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Two days later, Granny Song's cold was completely cured, and Jiang Qi took the initiative to find the village head and talk to him about building a silk reeling workshop.

The village head was worried that he was too old to remember, so he simply called all the young people in the village over and asked Jiang Qi to explain the whole process from raising silkworms to producing silk.

Jiang Qi didn't refuse and readily agreed.

When the villagers heard that the silk reeling master was going to give them a lesson, they were very enthusiastic, and in less than fifteen minutes, everyone had arrived.

Jiang Qi started by talking about silkworm rearing, telling everyone how to select silkworm eggs, feed them mulberry leaves, and control the temperature and humidity of the environment.

Next, he explained in detail how to collect silkworm cocoons, boil the cocoons to extract the silk, and how to sort and process the silk threads.

The villagers listened attentively, asking questions from time to time, which Jiang Qi answered one by one.

After the course, the village head encouraged everyone to get to work and start practicing the methods taught by Jiang Qi.

"By the way, I heard Man'er say the other day that the silkworms in our village are all wild silkworms from the mountains. I've also seen the cocoons, and they're quite different from those spun by domesticated silkworms. If everyone wants to get rich by raising silkworms, relying solely on wild silkworms from the mountains won't be enough; you have to raise them domestically," Jiang Qi said to everyone.

"But I've heard that raising silkworms requires planting mulberry trees, and our village doesn't have any mulberry trees..."

"It's probably too late this year. But we can buy some mulberry seedlings now and plant them. Then next spring, we can raise silkworms at home."

"Master Jiang, if we raise silkworms at home, do we need a special place for them to eat and live?" a villager asked. His question immediately drew laughter from everyone present.

"Everyone, please be quiet. What this young man said is right. Raising silkworms does require providing them with a place to eat and live, which we usually call a silkworm house."

With a gentle smile on his face, Jiang Qi said slowly, "The silkworm house should be located in a place that faces south, is high and dry, has good drainage, good ventilation and light, and is easy to disinfect. In addition, the silkworm house should be equipped with silkworm racks, silkworm trays and other equipment to facilitate the management and raising of silkworms."

"Oh, I see. I thought you could just find a room to keep them." The villager who asked the question nodded in sudden realization.

Jiang Qi continued, "Besides the silkworm house, we also need to build a silk reeling workshop. Silk reeling is the process of separating the silk from the silkworm cocoons and making silk threads, which requires some special equipment and tools. If the silk needs to be dyed, we also need to build a dyeing room. These are all essential facilities."

"Oh, this is so troublesome! How much money must it cost!" a villager couldn't help but exclaim.

“Exactly, we thought we could make a lot of money by raising wild silkworms in the mountains, but it seems we were too naive,” another villager chimed in.

Jiang Qi smiled and comforted them, "Although the initial investment will be relatively large, as long as we manage it diligently, we will definitely reap rich rewards. Moreover, as time goes by, we can gradually expand the scale, improve production efficiency, and reduce costs. In this way, the profits will become more and more considerable. So, everyone, don't be discouraged, and have the confidence and determination to do this well."

The villagers looked at each other and began to whisper among themselves.

The village head pondered for a moment and said, "Master Jiang is right. If you want to get rich, you can't be afraid to invest. Our village has always been poor, and this is a rare opportunity that we can't miss."

"Master Jiang, we won't need that silkworm rearing room this year; we'll build it in the winter. The silk reeling workshop and dyeing workshop can be built first. The villagers have unprocessed silkworm cocoons; let them turn them into silk and sell them for money first."

"Yes, we'll do as the village head says. But we need to hurry up with the planting of mulberry trees. In another month or two, when the weather gets hot, the trees won't survive."

"Alright, I'll send someone to buy it tomorrow."

Next, the village head left several key personnel behind to discuss the location of the silk reeling workshop with Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi was not familiar with the terrain of the village, so he decided to walk around and take a look before making a decision.

So Jiang Qi and several other officials started to tour the village.

They walked around several times and finally found a very large open space to the north of the village. The environment there was excellent, the transportation was convenient, and there was a river nearby, making it easy to get water.

Moreover, behind this open space are two barren hills that the village planned to use for planting mulberry trees.

After some discussion, everyone unanimously decided to build the silkworm rearing room and silk reeling workshop here.

This will make it much more convenient to pick mulberry leaves and feed silkworms in the future.

After determining the location, Jiang Qi began to draw up the design plans for the silk reeling workshop. He planned to build a traditional wooden structure, with silk reeling machines, spinning wheels, and other equipment inside.

He also suggested building a drying yard nearby to facilitate the drying and storage of silk.

The village head agreed with Jiang Qi's proposal and arranged for the villagers to prepare construction materials. The village carpenters provided full assistance in building houses and spinning wheels.

In addition, the village sent several young men, including Changsheng, to Linxian County to purchase a batch of mulberry seedlings. To save money, the entire trip was carried out by oxcart.

Two days later, Changsheng and the others returned with the mulberry seedlings they had purchased.

Villagers came to help and together they planted the mulberry saplings on the mountain.

Jiang Qi also joined in, and he taught the villagers some techniques and precautions for planting mulberry trees.

A month later, the silkworm rearing room and silk reeling workshop were gradually completed. The village carpenters also made the silk reeling machine and spinning wheel according to Jiang Qi's requirements.

Jiang Qi installed silk reeling machines and spinning wheels in the workshop, and asked the villagers to bring their silkworm cocoons. Together with Granny Song, they began to guide the villagers in learning silk reeling and weaving techniques.

"The first step in silk reeling is to peel off the cocoon. Peeling off the cocoon is to remove the outer layer of the silkworm cocoon. Because the outer layer of the cocoon is made up of loose, broken, thin, and fragile silk threads, it cannot be reeled."

The second step is to select cocoons, which means picking out and discarding some low-quality cocoons that are not easy to reel.

The third step is boiling the cocoons. Boiling the cocoons involves placing them in hot water to dissolve the sericin that binds the silk. Boiling the cocoons is crucial, as its quality directly affects the quality of the silk.

The final step is silk reeling. Do you see that machine? Watch us operate it in a bit!

"Ah, so those two big pots were used to boil silkworm cocoons!" a villager exclaimed in surprise.

His voice was filled with disbelief, as if he had discovered a tremendous secret.

"You didn't think it was for stewing, did you?" another villager couldn't help but tease, which caused a burst of laughter.

"If Master Jiang hadn't said so, I would have really thought it was true!" the man replied honestly, which drew another round of laughter from everyone.

"Hahaha..." Laughter echoed in the house, filling the entire village with vitality and energy.