Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1553 Engine Room

Mackerel is also an economic fish. Its meat is delicious and can be used to make fish floss, pickled salted fish, canned food, and cod liver oil.

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

If he could have bitten off more than he could chew and become a fat man in one go, he would have wanted to build a few more production lines.

But there is no need to rush. He is only 30 years old, so he can take it slow and wait until his three children grow up. Then he can come up with ideas and the three of them can take action. It will save him trouble and he can also raise his children.

Now he has to lay a solid foundation and expand the land as much as possible.

If there is not enough land in Zhou City, then we can move to Shanghai. It doesn't make any difference if we expand at home.

Anyway, when he returns, he must contact Acai.

Fishing boats work non-stop 24 hours a day, catching one net after another, and the workers can only take turns to rest.

The crew members deserve the high wages as these are high-intensity jobs.

After a day and a night, dark circles and bags under my eyes appeared. I could still yawn while working.

Ye Yaodong's chin stubble had grown quite long, and he was too lazy to tidy himself up. After all, no one could see him at sea, and everyone was the same.

No one is sloppier than anyone else, we are all the same.

"Brother Dong, now that the net is up, should we move the goods to the fresh-water boat?"

Ye Yaodong stood on the rudder tower holding a telescope, "Well, let's first ask the other boats when they collect the nets, and then we'll take turns. The boat that has collected the nets will move first, and the others will continue to work as usual, one by one."

"It's almost 9 o'clock now. Let me ask about the other boats. Let's get in line."

"Ah."

His main focus now is to look into the distance and control the overall situation. Other matters are left to Lao Xiao and Chen Shi to take turns. If they cannot make up their minds, they will ask him for confirmation if they need to report something.

Everyone needs autonomy, otherwise what will happen when he is gone? Everyone has to learn to make their own decisions.

After several ships have discussed the order of moving the goods, they continue to work as usual. The fresh-fish collecting boats are floating there on standby at any time. When a boat has collected the nets, they can just notify it and go aboard.

This will not delay other boats' fishing, it just takes some time to move the goods. However, after the net is collected, it also takes time to sort out the fishing gear, so it is a good opportunity to move the goods while sorting out the fishing gear.

After their boats were vacated one after another, it was getting dark as he expected.

The main reason is that the time for each fishing boat to collect and release the nets varies, and sometimes it is not so coincidental. The previous boat may have just finished moving the goods, and the next boat may have only put down half of the nets at the fastest, so they have to wait.

This ship waits a moment, that ship waits a moment, and the transportation also takes time. Before long, it was getting dark.

After the fish collecting boats have collected their nets from all the fishing boats in turn, and seeing another boat collecting its nets, they might as well collect their nets as well before leaving.

"Boss, the freshwater boat has finished harvesting and is ready to return."

Ye Yaodong responded: "Go ahead, be careful on the road, keep in touch at all times, and cut off contact when you are out of range."

"receive."

Just two days later, the seafood collection boat had to return.

As soon as the seafood collecting ship finished its report, it slowly changed direction. The faint ship lights swayed farther and farther away, until only a small dot of light remained and disappeared on the horizon.

He added: "After the freshwater fishing boat leaves, the next boat, No. 4, will be returning, probably the day after tomorrow. Now we need three boats to catch as much as we can."

"Ship 4 received."

Ship No. 3 asked: "This is not a good idea for us. The quantity is too large and the capacity of the freshwater ship is too small."

"I know. I have already made a plan. When the No. 4, No. 5 and the freshwater fishing boat can take turns to connect and everyone is familiar with the work at sea, I will follow their fishing boats back and solve this problem."

"That's good……"

"So I guess you'll go back before the end of the month?"

"almost."

It came out on May 5st, which was the seventh day of the fourth lunar month. Now a week has passed. If we follow the cycle, it must be the second half of the month.

When everyone heard this, they felt relieved instantly, for they were afraid that he would run away in the next two days.

He is now the backbone of everyone. Although he is young, there are a lot of people older than him on the boat, some of them are in their fifties or sixties, but no matter how old they are, they are not as brave as him.

Moreover, he calmly gave orders and made decisions regarding what was happening right after we went out to sea. He was very cool and collected, and no mistakes were made. Everyone fished smoothly for several days.

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

Chen Shi whispered, "I'm always worried, for I'm afraid that Brother Dong will go back one day, and we'll be left alone on the sea..."

"Don't be afraid of shit. If there are any problems, we can discuss and solve them together. It's the same as before when we were near the coast. We can return when we need to. If there are really difficulties, we can also call the radio station for support and help."

"That being said, it will definitely be different without you in charge."

"I can't stay on the ship forever, so I'll try to stay a few more days until everyone is more familiar with each other before going back. When the work is done, I'll come back to take charge."

Fortunately, the weather is good now. There will only be sporadic small typhoons starting from July, so there is no need to worry too much now. The most dangerous things at sea are natural disasters and man-made disasters.

