"Our air inlet is a little blocked. I have to see why. The environment in the cruise cabin is terrible. The water is a foot deep. Don't the crew members now work?" Soon, a man with a
A head in a white captain's hat popped out of a cabin between the two seats, followed immediately by an old face covered in weather and frost. Every wrinkle was as three-dimensional as those carved by a knife and an axe.
"Babu, this is Hong Tao, our new member. This is Babu, the captain of the Manhattan." Paul gave the old man a hand, and then waved Hong Tao to the stern of the ship, which was a formal introduction to the two of them.
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"Hello, Colonel Babu!" When Hong Tao looked at this Babu, his mind immediately recalled Old Gale's character on the ship. He thought that this man should also be a retired naval officer, so he
He was not called captain.
The word master is used for merchant ships, while navy captain and navy captain are both the same word. Colonels of the army and air force do not use this word to refer to them. Generally in the navy, the highest military rank of a captain is colonel.
Military ranks such as commodore and general cannot command a single battleship, but are the commander of a formation.
A retired naval officer like Lao Gail, even if he is the president of a large company, still likes you to call him by his military rank in private, because in Western countries, an officer is a very respectable status, no matter how poor you are
Even if you are rich, your status will not be reduced.
"Hello, young man from the East, I've seen your fishing video, it's great! Welcome to join the second fishing team of Hatteras!" Hong Tao got it right again this time. When Babu heard the title Colonel, he
Zhang Shiren's face finally showed some expression, he took off his gloves and shook hands with Hong Tao.
At this time, two more people emerged from the cabin. They were both in their 40s. They were both white. The one who looked like a boxer was Cavill. The one with a big belly also had the surname of Philip, but he was half as old as the Philip just now.
Money has nothing to do with it.
The dock was not a place for chatting, and these people had just arrived by boat, so we all got to know each other briefly, then each took their luggage and got on the off-road vehicle, and returned to the lavender manor. It was already noon, and Ba
Captain Bu and the others had already had lunch on the boat. They all went back to the room to rest, but Hong Tao couldn't rest. He drove Katie with him to the city of Hobart again because Paul handed over the task of cooking dinner.
I gave it to him. In order to prepare a decent meal, he had to go to the city to purchase some ingredients.
This is Hong Tao's first time entering this city. But finding the way is very easy, because there is only one road from the east bank of the Derwent River to the west bank. Follow this road across the Tasman Bridge and enter the city of Hobart.
This city can be considered to be built 100% on the mountains and rivers. On this plain only a few kilometers wide between the west bank of the Derwent River and Mount Wellington, the entire urban area of Hobart is spread out. Derwent in front of it
The river can no longer be called a river. This is where it enters the sea, so it should be called a bay.
So it is the capital of a state, but Hobart is not big or prosperous. Only the area near Port Franklin is considered the city center, with several high-rise buildings, and many very old buildings can be seen in other neighborhoods.
Hong Tao doesn't know what style it is. Anyway, it's a small building built of rocks, which should be considered a colonial style.
There were many sailboats docked in Franklin Harbor, and their masts were like trees. There were even more sailboats than Hong Tao had seen in Sydney Harbor. For this reason, Hong Tao specifically asked a local policeman he met on the streets of the harbor.
He looked at him like a fool and said with pity: Have you never heard of the Sydney Hobart Sailing Race?
I really haven’t heard of Hong Tao. He doesn’t like water sports like Australians. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know, we can learn. The tourist map you got for free at the airport is in the car. Turn to the next few pages and there is one.
Hobart Sailing Race. Judging from the introduction, it is considered world-class. The date of the competition is the second day of Christmas. Hong Tao estimates that he should be able to catch up. Although he can’t sail a sailing boat and has never sailed on it, the excitement is still there.
OK.
But Hong Tao didn't spare the policeman who despised him. Don't you look down on me? I'm so tired of you! So the unlucky policeman had to drive him with him in the car while Hong Tao pretended to be stumbling and tortured his English with mistakes.
Together we came to a market south of the pier.
This is a comprehensive market, selling fruits and vegetables as well as meat and seafood. Here Hong Tao saw another familiar thing, oysters!
The oysters here are very big, much bigger than the oysters he buckled on the rocks below the cliff. In order to avoid being cheated again, Hong Tao spent a long time and finally made the oyster vendor understand what he meant: these oysters
Is it farmed?
Hong Tao's efforts were not in vain, he was deeply despised by the seafood hawker again, and not only this hawker, but also several stall owners nearby also came over, intending to ask Hong Tao about the techniques of raising oysters.
