In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

The moment he saw Li Sang, Norio Oda was so excited. He didn't know why, but since arriving in this Chinese continent, the person he trusted the most was this Chinese man who spoke fluent Japanese with a strange Tokyo accent.

Their live fish transport ship has been trapped here for seven or eight hours. Now, what they fear most is a sudden change in the weather.

Although large ships are not easy to capsize, they have a deep draft and there are reefs not far away. If a strong wind pushes their ship near the reef, it will be dangerous.

But sometimes, that's just how things are, what you fear will come true.

An hour ago, the wind suddenly started to blow, and then the weather changed.

The most obvious thing is that the waves began to get bigger. After seeing this situation, all small fishing boats in the open sea had to return to the port.

Because in winter, there will be wind on the sea surface, especially during the period of cooling down. When the sea surface temperature drops sharply, it is often a precursor to the northeast wind.

As long as there is a sudden drop in temperature, within a day, strong northeast winds of level 7 to 10 may blow over the sea surface, which the locals generally call "northeast wind".

Every time the northeast wind blows, fishermen do not go out to sea because the wind on the sea is very strong and the near-shore fish all run to the deep sea.

So the longer they waited, the more anxious Oda Norihiro and the captain of the transport ship became. They had already sought local rescue.

But the rescue equipment was so poor that there was not even a heat-insulating diving and oxygen supply device. They could only hold their breath and cut the net rope.

In the end, everyone was shivering with cold, and not much of the net rope entangled around the propeller was cut off.

Norio Oda was very anxious. He originally wanted to come here to make money, but he didn't want the ship to run aground before he made any money. The rescue costs would then be astronomical.

But the moment he saw Li Sang, he felt particularly safe, because this young man gave him a very special feeling.

To date, the record for the tuna he caught remains unbroken by any angler in the nearby county.

I felt it was shameful that the record was taken by the Chinese and I had long wanted to break his record.

But two years later, no one has been able to break Li Sang's record, no matter whether it is eel, kelp, or prawn.
This young man is very good at breeding and gives people a very reliable feeling, especially during this year's shrimp plague.

He felt that there would definitely be problems with Li Sang’s shrimp farming. If there were any problems, he would have to pay some compensation according to the contract.

But the shrimp plague was no different from a natural disaster, and he had made plans to waive the compensation. After all, the cooperation with this young man was very comfortable, and he didn't want to lose such a partner.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Sang's shrimp farm survived the shrimp plague at a very small cost.

Many of the prawns imported by the island country come from China's overseas provinces, but this year the overseas provinces have suffered a lot and there are no prawns to export at all.

This has led to a widespread shrimp shortage in their island country. Since last month, the price of prawns has been rising sharply.

If he could import prawns from Li Sang, his profit would be at least five to ten times higher, which was why he came here in a hurry.

But I didn't expect that the sea route that was smooth last year would be covered with kelp fields this year, and it happened to be a little foggy in the early morning.

By the time everyone discovered the kelp field, it was too late to turn around. Not only did they crash into it, but the propeller was also entangled with kelp ropes.

After Li Duoyu greeted Oda Norihiro, he immediately began to observe the situation on the scene.

It was really a headache. This live fish transport ship, which was more than 80 meters long, just forced its way in and directly destroyed nearly two acres of kelp fields.

Coincidentally, Li Duoyu actually knew the owner of this kelp field, who was his old classmate, Zhang Zhenping.

He was also at the scene, and when he saw Li Duoyu, he immediately greeted him.

Since the class reunion, this old classmate has listened to advice and invested a lot of money to start kelp farming.

Now, apart from the village party secretary, he is the one who cultivates the most kelp in their Langqi Village.

"Duoyu, long time no see."

But unexpectedly, Li Duoyu scolded him with a smile: "Your kelp field is a mess. Don't raise this thing on the waterway in the future."

Zhang Zhenping was a little embarrassed. He had no idea what a waterway was and he didn't expect that a ship would crash into his kelp field.

Kelp fields require a lot of brown ropes, and now you know what's going on on the propeller without having to think about it.

I guess they were all tied up like dumplings.

"It's difficult!"

After Li Duoyu arrived, the coast guard's iron-hulled ship came over immediately. There were four people in total this time.

The three people on the boat were all gathered around a stove, their faces were pale, their hair was still wet, and they were all shivering and cold.

Director Liu Zhifeng, who was in charge of the rescue, couldn't help but sigh when he saw him.

