When Aqing and Meiwu were cleaning up their catch, they sometimes had to snatch fish from the mouths of sea turtles.
Fan Dali noticed Wu An looking at the hole in the trawl net and said, "Boss, don't worry about it too much."
“We’re a bottom-drifter, so the net is easily damaged.”
"This broken part is easy to fix, I can fix it myself later."
Wu An smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, then this month's work is yours."
Wu An looked at Fu Yongning, who was treating the barnacles on the sea turtle, and said, "Be careful."
"Do not injure the turtle when handling it."
"Otherwise, these sea turtles will easily get infected and die when they return to the sea."
Fu Yongning nodded.
Wait until Wu An leaves.
He turned to look at Fan Xiaozhu, who was carefully cleaning the barnacles off the sea turtle, and had no chance to make eye contact with him.
This also meant that Fu Yongning couldn't find anyone to agree with when he wanted to complain.
We boarded the ship.
He saw everyone's unprofessionalism, and he saw Wu An's neglect of his duties, actually making him and Fan Xiaozhu clean barnacles from the sea turtle.
Why do something so thankless and exhausting?
Just bored out of my mind.
He was feeling very uneasy. Was there really a future in working on a fishing boat like this?
I turned my head and looked.
It looks like Wu An is chatting with a sea turtle?
Fu Yongning shook his head, because there were too many things to complain about, and he didn't even know how to begin to criticize them.
Now that the contract has been signed, he can only leave it to fate. In any case, he doesn't think Old Fu would cheat him.
Wu An noticed a sea turtle that had traversed most of the deck and crawled up to him. He realized that this sea turtle was the same one who had helped him find the ambergris.
He picked up a small octopus from the side and fed it to Brother Turtle, saying, "Brother Turtle."
"Did you call your brothers and sisters here?"
Turtle took a bite of the little octopus and, under Wu An's gaze, revealed a human-like smile.
Wu An tapped Turtle on the forehead and said irritably, "Don't do that again next time. It's too dangerous and could easily hurt you."
"If you need my help, just come to me directly."
Turtle Brother, while eating the baby octopus, seemed to understand Wu An's words and nodded vigorously.
After Brother Turtle finished eating, Wu An called Manager Wang, and together they threw Brother Turtle back into the sea.
Manager Wang complimented, "Ah An, I admire you very much."
"They say good deeds are rewarded. With your help to these sea turtles, you're sure to have good luck at sea in the future."
Wu An smiled and said, "Then I'll take your kind words."
While chatting, he also became busy.
You know what?
Cleaning barnacles from sea turtles is quite stress-relieving.
After working for more than half an hour, all the sea turtles were released back into the sea. Luckily, none of them were injured.
Each sea turtle had a small octopus or squid stuffed in its mouth when it left.
After the turtle shell SpA treatment, they even took some snacks with them before leaving. Manager Wang praised Wu An for his excellent service.
Finally, Aqing and Meiwu counted all the fish they caught. They were all small, miscellaneous fish with nothing of value, and together they only weighed a little over 100 jin (50 kg).
Although the trial voyage resulted in a loss, Wu An was still very happy.
Old Fu started his fishing boat and headed back to port.
The original plan was to cast the net several more times, but after only the first cast, the trawl net was riddled with holes by the ebony wood.
There were no additional trawling nets or repair tools on board, so they had no choice but to return to port.
Aqing and the others were all a bit depressed.
Wu An said, "It's just a trial voyage."
"No matter what, we still have a catch of about 100 kilograms."
"Everyone who sees it gets a share."
"When we disembarked, everyone took four or five kilograms with them."
The workers were quite happy to hear this. The catch was worth about a hundred yuan, and they could take it without spending any money. At least they could cook a decent dish when they got home.
Wu An handed the note with the questions written by Uncle Li to Manager Wang, or took a look at it, and then went out of the control room to find the technicians.
After Manager Wang left, Old Fu told Wu An to close the door and said, "An, I lied just now."
"I reckon those two pieces of ebony should be quite valuable."
"At the time, I thought that with so many people on the ship, including Manager Wang, there would probably be trouble if we left two pieces of ebony."
Wu An was not surprised.
Why?
Old Fu only suspected that the two pieces of ebony wood were valuable, and that they might not be dead wood. However, he already knew that the two pieces of ebony wood were worth a lot of money because of the luck value that the trawl net tool instantly reset.
The reason for cooperating with the old man was to consider the endless troubles that might result from leaving the ebony wood behind.
This area is nearshore waters.
Once salvaged, submerged wood belongs to the state; individuals cannot possess it for their own use.
Unless it was salvaged secretly and there is a reliable sales channel.
Otherwise, if something goes wrong during the salvage process, he might have to spend the rest of his life working on a sewing machine.
This is no joke.
Old Fu lowered his voice and said, "I have already recorded the coordinates of where the ebony was lost."
Wu An nodded: "You did a great job."
Old Fu asked, "Should we tell Aqing and the others about this?"
"They were all crestfallen, as if they had suffered a defeat."
"If they knew this, they would be jumping for joy."
Even disregarding the catch and the sea turtles, the two pieces of submerged wood were conservatively estimated to be worth more than any of their previous big-fish fishing trips.
In fact, this test voyage was a great success.
Old Fu couldn't help but think that, judging from the results of this first trial voyage, in the future, when they operate at sea, they might be able to salvage not only fish but also the treasures in the sea.
Wu An shook his head and said, "Don't tell a third person about this."
Old Fu nodded.
Wu An has no interest in ebony for the time being, unless he is desperately short of money.
He was slightly worried.
It wasn't that I was worried about Old Fu, but about myself. If A Qing knew, she would definitely urge him to go and salvage it.
With just a few words of persuasion, he might waver.
Seeing that Wu An was bored, Old Fu said, "It's almost a three-hour voyage back. Since you're just killing time anyway, why not try some drift fishing?"
Wu An was taken aback: "There's no fishing gear here."
Old Fu smiled slightly: "I brought it."
Wu An's face lit up with joy: "Old Fu, you truly live up to your reputation."
Old Fu said, "Although I know our trial voyage was very successful, I have to say I'm still not used to only catching a hundred or so catties of fish."
Wu An nodded: "To be honest, I'm also a little annoyed."
"Okay, since going online won't work, let's try phishing."
After saying that.
He walked out of the control room excitedly and called to Aqing and Meiwu to get the fishing gear.
Fu Yongning also received a fishing rod and asked, "Floating fishing?"
Wu An added luck points to everyone's fishing rods, which almost depleted their luck points and also helped increase their luck limit. To put it bluntly, those who took the fishing rods were just tools. He said with a smile, "That's right."
"It's just a sea trial, nothing more than some fun."
Therefore, the catch belongs to the individual.
When Aqing and the others heard this, they were all excited.
"Brother, are you serious?"
"You're not kidding?"
“We really took it seriously.”
"Xiao Zhu, you'd better work harder and catch a few more big fish, so that Dad won't look down on you when you get home."
The brothers Fan Dali and Fan Xiaozhu were the most pragmatic; they had already found good fishing spots, while Aqing and Meiwu quickly seized advantageous positions at the stern of the boat.
The catch from the previous trawls also came in handy, with Wu An sharing it with everyone as bait.
Fu Yongning looked around, not understanding what these young people were so excited about. With the boat going so fast, what good was drift fishing?
It would be strange if you could catch any fish.
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