The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian found that the tripod used for alchemy was a very good container.When he saw Jia Jing put some minerals in a sealed tripod and smelted them with fire.I realized that this created a high-temperature and high-pressure chemical environment. The substance undergoes chemical changes during the heating process, and the final 'elixir' is the new substance produced after the chemical reaction.

At present, Taoist priests basically refine those kinds of medicines through tripods, such as lead oxide called Mi Tuo Seng, mercury oxide called Sanxian Dan, and so on.

Shen Hong, a black-robed Taoist priest introduced by Jia Jing, is very insightful in the research of alchemy.He has already discovered the reversibility of chemical reactions in the process of alchemy.Based on this alone, Jia Lian felt that this man was a talent, with a flexible mind and very usable.However, the alchemy Taoists really want to cultivate immortals wholeheartedly. They have no awareness of preparing new medicines and serving agriculture.

So Jia Lian made a very great decision after following these two people to practice alchemy for several days.Completely cut off the path of these two people's cultivation!

It may be immoral to destroy one person's dreams, but destroying the unrealistic dreams of these two people is definitely a simple and good deed.

"Catch more than a dozen chickens from Zhuangzi," Jia Lian changed his mind and said to Xing'er, "let's catch mice, they will live."

"How many do you want?" Xing'er was really not very clear about the method of catching live mice, scratching his head, thinking that maybe he could find a solution by going back to Zhuangzi to find someone else.

"Maybe a dozen or so," Jia Lian told Xing'er, seeing his difficulty at a glance, "If you spread the word, a live mouse is exchanged for a chicken, and someone will definitely be willing to do it."

"Xing'er's eyes lit up immediately, and he gave Jia Lian a thumbs-up. There must be someone willing to do such a cheap thing. Second Master, your idea is really good!"

"Don't forget to limit the number."

"Don't worry, the little one knows how to measure, and he must not make a big fuss. Otherwise, someone would send live mice to the little one every day, which would be really bad." Xing'er went to do it with a smile, and it was done in just one afternoon. A cage of mice comes.

When Jia Lian was practicing alchemy with Jia Jing and Shen Hong, he had already asked the maids to sew masks and gloves.The gloves for catching mice were made in a hurry in the afternoon. Three layers of dense cloth were used to ensure that they would not be bitten by mice after wearing them.

The next step is simple, the scene asked someone to show them the scene of the mouse eating the elixir and dying.At first, Jia Jing and Shen Hong didn't believe it, and they were not convinced. After seven or eight of them died, they confirmed that it was not the problem of the rat's own illness. Then their complexion began to change, and the expression became more and more frightened and pale. up.

Jia Lian thought the expressions of the two were quite amusing, and asked them if they wanted to eat too, and followed the mice to 'become immortal', scaring them into hiding in the house.

"The medicine has been confirmed. Not only can it prevent longevity, but it can also make people go to heaven quickly."

Jia Lian folded his hands behind his back, looked at the row of mice on the ground, and sighed leisurely: "The death is really tragic."

Jia Jing and Shen Hong were startled again.

After Shen Hongxin calmed down, he was still puzzled, "But these things we practiced are indeed effective for some diseases. For example, copper bronze can cure diseases on people's skin, and it is very curative."

"Some poisonous things, a small amount, may indeed be able to resist human diseases. This is the principle of fighting poison with poison, but it must be used in moderation. For example, poppy and aconitum are indeed contained in some medicines, which can cure diseases , but if you really want to get a pack and drink it in your stomach, will you die?" Jia Lian questioned the two of them.

Jia Jing moved his eyeballs and nodded in admiration. "My dear nephew, what you said is very reasonable, but it's still hard to believe that the elixir I've worked so hard to develop over the years is actually poison!"

"How much worse am I than you." Shen Hong sighed in disappointment, almost fooled by himself.When he was concocting alchemy, he never thought of using mice to test the medicine.

