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After the big spinning wheel was built, Meng Chuxi went to visit Yan Qian, and sure enough, Yan Qian was already waiting for her.When he saw her coming, he laughed and ordered someone to serve tea.

"Steward Yan, since I'm here, I'll cut straight to the point and say that the Yan family is kind to me, so once Chuxi has something good, he will definitely share it with the Yan family. This time, please help me to invite Master Tan, The purpose is to build a spinning wheel, and I think this big spinning wheel is also very necessary for the Yan family." After finishing speaking, she took out the blueprint and handed it to Yan Qian.

Yan Qian was a little surprised. He looked down for a while, and the expression on his face became more and more surprised. He suddenly raised his head: "Is it really possible?"

Meng Chuxi nodded: "It has been tested and it is feasible."

Yan Qian looked and looked, and asked her with a smile: "What do you want?"

Meng Chuxi lowered her head and sipped her tea with a chuckle: "I thought I was straightforward enough, but I didn't expect you to be more direct, Yan Butler."

Yan Qian looked at her and said: "Look at the target, I don't think there is any need for those calculations between you and me, let's talk straight to the point, and in the end, it will be as you said, mutual benefit."

Meng Chuxi took a breath: "Then I'm not polite anymore. My request is very simple. The Yan family occupies the most important wharf in Qingyang Town. I think that in the future, the goods will be transported by water. I would like to cooperate with the two parties and help to transport them for a cheaper price."

After Meng Chuxi finished talking about Yan Qian's knowledge, he pondered for a moment and said bluntly: "Yes, how much advantage knowledge will give you, you need to ask the master for instructions."

Meng Chuxi nodded: "Naturally. I've already asked Master Tan to start working on the spinning wheel, and Steward Yan can come and see how it works."

"Okay, it's a deal." Yan Qian couldn't stop his excitement when he thought about it.You must know that if this is true, their labor input and time loss will be almost doubled, and the benefits will be increased by at least [-] to [-]%. This change can be said to reverse the production situation of the textile industry.

If they take the first step, the benefits they can get in this Dayan Dynasty cannot be underestimated, and the reduction in the price of water transportation is not worth mentioning.

After dealing with this matter, now Meng Chuxi only needs to guard the first batch of spring silkworms, and start looking for workshops. When the water turning spinning wheel is built, he will rush to spin the silk into yarn for the first batch of this year.

Yan's family is mainly engaged in hemp processing and cloth trading, so at the beginning, the goods can be directly supplied to Yan's family, and the rest she can weave by herself into silk and satin to be shipped to other places by water, which saves trouble and time.

Everything went smoothly as Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu expected.Soon the first batch of silkworms clustered. Meng Chuxi reminded the silkworm farmers to observe and patrol in time to prepare for the silkworms to cluster. In just a few days, the silkworms raised by everyone have cocooned one after another.

Along the way, they have been raising silkworms according to the method instructed by Meng Chuxi, and the top-grade rate of the clustered cocoons has increased by nearly two layers. In the past, each foil of silkworm cocoons was more than twelve catties, but now some are as high as fourteen catties, which made them happy .

There are two types of silk harvesting by Meng Chuxi, one is directly harvesting cocoons, and the other is directly harvesting silk. The price of the former is much lower, but it saves time and effort for silkworm farmers, while silk needs to be reeled by itself.If the quality is not good, the quality of the silk will be damaged. Therefore, those with little experience will directly sell silkworm cocoons. Although the income is lower, it saves time and effort, and it is definitely better than hard work in farming.

In fact, Zhou Qingwu didn't understand that silkworm cocoons were time-consuming to process, and they had to reel the silk again after taking back so many silkworm cocoons, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive and labor-intensive.

Meng Chuxi looked at her and said, "Then Qingwu will help me do the calculation. How much does the price of the silk we get after collecting the silkworm cocoons compare to direct collection?"

Zhou Qingwu thought about it for a while. The salary for silk reeling varies from fifty to sixty yuan a day. The amount of silk reeled by one person per day is between one tael and eight cents to two taels of silk for a catty of cocoons. Silk, the price of a catty of silk is around two guan, and the direct price should be less than [-] guan.

After calculating in his mind, Zhou Qingwu gestured and said: A catty of shredded silk can save ten to twenty wen.

Meng Chuxi nodded, and boasted: "Qingwu is awesome. It is true that it costs more than ten or twenty Wen, but Qingwu, although it is more than ten or twenty Wen, but how much silk we need for a batch of silkworm cocoons?" These people have an extra income of more than 50 yuan a day. Some people are willing to sell silkworm cocoon pictures to save money and save trouble. After we accept it, some people who have no work around Qingyang Town can have something to do, and they can earn the next day’s expenses. It's just that we earn less than ten yuan per catty, and it doesn't matter."

