Chapter 2264 - 2264: The Electric Fishing Incident

Liu Zhizhong was extremely disgusted with these people who used electricity to fish.

Electric fishing is truly inhumane.

The fish that are electrocuted are, needless to say, consumed by humans.

But the fish and shrimp that are not retrieved after being electrocuted will have their reproductive systems damaged by the current, thus losing their ability to reproduce.

This is not only inhumane, but also destructive to nature, and it's a crime.

Therefore, it's written in the law: Electric fishing is a criminal offense!

However, in this remote place, people still use electricity to fish in broad daylight, and it's truly lawless.

Indeed, the fishery administration's supervision is also inadequate.

Although some places have equipped drones for river patrols, these things have high manufacturing and maintenance costs, and not many people can operate them, always leading to losses. So, having them is as good as not having them.

At this time, Liu Zhizhong was about to pack up his rod when he saw those two guys, one rowing, one electrocuting, and he was truly furious.

So, he took out his phone and started filming.

Although his phone hadn't been turned on for over two years, after charging it, it could still be used a bit.

Soon, the two guys using electricity to fish came closer. Liu Zhizhong had already finished filming them, clearly capturing everything, even the net scooping included, and then he put away his phone.

When these two approached, they started swearing.

"Hey, who are you? Such boldness! Who told you to come here and fish? This is a protected area, fishing is prohibited, do you understand?"

This goddamn...

Alright, Liu Zhizhong was very familiar with this kind of turning the tables.

He basically knew everyone in the nearby village, including those who previously liked to set nets to fish.

But he didn't recognize these two, they looked to be in their thirties or close to forty, clearly the type of men who loaf around.

Liu Zhizhong couldn't help but coldly laugh twice, saying, "Fishing is prohibited here, right? But not catching? And not electricity? What kind of rule is that?"

One guy immediately shouted, turned off the battery in his hand, pointed at Liu Zhizhong with a net, swore, "Who the hell do you think you are? You dare talk rules to us? On this river, we're the rules, you understand?"

Liu Zhizhong found it amusing and lightly said, "Who are you guys? Why haven't I seen you before? Such a big mouth, someone's backing you two up, eh?"

The two of them exchanged a glance, starting to smirk smugly. The fisherman was still a bit chatty, coldly saying, "Don't worry about who's backing us, just hurry up and pack your things and get lost, don't interfere with our operations. If you mess up tonight's big event, you'll be in big trouble!"

Liu Zhizhong thought about it carefully, nodded, "Tonight's big event... isn't it just some leader wanting to eat fish and calling you two to catch them?"

"Haha... Guess you have a bit of a brain, absolutely right! So, hurry up and pack your things, scram! Otherwise, we'll call the police! When the police arrive, let's see who's in trouble, you or us?"

Liu Zhizhong was too lazy to argue with them since he had already filmed the video.

So, he started packing up his fishing rod and other things. Finally, he picked up the fish keeper, and the large crucian carp inside flapped loudly, making the two guys fishing across the river stare.

Damn, so many large crucian carp!

No wonder we couldn't catch these treasures today, this guy had already fished them all.

Soon, the fisherman called out, "Hey, don't go, stop right there! Those large crucian carps are a protected species, release them now!"

Liu Zhizhong lightly said, "If I release them, you'll just catch them again, right?"

"Hey... you..."

While they were speechless, Liu Zhizhong had already put all the fish into a live fish bucket, picked it up, grabbed his small folding stool and fishing rod, and directly headed home.

The two fishermen in the river were green with envy.

Damn, if we could take these fish back to please the leaders, wouldn't that be just awesome?

Soon, the guy rowing the boat shouted, "Stop! You'd better stop right now and give us half of those fish! Otherwise... hey hey... hey... damn it..."

In the end, he was left with nothing but roaring.

After all, Liu Zhizhong had walked through a patch of forest, turned a corner, and disappeared.

At this point, there's no way they could share the fish!

Back on the main road, Liu Zhizhong hopped on a shared electric bike and headed straight back to the county town.

When he got to the county town, he returned the bike and scanned another one to head back to the city, perfect!

However, what he didn't anticipate was that the two fishermen had indeed called the police.

When Liu Zhizhong was less than five kilometers from the county town, there was a traffic checkpoint ahead.

When he came, this wasn't here, how is it now set up?

It seemed like the two traffic police were checking the trucks on the road, the police car was parked not far away, and there were also two police motorcycles.

Liu Zhizhong thought they were checking trucks, so he continued to ride towards the checkpoint.

But who would've thought, as he rode up, he was immediately stopped.

He really didn't expect this, two policemen got out of the police car, along with two fishery enforcement officers.

The four people surrounded Liu Zhizhong.

One fishery officer said, "You're the one illegally fishing in the Changqing River, right? Someone reported you caught a lot of large crucian carp, didn't they?"

Liu Zhizhong furrowed his brow, quickly recalling, feeling quite annoyed inside.

Because clearly, it was those two people who used electric fishing that reported it, right?

In this age, there's a lot of surveillance, and obviously, they could easily trace him.

Then, Liu Zhizhong said, "Now in Changqing River, you're allowed to use electricity to fish, but not rods, is that right? So, electric fishers reported rod fishers, that's the logic?"

"We're not talking about logic with you, only facts! Aren't the fish in your bucket caught from Changqing River? Aren't they the protected species of large crucian carp? Haha, the number is quite high, it seems criminal to me!"

Another fishery officer chimed in, "Let's not discuss who reported whom, why didn't you report the electric fishers when you saw them? It's the people who reported you! Okay, pack your gear and come with us for a visit to the police station. We're taking your catch back to the Changqing River to release them."

"You..."

Liu Zhizhong started to speak two words, but was immediately cut off harshly: "Quit the nonsense! Do you want to willingly be cuffed, or do we have to forcefully bind you?"

Soon, a policeman took out handcuffs.

Liu Zhizhong raised his hands and said, "Please answer two questions for me, and I'll willingly accept being cuffed, fined, and punished!"

"You goddamn..." a policeman started to say but then thought it over and said, "Alright, state your questions."

Liu Zhizhong said, "Tonight, a leader wanted to eat fish, and had people using electricity to fish in the Changqing River! The electric fishers reported me, it's true, and I don't hold it against them. I just want to know, what kind of leader is so lawless?"

The other party coldly laughed twice before saying, "If I told you, it would scare you to death!"