On the deck, everyone was still busy.
Seeing him return, Ah-Can asked impatiently, "Brother Ye, how did the price negotiation go?"
Feng Ye replied, "4 mao per jin."
"40 cents? That's so cheap!"
Ah-Can opened his mouth wide, his face full of astonishment.
The others were also surprised by the price and turned to look at Feng Ye, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Although Feng Ye had previously said that six-banded trevally were cheap, the fact that they were this cheap was still somewhat unexpected.
"Are six-banded trevally really that cheap? Have we been ripped off?"
Feng Xuan couldn't help but ask, his tone full of doubt.
Feng Ye shook his head: "It's not that I was ripped off. The price of six-banded trevally is cheap to begin with. I estimate it will only cost about six or seven cents when it gets ashore."
The boat initially offered only 35 cents per pound for fresh produce, but after some negotiation with Uncle Jun, we managed to raise the price to 40 cents per pound, which was already quite good.
Ah-Can sighed, "Sigh, it really is cheap."
"There's nothing we can do about the low price; that's just how the market price for this fish is."
Feng Ye said helplessly, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Everyone, let's get to work and sort out the remaining goods so we can weigh and sell them together later."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded and, without saying anything more, buried themselves in their work.
After they finished sorting and cleaning the deck, the cargo on the Harvest had been weighed and the accounts were being settled.
Feng Ye, Feng Xuan, and A-Can all went over and crowded around to look at the amounts in the ledger.
The Harvest Ship yielded a total of 1 jin of sturgeon, worth 4486 yuan.
All the other goods combined only sold for a little more than the six-banded trevally, less than 5,000 yuan, only 4,967 yuan.
In other words, the Harvest Ship sold a total of 9,453 yuan worth of fish on this trip.
This number is already quite good for the Harvest satellite.
Xiao Zhaojun was extremely satisfied, his old face beaming with joy.
I've been fishing at sea for over a year, and I've never made so much money selling my catch to a fish-collecting boat before.
Afterwards, the Harvest was resupplied with a large amount of fresh water and diesel fuel ice before the cargo on the East Rising was weighed.
The Harvest Ship did not rush to leave for work; Xiao Zhaojun instructed the boatmen to come aboard the East Rising Ship to help.
At the same time, he was also quite curious about how much the cargo from the Dongsheng ship could fetch.
With a large number of people, some chaos is inevitable.
Fortunately, things were only chaotic for a short while at the beginning, and then things gradually got better.
While it wasn't exactly orderly, it wasn't chaotic either.
It was more than an hour later by the time all the cargo on the Dongsheng was weighed.
After waiting a while longer, the accounts were finally calculated.
The number of six-banded trevally was more than expected, reaching 1 jin (500 grams), and the price was 6634.8 yuan.
Besides these, the other various fish and shrimp cost a total of 6,062 yuan.
All together, the total is 0.8 yuan.
Everyone was pleasantly surprised to see this number.
"You also need to replenish fresh water, diesel fuel, and ice, right? If so, we can settle the bill together later."
Feng Ye nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I want them all..."
The ice was completely gone, and the fresh water was also running low, but there was still a considerable amount of diesel fuel left because of the last sale.
However, it cannot be omitted.
At sea, the most dangerous thing is running out of fuel.
If the boat can't move, it can only drift with the current, which is quite dangerous.
Therefore, diesel fuel must also be added.
After the supplies were replenished, the accounts were balanced, and there was a shortfall of more than 3,000 yuan, leaving only 9,266 yuan in hand.
Feng Ye took the money, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
He felt heartbroken every time he resupplyed from the cargo ship.
That's all money!
It's so black, it's fucking black!
If you resupply on shore, 2000 yuan will suffice.
However, the boat for collecting fresh seafood costs more than 3,000 yuan, which is more than 1,000 yuan more expensive.
But there was nothing they could do; the only supply ships at sea were fresh seafood ships, leaving them at the mercy of others.
"Damn it, this time when we get back we're going to the shipyard to talk about buying back fresh ships. We can't let them rip us off like this again!"
Holding the money in his hand, Feng Ye watched the departing cargo ship and made a decision.
This voyage has already yielded a considerable profit.
Add to that the 5,000 yuan for the stolen yacht, and that's a lot.
There are still five or six days left, so there's at least one more time to sell goods.
Without going into too much detail, he can still guarantee a substantial profit.
Especially on the last trip, they were able to dock and sell their goods, avoiding being ripped off by the seafood collection boats.
In that case, combined with what I earned from the last voyage, I should have at least some money in hand.
The family still has profits from selling goods; if they pool their money together, it should be enough to pay the deposit for the fresh seafood boat.
I just don't know when the cargo ship will be delivered.
Before that, it's still inevitable to get ripped off.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Brother Ye, why are you sighing? Shouldn't you be happy about making so much money?"
Ah Can had long forgotten about how cheap the six-banded tuna was, and looked at Feng Ye with a mixture of excitement and curiosity.
"Happy, of course I'm happy."
Feng Ye forced a smile. "When we go back to the county to sell our goods after this sea voyage, shall we stop by the shipyard and ask about fresh produce collection boats?"
Although I had already made up my mind, I still needed to consult my older brother and Ah-chan.
After all, it's a business partnership.
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can readily agreed: "Sure, Brother Ye, I also think we should go and ask about the situation."
Feng Xuan frowned slightly: "So urgent? We probably don't have enough money, do we?"
Ah-Can retorted, "Who cares if it's enough or not? Can't we go take a look first? It's not like we have to sign a contract and pay a deposit right away."
“Ah-chan is right. Let’s go check out the situation first, find out the price, performance and delivery time of the fresh seafood collection boat, and then make a decision.”
Feng Ye nodded in agreement.
As for the money, he didn't voice his thoughts.
The main problem was that he didn't know exactly how much a fresh produce collection boat cost.
In the future, cargo ships will be much cheaper than fishing boats, but that's not necessarily true these days.
He looked at Feng Xuan: "Brother, what do you think?"
Feng Xuan was silent for a while before saying, "Alright, let's go take a look. We'll have to buy it sooner or later anyway, so it's good to know more about it sooner."
The three reached a consensus and stopped talking, each going about their own business.
Both the Dongsheng and Fengshou ships started moving, spreading out to prepare to resume operations.
The floats that had been installed on the trawl net were removed, and the netting and traction lines were restored to normal, turning it back into a bottom trawl net.
After being lowered, they moved slowly at a distance of two or three miles, maintaining a constant speed of about 4 knots per hour.
Two nets were hauled in before dark, and there was a lot of cargo, about five or six thousand catties per net, but the quality wasn't very good.
It's neither good nor bad.
The following days were similar, barely manageable, and went smoothly.
However, on May 22nd...
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