Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1257 Leatherback Turtle

The International Aquatic Products City will not be built until after 2000, but it is also possible to build a predecessor of the International Aquatic Products City now.

Having an official trading market is better than the current chaos at the dock with stalls everywhere.

If the official means are strong enough and it can really be done, it is not impossible to build an international aquatic city now.

This port itself is known as one of the world's three largest fishing ports, along with the Port of Bergen in Norway and the Port of Callao in Peru.

Of course, cold chain technology is necessary so that the product can be sold nationwide to become more popular.

Of course, this kind of trading city must be officially approved and run by the government.

The authorities certainly want to clean up the chaotic docks, as such chaos is not good for their political achievements.

There are people managing the docks now, who manage the ships coming in and out. We know that this is an official regulation, but it is still being improved and explored slowly.

Ye Yaodong gave Zhang Rensu a few more suggestions. These were what he saw in his previous life, and he told Zhang Rensu so that he could convey the specific suggestions and gain some benefits.

By the way, it can also help the local government avoid detours and renovate the dock in advance.

Shenjiamen itself is located at the midpoint of my country's north-south coastline, at the confluence of the Yangtze River, Qiantang River and Yong River, facing the vast East China Sea. It has a good regional location and unique economic advantages.

After continuous development, this port has become a comprehensive port that integrates foreign trade transportation, cargo handling, fishery supplies and maritime passenger transport.

This place is also the largest marine fishing base in the country.

The grand scene of the future dock was also described to Zhang Rensu in advance. This was not just a pie in the sky or a fantasy, but something that would actually come true.

However, Zhang Rensu must have thought of it as his fantasy. But regardless of whether what he said was fact or fantasy, this is also a good direction.

Allowing these local bullies to contact the government and rectify the local situation will be beneficial to them, and it will also avoid chaos and prevent them from being robbed on the streets.

When the trading center was really built and Zhang Rensu benefited from it, he naturally had to remember his kindness.

Since it is impossible for him to go back now and he has to stay in the local area to earn the money, he must make more plans.

Public security and the International Aquatic Products City cannot be improved in a short period of time, but guns must be obtained first.

This is also the best guarantee for them to stay here.

He had mentioned this to other fishing boats at the beginning, but everyone had tasted the sweetness at the very beginning, so how could they be reluctant to leave now?
They are all looking forward to earning more money during the flood season so that they can return home in glory.

To be honest, he also tasted the sweetness.

The goods we collected from the sea yesterday alone sold for more than 16000, which is three or four thousand more than in the past few days.

Just with the 5000% share, he would have yuan, not much less than the % share he had before.

This is faster than robbing money.

In addition, all the money from the sale of the Dongsheng was his, and he took 1% each of the other two ships. This meant that he could earn yuan from the ships combined as long as he went out to sea to collect cargo.

He has only been here for 20 days and he has already earned about 3 yuan.

Excluding weather factors, it is no problem for him to earn 5 yuan a month.

Although he made money faster because he had the fresh fish collection ship, the other ships also made a lot of money.

For example, Mancanghao belongs only to Zhou Da and his brothers, and he did not share their shares.

But they have earned tens of thousands of yuan since they came out, and it’s not even a month yet. Isn’t it easier to make money than at home?

It’s more than 1 yuan a month, and the fishing boat pays off in two months.

If we wait until the flood season, we may get more than this income.

If we ask them to go back now, will they be willing?

It takes two months to make back your investment, and the rest is huge profit.

There are still more than 4 months until the Chinese New Year.

There are still more than three months to salvage before the New Year, and we can earn two more large ships for free.

He had already calculated before going to bed last night. Last month in Vancouver, he made a net profit of 47000 by collecting fresh fish from the boats. It would be no problem for him to earn 5 this month.

All in all, he can earn 10 yuan in two months.

Damn, just thinking about it last night made his heart pound. He felt that his seafood collection boat was really a killer weapon. He was really too smart.

Thinking back to the time two days ago when Pei's father came to him to discuss profit sharing at sea, wasn't he just trying to take advantage of his fresh-water ship to collect the goods and make money?

Otherwise, without their goods, they would just sit idle at the dock.

He thought at that time that when he returned, he would order a few more large ships and form his own fleet. Would he still need to receive cargo from other ships?
He shook off the thoughts in his mind and looked at Zhang Rensu who looked thoughtful.

