Liu Minjia's boat is more than 20 meters long and has a standard crew of 5.

However, now that it is the first month, most of the sailors are too lazy to work overtime, so Gu Kun has no choice, so he can only hire the two poorest ones from Liu Min.

In this way, there are a total of four people in the Gu family. Considering that Gu Kun's boating skills against the sky can top a few people, it is enough.

The two crew members are still a couple, the male is named Long Li, and the female is called Chen Li, both twenty-five or sixteen years old. The skin is rough, and it looks like it is exposed to the wind and the sun.

The name Longli is not very good, it sounds like a fish, so everyone usually doesn't call him by his name. And because he was the fifth in the family, he simply called him Long Wu.

Liu Min was afraid that Gu Kun would not be satisfied, so he helped to say good things: "Don't look at them as black and thin, they are not lazy in their work, especially Long Wu is full of energy and energy......"

Gu Kun raised his hand to signal that there was no need to say any more: "Uncle Liu, can I still worry about the people you introduced? ”

Because Gu Kun and Long Wu Chen Li worked together for two years in their previous life, they knew that they were still reliable - in that life, Gu Kun did not survive the previous typhoon, and after pawning the ship, he went to Liu Min to work, so these people were colleagues with him.

Because of poverty, in their previous life, they and Gu Kun were a little sympathetic.

Gu Kun also knew that the couple had a child two years later. The reason why they are fighting so hard now is to save some money first, after all, after Chen Li is pregnant, they will have to rely on Long Wu to support the whole family alone.

After confirming that they could be hired, Long Wu and Chen Li hurriedly nodded and said hello, and Chen Li asked with a hard face: "Boss Gu, I don't know how long it will take to go to sea this time?" ”

Large maritime companies are paid monthly wages on board the ship, and the payment is made after arriving at the port.

But Gu Kun is the new owner of the ship, if he doesn't give the money first, the other party won't dare to do anything with him, in case he runs away on the debt.

Gu Kun also happily ordered three thousand reams in person: "Okay, I said that it will be 500 reams per person per month, and before sailing for a while, you will wait for me at the bank branch at the port, and you will board the ship after depositing the money." ”

After hiring the crew, Liu Min took Gu Kun to inspect the ship's condition. When the group walked into the cockpit, Liu Min pointed to the fuel gauge and said:

"Last time I returned to Hong Kong, I still had half of the amount of oil, about three tons. Uncle can't take advantage of you, even if it's 1800 reams. If you want to fill up, I've got a few barrels of oil to fill up with you. Food and seasoning from the ship's galley, even if it is delivered to you. ”

However, Gu Kun politely declined: "No, this oil is enough." ”

Liu Min was a little surprised, because he didn't plan to take advantage of oil prices.

But since Gu Kun refused, he didn't bother to say anything, otherwise it would seem that he had ulterior motives.

After Liu Min said goodbye and left, the group began to make preparations for the voyage.

Motivated by the salary advance, Long Wu and Chen Li are very active. The various supplies were quickly replenished, and Gu Kun spent nearly two thousand reams of money to purchase.

The group had lunch at the dock, and after a short rest, Gu Kun ordered to set sail.

Gu Kun steered, and Long Chen and the others were responsible for pulling the anchor and bringing the cable.

Of course, Gu Pan does the easiest work, just responsible for lookout and looking at the water diversion.

The 160-kilowatt main engine, pushing the hull of more than 200 tons, carved a track on the turquoise sea, pointing straight to the north. The beach and coconut groves fade away and disappear into the horizon.

The other three did not react to these scenes, but they still had a sense of novelty, and they were very happy to see them from the lookout.

Half an hour after the boat sailed out, the work such as steering with cables was almost busy, and Long Wu and Chen Li were very active in asking Gu Kun for instructions.

At sea, most of the time there is not so much operation. It is also very busy when entering and leaving the port, as well as fishing operations. Usually sailors just need to pay attention to the sea conditions.

However, if the boss is a little black-hearted and can't see the sailors idle, then there will be endless rust and endless lacquer, and you can always find it if you are looking for a job anyway.

They apparently took the initiative to find work for the sake of salary advances.

"Captain, I see that the water depth here is already 40 meters, do you want to put a buoy to explore the fish first?"

The buoy he said is a fish detector, and the principle is a sonar, but the accuracy is much lower than that of the military.

Listen to a sound below 4,000 rings.

Ordinary captains should be relieved to see his subordinates working so hard, but Gu Kun not: "Don't worry, if you need to explore the fish for a while, I will operate it myself, and you can help me take the helm when the time comes." ”

Chen Li's face was a little embarrassed, and Long Wu on the side muttered in a suppressed voice: "Captain, you can't trust my level? I've been listening to fish for seven or eight years." ”

Gu Kun: "It's not that I believe it, it's that this time we have to go to the sea, and it will take a long time, and there is no need to catch anything else in the first few days, except for the very valuable fish." Anyway, the fish compartment can be filled before the final landing. ”

"Then where are we going this time?" asked Long Wu.

