Chapter 1577: Engine Room

Mackerel can also be considered an economic fish. The meat is delicious and fresh. It can be made into fish floss, pickled salted fish, and can also be made into canned food, and fish liver oil can also be extracted.

It is considered one of the best-selling fish, whether it is wholesale or sold to factories, it sells very well.

If it weren't for being greedy and not being able to chew, and not being able to become a big fat man in one breath, he would have wanted to make a few more production lines.

But don't worry, he is only 30 years old, and he can take his time. When the 3 children are older, he will put forward ideas, and the three of them will take action. He will save trouble, and the children can be cultivated.

Now he will lay the foundation first, and the land should be expanded as much as possible.

If the land here in Zhoushan is not enough, then change to Modu, and there is no difference in expanding to his home.

Anyway, when he goes back, he must contact Acai.

Net after net, the fishing boat works non-stop 24 hours a day, and the workers can only rest in turns.

It is deserved for the crew to get high wages. These are high-intensity work.

A day and a night passed, and everyone's dark circles and eye bags came out. The work in their hands, their mouths could still yawn.

The stubble on Ye Yaodong's chin also grew long, and he was too lazy to tidy himself up. Anyway, no one saw it at sea, and everyone was the same.

No one was sloppier than anyone else, and everyone was the same.

"Brother Dong, this net is up, should we move the cargo to the fresh-fish collection boat?"

Ye Yaodong stood on the wheelhouse with binoculars, "Yeah, ask other ships about the time of closing the net first, take turns, whichever ship closes the net first will move first, others work as usual, one by one."

"Then it's 9 o'clock and almost 10 o'clock now, I'll ask about the situation of other ships, everyone line up."

"Yeah."

His main focus now is to look into the distance and control the overall situation. Other things are left to Old Xiao and Chen Shi to take turns. If they can't make up their minds and need to report, they will find him to confirm.

Everyone needs autonomy; otherwise, what if he is not there? They all have to learn to make up their own minds.

And after a few ships discussed the order of moving cargo, they still worked as usual. Anyway, the fresh-fish collection boat floated there waiting for orders. Whichever ship closed the net, notified, and could go up.

This also doesn't delay other ships from fishing, it just takes time to move cargo, but after the net is closed, it also takes time to organize fishing gear, just taking advantage of the time to organize fishing gear to move cargo.

After they took turns to empty, as he expected, the sky was also dark.

It was mainly because the time for each fishing boat to close and release the net was different. Sometimes it was not so coincidental. The previous ship just finished moving cargo, maybe the next ship's fishing net was only half released at the fastest, so they had to wait.

This ship waited a while, that ship waited a while, and moving also took time. Isn't it, it was directly dark.

After the fresh-fish collection boat took turns to collect all the fishing boats, seeing that another ship closed the net, it simply collected it by the way before leaving.

"Boss boss, the fresh-fish collection boat has finished harvesting, ready to return."

Ye Yaodong responded: "Go, be careful on the road, keep in touch at any time, and cut off after exceeding the range."

"Received."

Only two days passed, and the fresh-fish collection boat was also going to return.

Just after the fresh-fish collection boat reported, the ship slowly turned its direction, and the faint ship lights swayed further and further away, leaving only a small light spot, disappearing on the horizon.

He said again: "After the fresh-fish collection boat left, the next trip Ship No. 4 is ready to return, probably the day after tomorrow. Now it takes three ships to connect to our fishing volume."

"Ship No. 4 received."

Ship No. 3 asked: "This is not a thing, the volume is too large, the capacity of the fresh-fish collection boat is too small."

"I know, I have already planned it. After Ship No. 4, Ship No. 5, and the fresh-fish collection boat, these three ships can connect in turns, and everyone is familiar with working at sea, I will follow their fishing boat back for a trip to solve this matter."

"That's good..."

"Then it is estimated that you will return before the end of the month?"

"Almost."

Came out on May 1st, at that time it was the 7th day of the fourth lunar month, now it has been a week, cycle it, it must be the second half of the month.

When everyone heard it, their hearts were instantly settled, afraid that he would run away in these two days.

He is now the backbone of everyone. Don't look at his young age, there are a bunch of people on the ship older than him, and there are not a few who are fifty or sixty years old, but no one is bolder than him.

And the things that happened one after another after going to sea, he calmly commanded and made decisions, all performed very calmly, and there were no mistakes, and everyone fished smoothly for several days.

If he left suddenly, they would all be panicked like headless flies.

Chen Shi said in a low voice: "My heart has been raised, just afraid that Brother Dong will go back one day, and we will be drifting on such a far sea with a few ships..."

"Afraid of a fart, if there is a problem, everyone can discuss and solve it, just like when we were in the near sea before, just return if you should return. If there is really a difficulty, you can also call the radio to seek support and help."

"That's what is said, but it's definitely different without you sitting in town."

"I can't stay on the ship all the time, anyway, I will try to stay for a few more days, wait for everyone to be more familiar and then go back. When the things are done, I will still come back to sit in town."

