Chapter 4: The Great Harvest
As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
With a veteran like Gu Kun coming out, the originally dangerous operation process looks mediocre.
However, at sea, small accidents are always happening.
At that time, Gu Kun was tossing and trawling under the water, and he opened his perspective hanging ears, and suddenly heard the movement of a big ship in the distance in the north.
"That sounds so far away...... It is so obvious that this ship is not less than 500 tons, and its speed is much faster than that of merchant ships...... It's an Indonesian fishery boat!"
This is the waters of Indonesia, and theoretically the fishing boats of the Lanfang people cannot fish here. Relatively speaking, the Malays are more friendly to the Lantian side and give each other the most preferential access treatment.
Gu Kun's heart was excited, and his hand quickly sped up again, and then quickly floated up like a barracuda, and slipped back to the fishing boat.
Then the operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the horsepower was turned on to tear off the sonar fixed cable, and the prey was recovered by twisting the trawl.
After doing all this, he hurriedly chose the right course and took a roundabout, and the wind was howling.
Half an hour later, Gu Kun's boat was 15 nautical miles west of the Indonesian fishery administration ship, staggered in the opposite direction, and successfully escaped, sailing farther and farther.
With Gu Kun's current equipment, if he carried it hard, he would be looking for death, and he couldn't run, so he could only hurry around outside the other party's field of vision.
The old man eats chickens all by Gou.
The small 20-ton fishing boat looks like Voldemort in a crop circle on the sea. The enemy does not come close to within 10 nautical miles, and neither the sea search radar nor the human lookout can detect such a small target. So even if his boat is small and slow as the prostate moves, as long as he can go around and hold on, he is not afraid at all.
Want to catch me? Give it a try.
Goko is a harder presence to catch than Captain Jack Sparrow.
"Why did there seem to be a little bit of a flash on the edge of the radar just now?"
"Look away, I guess there's a great white shark running by. ”
At the same time, in the observation cabin of the Indian patrol boat, several Indonesians grinned a few words and did not take it seriously.
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Once the first one is caught, the subsequent repetitive work will be much more proficient.
Gu Kun was busy in the nearby ocean for two whole days, covering the waters of the Badas Islands and the Tammelan Islands.
ran through the coordinates that I still remembered in my previous life.
Coupled with his current talent for underwater positioning, even if the error is a few nautical miles, he can slowly narrow down the range and finally lock on to the target.
In the end, a total of 4 sonars were obtained.
I also grabbed hundreds of catties of relatively valuable seafood.
During this period, it is indispensable to follow the patrol boat back and forth between Natuna and Yamaguchiyo, play Voldemort's peek-a-boo and dog, and the thief is excited.
With the main task completed, Gu Kun also calmed down and took stock of his catch by the way.
This time, you can't be lazy in fishing for seafood.
It's not that I expect the seafood to sell for a lot of money, but to make some money, which can cover for him to get rich immediately, which can be regarded as a kind of wealth laundering.
Otherwise, he drove an empty fishing boat to Kuching to ship, and no matter how you look at it, it is easy to make people suspicious.
"8 lobsters, 1 yellowfin tuna, well, estimated fifty or sixty pounds;"
"Melon seed spots, tiger spots, money spots...... 120 lbs., yellow snapper, red snapper, 240 lbs. ”
"Eh, these are alfonsino seabream, if you sell them to yourself, they can be five times more expensive than ordinary sea bream, but unfortunately, no one in the local area knows the goods. ”
"Southern mussel, 20 pounds, large snails, 60 pounds ......"
Gu Kun read it out to himself as always, and at the same time took a small book to keep an account, and quickly counted it.
Tuna is distributed globally, but bluefin is still common in cold-water waters at high latitudes, and yellowfin fishing is good in Southeast Asia.
As for the lobsters and shellfish, they were all caught by Gu Kun when he dived, and the local lobsters were mainly cedar dragons.
The crab had also seen it, but Gu Kun didn't want to risk being caught with his bare hands, so he couldn't do it.
Anyone who has run through the sea knows that there are special shrimp nets and shellfish nets for catching shrimp, crabs and shellfish.
And Gu Kun's boat only has a shallow water trawl for catching ordinary fish, and cannot scrape the seabed. Therefore, shrimp, crab and shellfish have to be touched by manpower, which is very hard and the yield is not high.
"Snapper counts RM5 a pound, grouper mussels count as 8 pieces, and yellowfin lobster counts as 30 pieces...... It's about RM6,000, which is not enough to cover up my true income. ”
This harvest is actually very good, before he was reborn, he did not have an underwater perspective hanging, and he only earned two or three thousand ringgit for half a month when he went to sea, which is only half of what he is here, mainly because he rarely caught expensive fish at that time.
And half a month's diesel money is more than 1,000, plus ship repair and depreciation, so seventy or eighty percent of the original income is given to the cost.
Nowadays, the cost has not increased significantly, but the harvest has skyrocketed several times in an instant, which means that the net profit has directly increased tenfold - if these seafood are sold for more than RM6,000, the net profit can be 5,000.
Thinking that just a week ago, he was still gambling with Liu Min for a loan of RM2,000, but now he has turned over overnight.
