Overlord!

Chapter 91 Weaving in Yangcheng Lake (more updates today)

In addition to the thriving production in the farmland that makes people feel happy, what Sun Ce can't help but be proud of is the love between the soldiers and the people.

Sun Ce and his team of cavalry walked among the fields, and the people in the surrounding fields showed no fear at all. Some naughty children even ran to the edge of the field with a yellow dog to watch the majestic and majestic cavalry.

The old man at home didn't scold him when he saw this scene, but looked cheerfully in the field, looking at the smile and curiosity on the child's face.

Regardless of any country or era, this scene is an achievement worthy of praise by those who are in charge of the army.

This shows that the army is absolutely strict in military discipline and has never looted a penny from the people.

And the people of Wu County certainly trusted Sun Lang's army. This army has been strictly disciplined since the moment it entered Wu County, and it has never committed any crime against Minqiu.

The eyes of the people are discerning, and they can see clearly who is the monarch who treats the people well and helps the people in need.

Water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it.

Sun Ce can be said to be the heart of the people in the entire Wu County.In this case, even if anyone wants to plot a rebellion, they will be directly destroyed by the people.

As for the assassins who want to assassinate Sun Lang, there is nowhere to hide, and no common people are willing to hide them.

Looking at the scenery all the way, it took Sun Ce and his party nearly two hours to arrive at Kunshan Township.

Seeing the ruts on the ground, Sun Ce frowned, and asked, "Madam comes here by car every day. I'm afraid it will take more than an hour to drive fast all the way?"

No wonder food, clothing, housing and transportation are called the top of people's livelihood.

It is too inconvenient to go out in this era of slow carriages and horses.

Jiang Qin complained: "The road is too muddy, and Wu County is far behind Shouchun in all aspects."

There is no way, the lack of development in Jiangdong is not only about the land, but also the roads and bridges.

There are not many decent flat avenues in the whole Wu County, and most of the areas are plains with weeds.There is no need to think about the road or anything.Occasionally there are a few rice paddies, which also lead to the fields and villages.

Kunshan was originally a new township, and Zhou Cheng's site selection couldn't possibly be in the township, so the roads were particularly difficult.

But the good thing is that, following the ruts, the group arrived at their destination smoothly.

Sun Ce took a look and saw that there were several rows of wooden sheds stretching for nearly two miles beside the clear lake.

That's right, it's a wooden shed with extremely simple facilities, just a few pillars to support a roof, which can barely provide a little shelter.As for the rest, what else do you think?Is it possible that with the productivity level of this era, you can instantly build a row of big houses with black bricks and black tiles for them?
But even though the production conditions are simple, there are still neat rows of Weaver Girls sitting under the wooden shed. All of them are working hard to weave. This moment is also very visually impactful under the large-scale effect.

At least Jiang Qin, who was following Sun Ce, took a deep breath: "General, this is going to make a fortune! Thousands of weaving girls are giving birth at the same time, so there are thousands of pieces of cloth just as far as the eye can see?"

At this time, next to the wooden shed, a group of Weaver Girls were carrying silk to the ox carts. Mountains of cloth were piled up in the three ox carts, ready to be transported to a tall and brand-new warehouse a few miles away.

Sun Ce waved his hand and said to the guards: "If you are interested, please go and help unload the cloth. Ask the driver how much cloth can be produced in a day. This workshop has never been set up by the government. You can also open it in your clan. Workshop, organize female relatives to produce."

Sun Ce didn't think about prohibiting his subordinates from buying family wealth, and it couldn't be prohibited at all.Each of them has a group of people in their family. If they want to, wives, clan relatives, or even younger generations in the family run the property, do you care or not?To punish or not to punish?

So instead of letting them annex the land, it is better to encourage them to open several workshops, buy several shops, organize the female relatives in the inner court, and raise silkworms and weave cloth.

Immediately, a large number of personal guards got off their horses and went to help carry them.

Sun Ce handed the horse to Jiang Qin and walked forward towards Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng had already seen a group of iron riders approaching from a distance, so he immediately greeted them with a smile.

When he got closer, Sun Ce was surprised to find that Zhou Cheng's face was radiant, and he was not as tired as he imagined, nor was he weak and sad as a young woman in a boudoir.

