Carry an aquarium with you

Chapter 268 The largest bony fish in history

These harvests were processed and sorted, and Pan Heng sailed again to collect the nearby longlines.

They tasted the sweetness of the oriental perch two days ago, so the longline was still placed there, as if they were going to catch all the oriental perch over there.

It was only ten minutes away by boat, and we arrived at our destination.

The longline is more convenient than the fishing net, just tie the rope to the winch and pull it slowly.

The longlines used by Pan Heng and the others are relatively thick, not the very thin ones used by ordinary small fishing boats, so they are not afraid of breaking when deadlifting.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, if the seawater flow is relatively strong, it is possible to pull the thin longline with a winch, so the thin longline is generally pulled by people.

As the winch opened, the longline was pulled back little by little.

It didn't take long for the first hook to be exposed, but unfortunately there was no harvest.

Ma Salu and Wang Pengfei took the long rope back slowly, and at the same time tidied up the sub-threads.

If you throw them around, these threads are easy to get knotted, and it will be troublesome and time-consuming to deal with.

After a while, Qin Feng saw a red fish appearing in the water. Because it was still in the water, he couldn't see clearly, but the second hook was rewarding. It seemed that the place they were looking for was indeed a treasured land of geomantic omen.

The red fish was pulled up quickly, and Qin Feng was quite surprised when he saw what it was.

"Is this red leeches? I didn't expect this kind of fish to exist here."

When Masalu saw this fish, his eyes lit up: "Wow, this fish is a high-level edible fish in our place!"

Red leeches generally appear in Japanese food stores, and the price is quite high. Most of them are used for frying and roasting.

This kind of fish does not grow very big, the longest is only forty centimeters.

The one caught by the longline is only about [-] centimeters long, which is relatively large.

When Qin Feng saw this fish, his heart skipped a beat. It can be sold for about [-] to [-] catties in the redfish market.

This fish generally lives in waters between 100 meters and 600 meters underwater. It is usually caught with nets or longlines. It is not very good to catch with fishing rods.

Qin Feng also deliberately went fishing for deep-sea fish in the East China Sea several times before, so there are no such fish in the aquarium.

It seems that this time I still have to catch a few fish to breed. After all, this kind of fish is relatively easy to sell, and the fish is very tender and delicious.

The longlines continued to be harvested, and some groupers and perch were harvested one after another.

However, it is worth mentioning that the longline also caught a one-meter-large fish, which was a red sea bream.

Red sea bream is very common in the East China Sea, but most of them are less than one catty, and two or three catties are very sour.

Even Qin Feng's aquarium has never kept one meter long. After all, even if the fish he usually catches grows three times, it is not so big.

As soon as the fish was caught, Pan Heng and the others immediately took a few photos together.

Wang Pengfei even said: "Why don't we eat grilled fish at night and make this real sea bream?"

Masalu nodded after hearing the words: "This is a good idea. It's the first time I've seen such a big red snapper. It's just a good time to try the taste of the meat."

Pan Heng drifted with the flow and had no objections, but Qin Feng was also interested.

"You are willing to do so. Such a big red snapper is rare, and it will definitely be sold at a premium in the market."

Wang Pengfei waved his hand: "I might be reluctant to treat others, so why not give it to you?"

Obviously, Qin Feng's help to the three of them is in their hearts.

"Okay, let's eat grilled fish tonight and go to my boat!"

All three have this attitude, so Qin Feng has nothing to say.

The longline had already been put away, and Pan Heng was going to continue to put away the crab pots, but it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

If this big red snapper was to be eaten, it had to be marinated in advance, so he sailed back first, asked Qin Feng to go to the Canglong to prepare dinner, and waited for others to collect the crab pots.

Qin Feng carried the red sea bream back and began to process the fish. This red sea bream was measured with a ruler, and its length reached [-] meters, probably breaking the world record.

The weight has also reached 33 catties. After processing, the weight will be reduced, but it is enough for the four young people to eat.

This red sea bream was already dead when it was pulled to the surface, and it would not need Qin Feng to continue to slap it unconscious for it to lie quietly on the deck.

First take out the scaler and clean the scales on the fish.

The scales of the fish are difficult to deal with when they are too big. It took Qin Feng more than 20 minutes to beat them clean, and the scales were still scattered everywhere.

The scales of many fish can be fried and eaten, and they taste very good, but Qin Feng didn't want to eat fried fish scales today.

