The so-called "money can make the devil grind", this sentence is also very appropriate in Russia. With this thousand euros to open the way, Ivanovic is extremely efficient.

The next morning, the Russians went to the hotel where Xiao Ping settled to look for him, and happily took Xiao Ping to the dock by the sea, pointed to a fishing boat and said proudly: "Dear Xiao, I have found what you need, look at what a strong and solid fishing boat, it is simply the best boat on the dock!"

In Xiao Ping's eyes, the fishing boat was much more dilapidated than the fishing boat he had rented when he caught bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico. But if you really want to talk about it, this is indeed the best boat on the docks. Although it looks a little shabby, at least it is not as rusty as the other fishing boats, which makes it suspicious that they will sink to the bottom of the sea as soon as they leave the port.

Anyway, the fishing boat is rented for work and not for vacation, so Xiao Ping's requirements are not high, and he quickly nodded and said, "Very good, as long as you can go to sea." ”

"It's absolutely no problem to go to sea. Ivanovich said: "The daily rent is 800 euros, and you are responsible for the fuel and other expenses, and all the fishing nets on the ship are lent to you, but if it is damaged or lost, it will be compensated according to the price, what do you think?"

After saying this, Ivanovich looked nervously at Xiao Ping's answer. The rent of 800 euros per day is already very high here in Kunin. After all, even during such a sturgeon season, a fishing boat does not earn more than 500 euros a day. And that's all about getting oil, employees' salaries, paying off fishing officials, and so on, and it's a lot of luck to make a net profit of 300 euros a day.

And now the owner of the ship doesn't have to do anything, just rent the boat to Xiao Ping. Sitting at home and making almost three times as much in a day is a very good deal. No wonder Ivanovic is so nervous.

But for Xiao Ping, this amount of money is nothing at all. He didn't think much about it at all and nodded: "Okay, that's it, I'll rent it for a week, and the rent will be settled on a daily basis, which is eight hundred euros, you click on it." ”

"Xiao, you are so generous. Ivanovic, who had the cash in hand, smiled all over his face, and then approached Xiao Ping and said: "Let me tell you a secret, there are often fishery police patrols in the waters in this area." Don't be nervous if they bump into you. Just give a hundred euros to every cop on the boat, and an extra hundred to their heads, to make sure that no matter what you catch, these guys won't care. There are only four people on a ship at most, and five hundred euros can put them all in the balance. ”

Hearing Ivanovic's words, Xiao Ping couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the previous 1,000 euros were indeed not spent in vain. Without the help of such a local, this would not have been possible. As for how to deal with such a thing when encountering the fishery police, Xiao Ping is completely ignorant. If you don't get the guidance of Unexpected Norwich, you will probably go to jail.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ping was also very satisfied with Ivanovic's performance, patted him on the shoulder and said, "I feel your sincere friendship." I'll give you a great gift before I leave, my friend. ”

Xiao Ping's words were equivalent to some kind of promise, and Ivanovich was naturally very happy to hear it. He got on the boat and helped Xiao Ping start the engine. After making sure everything was working properly, he jumped back on the dock and waved to Xiao Ping to wish him all the best.

This kind of fishing boat is not difficult to drive, and Xiao Ping smoothly pointed the bow of the boat into the open sea. Slowly drove out of the dock amid the "bump" noise of diesel engines.

Compared to the last time I chartered a high-end yacht in California, the conditions of the fishing boat are much worse. Xiao Ping endured the noise and the strong smell of diesel fuel all the way. It took more than an hour to come to the sturgeon-infested waters.

Although the eggs of many fish on the market are called caviar, the most authentic caviar is produced from only a few dozen special species of sturgeon. And the best and most common of these sturgeon species. It can be found on the Black Sea coast. This is also the most famous Russian caviar, and it is also the reason why Xiao Ping came thousands of miles to Kunin to catch sturgeon.

Fishermen here use drift nets to catch sturgeon, and Xiao Ping, of course, also follows the local customs, releasing the long drift nets on his fishing boat into the sea.

The fishing boat that Xiao Ping borrowed was not a big boat, and the drift net on it was only more than 2,000 meters long. However, Xiao Ping is not a professional fisherman after all, and he just asked Ivanovich how to use the drift net before setting off. Therefore, although he had extraordinary strength and endurance, he was also tired and sweating profusely after putting all the drift nets into the sea.

Now that it was finally done, Xiao Ping also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and drove the fishing boat slowly forward, letting the drift net unfold in the seawater, hoping to catch the sturgeon he expected.

