The new mud of the silkworm house has no terroir. In order to reduce costs, the silkworm house built by Li Jie is somewhat similar to a vegetable greenhouse. The size of a large silkworm house is half an acre of land.
Fortunately, it's hard to say otherwise in Jiangnan. There are enough bamboos. The efficiency of cutting down bamboos these days may not be as fast as the bamboos themselves.
Silkworm-raising experts were considered high-level technicians in both Wu and Yue countries, and intermarriage with foreign countries was usually strictly prohibited.
For example, the State of Chu is like this. It has always wanted to acquire advanced sericulture and textile technology from Wu and Yue. As a result, after more than a hundred years, it is not known whether the sericulture techniques of the silkworm mothers in the border areas of the two sides have promoted each other, but the ability to gather crowds to fight
, more terrifying than the old Qin people who never talk.
This kind of situation often happens in buffer zones such as Zhushu and Tongguo. The men in the border towns on both sides expressed their calmness, but the women ended up doing it with bamboo poles and sickles.
This also caused Zhushu, a country known for its barbarism, to stay away from the women of Wu and Chu.
Marry home as a wife?
No problem, please marry the Wu Chu woman first!
As for ordinary people, they really just need to call the police.
Due to the technical blockade of some small tricks, the silk output and quality of Chu State have never been as good as those of Wu State, or even as good as those of Yue State.
The fabric of the best clothes worn by the King of Chu must be imported, and most likely produced by the feuding country Wu.
These days, because silk is hard currency and is used as a currency for large payments, Chu State is often helpless.
Wu State is temporarily short of weapons, so it can directly increase production and then trade with other countries in the Central Plains.
In the early days, there was support from the State of Jin. With the strength of the State of Jin, it was not a problem to consume the output of the State of Wu. When the State of Jin became hegemonic, most of the subordinate countries would also trade with the State of Wu in order to cooperate with the overlord.
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In the early days, Wu State faced a huge market. Later, because Wu State strived for its own success and its product power was strong enough, it finally gained a foothold and conquered Qi State's silk cloth market in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Wu State has been quite confident in its sericulture and silk industry for a long time.
From the perspective of the kings and ministers of the past dynasties of Wu State, it is basically impossible for foreign rivals to seize Wu State's international market share.
"We are not foreigners, so what are we afraid of? Just export."
Faced with Gongzi Ba’s concern that Jiangyin’s silk production would go too far and might cause dissatisfaction in Gusu, County Magistrate Li patted Gongzi Ba’s shoulder with a sincere tone and said, “Xia Liu, let’s all drink water from the Yangtze River. The sky above our heads is filled with big mountains.
Wu Zimin, whether he is the current king or the future king, it is too late to be happy when he sees the people working so hard under his rule!"
"..."
Master Ba obviously had a look of disbelief. He thought that back then, the Six Kingdoms had produced high-end silk fabrics several times, and then Wu State sent troops to beat them and robbed all the production equipment and personnel of high-end silk fabrics.
That kind of high-end silk fabric is called "Wutong Brocade" because it originated in Tong State.
Because of this "Wutong Brocade", Tong Kingdom was unlucky and was destroyed five or six times by Wu and Chu.
When the surrounding small countries thought about it, they still trembled and did not dare to move.
In the end, the Chu State was still a bit unlucky. Although the Tong State took part of the territory, the "Wutong Brocade" still fell into the hands of the Wu State.
It involves a new printing and dyeing technology that can produce a red-and-gold brocade.
This kind of brocade was exported to the Zhou State by the Wu State. One of the highest-grade fabrics in Luoyi was "Wutong Brocade", but it was also called "Phoenix Brocade" by the Emperor of Zhou.
The place with the best sales is not Luoyi, but the Song Dynasty.
In short, with high-end fabrics every year, the Wu Kingdom is able to live a prosperous life. Although it is not possible to get rich overnight with high-end fabrics, but because of its strong character, the travelers of the Wu Kingdom are quite impressive when traveling in the Central Plains countries.
"Shou Li, Gusu is in a state of flux these days. If we don't check it for a while, wouldn't it be a disaster under the alternation of power?"
"Is the tens of thousands of people in Jiangyin just for decoration?"
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"I can't stay in Jiangyin, can I go to Jiangbei?"
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"I can't stay in Jiangbei, can I go to Huaixu?"
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"It's incredible that he was seriously injured. He could have died so easily."
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"The most important thing in life is to be happy. You are the son of the Six Kingdoms. These six countries are short of food and clothing. How expensive is it to buy goods from Gusu? It's so cheap to buy goods from Jiangyin. For your sake, Xia Liu, I'll give you another one.
What do you think of a 25% discount? Why don't you say anything? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your acquiescence. That's it."
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After patting Mr. Ba on the shoulder, County Magistrate Li turned around and left with his hands behind his back, feeling very happy: Hey, this is another business deal.
In the Six Kingdoms, there are still hundreds of nobles, and hundreds of nobles also have families. Each person has two or three sets of clothes, which is quite a lot.
A pair of better high-end clothes should be worn for several years no matter what.
It's okay to replace it with a pony, but if you're a bit darker, you might even be able to get around a pig.
