1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 381: One-year planning finally paid off

During those days, Liang Ziqiang also went to Xia Lin Baixian's house, saw Ah Xian's newborn baby girl, and congratulated her.

Three days later, Liang Ziqiang hurried to go out to sea again.

This time, there was one less crew member. Because his mother had just passed away, according to local customs, Deng Zhaocai could not go out to sea for the time being. He had to wait until seven days after his mother's death before he could start sailing.

The spring migration had not officially started yet, so a large number of fish and shrimp still gathered in the wintering grounds, and the fish catch was still abundant. However, the work that was originally done by six people was now done by five people, so naturally they were in a hurry and a little tired.

On the third day, in addition to a large number of common fish and shrimp, there were slightly more large fish in the trawl than usual, mainly bomb fish and Spanish mackerel, with a little tuna mixed in.

On the fourth day, there were relatively fewer bomb fish, but another kind of fish was discovered, the Amberjack.

The size of the Amberjack is not small. It is estimated that each one should weigh more than 40 kilograms.

"A Qiang, look, this fish is different!" Lin Liming, who was squatting there sorting out the catch, suddenly shouted.

Among dozens of amberjacks, there is a large fish that is also spindle-shaped. Its fins are slightly yellower and its body size is larger than the other amberjacks nearby.

"Isn't it just a bigger amberjack?" Liang Chun glanced at it without taking a closer look and said casually.

Liang Ziqiang walked closer and took a closer look, his eyes fixed on the dorsal fin and the side of the fish.

This big fish weighs about 50 to 60 kilograms. It has a green back, a silvery-white belly, and a smooth body like a spindle.

The body shape is similar, but the body color is not quite the same as that of the Amberjack, and the dorsal fin and pectoral fin are also yellower than those of the Amberjack.

What made Liang Ziqiang's heart beat faster was that a yellow vertical band was faintly appearing on the surface of the fish on both sides!
"No way, this might be a golden amberjack! Or a yellowtail amberjack?!" Lu Song also walked closer and saw the faint vertical stripes on the side of the big fish.

"It's the yellowtail amberjack!" Liang Ziqiang confirmed.

"No, it's a yellowtail amberjack! How can you act like nothing happened? Such a big yellowtail amberjack, I don't know how much it is worth!" Liang Chun took a look and was even more excited than Liang Ziqiang himself.

The yellowtail amberjack in front of me is really valuable. Although they are both amberjacks and have similar body shapes and appearances, the yellowtail amberjack and the Tobiko amberjack are completely different in price.

No matter how expensive the Amberjack is, it is only worth a few cents, but the Yellowtail Amberjack is a very rare high-end seafood, and later it was sold for more than a thousand yuan per kilogram.

Even now, its value is higher than that of the best wild grouper. And how big is a grouper? As a typical small grouper, each grouper weighs from a few taels to more than a pound, and the largest ones are only two or three pounds.

The fish in front of you weighs about 50 to 60 kilograms. Add to that the high price, and you can imagine the income the whole fish brings!

Liang Ziqiang only looked relatively calm, but in fact he was already very happy. Even though he had caught a lot of fish recently and earned tens of thousands of yuan, who wouldn't love to catch a big, expensive, top-quality fish?
"Let's look around to see if there are any more yellowtail amberjacks?" Liang Ziqiang said as he started looking for them.

After searching around, I found that at least among this group of Amberjacks, there were no other yellowtail amberjacks mixed in.

As for whether there are yellowtail amberjacks buried beneath the small fish and shrimps, it is not known for the time being. It is impossible to turn it upside down at once, so we can only check while sorting out the catch.

"When we sort the Amberjack later, please be careful not to accidentally miss the Yellowtail Amberjack and mix it with the Amberjack!" He reminded them again. The prices are very different. If we mix one up, we will suffer a huge loss!
Unfortunately, even after sorting out all the fish in the net, no other yellowtail was found. After all, yellowtail is relatively rare, and catching one was considered a great fortune today.

On the fifth day, before returning to the shore, we went to the atoll to catch some clownfish as usual. Now the harvest of clownfish seems to be more stable than trawling, and each trip is more or less, and each person can catch dozens of them.

