Theoretically speaking, the estuaries of all major rivers must be rich in resources, such as the Zhoushan Islands.

However, this was not applicable in the 17th century, and for sailing ships with sonar fish finders, the strait was full of fishing grounds.

It only takes one walk around the island of Taiwan along the "Kuroshio", or the Philippines Current, and in fact it doesn't take much to go far, and the 85-ton capacity cold tank will be filled with fat fish (body shēn).

After the trawling exercise, the two boats hurried to return home. As for the more complex and dangerous two-ship trawl model, this cannot be done for the time being, and it is up to the shareholders to figure it out for themselves.

The return journey was relatively easy. After Yu Chengde finished the things on the deck, he hurried to the cabin to learn a wave of instruments ((cāo) cāo). However, it didn't work out well, and it took time and patience for an illiterate old fisherman to understand various electronic devices.

Facing the evening sunset, under the communication of the internal horn, the captain and the engineer of the ((((cāo)cāo) rudder cooperated tacitly, and easily parked the Fathead Fish at the fish pier in Chikan.

In the next moment, a scene full of strong capitalist wind (love qg) appeared in the captain and marine engineer, and the technical leaders of the crane workers were like the cattle ((forced bi)bi) workers of the US imperialism who left their work after work, and walked off the boat with a smile, and went straight to Chihkan Avenue without looking back, discussing which restaurant to go to on the way.

However, the theoretical proprietor capitalist Yu Chengde and his gang began to work hard.

They put on thick linen overalls, took their children and nephews to open the cold cabin, and began to carry 85 tons of chilled fish into the hanging basket little by little with their hands (set tào) with velvet hands (set tào). After that, the fish will be transferred by crane to the rail cart at the wharf, and then the bosses will be responsible for pushing the cart into the large cold storage, and then wait for the inspector to heavy, accept, sign, and then go to the financial office to receive the bill with the documents

When the employees finished a deer (meat rou) feast and went home to sleep with their wives after taking a sauna drunk, the bosses were still fighting at night, and 85 tons of chilled fish were not so easy to clean.

In the above procedure, 20 or so strong laborers usually have to work until midnight with the bright light on the pier.

For every second they delayed, the ship's gas refrigeration system would have to operate for one more second, and the loss of fuel and all kinds would increase, and the capitalists would not be so easy to behave.

Poor Yu Chengde, he now knows that when the dream of "endless fish catches" since childhood is really realized, it is not as beautiful as he imagined.

After a long night's work, the exhausted people hurried home on the night bus to sleep, and it was not until the next afternoon that several shareholders returned to the ship to settle accounts.

It's not that I don't know, after removing all the personnel expenses, fuel consumables, ship depreciation, taxes, maintenance fees, and dock fees, the net profit of this trip is only 180 taels of silver

85 tons of high-quality fish (meat rou) that even the cold storage inspector has to admit, and he made such a little money at the end. You must know that the carrying capacity of a single section of the train wagons in later generations is only 60 tons.

What's the problem?

More than 200 taels of silver were taken away by the port authority for "technical tap fees".

This fee is tied to the technicians (身shēn) of the marine engineers, and every month they hire marine engineers in Chengde, they have to pay an extra sum of money to the government.

After settling the score, the honest fishermen plan to revolt and overthrow the evil port authority.

However, the rebellion also has to talk about the basic law, this fee item has long existed in the contract, and the purpose of the port authority is very clear, that is, to force the shipowners to master the technology as soon as possible and return the people to them.

So in the end, the people of the decadent Tang Dynasty could only say hatefully, "Let this generation be proud for a few more (days)", and then admit it.

In fact, all the reactions of the shipowners were expected by the port authority, and the loan could play with the bank

In the planning of the mastermind behind the scenes, according to the benchmark net profit of 400 taels of silver per voyage, then Yu Chengde and they can repay about 1,000 taels of loans every month, and it takes 10 days for the fishing boat to sail and rest every time.

In this way, if they can independently (operate cāo)cāo) boat, it will only take 1 year to pay off the loan; If you slow down, you'll be done in about a year and a half.

At that time, the shareholders will be able to save money and divide up in another year or so, and half of them will have enough capital to buy a new ship.

So if everything goes well, it will take three or four years for Yu Chengde to have the entire equity of the Fathead Fish, which is the route planned by the designers, and the newborn baby capitalists still need to stumble on a journey before they can gradually become stronger.

After a whistle (sāo), the shareholders began to work, and today they were going to take the ship to the shipyard to overhaul and replenish consumables.

When the ship stopped at the shipyard, the honest man Yu Chengde took the crew to carry the fuel. What fuel herring.

