Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 104 Fish Finder Improvement

At around 1982 a.m. on June 6, 6, Wang Jiankun and Captain Zheng drove a boat loaded with small yellow croakers to Jinshan Wharf.

There were relatively few fishing boats entering the port at that time, so when the two men's boats were anchored, many fishmongers saw the fish scattered on the decks of the two boats and came over to inquire.

"Boss, did you catch any fish? What kind of fish?"

"Looking at the size and color, it should be small yellow croaker. Boss, I'll buy all the small yellow croaker from you for 1 cents per pound."

“1毛3你就想全收了？你想啥呢，老板你别听他的，我出1毛4收1万斤。”

"Boss, I can pay 1 cents for 5 kilograms. Do you have that many fish? Do you have any more in the cabin?"

Before the two men's fishing boat had even stopped, the fishmongers on the shore had already started offering prices and scrambling for goods. It was already the tail end of the yellow croaker fishing season, and the number of yellow croakers on the fishing boats that came into the port every day was only a few dozen or a hundred kilograms.

This kind of fish has few bones and its meat is firm and delicious. Pan-fried small yellow croaker is a famous specialty here. It is comparable to large yellow croaker, but its price is only a fraction of that of large yellow croaker. Therefore, people here like this fish very much and the demand for it is huge. If anyone can receive a large quantity of goods now and sell them out very quickly, he can make a lot of money on the same day.

Wang Jiankun had agreed on the quantity with Captain Zheng on the way here, and decided that the price should not be lower than 1 cents per pound. If the price was lower than this, Wang Jiankun would ask Ding Shengli to organize some people to transport the goods to several vegetable markets. He had now established contacts with the people in the transport team, so it would not be difficult to hire a truck for transportation.

So after the boat stopped, the two men first talked to the fishmonger who was selling fish at 1 cents per pound.

"Hello, you just said that you would charge 1 cents per pound. We have two ships with a total of less than 5 pounds of goods. Can you handle it?"

"5 jin? I don't have that much. I can pay for 2 jin right after I weigh them, and I'll have to wait until I sell all the goods before paying for the rest. Is that okay?" the fishmonger replied.

"That won't work. We don't know you well. How about this? We'll sell you 2 kilograms first, and you'll pay after we weigh them. How about that?"

"Okay, then I'll call the guys over to watch over the weighing of the fish, and I'll call the truck over, and load all the fish onto the truck. I'll pay you when we're done."

"You can arrange it. We also need to unload the fish off the boat one basket at a time." Captain Zheng said to the fishmonger.

"Boss Wang, let's sell him 1 catties each first. I'll also send a boatman to help you unload the fish from the boat."

"Okay, don't worry if you can't sell all of them. When it gets light, my people can hire a truck to help transport them to the nearby vegetable markets. The price might be even higher then." Wang Jiankun said to Captain Zheng.

"Okay, let's arrange it this way. Let's each go and watch the scales to prevent the fishmonger from tampering with them."

So the two of them separated and watched the boatman put the small yellow croakers on the deck into bamboo baskets and then carry them off the boat one basket at a time. Each basket weighed about 60 kilograms.

About 10 minutes later, Liao Jun and Ding Shengli also arrived. Ding Shengli stayed at Liao Jun's house for the past two days. He learned to drive a truck during the day and helped to renovate the rented house in the morning and evening.

When the ship docked, Wang Jiankun sent a message to Ding Shengli using a text machine, asking him to get up and help. He must have heard the noise outside and saw the message on the text machine, so Wang Jiankun took a long time to come.

"Boss, I'm late. I hope I didn't cause any trouble?" Ding Shengli said.

"Luckily, the weather was good this time, and we encountered a school of small yellow croakers. Captain Zheng and I have caught so many that the cabin can't hold them all, and the deck is full. One of you can help watch the weighing. When 1 catties are weighed, put them on the truck over there, and one of you can ask other fishmongers to see what the price is. If there is 1 cents, you can sell it. If not, we can find a truck later and transport it to the market to sell it ourselves."

"Okay, I'll watch over the weighing of the fish. Liao Jun, you come and help talk to the fishmonger. You've been here for a long time and have experience."

"Okay, Boss Wang, the price of 1 cents per pound is not difficult to come by. It was 5 cents yesterday. Although you have a large quantity today, it should sell well at 1 cents. The retail prices in the vegetable market are 7 cents per pound. I'll go to ask some other larger fish stalls." As he said that, he went to the stone pier.

Because the dock is very long, the fishmongers over there did not come over, and most of them have set up fish stalls, so their strength should be greater than those small fishmongers who just surrounded them.

