1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 466: The Weird and Terrifying "Mad Dog Wave"

"That's not right. The waves are getting bigger and bigger. The boat is shaking!"

Soon after the ship set sail, two crew members looked around with somewhat fearful expressions.

The relatively calm sea suddenly rolled up with huge waves. The waves hit the bow of the boat, splashing water more than a meter high, and some water droplets even flew onto the bow.

One wave was crushed by the big steel ship, and another wave immediately appeared out of nowhere and rolled over.

Zhu Tianpeng and his companions on the Zhongqiang and Boqiang also exclaimed:

"What's going on? Why are there waves all of a sudden?"

Now more crew members showed fear on their faces: "Could it be that there is really an earthquake on the seabed?!"

Liang Ziqiang stood at the side of the boat, carefully observing the shape and posture of the rolling waves for a while, then looked up at the sky.

The sky was still clear, and there was no sudden strong wind. Moreover, the fishing radio did not broadcast any news about the weather changing or the wind rising. This was one of the reasons why the crew members were even more apprehensive.

After ruling out weather causes, they naturally thought of undersea earthquakes.

"It's okay, this is a rogue wave, not an undersea earthquake!" Liang Ziqiang observed for a while and said in an affirmative tone.

It’s not that “rogue waves” aren’t scary. It depends on what level of rogue waves they are.

Generally speaking, fishing boats at sea are still very wary of rogue waves. These strange waves that come and go without a trace but are extremely destructive are often related to a combination of factors such as the bottom topography of the ocean and ocean currents, and sometimes may be related to the residual effects of a storm.

Moreover, it always lurks beneath the calm surface, and suddenly appears when there is no warning or defense, like a mad dog suddenly jumping out from the corner.

Big "rogue waves" can break steel blocks, shake ships, and cause them to roll out of control into the deeper sea. You should know that the highest rogue waves that have appeared in the open sea are as high as 20 meters, enough to swallow up huge ships.

However, the mad dog wave that Liang Ziqiang and his men are facing now is obviously just a puppy.

This height and size are enough to swallow an eight-meter wooden ship like the Lotus Pattern Ship, but it will not pose much danger to the three large steel ships.

Compared to the undersea earthquakes they were worried about, this little mad dog was not a big deal.

"Dad, take a break, let me drive!"

Although there was actually not much danger, Liang Ziqiang still replaced his father for the sake of safety.

When it comes to experience in driving large ships, I am much more experienced and mature than my father.

Liang Ziqiang entered the cockpit, took the helm himself, adjusted the speed, maintained a good balance, and managed to get out from under the waves.

Zhu Tianpeng and Lu Song were both experienced drivers of large steel ships, and the sudden raging waves did not faze them. All three ships successfully crossed the waves and began to sail back and forth.

"It's coming out, it's coming out!"

The crews of the three ships cheered. The newly recruited crew members were particularly frightened by this unprecedented situation, and now that they had escaped, they naturally celebrated by clapping their hands.

"Aqiang, the oarfish is also called the dragon king fish. Should we just throw this big fish back to the bottom of the sea?"

After successfully sailing out, some crew members who were still frightened began to make suggestions.

"I told you it was a crazy wave. Several boats have already come out. How did they get caught in that big fish again?!"

After Liang Ziqiang handed the boat back to his father, he heard their discussion and immediately replied. It is true that he believes in Mazu and sometimes worships the Dragon King, but that does not mean that he will bring up the issue whenever he encounters a problem!
In fact, the meat of oarfish is not very delicious, so the price is not expensive. This oarfish is big enough, weighing several hundred kilograms, but Liang Ziqiang is not stingy with the money.

He opposed throwing the oarfish back into the sea because he didn't want this unreasonable blind superstition to spread among his fleet. If this happened too many times, when something happened, everyone would let superstition dominate their decisions instead of following his decisions and arrangements.

"Keep casting the nets, drag another net on the way back to shore, and everyone can sort out the catches. Don't worry about anything else!" He made the decision directly without leaving any room for negotiation.

So all three ships got busy, setting their nets and arranging the catch on the deck.

There were no further setbacks along the way and we drove peacefully to the county town.

Although we went out to sea one day less than usual this time, there were more valuable "sea cicadas" this time, so overall, the income from fish catch was almost the same, only slightly less than usual.

On the contrary, the oarfish is not that valuable and is far less than the income brought by the "sea cicadas".

After returning this time, Liang Ziqiang did not immediately decide when to go out to sea next time.

Because everyone, including Liang's father, was still a little unsure whether the sudden appearance of the oarfish really indicated that an ocean earthquake was about to occur.

Considering that there is indeed a certain correlation between oarfish and earthquakes, this is not a psychological effect or pure superstition. Liang Ziqiang agreed to wait and observe for a few days.

After waiting for many days, the large bottom trawler he had just bought from Fengshou Shipyard was finally ready for delivery.

Liang Ziqiang called his father, Lu Song, Li Liang and others, went to Fengshou Shipyard, paid the balance, and then drove the new ship back to the village.

The new 32-meter ship looks much larger than the previous three ships, and is fully capable of the scale of a large ship like the one owned by the Qingwei Group.

All the way to the sea area of ​​​​Pomwang Village, the boat was too big to be covered with a long red cloth from head to tail like the previous small boats. This time, the red cloth could only be hung above the cabin, which looked like a fat man with a small red flower on his head.

On one side of the bow, there are two large white characters, which are also the name of the ship:

Empower.

When we drove back to the village and stopped on the sea, the entire coast of Changwang Village actually had the atmosphere of a county fishing port.

The Ziqiang, Zhongqiang and Boqiang are all big ships, but now they are clustered around the new "Fuqiang" and look like small birds.

A new batch of crew members had been recruited some time ago, but they are not yet fully assembled.

In addition, everyone was still waiting and watching, worried about an earthquake on the seabed, so no one dared to go to the deep sea. So Liang Ziqiang decided not to go to the deep sea first, and drove this brand new bottom tugboat to another place.

Unknown island.

Although this place is remote, it is completely in the shallow sea. In addition, considering the huge size of this new ship, there is no need to worry about any extreme situation suddenly happening in the shallow sea.
But he didn't dare to call too many people, so he only called Lin Baixian, Li Liang, Zhu Tianpeng, his father and his eldest brother, who were the ones he trusted the most. He also limited the matter of raising grouper on Wuming Island to these few people, and didn't intend to let all the crew members know.

There were six people in total, so it was barely enough to cooperate. Liang Ziqiang drove the tugboat slowly towards the nameless island.

A long time ago, he discovered through the gourd that there were a lot of black dog ginseng hidden in the waters near the Nameless Island.

Sea cucumbers are valuable commodities, but unfortunately all the black dog sea cucumbers live in the mud at the bottom of the sea water and do not usually float to the middle and upper layers. Therefore, they cannot be caught using the middle and upper layer trawl nets such as the Ziqiang and Boqiang models.

Now with the large bottom trawler "Fuqiang", the treasures hidden in the deepest part of the seabed are no longer out of reach...

(End of this chapter)