He picked up the water hose and flushed the fish scales directly into the drain hole of the boat, and cleaned up some of the fish scales stuck to the drain hole.

Then he picked up the fish killing knife and cut open the belly of the red sea bream, exposing the internal organs inside.

Qin Feng took it out with his hands, but found that the fish maw was huge and the quality was quite good.

Originally, he wanted to throw it away, so he would naturally be reluctant to part with it.

The fish liver also looked good, so he kept it after thinking about it.

After the internal organs are taken out, there is still a layer of black film inside. If this film is not cleaned, this part will taste bitter and fishy, ​​which is very unpalatable.

Qin Feng directly took a brush and brushed vigorously while flushing the water.

After brushing it clean, continue to make another cut along the spine of the fish, and a large amount of fish blood and blood clots gushed out again.

Clean up this position and remove the gills, then the red sea bream will be considered clean.

Qin Feng then took out all his barbecue equipment, then picked up the largest rectangular iron plate, put the fish on it and made gestures.

As a result, the head and tail of the fish were exposed, but after cutting off the head and tail, the fish could barely be put down, so he knew it in his heart.

After cutting off the head and tail of the fish, and scratched a few times on the fish body, he stabbed the fish body with a few big iron skewers that are usually used for roasting lamb legs, and then started to light a fire to roast the fish.

This fish is too big, and Qin Feng is sweating all over his body.The stove is a bit small, and it can only heat a small half of the fish at a time, so he needs to keep moving the fish so that it can be heated evenly.

This also made him think about whether he should prepare some barbecue equipment for roasting big guys, otherwise it would not be so troublesome if he encountered this situation in the future.

When Pan Heng and the others came over, the sea bream had been roasted until it was browned, and the fish oil on it was making a sizzling sound.

After roasting, Qin Feng put the fish into the big iron plate, the next step is simple, adjust the soup base, put the side dishes, put the iron plate on the stove to heat, and it will be ready to eat in a short time.

Wang Pengfei was already hungry after a busy afternoon. Now that the grilled fish was ready, he couldn't wait to pick up a large piece of fish and put it into his mouth: "Emma, ​​this fish is really delicious."

Hearing what he said, several other people also moved their chopsticks.

Qin Feng also tasted it, and found that the fish meat of this big red sea bream was very tender, not burning at all, and it was really delicious.

With the sea breeze blowing, a delicious dinner is over.

There was just half of the fish left, and there was no way for the four of them to finish it.Qin Feng simply wrapped it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to continue eating tomorrow.

After staying with Pan Heng for two days and making an appointment to go back together in two weeks, Qin Feng continued his ore mining journey.

This time he drove a little southerly. He hadn't been to the south, so maybe there would be new discoveries.

Dolphins and killer whales led the way, and Qin Feng sat in the cab to observe the fossil detector from time to time.

Some fossils buried deep in the seabed are not his goal, after all, he can't dig on the seabed.

A week later, Qin Feng successfully reduced the total number of fossils to 93, and there are only seven types of fossils left before the function of the water tank can be fully opened.

After driving for seven days, he went all the way south.

However, Qin Feng made an appointment with Pan Heng and the others, so today he changed direction and changed his way back, so that he could still look for fossils on the way back.

It has to be said that there are indeed a lot of fossils living in the sea. Except for some famous ancient creatures, the number of the first batch of fish fossils that appeared in the ocean is more than Qin Feng imagined.

All he found this week were fossils of this type, and the number of duplicate fossils was also extremely high.

Just as Qin Feng continued to look at the fossil detector, Du Hu suddenly felt a special emotion.

The spiritual connection can't tell Qin Feng what the pets want to express, but it can also roughly let him know what it means.

What Dahu wants to tell him is that it found a strange thing in the water, because it has been looking for fossils for a long time, so the pets more or less know that Qin Feng is looking for some strange stones.

So they also paid attention, and whenever they encountered strange stones, they would notify Qin Feng as soon as possible.

At least, Qin Feng has received such emotions several times in the past few days, and successfully found a fossil that meets the specifications of the water tank.

After sensing Dumber's mood, he immediately accelerated and rushed over.

The tiger ran quite a distance, a full three nautical miles away from the Canglong, and it took Qin Feng more than ten minutes to reach the destination.

As soon as he arrived here, he saw the big tiger swimming happily on the water, spraying a jet of water from time to time, and even came to rub against his Mosang Dragon.

But Qin Feng ignored it, but used a fossil detector to detect the situation here.