"Let me tell you, the local government agencies must be researching transportation, how to deliver the goods at the dock fresh to all parts of the country. You can go and ask around. If you can spend some money to take over, you will definitely be the first to try it out."

"Also, you can also bring up the suggestion I just made. You can compare it with our seafood wholesale market. You've been there, right? Isn't this a ready-made benchmark?"

"It doesn't make sense that we can have a seafood wholesale market. You have such a big port here, but you don't even have a proper trading market. They are all temporary camps or just right next to the dock. It's so chaotic."

"Or I can teach you how to buy the land on Fish Market Street. I've seen it, and it's definitely a good location. If you can buy it, you'll definitely make a lot of money."

"At worst, if you can buy a few more vacant lots on the street, just buy a few more. You can make a fortune even if you buy randomly."

"Your local government will have to clean up the streets, manage public security, and then build housing."

"There are so many outsiders gathered here, so isn't it a big deal to have a place to live? If you buy the land in advance, you will have the final say on what to do with it in the future, and you will have to compensate if the government expropriates it."

"You are the local bosses, and you are overseas Chinese who have returned to your hometown to build the city. You must have many welfare policies, and you are definitely not afraid of being taken away by others."

Zhang Rensu listened to him talking eloquently and felt that what he said made a lot of sense.

He was already a little confused about this, and Ye Yaodong's words seemed to blow away the fog in front of his eyes.

It also taught him what to do, and he didn't have to integrate the supplies and run out every once in a while.

He smiled and said, "Why do I feel that you have a special liking for buying land?"

"Of course, land is the foundation of the people. When the ancients had money, they would buy land and shops and become local landlords."

"I can't buy it. How can it be bought and sold casually? Besides, it's still Fish Market Street." Zhang Rensu shook his head. "We can talk about the wasteland."

"Then buy some wasteland. This street is full of low-rise buildings. How many people can it accommodate? There are dozens of these immigrants in each house. Because they have nowhere to live, the street will definitely be widened."

“This is…”

"Right? With the connections of overseas Chinese, it's easy to buy a few plots of land. If you can't buy land, you can just buy someone else's shabby house in a better location."

"I've noted what you said. I'll think about it. You've been egging me on all the time. Don't you want to buy it?"

"What am I buying? This place? If I buy it, can I keep it? I won't stay here for long. I will go back to my hometown after the Chinese New Year. It's hard to say whether I will come back next year. Although it's easy to make money, you have to be alive to do it."

"Yeah, that's right. All right then, come get the gun you want in three days."

Ye Yaodong smiled, "That's great, the more the better."

"Not much, or you'll think I'm preparing to rebel."

"Okay, then you watch, do your best, I'm afraid of death."

"understood."

After achieving his goal, Ye Yaodong went back and would come back in a few days.

After returning, he saw that the people who stayed behind to look after other boats also knew what they had encountered on their way back after selling goods early in the morning, and they were all frightened.

This was the real thing that happened to one of their own people in so many days, and it was so close to death.

If we didn't have a gun, we might have lost our money and even suffered casualties.

Except for the first day, everyone did not know how to be tolerant and had conflicts with others as soon as they arrived.

Later, everyone went in and out together. At most, they had some quarrels with others, but as long as they were tolerant, everything was peaceful.

I've been watching other people's excitement and the chaos in other places, and my skin has become loose.

Now it's tense again.

This also reminded them that they still had to carry hot weapons when going in and out, and they couldn't be too cautious, as their lives were their own.

After he came back, everyone seemed more alert and no one said anything more.

At night, after the fishing boats returned from the nearby sea, everyone gathered together to discuss.

Some go out early and come back late, and I have no idea what happened in the early morning.

Some of the boatmen were a little scared and wanted to ask when they could go back, but the captain had not earned enough money yet and it was the time to make a lot of money, so no one agreed.

Those who work for others have no choice but to accept what they are told. Everyone is a little worried.

"Adong, can you find a way to get a few more guns? That way everyone can protect themselves and be safer..."

"Where can I get them? I'm not a wholesaler of arms. I want a few more myself, preferably one for each person. I almost confessed this morning. If I can get some, I have to equip myself first, but where can I get so many guns? Can you get me a few?"

"Oh, if I had known earlier, I should have gone to the village to get a few more..."

Ye Yaodong suggested, "Go out later and find a blacksmith shop to make a few long swords. If you don't have guns, swords will be good too."

