The silk customers came, but the silk they reeled out could not be sold! No one is willing to sell the silk they worked so hard to make at such a pitifully low price, not to mention that most families have gone into debt for this silk!
Everyone in the village was hanging, and except for the little children who were not worried about anything, everyone had no smiles on their faces. [No pop-up novel website]
The "silk guests" didn't receive the silk, but they haven't left yet. They all looked very determined. You went to find a familiar "downtown" to live on your own. During the day, you would have tea and chat at the wild teahouse at the entrance of the village. You would let your old acquaintances come to you to beg and plead, but they would not let go. They also have a way of saying it: they just keep lamenting their suffering, saying that they are "unable to help themselves" and are unwilling to treat "folks" so harshly - this is what "yamen" means. In short, he gritted his teeth and refused to let go. They made it clear that they had to "sell even if they don't want to sell", and they were sure that sooner or later the "folks" would have to cut their flesh to mend the sores. They are all in this industry. Right now, silk is the only hope for the villagers. If it cannot be realized, where will the next various expenses come from? Besides, silk and cocoons are things that cannot be stored, and no one can stock them.
Finally, someone came up with an idea. Since the local silk shop has a fixed price, but the state capital next door should not have such a price. The price is about the same as last year - just go to Huzhou, Jiaxing or Suzhou to sell silk.
It's just that it's a long way to go from here, and it takes five or six days to get there and back. The hassles on the way cost money, and it also costs money to go through the customs all the way. If it were in the past, it wouldn't count. But the market is so low right now, if you don't take this trip, you will suffer even more.
Shen Kaibao made good plans and decided to try his luck in Huzhou - he had been to Wuzhen when he was young and had some knowledge of the local area, where there were many silk shops. It is a big business place, and you should be able to sell raw silk at a good price. Now he asked Daqing to get some reed mats, and asked his wife and Daqing's wife to cook, wrap rice in chopsticks leaves for the journey, and bring some fried wheat flour. Prepare to stir it with boiling water and eat it on the way.
Daqing's mother prepared the rice, put it in a basket, and told him: "Sell it and come back early! There are only a few days left of rice at home!"
Shen Kaibao shouted as if he was about to quarrel: "No matter how fast you go, you have to row one row after another. After selling silk for a lifetime, you have to be sent to the army to be sent to the army when you are old!"
Daqing said to his mother: "It's time to stop. You'd better go to Shen and others to borrow rice. Duo Duo's mother said that Mr. Zhao is willing to continue borrowing rice."
Shen Kaibao interrupted his son: "He is willing to borrow, but I am not willing to borrow. Where does this interest come from?! Pay it back with cocoons. Such a low market price is simply a waste of money! You try your best to endure it. Wait for me Sell the silk and get the money back to measure the rice!"
It was sunny in those days, so Shen Kaibao and Daqing took the boat out. Seeing that Shen Kaibao's family had set off, other families also followed the boat out. Those who didn't have a boat borrowed a boat, or asked someone to take it with them. go.
The flame of hope that had become dim was now burning brightly again, and the faces of those left at home had more smiles on their faces - there is no end to the road. As long as the head of the family can arrive at the foreign palace peacefully, he can sell it at a good price, and he can still live his life!
On the other hand, the guests were still drinking tea at the wild tea shop at the entrance of the village with a determined look on their faces, with enigmatic smiles on their faces. It seems that I already have a plan in mind.
Sure enough, within two or three days, the ships that had gone out came back one after another, and many of them were empty. However, everyone on the ship had a sad face: not to mention the hard work and hard work in vain, and some people even got slapped on the buttocks. He picked up the board and limped back. It turns out that all land and water checkpoints leading out of Hangzhou have Yamen signs. This year, when leaving the country, all cocoons must hold a ticket from the Famine Relief Bureau. Those who do not have a pass or are stopped at checkpoints will be able to buy cocoons at a 20% discount at the "public price." Those who disobey a little bit will be punished with a meal - it will be even worse if they are flogged. If he couldn't come back, his family would have to rush to bring him money to redeem him, or he would have to be in chains for a month before he could be released.
Shen Kaibao's family did not suffer any loss - he was a little clever. Although he was the first to set off, he hid behind to pass the jam. When he heard the bad news ahead, he quickly turned around and rushed back.
Although the silk has not been "purchased", his family's silk still cannot be sold, and the family has a lot of cocoons - the silkworm flowers are so good this year that his wife and Daqing's daughter-in-law alone are too busy making silk.
Families who were not so lucky were crying loudly, especially some families whose family members were arrested and sentenced to shackles, and they had to bring money to redeem them - which family in the village still has cash available today? But if you don't redeem yourself, you will be out in the open day and night, and if no one delivers food, you will really have no food, no water, and you may starve to death or die of thirst. What about the farm work this month? If the delay continues, the whole family will starve to death.
The cries of women and children came from far and near. There is an atmosphere of despair in the village: How can the common people defeat the government? He has thought of everything you want, so you can't help but sell it.
In the end, Siniang Wang came forward to help and lent the money from the redemption to these families.
