1983 Small Island, Starting From a Large Farmer

Soon the three tractors on the island arrived at the new wharf, along with eight handcarts.

Handcarts are very important tools for hauling goods on the island, and their efficiency is not low at all.

If the quantity is not large, people still prefer to call handcarts, after all, they are much cheaper than tractors.

If you pull a trip in the village, it is about two or three cents.

However, the distance from the new wharf to the eel factory is a bit far, and if you pull a trip, you can't get less than five cents.

In the eel factory, Li Duoyu patiently taught his second brother and Chen Wenchao. Sometimes it is better to actually operate it than to say it a dozen times.

After Li Duoyu operated it once, his second brother Li Yaoguo and Chen Wenchao immediately understood it.

In fact, alum is not very good for the human body, but some knowledge is a bit too beyond the scope for people nowadays, so Li Duoyu did not plan to explain it in detail to his second brother and Chen Wenchao.

That is, when adding alum, it must not exceed the standard. There is a bad substance in alum. If it is used in excess, it is very likely to cause aluminum residue to exceed the standard.

If you eat this kind of food that exceeds the standard for a long time, it will be super scary. It is said that this thing is still related to Alzheimer's disease and children's intellectual impairment.

Li Duoyu is not clear about this aspect. He only knows that when eating three-alum jellyfish, you must soak it in clean water for more than two hours. It is best to add some old vinegar, which is said to neutralize the aluminum residue.

It seems that for a long time, Chinese people have grown up in bumps and bruises, which reminds him of the spoiled eel incident at Haixin Eel Factory some time ago.

There are also big-headed baby milk powder and black-hearted cotton in the future.

And Li Duoyu's batch of jellyfish is mainly for export, so he must grasp the scale, otherwise if it is detected to exceed the standard, it may end up like Haixin Eel Factory.

On the big iron-hulled ship, Zhuang Haiyang, who has difficulty walking, was quite interested at first and kept collecting jellyfish brains, but as the jellyfish brains became more and more.

Preserving jellyfish brains has become a problem, because jellyfish brains are the sex glands of jellyfish, which go bad very quickly. Even if they are blanched, they are still easy to rot in such hot weather if they are not dried or frozen immediately.

Yesterday, the jellyfish brains he got all went bad overnight because there was no place to freeze them. The rancid smell mixed with ammonia was so bad that even dogs would shake their heads when they smelled it.

Today, Zhuang Haiyang was too lazy to pick up jellyfish brains, so he only made some for cooking, and the rest was thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

As for the jellyfish blood, it is not easy to scrape it with a fish knife, and it will be more efficient to scrape it with a bamboo knife.

Ke Duoyu said, try not to scrape it, because the jellyfish skin and blood clothes are better if they are sold together.

If you scrape the jellyfish blood, it is like when you sell rice fish, you take off the most important fish bladder. If you meet a picky buyer, he will definitely argue with you.

Five days passed in a flash.

The number of jellyfish in the waters near Little Elephant Island has obviously decreased, leaving only a few sparse ones, and the jellyfish at the back are obviously much smaller.

These days, all the people in the fleet have been tanned into charcoal. In order to catch more jellyfish, almost none of them went back.

Instead, they built a simple shed on Little Elephant Island. The fresh water and food were delivered by the big iron-hulled ship in the village.

At noon, they did not dare to go to the sea to work, so they rested on the island.

Li Duoyu was afraid that they would get heatstroke, so he bought them some iced beer and iced watermelon.

Of course, it was not free.

It was still the same price as in the store, but the shipping and ice costs were not calculated.

Zhao Dahai held up a beer bottle and said to Wang Jinshan: "You used to be like a pretty boy, now I'll just call you a black guy."

Wang Jinshan bit off the beer cap with his teeth and drank it all up: "It's better to be darker. If people from the seaside are not dark, they don't work."

An old fisherman said: "Jinshan is right. The darker we seaside people are, the more money we make."

But some people said: "Brother Duoyu is not very dark, how can he make so much money."

Old Lu couldn't help but hum: "His skin is not dark, but his heart is dark."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. These days, Old Lu's jellyfish were severely punished by Li Duoyu, and he kept complaining all day long.

Zhao Dahai looked at the sea in front of him and said, "This jellyfish fishing should be over. How much money did everyone make this time?"

Wang Jinshan smiled and said, "Not bad, an average of about 70 a day."

New fisherman Zhao Xiaoliu has been very active recently: "I'm about the same, just about 100."

