After chatting about the manpower of the western wasteland, Shi Jingxuan always felt that there was something very important that he needed to tell the lady of the owner, but he couldn't think of it when he was blocked in his mind for a while.

Erya saw Shi Jingxuan knocking on the door of his head with his fingers, and asked with a smile, "Do you have a problem?" ”

"No problem, it's that after you and the owner left, several groups of people came back from the south and reported some things, and there was an important one I wanted to tell you. It's just that I can't remember it all at once now! ”

Old Man Jin smiled and said, "Oops! I'm always like this, and the more anxious I am, the more I can't think of what to say. Jing Xuan, don't worry, think about other things, maybe you can remember what you are going to say in a while! ”

Curator Shi angrily blamed his son: "You have been a big housekeeper for so many years, and you still have no clue how to do things?" Shouldn't everything be written down on a notepad?! How many things can you remember with your own brain alone? If you don't get it, the big things will delay you! ”

Shi Jingxuan hurriedly argued: "Dad! I wrote it down in my notebook, but I didn't bring it with me when I came, and then I thought maybe I could remember it, so I didn't have to run back to get it! ”

Seeing that he was lazy to go back and get the notebook before poking his head here, Erya smiled and asked, "If you don't want to run around, let the entourage help you get it!" Aren't you given two deputies and two retinues? Let them help you get it. ”

Shi Jingxuan listened to the words of the owner's lady, scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and replied: "Hehe! That what, my notepad and some important stuff are in a cabinet that no one else knows. I only have the key. ”

Everyone nodded, thinking that Shi Jingxuan was right to be a little more vigilant. Erya herself is this kind of character, of course, she will not say that Shi Jingxuan is too cautious.

Because the topic diverged. Shi Jingxuan really remembered what he wanted to say to the lady of the owner.

"Oops! I remember! Lady of the Owner! Siam said that the rubber-soled canvas shoes you asked them to make could be made, but it was difficult to find workers who could make shoes in Siam. Q: Can you put that shoe factory here? As for the rubber, they sent it back after making it into a semi-finished product over there, and then sent two technicians back to help make the rubber bottom. ”

After having rubber, Erya has been planning to make sneakers. It's just that the production of rubber has not been enough, so she first uses rain boots, raincoats, car tires and other daily necessities. The reason why I started to make sneakers is also because I have found two large oak forests in Siam. The number of workers has also increased a lot, and enough rubber is produced every year. Not only can it supply the needs of its own factories, but it can even provide a little bit to ocean-going merchants at a high price.

This sneaker factory can be placed anywhere. There is no hard and fast rule that Erya has to be in Siam. I would think that I put it in Siam because I don't want to put all my industries in the country, which is equivalent to exposing all my own bottom to the eyes of others. Every businessman should have two trump cards in his hands to be the right way, which is not only a political concern but also a business consideration. But since it can't work over there, let's come back and set up a factory. There are many industries that can be developed overseas. It's not the only thing that can be done.

"That's fine, but the factory should be located not too far from the Nanhai wharf, so as to facilitate the supply of rubber. Who do you think will do this? But! Wu Fenggang, don't hit his attention, he is probably busy now. Er Ya replied with a smile. As for excluding Wu Fenggang, it is also because Wu Fenggang is too capable, and everyone thinks of Wu Fenggang first when they do anything. But Wu Fenggang is just hanging the name of their Wang family, and he is actually a person who is in the world, and she, as the head of the partner, asked him to do something, and there is nothing to say. If the people below also went to summon Wu Fenggang, it would be disgusting.

This question stumped Shi Jingxuan, and he thought for a while and didn't come up with a suitable candidate: "The lady of the owner!" Now staffed. It's basically a radish and a pit, and no newcomer will make up for any of them. It's not easy to mix! Or let Zhao Jinfu take someone to Zhang Luo for the time being! He doesn't have anything big to do right now. ”

Erya shook her head directly: "They can't do it!" When the time comes, the ocean-going caravan of the imperial court will leave, and Zhao Jinfu must prepare everything at home and wait. Only we are waiting for the imperial court, do we still want to let the people of the imperial court come and wait for us! You first see if there are any who can do it from those deputies, or you send a message to Wu Fenggang to ask him, and let him take the study to see if any of those people can do things independently?! ”

"Yes!"

Shi Jingxuan wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Erya raising his hand: "If you still have something, it's best to go back and bring the notebook, I have something to tell Old Man Jin about now!" ”

"Hey! Then I'll go back first! ”

Old man Jin heard the lady of the owner mention that he had something to tell him, and he was very serious at the moment and waited for the lady of the owner to say something. Erya couldn't help but laugh when she saw Old Man Jin so solemn: "Old man! Don't be so serious, it's not a big deal, it's a small thing. I saw a big pressing forest over there, and I wanted to ask the master to go over and raise silkworms! Do you think it's feasible for you to know more about this than you do? Is there any money to be made by squeezing silk and silkworm cloth? ”

Old man Jin really didn't expect the lady of the East family to ask about this, the south is basically raising silkworms, so far I haven't heard of anyone specializing in raising silkworms. There are also silkworms in the south, but they are all wild, and only the poor will collect the silkworm cocoons and go back to draw silk and weave cloth, and they can only make clothes for summer wear. I heard that the silkworm cloth is not sweaty when worn in summer, and it is very comfortable. There is a more important point, its silk is thick, unlike mulberry silk, which is woolen at every turn, destroying the overall pattern.