However, RM5,000 is enough to improve his life, and it is not enough to cover up his "huge wealth of unknown origin".
The sonar buoy lost by the anti-submarine aircraft cost US$18,000 each, or about RM50,000. The destroyer lost a large cargo, RM500,000 apiece.
The market of special recycling channels in Southeast Asia is generally three folds for new goods, and the old goods are counted separately depending on the condition.
If Gu Kun's wealth suddenly increases by 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, how can he wash away the seafood profit of RM5,000 alone?
"At least 10,000 or 20,000 yuan of seafood, and when you go back to sell fish, you have to be high-profile. With his many years of experience, Gu Kun quickly estimated the target value.
He then went back to the charts, looked at them, and decided to make a detour north on the way back to Kuching. (Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, and Gu Kun knows that there is a channel for equipment shipments)
Because the closer to the sea, the less difficult it is to fish, and those who row small wooden boats can compete with him for business. When you go back, stay farther away from the coast, and you'll catch more fish.
Once you've made up your mind, you'll start heading back.
Along the way, every 10 nautical miles, Gu Kun would use the underwater perspective to hang a special detection, and as a result, on the first day of the return trip, several schools of fish were found, and each net was thousands of catties.
Unfortunately, the species of fish are not very valuable, they are all sardines, horse fish, mackerel, and the empty fish tank can only be filled first.
His boat, theoretically full loaded, can hold 15 tons, but that is for dead fish.
If you want to secure live fish, you have to set aside at least three times the weight of the fish to release seawater, so 4 tons of live fish are stuffed.
Gu Kun didn't want the fish to die and waste the price, so after having a 4-ton guarantee, the fishing style began to be tightened the next day.
When you see that the worthless ones don't go to the net, you can only cast the net when you open and locate the precious fish.
It turned out that there was little harvest for most of the day, and it was not until late in the evening that it came to the operation for a little time, and encountered a small school of Napoleon wrasse.
Napoleon wrasse is one of the more valuable species in the Java Sea, and the price for exporting to China is close to RM100 a pound, and only five-star restaurants such as the "White Swan Hotel" will eat Napoleon wrasse.
In Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, the purchase price of Naionjae can also be sold for more than RM50.
Gu Kun was not greedy, and after catching Su Mei, he immediately vacated a net box for Su Mei alone, trying to ensure that every Su Mei could return to the port alive.
As for the trash fish that was vacated, they were thrown directly on the deck and sold as dead fish when they returned to port.
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For the next two days, he made hundreds of catties of trash fish and collected hundreds of catties of good fish every day, and finally arrived in Kuching.
On this day, it is already February 7th, and there are still two days left for the Chinese New Year's Eve.
In Malaysia, the Chinese make up about 30% of the population, while in Kuching it is half of the total, so the Chinese New Year atmosphere in the city is very strong. In addition, the wind and waves have become stronger again in the past two days, so almost no one goes to sea.
Gu Kun returned to the sea against the level 7 wind and rain, and he didn't see any other fishing boats along the way. When I was still three or four nautical miles away from the port, I encountered the patrol boat of the port department.
"Mazu, there are still people who go out to sea to fish in this weather? Or is it before the Chinese New Year? It's really poor and crazy. ”
The captain of the patrol boat couldn't help but marvel when he saw Gu Kun's swaying fishing boat in the binoculars, and then waved back, "Brothers are working, lean over for me!"
Two minutes later, the two boats approached, and the patrol captain shouted over a megaphone: "Stop the ship and check!
Gu Kun was not in a hurry, slowed down his speed, and prepared his documents to cooperate.
He was very experienced in his previous life, and knew that according to local laws, large and medium-sized fishing boats over 20 meters must report and pay handling fees when entering and leaving the port. Those big ships are very expensive to break the law, so they are more law-abiding.
For a small boat like Gu Kun, the relevant departments are too lazy to report it, so that there is room for front-line employees to "see it".
Hades has Hades' dishes, and imps have imps' dishes.
Two patrolmen jumped on board and took a few looks. At a glance, he saw a two-meter-high pile of dead fish at the stern of the boat, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel at the abundance of Gu Kun's harvest.
Those sonars were actually in the compartment under the pile of dead fish, but Gu Kun was sure that the other party would not turn it over.
"The harvest is good, it's really rich and dangerous. The patrol captain said enviously.
Gu Kun handed over a basket of skin shrimp and a few large groupers for everyone to share.
"It's good luck to eat from the sky, and everyone is happy. I'm from Lanfang. "Gu Kun is very good at talking.
The patrol captain smiled at once, and ordered the team to close: "Dare to go to sea in this kind of weather, or drive the boat alone, it's enough for you." I've been patrolling Kuching Port for more than 10 years, and you're the most stable I've ever seen. ”
"It's been a prize, and everyone has worked hard. Gu Kun smiled and sent off the guests.
There was a newcomer among the patrol officers, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, and asked in a low voice unwillingly: "Boss, this is considered to have been checked, what if he leaves?"
The captain's face sank: "Put P! When you look at the tattered appearance of this small boat, it is impossible to drive it to Vietnam and the Philippines, where do you let him go?
Other veteran team members hurriedly praised: "The boss is still wise, and he doesn't miss things and lets the brothers be idle." Xiao Cai, don't do much!"