The Yun family is very keen on making money, so they work hard. The rich aroma of storax enveloped the Yun family house for six days. During these six days, there was an endless stream of people visiting the Yun family, especially
Several of the largest spice merchants and drug stores in Chengdu Prefecture, after testing the Yun family's styrax, believed that this was the most authentic styrax.
Just when they thought that the Yun family would sell this styrax, Lu Qingqing had no such plan. The styrax he proposed weighed less than twenty kilograms. It was very heavy and could be completely packed in a small box, so Lu Qingqing had no intention of selling the styrax.
Qingqing doesn't plan to sell it. The Yun family is not short of money. Instead of keeping a lot of money at home, it is better to put away the styrax.
This was the right of the eldest lady of the family, and Yun Zheng did not stop her. He let her do whatever she wanted. Hua Niang made a lot of money selling wine, and Monk Wugou had money again, so he confidently went to Lingyundu to build his own bridge.
This time, he accepted the lessons of his predecessors and planned to use the best golden vines to build a vine bridge, which was the most suitable bridge for Lingyundu. When Wugou studied the local chronicles of Lingyundu, he discovered that there should be a natural bridge near Lingyundu.
But for some reason no one mentioned the Tiansheng Bridge in the Song Dynasty anymore. He planned to check around again when the bridge was being built to see if he could find the Tiansheng Bridge.
Autumn has arrived unstoppably, but with a strong wind, Chengdu quickly changed from midsummer to late autumn. The weather this year was weird, and there was no transition in between. Autumn silkworms were severely affected, and Yun
The dead autumn silkworms were carried one by one to feed the chickens. The bacon was crying so hard that they had no energy left. The entire silk reeling workshop also burst into mourning. The Yun family was definitely not the only one to be affected. Other silkworm farmers were even more affected.
Seriously. So the silk reeling workshop will most likely stop working.
In the past, there were only spring silkworms and summer silkworms in Sichuan. In recent years, autumn silkworms have been slowly raised. For silkworm farmers, autumn silkworms are the treasure that they need to survive. The money sold for spring silkworms has to be taxed, and the money sold for summer silkworms has to be paid.
Money is needed to prepare various investments for raising silkworms in the coming year. Only autumn silkworms are the hope for the whole family to eat. Now that autumn silkworms have been affected, the whole family has no money to survive. For a while, there are almost no smiling faces in the entire Chengdu Prefecture.
, 60% of Chengdu's taxes are on Shu brocade. Now, it is not only the silkworm farmers who are sad, the government is also anxious about it.
When something goes wrong at home, the head of the family needs to appear. Women don't have much persuasion at this time. Lanlan has been overwhelmed by the women kneeling down and begging.
Yun Zheng walked into the silk reeling workshop that had stopped working. He looked at the women with dull eyes, thought for a moment and asked Lanlan with a frown, "It's already three o'clock in the morning, why hasn't anyone started working yet?"
"There are not many cocoons left in the warehouse. They will be processed in three to five days. The originally scheduled autumn silkworms are gone, so there is no rush to rush the work."
"Nonsense. The big cocoons in the warehouse must be dealt with as soon as possible. Who told you that there will be no more work after you finish these tasks? The Yun family did not plan to work for a few days this autumn and winter, but to improve the workshop.
Look at this place, it’s become a pig’s nest. Don’t we need to clean it? Wipe it down? Tell me if the tools that were damaged this year need to be repaired? The big stove that boils water needs to be torn down and rebuilt. In order to cool down, the bamboo tube water curtain on the roof also needs to be repaired.
We need to replace them all. The terrain here is a bit low. There is no need to dig the drainage ditch outside? We will buy a lot of things this year. Haven't you already discussed it? Why haven't you done it yet?
Don't we need to do these things? I'm also worried that you won't be able to handle these things in autumn and winter. Since we suffered a disaster this year, we will prepare for next year. Spring silkworms will be on the market in February. Will you be busy?
"
Yun Zheng's loud and angry voice not only did not frighten the ashen-faced women, but the crowd became a little livelier. A bolder and stronger woman stepped forward to salute and said: "Sir, can it be said that the Yun Family Workshop is this year?"
Don’t you want to get rid of people?”
"Exterminate people? Do you think how many of you can do this job?" Yun Zheng was still angry.
"No, we need the sisters to work together!"
"Then don't go to work, but the food will be reduced. The polished rice is gone and will be replaced by brown rice. But you are allowed to bring your underage children to eat. Adult men and women who don't work deserve to starve to death!"
As soon as these words came out, the women's faces showed a look of fear and joy, and they began to prepare for work amidst the shouts of the stout women. In a moment, the entire silk reeling workshop returned to its usual busy state, as long as there was work to do
, there is wages. Although we don’t have to eat polished rice, we have to eat brown rice, but the children at home can come and eat to their full stomachs. In fact, we still make money. This winter must be very difficult. I think that I still have a lot of work.
