As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 360 - Chapter 360 Chapter 285 Leaving Alone_3

Chapter 360: Chapter 285: Leaving Alone_3 Chapter 360: Chapter 285: Leaving Alone_3 And just like the Seven-band Grouper, the bigger the fish, the tastier it is.

Due to its even scarcer quantity compared to the Seven-band Grouper, the price is even higher.

In Japan, a three-pound fish can sell for 35,000 yen, which roughly translates to 1,800 RMB, equating to six hundred yuan per pound, and the larger the fish, the higher the price per unit.

Back home, the price of this fish is not much lower either, with an average price around five hundred, and those over twenty pounds could possibly sell for a thousand yuan per pound.

This was also why Chu Mingcheng made the trip here, after all, the prices were too compelling.

However, most fishing boats are not able to obtain the Public Sea fishing license; Chu Mingcheng had this certificate, so he naturally did not fear the domestic maritime patrol checks.

There are often patrol boats along these boundary lines to prevent Japanese fishermen from sneaking into the East Sea to fish.

Of course, it’s possible for our domestic fishermen to cross over too, and the other side would take measures such as compulsory interception and detention.

This time, Chu Mingcheng was just cruising around the border area of the East Sea, as he definitely did not want to encounter the Japanese maritime police.

The journey wasn’t too far, taking about ten or so hours to reach.

Chu Mingcheng departed at eight in the morning, and it was now past six in the evening, just in time for him to have dinner before going fishing.

First, he went to the front deck; the weather had been good these past two days, so the ambergris that was left to dry on the deck was now completely dehydrated.

The pieces no longer looked as dark as they originally were, showing a tinge of yellow, and even a few had specks of white on them.

In fact, ambergris in this state could already be sold. Some perfume companies would extract the scent from these pieces of ambergris to make perfumes.

Chu Mingcheng had looked it up; a foreign fisherman found a dead Moxiang Whale the year before last, and extracted a piece of ambergris weighing 254 pounds from its body.

The quality of the ambergris dug out was the worst of its kind, similar to his, or even a bit worse.

The other person’s was pitch-black, while his at least had some yellow and white on it.

But even such poor-quality ambergris was sold for more than 9.5 million RMB, averaging seventy-five yuan per gram, so Chu Mingcheng’s ambergris was indeed quite valuable.

As for those top-grade ambergris that could fetch up to a thousand or even several thousand yuan per gram, they would need to drift at sea for a hundred years, which is extremely rare.

Moreover, such top-grade ambergris usually wouldn’t be that big. After being washed by sea water for decades or a hundred years, it would be considered extremely lucky to find pieces the size of a soccer ball, with most only the size of an adult’s fist.

Chu Mingcheng went and took a scale, weighed all fourteen pieces of ambergris he had, and recorded their weights.

After weighing, the largest was 23 pounds and 6 ounces, and the smallest was the size of a baby’s fist, 343 grams.

All together, the weight just exceeded fifty pounds, totaling 53 pounds and 7 ounces.

At eighty yuan per pound, the total value still came to over two million yuan.

This sum of money was enough for a young man in China to get married, since a house, a car, and a dowry indeed cost about that much. So, was it roughly equivalent to a wife?

Chu Mingcheng was not greedy and was quite satisfied with the price of the ambergris.

But at the moment he did not need the money, so he put the ambergris back in the box to dry, with seawater inside. He wanted to see if there would be any further changes to the ambergris in a short period of time.

Now that he was aware of the value of his ambergris, Chu Mingcheng would no longer be as careless as before and leave it out in the open.

When going out to sea, he would take it out for sunning, but it would have to be stored inside the cabin when returning to shore.

After washing his hands repeatedly with hand soap, Chu Mingcheng headed to the rear deck to check on the sea lobsters in the live water tank.

“Ah, a few sea lobsters have died again, and even a Killer Crab has perished; these marine creatures are truly too frail!”

He casually picked up a scoop net, scooped up about a dozen lively lobsters, then lifted a menacing Gan’s Giant Claw Crab from the live water tank and walked into the kitchen.

Little Mi had originally been lying on the sofa, but when Chu Mingcheng passed through the living room towards the kitchen carrying the crab, it immediately got up and followed him.

Upon arriving in the kitchen, it lifted its head and blinked its round, lustrous eyes: “Meow~”

Chu Mingcheng looked at it and said with a smile, “You’re the smartest and most affectionate of them all. How come those three silly kids of yours don’t have your cunning?”

Little Mi, not understanding his words but seeing that he was talking to it, rubbed against his feet with its body and then meowed twice more.

“Alright, alright, go take a rest first. I’ll give you something tasty later.” Chu Mingcheng gave it a cat treat, then chased it out of the kitchen and closed the door.

Little Mi, being smart, did not continue to bother him nor did it pace back and forth at the door. It simply lay down next to it, knowing it would be the first to know when the kitchen door opened.

Chu Mingcheng first placed Gan’s Giant Claw Crab on the cutting board; although it was considered small among the ones he had caught, it still weighed a hefty seven or eight pounds.

Once its legs were extended, the cutting board was not nearly large enough to accommodate it, so he simply moved the chopping board aside.

After washing the crab clean, he flipped it over.

The crab’s legs kept moving, but sadly it had no way of resisting. It was not like the Green Crab that had a big pincer, posing some danger.

To Chu Mingcheng’s surprise, however, this crab turned out to be female, something he hadn’t noticed before.

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