Golden Fishery

readx; In the next few days, Qin Shiou devoted himself to practicing the 15-kilometer long-distance swimming. When he practiced for the first time, his time entered four hours, and when he was in his best state, he was able to swim for three and a half hours.

Butler rushed to Japan with a 900-pound tuna, which caused a sensation in Tokyo as soon as it appeared.

The tuna market in Japan is in a downturn this year. Fish weighing more than 500 pounds are considered big fish, and those weighing more than 800 pounds are rarely seen. As soon as this 900-pound bluefin tuna appeared, its status as the king of fish was almost confirmed.

What excites Tokyo seafood merchants is not only the weight of this fish, but also its meat quality. The fat content of this fish has set a historical record, which is even higher in quality than the big fish brought by Qin Shiou last year. The auction price is expected to It is only high and not low.

Qin Shiou didn't pay much attention to this issue. On March 10, he took his family and little guys like tigers, leopards, bears and wolves to Prince Edward Island by boat to prepare for the competition.

The Farewell sailed at high speed, cutting through the wind and waves all the way, and arrived at the Northumberland Strait the day before the race.

When we arrived at the strait, it happened to be early in the morning. Qin Shiou stood on the deck and scanned the surroundings. He first saw the famous Canadian Confederation Bridge.

The Confederation Bridge is another great and glorious feat of challenging and conquering nature in Canada after the Pacific Railway. It connects Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. It is a giant cross-sea bridge.

The bridge is long and slender, with a majestic shape, but its lines are extremely graceful and stretched. To use a common Chinese saying to describe it, it looks like a giant dragon hovering on the sea.

As the sun rises, the sun shines on the sea and on the bridge, adding to its charm.

Qin Shiou searched on his mobile phone. The bridge is 129 kilometers long and is currently the longest bridge in the world that crosses ice-covered waters. Its completion and opening to traffic have completely changed the isolation of Prince Edward Island for thousands of years, and it is recognized by the world as the greatest project in Canada in the 20th century.

For Prince Edward Island, the Confederation Bridge has now become the bridge of life, before the bridge was built. The island is completely connected with the outside world by ferry and plane.

At that time, in order to overcome the traffic barrier between Canada and Canada, the provincial government of Prince Edward Island proposed to the federal government in the 1980s to build a subsea tunnel or a bridge across the sea.

This incident almost led to civil unrest in Prince Edward Island, because some residents on the island were worried about the completion of the cross-sea transportation facility. It will seriously damage the "original ecology" of the island and disrupt their peaceful way of life.

Another part of the residents support the construction of subsea tunnels or cross-sea bridges to improve their "isolated" living conditions.

Two very different views once dominated violent conflicts among their supporters. Later, after the provincial government suppressed it by force, it decided to solve the problem by means of a public referendum across the island. A referendum was held on January 18, 1988.

The final result is that 594% voted for the construction of the cross-sea bridge. The project started in 1993, invested 5,000 labor, and 1 billion U.S. dollars. It was completed and opened to traffic on May 31, 1997, making this great achievement.

The choice of the Northumberland Strait for the charity race also has a meaning. The Confederation Bridge is the spirit of the race, symbolizing the unyielding belief of the participants in fighting poverty, disease and despair.

Shaq came out of the cab. Seeing Qin Shiou looking at the bridge in amazement, he said: "You'd better look at it more. It will be a pointer to guide you swimming during the competition. If you If you find that you are getting farther across the bridge, then you have to adjust your swimming route."

Qin Shiou nodded. When the yacht passed under the bridge, he looked up and saw four large flags fluttering under the sea breeze, namely the Canadian flag, the provincial flag of Prince Edward Island, the provincial flag of New Brunswick and the Confederation Bridge. flag.

Winnie saw that he had been looking at the bridge with fascination, and asked, "What are you looking at? Is this the first time you have seen such a magnificent bridge?"

Qin Shiou said: "No, I was thinking about one thing. That is, should our farewell island imitate Prince Edward Island and build such a bridge across the sea?"

Winnie was stunned for a moment, then giggled: "Are you kidding? Prince Edward Island has an area of ​​6,000 square kilometers, ranking 104th in the world by area. It ranks 23rd in Canada, and Farewell Island ?”

Qin Shiou shrugged and said: "The area of ​​Farewell Island is also very large, it must be four to five hundred square kilometers, isn't it?"

Wei Ni looked at his expression carefully, and said with a look of horror: "Are you serious?"

The Confederation Bridge looks majestic, but in fact it is only more than ten kilometers long. How far is Farewell Island from St. Johns? More than eighty kilometers! The more than ten kilometers of the Federal Bridge cost one billion in the last century. What about the 80-kilometer bridge?

The more Winnie thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she was about to persuade Qin Shiou to give up this unrealistic idea, but Qin Shiou first laughed and said, "Are you really serious? I'm brainless, how could I want to build a building with dozens of Kilometer-long bridge?"

Distance is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is value. The population density of Prince Edward Island is 25 people per square kilometer. This is the largest population density of any province in Canada. What about Farewell Island? On average, there are four or five people per square kilometer...

Qin Shiou came to Prince Edward Island in advance, not only to familiarize himself with the arena, but also to have fun here.

Prince Edward Island is famous for its beautiful scenery. When Canada introduced the provinces, the introduction here was: God put a part of the land he created in the rough Atlantic Ocean, and a beautiful island was formed.

Among the local aboriginal Indian population, the name of Prince Edward Island is "Abai Kuwait", which means "the cradle floating on the waves", which shows how beautiful it is.

In addition to the beautiful scenery, Prince Edward Island also has a place that is proud of Canada, and that is the mild climate.

The warm waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence make the island's climate milder than that of mainland Canada, making up for the year-round humid climate here.

The summer here is warm and humid, the temperature is generally maintained at 20 degrees Celsius, and the highest can exceed 35 degrees Celsius, which is considered a very hot place in Canada.

It was March at this time, and the temperature was still relatively low, probably swinging around four or five degrees Celsius above zero. But for Canadians who are used to the cold, this temperature is already enough to wear spring and autumn clothes.

The Farewell was docked at Shanghai Port. When Qin Shiou disembarked, he could still see a few fishermen in cotton clothes on the pier. After entering the urban area, this kind of dress was rare. Regardless of the girl or the boy, they all put on spring and autumn clothes, even if the cold wind blows occasionally and they shiver from the cold, they don't care. (To be continued.)

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