Chapter 1262: Making Trouble (Modified)

After the management fishing boat came over and consulted, it arranged different areas for them to dock according to the size of their fishing boats.

They just need to follow the guided boats to dock. After docking, each docked fishing boat has to pay a management fee according to the time of docking.

They are not sure how long they will stay, so they only paid the fee for ten days first, opened a receipt, marked a parking number on it, and then Ye Yaodong collected the receipt.

Others had long been unable to look at it.

"So many boats, so many people..."

"This port is indeed big. There are so many cars, very lively, very prosperous..."

"Boss, what should we do now? Go directly ashore to find Uncle Zheng?"

"Gather first. Take your personal luggage first, and lock other things in the cabin."

Their fishing boats were all parked separately according to size. They had to go ashore first, and then gather to go to the address left by Uncle Zheng.

People coming and going at the pier, all kinds of shouting, and the sound of knocking and beating, the roar of cars, they either carried it on their shoulders, or carried their own big and small bags, wearing through.

After gathering on the side of the road and counting the heads without missing anyone, Ye Yaodong also asked the management personnel at the pier how to walk the road on the address, and then took a large group of people to the address left by Uncle Zheng to find him.

Everyone's curiosity exploded, looking east and west. A large group of people walked slowly. Even after leaving the pier, some people kept looking behind them. They all gained knowledge.

After walking onto the normal street, it wasn't so crowded.

However, the street was also broken, and there were many cars transporting seafood. There was water from seafood everywhere, and the whole street was wet, and the smell of seafood was everywhere.

So many of them could only walk slowly on both sides of the street.

Another tractor passed by, and the gray-black smoke exhaust sprayed directly on their faces. Everyone uniformly turned their faces to the side.

Wherever the tractor passed, the water of the seafood on the car kept flowing.

"So many cars... where is the seafood pulled to..."

"There must be a trading market. Isn't it said to be the four major ports?"

"How much longer to arrive?"

"Don't know. Isn't Dongge looking for it?"

Ye Yaodong held a notebook in his hand, and asked passersby for directions whenever he encountered a fork in the road.

Ye's father pushed the bicycle, with luggage baskets tied on both sides of the back seat, and followed him. "Is it arriving?"

"Yes, it is said to be in front."

A large group of people walked for almost an hour, and then stopped in front of a grocery store.

The address is in the alley next to this grocery store.

When they walked in, they also happened to see the familiar faces sitting in the open space to cool off. It was the workers on Uncle Zheng's boat.

"Oh, finally found it... walked for more than an hour..."

"Arrived! Waited for a day. Old Zheng said you would arrive in the morning, but it turned out to be the afternoon."

"Isn't this because there are many fishing boats, sailing slowly, walking and asking for directions, so it was delayed..."

A group of people talked in a jumble and stayed in the open space to talk, causing people around to turn their heads frequently and point.

Ye Yaodong let the other party take everyone to settle down first. Everyone's luggage was relatively large. They all brought their own straw mats and quilts, but the clothes were simple two pieces.

After everyone settled down successively, it was dark.

Fortunately, they set off in the morning. When they arrived, it was still early, and they could settle down before dark. Otherwise, with so many people, it would be very troublesome to arrange.

Uncle Zheng also went out to sea and returned when the sun went down. When they settled down, he also arrived home.

He also exposed today's cargo manifest to the boat bosses to see. According to normal trawling, one day could top the income of two or three days at home.

"It's not the winter peak season yet. When the winter peak season comes, the cargo collection will be more, or if you don't understand radar nets, you can also directly trawl first. Small boats using longline fishing are also quite impressive."

"Then when does the winter peak season start?"

"Are we here early?"

Uncle Zheng answered everyone's questions seriously. It wasn't very clear on the phone, so he had to ask in person.

"Generally, it starts around the Minor Snow of the 24 solar terms and lasts for about three months."

"From the Gregorian calendar, the hairtail winter peak season will last from November of each year to January of the following year, which is just a period before the New Year. The time of each year is basically fixed."

"But in September, there are generally many, and when the weather is cold, the quantity will increase. No need to wait until Minor Snow."

"Then the winter peak season ends, everyone just happens to go back to have a good New Year, and then there will be a spring peak season."