"Yes, go find a blacksmith and get some bigger knives. They can scare people."

"We don't take the initiative to cause trouble or kill or burn people. Anyway, as long as no one sees us fighting, no one can catch us."

"Then I can only go to the blacksmith shop to order a knife."

After everyone had discussed it, several ship captains made an appointment to go to the blacksmith shop.

Ye Yaodong also went with them. Who knows how many guns Zhang Rensu can get?

If there aren't enough knives for each person, then he might as well have a few more knives. They don't cost much anyway.

Moreover, he has many boats, so putting a few more knives on the boats can be a precaution. However, they must not be left in the hands of the boatmen, but must be locked in his cockpit.

When he went out to sea on his next seafood-collecting boat, Ye's father was also shocked when he heard about what happened to him.

He kept talking to him out of fear, and then let Ye Yaodong stay on the sea this time, and he temporarily took over the job of collecting fresh goods from the ship and selling them.

"I'm old, whatever happens, happens. If anything happens to you, what will happen to your family? What will happen to my wife and children?"

Ye Yaodong said angrily: "What are you talking about? I am blessed with a good life and I can turn misfortune into fortune."

"That has to be changed. I'll go sell the goods and you stay at sea. Anyway, I know which factory the goods should be sent to."

"Besides, I have a good temper. If someone scolds me or makes a fake scale, it's okay. I can just smile and ask them to buy it somewhere else. You young people have a bad temper and it's too easy to conflict with others..."

"Let me go to the shore to sell goods. I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. It's okay to be scolded by others. It won't cost me a piece of meat."

"We have to control our temper when we go out. We should smile when we should and say nice things when we should. It's all about making good money."

"You stay at sea. You can definitely get more cargo by sea. I'll go to the shore. Do you understand? Do you hear what I say?"

"I'm talking to you, but you're busy doing nothing...Are you listening?"

Ye's father kept talking non-stop, but Ye Yaodong just checked the full warehouse of goods, and he just perfunctorily responded without saying anything.

"I heard it, I heard it, but I asked Zhang Rensu to get a few guns, and he agreed to pick them up tomorrow. It just so happens that these goods have been delivered to the factory for sale, so I'll go find him to get them..."

"I'll go. Just give me some instructions and I'll be there. Did you say the price? How many guns? I'll need to get a few more so I can carry them for self-defense."

"Yes, it's better for others to die than for ourselves. It's self-defense anyway. He didn't say the price, nor did he say how many he could make. Just give us a few, and we can't force him to give it. Just tell him how much it costs, and don't ask for too much."

"Are you sure you won't bid too much?"

"Will not."

He said a lot the day before yesterday, so there's no point in killing him.

If you really make a lot of money from the information he said, you will still owe him a favor.

"Okay, then I'll drive this shipload of goods back by myself."

Ye Yaodong raised his head and looked at his father, "Are you sure? You want to go back and sell the goods? Can you do it?"

"It's not like we haven't sold it before, and the workers on the ship are all experienced."

"Okay, then you just be careful, I've checked it out, just drive back."

"Ah."

After the father and son reached an agreement, Ye Yaodong climbed onto the Dongsheng.

The cargo on the deck was still piled up there for sorting, gold and silver...

Everyone watched as the father and son swapped positions again, and asked with a smile, "It's your turn again this time?"

"Yes, he is worried and feels that it is safer at sea than on land."

"It's OK for two people to take turns, so that they can have some rest."

"A father will still feel sorry for his son. We just need to focus on fishing at sea. As long as the weather is good and the waves are small, it will be safer than on the shore."

"Yeah, the people here are much worse than ours..."

They started discussing again, one after another.

Ye Yaodong said: "Let's get ready to go online."

"Okay, here I come..."

They hurried to tidy up the fishing nets, and Ye Yaodong also went to the cockpit and started the fishing boat again.

After the boatmen below were ready and started to cast the nets, he continued to drive the fishing boat in circular motions over and over again.

It was almost evening, the sun was setting, and a faint golden light was reflected on the sea. The sea surface was rippling with blue waves as the sea breeze passed by.

In addition to their four ships operating far apart, three or four other ships could be seen vaguely at the end of the horizon.

Each boat was moving in a circular motion, separated by a long distance.

Ye Yaodong was also looking for other fishing boats to collect the catch. He patrolled over one boat after another, saw them from a close distance, and then counted them silently.

