My Manor

"Hi, Edward, here." This area is not the territory of a single fish seed wholesaler, but it concentrates more than 90% of Boston's fish seed wholesalers. Edward has been dealing with sea vessels for most of his life, so he is naturally very familiar with this place. Before coming here, he had already called to contact people, so after driving in, he ignored those who waved and asked outside but drove straight inside. After about three minutes, a black man appeared in front of Jiang Hai's F750 and waved to Edward happily.

Edward turned the steering wheel and stopped in front of him. As both of them opened the car doors and jumped out, Edward and the big man hugged each other, looking very cheerful.

"Boss, let me introduce you. This is Tie Niu, Porter-Anneva, my good brother. We once went out to sea together on a fishing boat to catch sperm whales. He is the largest private fish fry wholesaler here. Tie Niu, this is my current boss, from the mysterious East, Jiang Hai, Mr. Jiang." After hugging the big man, Edward introduced them excitedly. Hearing Edward's introduction, the big guy named Porter-Anneva stretched out his hand first.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang, just call me Tie Niu." After shaking hands, Jiang Hai smiled and nodded.

Jiang Hai was also sizing up this guy. He was over 1.9 meters tall, with a big bald head and shiny black skin. Although it was winter, he didn't wear much. His huge size made him appear intimidating. It was no surprise he was called Tie Niu. Edward had already told Jiang Hai about this guy's background on the way here.

This black man had worked as a crew member in California with Edward, though he was younger than Edward. After they made money, Edward returned to retire, and he opened a fish fry company in Boston.

Perhaps because he was black, he faced discrimination early on, but later, with his strong abilities and really good fish fry, he was able to establish himself here. After all, in a capitalist society, rich people are more concerned with whether you can bring them wealth, not skin color. When racial sentiment and US dollars conflict, US dollars are often more powerful.

"Although I dare not say that my place is the largest in Massachusetts, I definitely have the most complete variety. Edward has already told me your purpose. Since you want to choose grass seeds, you need to order the fish first, because different fish eat different baits, and different baits naturally require different seaweeds." After being polite with Jiang Hai, Tie Niu took him and his party into the room behind him.

"I have a very complete range of fish fry here. I have almost all the fish fry that can be farmed. The boxes here are Atlantic cod. Although you don't plan to raise this kind of fish, I still say that this fish is actually the most profitable, and it's almost guaranteed to make money..." Tie Niu introduced Jiang Hai as they walked into the grid area behind him.

The price of cod fry here is not expensive. One fish costs about 13 cents. According to the price of an adult fish, it can be sold for one dollar and seventy-five cents. That's almost ten times the profit. After deducting labor and bait costs, one fish can make a net profit of about 90 cents in a year. One million fish is 900,000 US dollars, and 10 million fish is 9 million US dollars. Raising this fish is indeed a guaranteed profit, but in Jiang Hai's view, the scale is too small and not suitable for his development.

"This is herring, a species that can be raised together with cod, but it doesn't grow big. It's like a gift from Santa Claus, and any amount is a surprise." After walking through the cod ponds, they came to some ponds below. The herring fry in them are smaller than cod. After all, this fish itself doesn't grow very large; the largest reaches about 30 centimeters, unlike cod, which can live a long time and grow large. This fish is usually raised with cod. Some herring are raised when breeding cod. The economic value of this fish is similar to that of cod. It can be sold for money and also used as food for large cod. It has many uses. Of course, the most important thing is that it has a large sales volume, so there's no need to worry about sales.

The price of this fish is eight cents each. Since it can also be used as food, it's not expensive.

"This is the Maine lobster pond, and this is the king crab pond. I specially introduced them from an Asian island country, but they're not easy to raise. This is the bamboo shrimp, which came here with the crab. Although it tastes good, I heard the price is also okay, but it's not easy to raise. This is the oyster. I have almost all the oysters in the world here. This is the Galway oyster, produced in Ireland. This is the king of oysters, the Gidorla oyster. This top-quality oyster, if it grows well, will be sold for twenty US dollars each in a Western restaurant. I heard they'll charge about ten US dollars. These damn Western restaurants..." After passing the cod and herring ponds, Jiang Hai saw a crustacean net ahead, and the items inside made his eyes light up.

