Chapter 1343

Ye Yaodong again curiously had them take the camera and take a group photo of him with the two moonfish, and then he continued to pick up the knife and bleed the two fish one after another.

"Brother Dong, let me do this kind of rough work..."

"Let me, let me..."

"My knife skills are good, I'm good at it..."

He laughed and scolded, "I've never seen you so active when doing work normally. Go aside, there's a big pile of cargo over there waiting for you to sort, and you're still fighting here. Let me tell you, whoever is lazy and doesn't cooperate with the work, and only knows how to slack off, will be replaced when we go back."

"Ah, we're not slacking off, we want to help, isn't it because this fish is rare..."

"We're going to work now..."

One by one, they hurriedly went to work.

Being able to work for Ye Yaodong now is also a glorious thing to talk about, and they have a lot of face in the village.

They don't want to just come out for one trip and be sent back when they go home; that would be so embarrassing.

Ye Yaodong just gave them a warning, lest they think that since they have been invited onto the boat, they can sit back and relax.

These two fish are too big, over a meter long and nearly a meter wide, so they are not that convenient to slaughter.

By the time he finished processing these two fish one after another, the workers were already releasing the 4th load of cargo.

Some people were busy hoisting and releasing the fishing nets, while others were standing by the fish hold cover, sorting various fish products.

About 20,000 jin of cargo had already been hoisted up, and they were still hoisting; he also walked to the edge of the fish hold cover to look at the terrifying quantity, all piled up like a small mountain.

Ye Yaodong just wanted to exclaim "awesome"; without so many workers, how long would it take to finish?

The workers were also sorting there and discussing, "There's quite a lot of hairtail..."

"This oil hairtail is okay, but it can't compare to the ones from Zhoushan, and the meat isn't as thick as those..."

"There are too many small miscellaneous fish..."

"What a pity, these baskets are going to be dumped..."

"If only they could all be sold for money..."

"They could all be used to make fish sauce, but it's too far, we can't take them home..."

Ye Yaodong also thought so in his heart; it's a pity that more than half of them have to be picked out and thrown back into the sea, otherwise how much would the harvest be?

Anyway, they could all be sold for money in the future, but they are not worth anything now, and the quantity is large; having to dump them back after picking them out is too wasteful.

Because of the pressure, many fish die as soon as they leave the water, and even if they don't die, they will be crushed to death by the weight of thousands of jin.

Except for some shrimp, crabs, or eels with stronger vitality, which can still be seen moving and crawling on the table, and can still live if thrown back into the sea and continue to grow.

The others can only be fed to big fish as nutrients when dumped back into the sea.

If it's a small net near the shore, there's less cargo in one net, so they might still be able to live.

Watching another load of cargo being hoisted up, Ye Yaodong confirmed that it was the 5th load, and only then was he satisfied to go and get his meal first.

It was already 5:00 PM when this net was hauled up, and the porridge had long been cooked; he packed a portion first, and then instructed them to take turns eating, before going up to the wheelhouse.

He couldn't stay away from the wheelhouse for too long; he didn't quite trust the current technology and still had to keep an eye on it; staying up there to watch while eating was just right.

And without the cold wind blowing, the food wouldn't get cold so quickly.

After this load was hoisted up, there was still cargo behind, and the last load was less than 5,000 jin; looking at it when it came up, it was only about half.

He knew at a glance that there was nothing left behind, all the cargo had been hauled up, less than 30,000 jin, just a little bit short.

Only about half of what can be sold for money, maybe even less than half; this depends on luck, and we won't know until everything is sorted.

At this time, someone was also asking on the channel, it was Zhao Chengzhou.

"Have you hauled your net? I've hauled my first net, and I've already released three loads, estimated to be over 20,000 jin, but I caught a big sea turtle and released it back."

Uncle Ding also said, "I haven't hauled mine yet. You hauled yours so fast? I feel like there isn't much cargo, I have to trawl for a while longer, otherwise it takes a long time to haul one net, I can't waste it..."

Ye Yaodong thought for a moment and didn't say much, "Mine is about the same, I've already finished hauling, about 20,000 jin, half of it has to be dumped back into the sea, it's too wasteful..."

"Alas, who says it isn't? A pile of miscellaneous goods that can't be sold for money, and more than half of the rest aren't worth much, it's just that the quantity is large, if you gather them together, you can still sell a little."

"Yes, it's too wasteful... If only there were people who wanted these goods, that would be great, we could sell them for more money..."

"Don't think about it. If all tens of thousands of jin hauled up in this net could be sold for money, how much money would that be? If we could catch over 100,000 jin a day, would that still be okay?"

Ye Yaodong continued to listen to the two of them talking.

Only with a market can there be a price.

Now the roads are not good, there is no cold chain, and transportation is so poor; although the country has a large population and high demand, it can only be consumed in the coastal areas, so of course only a portion can be sold for a price.

When transportation conditions improve, demand will naturally be greater, consumption will be faster, and things will naturally rise in price, and even the goods that are not worth anything will be able to be sold for a price.

Zhao Chengzhou said again, "Adong, you don't have to haul so early next time, you can trawl for an hour or so longer in the sea, otherwise, when you haul one net up, just the back-and-forth hoisting takes a lot of time..."

"Okay, I'll remember that."

He didn't explain much about his equipment being more advanced and being able to see the situation to haul cargo; anyway, he accepted the other person's good intentions.

Silently listening to the two people's chatting, Ye Yaodong's eyes were fixed on the screen and the sea surface back and forth.