Not long after, Liao Jun came over with two fishmongers, saying that the two of them could buy the rest, at a purchase price of 1 cents per pound. Wang Jiankun of course agreed, as this saved a lot of trouble. After all, if they went to find a truck in the early morning, they would have to flatter and offer a high price, and selling fish would also delay Ding Shengli and the others for most of the day. Wang Jiankun also wanted them to learn to drive earlier.

Since the price was agreed upon, Wang Jiankun told Captain Zheng about it. Captain Zheng was also very happy because he didn't have to spend energy going to the market to sell fish.

The two fishmongers looked at the fish, agreed to sell them all to him at 1 cents per pound, and then went back to arrange a cart and their men to weigh the fish.

Liao Jun talked about the situation of the two fishmongers. They are cousins, and the fish stall was converted from the first floor of their own house. They started selling fish secretly a few years ago. After the reform and opening up, they became bolder and their business grew bigger. All their relatives were sent to various vegetable markets to sell fish, so they were very strong and were able to buy all the remaining nearly 3 kilograms of small yellow croakers.

Wang Jiankun values ​​such capable people very much. In the future, his fleet will catch a large number of fish, so it is unrealistic to rely solely on the transport team he organized to transport all the fish to the inland for sale. At most, he can send some high-quality and high-priced fish to the inland, but there is no need to transport other cheap seafood.

So he told Liao Jun that after the small yellow croakers were weighed, he would sell them 5 kilograms of the big yellow croakers, and all those weighing 4 kilograms or less would be sold to them, and they could decide the price.

After listening to this, Liao Jun asked, "Boss, your shipping is amazing. Not only did you catch so many small yellow croakers, you even caught a bunch of big yellow croakers."

"My good shipping skills are part of the reason. The other major reason is that I rely on the advanced sonar fish finder on the ship to detect and track schools of fish. Otherwise, even if I encounter one, I may not be able to catch it. After all, humans cannot see the situation on the seabed."

"Your sonar fish finder is really amazing. You said before that it was 1 yuan per unit. Isn't that too cheap?"

"The one that costs 1 is mid-range. The one on my ship is high-end. It can detect depths of 100 meters and a radius of 3 meters, and it can identify the species of most fish."

"It can also identify the type of fish. Doesn't that mean you can catch whatever fish you want? Isn't that too advanced?"

"Liao Jun, you don't know as much about fishing as I do. Although you can roughly judge which type it is, you still need luck, and the fishing net you bring must be suitable, otherwise it won't work."

"It doesn't matter. In the four seasons of fishing in Zhoushan Fishery, except for hairtail, which needs to be caught with radar nets, all other fish can be caught with trawl nets. You can identify the fish species and catch them in a targeted manner. Then you can only catch those with high prices and large quantities. How great is that?"

"Haha~, that's true, but only Captain Zheng has seen the power of this sonar fish finder, so he ordered one. The other captains are reluctant to part with it, so after a while, when Captain Zheng has used it for a while, you can promote it more at the dock. I will place five units with you, and you can help sell them out."

"Okay, this is such a good thing. As long as some people start using it and see the effects, it will spread quickly. But there are only 5 units, so we may not be able to sell enough by then!"

"Selling sonar fish finders is not the goal, but finding the right supplier is. You have to negotiate with them that the good seafood will be sold to your fish stall in the future, so that the equipment can be maintained. Of course, the price can be adjusted according to the market."

"Okay, I understand. We really need to establish good relationships with some ship bosses at the beginning. Otherwise, it will not be easy to get good seafood."

"That's right. So after you spread the word, you should ask more about the character of these boat bosses and try to reach a supply agreement. It will be much better when we form our own fishing team later."

The two talked for a while, and Liao Jun also talked about the renovation of the fish stall. The gate had been widened and the large iron door brought by Wang Jiankun had been installed, but the gravel had just started to be laid inside, and the cement would have to be laid during the day today, and it would take at least 3 days for it to harden.

It took more than two hours to move and weigh the fish. The fishmonger finished weighing first and paid Captain Zheng 2 yuan, which Captain Zheng gave all to Wang Jiankun. 3 yuan of the 1 kilograms of fish sold on his boat was used to pay for the sonar fish finder.

After receiving the money, Wang Jiankun gave 1500 each to Ding Shengli and Liao Jun, asking them to use it as operating funds for the future.

Ding Shengli had seen a lot, so he naturally accepted the money and said that he would keep a good account for Wang Jiankun. Liao Jun thought that the money was too much and wanted Wang Jiankun to take it back.