After hearing this, Zhou Qingwu was stunned for a while, then raised his smile and nodded repeatedly, looking at Meng Chuxi's eyes with stars shining.

Meng Chuxi was embarrassed by her look, and covered her eyes: "Okay, don't look at me like this, I don't know what's going on with the mulberry garden, let's go and have a look."

Because of the need to process reeling and store goods, Meng Chuxi built a warehouse near the mulberry garden, and it should be almost completed now.The goods are their property and must not be lost, so Meng Chuxi attaches great importance to this, and Luo Wu has been supervising the work almost all day recently.

After the workshop and warehouse were built, as Meng Chuxi said, Zhou Qingwu's dowry was pasted in, and there were less than a hundred guan cash left.

But Zhou Qingwu didn't feel bad either, because these two things proved to be very useful.The silk reeling was in full swing, because it was the first time, Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu almost took turns watching over there, pointing out the bad things about the short-term workers.

And Meng Chuxi also made some small strategies, and if the quality and quantity are passed the acceptance, there will be a silver reward.If there is too much damage, the wages will be lowered, so the quality is good. Those silk reeling women are very motivated, far exceeding what Zhou Qingwu originally expected.

This half month was the busiest time. At first, Meng Chuxi had to collect the silk by herself, and she and Zhou Qingwu had to go to the spinning wheel to reel the silk, so she was extremely busy and tired.

So at the beginning of March, Meng Chuxi recruited two experienced stewards to help with these two processes.Everyone is around 40 years old, and Meng Chuxi's wages are not low. The purpose is to bring out the two young people she personally found.

Luo Wu grew up very fast. Although he still couldn't fully meet Meng Chuxi's requirements, Meng Chuxi at Sangyuan no longer needed to worry too much. Luo Wu could solve small things, and he could give feedback in time if there was a problem. After working for a while Everything finally straightened out, and it was in order.

After the two of them relaxed, they rested at home for a day. The peach blossoms were in full bloom in March, and the flowers and plants planted in the yard at home were growing very well. It was very pleasant to sit in the yard and watch.

On the climbing frame in the yard, Zhou Qingwu dug back two honeysuckle plants, and now they have sprouted new leaves. In another month, the fence will be full of honeysuckle flowers. The two rose plants are growing very well now, climbing up Perimeter fence.

"The azaleas are all in bloom, and the orchids should be about the same. I don't know if the orchids at home will bloom this year."

Zhou Qingwu poured tea for her, and gestured: "Go back and have a look in a few days, just in time to find mushrooms."

Meng Chuxi's eyes lit up: "Are you looking for thatch mushrooms?"

Zhou Qingwu nodded, thought for a while and compared: find some glutinous rice for you.

This is Meng Chuxi's favorite, and she still wants her to try it if she has the chance. Although this year's life is better, Meng Chuxi is working harder and harder than before.Looking at the chickens not far away, I can't eat any more eggs at home, so I sold a lot of them.There is no shortage of chicken for the time being, you can kill the chicken and make soup to replenish Meng Chuxi's body.

Meng Chuxi didn't expect that Zhou Qingwu planned to attack the chicken, but suddenly heard the chicken clucking at home, which was loud and rapid, and said, "A chicken lays another egg today?"

Zhou Qingwu nodded: I have saved a lot of eggs at home, and I will sell them tomorrow, and they will go bad after a long time.

Eggs are the most acceptable tonic for ordinary people, and they can still be bought for three pennies.So don't worry about selling.

However, Meng Chuxi thought about it, and suddenly asked Zhou Qingwu: Have you ever eaten Biandan?

Zhou Qingwu was stunned and shook his head: What is "changing egg"?

Meng Chuxi thought for a while that the Dayan Dynasty probably didn't have such a thing at this time, and she was a little excited. She had forgotten that it was not that she accidentally mentioned that there were too many eggs, and she didn't even think about it.

So she explained to Zhou Qingwu enthusiastically: "Bianggin is to wrap the egg with lime powder and plant ash. After a certain period of time, the egg white will coagulate and become elastic. The taste is very good, completely different from eggs, and it is very durable. put."

Zhou Qingwu was at a loss, Meng Chuxi smiled and said, "You can try it when I make it, I'll go buy lime powder first."

Just do what you say, Zhou Qingwu couldn't help laughing when he watched her stand up and go out in a hurry.She suddenly thought, in fact, it would be good for Meng Chuxi to open a restaurant, there are so many new dishes, and there are also those snacks.Thinking of herself, she pursed her lips and laughed, then thought about Meng Chuxi asking for ash, looked outside, she shook her head, she could only help if she wanted to be herself.

