Chapter 42: Seafood from Hell I
All in all, although I made a lot of money this month, I also spent a lot!
Alas, it's still far from the fishing boat of your dreams!
It's not a few days left this month, and I'm going to refuel!
In the evening, when the family was happily sitting around for dinner, Li Yonglin answered the phone.
The person who called was the owner of the big hotel in the provincial capital where he spent a sky-high price last time to buy the cucumber fish king.
The voice was very anxious, according to him, his hotel had a big British customer and needed to hold a high-end business hospitality. Now I urgently need about 150 catties of high-quality dog claw snails, and asked Li Yonglin if there are any channels.
According to him, several high-end seafood suppliers have been contacted in the provincial capital, but none of them have any goods.
I was very anxious about this matter, so I also contacted Li Yonglin with the idea of giving it a try. If you can help him solve this problem, it will be a great favor for him, and the restaurant will often purchase some high-end seafood from him in the future!
When it comes to dog claw snails, there may be many people who don't know what they are.
But if you say its famous scientific name, gooseneck barnacle, it is estimated that many people may have heard of it.
The dog claw snail is also called gooseneck barnacle, and because it looks like the tentacles of the demons in Western mythology, it is also called the ghost claw snail.
It is said to be seafood from hell!
It is also known as the most expensive seafood in the world! In Europe, especially in Spain, high-quality gooseneck barnacles can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan and 1 catty!
Gooseneck barnacles, which usually only grow in the depths of the reef rocks by the sea, where the waves crash, are usually dangerous.
And the time that can be picked every day is only a few hours after the tide is low.
Therefore, it is very difficult to pick it, and many countries in Europe even have special hunters.
But even for such professionals, there are people around the world who die every year because of gooseneck barnacle picking. That's another reason why it's called seafood from hell!
And the edible part of the gooseneck barnacles that has been picked with so much effort is only a little bit of red meat that has torn the crust apart!
But its taste is what makes many food lovers in Europe crazy about it! The taste of gooseneck barnacles is somewhere between crab and seashell, but the taste is extremely delicious!
It's even several times more expensive than we usually think of as a high-end seafood lobster!
So in Europe it will only appear in high-end restaurants too!
Hearing what Boss Wang on the other end of the phone said, Li Xiaofeng hurriedly signaled to Li Yonglin that there was no problem.
Seeing Li Xiaofeng's gesture, although Li Yonglin still had doubts in his heart, he still agreed.
Boss Wang is also very atmospheric, giving a high price of 880 yuan/catty, the only requirement is that the quality is good!
Hearing this price, Li Xiaofeng's heart was also happy!
Boss Wang asked that by tomorrow night at the latest, Li Yonglin would prepare the dog claw snails, and he would arrange for a car to pick them up at that time.
After talking, Li Yonglin put down the phone and asked suspiciously: "Fengcub, this thing is not easy to do, where are you going to get it?" ”
"Devil's Head Reef!" Li Xiaofeng said with a smile, "I noticed before that when the tide is low there, a lot of these things grow on the reef!" ”
"Devil's Head Reef!" Li Yonglin and Liu Xuexia's faces changed!
It's a dangerous place in their seas!
It was a rough sea, a sea full of reefs. At low tide, some reefs emerge from the water, and the largest one is a reef fort formed by the combination of countless reefs.
From a distance on the sea, it looks like the head of a monster, so it is called Ghost Head Reef!
In the past, when technology was not so developed, when it rained, or when there were strong winds and waves, there were often fishing boats that could not see the direction clearly and were washed away by the wind and waves!
Once inside, the fishing boat will be caught in the powerful waves and crash against countless reefs, and the fishing boat will disintegrate in an instant.
The strong wind and waves, coupled with the undercurrent under the water, even if a person is not killed, after falling into the sea, this is basically a life of nine deaths, so the nearby fishermen are all discolored!
Although technology is now developed, fishermen can avoid the sea area far away through GPS, but many old fishermen still have palpitations!
"Don't go!" Liu Xuexia categorically refused!
Li Xiaoqiang has lived in a fishing village since he was a child, and he has long heard of the danger there, and said euphemistically: "Brother, it's too dangerous there!" Or don't go. ”
Li Yonglin also picked up the phone and said, "I'll call Boss Wang, we can't take this job!" ”
Li Xiaofeng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Let's listen to my analysis first, if everyone thinks it's not good, then I won't go, okay?" ”
The three of them all looked at Li Xiaofeng directly to see how he analyzed.
"I'll start by analyzing why people think it's dangerous." Li Xiaofeng explained, "First, because there are many reefs there, many fishermen's boats used to go in and sink there directly; The second is that there are often strong winds and waves, and there are undercurrents under the seabed, so it is easy to get in and difficult to get out, right? ”
Liu Xuexia and Li Yonglin nodded. It's really because of these two reasons that everyone thinks it's dangerous!
"When the time comes, we will park the boat outside the reef area," Li Xiaofeng further explained, "When the tide is low, I will dive over, and then there will be no big wind and waves, even if there is an undercurrent under the seabed, I will wear an oxygen tank and have a propeller to break free, so it will not be as dangerous as everyone thinks!" ”
"And most importantly, once he helps Boss Wang this time, he will be grateful and will often purchase some high-end seafood from us! His big restaurant, buy a few from us, it's enough for us to earn! This channel is what I value the most! ”
After listening to Li Xiaofeng's words, the three of them also pondered for a long time.
After some discussion, it was finally agreed that Li Xiaofeng went to Guitou Reef to pick dog claw snails!
Fishermen sometimes have a hard time, even if you catch valuable seafood, if you don't have a way to sell it, you can only sell it to those seafood buyers, maybe they will make more money than you sell!
Li Yonglin's injuries are not healed yet, and he can't go to sea.
In the end, it was decided that tomorrow, Liu Xuexia would take Li Xiaofeng and Li Xiaoqiang over together, and there would be a lot of people to take care of.
Although Li Xiaofeng persuaded Li Xiaoqiang not to follow him, he was so seasick that he couldn't do anything if he went, and he was still uncomfortable!
But Li Xiaoqiang insisted on going over, saying that he couldn't go over and look at it at ease! And seasickness is such a thing, you may be dizzy and dizzy, and you will get used to it.
In the end, Li Xiaofeng could only reluctantly agree!