Chapter 1116

He looked at the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, sighed in his heart, and stepped into the sunlight first.

The others followed immediately behind, asking as they walked.

"Since we have to wait three days, are we all going to stay on the boats and wait for news?"

Ye Yaodong immediately stopped in his tracks and began to think seriously. He had 18 people he had hired on the boats, and originally 5 were not from his side. After everyone settled in for the night, only one was from their town, temporarily staying on his boat.

It was agreed that until the matter was resolved, they would stay on the boats and work to cover their food and drink.

If there was a turning point, and they could return to their own boats, there would be no need to trouble him later. If the result wasn't ideal, he would have to send them to the town when he went home and pay an additional boat fee then.

Counting them, there were 19 people. Sleeping on the deck and eating and relieving themselves on the boat while being pointed at by the locals wasn't great. A short time of two or three days was acceptable, but he was afraid the matter wouldn't be resolved that quickly.

He thought for a moment and said: "I'll go find a guesthouse, open two large dorms, and get through these few days first. We'll talk after the results are out. Anyway, until the results are out, it's impossible for us to leave."

"We have to spend money to stay in a guesthouse..."

"Suit yourselves. If there aren't many people on the boat, it's fine to make do for a few days. I have a lot of people, so I'd better arrange two large dorms. With so many people, the locals coming and going on the shore will keep pointing at us, which isn't a good look."

It only cost one or two yuan a day, which he could accept for a few days. Food and drink were more expensive than accommodation with so many mouths to feed, but fortunately, when they ran out, half the people made it to the boats, and half the supplies remained, so they didn't need to spend money.

The money on him hadn't been lost either, and fortunately, he had earned 10,000 yuan in the past few days, so he had a safety net.

Aguang hesitated and said: "I'll pass. I originally had 10 people, now only 6 are left. The cabin on the Fengshou is enough to sleep in, so there's no need to lie on the deck."

"We have few people, so we'll pass too..."

The others looked at each other and shook their heads.

They hadn't earned much money, so how could they bear to spend it on a guesthouse? The personnel on the boats had already been lost, there weren't that many left, and sitting on the deck and making do for the night was fine.

Ye Yaodong didn't say anything; if they wanted to sleep on the boats, they could.

"Then are you going back first, or waiting for me to go together?"

"We'll go back first. The morning is almost over, and everyone at the pier is probably waiting anxiously. We'll go back and report the news first."

"That's fine, then you go back first, I'll go ask for directions."

After speaking, he walked toward the locals sitting in the shade by the road. Aguang also trotted to catch up, "I'll go with you, they can go back to report the news first."

"Okay."

Ye Yaodong returned to the pier only half an hour later than them, but when he returned, he found that more than half the boats were gone? There were only a few scattered ones left with his large string.

Aguang also noticed.

"Why are there so few boats?"

"Let's go up and ask."

In an instant, he thought, could the missing fishing boats be anxious to run to the trench to salvage?

When they boarded the boat and asked, sure enough, it was as he thought.

Half the fishing boats had gone out to sea to salvage jellyfish. Some went in a hurry after they left, and some waited and watched for a while, and after seeing they hadn't returned for a long time, they got anxious and followed.

Others, after Xiao Xiao and Azheng returned and learned that they had contacted the local maritime police chief for help, also felt relieved and rushed off.

"Damn it... they're really dogs..."

"We were anxious to death too. Seeing them all run off, but you hadn't returned, we didn't dare to move."

"They really know how to pick up scraps. After both sides were hurt, we ran around to solve it, and they ran off to pick up the cheap goods. They're really something." Ye Yaodong laughed in extreme anger.

The boatmen on the boat also cursed, saying they were too immoral.

"The matter hasn't been resolved yet, and we can't guarantee they'll be released. Every one of them is afraid of earning less. It's okay if people are gone, but not money?" Aguang also cursed from across a boat.

Someone also mocked: "The ones caught aren't themselves. Coming here is to earn money. Such a good opportunity, it would be a waste not to earn it."

Azheng shouted at them: "We should hurry up too, we can't let those brats get the cheap goods. They actually took advantage of us going to make calls to solve the matter to ditch us and secretly go salvage."

Xiao Xiao also shouted while holding his rice bowl: "Right, let's hurry and follow. Three boats ran off at the beginning, then four or five more, and after we came back half an hour ago and told them the result, five or six more ran off. Now only we are left, let's hurry, we can't let them get the cheap goods."

