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Chapter 59 Cooperation
  Today the mayor and two commissioners from the town government came down. Qiao Manman and the team leader were already waiting for the mayor at the village gate.

First, we went to the captain's house to see how the cocoons were being harvested. In addition to the aunt picking cocoons here, we also organized some workers from the factory to come and pick cocoons together.

Although there are many machines for picking silkworm cocoons, not everyone can afford it. Each machine plus special square clusters costs seven to eight thousand yuan.

The captain's home now has a machine, but this machine also requires manual operation, and the remaining square clusters need to be picked manually.

It takes four or five people to pick silkworm cocoons by hand. It takes a whole morning to pick about 200 kilograms of silkworm cocoons. If a machine is added, it will be shortened by two hours.

For the sake of the authenticity of the data, Qiao Manman decided that the cocoons at the captain's house had not started yet. When the mayor came over, what he saw was that the captain's house was full of square clusters.

"Captain Qiao, how many cocoons do you produce?" the mayor asked in surprise.

The captain is also quite proud. They have been busy for so long during this period, and they are satisfied to see such a scene today.

"This is the amount of silkworm seeds we have."

"One silkworm cocoon? So many are equivalent to one silkworm cocoon." A commissioner on the side also spoke out.

You can judge the condition of the cocoon clusters from the number of cocoons in the square cluster. A square cluster has many small grids. If the silkworms are not good, these grids will be empty and there will be no silkworms to spin silk. cocoon.

If the silkworms are healthy and the number is sufficient, there will be one silkworm in each grid of the grid cluster to spin cocoons.

The commissioner was a little surprised when he saw that each square cluster was filled with silkworm cocoons.

He has accompanied the mayor to the countryside many times over the years. Only people who are very good at raising silkworms can occasionally see that almost the entire square cluster is full of silkworm babies.

Qin Tian also saw such a scene and it was a bit magical. During this period, he and his wife basically went to the river to fish and see the decoration of the house. They did not encounter the cocoons of silkworms in Qiaomu Bay at all.

"Tongtong, this is my first time to see silkworms forming cocoons." Qin Tian said to his daughter.

"You and mom can also try to help pick silkworm cocoons." Qin Tong said looking at his curious father.

Qin's mother was also a little ready to make a move at this time. The eldest aunt saw it and brought two aprons over: "You can wear these aprons to pick silkworm cocoons."

We are short of people now, and we finally found a labor force.

Wang Zhenyi took the apron with a smile and handed one to Qin Tian.

Then I asked my aunt to teach me how to pick silkworm cocoons.

The eldest aunt first asked the two of them to sit on a chair.
  Then the teaching began.

"This cocoon, we have removed all the diseased silkworms before. You can place the square cluster flat on your knees, lift the cocoon from below with one hand, and use the other hand to pick out the cocoon.

The good silkworm cocoons are thrown here.

If the cocoon is soft when lifted, it means that the baby silkworm inside has died of exhaustion. Just throw it into this bag over here. "After speaking, he pointed to the bag at Wang Zhenyi's feet.

Silkworm farmers separate good cocoons from bad cocoons.

Wang Zhenyi and Qin Tian felt that they understood everything, so they began the magical experience of picking silkworm cocoons.

The mayor was also a little surprised to see Qin Tian. He looked at Qiao Manman and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is the father of my partner. Now he is going to live in Qiaomu Bay for a while." After speaking, he pointed at Qin Tong, who nodded when he heard it. “My father wants to stay with me for a while. I don’t know how long he will live here.”

Qin Tong said to the mayor.

The mayor has an impression of Qin Tian. After all, he is the richest man and a major taxpayer in the province.

But now the two of them are experiencing picking silkworm cocoons, and I will have plenty of time to communicate with him in the future.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, the captain's cocoons were finally picked out after a few hours. During this period, only one commissioner stayed at the captain's house, while Qiao Manman took the captain to the homes of other silkworm farmers.

The estimated output of these cocoons made the mayor have great expectations for Qiao Manman. Each cocoon was slightly larger than the previous cocoon.

The weight of the captain's silkworm cocoons has been revealed, and one silkworm cocoon weighs two hundred kilograms.

"Mayor, this silkworm cocoon can actually weigh two hundred pounds. This is amazing."

A commissioner said to the mayor who came over. He stayed at the captain's house just to avoid some fraud.

"This is actually true. In the past, the best batch could only reach 180 kilograms, but now it can reach 200 kilograms." The mayor was somewhat impressed.

The team leader also said modestly: "This silkworm species was cultivated by Manman and others for us silkworm farmers. This time we didn't even feed the silkworms enough mulberry leaves. If we could feed enough mulberry leaves, we could probably feed them more." Twenty pounds each."

Previously, they estimated the output to be between 170 and 180 kilograms, but now the output has actually reached 200 kilograms. It is difficult to increase the cocoon output by 20 kilograms with the same number of silkworms. of.

"It's great, Director Qiao. I think your plan is very good, and we will do our best to cooperate with you."

Hearing the mayor's words, Qiao Manman and Qin Tong both looked at each other, and they were done.

Previously, they proposed a plan to the mayor. While establishing their own silkworm breeding base, they would cooperate with cocoon stations and silkworm breeding factories. They would reach cooperation with the silkworm breeding factories.

But they need to have their own project teams and venues at cocoon stations and silkworm breeding factories.

The cocoon base laboratory is responsible for cultivating new silkworm species, and the silkworm breed factory and cocoon station are responsible for raising and promoting new silkworm species. This way, Qiaomanman and his cocoon base do not have to invest too much cost and space.

As long as they grasp the source of the cocoon base, the cocoon station will also cooperate with them for high-quality silkworm seed resources, and they can use the local advantages of the cocoon station to quickly promote the silkworm seeds they cultivate.

Qiao Manman also knew that the mayor's words were stable. They would build their cocoon base first, and the cooperation with the cocoon station could be promoted as soon as possible.

After the mayor returned from Qiaomu Bay, he called Cocoon Station.

"Your cocoon station doesn't even know about the new silkworm species released in Qiaomu Bay. What are you doing with all the research expenses every year?" The voice that held back the anger made the person opposite feel a lot of pressure.

The government also gives a lot of subsidies to this cocoon station every year, but in the end the research is not as good as the silkworm seeds in a village.

The next day, Qiao Manman received a call from the deputy director of Cocoon Station, with the purpose of coming over to discuss new silkworm seeds with them.

After Qiao Manman hung up the phone, she went to find Qin Tong. At this time, Qin Tong and his father were planning the location of a new silkworm breeding base.

"Tongtong, Cocoon Station called me." Qiao Manman was quite happy. Even if they were related to Cocoon Station, it would be fine. We don't have to cooperate with them yet.

(End of this chapter)