Before long, the workers returned with a few people, a scale, and a pile of baskets.
Immediately, everyone got to work.
Basket after basket of golden pomfret were lifted onto the scale, weighed, recorded, and accounted for—everything proceeded in an orderly manner.
Feng Ye and A Can watched the scales and the boss count the money, occasionally lending a hand, but most of the time it was the boss's helpers who were busy.
Meanwhile, Feng Jialing and his team continuously unloaded goods from the ship, and also collected the weighed baskets and put them back on the ship.
There were quite a few golden pomfret; it took quite a while to weigh them all.
Next came bigeye carp, squid, small yellow croaker, and other seafood.
As the weighing continued, the crowd grew larger and larger, with people crowding together, pointing and discussing amongst themselves.
"So many fish! Especially golden pomfret, there are dozens of baskets of them. Did we run into a school of fish?"
"Of course, otherwise how could there be so many?"
"Those are big ships, they can catch thousands or tens of thousands of catties of cargo in one net, so this golden pomfret is probably just one net's worth."
"There are plenty of other goods too, all kinds, piled up like small mountains, making people envious just looking at them."
"Hey, you know what, I reckon the cargo on this ship should sell for at least ten thousand yuan, right?"
"Tsk tsk, big ships really do make money. With our small boats, it's hard to earn even 10,000 a year under normal circumstances."
"Yes, there are fewer and fewer fish in the sea..."
After all the cargo on the ship had been unloaded and weighed, it was finally the turn of the four manta rays.
This is also the highlight of today's event.
Such a big fish can't be handled by one or two people alone; everyone has to work together.
The boss's helpers also came aboard and went into the fish hold to help.
First, tie the manta ray with a rope that has been prepared in advance, and then everyone works together to carry it on their shoulders and lift it by hand.
Lifting four or five hundred pounds of fish out of the hold and off the boat is no easy task.
It took Feng Ye and his team a lot of effort to stuff the manta rays into the fish hold back then.
After the crowd finished inspecting and weighing the goods, they thought there was nothing more to see and were about to disperse.
Unexpectedly, a group of people jumped back onto the boat and even crawled into the fish hold. Their curiosity was piqued again, and they all stopped in their tracks.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the entrance to the fish hold, eager to see what was going on inside.
As the manta ray was carried out, gasps of surprise echoed across the dock.
"Holy crap! It's a manta ray, a huge manta ray!"
"Holy crap, this manta ray is huge..."
"This ship called Dongsheng is so lucky! It caught so many kinds of fish, shrimp and crabs, and even caught such a big manta ray."
"Such a big manta ray, it must be worth a lot of money..."
"Yes, this fish is 1.8 yuan per jin (500g), and that's after the price drop this year. Last year, it could sell for as much as 2.5 yuan per jin."
"Then this fish must cost seven or eight hundred yuan?"
"Yes, more than that."
"I'm rich! I made so much money from just one fish..."
Hearing the discussions, Feng Ye couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Sure enough, these days hardly anyone knows about the gills of the pufferfish.
Everyone actually thought that stingrays could only be sold for 1.8 yuan per kilogram.
Fortunately, he was reborn and had memories of his previous life, otherwise he would have been sold off cheaply.
Perhaps, it's highly likely that the fishmongers deliberately concealed the information in order to profit from it.
However, this is none of his business, and he will not reveal the true value of the manta ray.
You can make your money secretly.
Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.
As an outsider, it was unwise of him to offend the local bullies for no reason.
A manta ray was carried off the boat and placed on a scale laid with a wooden board to be weighed.
After a helper operated the scale for a while, it finally reached a balanced state and then read out a number: "485 jin".
The moment this weight was revealed, everyone around gasped in astonishment.
"My goodness, this fish weighs almost 500 pounds! That's unbelievable..."
"Yes, I've never seen such a big manta ray before!"
"The Dong Sheng has really struck it rich this time. Just this one fish is worth more than we make in several months."
The crowd buzzed with murmurs, filled with envy and amazement.
A smile appeared on Feng Ye's face.
This weight was within his expectations.
Next, they lifted the stingray onto a cart brought over by the helpers, and after untying the rope, they went back to the boat to lift the next one.
When the second manta ray was carried out, gasps of surprise rose again.
"Holy crap, there's a second one?"
"Tsk tsk, they really made a fortune. No wonder they came ashore to sell their goods. Such a big manta ray would have been a huge loss if they had sold it to a seafood trading boat."
"Who says otherwise? I heard they only charge 1 yuan for a fresh seafood boat. This one boat alone will sell for nearly 400 yuan less, and two boats will cost almost 800 yuan."
Do you think there might be more?
"We'll see if they go back to the ship later..."
This one weighs even more, reaching 492 jin (approximately 246 catties), almost 500 jin (approximately 250 catties).
The crowd erupted in even greater commotion when they saw them untie the ropes and continue their journey back to the boat.
"Look, look, they've gone to carry it again."
"Holy crap, there really are more..."
"How many are there exactly?"
"What incredible luck did the Dong Sheng have to catch so many giant manta rays?"
Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, the third manta ray was brought out, followed by the fourth.
After weighing them, the weights were almost the same, one weighing 467 jin and the other 480 jin.
The only drawback is that none of them weighed more than 500 jin (250 catties).
"Holy crap! There are four manta rays that are this big!"
"It's 1.8 yuan per catty, so one fish is almost 900 yuan. Four fish would be 3600 yuan. Add that to the fish, shrimp and crabs we had before, and we're making a huge profit!"
"That's right, just these few stingrays are worth more than some people earn in one or two years..."
After all the goods had been weighed and the excitement had subsided, the crowd gradually dispersed, but the discussions continued to echo on the dock for a long time.
Feng Jialing stayed on the ship, leading the crew to clean the fish hold and deck.
Feng Ye and A-Can went with their boss to the acquisition point to settle accounts.
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