1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 346: Deep-sea haul of shrimp that can break a person's bones
What the little sea lion put on the deck was a cylindrical black-brown object with some protruding warts on its surface. The whole thing was about ten centimeters long.

This thing is called "black dog sea cucumber". Its shape is different from that of ordinary sea cucumbers. It looks like a long piece of black dog shit.

As the saying goes, "There are ginseng on land and sea cucumbers in water."

The therapeutic value of sea cucumbers is quite high. It is said that they can improve people's immunity and delay skin aging. Therefore, the price of sea cucumbers has always been high.

But it is not easy for fishermen to catch sea cucumbers. Most sea cucumbers live under reefs and crawl slowly along the seabed, so it is impossible to catch them by just casting a net.

Otherwise, fishermen put on diving suits and goggles, carry oxygen tanks, lead weights, a complete set of equipment weighing about 50 kilograms, and dive underwater to catch sea cucumbers.

Or you can use a trawler, but not the pelagic trawler like Liang Ziqiang's, but a special bottom trawler that can scrape the ground three feet deep to collect sea cucumbers.

In terms of appearance, of course the sea cucumbers caught by diving are more intact and more worth the price.

To be honest, if Liang Ziqiang hadn't seen with his own eyes the little sea seal carrying the sea cucumber onto the boat, he really wouldn't have known that there were sea cucumbers hidden under the waters near Wuming Island.

Normally, even at low tide, the sea water will not retreat too far to the bottom of the sea, so we can only see the chicken claw snails and three-headed abalone lying on the rocks, but have never seen the sea cucumbers in deeper water.

The skin of black dog ginseng is relatively thin. It is not the most valuable and top-grade sea cucumber, but it is not the worst either. Anyway, its price is very good among seafood products.

Lin Baixian looked over here and saw the pitch-black cylindrical black dog ginseng. He said in wonder:

"You little sea lion are really amazing. Now that you're living on your boat, you can even bring food up on your own to pay your rent?"

Liang Ziqiang also found it a bit interesting. The little sea lion didn't even eat the food after bringing it to him, which really seemed like it was paying tribute to him.

He guessed that he had probably eaten his fill in the water, and so he imitated Duobao and carried the food onto the boat.

"From the looks of it, this dog is going to stay on your boat for a long time. Why don't you give it a name? Stop calling it a sea dog all the time! Look how nice the name Duobao is!" Lin Baixian thought about it and said to him again.

"Yes, it should have a name," Liang Ziqiang took a look at it. "What should I call it? I see that its head is round, and its body is round too. It is small on the top and big on the bottom, and together it looks like a gourd. How about calling it Gourd?"

"So casual?" Lin Baixian said twice, "Gourd, Gourd, it sounds quite smooth and sounds pretty good."

"Then it's the gourd!" Liang Ziqiang decided capriciously, and said to the little sea dog on the deck, "Are there more underwater? If there are, don't be lazy, hurry up and go into the water to continue looking, and bring up more black dog ginseng to have a look!"

Hulu obviously didn't understand what he was saying, but showed great enthusiasm. When he saw him looking at him, the little thing became excited, and slapped the board with its front legs left and right, and its black and oily body moved towards him with a "dong dong" sound.

"Duobao, you're not good enough. None of those things you caught are as valuable as the black dog ginseng!" Lin Baixian squeezed Duobao again.

Duobao had no idea that someone was saying bad things about him, and he happily responded to Lin Baixian by wagging his tail.

It is impossible for Duobao to go to the bottom of the sea and pick up sea cucumbers. The most he can do is to bump into a few fish in the water. It is impossible for him to catch sea cucumbers, which are creatures hiding on the bottom of the sea.

Although both are dogs, the underwater abilities of dogs and sea lions are very different.

Duobao and Hulu jumped off the boat again and went to play in the water and catch some fish.

Liang Ziqiang and his companion finished fishing, found the snakeskin bag from the boat, and went to look for conches and abalone among the reefs.

After searching every nook and cranny, I finally found some chicken claw snails. They were smaller than before and of average quality.

The three-headed abalone is gone, but we did find some that are of decent size, with five or six, seven or eight per pound.

It was late in the afternoon when the two of them finished their search for snails and abalones and returned to the boat to prepare for the return voyage. At this time, they looked at the boat and couldn't help but laugh.

Duobao had caught about seven or eight fish, and Hulu was not idle either. In addition to catching fish in the water to fill his stomach, he also caught several black dog ginseng and placed them on the boat.

