The backs of Lao Huang and Xiao Zhi's father and son went farther and farther, and finally they could only see the goldfish kite on Lao Huang's back being blown by the wind from time to time, and someone said leisurely: "It would be nice if there were more people like this." ”

Zhang Zi'an looked sideways, it was the leading fishery officer, he was in his thirties, he was in the prime of life, with a strong figure and strong force.

"Ah, I haven't introduced it yet, my surname is Ke, and my name is Ke Shaohui. He took the initiative to shake hands, "Actually, I can see that you were mainly treating that minke whale just now, right?

His gaze fell on Zhang Zi'an's sleeve.

Zhang Zi'an's two cuffs were stained red with whale blood, and some blood spots were splashed on his clothes, which probably couldn't be washed, but fortunately, it was not a valuable brand-name clothes.

In comparison, Lao Huang and Xiao Zhi's father and son had almost no blood stains on their bodies, and they were clean, just soaked in seawater.

A discerning person can see at a glance who is responsible for the work and who is responsible for shouting 666.

"If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have known there was a minke whale stranded here. Zhang Zi'an said, and also introduced his name.

"This ...... If I'm wrong, don't take it to heart, why do I think you're a little familiar? Have we met somewhere?" Ke Shaohui stared at Zhang Zi'an's face, and couldn't help but look suspiciously, "I seem to have heard the name somewhere......

Zhang Zi'an is very sure that he has not met the other party.

"Ahh......h

Zhang Zi'an smiled and did not deny it.

"Tsk, no wonder you're so familiar with therapy animals, if you were another person here, it would be estimated that the whale would have died a long time ago......," Ke Shaohui smacked his lips and said.

"Section Chief, are you there?" said over the intercom.

Ke Shaohui put the walkie-talkie to his mouth, "What's the matter?"

"I just received a report that a fishing boat nearby has hit a reef and is about to sink, and the above asked us to help, the situation is more urgent. Said on the intercom.

"Okay, I see. You guys drive the boat over......" Ke Shaohui said halfway, raised his eyes to look at the tugboat, and couldn't help frowning.

The fishery officer on the tugboat was worried that the wound on the minke whale's body would burst during the swimming, so they followed the minke whale for a while, until it dived into the sea unharmed and lost its tracks.

Driving the tugboat to the shore, putting down the inflatable dinghy, picking up Ke Shaohui and returning to the tugboat, and then driving to the wreck of the fishing boat, this series of processes is very time-consuming, especially the wrecked fishing boat is in critical condition and cannot be delayed.

So, Ke Shaohui immediately changed his words and said: "You go to the aid of the wrecked fishing boat immediately, you don't have to come back to pick me up." ”

"...... you, section chief?"

"I'll take a taxi back by myself, you guys hurry up. Ke Shaohui gave an order.

"Okay, let's go. ”

The tugboat's engine whipped up white spray, slowly turned its head, and drove full speed in the other direction.

In fact, the minke whale left without looking back just now, part of the reason should be that it was afraid of this tugboat, and it couldn't tell the difference between the tugboat and the boat that hurt it, but Zhang Zi'an didn't tell Lao Huang about this part of the reason.

When Ke Shaohui spoke, Zhang Zian put down the corners of his trousers and put on the shoes and socks he had taken off.

Waiting for Ke Shaohui to put down the walkie-talkie, Zhang Zi'an asked, "By the way, you just said that something similar happened before?"

"Oh, yes. Ke Shaohui nodded, "Recently, a lot of whales have come to the sea off Binhai City, do you know this?"

"You know, it's been on the TV news. Zhang Zixin said that I was probably the first to know.

"Well, our department has been very busy recently, and we always have to go to sea with the experts sent from above, and the ship came late today, and it is for this ......reason that Ke Shaohui spread his hands helplessly, "The existing ship is completely insufficient, and it was more than enough before." ”

"Expert?" Zhang Zi'an asked.

"Because these whales came here for no apparent reason. Ke Shaohui was unabashed, and said calmly: "It is said on TV that it is because of the effectiveness of our city's pollution control, but in fact, we all understand that it is not the same thing at all - we are people who patrol the open sea almost every day, and we know better than anyone how well the pollution is controlled." Of course, marine pollution has improved in recent years, but it is still far from the desired goal...... We understand these things, and the people above also understand them, so we invited a lot of experts from home and abroad to study what attracts so many whales in Binhai City, but ......"

He smiled self-deprecatingly, "Experts are lining up, and they are lining up again, spending a lot of funds, and putting forward a lot of various theories, and it is almost said that there are alien spaceships hidden under the water of Binhai City, but there is no reliable one!"

Zhang Zi'an couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart that it was really difficult for these experts.

