Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2408 Partners
"This is my nephew, Chen Lin." Chen Xuan hurriedly bent over to introduce to the Australian woman in front of him.

"Oh, I heard that it was the Young Master's family here." The woman said casually, and Chen Xuan's cheeks twisted.

Chen Lin hurriedly said: "Young master's family can't be said, this weaving workshop is the public property of the family, and my father was in charge of it. The villain has just helped here along with his father."

"It's really rare here, one mouth is a member of the clan." The woman smiled, "Sit, sit, all of them are bent over like braised prawns." Said self-consciously and sat down in front of the blackboard down.

The uncle and nephew of the Chen family also took their seats.The woman said: "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Li Yaoer, and this is my student Shen Su."

Chen Lin was about to get up again, Li Yaoer smiled and waved her hands: "You are a good young man, and you have learned so many routines." She turned her eyes on Chen Lin several times, and asked, "How old are you?"

"The villain is 22 years older."

"Oh, you're very young!" Li Yaoer said, "Your second uncle said that you are very familiar with this business—how many years have you been doing it?"

Chen Lin said: "I'm ashamed to say, the villain can't study well, and he helped his father in the weaving workshop when he was 13 years old."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. The sage books you read are useless." Li Yao'er said indifferently, "It's better to do the truth in the weaving workshop."

Chen Lin was not a scholar, but he still felt awkward when he heard the woman in front of him criticize the sage's book as "fart".

She changed her words and said, "Shen Su and I were appointed by the 'Tian Di Hui' of the Senate to come here to work on the improvement of the silk industry. Since you are an expert, I believe our future cooperation will be very pleasant."

"Yes, the villain only obeys the horse's head."

"Why are you being so polite?" Li Yaoer looked at the young man in front of him. This Chen Lin was obviously different from his uncle. Although he was not good looking, he was quite energetic. He was very intelligent when he spoke in response to detention.Compared with the "Second Uncle" who is full of philistines and always speaks falsehoods, this young man looks much more comfortable.

Li Yaoer has actually been in Guangdong for more than half a year.In the past few years, she has been traveling between Lingao and Hangzhou to implement her silkworm breeding improvement plan, which has achieved remarkable results.A seed production farm was built in Fenghuangshanzhuang and Lingao in Hangzhou, specializing in cultivating silkworm eggs.The silkworm eggs produced in the seed farms in Hangzhou have gained a certain reputation among the silkworm farmers around Hangzhou because of the excellent raw silk they produce, and they have been gradually popularized.According to the promotion plan of the Council of Agriculture, the silkworm breeding farm in Lingao will be used as a scientific research base for silkworm breeding in the future, while the silkworm breeding farm in Hangzhou will carry out commercial scale breeding and gradually eliminate the soil species on the Hangjiahu Plain.

But Hangzhou is not a green zone after all, no matter how awesome Zhao Yingong is in Hangzhou, he is nothing more than a gentleman.There are many inconveniences and constraints.

As soon as the mainland strategy started, the Council of Agriculture set its sights on Guangdong.

However, before the 19th century, raw silk and silk for export were mostly produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.As far as the silk fabrics exported from Guangzhou are concerned, “Nanjing silk”—that is, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions—is the largest exporter; silk and satin from Sichuan are next in line, which are transported along the Yangtze River to Lianghu, and then to Guangzhou via the Xiangjiang and Ganjiang Rivers.There are also some special silks and satins sold in Shandong and Henan in the north.

This also means that all the export sources of the Senate are in the hands of the Ming court.After winning Guangdong, the risk of this "transport" business has greatly increased.Whether Hangzhou station can continue to undertake the purchase and transshipment business of raw silk is also a question mark.Once the Ming court cuts off the trade channel, the source of silk fabrics is cut off or greatly reduced, which will inevitably affect exports—and thus affect goodwill.This is the last thing the Senate wants to see.

Expanding the sericulture and silk weaving industries in Guangdong has become an imminent matter.

Guangdong has a subtropical climate, and its water, heat and light conditions are far better than those in Jiangnan.Even in modern times, Jiangnan region only raises silkworms in spring and autumn, but the Pearl River Delta can raise silkworms in five seasons.The basic conditions for sericulture and silk reeling are very good.In the old time and space, starting from the reign of Emperor Kangxi, the production of Cantonese silk was stimulated by foreign trade. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, all the raw silk exported from Guangzhou was produced in the Pearl River Delta region.The silk and satin weaving industry also has a large scale.

However, according to the intelligence data collected by Guo Yi’s Guangzhou station over the years, although the Pearl River Delta in this time and space has sericulture production and silk weaving, it is only a small player in the overall export of outer silk, regardless of scale or quality.There is great potential to promote the new silk industry here.

As soon as the Pearl River Delta was pacified, under the arrangement of the Tiandihui, Li Yaoer brought his protégé Shen Su and several graduates of Fangcaodi Sericulture Professional Class to Guangzhou.

During Li Yaoer's stay in Hangzhou for more than a year, he took in more than a dozen girls as students to study sericulture.Based on these students, another sericulture workshop was set up in Fenghuang Mountain Villa.After she left Hangzhou, the workshop was hosted by Fu Rong.And she took the two daughters of Wang Siniang's family to Lingao, and sent them to the sericulture vocational class in Fangcaodi.

