Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 174: Pulling Down the Earth Cage
"We don't even have enough for ourselves." Jiu Ye said unhappily.

Not to mention that they don’t have enough, even if we did, we wouldn’t sell it to them.

Qin Dahe was helpless. Harmony brings wealth, so why was he so angry?

Shaking his head and stamping out the cigarette butt, the few of them continued to go fishing.

This time they are river shrimps, and they are really slow to bite.

Qin Dahe thought about it and called his father.

"Hey, Dad."

"Well, I'm in the city, what for?" the old man said impatiently.

"You didn't get many loaches in town, did you?"

"It's just two kilograms of goods. It's not time yet."

"Then you go to Scar Uncle and ask him to help get some loaches, or small white eels." White eels can also twist.

However, the big eels cannot be used, so buying some eel seedlings is just right.

"Okay, I'll get some more." The old man's eyes lit up. This is a good idea.

On the other side, the fishing rod in Qin Dahe's hand finally moved.

He rushed left and right with great strength.

Predatory fish are like this, they have very bad tempers.

When I took it up and looked at it, it was still a mandarin fish.

I just didn't get any Siniperca chuatsi here, only Siniperca chuatsi.

"Have you caught any mandarin fish?"

"sea bass."

"No."

"sea bass."

Damn, they are all sea bass, not even as valuable as river shrimp.

River shrimps cost thirty to forty yuan per pound, and this half pound of river shrimps cost fifty to sixty yuan. I can only last until noon before I run out of food.

We fished until half past eleven, then everyone stopped because there was no more bait.

"River shrimps are not bad either, at least there are more mandarin fish." Qin Dahe encouraged everyone.

"Ah."

The loach fishermen nearby didn't have much appetite in the morning, but they started to eat a lot at 10 o'clock, which made the people watching very envious.

I boiled a pot of water, called a few dogs over and started feeding them.

"It's okay, my dad went to buy loaches and will be here soon."

"Just do more tonight."

The three dogs ate heartily, and the four people were also hungry.

"You guys keep an eye on the things while I go buy some dumplings."

"Bring some fried noodles?"

The puppy thought it was being called, and looked up at Tiedan curiously, but when it saw the black bear approaching, it immediately started eating.

"what about you?"

"Chow mein noodles, xiaolongbao."

"Same, two servings." The silly kid made a "yeah" gesture.

Qin Dahe nodded and went upstairs to buy food.

I drove a big tricycle all the way to Fenghuangqiao Town and took a boat to the other side to pack up.

When we got on the dining boat, we ordered our food first and then went to the small pier nearby.

This is where the fish are brought ashore, and there are very few fishing boats around.

Seeing an old man repairing fishing nets, he went up to him and asked for a cigarette.

"Grandpa, how was your harvest these two days?" he said with a smile.

"It's just okay. Everyone went to the river mouth to look for knife fish." Grandpa happily took Shuangxi.

He doesn't work on the boat, he just does odd jobs for the fish bosses, and usually smokes Huang Sanhuan.

Qin Dahe patted his forehead. Indeed, this little bit of knife fish is valuable. Who would be stupid enough to drag the net in it?

"Yesterday someone even caught a river pig and brought in three or four pounds of razorfish, which they sold for over two thousand yuan."

"What happened to Jiang Zhu in the end?"

"It's thrown away. It doesn't taste good and it's easy to get caught. Who would eat that?" The old man said with disgust.

All the older residents living along the river have eaten river pigs.

When you are hungry, river pigs are the best food. They are fat and can provide you with nutrition.

Now that we are no longer hungry, no one wants to eat that.

After going back to get the food, Qin Dahe also figured it out. It would be most reliable to ask someone to come and set the nets tomorrow, as even if he asked for a fishing boat, they might not come.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to make money, but the longer the loach nest lasts, the greater the damage to the surrounding ecology, and those predatory fish must be dealt with.

It is estimated that all river shrimps are extinct in this section of Sancha River now. No one has replenished the bait in the past two days. Once predatory fish rush in, his fishing will be affected in the future.

When everyone finished their meal, the old man finally came.

He walked along Tongjiang Avenue from the town to the city center of Jiuzi, bought things, went to the Yangtze River Bridge, and then came along the river embankment from Yongnan.

The roads here are much worse, and in order to prevent floods, the levees twist left and right, making it difficult to walk.

"Damn, I won't take this broken road next time. I'll go from Tongjiang Avenue." He took the fried noodles handed to him by his son and ate them in big mouthfuls.

Knowing that there was no food here, he was very anxious and didn't even have time to buy food.

"Dad, go back this afternoon and bring all the big traps over, and buy some more in town."

"Loose the net?"

