Rebirth of Fishing Village: Starting from Hua Axiang in Jiehu Village

Chapter 955: A large trench under the sea?
"What's this about?"

"It's true that there are fewer fish in the sea. But we can't just stay at home and not go out to sea because there are fewer fish in the sea, right? We must think about where we can catch more fish."

"The prices of fish, shrimp and crab are so high now. If we can catch more fish, won't we be able to make more money? This is a good opportunity. For Zhao Dahai, it is a good opportunity to make more money."

Zhao Shi looked at Shi Guangming very strangely.

"Dry!"

"I say, old man Zhao, where do you get so many reasons?"

Shi Guangming was very helpless. What Zhao Shi said made a lot of sense and there was no way to refute it.

Ding Dawen found it very funny to hear Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming bickering, but he did not interrupt as this was not something he could decide. When he saw that Zhao Dahai's speedboat had returned to the side of the large fishing boat, he immediately called people over to start working.

"Zhao Dahai."

"How many fish did you catch?"

Shi Guangming saw Zhao Dahai's speedboat stopped next to the big fishing boat, and immediately shouted and asked.

"Grandpa Shi."

"The fish we caught this time were a little less than the previous one. All together, it's just over a thousand kilograms. I estimate it's less than fifteen hundred kilograms. But several hundred kilograms of them are valuable red snapper, so the money we made won't be too little."

When Zhao Dahai heard this, he knew that Shi Guangming must have noticed that they had not caught many fish recently, and as soon as he saw him come back, he immediately couldn't wait to ask.

"Dry!"

"The number of fish we catch is really decreasing! Your second grandfather and I were just discussing this!"

"Luckily, I lost a lot of red spots, otherwise the money I made this time would be much less than before."

Shi Guangming was both worried and surprised. He was worried that Zhao Dahai didn't catch many fish, but he was surprised that he caught a valuable red grouper.

Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou started to work. They put all the groupers in the live tank into net bags, which were hoisted onto the big fishing boat by crane and immediately pulled into the live water tank for keeping. There were not too many fish, and within an hour, all of them were hoisted onto the fishing boat.

"The sea!"

"You won't be going out to sea tomorrow, right? It's still early now, come up and have a meal before going back."

Zhao Shi called out to Zhao Dahai.

When Zhao Dahai saw this, he knew that Zhao Shi had something to say to him. The speedboat's cable was tied to the large fishing boat, and he, Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou climbed onto the boat.

"What's wrong?"

"Second Grandpa."

"What's going on?"

Zhao Dahai and Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming walked into the cabin of the ship on the sea. While drinking water, they asked what was going on.

"The fish we caught in the past few days are not that many, at least much less than what we caught some time ago. The speedboats used to fish for sea bass in the island and reef foam area are exactly the same. This is the situation."

"The prices of fish, shrimp and crabs are going to go up."

Zhao Shi took two puffs of his hookah, exhaling thick smoke while reminding Zhao Dahai.

"Ok!"

"Yes, that's right. The fish caught in the last few trips out to sea are relatively few. If the sea bass fishermen in the foam area don't catch many fish, then there are indeed fewer fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea. When I get back, I'll talk to Ding Xiaoxiang about this and see how much the price of the fish on our fishing boats should be raised."

Zhao Dahai nodded immediately. What Zhao Shi meant by this was to remind himself that the fish kept in the live water tanks on the fishing boats, and even in the cold storage, could be raised in price. Most of the fish he caught were sold to Liu Gang, Liu Lei and Wu Weimin. They had a very close cooperative relationship, but business was business. If the prices of fish, shrimps and crabs in the market went up, there was no reason not to raise their own prices. They must definitely raise their prices.

"Ok!"

"Xiaoxiang knows this very well."

Zhao Shi was just reminding her that Ding Xiaoxiang's family was in the business of purchasing fish, shrimps and crabs, and they knew the market prices very well.

“Is it very difficult to catch fish on the artificial islands and reefs now? Is there no fish or is there some other reason?”