"You guys came at the right time. Familiarize yourself for half a month, and ask people to make radar nets and longline fishing. It will be September in a blink of an eye. Very fast."

"Now you can also go trawling. The sea resources here are rich. Arranging 3-4 people for a fishing boat won't be much. You can earn money. You won't lose money. Rest assured. Can I call you up if you lose money?"

A large group of people discussed fiercely and negotiated.

The conclusion reached is: since you are here, stay here. Stay for a period of time first, and go out to sea tomorrow to see the fishing harvest of your own fishing boats.

Ye Yaodong didn't express his opinion throughout the whole process. He had his own ideas. Since he came, he must stay until the New Year.

They asked a bunch of questions now, which is actually about staying until the New Year. Of course, it is also under the condition of good income, and they have to go out to sea a few times first.

After the meeting was almost over, everyone dispersed and returned to their respective rental houses.

Of course, they definitely have to pay the rent to Uncle Zheng.

Ye Yaodong brought 22 people, counting himself 23. The temporarily rented house space was not enough, only two rooms were allocated. It was too crowded, and the space was too narrow. It was the kind of old broken house.

It was just one day. It was not easy to find a few houses to settle them first.

He planned to let the people who stayed behind inquire tomorrow, and then rent two more houses nearby, and just make do at night first.

The meeting just now was their boat bosses. The boatmen were just working, didn't participate in their meeting, but organized their luggage to settle down, and then prepared dinner at night.

Ye Yaodong discussed with his father after the meal. Tomorrow, the *Dongsheng* number and the small boat will go out to trawl. Let his father go.

The small trawling boat itself was not equipped with fishing nets. He just asked Uncle Zheng to borrow one temporarily.

Anyway, he got a radar net a few days ago. Now he uses the radar net. The trawling fishing net is useless. It is just right to lend it to him.

He will stay at home with the remaining people tomorrow, find a few more houses, and incidentally pre-order the radar net.

Uncle Zheng has already started it, so it must be possible to do it. Following the footsteps of the predecessors to learn is definitely not wrong.

He has enough manpower now. Sending 6 people to the big boat and 4 people to the small boat to go out to sea, the fresh-collecting boat is temporarily unmoved, two people are left at home to watch, and two are sent to rent a house, and incidentally inquire about the local situation.

Others, he plans to send to the boats of Uncle Zheng's friends to help, and incidentally learn how the radar net fishing is operated, learn in advance, and then be able to get started as soon as the fishing net is in hand.

Anyway, now the fresh-collecting boat is unmoved, and there is no need for so many people for a while. The idle time is just right to learn new skills.

He also has to learn on the boat after these small tasks are arranged.

Speaking of which, coming early also has benefits, at least not being in a hurry when the peak season comes, and not knowing anything.

After arranging, he gathered the boatmen and said his plan.

Of course, those who stay at home are definitely rotating, not fixed. Just take it as rotation. Everyone can take a turn, and everyone can take a turn for two or three days a month, which is also not bad. No one has an opinion.

After all things were arranged properly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

There are too many people in his hands now, and arranging them is also a troublesome thing.

Other fishing boats have few people, and everything is arranged in the time of a meal, and everyone has run out to move around.

When Ye Yaodong went out, he watched them strolling in twos and threes.

"Dongzi, is your side all done?"

"Almost. Just wait to arrange a rest schedule for them."

Xiao Xiao asked worriedly, "If we wait until the New Year to go back, what about the boats in our shipyard? It is said that they will be delivered in December."

"It doesn't matter. Didn't you worry about paying a large sum of money for delivery before? Late delivery, you can still earn more money back. Anyway, you will definitely get it before the New Year. You can call the shipyard in advance to say delay."

"Talk about it then. Anyway, wait until the time is close to call in advance to delay."

A Zheng didn't worry much. Could the boat be gone if they went back late? Say hello in advance, and deliver late.

Aguang changed the subject. "Dongzi, I just inquired with the locals at the pier. The radar net hairtail is only suitable for bigger fishing boats. The small boats that followed us, except for our few big ones..."

"I asked. Their small trawling fishing boats catch hairtail using longline fishing. You have to find someone to do longline fishing in

"My father will go, the big boats and small boats will go. I'll stay home first; there are still things waiting for me to arrange..."

