Complex sentence: Independent mulberry farms flouished in the Mount Dongting in Suzhou, the mulberry farmers did not make a living on farmland, but instead they grew mulberry trees and bred silkworm to harvest silk.
Split into simpler sentences: Independent mulberry farms flouished in the Mount Dongting region in Suzhou. The mulberry farmers did not make a living on farmland, but instead they grew mulberry trees and bred silkworm to harvest silk.