Chapter 103 Mahjong for the benefit of the country and the people

The air in the silkworm room is fresh, the black gauze wraps the window, through the wind, but it blocks part of the sunlight, the room is a little dark, and the sound of the silkworm nibbling on the mulberry leaves is like spring rain falling to the ground.

Zhang Tang and Yun Lang changed into clean linen, put on a strange mask, and walked along the stack of huge basket shelves.

"In five days, the silkworms here will stop eating and will be ready to go to Silkworm Mountain." Liu Po, who was also dressed up, said softly.

Zhang Tang glanced back at the countless mulberry silkworm baskets and asked in a low voice, "Will there be an output of 10,000 bundles of silk?" ”

Yun Lang motioned for Liu Po to answer.

Liu Po Shi said: "It's just a lot, it's not a lot, and the mother-in-law found that the silkworms at home are generally larger than the silkworms outside, so that the silk produced is more, and 10,000 bundles of silk are only a little less." ”

Zhang Tang looked at the other servants in the same clothes and asked Liu Po, "Why do you wear such clothes?" ”

Liu Po said with a smile: "These clothes, every time you wear them, you have to scald them with boiling water, and the people who come here can't be greased and powdered, and there must be no peculiar smell on the body, these silkworm babies, where are they delicate, if you don't serve well, you will get sick in groups......"

Listening to a mother-in-law talking, Zhang Tang was not the slightest impatient, until Mrs. Liu finished babbling, then sighed and said, "Sure enough, it is a specialized talent." ”

Until this moment, Zhang Tang had no doubts that this silkworm workshop could produce 10,000 bundles of silk.

After walking out of the silkworm house and changing out of clothes, I happened to see a group of children coming back with a huge flock of chickens and geese.

"So, your family is going to open another workshop specializing in raising chickens and geese?"

Yun Lang smiled bitterly: "I have this plan, but ah, it failed, nine of the chicken chicks I bought are male, these chickens are not much use except for eating meat, I actually want them to lay eggs, don't sell chickens, just sell eggs can have a good income." ”

Zhang Tang said with a smile: "What kind of failure is this, catch more chickens in the coming year, and distinguish between male and female, isn't it done?" ”

Yun Lang shook his head and said: "It is impossible to rely on hens to hatch chicks, not to mention that the number is too small, and there is no way to supply a huge chicken farm." Artificial incubation is being carried out at home, do you want to see it? ”

"Oh? Can you hatch chicks without relying on a hen? ”

"It's being tested, and there are just a few doorways."

Yun Lang invited Zhang Tang to walk into the pine forest, where the chicks hatched were near the hot springs, and only here could the eggs be created at a suitable temperature for incubation.

"Actually, there's no magic in this, hens rely on body temperature to hatch chicks, and I wondered if we could hatch chicks without hens as long as we gave the eggs the right temperature.

There happened to be two hot springs in the manor, so I wanted to use the hot spring water to test my idea. ”

Zhang Tang laughed and said, "What a strange thought, such a useful thought." Hey, what is this? ”

After walking for a while, Zhang Tang saw a clearing with a simple shed and a tall wooden frame erected in it. “

"Oh, this is the cocoon reeling workshop, which was built by the women themselves, not very good, and I am going to renovate it again in winter."

Zhang Tang nodded, went in to take a look, and then followed Yun Lang to continue walking inside.

There is a clearing in the pine forest, which is the best place to receive sunlight from the south to the north, and there is a long, low grass hut on the ground, which requires people to squat down to get in.

Three half-sized men in shorts were busy, one going into one hut and the next.

Zhang Tang squatted in front of a thatched hut, looked in with interest, and saw a boy flexibly turning the eggs in the grass nest, and after turning it, he covered the hay again.

"Did it work?"

Yun Lang shook his head and said, "No less than five hundred eggs have been lost, this is a new batch, I hope it can be done." ”

Zhang Tang thought for a moment and said, "This official thinks that your direction is right, as long as you try, you will always find a suitable way."

This kind of scourge of eggs can only be harmed by large families, but there are several large families in the world who are willing to spend so many eggs for raising chickens......

