Li Yao'er was very interested in and had a good impression of this person of the same age in another time and space: Wang Siniang was much more lively and good-looking than other women of the same age she had seen - even among the naturalized citizens in Lingao.
It's rare among women. And Wang Siniang has always been flattering her - people always benefit from flattery.
She had already determined in her mind that this was the location of the silkworm farm, and now that the big thing was over, she wanted to chat with Wang Siniang. Besides, Zhao Yingong also mentioned to her that Wang Siniang was an expert at raising silkworms and reeling silk. She was the director of Hangzhou Station and
The agricultural committee's key training target. This time she came to engage in sericulture work, and Zhao Yingong specially transferred Wang Siniang to her.
"How old are you, Fourth Sister-in-law?"
"My slave is thirty..." Wang Siniang said, smiling self-deprecatingly, "I'm old." As she said this, she subconsciously touched the flowers on her temples, showing a natural charm. Since Li Yao'er is
It seems quite touching too.
"You are old now. You are as good as a flower."
Wang Siniang suddenly realized that the girl Li in front of her was probably not much younger than herself, and it would be a bit rude to say so. She couldn't help but blush, and she didn't dare to say any more.
Li Yao'er was not as concerned as she was, and asked about her family situation. Wang Siniang did not hide anything, and explained the family situation one by one. She just said that her eldest daughter was already old, and the master did not give her a pick.
Let the partner make her a little worried.
"How old is your eldest daughter?"
"Already fifteen." Wang Siniang said, "When this slave turns fifteen, she will become a mother."
Li Yaoer thought about what he looked like when he was fifteen years old. He didn't think that he would have the ability to be someone else's wife, let alone someone else's mother - this time and space was so scary.
"She's not old, so why rush to get married? Isn't it good to study in a kindergarten?"
"Just study, don't pick a job, have no monthly money, just rely on the monthly money of my mother-in-law." Wang Siniang said with a wry smile, "When I didn't join in, I was a good helper to help the family. Now I can do any kind of work.
She was assigned by the management office, and it seems like she has no work to do as a helper."
Li Yao'er nodded: "Can your daughter raise silkworms?"
"Why not? I used to take her with me to raise silkworms at home. Not only can she raise silkworms, but she can also reel silk. Her silk reeling skills are famous in our village." Wang Siniang heard this.
When the girl wanted to use her own daughter, she immediately became energetic and started bragging.
"Just ask her to do the work when the silkworm farm is up."
"Thank you, girl!" Wang Siniang was so happy that she received several blessings. After all, she was the master's predecessor, and she spoke loudly!
"Don't you have two daughters? How old is your second daughter?"
"You're twelve, you're not too young anymore."
"Then let's come together. I just need to hire people." Li Yao'er is not just showing off. The Agricultural Committee's plan includes a project to set up a sericulture training class in Phoenix Villa. Zhao Yingong is so good that the children in the kindergarten have grown up.
Having received more than a year of education, which is only a few months, I can definitely be the first batch of students in this training class to systematically and formally learn modern sericulture technology.
When Siniang Wang heard that her second daughter's errand was guaranteed, she couldn't help but feel happy. If it hadn't been for the wilderness, she would have knelt down and kowtowed to Miss Li immediately. She couldn't thank her enough.
"What are your two daughters' names?"
"The eldest sister and the second sister."
"You really don't have to worry about it." Li Yaoer muttered. The mother and daughter in this family all have numerical names. After thinking about it, he said, "Let me give them names. The eldest will be called Shen Su, and the second child will be called Shen Hang. .”
The two earliest sericulture schools in China that started modern sericulture innovation in rural areas were the Sericulture College in Xushuguan, Suzhou, and the Hangzhou Sericulture College in West Lake. Two places were used to provide these two schools. The names given to the girls represent Li Yaoer's expectations for them.
After coming back from the mountain, Li Yaoer immediately devoted himself to the construction of the silkworm farm. The general plan of the silkworm farm is good, but the specific design needs to be combined with the topography. Fortunately, this kind of building is not complicated. It does not require much For professional knowledge, just remember a few key points. As for the construction work, because the construction of the villa is very heavy and has unique requirements, it is inappropriate to hire local wooden cabinets for construction. Zhao Yingong transferred several naturalized workers from Lingao Construction Corporation With civilian technicians as the core, a specialized construction team was established locally.
The first is to lay a special road leading to the construction site. Road construction is a daily routine for the Phoenix Villa construction team - when there is no specific construction task, the only job of the construction team is to build roads, forming the internal road network of Phoenix Villa. Communicate with various work locations on the mountain to speed up the flow of personnel and materials.
The silkworm farm was built according to Chinese standards in the 1970s. The construction is simple and the materials used are easy to raise. The silkworm houses in Phoenix Villa are all bungalows, facing north and south, but the houses are oriented slightly five degrees west to avoid The high temperature of "Xizhaoyang" can also appropriately introduce the cool breeze from the north, which is conducive to temperature control and lays the foundation for carrying out sericulture activities all year round. There are large trees around the silkworm room for shade, which can slow down the indoor temperature caused by sunlight. The rapid rise. Especially in summer, this is a very important thing.
