After Reincarnating as the Dragon King, I Made a Fortune with Seafood – CH89

Chapter 89

Weng Qian moved very quickly. On the third day, he told Lu Ao that the auction company was willing to accept the large bluefin tuna, but they would not act as an auction agent. Instead, they were willing to buy it outright for eight million Country R currency and auction it under the company’s name.

Eight million Country R currency, based on the current exchange rate, converted to Huaxia currency, would be a little over five million.

Even after deducting all kinds of taxes, he would still receive around three million. No matter how he looked at it, it was not a loss.

Lu Ao did not hesitate. “That works. I’m willing to sell.”

“Good. Then I’ll handle the relevant procedures on your behalf. I’ll send you a contract in a moment. Print it out, sign it, then send me back a scanned copy.”

“I’ll do it right away.”

Lu Ao hung up. Beside him, Lin Gongshang asked, “Was that the boss helping you sell the fish?”

“Yes, him. I don’t have time to sell fish this morning. I need to go to town. Help me sell these on the way.”

“Small matter. Leave it to me.” Lin Gongshang stretched lazily, looking a little depressed. “The tides have been bad these past few days. We might not catch any fish tomorrow.”

Their harvest from spearfishing that morning had not been good. Apart from Lu Ao, who had still managed to catch more than thirty jin of fish, everyone else had caught very little. Tan Junhao had even come up empty-handed, without a single fish.

As Lu Ao took off his wetsuit, he asked, “Weren’t you planning to go out to sea with Brother Zhang to set nets?”

“We didn’t get much from diving and spearfishing. Going out to net fish will be even harder. We’ll see.”

Lin Guixiao sat on a reef smoking and said, “I think you might as well go prepare for your wedding. Isn’t your wedding coming up soon?”

Lin Gongshang said, “There’s still more than half a month. How is that soon?”

“More than half a month is nothing. It’ll pass in the blink of an eye. Don’t you need to whitewash the walls, buy things, go shopping with the bride, and take wedding photos?”

Lin Gongshang’s heart stirred at that, but he still stubbornly said, “It’s not like we’re rich. Why make it so fancy?”

“You don’t want to, but does Xiaohui not want to either?”

Lin Gongshang fell silent. Luo Xiaohui definitely wanted to.

No woman could skip those things when getting married.

He doted on his girlfriend and did not mind doing these things, but he could not say that in front of Lin Guixiao and the others. He was afraid they would laugh at him for fearing his wife.

Lu Ao finished changing and handed the fish to them. “I’ll go first. Keep an eye on the sale for me. As long as the price is about right, it’s fine.”

Lin Manzhang asked, “Want me to drive you to town?”

“No need. I’ll call a car.”

Lin Gongshang called after him, “You’re already so rich. Why haven’t you bought a car yet?”

Lu Ao waved. “Already ordered one. I’ll pick it up in a couple of days.”

“Damn! You already have a car and didn’t say a word? You hid that well.”

Lu Ao’s voice came from afar. “I’ll lend it to you to pick up the bride.”

“From that tone of yours, did you buy a luxury car?”

Lu Ao waved again. He had already walked far away.

The car he bought did not really count as a luxury car, but it still cost more than six hundred thousand. In the countryside, that was already very decent.

Lu Ao went to town, printed the documents, signed them, and sent the scanned electronic copy back.

After receiving his authorization, Weng Qian quickly coordinated with the auction company and signed the sales contract.

Before seven that evening, Weng Qian had transferred the money into Lu Ao’s account.

Eight million Country R currency. After deducting his five-percent commission, Weng Qian transferred seven million six hundred thousand to Lu Ao.

This income was already extremely good.

If Lu Ao wanted to be lazy, he could simply lie down and rest for a year or two without going fishing again.

That night, Lu Ao took a screenshot and sent it to Song Zhou.

After Song Zhou saw it, he replied: Not bad. You’re making something of yourself.

Lu Ao: It’s all right. My savings are almost at ten million.

Song Zhou: With that much money in your account, do you have any plans?

Lu Ao: Not for now. Do you have any suggestions? Curious.jpg

Song Zhou: If you were an ordinary person, this would be the time to find a reliable wealth-management project and start learning financial planning.

Lu Ao: I think either way is fine. Leaving it there is fine too. Too lazy to fuss over it.