After driving back to the county fishing port, Liang Ziqiang specially divided the deep-sea fish into two batches to sell.

He sold all the regular small fish to the purchasing station as usual, but he sold some large fish, such as bomb fish, mackerel, tuna, and yellowtail to Wei Pan at the private purchasing station.

Now the prices are liberalized and follow the market, and there is no obvious difference between the public purchasing station and Wei Pan's. But the public purchasing station Lao Xiao's is larger and has more staff. Liang Ziqiang recently caught more than ten tons of fish in one trip, so it would be much faster to sell the goods at Lao Xiao's.

The number of large fish left was relatively small, so Liang Ziqiang sold them to Wei Pan to help his business.

While selling fish, Liang Ziqiang asked both sides about the latest price of prawns. This is something he must do every time he returns from going out to sea recently.

It is already March, and it is not yet the time for fish and shrimp to return to the shallow sea. In addition, the foreign trade demand for prawns remains strong, so the market continues to go up.

The price I asked before the Chinese New Year was still eight yuan, but now it has risen to eleven yuan, which is only one yuan away from the twelve yuan that Liang Ziqiang knew about in his previous life! I guess it will continue to rise to twelve yuan in the next few months.

After weighing all the big fish such as the bomb fish, Spanish mackerel, yellowtail amberjack, and golden tuna, Wei Pan specially expressed his gratitude to Liang Ziqiang for assigning the big fish that went out to sea to him for shipment.

"Boss Liang, it's okay to catch more big fish like this next time we go out to sea. I can eat them all!" Wei Pan was of course hoping that Liang Ziqiang would sell more fish to him. He poured tea for Liang Ziqiang and said with a smile.

"That's easy! The big fish will all be moved to your place in the future. It's settled!" Liang Ziqiang said straightforwardly, and then asked, "Those prawns sold well last time, right?"

Before the Chinese New Year, Liang Ziqiang, his father and his eldest brother selected some of the prawns they raised and sold them to Wei Pan as a test of the market.

At that time, the market price of wild prawns was about 8 yuan per catty, while farmed prawns were only 4 or 5 yuan. However, after Liang Ziqiang specially asked Wei Pan to taste it, Wei Pan was immediately impressed by the taste of his prawns and was willing to pay 7 yuan.

"I was just about to tell you that! For those who came to me to get the goods, I used the same method as you did. I steamed some for them to try. After they ate, they were very enthusiastic about buying more. In the days after the holiday, some people have come to ask me if the shrimps I bought last time are still available. At this rate, I estimate that your farmed shrimps will be very popular in the future, and will not be inferior to wild prawns!" Wei Pan said with a happy look on his face, "Can you ship some more recently?"

Wei Pan only revealed that the prawns were very popular, but did not disclose the price he resold them to those who took the goods.

At that time, eight yuan was just the market purchase price, and when it was transferred through the middlemen, the price must have been more than eight yuan. This was Wei Pan's secret and the basis of Wei Pan's survival. Liang Ziqiang certainly would not ask any more questions.

"As long as you're welcome!" Liang Ziqiang put down his teacup. "I'm sure I still have more stock. We had a good time working together last time. I might as well clean out the shrimp pond and ship all the shrimps I have over here tomorrow and sell them all to you!"

Although it is still a little short of the expected price of twelve yuan, Liang Ziqiang cannot wait any longer. He has to vacate the shrimp pond, clear the silt, spread lime, turn the pond over and dry it, and prepare for a new round of shrimp fry production and breeding.

As the saying goes, know when to quit, being able to sell at 11 yuan is already very good.

After all, when he decided to start farming prawns a year ago, the price of prawns was only RMB 1.5. Just one year later, when the products were put on the market, what awaited him was a hot market of RMB 11 per pound!

After a whole year of planning, the "money prospects" finally came!
Moreover, this is not a one-time money-making thing. After the previous year's trial and experience accumulation, the next step will definitely be a little bigger, and the operation method will also undergo a qualitative change...

(End of this chapter)