All the cargo had been hauled up, and the workers were also slowly hauling the fishing net, and after hauling it up, they moved it to the slide at the stern of the boat, and slowly started to release it into the sea again.

Don't look at this work as simple, but it also takes effort; this fishing net hundreds of meters long is not light.

Ye Yaodong also operated to cooperate with the net release.

It took more than an hour from hauling the net until now to release it again; by the time all the fishing nets were in the water and a new round of operations started, it would probably take two hours.

Zhao Chengzhou's advice to him just now was not aimless, it was also for his own good.

The time it takes to haul each net is not short; if there isn't enough cargo in the fishing net, it's not worth them hauling it up.

I'd rather trawl for a while longer in the water so that there is more cargo in it, instead of constantly hauling the net there, and there isn't much cargo.

By the time he started the second round of operations, he heard Uncle Ding on the channel saying that he was preparing to haul the net.

Ye Yaodong looked for it on the sea surface, but he didn't know which one of the two fishing boats the size of a fist in the distance was; anyway, he couldn't tell if they were hauling fish.

He continued to pay attention to his own boat, looking at the green and yellow dots in the display screen, as well as the density of the gathering, adjusting the direction appropriately, and also keeping an eye on the two boats, keeping a distance to avoid being too far away.

The two old men chatted for a few sentences and then became quiet.

The three boats operated separately, with the general direction still heading toward the sea chart they had provided before, continuing to move forward while operating.

After Ye Yaodong finished eating, he also diverted a bit of his attention to keep an eye on the workers below sorting the fish products.

It's more comfortable to have a big boat; the workers now only need to stand and sort around the table of the fish hold cover, unlike before, where the space was not enough and the cargo was directly scattered on the deck for sorting.

A dozen people were busy there; these people were all selected from the batch that worked for him in Zhoushan before, and they had both experience and efficiency.

He thought to himself, if he goes up to Zhoushan in the second half of the year, he will have to prepare the workers for the other 5 boats together and take them up...

Damn...

Thinking of this, his eyes widened all of a sudden.

For the 4 copies of the Dongsheng, arrange 24 people, and the other 44-meter fresh-collecting boat also needs to arrange ten; after all, there is no need to release the net, and fewer people are needed. Calculating it, that's taking another 34 people up in one breath!

Adding the 15 people on this boat, the 8 people on the 30-meter fresh-collecting boat at home, and the 6 people on the Dongsheng, he has to take a total of 63 workers up, plus two or three people to cook or watch the door at home...

This is having to open 6 tables for meals every day, just like a banquet...

Damn... he has to call the factory from time to time to confirm the progress.

It would be best if there were boats to deliver to him when he goes up, otherwise, if he takes so many people up and just feeds them without them working, what a huge expense that would be?

Not to mention wages, just eating and drinking would cost him his life; they are all young and strong, and their appetite is frighteningly large, and he can't not let them eat their fill.

Still have to be diligent, keep an eye on it, and if he can go up, he has to go up and take a look.

It would be best to deal with the piece of land he bought, arrange to have it built, so that when he takes a large group of people up in the second half of the year, there will be a ready-made place to live.

But he has to arrange for two workers to go up and supervise, and also ask Jin Laixi, whom he knows up there, to take a look.

Before leaving, the land for the Chamber of Commerce had already been approved, and the funds had been prepared; it is estimated that construction has already started now. Going up to take a look, and also finding Jin Laixi to connect with him, letting him help take a look, and there is also a worldly person, which provides multiple guarantees.

Thinking of having to hire so many workers, he felt a bit of heartache again; managing so many people is also a troublesome matter, and he will have to hire someone to manage them then.

And the workers on the boat now and on the Dongsheng will have to be dispersed to the new boats then, letting the old lead the new, so he won't have to teach them himself.

Think about it, the twenty-something people before were already quite troublesome, and then there will be three times as many people; eating and living are both troublesome matters, alas... but there is no way, who told him to have so many boats.

If he can make money in the second half of this year, he will definitely continue to pre-order; at most, in a few years, when technology breaks through, he will upgrade some machines again; these technological things themselves are also installed after the boat is built halfway.

He thought about his plan while moving forward, and seeing that the distance from the two boats was a bit far, he pulled it as close as possible.

In case the display screen doesn't show any fish schools, he can only search slowly in the surrounding area.

As night slowly fell, this first day was about to pass, and the lights on the three boats had already been turned on in advance, echoing each other on the sea surface; looking from afar, everyone felt a bit more sense of security in their hearts.

The wind at night was even stronger, and the workers on the deck below were still sorting, but looking at it, there weren't as many people, probably taking turns eating.

After this net is hauled up, he still has to go down and take a look, and arrange for them to take shifts at night.

Ye Yaodong also thought about trawling this net for a while longer, and hauling the net when they were about to reach the target sea area.

If they were moving at full speed, it would probably only take five or six hours to arrive, but now they started releasing the net halfway, trawling while going to the target sea area, which took a bit longer.

And in the middle, he couldn't just watch the display screen and run to places with many fish; he also had to keep an eye on the other two boats and cooperate so as not to be too far away.

So along the way, he wasn't that satisfied with the number of fish schools encountered on the display screen.

Moving slowly while operating, he estimated that it should be about 9:00 PM when they could haul the net, and they could continue to move forward when hauling.

After hauling all the cargo, it would take another two hours to release the net again, and they should be about at the place.

The sea area is less than 100 nautical miles from the seaport, and their speed now is only 2~4 knots.

Anyway, there's no rush; they just came out today, and it's about enough to haul two nets a day.

Most fish are more active at night; he thought to himself that trawling this net for a longer time would definitely catch more than during the day.