Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 57 Developing Industries
The Qin family acquired more than 2 acres of fertile land at once, and the price paid was just a few seeds.

For Liu Xuan, this is a huge advantage.

However, Qin Li was not at a loss. If he planted these improved quality seeds, his yield could increase five to six times.

After his private land was merged into official land, he still paid a ridiculous amount of tax.
Moreover, with this output, it would be impossible for the tenant farmers to get even [-]% of the harvest.

This is equivalent to Qin Li's private company transforming into a state-owned joint-stock company, deeply binding Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan doesn't have to worry about food for the time being.

But Liu Xuan knew that the upper limit of profit from growing grain was there. To really make money, you had to rely on cash crops.

Now that the situation is temporarily stable, it is time to develop the economy.

When war broke out, they had no food or money, and they couldn't survive at all.

In the final analysis, fighting is about fighting for money.

After making up his mind, Liu Xuan began to plan ways to make money.

[Notepad starts]

[In 198 AD, Huaiyin County, you solved the food problem in Huaiyin County. In order to cope with the possible war difficulties in the future, you decided to seize the time to engage in economic development. 】

[Trigger development task: develop industry]

[Task details: Develop a mature industrial chain in Huaiyin County and start making profits. 】

[Task reward: entry*2]

If you want to get entries, you have to move more. Liu Xuan knows this truth very well.

After thinking for a moment, Liu Xuan's thoughts moved, and the Nong Sangji in his mind was about to appear.

silkworm!
Liu Xuan chose the introduction of silkworms.

In this annotated mulberry farming compilation, the techniques of planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms are introduced in great detail.

Their downstream products are silk, brocade,
It belongs to the category of luxury goods in this era.

Since it is a luxury product, it means high economic added value.

Huaiyin is one of the regions with developed silk weaving industry.

That's it!

Silkworm breeding in Huaiyin County includes private workshops and large-scale breeding.

Ordinary people plant dozens of mulberry trees in front of and behind their houses, buy silkworm seeds, and then start a workshop.

However, the silk weaving industry is dominated by aristocratic families in the city.

The silk weaving industry requires factories and a lot of skilled workers, so ordinary people naturally don't have the capital to do this.

However, under Hucaosi, there is also a mulberry forest belonging to the county government.

It was Xu Chong who came here to study the improvement of mulberry trees.

Liu Xuan came to the mulberry garden alone.
It is early spring now, and the mulberry trees have just sprouted green leaf buds.

The mulberry leaves at this time are just right for the newly hatched silkworms to eat.

Liu Xuan broke a mulberry branch that was growing well.

With a thought, he took out the quality-improving seed box.

Place the mulberry branches into the breeding box and close the lid.

[Notepad opens.]

[Cash crop detected: mulberry tree, obtain mulberry seeds, mulberry seed quality is improved, disease resistance is upgraded, pest resistance is upgraded, and silk protein quality is upgraded. 】

[Obtain: high-quality mulberry seeds]

Liu Xuan opened the seed box and found a pile of mulberries that had already set seeds. He knew that by planting the seeds in these mulberries, high-quality mulberry trees could grow.

Seeing that the method was effective, Liu Xuan broke off many more branches and stuffed them into the evolutionary seed box one by one.

[Obtain: high-quality mulberry seeds]

[Obtain: high-quality mulberry seeds]

[Obtained: high-quality mulberry seeds] After collecting half a sack of high-quality mulberry seeds, Liu Xuan called Xu Chong.

The people who gave Hu Caosi will reclaim a large area of ​​​​the mulberry tree garden.

Then all the mulberry seeds were planted.

Xu Chong knew that Liu Xuan's actions must have deep meaning, so he just introduced from the side,

"Mr. Liu, these seeds have been planted. It is spring now. Normally, they will sprout and grow into saplings in about half a month."

"But it will take at least three or four years to grow into a mulberry tree."

Liu Xuan shook his head, "Three or four years is too long."