Looking at the words on the phone, Lu Ao’s ears suddenly flushed. He slowly added another sentence:

Lu Ao: I don’t know any of this. Do you want to manage the household for me?

This was already an extremely indirect confession. Lu Ao gripped his phone, the joints of his fingers turning a little pale.

On the screen, the small line “The other party is typing…” looked especially obvious. Lu Ao held his breath, waiting for an answer.

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds. Four seconds.

On the fifth second, Song Zhou’s message came through: Don’t be lazy.

At that moment, Lu Ao did not know what he felt. It was as if a taut string had suddenly snapped. The air outside the window began to flow again, and the chirping of cicadas and frogs rushed into his ears.

He tossed the phone onto the bed, then lay back. His spine hit the mattress with a dull thud.

The probe had failed.

He did not know whether Song Zhou had no feelings for him, or whether Song Zhou had simply not noticed his intentions.

It was also possible that the other party was purely straight and had never thought in that direction at all.

That night, Lu Ao was so shaken that he tossed and turned for most of the night without sleeping. The next day, he went to feed the geese with two huge dark circles under his eyes.

His geese were kept by the river. The villagers rarely went over there, so the geese were doing well and had nearly become the local tyrants of the area.

After returning, Lu Ao went over to check on them every day and feed them while he was there.

The geese could find food in the river, but as they grew bigger and bigger, their appetites also increased. No matter how many fish were in the river, there was a limit. It truly could not sustain fifty-one large geese.

If he wanted healthy, strong geese, he still needed to raise them manually.

After coming back, Lu Ao had bought a batch of old grain.

This year’s new grain had already been harvested. No one ate the old grain anymore. In Linwu Village, the old grain in many households was almost sprouting.

Lu Ao bought more than a thousand jin in one go at one yuan per jin, enough to raise this flock of geese to adulthood.

When the geese saw Lu Ao, they stretched out their necks and came surging over with loud honks. Each one looked quite adorable, but if they accidentally pecked someone, it would hurt a lot.

Lin Qiyan could no longer beat Lu Ao’s geese.

Mainly because there were too many of them. As long as one came over, the whole flock would swarm over. Atop each long neck was a beak that hurt terribly when it pecked. Lin Qiyan now had a psychological shadow whenever he saw that scene and did not dare approach at all.

Even though the geese had never deliberately pecked him, he no longer dared to come feed them by himself.

Lu Ao’s geese dared peck Lin Qiyan, but they did not dare peck him.

Looking at the geese crowding nearby, Lu Ao casually reached out, grabbed one by its long neck, and lifted it in front of him.

The goose blinked its black-bean eyes and gave an aggrieved honk.

Lu Ao ignored it and focused on weighing it by hand.

The goose in his hand was probably a little over four jin.

After weighing it, Lu Ao put it down and caught the next one.

Soon, he discovered that basically all the geese in the flock weighed more than four jin, and a few outstanding ones had already grown to more than five jin.

This weight was already considered big for ordinary geese.

But the breed he had bought was a specialized lion-head goose. After reaching adulthood, they could weigh ten to twenty kilograms. Compared with the size of an adult goose, four or five jin seemed like nothing.

Lu Ao estimated that if he wanted to eat these geese, he would have to raise them for at least another two months.

Since he still needed to raise them for that long, the pollution problem caused by the flock had to be taken seriously.

Putting the geese by the small river was convenient, but they ate and defecated, then ate and defecated again. The amount of waste they produced every day could not be underestimated.

Even though, so far, the flock had not caused the nearby ecological environment to deteriorate, he still needed to prevent problems before they happened.

At the very least, building a goose shed nearby had to be put on the agenda.

After feeding the geese, Lu Ao walked around the area, looking for a suitable place.

His mountain-contracting documents had already come down. The nearby Haining Mountain now belonged to him, so he could do whatever he wanted with it.

As Lu Ao inspected the area, he made a simple plan on his phone.

If he had time, he could start putting up fencing during this period.

First, he would fence off the mountain to let people know it had an owner. Once the villagers lost interest in the mountain, he could freely return to his dragon form on it.

Conveniently, one side of the mountain faced the sea. People on land could not see what happened on the mountain at all, and guarding against fishermen at sea was much easier. Lu Ao was not worried about being seen then.