Next, Jia Lian vigorously preached the benefits of serving agriculture when the two began to question the meaning of life.Just blow high, for the country and the people, save the people from the fire and water, how to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, when the time comes, the virtues will be noble, and if they are not allowed, they will be favored by the Jade Emperor, and the two of them will be made gods.

"It's impossible for everyone to become a fairy by cultivating the Tao. At least until now, I haven't seen anyone become a fairy. I can't guarantee that this method is a shortcut. Even if you can't succeed, take a step back and say, you are still one among the people in the world. People of noble character. At least you have built a good reputation among the people, and you did not come to this world for nothing. You are obviously the ones who have benefited the common people, and if you are not sealed by the higher authorities, they are blind!" When Jia Lian said these words, he felt himself It's not me anymore, it's Jia She's possessed.

Gradually, both Jia Jing and Shen Hong were successfully brainwashed by Jia Lian and decided to join his "benefiting the common people" action.

Jia Lian still remembered that day when the emperor made a sudden visit and was coughed by the smelly gas in the house.Therefore, the instrument must be modified to avoid harmful gases from causing harm to people.

Just ask Muban to take care of the instrument modification.Rebuild the tripod, connect the pipe at the air outlet, and then according to different needs, you can choose to discharge from the roof or communicate with the pool, etc.

In terms of preparing medicines, Jia Lian started with the simple ones.For example, heating cinnabar whose main component is mercury sulfide produces sulfur dioxide gas, which is dissolved in water to generate sulfurous acid, and then alkaline substances are added to obtain sodium bisulfite.

Sodium bisulfite can be used as a photorespiration inhibitor in agriculture to increase the yield of rice, soybean, rapeseed, cotton and other crops.There have been many related documents in this regard. It has been sprayed on crops such as soybeans for several years, and it has shown an increase in crop production. Generally, the effect of increasing production varies from 5.00% to 15.00%.

For the Song Dynasty, which still has food and clothing problems, even if it only increases the rice production by one catty per mu, 30 mu of land will be 30 catties, and the real data is far more than this.Taking the current normal yield of 5.00 catties per mu as an example, if calculated at [-]%, the yield per mu would be [-] catties more.The total amount of cultivated land in the country is at least [-] billion mu, which is definitely not a small amount when added up.

After hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia Jing and Shen Hong became very energetic, and they both felt that what they did was very meaningful and noble.Although neither of them understood how Jia Lian knew that the synthesis of this kind of thing would be beneficial to the crops, but they just believed in Jia Lian inexplicably.Maybe it has something to do with his reputation that spread far and wide before, or maybe it has something to do with him breaking the truth about the poisonous pill in one fell swoop.In short, they completely believed Jia Lian's words, and when they saw that his eyes were firm and he said these things with excitement, everything he said was right.

Jia Jing even saw light above Jia Lian's head, which was like the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother he enshrined in the temple.

This man must be the reincarnation of a god! !

Jia Lian knew that the synthesis of organic pesticides was basically not feasible due to the limitation of preparation conditions and equipment.Perhaps it will be feasible to set up a glass factory in the future, produce related chemical containers, and then find the corresponding organic substances.But this matter may take a long time, and he may not be able to wait for it to develop step by step, but one day it will be possible.

In reality, Jia Lian clearly wants to prepare inorganic bactericidal pesticides, such as copper sulfate, copper hydroxide, cuprous oxide, etc., almost all of which can be prepared through this kind of tripod.

As for the storage of medicines in the later stage, the most stable ceramics can be used.Of course, the bottle Jia Lian will specially order from the ceramic factory.They are all jars with lids, which can be sealed with wax after being filled.

However, the national demand for pesticides cannot be met by just two people and a few tripods.First of all, he had to choose a site to build a tripod factory, let Mu Ban be the person in charge, and recruit people to do the work.Secondly, he has to choose a site to build a plant for the production of inorganic pesticides.The special precautions and safe operation were all explained to Jia Jing and Shen Hong.Jia Jing was born as a Jinshi, and his grades are ranked high in the country, needless to say his intelligence.Shen Hong already had his own skills in alchemy, so this kind of work was naturally no problem for him.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the two of them have much more experience in synthesizing than Jia Lian, so Jia Lian is very relieved to entrust these things to the two of them.

