Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 822: ：Northern Development

Huang Wenwen hurriedly said: "Huang is a junior general in His Highness's army, so the courtesy cannot be discarded."

Besides, is that the princess he is kneeling on?

She is clearly the future little princess!

Military advisors have a reputation but no real power, but they have a reputation and the privilege of not kneeling before officials. After Huang Wenwen saw her, he could directly bow his hands and bow as a scholar, but he didn't have to act like a military general.

Yu Youyao has always respected me as much as I respect others: "Senior Huang is a veteran in the army. He has assisted King Ding and King Wu Mu in guarding the northern border for many years. He has worked hard and made great achievements. He is the leader of Prince Wu Mu's palace. Naturally, He is also my guest."

Huang Wenwen is also a happy person. Seeing that she did not pretend to be a princess, he was relieved: "If you are brave enough to trust someone, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful."

The two of them sat down.

Huang Wenwen made a calculation for Yu Youyao: "Silk, tea, salt and porcelain were the main industry of the Zhou Dynasty. Silk, in particular, was deeply loved by overseas countries. Every year, silk through maritime trade can reach three One hundred thousand pieces, an ordinary piece of silk, can buy five taels of silver in the Zhou Dynasty, and twenty taels of silver overseas, not to mention the more exquisite silk..."

He chattered loudly and rattled his abacus, asking how many looms there were in Jiangnan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Henan, how much silk could be produced each season, and what was the cost of each piece of silk.

Finally, it was concluded: "There are more than 300,000 looms in Jiangnan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shandong and Henan, weaving silk day and night, with an annual output of about 500,000 pieces of silk. The annual silk production of the Zhou Dynasty The income can reach more than ten million taels."

Yu Youyao knew that silk was highly profitable, but he never calculated the account in detail: "This is almost the entire year's expenditure of the Zhou Dynasty. The income from salt, tea, and porcelain should be no less than that of silk. Plus other Why can’t the national treasury still collect more than it pays for some miscellaneous taxes and have to make up for the deficit every year?”

Huang Wenwen smiled: "Apart from the high risks of maritime trade, including the frequent occurrences of Japanese pirates and ship-robbery losses, the remaining profits were exploited by the officials at every level. In the end, only about 30% of what actually went into the national treasury was left. ”

Zhejiang Dusi colluded with Japanese pirates and pirates, and the hijacked merchant ships were equivalent to Zhejiang Dusi's "tribute" to the pirates and Japanese pirates.

Yu Youyao took a breath: "You are really greedy."

Huang Wenwen was convinced and continued: "The tussah silkworms eat a lot, and excessive sericulture will destroy the mountain forest environment. Considering sustainable development, the number of tussah silkworms must be controlled. As a result, the production of tussah silkworms is actually very limited. However, the temperature along the coast is suitable. I suggest that we introduce high-quality mulberry seedlings from Zhejiang and plant mulberry trees in places that are not suitable for farming."

Huang Wenwen is from Liaodong and knows Liaodong very well. He has been to Zhejiang before and has an understanding of Zhejiang's landforms and environment. Only with factual basis can he dare to say this.

"Mulberry silkworms eat less food and need to be raised at home. Mulberry trees grow quickly and can become trees in almost three to five years. Raising both mulberry and oak silkworms will not only greatly increase the silk production in Liaodong, but also give the oak forest a certain Only with good growing space and good oak trees can we produce the best quality tussah silk."

Yu Youyao admired Huang Wenxian a little. He was really smart and shrewd. He always had an account in mind, so he was not in a hurry to talk to him.

Sure enough!

Huang Wenwen changed the topic and continued: "Based on the current scale of sericulture in Liaodong, a total of 50,000 looms can be preset, which can produce nearly 100,000 pieces of silk every year. Tussah silk is better than mulberry silk. The price is also nearly twice as high, and the profit is very impressive."

In the Zhou Dynasty, mulberry silk was still the main product.

The output of tussah silk is smaller, and it is generally used for making military armors, and some high-end luxury silks are supplied to the upper class, and are almost inaccessible to ordinary people.

For this reason, the profit of tussah silkworms is higher than that of mulberry silkworms.

This does not mean that mulberry silkworms are inferior to tussah silkworms.

There are also many precious silkworms among the mulberry silkworms, such as snow firefly silkworms, amber silkworms, etc. The silk they produce is extremely precious. There are less than a hundred silkworms every year, and almost all of them enter the palace.

Yu Youyao thought thoughtfully, silkworms have great potential in the coastal areas of Liaodong.

Huang Wenwen said: "When the sericulture in Liaodong develops, another 50,000 looms can be added. When mulberry silkworms develop to a large scale, another 50,000 looms can be added. Calculating based on the growth rate of mulberry trees , at most five years, the number of looms in Liaodong will reach at least 150,000."

Having taken in refugees, the Liaodong area has no shortage of population and has great potential for development.

Yu Youyao was a little surprised: "The silk produced in Zhejiang already accounts for half of the country's total output. If the scale of sericulture in Liaodong can be developed, it can compete with Zhejiang."

She didn't settle this account before.

Huang Wenwen nodded: "Drought is a disaster, but it is also an opportunity. Through the "national policy", we are vigorously developing sericulture. Silk, weaving, printing, dyeing, cutting, embroidery, etc. related to sericulture can drive almost the entire North. In China, tussah silk is a military necessity and the demand is large. Silk can be exported to overseas countries and exchanged for other countries' special items, as well as food, spices, medicinal materials, etc."

Yu Youyao noticed that Huang Wenwen advocated selling silk from the Zhou Dynasty to other countries in exchange for other countries' resources. In this way, the excessive development of sericulture could be avoided, which would lead to a reduction in grain production and a shortage of materials.

It also put an end to excessive commercialization in the north, which resulted in merchants being more valuable than people and people being inferior to merchants. In turn, merchants oppressed the people, resulting in lower productivity and lower grain production.

It is indeed a foresight.

The issues that she had been worried about before were also taken into consideration.

Huang Wenwen added: "Sweet potatoes have high yields and are cheap to work. A small amount of land can be used to harvest a large amount of food. Under the condition of self-sufficiency, there is great potential to vigorously develop sericulture."

If Princess Shaoyi fails to grow sweet potatoes, then the first thing to ensure in the north is grain production. However, the north is vast and sparsely populated, and the grain output is low. Most people need to be mobilized to farm to ensure the grain production. If we can feed the local people ~IndoMTL.com~ and even military supplies, there will be no manpower to raise silkworms and develop business.

To put it bluntly, the development of the North is based on sweet potatoes.

Including taking in refugees, resettling refugees, implementing national policies, and even later confronting the gentry, Fanshu was the backbone of Youjun's invincibility.

Huang Wenwen’s words summed up the future development trend of the northern border.

Yu Youyao felt confident: "According to your opinion, if we want to introduce foreign merchants to the Liaodong area, we should give priority to businesses related to silk and grain production?"

Most of the foreign merchants came for her and Yin Huaixi. Many merchants brought a large amount of supplies to contact the government. They even sent "filial piety" to her and Yin Huaixi through the government. The imperial court issued national policies, and a large number of Supplies were flowing to the north, and the government did not dare to make arbitrary decisions. She and Yin Huaixi needed to take care of things.

However, the development of the northern border is unclear, and the merchants' overtures need to be treated with caution.

Neither she nor Yin Huaixi can do anything to gain advantage for nothing.

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