Hu Xueyan thought for a while and said: "What the prince knows, most of the silkworm farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are self-produced and sold - they raise silkworms by themselves, reel silk by themselves, and then sell them to silk dealers. In the countryside, almost every family has a reeling car, and the women in the family, regardless of the old and the young, are all engaged in this business. ”

After a pause, he continued: "To tell the truth, after a year, whether the family is mixed with food and clothing or starvation, and even weddings and pensions, it has a great relationship with this reeling car. ”

"The new reeling car, since it ...... One can top more than a dozen earthen reeling carts, and one can withstand 30 laborers, isn't it...... Isn't it...... Well, if you buy a foreign reeling car, there will be more than a dozen reeling cars...... No more use? Isn't it...... There are thirty silkworm reelers...... Broken jobs? ”

Hu Xueyan said this sentence with courage, and while he said it, he peeked at Guan Zhuofan's face, and saw that King Xuanjun looked calm and listened, so he calmed down a little.

"Also, this bundle of raw silk," Hu Xueyan pointed to the bundle of silk in the silk bag on the desk, "You can go directly to the loom!" I have never seen this new type of reeling car, but I can roughly imagine it: the cocoon goes in, the silk comes out, and then it can be used to weave silk - really amazing! ”

"Well, my lord, the silk reeled by the soil method cannot be directly woven on the machine. First of all, you have to 'twist the silk', 'beat the silk', and then enter the dyeing workshop to practice dyeing, the 'weft' is twisted into 'warp silk', and then there are 'warp dropping', 'warp pulling' and so on, and finally you can go to the loom - this pile of processes, and I don't know how many workers are fed? If you switch to a new type of reeling car - this, it is not a silkworm family. Even the jobs of this class of workers. It's all going to be broken! ”

Hu Xueyan said in a very earnest voice: "Lord Wang." Jiangsu is recovered from the hands of Changmao by your own hands, and Zhejiang has also received your great grace, and the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang regard you as parents! If, bent on implementing this new type of silk reeling machine, the foolish man and the foolish woman do not understand the painstaking efforts of the above, what is the ...... Trend, this. Isn't it a bit ...... Uh, can't make it? ”

Hu Xueyan tried his best to "euphemistically state", although his words were not very decent, but the meaning was clear: Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are the foundation of Guan Zhuofan's power, and if he shakes his own power base in order to implement the new reeling car, it will be ...... Ahem, that ...... Unwise.

"Zhejiang has also received your great favor", referring to Guan Zhuofan's killing of Tan Shaoguang. The story of revenge for the people of Hangzhou.

In a hurry, you say it. It's still a set, it's not easy.

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "It seems that it is indeed a little undrawn." ”

Hu Xueyan's face was happy, and he was about to praise King Xuanjun for "being good as flowing", Guan Zhuofan went on again: "Then, let's just sit here, waiting for the Japanese to reel out smoother, smoother, and whiter silk, and wait for foreigners to run to buy Japanese silk, waiting...... Hey, if the foreigners all run to buy the silk of the Japanese, I don't know who you plan to sell the silk that your 'Hu Caishen' collected? ”

Hu Xueyan opened his mouth and stammered, snorted twice, and couldn't answer.

He originally thought that Guan Zhuofan had already moved for him to some extent, and he didn't want it to be like this at all! I couldn't help but sweat on my forehead.

"I want to ask," Guan Zhuofan said idly, "If this year's silk can't be sold, will you still be able to collect it next year?" If you don't accept it, I don't know who broke the rice bowl of this class of silkworm reeling people? ”

The sweat on Hu Xueyan's forehead flowed down.

"When the time comes," Guan Zhuofan said, "This group of silkworm reeling people was raised by you, the 'Hu God of Wealth'?" Or am I going to keep someone for nothing? If we can't afford it, well, will there be any ...... 'trend'? Please 'Hu Caishen' do the math for me, is this worth it or not? ”

Hu Xueyan said in a trembling voice: "Guang Yong is confused, I really think left, thanks to the prince's lesson!" Please ask the prince...... Instructions, Guang Yong ...... Be cautious and dare not disobey! ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled faintly and said, "Xueyan, my words are a little mean, but otherwise, you won't wake up!" ”

After a pause, he said in a loud voice: "There is a sentence, please remember: the world trend, the vast soup, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die!" You can fight with the sky, the earth, and people, but you can't fight with the trend! Steam reeling cars are the trend! The earth reeling cart is to the steam reeling cart, the sampan is to the steamship, the horse-drawn carriage is to the steamer cart, the bow and arrow, the knife and the spear are to the foreign guns and cannons - how do you fight?! ”

"Yes, yes! Light Yong remembers! Well--the world trend, Hao Hao soup, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die! ”

"Against the trend," Guan Zhuofan's tone no longer meant to ridicule, but it became more and more solemn, "No matter who it is - whether it is a silk merchant or a silkworm reeling family, or any workers who do 'twisting silk' and 'tapping silk', in short, the people who eat this bowl of rice, from top to bottom, all want to break the rice bowl!" ”

"On the contrary, following the trend is not to break the rice bowl, but to change to a bigger rice bowl!"

"Yes, yes! However...... "Hu Xueyan swallowed," Guang Yong is dull, how to ...... Uh, to be able to ...... Best of both worlds? Please give a lecture. ”

Are you the other way around my army?

"The best of both worlds?" The corners of Guan Zhuofan's mouth showed a mocking smile again, "Where in the world is there such a good thing?" ”

After a pause, he said: "However, if it is said that as soon as the new reeling car enters the country and the silk reeling factory is built, the silkworm reeling family will have no food to eat, but it is unfounded." ”

"Uh...... Please give the prince a lecture. ”

"First, doesn't the silk reeling factory use workers? Where did this group of workers come from? Naturally, it is the family of the original silkworm reeling family - isn't working in a factory a job? Besides, eating this bowl of rice may not be harder than being locked up at home to cook cocoons and reeling silk, and the income may not be less than the reeling car at home! ”

"It's not necessarily harder than being locked up at home to cook cocoons and reeling silk", which is roughly the truth.

Boiling cocoons and reeling silk is extremely hard work, steaming at high temperature in the house, but the doors and windows must be airtight, from beginning to end, day and night, as if staying in a big steamer. The "silkworm season" is in spring, and the temperature outside the house is actually not high, but the people in the house are sweating like rain, and they can't wear any clothes.

I don't know what the silk reeling factory looks like? No matter how hard it is, it's probably just that.

"I don't necessarily earn less than the reeling car at home", it's not easy to say at the moment. However, in the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the silkworm reeling family, the "silkworm season" is hard to the end, and they can barely earn food and clothing. It seems that working in a factory and getting paid should not be much less.

"However, those who raise silkworms and reel silk are all women's ......"

"So what does it matter? The daughters in the countryside of Jiangnan all do their work and deal with outsiders, how many of them don't go out of the door and don't step out of the second door? Besides, in the future, those who will work in the silk reeling factory will use female workers instead of male workers, and there will be 'closed management', and outsiders will not be able to enter, so there is no risk of men and women being guarded against. ”

"The danger of men and women guarding against it" may be avoidable, but that does not mean that there are no insoluble difficulties. Hu Xueyan thought of something and opened his mouth, but he felt very difficult to say. I thought in my heart: How should I tell the prince about this matter, so that it can be considered tactful and decent?

*(To be continued......)