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Gu Jingyun took half a day to visit the county magistrate of Qiongzhou, and when he came back, he called Zhang Yiyan, "Do you want to get involved in the silk business?"

Zhang Yiyan was taken aback, and seeing Gu Jingyun's complexion, he immediately explained: "I had this idea, but I didn't put it on the agenda, after all, the tea leaves haven't been produced yet."

He glanced at Gu Jingyun's expression cautiously, and asked, "Is this business not good? The profit of silk and satin has always been very high, and our current weaving methods are very high. As long as the weavers are willing to study hard, they will be able to spin good ones." of silk."

Gu Jingyun turned around and took out a scroll of paintings from the table to unfold. Zhang Yiyan went up to look at them. Seeing some pictures of mountains, he looked at Gu Jingyun in confusion.

"Although I haven't traveled all over Qiongzhou, but these are drawn from county annals and documents. Qiongzhou is mountainous and rarely flat." Gu Jingyun pointed to the map he drew and said: "Even if Qiongzhou has few people, we will definitely If we can’t occupy cultivated land to grow cash crops other than food, what we can choose is some barren flat land and relatively low hills. Planting hemp and tea has already taken up a large part, let them see the profit of silk and satin , how many people do you think will grow food?"

"We can buy..."

"Qiongzhou and Dachu are separated by a strait," Gu Jingyun interrupted him, "Even the places where silk and satin are the most prosperous in Jiangsu and Zhejiang don't dare to occupy fertile land to plant mulberry. People depend on food. Are you going to hand over your life Is it in someone else's hands?"

Zhang Yiyan was silent.

"The county magistrate is right. Qiongzhou should not go too hastily. It is very good now. Don't think about the business of silk and satin. Linen, tea, and seafood, let alone the first two, we must manage the seafood well. Qiongzhou has become an irreplaceable place, and even if the two businesses of linen and tea are no longer profitable, the people of Qiongzhou will not be as difficult as before."

The strait is a natural moat, which not only protects them, but also blocks their development. If the government's policy changes in the future, the business of linen and tea will definitely be affected, because these two things can be found anywhere in the inland. Instead of Qiongzhou.

But seafood is different. There are very few people in Qiongzhou, and most of them live along the coast, which means that most people make a living by fishing and farming.

Most of the seafood is sold. As long as they make word of mouth now, people think of Qiongzhou when they mention seafood, then Qiongzhou's position will be considered stable.

Now Qiongzhou has occupied a small position in the cotton and linen market, because their fabrics are cheap, why are they cheap?

Because they have advanced spinning machines, when other weavers spun one, they can spin two, which saves cost, and the next thing they have to do is to improve the softness of the fabric, and it is best to create A new kind of cloth, unique to Qiongzhou.

Taking advantage of the opened market to promote tea and seafood, miscellaneous is not good, so Gu Jingyun's plan for Zhang Yiyan has always been to do well in these three businesses within ten years.

But now only the seafood and cloth business has made Qiongzhou people's lives much easier, not to mention the tea plantation that is about to succeed.

"If you walk too fast, you will fall, and the faster you fall, the more painful you will be. Be careful." This is Gu Jingyun's advice to Zhang Yiyan.

Zhang Yiyan's enthusiasm was immediately extinguished, he fell silent, nodded after a while and said: "I was too anxious."

He cheered up and asked, "When are you leaving, I'll see you off."

"tomorrow."

Zhang Yiyan was surprised, "So fast?"

The grave was just raised yesterday, but today I went to see the county magistrate, and I still want to see him, but I'm leaving tomorrow?

He straightened his back and asked, "But something happened in the capital?"

"The academy has started, we have to go back quickly, and I will leave the matter of Qiongzhou to you. If there is any doubt, send someone to deliver a letter to me." Gu Jingyun paused and said, "I know you want to do business with foreigners directly. I won't stop you either, but things like silk and satin are extremely profitable and will take up farmland."

"I understand, I listen to you and the county magistrate."

Gu Jingyun nodded in satisfaction.

The cultivation of cotton and hemp will not occupy farmland, and the price and income of grain will not be lower than that of cotton and hemp, so no one will think of occupying farmland and cultivated land to grow cotton and hemp; while tea prefers acidic soil such as hills, It will not take up farmland.

But Sang is different. If you really want to start a silk business, everyone will be dazzled by the huge profits within two years. Gu Jingyun doesn't want to receive news that there is no food in Qiongzhou one day.

The county magistrate of Qiongzhou obviously also had this concern, so he specifically mentioned this matter when meeting with Gu Jingyun.

An official thinks differently from a businessman. A businessman only needs to think about profits, but an official should not only think about the present, but also think about the future.

For the common people, convenient transportation and prosperous commerce are very important, but the most fundamental thing is food.

Anyone with foresight will not occupy farmland to achieve temporary economic development, because future generations may not be able to afford the consequences.

Fortunately, Zhang Yiyan is not stubborn, and the direction of Yipinfang has always been determined by Gu Jingyun, so he only regretted it and agreed.

