Chapter 315 From now on, I have taken root in this Huanggou Village
"My lords, how does Lingnan brocade work? What does it say?" Su Ying asked.
This natural colored silk fabric is extremely valuable, yet it suddenly became the Lingnan Brocade Works of the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau under the Ministry of the Imperial Household. Aren't they afraid of being criticized? Aren't those aristocratic families making a fuss?
Logically, this is a folk weaving business, and at most a tribute amount should be set and handed over every year.
This transformation into a "state-owned enterprise" is both good and bad!
The good thing is that no one dares to covet it. The bad thing is that there is no profit to be made. All the profits go to the court and the royal family! Depressing! It is equivalent to confiscation.
"Master Su, as mentioned above, we only need the finished products for this Lingnan brocade, and you have the final say on the purchase of raw materials!
Lingnan Brocade is a special project, and the Shaofu Supervisor is collaborating with Huanggou Village in Wu County, with each taking half of the profits! "Fulu replied.
"This..." Su Ying understood.
This is a disguised form of protection. With the protection of the court and the royal family, half of the profits are collected, which can be regarded as protection fees!
The most important thing is to protect technology and prevent it from leaking.
As for the profit, it depends on how Su Ying calculates it. The price of the colored silk raw materials is determined by herself.
The products were supplied directly to the royal family, and the remaining Fu Zhong was exported overseas to earn wealth for the court.
With Fulu's explanation, Su Ying had a plan in mind.
Wu County raises colored silkworms, reels silk and weaves it in Huanggou Village and Jinfengzhai, so she is confident in the people of these two villages.
From now on, the affairs of silkworm breeding in the village can be handed over to Zheng Niangzi and others, and Jinfengzhai will be handed over to Diexiu for management.
Tong County will see whether County Magistrate Lin can find a reliable and suitable place.
At that time, Fulu and Fuxi will each be in charge of a county, and after everything is sorted out, they can step down.
He took the whole family out to travel and returned to Chang'an.
Su Ying called together the village elders, Madam Zheng and several capable women to discuss the matter.
"What? Let us manage it? No, no!" Madam Zheng and the others shook their heads like rattles. "You are the one in charge!"
"Ladies! Since I am in charge, will you listen to my arrangements?" Su Ying said with a smile.
"Uh..." This stopped Madam Zheng and the others, "Then you..."
"I'm the manager, so of course I'm in charge of you! You can choose which one you want to be responsible for: sericulture, silk reeling, or weaving? Once you decide, you'll be the manager of that area from now on.
Village chief, as usual, your village elders are responsible for accounting." Su Ying began to assign specific tasks.
All accounts in the village are managed by the village elders, and they are still responsible for colored silk and textiles.
The village elders rarely expressed any opinions.
"Village chief?" Su Ying saw Old Man Yang lowering his head in thought and Old Man Wang stroking his beard.
"Aying!" Old Man Yang raised his head. "Now that our village brocade is complete, we won't add any more items from now on, okay?"
Su Ying was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's what I meant!"
There are only about thirty households in Huanggou Village, and there is not much labor force.
After the strong men finished repairing the road to Jinfengzhai, they formed several small teams and sent them out.
Help Su Laoer to expand the road construction business, and provide technical guidance, supervision, and management for cement burning and road paving.
There are only eleven or twelve strong laborers left in the village, who have to squeeze soybean oil, make soy sauce, make vermicelli, and harvest honey.
Nowadays, grocery stores collect goods at your doorstep, saving you the trouble of transportation and handling.
But during the busy farming season, I still have to work in the fields.
Nowadays, two seasons of rice, winter wheat and beans are rotated. Although there are threshers and rice seedling horses, strong laborers are still indispensable.
The small population of Huanggou Village has been used up. Fortunately, sericulture, silk reeling and weaving are women's jobs, otherwise one or two of them would have to be eliminated.
