1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 382: Ten acres of prawns are all sold at high prices

"It would be great if you could sell them all to me. Thank you, Boss Liang, for trusting me!"

Wei Pan was so happy that he almost asked someone to fetch some wine and replace the tea on the low table with wine. But he gave up because Liang Ziqiang had to continue sailing.

"As for the price," Wei Pan saw that Liang Ziqiang was straightforward, so he did not hesitate too much. "Now that the buyers have come to our door to ask for this kind of shrimp, it won't be a big problem for us to sell it at the same price as wild prawns. The purchase price of wild prawns is 11 yuan recently. If you bring the farmed ones here tomorrow, I will charge you 11 yuan as well!"

"Okay then. I just like dealing with straightforward people!" Liang Ziqiang finished his cup of tea and nodded.

All the fish was sold and the prawn deal was settled. After Liang Ziqiang filled up his car with gas nearby, he left the county and drove towards the city.

In Sham Lo Wan, all the clownfish were sold to Jiang Wen'ang. This time, Liang Ziqiang was not much different from the other crew members, and each of them earned tens of thousands of dollars.

After selling the clownfish, I went to Yuehai Restaurant. I couldn't just sell the yellowtail amberjack at the fishing port. I had to go to Yuehai for this kind of high-end seafood.

"Yellowtail amberjack?" Du Ziteng recognized it and asked anxiously, "Have you bled it?"

Yellowtail amberjack, like yellowtail amberjack, tuna, and bonito, must be bled as soon as they are hauled onto the boat. Otherwise, even gold will become worthless.

"Of course! I released it cleanly at the first opportunity, look!" Liang Ziqiang picked it up and showed him the part under the gill on the other side of the fish.

"Okay, I won't hide the price from you. The yellowtail amberjack was sold for twenty-one or twenty-two yuan before the New Year, and now it has risen to twenty-three yuan after the New Year. I will give you the latest price of twenty-three yuan!" Du Ziteng stated the price directly.

In fact, Liang Ziqiang had asked about it earlier when he was at the county fishing port. After all, the purchase points were all second-hand dealers, and they only paid a dozen yuan per catty for yellowtail amberjack. It was estimated that when it flowed from them to high-end restaurants like Yuehai, it would be around twenty-three yuan.

The price of twenty-three yuan per catty is already higher than that of the red snapper, and is almost catching up with the "Zhan San Dao".

After agreeing on the price, we weighed the fish and found it weighed 57 kilograms, which was quite big.

This yellowtail alone was sold for 1,311 dollars!

This time, with more than ten tons of fish and the income from the big yellowtail, the total income increased again compared to the previous trip, exceeding 15,000 yuan, reaching 15,200 yuan! Of course, excluding the diesel fee and labor costs, there was only more than 14,000 yuan left.

With so much money, of course, just like last time, I'll just save it nearby.

Liang Ziqiang went to the Qianluo branch of the Construction Bank near Yingbin Road and deposited 14,000 yuan of the money he had just received today. He also deposited another 100 yuan in the form of a small fixed deposit, which is 20 5-yuan time deposit certificates.

Of course, these twenty copies were for the chance to participate in the lucky draw. If you are lucky enough, you might be able to bypass the industrial tickets and get valuable electrical appliances.

There was still some change left, so Liang Ziqiang put it in his pocket and took it home and put it in a box.

After returning to the ship, Liang Ziqiang told the crew that the next rest period would be a little longer, about four days.

The main reason was that he had to deal with the prawns in the seven-acre shrimp pond, fish them out and sell them, and then pay the whole village to help dig the pond mud, turn it over, and spread lime. It might not be possible to finish all these things in four days, but at least he had to stay at the shrimp pond for the first few days.

In addition, there are some other ponds in the village and there is plenty of available space on the seashore. How to expand the scale of shrimp from seven acres to more is also what we need to start thinking about and discussing now.

Normally, it is the time when fish and shrimps are most crowded in the deep-sea wintering fishing grounds. Every extra day of work there will bring a lot of extra income. We are almost in a hurry, and every second counts. We should not rest for four consecutive days. Other things should be put aside for the time being and wait until the wintering fishing grounds are over.

But Liang Ziqiang knows best that shrimp farming is very important to him, not only for the profit from shrimp itself, but also for his next bigger plan. It can be said that farming is a lever for him to carry out other plans.

When he got home that night, he immediately told his father and elder brother about what he had agreed with Wei Pan, and they discussed it together. Since they were going to clean the pond and ship the prawns, it would be best if his father and elder brother also took advantage of this opportunity to sell all the prawns.

Hearing that the price offered by the fishing port was as high as eleven yuan per catty, Liang's father and Liang Tiancheng opened their mouths for a long time, as if this trend had exceeded their imagination.