"Liao Jun, from now on you will be the person in charge of Sihai Fisheries in Jinshan Fish Market. The money you will handle will be much more than 1500 yuan. I will not employ anyone I doubt. You just need to do your job well and keep the accounts clear. Of course, you have to keep it safe. I will install a safe in the fish stall later, and you can also put one in your home."

"Well, boss, you trust me so much, I can't let you down. I will definitely run this fish stall well. Just wait and see how I perform." After saying that, he carefully put the money into his underwear pocket and patted it. After weighing the fish, the two brothers counted for a while, and then gave 3460 yuan to Wang Jiankun and 1920 yuan to Captain Zheng, because Wang Jiankun still had 16400 kilograms of small yellow croaker on his boat. He also sold more than 5 kilograms of large yellow croaker to the two brothers, and Captain Zheng had 12800 kilograms.

So the total amount of fish caught by their two fishing boats was 49200 kilograms, almost 5 kilograms.

Captain Zheng was so happy after receiving the money that he couldn't stop smiling. He even asked Wang Jiankun if they wanted to go fishing after daybreak. He wanted to continue to go with Wang Jiankun. After all, only Wang Jiankun's boat had a sonar fish finder, and the one he ordered would not arrive until tomorrow. Every day wasted meant a day's loss of money.

If I could come across a school of fish today, I might be able to make a lot of money again.

"I need to rest for a while and will set off from here after 9 o'clock. Captain Zheng, can you wait?" Wang Jiankun said.

"Leaving at 9 o'clock? Sure, I'll go with you. I haven't slept for almost a day. Let's have breakfast and rest for a while. We'll leave at 1 o'clock."

"Okay, let's meet at the pier at 9 o'clock. I'm going to take a rest."

"Okay, I'm going to go get something to eat. Do you want to eat together before we go to rest? By the way, I'll also talk to the captain I'm familiar with about the benefits of this sonar fish finder."

"No, my friend has prepared some food. I'm leaving now. Bye!"

After that, he took Ding Shengli and Liao Jun to the rented house, and the old fisherman on the boat went home to rest. Wang Jiankun gave him 10 yuan as salary and another 5 yuan to express his gratitude. The old fisherman was indeed very tired, as he had to carry so many small yellow croakers up and down.

Liao Jun accompanied Wang Jiankun to see the house renovation, while Ding Shengli went to a breakfast stall not far away to buy food.

Looking at the house that was renovated according to his own drawings, Wang Jiankun felt that Liao Jun was very efficient and had done a good job in just a few days. So he went to the second floor, and the three of them ate the breakfast bought by Ding Shengli together.

After eating, Wang Jiankun went to one of the rooms to sleep, Liao Jun went home to sleep for a while, and Ding Shengli took more than 2 kilograms of fish and rode Wang Jiankun's motorcycle to transport the fish to Shilipu Wharf, preparing to let Wang Huawei's boat take the fish to various ports and docks along the river for sale.

What Wang Jiankun didn't know was that in recent times, passengers would pick some seafood directly on the ship before disembarking, and this has become an advertisement for this special fleet to attract business. After all, the people who take his speedboat are generally people with a little assets who are willing to spend money on food. Also, because the seafood on his ship is of particularly good quality and no tickets are required, more and more people have started buying seafood on his ship and taking them home.

At 8:, the alarm clock that Wang Jiankun set rang. He had slept too little and was still a little groggy after being woken up. He stayed in bed for a while before getting up, washing up and going to the dock.

At this time, Liao Jun and the old fisherman were waiting by the boat. Wang Jiankun took the dry noodles, some vegetables and bacon that Liao Jun helped buy, and prepared to take them on board as lunch and dinner.

Captain Zheng hurried over when he saw Wang Jiankun coming.

"Boss Wang, two of my acquaintances want to buy your advanced sonar fish finder after listening to my introduction. They will bring the money tomorrow. The price is 1500, right?"

"It hasn't changed. It's still 1500. I just told my people to bring a few more tomorrow. They can get the goods and install them after paying the money."

"Okay, I'll go tell them right away if they can come fishing with us later. I want to see the power of the sonar fish finder again."

"Sure. Zhoushan fishing boats catch so many fish and the sea is so vast. It's no problem to follow. I can take turns directing you to fish for a while and show you the power of this sonar fish finder. However, the schools and sizes of fish that each person encounters may be different."

"That's great. Please wait a moment. I'll go talk to them. When we get to the same sea area as yesterday, our three boats will take turns following your boat." After saying that, he ran away.

After a while, he ran back quickly and told Wang Jiankun that the deal had been made, and then he got on the fishing boat he had rented not far away. However, in a few days, it would be his own fishing boat, as he had enough money to buy the boat.