Ergou's work was displayed meticulously, as if he was waiting for Liang Ziqiang to review and receive it.

In addition to the black dog ginseng, Hulu also caught some small fish from the water and threw them aside. It can be seen that the sea dog's natural fishing ability is really first-class. On the way back, Hulu would occasionally pick up a small fish and swallow it, like having afternoon tea. Only the neatly arranged black dog ginseng showed no sign of interest.

Sea cucumbers are obviously not the favorite food of sea lions, so the intention of "paying rent" is undoubtedly true.

When I went to Yuehai Restaurant, a small pair of chicken claw snails, abalone, and two or three green spots cost about 80 yuan in total.

Among them, sea cucumbers can be sold for two yuan, the same price as blue grouper. Unfortunately, the total weight of these pieces does not even reach one kilogram, so naturally they are not worth much.

The greatest significance of Hulu's finding of sea cucumbers on the seabed near Wuming Island is not the money involved, but that Liang Ziqiang can use this to conclude that there are a large number of sea cucumbers on the seabed in that area.

If I buy a bottom trawling net in the future, I can definitely consider going there to carry out bottom trawling operations. With such an efficient method, I am sure that I can harvest a large amount of black dog ginseng. Combined with the beautiful price, the income cannot be underestimated!

After leaving the restaurant, the two quickly sailed back to the village.

The next day, the rest was over and it was time to head into the deep sea again.

As soon as Duobao saw him walking towards the beach, he ran over swiftly and followed closely.

Seeing that the dog couldn't be driven away, Liang Ziqiang didn't care and let it get on the big steel ship. After thinking about it, the help that Duobao could provide in the deep sea might be very limited, but the gourd might really be able to help.

So they simply moved the gourd from the wooden boat to the big steel boat.

Lin Liming and Liang Chun had never seen a gourd before, but suddenly they saw a shiny black creature appear on the boat. It kept patting the deck and acting cute to people. They watched it for a long time, and it became a topic of conversation on the way.

Unknowingly, they arrived at the deep sea again. Duobao and Hulu stayed in the front and middle position of the ship, and several people started to set the net and carry out trawling operations again.

Three hours later, when we pulled up the net, we found that it was full of small fish and shrimps. The most common fish were sardines, and the shrimps were mainly small white shrimps.

Although these small fish and shrimps are not big in size, their number is astonishing. The whole net bag is bulging, and it is estimated to weigh more than a thousand kilograms.

After all, the richness of resources in the deep sea is far beyond that of the shallow sea. Even small marine species can create a magnificent effect in terms of scale.

"Ouch, paralysis grass!"

Suddenly, Deng Zhaocai shook his fist several times and rubbed his right hand, crying out in pain.

Just as he was cursing, several figures flew up from the deck one after another, like darts, as thick as two adult thumbs put together, whoever they hit cried out in pain.

When the thing fell on the deck, several people looked at it and their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost:
"Fuck, what the hell? I was beaten by a shrimp?!"

Especially Deng Zhaocai, when he took off the glove on his right hand, he saw that although there was no bleeding, the back of his hand was obviously red and swollen.

Liang Ziqiang approached, and two large shrimps flew over. He dodged repeatedly, but was still hit on the thigh by one of them. The pain was really obvious!
When I looked at the deck, I saw that among the huge amounts of sardines and white shrimps, there was a kind of extremely fancy-looking large shrimp in bright red and green colors. They were as thick as two thumbs and five or six centimeters long.

The largest one is nearly one decimeter long and as thick as three fingers put together.

"Mantis shrimp?!" Liang Ziqiang couldn't help but clench his fists, "Fuck, there are so many mantis shrimps?!"

Now he was not angry, but glad that he was not in the water, so the power of these mantis shrimps was weakened.

The full name of this mantis shrimp is Peacock Tail Mantis Shrimp, also known as Peacock Mantis Shrimp and Colorful Mantis Shrimp. Although this thing is just a shrimp, it is a famous strongman in the water.

As a shrimp, it usually dares to attack large fish. If kept in a water tank, this thing can crack the water tank with a jump or a punch.

If it weren't for the fact that its strength was greatly reduced after coming out of the water, a single punch from a mantis shrimp in the water could cause an adult to break bones!
Of course, these shrimps live in the deep sea and are rare and delicious, and their prices are far beyond those of ordinary fish and shrimps.

Even the slippery shrimp, which is always precious, can't compare to the price of the peacock mantis shrimp...

(End of this chapter)