He explained his plans, which made the three of them envious.

"I originally thought you had too many people on hand, but now it seems it's not too many."

Ye Yaodong said, "It's not too many. I've calculated it; the fresh-receiving boat also needs eight people to work. At most, it's one or two more. If you guys are short of hands, I can split one or two for you."

Hearing Xiao Xiao asked with some concern, "If we wait until the New Year to go back, what about the boats at our shipyard? They all say delivery is in December."

"It doesn't matter. Didn't you guys worry before that you'd need a large sum of money for delivery? If you delay delivery, you can earn more money to take back. Anyway, you'll definitely get it before the New Year. We'll definitely go back before the New Year. You can call the shipyard in advance to tell them."

"We'll talk about it then. Anyway, just call to postpone it when the time gets closer."

Azheng wasn't very worried. Could the boats just disappear if they went back late? Just give them a heads-up and delay the delivery a bit.

Aguang changed the subject, "Dongzi, I just asked the locals. Radar nets for hairtail are only suitable for larger fishing boats. The ones that followed us here are all small boats, except for our few large ones."

"I asked, and their small trawlers use longline fishing to catch hairtail. Tomorrow, besides finding people to make radar nets, you also have to find people to make longlines."

Hearing Xiao Xiao also immediately said, "Uncle Zheng didn't explain it clearly on the phone either. We all thought all fishing boats could use radar nets to catch hairtail."

"Exactly. It's a good thing we asked just now. We have to hire people to make longlines tomorrow too."

Ye Yaodong frowned. The old man is really selfish; he didn't explain it in detail and wasn't afraid of being cursed.

No wonder he mentioned longline fishing when talking about radar nets just now, but everyone's attention was on the radar nets, so they didn't care about longline fishing.

Now that it's been said, it's not easy to specifically blame him.

At least so many people came over, and he helped settle them in. He did fool them, but he also handled the aftermath. It just depends on how everyone's harvest goes tomorrow when they go out to sea; otherwise, he'll be cursed to death.

"Then I'll find someone to make longlines tomorrow. They should have longlines specifically for hairtail here."

"Yes, their longlines here are specifically for hairtail. I heard there are also longlines for tuna, but those require large boats to catch, and there are also ones for large eels and other big fish."

"Got it."

As they were standing there talking, others saw them and gathered around as well.

Because Ye Yaodong is the backbone of everyone, now wherever he is, everyone automatically gathers.

Ye Yaodong also mentioned it to them in passing, telling them they need longlines. After everyone cursed Uncle Zheng for being an old fox, some planned to buy materials tomorrow and have the workers do it themselves.

Some planned to trawl tomorrow first to see the harvest, then buy materials and have their own workers do it slowly.

In their hearts, they were also thinking, didn't they say the quantity only increases in September? There's no need to be so anxious...

However, when they saw the harvest from the nets the next day, they started to get anxious and busy.

After chatting with everyone for a while, Ye Yaodong dispersed. Having sat on a boat for a day and a night, everyone was actually very tired, but having just arrived at a new place, the excitement kept them from wanting to rest.

He slept on the floor with everyone else, but there were too many people in the room and it was too stuffy, so he simply rolled up his mat and slept at the doorway.

With the sky as his blanket and the ground as his mat, the evening breeze was cool and incredibly comfortable. Opening his eyes, he could see the stars all over the sky, and the irritability from being in the room just now was swept away.

Both mentally and physically exhausted, he watched the stars for a while, then stared at the brightest morning star, and fell asleep before long.

By the time the sky was slightly bright and there were sounds of movement around him, he woke up. Only then did he realize that a large group of people who had moved out of the room were also lying beside him.

Everyone washed up simply, and those going out to sea left immediately. The remaining people weren't in a hurry and could go back to the room to continue lying down and wait for food.

Ye Yaodong ran around all day. Fortunately, he still had a bicycle, and in one day, he had the local women handle both the radar nets and the longlines.

Local women can do everything; it should be said that every woman by the sea has all her skills maxed out.

Moreover, he rode his bicycle to tour the entire fishing port street, not even missing the small alleys, and figured out how the fish goods were sold after the fishing boats returned.

