1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 423: Check Him Thoroughly
After traveling a long way to the deep sea, Liang Ziqiang didn't catch any fish. He picked up these clumps of intertwined pine algae and immediately returned.

Back in the village, the interwoven pine algae were still packed in barrels and locked in the warehouse of the large steel ship.

The father and son did not return home immediately, but immediately boarded the lotus-patterned boat and went to the town.

After buying some paint in the town, Liang Ziqiang decisively used blue paint to paint over the two big words "Ziqiang" on the lotus-patterned boat on the shore. The boat temporarily became nameless.

Anyway, the wooden boat "Zi Qiang" has the same name as the big steel ship "Zi Qiang", so let's remove the name of the wooden boat first. As for what name to use in the future, we'll decide later after we've thought about it.

After finishing all these, he returned home, had dinner, and went to sleep. When midnight came, Liang Ziqiang got up immediately and went to the beach with his father again.

He first got on the big steel ship and carried the bucket of interwoven pine algae from the big steel ship to the lotus-patterned boat.

Then we drove the lotus-patterned wooden boat to the quiet and deserted Chengpan Island.

This time, we drove the boat directly to the edge of the Scale Island, found the bushes, and moved out the two unmanned submarines that were stored there last time.

"Come on, Dad, hold on for me!"

Liang Ziqiang asked his father to hold the submersible. He pulled off a part of the algae that was originally entangled on the rear end of the submersible and threw it into the water.

Then he scooped up the interwoven pine algae from the bucket and wrapped it around the cylinder of the submersible again and again.

Soon, the middle and rear ends of the entire submersible were covered with intertwined pine algae, like vines entwined around a tree trunk.

After wrapping it up, he deliberately found a beach and placed the submersible on the edge of the beach where the sea met. It looked like the submersible was naturally washed here and ran aground because of the high tide.

After dealing with this one, they did the same thing again, entangled another submersible in the grass with intertwined pine algae, and then found another beach, a little further away, and left it there as well, as if it had naturally run aground.

After doing all this, he also used a hand net to scrape the footprints he left on the beach to remove the traces. In fact, there were not many footprints, all of which were made at the edge of the sea. The footprints would soon disappear once washed by the sea.

After everything was settled, we immediately sailed away from Chengpan Island.

After returning home, Liang Ziqiang did not dare to close his eyes. He waited for the day to dawn, got up immediately, and called his father to go to Chengpan Island again.

As we gradually approached Chengpan Island, we saw more small fishing boats around, obviously more than usual on the sea.

There were two wooden boats that knew each other. It was unclear which town or village they were from. The fishermen on the boats were still greeting each other:
"Seventh Brother, you are here today too?"

"Yes, I heard the other afternoon that Shuanzi caught a torpedo on Chengpan Island, and he went to claim the prize yesterday. So I came here today to try my luck. If there is a torpedo, I'll catch it. If there is no torpedo, I'll catch some fish. Anyway, I won't waste time!"

"Shuanzi has been lucky recently. I heard that he caught a submarine last week. The prize money was quite a lot!"

"That's right! We are all happy to fish. But I feel that it is not a good idea for us fishermen to continue fishing like this. Can't the people above catch the evil hands and find out what kind of monsters are secretly putting these things into the sea?!"

"Oh! Do you think they don't want to find it out? They must be getting anxious and angry. Isn't this too cunning? It's hidden so deeply that we can't find it out?!"

"That's right, I don't even know where it came from, but how it floated all the way to Scale Island!"

As the fishermen were talking, they glanced at Liang Ziqiang inadvertently and saw that Liang Ziqiang was also holding a fishing net and preparing to cast it. Naturally, they thought that he was just like them, coming to Chengpan Island to fish and catch some "big fish" by the way.

Liang Ziqiang and his father were fishing one net after another, and they caught some fish and shrimps one after another.

As it was approaching ten o'clock in the morning, there were more and more small fishing boats. Including Liang Ziqiang's own, there were already seven fishing boats, all of which were wooden boats.

Liang Ziqiang took a special look at the other six boats. There were no people from the village, nor anyone he knew. He estimated that most of them were fishermen from other nearby towns.

At almost noon, several boats were getting closer and closer to the edge of the Scale Island, intending to dock and have lunch. When they arrived at the edge of the island, they all glanced at the edge of the beach. Several people raised their arms and pointed forward almost at the same time, exclaiming:
"What's that in the shallow water? Isn't that what we want to catch? There's more than one!"

The attention of all the boats was immediately focused on that place, and they all increased their speed and headed towards the edge of the beach.

Liang Ziqiang was naturally curious and followed him.

The one called Lao Qi rushed down the boat first and picked up the two-meter-long submersible. The others also stopped their boats and dropped anchor and ran forward.

"It's brewed. I don't know how long it's been soaked in the sea. There's all kinds of mess on the tube!" said Lao Qi.