Although three or four years is far from enough time to lay out a complete industrial chain, Liu Xuan doesn't want to wait that long now.

Who knows what the situation will be like in three or four years.

With a thought, Liu Xuan once again called up the annotated Nongsang Collection in his mind.

His consciousness swept over, and Liu Xuan's consciousness stopped on an annotation.

Fusion grafting technology: Fusion grafting can be performed by grafting new seedlings on specific parts of the old tree.

The characteristic of fusion grafting is that after grafting, the old tree will absorb the excellent characteristics of the new branches.

I don’t know who made this annotation, but since it appears in Nongsangji Yao, it must have been tested.

Liu Xuan was overjoyed and asked Xu Chong:
"Xu Hucao, which family has the largest mulberry forest in Huaiyin County?"

"Going back to the county magistrate, the largest mulberry forest in Huaiyin County is naturally the mulberry forest at the home of Mr. Qin."

Xu Chong pointed to a low hill in the distance,

"That mountain forest with a radius of several thousand acres is the Qin family's mulberry forest."

"The large house next to the mulberry forest is the Qin family's sericulture base. Every spring and summer, during the peak sericulture season, half of the people in the city go to Qin Taigong's base to raise sericulture."

Liu Xuan was not surprised by this.

Among the three big bosses in Huaiyin, the Qin family has connections in the officialdom, and the largest family property is land, mountains and forests. Therefore, only the Qin family is the largest in mulberry planting and animal husbandry.

The Shen family's main business is business, freight and lending.

As for the veteran Li Lin, he mainly deals in black market weapons. The Li family has connections in the military. Weapons from the Central Plains are secretly sold to the grasslands, or to Goguryeo or even Japan, basically making huge profits.

It seems that the only option is to start with Li Lin.

Half a month later, Liu Xuan brought Xu Chong and Zhao Liniang to Qin's house.

Qin Li was very happy recently. After establishing a relationship with Liu Xuan, Qin Li went to collect information about official tenant farmers again.

After obtaining the definite evidence, Qin Li has already estimated the income from summer grain this year.

At least three times higher than spring grain, and the quality is definitely the best ever.

I heard a message from a disciple saying that the county magistrate was visiting.

Qin Li trotted to the door to greet him. After welcoming Liu Xuan and the others into the living room,

Liu Xuan was asked to take the main seat, and the three of them were served fine wine and delicious food, and the hospitality was extremely thoughtful.

"County Magistrate Liu came to my humble residence today, which makes my Qin family shine. Is there anything I can do for the magistrate?"

Liu Xuan smiled and said, "Old Master Qin, you're welcome. I'm here in person. Naturally, I have something to discuss with you. Since you and I have already cooperated on farmland, I won't go around in circles."

Liu Xuan went straight to the point, "The Qin family owns the largest mulberry forest in Huaiyin County. I want to buy it. If Mrs. Qin wants to sell it, please estimate the price."

Qin Li was such a good person. He immediately knew that Liu Xuan must have made a big move to buy the mulberry forest, so he asked,

"Is County Magistrate Liu planning to run the silk weaving industry?"

"Yes, I plan to develop the silk weaving industry in the name of the county government, which will require a lot of silkworms," ​​Liu Xuan said bluntly,
"Time is tight. After much thought, I decided it would be more cost-effective to buy mulberry trees directly. Of course, if Mr. Qin is not willing to sell, I can just buy other small mulberry forests. It just takes a little more effort."

Qin Li was not sure what Liu Xuan meant and did not answer immediately.
Instead, he slowly drank half a bottle of wine, suddenly rolled his eyes, frowned and said to Liu Xuan,

"Oh, Magistrate Liu, I suddenly feel unwell in my stomach. Please allow me to go to the toilet for a while before we discuss it. Everyone, please have some food and wine first. I'll be back as soon as I go."

After that, he ordered the maid in the hall to serve Liu Xuan and the others well, and walked out of the living room holding his stomach.

(End of this chapter)