This net is full of more than 20 tons.

"There are still a lot of seafood here!" Tang Changping exclaimed, wishing he could open the fishing net right now to see what was inside, "Meilan, come here quickly."

They knew that there were dense schools of fish here, but they were worried about the danger, so their fishing boats were small and they never dared to come here.

If we had known there was so much seafood, we would have brought more fishing boats here.

Liu Meilan was surrounded by everyone, "Okay, first net, I'll untie it."

When the net was untied, the fish inside fell one after another onto the workbench below. Everyone was shocked when they saw it.

"Oh my God, it's silver pomfret. Everyone, hurry up and sort them out." Sister Tang said in surprise. So many silver pomfret could be worth hundreds of thousands.

The price of wild silver pomfret has remained high.

Tang Changping smiled happily, "It's a good omen to catch such a good fish in the first net."

Everyone gathered around the huge workbench and started sorting.

After sorting about half of them, they were all silver pomfret.

The remaining half was a mixed bag, with some sea bass, some lobsters and crabs, and a giant squid mixed in.

There are also various kinds of seafood, which are sorted one by one for easy sale back on shore.

Liu Meilan just estimated in her mind that this net could be sold for more than 800,000 yuan, which is a considerable profit.

Originally, people were worried that fishing boats were expensive, and that such large fishing boats would consume a lot of fuel. With the increase in staff, salaries and commission bonuses would also be large expenses.

However, with this network as a foundation, Liu Meilan and the boatmen felt more at ease.

Everyone continued to sort and the fishing boats continued to trawle.

It took three hours before all the seafood was cleaned up.

Mrs. Chen patted her waist and carried the bucket of silver pomfret that was not in good condition, crabs and lobsters with missing limbs, and some other seafood.

"Meilan, we'll have seafood porridge with brown sugar rice cake for dinner. I'll take these things and go cook."

Liu Meilan looked at it and nodded, "Okay, the cold octopus is delicious, make more, Sister Chen."

"Okay!" Mrs. Chen replied, "Don't worry, I will do my best to make it delicious and not waste any ingredients."

Sister Chen carried two buckets and Aunt Liu carried two buckets and ran straight to the kitchen.

Not long after they started, after four hours of deep-sea trawling, Liu Meilan saw with the help of a large sea turtle's eyes that there was already a lot of seafood in the fishing net, and the types were relatively simple.

Liu Meilan made a prompt decision, "Uncle Tang, set up the net."

When Tang Changping heard Liu Meilan's firm tone, he immediately carried out the order.

Because Liu Meilan's orders were almost never wrong.

There are many incredible things about Liu Meilan, but for people like Tang Changping and Xu Kaifa who have been making a living on the sea for a long time, they are superstitious and believe that some people can really get the blessings of Mazu and the Dragon King.

"Okay." After the initial adjustment, Tang Changping and his colleagues became much more skilled in casting the net the second time.

It was getting dark and it was hard to see clearly, but when Liu Meilan untied the fishing net, everyone exclaimed: "Oh my God, this is an orchid crab."

The orchid crab is named because its claws and legs are dark purple with white spots, just like an orchid. Its scientific name is the swimming crab, which belongs to the genus Portunidae. (Picture)

The orchid crab is tender and nutritious. It not only looks good, but also tastes pretty good.

Steaming orchid crab can retain its original flavor to the greatest extent. Wash the orchid crab, put it in a steamer, add ginger slices, scallions and cooking wine, and steam for about 15-20 minutes.

According to the current price, orchid crabs cost more than 20 yuan per pound, and this net contains about 17 or 18 tons.

Liu Meilan found that some orchid crabs had eggs in their abdomens. "Listen carefully, if there are crabs with eggs, clean them out and release them all."

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned. "We have quite a few here that are already carrying eggs! If we throw them all down, I think we'll have to throw away a quarter of them."

This is several tons of orchid crabs.

Many of the boatmen who came were experienced and had worked on other ocean-going fishing vessels for many years, and had never seen a shipowner like this.

Liu Meilan nodded, with a firm attitude: "If we release these female crabs, there will be more orchid crabs in the future. Listen to me, release all those with eggs. This is the rule on my boat."

Sister Tang agreed, "Meilan, now that everyone knows, I will release them myself later."

"Thank you for your hard work," Liu Meilan said with a smile. "There are still many seafood in the sea. There is no need to catch those that are growing. We can't exhaust all the fish for the sake of immediate benefits."

Sister Tang was very careful and placed the orchid crabs carrying eggs carefully in the basket.

Liu Meilan personally put these orchid crabs carrying eggs into the sea and gave them some energy to make them more vital.

After seeing that five or six tons of orchid crabs were indeed released, all the new boatmen finally realized that Liu Meilan was a different shipowner from the previous ones.

She is more open-minded and has a broader vision for development.

If everyone cared for the ocean and its creatures, perhaps the ocean would become more beautiful.

Although a quarter of them were released, the remaining orchid crabs were worth 400,000 yuan, which was not a small amount for Liu Meilan.

Liu Meilan always insists that there are things that can be done and things that cannot be done.

Although the law allows it, morally, Liu Meilan does not allow herself to be a greedy person with no bottom line.

She once lived at the bottom of society and knew the hardships of it. Now she has a different identity, which has brought great protection to her life and career, but she should be more restrained and grateful.

The dinner was very sumptuous. Some people liked to eat seafood noodles, some liked to eat seafood porridge, and there were also fried dough sticks and fried cakes, etc.

Sister Chen and Aunt Liu were both excellent cooks, and with so many ingredients, there were chickens, fish, meat, eggs, and freshly caught seafood in the big freezer for them to cook, so that the boatmen could enjoy the meal to their heart's content.

Liu Meilan had high requirements for food, which also indirectly improved the living standards of the boatmen.

After dinner, everyone went to rest in groups.

At night, vision is obstructed and sailing speed is slowed down.

On average, it takes six hours to pull up a net. Many boatmen who have nothing to do can go back to rest. They will get up to work again after the net is pulled up.

However, the captain must take turns to rest and cannot drive while tired.

Liu Meilan can also drive a boat and sometimes comes to help.

This night, we caught deep-sea hairtails. The school of fish was large enough that 80% of them were hairtails.

The next morning, after waking up, Liu Meilan stood on the deck and practiced the military boxing taught by Fu Chen - the famous Black Dragon Eighteen Hands.

Liu Meilan is very strong, and the Eighteen Black Dragon Hands is a grappling boxing technique in the army’s military textbooks, which is very lethal.

It is better to do it yourself than to do it by yourself.

If she really encounters danger, Liu Meilan will be able to save herself with these skills.

Liu Meilan is a small person, but she was boxing on the deck, and the boatmen on the boat were very impressed. These boatmen who once looked down on women in their hearts realized that women can really hold up half the sky.

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