rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 437 Naked sturgeon

Society is progressing most of the time.

This kind of progress includes technology, economy, agriculture, military, etc.

For ordinary people, social progress will also bring many benefits.

From a micro level, it is precisely because of the development of society that many people can have enough food and clothing to meet their basic living needs.

On this basis, people began to constantly pursue high-quality life and higher life goals, thereby improving themselves in all aspects and starting to "enjoy" life.

For example, fishing~ In the past, many people fished to fill their stomachs.

But later, fishing became a kind of leisure!

There is a Erlong River in Erlong Town. No matter in the past life or in this life, Chen Li has made a lot of pocket money on this river.

Especially in this life, before eels were accepted by the people of Erlong Town, fishing for snakehead fish in the summer was Chen Li's most profitable business.

The Erlong River is not very big, but it is not considered a small stream either. But compared with the Li River, it is probably at the level of a small ditch.

Especially the section where Chen Li and others were fishing, it is not an exaggeration to call it a "river".

The place where Chen Li and his group were fishing happened to be located in a backwater bay. The water flow in this place is relatively slow and it is more suitable for leisure fishing.

When Chen Li arrived at the fishing place, he saw that the inlet was already full of fishermen.

Chen Li had seen this kind of scene countless times in his previous life, so he was not surprised at all.

Chen Xue, on the other hand, rarely sees so many anglers, which feels a bit strange.

"Brother, is fishing so fun?"

Chen Xue also knows how to fish. She also went fishing with Chen Li before.

But Erlong Town has more fishermen than a small town. No matter how many people there are, they can't be much more.

But this backwater bay is different. When Chen Li first came to Xijiang in his previous life, many people came here to fish.

The biggest reason is that this is a fishing spot for naked sturgeon, and people often caught naked sturgeon here in the past.

Of course, there are fewer naked sturgeons here now, but occasionally someone can still catch them.

With the current sky-high price of naked sturgeon, that is simply the ultimate goal of the Li River fishermen.

If you can catch an adult naked sturgeon, you will directly become a millionaire.

But it is a pity that there are fewer and fewer naked sturgeons now, and most of them were caught when they first entered China.

But even so, the catch of naked sturgeon has dropped from about 40 tons in the 1980s to less than a hundred fish per year today.

It is said that in 1991, the price of naked sturgeon was less than 15 yuan per kilogram, but by 1993 it had risen to 40 yuan.

It soared to 90 yuan in 1994, 180 yuan in 1996, 210 yuan in 1997, and this year, the price has risen to 280 yuan per kilogram.

The most important thing is that the price of this thing is still priceless.

Just looking at the rapid rise in prices, very few transactions were actually completed.

This has a lot to do with the crazy fishing in recent years, and also has a lot to do with the fact that many people these days have a weak concept of protecting fish resources.

As for Chen Li, the purpose of his coming here today was to catch the naked sturgeon, but he didn't catch the fish to sell it for money, nor did he want to satisfy his hunger.

But because of the mission!

Chen Li now plans to go all the way in the breeding industry, so he plans to add some breeding projects

Just like the wild boar and beef cattle breeding tasks he had just completed before and the mutton sheep breeding tasks he is currently doing, this can be regarded as a manifestation of Chen Li's ambition.

Speaking of which, Chen Li had previously done the tasks of raising white-feathered chickens, yellow-feathered chickens, wild boars and beef cattle, but none of them were as difficult as the task of raising high-quality sheep that he is currently doing.

Nothing else~ The breeding of mutton sheep is really too delicious.

In fact, strictly speaking, raising pigs, chickens, and cows all have the same flavor.

As a child who grew up in Erlong Town, Chen Li is quite familiar with the taste of pigs, chickens and cows, so he has a high resistance to it.

But Sheep. Sorry!

Although Chen Li could accept even the fishy smell when eating mutton, he really couldn't stand the smell when raising sheep.

You must know that he raises 100 sheep in the system space!

When he was dealing with feces every day, his whole body almost collapsed, and several times he even planned to give up on the task.

But thinking that if he gave up on this task, all these days of suffering would be in vain, Chen Li had no choice but to grit his teeth and persist.