It wasn't until evening that he pedaled his bicycle to the pier to take a look, wanting to see the scene of fishing boats returning to port.

Shenjia Sect had already formed a bustling street market by the mid-Qing Dynasty. There were records of "market stalls lined up, sea products mixed, and merchants arriving in droves," and it has long enjoyed the reputation of "Little Shanghai" and "Living Water Pier."

Thousands of boats shuttle through it all year round.

When he arrived at the pier on his bicycle, the pier was already bustling with people, with an endless stream of people coming and going. Large and small vehicles stretched as far as the eye could see, and there were shouts of peddling everywhere.

"Pomfret, freshly docked pomfret..."

"Buying sword shrimp... buying sword shrimp..."

As soon as a large fishing boat docked, a bunch of fishmongers rushed forward.

The docking points for small boats were also densely surrounded by people.

"Holy crap, so many people and vehicles..."

"Damn, so lively... no wonder they charge for docking..."

The pier at this moment was more than ten times livelier than when they docked yesterday. He had originally thought yesterday was lively enough.

He looked out at the sea. At this moment, a large number of fishing boats were returning to port. Looking out, the sea was full of fishing boats of all sizes, and they were all docking in an orderly manner.

No wonder he often heard people say that thousands of boats shuttle through here all year round.

The few hundred boats that were docked at the pier yesterday afternoon and didn't go out to sea really didn't count for much. It really is thousands of boats shuttling through...

"Wow... so many... I didn't expect it to be this lively at the port in this era..."

He rode his bicycle and looked all the way. The pier was full of mountains of fish and seas of shrimp. Every flatbed cart, tractor, truck, cargo vehicle, and large Jiefang truck was completely full.

As soon as one was pulled away, an empty vehicle would drive in. How much seafood must be transported out every day?

No wonder this is China's largest natural fishing port, known alongside Norway's Port of Bergen and Peru's Port of Callao as one of the world's three major fishing ports.

It is also the country's largest aquatic product distribution base. In 2005, China's largest aquatic product trading market, the China International Aquatic Products City, was built here.

Just as he was wandering around watching the excitement and looking for their fishing boats, he heard the sound of an argument not far away.

Ye Yaodong parked his bicycle on the side and locked it. Before he even walked in, he heard their familiar hometown dialect, and his heart tightened instantly.

"You're courting death, daring to push our people into the sea..."

"Who the hell are you, f*ck your mother... saying you won't sell means you won't sell, you motherf*cker..."

"We agreed not to sell, and you're playing me for a fool, you motherf*cking outsider, believe it or not, I'll kill you all..."

He quickly pushed through the crowd and saw the two sides with red faces and thick necks, veins popping out, eyes wider than an ox's, and index fingers almost poking into each other's faces.

If it weren't for the surrounding fishermen helping to pull them apart, they would probably already be punching and kicking.

"Azheng, what's wrong..."

Azheng stiffened his neck and pointed at the other side, cursing, "This motherf*cker is playing tricks on the scale, thinking I don't know?"

"F*ck your mother, *****"

The workers beside him also followed suit, spitting saliva everywhere while cursing wildly...

"It's this scale, who played tricks? Who the f*ck are you saying played tricks?"

The other side also stiffened their necks, cursing even louder than Azheng. The whole person was leaning forward, and if they weren't being held back, they would have already pounced to hit someone.

"****, if you have the guts, don't adjust it. Bring out the scale. My hands are more accurate than your scale. Don't I know how many jin it is?"

People around were trying to break up the fight.

It was probably the time when a large number of fishing boats were docking at the pier. The security personnel at the pier were probably all at sea or hadn't had time to come over yet.

Ye Yaodong asked, "Did they play tricks on the scale?"

The boatman beside him explained, "Yes, and they won't admit it. They also want to detain our goods. They just pushed two of our people into the sea."

"If it weren't for the fact that several boats from our village docked together, the goods would have been robbed and people would have been beaten to death."

"Now they're even biting back. We know how many jin are in a basket just by lifting it. Can they fool us?"

Suddenly, another group of people appeared from nowhere on the other side, holding sticks, directly pushing through the crowd, and were about to hit Azheng on the head.

