In total, Li Du had caught more than 20 big abalones in one day.
The harvest was not a lot, but the area he was in was not rich in black gold abalone production. In addition, he had to hold his breath to pry up the abalone, which was not like looking for gems in a national park, where he just had to bend down and pick them up.
Often, it took him more than ten minutes to catch a black gold abalone.
The water was cold and the resistance was great, so Li Du had to rest for half an hour, drink some hot cocoa, and bask in the sun.
Compared to others, his work efficiency was very high. In the evening, they put the abalones in frozen storage boxes and prepared to sell them at the market the next morning.
There was a seafood market in Melbourne, which had stalls for collecting black gold abalone.
However, Li Du learned from the thieves in the morning that the local abalone fishermen would not sell these things in Melbourne. They would go to Tasmania, which was across the water.
Tasmania was the only island state in the Australian Federation, mainly including the main island of Tasmania, Bruny Island, King Island, Flinders Island, Macquarie Island, and many small coastal islands. It was known as the "Natural State," also known as the "Island of Apples," the "Holiday State," and "Australia's version of New Zealand."
The main island of Tasmania was 240 kilometers south of Melbourne, separated by the Bass Strait. The abalone market was not on the main island, but on King Island in the middle of the Bass Strait, about 140 kilometers away from Melbourne.
The scenery of this state was the most beautiful in all of Australia. It had undulating mountains, rolling pastures, dense virgin forests, and unspoiled white beaches.
Tasmania's Wild World Reserve accounted for about 20 percent of the state's area. The island's air was fresh, the water sweet and pure, and the land was fertile, producing the best fresh fruits, vegetables, and wine in Australia.
Li Du had long heard of this beautiful island, but he had not had the opportunity to set foot on the island. This time, his destination was King Island.
King Island and black gold abalone had a certain connection. This island was the first place to produce black gold abalone, and until today, it still produced the most black gold abalone.
Therefore, the island had the largest abalone market in the southern hemisphere. This market also sold seafood, but most of them were abalones. The world's top hotels purchased abalones from this place.
In this case, it was easy to understand why the abalones in the King Island Seafood Market could be sold at a higher price than in other places because there were no secondary dealers. Customers and fishermen directly traded face to face.
After a night of rest, they took a fast ship to King Island the next morning. It took them more than three hours to travel 140 kilometers.
However, Li Du had never been on a boat at sea before, so he did not find the journey boring. Leaning on the side of the boat and looking at the vast ocean, he felt pretty good.
Ah Ow also had a good feeling about the ocean. She leaned on the railing with him and looked down. The ship was moving fast, and the sea breeze was blowing. Ah Ow opened her mouth and whimpered against the wind.
Some people thought it was a dog and thought it was very interesting, so they came over to play with it.
During the three-hour voyage, there were always people chatting with Li Du. Many of them were residents of King Island, and they told him some of their experiences living on the island.
First of all, unlike the mainland of Australia, the island's security was poor. Gangsters and hooligans wandered on it all day long. They tried not to show their money when traveling, brought as little cash as possible, and left other important things in the hotel safe.
Second, the people on shore who should not be provoked were not the local gangsters, but the sailors.
Sailors often went ashore to rest, and they would soon go out to sea again. If they were beaten, robbed, or otherwise, it would be difficult to find them later.
In short, sailors were more unscrupulous than gangsters.
Moreover, there were many helicopter tourist spots on King Island, and you could spend money to take a helicopter around the island twice, overlooking the ocean and the island, and enjoy a different kind of scenery.
With these experiences and a few men, Li Du finally set foot on the island's port.
Today happened to be Sunday. There were few households on the island, and the economy was mainly dependent on tourism, so the weekend would be very busy. All the shops and supermarkets opened early, and there were vendors pushing sales carts up and down the street.
The infrastructure of the island was relatively ordinary, and compared to Melbourne, it was like heaven and earth.
There were only two streets in the center of the island, which crisscrossed like a cross, and then divided the island's gathering area into four parts.
Li Du walked out of the port, and immediately someone came up to him to sell. "Sir, do you need traditional Tasmanian handicrafts? My family is of Tasmanian descent, and this is orthodox indigenous art. "
Tasmanians were indigenous to Tasmania, which could be judged from their name, but they became extinct in the middle of the 19th century, because white Europeans came to Australia and persecuted them.
The young man who was selling the art was lying, but the wood and stone carvings he was selling were good. Li Du looked at them and chose a very beautiful shell carving.
Shell carvings were works of art carved from shells, and the colorful and gorgeous one he chose was the rare black gold abalone shell carving.
From this shell carving, it could be seen how beautiful the black gold abalone shell was, and it deserved its nickname of underwater rainbow.
Seeing him choose this art, the young man said, "You have a very good eye, sir. This is a very rare black gold abalone shell carving, which can be bought for only 500 Australian dollars."
This price shocked Li Du. Five hundred Australian dollars? That's too expensive.
An ordinary black gold abalone was only 500 Australian dollars, and a good and outstanding quality could sell for 1,000 Australian dollars. The most valuable part of the black gold abalone was its flesh, and the shell was worth at most a few dozen dollars.
However, after a simple polishing, it actually sold for 500 Australian dollars, which Li Du could not accept.
He shook his head and refused. The young man was unhappy. "Sir, this kind of shell carving is the faith of our local people. Since you don't want to buy it, then you can't touch it. If you touch it, then you have to buy it. Otherwise, it is not convenient for us to sell it again."
Li Du was amused. Is he going to force me to buy it? He even used the words of faith to fool people. Did he think that he was a coward who had never seen the world?
However, he was not willing to lower himself to the young man's level, so he waved to a few people behind him and told the young man, "These are my bodyguards, and their monthly salary is only 500 Australian dollars. Why don't you give me a shell carving and I'll lend you one to be my bodyguard?"
Looking up at the tall and amazing Godzilla and Big Quinn, the young man left dejectedly. They were good at bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and playing rogue, not fighting force with force.
Li Du became careful when he encountered such a thing as soon as he left the port. The security on this island was very bad.
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