As for the personnel management in the two factories, Jia Lian will send Cheng Rixing, Xinger and others to supervise.Ensure safe production without any mistakes.

……

In about half a month, the news of Qi Tianlai's downfall spread far and wide across the country.

As soon as the local officials heard the news, the complaints flew to the capital like raindrops.The emperor read these scriptures and was very angry.Qi Tianlai didn't know how to adapt measures to local conditions, violated public opinion, and forced all places to sow potatoes.The emperor immediately ordered his three divisions to interrogate him to thoroughly investigate his crime of dereliction of duty.Just when this wave has not subsided, Liu Yuanqing, the inspector of Fujian Province, broke out that Qi Tian came to take care of human life.Then, someone reported Qi Tianlai for taking bribes...

With several cases under pressure, Qi Tianlai couldn't stand up even if he was superhuman.Now even if he could clear the potato chain business, other cases would still kill him.

Qian donkeys are poor, and there is no doubt that they will be sentenced to death, and they will not even sit with their family members.

three days later.

Lin Ruhai and the fourth prince were in charge of searching Qi Tianlai's mansion together.After the two told their subordinates to search carefully and record the items they found, they went to drink some tea at Baihuilou.

Yin Zhen took a bite of the lotus flower cake, and felt that the cake melted instantly in his mouth from the skin to the inside.He swallowed the rest in one gulp, then took another lotus flower cake, and looked at it puzzled, "I always feel that the food here is better than the one made by the royal chef in the palace."

"The things in Baihui Building are all produced by his Zhuangzi, and it is said that the ingredients are the best."

"Really?" Yin Zhen frowned slightly, the things in the palace should be the best in the world.But the father had cut off his Zhuangzi's supply.

Lin Ruhai also sighed in his heart, he really felt that Jia Lian shouldn't go back to be an official, and take a good bet on the emperor's chest.

Yinzhen was depressed for a while, holding the teacup in his hand, and whispered to Lin Ruhai: "I have ordered someone to secretly investigate the death of the koi carp. Someone deliberately poisoned the fish in the water. Two days after the incident, the pond was destroyed. Change the water and put the fish again."

Killing the fish in the pond is a trivial matter, but it can be cleverly planned to confuse the emperor, directly blame Jia Lian for the crime, and cover up other suspicious points.The pond where the dead fish incident happened is very close to the queen mother's bedroom, and the queen is probably the only person who dares to reach out to the queen mother without being guarded.

Lin Ruhai hates that everything can involve the prince's fight. "He was devoted to plowing the fields and improving people's livelihood. What a good boy, but he was framed by the villains several times." If this continues, the officials only care about fighting in the court and disregarding the people. How long will the country last?Without the support of the common people, no matter the ruler or his ministers, they are nothing but floating clouds.

Of course Lin Ruhai didn't dare to say these disrespectful words out of his mouth, but he was very upset for Jia Lian in his heart.

"It will be fine." The fourth prince took a firm look at Lin Ruhai and poured him a glass of wine himself.

Lin Ruhai was terrified and hurriedly got up to thank her.Suddenly remembered what Jia Lian reminded herself, no matter if it is the eldest prince or the fourth prince, don't get close.Then he laughed twice, raised his glass and drank with the fourth prince, then changed the subject and only discussed about Qi Tian's arrival.

Yinzhen wanted to continue. He Lin Ruhai said that he would be responsible for Jia Lian's matter to the end, but because Lin Ruhai suddenly changed the subject, he couldn't be abrupt, and then he said goodbye to Lin Ruhai with regret.

The fourth prince made great contributions in the case of Fujian Jianjun, and later, thanks to Jia Lian, he took over the corruption case of Wang Qinglei, the prefect of Jinling.He did a very good job in both cases, which attracted the emperor's appreciation of Grace several times.

