In the mighty Taihu Lake, Peach Blossom Island gradually appeared in front of you.

Qin Mu stood at the bow of the boat, and a word appeared in his heart, and he couldn't help but chant it.

"Ruthless is not as affectionate as bitterness, an inch is still tens of thousands of wisps. When there is poverty at the end of the world, there is only endless lovesickness. ”

This is the second half of Yan Shu's "Magnolia - Green Poplar Fangcao Changting Road". When Zhi Meifeng heard it, she was immediately annoyed.

"Brother-in-law, are you having the idea of being a fish again? Don't blame me for not reminding you, she hates men. ”

"What do you say, I don't have that idea." Qin Mu suddenly blushed a little.

"Then you are affectionate and lovesick."

"That's not trying to be a fish."

"Oh, do you miss the eldest sister? Since you think about the eldest sister, you can't even play the idea of fishing, she is the eldest sister's woman. ”

"Nonsense. I'm thinking of silkworms, silk! ”

Hearing that Qin Mu didn't think of a woman, Zhe Meifeng spared him.

It's good if you don't want a woman, silk can think casually.

Yu Miao welcomed Qin Mu and Zhe Meifeng into the house. Now her relationship with Qin Mu is naturally more.

Since this man generously gave some of the red line sisters to himself and did not interfere with their freedom, Yu Miao was willing to do things for Qin Mu.

She took all the kinds of silk she bought and put it in front of Qin Mu.

Zhe Meifeng immediately began to test.

The material of the package basically has the following requirements: sufficient strength, wear resistance, stable chemical properties and no reaction with the first grade, few products after combustion and no smoldering, and a loose structure that is conducive to spark conduction during firing.

Silk is a good fit for the above needs. The silk medicine bag is generally raw silk, the strength and wear resistance of raw silk are very good, and the most important thing is that there is very little residue after the raw silk is burned, almost nothing in terms of the environment inside the body, and it is not easy to smolder after the firearm is opened and cooled down.

Smoldering can easily cause major accidents. Artillery boreholes are in trouble.

However, not all silk is suitable for medicine packets, so it needs to be tested.

According to Qin Mu's requirements, Yu Miao purchased a large amount of silk from the south of the Yangtze River, and almost all merchants had it.

Zhe Meifeng finally chose one.

"My Fair Sister, where is this silk?"

"I'll see." Yu Miao took it and looked at it and said, "This is from the Ye family in Suzhou." ”

The Ye family?

Seeing that Qin Mu didn't know the Ye family, Yu Miao introduced Qin Mu: "Ye Kui, the ancestor of the Ye family, used to be a waiter in the Criminal Department, and now the head of the Ye family is Ye Mengde, a bachelor of Hanlin. His family's silk is this one. This is also the finest silk in Suzhou. ”

Qin Mu nodded.

He came to Jiangnan this time and made full preparations. This time, he wants to completely integrate the silk industry in the south of the Yangtze River, from silkworm raising to silk reeling to weaving, all in his own hands.

Because silk is a strategic material for making medicine bags, it is also an important foreign trade commodity. By virtue of these two properties alone, it is not an ordinary commodity.

What has risen to a strategic height, Qin Muquan will be in his own hands - only state-owned enterprises can do it.

Before coming, Qin Mu had expected that this process would not be easy. Silk is now the main product of the Great Song Dynasty and overseas exchanges, operating the silk industry, with huge profits, naturally there have long been heavyweights to dominate.

However, behind the one he wanted was a Hanlin Bachelor, which still made Qin Mu feel a little troublesome.

Hanlin can be said to be a reserve for high-ranking officials. They have a bright future, so they are more energetic - the whole officialdom is optimistic about them.

Now that Qin Mu wants to move the foundation of the Ye family, it is impossible to think of it without a fight.

"Okay, let's go to Suzhou."

If it comes, it will be safe. No one can stand in front of you.

Qin Mu and Zhe Meifeng came to Suzhou. Han Shizhong and his wife immediately feasted the two, and at the same time accompanied by Suzhou Zhizhou-Zongze.