“The textile fabric market is very competitive!”
County Magistrate Li was filled with emotions. It was really not easy for him to endure the situation easily.
Fortunately, I made a lot of money as a general and prime minister in the Biyang Kingdom, so the huge initial investment was actually quite affordable.
Even the basic labor problem has been solved. After all, he took thousands of prisoners outside Biyang City.
Although many people died due to acclimatization when they were shipped back, generally speaking, it is not a problem to organize several large-scale factories.
In addition, there are many savages in the land of "Baisha". In the name of "Lord of Baisha", he said that it would not be difficult to recruit some laborers to do the work. Moreover, the people he asked to work were not "corvees".
remunerative.
Salted fish, grains, beans and wheat, bamboo products, soy products, honey... He is not afraid of savagery, as long as he dares to ask for it, Li Jie will dare to give it to him.
Some "Shaye" boldly asked County Magistrate Li for a man, a strong man. Li Jie immediately selected a few good-looking ones from the prisoners of war, stripped them naked and let the "Shaye" women choose for themselves.
It is allowed to get started, touch, pinch and take out two handfuls.
After all, the prisoners of war are soldiers from all countries, and they also have dignity. Being so humiliated by Li Jie, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and just hugged a "Shaye" woman to show that he had little food and was capable...
The language barrier between the two parties does not hinder the gestures. After a series of exchanges, they often hold hands and successfully match.
Everyone is happy, everyone is happy.
There are many resources, strong strength, and easy to talk to...Jiangyin City is among the "Baisha", which has no shortcomings at all, but only advantages.
When County Magistrate Li was still Village Magistrate Li, there were many "Shaye" who came to Jiangyin for their fame. With the establishment of Jiangyin City, and the shameless Li Jie who begged a lot of financial allocations from Gusu, he rushed to Jiangyin.
There are countless old friends who came to invest in the great development of the city.
In addition to the Wangji area, the small "Huaiyi" tribe around Donglu City in Jiangbei also contacted Pheasant Uncle Changwei, the talker in Pheasant City, in order to survive. In short, the idea was that Uncle Pheasant, for the sake of his fellow villagers,
Grab a buddy.
Uncle Pheasant Changwei is actually still confused now. In the past, people would die more or less in the winter, quite a lot.
But from last winter to the beginning of this spring, there were also dead people, but they could be counted on one hand.
The most important thing is that there is no hunger, which is unprecedented.
People will use their eyes to observe why the survival of Zhiyi has undergone huge changes. There is only one reason: Uncle Pheasant Changwei was lucky. He was the first to be severely beaten by Jiang Yinzi.
He hugged Jiang Yinzi's lap.
Golden thighs!
"Shou Li, the two cities in Jiangbei, how should we deal with them?"
Due to the war, both Luyi and Zhiyi were damaged to varying degrees. In addition, they were semi-autonomous in nature and were not included in the establishment of Wu State. Therefore, it was normal for Wu State to let the two places fend for themselves.
operation.
However, with Li Jie's intervention, production in Luyi and Zhiyi recovered very quickly, and a large number of beans, wheat, ramie and other crops were planted in the two places.
The scale of linen spinning in Baisha Village has actually increased. It is much more developed than the silk industry, and the technology is more advanced, with larger sales and a wider market.
When Li Jie went north last year, boats transported cloth, and white sand and linen cloth was the highlight.
Different from Wu State, the cities in the Central Plains countries were quite densely distributed and the population was relatively large, so the consumption level of the ordinary citizens was high.
It's just that silk is too expensive and it's impossible to buy it in large quantities; although linen is cheap, most linen is very uncomfortable to wear.
Shirasa Azabu became famous after the war because of the promotion of Yoko Yubao, but its further expansion of reputation and sales was due to the excellent quality of its own products.
Because of the development of boats and the fact that most of the wasteland in Jiangyin can be transformed into high-quality rice fields as long as the dredging and desilting work is done, Li Jie placed a large part of the raw hemp production in Jiangbei.
First, the land in Jiangbei is wider, and second, it can win over the forces in Jiangbei.
It's just that such an operation has advantages and disadvantages. As the production recovery of Luyi and Zhiyi accelerates, the top officials of Wu State are eyeing these two places, hoping to make the two cities semi-autonomous and formally connected to the institutional sequence.
The reason is also very good. Who said Luyi was a thief at that time?
So Shang Wuji was a little anxious. In his opinion, Luyi and Zhiyi were Jiangyinzi's territory now. How could they be easily given over to let people pick peaches?
However, County Magistrate Li himself was very calm: "Wuji, I'm afraid that no one is keeping an eye on me in Gusu. If someone wants to eat the second city of Jiangbei, that's the best thing. If others dare to eat, I will dare to make trouble."
Who doesn’t know that I, Mr. Li, am a reckless man? If anyone wants to be a doctor in Luyi, I will go to Gusu and smash the windows of their house. Can your Majesty give me some compensation? Maybe just allocate a piece of land to me by the river.
Maybe."
Seeing that the boss was so calm, Shang Wuji immediately felt relieved, but he still looked puzzled and asked Li Jie solemnly: "Shou Li, don't you know what glass is?"