"Ma'am, you look very good. I thought you would be exhausted and wanted to build a road for you."

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "I really should thank Sun Lang for encouraging me to come out and manage politics. In recent days, I have been busy with the business of the Weaving Department every day. I only feel refreshed, and my mentality and body are far better than before."

This is the powerful effect of positive feedback!
Sun Ce smiled, never underestimate the influence of spirit on a person or even a force.

The sudden rise of a barbecue city in later generations can make the whole city full of enthusiasm, from officials to common people. It is because of positive feedback that everyone has a sense of ownership and can feel that things are going positive because of their own actions. Development, not useless work.

This is also why the founding division of a dynasty is usually so powerful in combat.Li Shimin even boasted that a thousand of my disciples could defeat tens of thousands of Hu Qi.This is because of the influence of spiritual will, everyone's hard work can receive positive feedback, and the whole power will also flourish.

Spiritual will is always the second life of man!

And Zhou Cheng is clearly the case, Wu County Weaving Department is her greatest career and hard work.Every time you put in your energy, you will get something back. Naturally, you will be refreshed and full of interest.

So she was quite excited at the moment, and she spoke briskly, and took the initiative to say: "So I don't feel that I am tired. It is too expensive to build a road for me. Now that Wu County is short of manpower, Sun Lang doesn't have to spend so much time."

"How can it be called spending money?" Sun Ce said righteously: "If you want to reach the abdomen, you must first pass through!"

Zhou Chengqing's cold demeanor could not be maintained, and her fair neck was stained with a blush. She glanced at the guard standing in the distance with a knife on her back, and was relieved to see that no one was paying attention.

"Sun Lang, why are you becoming more and more frivolous?" Zhou Cheng felt that his husband's obsession with his body was increasing day by day!As long as no one is there, there is no sense of respect between the two of them in the book.On the contrary, he likes to tease himself very much, and after molesting for a long time, he undresses.

Sun Ce laughed and said, "Ma'am, there is another explanation for this sentence. If you want to get rich, you must first have roads. If you want to get rich, you must build roads. If there is no convenient road, the wealth here will not be easy to transport. Why did you choose to set up the Weaving Department here?"

When it came to business, Zhou Cheng immediately stopped his reverie and explained, "Because there is the largest mulberry field in Wu County here."

Zhou Cheng pointed to the lakes and swamps in the distance, and said: "Sun Lang looked at this water area. It is called Dadang, and he yearned for it to be formed by the backflow of sea water. The roads here are inconvenient and muddy, and it is not convenient to go to the fields for a long time. Therefore, many people live here. A piece of mulberry field is planted, and when it is harvested, come to pick mulberry and raise silkworms, and take mulberry dates as food."

Sun Ce looked at the mountains and fields in the distance, and there were indeed patches of mulberry fields planted between the hills and plains.

In fact, mulberry trees are easy to maintain as long as they can be taken care of.Planting mulberry seeds in the ground will produce seedlings in one year, pick leaves in the second year, and bear fruit in the third year. After three years of maintenance, a mulberry tree will grow.

Of course, if you find it troublesome, you can also use cuttings to propagate, that is, cut off a section of mulberry tree branch, and after inserting it into the soil, it will usually take root and germinate, thus becoming an independent plant.

That's why Zhuxia has been able to pay equal attention to agriculture and mulberry for thousands of years. What stands out is a large-scale and low-cost.

Sun Ce nodded and said, "Indeed, in the future, the Weaving Department will have to pick mulberry and raise silkworms by itself. It is a long-term plan to be close to the mulberry field. The temporary inconvenience is just a temporary predicament. As long as the roads are repaired, it will be more convenient than being in the city in the future."

In the future, Sun Ce may move them to the capital city of Jiankang, but Sun Ce of the Weaving Department does not plan to move them.

Wu County was originally the most prosperous silk weaving center in the Central Plains, and Song Brocade was born here.Yunjin is also only a few hundred miles away from here.

If you are not obsessed with reputation and tradition, you can put the Weaving Department here to create a third famous brocade besides Song Brocade and Yun Brocade.Of course, the styles may be similar, at most, the overlapping relationship of the latitude and longitude lines is slightly different.