After the greetings, Qin Mu entered the theme: "Han Jiedu, Zong Zhizhou, I came to do one thing this time, which is to integrate the silk weaving industry in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Don't look at Qin Mu and Ren Xiaoxiao, they have almost torn their skins, but this is their private matter. In the court, at least in Jiangnan, no one knows the inside story.

But Han Shizhong and Zong Ze both knew that Qin Mu was no longer a small prefect, but a member of the Tuntian Wailang.

So when Qin Mu said this, the two of them were not surprised. Tuntian Wailang, it is very normal to come to Jiangnan to see the silk weaving industry. This year's silk Zongze has not been able to buy the right amount, and he is also worried.

Seeing Qin Mu mention it, Zong Ze said: "Wailang, I don't know how the imperial court wants to integrate the silk weaving industry?" This year's tribute has been insufficient, and Honchishu is also worried about this matter. ”

The situation that Zong Ze said was all in Qin Mu's hands. He already had a countermeasure.

"Zhizhou, as far as I know, the big silk households in this part of the Jiangnan are too scattered, so the annual silk output is too low. I'm going to open a brand new textile factory and manage it under one roof. ”

"Wait." Zong Ze stopped Qin Mu's words: "Wai Lang, what do you say is this textile factory?" But the Weaving Institute? ”

"Not exactly." Qin Mu explained: "The weaving institute uses raw silk and cooked silk to weave silk, which is only the last link in the entire silk production process. The textile mill I do is actually a system. From silkworm raising, to silk reeling, to weaving, it all includes. ”

"Wai Lang, this is the will of the imperial court?"

"It's the secret decree of the concubine." Qin Mu had already thought of the answer.

Now Ren Xiaoxiao's strength is heard all over the world. The concubine's will naturally cannot be a holy decree - Ren Xiaoxiao is not the emperor no matter what she says, so it can only be a verbal will.

If Zong Ze dared to confront Ren Xiaoxiao, Qin Mu was not afraid. Ren Xiaoxiao either helps herself lie, or dismantles the stage, it doesn't matter anymore.

It is already early spring in March, and after a while, the Jin soldiers should come over - if they don't come, Qin Mu will let the Zhejia army hook them up.

And Ren Xiaoxiao still owes herself a lot of gold, and now that the deadline has already passed, Qin Mu didn't pursue it, and he has already given Ren Xiaoxiao a lot of face.

Qin Mu only needs Zong Ze not to stop himself for the time being, so that he can start his work immediately.

Zong Ze waved his hand again and again: "Wailang, this thing is not feasible. Now that Suzhou has just gone through the military disaster and has not yet recovered, if you do this, the movement involved is too great. If nothing else, let's talk about mulberry leaves. Do you know who owns the largest mulberry forest in the area? ”

"Who's?"

"He Zhu's. More than half of the mulberry forests in Suzhou belong to his family, you have to start with silkworm seeds, without He Zhu's nod, you can't even make up mulberry leaves. ”

"Any other trouble?"

"Of course. Local silkworm farmers, whose cocoons are sold to Suzhou cocoon merchants, have their own silk reeling and weaving workshops. You say that you unify all this, how can people agree. This cannot be done. In my opinion, if you want to meet the amount of tribute this year, you should go to the fish in Taihu Peach Blossom Island to discuss. It was she who bought a large amount of silk that made it out of stock in the market. ”

When Zhi Meifeng heard this, she couldn't help but look at Qin Mu.

I didn't expect the eldest sister to be quite famous as a bed partner, and even Zhizhou knew about it.

Qin Mu didn't notice Zhi Meifeng's eyes at all, and she didn't expect that she was still thinking about messy things in her head at this time. Now Qin Mu's whole mind is on silk.

"It's not easy, but it has to be done. That's it, Zong Zhizhou, can you give me a piece of land first, and I'll build a shelf first. After all, it is the matter of eating the king and being loyal to the king. The concubine has an order, and I have to do it. ”

Zong Ze is an upright person, but he is not a stupid person, let alone a dead-eyed person, otherwise he would not be able to become a capable minister of the Great Song Dynasty.