"Don't tear it off. They used to hand it in together with the algae on top!" another person reminded him.

Two other people ran several dozen meters away and moved the other submarine over.

Liang Ziqiang looked around the submersible several times as if he was seeing something strange, and couldn't help muttering:

"No, this kind of algae seems to be very rare, what is it called?" "This is a kind of pine algae!" someone said, "It is very rare, but it is not uncommon. In the entire shallow sea, it seems that only Banjiu Island has this!"

Another fisherman replied, "Yes, there are a lot of these pine algae growing on Banjiu Island. I saw them once when I was taking shelter under a straw tent!"

Lao Qi said: "It seems that the submersible has been drifting all the way and must have passed that area!"

"What is this pine algae? Would it float around in the sea?" Liang Ziqiang asked with a puzzled look on his face.

A seemingly casual question suddenly reminded these fishermen.

The fishermen's faces suddenly turned strange:
"That's not right. This pine algae only grows in the cracks and on the rocks around Banjiu Island. It's not easy to fall off. Even if it falls off, it's unlikely to float all over the sea water nearby, right?"

"What does that mean, unless... the submersible was dropped from Banjiu Island?!"

The fishermen talked about it all at once, and the more they discussed it, the more they concluded that this possibility was very high. The interwoven pine algae only grew between the rocks closest to Banjiu Island, unless someone secretly placed a submersible in the water on Banjiu Island...

Even so, most submersibles will not touch the pine algae, but there are always a few that get entangled in the pine algae when they first set out, and then get wrapped tightly around it!

Seeing the fishermen's increasingly confident inferences, Liang Ziqiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

During those two days, he hid in bed and thought about it day and night, but he couldn't come up with a solution that could compete with a behemoth like the Qingwei Group until he slowly sorted out and gathered all the detailed information.

Banjiu Island is a very ordinary island, but it has a special feature: the rocks on the edge of the island are almost covered with a circle of interwoven pine algae.

Quite a lot of fishermen are aware of this, and they knew it even before Banjiu Island was contracted out.

Moreover, in the entire shallow sea, except for Banjiu Island, no one has found a second place where this fleshy interwoven pine algae grows. After all, this kind of algae is very rare.

Thinking of this, Liang Ziqiang couldn't help but think of Killer Whale Island in the deep sea. Coincidentally, he also found interwoven pine algae on Killer Whale Island last year, exactly the same as on Dove Island. It is estimated that he is the first person to find another place where interwoven pine algae grows. No one else knows about it.

The thought flashed through my mind, and I suddenly remembered the news broadcast a few days ago encouraging fishermen to salvage torpedoes and spy devices, and that fishermen were currently scrambling to salvage torpedoes with great enthusiasm.

An idea of ​​the simplest and most brutal way to deal with Dai Qingfu gradually took shape in his mind.

He was almost certain that there must be something wrong with Banjiu Island. Since there was a secret, the best way was to get to the bottom of it.

He didn't have the energy to investigate. Taking risks alone and exploring Banjiu Island at night was impossible in his opinion and was tantamount to committing suicide.

But there must be someone who can rush up and investigate thoroughly, right? !
No matter what problems were found on Banjiu Island, it would not be a small matter. Thinking in this way, he could be considered to have made a contribution without making any noise.

The fishermen gradually became excited:
"Fuck, we were all fooled. We thought Banjiu Island was just a place to unload and sort fish. Damn, it's an enemy spy nest!"

"A few days ago, I saw a boss named Dai on TV, looking very decent, but who knew he was a traitor!"

"Report him for brewing it. I've got the phone number for reporting it!"

"Why don't we just go to the city instead of going through all that trouble? It's not like we haven't been there before to hand in the torpedoes. Let's report Banjiu Island to the city in person!"

On the spot, some fishermen expressed their desire to go directly to the city, to the reception department that had been announced in the news.

Some fishermen also said that they would not go and planned to use the village phone to call the reporting hotline when they return to the village.

Liang Ziqiang and his son were caught in the middle and also echoed the sentiment, saying that they would make the reporting call as soon as they returned.

The ship that picked up the submersible did not delay any further and headed directly towards the city with the items loaded on it.

Liang Ziqiang, like other fishermen, ate lunch on the boat and continued to cast his nets for fishing. When the time was almost up, the fishermen also dispersed, and Liang Ziqiang also went home.

Next, Liang Ziqiang just waited and watched what happened.

Of course he would not actually make the report. Whether it was going to the city to report in person or reporting by phone, there were already enough people doing it.

No matter what the secret hidden in Banjiu Island is, the group of fishermen have definitely made a contribution this time.

He stayed at home for three days in a row, and he was still thinking. His father and elder brother clearly saw nothing two years ago, so why did Dai Qingfu insist on killing them?

He couldn't think of an answer to this question...

(End of this chapter)