"If you dislike the low profits they give on the Bora, why not start contacting foreigners from now on. Our cotton linen can be improved, and tea can be a lot of business. Also, don't forget to introduce our seafood. .”

Zhang Yiyan smiled wryly, "My lord, I'm a criminal, so I can't leave Qiongzhou. And the foreigners are all in Guangzhou, how can I see them?"

Gu Jingyun said meaningfully: "Since you can't go to them, you might as well find a way to let them come to Qiongzhou and you. Guangzhou has a coast, and Qiongzhou also has it. They are all places near the sea, aren't they?"

Zhang Yiyan's eyes lit up, and then gradually dimmed, "Behind Guangzhou is the inland, and many imported products are scattered to various parts of Dachu through Guangzhou, but there is still a strait between our Qiongzhou and the inland."

So docking in Guangzhou is the best choice for them. Why did they come to Qiongzhou?

Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "I heard that ships on the voyage often stop for supplies, and those ports that can call are transit points. What do you think about using Qiongzhou as a transit point? And now that maritime trade is prevalent, many ships can't be transported immediately when they arrive in Guangzhou. To dock, you have to wait in line. But the boatmen have been on board for a long time, do you think they want to find a place to rest, go ashore to play or do some shopping?"

Zhang Yiyan got up immediately and said, "I'll go find the county magistrate!"

Zhang Yiyan left in a hurry, Gu Jingyun flicked his robe and got up to go out, while Li Baolu was squatting in the yard packing his luggage.

It's rare to go back to Qiongzhou once, so of course she must bring enough local products.

All kinds of sun-dried seafood were tied up by her and put into bags, and then stuffed into baskets, while Nan Feng and Fu Dalang were sweating profusely to help.

As soon as Li Baolu looked up and saw Gu Jingyun standing there, she immediately beckoned and said, "Come and help, these are uncle's favorite food, I packed a lot."

Gu Jingyun rolled up his sleeves, tied them with a rope, and asked with a smile, "Where are there so many?"

"I bought them from the villagers. The most indispensable thing here is all kinds of seafood."

"Second sister," Li Jun ran back carrying two bunches of sea crabs, and said excitedly, "What do you think this is?"

Li Baolu jumped up, "So big!"

"The people who went out to sea happened to come back, and I saw a lot of big crabs, so I bought some from them thinking you like to eat them." Li Jun still put the big crabs in the wooden bucket, and said with a naive smile: "Actually, I want to eat them too. There is everything in the capital, but these seafood are too expensive. I used to eat one and throw it away, but now..."

This is the difference between Qiongzhou and other areas near the sea. In places like Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, their fishermen fish, and most of the good things can be sold for a good price. There are very few people who can "eat one and throw one away". , because they are backed by the inland, with a large area and a large population, there are always people who buy them.

But Qiongzhou is different. Unless these fresh goods are transported across the strait, they will be sold domestically.

But how many people are there in Qiongzhou? How many fishermen are there?

There are not many markets at all, and it is half sold and half delivered, so most people choose to process the seafood and sell it directly.

But things like sea crabs are fresh and seasonal. Not to mention that people who go to sea can always find it online, even those who catch the sea on the beach can get a lot, so they can eat one and throw one away.

Of course, Li Baolu would never do such a reckless thing.

She was not in the mood to pack anymore, and followed Li Jun into the kitchen drooling.

Seeing this, Gu Jingyun shook his head and laughed, Nan Feng was also drooling, it was the first time he had seen so many seafood, and he could let him eat with his belly open.

Fu Dalang scratched his head, smiled innocently and then took over Li Baolu's job, carefully packing all the dry goods.

As soon as Li Jun and Li Baolu put the crabs in the steamer, villagers came to visit them one after another, all of them brought them all kinds of fresh seafood, and there were two baskets of sea crabs alone.

They also knew that the Li family was leaving, this time even the grave was moved, and they might not come back in the future.

But the Gu family still has business here, and they still need to rely on them, so it's natural to take the time to curry favor. I just want to show my face to Gu Jingyun, if he gets acquainted, what if he takes a fancy to his own people and asks them to join the caravan of Yipinfang?

Li Baolu originally wanted to decline, but Gu Jingyun let Nanfeng take over, "Let's just let them feel at ease, and let us also be quiet."

Nanfeng respectfully accepted them all, and finally looked at Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu.

Li Baolu saw that he and the servants of Li's family looked greedy, so he waved his hand and said, "Have you all taken it and eaten it?"

"Well, how can this be done," Li Shi's servants declined first, bowing and said, "These are too expensive, you can just use some of them."

Fu Dalang scratched his head, "It's even more expensive than the pork you ate for lunch today."

Everyone: ...these seafood can be packed into high-quality gift boxes in the capital.

Fu Dalang: Isn't it better than the one he picked up on the beach? In fact, if he has a boat to go to sea, he can also get these things.

Li Jun understood Fu Dalang's meaning, and quickly smiled and said: "You just take it and eat it. These things are valuable in the capital, but they are nothing here. Besides, we will leave tomorrow. These things are all fresh and cannot be brought with you." Shall we go on board?"

Only then did Nanfeng and the others happily accept it.