"I'm sorry, Director Li, I feel like I'm going to cause you trouble again. We really can't handle this."

He was the one who actually called Li Duoyu to help because Li Duoyu had helped them save a fishing boat from an overseas province last time.

Director Liu Zhifeng has already discovered that Li Duoyu has extensive experience in maritime rescue.

Seeing that the northeast wind was about to come, the first person Liu Zhifeng thought of was Li Duoyu.

Maybe he would have a solution, so he contacted the Fisheries Bureau and asked them to notify Li Duoyu.

I didn't expect it to come so soon.

When Li Duoyu's fishing boat approached the Coast Guard's iron-hulled ship, Li Duoyu jumped directly onto the other boat.

"Director Liu, thank you for your hard work. Can you tell me what the situation is now?"

"I'll let Huaishan tell you."

Xu Huaishan, whose lips were black and his whole body was trembling, took a deep breath and said, "The situation in the sea is a bit complicated. These kelp have stakes. When we first went into the sea to harvest them, we caught at least ten of them.
Most of the connections to the sea piles had been cut off by us, leaving only a few to secure the transport ship.

But the most difficult thing is that we are not very good at swimming."

Comrade Xu Huaishan's lips began to tremble halfway through his speech and his whole body began to shake uncontrollably, showing signs of hypothermia.

After seeing this, Li Duoyu quickly said, "Don't be in a hurry to talk, go to the fire and drink some hot water."

After understanding the situation, Li Duoyu finally realized that they had started the rescue four hours ago.

Since there were a lot of kelp ropes tangled up on the bottom, all of which were tied with stakes, they initially tried to ask a large ship nearby to tow it out of the kelp field, but it was impossible to do so.

These people had gone into the water many times, but since they were not professional rescue workers, they did not dare to dive for too long each time, and ended up only cutting some brown ropes that were easier to cut.

But the ropes tangled around the propeller had hardly been cut off, and according to their description, a lot of brown ropes were stuck on the big propeller.

The current position of the propeller is about two to three meters from the water surface.

Faced with this situation, Li Duoyu did not act rashly, but frowned and thought.

Underwater operations are already very difficult, and now they don’t even have a diving suit.

Even if they do exist, without training, people probably won’t be able to use them, which will increase the difficulty.

For Chen Wenchao, who is very good at swimming, it is no problem for him to dive for four to five minutes at a time.

His highest record was holding his breath underwater for seven minutes. As for Liu Yun, he was also good at swimming. Because he had had "experience" once before, he was directly brought along by Li Duoyu this time.

When he came to Dandan Island to steal oysters, the shrimp trawler he was driving got entangled in fishing nets. They had to cut the nets in the dark. Fortunately, they acted quickly, otherwise he might have gotten away.

But when it comes to cleaning propellers, Liu Yun might be even better than Chen Wenchao.

The other two are Shitou and Uncle Pan. Shitou's swimming ability is not bad, but not as good as Chen Wenchao and Liu Yunlai.

As for Uncle Pan, he is what everyone calls a "water ghost". In this era, water ghosts in the sea do not specifically refer to those divers who are professionally engaged in underwater operations, but are more related to some bad things.

On the island, people rarely see this person on a daily basis. Maybe people who work in this field tend to be more introverted and don't like to interact with outsiders.

He was also very special. It seemed like he had hives or something on his body. He often went shirtless even in winter.

Anyway, Li Duoyu only saw him a few times throughout the year, and the villagers tried not to mention him.

The only thing they would do when they were swearing and cursing each other was: I wish your whole family would go to find Lao Pan, something like this.

Uncle Pan is undoubtedly the most experienced person here, but he is a bit old and I don’t know if he has the physical strength.

This time, Li Duoyu first asked Uncle Pan for his opinion: "Is it possible to do it in this weather today?"

Uncle Pan, wearing a vest in the middle of winter, was smoking a cigarette, his eyes staring directly at the stern of the transport ship, his brows furrowed all the time, waiting for him to finish the last puff of his cigarette.

"We can do it, but I have to ask Mazu if she agrees with us first."

Then, in front of everyone's surprised gaze, the water ghost took out not only the incense for worship, but also a pair of holy grails from his clothes.

When Director Liu Zhifeng saw this scene, his mouth opened wide. Of course, all these soldiers were atheists.

But after spending a long time at the seaside, we began to agree with the fishermen's belief in Mazu and no longer felt it was feudal and superstitious.

After Uncle Pan finished his worship, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly handed the incense and the holy grail to Li Duoyu.