There are many fishing boats in this waters, so of course they are distributed more densely.

Working at sea is boring. Apart from collecting the nets, you just do the same work over and over again.

He was bored and looked around for a while before he remembered that there were pumpkin seeds in his pocket. These were fried by the landlady herself after drying them in the sun.

He is an old lady killer. He is good-looking and would occasionally stay by the elderly people's side. When he has nothing to do, he would help with some work, say some nice things to them, send fish to them every day, and chat with them.

The old ladies all like him very much. He is much more youthful and energetic than old men, and he speaks nicely.

As long as he was at home, the old lady would give him a melon or a bunch of vegetables every day. In the past two days, she sent them winter melon and pumpkin every day.

They are all big in size, can’t be eaten up, and can be stored.

If he wasn't here, others wouldn't be treated so well.

These vegetables can be sold to outsiders for a good price, and the local area is not short of outsiders who come to fish.

When he came out this morning, the old lady was sitting under a big tree at the door to enjoy the cool air. As soon as he greeted her, she immediately took out a handful of pumpkin seeds from her pocket, put them in his hand with a smile, and let him eat them for fun.

Ye Yaodong just felt friendly. Although they were talking in different languages, the old woman had a good heart. When he chatted with her, he felt that you were well, just like his old lady.

Ye Yaodong is no longer bored with pumpkin seeds in his mouth. The light pumpkin seeds, without any seasoning, have only the original aroma of pumpkin seeds when fried in an iron pan.

When night fell and it was pitch black, he estimated that the tide was high, so he called for people to collect the nets, just in time for him to take a rest and have a meal.

Then we can collect one more net at night and then take turns to rest.

Ye Yaodong stopped making circular motions to keep the fishing boat stable, and the radar net also stopped rotating.

If it is trawling, the fishing boat must not stop. If it stops, it will get stuck to the bottom. It must move forward slowly and slowly use the winch to collect the net.

The fishing boat can not stop until the fish is collected.

The radar net requires you to stop the boat first to keep it stable, and then adjust the position of the net before you can slowly pull up the net.

A heavy bag was hoisted up. Everyone had seen this a lot recently, so they all looked at it calmly and then untied the net.

It was just getting dark, and the hairtails might not have come out yet. The amount of hairtails caught in this net was not many, just very ordinary. Of course, small yellow croaker and silver pomfret accounted for the majority.

In the dark, the colors of the two fish form a sharp contrast, and the color contrast is stronger than in the daytime.

However, just as everyone squatted down and prepared to pick out the fish, suddenly a pitch-black thing emerged from the yellow and white pile of fish.

"Oh my god, what is that?"

"What? Don't scare me, late at night..."

Ye Yaodong had just pulled up the fishing net and came down to eat. Hearing their startled noises, he felt a little curious.

After the ship stopped, there was no roar of engines, only the sound of wind and waves, and everyone's voices sounded particularly clear.

"What are you doing?"

"No, that black thing that moves... Lin Mu... turns out to be a turtle, no, a sea turtle."

"It's a turtle... I can see its head..."

Ye Yaodong listened to everyone's discussion and moved forward. He also saw a huge black turtle head sticking out from the pile of fish!
"Turtle head? What kind of turtle is so black? What's so surprising about this?"

"Haha, I didn't see it clearly. I just stretched out my hand and saw a big black one. You don't usually see black claws like fans."

"Oh my god, this foot is so big!!!"

"Why does this foot look like a rowing oar?"

Ye Yaodong was cheered up, thinking it was just an ordinary sea turtle. He didn't expect that the foot that crawled out of the fish was so big. How big was the entire sea turtle?
Before he squatted down, he looked at the other front paw that emerged from the fish.

Then the turtle's two front paws kept moving and its head was shaking, trying to climb out of the pile of fish.

Ye Yaodong watched it waving its front paws with such difficulty, and quickly went to move the pile of stuff that was pressing down on the turtle so that it could crawl out and he could see how big it was.

"Please help me, I can't climb out, and I don't know how big it is..."

"How come they caught such a big turtle? It was pressed inside the cargo and I couldn't even see it..."

"Yeah, I didn't even see it when it was poured out. There were too many items..."

"I did see a black one, and I thought it was a Bao Gong fish, but I didn't expect it to be a sea turtle. How come it's black?"