Lu Ao planned to order wire mesh from a factory outside. Compared with wooden fencing, wire mesh was much simpler. He only needed to bury it in a ring, then plant some climbing plants along it. Soon, it would form a clear boundary.

Besides the wire mesh, transplanting fruit trees also had to be put on the agenda.

Lu Ao was still wandering around the mountain when his phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID, it was Lin Manzhang.

“Hello, Lu Ao. We’re going out to pump a tide pool in a while. Are you coming?”

“Where are you pumping a tide pool?”

“We haven’t decided yet. We’re talking about going to White Beard Island. No one has been there for many years. There should be some decent-sized fish inside.”

Lu Ao looked at the sky. “I’ll go. I’ll come find you in a bit.”

“Your sister-in-law is already making lunch. Come earlier. We’ll eat early, then head out.”

Lu Ao refused, “No need. I’ll eat at home. I made a lot of rice this morning.”

“We made a lot of food here too. If you don’t come, we won’t be able to finish it. In this heat, it would be a pity if it spoiled.”

Hearing this, Lu Ao could only hurry down the mountain, return home first, put away his things, then ride his three-wheeler to Lin Manzhang’s house.

Lin Manzhang’s family had indeed already made lunch. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he smelled the fragrance of food filling the entire yard.

Lin Gongshang and Lin Qiyan were both there. Seeing him arrive, they quickly greeted him.

Lu Ao had just finished splitting the money with Lin Qiyan.

After deducting taxes from the three-hundred-thousand-yuan fish, each of them received half. Each person got eighty-two thousand five hundred. For one trip out, this income was actually very good.

Lin Qiyan had been in a great mood these past few days. He was even more enthusiastic about filming videos, and for a while, he received quite a few tips from fans. His days became increasingly comfortable.

Seeing Lu Ao, he waved. “Lu Ao, come, come. We specially saved you a chicken leg.”

“Thanks. Have you all finished eating?”

“We just finished. Once you’re done, we can set off.” Lin Manzhang said, “I just packed up five fishing nets. Once we’re out at sea, if I see a suitable spot, I’ll set the nets and see if we can catch anything.”

As Lu Ao ate, he asked, “Around this time in previous years, was it also hard to catch fish?”

“Pretty much. Now the wind is strong and there’s a lot of rain. The seawater gets muddy very easily. Once the seawater turns muddy, spearfishing doesn’t work, and neither does netting. Generally, there won’t be much harvest. At this time of year, having ten days of good weather in a month is already pretty good.”

“Then won’t these two months’ income be much lower than other months?”

Lin Manzhang said, “There’s nothing we can do. Fishing still depends on the heavens for food. If the heavens don’t give food, no amount of effort helps.”

Lin Gongshang was more optimistic. “For us fishermen, income is calculated annually. If we can make a hundred or two hundred thousand a year, that’s already not bad. It’s still more comfortable than exhausting ourselves working outside.”

Lin Manzhang shook his head. “That amount of money has to support a whole family. It isn’t that easy either.”

“That’s why we decided to go pump a tide pool. Such a big pool should have at least some catch. With Lu Ao’s luck added in, maybe after deducting fuel and other costs, each person can still split a few hundred!”

Lin Gongshang liked calling Lu Ao whenever they went out to sea. Lu Ao’s good luck was publicly acknowledged. Generally, bringing him out meant they would not lose money.

Lu Ao himself was also very willing to go out with them. During their several outings, everyone had generously shared their experience. Lu Ao had learned a lot from them.

Lu Ao ate quickly. After he finished, the group set out under the blazing sun.

Lin Manzhang had specially moved several large watermelons onto the boat. If they got tired at sea, they could cut open a few watermelons to eat.

White Beard Island was rather remote. Fishermen generally did not go there.

It was also Lin Manzhang’s first time going there in several years. He set nets halfway. By the time they neared White Beard Island, it was almost three in the afternoon.

Before they even landed on the island, Lin Manzhang looked at the color of the nearby sea from afar and suddenly said, “Damn.”

“What’s wrong?” Lu Ao did not understand. “Is something off?”

Lin Manzhang frowned. “Look at the color of the sea. It looks like a red tide.”

After Reincarnating as the Dragon King, I Made a Fortune with Seafood [Farming]