All Hail Cousin Brother

Xia Tao came over and said, "I heard that there is a silkworm farm on the mountain. Miss, would you like to go up and have a look?"

Yu Youyao was really interested and went up the mountain along the mountain road.

The first batch of tussah cocoons has come out, and the silkworm farmers on the silkworm farm are busy picking the cocoons, and baskets of white cocoons are carried into the village.

Zhuangzi was open to the outside world, and nearby retail silkworm farmers also brought their own cocoons to the silkworm farm to sell them for money.

Yu Youyao was very low-key on this trip. She only wore ordinary clothes. Chunxiao, Xia Tao, Yin Shi, and several guards dressed as servants and accompanied her. There were only nine people in total.

At first glance, she looks like a girl out for an outing, so she doesn’t attract much attention.

As soon as they entered Zhuangzi, Xia Tao, who had a little ear for retribution, had already joined the crowd queuing up to sell silkworm cocoons. She was clever and sweet, and she started chatting with them in a few words.

After a while, I got some information and came back to report.

"The price given by Silkworm Village is the final price this year after you, together with retail sericulture farmers and outside businessmen, put pressure on Shi Geng."

"Didn't you let Qian take care of them earlier and hold an exchange meeting in Deyuelou, Liancheng? It was the one where the silkworm farmers exchanged their experience in sericulture. Manager Qian held such a meeting in various areas in Liaodong that are suitable for sericulture. Through the exchange meeting, some good sericulture experience was spread to the local sericulture farmers, and the sericulture farmers benefited from it. The quality of the silkworms raised this year is good, and I am even more grateful to you."

"Individual silkworm farmers in Liaodong area were unwilling to sell their cocoons to them because they were oppressed by the wealthy gentry in the past. Some gentry raised the price of silkworm cocoons by one level in order to purchase silkworm cocoons from retail investors, but the silkworm farmers were deceived in the past. It’s tragic that there are still only a few people who are willing to sell.”

"The silkworm farmers all sell their cocoons to nearby silkworm farms that have signed business contracts with you, as well as to outside merchants. I heard that the local silkworm-raising gentry all suffered a lot of losses."

"The owner behind this silkworm farm is a retail sericulture farmer. He has signed a sale and purchase contract with the silkworm farm under your name. The cocoons collected by the silkworm farm will be supplied to the silkworm farm under your name. The steward Qian also released We will charge you as much as you want, and the price will strictly follow the regulations.”

"My lady has rectified the sericulture business in Liaodong. Many retail households have expanded the scale of sericulture. Even ordinary people are raising sericulture in their own homes. Many new silkworm farms have been opened in Liaodong. The earliest ones to be settled are A group of disaster victims have caught up with the first season of spring silkworms, and within a few days, the production of spring silkworms has far exceeded before."

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Xia Tao kept talking about the situation in Silkworm Village in detail.

Yu Youyao listened carefully. She had heard the magistrate of Liancheng mentioned earlier that the Liaodong area had a tradition of raising sericulture since ancient times. When sericulture was at its most prosperous, every household planted oak trees in front of and behind their houses, and the people were cultivating the fields. , I will also raise some silkworms at home to improve the conditions at home.

The people have extra income and live a good life.

But later, the gentry controlled the resources in the north. The price of silkworm cocoons was too low and the scale of silkworm breeding was too small. Not only was it impossible to make a profit, but it would be thankless.

Farmers gradually stopped raising silkworms.

Silk has many uses and is a consumable. The annual silk production of the Great Zhou Dynasty was simply not enough for consumption, not to mention that it had to be transported overseas for trade. Naturally, the more the merrier.

She estimates that this year, three hundred thousand Youjun will all wear the latest armor.

Yu Youyao was very pleased to hear that the people in Liaodong were extremely enthusiastic about sericulture.

Because this group of people is either here to sell silkworm cocoons, or they are dressed in a low-key and elegant style, which can still be seen by people with a little discernment.

The steward of Silkworm Village noticed Xia Tao's inquiring for information again, and was inevitably a little wary, so he couldn't help but pay more attention secretly.

The more the steward watched, the more frightened he became. He always felt that this group of people was not simple.

Until he caught the warning look from one of the "housekeepers" because he was spying on the noble man, the steward suddenly came up with an incredible idea.

Could that nobleman just now be Princess Shaoyi who went on patrol incognito?

It's not without reason that he would guess like this.

The steward's son served under King Wu Mu, and he was no stranger to the iron-blooded aura of well-trained warriors.

As for this group of people, except for the two maids and the nobleman who was much smaller than the average northern woman, the rest were all well-trained warriors.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to deduce the identity of this noble man.

The steward was so surprised that he didn't know what to do for a while, so he quickly went to find his employer.

When the owner heard that Princess Shaoyi had come, he was also shocked: "Really, is it Princess Shaoyi? Princess Shaoyi came to our village incognito? How is this possible?"

The steward's face was solemn: "She should be inseparable. Although Princess Shaoyi is dressed in ordinary clothes, she has an air of style that cannot be concealed from others. There is no other family in the north with such style."

Now the boss was convinced, and he panicked for a moment: "What, how can this be done?"

The manager also felt embarrassed. It could be seen that his boss was in a state of confusion, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Don't worry, Princess Shaoyi is kind and tolerant. Our Zhuangzi is also doing serious business. Princess Shaoyi may have just arrived here incognito. Come and take a look." As for the situation at the Silkworm Village, you also know that Princess Shaoyi attaches great importance to the sericulture industry in Liaodong."

The owner calmed down, and the panic on his face turned into respect: "You are right, if Princess Shaoyi hadn't united with us retail investors, worked with outside merchants to put pressure on the gentry, and repriced the cocoons, I would have This silkworm farm is about to fall into the hands of the gentry, Princess Shaoyi’s Shengshan must have been in captivity.”

After talking about it, his tone became very excited. Princess Shaoyi was so concerned about the development of the sericulture industry, which made them, the silkworm farmers, even more excited.

The steward wiped his sweat and showed respect to Princess Shaoyi.

After the boss got excited, he felt a little embarrassed: "Tell me, do you want me to pay a visit to Princess Shaoyi?" His tone was full of eagerness, and he rubbed his hands for a while and paced back and forth in the room: "I can't, knowingly Princess Shaoyi is here, just pretend you don't know!" As if he had convinced himself, he was about to walk out immediately, but after taking a step, he paced back: "But since Princess Shaoyi came here incognito, She definitely doesn’t want people to know her schedule, wouldn’t it be too rude to go by like this?”

The owner fell into infinite tangles.

At this moment, a waiter came over and reported: "...the group of people you asked me to keep an eye on have just left the village."

The steward was stunned for a moment, but there was no need to worry about it now.