The house is naturally built with a southern-style pointed roof to facilitate drainage. Except for the larger windows on the north and south walls, it is roughly the same in appearance as local houses: the same white walls and black tiles.
The silkworm house is a row of continuous bungalows, but each bay is partitioned at 4.5 meters. The distance of 4.5 meters is exactly where a row of silkworm racks is placed on each side, leaving a 1.5-meter passage in the middle. The depth is 12 meters. There are 8 to 9 rows of silkworm foil. The net usable height of the house is 4 meters, and 10 to 12 layers of silkworm foil can be built.
The size of the silkworm room is very particular. It is not economical to build and use a silkworm room that is too small. If the size is too large, it will be more difficult to adjust the climate of the silkworm room. This size is the result of the years of experience accumulated by Chinese sericulture workers since the 20th century. of.
The building materials are very sophisticated, and they are all made of bricks and tiles. The exterior walls and internal partitions are all made of bricks, without wood, to prevent mice from digging holes. The foundation is made of strips of stone and triple soil, which is slightly higher than the ground. The floors and walls are all plastered with cement for ease of use. The houses are kept dry and disinfected. The spire-tiled houses in Jiangnan generally do not install ceilings, and the beams and columns are directly exposed, whichever is better. However, all silkworm houses are equipped with ceilings, on the one hand, to avoid dust falling from the beams and columns, and on the other hand, it is also beneficial to Insulation.
The front and rear windows use multiple glass windows. Depending on the humidity and temperature in the silkworm room, ventilation can be increased or reduced by opening different numbers of windows. However, if there are too many windows, the indoor light will become too strong, so additional equipment can be used.
Adjustable blinds to regulate indoor light.
Outside the window, there is a protruding iron anti-theft window, and two wire screens are installed inside. One has larger holes to prevent rats, and the other is thinner to prevent mosquitoes and flies from invading. Rats and mosquitoes are both domesticated.
Serious harm to silkworms must be strictly guarded against. As for the anti-theft window, it is used to prevent someone from stealing silkworm seeds. This time, Hangzhou Station will introduce multiple excellent silkworm seeds for breeding. Once successful, it will definitely arouse some people's suspicion.
If you want to covet me, you must take precautions in advance.
This kind of protection is not only provided on the windows, but also on all the doors leading to the outside of the silkworm room to prevent rats, mosquitoes, flies and theft.
In addition to the silkworm room, there is a special mulberry storage room built to preserve mulberry leaves. The mulberry storage room is built separately because its requirements are completely different from those of the silkworm room. It requires low temperature, humidity, and dark light, so it is built close to the mountain wall.
Where the trees are lush, the windows on the walls are also smaller.
The most important part is the greening room. Greening is the hatching of silkworm seeds. Greening is the most technically difficult task in sericulture. The quality of greening often affects the hatching rate and physical fitness. Cui Qing is good and the hatching rate is high.
, Ant silkworms have good physique, not only have more silkworms, but also have better resistance to diseases.
The overall cost of the incubation room is the highest, and the construction is also the most sophisticated. It is not only a brick house, but also has insulation materials installed on the inside of the outer wall. There is also an earth air conditioner with copper pipes inside, which is heated by injecting boiling water from a small boiler or low-temperature well water.
Or cooling. There is also local humidification equipment to ensure the humidity of the greening room.
Li Yaoer built a large-scale incubation room in Fenghuang Villa, which far exceeded the needs of the villa for raising silkworms. It was also equipped with a simple silkworm dissection room and a low-magnification microscope manufactured by Lingao Optical Factory.
and a number of special equipment. This luxurious configuration is for the cooperative plan that the Agricultural Committee is preparing to launch in Hangzhou, which includes the concept of "concentrated youth promotion".
China's traditional farmland silkworm raising mainly involves the silkworm farmers themselves. Most of the methods are for silkworm women to wrap the silkworm seeds in tissue paper and put them on their chests to warm them. The constant body temperature of the human body is used to hatch the silkworm seeds. The efficiency is low.
, it also consumes a lot of manpower, and the quality of greening cannot be guaranteed.
Therefore, during China's sericulture improvement activities that began in the early 20th century, sericulture technicians put forward the concept of "concentrated greening". The greening that is most technically difficult and most prone to problems for farmers will be concentrated in professional greening fields.
Being carried out in-house can not only ensure the hatching rate and quality of ant silkworms, but also free up silkworm farmers to engage in other work, significantly reducing manpower usage.
Unified breeding and concentrated greening were the main measures for China's sericulture reform in the 20th century. The cost was not large, but the results were significant. The sericulture reform that the Agricultural Committee planned to carry out simultaneously in Jiangnan and Guangdong also started from these two links.
Li Yaoer herself is not a sericulture professional. However, she has received relevant professional training from the Committee of Agriculture, and coupled with some professional technical books - this technical reserve is sufficient in this time and space.