Ke continued: "The increase in the number of whales is definitely a good thing, and the people above also support it, which will help the city develop tourism." However, some whales came with injuries, some were stabbed by harpoons, some were injured by propellers, and there were others. ”

Zhang Zi'an cheered up and listened carefully.

Ke Shaohui looked at the direction where the minke whale disappeared and said: "Among the injured whales, there are not many who can be as lucky as this minke whale to be healed, the less serious ones may get better naturally, but the more serious ones have no choice, some of them died in the sea and were washed ashore by the waves, and the corpses were found, and some were stranded on the shore like this minke whale, but the discoverer did not know how to deal with it urgently, delayed precious time, and finally died when we arrived......

"Of course, I'm not shirking my responsibility, there are also reasons for our slow reaction and action, like the people under me, several of them are weak college students who have just graduated and been admitted, they don't know anything, they have to teach everything, and some are seasick...... Why do you think you want to be admitted to the fishery administration when you are seasick? Isn't this a blockage for us? People said that before they were admitted to the office, they thought they were sitting in the office...... "Ke Shaohui complained as he spoke.

Zhang Zi'an can understand. In the past, there was not a single whale in the sea off Binhai City, but so many whales suddenly appeared, and the unprepared fishery administration must have been in a hurry.

"But I think you're very experienced, huh?" he asked tentatively.

"I? I used to be in the Navy. Ke Shaohui said proudly: "Let me take these college students, it's like letting a lion lead a flock of sheep!"

No wonder...... Zhang Zi'an suddenly said that the skillful and delicate sailor's knot was not something that ordinary people could tie, it must have come from the old sailor's technique, and the other party's statement was not bragging.

Ke Shaohui stared at Zhang Zi'an's face and said half-jokingly: "By the way, because of the shortage of manpower, I heard that this year, the city's fishery administration will expand the scale, and the budget will also increase exponentially to deal with the sudden increase in whale population." You must be in your twenties, right?

The hairy boys under his command who had just walked out of the school gate were really embarrassed, and when he saw the wounds on the minke whale's body, he felt that if he could recruit Zhang Zi'an into the team of the fishery administration, he would definitely be able to become an instant combat force. However, he also knows that this is probably unlikely, after all, Zhang Zian is also considered to be famous, and there is no need to mix into the system, but it is a pity that there are still too few such talents.

As expected, Zhang Zi'an declined his invitation.

"Where did those whales get injured?" asked Zhang Zi'an curiously.

Ke Shaohui thought for a while, "It's hard to say about the propeller, because the propellers of all countries are similar, and when the whale dives under the boat, if it dives too shallow, it may be injured by the propeller." By the way, this year's fishing moratorium in the city will probably be brought forward, and then the lifting period will be postponed, and I heard that the above is studying how to compensate the fishermen, which is also a helpless thing. However, there are not many fishermen who actually go out to sea to fish, and most of them are cage farming, which has little impact. ”

Zhang Zi'an nodded, the fishing boats coming and going may indeed accidentally injure the whale.

"As for the damage caused by harpoons......," Mr. Ke mused, "although it cannot be completely ruled out that a very small number of Chinese fishermen did it out of greed and curiosity, most of it should have been caused by whale poachers in South Korea and Fuso." Our fishermen here do not have a tradition of whaling and eating whales, and even if they catch whales, they may be reported by citizens with a sense of justice, so few fishermen in the city will make a foolish mistake and do that kind of thankless work. ”

Zhang Zi'an guessed it somewhat, but after getting confirmation from Ke Shaohui's mouth, he still felt a little emotional.

In fact, Chinese people have a strong awareness of the protection of large wild animals such as cetaceans, and a few years ago, a dead juvenile minke whale appeared in a university cafeteria in Qilu, and it was immediately reported by students to the media and relevant departments.

In addition, there are other whales with no apparent cause of death, but the autopsy found that their stomachs were stuffed with plastic bags and other household waste. Ke Shaohui sighed, "It may be that there are not enough fish to eat, and they can only find something else to eat, which is also one of the reasons why the fishing moratorium should be advanced." ”

Zhang Zi'an didn't think of this before, but after Ke Shaohui mentioned it, he immediately understood.

Whales eat a lot of food, and after years of fishing, there are not many fish left in the coastal waters of Marina City. In order for these whales to settle in the coastal city for a long time, the city leaders must do their best to create a suitable environment for their survival, but this will not happen overnight.

Ke Shaohui looked at the waterproof watch on his wrist, "Ah, it's not early, I have to go back quickly, otherwise others will think that I have deserted." ”

Zhang Zi'an was hungry, pointed to his Wuling Shenguang and said, "Do you want me to give you a ride?"

"Okay, thank you!" Ke Shaohui was not polite and sat in the car happily.