Zhao Shi looked at Zhao Dahai, this was what he wanted to say.

Zhao Dahai nodded. The fish on the artificial islands and reefs are indeed very difficult to catch now. One reason is that there are not many fish in the sea, or the fish that are easy to catch are relatively few. Another reason is that there are many more speedboats and many more competitors.

"Second Grandpa."

"Grandpa Shi."

"The fish caught in recent times have indeed decreased a lot."

"The main reason is not that there are more speedboats or more competitors, nor that it is harder to catch fish. I guess the main reason is that there are fewer fish in the sea."

"What kind of reason?"

"I'm not sure about this. Anyway, it's something that has to happen every once in a while, right? We just have to see how long the interval is."

Zhao Dahai felt a little helpless. There was really nothing he could do about this matter.

"Have you figured out how to catch more fish? I think we should change places."

Zhao Shi frowned. What Zhao Dahai said meant that if they continued to go to the artificial islands and reefs, they would not be unable to catch fish, but it would be almost impossible to catch several thousand kilograms of various groupers in a day.

"Ok!"

"We must think of a solution. We can't just keep fishing on an artificial island or reef."

"If you want to catch more fish on speedboats offshore, you have to keep looking for various fishing spots. The artificial island reef is a big fishing spot, and the windmill foot fishing spot is also a big fishing spot. But there are more and more people at these big fishing spots, and it is getting harder and harder to catch fish, so you have to look for some small fishing spots with fewer people."

Zhao Dahai nodded without thinking and was thinking about doing this matter.

"hehe!"

"Second Uncle Zhao."

"We just finished fishing at the artificial island reef, and we were discussing this matter with Zhao Dahai! I didn't expect you to talk about this matter right after you came back."

Zhong Shizhu looked at Zhao Shi. He and his men had just discussed this matter with Zhao Dahai when they were at the artificial island reef. Now Zhao Shi came back and called him on the fishing boat to talk about this matter. It seemed that they had noticed that the number of fish caught in the recent trips out to sea was relatively small.

"Oh?"

"Zhao Dahai, I wonder what you think?"

Shi Guangming immediately asked Zhao Dahai.

"Second Grandpa."

"Grandpa Shi." "Are there any currents or something under the sea where the artificial islands and reefs are located?"

"Why did they choose a place like that to build an artificial island? You can't just put some concrete pillars in the sea, right?"

Zhao Dahai had originally wanted to ask Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming about this matter, so he decided to just speak up now.

"Oh?"

"An artificial island? Are you asking why they chose a place like this?"

Shi Guangming was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Zhao Dahai would ask such a question.

"Correct!"

"My idea is that an artificial island or reef cannot be chosen casually. There must be something special about this place compared to other places, such as a more advantageous location. The simplest and most direct way is that there may be a confluence of sea currents on the seabed. In this way, the artificial island or reef can produce more fish in the shortest time."

Zhao Dahai nodded without hesitation.

The biggest purpose of artificial islands and reefs is to facilitate the growth of shrimps and crabs. It is absolutely impossible to decide them casually. It must be after investigation and validation that this place is suitable for building artificial islands and reefs.

"Old man Shi."

"Have you heard about this? I seem to have some impression, but not very deep. After all, I don't fish in the sea nearby. I just take the sea fishing boat to the deep sea!"

Shi Guangming thought hard for a long time and it seemed that this was really the case. He had heard someone talk about artificial islands and reefs before, but he couldn't remember the specific reason.

"Zhao Dahai."

"You are right. The artificial islands and reefs were not just found in random places."

"You have to know that artificial islands like this require a lot of concrete pillars or other things to be thrown into the sea."

“The scope of the artificial islands and reefs is very large.”

"It's even more impossible to just find a place at random."

Zhao Shi nodded.

"I remember that it seemed that the statement at that time was that there was a trench where the artificial islands and reefs were located."

Zhao Shi frowned and thought for a long time, and finally remembered that these things happened decades ago. The key point is that he, like Shi Guangming, doesn't care much about this matter.

