At the same time that Shangguan Tingzhi and Li Yuanxiang walked the "internship", the "internship period" of Wu Erniang also officially ended.

"Mei Niang, why do you want to participate in practice again?"

"It's not very interesting to be a paperwork that buries the first case." Wu Erniang is different from other girls, she also wears a Wuhan men's dress, but she is covered with a gauze robe, and after wearing a hairpin, she looks even more heroic. There are some young clerks next to her, but they are not as tall and confident as her.

Lao Zhang never restrained her, so he relied on her: "Originally, you presided over the Wu family's housework in Chang'an, and the industry and commerce were also clear, but now the textile industry is booming, if you want, in addition to being hired in the house, there is a silk factory, which is also taken care of by you." ”

"You're going to let me mess around?"

"What nonsense? Don't mess around when you're young, and don't mess around when you're old? ”

Zhang De smiled, "You are not a woman in the family like your sister, you are heroic and don't let you shave your eyebrows, you should have a career." ”

"Hmph." Wu Er Niangzi glared at him, "If I mess up the errand, I will smash your head with walnuts!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, Lao Zhang just smiled, recalling that when she told her that she was going to get engaged to Xu Hui, she just smashed her head with a walnut.

"Since you agreed, you have to do something."

With a sigh of emotion, Lao Zhang began to sign the official document of the Jianghan Observation Embassy, and officially entered Wu Meiniang into the registered officials. The distinction between officials and officials in Wuhan is no longer so obvious. With officials like dogs or officials like tigers, it is difficult for bureaucrats with online IQs to survive in this sauce jar.

Once the bureaucrats lose their basic understanding of practice, they will be completely unable to play in the Wuhan officialdom, and it is still a trivial matter to be elevated, and they are afraid that they will be played to death by the people below.

Although the period of rapid development can cover up many problems, in the same way, in the period of rapid development, the competition is far more fierce than a pool of stagnant water.

It was not easy to find out that such a big pool in Wuhan had a "future", if there was a fool who occupied the pit and did not, how could those "officials" who were tossing in Wuhan not use their brains to overthrow that "official"?

After all, the head of a county in Wuhan counties, his attribute of "Bailihou" has been reduced too much.

The core population is right under the nose, and the citizens in the city are just outside the city, and the overall planning leads to the suburbs, not to mention absorbing the population, and it is already a kind of "welfare" if there is no extinction.

A few days later, Wu Meiniang, who observed the situation of "silkworms" in the area inspected by the embassy, officially began her investigation.

"Oh? Listen to the meaning of the monarchs, the mountains of Beishan Mountain, the mulberry production is very good? ”

"Huiwu documents, the mulberry leaves in these two places, although they are not as good as Yangzhou mulberry, are not much worse. In the old years, the people were organized to build roads, and the people of Mulan Village were stationed in Dongshan, and 200 acres of sloping land were built at that time. Originally, it was for planting vegetables, but later mulberry trees were transplanted, and some fine-leaved mulberries were planted here. A white servant in charge of collecting mulberry leaves bowed down and clenched his fists, and after speaking, he pointed to the map, "This is the contour line of Dongshan, slender and mapped, this piece of slope, it is not difficult to build terraces, but the road is not easy to walk." ”

"How much has the price of Shu silk been beaten down this year?"

"There is always a drop of one percent, and now the texture of Huangpi silk is not bad, the price is cheap, and the most important thing is that the quantity is large, which can squeeze out the Shu silk."

Many low-level officials thought that this was a purely economic activity, but who knew that in order to kill Shu Jinshu Silk in Wuhan, even the Heavenly King of the Zaifu level dispatched two.

Behind Shu brocade is not a rookie, but a royal family, but a queen. Shu Jin, a pure cash cow, where do ordinary forces dare to touch it.

However, Wu Meiniang did not plan to talk about these high-level games with the officials, the local government and business groups in Wuhan, especially the emerging giants in the silk industry, had ambitions not only to squeeze out the silk of Shu, but also to enter the southwest, and even the head snake of the Ran clan, who controlled the brocade of Shu, was completely squeezed out.

"The cost of silkworm raising in our local mulberry forest is low, and the yield of fresh cocoons is high.

Wu Meiniang thought about it for a while, and felt that if she opened up 10,000 acres of mulberry woodland, if Shu could not increase 100,000 acres, she could only stare dryly.

