1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 368: Successfully Hitting the Hottest Variety
When I went to the purchasing station, I found that even the price of hairtail had increased from 20 cents to 25 cents, the price of golden pomfret had increased from 30 cents to 35 cents, and the price of silver pomfret had increased from 60 cents to 70 cents...

From small yellow croakers and small yellow croakers to large Spanish mackerel and bomb fish, all the fish Liang Ziqiang caught this time were more or less priced higher than last week.

The amount of fish caught has not changed much, still close to fifteen tons, but as the price has gone up by five cents and ten cents, the income is expected to increase significantly!
The staff at the purchasing station were also talking about the increase in seafood prices. Some people who were not aware of the inside story said that it was because there were no fish in the shallow sea during the cold winter, and only a few large steel ships were able to continue to go to the deep sea to catch some fish. The supply was less, so the price went up.

Some people also mentioned that the upcoming Spring Festival has led to an increase in buyers.

In fact, what they said is indeed one of the reasons, but it is obviously not the main reason for the current seafood surge.

Finally, it was Lao Xiao, the head of the purchasing station, who came over and said a few words:

"You guys who don't understand anything are just talking nonsense! Recently, the export of seafood has become more and more popular. A considerable part of the seafood purchased by our station can be exported to earn foreign exchange! We have opened up the foreign market, but the price is still kept at a low level?!

Besides, if the price is too tight, the market will not be active. The latest news is that the purchase and sale negotiations will be relaxed appropriately. Believe it or not, once the price goes up, the supply will also go up. When the market picks up, there will definitely be many fishermen vying to make bigger boats. This year's harvest volume will probably be much higher than in previous years. We only have the few people here, so we have to apply for more staff!"

Liang Ziqiang listened and found that Lao Xiao should be quite keen on paying attention to the development of the situation.

Judging from Liang Ziqiang's experience in his previous life, after the rapid rise in seafood prices in 1985, they did not fall back, but continued to rise for many years. In the past, Liang Ziqiang only knew the results but not the reasons, and in his previous life, he did not quite understand why seafood prices continued to rise year after year.

Now that I think about it, it is indeed only because of the global exports and the liberalization of purchase and sales negotiations that the booming market could be sustained for so long and the income of fishermen has improved.

Of course, this month seems to be just the beginning, with an increase of a few cents or a dime.

In a few days, he will definitely continue to move up. Because in his previous life, when he came out of the Lanzi Bridge, he discovered that the reality was real, just like that!

"Stationmaster Xiao, you speak in a very coherent way, just like you are giving a report. It sounds quite reasonable!" Liang Ziqiang added after listening.

"Boss Liang, are you back from sea today?" Old Xiao smiled brightly when he heard this. "How can I be that good? I just listened to what was said in the meeting and came here to learn and apply what I learned as soon as I went out! Every time you come back, the goods are very good! With the recent price trend, you are the one who should be laughing the most!"

"That's not necessarily true. Seafood prices will go up first, and then diesel prices, labor costs, and daily necessities will definitely follow suit. After all, it's actually not much different from before!" Liang Ziqiang answered vaguely, then changed the subject and asked, "Prawns should have gone up as well, right? How much has it gone up?"

Of all the price trends, the one he is most concerned about is of course prawns, also known as Oriental prawns.

In 83, the price of prawns was RMB 1985 per pound, then RMB per pound. When they were released in , the price suddenly jumped to RMB . He was very clear about the general trend.

(Note: The prices of the historical documents in the above picture are all bulk purchase prices, not retail prices)

But he still wanted to understand more clearly which month the price started to rise to the 12 yuan level.

"You caught a lot of prawns this time?" Lao Xiao's voice was slightly raised. "Then you're going to make a fortune! The most popular item this time is prawns. We purchase prawns at our station and then export them to earn foreign exchange. The most popular item is prawns! They've risen to three yuan in the past two days!"

"It's increased so much?" Zhu Tianpeng and the others were all shocked when they heard this. "It's increased so fast!" Liang Ziqiang also pretended to be surprised, but he was a little disappointed in his heart.

At least so far, it has not soared to 12 yuan. But the speed has far surpassed the momentum of other seafood.

"This time, we were a little slow in catching the slippery shrimps and didn't get any prawns. Let me ask you first, you usually have quite a lot of chances to come across prawns!" Liang Ziqiang explained casually.

He indeed didn't catch any prawns this time, but there were plenty of prawns in the several acres of shrimp ponds at home!
It has been more than six months since the shrimp fry shed their bodies at the end of June. Now they have grown into mature shrimps and are ready to be shipped and put on the market.

Of course, he was feeding them naturally, without using the many technical means of later generations. Otherwise, according to the later generations' methods, the breeding cycle could be compressed to an extremely short time, and it would not take more than six months to be put on the market.

But now that he heard Lao Xiao talk about the price, he quickly decided in his mind not to rush to ship the shrimps and to keep them in the pond for a while longer. Three yuan, this was far from the expected price he had set long ago!
Anyway, the cost of feeding Artemia worms to him is almost zero, and it doesn't cost much to buy some peanut bran. Even if he raises them for a few more days, he can afford to wait.

However, once the price reaches a stage close to twelve yuan, the income you receive will be completely different!

While chatting, Liang Ziqiang had already classified the fish he caught on this trip on the boat, weighed them, and calculated the price.

The amount of fish caught was indeed not much different from before, still a little over 15 tons, but since the prices of all fish and shrimps had basically changed, the change in the amount of money Liang Ziqiang made was extremely obvious.

Normally, the same amount of fish would be around 11,000 after deducting three points of tax, but this time it went straight to over 13,060! Even after deducting the fuel, wages and other expenses, I could still make 12,000!
Throughout January, the price of seafood continued to rise. Liang Ziqiang made more than 12,000 yuan each time on the next two trips. The combined income from the next two trips was more than 25,000 yuan!
Unfortunately, the weather became colder after the twelfth lunar month, and the days with howling north winds and rolling waves became more and more frequent. February 2st was already the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Liang Ziqiang found that the days suitable for going out to sea were becoming fewer and fewer.

Obviously, it is impossible to achieve the astonishing income in January in February as the Spring Festival is approaching.

In January, as the weather was relatively suitable for large ships to go out to sea, he worked intensively and made four trips in total, with a total income of about 1!

He went to two banks to get the 40,000 yuan. He also thought it would be better not to deposit all the money in one bank, so he went to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to deposit the 47,000 yuan.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China did not have a branch in Qianluo District, but he went to the neighboring Binzhou District to open an account and make a fixed deposit.

This time he reaffirmed that "savings with prizes" is not a special case of a bank these days. In comparison, ICBC's "savings with prizes" is more popular and more exciting.

This time he was determined and took out another ten big unity banknotes and deposited twenty five-yuan small time deposits. This meant twenty chances to win the lottery!
Having tasted the sweetness of winning the bicycle last time, in order to increase the chance of winning the grand prize, I doubled the number of deposits.

The next lottery draw date is set for Sunday, February 2th.

In theory, with the money he had quickly accumulated, he could afford to buy electrical appliances. The key was that he didn't have industrial tickets. Even if he had money, he couldn't buy any good electrical appliances he wanted!

With ten more deposit certificates, your chances of winning the grand prize increase exponentially. Who can resist such a temptation?

(End of this chapter)