Chapter 199, the fishing boat returns to port
In the port of Tianjin, with the ringing of the bell, everyone looked at the place where the sea and the sky meet, several Dafu ships loomed on the sea, like a warrior who returned triumphantly in armor, chopping waves, and the flag of the Ming Dynasty on the top of the mast fluttered in the wind.
"Luckily, I originally wanted to find a time to wait for the fishing boat to come back, but I didn't expect to meet it now."
Li Dongyang looked at the ships slowly heading towards the port on the sea, smiled and said to Zhou Jing and Zhang Mao beside him.
"Luck is very good, I want to see if this boat can really catch more than 100,000 catties of marine fish."
Zhou Jing nodded, his eyes full of anticipation.
As for Zhang Mao on the side, he is already moved, and wants to buy a few fishing boats to go to sea to fish, but the price of 20,000 taels makes him hesitate, and it is naturally best to be able to see it with his own eyes now.
With the return of the ship to the port, the people who are working in Tianjin port have also stopped to rest and rest, which has almost become a routine.
Every day when the ship returns to port, everyone must stop and rest, which is a rule from Liu Jin.
Of course, Liu Jin's original purpose was to let more people see the richness of the ocean and stimulate more people to devote themselves to the marine cause, so he also issued such a strange regulation, the ship returned to the port, and everyone rested and rested together, and saw the joy of the harvest together.
"I don't know if it's tuna this time, but if there is, I can treat them to taste the best of the ocean."
Liu Jin was also full of expectations, just Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others came over, since they wanted to promote the richness of the ocean to them, in addition to letting them see the huge benefits of this ocean fishing, it was also best to let them taste the delicious food in the ocean.
"Bell~Bell~"
Everyone didn't wait too long, as the ship got closer and closer to the port, the bell on the lighthouse remembered again, and at the same time, here in Tianjin Port, there were already people waiting with many baskets on the side, just waiting for the ship to dock and immediately start unloading.
The ship is getting closer and closer to the port, and everything on the ship can be clearly seen in the port, and it is the 'Tarzan' that starts at the head, and the sailors on the deck are waving excitedly at the port at this time.
They were followed by four equally large Daifuku boats, which did not make their way to North Korea and had been fishing in the Bohai Sea for some time.
Behind the five Daifuku boats are followed by four smaller fishing boats, the professional fishing boats made by Tianjin Shipyard, they are not visible in the distance, they are blocked by the Daifuku boats in front, which is getting closer and closer to the port, everyone found their figures.
A total of nine ships went to sea, all of them returned with full loads, which is also a regulation of Liu Jin, because all aspects are not very mature now, so every time they go to sea, they are dispatched together, and when they are on the sea, the distance between them will not be too far apart.
In this way, if one vessel is in an accident, other boats can be rescued, saving people and increasing the safety of fishing at sea.
The nine ships slowly approached the wharf of Tianjin Port, and with the return of the nine ships, the entire Tianjin Port became lively again.
Nine ships were moored at nine docks, and at each dock there were hundreds of people waiting, preparing a large number of baskets and large scales, and as soon as the ship came to a stop, it immediately began to unload.
"It's coming~"
Liu Jin, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing and others naturally came to a dock early, watched a Dafu ship slowly moored over, and then anchored, hung a cable, and anchored steadily.
"Start unloading~"
As soon as the ship came to a stop, the steward in charge of unloading, who had been waiting for a long time, roared loudly.
One by one, the shirtless men with empty baskets began to step on the planks to board the Daifuku ship, and did not wait too long, and soon stepped on the deck from the other side of the ship to carry a load of sea fish.
"One hundred and twenty pounds~"
The selected marine fish is to be weighed, because the income of the crew is now linked to the fish caught, and the more they catch, the more rewards they will naturally give.
In addition, this is Liu Jin's style of doing things, everything must be recorded clearly, how much in, how much out, where it is used, etc., there are detailed records, and you can check the accounts at any time when needed.
"One hundred and twenty pounds, it's okay, Zhang Laosan~"
The steward in charge of recording gave a thumbs up to the strong man who picked the fish, and picked up hundreds of catties at a time, which was quite good.
"General, General~"
Zhang Laosan smiled and continued to line up at the back to unload the fish.
"It's worthy of eating meat every day, and this strength is really amazing."
Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others have been watching from the side, looking at a load full of sea fish, looking at Zhang Laosan's strong muscles all over his body, Zhang Mao couldn't help but say.
People in this era, especially those at the bottom, because they can't eat enough and don't eat well, especially less oil, less salt, and less meat, so most of them are not tall and have limited strength, and they can only pick a few dozen catties, which can pick hundreds of catties, that is Hercules.
Loads of fish were unloaded from the Daifuku boat, and baskets of fish were stacked neatly on the docks.
Soon, a hill was piled up here at this pier, and baskets of fish smelled from the sea, these fish were freshly caught, very fresh, and some of the crabs were still alive and kicking, showing their teeth and claws.
The most dazzling nature is the big yellow croaker, a few pounds of weight, more than a dozen pounds of big yellow croaker scales golden, golden, like gold, the number is very much, a basket, a basket piled together like a small gold mountain, very lovely.
"It's unloaded, a total of 125,723 catties!"
The whole unloading process did not last long, because there were enough manpower and high efficiency, and it only took a pillar of incense to unload all the sea fish in the Daifuku ship.
"Wait, there's a big one here."
At this time, the silly bear carried a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred pounds, which was very long and large, and the tail showed a very beautiful blue color.
"Haha, Li Gong, Zhou Gong, Zhang Gong, today we have a mouthful, this is bluefin tuna, the top marine fish among the sea fish, its meat is better than beef."
Liu Jin looked at this big bluefin tuna and immediately smiled happily and said, bluefin tuna is definitely one of the top seafood in later generations, and sometimes you may not be able to taste it if you have money, because the quantity is too small.