Chapter 1044: set off

Whether you are catching crabs or lobsters, you need to put bait in the crab cage. This requires a lot of fish or squid. The 500 tons of mackerel that Maxim stocked at the time was used as bait for crab boats.
This mackerel is what Huaxia people call "mackerel" or "mackerel". It is a kind of fish that Huaxia people like to eat. However, in the West, people don’t like to eat this fish at all. They dislike fish bones and the price is very low. .
However, this fish is not a good bait even if it is used as a bait, because it is a little small, one is thirty or forty centimeters in size, and it consumes a lot when used for crabbing. The bait needs to be replaced constantly and it needs to be installed in a net It is a waste of time to hang it in a crab cage.
So the best choice of bait is the big fish, such as cod and squid, without changing the bait. Considering the market price, the most suitable one is haddock. The size is large and the price is cheap. It costs one dollar per pound and more than two thousand dollars per ton. Xiao Peng gave Maxim more than ten thousand dollars this time. Maxim had no reason to refuse Xiao Peng and the others on board.
After the six tons of haddock was moved to the'Jinjiaoyu', Xiao Peng and the others also boarded the'Jinjiaoyu'. The fishermen on the boat were all from Kamchatka, so Xiao Peng and the others got on the ship. I didn’t have any opinion, but I was very happy. They took out their mobile phones and took selfies with the two of them-----The two people are still very famous in Kamchatka. After all, they used to stand in the church as a gift "Zi Guanyin' has visited before, right?
Sisters Nikita and Georgina were almost crying.
The'Jinjiaoyu' is a small boat only 28 meters long. The space inside the ship is very limited. They have a separate room for two people on the'Vladimir'. They can take off their clothes while sleeping, but in Jinjiao Where's the fish number? The sisters slept in a closet-like bunk bed: Xiao Peng and the others carried forward their style, otherwise they could only squeeze out of the bed.
And the smell in this cabin is really bad, and the smell of feet and sweat can stun a person.
This is not the most unacceptable for the two girls. The most unacceptable is that they can’t change their clothes to go to the toilet at all. In this weather, you must have three layers of clothes inside and outside. On the Vladimir, there is The air conditioner is blowing, and you don't need to wear too much clothes to withstand the severe cold, which is not available on this "Golden Pepper Fish". It can only be worn tightly wrapped like a zongzi. The outside is still an integrated rubber waterproof jacket. There is also an orange life jacket outside. It is no exaggeration to say that it takes five minutes to undress once. It is extremely inconvenient to go to the toilet or sleep.
Taking into account the safety of the two: what if someone on the boat has a bad idea about the two of them? So Xiao Peng and the two slept beside the aisle next to their "closet" with two sleeping bags.
"Xiao, can you survive such a difficult environment?" Nikita asked curiously.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Our original life was even worse. When I was a kid, I kept abalone at home. The boat we used was a small wooden boat less than five meters long. It didn't even have a roof. When it rained and snowed, we still worked. Let me study hard if I don’t get on the boat, but I love my dad too. Sometimes I just lie down on the deck and sleep when I’m tired. How nice is it now? At least I can’t get wet, and there is a sleeping bag. This environment That’s good enough! How about it, I haven’t sailed yet, and it’s too late to disembark."
Nikita curled his lips after hearing this: "I have also sailed out to sea, have you? I am afraid of this?"
Xiao Peng turned his eyes to Georgina after hearing this. To be honest, Georgina is going crazy, she has never had such experience in her life, she wants to give up, but this kind of life makes her want to stick to it, she is entangled now!
Just when Georgina was worried, Yang Meng walked in from the outside: "What kind of mess, I am not a suffering person at first. If I have to suffer such a crime, I will go back soon!"
Georgina made up her mind when she heard it: "I want to stay here! I will stick to it till the end, I won't let you look down on me."
Xiao Peng laughed: "Okay, I see how long you can hold on. You should take a good rest first, and don't even think about taking a rest when you arrive."
"Where are you going?" Nikita asked.
Xiao Peng took out his cigarette: "I will help them clean up the snow, and smoke a cigarette by the way."
Nikita hurriedly said, "I'm with you! The air here is really bad."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "When you go out to sea, you will feel that the air here is so good that you are not willing to go out if you let you out.
Nikita and Georgina looked at each other: "Even so, we have to go out and see now!"
Several people arrived on the deck. The fisherman of the'Golden Pepper Fish' was clearing the deck. Xiao Peng wanted to help, but they resolutely refused. Xiao Peng could only hand them a few cigarettes and smoked a cigarette beside watching them work. .
