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  Gu Jingyun took a long time 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 and satin business?"

   Zhang Yiyan was stunned for a moment. Seeing Gu Jingyun's face, he immediately explained: "I had this idea, but I didn't put it on the agenda. After all, the tea has not been made yet."

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

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

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

   "We can buy..."

"Qiongzhou and Da Chu are separated by a strait," Gu Jingyun interrupted him, "Even the most prosperous places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would not dare to occupy fertile fields and grow mulberries, and the people depend on food as their heaven. In someone else's hands?"

   Zhang Yiyan was silent.

"The magistrate is right, Qiongzhou can't go too fast, it's good now, don't think about the business of silk and satin. Linen, tea, seafood, let's not mention the first two, we must manage the seafood well, let 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 moat, which not only protects them, but also hinders their development. If the policy of the imperial court changes in the future, the business of linen and tea will definitely be affected, because these two can be found everywhere in the inland, and can be done anywhere. Instead of Qiongzhou.

   But the seafood is different. There are very few people in Qiongzhou, and most of them are distributed along the coast, which means that most people rely on fishing and farming for a living.

   Most of the seafood is sold. As long as they make a good reputation now, and people think of Qiongzhou when they mention seafood, then Qiongzhou's status is stable.

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

Because they have advanced spinning machines, when other weavers spin one, they can spin two, which saves costs, 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.

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

   Now, only the seafood and cloth business has made the life of Qiongzhou people a lot easier, not to mention the soon-to-be-successful tea planting.

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

   Zhang Yiyan's blood was instantly extinguished, he fell silent, and nodded after a while, "I was in a hurry."

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

   "Tomorrow."

   Zhang Yiyan was surprised, "So fast?"

  The grave was only lifted yesterday, and I went to see the magistrate today, and I still want to see him, but I have to leave tomorrow?

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

"The academy has started, we have to go back quickly, and the affairs of Qiongzhou will be left to you. If there is any undecided point, 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, but things like silk and satin are extremely profitable and take up farmland."

   "I understand, I listen to you and the 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 about occupying farmland and mature land to grow cotton and hemp; while tea prefers acidic soil such as hills, It will not occupy farmland.

   But Sang is different. If he really wants to start a silk and satin business, within two years everyone will be dazzled by the huge profits. Gu Jingyun doesn’t want to receive news that Qiongzhou has no grain one day.

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

  The consideration of officials and businessmen is different. Businessmen only need to consider profit, but officials must not only think about the present, but also think about the future.

  For the common people, convenient transportation and commercial development are all important, but the most fundamental thing is food.

   Anyone with some vision would not occupy farmland to achieve temporary economic development, because the consequences may be unaffordable for future generations.

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

"If you don't like the low profit from the Bora, it's better to start contacting foreigners from now on. Our cotton and linen cloth can be improved a little bit. Adding tea is a lot of business. Also, don't forget to introduce our seafood. ."

   Zhang Yiyan smiled bitterly, "Young Master, I am a sinner and cannot leave Qiongzhou. And foreigners are all in Guangzhou, how could I possibly see them?"

   Gu Jingyun said meaningfully: "You can't just 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're all seaside, aren't they?"

   Zhang Yiyan's eyes lit up, and then gradually dimmed, "Behind Guangzhou is the inland. Many imported products are scattered through Guangzhou to all parts of Chu, but our Qiongzhou is separated from the inland by a strait."

  So docking in Guangzhou is the best choice for people, why did they come to Qiongzhou?

Gu Jingyun smiled and said: "I heard that ships in the voyage often stop to supply supplies, and those ports that can dock are transit stations. What do you think about Qiongzhou as a transit point? And now that sea trade is prevalent, many ships can't actually arrive in Guangzhou immediately. When docked, you have to wait in line. But the boatmen have been on the boat for a long time, do you think they want to find a place to rest, go ashore or do some shopping?”

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

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

   It is rare to go back to Qiongzhou once, so of course she has to bring enough local specialties.

   All kinds of dried seafood were bundled into bags by her, and then stuffed into baskets. Nanfeng and Fu Dalang were sweating profusely to help.

  Li Baolu looked up and saw Gu Jingyun standing there, and immediately waved: "Come and help, these are the food that my uncle and the others like to eat. I packed a lot."

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

   "I bought it from the villagers. The most common 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, "What a big guy!"

"The people who went out to sea happened to come back. I saw a lot of big crabs. I thought you liked them and bought some from them." Li Jun kept the big crabs in the wooden bucket and smiled naively: "Actually, I want to eat them too. The capital has everything, but these seafood are too expensive. I used to eat one and throw one away, but now I don’t feel bad…”

This is the difference between Qiongzhou and other areas close to the sea. In places like Guangdong and Guangxi and Fujian, most of the good things can be sold for a good price by their fishermen, and few of them can "eat one and throw one away". , because they are backed by the inland, the land is vast and there are many people, and there are always people who buy.

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

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

   There is not much market at all, and it is in a state of half sale and half delivery, so most people choose to process seafood and sell it directly.

   But things like sea crabs are eaten fresh and eaten in season. People who don’t talk about the sea can always catch the net, even those who catch the sea on the beach can get a lot, so they can eat one and throw the other.

   Of course, Li Baolu will never do such a tyrannical thing.

   She was not in the mood to pack, and drooled into the kitchen with Li Jun.

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

  Fu Dalang scratched his head, took over Li Baolu's work after smiling naively, and carefully packed all the dry goods.

  Li Jun and Li Baolu only put the crabs on the steamer, and villagers came to visit outside one after another, all of whom brought them all kinds of fresh seafood. There are only two baskets of sea crabs.

   They all knew that the Li family was going to leave, and this time even the grave was moved, and they would not come back in the future.

   But the Gu family still has business here, and they still need to rely on them, so naturally they seize the time to curry favor. I just want to be able to show my face in Gu Jingyun's place. If he gets a familiar face, what if he falls in love with his own people and asks them to join the Yipinfang caravan?

  Li Baolu originally wanted to refuse, but Gu Jingyun let Nanfeng accept it all, "Let them feel at ease, and let us be quiet."

  Nanfeng accepted everything respectfully, and finally Baba looked at Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu.

  Li Baolu saw that he and the servants of the Li family were both greedy, so she waved her hand and said, "Did you take it all and eat it?"

   "This, how can this be possible," Li Shi's servant first declined, bowed and said, "These are too expensive, the younger ones can use whatever they want."

  Fu Dalang scratched his head, "This is still expensive, it can't compare to the pork you ate for lunch today."

  Everyone: …These seafood products can be packed into high-quality gift boxes in Beijing.

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

Li Jun understood what Fu Dalang meant, and hurriedly said with a smile: "You just take it to eat, these things are precious in the capital, but they are nothing here. Besides, we are leaving tomorrow, these things are fresh and can't be brought to you. Go on a boat?"

   Nanfeng and the others happily accepted it.