Except for a little coal for emergency use, the fuel commonly used on sailing ships (Japanese ri) is wood. Therefore, people are all changeable, and the wreckage of the herring, which has theoretically been acquired by the port authority, has recently become the source of nostalgia for an old fisherman. Anyway, there are a lot of broken ships in the scrap yard, and no one cares if it is cheap

Under the banner of visiting the old man, Yu openly moved the wreckage of the old man to the new ship, and then completely chopped the old man into pieces, so that it would be convenient to use it on the next voyage After so many days, the old man was almost sunburned, just right.

From this, it can be seen that even a capitalist in the form of a baby is a capitalist, and there is blood in the pores.

It's a pity that an honest fisherman who came all the way to join the people of the army quickly transformed into an old man, so the first pot of gold was carried with original sin.

The moonlight was like a wash, sprinkled like broken silver on the sea outside Dayuan Harbor. With the gust of sea breeze blowing, the silver-scaled waves are undulating, and at the same time, the sailing ships floating on the sea are also drifting with the current.

"Oh God, is that the legendary City of Light, that's amazing." Alonso de Rojas Vargas said in surprise as he stood at the bow of the ship and looked through his monoculars at the illuminated castle in the distance.

Alonso was a mustachioed Portuguese aristocrat. His ancestors were the famous knights of Alonso de Rojas, who had followed the king of Aragon in the 13th century against Valencia, so the glorious noble surname "Rojas" was the most important part of Alonso's long hidden list of real names.

As a senior member of the Macau City Council, Alonso was commissioned by the City Council to officially establish diplomatic relations with the owner of the city.

At this moment, Alonso is looking at the imperial city on the island of Dayuan on the armed galleon of Cascais at midnight.

The Cascais departed from Macau a week ago. According to the guide's plan, the ship first rode north to Xiamen on the south wind, and then crossed the strait from the port of Xiamen with a few junk boats (body shēn).

Due to the presence of lighthouses along the way, the fleet was not bothered much along the way, and the Cascaish arrived at the Grand Crew at midnight at the end of September.

Under normal circumstances, when a ship comes to the shore in the dark, it cannot be easily moved, and no one knows if there are reefs and shoals ahead.

However, because of the castle that emitted bright flames, the junk ships that led the way quickly calculated their positions with reference to the lighthouse at the castle and the entrance of the Dayuan channel, so the junk ships rushed into the Dayuan channel in the dark night and sailed away.

Leaving behind an unknown road condition, the large, bulky Cascais blew wind outside the fairway.

Fortunately, even at night, it's not lonely. A traffic command boat painted in bright red and emitted a bright pillar of light soon approached.

The pillars of light began to sweep towards the Cascais from a long distance, and the intense light caused the pierced sailors to exclaim. The irony is that people don't shout the words pagan and devil. After all, the appearance of white light in the infinite darkness of the night is consistent with the biblical descriptions of various holy scenes.

The next moment, a loud human voice came from the traffic boat.

Since the Portuguese departed from Macao, there was naturally no shortage of Chinese interpreters on board. After the interpreter replied loudly, an order was soon heard from the traffic boat to wait in place and enter the port again tomorrow morning.

The Cascais, with a displacement of 3 tons, is quite clumsy in this situation, and instead of risking its entry under the guidance of the lights, it is better to talk about it tomorrow morning, and it will not be worse for this night.

Early the next morning, short-haired pilots boarded the Cascais's gangway. Alonso, despite the fact that he had received a lot of information from the businessmen, was still dazzled when he entered the port.

Then comes the complicated berthing process. The first thing the Cascais berthed was the North Line Ojima Wharf, which is adjacent to the exit of the fairway.

All short-term residents will stay on the island of the North Line, which will greatly reduce the epidemic prevention pressure on the health department. Most of the crew of the Cascais disembarked here, and they quickly enjoyed the pirate bar's rum, sound stage, and pole dancers that had long been famous among East Asian sailors.

After that, the Cascais was towed by a traffic boat to the Chihkan wharf area on the other side of the Taijiang River to unload its cargo.

Because the trade between Macao and Daguan was not complementary, the Portuguese also took great pains to raise goods for this diplomatic action.

Fortunately, Macao is stuck in the throat of the Pearl River Delta, as long as there are silver coins, it is not difficult to prepare some "rough goods" temporarily. So by the time Alonso's envoy departed, the Cascais had been loaded with rice, buffalo hides, rough iron, and coal, which were said to be the more popular goods in the Grand Tract, as the merchants had suggested.

Of course, there are many silver coins used to fill the trade deficit when merchant ships and officials of various countries trade, and there are naturally many on the Cascaish.