Chapter 53

In Ye Yuan's understanding, humans currently have no particularly effective methods to make red tides disappear. 520 Official Website

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Generally, it relies on nature's self-regulation capabilities to complete this.

For example, wind, rain, or the depletion of nutrients. It can also be due to the temperature exceeding the suitable range for the red tide organisms, etc. The process of the red tide disappearing is often the most severe stage of its harm to fisheries.

Sailing through this blood-red sea, the surface was dotted with floating fish carcasses.

After about three hours of travel, they finally sailed out of this red tide area, and Ye Yuan looked at the sea surface that had regained its vitality.

The fishing boat continued to move forward, and during this time, Ye Yuan also dragged two nets, catching some economically valuable fish.

Just as Ye Yuan was planning to end today's fishing work, he sensed countless crabs migrating at the bottom of the sea. Ye Yuan immediately asked all the crew members, except for Ding Yi, to go into the sea to catch this batch of migrating crabs.

Not for any other reason, but because these were the tiger-headed crabs that had become popular in recent years.

The tiger-headed crab, named for its resemblance to a tiger's head, used to cost just a few yuan per pound, and those over half a pound could fetch 150-200 yuan per pound.

Now, the group of tiger-headed crabs in front of Ye Yuan seemed endless. A few crew members had already started catching them with nets. Since Ye Yuan's boat did not have crab traps, they could only catch the crabs manually when encountering a large number of them.

Fortunately, these crew members were not human and could work until their energy was depleted. Ye Yuan had calculated that the energy converted from one meal for a crew member was equivalent to five hours of continuous work by an ordinary human crew member.

In other words, these crew members could work at full capacity for five hours after one meal. This was why Ye Yuan always brought a lot of supplies whenever he went out to sea.

Currently, there were nine such crew members on Ye Yuan's boat. Except for Ding Yi, who had to stay on the boat to steer, the other eight crew members were already here. They started using nets to catch the larger tiger-headed crabs, as there were so many that they only picked those over half a pound, letting the smaller ones go.

Ye Yuan planned to transport these tiger-headed crabs back alive. The biggest drawback of Ye Yuan's boat was that the live water tank was not large enough. If it were to carry these tiger-headed crabs, it could only hold about two tons.

All the crew members, including Ye Yuan, were in the seawater, going up and down to transport the tiger-headed crabs. After more than two hours of hard work, they finally filled the live water tank of the "Water Control" boat.

Looking at the full tank of tiger-headed crabs, Ye Yuan was very happy, but even his body, after cultivating the "Water Control Technique," was a bit exhausted.

Looking at his crew members, although their movements were also a bit slower, it was not as obvious as his own. After instructing Ding Er to prepare the meal, he went back to the rest cabin to rest.

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"How do you have time to come to my island?"

Ye Yuan was surprised as he answered the phone. The call was from Xu Hang, who had come to Fish Bay Island without prior notice.

"I have something to talk to you about."

"It's almost the fishing moratorium. Aren't you planning to catch one last boatload of fish?"

Since the last mission with Xu Hang, the two had become much closer, and Ye Yuan spoke more freely.

"When can you return to shore?"

Xu Hang, as usual, spoke simply and straightforwardly.

"I'll be at the Pinghai County dock by tonight, unload the fish, and then go back."

"Then I'll see you in Pinghai County."

Without waiting for Ye Yuan to say more, Xu Hang hung up the phone directly.

"He must want something from me, is he going to make me dive again?"

Ye Yuan muttered to himself.

In the evening, the sunset shone on the dock, and flocks of seagulls flew around the fishing boats at the dock.

The "Water Control" boat slowly docked. Wang Yueshan, Su Mei, and Xu Hang stood on the dock, with Xu Hang still talking to Wang Yueshan. They seemed to be very familiar with each other.

Seeing that Ye Yuan's boat had docked, Xu Hang did not move, but Su Mei and Wang Yueshan eagerly boarded the fishing boat. Ye Yuan had brought back over 140 tons of fish, which they knew, but he had not specified what kinds of fish they were.

The two did not hesitate to head straight for the cabin and saw the two tons of tiger-headed crabs in the live water tank. They were so surprised that their mouths dropped open. When they saw the crew members bringing out boxes of various fish from the freezer, they were speechless.

Without consulting Ye Yuan, the two decided to split the tiger-headed crabs evenly. Su Mei took only a portion of the fish, and the rest went to Wang Yueshan.

When Ye Yuan received the transfer with a string of zeros, he was also surprised that the fish from this trip had sold for so much.

At this point, the workers they had brought started to unload the seafood from the boat.

Seeing that everything was done, Xu Hang walked over.

Wang Yueshan recognized Xu Hang and knew it was best not to interfere when they were talking, so he walked to the side. Although Su Mei did not know who Xu Hang was, seeing Wang Yueshan's behavior, she knew it was not appropriate for her to listen, so she did not come over to disturb them.

"What's up? Couldn't you say it on the phone?"

Ye Yuan looked at Xu Hang and asked.

"Personal matter."

Xu Hang was still as concise as ever.

"Go ahead, I'll do what I can."

Ye Yuan relaxed a bit when he heard it was a personal matter.

"I have a group of soldiers under me, who are retiring this year, all from rural areas. Can you help me arrange for a few of them to work on your boat?"

Xu Hang said a bit awkwardly.

Ye Yuan did not expect such a request. He had not planned to hire outsiders, but since it was the first time Xu Hang asked him for a favor, and it did not seem like a big deal to others, he decided to agree. However, it would be a bit troublesome for him.

After some thought, Ye Yuan agreed. Since he had encountered crab swarms twice, he needed to prepare crab traps for the fishing boat. The current boat was a bit small, and if he got a larger boat, he would still need to buy robots. However, although robots were good, he would have no one to talk to in the vast sea.

Soldiers were more trustworthy, and besides, his diving ability was already known to the navy, so these soldiers would not doubt him.

Thinking this, Ye Yuan said,

"No problem, but I have one condition. Since they are on my boat, they are my crew members. You don't need to worry about their wages and benefits; they will be better than others, not worse. The only condition is that they must listen to me. If they don't, I won't give you any face and will send them back where they came from."

Ye Yuan also put forward his own condition.

"No problem, thank you."

"How many out of ten can you arrange?"

Xu Hang asked.

Ye Yuan thought for a moment. He had originally planned to keep only eight, but since Xu Hang mentioned only ten, he said,

"Bring them all, I'll take them all."

"Good, rest assured, they are all good hands at sea, not worse than anyone on your boat."

Ye Yuan glanced at Xu Hang, thinking,

"If you knew what kind of people my crew members are, you wouldn't say that."

But he kept this thought to himself and did not say it out loud.

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