Their goods are all handed over to fresh-water ships for transportation back, and no one can handle large sums of money, which can also reduce the probability of man-made disasters.

"Will you come back? That's good."

Ye Yaodong patted him on the shoulder and said, "You have to learn to grow in everything. Try your best. You are pretty good now."

"That's right. I was laughed at by the whole village before, but now I am praised by the whole village, haha."

"Good job, I'm going to go down to the deck for a walk."

It was already completely dark. He checked everywhere to see what was going on and then went back to the cabin to rest. He was busy from early morning till night.

Ye Yaodong went to the engine room to chat with the chief engineer. He had given this job to a veteran.

Lin Guangyuan also studied in the engine room class. Every profession has its own expertise, so it is better to leave professional knowledge to professionals.

He squatted beside the roaring diesel engine and ran his fingers across the gearbox casing, leaving only a thin layer of dust on his fingertips.

This is the Ocean No. 1, which was the first one to be acquired and the one with the longest service time. The profits it brought him are immeasurable and have long exceeded the value of the fishing boat itself by more than ten times.

Chief Engineer Chen wiped his hands with oily cotton yarn and said, "I just injected new gear oil into the overheated main winch. It's routine maintenance and there's nothing wrong with it, but..."

He suddenly picked up a wrench and hit the cooling water pipe, and a slight rustling sound was mixed in with the metallic vibration.

"Listen, there are marine organisms growing in the freshwater cooling system. We'll have to clean it out when we return."

"I just took my ship to the shipyard for inspection before the New Year..."

"It's not a big problem now, but it will be troublesome once it is blocked. Although your fishing boat is new, it has been operating in the high-salt and high-temperature environment of the East China Sea for a long time. The freshwater cooling system is very likely to breed marine life, affecting navigation safety."

Lao Chen also suggested, "After returning, you should promptly flush with a high-pressure water gun and scrape off barnacles with a pipe brush. It is best to dismantle key pipes once a year and manually remove stubborn attachments."

"each year?"

"That would be best, but I know you fishing boats can't do that, so we can only wait until problems arise and become more troublesome before solving them."

"understood."

"The antifouling paint on the bottom of the ship has started to peel off, revealing the welding scars. There are also a lot of barnacles attached to the bottom of the ship. We have to go to the shipyard to clean the barnacles and repaint it."

Ye Yaodong nodded. He knew this. It was mentioned during the inspection at the beginning of the year. It’s just that he didn’t have time to deal with it because it took too much time. Once the fishing boats got on, they had to go out to sea to work.

I can only wait until the second half of this year when I go home for the New Year. At that time, I will leave the two ships that need maintenance here and hand them over to the shipyard for maintenance.

Although it would be very expensive to go into the dock to remove the barnacles and repaint the boat, there was no other way. He couldn't take the large fishing boat ashore. The most he could do was ask workers to dive into the water to remove the barnacles.

But there is no way to solve the problem of painting. It is better to let the shipyard handle it at one time. It costs some money, saves time and effort, and the profit is not less anyway.

"I know that too. We are too rushed this year and don't have enough time, so we will just do a simple inspection. Those that are not seriously damaged will be put aside for the end of this year. By then, we will inspect all the ships and take those that need to be taken to the dock for treatment."

Lao Chen nodded. "It would be expensive to take it to the dock for processing, but there is no other way. It's such a big ship."

"I'll have to ask you to take extra care from now on. You're more familiar with these machines, so pay more attention to any problems and check more if necessary."

"Don't worry. The army finally arranged a job for me, and the salary is so high. It's much better than working in the fields at home. I will definitely do a good job for you."

"Well, if you work hard, your salary will increase every year."

Old Chen grinned and reminded him again, "We need to test the signal transmitter of the network position meter and replace the sonar sensor probe that is covered with ink."

"Okay, we'll close the net later. You tell Chen Shi about this and I'll remind him later."

"Okay, then there's no other problem."

Ye Yaodong nodded and said, no problem, just maintain it carefully.

He took a look around and left. His eardrums couldn't stand the noise here; the decibel level was too high.

He only stayed there for about ten or twenty minutes before he couldn't stand it anymore and suddenly felt that the salary paid to the chief engineer was a bit low.

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

When we return from this trip, the salaries of the captain, first mate, second mate and chief engineer will all have to be changed, those that need to be changed will be changed, and those that need to be increased will be increased.

Compared with the income generated by everyone and the fishing boats, that salary is nothing.

However, there must be an appropriate reason. It is not a good idea to add it for no reason. It is easy to compare it with the future and create a psychological gap.

When he reached the helm, he had figured out that there was no need to mention it specifically, and it would be just as well to give a thicker red envelope at the end of the year.

(I’m too sleepy to bear it, I’ll make up another chapter during the day)
Too sleepy, can't stand it, I'll make up another chapter tomorrow