sea for only one night seemed a bit short, so he arranged it for the morning of the day after tomorrow.
"Okay." Ou Shuxiang nodded, wondering how many channels he could find in Yuewan County in a day and a half.
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The main reason is that the time is a bit short, otherwise he would like to go directly to Wenshui City, where the transaction would be safer.
After the discussion, he did not chat any more and set out to discuss channels for selling fish.
Zhang Ze also wasted no time and went to Wenshui City to say hello to his family. He then called Zhang Qinghe and the three brothers of the Tong family, bought enough food and filled up the diesel tanks. Then the two fishing boats slowly left the dock.
This time he was not planning to go to the reef island, but to the Zhoushan fishing ground.
He entered the memorized coordinates into the navigation system and then turned on the cruise mode.
"Qing He, stay in the cabin and watch. I'm going to the stern to go trolling."
"What is trolling?" Zhang Qinghe asked hurriedly upon hearing it.
"It's a fun way to fish. I'll teach you next time!"
"Well, it's a deal, don't forget it next time!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely teach you."
After answering sincerely, Zhang Ze went to the tool room and took out his fishing line and hooks.
Fishing boats return to the dock every day, and the unwanted fish are thrown back into the sea. They just ask other fishermen at the dock for some.
Of course, when their boat comes back and other fishermen ask them for it, they will give it to them as well.
Most fishermen are straightforward, though they use a lot of swear words.
But there are also extremely vicious ones. At least on the sea, you cannot let strange fishermen get on your boat. This is playing with your life.
When he arrived at the stern of the boat, Zhang Ze did not start fishing immediately, but looked at the sea.
After more than ten minutes, when he saw signs of small fish jumping out of the water at the stern of the boat, he hung a bait and threw it out.
Without using magic bait, the fish that usually chase the boat are faster-swimming fish such as mackerel, bomb fish and sea wolf.
These fish are currently worth very little money and are not worth using miracle bait on.
He came fishing simply because he was addicted to fishing and wanted to have some fun.
Under the dragging of the fishing boat, the small squid hung on it tried desperately to escape from the big fish behind it as if it were alive, which was very eye-catching.
However, the boat was not as fast as the fish. A black shadow flashed in the water and the little squid immediately disappeared in the waves.
The taut fishing line and the sudden increase in weight told Zhang Ze that a fish had been hooked.
He pulled with one hand, stabbed the fish and began to slowly reel in the line.
The fish could clearly feel its struggle as the fishing line swung back and forth. The fishing line wrapped around my hand became even tighter. If I hadn't been wearing gloves, there would have been a deep mark.
In just one minute, a blue-spotted mackerel over 30 centimeters long appeared on the water surface at the stern of the boat. Zhang Ze suddenly and quickly reeled in the line with both hands and pulled it up in one go.
The blue-spotted mackerel opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth.
Zhang Ze used pliers to remove the fishhook, then squatted down and briefly put the fish into the space.
Zhang Qinghe in the cockpit naturally didn't notice the stern, but on another ship diagonally behind him, there were two people on the deck watching him!
The distance is a bit far so it may not be clear, but he can still see if there is anything in his hand.
[Successfully caught a blue-spotted Spanish mackerel, weighing 2.03 catties, experience +4. ]
Four experience points were added, which is not bad.
Zhang Ze took out the blue-spotted mackerel again and threw it into the bamboo basket next to him.
This fish cannot be kept in a live water tank, so it can be used as a dinner or as bait. Anyway, the price is not high.
Just as he was about to continue fishing, he unexpectedly discovered that the experience points in the space were just enough! It should be the experience points from the oysters and scallops he had pried with his own hands during the two days since the opening of the shop, as well as some conch. In addition, this blue-spotted Spanish mackerel was just enough, and he had not noticed it before.
Having enough experience points, he upgraded decisively.
Next he needed to store a large number of blue crabs, so of course the larger the space, the better.
(End of this chapter)
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