The weather in May is exceptionally sunny.

The countryside around Nanxun began to get busy.

In front of the door, the girls, giggling, talking and laughing. The children were fighting and making noise.

Everyone is sitting on a small bench and picking cocoons. Every time you go to a family to pick cocoons, naturally there are aunts, aunts, and girls who consciously move a small bench from home to help.

This is exactly what it is:

The rape is dry and barley yellow, and the sunrise is cool in the field.

My sister-in-law was busy picking cocoons with her hands, and the cocoons behind the house were fragrant.

The reeling car flies like wind and rain, and the cocoon is thick and tough.

How can there be leisure to talk about the short and long, and sell silk to the town tomorrow.

Jili Village "Xing Zhengmao Silk Line", the first day of the scale.

After the firecrackers go off, the farmers who come to sell the cocoons at the door line up in a long line, with baskets on their backs, baskets to pick, carts to transport, and agricultural vehicles to deliver. They held orders in their hands, commented on the cocoons, weighed them, stacked the cocoons, and divided the grades according to the color of the cocoons, which was a lively scene.

Liu Yong stood at the door of the cocoon station and greeted the silkworm farmers with a smile.

Song Hongsheng also came over and said to Liu Yong: "Owner, according to this speed, it is estimated that the order target we have scheduled will be completed in just one day, and it seems that the farmers are more trustworthy."

Liu Yong said with a smile: The nature of peasant households is simple.

Song Hongsheng said: The problem now is that the cocoon stove is too late, and you need to work overtime day and night, and only by drying all the cocoons and putting them in the warehouse can everything be fine. Otherwise, the weather will get hot, and the silkworm pupae will break out of the cocoon in a week, which will be troublesome.

Liu Yong said: Yes, I'm also worried about this. I thought it would take a few days, one after another, but who knew that they all came on the same day.

Song Hongsheng said: The owner doesn't know anything. This year, the spring silkworms began to grow very well, and when the silkworms were large, some silkworm babies were as big as their fingers. But this year is a cold spring, and the mulberry leaves are not satisfactory. The better the silkworm grows, the more powerful it tastes. The mulberry orchards were gone like a raging storm for two days. After leaving the mountain to make cocoons, there was only one or two days left, and the mulberry leaves were gone. Silkworm babies can't make cocoons when they don't get in season, and most families simply dump some silkworm babies in the river to feed the fish, which is a pity. It is estimated that this year's output will be reduced by at least 30% compared with previous years. It shows everyone's sincerity, so the farmers first fulfill our orders.

Liu Yong suddenly realized, said: It turns out that this is the case, and then said: Do what you say, work overtime, dry in the advanced warehouse, part of the silk reeling immediately, everyone works hard, you can give a little reward. You and Ah Bing are here to take care of, and I'll go back to town.

The Yizhuang in Nanxun Town is official, and Guangzhuang is opened by Cantonese people, and it is the largest silk line in Nanxun Town.

In the office of Director Gu of Yizhuang, Director Gu was chatting with Director Wang of Guangzhuang.

Director Wang asked Director Gu: Your Excellency, it will be listed on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year tomorrow, and I don't know how you think about this year's price.

Director Gu squinted his eyes and said weakly: In my opinion, it is similar to previous years. Last year, the spring silk was 7 parts 2 one tael, and this year it is still the same.

Director Wang smiled bitterly and said: Your Excellency doesn't know, I heard that this year's output is lower than in previous years, don't you raise the price?

Only then did Director Gu open his eyes and say to Director Wang: If the price is not raised, will the Suzhou Bureau and the Hangzhou Bureau also raise the price, this price is controlled by the imperial court, otherwise what profit is there?

Director Wang smiled bitterly and said: Your Yizhuang is raised by your mother, and our Guangzhuang is raised by your stepmother. Your Yizhuang is a tribute silk index of the major silk lines, so naturally you don't have to worry. But our Guangzhuang is different.

Several cocoon stations of small silk shops have also begun to have farmers to sell cocoons one after another. But I don't see the crowds and crowded scenes of previous years. Some of them were carried in baskets, and some were even carried in baskets. The same is true of "Fuchang Silk Line". In fact, most farmers completed the surplus part of the order of the "Xing Zhengmao Silk Bank" silk store before they took it out for sale.

Some small silk companies want to raise the price to provoke the seller, but they are afraid that the price of silk will be controlled by Yizhuang and there will be no profit. Some simply went halfway to intercept and pulled the seller into their own line. Some are competing for a small seller, and you will grab a few silk stores. A spring cocoon battle has begun.

