"The ancestor said that he came from the Jiangnan region of the Yuan Dynasty..." Steven hurriedly replied.

According to Steven's description, Scott quickly determined that this area should be the Suzhou-Hangzhou area of ​​China.

Throughout history, silk and embroidery produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou are well-known both at home and abroad, especially the representative work Su Embroidery, which is even more famous all over the world.

It is now 1444, and Steven's ancestors entered West Asia only in the Yuan Dynasty. According to the silk embroidery technology he mastered, it should be the Su embroidery technology of the Song Dynasty.

Scott also had a little understanding of the Su embroidery technique of the Song Dynasty. According to the "Qing Secret Collection", "The embroidery of the Song people used fine needles and threads, and used one or two threads, and used needles as thin as hair. The color was exquisite and the brilliance was shining. The mountains and waters were of different distances and nearness, and the pavilions were deep and vivid in their eyes. The flowers and birds were extremely graceful and greedy, and the best ones were better than paintings."

From this documentary record, it can be seen that the Su embroidery technology of the Song Dynasty has already reached a very high level, and it is unique in the matching of virtual and real colors, especially in details such as flowers, birds, fish and insects.

If this embroidery product is circulated in Europe, it is afraid that it will win the market for aristocratic high-end consumer goods in minutes. It can even be expected that silk trading will definitely monopolize the entire European market by then.

Thinking of this in my heart, Scott quickly communicated with Steven again: "It's great, then I'm going to produce silk in the Norfolk area now. I don't know what to prepare?"

Steven replied: "If we want to produce silk, we need silk! For silk, we need to breed silkworms first, and then spin silk after the silkworms grow up, so that we can process silk to produce silk."

When Scott heard this, his head suddenly felt ache. Where should he get these silkworms and mulberry trees?

These two things are very common in modern times, but in the Middle Ages of Europe, these things were very precious and almost nothing was passed down.

Realizing Scott's difficulties, Steven replied with a smile: "Is the Earl worried about silkworms and mulberry trees? Don't worry, I have silkworm eggs and mulberry species here."

As he said that, Steven took out a small bag of things from his tight pocket. When he opened it, he found that it was a large number of silkworm eggs and mulberry seeds.

Looking at these things, Scott was so excited that he didn't know what to say: "Thank you, I remember your contribution to Norfolk this time. After the silkworms hatch, I will grant you the title of nobles."

"Thank you Earl! Thank you Earl!" As soon as he heard Scott's words, Steven burst into tears and fell to his knees with a plop.

It’s not because Steven is so excited. After all, since Steven’s ancestors became slaves, the times have destined that he would also be a slave.

But who would like to be a slave who could be shouted and bullied, so Steven has been working hard to get rid of his identity as a slave.

Now that this wish has finally come true, how could Steven be unhappy?

"Steven, we can hatch this silkworm quickly, but what should we eat after hatching this silkworm?" Looking at the silkworm eggs and looking at these mulberry species, Scott said sadly: "After all, it takes time for this mulberry tree to grow, so how do we feed the silkworms during this period?"

Steven smiled and said, "Although mulberry leaves are the most suitable food for silkworms, if there are no mulberry leaves, we can use dandelion leaves to replace them. When I entered Norfolk, I found that there were a lot of dandelions in Norfolk."

"Oh, OK! Then start to act." Scott was impatient when he heard this.

Soon, under Scott's deployment, a closed and empty yard in the Earl's Mansion was cut out, and then all rooms were filled with dustpans for the collection of silkworms.

After laying the bottom of the dustpan with paper, Steven then evenly distributed the silkworm eggs in each dustpan.

Seeing Commander Steven's busy arrangement, Scott didn't understand these things anyway, so he turned his head and prepared to leave.

At this time, Steven shouted behind him: "Earl, hurry up and order people to pick fresh dandelion leaves. At most, I can make all the silkworms hatch in one day."

"Okay, I get it!" Scott agreed.

Steven hurriedly said: "Earl, those mulberry seeds can also be planted, but I suggest sending someone to protect the mulberry seedlings, otherwise once they spread or are pulled out, it will be a loss."

"I know what to do. You should be responsible for hatching silkworms." After that, Scott left.

Back in the study, Scott took the map and began to plan the mulberry base.

According to the habits of mulberry trees, mulberry trees like warm and humid climates and are slightly tolerant of shade.

Generally, the temperature begins to sprout above twelve degrees, and the appropriate temperature for growth is 25 to 30 degrees. If it exceeds forty degrees, it is suppressed, and if it drops below twelve degrees, it stops growing.

In addition, mulberry trees are drought-tolerant and not flood-tolerant, and are resistant to barrenness, and are highly adaptable to soil.

It can be said that the climate in Norfolk is relatively suitable for mulberry trees. After all, it has a temperate ocean climate, with mild temperatures throughout the year and moderate precipitation. Almost a mulberry tree is here, growing and developing all year round. It won’t take long before mulberry trees can grow.

However, Norfolk is now fully building canals. Once the river transportation network is built, the land in the entire region will be very flooded. However, this land cannot be chosen casually.

Combined with the degree of drought and flooding of the land and the issue of safety, Scott finally set his sights on a small hill in the northeastern area of ​​Norwich, the capital.

Planting mulberry trees in the hilly areas can ensure that the mulberry trees have sufficient sunshine; secondly, it can prevent the land from being too flooded and damage the mulberry trees; thirdly, the terrain of the hilly areas is higher, such areas are more suitable for soldiers to protect mulberry forests.

After selecting the area, Scott immediately ordered someone to call Andy: "Now you can issue an order to the whole county to send fresh dandelion leaves to Norwich! Also, quickly bring an army to clear out the mountainous areas northeast of Norwich, and then circle out the surrounding land, and explicitly order no one to go in. Do you understand?"

Andy hesitated and said, "This, Earl, some places in this area are private, I am afraid that those private people will not easily throw them away."

Scott gritted his teeth and said, "So what? Tell them that I want this area and try to compensate them as much as possible! If they don't accept compensation and refuse to obey orders, then just kill them. Anyway, Norfolk doesn't support people who don't obey orders."

After hearing Scott's words, Andy had to bow his head and agree, and then quickly left with his men.
Chapter completed!