However, Xiao Ping did not sit idle for long, but half an hour later, he started the machine on the ship and began to collect the nets. You must know that Xiao Ping planned to raise the sturgeon in the sea inside the demon refining pot, so he must ensure that the sturgeon caught is alive. Fish will die within a few hours after being caught in drift nets, so Xiao Ping must speed up the frequency of collecting and releasing nets.

In fact, the local fishermen in Kuning do the same. They also tend to catch live sturgeon and send it to caviar processing plants after knocking them out. In this way, the sturgeon is still alive when the roe is cut, and the freshness of the caviar is preserved to the greatest extent.

After being busy for a while, Xiao Ping finally took all the drift nets back to the boat. However, the harvest of this net was disappointing, except for a dozen kilograms of small trash fish, not to mention pregnant adult sturgeons, not even a very small juvenile sturgeon.

"Whew...... It seems that I'm not qualified as a temporary fisherman!" Xiao Ping sighed secretly as he sorted out the nets.

However, although Xiao Ping sighed secretly in his heart, he was not discouraged by casting his net for the first time and finding nothing. In fact, due to environmental pollution and overfishing, the number of sturgeon, especially the mother fish with fish roe, has been decreasing, resulting in lower and lower caviar production, which is one of the reasons why the price of caviar has risen year after year.

So Xiao Ping was actually prepared for no harvest in his heart, which is why he told Ivanovich at one time that he would rent a fishing boat for a week. From the beginning to the end, Xiao Ping did not have the intention of a quick victory, but was ready to fight a protracted battle.

However, it was clear that catching the sturgeon was much more difficult than Xiao Ping had expected. He cast the net four times in a row, busy from early morning to afternoon, but still found nothing.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting in the west, Xiao Ping let out a long sigh, stopped the work of casting the net, and prepared to drive the boat back to the dock. Although I have been busy all day today, I have not gained anything. This also made Xiao Ping understand what it means to rely on the sky to eat, and fishermen have always lived this kind of life.

The first day of work did not yield anything, which also made Xiao Ping feel a little depressed. He sailed silently in the direction of the docks, hoping for a good harvest tomorrow.

As the fishing boat approached the shore, Xiao Ping saw fishermen on another boat collecting their nets. Compared to his previous movements, the movements of this group of fishermen were much more proficient. Thousands of meters of drift nets are quickly collected onto the boat, and anything that hangs on the nets, whether it is sturgeon, trash fish, or seaweed, is immediately removed from the net and sorted to where it belongs—the sturgeon is carefully placed on the deck, the trash is thrown into the cabin with ice, and the seaweed, of course, is returned to the sea.

"That's efficiency. This scene made Xiao Ping secretly admire, looking at the deck of the house and muttering: "They seem to have gained a good harvest, why don't they lean up and ask about the situation." ”

Xiao Ping drove the fishing boat and slowly approached the other party. Several fishermen on the boat noticed an unfamiliar fishing boat approaching, and they were a little nervous at first. But when they made sure there was only one Oriental on board, the nervousness immediately turned to curiosity. The fishermen looked up at Xiao Ping one after another, and two even greeted him in a friendly manner.

Xiao Ping tried to park the boat as close to the other party as possible, and then asked the fishermen in English: "Hey, I'm a tourist who came to Kunin for a vacation, a friend of Vladimir Ivanovich, how did you get today?"

Ivanovich was obviously quite famous in Kuning, and when the fishermen heard Xiao Ping mention his name, the last little guard was exhausted, and a relatively young fisherman smiled and said: "Today's harvest is good, I caught three pregnant females, and they are not going to be sent to the processing plant." ”

Xiao Ping smiled: "I saw you just now catch two smaller sturgeons, aren't those two pregnant?"

The fisherman sighed, "Speaking of which, these two small fish are still female Borug sturgeons, but unfortunately they are too young to be useful, so we plan to release them in a moment." ”

The fisherman's words made Xiao Ping's heart move, and he hurriedly looked carefully at the two smallest sturgeon on the deck. Although there are many types of sturgeon that can be used to produce caviar, the best of them all is the Borug sturgeon. The eggs produced by this sturgeon are some of the best of all sturgeon, and the taste is simply mesmerizing. It is said that once you have tasted caviar made from Borug sturgeon eggs, you will be dismissive of other varieties of caviar. So there's a saying that if you haven't tasted Borug caviar, you haven't eaten real caviar.

However, the Borug sturgeon grows slowly, and females do not spawn until they are twenty years old. Killings in recent decades have made the sturgeon almost extinct, making it even more difficult to catch a pregnant female, so the price of Borug caviar has become alarmingly high. The price of a small bite of Borug caviar can cost nearly $100.

With two female Boluge sturgeons in front of him, Xiao Ping was of course unwilling to give up this opportunity, and asked the fisherman without hesitation: "Can you sell me these two fish?" (to be continued......