With Pinxixi in hand, I have a supermarket in the Changzheng!

"Five, fifty cents?!"

“The boss is so generous!”

"I want to sign up! I want to sign up!"

The villagers gathered around Wang Dong one by one, looking excited and with happy smiles on their faces.

It’s no wonder that the villagers are so excited. Fifty cents a day was considered a very high salary in that era.

After all, in Shanghai in the 30s, workers' wages were only about 17 yuan a month, which was less than 6 cents a day.

For farmers who work in the fields, fifty cents a day is definitely a high salary!

In the next few days, the construction of the factory went exceptionally smoothly and a small-scale factory was soon built.

Although it cannot be compared with modern factories, it is small but complete.

There are special rooms for raising silkworms, rooms for storing mulberry leaves, and staff dormitories, etc.

In the spacious adobe house, there are many wooden shelves, on which are placed large round winnowing baskets woven from bamboo.

"Director Wang, what is this black thing?"

The villagers who came to the textile factory to help were now gathered together, looking at the small black spots like sesame seeds on the large winnowing basket.

"These are newly hatched silkworms. They will grow into plump and white in two days."

Newly hatched silkworms are also called silkworm ants. Each one is only as big as a sesame seed and is black in color.

As long as they eat mulberry leaves, they will turn white and grow a lot bigger in two days.

The villagers looked at the black silkworm ants with great wonder.

"Can such a small child chew mulberry leaves?"

"Now they can only eat the tenderest mulberry leaves. When you have time, go pick some. We will buy them by the kilogram. The more you work, the more you earn."

Rather than hiring some people to work for a fixed salary every day, it is better to let the whole village participate and get more pay for more work.

In this way, everyone in the village has the opportunity to make money and everyone will be more motivated to work.

Wang Dong planned to do this: it would only take 20 to 30 days to raise a batch of silkworms. For the first time, he asked everyone to help and learn the breeding techniques.

Next month, the villagers can take the silkworm seeds and raise them at home, and then sell the cocoons to him.

After all, the factory has a limited area and the number of silkworms raised is also limited.

But if every household raises silkworms, the output will be absolutely astonishingly high, and it will definitely lead the villagers out of poverty and into prosperity.

The young silkworms have just hatched today and don’t eat much, so the villagers didn’t pick many mulberry leaves.

Chop the tender mulberry leaves into small pieces with a kitchen knife and sprinkle them evenly on the little silkworms.

At this time, the NPC strong men were pushing wheelbarrows and preparing to go out.

An old lady took a look into the wheelbarrow, somewhat puzzled.

"We have so many mulberry trees here, why do we need to plant more?"

In the wheelbarrow were rows of mulberry saplings, each as thick as a little finger.

Wang Dong smiled and explained to everyone, "These mulberry seedlings are different from the mulberry trees in the village. They don't bear mulberries, but their leaves are very large."

The old lady asked curiously, "How big is it?"

"This mulberry leaf is bigger than my face!"

These were mulberry trees specially used for raising silkworms that Zhou Yue ordered from the mall.

This kind of mulberry tree is very different. It does not bear mulberries, nor does it grow particularly thick or tall.

The thin stems are densely packed with leaves, and each leaf is surprisingly large, making it a great tool for raising silkworms.

When the whole village starts raising silkworms in the future, I guess all the wild mulberry trees in the village will be plucked out.

Now that we have planted these mulberry trees specifically for raising silkworms, we no longer have to worry about not having enough mulberry leaves.

The sericulture business here was developing in full swing, and the Red Army soldiers over there were about to reach Mianping City.

"Brother Gou Wa, do the Yi people look the same as us?"

Zhou Xing followed behind Gou Wa and kept asking questions.

Ever since Gou Wa taught Zhou Xing to read, their relationship has made rapid progress.

My younger brother Zhou Xing has a very cute personality. In front of people he is not familiar with, he is well-behaved and doesn’t talk much.

But after getting to know each other, he turned into a chatterbox.

Zhou Xing heard from Instructor Liu that Mianping County is a gathering place for the Yi people, and he has always been curious about what the Yi people look like.

Gou Wa felt helpless and rubbed Zhou Xing's head with his hand.

"They just have two eyes, a nose and a mouth. They are no different from us."

Although Gou Wa said this, Zhou Xing was still full of expectations.

When he passed by the Miao village before, he saw the Miao folks wearing gorgeous costumes and beautiful silver items.

They were extremely enthusiastic, and everyone could sing and dance, which really opened his eyes.

I wonder what kind of surprises the Yi folks will have?

Soon the Red Army soldiers began to besiege the city of Mianping, where there were not many enemy troops stationed.

Seeing the massive Red Army outside the city, they had long given up the idea of ​​defending the city. They fired a few perfunctorily from the city wall and prepared to flee.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Oh! I forgot my gold bracelet in the house!"

"Why bother about the gold bracelet at this moment! If you don't hurry up, we'll be gone!"

At this time, the house of the Mianning County Magistrate was in chaos. Everyone, from top to bottom, was packing their luggage and belongings, preparing to flee.

County magistrate Li Wude had heard that every time the Red Army entered a city, the first thing they did was to fight against the landlords and bullies.

During the years he served as county magistrate, he had taken advantage of the villagers a lot. If he were caught by the Red Army, he would certainly not have a good ending.

When Li Wude saw the concubines still in the room, packing up their beautiful cheongsams, he was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes.

"Don't take any of these clothes! If you don't hurry up, I'm really leaving!"

"Master! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

These concubines had quite a lot of stuff, including gold and silver bracelets and pearl necklaces, filling several large boxes.

After packing up all the valuables, Li Wude, along with his concubines and some armed men, started his escape.

However, the escape was not smooth because they had already been targeted.

There were hundreds of people lying on the hillside, all wearing pure black ethnic costumes with blue-green stripes on their clothes.

Without exception, everyone had a black scarf on their head, and one could tell at a glance that they were Yi people.

They are the Yi ethnic armed forces, and each of them carries a gun on his back.

At this time, they were lying on the mountain, their eyes fixed on the road below like wolves.

"Everyone, pay attention! They're coming!"

When the carriage team that Li Wude was on passed this road, the originally silent forest suddenly erupted with sharp gunfire.

"Ahhhh!"

"Help! Run!"

In the hail of bullets, Li Wu dragged his concubines and hid under the carriage.

They were all trembling with fear, their faces turning frighteningly pale.

The gunshots soon stopped, and those people with guns who were responsible for protecting Li Wude's safety either ran away or died, and all of them were gone.

At this time, only their family was left shivering in the back of the carriage.

The Yi people on the hillside took back their guns, put them on their backs, and walked down the mountain with hearty smiles.

A group of people surrounded the carriage, and those who were shaking with fear did not even dare to raise their heads.

The leading Yi man stepped on Li Wude's fat back.

"County Magistrate Li, do you still remember me?"