When building roads, officials from various states and counties can be summoned to the construction site for study and training, and gradually get started. In the future, they only need to inspect and accept the roads.
Almost a year later, the labor in Huanggou Village was completely relieved.
All you have to do in the village is press oil, make vermicelli, harvest honey, and then do the busy farming work.
Oh, no, there’s cotton too!
The season is over this year, so we will try planting it at the beginning of next year and pick it in autumn. The cotton seeds we harvest should be able to plant ten acres of land.
It is estimated that these cotton seeds will be taken by the Sinong Temple to Henan and Hebei provinces for trial planting and promotion.
Su Ying was thinking as she walked, and unknowingly came to a wasteland.
"Sister, sister!" Zhou Chunbao was sitting on the edge of the ground, holding a wild flower in his hand, and shouted to Su Ying.
Last time I gave him some candy crumbs, and the one-year-old child remembered Su Ying.
"Chunbao! What are you holding in your hand?" Su Ying squatted down and teased Chunbao.
"Huahua!" Chunbao handed the lavender flower in his hand to Su Ying, "Here!"
"Chunbao is so good!" Su Ying took the flower, which was the common Chinese lantern flower on the edge of the field. She sniffed it and smelled a faint medicinal fragrance.
"Well, I didn't bring any candy. I'll give it to you when I get back later, okay?" Su Ying touched Chunbao's little head.
She looked much better than when we first met. Her face had grown a little and was starting to look rosy.
Eating mung bean dregs every day can supplement some nutrition.
"Okay!" Chunbao smiled happily.
"Aying!" Yuan, her husband, Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang came over and scooped up the cold water in the bucket to drink.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang were busy with the oil mill and soy sauce business in the morning, and went to the fields to reclaim wasteland in the afternoon.
Zhou Liulang drank the cold water in one gulp, and gave the ox some water as well. He then led the ox under the shade of a tree and let it graze on the grass.
"How is it? The rice harvest is just a few days away, and then it's time to raise and plant the second crop of rice seedlings.
You still have about a month left, how many acres of land can you cultivate?"
Su Ying looked at a large area of land that had been cleared of weeds and plowed, which was nearly twenty acres.
"There's enough time! Reclaim another twenty acres of land, plow it two or three times, and cover it with rotten soil. It will be just in time for sowing the second crop of rice!" Yuan pulled off a leaf and fanned it.
There is no need to go hungry. Although we are tired, the whole family has a goal to pursue. Everyone has light in their eyes and smiles on their faces.
This village is wealthy and the villagers are friendly. As long as you are not lazy, you will catch up in no time.
The villagers said that after the second rice season is over, everyone in the village will take a few days off to help them build a house.
From then on, I took root in this Huanggou Village.
Su Ying stared at Yuan and found that she was actually a very straightforward woman.
"Why are you looking at me?" Yuan felt embarrassed being stared at.
"Sister, your family must be well off in your hometown, right?" Su Ying smiled.
"How do you know?" Yuan was surprised. "How did you figure that out?"
"Your hands are not that rough, and your skin is not exposed to wind and sun! You can bring Chunbao here, so I think you must have some family background!" Su Ying said.
"Yes, we have a big family with a lot of laborers. At the end of the year, we are not as well off as the rich but better off than the poor. We women don't have to do heavy work. We stay at home to cook, weave, and take care of the children.
A frost disaster destroyed the crops in the fields. There were nearly twenty people to feed, so there were many laborers and they worked fast, but the food was consumed quickly!
Soon, our family's savings were almost gone. If we continued to endure, we would all starve to death! We had no choice but to take a gamble and head south!
Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "The old man couldn't stand the hunger, the bumpy journey, and the miasma of Lingnan, so he passed away one after another. If I hadn't met you that day, I'm afraid Chunbao wouldn't have been able to stay!"
"It's okay, everything is over!" Su Ying comforted him, "Life here will be no worse than in Jiangnan! Maybe I can go back in my lifetime!"
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