Chapter 1546 Silkworms Eat People

When Zhang Cuishan came to the capital of Zhejiang, he saw a lot of new things. Zhejiang is an area that is actively industrializing.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang originally produced silk, and Jiangnan Weaving was established in these two places. After industrialized production, the current situation is that the speed of silk production by silkworms cannot keep up with the production of silk in factories.

But silk is an important source of income for the court, so this year the court asked Jiangsu and Zhejiang to increase silk production. To increase production, you need to raise more silkworms, and to raise more silkworms, you need to plant more mulberry trees.

So the court proposed to "change rice to mulberry", change rice fields to mulberry fields, and exempt taxes for three years after the change.

When the court's policy was implemented, officials at all levels were thinking about how to make a fortune under this national policy. The best way was to merge the land at a low price, and then they could plant mulberry trees themselves, which could make a fortune.

But farmers would definitely not be willing to sell their fields at a low price, because farmers without land in this era would be starved to death.

But once the national policy was implemented, officials would naturally implement the policy for political achievements or for wealth, so the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions were in chaos recently.

As soon as Zhang Cuishan got out of the train station, he saw many beggars in ragged clothes, and when he passed the gate of the government office, there were many farmers who filed complaints.

After leaving Wudang Mountain, Zhang Cuishan felt for the first time what it meant to have a hard life.

Seeing that the capital of Zhejiang was in such a mess, other places must be even worse, and he couldn't help but wonder what happened.

It was all because of the "changing rice to mulberry".

The court used a reward mechanism to encourage farmers to complete national policies, but the officials who implemented it didn't care whether the farmers were willing or not. They just wanted to change more rice fields at the lowest cost, and even trampled on the rice fields that had already been planted, forcing farmers to sell their fields or change their own crops.

As for what farmers would eat this year if they didn't plant the fields, they didn't care.

This is the surface, and the deeper meaning is the cruel impact of the Industrial Revolution. The emergence of industry has to change people's habits for thousands of years in a short period of time, which is not easy to achieve.

In Britain during the Industrial Revolution, in order to produce more wool, there was a "sheep eating people" enclosure movement.

Now in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is the same. In order to produce more silk, the silkworms are now "eating people". It is also for the purpose of enclosing land. However, it is not only capital that is operating, but also various corrupt officials who want to gain benefits and political achievements, which is even more barbaric.

Zhang Cuishan came to his friend's house and talked about these things with his friend, but he didn't understand a little. According to his friend, the court's policies are very good, but why do good policies make people live in misery? Among them, corrupt officials and profiteers are making trouble.

The world under the mountain is really changing too fast.

My friend also felt that this topic was too heavy, and they, the ordinary people, could not change anything, so he changed the topic: "You must have great light skills when you learned skills in Wudang Mountain. Why don't you go with me to participate in the race? Now there are bicycle and light skills competitions in the city. You must go with me to participate."

"What is a bicycle?" Zhang Cuishan didn't understand.

"You will know when you go."

Zhang Cuishan originally went down the mountain to play, so he agreed.

The tragic impact of silkworms eating people on urban residents is much smaller, because urban residents do not rely entirely on land to live, but on craftsmanship.

The bicycle and inner strength competition was initiated by a group of people who had nothing to do after eating. Some of them were local martial arts families. Basically, there would be a competition every half a month, and gambling could also be done.

Bicycles were still primitive, and were pedaled by strong men. The speed was not high, but it was still possible to compete with martial artists in light skills.

In this era, many martial arts had been lost, and the martial arts world was no longer the same as before. In the past, many martial artists came from all over the world, but now the resources for practicing martial arts are concentrated in sects. Basically, the powerful people in the martial arts world have sects, and it is difficult for martial artists who have left the sect to become masters.

Times have changed, and the period in which Zhang Cuishan is now is the beginning of a huge change, which will change the whole world.

Zhang Cuishan stood in the crowd and realized that the two-wheeled car was called a bicycle. He carefully observed that it was connected by an iron chain and the wheels were rolled forward. He was just wondering why the front and rear wheels of the bicycle would not fall down when the wheels of the previous cars were side by side?

When I asked my friend, he didn't know either. He laughed and said, "You are indeed the disciple of Master Zhang of Wudang Mountain. I have been watching for so long but I didn't think of this question. You thought of it after just a few glances. No wonder you are the Wudang Zhang Wuxia."

"This brother asked a good question. Why don't bicycles fall over? In fact, even the bicycle manufacturers don't know this question. This is a very complicated question. It is not only about the movement of the bicycle itself, but also about the reasons of the rider. For now, what I know is: it is not that the bicycle will not fall over, but that the person controlling the bicycle keeps the bicycle moving forward." A clear voice of a woman came from behind Zhang Cuishan.

Zhang Cuishan turned his head and felt his heartbeat quicken.

The woman who spoke was very beautiful, like a lotus emerging from the water, and like a laurel in the moon. It is really hard to find a woman more beautiful than her. Zhang Cuishan knows very few opposite sexes. Except for the sisters and brothers who meet several times a year in the Emei Sect, there are no other women. This woman is different from those women in the Emei Sect who strictly abide by the rules. She smiles like a flower and is more energetic.

"Idiot, have you seen enough?" Yin Susu explained because she saw that Zhang Cuishan looked very knowledgeable. Of course, Zhang Cuishan's handsomeness was also one of the reasons.

"I'm sorry, I'm Meng Lang, please forgive me."

Seeing Zhang Cuishan's gentle manner, Yin Susu was not surprised: "Zhang Wuxia is too polite, I just know a little bit, so I'm a bit embarrassed."

"No, no, you explained it very well." "What's your name?"

"Yin Susu."

The two of them met in their previous lives and met again in this life. It was like a turtle falling in love at first sight. It's just that Zhang Cuishan is more introverted and not as open as Yin Susu, a woman of the rivers and lakes.

Yin Susu dared to seduce Zhang Cuishan, but Zhang Cuishan didn't dare to cross the line at all.

What a good name, the girl is beautiful and her name is more beautiful. Zhang Cuishan felt that his soul was about to fly.

When his friends saw Zhang Cuishan meet girls every time he went out, they were jealous and shouted that it was unfair. What's so great about being handsome?

However, Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu got along better and better, and his friends became redundant and could only hide in a corner in loneliness.

Yin Susu is definitely the most knowledgeable girl Zhang Cuishan has ever met. They have a lot in common. They can talk about poetry, calligraphy, current affairs, and government affairs. Yin Susu's opinions always make Zhang Cuishan suddenly enlightened.

Zhang Cuishan is more and more respectful of the girl in front of him, but he doesn't know that the famous saying of this girl is "the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie." Yin Susu's identity is not simple. She is the daughter of Yin Tianzheng, the leader of the Sky Eagle Sect, and Yin Tianzheng is one of the four Dharma Kings of the Ming Sect, which is an evil and crooked way that is incompatible with the famous and upright sects.

Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu's identities are completely opposite, but their hearts are very close.