The two sisters, Shen Hang and Shen Su, have made rapid progress in their studies, and Li Yaoer has to take them with him every time he goes on a business trip.Although the two sisters are young, they seem to be the main technical personnel of the Sericulture Committee of the Agricultural Committee.

However, not long after arriving in Guangzhou, he encountered the plague, and was trapped for several months in vain. Finally, the plague subsided, and he was able to start sericulture promotion.

Li Yaoer's promotion plan is to follow Fei Dasheng's practice of setting up a promotion office in Kaixiangong Village, Wujiang, to find an area with a certain foundation for sericulture breeding and processing, set up demonstration silkworm farms and silk reeling workshops, and gradually promote new silkworm species. , new technology to improve the quality of raw silk.This approach requires less manpower and material resources and is more secure.

Where can I find the "open string bow" of the Senate?In Guangzhou, Li Yaoer had many discussions with elders and naturalized people who were familiar with the local conditions, and finally chose Nansha Village in Xiangshan County.

The traditional sericulture industry in Guangdong is mostly concentrated in Shunde, Dongguan and Xiangshan.After some screening, Li Yaoer chose Xiangshan County.

Xiangshan County was just formed into land by siltation in the Ming Dynasty, and the degree of development is still relatively low, which belongs to the "lower county".Relative population density and land prices are also low.The development space is large, it is not far from Guangzhou, and it is connected with the Pearl River waterway, so the transportation is convenient.As the key governance area of ​​Guangzhou Special City, the security is quite guaranteed.

In addition, the owner of a large-scale silk workshop in Nansha Village, Xiangshan County has a "positive attitude" towards the Senate, which is one of the reasons why she finally chose this place.

Li Yaoer came to Nansha Village with her own promotion team and a national army security squad sent by Beiwei to guard her, and talked about "cooperation" with Chen Xuan, and immediately received a positive response from Chen Xuan.Li Yaoer visited Fengsheng and Zhifang again, and felt that the basic conditions here were not bad, and there were many sericulture households nearby.Now it is decided to open a promotion office here.

Now that the address was determined, Li Yaoer wrote back to Guangzhou and immediately started to make arrangements in Nansha.It is busy rebuilding the factory and ordering equipment.

However, she soon discovered that this "activist" was really unreliable.

It's not that Chen Xuan has a "conspiracy" or "heart to Daming", but after a long time of contact, he found that he actually knew nothing about sericulture and silk industry.

The reason why Li Yaoer chose to find a local partner is to understand the local traditional sericulture industry so that he can make targeted improvements.However, this Chen Xuan didn't know nine out of ten questions, and he couldn't explain many details.As the days went on, Li Yaoer's subordinates, weavers, and local villagers gradually became familiar with each other, and then they realized that Chen Xuan was a "ground stick" character, and that the silk workshop was not his—he seized it while taking advantage of the chaos. of.

After knowing the truth, Li Yaoer was disappointed.But things have come to this point and there is no way to change course.They can only hold their noses and continue to cooperate.Although Chen Xuan is terrible in the professional field, he is very capable in "doing things", as long as he is ordered to do things, he can do them.

Originally, she was a little apprehensive about a village with a powerful clan like Nansha, but Chen Xuan was surprisingly "handy" and neither the clan nor the village dared to disobey him.It made her work in the village very smooth.It has become one of the indispensable "talents".

Chen Xuan was very satisfied when he saw the expression of this Australian woman, and knew that his introduction was correct.In fact, he was very contradictory: if he wanted to please the Australians, he had to let this nephew stand out; but if the nephew gained the trust of the Australians, the silk workshop itself would be nothing.In case Chen Lin held a grudge, it would be even more unimaginable to blow wind in the chief's ear.

He was secretly worried, but suddenly he saw Li Yaoer's gaze was vacillating on his side, but he didn't speak, so he quickly got up and said goodbye.

Seeing that Chen Xuan had gone out, Li Yaoer said to Chen Lin this time: "We will be partners from now on. We Australians are straightforward in our work. If you have any doubts or questions, you can talk to me face to face."

"Yes……"

Li Yao'er stopped his words: "I know, your father is the master of Feng Shenghe, your second uncle, I also understand in my heart."

Chen Lin was so frightened that he quickly got up and said, "Don't dare, dare not."

"Don't dare to do anything?" Li Yaoer didn't care, "But your second uncle is still a capable grassroots cadre to us. As for you two uncles and nephews, you should set your sights farther and have a bigger picture. Don't stare at him. This small silk factory in front of me will not be let go. Under the rule of the Senate, there is a chance to make a fortune."

Chen Lin couldn't help thinking of what his cousin said to him—it seems that the Australians are really planning to start a big workshop!This female Australian in front of me actually ran to such a remote place to open a workshop!

If I can learn some Australians' ability to run a factory here, or go a step further, I can get the favor of this Australian woman. With her support, it will be a matter of course to set up a cotton spinning factory in Nansha in the future!

Thinking of this, the mood that had been a little depressed and forced became much brighter.Immediately said: "Since the chief thinks highly of the villain, the villain will do his best!"

(End of this chapter)