"The lady of the owner said that the silkworm, the little old man knows a little. At present, there is no one in the south who makes a special trip to raise the one who sells for money, but I heard that there are many people in the north who specialize in raising silkworms for a living. Tussah silk is relatively coarse, and the woven cloth can only be worn in summer. Its benefits are breathable, cool, sweat-absorbing, and does not follow the skin, but there are also disadvantages that it is easy to pill. There's something more important that I don't know. But in the south, few people would spend money on cloth woven from silk. Rich people don't wear clothes made of pressed silk, and they don't think the price is cheap. People who don't have money will only buy coarse cloth to make clothes, which they can wear all year round. But I won't buy the silk cloth that can only be worn for one season. ”

"Oh! That's it! Erya said in frustration, and her enthusiasm suddenly fell empty. originally thought that the tussah silk in her world, which was only slightly worse than mulberry silk, would also make good money, but it turned out to be so lowly here. It's just that Erya thought puzzled: If there is really no market as Mr. Jin said, then why did the family in Damin Mansion spend so much money to plant and squeeze forests in the west to raise silkworms?

Erya shook her head secretly, and while regretting it, she had a premonition in her heart that raising silkworms would not suffer. Definitely make a big profit. I secretly decided to go to the north to visit the master who raised silkworms, and it would be better if I could invite one or two people to go to the west to help.

The sun gradually went down, and Er Ya didn't talk too much with everyone anymore. When it was almost time, I went home.

When I got home, as soon as I got the news, my grandfather, my grandfather, my uncle, and my second uncle all ran over impatiently. Although they also want to know about the situation of the wasteland in the west, they are more concerned about whether Xiaolong is doing well in office? All the harrier can pass on is a small note. I really can't satisfy their desire to know more.

I heard that Xiaolong is very good at being an official. They were all relieved, and then they cared about the matter of clearing the wasteland: "Do you think the wasteland over there has a beginning?" If there is, the big guys in the clan want to follow your family and open up hundreds or thousands of acres of land. At that time, each family may bring about a dozen people over, and you may arrange it over there? ”

When they were in the Northland, the rest of their Wang family didn't have the extra money to follow. Now that every family has saved a lot of money, and they can't buy land locally, they all want to work with Xiaohu's family to open up wasteland in the west. A family can open a thousand acres of land, and they can get a lot of income after raising it for a year. They all invisibly believe that Erya is very good at playing with the land. Since she is going to open up wasteland in the west, she doesn't dare to expect to make much money. But I believe that there will be no loss. Therefore, everyone in charge of the family found Grandpa Tai and wanted Grandpa Tai to help him talk about Xiang Xiang and let them go to the west to open up the wasteland together.

The Wang family spontaneously wants to follow to open up the wasteland, and there is no need for Erya to persuade him hard, of course Erya is 10,000 and 10,000 willing. The more people who open up the wasteland, the more Xiaolong's political achievements will be said, but there are still some things to say in front: "Grandpa!" They want to open up land over there, which is of course a good thing. It's just that there are some things I still have to say clearly! ”

Grandpa nodded, "That's it!" Tell me, I'll pass it on to everyone! ”

"I just want to make it clear that this western land is very poor, not much better than the river sand behind our village; Also, the climate over there is not good, and you can only plant one crop a year; Besides, it's not like there are coal mines in the North, and there are no these, and even if they do, they can't be mined, because the consequence of mining is that the ground collapses, and no one can pay that responsibility. If they don't care, they can follow me. If you go, don't be crooked because of the low yield in the field, lest your family will turn their faces when you get it. ”

When Grandpa Tai heard that the land was so much worse than the northern land, he was worried in his heart, and he first thought that it was not the interests of his own people to open up the wasteland, but the difficulty of Xiaolong being an official there: "Why is that land so bad?" What can the little dragon do there? Isn't this emperor practicing our children? "Grandpa Tai feels sorry for his most promising great-grandson.

Erya guessed the emperor's intentions, of course, he wouldn't think about things like his grandfather. She smiled and shook her head, "Grandpa! You can't say that, lest someone arrange your opinion on the emperor! In fact, this matter is also a good thing for Xiaolong, as an official in such a place, as long as you do it, you can see the results, but it is much stronger than those rich places, relying on other people's merits to survive mediocre and mediocre for three years. I don't dare to say anything else, let's just say that this is a wasteland, we open up 30,000 mu a year, and we can have nearly 100,000 mu of land in three years. At worst, three acres of land can support at least one person, and then it can also feed 30,000 people. What do you think, grandpa? ”

The eldest grandfather nodded beside him and said, "If Xiaohu's daughter-in-law is in charge of this land, how can there be more than such a little bit of land in one acre of land, right?!" ”

Uncle, aunt and second uncle originally heard the sixth grandfather say that Xiaolong's official is not good, and their hearts were very heavy, but when they heard Xiaohu's daughter-in-law say that Xiaolong's official is easier to do than elsewhere, their mouths immediately cracked and smiled happily. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's the busiest time at the end of the year, so I've finally explained today's update! I don't know what tomorrow will be! I'm so worried!