On the contrary, the eldest prince was in the Ministry of Households, helping the mediocre minister Qi Tian to suppress Jia Lian, treating the farming affairs of the people all over the country as a trifle, with eyes full of strife, and showing no mercy.Especially when the fourth prince revealed the koi, it was because someone in the palace deliberately framed Jia Lian.

The emperor hadn't given much thought to the fact that a few carp died to surprise the Queen Mother, but once he was reminded, his suspicious and suspicious personality played a huge role.The emperor used Anbu to investigate for a few days, and found out that the queen was behind the incident.

"Although Concubine Shu was once my true love, I have already given her enough honors before she was alive. I have treated her child Yinqi with the utmost benevolence and righteousness. Prime Minister, do you think I treated Yinqi too much before?" Too indulgent?"

"It is human nature for a father to love his son." Jing Yingguang did not express any opinion on the emperor's complaints.If he really nodded and agreed at this moment, the emperor might feel that he was on the side of the fourth prince the next moment.

"You!" The emperor chuckled, then suddenly coughed twice.He moved his body, leaned lazily on the dragon chair, and said to Jing Yingguang with a tired face, "Then tell me, whether I have been too harsh on Jia Lian."

"He's just a weirdo, so it's good to have his prestige gone." Jing Yingguang half-jokingly said.

The emperor laughed again, "I told you to walk with him often, did you do that?"

"The last time he built the barbecue factory, I followed him." Jing Yingguang looked flamboyant, as if intending to ask the emperor for credit.In fact, this trivial matter is not enough for him to take credit, and doing it deliberately is nothing more than making the emperor laugh.

Sure enough, the emperor was amused by Jing Yingguang, and said haha: "You are greedy for eating meat, and you still have to ask for credit in front of me. Tell me quickly, what does this barbecue chief do, and what kind of devious behavior Jia Lian is making?" ?”

Jing Yingguang told the emperor in detail about Jia Lian's barbecue jerky and food storage.

When the emperor heard it, he understood.It was all because of his arbitrariness at the beginning, which cut off Jialian Zhuangzi's supply of various meats to the palace, so he had this 'bad policy'.

"It was I who harmed him." The emperor not only sighed, but also remembered Jia Lian more and more.

Compared with Qi Tianlai's insidious hypocrisy and cunning, the genuine Jia Lian has too many advantages.Pragmatic, capable, caring for the common people, and even more loyal to the county king.Otherwise, which minister would be willing to sacrifice his family property to serve the country and the emperor like this.

"Ai Qing, I think he must be angry with me. He is unwilling to ask him to return to his official position, and he is obsessed with Taoism! Since ancient times, there have been many people who practiced Taoism and died early, but there are no immortals. One. Anyway, I don’t believe this.” The emperor snorted coldly, “I still don’t believe that Jia Lian is fascinated by this thing.”

"Perhaps it's because he resigned and was too busy at home, so he had nothing to do." Jing Yingguang said in a perfunctory manner.

"Okay, you really don't understand him." The emperor knocked on the table with his finger, opened the memorial and read it, and after approving two copies, he saw the request for military rations submitted by Li Yongxin from the household department, "Look, you As soon as Jia Lian asked what kind of dried meat and fish he roasted, Li Yongxin asked me for it."

Jing Yingguang read the scriptures and said that Mr. Li's proposal was reasonable.

The emperor snorted and said, "I really should reward those Northwest soldiers from time to time. Then you can handle this matter, inform Jia Lian, and the purchase will be based on the market price."

A day later, Jing Yingguang replied, saying that Jia Lian would donate all of it to the country again.

"How can this be done? He doesn't want money for anything. He doesn't want to make money. Should he live? Rongfu will be defeated by him sooner or later!" Jia Lian's guilt.After thinking about it or not, he asked Jing Yingguang what he should reward Jia Lian.

"Returning to the emperor, he has been circling in the Yamen for the past two days. He wanted to open a glass factory, but it seems that he was rejected."

"All right! Everything is the same as the government." After the emperor said, he wandered back and forth in the center of the hall several times with his hands behind his back, "This is not enough, Prime Minister, what do you think I made him a Duke? Then he has to enter the palace to thank you, Come and meet me."