His eyes lit up when he saw a fossil on the seabed at a depth of more than 50 meters.

Seeing that Duo really found the fossil, he immediately transformed into Neptune.

Dumb noticed the giant in the water, and immediately swam over and rubbed against Neptune's body intimately. This scene looked extremely strange.

But in fact Dumb knows that Neptune is Qin Feng. Although he doesn't know why his master became like this, it doesn't prevent him from liking to be close to his master.

Qin Feng still let it rub a few times, and then swung his tail and dived into the water.

The depth of more than 50 meters is only one or two minutes for Neptune. This time is different from the last time when it transformed into a giant tost squid.

The fossils at that time were slightly covered by the sand in the sea, so they were not easy to find.

But the fossil discovered by Duhu this time was directly exposed on the seabed, and it was a black fossil.

If you look at it directly, you can't tell what kind of creature it is, so Qin Feng went up and touched it with his mouth, and the fossil was immediately put into the water tank.

But another scene of Qin Feng's astonishment appeared. After the fossil was put into the water tank, a large long pit appeared on the seabed, which was longer than the sea king dragon he turned into.

The stunned Qin Feng took a while to come back to his senses. He adjusted his body and went forward to compare, and found that the long pit was five or six meters longer than the sea king dragon he turned into.

"This..." Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, then immediately swam back to the surface of the water and changed back to his own appearance. He wanted to see what kind of creature was in the ancient times, and it was so much bigger than the sea king dragon.

When he opened the aquarium and saw the extremely well-preserved fossil information, he suddenly realized that it was the largest bony fish in history, Leeds.

Leeds fish lived in the Jurassic era and are a huge, but very gentle marine fish.

At present, no complete Leeds fossils have been found on the earth, so the size of Leeds is still speculated. Although Leeds is the largest bony fish, this cannot be 100% confirmed.

At the beginning, scientists believed that the maximum size of Leeds fish would not exceed ten meters, and it was estimated to be only about seven or eight meters.

I don’t know why a new definition was given later, thinking that Leeds can grow up to 27 meters.

Like baleen whales, it also feeds on plankton, jellyfish and other small marine organisms. It also has filters in its body like baleen whales.

In the Jurassic period at that time, Leeds fish was also the food of Liopleurodon.

However, the real size of Liopleurodon was only seven meters, and there was no way to kill the Leeds with one blow. It could only be killed by constant biting.

However, Leeds fish are huge and slow to swim, and have not evolved any means to protect themselves. Therefore, it is almost impossible to escape from the Liopleurodon unless the opponent has just eaten.

"The world's first complete Leeds fossil!"

Qin Feng was heartbroken. What he fears most in looking for fossils now is to find complete and rare fossils. Every time he is absorbed by the aquarium, he can't help but feel heartache.

This fossil is definitely a priceless treasure. Even if he doesn't sell it, it's still good to put it in his own ocean museum. It's really a pity.

Now I can only hope that after opening the fossil water tank, I can give myself some surprises. After all, searching for fossils is not only time-consuming and experienced, but the value of many fossils here alone is more than the sum of his annual income.

After clearing up his mood, Qin Feng, who had gotten used to it, could only continue to set off.

Oh, by the way, those fish have to come out to reward Dumb, and not let him work in vain.

Fortunately, there are enough creatures in the aquarium now, and the 20-meter killer whale is directly fed by him.

Time passed by, and another week passed, and Qin Feng also returned to Pan Heng's side.

They have not been idle during this time, and the refrigerated cabin, living water tank, and some boxes on the ship are all their harvest during this period of time.

After Qin Feng arrived, Pan Heng and the others had already packed up all the equipment and cleaned the fishing boat.

Seeing this, Qin Feng didn't waste any time, and directly took the lead to drive home, while Pan Heng and the others followed closely behind.

This trip to sea, Pan Heng's harvest is not bad, and the income on the ship is estimated to reach one million.

Of course, the cost of this million has to be deducted, and finally divided into three parts.

The supplies that Qin Feng brought to them were not given as gifts, but they had to buy them with their own money.

Secondly, the fuel consumption of the large fishing boats is also very high, and it burns money every day to collect the nets, so their income from this trip is about 80.

Three people share one point, and each person has more than 20 yuan. In just two months, this income is not bad, and the annual income is over one million.

This is because they are only three people and their work efficiency is low.

When people are recruited to go to sea again, although they will have to pay a lot of salary, they will earn more.

(End of this chapter)