Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 782
Liu Mu bowed slightly, and before Su Woling could translate, he pulled Su Woshanjing to salute.

Suga Sanjing couldn't do anything else, but he was very winky. As soon as his daughter gave a hint, he immediately saluted first.

Liu Mu smiled and gestured for forgiveness, and then sent someone to bring up his gift.

If it was placed in Datang, it must be a gift list or gift list at this time, definitely not a real thing.But this is Wajima, and the real thing is the most real.

Without waiting for Su Wo Shanjing to thank you, Liu Mu took out a small box from his arms, and gently put it on the small table: "I specially give this to you. It's all sin in your hands."

Su Wo Yazi held the small box in both hands and sent it to Su Wo Shanjing.

After opening it, it turned out to be a box of pearls, which is not big, but this box is enough to string a necklace, or just decorate with ordinary white pearls, you can string many.

This is a golden pearl.

Su Woling has seen this kind of pearl before, and she didn't believe that it was fished out of the sea for a long time.

Suwo Shanjingna saw such treasures, and she burst into tears with excitement.

Liu Mu invited Suga Yamai to the table, and Liu Mu didn't eat a single bite of the meal during the dinner. He kept asking about the various plans of Fukuoka City, the working conditions of the mining area, and the management of personnel and organizations.

Half an hour later, Liu Mu got up: "I still have some official duties, Lord Su and the elders of the Shanjing family will take care of it." When Liu Mu got up, he put a red pearl on the table and said to Su Wo Yazi: "You translated well. , this is your reward."

When Liumu left, Su Woling slapped Su Woyazi on the face, and then snatched the red pearl.

These are not ordinary pearls, they are only produced in Ha Long Bay.

Moreover, although this one is not big, it is a blood bead with a very positive color, and it is still a reeling bead.

Su Woyazi was beaten, and fell on the ground without saying a word, allowing Su Woling to take the blood bead.With a flattering expression, Su Woshan gave Su Woling the box of golden pearls that Liumu gave him with both hands.

Su Woling was very satisfied and put away the box of pearls.

In another courtyard, as soon as Liu Mu entered the house, Li Daoyan asked with a smile, "How do you feel?"

"Finding a pig is better than him. I don't understand anything, and some of the answers I can answer sound like rote memorization, and they are full of mistakes. The eldest grandson Fox in Fukuoka will not have no arrangements. This pig will ruin it. My plan." Liu Mu even used the word pig, already very dissatisfied.

Li Daoyan laughed loudly: "Don't worry, everything is in order there. Don't underestimate our Deputy Commander Zuo. He has been to Wa Island and knows many Japanese nobles. Changsun Hu... the uncle of the country planned him Let’s take action, and we’ve secretly pulled in a lot of people, and these people have managed Fukuoka well, and they’ve stretched their arms too far.”

Liu Mu sat down: "Arrange someone to get me something to eat, but I didn't eat a bite just now. Where's my princess?"

"His Royal Highness went to the silk station, and the villages have already received the silk one after another. The villages near here will send it directly, and the rest will be sent to the city first, and then start to be transported here. However, you don't have to think about real imperial silk. I have never seen a basket of raw silk of the highest grade."

"Bad?"

Li Daoyan shook his head: "According to the old silk farmers, this is not bad. Silkworms also need to pay attention to water and soil, and here from generation to generation, there will be some changes according to the water and soil here. They tried to do it in the greenhouse, but the effect is not good. And the cost has increased enormously.”

Liu Mu hurriedly asked, "What grade of silk is it?"

"Mostly it is third-grade silk, about [-]% reaches second-grade silk, and no more than [-]% of fourth-grade silk. There may be first-grade silk, and you don't expect the total amount to exceed [-] catties. Silk farmers are very optimistic about next year. This place It is really suitable for the growth of mulberry trees, and it is several times better than the silkworm paper from the south of the Yangtze River when it first arrived in the north."

Li Daoyan's task is defense. Kumamoto is responsible for these raw silk and economic matters. He only needs to know the data.

Liu Mu didn't intend to ask any more questions, and believed that after Dugu Lanruo took someone to see it in person, she would have a pertinent answer soon.

Whether silk is good or not is very important.

What Liu Mu didn't know was that there was a large warehouse for receiving Wajima's silk near the pier outside Kumamoto City.

Dugu Lanruo went there in person because the raw silk of Wajima was related to the supply and demand of silk raw materials in the Tang Dynasty in the future.Each family followed the exit to Wajima and went to the receiving warehouse.

What is harvested is not silk, but silkworms to be precise.

Before transporting to the city, each village has made a preliminary score, and put silkworms of different grades in different baskets.

Xiao Ling'er picked up a silkworm and looked it over carefully. Although she is the daughter of a rich family, she is quite familiar with this basic agricultural product that affects the family's livelihood.

"What's the price this year?" Some people are already asking.

In Kumamoto Castle, there is an official who specializes in silkworms. He has more than 40 highly skilled subordinates. They can be said to be professionals in mulberry, silkworms, cocoons, and silk.

Dugu Lanruo was also asking, "What's the price this year?"

The price has not been fixed yet. This price is based on the order volume of raw silk at the end of last year, the fineness and harvest of silkworms this spring, etc., and there is a slight price fluctuation.

Dugu Lanruo had to wait for an hour. Thousands of baskets of silkworm cocoons had already been sent to the warehouse before a price was reported to Dugu Lanruo.

"His Royal Highness, this year's second-class spring silkworm is expected to cost 37 cents per catty."

"Okay! Let's announce it at this price."

Because of willow wood, Datang had the concept of corner points, and used steel coins and iron-tin alloy coins.

The smallest penny is only the size of a fingernail, and there are no small places. There are only six major cities in the entire Tang Dynasty that have such steel coins in circulation. It is estimated that it will take ten years to circulate the entire Tang Dynasty.

Soon, the price was reported to Liumu Department in the city.

"38 Wen." Liu Mu repeated the number.

However, Li Daoyan emphasized: "It is 37 liters and four corners and three cents. This difference is not small. A piece of silkworm paper is at least [-] catties of silkworms. The accumulation of this amount is amazing."

Liu Mu smiled and didn't answer.

Liu Mu repeated the 38 articles just now because he remembered that in the modern times of later generations, the purchase price of silkworm cocoons was almost the same.However, it is calculated in kilograms and settled in yuan.

The purchasing power of a penny in Datang is at least five times that of later generations, at least.

In other words, the price of silkworm cocoons in Datang is already ten times that of later generations.

However, the yield per mu and manpower here are far inferior to those of later generations, and everything depends on manpower.In order to ensure the quality of mulberry trees, if there is not enough fertilizer, they can only be planted sparingly.

On the pier, laughter became a continuous film.

The aristocrats from the Tang Dynasty were laughing. Such a price is very suitable. Due to various reasons, the price of raw silk in Jiangnan has already exceeded 45 Wen, and some have reached [-] Wen.

(End of this chapter)