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In winter, and at sea, the wind felt like knives cutting into your face.

Where are we going this time?

In fact, with the existing marine fishery resources, fishing boats do not need to go too far to meet the fishing needs. However, today is the last time to go out to sea this year, so everyone wants to catch a big catch and give the year a perfect ending.

This fishing boat was going to fish in completely unfamiliar waters because someone said they had seen a particularly large fish in the vicinity before. As for how big it was, no one could describe it clearly, and no one knew who saw it. That's how the rumor spread.

"Let someone try the next net."

Now that Zhou Wu was on the ship, he naturally had the final say. Having traveled so far, Zhou Wu decided to cast a net first to see what kind of catch he could get.

"Okay, logging off now."

The huge trawl net slid slowly into the sea along the pulley system, and the boat continued to move forward. After a while, the net could be hauled in.

. . . .

"Start an internet cafe."

"Start the net!"

As the pulley system worked, the fishing net began to slowly tighten, and it was obvious that the net had burst, with the pulley system struggling to keep up.

"Let me see what kind of large truck we're going to get."

Zhou Wu was particularly curious about the first net he had cast, so he quietly waited for it to be dragged onto the deck.

When the fishing nets were lifted off the surface, the catch inside made them bulge. The bountiful harvest brought no joy; instead, the sailors' faces were filled with disgust and disappointment.

"What's wrong with you?"

"What bad luck, it's just sea chrysanthemum, what a waste of time."

"What sea chrysanthemum?"

When the fishing net was lowered onto the deck and opened, Zhou Wu saw that it was mostly filled with squid with huge heads. This was a real treat!

"Sir, isn't this just a sea chrysanthemum? It's ugly, inedible, and spews out black liquid."

The sailor assumed that Zhou Wu was seeing this for the first time, so he carefully explained it to him.

"Wait, you're saying this can't be eaten? Why?"

"Sir, this thing looks so strange and spews black liquid, it must be poisonous. Let's not take the risk."

Zhou Wu laughed. It turned out that in this era, fishermen also viewed marine life with prejudice. No wonder the fish hold was full of fish and nothing else when they came back from the sea before. Zhou Wu was wondering why these guys only recognized fish and didn't recognize anything else, so they threw it all away.

"Load all the cargo into the hold. This is good stuff. Let other ships set their nets in this area as well."

Generally speaking, marine life is gregarious, so Zhou Wu concluded that there was a large group of squid under the boat. Zhou Wu also took advantage of the break from fishing to give everyone a crash course in marine knowledge.

"This thing may look ugly, but that doesn't stop it from being a delicious treat. It's called squid, and it can be fried, boiled, stewed, or dried and made into a snack for long-term preservation."

"My lord, is this ugly thing really as good as you say?"

"I'll personally cook some squid dishes for you later."

Seeing that no one believed him, Zhou Wu decided to let them see for themselves.

Ten fishing boats were busy casting and hauling in their nets at sea, while Zhou Wu was selecting ingredients for the day from the catch.

"This ribbonfish is quite plump, my goodness! This swimming crab is incredibly fat, wait, is this a tuna? Haha."

Deep-fried ribbonfish, steamed grouper, steamed blue crab, tuna sashimi, blanched squid, grilled squid, teppanyaki squid, and squid sashimi. Due to limited resources and seasonings on the ship, Zhou Wu could only try to prepare as many dishes as possible.

After a long day, the sailors looked at the table full of dishes. Apart from the steamed grouper, they didn't recognize any of the other dishes, but just by looking at them and smelling them, they knew they must be delicious.

"Don't be shy, sit down and eat."

"hey-hey."

Although Zhou Wu held an official position, after spending a few days with him, everyone found that Zhou Wu had no airs of authority at all. He even often took the initiative to work with everyone, so Zhou Wu won everyone's unanimous praise.

"Lord Zhou, this squid is really delicious, and quite fresh."

"My goodness, I've never seen squid eaten raw before, and it's even sweet!"

"Hmph, this is your first time eating raw squid. You've never eaten live squid before either."

While eating and drinking, everyone chatted and boasted to each other.

. . . . .

Although we were busy all day yesterday and caught a lot of squid, the Bull Demon King-class ships have been modified so that their fish hold capacity is much larger than the ones that used to sail by sea. So, more than half of the holds are still empty. The fleet will have to find new fishing grounds to fish today.

"Hopefully today's fish will be a little different."

Zhou Wu came with the fleet this time simply because it was something new and exciting.

Suddenly the fishing boat in front stopped, and the fishing boats behind quickly lowered their sails and slowed down to avoid a collision. Only then did Zhou Wu realize that there was a large cargo in the sea ahead.

"Holy crap, is that a whale???"

Water kept shooting into the sky like a fountain from the sea. A group of whales of unknown species were slowly swimming in front of the fleet. Whether in the past or present, whales are undoubtedly the overlords of the sea, and in this era they are even worshipped as gods or sea monsters.

"Next time we should prepare a large harpoon so we can hunt whales."

The sailors, who were bowing respectfully on the ground, felt their hearts race when they heard that Zhou Wu actually wanted to capture this giant sea monster. They thought to themselves, "Our lord really dares to do anything!"

Zhou Wu's idea to capture whales was not motivated by food at all, because the difficulty and risk of capturing whales are far greater than normal ocean fishing. The reason Zhou Wu had evil intentions towards whales was entirely because every part of a whale is valuable.

Firstly, besides providing a large amount of meat, whale oil can also be used to make candles. It is said that candles made from whale oil are not only bright and long-lasting, but also smokeless and have a faint fragrance.

Secondly, there's whale skin. Whale skin is soft, with a velvety surface and patterned texture, making it suitable for clothing or handbags.

. . . . .

Although whales have many benefits, Zhou Wu could only watch helplessly as the whales swam past before the ship finally raised its sails and set sail.

They hadn't gone far when Zhou Wu ordered the nets to be set. He was getting bored on the ship these past few days and had lost interest. He just wanted to fill the hold quickly and head back home.

"Start the net!"

The items found online once again delighted Zhou Wu.

"It's over, Sea Worm."

Then I heard the sailors complaining, which probably meant they hadn't eaten this kind of food before.

"What? You can't eat these sea worms either?"

Zhou Wu stood to the side, watching everyone with a smile.

"Sir, you mean this is edible? How can you eat this? It's all hard and not very big."

This time it was Zhou Wu's turn to be stunned. What are you talking about? A black tiger prawn the size of a palm? You're saying it's not that big? Dude, you think you can get full with just one prawn? Okay, next time I'll catch some big lobsters.