Beast language level 10, all beasts obey her orders

"The Yan family's teahouse is not as good as the Dou family's..."

"As for the gold and silver jewelry business, there haven't been any fashionable styles in recent years. It has always been suppressed by the Wei family."

"The dye... the craftsmanship is acceptable, but there is not enough mineral material."

"Iron...same thing."

In short, due to various reasons, the Yan family's business was gradually suppressed by other merchants and was no longer as good as before.

Tian Youyou just felt that this was a huge mess...

Yan Yao continued, "I heard from my father that many businesses are losing money..."

"so..."

That's why he took the risk.

Yan Yao sighed deeply.

It took them seven or eight days to reach Qinzhou Prefecture, and Yan Yao took her directly to Yan Mansion.

No wonder when Xiao Yao talked about the Xiao family, he was only referring to the Xiao family in Sajin Lane, Qinzhou Prefecture.

It turns out that there is only one house in Sajin Lane.

It's really luxurious.

Tian Youyou could imagine how big the business of Empress Yan Zhao was at that time.

Unfortunately, after Empress Yan Zhao's death, the family gradually fell into decline.

But even a rotten boat still has three pounds of nails. The Yan family once prospered because of Yan Zhao, and it is not easy for them to fall into decline now.

The Yan family’s mansion looks like a small palace from the outside, it is magnificent!

At the gate, two majestic stone lions stand in front of the door. On the lintel is a golden plaque with four large characters "Fugui Hengchang" inscribed on it, shining brightly.

Entering from the main gate, there is a towering screen wall. Going around to the second gate, there is a wide stone path with carefully trimmed flowers, plants and trees on both sides.

The front yard is full of blooming flowers, shady trees, and water flowing down from the rockery, making it seem like a fairyland.

While the servant was busy shuttling back and forth, he saw Yan Yao bowing respectfully and called out, "Master."

The front hall is decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, intricately painted with colors, famous paintings and calligraphy are hung on the walls, and the floor is covered with luxurious brocade carpets.

In the center are one or two rosewood chairs, and in the middle is a matching rosewood table with an exquisite porcelain on it, showing the owner's extraordinary taste and wealth.

"Miss Tian, ​​it's too late today, please rest first." Yan Yao arrived at his own territory, but still respected Tian Youyou.

Tian Youyou nodded.

Yan Yao called the servants over and said, "Take Miss Tian to Qingchen Courtyard."

Qingchen Courtyard is a very bright courtyard.

There is a study and a bedroom in the house.

There is a large bookshelf in the study, which is filled with precious books and the fragrance of books is everywhere.

There are exquisite writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, a carved recliner in front of the window, and an incense burner on a small table next to the chair. The curling sandalwood smoke fills the air, making people feel relaxed and happy.

The bedroom was even more luxurious, with gold-embroidered curtains hanging around the bed, soft goose down bedding on the bed, and all kinds of rare ornaments placed at the head of the bed.

There is a small garden outside the window with green grass, rockery and fish ponds scattered around.

Tian Youyou slept well in such an environment.

In the morning, birds chirp in the garden and the breeze brings the fragrance of flowers.

The servant came to invite her to the front hall for breakfast. On the table were a variety of delicacies from land and sea, which made her mouth water.

Where is the breakfast...

This is just the way it is when entertaining high-ranking officials, right?

I heard from Yan Yao that the Yan family's business is not as good as before, but the Yan Mansion is still so luxurious...

It seems that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Tian Youyou didn't like eating greasy food in the morning, so she just drank some porridge and ate some pastries.

As for Yan Yao, perhaps because the food in Xiaohegou Village was monotonous, he ate a lot.

But after putting down the bowl, he said, "It's not as delicious as what the girl made."

Tian Youyou shook her head helplessly. Yan Yao was older than Xiao Yao and was Xiao Yao's cousin, but his personality... was much simpler than Xiao Yao's.

"Let's go to the Silk Farm first today."

Yan Yao arranged a horse carriage, but Tian Youyou insisted on taking a ox cart.

It is not winter yet, the temperature is not too low and it is not very cold.

Sitting on a ox cart, you can enjoy the scenery along the way.

The ox cart drove out of the northern city of Qinzhou Prefecture and arrived at a farm after about an hour.

A huge plaque was hung on the lintel of Zhuangzi's door, with three big golden characters "Jinxiu Zhuang" written on it, which was very eye-catching.

There is also a pair of carved wooden pillars at the door, with colorful silks wrapped around the pillars. The silks flutter in the wind, which is very festive.

After entering the gate, there is a spacious courtyard, and passing through it is Zhuangzi's embroidery workshop.

In the embroidery workshop, dozens of embroiderers are working in front of embroidery frames. The needles and threads in their hands shuttle deftly across the silk, and lifelike patterns are gradually taking shape under their hands.

Passing through the embroidery workshop, behind it is the dyeing workshop, where workers are busy putting silk into the dye vat and stirring it with bamboo to allow the silk to be evenly colored.

The dyeing workshop is filled with the aroma of various mineral and plant dyes.

The dyed silk is hung on the drying rack with steam, and the sunlight shines on it, making the colors extremely bright.

Going further inside, there is the weaving yard, where looms are placed.

The weavers operate the looms skillfully, the sounds of the looms are crisp and pleasant, and the silk threads shuttle rapidly between the shuttles, slowly weaving into smooth and delicate silk cloth.

They are very focused, and if one mistake is made, the whole piece of cloth becomes worthless.

Going further in, you will see the spinning yard where silk is twisted into thread.

Finally, there are mulberry forests and silkworm rooms.

This manor is very big, at least twice the size of Baiyun Manor.

There are six or seven hundred acres of mulberry forest alone.

Now is the end of the year for mulberry picking and silkworm breeding.

Mulberry trees develop normally from March to November each year and enter a dormant period in winter.

In many places, silkworms can be raised three or four times a year, but as long as the breeding methods are scientific, it can be raised as many as ten times a year.

The most basic condition for silkworm breeding is the supply of mulberry leaves.

But when Tian Youyou looked at these hundreds of acres of mulberry trees, she just felt that... every tree was wilted and lifeless.

Although it is the end of the silkworm breeding period, the mulberry trees also need maintenance. Only if they are well maintained this year can they grow better next year.

If this is the case...the mulberry leaves will not be good next year and the silkworms will definitely not be raised well.

If the silkworms are not well raised, the silk they produce will not be good either.

This will then affect silk threads and silk fabrics...

"Where are the workers who plant the mulberry trees?" she asked.

Yan Yao didn't know, so he called someone to ask and found out that the workers had already gone home.

Because after winter, these mulberry trees no longer need care, and the last of the silkworms have been raised, so their work is done.

"Let them come back!" Tian Youyou said without thinking.

Yan Yao was a little embarrassed, "But these workers are scattered all over the place... Some of them only know which county they are from..."

In other words, it is impossible to get these workers back.

"Then go to the capital to recruit workers. Anyway, I want to see fifty workers tomorrow." Tian Youyou looked at Yan Yao seriously, "Can you do it?"