"Let's go, let's go..."

Ye Yaodong also immediately ordered the others to prepare to leave the shore, and he climbed into the cockpit himself.

Anyway, it was in the waiting-for-results stage. Since he had already found someone to help, and just said that with fewer people it was easier to talk, his father was likely fine. He only needed to protect his father and his own boatmen; as for the others, let them suffer if they had to.

The remaining boats nearby also moved immediately; they couldn't let others get the cheap goods.

This prefecture-level city was further away from the trench. They drove out in a hurry and it took two hours to reach the place.

When they arrived, sure enough, the boats from their village were already salvaging away, as if they had forgotten the misery of last night. Everyone was full of smiles, sweating and enjoying themselves.

And among them were a few local boats. During the gunfight yesterday, some ran fast and escaped a disaster, so they could come out to salvage today.

Looking at the boats full of various water buckets, one could imagine that the half-day they missed had all gone to these local boats.

The number of jellyfish today was higher than the previous few days, floating in large quantities on the sea surface, but only a dozen boats were salvaging. This time, it was no longer a case of too many monks and too little porridge.

And when the local fishing boats saw so many of their boats coming all at once, and the iconic large boats Fengshou and Dongsheng appeared, it suddenly made some of them panic.

They had just fought fiercely yesterday, and now there were so many more out-of-town boats, and they didn't have many local boats left, so they were all scared.

And their boats also had a bit of a mischievous streak, specifically squeezing next to the local fishing boats to grab goods, just to make things difficult for them.

The local fishing boats knew they all had guns and were now at a disadvantage, so they didn't dare to be stubborn and clash head-on. Plus, after this round of salvaging, their boats were full of harvest. After one boat ran away early, the other fishing boats all thought about leaving immediately.

To avoid the same thing as yesterday, fighting to the death and no one getting any good out of it, especially since today they had fewer people and fewer boats, and the ones suffering and losing their lives would only be them.

As soon as Ye Yaodong arrived, he was busy distributing the others to the small boats. For a moment, how could he have time to care about the fleeing fishing boats? The others had long been attracted by the patches of jellyfish, and they were too busy salvaging to care about those locals.

Now he only had 19 people left on his boat, and the manpower was seriously insufficient. One small boat could only be assigned one experienced person. The remaining 9 people, mostly inexperienced, 4 were assigned to No. 002, and 5 remained on the Dongsheng.

Everyone was busy grabbing the jellyfish on the sea surface.

They had been here for so many days, and they didn't expect that it would be after a big battle that they would start salvaging in large quantities with peace of mind.

Those who had been clamoring for the past two days that the facts didn't match the rumors were now excited after seeing the jellyfish all over the sea. If it weren't for what happened yesterday, they would probably be even happier.

After earning money, when they were returning, some fishing boats took the initiative to come over, faces full of smiles, saying: "There really are so many, there should be even more tomorrow, right? It's cheap for us..."

Ye Yaodong mocked: "It's cheap for you. After others fought to the death and were all wiped out in one pot, I ran around to solve it, and you're salvaging happily here, earning money comfortably."

The other party was full of embarrassment, "Hehe... hehe... we just thought that waiting there was also waiting, saving a little time, and naturally we'd know when we went back."

After speaking, the person slipped away immediately; staying any longer would be shameless.

Ye Yaodong glanced at them with disdain, then went to the side to watch the small boats move the goods.

The troublesome part about his side compared to other fishing boats was that after arriving, he had to distribute personnel to the small boats and let the small boats row into the jellyfish piles to salvage.

And now that they had to go back, they also had to wait for the small boats to row over from all directions, move the goods to the large boat, and then tie the fishing boats behind the large boat, waiting to be towed back together.

Although it was a bit troublesome, the harvest was gratifying. The goods emerging from the trench today were enough for their dozen boats to salvage, and they still couldn't finish. If there were two or three times more fishing boats, it would probably be barely enough to catch.

By tomorrow, the number of jellyfish would probably double again; it had almost entered the peak season.

After salvaging, the Fengshou was also driven back by Aguang first. He still had to contact the factory to come to the city to collect the harvest.

The other boats were also almost gone. The Dongsheng was considered the last one, but the Dongsheng was fast, and it caught up with and surpassed the other fishing boats during the voyage, arriving at the pier before dark.

