Yun Duo thought for a moment and then said, "My grandfather said that his family used to grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms. They would raise silkworms, reel in the silk, and then sell the silk thread to workshops that specialized in making silk fabrics, which would bring in a lot of money."
"Grandpa also said that raising silkworms is a good thing. It only takes a month to raise a whole season of silkworms. It just adds a little extra work, but it doesn't interfere with other farm work. Moreover, mulberry trees can be planted on the ridges and field edges, so they don't take up much space."
"I asked my grandfather, 'Why don't we raise silkworms anymore? Is it because we can't raise silkworms here?'"
“Grandpa said no, our climate is good here, and we can raise silkworms at least three to four times a year. It’s just that no one buys silk, so we don’t know who to sell it to. He said that nowadays, no matter what kind of cloth is produced, it is all done by large factories. Large factories are in big cities. If you want to sell silk, you have to take a bus to a big city. The money you earn is not as much as the travel expenses. You don’t even know if they will buy it.”
"I asked my grandfather again, why don't other people set up factories here?"
"Grandpa said that because no one here raises silkworms, when people come here to set up factories, they can't get any silk and they can't keep going."
"So why can't we encourage everyone to raise silkworms and then build more factories?"
Li Bingchen looked at the clouds and hesitated before asking, "Is it because no one here knows how to raise silkworms, so nobody raises them?"
"That should be true." Yun Duo nodded.
Li Bingchen breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time couldn't help feeling regretful.
Who knew that Yunduo would continue, "You can learn if you don't know how. No one is born knowing how to do this or that. Everyone learns little by little. As long as you're not really stupid, you can learn what others can learn."
"Who will teach us?" Li Bingchen asked. His heart suddenly started pounding. He felt that what Yun Duo said made a lot of sense and was very feasible. Therefore, he couldn't help but want to get to the bottom of it.
"I don't know," Yun Duo shook her head. She chose to play dumb on this question. However, before Li Bingchen's face could show disappointment, Yun Duo continued, "My grandfather said there's a school in town that teaches people to read, write, and do arithmetic, and that you can learn a lot of knowledge. Do you know if there are any schools in the world that teach people how to farm?"
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Li Bingchen nodded vigorously. Although there is no separate school, Kyoto University has a College of Agriculture, which is said to be quite large.
"Since there are schools that teach people how to farm, are there also schools that teach people how to raise silkworms?" Yun Duo asked patiently.
"Well, I don't know," Li Bingchen said hesitantly.
“Yes, that’s possible.” Yun Duo said with an innocent look, counting on her fingers, “Since some people know how to raise silkworms, they can be teachers. One teacher can teach many students, and those who want to learn can then teach others. In this way, wouldn’t there be more and more people who know how?”
Yun Duo's words were a bit convoluted, but Li Bingchen understood them easily. The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and the more feasible it seemed, the more excited he became.
"Yun Duo, do you think raising silkworms can really make money?" Li Bingchen's voice trembled slightly, his excitement almost overflowing from his face. If Yun Duo said yes, he would immediately write a letter to his father... no! Send a telegram... no! He had to call his father.
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