In the past few days, Liu Cong has been doing things very smoothly.

took in Deng Bao from the refugees, so that he could honestly manage the refugees, so Liu Cong was relieved about the refugees.

After returning home, I met my father and mother again, and served my daughter-in-law Cai Fengfei at night.

By this time, all the steps that should have been taken have been taken. Liu Cong lay on his back on the bed and thought: "The next step should be to go to the Yamen, and we should discuss the matter of joint silkworms with the officials of the Yizhou Sericulture Department." ”

After breakfast, Liu Cong came to the Yamen, Liu Bei brought people out to greet him, Liu Cong asked Fu Xun: "Are the officials of the Yizhou Sericulture Department still there?" ”

"Yes. My lord, he didn't come to say goodbye. ”

"Then send someone to come and do something."

Fu Xun sent people away, and arranged for his subordinates to boil water and make tea and wait for the Yizhou envoy to be entertained.

Liu Cong suddenly remembered the Jinfan thief Gan Ning, and asked Liu Bei: "Uncle, Gan Ning has news?" ”

Liu Bei rolled his eyes and thought for a moment and said, "No, no." Then he asked, "What news does he have?" Have you seen that? ”

"I haven't seen it. The little nephew had left a letter to him before, wanting to take them in and contribute to the yamen. ”

"Oh." Liu Bei lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "I said Cong'er, these mountain wolves and water thieves cannot be reused, their temperament is flashy and uncertain, and it is difficult to manage. In my opinion, it is better not to provoke them. I'm afraid that after they come, they will disturb the morale of the Jingzhou sailors, and it will not be beautiful as expected. ”

"That's what Uncle said. However, we don't need to, and after a long time, we were accepted by Sun Quan of Eastern Wu. It's throwing treasure out the door and throwing it at someone else. I think it's better to take them in. Since they know the importance and the difference between good and evil, they can manage and educate. ”

As he was saying this, the messenger from Yizhou reported outside the door that the envoy from Yizhou had arrived.

Liu Cong ordered him to be brought to the reception room for reception.

When Liu Cong came in, Cui Jin, an official of the Yizhou Sericulture Department, was already sitting in the living room waiting.

I saw that this Cui Jin had a good face, his appearance was dignified, his clothes were also gorgeous, and his whole body was wrapped in Shu brocade, and under the bright light of the window, it was like a bundle of Shu brocade erected in the reception room.

So, Cui Jin got up and saluted Liu Cong, and the two sat down to talk.

Fu Xun sat on Liu Cong's side, and Cui Jin's two assistants also sat on the other side.

Cui Jin said: "Cui Jin, an official of the Yizhou Sericulture Department, was ordered by the lord Liu Tingshi to come over to pay tribute to the Jingzhou Yamen Zhizhong. Last year, Yizhou was smooth and rainy, and all industries were thriving, especially Shujin and his party, which were even more prosperous. In the past few years, there was a slight backlog of Shu brocade, and I didn't think that the Shu brocade produced last year has been in short supply. Not only Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou came to order in advance, but also the Hu people in the Western Regions were also vying to buy. ”

Liu Cong became envious when he heard this, but he had doubts and asked, "How did the Hu people from the Western Regions come over?" Hanzhong in the north of Yizhou was guarded by Zhang Lu, how did the Hu people pass? ”

Cui Jin said: "Zhang Lu also likes money, and it is difficult to sustain only by defrauding the Taoist disciples of five buckets of rice, so he imported Shu brocade from the underworld and sold it to the Hu people in the Western Regions."

Also, since last year, the Tubo people also knew the way to Chengdu, so they drove yaks to Yizhou to buy goods, go back to sell, and make a lot of profits. Sometimes dozens of yaks came, and they couldn't buy Shu brocade for a while, so they settled in Chengdu, often for a month or two in a row.

Also, the merchants in Chang'an also imported Shu brocade from the shops in Hanzhong to deliver goods to the Western Regions, and the situation in Yizhou has been very good in recent years.