Along the way, the three boats sailed at the fastest speed because the sooner the fishing, the better. After adding ice and refueling at the dock of a large island in Zhoushan, they continued to head towards the waters near Qushan Island.

Along the way, the fish finder on Wang Jiankun's boat encountered several waves of large and small yellow croakers, but they were all small groups, so he did not stop to fish. Moreover, the sea nearby was too shallow and the fishing nets were easily stuck on the bottom. The fishermen in this area were all small boats and rowing boats, using hand-cast nets or longline fishing to catch fish, shrimps and crabs.

After passing Qushan Island, they continued to sail deep into the East China Sea. After about 5 nautical miles, Wang Jiankun's fish finder detected a school of large yellow croakers, about 3 in number. Wang Jiankun quickly called out to Captain Zheng to follow him and cast the net.

When Captain Zheng heard that there was a large school of yellow croakers, he quickly ordered the boatmen to cast the nets, while he carefully followed closely behind Wang Jiankun's boat.

After following the school of yellow croakers for more than 10 minutes, Wang Jiankun saw through the sonar that most of them had entered Captain Zheng's net, so he asked him to quickly reel in the net and catch the fish.

"Boss Wang, the arrest is already complete. Isn't it too fast and too accurate?"

"That's right. This sonar fish finder is like installing a X-ray eye for you. It allows you to see the situation on the seabed. You can see clearly how many fish there are and where they are swimming. Just tell me if it's good or not."

"That's great. It seems like I'm destined to get rich. I'll go fishing with you. How about I give you 3% of the catch this time?"

"No need. From now on, if you catch good fish, just leave some for Liao Jun's fish stall."

"Okay, no problem. Thank you, Boss Wang, for this time."

"You're welcome. Hurry up and sort the fish out and freeze them. The temperature is still quite high during the day, so don't let them go bad."

"Okay, I'll go check out the yellow croakers I caught. Let the other two boats follow you. Just bring a net each. You also need to fish and make money."

As he said this, he called a friend's boat to follow behind Wang Jiankun's boat, and he went to watch the boatmen sorting the yellow croakers. After all, this fish is very precious. This time they were able to catch so many, almost half of the boat was in their hands.

In the next two hours, Wang Jiankun directed the two boats to catch one net of big yellow croakers and one net of small yellow croakers. The big yellow croakers caught more than 2 fish, and the small yellow croakers caught about 2 kilograms. The two captains were very happy and said that they would definitely treat Wang Jiankun to a good meal after selling the fish.

Wang Jiankun couldn't resist their enthusiasm. After all, if the two nets were caught, most of the money for the sonar fish finder would be recovered, so he agreed to have lunch together at noon tomorrow.

However, he had not yet collected the information about the cuttlefish he wanted to collect, so he asked Captain Zheng. Captain Zheng said that the cuttlefish were still in the distant open sea at this time, and it might take about a week for them to come to the near sea in large numbers to spawn.

After listening to this, Wang Jiankun decided to head for the East China Sea while it was still early. After collecting information on cuttlefish, this sonar fish finder would be almost ready. As for other fish, it would depend on the situation on the road. If he could catch them, he would record the information. If not, he would wait until later to upgrade. After all, he had to collect information on hairtail in autumn and winter.

It was not until he drove to the vicinity of Zhongkui Island that Wang Jiankun encountered a relatively large school of cuttlefish. After collecting information, he caught about 5 kilograms of cuttlefish.

Then we circled Zhongkui Island a few times. The island is not big, it is an irregular mountain shape, with the highest point about 60 meters. There is no fresh water on the island, but there are some short trees.

The old fishermen on the boat said that they rarely come here to fish because it is too far from the shore and it takes too much time for small fishing boats to sail back and forth. Only a very small number of large boats of about 25 meters will come here to fish for about three days in the cold autumn and winter and then go ashore to sell the goods. They almost never come here in the summer because it is too hot and the ice will melt quickly.

After hearing what the old fisherman said, Wang Jiankun thought that this island was a good place. He decided to come here in a few days to build a mobile base station, a radar station, and a weather station, which would be hidden on the top of the mountain and would not be discovered.

Then he would build mobile base stations, radars and weather stations on several other small islands that were rarely visited. Then his fleet would have a reliable navigation and weather forecast system, making fishing in the open sea safer.

At the same time, he plans to build some larger ships specifically for transportation, to transport the fish caught in the open sea back home, and to provide these fishing boats with ice and diesel so that they can stay at sea for longer periods of time.

What Wang Jiankun did was actually to prepare for the training of talents for the future ocean-going fleet. Even the future maritime armed forces will have to come out of these fishermen.

(End of this chapter)