Agriculture Idol

Chapter 158 Octopus Pot

The live broadcast of Zhunong was completed, and the fireflies were also found. After satisfying a wave of loyal fans of the live broadcast, Li Chengxin and his team returned to Hongming Village the next day.

Looking at the diving skills that can be activated at any time in the system list, Li Chengxin immediately went to the camp where the students of Zhangba Island Ocean College were stationed.

"Hey, senior! It's just in time, our plan has been prepared, and we are going to implement it today!" A familiar student greeted Li Chengxin.

Recently, it is the peak season of octopus spawning. If we don't start work, it will be too late!

The students' plan is to create new spawning sites for octopuses, also known as captive spawning sites.

So far, Li Chengxin's series of measures on the coast have basically been to create spawning grounds for nearby marine life, which has been widely referred to by students.

For example, the thin bamboo branches on the coast are used to create spawning places for shrimps and crabs, eels and algae are used for squids, sea sand is used for clams and so on.

So this time, although the students are making octopus spawning places for the first time, they also know where to start.

That's what fishermen use to catch octopuses.

Soon, Li Chengxin saw the artificial octopus spawning place made by the students, the main body of which was more than a dozen octopus pots.

Zhangba Island was originally rich in octopus, and many fishermen who moved from here used to catch octopus for a living.After moving out, the abandoned house was refurbished by Geyue Entertainment, the contracting company of the film and television city, and turned into a residence for filming and television dramas, and the octopus pot left behind has also become a very stylish decoration.

The octopus pot with barnacles attached has a natural and simple gray and white pattern composed of barnacles. It is also very old-fashioned for flower arrangement, and it can also be sold at high prices online, but Geyue Entertainment, which is rich and powerful, does not use this to make money.

In addition to those used as decorations, there are also many octopus pots piled in construction waste dumps far away from the film and television city, waiting to be cleaned up little by little in the future.

That's where the students got these takoyaki pots.

Nowadays, fishermen who catch octopuses usually use plastic octopus pots. Faced with these antique pottery octopus pots with barnacles stuck to them, Li Chengxin couldn't help but think that these students went to rob the provincial museum.

The so-called plastic octopus pots are used by many fishermen in Hongming Village. The rectangular octopus pots pressed by molds are made of brick-like material, which is energy-efficient and lightweight.And the pottery octopus pot that appeared in front of them now, they are completely different styles of painting.

The takopot is made for the characteristic that octopuses like dark and small spaces, and such an environment will make them feel at ease.

Usually, fishermen string several takoyaki pots into the sea on a rope, set up buoys, and collect them later.

With the development of the times, takoyaki has also undergone several changes.At first, takopots were made of earthen pots, and later made of cement concrete. Until now, takopots made of plastic have also appeared.Of course, the plastic octopus pot is also the easiest to process and use.

The students naturally knew about these options, but after doing some research, they decided that earthen takopots were the best for octopuses to spawn.Pottery octopus pots are not glazed, and the interior texture is similar to stone, so it is easy to attach octopus eggs.

Octopuses are more likely to lay their eggs inside rough pottery than inside smooth plastic octopus pots.

Moreover, the spout of the ceramic octopus is smaller than that of the plastic one, which is just the size of an octopus. If it is a plastic octopus, it may sometimes be possible to stuff two or three octopuses.

Octopuses are so clean, even if they are shellfish eaten by themselves, they will throw the remaining shells away.

Therefore, the octopus pots that these students dug out from construction waste on Johachishima Island were carefully cleaned, and the barnacles inside the octopus pots were scraped off with chisels.

In addition, the students also used the wooden strips dug out from the construction waste to make shelves for these octopus pots, arranged them neatly in two rows, and tied the octopus pots to the shelves with ropes. Plus a layer of insurance.

"Using fishing gear to breed octopuses is a bit ironic!" Brother Xiaoyong also admired the whimsy of the students for the device in front of him, and he shook the shelf of the octopus pot with his hands: "It's very strong, there should be no problem gone."

"Where are you going to put these octopus pots?" Li Chengxin asked, "This year's climate is not optimistic, and there will probably be a few typhoons passing through here."

The implication is that if the chosen location is not good and is hit by a typhoon head-on, the octopus pot is likely to be destroyed by the waves of the seabed.

The students also considered this question, and pointed out a location on the map.

"This is the newly built breakwater on Zhangba Island this year. After the breakwater, the waves will not be too high."

The place chosen by the students is located at the junction of the inner and outer bays of Zhangba Island, closer to the inner bay.

It is not far from the original spawning place of the octopus, but it is within the protection of the breakwater.

Li Chengxin looked at the place as if it was a good place, and in any case, Professor Yang must have reviewed the plan.

There is not much wind and waves here, so when Li Chengxin suggested that he also go into the water, no one objected.

To transport this shelf, more than a dozen takoyaki pots are placed.Professor Yang rented a small research boat. The fence on the side of this boat can be disassembled in a large area, which is prepared for putting various large instruments into the water.

The three groups of six people who went into the water to fix the Takoyaki stand this time included Li Chengxin, three students, the diving instructor of the resort, and Zhou Hao, who took underwater photography. It seemed a relatively reliable combination.

A few people got into the water first, and the students on the boat carefully put the octopus pot rack into the water. Several people from the diving team took the rack, balanced their bodies, said hello and started diving.

This is also considered to be within the scope of the inner bay, with a water depth of less than ten meters.

Several people found a relatively flat rock under the water, and they gestured to put the takoyaki rack on the rock, and then fixed the takoyaki rack with rivets.

"Next, we'll wait for the octopus to enter." Li Chengxin patted the shelf of the octopus pot. There are actually radio equipment in the diving equipment, but when they are underwater, everyone doesn't seem to like to talk much.

At this moment, a group of small blue fish swam by, and two of them got into the octopus pot directly.

Everyone was stunned.

"It's really a sudden resident!"

Li Chengxin stepped forward and used the light of Zhou Hao's underwater camera to look into the octopus pot.

"This is a neon damselfish, a common ornamental fish."

After such a commotion, everyone started to speak instead.

"I hope the octopus will come sooner!"

"Yeah yeah, after all, so much work has been done!"

After Zhou Hao installed a few small underwater cameras near the takopot rack, today's work will be completed.

It was rare for Li Chengxin to enjoy the bonus of diving skills. Under the supervision of the diving instructor, he made two more laps in the water, molested the small fish that swam nearby before returning to the boat.

(End of this chapter)