"Well, the fishing boats on Yuxi River have all gone to the river mouth to look for knife fish. Tomorrow I'll call some net workers over to help. We can't delay any longer."

Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Qin Dahe said fiercely.

Now the Baiji dolphin is on the verge of extinction and the Yangtze finless porpoise is not strong enough to fight. The only natural enemy of these predatory fish is humans.

He remembered that when fishing was banned in the Yangtze River in later generations, the number of finless porpoises increased, but the black carp also took advantage of the situation and began to proliferate.

"Okay, bringing twenty large ground traps should be enough."

The four of them started to install the floodlights. They bought three large spotlights, one floodlight and two batteries in total.

If four people go fishing, they will bring all of them and leave one spotlight as a backup.

I'll set up a big trap tonight and fish all night, so I should be able to catch more fish.

"Would you like to buy some dead shrimp?"

"Well, twenty large traps require at least forty bags of bait, so let's buy ten kilograms of shrimps." The price of dead shrimps was greatly discounted, but he didn't feel sorry for it.

Since he got two shares of the money, he had to do a lot of things to help his brothers earn more.

After dinner, the old man continued on his journey, exhausted. He was really busy today.

The live bait they bought included seven or eight pounds of loaches and four pounds of small white eels, which were about the size of fingers. Everyone was very happy when they saw it, as they finally had bait.

As soon as I got on the fishing platform, I started pulling out fish like crazy.

The fish bite was much better in the afternoon, especially the black carp. Large and small black carp were caught one after another, and several people were working hard.

"Fuck, this feels so fucking good." Erhu happily put away the blackfin croaker next to him, as he still had one hanging on his pole.

Normal fish are caught directly on the fly, while larger ones are dragged to a nearby fishing platform for others to scoop up, which is very fast.

The turtle fisherman next to him actually wanted to build a fishing platform to make it convenient to scoop up fish, but where could he find one at this moment in time?

"Another big one, don't go for the black carp," Tiedan said disdainfully. Today, they were fishing for small and medium-sized fish; they weren't interested in big fish.

"Haha, as long as there's fish, that's fine. A black carp can be sold for two or three yuan in the market."

"Yes, much better than this morning."

The four of them were in a good mood. It was really frustrating to just watch the crazy pulling in the morning.

Another mandarin fish was brought into the house, weighing three kilograms.

"Little white eel, it's useful." The silly kid said with a smile, if he makes another deal, marriage will be just around the corner.

"It's expensive." Qin Dahe pointed at the white eels and said, "My dad buys such small ones for 25 yuan per pound."

The cost of fishing today was high. I spent nearly two hundred yuan on eels and loaches, and I have to buy ten kilograms of river shrimp right away.

The spotlights cost 650 yuan each, the batteries 450 yuan, and together with the general lighting, these alone cost three thousand yuan. Yanyan asked Qin Dahe to take out the money before it even warmed up.

Or it could be said that fishermen cannot make money as long as they upgrade their equipment, because they can never buy all the equipment.

If you go fishing at night in summer, spotlights and power supplies are essential.

These power sources are lead-acid batteries, which need to be regularly replenished with distilled water. Solid-state outdoor batteries are too expensive, so he is reluctant to invest in them.

I will replace it when I make money in the future. After all, the battery is indeed a bit inconvenient, and even violent shaking can easily cause the battery fluid to leak.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the old man came with a lot of traps. The four of them put down their fishing rods and went up to help carry the nets down.

Twenty large traps, plus the lead weights, weigh more than 100 kilograms.

One person carried five traps and started to set them off. Jiu Ye and the others wanted to stop them but they had no way to stop them because they were from outside the area.

The old man didn't move either. He was very tired today. He just sat by the fishing platform of the loach man and watched with a smile.

"It's a good harvest today, right?"

"It's okay, Mr. Qin, right? You have a smoke." He helped the old man light the cigarette with great attentiveness.

After traveling all over the country for so many years, he can still tell who is a ruthless person. How could he dare to neglect Qin's father, who has seen blood at first sight?

"Do you want someone to come and collect your fish?"

"Okay?" Jiu Ye's eyes lit up.

"I'll charge you a two-point commission. You can collect the goods tonight. There will be another wave tomorrow morning." The old man said calmly.

In fact, he and Scar had already discussed it and decided to come over to pick up some goods in the evening just to see if he could get two packs of cigarettes.

He is not a good person, and he has no psychological burden in doing such things.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Qin." The loach man was overjoyed.

It's just a few hundred dollars for two points. The fish he caught in a day and a night would die if they were kept there any longer, but he couldn't spare the time to go to the market to sell the fish.

Moreover, as a foreigner, it was normal for him to be ripped off when he brought such a pair of fish to the city. He was used to being bargained down at fish stalls everywhere.

