There are fishing boats berthed at the pier, which are double-brid hard sailboats, which look no different from ordinary fishing boats, but you can see something special: there are many lamp holders on the side of the left and right boats, with rows of glass lamps hanging on them.

With so many lights hanging, a discerning person can see at a glance that these fishing boats are mainly fishing at night. Because many sea fish are in the sky, fishermen can use this feature to fish.

As long as the fishing boat lights a dazzling fishing fire on the dark sea, it will attract a large number of fish to gather. At this time, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

However, even if a normal fishing boat is fishing at night, there is no need to light so many lights (fishing fires). The ships in front of you are so special, of course they are targeted at special fishing targets.

Wu Qianchong, who was patrolling the sea boat on the side, saw the old friend's ship coming back, told the crew a few words, got off his own ship, came to the dock where the ships berthed, and started talking to Liang Dacha who had arrived after hearing the news.

Liang Dachi is the owner of these ships and Wu Qianchong's childhood friend. They are poor fishermen. When they were young, they went to sea to fish with adults. They experienced many dangers and suffered all kinds of hardships. They finally got married and started a business.

After Wu Qianchong had some capital, he started to trade in sea trade. Although it was smooth sailing, he had no help from clans and not many sons, so he could not expand the fleet (he lacked reliable helpers, and was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the large fleet), so he changed back to his old business and started fishing.

Liang Da Crab has never changed her career. She has been fishing for decades and specializes in catching squid, namely cuttlefish.

Liang Dacha and Wu Qianchong went out to sea to fish and often caught squid at night. Therefore, Liang Dacha recognized squid and had been dealing with squid for decades, becoming the famous "squid beam" in Huaikou Port.

Now that his fleet has returned, Liang Dacha looks at the baskets of fresh squids and is happy. He talks with several ship bosses for a while, arranges his subordinates to handle related matters, and starts talking with Wu Qianchong, walking back while talking.

Cuttlefish is a common catch in the sea. Every time fishermen go out to sea to fish and put down the net, they will catch a lot of squids while catching a large number of sea fish.

After the cuttlefish is dried, it is dried squid (dried cuttlefish), which is a common dried seafood product. The bones of squid are called "squids". They can be used as medicine and can also be sold for money. Therefore, fishermen who specialize in fishing squid can also have a good income.

Liang Dacha’s fishing boat used the latest fishing technology, and the efficiency of squid fishing has increased greatly. His own processing workshop also used new processing technology, and the monthly dry goods output has increased significantly.

But squid fishing is seasonal. After the season, Liang Da Crab's boat will not be idle because his boat will go to faraway waters to catch squid.

Squids and cuttlefish look a bit similar, with tentacles, but they are two kinds of "fish". Because squids also have phototropism, the fishing boats that are specially designed for hanging lamps to catch at night can also catch squids.

After the squid is dried, it is dried squid, which is a common dry product, so Liang Da Crab's fish shop mainly sells squid, cuttlefish dry products, and is exactly "complementary" with Wu Qianchong's fish shop.

The two met since childhood and went to sea together, so their relationship was extraordinary. The fish shops of both sides were not far apart, and some merchants came to buy seafood, involving "dry goods" and "wet goods". The two fish shops introduced each other's business.

So Wu Qianchong sometimes goes to Liang Dacha’s dry goods workshop to see what new equipment this person has made to toss the squid and cuttlefish.

Now, there are indeed new things in Liang Dacha’s workshop, all of which are complete sets of equipment ordered from Beiyang Trading Company.

The first is a drying kiln, which is specially used to dry squid and squid.

The traditional method of dry squid and dried squid is to dry it. This has been the case since ancient times, but drying in the open air is easily affected by the weather. When it comes to rainy weather, it is not only time-consuming but also easy to cause dry goods to recover.

Dried squid and dried squids are dry in the open air and require a lot of manual operation, which is easy to attract a large number of flies and is very unhygienic.

Although no one thinks that it is a big deal to have flies crawling when drying, if you want finished products produced in the workshop to be recognized by the guild, you have to purchase them with Beiyang Trading Company. "Sanitation" must be strictly required.

The salting of abalone is like this, the dried squid and the dried squid are also like this.

Using hot air to "dry" (dry) the treated fresh squid and fresh squid can not only save time, but also prevent flies from crawling around in the open air, and save a lot of people drying, which is indeed a lot of advantages.

However, this increases the production cost, because if you want to have hot air, you have to burn charcoal or coal, and you have to build a drying kiln, which costs money.

The temperature of the drying kiln is very particular. If the temperature is too high, the squid will become black and even zoom; if the temperature is not enough, the squid will become dry, and the squid will not be "dry" enough, it is very easy to get moldy and not resistant to long-term storage.

The cost of burning charcoal is quite high, and the cost of burning coal is relatively low. However, the flue gas from burning coal will cause dry goods to be stained with a "sulphur" smell. Some people don't like this smell, so it will directly affect the sales of dry goods.

The drying kiln sold by Beiyang Trading Company to Liang Da Crab (built on site by technicians), which solved the above problems well. The charcoal burned is very special and cheap, and is a "machine charcoal" made of wood chips.

This kind of mechanical charcoal is supplied to Liang Da Crab at preferential prices, effectively reducing the processing cost of dry goods.

The dried squid baked with charcoal is dried squid (known as squid is not elegant), with a unique flavor, very thorough drying and storage-resistant. It is a dry product designated by the trading company for "charcoal squid" and "charcoal squid".

But it is not enough to just have the two products of "charcoal-burned cuttlefish" and "charcoal-burned squid". Liang Da Crab's workshop makes several other dry goods, namely "iron-plate squid shreds" and "iron-plate squid shreds".

To make these two kinds of food, you must have a "iron plate fish griller", which is actually a large iron plate with a fire below. When the iron plate is burned by the fire, put the fresh squid and cuttlefish on the iron plate and grill them until golden on both sides, and the fragrance is everywhere.

Then, the cooked squid plate and cuttlefish plate were processed through a press to make it soft.

Finally, put it into a wire drawing machine and tear it into squid shreds and cuttle shreds, and then put it in a paper bag or clay pot with uniform size.

The "iron plate squid shreds" processed in this way can be directly in the mouth and tastes very delicious. It is a good seafood dish.

Liang Dacha, a fish shop that integrates processing, became the "contracted supplier" of Beiyang Trading Company, just like Wu Qianchong's fish shop. Using new fishing technology and processing technology, it began a different process of making money.

The orders of Beiyang Trading Company must be completed on time and in quantity, and quality must be ensured, so the fleet of the two was busy, and Liang Dacha’s processing workshop was also very busy.

Although the two owners did not need to go out to sea with the boat, they were also busy on the shore to ensure that their fish shop could fulfill the contract. Although they were busy all day long, they were very happy, because the sound of rolling copper coins when they collided with each other was so beautiful.

Back then, the two young men who were skinny and bruised on the fishing boat and were beaten and scolded by the owner, were now standing next to the shredder with red faces, eating cuttlefish shreds with remaining heat, sighing about the passing of time.

Large-scale fishing, large-scale processing of seafood, and the booming marine fishing industry and processing industry have given them a bright future.

Looking at the cuttlefish shreds in my hand, Liang Dacha was even a little proud: I can't say that the wealthy families in the capital eat all the iron plate cuttlefish shreds made in my workshop!
Chapter completed!