There's no need to mention the Maine lobster; it's the representative species of Maine and Boston. Although the price of lobsters sold locally is not high, Jiang Hai has always wanted to breed them. However, he has not dived into the water recently, so he isn't sure whether his territory is suitable for raising these creatures. If it is, he will raise a few anyway. Although eating lobsters is often looked down upon in China and regarded as a symbol of nouveau riche, Jiang Hai is now a nouveau riche, so he must eat them.

In addition to lobsters, he also saw other valuable items he had researched, such as king crabs. King crabs and king crabs are not the same kind of crab. King crabs actually refer to Kamchatka stone crabs, which belong to the stone crab family, while the scientific name of king crabs is giant shore crabs, which belong to the crab family. They can also be easily distinguished by their appearance.

King crabs are spider crabs, with particularly long legs, resembling spiders more than crabs. King crabs, on the other hand, are just enlarged crabs, very large, quite impressive in size.

People in Europe and America may not eat killer crabs, but they love king crabs. However, the price of king crabs is also very pleasing. The average price is about one hundred US dollars per kilogram, and a grown king crab must weigh at least ten kilograms. This means a crab will sell for over one thousand US dollars, and this is still for raw crabs. If cooked in a Western restaurant, the price will be even higher. In China, these crabs are so expensive they are largely ignored. Many seafood restaurants dare not buy them, fearing that they will die after purchase or that no one will order them. After all, a crab costs tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. Under the current economic situation in China, few can afford them.

While bamboo shrimp aren't as expensive as tiger shrimp, if raised, they can be sold for about twenty US dollars per kilogram, which is also a good price. The most expensive shellfish, however, is geoduck, which is also available here.

As for oysters, which Europeans and Americans like very much, Jiang Hai was a bit confused since he also eats them in China. But these oysters should be very cheap. In China, the smaller ones, or those sold in night markets, are only one or two dollars each. He couldn't understand why an oyster would cost twenty dollars. Was it a robbery?

In addition to these, there are many other shellfish here, which are also fish food Jiang Hai will buy in the future. There are all kinds of clams, razor clams, and other varieties. As he walked, Jiang Hai also looked at the things around him. They are indeed very complete, even including abalone.

However, abalone is not very valuable. It is sold at a few dozen yuan per catty in domestic aquatic markets. The larger ones are sold at more than ten yuan per catty in some coastal cities.

The truly valuable abalones are those with fewer heads. The number of abalones per catty determines the price. For example, a two-headed abalone means two abalones weigh one catty, and these are quite valuable. A three-headed abalone is cheaper, and the abalone that costs only dozens of yuan per catty likely has over a dozen heads.

After passing these valuable shellfish, they arrived at the fish school mesh boxes, but the fish here were obviously much better than cod and herring, and Tie Niu stopped to introduce them to Jiang Hai.

"This is Atlantic salmon. The price of this fish is good, but I don't recommend you raise it. It does much better in the south because it's too cold here. This is a three-year-old. In theory, it could be released directly into the sea, but actually, it needs to be raised for a while. I heard from Edward that there's no fresh water source in our area, so it's not easy to raise. If you want to raise fish directly, I recommend these three types: grouper, giant grouper, and American redfish." Tie Niu looked at Jiang Hai and said seriously.

In fact, when it comes to grouper, there are many types, but if just called grouper, it refers to tiger grouper, which is the real grouper. Giant grouper, also called dragon grouper in China, is almost the same price as grouper but much larger. The last fish, American redfish, is also something Jiang Hai is interested in.

"Giant grouper takes two years to grow. After that, it can be sold for about 30 US dollars per kilogram. The situation of giant grouper is similar to that of grouper. It can be sold after one year of breeding, but it will only be about two kilograms. It can grow to about 15 kilograms in two years, so it basically takes two years to breed and sell. The price is about the same, but the survival rate of this fish is very low. Not only does nature eliminate some of them, but they also kill each other. They need to eat constantly, and the cost is high. The survival rate of fry is under 40%. Of course, I'm talking about wild breeding; if it's caged, it will be a bit higher." Looking at Jiang Hai, Tie Niu introduced slowly. Looking at the grid he pointed to, Jiang Hai hesitated.