"what?"

“Are there any trenches in the sea?”

Lei Dayou was stunned for a moment. He had never heard of this matter before.

"What's so strange about a big trench? There are all kinds of things in the sea!"

"I don't even know this at my age, so how could you possibly know it?"

Zhao Shi thought about it carefully for a while and nodded very affirmatively. It was indeed the case.

Although Lei Dayou, Zhong Shizhu and Liu Bin have been fishing for more than 20 years, they are still relatively young and it is unlikely that they would know about such things.

"Correct!"

"I remembered!"

"What Old Man Zhao said is correct. It is indeed the case. It is said that there are large trenches in the sea where the artificial islands and reefs are located. These trenches are not very large or very deep, but where there are trenches there must be currents."

"Zhao Dahai."

"Are you trying to find these large trenches to see if you can catch fish?"

Shi Guangming immediately turned his head and stared at Zhao Dahai. Zhao Shi was not a fisherman, he was just a person who caught fish. He was different. Although he was not a master of fishing, he had been taking others out to sea for fishing for decades. When he heard Zhao Dahai ask this question, especially when he heard Zhao Shi say that there was a trench on the seabed where the artificial island reef was, he immediately thought of what Zhao Dahai was trying to do.

"Correct!"

"There are too many speedboats fishing on the artificial islands and reefs now, and the competition is quite fierce."

"The places where it's easy to catch fish have been found, and there are many speedboats fishing in the same place every day. It's not to say that you can't catch fish in such places, but it will definitely be affected anyway."

"In addition, the tides in the sea have been relatively fast in the past ten days or so, which has affected the fish to a certain extent. This is why the number of fish caught in the recent few trips out to sea has decreased significantly."

"I think this is a good opportunity. If I can find a better fishing spot and catch more fish, I can make a lot of money."

Zhao Dahai took a look at the foam area of ​​the island reef. Zhao Shi and Shi Guangming had just made it very clear that there were not many speedboats able to catch many fish here recently.

"Correct!"

"If you can catch fish now, especially if you can catch a lot of fish, you can really make more money."

Shi Guangming's eyes widened. There were fewer fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea, and the prices of fish, shrimps and crabs were rising. For ordinary people, this was definitely bad news, but for Zhao Dahai, this was good news. As long as he could find a new fishing spot or a new location, he could catch more fish and make more money. Others didn't have this ability, but Zhao Dahai had it.

"Second Grandpa."

"Do you have any impression of where this trench is? It doesn't need to be too precise, just a general location will do."

Zhao Dahai looked at Zhao Shi with great expectation. He had never heard of this matter. Zhong Shizhu, Liu Bin and Lei Dayou had never heard of this matter. They had no idea about the approximate location. The only hope was Zhao Shi. The entire artificial island reef was very large, and there was no clue at all. If we drove a speedboat to look for it, it was not to say that we could not find it, but the probability was really not high. At the same time, it would take a lot of time and burn a lot of gasoline. If we had an impression of the approximate location, it would be much easier to find it.

“This matter is really not very clear.”

"I just vaguely heard that there is indeed a trench in the northeast direction of the entire artificial island reef."

"If you really want to find it, you can only go to that place and try your luck to see if you can find it!"

Zhao Shi shook his head. When he went out to sea to fish, he never went that far. The fishing boat was small and powered by a diesel engine, so it was slow and could not go that far. He did not pay attention to such things.

"Zhao Dahai."

"Do you want me to inquire about this matter?"

When Shi Guangming saw that Zhao Shi didn't know about this matter, he thought of asking some older people, maybe he could get some information.

"Don't!"

"Grandpa Shi."

"You must not do such a thing. It will only bring harm, no benefit."

Zhao Dahai immediately shook his head and refused without even thinking. He would rather not get the news, and would rather spend more time and burn more gas to see if he could find it than let Shi Guangming ask other people about this matter.

(End of this chapter)