After finishing the work, the women were not anxious. For those who rely on two hands to eat, it is life-threatening to have no work.
"You, you are a good person, but why do you behave so fiercely? Why can't you be more kind? You look so fierce, you scare those people so much that they start working faster than a rabbit. Why don't you put this place together?
The meals are converted into brown rice and distributed to them? Instead, it takes a lot of work to prepare them, and they have to bring their children over to eat?"
Lu Qingqing was standing outside the work shed just now, eavesdropping. She thought her husband would calm down these women in a gentle voice, but unexpectedly, he showed a fierce look, and all the good deeds were in vain.
"You know what the heck, the more calamity the year has, the more a strong leader is needed, and the more difficult the situation is, the stability a fierce leader gives people is definitely not comparable to that of a soft and nice person.
You have to remember that the more dangerous the situation, the stronger you have to be. At that time, put away the gentleness and humility you have learned in daily life. It is better to be a shrew than to cry.
In fact, these women all rely on labor to make a living. Giving them a job to earn money is more meaningful than giving alms. The former can eat with confidence, while the latter can only train slaves. The difference is huge. These women
It must be very difficult for women from poor families. Tell me, a woman who can take care of her children and have enough to eat, and who can also steal some to support the elderly, should her status in the family be improved? People, as long as they support
It becomes a habit of pride, and it will be difficult to bow your head when you go to other places. I am here to help you win over the hearts of these women, so that these people will not get used to staying in any house except ours."
Yun Zheng looked at the woman carrying water in the big bucket, feeling a little sad. These people are actually the real proletarians. There are countless fertile fields around Chengdu, but none of them belong to them, so they are the least resistant in the face of disasters.
The kind of force.
"Husband, you said they would not only bring the children over to eat, but also steal them?"
"I did it when I was working on the construction site. Otherwise, Yun Er would have starved to death!"
"Poor..." Lu Qingqing hugged Yun Zheng's arm tightly, feeling extremely distressed. She had never thought that her omnipotent husband would also be in poverty.
Bacon tried her best to keep her silkworms. When the mulberry leaves in the mulberry field turned yellow, she had no choice but to give up her silkworms with a loud cry. The servants used them to feed the chickens. There were still less than ten days to go.
The silkworms were about to spin their cocoons, and the early arrival of winter finally turned all her hard work into nothing.
She begged her omnipotent young master, but the young master had no way to deal with the cold weather day after day. After solving the problem of low temperature in the silkworm house, Yun Zheng was really helpless to face the yellowing mulberry leaves, except now
A greenhouse immediately appeared in front of us. Otherwise, only gods can solve this problem.
It has not snowed in Chengdu for more than ten years. At least Su Shi has never seen snow. But after opening the door in the morning, Su Shi was stunned by the snowflakes falling in the sky. The snowflakes turned into water when they fell on the ground.
But the holly, cypress, and pine trees were covered with white snow, and the whole world was so strange that he was at a loss as to what to do.
It's snowing, and the trouble is big. Now it's not just silkworms that are affected. Rapeseed is probably doomed. The same goes for citrus. Spinach that grows in the fields and lasts all winter is probably going to die...
Su Xun stood under the eaves and sighed. He held up an umbrella and was about to go out for a look. The heavy snow fell on the oil paper umbrella and rustled. He looked at the women walking hurriedly on the road. Su Xun sincerely hoped that these women would be able to see the whole world.
I found work to do in the winter.
After a trip to the fields, as he expected, the leaves of the rapeseed were turning green, indicating that they had been frozen. The same was true for the leaves of the citrus, and there were still small icebergs hanging in many places.
When passing by the Yun family's silk reeling workshop, he found those women digging trenches. It was just stupid. Why did the dug soil have to be placed inside? Instead of outside? If it was placed outside, just use a hoe to remove the soil.
After piling it up, it becomes an earthen dam to retain water. Now that it is inside, women have to carry it out with baskets and pile it up again. This is a waste of time and energy, and it must be stopped!
"Sister-in-law, you made a mistake. When digging the soil, you should..."
"My dear official, it's snowing heavily. You'd better go home early. I'm going to be a hard worker and be careful not to dirty you."
Su Xun didn't understand why the woman had a pleading look in her eyes. When she saw Yun Zheng there, she walked over and said, "Brother Yun Shi, this is not how you work..."
"Hahaha, Mr. Su, it's snowing heavily today. I have some good wine at home, so why not go home and have some fun over wine? I happen to have some doubts in my mind that I would like to ask for advice."
Yun Zheng laughed and dragged the confused Su Che home.
"Brother, it's really wrong to dig the soil like that. Those women will have to do a lot more work."
"Senior, that's right, that's the right way to work. Women are doing it right."
"Why is this?"
"Because they can work more!"
Su Xun shook off Yun Zheng's hand and was about to get angry, but he seemed to understand something. He straightened his clothes, clasped his fists in his hands and saluted Yun Zheng: "It is true that I was wrong, and the women are right! Brother Gao Yi, Su