My father-in-law decided to expand the production of Shu brocade, so he sent his officials over to negotiate cooperation. ”

Liu Cong became excited when he heard this, and thought to himself: "There is such a good deal, why did Yizhou start the brand of Shu Jin?"

How much profit should such a good deal bring to Yizhou in the next year?

Damn, such a good deal, why doesn't Jingzhou have the same? ”

Thinking of this, Liu Cong asked, "Then how do your lords want to cooperate with Jingzhou?" ”

Cui Jindao: "A few years ago, Yizhou and Jingzhou cooperated very well. At that time, Xia Guan often came over to handle cooperation matters, so he was more familiar with the situation here.

At that time, mulberry strips were planted all over the banks of the Xiangjiang River for hundreds of miles, and many people on both sides of the river relied on silkworm raising to make a living, and their lives were good. ”

When Liu Cong heard this, he asked Fu Xun: "Is there really such a thing?" ”

"Yes, yes. Lord, this is really the case. You don't see that the mulberry strips on both sides of the Xiangjiang River have grown into mulberry trees, and this mulberry strip was planted in those years. It's just that silkworms are no longer raised in recent years, so mulberry strips have grown into mulberry trees. ”

Liu Cong remembered that when he was riding a horse on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, he was hung up with a scarf by mulberry strips, and he also remembered the scene of the refugee picking mulberry girls, so he asked: "Why didn't you raise silkworms later?" ”

Fu Xun replied that after many years of fighting, especially the continuous war between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu, the two barns went out to plunder, and the sericulture business on both sides of the Xiangjiang River was destroyed. Many silkworm farmers were looted, and the families of the scourge were ruined, and these silkworm farmers had no way to make a living here, so they left their homes and jobs to make a living elsewhere, leaving behind the hundreds of miles of mulberry fields, and they have not recovered so far.

Liu Cong's eyes lit up, as if he saw a piece of light again, and asked: "Why hasn't it been carried out all these years?" ”

Fu Xun replied: "The lord doesn't know, this matter of picking mulberry and raising silkworms is not so simple, it requires technology, silkworm seeds, tools, personnel, venues, and more importantly, sales channels."

Silkworm farmers work hard to raise three stubble cocoons a year, if no one buys them, it is worthless, and the whole family has to drink the northwest wind to live.

Not only to drink the northwest wind, silkworm raising also needs investment, the raised silkworm cocoons are not purchased, the invested capital can not be recovered, silkworm farmers have to go bankrupt, so the matter of raising silkworms is not easy to do.

In the past few years, some people have seen hundreds of miles of mulberry trees on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, and they have had such an idea, thinking of restarting the sericulture business in Jingzhou, mainly because there are no sales channels, no silkworm farmers and no tools, so they have not started it. ”

Liu Cong muttered when he heard this: "It can be seen that it is not easy to do anything. However, you can't do it again. Well, okay, it's not Master Cui who is here, the sales channel is there, let's do it. ”

When Cui Jin heard this, he was very happy and said: "In the past few years, our Yizhou Sericulture Division has cooperated very happily with here, which is really mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. It's a pity that contact was cut off later.

Today, the lower officials came to discuss cooperation matters, and they didn't expect Liu Zhizhong to do things so happily.

Since we have agreed, let's further explore the matter of cooperation, and after we have discussed the matter, we will sign a fixed contract, and from then on we will act according to the contract. ”

Liu Cong said: "Okay! It's okay to sign a contract now. Haven't you worked together before? Wouldn't it be okay to do it all over again according to the old contract? Then sign the name. ”

Fu Xun lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Liu Cong: "Lord, as I said earlier, the matter of raising silkworms is not something that can be done. Jingzhou now has only hundreds of miles of mulberry fields here, and there is nothing except this.

Silkworm farmers, capital, tools, and technology are not available without these conditions.

Once a contract is signed, we are liable for not being able to fulfill the terms of the contract at that time. This matter should not be hastily handled, and it should be considered in detail. ”

Liu Cong scolded in his heart when he heard this: "These fucking literati of you are too careful, hey, everything is submissive, but what is the future." I don't know how to grasp the general direction.