Just now, someone came to report to Gu Fuchang, saying that this year is strange, the first day of the scale, the people who came to sell cocoons are not as good as in previous years.

Gu Fuchang walked back and forth in the living room aimlessly with his hands behind his back, pondering the reason.

At this time, Liu Yong happened to come in, which broke Gu Fuchang's thinking.

As soon as Liu Yong entered the door, he said: Father-in-law Gu, I haven't seen you for many days, Anfu.

Gu Fuchang said with a smile: I didn't expect this year's spring cocoon to be so marketable, and I couldn't receive the cocoon, so I don't say how to live this year, I'm afraid it will be difficult to complete the tribute index. Still well-off?

Liu Yong went on to say: The next life is here for this.

Gu Fuchang: Strange question: You are here for this? What is the opinion of the virtuous nephew on this matter?

Liu Yong said that if people can't buy spring cocoons, you won't be able to receive your father-in-law's behavior.

Gu Fuchang felt more and more inexplicable, and asked: Qiao's daughter-in-law can't make rice cooking, there is no spring cocoon to sell, and everyone can't buy it, what else is different from others?

Liu Yong said: The future has already purchased 100 quintals for his father-in-law.

Gu Fuchang asked again: How do you say this?

Liu Yong said: After last autumn, the junior once borrowed 50 taels of silver from his father-in-law, and went to Jili Village to book this year's spring cocoon, and booked one-third of previous years, that is, 500 quintals. Who knows, this year's spring cocoon production has been greatly reduced, at least one-third lower than in previous years. Farmers are all about credibility, first to complete our predetermined indicators, and only sell the excess, so there is not much left.

Gu Fuchang suddenly realized: I see.

Liu Yong also said: Of the 500 quintals of spring cocoons, 100 of them belong to your father-in-law, and now they are in the warehouse of our Jili Village, and your father-in-law will send someone to weigh them tomorrow.

Gu Fuchang smiled and said: How does this work?

Liu Yong said: Why can't you do it? The money belongs to the father-in-law, and the junior is just an agent.

Gu Fuchang said again: You are a partnership of three companies, will the others have ideas?

Liu Yong said excitedly: If you have any ideas, the money is yours, and it is a matter of course.

Gu Fuchang said again: I'll give you a slightly higher price than the market price.

Liu Yong said: The price is a little higher than the market, then my character is a little lower than the market.

Gu Fuchang was extremely excited and stretched out a thumbs up to Liu Yong.

Liu Yong said modestly: These are all from the public school.

The time of raising silkworms is particularly long, and the difference is generally only one or two days. The spring cocoon acquisition is also only a few days away.

This year, many silk shops can hardly receive spring cocoons, and some can't open the stove even if they receive a little bit. The small silk line is to receive a little spring cocoon, reeled into silk, like the imperial grain and national tax, must complete the tribute to Yizhuang. After completing the indicator, there is not much left to buy and sell on your own. Some of them could not even meet the target of completing the tribute to Yizhuang.

Originally, with the rich Guangzhuang, the door of the previous years was like a market, and now it has become a door. Director Wang also didn't know how to explain to the Guangdong side.

In the whole Nanxun Town, there are only two silk shops, "Xing Zhengmao Silk Line" and "Gu Fuchang", the silk reeling car is squeaking and rattling, the cocoon stove is full of green smoke, working overtime, a busy scene.

In the office of Director Gu of Yizhuang, Director Gu was chatting with Director Wang of Guangzhuang.

Director Gu was also furious that many silk lines could not complete the indicators of this year's tribute. said: I think these Diao people are deliberately harboring and not paying tribute, so if they go on like this, they will ask Lao Tzu to eat this bowl of rice.

Director Wang of Guangzhuang said: Your Excellency doesn't know anything, as far as you know, this is completely the 'Xing Zhengmao Silk Line' that Liu Yong is doing the trick. It is said that his family's small silk shop bought 500 quintals of spring cocoons this year, and almost all the ordinary spring cocoons were purchased by him.

The director of Yizhuang Valley will be suspicious and say: Is this really the case?

Director Wang said: How can this be fake. If you don't believe it, you only need to go to Jili Village in person and the truth will be revealed.

Director Gu said again: This Liu Yong is young, his feathers have not dried yet, and he doesn't know how many catties and taels he is, and he dares to compete with our Yizhuang and Guangzhuang.

Director Wang muttered a few words in Director Gu's ear.

Director Gu smiled and nodded.

A conspiracy is beginning.