The silk and cocoons were not sold, but the creditors and the food messengers came. Creditors don't want silk and cocoons - they are well-informed and know that this year's silk and cocoons cannot be sold at a high price. He just kept a straight face and ignored him, and kept urging him to repay the debt. If you can't afford it, just get the mortgaged title right away.
Shen Kaibao's family is doing well, after all, Master Cao has agreed to repay the principal and interest only during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The debt problem is not imminent. All that needs to be repaid now is the debt owed to Master Shen's family, Mr. Zhao.
After returning home, Duo Duo Niang has been helping Wang Siniang to urge each household: after collecting the silkworm cocoons, don't forget to pay back the debts of Mr. Zhao's family: debts for borrowing rice and debts on credit. Don't feel it when you borrow, it will always add up. Only then did I realize that it was a large sum. Fortunately, the interest is less.
It is easy to repay Mr. Zhao's debt. His family does not need silver or raw silk. They can just use silkworm cocoons to pay off the debt. For the farmers, it couldn't be easier - it still requires a lot of tricks. It's just that Mr. Zhao's cocoon price is the same as the price offered by the "silk customer". The silkworm farmers are equally distressed, but now they can't help but hesitate any longer. Silk customers refused to raise prices, and the cocoons would pupate if kept for a long time. If they were bitten through, they could only be sold as silk cotton.
A large black scale was placed at the door of Shen's family, and every household carried baskets full of silkworm cocoons to repay debts and interest. Wang Siniang has already made it known that she will pay back what she borrows, and it will not be difficult to borrow again. Mr. Zhao is kind-hearted, and as long as he pays off his debts with cocoons on time, he will help everyone if they have any difficulties in the future.
These words greatly accelerated the speed at which silkworm farmers used cocoons to pay off debts. Some people simply did not reel the silk and directly sold the remaining cocoons to the Shen family. After calculation, people who make their own silk suffer a huge loss. The labor and firewood invested in reeling silk are simply miserable compared with the current raw silk market. However, some companies have few staff and cannot afford to waste time and manpower. They spend less on selling cocoons directly, and in fact lose less.
Shen Kaibao's family had been hesitating at first, but now they had no choice but to use the cocoons at home that had not yet been reeled to pay off the debt. At the river port in front of Shen's house, some boats arrived at some point. The cocoons of the silkworm farmers' debts were packed in covered rattan baskets and filled the cabins. The tops were tightly covered with reed mats. The boat was rolled out - it is said that they were all sent to the silk reeling field of Mr. Zhao's house.
The raw silk that had already been reeled had to be sold at the public price. Some were sold to silk customers and some were sold to Mr. Zhao. Although some young people said angrily that they would rather keep it until next year and then sell it, this is just an angry statement after all. Not to mention that the silk will turn yellow if it is stored for a long time. Even if it does not turn yellow, there are still a lot of places to spend money right now - even if They can't wait for the silk to sell for one hundred taels next year.
In the end, the silk and cocoons obtained with so much hard work flowed away from the fingers of the silkworm farmers who had worked hard for more than a month, and were replaced by more or less a pile of scattered silver and copper coins. The rewards they received for spending so much labor will not last long before they become the property of others. The debts they owe, the government taxes, the family's food rations, and the subsequent farming needs to rent cattle, buy bean cakes, and repair the fields. Farm tools... Everything is waiting for money - there is still a long way to go to fill in all these.
In their predicament, the villagers had no choice but to continue on their old path: borrowing money to survive. Fortunately, Mr. Zhao, Shen Da's boss, was willing to lend money without collateral, so the profit was still only one point. As a result, the villagers who had just paid off Master Zhao's debt soon fell into debt again.
Wang Siniang and Li Zheng were very happy. The tasks given to them by the master were completed: enough silkworm cocoons were purchased, and at the same time, the villagers were burdened with more debts - as long as they were burdened with debts, they would not have to obey.
With the joint efforts of the government, Jin Shen and Zhao Yingong, the sericulture farmers in Hangzhou Prefecture were bloodied. The officials in charge, the committee members of the Famine Relief Bureau, the boss of the silk shop... all made a fortune of varying sizes. Zhao Yingong himself gained a lot. Not only did he obtain a thousand tons of raw silk at a very low price, but he also got his wish and made more than ten villages carrying out cooperative activities bear the debt of the cooperative.
The entire sericulture households in Hangzhou Prefecture are also on the verge of bankruptcy. Shanhaiwulu sent him a lot of news in this regard.
"These black-hearted people are really eating people without spitting out their bones." Zhao Yingong thought.
I knew they were dark, but I didn't know they could be so dark. Zhao Yingong's purchase guide price for the Famine Relief Bureau this time was fifty taels of silver per load - roughly the purchase price of the silk shop last year. He originally estimated that one layer would be peeled off for the Famine Relief Bureau, and another layer would be peeled off for the silk shop in charge of it. The managers above and below divide the profits even more, and the actual purchase price from the silkworm farmers is about thirty taels.
I didn’t expect that this group of people would actually come up with a “half-and-half bargain”. Such a cruel attack. Let Zhao Yingong be wary of "collaborators". It seems that I have to organize some strong defense forces to ensure the safety of myself and the industry. To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Please go to m. to read.
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