The fishing boat that Zhao Xiaoliu rented is bigger than theirs. Four people can stand on the boat, and the carrying capacity is much larger than their wooden boats at one time, so naturally he can make more money.

Zhao Dahai glanced at Zhao Xiaoliu and said, "Don't forget, you still have to pay the boat rental."

"Lucky, just rented the boat and met Director Li to take us to make money. This trip has already made half a year's boat rental."

Zhao Dahai had a dark face. He always thought that Zhao Xiaoliu was not a threat, but recently he discovered something.

That is, Zhao Xiaoliu is more popular than their brothers because of his young age. Those young girls on the island who are of marriageable age naturally give priority to Zhao Xiaoliu.

However, Zhao Dahai has already contacted the pile driving team and reported to the village committee. This year, he plans to build a 100-acre kelp field.

When you upgrade from a fisherman to a breeder, you can earn tens of thousands of yuan a year, buy a refrigerator and a big color TV, and your wife will come to you at the wave of your hand.

The five days of fishing for jellyfish were really tiring. It was probably the most tiring time they had ever fished.

Even collecting kelp has never been so tiring, but when I think about it, everyone has made three to four hundred yuan in less than five days, and everyone's face is still happy.

After all, there are very few opportunities to make money like this. Some fishermen plan to give Li Duoyu a banner as soon as they return.

Li Duoyu also observed Xiaoxiang Island. This island has no fresh water resources.

The vegetation on the island is only shrubs. Generally, there are no big trees on small islands. One is a typhoon.

The other is that there are not enough fresh water resources, so only some bushes and the like can grow.

I heard from the old people in the village that during the war, this island was the front line and there were many soldiers stationed there.

Often being snatched away.

The older generation also said that if the island had been lost, their Dandan Island would probably have become a gun zone.

So every time Little Elephant Island is recaptured, nearby fishermen will find ways to deliver food to the island.

At this moment, a fisherman who ran to the beach to relieve himself suddenly rushed back and shouted: "Director Li, we found a big treasure on the beach. Hurry over and see what it is."

Li Duoyu was also a little curious: "What kind of treasure is it?"

"It's long and seems to be made of iron. It's covered in barnacles and is half buried in the sand. You can't tell what it is."

After hearing this description, Li Duoyu vaguely felt something was wrong: "Is it a bit like a big water pipe?"

The man nodded.

Li Duoyu frowned and took a look. Although there were thick barnacles hanging on it, he could see the shape of the thing clearly.

Li Duoyu ran faster than anyone else in an instant, and kept cursing: "You're crazy, let me see this thing."

Everyone saw Li Duoyu running so fast and couldn't help asking: "Duoyu, why are you running?"

Li Duoyu gasped for breath. Seeing that some of them dared to touch it, he cursed on the spot: "Baby, sir, if I guessed correctly, this thing should be a torpedo." Hearing the word torpedo, Zhao, who had just touched it, Xiao Liu was so frightened that he fell to the ground and turned pale.

"Wow".

Everyone ran away and disappeared. Some people even ran further than Li Duoyu, gasping for air.

Lao Lu was also shocked: "Duoyu, is this really a torpedo? Aren't those things round? This one doesn't look like it."

Li Duoyu shook his head helplessly. Televisions were not very popular these days, and fishermen had no magazines to read. It was normal not to recognize this kind of torpedo.

"The one you are talking about is placed on the sea surface to hit ships. It is called a mine. Torpedoes are different from this thing. They are specially used to hit ships."

Although Li Duoyu couldn't be 100% sure that the thing was a torpedo, he took a look just now and found that there was no rust and there were English letters on it. He estimated that it was probably left by America.

After all, the honeymoon period for both parties has only been a few years, and they previously helped overseas islands to fight against us.

I don’t know how many dirty tricks were used behind the scenes.

Li Duoyu didn't know why it appeared on the beach. It might have been blown up by a typhoon, or someone with a big heart might have dragged it here.

It happened that the low tide was relatively strong today, so they discovered it.

Fishermen along the coast have a bad habit of dragging back whatever they catch in the sea, thinking they have caught some treasure, even if they catch cannonballs.

Li Duoyu was a little scared when he thought about it, and his heart was pounding. If it exploded just now, the dozen people who were watching, including him, might be broken into pieces.

I finally got reborn, but I don’t want to just receive a lunch box.

This reminded Li Duoyu of a tragedy that happened in a fishing village in Jinjiang in his previous life. A fisherman came back with a full torpedo and placed it on the beach.