"You are so embarrassed. Have you ever heard that oysters can be cultivated artificially?" After Katie and Hong Tao returned to the car, they were still complaining about Hong Tao's behavior just now. Not only was Hong Tao despised, but she also didn't escape.
, far away from the stall, there was laughter behind me.
"You are so ignorant and fearless. You have never seen artificially cultured oysters and you dare to say that oysters cannot be artificially raised? When I return to China, I will take you to the beach to see what wisdom is! How dare you make a bet with me?
What!" Hong Tao
He was convinced that what he said was correct. In his previous life, he had seen rows of wooden shelves in Zhuhai more than once, with strings of oysters hanging below them like door curtains. He also went to see them with the locals.
That stuff is oysters.
"I won't bet with you. Irene told me that you are very cunning, so I must not bet with you." Katie curled her lips, looking like she still didn't believe it, but she didn't bet with Hong Tao either.
"This prodigal bitch has exposed all my secrets!"
The dinner was very sumptuous, it should be said to be a Chinese seafood feast, oyster omelette, steamed mussels with garlic, spicy crab, salmon fillet, truffle beef stew, anyway Hong Tao used ingredients that can be bought in the market and can be made by himself
He bought them all. Moreover, he also discovered several local specialties in the market south of Franklin Dock, including black truffles and a kind of leatherwood honey.
Black truffle is commonly used in Western food. It is an edible fungus that grows underground and looks like a black lychee ball. The most famous one is the French Périgord black truffle. The yield of this thing is not high and it has a high impact on the environment.
The price is very high because of the demand. It is also called the top ingredient of Western food together with caviar and foie gras.
Leatherwood honey is a specialty of Tasmania, the only one in the world, because only a woody plant called leatherwood grows in the rainforest here, and the honey brewed with leatherwood pollen has a unique
It has a refreshing fragrance and very low water content, making it very pure overall.
Hong Tao didn't know much about these two ingredients and couldn't tell whether they were authentic or not. He could only buy some based on his feelings and planned to take them back home as gifts.
Regarding Hong Tao's cooking skills, including the serious-looking Captain Babu, they all expressed their admiration. None of these people were ordinary people, they were all chefs who had eaten and met them before. But for Hong Tao's pure Chinese cuisine, and it is still northern taste.
I guess they haven't tried any of the dishes. That's how eating is. When encountering novel cooking techniques and seasonings, as long as the taste isn't too weird, most people will feel good about it.
These five new teammates all belong to the middle-aged and elderly group. Philip, the tallest and youngest, is 40 years old this year. Like Paul, he is engaged in legal work, but he is not a lawyer, but the lawyer's enemy, the district attorney.
Captain Barb is the oldest. He is one year older than Philip this year. He is 52 years old. He is a Hart himself.
A shareholder of Lacey Company, it is said that he still serves on the board of directors. Among the remaining three, the bald Yarbrough with glasses is the most powerful, he manages the family's private bank; the strong man Cavill was a professional football player when he was young, and now
He runs a sporting goods company; the fat-bellied Philip and Paul are peers and are also professional litigants.
Even though these are all respectable upper-class Americans, when it comes to fishing, Paul and Barb are the most skilled among them, so Barb became the captain and Paul became the captain of the fishing team. In addition, Paul and Barb became the captain of the fishing team.
These three people all have money to spend on playing tickets, but they are very addicted. Regardless of their ranking, they will try their best to participate in the competition as long as there is a competition. Although they rarely get the ranking, they still enjoy it.
"I want to tell you some good news. This time Hong Tao joined our fishing team. He not only brought his fishing skills, but also provided us with a very effective fishing tool, which is this sponge ball. I have already
Tried it in Sydney Harbor, the effect is very good, and it is very convenient to use.
, just tie these small balls to the bait. Hong Tao has prepared 300 in total, which should be enough for us to consume in these four days of competition. The question now is whether we can find the fish school, which depends on Ba
Clothed." After dinner, all members of the fishing team sat in the living room
The first meeting began, and Paul spoke first as the captain. "I participated in the Australian trolling competition 7 or 8 years ago, but it was in Sydney at the time. After signing up, I also collected a lot of information about this area of the sea.
I have also asked many people who have been fishing here before.
We have gradually learned about this sea area. But when fishing in the sea, the weather, wind direction, and tide change all the time. Who can tell where the fish schools are? In the end, it all depends on our luck." Babu said with his long face.
, what he said was also cold and without any confidence at all.