However, is it so good to increase the mulberry woodland in Shu?

"What Wu Shushu said is very much, unlike raising silkworms elsewhere, we can raise five or six silkworms on one acre of land in Wuhan, and the mulberry farmers in Shu can't even use paper, not to mention the disinfection process? Huangpi silk can produce a large amount of silk, because the Huangpi silkworm species die less. In the old years, one acre of land could produce thirty or forty catties of fresh cocoons and fifty catties, but now they are all rushing to one stone. ”

"If this is the case, it is very important to open up mulberry forests in the east and north mountains."

"It's just that there is a shortage of manpower, and there are very few strong men in Wuhan at present, and most of them have left their fields and found local errands. Again, although the second mountain is small, it is also a mountainous area in the end, the road is rugged, and it is not easy to transport. ”

"Let's go to Ershan first."

"Yes."

On the way, Wu Meiniang re-sorted out the situation, and asked a fellow businessman who presided over the purchase of raw silk: "How many dry cocoons can be produced in Shudi now?" ”

"Back to the martial arts documents, five catties of fresh cocoons produce a catty of dry cocoons, and one stone of dry cocoons can produce twenty-five catties of cooked silk. In recent years, Shu may have learned Huangpi silk, and now large households also use paper, and they have also invited special people from Wuhan to disinfect, but only the production of fresh cocoons has been raised. ”

"Oh? Why is that? ”

Wu Meiniang asked directly, but she didn't care about whether the business was confidential or not. can go with her to investigate the "silkworm", and she is not willing to say even a little secret, so there is no need to reuse it.

Obviously, this businessman understands the truth, and said directly: "There is a shortage of people in Shudi, and raw silk needs to be glued to mature silk." Whether it is to remove silkworm pupae or degum, it is necessary to use human hands. There are not many female workers in Shudi. ”

How high are the technical requirements of the silk reeling women, Wu Meiniang has presided over the Wu family's housework for so many years, and she is also a clear door. Why is it that only Susi has the highest yield and the best quality in the world? Obviously, there are "famous silk" everywhere, but in the end, when it comes to silk, Su Si must be the first to be recommended?

Originally, Wu Meiniang didn't understand it, but as soon as the "internship period" passed, she already had a concept of embarrassment. Su Chang's geography is flat, the climate is also extremely suitable, and the rice yield per mu may not taste the best, but the yield is high and stable, so it can feed a large number of people.

It is located at the entrance of the river and sea, the waterway is extremely convenient, and the transportation capacity is naturally the best in the world. High production is nothing, and it is also important to be able to quickly spread high production to the market.

With geographical advantages, climate advantages, transportation advantages, and population advantages, it is natural to take the lead over time.

Wu Meiniang still knew it in her heart, she didn't think about competing with Susie. Just as Su Si is to the entire Central Plains Silk, what she wants is to make Huangpi Silk Wuhan Silk become the "Su Si" of the entire Jingchu Bashu.

When she arrived at Ershan, after seeing the scene, Wu Meiniang had a plan in her heart, so she said to the accompanying officials, white servants, and merchants: "There is a shortage of people to build roads, and the employment cost is high, so don't hire it." ”

"The meaning of the martial book is ......"

"Local silk, can it be exported to the East China Sea and the South China Sea?"

"Back to the military documents, go down to the export of Fusang West Country."

"That's good, let's say with Fusang and the like, starting next year, we can increase the amount. If you want to get a large order, pay the deposit first, don't pay the deposit in cash, and take people to offset it. In this way, there is labor to build roads and fields, and there is no need to bother with the allocation of manpower and money in the prefecture. ”

Everyone was stunned, obviously they didn't expect this kind of operation.

Naturally, it is impossible to change to another place, but Fuso is now infighting, and it is a "federation" composed of hundreds of small countries, and human life is even less valuable. Exchange "captives" for "silk", not to mention the Fusang people, except for the heart of China, where is the border region unwilling to do it?

"After these laborers built roads and fields, their skills were originally unfamiliar, and they could be proficient in a project. When the time comes, it will not be possible to compare the price of the civil engineering industry, and it will not matter to us whether the civil engineering industry will be used to build roads or pave bridges. ”

After saying this, the colleagues and others were all stunned for a while, and then they secretly said: Originally, I only thought that the people in the royal family were also Cui Niangzi, but I never thought that this new one would be more than that.