Chapter four hundred and seventy first: ten mothers shot
This year is a good harvest year. After the harvest, almost every common person's face in Jiannan Road was filled with joy.
Normally, they have nothing to do after the autumn harvest.
Women can make straw sandals, and men can make backpacks or hunt rabbits in the mountains and catch fish in the rivers.
During slack times, they would supplement their lives with this method that yielded little but was somewhat helpful to their lives.
But now, they still have things to do.
That is planting winter wheat.
Wheat can also be planted in winter!
And it can be harvested by May next year. After the harvest is completed, corn, sweet potatoes or peanuts can be planted.
Originally, with these three new crops, their income had greatly increased.
But now that they have winter wheat, they can guard the city for one more season of crops in two years.
In this way, they have more and more hope for their future life.
Needless to say, in the future, even this year, life will be much better than usual.
After sowing the winter wheat, those young men no longer need to make backpacks or hunt in the mountains and fish in the rivers as in previous years.
When you go to Yizhou city, as long as you are willing to work, you will not have to worry about finding a job.
Although wages now are lower than when the railway was built, they are still considerable.
Even if they work for a whole winter, plus more than a month after the new year, they can catch up with their income for one season.
It has to be said that since the King of Shu came to Yizhou, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes.
All the people thought of King Shu in their hearts.
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But recently, the people of Jiannan Road have encountered troubles.
It turns out that before Li Min came to Jiannan Road, many people in Jiannan Road would raise silkworms at home in order to increase their income.
And the silkworms they raised were eight generations old.
That means it can mature eight times a year.
The results of Kangzhen silkworms are in the third month, the results of the fourth month are the results of the tangerine silkworms, the last results are the April results of the prion silkworms, the fifth results are the fifth months of the Aizhen silkworms, the last results are the sixth months of the Aizhen silkworms, the last results of the July are the Hanzhen silkworms, the first results are the September results of the Sichu silkworms, and the tenth results are the Hanzhen silkworms.
This silkworm can mature again in October.
After sowing winter wheat, it is not too late to harvest silkworms again.
In the past, many families in Jiannan Road relied on raising silkworms to celebrate the New Year and buy new year's goods.
Now that living conditions are better, there is no need for it.
But they are naturally reluctant to throw away the skills passed down from their ancestors.
But the price of silkworm cocoons this year is extremely low, so low that they are almost free.
In the past, silkworm cocoons could be sold for hundreds of dollars, but now they can only be sold for tens of dollars.
The people cursed one after another. They negotiated terms with the merchants who purchased the cocoons and demanded an increase in prices.
Even if the price rises to half of previous years, it would be better, instead of being like now, which is only one-tenth of the price of previous years.
However, their request was flatly rejected by the businessmen.
This is a buyer's market, you can only sell at their price, or you choose not to sell.
As for why the price of silkworm cocoons is so low, the explanation of these businessmen is that it is because of the current bumper grain harvest in Jiannan Road.
The emergence of these three crops plus winter wheat has made the landowners of the first generation in Jiangnan Province, Huainan Province, feel that they will lose money growing crops in the future.
There is more and more food, and there may even be too much food to eat.
When the time comes, the price of food will inevitably drop, and you will definitely lose money growing crops.
In this case, they wanted to develop a side business, so they chose to grow mulberry and raise silkworms.
It is precisely because there are more people raising silkworms this year that the price of silkworm cocoons is so low.
If you calculate it this way, the price of silkworm cocoons has dropped because of the King of Shu.
Is it because of the King of Shu?
Although the arrival of King Shu made their lives much easier.
Their gains are far greater than their current losses.
But many people still have a trace of resentment towards the King of Shu.
Because it was all because of the King of Shu that they lost money.
Naturally, people would not sell it at such a price.
They were planning to join forces to see if the businessmen who purchased the cocoons would eventually give in and raise some prices.
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The situation here quickly fell into the ears of Wu Xing and Qi Wang.
After learning the news, Lu Yong couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "Shi Niang is really good at planning, and her calculations on people's hearts are astonishing. These stupid people see small gains and forget the great righteousness. No wonder they can only be fooled and cannot achieve great things."
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"In this way, we can use the resentment of these foolish people towards the King of Shu to make a fuss. Now we can let those aristocratic families secretly come forward to encourage these foolish people to cause trouble."
Cui Shiniang smiled slightly after hearing Lu Yong's words.
Lu Yong just said that these stupid people see small gains and forget the great righteousness.
In fact, isn't this the case for their aristocratic family?
However, as a member of the aristocratic family, her stance is different, so she can only choose the side of the aristocratic family.
Cui Shiniang smiled slightly and said: "It's still early. The people's resentment towards the King of Shu is still very slight, not enough to make them take risks. Let's wait for this resentment to brew for a while, and then we can make the next plan."
Hearing Cui Shiniang's words, Lu Yong couldn't help but admired: "It turns out that Shiniang has a next plan, but I am too anxious. I wonder what Shiniang's next plan is? Why not tell me?"
Cui Shiniang smiled slightly and said: "The time has not come yet, it is too early to say, and it will not be too late to wait for a few days."
Seeing that Cui Shiniang refused to say anything further, Lu Yong did not ask further questions.
But the admiration for Shiniang in my heart was even stronger.
Shiniang is really a female Zhuge. If she can marry into the family and have such a virtuous wife, she might be able to make plans for the position of head of the family.
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On this day, Xu Hui found Li Min and reported the latest information to Li Min.
First, there are the movements of the princes and ministers in Chang'an City, as well as the situation of the prince, Li Tai and others.
Next, there is information about Tuyuhun and Tubo.
With the support of funds and Chinese commercial banks, Dreamweaver has developed rapidly.
Now its tentacles have basically spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, and all important information can be transmitted back in time.
After all the information was reported, Xu Huicai said to Li Min: "Your Highness, the price of silkworm cocoons in Jiannan Road has dropped to one-tenth of last year. The people are extremely dissatisfied with this price. The vast majority of the people will
The cocoon was pressed in my hand and I didn't make a move."
After hearing the news, Li Min just smiled and said nothing.
In fact, Li Min felt that there was no need to repay him for this matter.
The price of silkworm cocoons has dropped, which is a market problem.
Even if you are a Jiedushi envoy, you can't forcefully intervene in the market, right?
If you pressure the acquirer to raise the price, won't they lose money?