"Huh? Xiao, why is their crab cage different from yours?" Nikita suddenly found the problem. The crab cage on the deck of the "Jinjiaoyu" is not rectangular, but a cone like a lampshade.
Xiao Peng observed for a while and said, "This'Jinjiao Fish' is not a professional crab boat at first glance, but a gillnet fishing boat."
Nikita asked, "How did you know?"
Xiao Peng pointed to the winch and said: "The pulley block is obviously modified. It can be lifted to a height of one meter. The original position is almost flush with the ship's rail. This is the installation height of the winch for standard gillnet operations; and the middle of the ship is higher than the rear. The deck is much wider, because the working area of ​​the gillnet fishing boat is mainly in the middle of the ship. This modification makes the deck not big enough to place a sufficient number of square crab cages, so they use crab cages of this shape and stack them. It saves a lot of space together. You don’t think the boat is big, but when you click it, there are a total of six crab cages, each with sixty. This means that he can put three hundred and sixty in such a small space. A crab cage! If you count the ones in the ocean, think for yourself how many crab cages can be placed in such a small boat? This greatly improves the efficiency of crab catching!"
"Then why don't you use such crab cages?" Georgina asked curiously.
Xiao Peng shook his head and said: "After all, it's too small, with limited capacity and light weight. It is easy to be washed away by the ocean currents. Moreover, this small crab cage takes the same time as the large crab cage to put away. You know, a large crab cage weighs 700 kilograms, about three meters long, two meters wide and one meter high. The harvest top of that crab cage is so many small crab cages! Another key point is the crab. The cage is heavy and strong enough to adapt to various submarine environments and ocean currents, and will not get into the crevices of rocks by the submarine ocean currents, so it can only be said that each has its own advantages. But believe me, if this golden pepper fish is For large crab boats, he would certainly have enlarged crab cages. It was because the boat was too small that he could not use it."
"How much is a large crab boat?" Georgina asked curiously.
Xiao Peng thought for a while: "Don't be too good. If you include crab cages and other equipment, it costs almost three million US dollars. I am talking about the average price of ordinary crab boats. If you want to customize it, the price will be higher. This Shipbuilding is very particular about choosing steel and various equipment. Just like my ship, I bought it for 8 million U.S. dollars at the time, but conscientiously said the price was too cheap."
Georgina nodded: "It can be felt that your boat is not like a fishing boat at all, but like a yacht."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated, but it does look like a yacht compared to this boat."
Maxim put his head out of the cockpit: "Mr. Xiao, come to the captain's room, we are ready to sail!"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Let's go, let's go up. It must be more comfortable in the cockpit than in the cabin."
When several people arrived in the cockpit, Maxim picked up the walkie-talkie and called his first officer: "Alexander, check how well the crab cage is reinforced. If the reinforcement is ok, untie the cable and let's go!"
After hearing what he said, cheers rang out from below: "Ula, crabs, we are coming!"
These crew members do not have a basic salary for working on the ship. All income is proportional to the commission. According to the rules, half of the total harvest goes to Maxim. He is the owner and the captain. The remaining half are all crew members. The more, the more they earn, why do they leave their homes and work on the ship? Isn't it just to make more money? In this fishing season, no one intends to stop, one by one can't wait to turn around 24 hours a day.
When the ship left the port, a wave came, and Nikita almost didn't stop, holding on to the handle before stopping.
Maxim smiled bitterly: "I remember when I was a kid, my father told me to fish when he taught me to never go out to sea at a wind speed of 25 or 30 knots. As a result, now I have to go to the sea with a wind speed of 40 knots. Fan!"
Xiao Peng smiled and said: "The boat at that time was incomparable to the boat now, but although your boat seems to have no problem withstanding the storm at present, I still recommend that you put down the'little fish'."
Maxim nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Alexander, prepare to release the'little fish'!"
Intercom Riyalishana replied: "Okay Captain, wait a minute...Wait a minute, OK! Let's start!"
"What is'little fish'?" Nikita asked curiously.
Xiao Peng pointed to the window by the side of the ship, and saw two slender iron frames protruding from both sides of the middle of the ship, spreading like wings: "This is a balance bar that can balance the ship and increase resistance to wind and waves. Ability. Of course, only these two iron frames will not work. Did you see the iron chain on the front end of the iron rod? The iron chain is tied to the "small fish"! It is two balanced rudders, which can greatly improve the ship’s resistance. Wind and wave ability."
"Why do you never use the "Little Fish" on the "Vladimir"? Nikita asked curiously.
Xiao Peng looked proud after hearing this: "It's not a hurricane of level 12 or higher, I can't use that thing at all! The fishing boat bought for 8 million is not built!"