"This piece is the first wax that has only been boiled once, this piece is the second wax that has been boiled twice, the second wax is more resistant to burning than the first wax, and the smoke is less, and the two waxes have almost no taste, we bought the best beeswax in the market today to go back, and the two are burned together, whether it is bright or sideways, the white wax we produce is much better than the yellow beeswax."

Mrs. Li respectfully explained the wax blocks on the table to Ji Qingling, which piece was what the situation was, and which piece was what, and in the end, she couldn't hold it anymore and asked: "Madam, can we cover more than a dozen mountains next year and hire six or seven hundred more people?" ”

"This year is the first year, a total of more than 2,000 catties of wax, this white wax is so much better than yellow wax, it will definitely be able to sell at a price, that is, a discount, a candle can also be sold for two or three hundred Wen, counting, a catty of wax is simply more expensive than a pound of silver!"

Her voice was full of excitement.

Ji Qingling once said that no matter how much money is sold for the wax from the ash worms on the mountain this year, after removing the capital, they will give them a percentage.

Mrs. Li didn't take this to heart before, although she did things wholeheartedly, spared no effort to raise ash worms, and got up early and greedy for darkness, but it was all for her husband's way out.

originally thought that it was to work for the general judge in the state government, no matter how useless this official made what he did work, as long as he could climb up to someone, he would pinch his nose and admit it.

Who knew that this inconspicuous insect could really give birth to wax, and it would give birth to so many in its lifetime!

It's a cash cow!

Seeing that the other party was excited, Ji Qingling smiled slightly, and did not reply positively, but only asked: "The dozens of people hired in the mountains are still not there?" ”

Mrs. Li's face was slightly condensed, and she said: "I was about to say to my wife, according to your instructions that day, I found a lot of people from the small houses in the nearby villages to take care of them, and only one or two people were selected in a village, either from the family of Li Zheng and the village chief, or from the family of the clan." ”

"Now the mountain is still collecting wax silk, those individuals are three days and two ends, you take a day off, I take a day off, you resign, I also resign, last time I said that now there are few people, to give more wages, who knows the next day, there are several people simply do not even want wages, they went down the mountain, someone also secretly took the trunk of the ash silk on the mountain to go, the night before the person was still there, the next morning, the person disappeared."

She was very worried in her words, and said: "Madam, I didn't know that day, but now I know that this ash worm wax is so powerful, I knew that this was the case, so I couldn't find a short-term hire, I should have bought someone back, and sealed the mountain, so that we would concentrate on raising insects on the mountain, so as not to leak the news." ”

"At present, there are only eleven or twelve people left, and the people who go are all from different places, and I can't say that the matter of wax worms can get wax now has been spread everywhere, and it will not be our family to raise ...... next year."

Ji Qingling listened to her explain the situation again, and left her for a meal, which was supposed to stay overnight, but the other party was so worried about the ash silk on the mountain that was more expensive than silver, and refused to stay, so he ate hastily, so he took his leave and left in a hurry.

Seeing that the people had already gone far away, Qiu Yue asked hesitantly, "Girl, did you guess that there was such a day that day?" ”

Ji Qingling smiled and asked, "Which day?" ”

Qiu Lu also followed: "At the beginning, you deliberately confessed, saying that you had to pay a high price for short-term employment in the mountains, and you also had to find those single-surname families in the small village and small village, and you had to be from the clan elders, Li Zheng, and the village chief's family, was it just to let them see the benefits of this ash worm, and go back to tell the head of the village that everyone should raise them together?" ”

Qiu Yue also said: "I remember you told the young master that the important thing about raising this white ash is better than who raises it, it produces more wax, raises it early, and gets a reputation early, and then it will be raised in other places, and it can't compare to this one......"

Ji Qingling smiled and sighed: "It's also a helpless thing, the earlier the ash worm is raised, the more people are raised, and the more wax is produced, the more commercial taxes can be obtained in the state in the future." ”

Candles have always been in short supply, even if the entire Ganzhou people raise them, they are not enough to make a big move. Besides, it can be sold to the Western Regions, and it can also be sold to other places, that is, there will be more people in the future, and the price of this thing has dropped, and it is also easy to sell, and it is not worrying about sales.

The matter of ash insects, if Gu Yanzhang was in charge, he would definitely act cautiously, saying that he would not have to raise them for a year or two, and only after waiting for the effect and carefully looking at whether there were any important problems before slowly confiding out.

But Ji Qingling is not Gu Yanzhang.

She came from a later life, although she didn't know how to raise ash worms, but she knew that there was no harm in this thing, and she knew that the threshold for raising them was actually very low.

Anyway, it's all about earning, earning more or earning less, it only depends on the individual's ability.

At this time, Ganzhou had to build culverts and resettle displaced people, and there was not enough silver, grain, and rice.

Although I heard that the canal was to be repaired, and I heard that there was no need to serve, only the homeless people were used to repair it, and everyone in Ganzhou City, whether rich or civilian, was willing to pay, but it was not enough.

Ji Qingling calculated, according to the price of candles at the current time, if there can be 30,000 quintals of white ash next year, the commercial tax alone can double the tax in the state.

She knew what to do, so she took a different approach and became radical.

Please come to the mountains to help take care of the ash worms, all of them are carefully selected, the village from which they are born is small, the population is simple, it is best to have a surname, the best, the words of the short hire in the village, can have one or two weights - such a village, often like to move forward and retreat together, what the family grows, what raises, the rest of the family will follow.

The short-term hires will be thrilled when they see how the ash worm is raised and how much wax they can get.

As long as you are human, there is no one who does not love money.

Who can be indifferent to lure them with profit?

Seeing is believing, seeing how the ash worm produces silk and how to get wax, if those short-term employees don't want to go back to their hometown to raise it, they really deserve to be poor for a lifetime.

In addition to these, Ji Qingling also planned to ask Li Jin to invite Cen Zhuang to go up the mountain to see the wax.

Unlike farmers, merchants tend to be more daring and greedy.

Ji Qingling believes that as long as Cen Zhuang sees the ash silk of that tree by tree, without saying a few words, the other party will do his best to plant trees and raise insects.

By the time next autumn comes, the ash in Ganzhou will have a little appearance, and naturally more and more people will mix in.

However, there is a more important thing to prepare for in advance.

Ji Qingling took a few pieces of wax, went back to the study, and wrote a letter in the tone of Gu Yanzhang's folded tone in the past, the content of which was nothing else, it was the new specialty of Ganzhou, called white wax, and presented to the Son of Heaven.

- Is there any way in the world to keep yourself from taking the blame?

Let the biggest one help you carry it.