"You are the big boss of our island. It is not appropriate for me to ask. You should ask it yourself."

Li Duoyu hesitated for a while, but finally nodded. Uncle Pan was right. When you can't decide whether to rescue or not, just leave it to God to decide.

Li Duoyu bowed in the direction of Dandan Island and then inserted the incense on the bow of the boat.

Then he respectfully picked up the pair of holy grails, began to mutter something, and then threw the holy grails out.

As a result, the first throw was the Holy Grail.

Li Duoyu smiled bitterly. Some things were actually very difficult to understand. He was very lucky this year. When he threw the Holy Grail, Mazu almost always agreed.

Sure enough, all three throws were the Holy Grail!
After seeing this, Chen Wenchao grinned and said, "It seems that Mazu also wants us to do good things."

Liu Yun said: "Because Mazu is a very good person, she always helps others."

After hearing this, Li Duoyu couldn't help but smile knowingly. It was just as they said. If it weren't for the past few years, there would always be pirates pretending to be fishing boats in distress and then robbing them.

These fishermen who believe in Mazu are quite willing to help others. In the past, they helped people tow fishing boats back from the open sea and didn't even charge much.

After Mazu agreed.

Li Duoyu began to work out a rescue plan with everyone. He first boarded the transport ship, and as soon as he got on board.

Norio Oda bowed to him and apologized on the spot, with his waist and feet bent at 90 degrees.

"I'm really sorry for causing so much trouble to Mr. Li."

Li Duoyu nodded, but did not act very polite. If Chinese people apologized like this, everyone would definitely be very polite.

But for the Japanese, when the other party apologizes sincerely, you'd better accept it. If you are too polite, the other party will think that you don't accept it and then keep apologizing.

After Li Duoyu got on board, he communicated directly with the captain and the person in charge of the engine room in Japanese.

First of all, we had to ensure that the transport ship's diesel engine remained turned off during the entire rescue process. We also confirmed the size and shape of the propeller and the draft depth with the captain.

After doing these things.

Li Duoyu returned to the fishing boat and explained to everyone in a serious manner:

"The sea breeze is about level 4 now. The ship is moving, and the propeller will definitely move with it.
So everyone is not cutting something that won't move, so it will be more difficult.

But let me put this here first, this ship is here to do business with me, you have no mission, and you don't necessarily have to clear all the ropes.

You only have one life, I hope you will do what you can and don't try to be stubborn, especially Chen Wenchao, do you hear me? "

Chen Wenchao scratched his head: "I heard it, Brother Yu."

"That's good." Li Duoyu said with a smile: "I don't think you want others to help you support your wife and children. Don't be impulsive when doing things."

The stone muttered:
"But I don't have a wife or children."

Li Duoyu gave him a look of disdain: "You are supporting someone else's wife and children."

"Okay, Xiaochao, go and see what's going on down there."

Chen Wenchao took off his clothes, then fetched a bucket of sea water, scooped it up with his hands, and splashed it directly on his body.

His behavior completely shocked the islanders on the transport ship. One crew member couldn't help but ask:

"Aren't these fishermen wearing diving suits? Can they be rescued?"

"Will it be the same as before and fail in the end?"

"Mr. Li, they will definitely succeed." Looking at these young people in front of him, Norio Oda always felt that even he had a sense of motivation. He didn't know why, but he felt that they were particularly outstanding and powerful.

After Chen Wenchao took off his clothes, Liu Yun also started to take off his clothes. Uncle Pan only had a few clothes on him.

But even though Chen Wenchao was a good swimmer, he did not dare to be careless and dived into the sea under the watchful eyes of Li Duoyu.

Instead, he slowly went down to the sea with a fish knife in his mouth, and then dived into the water.

One minute.

Two minutes.

After two minutes, everyone on the boat was very anxious, including Director Liu Zhifeng: "Duoyu, did that little brother dive for too long?"

Li Duoyu glanced at his watch. After about three squares of triage, a head emerged from the water.

Chen Wenchao still had the fish knife in his mouth, but he had two more brown ropes in his hand. He said excitedly, "Brother Yu, it's possible. The quality of these kelp ropes in Langqi Village doesn't seem to be very good. They break as soon as they are cut."

After hearing this, Zhang Zhenping really didn't know whether to cry or laugh, because there was indeed something wrong with his batch of kelp ropes, and he was also cheated by the person who sold him the palm ropes.

But he didn't expect that everyone would be very happy because of the poor quality of his brown rope. (End of this chapter)