Li Yao'er was very interested in her peers from another time and space, and had a good impression of her: Wang Siniang was much more lively and good-looking than other women of the same age she had seen - even the naturalized women in Lingao Rarely seen in China. [Read the latest chapter] Moreover, Siniang Wang has always been flattering her - people always benefit from flattery.
She had already determined in her heart that this was the location of the silkworm farm. The important matter was over, so she wanted to chat with Wang Siniang. Besides, Zhao Yingong also mentioned to her that Wang Siniang was an expert in raising silkworms and reeling silk. She was the director of Hangzhou Station and The focus of the Agriculture Committee’s training. This time she came over to do 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 Yaoer is It seems quite touching.
"You are old, 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 abrupt to say so. She couldn't help but blush, and she didn't dare to say any more.
Li Yaoer was not as worried as she was, and asked about her family situation again. Wang Siniang did not hide anything and explained the situation at home one by one. It's just that his eldest daughter is already grown up, and the master doesn't let her choose her or match her. Makes 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. I don't think I would be capable of being someone else's wife, let alone someone else's mother - this time and space is so scary.
"She's not old, so why rush to get married? Isn't it good to study in a kindergarten?"
"Just study. I don't care about my job. I don't have monthly money, so I just rely on my mother-in-law's monthly money." 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 sent 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, she can also reel silk. Her silk reeling skills are famous in our village." Wang Siniang heard that Li The girl wanted to use her own daughter. His spirits suddenly brightened and he quickly 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. It also speaks loudly!
"Don't you have two daughters? How old is your second daughter?"
"Twelve years old. Not too young anymore."
"Then let's come together. I happen to need people." Li Yao'er is not just showing off. The Agricultural Committee's plan includes a project to open a sericulture training class in Phoenix Villa. Having received more than a year of education, 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 Wang Siniang heard that her second daughter's errand was guaranteed, she couldn't help but be happy, if it weren't for the fact that this was a wilderness. I really wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Miss Li immediately. I can’t thank you 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 for a while, he said, "Let me give them names. The eldest will be called Shen Su, and the second eldest 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. Naming these two girls after two places represents Li Yaoer's expectations for them.
After returning 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 must be based on the topography. Fortunately, this kind of building is not complicated and does not require much professional knowledge. Just remember a few key points. As for the construction work, since the construction of the villa is very heavy and has unique requirements, it has become outdated to hire local wooden cabinet construction. Zhao Yingong established a local team with a few naturalized technicians transferred from Lingao Construction Corporation as the core. Dedicated construction team.
First, a special road was laid to lead to the construction site. Road construction is a daily routine for the Phoenix Villa construction team. When there are no specific construction tasks, 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 sericulture 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 house is oriented slightly five degrees west to avoid the high temperature of "Xizhaoyang" and to properly introduce the cool breeze from the north, which is conducive to temperature control and is suitable for all seasons of the year. They have laid the foundation for carrying out sericulture activities. There are large trees around the silkworm room for shade, which can slow down the rapid rise in indoor temperature caused by sunlight. Especially in the 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.
Silkworm houses are a row of continuous bungalows, but each bay is divided by 4.5 meters. The distance of 4.5 meters is just enough to place a row of silkworm racks on each side, leaving a 1.5-meter path in the middle. The depth is 12 meters, and 8 to 9 rows of silkworm foil are placed. The net usable height of the house is 4 meters, and 10 to 12 layers of silkworm foil can be built.
The size of Jamsil is very particular. It is not economical to build and use a silkworm house that is too small. If the size is too large, it will be difficult to adjust the climate of the silkworm house. This size is the result of years of experience accumulated by Chinese sericulture workers since the 20th century.
The building materials are very exquisite, and they are all brick houses. The exterior walls and interior partitions are all made of bricks, not wood, to prevent rats from digging holes. The foundation part is made of strips of stone and Sanhe soil, which is slightly higher than the ground. The floors and walls are all plastered with cement to keep the house dry and disinfected. The steeple-roofed tile-roofed houses in Jiangnan generally do not install ceilings, and the beams and columns are directly exposed, whichever is more elegant. However, all silkworm houses are equipped with ceilings. On the one hand, they prevent dust from falling on the beams and columns, and on the other hand, they are also good for thermal insulation.
Multiple glass windows are used for the front and rear windows. Depending on the humidity and temperature in the silkworm room, different numbers of windows can be opened to increase or decrease the amount of ventilation. However, if there are too many windows, the indoor light will become too strong, so adjustable blinds are also equipped to adjust the 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 intruding. Rats, mosquitoes and flies are serious hazards in silkworm farming and must be strictly guarded against. As for the anti-theft windows, they are used to prevent someone from stealing silkworm seeds. This time, Hangzhou Station will introduce multiple excellent silkworm breeds for breeding and cultivation. Once successful, it will inevitably attract the attention of some people, so we 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, a special mulberry storage room was 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. Therefore, it is built near the mountain wall in a place with lush trees. The windows in the walls are also smaller.
The most important part is the sex room. Greening is the hatching of silkworm seeds. Greening is the most technically difficult task in sericulture. The quality of greening often affects hatchability and physical fitness. Cui Qing is good, has a high hatching rate, and the ant silkworms have good physique. Not only do they have more silkworms, but they also have better resistance to diseases.
The overall cost of the prostitution room is the largest, and the architecture is also the most sophisticated. Not only is it a brick house, but there is additional insulation material installed on the inside of the outer wall, and there is also an earth air conditioner with copper pipes inside, which can be heated or cooled by injecting boiling water from a small boiler or low-temperature well water. There is also local humidification equipment to ensure the humidity in 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 some 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 farm silkworm raising mainly involves the silkworm farmers raising silkworms themselves. Most of the methods are for women raising silkworms to wrap the silkworm seeds in tissue paper and put them on their chests to warm them. The characteristics of constant human body temperature are used to hatch silkworm seeds. The efficiency is low, it consumes a lot of manpower, and the quality of greening cannot be guaranteed.
Therefore, in the sericulture improvement activities in China that began in the early 20th century, sericulture technicians put forward the concept of "concentrated greening". The greening process, which is the most technically difficult and most prone to problems for farmers, is concentrated in professional greening fields. This not only ensures the hatching rate and quality of ant silkworms, but also frees up silkworm farmers to engage in other work. Reduce manpower occupation.
Unified breeding and concentrated greening were the main measures for the reform of China's sericulture industry in the 20th century. It doesn't cost much, but the results are significant. The sericulture reform that the Agricultural Committee plans to carry out simultaneously in Jiangnan and Guangdong also starts from these two links.
Li Yaoer himself is not a sericulture professional. However, she has received relevant professional training from the Committee of Agriculture, coupled with some professional technical books - this technical reserve is sufficient in this time and space. (To be continued...)