But Scar was very particular yesterday. Even though he put pressure on him with words, he didn't talk about money. He was truly a conscientious businessman.

He simply took out three hundred yuan and stuffed it into the old man's pocket.

"No more words to say. I'll treat you to a drink after this."

"Haha, okay."

The old man doesn't care. He just listens to this kind of nonsense. He will definitely run away as soon as he makes a lot of money.

There are only five or six people like this, and they are from other places. What a good fat sheep.

If it were twenty years ago, he might not have robbed anyone, but he would have been able to extort some food coupons.

After taking down the big trap, the four of them were a little tired and sat on the side to smoke.

This large trap is very heavy and requires a lot of force to throw it out.

At this time, everyone's hands were sore, even Hanwa, who was the most hardworking, was rubbing his wrists.

"Dad, do you want to go play?"

"Okay." The old man nodded.

Fishing here is really fun. The real wild pulling and the sound of the line cutting through the water make your adrenaline rush.

The joy of fishing is the process of catching fish, and it is a great pleasure to catch predatory fish in loach nests.

Unexpectedly, before they had even finished smoking, Qin's father had already caught a fish, and it was a big one.

"It's so satisfying, haha." The five-meter pole was directly erected and held firmly in place. That's how cool raw bamboo is.

Many rural people who go fishing often prepare bamboo, using various methods such as hanging it straight, drying it in the shade, brushing it with oil, etc.

The goal is to maintain the toughness of bamboo while reducing its weight, but no matter how strong the soaked bamboo is, it is still not as good as the raw bamboo and is not afraid of breaking at all.

"Oh my god, it's a big catfish." Erhu has sharp eyes and knew it by just scanning its tail from a distance.

"How big? About 30 kilograms?"

"Of course there is. How fat must the belly be?" Qin Dahe said with drool.

The bigmouth catfish is also called melting fish in Jiuzi. The belly of the bigmouth catfish is really top-notch. It melts in your mouth when it is cooked and is very fat and tender.

The other three people hurried to the fishing platform, as they would help scoop up the fish later.

Qin Dahe started to boil water, as he was now extremely thirsty.

The sun has been shining since this morning. The temperature has risen very quickly after Qingming Festival. It's hot and tiring.

Fortunately for him, he was wearing sun-protective clothing, which was breathable and protected him from the sun. Erhu simply took off his shirt and went fishing.

Fifteen minutes later, a big fish surfaced. The old man slipped the fish to Erhu's side and started to scoop it up.

"Damn, it's at least 50 kilograms, right?" Erhu opened his mouth wide.

A catfish this big can eat a child, and its mouth full of barbed teeth is simply scary.

And it swallowed very deep. Erhu didn't even dare to remove the hook. He was afraid that he would be eaten if he put his hand in, so he just cut it with scissors.

Then I helped grandpa to re-string a pair of sub-lines. It is the duty of the younger generation to serve the elders.

"Haha, that's awesome, you didn't get such a big shipment yesterday." The old man said proudly.

"Grandpa is awesome." Erhu quickly flattered him.

Qin Dahe took off his shoes, went to the fishing platform to get water bottles, and helped fill them one by one.

It’s still more comfortable to have four to one. If there is someone to do the logistics, you don’t have to run around and waste time.

Since I got two portions, I will take them with me when my dad is not busy.

When four people were working in the morning, they ran out of water and couldn't get it refilled, which was very troublesome.

If someone goes to boil water alone, it will waste time.

We kept fishing until almost five in the afternoon, when Scar's car came to the levee again.

Scar was in a good mood, and all predatory fish except black carp were selling well.

Just make a random phone call and directly ask for pure wild bigeye carp, mandarin fish, etc. As soon as the shop opens in the morning, major hotels will come to pick up the goods.

The restaurant and catering market today is a crazy one, with prices for dishes being the same as they will be twenty years from now, or even higher.

However, the rent and employee salaries are very low, and the profits are quite substantial.

These restaurant owners may be reluctant to buy precious fish with a very limited shelf life, such as the Qingming Sanliangdao, but they are willing to catch dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of fish such as mandarin fish and black carp at a time.

He received goods worth 20,000 yesterday, and by the next morning it had become 24,000, which was considered a huge profit.

Today, when the old man asked him to help catch loaches, he went out to help find them without saying a word.

For the kid from the Qin family, appetite is one thing, but making money is also very important. This loach nest should be able to help him earn 10,000 yuan.

He and his men came down quickly with their men, carrying scales, just to check today's catch.

"Scar, there's a giant thing today."

"Haha, I'll take any item, no matter how big it is."

(End of this chapter)