"Tomorrow morning we'll come earlier, we can't let the locals and other boats get the cheap goods, damn it..."

"None of them are good things, fortunately we have many boats and didn't suffer..."

"It's just that there are too few people, we can't slaughter them on the small boats, we have to salvage and slaughter, it's a big loss..."

"When we sell later, let's see how much money the other boats sold for. Three boats followed Adong closely, and as soon as Adong left, they immediately went to sea, not even wanting their families..."

"Just let them earn more money to redeem people..."

Everyone on the deck was cursing.

Ye Yaodong was also thinking about the problem of having too few people. 15 people from the town had mixed into their group yesterday, but he only had one on his boat. So, while waiting on the shore to sell jellyfish, he hooked the man from the town by the neck and took him to a corner to talk.

He spoke very nicely, saying that all the boatmen on the boat were paid wages, and everyone did the same work, so there was no reason for the man not to have any. So he decided to pay him wages, the same as the other boatmen on the boat.

As long as there was jellyfish salvaging, there would be wages. If they went back, he would be sent to the town for free.

Of course, if there was no jellyfish salvaging, naturally there would be no wages, but food and lodging would be provided. Originally, they had also mixed into the team, and without everyone taking them in, they would have nowhere to go.

The man was also very happy. Originally, after such an incident, he didn't expect to earn money to go home. What he thought was to work for free, mix in food and lodging, and ensure a safe return home.

After all, for the others who went together, everyone was saying that it was either execution or 10 to 20 years in prison. Compared to the others, being able to go back safely was already burning high incense and Mazu's blessing.

Now that he could still earn wages, it was truly a pie falling from the sky.

And he had seen the scene in the morning. The entire village had to rely on Ye Yaodong to find connections and pray to keep the others out. Following him was much stronger than following others or the original boat.

Ye Yaodong also appropriately expressed his worries, saying that he was seriously short of manpower now.

The man immediately patted his chest and guaranteed that he would pull all the other acquaintances over to work for him. As long as they could have the same treatment, the others would definitely have nothing to say and would all run over.

Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder with satisfaction. The problem of insufficient manpower seemed to be solved immediately.

The remaining people in the town just happened to fill his insufficient manpower.

The man was very active. While everyone was selling goods, he persuaded all 15 people who had mixed in from their town, and they all came to Ye Yaodong's boat together.

When they learned that Ye Yaodong had booked two more guesthouse dorms, they were even happier that they had made the right decision.

After selling the goods, Ye Yaodong returned to the boat with a bag of money, only to find that people from other boats had run over to say that he had taken all the people from the town, and there weren't enough people working on their respective boats.

Originally, a small half of the personnel were missing yesterday, and the locals who mixed in were not enough to make up for the loss. It was just fortunate that these locals didn't dare to ask for wages, only hoping to stay on the boat to work to pay for food and be sent home.

Now that they had all been dug away by him, there were fewer people working on other boats, and everyone had a lot of opinions.

Ye Yaodong snorted coldly in his heart, only allowing them to backstab him, right?

He smiled with his hands crossed over his chest, "It was them who wanted to come to my boat to work, not me who went to find them. If you are short of people, you can also pay them wages and ask if they are willing to stay on your boats."

"It was already agreed that they would work for us to pay for food..."

"But they aren't willing anymore."

"If you don't pay them wages..."

"Paying wages for work is only right and proper. All the boatmen on my boat are paid wages; no one works for free. Now that we are short of manpower, since they are helping me work and earn money, even if they aren't people I invited, I naturally have to pay wages. They also spread the word among themselves before they all ran over to work for me. I have no reason not to agree, because I am also short of people."

Everyone was speechless, but they were reluctant to pay wages. Originally, it was agreed that no money was needed, but suddenly having to pay a large amount of wages made everyone feel a gap.

After all, it was not certain whether the people in their village would be released directly. If they were released, their manpower would immediately increase.

If they weren't released, there would be more trouble when they went back, and they would probably have to pay a sum of money.

"Then what should we do if we don't have enough people..."

"Yeah, originally there weren't enough people, and now they've all run to your side..."

"You can also offer a high price to dig them back tonight..."

After Ye Yaodong threw down this sentence, he turned and went into the cabin, too lazy to listen to their nagging. He was now fed up with this group of people and only wanted to get through this period of fishing and get his father out.

Locking the money in the iron box under the bed as usual, he pondered the personnel arrangements for the night again.