Fortunately, Ye Yaodong reacted quickly and pulled Azheng, who was impulsively about to rush over. It only hit his shoulder, but it made him wince in pain, his facial features crinkled into a ball.

This was a real, lethal blow.

"Daring to hit people, motherf*cker, kill them, thinking we're easy to bully..."

"This is bullying me because I'm an outsider..."

Instantly, everyone was burning with anger. Originally, the others in their village were just cursing from the sidelines, but now that someone had been hit, everyone was furious.

"Holy crap, you're in the wrong and still dare to hit people, motherf*cker..."

The surrounding crowd had originally wanted to break up the fight, but seeing that both sides were red-eyed and had started fighting, they immediately scattered, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

"Kill them..."

"What's wrong? What's wrong, Adong..."

"Azheng was hit, and two workers were pushed into the water..."

"Damn it, fight them to the death..."

"Hurry and call people, tell them to stop selling goods..."

Originally, the two sides were evenly matched, with only 10-something people each. Later, people from both sides joined in one after another, turning into a chaotic battle of 20-30 people.

Moreover, the management personnel at the pier also brought people over to stop it, but they couldn't stop the chaotic battle at all. Both sides were red-eyed and would beat anyone they identified as an outsider.

It instantly turned into a three-way chaotic battle.

And the number of participants from both sides was constantly increasing.

The management personnel at the pier were beaten by both sides at the same time. Even with sticks, they didn't get any advantage. After suffering losses, they hurriedly withdrew first, preparing to continue calling for more people.

However, they didn't gather as fast as the people from their village. The people from their village heard the news and were the first to all run over.

This time point was exactly when the fishing boats were docking. Their fishing boats had basically all returned; it was just a matter of whether the goods had been sold or not.

The commotion here kept growing. Someone ran back to call, and knowing that their own people were being bullied, they didn't care about the goods anymore and all ran over.

"F*ck your mother, seeing you fake things, still daring to hit people, still daring to be arrogant, kill you..."

"Damn it, bullying us outsiders because we have no one? Open your dog eyes and look, I'm your grandfather, hundreds of us can kill you easily..."

"Don't believe it, this is our territory, ah..."

"Scared of you?"

Even though their four large boats were out fishing and hadn't returned, they still had nearly 200 people, and everyone joined in one after another.

The battle was one-sided.

These arrogant fishmongers were overwhelmed by a number seven or eight times their own and immediately became powerless to resist.

However, the management personnel at the pier brought another large group of people over at this time. Seeing that they were the dominant side, they helped the other side to deal with them.

"You bunch of idiots... they are the ones bullying people..."

"Arrest all the troublemakers, don't let a single one go..."

Ye Yaodong was also going to be angry to death. After beating one group, another group came, and they were the local bullies managing the pier.

Beating those fishmongers who played tricks was fine; they were still in the right. But if they clashed with these local bullies in management, that would really be trouble.

Official personnel had already arrived, so they had to give them face.

He thought for a moment, ran to the tractor on the side, and roared, "The police are here, the police are here!"

Both sides in the fierce battle stopped instantly. After glancing at him, they started fighting again.

"Hey..."

"Bang!"

Suddenly, with a bang, the scene cooled down. This time, it really stopped.

Ye Yaodong was also startled.

It wasn't just them; the thousands of people on the pier at this time were all gathered around, having stopped what they were doing, all staring at the gun.

The scene was instantly silent.

It was the management personnel from the opposite pier.

"Arrest them all."

Everyone didn't dare to move.

In fact, everyone had guns on their boats, but who dared to take them out? Last year's gunfight was too tragic. Who would dare to take them out here now? Isn't that courting death?

There were even more people here, thousands of them. They would probably be shot on the spot.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly winked at the others, telling them to run quickly. He didn't dare to shout anymore, fearing he would be the first to be targeted.

However, even without his wink, those on the periphery took the opportunity to drill into the crowd. Only a fool wouldn't run.

It's just that the group in the very front row couldn't run.

Ye Yaodong hurriedly got off the tractor as soon as he heard the gunshot, and at this moment, he also hurriedly drilled directly into the crowd.

Run first, talk later. If he didn't run, no one would save them.

Ps: Seeing the feedback from the backend, this chapter has been revised, and the next chapter will be rewritten.