Chen Li was more careful than her husband, and pulled his sleeve beside her: "Don't ask a few words, the captain has his own arrangements." ”

Before going to sea, Gu Kun didn't explain anything, and he was a little mysterious. But because he advanced his salary, the employee didn't ask much.

Now that it's at sea, it doesn't matter.

Gu Kun was about to answer, but the cockpit door opened. It turned out that Gu Pan was tired of seeing the sea view, so he came down from the lookout to take shelter from the wind.

Gu Pan naturally interrupted the small talk of the three of them with a big grin: "Brother, I wanted to ask just before I went to sea, why didn't you ask Uncle Liu to help you fill up the gas?"

Gu Kun also took the opportunity to answer his sister first: "Our Lanfang does not produce oil, and it is imported from Sarawak or Brunei, so it is expensive." The price of oil in China was originally 20% more expensive than ours, but after the cancellation of the dual-track exchange rate system in January, the renminbi depreciated by 40%, and the oil price did not change, which is cheaper than ours. Therefore, after selling seafood in Guangdong, we will fill up with cheap oil on the return trip. ”

After all, Gu Pan was only in his first year of high school, and he suddenly felt that his brother had too much experience in life: "Then the price of oil in Huaxia will also be adjusted in the future, right?

Gu Kun glanced at the two people next to him with a little concern, but still replied: "At that time, when we go back, we will go around the sea and find a Brunei ship to refuel." Eighty percent of Brunei's GDP depends on oil, which is 15% cheaper than ours. ”

Chen Li's heart sank, knowing that the captain was answering the question of his husband and wife.

Long Wu was more upright, and directly admonished: "Captain, it turns out that you are planning to go to Huaxia to sell seafood? The people there are very poor, they can't even afford to eat tea and eggs, how can they afford to buy expensive seafood?

Chen Li hurriedly grabbed her husband: "How do you speak! Maybe the captain has his own clever plan, what do you know?" ”

Long Wu: "No matter how clever you are, you can't get in the way, have you forgotten that your parents usually tell us how poor Huaxia is?"

These words surprised Gu Kun.

When he worked with Long Chen and the others in his previous life, he never understood each other's position, three views, and family background.

Now it sounds like a prejudice about the richness and strength of China.

Gu Kun coldly ordered: "It seems that Lingzun Lingtang has some misunderstandings about Huaxia, everyone is Han, but I didn't expect it." But you've got your paychecks, so it's not your turn to worry about that. You just have to make sure that whatever I say, I do. ”

Chen Li saw that Gu Kun's face was not good, and hurriedly pulled Gu Pan aside in private and explained with a smile.

……

A few minutes later, on the aft deck, Chen Li accompanied Caution and sat with Gu Pan to watch the sea.

She took two freshly cooked skin shrimps, peeled the shells, and prepared a spicy oil dipping sauce, and invited Gu Pan to eat them.

Pipi shrimp was caught by Long Wu just now.

In the 90s, the trend of eating pipi shrimp was not yet popular, and the tropical waters of the South China Sea were full of pipi shrimp.

Chen Li explained in a low voice:

"Miss Gu, we didn't deliberately contradict the captain just now, you have a chance to help explain. We really have no malice, but we are afraid that the captain will go all the way to a poor country, and the seafood will not be sold at a price, and we will lose money. ”

"It's okay, I know you don't have that many bad intentions. "Gu Pan eats people with a short mouth, so he promised to take a big package, and he shook his fingers after eating.

When there is no fishing at sea, it is indeed boring, and Gu Pan also hopes to talk more with his predecessors and increase his experience.

Chen Li saw that Gu Pan was good at talking, so she started talking:

"I'm a native of Lanfang, but I don't have any prejudices, and I heard that the mainland has become more and more open and rich in recent years. My husband's family mainly likes to listen to Wanwan's propaganda - those media, as you know, are all based on bad examples from the mainland. ”

Gu Pan was curious: "Why do they listen and believe partially?"

Chen Li sighed: "They are new immigrants. Before the liberation of my father-in-law, he was a soldier of Commander Xiao Zhuge Bai, and after the troops were dispersed in Guixi in 50 years, he fled to Vietnam, and was disarmed by the French army and sent to Phu Quoc Island in Saigon.

My husband was born in Saigon. When the U.S. troops retreated from Saigon in 75, they fled to Lan Phong on a black boat - so his family actually escaped twice, although they were indeed Han by blood, but they inevitably had some prejudice against northerners. ”

"I see. "Gu Pan is only in his first year of high school, and he doesn't care about politics and history, so he listens to the story and prepares to persuade his brother for a while.

Everyone is Chinese, and it is nothing to listen to and believe for a while, and if you know that you can change your mistakes, you can still save them.

Chatting here, it was about two hours before they went to sea, and Gu Kun's shouting suddenly came from the speaker, interrupting them.

"I've found a school of fish, and I'm ready to work!