About half an hour later, the Dongsheng and Fengshou ships approached one after the other.
They also need to retrieve the net first, which will take time.
"Tsk tsk, so this is the gray whale from the day before yesterday. It was really big, even in death it's still so scary."
Xiao Zhaojun stared in amazement at the enormous gray whale carcass on the reef.
"That's it, it's about fourteen meters long and weighs over 25 tons."
"You really want to tow it back?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I have called you here?"
No sooner had Feng Ye finished speaking than A-Can interjected, "Didn't Brother Ye tell you? After we drag it back, Fang Yi will contact reporters, and then everyone will be in the newspapers."
"What, in the newspaper?"
Xiao Zhaojun was provoked, his eyes widening instantly. "Really? Ah Ye, why didn't you say so sooner? If it could be in the newspaper, I wouldn't hesitate at all. I would definitely drag it back."
Feng Xuan was also overjoyed: "How could I miss such a good thing as being in the newspaper? It doesn't matter if it takes time to earn money, I have to drag it back."
The other people on both ships got excited when they heard that they could be in the newspapers, and they rubbed their hands together and cheered.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Feng Ye was also very happy.
He cleared his throat and said, "Since everyone agrees, let's discuss how to drag this big guy back."
"This is indeed a huge project."
After thinking for a while, Xiao Zhaojun suggested, "How about this? Take three ropes over, tie them to its head, pectoral fins, and tail, and then use a winch to pull the ropes up and bring it over."
Will this work?
Feng Xuan asked with some doubt.
"So, what's your best idea?"
Xiao Zhaojun countered with a question.
Feng Xuan remained silent for a moment, considered it, and finally nodded in agreement with Xiao Zhaojun's plan.
"Okay, let's give it a try."
"That's right. I've never towed something this big before. We'll have to try to see if it works."
Feng Ye nodded in agreement: "Let's do it that way."
He couldn't think of a better solution, so he could only give it a try for now.
"I have a question."
Ah-Can suddenly said, "It's almost two hundred meters past here, where are we going to get such a long rope?"
This gray whale is too heavy; the rope must be thick enough.
The two ropes they had just tied around their waists were long enough, but too thin to support such a heavy weight.
Are you stupid?
Feng Ye said irritably, "Are you stupid? Just take a tow rope off the trawl net."
"That's right, the tow rope is long and strong enough to be used to drag this big guy."
Ah-Can patted his head, suddenly realizing what was going on.
With the plan finalized, everyone began to take action.
This time, instead of sending Ah-Can, Feng Ye chose a boatman who was a good swimmer to go with him, dragging a tow rope.
Two people each from the Dongsheng and Fengshou ships were also dispatched, each pulling a tow rope and with a safety rope tied around their waists.
That gray whale was too big to be easily tied up.
Therefore, there will be more people.
When he got close to the gray whale, he realized that the head was difficult to tie because there was no point of leverage, and it was too big, with a head circumference of three or four meters, which would be a waste of rope.
Finally, we decided not to tie its head, but to tie its two flippers and tail, so that there would be three points of support.
After they had spent some time tying themselves up, they quickly returned to their respective boats.
Then, all three ships started moving at the same time and slowly moved forward.
The winch also began to turn slowly, and the three traction cables instantly became taut.
The gray whale was slowly dragged forward, its massive body leaving the reef and gradually entering the deep water where it was submerged and disappeared from everyone's sight.
However, this is only temporary.
As the winch continued to operate, the tow line was gradually retracted, and the massive body of the gray whale reappeared in everyone's sight.
"They got up; they were dragged up."
"Wow, this is the first time I've ever caught such a big fish, it's so exciting!"
Everyone was extremely excited and cheered.
Feng Ye overheard this and chuckled to himself.
Whales are not fish.
But he didn't correct him. Let the fish be fish, call it whatever you want and teach it however you want.
The three ships, arranged in a triangular formation, surrounded the gray whale and continued to move forward.
The gray whale's carcass was being dragged along by three towlines, moving through the seawater and creating splashes.
The speed of travel was not very fast, much slower than the speed of previous round trips.
This resulted in a journey that should have taken only eight or nine hours taking more than ten hours.
We set off around 2 p.m. and didn't see the county dock until almost 3 a.m.
"Finally here, ahh..."
Feng Ye yawned and let out a long sigh of relief.
He hadn't slept at all during the journey.
It's not easy to navigate with three boats towing such a large machine; they have to coordinate well.
He spent the entire night observing the gray whale's position and its relative distance to the other two ships, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth and we arrived safely.
Looking at the nearly deserted county dock, Ah-Can sighed, "What a pity, so late at night..."
"What's there to regret? Didn't we bring the whale back? The news coverage is secured, what else could you possibly be unhappy about?"
"Look at the dock, there are hardly any people there. We dragged such a huge whale back from so far away, and no one even saw it. It's a shame we can't show off."
Feng Ye was both amused and exasperated; it turned out that this was the one who was a pity.
He patted Ah-Can on the shoulder: "Alright, wait until it's light and there are more people, then you'll have your chance to show off."
"That's true."
Upon hearing this, Ah-Can immediately became happy again.
"We'll be docked soon, I'll go wake everyone up."
Everyone else was sleeping except for the two of them.
Now that we've reached the shore, it's time to get everyone up and getting to work.
There's still a day's worth of cargo on board, quite a lot, so we need to take advantage of the remaining time and sell it at the market.
Otherwise, once it gets light, they won't have time to sell their fish and will have to sell to fishmongers, thus losing a lot of money.
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