After looking for straw, Zhou Qingwu was going to burn the ashes for Meng Chuxi.

When Meng Chuxi came back, he saw Zhou Qingwu sifting the ashes, and immediately burst out laughing: "You are so good."

Zhou Qingwu glanced away at her, hummed and continued with his work.Meng Chuxi bowed his head and kissed her, and walked into the kitchen when she blushed and blamed.

To change eggs, you need to choose eggs that have been placed for a period of time, and there should be no gaps, otherwise they will be broken.

Add lime powder to cold water and mix well, then add plant ash. In order to taste better, Meng Chuxi added salt and spices to it, made a paste, wrapped it with eggs, wrapped it with a layer of sawdust, and stored it in a cool place.

"You can eat this after about ten days. The cold salad is the best. It's delicious."

Zhou Qingwu dialed curiously and nodded.

In the past two days, the water-turning spinning wheel has been officially put into production. Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu went to the scene to watch it. When the water wheel turned, the two almost held their breath, watching the silk being stretched and rolled up after being twisted. , 32 filaments are divided into yarns and are continuously wound up, which is very smooth.

The amount of silk from spring silkworms is double that of autumn silkworms, but it was resolved within a few days.

But if he wanted to weave this large amount of silk into silk and sell it, Meng Chuxi had to go to Suzhou Mansion to discuss with the merchants there.The plan is to use Bell Tower as the introducer to go there to sign the contract.Therefore, Meng Chuxi will go to Suzhou with the merchant ship this time.

Knowing the news, Zhou Qingwu was a little bit reluctant. The family had to keep someone, and Meng Chuxi didn't want to take her to Suzhou Mansion, so she would definitely separate from Meng Chuxi.

This time I went to catch up with time, and it was very uncomfortable to walk on the water all the way.She still needs to contact people there, and Meng Chuxi is afraid that taking Zhou Qingwu along will make her suffer again.

After talking to Zhou Qingwu, she nodded her head, but told her worriedly: You must take good care of yourself.

Meng Chuxi laughed: "It's okay, Suzhou Mansion is not far away. I went and finished my business and came back immediately. Well, when I come back, you can eat the egg. You must stay at home obediently. I told Luo Wu that I will During the few days when you are not at home, you will live in the mulberry garden, and it will be much safer if someone guards there, otherwise I am not at ease, huh?"

Zhou Qingwu couldn't help laughing after being babbled by her, and nodded again and again: Got it.You have to be careful out there alone.

Meng Chuxi was leaving early the next morning with the merchant ship, and at night Zhou Qingwu hugged her and was depressed all the time, and couldn't sleep.

They haven't been separated since they met, and now Meng Chuxi is going out to discuss business. She doesn't know what she does or encounters these days.It would take six or seven days at the earliest to come back from this trip, and she was even more worried that something bad would happen to Meng Chuxi alone outside. Although she knew that Meng Chuxi was very powerful, she couldn't help but think wildly.

Meng Chuxi could naturally feel that she was not asleep, so she whispered, "Why don't you sleep?"

Zhou Qingwu raised his head and looked at her blurred outline in the night, then hugged her tightly and buried his head in her arms, Meng Chuxi could clearly feel the attachment and reluctance in his movements.

Gently patted her on the back: "It's okay, I'll be back soon, um, let me see what good things Suzhou has, bring some back for Qingwu, okay?"

Zhou Qingwu shook his head, and wrote in her palm: No, as long as you come back.

Meng Chuxi's heart was very soft, and she kissed her forehead: "Okay."

Kissing the soft little girl in her arms, Meng Chuxi looked sideways at her: "Can't sleep yet?"

Zhou Qingwu was indeed not sleepy, so he nodded.

Hearing this, Meng Chuxi said in a low voice, "Then... can we... do it?"

With a soft voice, Meng Chuxi turned over and pressed on Zhou Qingwu's body, the meaning was obvious.

Zhou Qingwu's cheeks were hot, his eyes wandered and he didn't dare to look at her, and finally reached out and put his arms around Meng Chuxi's neck.

The heat in the air gradually ignited, and in the night, Meng Chuxi rubbed Zhou Qingwu's head, biting his lips and enduring it until finally he couldn't suppress it.

Because Meng Chuxi was going on a long trip, Zhou Qingwu was afraid of tiring her, so Meng Chuxi obediently tormented her once when he came here, and he didn't feel sleepy in his daze, and fell into a deep sleep.