Everyone was talking while fiddling with the fish on the upper layer, and when most of the fish were cleared away, everyone was surprised.

"Wow, it's so big!"

"Damn, it's so big? What kind of turtle is this?"

"Fuck, this can be used as a table? Why is it so big? What kind of turtle is this?"

Ye Yaodong touched its back, which felt like leather, and said with a smile: "This is a leatherback turtle."

This leatherback turtle is very big. He estimated that its body length should reach 1.7 meters, which is bigger than the turtles he caught when catching jellyfish.

No matter how big the turtle was that he accidentally caught while jellyfish hunting, it was never as big as this one.

Even though it was the largest sea turtle he had ever seen, the leatherback turtle lived up to its reputation.

It is said to be the largest living sea turtle in the world and one of the largest living reptiles. The largest individual can reach 2.4 meters in length and weigh an exaggerated 916 kilograms!

This one is definitely no bigger than the others, but it is also the biggest one that no one has ever seen.

Everyone looked at the complete face of the turtle emerging from the pile of fish, their mouths opened with surprise.

"The shell doesn't seem hard to the touch..."

"It does look different from normal turtles..."

"Its back looks like the long diamond-shaped loofahs we grow in the countryside..."

“Hahaha, it seems so…”

This leatherback turtle has a large head and a short neck, with complex and irregularly arranged scales, paddle-shaped limbs, no claws, long forelimbs and short hind limbs, and a short tail.

Its back is pitch black or dark brown with scattered white spots. Its back is covered with thin and tough ossified skin, like a shield, sometimes dotted with pink and white spots.

There are 7 longitudinal ridges on the carapace, with slight grooves between the ridges. The plastron is incompletely ossified and has 5 longitudinal ridges. Its texture is very similar to leather, which is why it got its name "leatherback turtle".

"Hey, hey, hey, don't touch its head..."

Ye Yaodong saw a young boatman reaching out to touch the turtle's head and shouted quickly.

"Its head is very sharp, and its throat is lined with fleshy spines pointing backwards, which makes it difficult for prey to escape. Be careful not to get bitten, and don't touch it casually."

"Ah, so... seeing you guys were all touching each other, I touched it too."

"I didn't ask you to touch the glans!"

The young man's face instantly turned red, "Boss..."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone was telling dirty jokes one after another, and the atmosphere became lively as soon as they started telling dirty stories.

"Stop joking. Can you help me lift it?"

"Okay, let's lift it up and have a look. It's so big, it must weigh several hundred kilograms..."

"Bah ah..."

After everyone took their positions, they spit into their palms and rubbed them before starting.

"Hey, hey..."

Everyone shouted slogans and worked hard.

"One, two, three, try again..."

They tried their best, their eyes bulged out, veins on their foreheads bulged, and the biceps on their arms bulged high.

"No...I can't lift it..."

"My back teeth are all broken, I can't lift them..."

"No, no, I can't lift it up..."

Ye Yaodong tried his best to lift it, but he couldn't.

"Fuck, how many hundreds of pounds does this weigh? Six people can't lift it."

"Is it because everyone hasn't eaten, isn't full, and has no energy?"

"Haha, I think you are hungry..."

"I'm really hungry... otherwise, why don't we eat first and then try again after dinner?"

Ye Yaodong nodded, "Okay, let's go eat first. It's really late and everyone is hungry. Let's try again after we have eaten and have enough energy. This big guy must weigh 400 to 500 kilograms. So many people can't lift it."

"It's so big, can it be sold for a good price?"

"The live killer whale that came a while ago was sold for 4000 yuan after it came ashore."

"Yes, yes, this turtle is alive too. I've never seen one this big in my life. It will definitely sell for a good price!"

"I've made a fortune. It turns out that Adong's shipping is the best. If your father drove the boat, he wouldn't have caught any big fish."

"Yes, before I started following the boss, I heard that the whole village was talking about how powerful the boss's shipping was..."

"Stop flattering me and go eat. I am strong in shipping. Isn't this known to everyone?"

Ye Yaodong thought that if he couldn't lift it, he would have to take it back first. He originally thought that if he could lift it, he would put it back into the sea.

Fortunately, it has been out for many days and it is time to go back next time. It is so big that it will not die if it is occasionally poured with sea water.

The previous monthly ticket extra chapter actually has more than 4000 words. Three more chapters will be added in the first few days of the month!