When he returned to the deck, the others had already returned to their boats with no other choice.

They couldn't bear to spend the money and felt that they should be able to make do.

Ye Yaodong told everyone about the sleeping arrangements for the night. Currently, there were 18+15 people in total, and there were 6 beds on the boat. He planned to sleep in the cabin at night, bringing a few boatmen he was familiar with and trusted.

Anyway, there were beds to lie on. In the early morning before dawn, when the pier was at its loudest, they had to get up and leave, so it didn't matter.

Then the remaining 27 people would be taken to the guesthouse to sleep in the dorms after dinner. A dorm could sleep a dozen people horizontally, and it would be barely enough if they squeezed in.

And the jellyfish blood left over today would be boiled on the boat, dried on the boat for a night, and could be collected after half a day of exposure to the sun tomorrow, so it wasn't a big problem.

It was just that feeding so many people was also a problem. They had to eat in turns and keep boiling, which was no other way. With no news from that side in the past few days, this was the only way to arrange it for the time being.

Once he could be sure that his father could be released, and they could continue to fish here, he would rent a house.

Now that he didn't know what the situation was, everything had to be simplified first.

The group of people all listened to his arrangements, and not one had any objections.

After the two groups of people finished eating, Ye Yaodong immediately took them to the guesthouse, told them to come to the pier at 3 AM, and didn't care about them anymore.

Managing such a large group of people was also a strenuous task, and he had to arrange food and drink, which was the most cumbersome thing.

After finishing dinner and directing the people on the boat to finish all the work, it was already 9 PM. He also detached the boat from the shore and drove it to the middle of the sea to dock.

With so much jellyfish blood dried on the boat, he couldn't rest assured being next to a pile of fishing boats. Although he went late today, the quantity he caught was more than everyone else, two or three times that of some people.

After all, there were 2 large and 10 small, 12 boats. The small boats had a smaller quantity due to insufficient manpower, but since he had many boats, gathering them together was still stronger than others.

With so many boats today, a total of 667.36 yuan was sold. More than 1/3 of the quantity belonged to the Dongsheng, the small wooden boats also accounted for 1/3, and the trawlers accounted for the smallest share.

When the goods were moved to the boat, he specifically asked people to put them in piles so that he could see the quantity at a glance.

The jellyfish blood received could also be sold for two or three hundred yuan later.

When other fishing boats were selling goods, he also watched. The boats that went in the morning sold for more than 300, and those that went a step later sold for two or three hundred.

The fishing boats that went with him later sold a little less, only one or two hundred.

When Ye Yaodong lay on his bed, he also emptied his mind and recalled the harvest of the day.

It was already past 2 PM when he arrived there in the afternoon, so the actual fishing time was only three hours. Because he had many boats, the harvest of these few hours was enough to match the harvest of a fishing boat for a whole day last year.

Thinking that the quantity that could be caught on the sea surface tomorrow would be even higher, and the number of fishing boats had decreased, he felt a bit hot in his heart, but then thinking that his father hadn't come out yet, the heat was extinguished again.

Now he could only take advantage of the fact that no other fishing boats knew about that place and salvage for two more days. However, it would probably spread more widely later...

The locals who ran away early today certainly wouldn't watch the trench be occupied by them, and they would certainly run around telling everyone, calling all the boats they knew in the surrounding villages to go over and continue to bolster their courage to salvage.

It's just that he didn't know if the subsequent development would evolve into what it was yesterday evening.

Moreover, he didn't know if these boats would go to the Gongan Bureau to report that their fishing boats were still lingering there when they went back.

However, if they wanted to mobilize to catch them, they might have to file a report to apply for the maritime police to mobilize. With Zeng Weimin there, they probably wouldn't mobilize specifically to catch them, and should let them be.

He pillowing his head with both hands, thinking wildly, and didn't come up with a particularly good idea. He could only take one step at a time and meet moves with moves. Anyway, their boats were more numerous now.

Now he was just counting on earning a little more in these few days. Later, when there were more local fishing boats, at worst they would just salvage randomly on the sea. In a few days, the distribution on the sea would probably increase.

Money is hard to earn...

Thinking about this and that, he fell asleep amidst the sound of waves and snoring by his ears.

When it was the early morning of the second day, he woke up immediately after hearing the roar of the machine passing by his ears. Rustling sounds also came from other beds.

