Chapter 3

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As cherry blossoms danced in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

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Xiaoming stood at the classroom door, took a deep breath, and firmly gripped the secret letter from his mother.

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In the midst of cherry blossoms dancing in the wind, Misaki opened the old diary and read the words of promise written there.

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For some reason, when he looked at the lobster, Jiang Tian felt a sense of familiarity. He petted and played with the lobster, and the little guy responded as if they shared a telepathic connection, waving its claws.

Well, since it's already a fact, Jiang Tian adjusted his mindset and accepted it, treating it like a pet.

Jiang Tian suddenly remembered whether the pirate ship could catch things other than fish. To test it, he locked onto a stone and gave the order to catch it.

The result was very satisfying; the stone was smoothly retrieved.

This also opened up a new way for Jiang Tian to make money. Perhaps he could try salvaging sunken ships or taking on deep-sea salvage jobs, as some salvage fees were not low.

Next, he needed to consider today's voyage.

Previously, the detection range was 50 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep, but now it was 100 meters in diameter and 50 meters deep. Even if we don't consider the area, just the depth from 20 meters to 50 meters would definitely reveal a large number of fish that he hadn't scanned before.

Setting out again, Jiang Tian changed the conditions for catching fish. He decided to catch all the large and small yellow croakers. With a storage room of 125 cubic meters, he didn't have to worry about running out of space.

By evening, when he returned, Jiang Tian had a bountiful harvest.

The scanning progress reached 135/500, and the increased detection range made his task progress faster.

The storage room already had two piles of fish. The larger pile was of small yellow croakers from the East China Sea, and the smaller pile was of large yellow croakers. Unfortunately, there weren't many large ones, with the biggest being a wild large yellow croaker about 40 cm long.

The storage room was a space similar to a stasis, where all the fish entered a state of suspended animation. However, if they were released, they would immediately become lively. Jiang Tian tried releasing a large yellow croaker, which almost jumped back into the sea.

But then Jiang Tian was stumped. He could carry a couple of yellow croakers to sell, but how could he handle so many fish? He couldn't just pull them out of thin air in front of the buyer. He needed a place to transfer the fish.

Renting a cold storage facility wasn't practical. Most people used trucks to transport the fish. If a bunch of fish suddenly appeared in the cold storage without any activity, it wouldn't make sense to the refrigeration company.

Headache, headache, the fish were easy to catch, but hard to sell!

Back on shore, he put away the pirate ship and headed straight to the nearby seafood market to find the fish vendor, Zhou Dahai.

"Brother Jiang!" Zhou Dahai's eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Tian holding a net bag.

"See how much this fish is worth," Jiang Tian said.

Zhou Dahai took out the fish, which was still lively, and weighed it at 3.6 pounds.

At a price of 4500 yuan per pound, the total came to 16200 yuan. Jiang Tian suggested rounding it down to 16000 yuan, and Zhou Dahai happily counted the money. It seemed his investment yesterday was worth it, as this young man indeed had a way.

This time, Jiang Tian didn't insist on going to the bank to withdraw the money. Since they planned to work together long-term, a bit of trust was necessary. He directly took the cash and quietly put it into the mini ship-shaped storage room on his chest.

Finally, Jiang Tian said, "I have a batch of yellow croakers. Can you handle it?"

Zhou Dahai perked up and asked, "How much? What kind of fish? Live or frozen?"

Jiang Tian replied, "About a few thousand pounds, all small and large yellow croakers, live!"

"Let's go, show me!" Zhou Dahai said excitedly.

Jiang Tian stood still and said, "Just help me contact a fish truck, and wait for me here!"

Seeing Jiang Tian's insistence, Zhou Dahai didn't mind and called a fish truck for him. It was a 7-meter-long JAC Weiling, and the driver was a middle-aged man in his forties named Wang Wei.

The cost for one trip was 4000 yuan, but Jiang Tian didn't care about the price. He got into the truck and had the driver take him to the dock. Then he had the driver open the cargo area and pointed to the busy workers, saying, "They will load the fish. I'll treat you to a meal!"

Since Jiang Tian was with him, the driver, Wang Wei, didn't suspect anything and thought the workers were Jiang Tian's company's loaders. Hearing that Jiang Tian was treating him to a meal, he agreed, thinking it would save him a meal.

During this time, Jiang Tian excused himself to go to the restroom, then went to the truck and transferred the yellow croakers from the storage room into the water tank in batches, turned on the oxygen pump, and closed the cargo area.

Back at the restaurant, when Wang Wei was almost done eating, Jiang Tian called him to leave.

After checking the vehicle, Wang Wei drove to the seafood market, where Zhou Dahai was already eagerly waiting.

Upon checking the vehicle, Zhou Dahai's eyes lit up. The yellow croakers were all of good size. Knowing that yellow croakers were becoming increasingly difficult to catch, Zhou Dahai estimated that this batch was at least 2 tons.

Zhou Dahai had already hired workers and rented a cold storage facility, and they immediately started working.

Zhou Dahai then went to negotiate the price with Jiang Tian.

The large and small yellow croakers were sorted by size: those under 5 ounces in one group, 5 to 10 ounces in another, and over 10 ounces in another. This affected the price.

The prices were tiered: 13.7 yuan per pound for 2 to 5 ounces, 14.3 yuan per pound for 5 to 7 ounces, 18 yuan per pound for 8 to 9 ounces, and a bit more for over 10 ounces. Most of this batch were 5 to 10 ounces.

If they were wild, the prices for 1 pound, 1.5 pounds, and 2 pounds were 1200 yuan, 1600 yuan, and 2500 yuan, respectively, and the prices went up from there.

This batch included many wild yellow croakers, which was why Zhou Dahai's eyes lit up. Wild yellow croakers were becoming increasingly rare to catch.

In recent years, the price of wild yellow croakers had risen sharply. Zhou Dahai had been in the seafood business for over 10 years and had never seen such high prices in recent years.

Wild yellow croakers have tender and nutritious meat with high medicinal value. Their otoliths can clear heat and remove stasis, promote urination, and treat urinary tract infections. Their fat can nourish the lungs, strengthen the spleen, and stop bleeding. Their gallbladder can clear heat and detoxify. In short, they are a treasure, and wild yellow croakers are more nutritious and taste better than farmed ones, so no matter how high the price, they are always in high demand and never hard to sell.

Zhou Dahai planned to wholesale the other yellow croakers to fish merchants but intended to keep the wild ones for a higher price, expecting buyers to come the next day.

From the outside, wild yellow croakers are long and elliptical, side-flattened, and have a lighter yellow color. So, those with round heads, round bellies, and thick, deep yellow fat are definitely not wild yellow croakers but farmed ones.

Another point is that wild yellow croakers are generally larger.

In short, Zhou Dahai would check every fish to ensure he didn't miss any wild ones.

The final settlement was 80486.54 yuan, calculated clearly, and the zero was rounded off. Jiang Tian received 80000 yuan.

Since the bank was closed, large transactions couldn't be processed. Jiang Tian asked, "Do you have online banking?"

"Online banking? Yes, yes, I do!"

In the end, they found a computer and used quick payment to transfer the money.

By the time everything was settled, it was almost midnight. Zhou Dahai was in high spirits and insisted on treating Jiang Tian to a meal, saying he was grateful for Jiang Tian's business.

Jiang Tian, who had earned 96000 yuan that day, was also very happy. The pirate ship indeed brought him a steady stream of wealth, so he accepted Zhou Dahai's invitation.

They ate at a nearby restaurant. Since the area had a dock, the restaurants often stayed open late. When they entered, there were still two tables of people, who were clearly dock workers from their attire.

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