Jing Yingguang: "Your Majesty, considering his age, it would be a little... um... not appropriate, right?"

"That's right, let me think about it again."

After Jing Yingguang finished persuading the emperor, Chu Gong went straight to Jia Lian Baihui Road.

Jia Lian was discussing with Jia Jing and Shen Hong about the specifics of building the factory in the private room, and Xinger and Cheng Rixing were also following up during the period.

Hearing that the prime minister was coming, Jia Lian hurriedly moved to another private room to meet him.

"Thanks for your refusal, otherwise I would suddenly seal down a duke, I really don't know how to deal with it."

"The most important thing is the group of people in the court. You are so young and promising, they don't know how jealous they should be. I think the emperor is not in good health recently, and it seems that he intends to establish a prince."

Jia Lian calculated the time, the old emperor could not die so soon. "Try it out."

The word Jia Lian made Jing Yingguang wake up suddenly.

Not long after, Lin Ruhai also came, and when he saw Jing Yingguang, it was a coincidence.After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Ruhai pulled Jia Lian aside and explained in a low voice the purpose of his visit.

"Your aunt is worried again, saying that your daughter-in-law's belly is getting bigger, and she can't be asked to live in another garden all the time. It's inconvenient. If you don't want to go back to Rong Mansion, you can live in Lin Mansion," Lin Ruhai conveyed. road.

"When I return to Beijing, there is the Rong Mansion. How can I live in your place? Isn't it just a joke to outsiders? I guess my aunt is trying to speak for the old lady in a different way. You go back and tell her, I know all about it." Jia Lian reckoned Jia Min also listened to the old lady's words and had no choice but to take on the task of passing on the message.

"Let me just say, you are smart, and you must have guessed what she meant. That's how she is, so she wants to spread this story, so that she can give an explanation to the old lady. I think you and your wife live in another garden It's very good, quiet, comfortable, and your parents are taking care of it, what could go wrong? The old lady is regretting it, and she doesn't know how to speak, and urged her to pass the message to you like this!" Lin Ruhai said.

Jia Lian smiled and expressed her understanding.

Afterwards, the three men sat around the table and analyzed the situation.

Everyone has always thought that the fourth prince has successfully handled two major cases, and the eldest prince has fallen out of favor, so the limelight will be even greater in the future.As for how far he will go, it depends on the true virtue of the eldest prince.

When Lin Ruhai was leaving, he deliberately explained to Jia Lian that he and the fourth prince ransacked the house together that day.

"I followed your suggestion. I didn't have a deep chat with him." After Lin Ruhai said this in a low voice, he got into the carriage. Before leaving, he still told Jia Lian that he would let Jia Min bring Daiyu, Yingchun and The three of Xing Xiuyan will go to Bieyuan to have a look at Jingxin.

"You are welcome at any time." Jia Lian sent Lin Ruhai away, and then returned to Baihui Building to discuss the construction of the factory.

In the afternoon, Jia Lian saw Yin Zhen.Jia Lian only briefly mentioned that now he is gaining power.

Yinzhen immediately said: "The bigger the tree attracts the wind, the more I should restrain the branches and keep a low profile. I will not follow the way of the eldest prince. What I wish in my heart is completely different from him."

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he looked back at Jia Lian, his bright eyes were full of persistence.

"Do you think I'm just a pampered prince who has never suffered anything? I have seen scenes of starvation everywhere, naked clothes, and changing children to eat. In my dream, I can still clearly see the dying little girl being bloodied by a kitchen knife. The scene of splashing on the ground. As the prince of the Song Dynasty, I watched this happen without the slightest ability to stop it."

Seeing the puzzlement in Jia Lian's eyes, Yinzhen continued to explain: "I was weak when I was six years old, and after several recuperation treatments to no avail, I was told by a magician that I had to make offerings to the Buddha for a year before my fate could be reversed. I followed the Queen Mother to Mount Wuling It took about a year and a half to worship the Buddha, and when I came back, there was a famine.”