Shining his watch with a flashlight, it was just past 3 AM. He immediately sat up and knocked on the boat board, "Get up."

He also immediately went to wash up, then looked at the surrounding sea. A pile of flashlights were shining everywhere, and there were no boats out at sea yet.

He immediately went up to the cockpit again and drove the boat back to the shore. The twenty-something people who stayed in the guesthouse yesterday were already waiting on the shore. Seeing his boat dock, they immediately boarded.

And other fishing boats were also busy there. Most of them also got up after hearing the movement on the shore. Some anxious ones had already driven their boats away first. After all, this pier was further away from the trench, and the time delayed on the road was longer.

After picking up the people, Ye Yaodong didn't care about the others and drove the boat away on his own. The boatmen on his boat were also orderly preparing breakfast.

Pot after pot of porridge was boiled continuously. Two pots were also boiled in advance last night, just in case breakfast couldn't be boiled in time and there wasn't enough to eat.

By the time they arrived at the place, they had just had a full meal. The pot wasn't idle either. After boiling breakfast, they immediately arranged to boil lunch. After all, there were many people, so they had to keep boiling, and they could only get a bite to eat when the time came.

The sky was completely bright. Ye Yaodong saw the locals who were more active than them already salvaging there first. These local fishing boats were twice as many as yesterday, catching up with them.

It's just that early in the morning, the number of jellyfish floating up wasn't high yet. Fortunately, their boats were still behind, the distance was a bit far, and they hadn't arrived yet.

After changing to the pier of the prefecture-level city, they had to spend twice as much time on the road as before, but there was no other way.

After he arrived, he immediately let them find partners on their own, two by two to the small boats. He assigned 5 of the remaining people to the trawlers and let them remember today's arrangement. If they came to salvage in the next few days, let them board the boats themselves.

He left 8 people on the Dongsheng, 4 for splitting, 4 for salvaging on both sides, and occasionally one person could be spared to cook, which was just right.

And those local fishing boats saw that he only had one boat with a pile of small boats coming over, thinking he was easy to bully, and thinking of replicating the scene of them being bullied yesterday, specifically surrounding him, deliberately wanting to grab his goods.

He snorted coldly, raised the gun that had been placed on the side, gestured at them, and didn't say a word.

There weren't so many boats yesterday, but today there were seventeen or eighteen. Maybe they were really called over by those boats yesterday from other places.

His move suddenly made them wary, and they didn't dare to grab, for fear of turning into the gunfight on the sea the day before yesterday.

The outcome of the accident the day before yesterday was seen by the locals. No side got any good, and all were caught.

But just letting these hateful out-of-towners grab their local resources, they were a bit unwilling. Who didn't have a gun?

Some of their boats also learned the lessons of the past few days and yesterday, and were well prepared. Those with guns also took them out and aimed them at them.

At this time, the main force of fishing boats behind also drove over one after another. Everyone looked over, looking at the fishing boats rushing over from afar.

From far to near, it was just a moment.

The fishing boats rushing over saw the confrontation here, and all drove to the side of the Dongsheng. Those with guns also took them all out and aimed them at them.

When there is an enemy, of course, they unite against the outside.

The two sides didn't speak at first. Until the fishing boats on both sides looked evenly matched, the two sides whispered to each other.

After Ye Yaodong saw that his side's fishing boats had all arrived, his heart settled down a lot, and he took off the hat on his head.

The boatmen on the boat also learned from him and took off the hats on their heads.

The eyes of the people on the opposite fishing boats widened immediately.

"So many bald heads... what's going on..."

"Ah, the ones on that boat are also bald..."

"Over there... there... they all are... damn it... who are these people..."

"No wonder they are so arrogant to dare to run to our territory to salvage... so... are they all criminals? No wonder they are so fierce, all carrying guns..."

"Grass, these out-of-towners are really so bad... no wonder my cousin told me to bring a gun today..."

"Yesterday I heard people say they were all bald, all released from prison. I didn't believe it, where could they gather so many..."

"What to do..."

The discussion on the opposite side blew into the ears of everyone on the Dongsheng along with the sea breeze. Everyone pretended to be fierce, intending to confirm their guesses.

Some people also muttered in a low voice: "Scare them to death, today there are actually more boats than yesterday, catching up to us..."

"I was scared to death just now, now it's their turn to be scared to death..."

"Everyone, get your expressions right..."