Sometimes people are like this. They clearly know that it will be more uncomfortable for a long time in the future, but they are unwilling to give up because they have been uncomfortable for a few days.

This is what Chen Li is like. If Chen Li chose to resist at the beginning, he will definitely not persist now.

But just because he has persisted for a while, there is no reason to give up.

Ultimately, he still wants to work hard to improve his breeding business.

And his fishing trip today was also for this reason.

Because the next genetic improvement task he plans to do is fish!

There is a saying in China, "No feast without fish"!

During the holidays, when entertaining guests, there must be a fish on the table.

In the thousands of years of Chinese catering history, fish has been an indispensable and important role on the table.

In addition to being edible, fish also has auspicious symbolic meanings.

Fish has a homophonic sound of "surplus", so eating fish during the Chinese New Year means "having more than enough every year".

Every Chinese New Year, Chen Li's father would buy a few carp in advance and raise them in a large tank at home.

These carps are all prepared for the Spring Festival, and every year, Chen Guofu will choose the largest carp to braise on New Year's Eve, which means there will be more than enough every year.

And the tail of this fish is usually cut off and pasted on the wall.

Right now, there are still a dozen fish tails taped to the kitchen wall in Erlong Town!

Since he was little, Chen Li's parents told him that eating fish can make him smarter.

Uh~ This is probably something many parents have said to their children.

In fact, in his previous life, Chen Li didn't like eating fish very much when he was a child. The reason is that the fish resources in Erlong Town are not very rich. The common edible fish are generally crucian carp ~ carp ~ grass carp.

And these types of fish all have one thing in common, that is, they have a lot of spines!

When Chen Li was a child, he often had fish bones stuck in his throat. The feeling was extremely uncomfortable.

Therefore, when Chen Li was a child, he actually hated eating fish, so Chen Guofu and Wang Dongmei always used this sentence to "coax" Chen Li.

Even when Chen Li grew up later, he actually didn't like eating fish very much, even though there are many famous fish-related dishes in Sichuan cuisine.

For example, pickled fish~boiled fish!

But these two dishes were rarely available in Chen Li's home in his previous life.

The reason is very simple, these two dishes are relatively oily.

Moreover, these two dishes usually focus on black fish, and they are both big fish.

But even if Chen Guofu and Chen Li occasionally caught a big snakehead fish, they would usually choose to sell it.

Because in Erlong Town, black fish is the best seller.

Especially for those pregnant women who have just given birth to a baby, black fish is definitely the best choice.

One pound of black fish and one pound of pork~Both Chen Guofu and Wang Dongmei will choose the latter.

So at that time, even if Chen Guofu made pickled fish, he would always use grass carp.

Pickled fish made from grass carp. Although Chen Guofu is very good at making pickled fish, the meat quality of grass carp limits the upper limit of this dish.

While eating tender fish fillets, you have to worry about getting stuck in your throat. This way of eating really makes Chen Li, who has had his throat stuck several times, dislike it very much.

Then Chen Li grew up.

Because he was not admitted to college, Chen Li went out to work. At that time, the fish dish he encountered most often in the factory was braised hairtail!

At that time, hairtail seemed to be free of charge. For a while, Chen Li had hairtail almost every day.

Don't want to eat?

Stop talking nonsense~ The food in the factory is terrible, and hairtail is already considered a very good meat dish.

Regardless of whether you accept a vegetarian diet, you will still find it difficult to eat vegetarian food.

Otherwise, hairtail is a good choice.

Chen Li had no choice but to accept it.

Later, Chen Li went to Yanjing because it was a KTV with food and accommodation included. As a result, he was unlucky enough to encounter braised hairtail.

So Chen Li got tired of eating hairtail.

Another thing that gets tired of eating hairtail is tomatoes, because almost all the meals provided in factories and KTVs include tomatoes and scrambled eggs.

Therefore, Chen Li rarely eats this dish now, and he never takes the initiative to cook it, even if he is actually quite good at it.

It can be said that before Chen Li started to have savings in his pocket, Chen Li was not very fond of fish.

Later, Chen Li had money in his pocket, and occasionally visited some high-end dining places.

Then his sense of fish gradually changed again.

