The fishing boat headed south.
Heading straight for the White Butterfly Shell Sea.
It took two hours to reach the White Butterfly Shell Sea.
Mei Wu said, "Luckily we ran far away, otherwise, this place would have been targeted sooner or later."
Along the way, we encountered many fishing boats at work.
and.
They set off late today. If they had set off earlier, there would have been a 100% chance that other fishing boats would have followed them, and most of those boats would have stopped after a while.
after all.
Not everyone is like them. A fishing boat that's only ten meters long takes two hours to sail out to sea to work. Just the fuel cost for an empty trip is a considerable expense.
If there's no gain, the back-and-forth losses can be quite painful.
Old Fu slowed the boat down and continued, "In the short term, most people won't want to follow us as we sail far, but that won't work in the long run either."
“We can’t hide the cargo when we come back from a sea voyage.”
Sooner or later, someone will be determined to follow.
Upon hearing this, Aqing immediately became anxious: "Old Fu, according to what you're saying, this auspicious land will definitely be snatched up!"
Old Fu nodded: "It was only a matter of time."
Others aren't fools.
They reaped a bountiful harvest on every trip, leading them to guess that the place possessed auspicious feng shui.
The sea is ownerless.
What can they do if others stick with them?
When it comes to making money, do you expect people to have a conscience and morality?
Old Fu didn't make things any more serious. If the person was just following along, he could think of it in a positive light. He had seen worse things before.
Mei Wu said, "It would be great if we had a private dock, so outsiders wouldn't know what we reaped on each trip."
Wu An nodded.
This is one solution.
However, to build a private dock, one must first have land. It's probably out of the question in the town; he can only try to plan it in the village, but at least he has to wait until he has the final say in the village.
Ah Qing said fiercely, "If they dare to try and steal it, then don't blame me for being impolite!"
Mei Wu added, "Yes, we discovered this place first. As long as we continue to work here, this place will be our territory."
"If anyone dares to try and steal from us, we won't be polite to them."
"We are in the right."
Old Fu said, "That's true, but..."
There are rules for operating at sea. Generally, other fishing vessels cannot arbitrarily encroach on the territory where other fishing vessels are operating. This is not only an unspoken rule, but also a written regulation. If you obstruct the operation of other fishing vessels, your vessel certificate or crew certificate may be revoked if the circumstances are serious.
However, people die for wealth, and birds die for food.
This is one of the reasons why Wu An requested that the discovery of the white butterfly shell be kept secret.
Money can be very tempting.
Rules are rules, but some people will take the risk.
In the end, possessing a treasure will become a crime, and you will suffer the consequences.
Wu An had an idea and said, "If we take over this sea area, even if someone salvages white butterfly shells, we can still hold them accountable, right?"
Old Fu nodded: "That's fine."
"But if we want to take over the contract, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep the secret of the white butterfly shell."
Wu An said, "It all depends on human effort."
"Let me think of a way."
"The problem now is whether we should continue operating here. If we keep operating here, other fishing boats won't come near us easily, but it might attract the attention of others, and the secret of the white-lipped oysters might be exposed."
Ah Qing shouted, "Brother, we definitely have to stay here. We have to protect the White Butterfly Shell!"
Mei Wu shook his head: "I suggest you leave."
“If we stay here, someone will definitely follow us, and then the white butterfly shell will be exposed 100% of the time.”
"It would be better to work elsewhere."
“As long as we don’t bring anyone here, I don’t think the white butterfly shells in this place will ever be discovered.”
Old Fu didn't say anything.
He just looked at Wu An.
Let Wu An make the final decision.
Aqing and Meiwu also looked over.
After a moment of contemplation, Wu An said, "Once we've figured out the situation this time, we shouldn't keep coming here so often."
“From now on, we can come once every six months, or once a year.”
Old Fu and the others nodded in agreement.
On the ship, no matter how much they disagreed, as long as Wu An spoke, they listened to him.
Ah Qing chuckled and said, "In that case, wouldn't it be like we have a farmed patch of wild white butterfly oysters that can reproduce?"
Old Fu nodded slightly upon hearing this.
That's right.
The premise is that the secret of the white-lipped oyster can be kept; otherwise, let alone reproduce, the wild white-lipped oysters in this sea area will probably become extinct in no time.
Wu An said, "Then it's settled."
"I saw the float of the fish trap."
"Old Fu, slow down."
He pulled up the float, and with the operation of the winch, the first row of ground cages was pulled up smoothly.
Ah Qing shouted, "The water's out!"
"The commotion was quite significant."
"Brother, let me drive."
He excitedly opened the fish trap and poured the seafood out, which cascaded onto the deck with a "whoosh".
The next moment.
Aqing jumped up immediately: "Holy crap, what the hell is this thing?"
"That scared the hell out of me."
Aqing was startled by the seafood that landed on his feet, and kicked it away while yelling.
The seafood landed squarely on Mei Wu's face.
Before Mei Wu could even see what it was, he was hit by the seafood and screamed in pain.
Covering her face and looking down, she was startled as well.
"What's this?"
"Is it a shrimp? It looks so strange."
"It looks like a turtle."
Old Fu saw them shouting and came over to take a look. He immediately smiled and said, "This is shrimp cutlet, also called pipa shrimp."
Wu An said, "Its scientific name is *Symplocos rubrum*, which is not very common, but it can be found in many places."
"Don't think it looks bad, it tastes pretty good."
"We'll have this for lunch after we're done with our work."
Old Fu nodded: "Don't just stand there, hurry up and sort them. These things are more valuable alive."
Aqing and Meiwu squatted down and started picking through the shrimp. After a while, Aqing got used to it and even grabbed a mantis shrimp, exclaiming, "Brother, look, this one is as big as my face!"
Wu An turned around, smiled, and nodded.
Each row of traps yielded a decent harvest, with at least twenty or thirty pounds of mantis shrimp.
After searching for more than an hour, Old Fu parked the boat and asked, "Have you found everything?"
Wu An nodded: "We were lucky, we didn't lose a single one."
Old Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This really is a place with excellent feng shui; the typhoon probably didn't affect this area."
As he spoke, he squatted down to sort through the crabs. Besides mantis shrimp, there were also quite a few blue crabs, mud crabs, and stone crabs.
Having a lot of crabs can be quite troublesome, especially with blue crabs and mud crabs, each of which needs to be tied up.
This busy schedule lasted until lunchtime.
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