There happened to be a scavenger from the mainland who didn't understand the dangers of that thing. He might also think that the big iron lump could be sold for a lot of money, so he started picking it up here and there.

It is possible that the fuse was triggered and it exploded on the spot. It is said that a pit more than ten meters deep was created.

The windows of a nearby factory and more than 20 houses were shattered, and the scavenger was directly blown up.

This tragedy was quite sensational at the time, and border guards in various places also conducted profound ideological education for fishermen like them.

From then on, fishermen along the coast no longer dared to drag those rusty iron lumps casually.

As for those that are freshly painted, drag them home because there's a good chance you'll get a bonus.

After learning that the thing was a torpedo, the fishermen were a little shocked and couldn't help but want to kick the fisherman who discovered the treasure first.

"Chen Youshu, you are crazy. If it weren't for Director Li, everyone would have almost killed you."

Chen Youshu is from Chenjia Village next door. He has become familiar with everyone during this period. Everyone scolds him when he sees him.

He was also very aggrieved:

"I don't understand either. What can I do? You don't even know that it was Zhao Xiaoliu who knocked it just now."

Zhao Xiaoliu curled his lips and said: "You know this thing is a torpedo, Erniu touched it first, okay?"

Zhao Erniu: "It's none of my business."

Old fisherman Lao Lu frowned: "Duoyu, what should we do now?"

To be honest, he had finished catching the jellyfish and he really wanted to go back and didn't want to get involved in this matter again.

Li Duoyu frowned and looked at the torpedo in the distance. If he didn't find it, he would definitely not take care of it.

But now that it has been discovered, it is necessary to take care of it. Otherwise, who can guarantee that next time someone will really knock this torpedo or drag it back as scrap metal for recycling, then the problem will be serious.

Seeing that the tide had begun to rise, Li Duoyu inserted a bamboo pole nearby and drew an arrow to simply determine the direction of the torpedo.

Finally, I randomly selected two more reliable people and asked them to keep an eye on this place and try not to let nearby fishermen come to this beach.

"Stones and the sea, you two are here to watch. Don't get too close, and don't let anyone get close. I'll go to the ship and notify the shore station and ask them to ask the border guards to come and deal with it."

When Li Duoyu contacted the shore station, many nearby fishermen learned the news through the channel, and some even sailed over to join in the fun, leaving Li Duoyu speechless.

I was really afraid that they would sail directly into the torpedo.

This time, the efficiency of the border defense was relatively high. It took almost four hours to arrive at Xiaoxiang Island.

There were a dozen border guards with guns, and one guy who looked like an expert.

But they still arrived a little late. It was already high tide and they couldn't see the torpedo at all.

After waiting for about four hours, the tide receded to the same spot again.

As soon as the expert saw this thing, he immediately confirmed that the big iron lump was a torpedo.

After hearing this, everyone's faces turned a bit dark, and they started scolding Chen Youshu again on the spot.

The next step was to go through the process. The border guards first took pictures with their cameras, and then drove everyone present to the back mountain.

He drove away the fishing boats that came to watch on the sea, and also taught them a lesson and warned them.

Xiaoxiang Island used to be an artillery area. If there is no emergency, don't come to this island casually.

Although they were all driven to the other side of the island, there were still many young fishermen who were quite curious.

Everyone covered their ears and hid behind a big rock in the distance to peek.

Zhao Xiaoliu said: "It's been more than half an hour, why hasn't it detonated yet?"

Zhao Dahai patted his head: "Little brat, just look good. Can you stop talking so much?"

The soldier used sandbags to surround a safe spot not far away, and then the expert placed a lot of explosives around the torpedo.

After the fuse was ignited, the expert ran away, then turned over and hid in the safe spot.

When everyone saw this, their hearts beat faster and they all covered their ears. They were so nervous that they could hear their own heartbeats.

About two minutes later.

With a loud bang.

Although they were far apart, they still saw the huge fire and clearly felt the shock wave, which shook the nearby pebbles.

After the explosion, everyone can see a deep pit more than ten meters wide on the beach. Looking from a distance, you can see some smoke rising from the sand.

Li Duoyu had also seen many scenes of bomb explosions in short videos in his previous life, but it was the first time in his life to watch an explosion so close, and it was really completely different.

At the moment of the explosion, it felt like the hair on the whole person stood up. Especially at the moment when the shock wave arrived, the human body instinctively felt scared.

This can't help but remind Li Duoyu that our country was also bombed by similar things in "Slavic".

I couldn't help gritting my teeth. I really wanted to earn more foreign exchange and buy some useful things back. (End of chapter)