northernbook Chapter 1138: Five Times Higher Price
Chapter 1138: Five Times Higher Price
Now is the season when crabs are fat, there are plenty of them and the prices are not particularly high.
The purchase price given by Fu San is 20 cents per pound, which is still a high price. The ones that are not very fat are 5 cents and 10 cents.
The prices of prawns and shrimps are definitely high. These fish have higher nutritional value and are more popular in the market.
The price of prawns has risen to 1.2 yuan per catty, and the price of nine-segment shrimps has risen to 2.3 yuan per catty.
Mantis shrimp is definitely not as good as prawns and shrimp, but it is more expensive than crabs, around 88 cents.
In addition to these large quantities, there are also about one or two hundred kilograms of conchs and miscellaneous fish.
All in all, Yangfanqihang made more than 5,800 yuan in one night.
This figure is comparable to the profits from long-distance sea voyages in the past few months.
But Fu Wan is not stupid. To achieve such a harvest near the coast, not only must the sea transportation be good, but the sailors on the ship must also be hardworking.
With so much seafood, the boatmen probably didn't sleep all night.
Just trawling and sorting fish.
Maybe they used a drift net, otherwise there wouldn't be so many crabs.
It looks like I have to withdraw some money tomorrow to give everyone a bonus.
Fu Wan thought so and turned a page in the account book.
The next page shows the catch of Fu Liang Xiangqian. The types of fish are similar to those of Yangfan Qihang, but there is a slight difference in weight. However, the catch is still not bad, worth more than 4,000 yuan.
Next came the harvest of other boats that Fu Sanji had made. After a quick look, the prices of all of them were around one to two thousand, or even less than one thousand. Fu Wan flipped through more than ten pages before she saw her own boat.
The ship that was in front of the queue was the "Full Load Return". Chen Balian and his team did not go to the Coconut Island to collect the traps and octopus traps, so they came back half an hour earlier than Fu Wan and his team.
The types of fish on board are somewhat different from those on the Riding the Wind and Waves.
More than 2,000 kilograms of cuttlefish, 4,000 kilograms of hairtail, and 5,000 kilograms of squid.
It seems that Chen Balian used the method of catching squid with a lamp again.
What surprised Fu Wan was that the "Manlaoergui" actually caught nearly 10,000 kilograms of crabs, including orchid crabs, swimming crabs, and 2,000 kilograms of blue crabs.
Fu San drew a big circle around the blue crab and marked two prices, one for one dollar and the other for five dollars and eighty cents.
Fu Wan was puzzled and looked up to ask Fu San, "Uncle San, what's the matter with this price?"
Upon hearing this, Fu San put down the abacus in his hand, leaned over to take a look, and immediately remembered.
"Oh, I haven't told you this yet. The blue crabs your uncle and his friends caught this time were a little strange. I broke one open and saw that the meat inside was all golden yellow.
When Mr. He from Gangcheng came over and saw it, his eyes widened. I knew something was wrong, so I simply raised the price five times.
Damn it, I didn't expect that guy to buy it without saying anything!"
Fu San felt a little regretful when he talked about it. The guy from Hong Kong was too straightforward, which made him always feel that he had sold at a low price.
Fu Wan knew what was going on as soon as she heard it. It was also her fault. She was so busy last night that she forgot to tell Fu San about the unusual thing about the blue crab.
But it’s no big deal. It can be sold at a price five times higher than ordinary blue crabs, so it’s not a loss at all.
"Uncle San, those aren't blue crabs, they're butter crabs. People in Hong Kong like to eat them."
"What, butter crab?"
Fu San was a little confused, but when he thought about the quality of the crab meat, he felt that the name was well-deserved.
Damn it, he had never noticed this kind of crab when he collected blue crabs before. He had seen a lot of yellow crabs, but it was rare to see so many.
Speaking of which, people from Hong Kong know how to eat. Last night, he kept two blue crabs with broken legs for himself to eat. You know what, this kind of blue crab is indeed much more delicious than ordinary meat crabs.
His daughter ate without even raising her head, and she didn't need to be fed. She just grabbed the food and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Butter crabs are just butter crabs. I'll remember next time. But those people in Hong Kong are quite clever. They keep the blue crabs they bought in buckets and leaves. It sounds like they plan to ship them back to Hong Kong to sell."
Hearing what Fu San said, Fu Wan didn't find it strange. This kind of crab couldn't be sold at a high price in the mainland now. Blue crabs could survive out of sea water. If they were brought back to Hong Kong, He Guohua could at least make two to three times the profit.
However, Longhai City is still some distance away from Gangcheng. If this batch of butter crabs is to be brought back to Gangcheng, there will definitely be some losses.
Moreover, blue crabs are different from swimming crabs that die when they leave the water. They first rot and then die. Once they die, they are completely inedible.
But this is not Fu Wan's concern. The money and goods have been paid, and the loss will be borne by He Guohua.
Fu Wan looked down at the income of the ship "Returning with a Full Load". They had earned nearly 30,000 yuan. There were a lot of prawns and shrimps on their ship. In addition, there were more than 2,000 kilograms of red crayfish.
Turning another page, they finally arrived at the Riding the Wind and Waves. Fu Wan turned two pages back and found that the fish on the Riding the Wind and Waves actually covered three full pages.
The shrimps and crabs that the seafood collection boat had brought back earlier were also recorded on it. Fu Wan turned directly to the last page and looked at the amount first. Even though she was mentally prepared, her heart still beat faster for two seconds when she saw the last number.
More than 398,000 yuan!
Seeing this price, Fu Wan couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.
The most profitable items in this batch of fish are the croaker and the whitebait. There are 8,200 kilograms of croaker, with a unit price of 25 yuan, totaling nearly 210,000 yuan.
More than 5,600 kilograms of Meitong fish were sold at a unit price of eight yuan for a total of 45,000 yuan.
In addition, the unit prices of other fish were obviously higher than what Fu Wan had seen before. Fu Wan felt a little surprised and asked Fu San.
"Uncle San, is there something wrong with the price you wrote? Why does it look so high to me?"
Fu San laughed heartily upon hearing this, "That's right, that's the price unique to your Riding the Wind and Waves.
Don't think that I'm deliberately giving you a high price. They opened a few croakers on the spot to test the fish maw. The fish maw was so beautiful that several bosses were vying for the fish from Chengfengpolang.
The other fish on your boat are also larger than those on other boats, so it's normal that the price is higher."
If there weren't so many fish and Fu San was too busy, he would have wanted to auction the batch of croaker.
What a pity, but twenty-five yuan per catty is also the highest price of the croaker sold by Fu San.
Fu San is the full recorder of Fu Wan's gains from her sea trips over the past two years. He is truly impressed by Fu Wan's gains from her sea trips.
The quality is always several times better than other fishing boats. As long as he accepts it, he never has trouble selling it!
Even if I am worried, I am worried about how to distribute it evenly so that the bosses won’t be angry that I didn’t buy it!
After hearing this, Fu Wan stopped worrying about it. She knew the quality of the fish on her boat!
Since it’s sold, just take it for yourself!
"No problem, even after deducting the commission, you can still transfer the money to my account!"
Fu Wan signed her name below. By this calculation, the total income of the three ships from this voyage was more than 500,000.
This figure made Fu Wan very satisfied. Hehe, if she made a few more trips to the sea, she would have enough money to build a house on the Bund in Shanghai!