In this era's understanding of sericulture, brocade and silk are considered precious things, and silkworm seeds are naturally delicate, so God deliberately allows silkworms to survive only half the time.

The silk produced by the surviving silkworms is mostly of poor quality, and "only half of them can weave silk", so this can show the preciousness of silk and brocade.

Attribute all this to fate and the bad luck of the silkworm house.

Feng Yong smiled and looked at the river in front of him, his voice a little distant, "Last year, my wife also asked me why the land on my farm can produce more grain than elsewhere. Does Sanniang know how I answered?"

"Of course I know that my brother once told my wife that to grow good food, it depends on the right time and right place. The right time and place cannot be changed by human effort, but the right place can be changed by human power. My brother also said that only by looking for the root of everything can we get good results.

What you need.”

It seems that Guan Ji paid close attention to herself. She remembers that she was not with Huang Yueying when she said this. She should have heard these words from Huang Yueying's mouth.

Feng Yong thought this in his heart and said, "Actually, the weather... forget it, raising silkworms is the same as growing food."

Changing the weather is something that later generations actually did a lot. If they wanted to rain, they would shoot at the sky. If they wanted to clear up, they would still shoot at the sky. They would never ask God if it would hurt.

"As long as we find out the root cause of why some silkworms die and some survive, and why some of the silk they spin out can be made into silk while others cannot, then we will be able to raise silkworms just like we grow food, and we can do better than others.

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Although the Han people have known how to raise silkworms and weave cloth for a long time, their understanding of silkworm rearing has always been based on each person's experience, and there is rarely a unified description.

Even if there are peasant women and farmers who sum up their experiences, no one will listen to them because their status is too low.

And leisurely scholars have concluded that it is used to show off, and after the show is over, they will be locked up and thrown into the room to collect dust.

And there will be one scholar who has sincerely summed it up, two hundred years later.

This agricultural druid named Jia Sixie wrote a book called "Essentials for Elevating the People", which was the first wonderful book on agriculture. This book has reference value even more than a thousand years later.

But so what? In the more than a thousand years since he wrote this book, this book has been used by the ruling class as a show-off. After the show was done, it was thrown back into the library and continued to be eaten.

Ash.

Then in later generations, descendants will point to this book and say, look, our ancestors are so powerful, xxx years earlier than you.

But it's still of no use...

You still have to pay patent fees to others, but not only that, you have to pay more than others who also pay patents - who told your ancestors to be so powerful? Then pay more!

So when Feng Yong said that he knew about sericulture, Guan Ji's eyes widened again, "Brother, do you even know this?"

"I understand a little bit, I understand a little bit."

Feng Tubao looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle with a slightly proud look on his face. He wanted to imitate the old demon Zhuge in "Red Cliff" and fan his feather fan, but he had nothing in his hands, so he had to give up.

Silkworms die a lot, mostly due to diseases or insect pests.

As long as you pay attention to disinfection and pest control before starting to raise silkworms in the silkworm room, at least the survival rate of silkworms can be greatly improved.

As for the quality of silk, that's even simpler.

The types of silkworms are one thing, and the types of mulberry leaves are another.

There are requirements for the types of mulberry trees used for sericulture in later generations.

Coincidentally, silkworm farming is common in the South, and Feng Tibi happened to be from the South in his previous life.

When I was young, some of my classmates even raised silkworms and sold them to their families to help them study.

Feng Yong has no choice about the types of silkworms. He is not a druid. He can cross-breed silkworms and select the best ones, but he can choose mulberry trees.

As for planting mulberries before they can be used after a few years... those are all too old practices. I have my own scientific religion, otherwise where would Fengzhuang's tea seedlings come from?

What a great cutting!

There are long leaves in the first year and fruits in the second year. Why wait a few years?

Thinking of this, Feng Tibi couldn't help but laugh a few times.

"Brother, just say whatever you want, and your smile is so funny!"

Guan Ji pushed Feng Yong dissatisfied.

"Okay, let me tell you. Usually people can only survive half the time raising silkworms because the silkworms are sick or infected by insect pests. As long as we find a way to remove the source of the disease, apart from the insect pests, the silkworms will naturally survive."

"Silkworms eat mulberry leaves, but there are different types of mulberry leaves. If you feed the large and thick mulberry leaves to silkworms, the resulting cocoon will not only be thick, but also tough, much better than ordinary cocoons."

Feng Yong thought for a moment about the mulberry leaves that were used to raise silkworms in later generations, and made some gestures.

In this era, mulberry trees were planted behind almost every house, and Feng Yong saw many of them, young and old, but the leaves were rarely compared to those used for raising silkworms in later generations.

Large and thick mulberry leaves are the basic standard for sericulture, and Feng Yong still knows that.

Some mulberry trees in later generations may have been artificially cultivated, but even so, there must be original varieties, right?

You can't grow it yourself, but you can carefully select some good-looking mulberry trees as mother plants.