Once it is successful, raising chickens, which can be done by women and children, does not know how many people can be fed. ”

Yun Lang smiled: "Once it is done, at least there will be more eggs that cannot be eaten!" ”

"Too many eggs to eat? Hahaha, this is interesting, Yun Lang, if this official can really see such a grand scene one day when there are too many eggs to eat, this official is willing to be your driver himself, and drive the carriage to take you to boast of Chang'an City! ”

Yun Lang smiled: "That's it for this year, I will plan the villa well next year, and if you come again at this time next year, it will be different."

I am about to have more than 10,000 bundles of silk now, do you have any good merchants to introduce to me, it is a great loss to sell to the officials. ”

Zhang Tang looked at the grass shed used to hatch the chickens one by one, heard Yun Lang say this, and said with a smile: "Selling to the official family is actually not a loss, it mainly depends on who will collect your mulberry silk, if it is the inner government Sanghong sheep to collect, you will indeed lose money."

If it is handed over to the official to dispose of, these mulberry silks can be sold for half a percent higher than the market price. ”

"Barter?"

"Of course, this official doesn't have that much money in his hands."

"Are there any artisan slaves?"

"You need?"

"Of course, my family is full of women and children, and if there are no more artisan slaves to help with the work, how can I continue to run the farm?"

Zhang Tang touched his chin and thought for a while, "Which one?" ”

"Either way, do I have a choice?"

"Do you want a veteran?"

"Huh? Can I have a Armor? ”

"Yes, sixteen servants, this is approved by His Majesty, and it is also something that you can match with a thousand official positions."

"Our Han soldiers are not ......"

"Some of them can still be retired, and there are a group of veterans who have just come down from Yanmen in the Chinese Military Mansion, and you can choose them in advance tomorrow.

I will also look for the craftsmen you want, and exchange the rest for grain, cattle and horses, leather goods, lacquerware, pig iron, and some copperware, what do you think?

Do you want a singer? ”

"Singers don't want it, everything else, cattle and horses, pig iron, and bronze utensils should account for at least sixty percent of the value of the goods, and if possible, there should be more donkeys, and there are many women and children in the family, and donkeys are easier to call. Also, I want bricks and tiles too, the more the better. ”

Zhang Tang nodded and said, "That's it, 7,000 bundles of silk will be delivered in advance, and we will deliver the remaining 10,000 bundles of silk after the autumn silkworm is harvested." ”

When they came out of the pine forest, the two had already discussed all the exchanges, and the sky had already darkened, and it was still raining lightly.

Zhang Tang saw that he couldn't go back, so Yun Lang naturally entertained him diligently.

After the meal, without waiting for Yun Lang to say, the four of Chouyong, Xiaoworm, Liang Weng, and Liu Po had already set up the battlefield.

The curious Zhang Tang and Yun Lang were holding a red clay teapot and watching the battle on the periphery.

After watching it for a few laps, Chouyong and Xiao Worm were thrown off the table and replaced with Yun Lang and Zhang Tang.

Zhang Tang really killed decisively, and always liked to dismantle the cards, and after two laps, he was killed by Yun Lang and Liu Po and lost his armor.

"Good thing, it's much more interesting than Go pitching, you made it?" Although Zhang Tang lost a lot of money, his face did not change, and he asked Yun Lang in a whisper about the origin of this thing.

Yun Lang said with a smile: "After sunset, there are not many things that the big man can play, what else can be left besides the wine?" Bad atmosphere, it's better to play two rounds of mahjong and then go to sleep. ”

"It makes sense, this bamboo card is not welcome."

Yun Lang asked Chou Yong to bring a delicate small wooden box, which contained a new pair of bamboo cards and put it on the table, and said to Zhang Tang: "I have made some at home, you see who else needs it, five taels of good silver, Tong Su is not bullied." ”

Zhang Tang opened the box, looked at the exquisitely made bamboo plaque inside, and sighed: "If a person like you doesn't get rich, then God has no eyes." ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "What they buy is not bamboo cards, but wisdom, the price of five taels of good silver is not expensive, I can only earn this money for half a year at most, beyond this time, people will make better mahjong cards, such as white jade, such as agate, such as ivory."

So, the people who make a lot of money are actually those who sell me bamboo cards, and to be honest, I should have asked for five taels of gold. ”