So Sun Ce inspected the buildings here, and said, "Also, your wooden shed will sooner or later be replaced with a green brick and tile house, so that all the Weaver Girls can be produced in the stable workshop."

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "The workshop is not in a hurry. If Sun Lang has spare energy, he can give priority to helping the female workers build resettlement houses."

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows: "Just as I was about to discuss this matter with you, all the ministers under my command praised your resettlement method, and you also told me how it took more than a month to build a workshop and resettle so many people. Zhinu."

Zhou Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk while eating, and I'll invite Sun Lang to taste the delicious food here."

"Gourmet food? Are there any delicacies in the wilderness here?" Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and he was also very interested in food.

Zhou Cheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, shook his head slightly, and said happily, "This Sun Lang guessed wrong. It's not a mountain delicacy but a seafood. Xiao Jin'er, quickly take out your harvest today and let Sun Lang taste it."

"Come here, come here." Immediately a cheerful voice came, Zhao Jin barefooted, rolled up his sleeves, and ran over with a pair of snow-white lotus root arms carrying a tubular bamboo basket.

She held it up in front of Sun Ce as if offering a treasure, and bragged, "This is it, General. I caught it all morning. You don't need to add any condiments. It's delicious when steamed."

In this era, there are no iron pots, and there is no cooking, so food cooking is mainly steamed, boiled, and stewed.

With this method, the taste of most foods will not be delicious, but this thing in front of me is different!
This thing is really delicious when steamed.

Zhao Jin carried a basket of crabs in his bamboo basket!

It's hard to say who was the first person to eat crabs.But at least in the Spring and Autumn Period, crab was a delicacy often mentioned by scholars and bureaucrats in the Central Plains.

Zhao Jin, a little cook, has all kinds of research on gourmet food, so she will naturally fish for a batch of specialties when she comes to this big place.

After she put the steamed orange-yellow crabs in front of Sun Ce and Zhou Cheng on the food plate, Sun Ce suddenly realized that this means that the actual output of later generations was only 80 tons, but they sold [-] tons. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs?
This big swing is Yangcheng Lake!

It's just that now the lakes and swamps are connected here, and there are silt, reeds and aquatic plants everywhere, which haven't had time to be developed, and there is no beautiful scenery in later generations.

Zhou Cheng pushed a porcelain cup in front of Sun Ce, and said with a smile, "Xiao Jin'er made a sauce for you, including ginger, vinegar and rice wine, which can remove the fishy smell, and is very suitable for eating with crab paste."

Sun Ce cut open the crab body with a dagger, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and put the crab meat into his mouth, only to feel the fragrance in his mouth, which is the ultimate enjoyment in the world.

"I still need to clear up the war and settle down. Such enjoyment is something I couldn't imagine when I was displaced before."

Zhou Cheng rested his chin, looked at her tenderly from the side, and said with a smile: "Sun Lang has already occupied Wu County, and in the future he will be the leader of Yangzhou. , you can live and work in peace and contentment.”

Sun Ce said with a smile: "Then I still need your good wife to help me. For example, this cloth is the most important thing in the treasury. How did your weaving department arrange it? It started production so quickly. Today's long history According to the report, in addition to the 3000 shi of grain in the treasury, the more than [-] bolts of cloth are the most eye-catching."

Zhou Cheng was quite touched, and said: "I was the captain of weaving and was responsible for arranging the female relatives. Only then did I realize that the pressure to lead more than ten thousand tribes was so great. When these female relatives were moved here, the food was not in a hurry for a while, and many women were counting. There was no grain of rice in the meal. It was precisely because of the urgency that Xiao Jiner discovered the crabs in the lake, which relieved the embarrassment a little bit."

"But even if the food is brought in later, the supply is still tight, and the supply may be cut off at any time due to the muddy road. So I had to scatter these female relatives around the place."

Geli are just a few nearby villages, and this is what the neighbors say.

Sun Ce ate the crab paste and asked calmly, "How many people can be accommodated in these few miles? Is there anything worth mentioning?"

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "At first I thought so too, it was only a temporary emergency measure. But it was not until later that I realized that this emergency measure has actually become the key method."

