Lao Zhu twisted the note in his hand vigorously, a little bit of crumbs slowly fell from his hand, and asked with a frown: "Didn't you hear what the two of them said?" ”

Han Cheng knelt on the ground and said, "King Yan and Uncle Guo seem to be deliberately avoiding others, they are too far away, and they only hear King Yan laughing, and there is no one around." ”

Yuan Sheng held the hot tea to Lao Zhu's hand, and said with a smile: "King Yan and Uncle Guo have always been close, King Yan went to Beiping, I don't know when we will be able to meet, it is normal to say a few thoughtful words of parting." ”

"Yes, the fourth child has lived in his house since he was a child, and his relationship with the fourth child is probably deeper than that with the prince. Well, what has he been up to these days? ”

"Uncle Guo hasn't done anything recently, he goes to the academy to take classes, and when he goes home, he teaches his son, and the rest is to go to the dock by the river with his order."

"Oh, the dockyard? It's the dock he put a lot of effort into building last year, and your people got in there, what's going on inside? ”

"The emperor's explanation to Weichen naturally did not dare to slack off, Jinyiwei had already sent someone to get in, but after the dock was built, there has been no movement, until recently there was a new sea ship from Fujian to enter, Uncle Guo and Shun Ming Gong seem to be preparing to put the steam engine on the ship."

"Oh, this guy doesn't know what new things to tinker with, there are good things that have always been hidden from me, and he is willing to offer them until I personally pick them up, and he ...... it."

Lao Zhu exhaled, blew the confetti on the table clean, and then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip gently, "The dock is being watched closely, and there is something to report at any time." ”

"Weichen received the order, and there is one more thing to tell the emperor, on the day King Yan became married, Hu Weiyong sent his son to the Wei Mansion to congratulate him, but he was kicked out without even entering the door."

"Huh...... As soon as Tiande returned to Beijing, I did the imperial history of the Imperial Court surnamed Yang, and also released Fang Keqin, Hu Weiyong thought that the old man was brought by him, and this was a show of goodwill. Although Hu Weiyong is effective, his character is still a little worse, and Tiande is a decent person, so he naturally doesn't want to see him! ”

"Now Wei Guogong doesn't just dislike Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong sees that the show of favor is not successful, let people buy the doorman Fushou of the Wei Guogong's mansion, and find out the shortcomings of Wei Guogong, who knows that Fushou turned around and made an announcement to Wei Guogong, which really made Wei Guogong angry, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the two of them getting along now"

"Oh, and this matter, Tiande didn't come to me to complain. Hu Weiyong is the prime minister of a country in the end, and this means is actually made out, which is really a bargain! ”

said resentment, but Lao Zhu's face did not show any anger, and there was still a faint smile.

The little horse secretly turned his head, and saw that Ma Du was dozing off on the recliner, so he secretly put his hand into his arms, took out a ball of cotton from the creaky nest and quietly opened it, only to see that there was a small piece of paper inside, which was covered with dense black silkworm eggs, and a small black silkworm thinner than maggots wriggled helplessly.

Xiao Biao couldn't help but be happy, took out a matchbox, opened it gently, and saw that the matchbox was covered with tender green mulberry leaves, and a few slightly larger silkworms greedily gnawed on mulberry leaves.

Reaching out and taking a clean brush, he gently swept the newly born silkworm into the matchbox, and the movements were gentle, and it was the most precious thing to practice.

"What is this?"

I don't know when, Ma Du's face came over, and the little horse shook his hand nervously, and the matchbox flew out.

"My silkworm! My silkworms! The little gelding screamed and leaned on the ground to look for it, and it took a while to find it under the rocking chair, and when he came out, he had an extra handkerchief in his hand.

"Why is Sanniang's handkerchief here, what is on it piece by piece, is it for Xiaoyun's snot?"

"That's right, it's snot! Give it to me, I'll give you Sanniang when I turn around, this mother-in-law throws things everywhere, and Xiao Biao doesn't want to learn from her. Ma Du snatched the handkerchief and hurriedly changed the subject, "What is this in your hand?" ”

Xiao Biao slowly opened the matchbox and gave Ma Du a look, "It's a silkworm, Daddy can see it clearly, the child is going to put it away, and it won't grow long after seeing more." ”

"Is this a silkworm? So thin, so small, or black? ”

It stands to reason that women in ancient times, regardless of whether they were rich or low, had to raise silkworms, and the queen was no exception, especially in the land south of the Yangtze River, which was rich in silk.

I am ashamed, although the usual clothing covers are silk and satin, but no one in the Ma family has ever raised silkworms.

Song Shuang can't be a person who can raise silkworms, the rough and rough Wu Rina will make this little silkworm in two, as for Xu Xiaopei is a cleanliness fetish, Ma Du just used her handkerchief and discarded it. The women in charge of the house don't raise silkworms, let alone young ladies and maids.

When I was in elementary school, a classmate raised a few, which made the whole class envious, and they all waited to see them spin silk and cocoon moths to lay eggs, and they would be able to divide a few in the coming year, but the silkworms were all white and fat, far from the ones in the hands of the little gelatin. Later, the silkworm was taken away by the teacher, and Madu never had the opportunity to see the silkworm again.

"Daddy doesn't know, this silkworm is still young, and when it grows up eating mulberry leaves, it will turn white and fat, and silkworm raising is very particular, for example, this mulberry leaf must be clean, not water, nor dust, otherwise it will die......"

The little gelatin's little mouth said a lot, and he talked about it all the way.

"I know a lot!"

"Hehe, the child doesn't understand this, it's all taught to me by the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"That stupid boy in the Mid-Autumn Festival also understands this?"

"Naturally, Aunt Chunhua taught, their silkworms are called more, and the entire East Wing is there, and they have to eat dozens of catties of mulberry leaves a day, saying that they bought silk with cocoons and saved money for the Mid-Autumn Festival daughter-in-law."

"Isn't his family's bean curd business very good? Why don't you do it? ”

"Daddy, don't you know? Now silk is precious, the people in Zhuangzi are raising silkworms, and they were busy planting mulberry trees a few days ago. ”

Ma Du took out his binoculars, walked to the window and looked around, only to see that several old mulberry trees in the Zhuangzi were already bare, and he didn't know if there were any mulberries to eat in the summer.

In the field, there are newly planted saplings, which have sprouted and grown new leaves, and the tender green is very attractive.

Ma Du probably knew what was going on, and heard that the state-owned textile factory of the Ming Dynasty was in full swing, and after cotton cloth, it began to produce silk again.

This kind of semi-automated equipment is not comparable to manual labor, the output of silk has increased greatly, and the price of raw silk is not enough to soar. Maybe it won't be long before the mulberry trees in those fields will spread to the fields, and there will be more and more mulberry fields, and maybe when the sheep in the north start eating people, the silkworms in the south will also start eating people.