Yes, they were not like Liang Ziqiang who had already predicted that the price of prawns would rise to twelve yuan this year, so it was not surprising that they had such a reaction.

The next day, all the shrimps from Liang Ziqiang's seven acres of shrimp pond, Liang father's and Liang Tiancheng's two acres of shrimp ponds were caught and brought ashore, except for a small portion that was placed in a small shrimp pond as a new round of broodstock.

The fish were shipped to the county fishing port on Liang Ziqiang's lotus pattern boat that day, and Wei Pan was already waiting for them in the store. "It took most of the day to catch them, so it's a bit late to get here!" Liang Ziqiang explained casually when he saw that it was already past four in the afternoon.

"Not too late, not too late, this time is just right," Wei Pan came forward quickly, "Besides these baskets, there should be more on the boat, right?"

"We can still pull another cart!" Liang Ziqiang replied.

These baskets were filled with shrimps and were stacked on a cart and pushed over. There were a few more baskets on the boat, which would be pushed over on a cart later.

"Come and get two people to help Boss Liang move the shrimps!" Wei Pan immediately instructed the helpers at his purchasing point.

In fact, there were not many shrimps and no help was needed, but Wei Pan was enthusiastic so Liang Ziqiang didn't say anything.

Liang's father and Liang Tiancheng stayed at the purchasing point and started to cooperate with Wei Pan in weighing, while Liang Ziqiang led the two store helpers back to his boat.

Soon, the second cart was pushed over and continued weighing.

All of Liang Ziqiang's prawns weighed 902 kilograms. Adding the 190 kilograms he had sold before the Spring Festival, the total output of the seven-mu shrimp pond was 1,100 kilograms.

All in all, the shrimp output per mu is more than 150 kilograms and less than 160 kilograms. Although it is far from the hundreds or thousands of kilograms per mu produced with the help of aeration equipment in later generations, under the current conditions, this is already a very good density.

Nine hundred and two kilograms of prawns are traded directly at the current price of wild prawns, which is eleven yuan, for a total of nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-two yuan.

Adding the 1,351 yuan earned from the batch sold before the Spring Festival, the total income from the seven-acre shrimp pond is 11,273 yuan.

Without going out to sea, the income from the village pond alone exceeded 10,000 yuan!

Of course, excluding the costs of contracting shrimp ponds and salt fields, hiring workers, buying water pumps, setting up plastic tents, buying peanut bran, etc., the price is naturally not that high.

But the cost of contracting abandoned salt land is extremely low, and the cost of Artemia is also very low. If you don't count the effort you put in, the net profit can be maintained at more than 9,000, close to 10,000 yuan!

Putting aside other sources of income, this is definitely a millionaire in the breeding industry.

This time, Liang's father sold more than 250 kilograms of prawns, and Liang Tiancheng was about the same, with more than 240 kilograms. If the 50 or 60 kilograms sold before the Spring Festival were added, each of them had two mu of shrimp ponds, and their output was more than 300 kilograms.

Liang's father received more than 2,750 yuan at one time, and Liang Tiancheng received not much less than him, with an income of more than 2,600 yuan.

After getting the money, they seemed more excited than Liang Ziqiang who got more than 10,000 yuan in his hands.

They received two thousand six or seven hundred at a time. Usually they went out in the wind and waves, casting nets to fish in the shallow sea, but they never dared to hope for such a high income!

"Have you caught all the shrimp? Are there any left?"

After the transaction was completed, Wei Pan actually felt a little unsatisfied, as if the more than 1,000 kilograms of shrimps eaten by his father and his two sons were not enough to fill his appetite.

"To be honest, just this morning someone asked me specifically about the shrimps you raise!" Wei Pan added in explanation.

"I've cleared the space specifically to prepare for planting the seedlings. Then we'll ship the goods, which will be by the end of this year or this time next year!" Liang Ziqiang said with a smile.

"By the way, Boss Liang, if you stock more shrimp, you can stock seven or eight acres, or even dozens of acres. Shrimp are so popular, why not expand the scale this year and raise more?" Wei Pan took over his words, "I heard that the city and county have begun to encourage artificial breeding of fish and shrimp in the past two years. Shrimp is so scarce this year, I'm afraid it will be the focus of encouragement. In order to encourage breeding, there are more or less some policy supports. I have quite a few friends on weekdays, and I think the acquaintances in the county should know more details. Do you want me to ask for you?"

"Okay, if there is real support, we can expand the scale a little bit!" Liang Ziqiang replied immediately.

There were some things he had to keep strictly secret, such as the nameless island, Longju Ridge, and the deep-sea wintering ground.

But for some things, he had already decided to do them in a high-profile manner without having to hide anything.

High-profile breeding was an important part of his next real plan!
(End of this chapter)