At that time, most of what Chen Li ate was sea fish, and most of the sea fish had fresh meat and few spines. Well, okay! The most important thing was that there were few spines.

In fact, Chen Li has never been very resistant to fish. He just doesn't like eating too many fish bones.

So when Chen Li first thought about fish farming, the first thing that popped into his mind was bluefin tuna.

This is originally called the Rolls-Royce of fish. If it can be improved through the system, wouldn't it mean that it will take off after eating it?

But here comes the problem~ If he wants to improve the species he wants through the system, Chen Li must first catch a bluefin tuna himself.

This is not about fishing in the system space~ but about catching a bluefin tuna in reality.

Although this is somewhat difficult, it is not impossible if you really want to do it.

To put it bluntly, as long as Chen Li is willing to spend some money and time, this task can be completed easily.

But after Chen Li learned about tuna farming, he gave up the idea.

Not that it’s difficult to farm bluefin tuna!

Although the artificial breeding of bluefin tuna was definitely a problem in 1999.

But for the system, this problem is not a problem at all.

In fact, in my previous life, where I lived a pretty good life, this problem was already solved.

Before Chen Li was reborn, they had already achieved artificial breeding of bluefin tuna.

And if Chen Li completes the breeding task, the artificial breeding technology of bluefin tuna provided by the system will be more mature and more profitable.

But the reason why Chen Li gave up choosing bluefin tuna was precisely because of this "making money"!

First of all, if you want to complete the artificial breeding and breeding of bluefin tuna, the amount of money invested will be a "huge" amount.

Secondly, the quality of bluefin tuna limits its selling price, which is much higher than that of ordinary fish.

Is Chen Li doing so many breeding plans to make money?

Yes and no!

The money Chen Ideal earns is mall currency, not real currency!

The selection of the mall currency needs to be calculated based on sales volume rather than sales volume.

In this case, bluefin tuna is not a good choice.

So Chen Li turned his attention to the common fish that ordinary people most often come into contact with.

After all, compared to expensive seafood, freshwater fish is what ordinary people eat the most.

Well, except for people from coastal areas!

At the beginning, Chen ideally chose species such as crucian carp, grass carp, carp, and silver carp.

After all, these fish are the species of fish that ordinary people have the most exposure to.

But after Chen Li had someone investigate, he discovered the fact that his idea was a bit one-sided.

Because he found that the biggest reason why people choose these fish is actually because they are cheap.

Therefore, price is actually the king.

This is different from white-feathered chickens and yellow-feathered chickens. Different chicken breeds have different prices.

But crucian carp, even if the system is improved, it cannot become bluefin tuna.

Chen Li can sell a yellow-feathered chicken for a sky-high price, but it is absolutely impossible for him to sell an improved crucian carp for a sky-high price.

There is a fundamental difference between the two.

So Chen Li came up with a good idea.

That is to select a fish that originally sells for a high price and then cultivate it through artificial breeding, and finally bring down the price of this fish.

And when the price of fish, which was originally unaffordable to everyone, has been reduced to a level that everyone can accept, wouldn’t it mean that it will sell like crazy?

At that time, the first choice that popped into Chen Li's mind was not the naked sturgeon, but turbot!

Turbot fish is a high-end product these days.

But soon, Chen Li gave up this idea, because even without Chen Li, the price of turbot would have been driven down.

After experiencing some twists and turns in the previous life, the price of turbot dropped from hundreds of yuan per catty to very low levels.

Even without Chen Li, turbot will become an economic fish that ordinary people can afford.

Then Chen Li thought about it in his mind, and finally chose the more expensive sturgeon among the freshwater fish he had eaten in his previous life.

Of course~ what Chen Li ate was artificially bred sturgeon.

It just so happened that this time Chen Li came to Western Xinjiang, so he thought of the nearly extinct naked sturgeon in his previous life.

After entering the 21st century, the naked sturgeon became an endangered species in China, and later became a national second-level protected animal.

Fortunately, after artificial cultivation, the ecological chain of the naked sturgeon has not been fully restored, but the situation has improved.

So this time Chen Li plans to save the naked sturgeon.

He planned to catch a naked sturgeon and then complete the breeding task through the naked sturgeon.

(End of chapter)