China is the earliest country in the world to raise silkworms and created a world-renowned silk culture. However, the ancient sericulture industry was originally mainly distributed in the Yellow River Basin.

China's sericulture industry center moved from the north to the south, which took a long process.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, sericulture industry was very popular in the north. The reward farming and weaving policy implemented at that time made the technology of silkworm breeding and silk reeling have developed greatly. Yanzhou and Qingzhou areas in the Yellow River Basin are very suitable for silkworm breeding, and the sericulture industry center is in the Yellow River Basin.

During the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, the sericulture industry center was still mainly in the northern region, with several major silk fabric production areas: the Qilu region is rich in embroidery, the Henan region is rich in brocade, and the Chengdu plain region is rich in Shu brocade.

At that time, the silk weaving industry in the Central Plains area was more developed than the Yangtze River Basin.

The silkworm silk weaving industry in the Tang Dynasty was mainly located in Hebei, Henan, Jiangnan and Jiannan. Among them, the silk weaving industry in the Yellow River Basin area was the most prosperous.

Silk is divided into eight grades, the first grade is Song, Bo, and the second grade is Zheng, Bian, Cao, and Huai.

The first-class silk production areas are all in Henan Road, and the rest are also in Henan and Hebei Road. The sericulture industry center is still in the northern region.

It was not until the middle and late Tang Dynasty that northern forests were destroyed and the environment changed, and sericulture began to move from the north to the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, some areas of Shuofang were still suitable for raising silkworms. Li Jiuzhou suddenly thought of this business opportunity. The merchants of Fuzi said that silk was in short supply abroad, so they adapted to local conditions and developed the sericulture industry and made more money.

This will make the people's lives better and prepare more military pay.

The Jiedushi included all the military, government, finance, and supervision power in the border prefectures. He was a prince of one side. Li Jiuzhou was no longer restrained and did whatever he wanted.

Spring and summer are the most suitable season for silkworm raising. Li Jiuzhou said that it would be done as soon as possible. He first used Lingzhou as a pilot and mobilized the families of soldiers in the army to participate. Feng Wenjing took the lead and started raising silkworms with a group of women.

Sun Shouyi also brought good news, and the military's training was quite effective. It took not long for the soldiers to improve their physical fitness much more than before.

Li Jiuzhou then ordered the soldiers under his jurisdiction, Feng'an Army, Dingyuan Army, East Sushoucheng City, Central Sushoucheng City, West Sushoucheng City, Anbei Protectorate, and Shanyu Protectorate, to conduct physical training according to this training method, and to dispatch close friends from Lingzhou to supervise.

He also sent people to purchase Dayuan horses and carried out horse breeding business on the vast grasslands of Anbei Protectorate and Shanyu Protectorate.

The most important thing is to set up horse-raised officials with the goal of setting up qualified war horses for the army.

Reclamation and pioneering are also indispensable. The Shuofang Jiedushi's jurisdiction is vast, especially the Anbei Protectorate. He heads north to Mongolia and Russia. With so many soldiers in his spare time to cultivate and pioneer the land, most of the food and grass problems in the army should be able to solve.

At present, we can vigorously plant Chameng rice just by just waiting for the Fuji caravan to bring the seeds of Chameng rice.

Although the soldiers were much harder and tired than before, and had to train and cultivate and pioneer, these were all good things that benefit the people and themselves, and there were not many complaints in the army.

A multi-pronged approach was made, first raising silkworms, with a cycle of about one or two months, then reeling silk, and weaving silk. Li Jiuzhou specially invited many folk masters to take the lead in teaching. When the Fuji Caravan brought Chameng rice seeds from the Annan Protectorate, the silk became more than half, and then sold it to the Fuji Caravan.

"Oh my God." The Fuzi merchant looked at so many silks and exclaimed repeatedly. He couldn't understand how Li Jiuzhou made so much silk in such a short time.

When Li Jiuzhou told him that he mobilized the people in his jurisdiction to participate, the merchant Fuqiu couldn't help but give him a thumbs up again, "You are such an amazing person. I originally thought that I was a qualified businessman, but I didn't expect you to be more like a businessman than me."

Li Jiuzhou naturally felt humble and warmly treated the caravan. After all, he had to rely on them to make money in the future.

"My caravan cannot digest so much of you." After hearing Li Jiuzhou tell the next silk production, although the Fuqi merchant wanted to earn this large amount of money from this large amount of silk, but the number was too large and the journey was long, so he had to say: "But I will recommend more caravans to come."

"That's thank you. Let's make money together." Li Jiuzhou toasted him with a glass of wine.

The merchant Fu Zi replied, "You are really the Tang Dynasty official I have ever met who is the best at doing business, and the most enlightened one."

He was full of affection and curiosity for Li Jiuzhou, thinking that such a young man really had such ability and did not do anything like those of this era, and his thoughts surpassed this era.

Li Jiuzhou smiled comfortably, and was a time traveler. In ancient times, when it comes to doing business and developing the economy, isn’t this a very simple thing?

Although the Tang Dynasty was still enlightened and allowed freedom of business, it was not as enlightened as commerce. After all, agriculture is the foundation of the country and cannot be put before the horse.

If the current emperor could have the business acumen like Li Jiuzhou, the silk, porcelain, and tea from the Tang Dynasty could be sold abroad for a high price, and the living standards of the people would naturally improve.

However, the world's largest grain production area is still in China. If the entire Tang Dynasty focused on commerce and over agriculture and the grain output decreased, then I was afraid that even if I had money, I would not be able to buy food.

So Li Jiuzhou also considered this and would vigorously promote the cultivation of Chameng rice to increase grain output.

The merchants of Fuqi bought all the silks with all their money. For their safety, Li Jiuzhou also sent a team of troops to escort him out of the country.

After selling the money for silk, Li Jiuzhou collected part of the official tax as military funds, and then took part in it to increase the salary of the soldiers and improve the living standards of the soldiers.

The remaining military funds are still of many use, such as building equipment and weapons, and raising war horses, a high-investment project.

The rest of the money was in the hands of the people. Those who participated in the raising of silkworms and weaving silk gained benefits, and they saw that there was a market and became more motivated.

Continue to raise silkworms and make more money.

Next, Li Jiuzhou ordered the promotion of rice cultivation in Chameng to increase grain output.

During the agricultural period, grain was more important than anything else. Not only Li Jiuzhou knew this, but the people knew better. They didn’t need to enforce it, and they were more active than anything else.

The policies of raising silkworms and planting Chameng rice have been implemented almost in Lingzhou City and surrounding areas. However, the situation in other jurisdictions is still unknown, so Li Jiuzhou plans to go and see it in person.

The money and food obtained by Guanglingzhou and these surrounding areas are not enough to support the powerful army in my heart. We must mobilize the entire jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedushi.

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