"There is a custom of raising silkworms and reeling silk in all the nearby villages. Almost every household has production equipment and cocoons to produce silk. I heard that the Weaving Department intends to set up here, and thousands of households volunteered to help build wooden sheds and provide thatched houses. It is a resettlement place for female workers. The purpose is to be able to sell the materials needed for production to the Weaving Department for a long time.”

Sun Ce nodded, as if he saw the scene of Zhu Xia in full swing and giving birth passionately.

Don't always think that female workers will be humiliated if they are placed in the village, and they will be bullied by entering the house.

In a village under normal order, which normal person would do such a bold thing.

Otherwise, there is no mother of Meng who moved three times. Which orphan and widow would dare to move to other villages?

The difference between humans and animals is that they can control their desires and abide by public order and good customs.

One of the greatest advantages of Zhuxia is that the entire nation is a morally oriented nation, and the proportion of criminals is extremely low.If they can give birth safely and live a good life with hard work, innocent families are not willing to do evil easily.

Of course, evildoers will definitely be punished by criminal punishment.Zhou Cheng is the one who supervises and patrols here!Sun Ce's wife.

In the entire Wu County, who would dare to be arrogant and domineering in front of her?People everywhere are respectful to her.The embroidered guards behind her are the most elite soldiers under Sun Ce's command. It can be said that it is as easy as killing a chicken with a bull's knife to arrest a few heroes in the village.

People from several nearby miles enthusiastically provided materials to the Weaving Department, and the problem of raw materials that Sun Ce and Zhou Cheng had been worried about before was immediately alleviated.

Sun Ce asked: "How is the production situation in the workshop now?"

Zhou Cheng replied: "This is just a workshop of the Weaving Department. In order to reduce the pressure of grain transportation, there is another workshop in Jiatang Township. The geographical advantage of Jiatang Township is that it is closer to the city and can buy more raw silk. Two There is not much difference in the daily production of cloth and silk, and a total of more than a thousand pieces of cloth can be produced every day."

More than a thousand pieces of cloth!

This scale is not too big, but too small!

Tens of thousands of professional female workers can only produce so few bolts of cloth.

This is far from what Sun Ce envisioned.

At the beginning, he thought that a powerful family could easily produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of cloth annually, but now it seems that the difference is very big.

However, he asked curiously: "Based on what I saw just now, thousands of Weaver Girls are reeling and weaving silk, how could it be possible to produce more than a thousand bolts of cloth?"

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "That's because Lixia has just passed. The silkworm party was opened in the three dynasties of Lixia, that is, the three days before and after Lixia are the time when silkworm farmers trade white cocoons. After Lixia, women will also bring new silk. Sell ​​silk in the city. Only then will the workshop have sufficient raw materials and can produce at full capacity. After that, the production of cloth and silk will increase day by day.”

"Is the raw silk here sent by nearby silkworm farmers?" Sun Ce asked happily?

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "It was April when I served as the captain of weaving. It was the time of silkworm raising. There were thousands of sheets of silkworm foil, and the harvest was quite rich. Then I bought raw silk from various counties and filled the warehouses before starting production. .”

In April, at that time, the army had already pacified the northern part of Wu County.

Sun Ce said in surprise: "Sure enough, as long as the war is quelled, the people will resume production immediately. So many households have started to raise silkworms, and their vitality is recovering."

"As long as the Weaving Department can collect the raw silk from the people of Wu County, it will definitely create a lot of wealth. I expect you to bring me a lot of cloth to expand the treasury. With so much cloth, I can use wealth to purchase food and recruit talent, attract refugees, and thus strengthen the power."

Sun Ce even thought that he could send a caravan with tens of thousands of bolts of cloth to Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Huainan and other places to trade a large amount of grain, ore and even war horses.

When it came to trade, Zhou Cheng immediately lifted his spirits and said to Zhao Jin: "Little Jin'er, go and get the brocade we produced and show it to the general."

Zhao Jin immediately ran to the warehouse, reported three gorgeous Jinxiu horses and placed them in front of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was very pleasantly surprised: "Now the Weaving Department can weave brocade?"

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