Guan Ji thought for a moment, frowned slightly, then her eyes lit up again, she made a "bang" sound, clasped her hands, her voice was a little hasty, and she seemed to have remembered something.

"My little sister has seen a kind of mulberry tree. Its leaves are mostly white, as big as a palm, thick and juicy." She was staring at Feng Yong, but her eyes were unfocused, as if she was telling Feng Yong, and then

It seemed like he was mumbling to himself.

"No wonder the silk obtained from that place is not only more abundant than elsewhere, but also much better. It seems that it is true as my brother said. This is the truth."

There is such a good thing?

Feng Tibi was overjoyed and asked quickly, "Where do you find such mulberry trees?"

After hearing this, Guan Ji came back to her senses and smiled slightly, "My brother is no stranger to this family. It is the prime minister's farm."

Feng Yong's face froze.

"Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Guan Ji shook her head, "It's not the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the farm that the late emperor rewarded the Prime Minister with. There is a mulberry forest planted there. Madam has to live there for a period of time every silkworm raising season, just to raise silkworms and weave cloth."

Feng Yong, the old demon of Zhuge, naturally knew the property, "There are 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of thin fields."

I remember "Three Kingdoms" very clearly.

Some people say that fifteen hectares is a lot, fifteen hundred acres of land!

But that's not how accounts are calculated, and ancient fields cannot be measured from the perspective of future generations.

The information on the Shu Han Dynasty is too incomplete, but we can compare it with the Western Jin Dynasty, which is closest to the Three Kingdoms.

"Jin Shu Food and Huo Zhi" records that in the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, there were clear regulations on the amount of land that officials could occupy: "The first-ranked person will occupy fifty hectares, the second-ranked person will occupy 45 hectares, and the third-ranked person will occupy 40 hectares...".

The following analogy follows, "the eighth grade has fifteen hectares, the ninth grade has ten hectares".

It can be seen that although Zhuge Laoyao is a very popular minister, his land holdings are only equivalent to the number of land occupied by the low-level officials.

But Huang Yueying is amazing. She can grow 800 mulberry plants better than others.

I only heard Guan Ji say again, "The late emperor heard people say that the farm was a lucky house, so he rewarded it to the prime minister. Later, the silkworms raised in that farm every year not only produced more silk than others, but most of them could make silk."

Brocade and silk.”

"Everyone now feels that the rumors are indeed true. Therefore, the prime minister often uses this matter to say that he is deeply favored by the late emperor..."

After hearing this, Feng Yong felt really unworthy of Huang Yueying. He worked hard to plant 800 mulberry trees, worked hard to raise silkworms and weave cloth, but in the end it became Liu Bei's credit...

Where does this make sense?

Thinking of Huang Yueying's appearance again, Feng Tubol couldn't help but sigh again, if in another future generation, Zhuge Lao Yao married a woman like Huang Yueying, how many people would be envious to death?

If you have a living room and a kitchen at home, you can make inventions if you have a research laboratory, you can become the president of a company...

The key point is that she has such a good figure and her genes are simply perfect!

However, Feng Yong only dared to mutter a few words in his heart, but he had to echo, "Ji Zhai is naturally a Ji Zhai, not a Ji Zhai. How can we grow such good mulberry trees?"

Regardless, Scientology was too weak at this time, so it had no choice but to bow to feudal superstition.

"It's just that my wife's contribution is also part of this. As the saying goes, if heaven moves in a healthy way, a gentleman will strive for self-improvement. If it were a lazy woman, no matter how good the house is, even the mulberry trees will not be able to grow."

Although Hanzhong is far away from Jincheng, as long as you have cutting technology, it will not be difficult to transport some branches.

Even if you can't transport the branches, if you cut them successfully in Jincheng, it will be easy to transport them again.

The most difficult thing is to ask Old Demon Zhuge for the mother plant...

Thinking of Zhuge Lao Yao's temperament of wanting to scrape oil off rocks, Feng Tubiao had already imagined that bloody mouth.

However, seeing Guan Ji in front of him, Feng Yong still said, "So I still want to trouble Sanniang to go back to Jincheng. Tell the Zhang family that I want to plant mulberry and see if they are willing."

If you are willing, you must be willing. How can you get money faster and more money by growing grain than by growing mulberry and hemp?

This can also be regarded as a compensation to Zhang Xingyi for exchanging cheese for the contribution of Zhao Guang and others.

Although this compensation is a bit large, since the target is Zhang Xingyi, it is not a big deal.

Currently, Mr. Zhuge is in power, so he cannot please Adou and Zhang Xingcai openly, but it is a roundabout way to please Zhang Xingyi.

How can temporary investment be effective in long-term investment?

Guan Ji nodded, "I listen to my brother. I just don't know when to set off?"

"I originally wanted to wait for the paper to be made, but I'm afraid I won't have enough time. Sanniang will see if it's convenient in the next few days and can set off at any time."

Feng Yong felt a little regretful.
To be continued...