At this time, it was late, and both of them slept in the afternoon, so they did not feel sleepy, ate something casually together, and sat down at the table to talk.

Ji Qingling told him about going to see the ash worm during the day, and said, "I don't know when the worm will give birth." ”

Gu Yanzhang was not very worried, and only comforted her: "It doesn't matter, I put Li Jin over and stared at it, there are now more than ten people on the mountain taking care of it, and Xu Ming specially invited the old silkworm farmer from Anji, Huzhou for many years." ”

"Although it is not the same kind of species, it can be all connected, it won't take long to think about it, and it can be figured out, even if you don't get much wax this year, but it won't be too ugly to raise, after all, in previous years in Ganzhou City, no one took care of it, and this ash worm is also very indiscriminate."

"As long as the wax is made in the first year, and the news spreads, there will naturally be people who will see it, this thing can live well in the wild, and it should not be too difficult for someone to keep it, just see how much wax there is, and these are not too worried." Speaking of this, Gu Yanzhang's face was slightly condensed, and he said, "It's just one thing, but it takes some thought - if you have fewer children, it's fine, if you have a lot of profits, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Qingling immediately reacted and asked, "Are you afraid that the farmers will return to the field to raise insects?" ”

Throughout the ages, the country has always been based on agriculture, and one of the most important things in the annual examination of pro-people officials in the prefectures and counties is to persuade farmers to teach mulberry.

There are many kinds of rice in Ganzhou, which is a large grain producing state, but since Ganzhou orange became more and more famous, in recent years, the number of acres of farmland in Ganzhou has been declining.

Ji Qingling also followed through the previous year's files in Ganzhou City, the annual amount of acres of land in Dajin, and the number of farmland today is more than one-third less than ten years ago.

In addition to the hidden fields that have not been identified, more of them have been turned from paddy fields into dry land, and oranges have been planted.

In addition to Ganzhou's famous things, there are also mushrooms and white tea. It is best for the white tea tree to grow well in the misty mountains, and the leaves can be used to make tea. And if you want to learn how to cut flowers and give shiitake mushrooms, it is not an easy thing. These two things do not have a big impact on farmland.

But orange trees are different, although they are not easy to take care of, but they can plant fruit trees and farmland, for many farmers, the difference is not big, they are just working in the field, and they can see that there are people around who make money by planting this, and they can't help but follow the trend.

Since the price of Gan oranges has been higher year by year, there are not a few landlords and farmers in the counties and townships near Ganzhou who have returned their fields to water to plant orange trees. Compared with farming, planting oranges is more profitable, although there are also small years and big years, and there are also people who have lost their money, but on the whole, there is still a lot more money to get.

This is the case with a gan orange, so what about replacing it with an ash worm?

According to the people of the state city, this little insect is used to grow on privet trees and holly trees, both of which are extremely well lived.

If there is enough wax from ash insects, and there is a lot of profit in it, Ji Qingling has no doubt that the orange trees that used to be those will soon be bulldozed and replaced with privet and holly.

The number of acres of land in the counties and townships under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou will further decline.

She thought about it, hesitated for a while, and said: "In fact, it is really difficult for farmers to return to the fields to plant trees, it is really difficult to stop them. ”

One can earn ten times a year, and one can earn a hundred times a year, even a fool knows the difference in profits, and when this situation really occurs, he can only follow the trend, not go against the trend.

Gu Yanzhang nodded and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter what is on the side, there are fewer acres of land, after all, it is not abandoned but planted trees, and the ash worms are raised, as long as the wax is obtained, it will be beneficial to pay taxes." ”

"Only to the north of Fuzhou, it has been dry for several months, these years the rain is not good, seeing that there were several locust plagues last year, if Ganzhou has less land and less grain, I am afraid that the price of grain will rise sharply."

"After all, we still have to keep some land." Ji Qingling pondered for a while and said, "Fifth brother, do you remember what you told me about Pingjiang Mansion a few years ago?" ”

The East Mountain and West Mountain of Pingjiang Mansion are in the middle of Taihu Lake, it is difficult to reach without a boat, that place is about hundreds of miles, the population is not much and not less, the local people rely on planting citrus mulberry hemp to make profits, and change grain and rice to make a living.

In the winter of two years ago, because of the abnormal climate, there was a sudden cold, the lake became thin ice, and the rice boats could not drive in the mountains, and many people starved to death.

Later, some people in the DPRK impeached the state officials and county officials of Pingjiang Prefecture for their ineffective relief, and most of the officials in the first government were extended with them, and many of them had a very ugly reputation.

This incident, which caused a lot of trouble a few years ago, caused a lot of discussion in Liangshan Academy at that time.

After all, the duty of officials is only to "persuade", but it is not up to them to decide whether or not to listen to the people and how much they listen.

Gu Yanzhang naturally remembered this, and as soon as Ji Qingling mentioned it, he immediately knew the other party's worries.

"Ganzhou is self-sufficient, and there is no worry, even if the acres of land are reduced by half, there is no big problem, but I am afraid that the displaced people will ......," Gu Yanzhang frowned and said, "Besides, if the people are unwilling to cultivate the land, they want to plant trees, and they can pay taxes, and they really can't be forcibly stopped." ”

"'Tongdu Dayi, those who don't plow and eat live in seven or eight', although it doesn't make sense that the people next to you can do whatever they want to earn more, and those who are in this place can only farm honestly." Ji Qingling also said, "But if you really encounter a disaster year, you have money and nowhere to buy food, so it's too late to regret it." ”

It is said that the rich have three years of accumulation, and the poor have no overnight food, but more people in the world are hovering around food and clothing. Ganzhou is located in the central south, which is fundamentally different from the farmers in the north, and has a natural enthusiasm for borrowing.

It is said that taking precautions, although at this time the wax making method of ash insects has not yet taken shape, and it has not spread in Ganzhou, let alone the formation of the climate, according to the local folk customs, Ji Qingling can already imagine the situation of ordinary people in Ganzhou pouring all their property to raise insects in the future.

Candles are a precious thing at this time, and if they can really raise their appearance, the insect farmers in the past few years will definitely be able to make a lot of money. But ash insects are different from Gan oranges, they are not a specialty of Ganzhou, on the contrary, Ji Qingling clearly remembers that the largest production area of ash in the previous life was in the land of Sichuan and Shu, and almost the entire south can be raised.

In the future, once the surrounding states and counties learn about this method and raise it, the price of candles will inevitably fall sharply, and the last batch, which is also the largest batch, will definitely suffer a big loss.

If there is no disaster year, it is good, if it happens to meet the disaster year, one will have no food, the other will be the price of candles, and the miserable situation of insect farmers can be imagined.