Since this matter is profitable, first promise to give the other party a joy, and the later matters can be resolved through negotiation. How can things in the world be done only when all the conditions are in place, and must we artificially create the conditions? ”

Liu Cong scolded here, ignored Fu Xun, and spoke to Cui Jin: "Master Cui, this silkworm raising matter is basically settled." It's okay to sign the contract now, or to sign it later. Say, what do you want to do? ”

When Cui Jin heard this, he felt that signing the contract like this was a bit hasty, and he was afraid that the other party would not be able to perform the contract after signing the contract, so it was better not to sign it.

He just wanted to find out what the other party had.

Is this Sangtian? Cui Jin has been to the two sides of the Xiangjiang River these days to inspect - the mulberry fields along the banks of the Xiangjiang River are not far in sight, although they have all grown into trees, and the trees are too tall to be suitable for mulberry picking, but the problem is not big.

As soon as the branches are pruned this spring, the sprouts can be fed to the silkworms.

However, the first stubble of silkworms cannot be raised too much, and I am afraid that the supply of mulberry leaves will not be available.

When the second stubble of silkworms is put on the shelves, there will be more new mulberries, so starting from the second stubble of silkworms, the number of silkworms raised here will not be less than before.

However, as Fu Xun said, the other party has nothing to do with silkworm seeds, except for the mulberry field, the technicians who raise silkworms have nothing in the tool site.

No, this contract can't be signed yet, and you have to think about it deeply.

Thinking of this, Cui Jin asked: "Liu Zhizhong, it is not a big problem to sign the contract early or late. The point is that I learned about the sincerity of your cooperation, and with this sincerity, things are easy to do. Let's think about the details, you say? ”

Liu Cong nodded in agreement and said, "It's okay." This cooperative silkworm breeding thing must be done. If you have any questions, please let us know. ”

"Your mulberry field is there. But can sericulture personnel and sites solve it? ”

"You don't have to worry about that. I've already arranged the personnel. Hundreds of miles of mulberry fields, I arranged about 100,000 people to manage them. Is it enough for these people to manage the mulberry fields and feed the silkworms at the same time? ”

Cui Jin was very surprised when he heard this, and thought: "What is this Liu Cong's work material, when will the silkworm breeder be arranged?" ”

Cui Jin thought of this, and looked at Liu Cong suspiciously.

Fu Xun was also surprised: "I'm not fooling the other party, is it?" This is no joke. ”

When Liu Cong saw the expressions of the two of them, he smiled slightly and explained his arrangement. Liu Cong said: "I went to the north of the Xiangjiang River to inspect this time, and I met more than 100,000 displaced people. There are only people in the world who can do things, and no one can do things.

So, I went deep into the homeless people, understood their intentions, arranged for them to be the leader, and persuaded them to come to the banks of the Xiangjiang River.

Originally, I was going to let them participate in the reclamation of the tuntian, but as you know, we in Jingzhou are currently launching the work of tuntian, but there is a shortage of manpower, can I not be happy to see these displaced people?

It just so happened that they had already come to live on the banks of the Xiangjiang River, so I decided not to let them farm and let them be the main force of silkworm raising. Master Cui, what do you think? ”

Fu Xun looked at Liu Cong with suspicion on his face and thought to himself: "It was I who wrote to tell him that there were displaced people on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, and the local officials could not manage it, so I asked him to come back and give instructions." How did these outcasts become his guests? ”

Cui Jin was happy, and said repeatedly: "Okay." There are not many skills in raising silkworms, as long as you can pick mulberry leaves and feed silkworms. It just so happened that there were many underage children among the displaced people, and the mulberry trees here were so tall that it was inconvenient for adults to climb the trees, so they let these children climb the trees and pick mulberries so that their parents could feed the silkworms at home. Hey, that's a good idea. What a good idea. Well, with mulberry trees and labor, how to solve the problem of the site? Liu Zhizhong, do you have any plans? ”