It is also good that the weather is okay now. Small typhoons will appear sporadically starting in July. Now there is no need to worry too much. The most dangerous thing at sea is natural and man-made disasters.

They handed over the cargo to the fresh-fish collection boat to transport back, and no one could handle a large amount of money, which could also reduce the probability of man-made disasters.

"Still coming back? That's good."

Ye Yaodong patted his shoulder, "Everything must learn to grow, work hard, you are also quite amazing now."

"That is, used to be ridiculed by the whole village, now all praised by the whole village, hehe."

"Work hard, I'll go down to the deck to turn around."

The sky was already dark, he checked everywhere, looked at the situation, and was going to lie back in the cabin to rest. From early morning to dark, he was not idle.

Ye Yaodong went to the engine room to chat with the chief engineer. He handed over this work to the demobilized soldiers.

Lin Guangyuan is also studying in the engine class. There is a specialty in the art industry. Of course, it is better to hand over professional things to professional people.

He squatted beside the roaring diesel engine, his fingers wiped over the gearbox shell, and only a layer of thin dust was stained on his fingertips.

This is Ocean No. 1, which is also the first one to arrive among these ships, and it is also the one that has been in service for the longest time among these ships. The income it brought him is immeasurable, and it has long exceeded ten times the value of the fishing boat itself.

Chief Engineer Old Chen wiped his hands with oil-stained cotton yarn, "Just injected new gear oil into the overheated main winch. There is no big problem with daily maintenance, it is just..."

He suddenly picked up a wrench and knocked on the cooling water pipe, the metal trembling sound mixed with fine rustling sounds.

"Listen, marine life has grown in the freshwater cooling system. When you return, you have to clean it up."

"My ship was just opened to the shipyard for inspection before the year..."

"The problem is not big now, it will be troublesome when it is blocked. Although your fishing boat is new, it is easy to breed marine life in the freshwater cooling system under the high-salt and high-temperature environment of the East China Sea for a long time, affecting navigation safety."

Old Chen also suggested, "After returning, you must rinse with a high-pressure water gun in time, and scrape off barnacles and shellfish from the pipes. It is best to disassemble key pipes once a year to manually remove stubborn attachments."

"Every year?"

"It's best to be like this, but I know that you fishing boats definitely can't do it, so you can only wait for problems to appear, and it will be more troublesome to solve them then."

"Got it."

"The anti-fouling paint on the bottom of the ship has begun to peel off, revealing weld scars, and the barnacles on the bottom of the ship have also attached a bit too much. You have to open it to the shipyard dry dock to clean the barnacles and repaint."

Ye Yaodong nodded. He knew this. It was said during the inspection at the beginning of the year, but there was no time to handle it. It was too time-consuming. After getting on the fishing boat, he had to go to sea to work.

Can only wait until the second half of this year when he goes home for the New Year. At that time, leave two ships that need maintenance here and hand them over to the shipyard for processing and maintenance.

Although the price of opening into the dry dock to shovel barnacles and repainting is not cheap, there is no way. He can't get this large fishing boat ashore. At most, he can call workers to dive into the water to shovel barnacles.

But there is no way to repaint. It is better to hand it over to the shipyard to handle it at once, spend some money, save time and effort, and anyway, he didn't earn less.

"I know this too. This year is too rushed, it's too late, so I just checked it simply. If there is no big problem, I will drag it first. I plan to put it at the end of this year. At that time, check a few ships. If you need to open it into the dry dock, open it in."

Old Chen nodded, "It's definitely expensive to open it into the dry dock, but there is no way, such a big ship."

"Next, I have to let you worry more. You are more professional in these machine things. If there is a problem, pay more attention to it, and check more if you should check."

"Rest assured, it is not easy for the army to arrange and introduce work, and the wages are so high, it is much better than me going home to dig food in the ground, I must do the work well for you."

"Yeah, work hard, wages will rise every year."

Old Chen grinned and reminded, "Wait a while, I have to test the net position instrument signal transmitter, and replace the sonar sensor probe blurred by ink."

"Okay, wait until the net is closed, you tell Chen Shi, I will also remind him in a while."

"Good, then there is no other problem."

Ye Yaodong nodded, no problem, just maintain it seriously.

He turned around and left first. The noise inside made his eardrums unbearable, the decibel was too high.

He only stayed for ten or twenty minutes, and he couldn't stand it. He suddenly felt that the wages paid to the chief engineer were a bit low.

If you work in this environment for a few years, the cochlea will definitely be damaged.

After this trip back, the wages of the captain, first mate, second mate, and chief engineer must be changed. What should be changed should be changed, and what should be added should be added.

Compared with the income created by everyone and the fishing boat for him, those wages are not counted.

But there must also be a proper reason. It is not very good to add it for no reason, and it is easy to compare with the future, and there is a psychological gap.

Walking to the wheelhouse, he also figured it out. He didn't need to mention it specifically at that time. It was the same if the red envelope was thicker at the end of the year.

(Too sleepy, can't carry it, will make up a chapter during the day)

?? Too sleepy, can't stand it, will make up a chapter tomorrow

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