Since Qin Mu said so, and the matter was explained by the new concubine, then he didn't have to mean it.

Give me a piece of the land. Anyway, after repeated military disasters in Suzhou, there are a lot of ownerless land, and now they are all returned to the imperial court, that is, they are distributed by Zongze, and it is not difficult to take out a piece to Qin Mu.

Han Shizhong and his wife listened carefully to the conversation between the two and did not say a word.

They didn't expect that Qin Mu came to Suzhou because he valued the silk industry. These two people knew much more about Qin Mu than Zong Ze.

There is no industry that Young Master Qin values that does not make a lot of money. And the silk industry itself has high profits in this time and space, and the two of them are just too low to interfere.

Now that they suddenly seem to see a little opportunity, Han Shizhong and his wife have a thought in their hearts at the same time, can we also scrape some money out of this matter?

They glanced at each other and immediately began to think about where they could start so that they could blend into Qin Mu's textile factory.

According to Qin Mu's request, Zong Ze gave him a piece of land near the water - so that it was convenient for transportation.

In Zong Ze's opinion, even if he gave the land to Qin Mu, it would take half a year and a year for him to build that textile factory—which was extremely efficient in this time and space.

But he didn't think about it, he only approved the land today, and a convoy of ships entered Suzhou City on the same day. A well-trained team unloaded the equipment from the ship and immediately began construction of the plant.

This made Zong Ze very surprised-you are too anxious to do things. I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet, why are you doing this?

Even if you build a textile factory, but what do you weave without silk?

He wanted to talk to Qin Mu, as a senior in officialdom, to persuade him not to be so blind. When the time comes, don't say that there are no silkworm seeds, you can't even get mulberry leaves, isn't your factory in vain?

But at this time, he couldn't find Qin Mu. Because Qin Mu was no longer in Suzhou City, he went directly to the countryside to investigate.

According to Yu Miao's understanding, the silk of the Ye family comes from the Ye family's own weaving workshop, and it uses Gusu silk, which is the silk of the silkworm reeling in this place of Gusu.

It is impossible for Qin Mu to have a comprehensive understanding of the silk industry in Suzhou, and what he is about to solve is the best medicine bag silk, so he went straight to Gusu.

He must take the mulberry forest, silkworm raising, silk reeling, and weaving of Gusu into his own hands.

Once this much-needed chain is in place, integrate the rest.

Coming to the boundary of Gusu - a county below Suzhou, Qin Mu first looked at the mulberry forest. There is no voice without investigation, and this is the principle of doing things that he has always followed.

The mulberry trees in this area are low-stemmed, with trunk heights of less than 70 cm. It is characterized by low trunk, shallow root distribution, short cultivation time, early harvest, easy decay, short age, and weak stress resistance.

Although Qin Mu didn't know much about mulberry trees, he had already supplemented this part of his knowledge in later generations.

Looking at the growth of these mulberry trees, it can be seen that it is indeed a good place to raise silkworms.

And the low dry mulberry at least has an obvious advantage, picking mulberry leaves without a ladder, just pick it.

It doesn't seem like a good benefit, but it's important on this plane. Because such mulberry trees have a lower demand for labor - the elderly, children, and women can pick mulberry leaves in an all-round way.

Visual inspections are unscientific. Qin Mu personally stepped forward to collect some mulberry leaves as samples, and was about to go back to test the moisture content and sleeping rate, an indicator to identify the quality of mulberry leaves, but at this time, he saw a young girl staggering desperately towards him.

Without waiting for Qin Mu to react, Qiu Chen and a few special combat team members first surrounded Qin Mu in the middle.

At this time, Qin Mu saw that there was a group of people chasing after the girl.

They chased and shouted, "Don't run away from that woman!" ”

"Lazy woman, you dare to run, Lao Tzu grabbed and discounted your legs."

"Stop her."

The girl's face was full of horror, and when she ran to Qin Mu's approach, she seemed to have no strength in her body. Her legs were weak and she collapsed in front of Qin Mu's eyes.