The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

"The development of agriculture does not happen overnight, it needs a very long process."

The original intention of the fourth prince to solve the problem of food and clothing is good, I am afraid that he is just a whim, after he really ascends to the throne, he will persist for a year or two, and then he will be paralyzed after being fresh, just like the current emperor. To achieve food and clothing for the whole people?Anyone can say beautiful words, but there are a few who really do it.When the glory of power really comes, a few will keep their original intentions.

Jia Lian poured a glass of wine for Yin Zhen, poured another glass of wine for herself, and said with a smile, "I respect the lord!"

"I know that what happened to your father has chilled you, but I won't. I will help you implement your land system reform. Until you resume your official position, I will do what you can't do." The fourth prince Squinting his eyes that suddenly turned cloudy, he spoke fiercely, "That's why I want to win even more. Only by winning the world can I guarantee that this road will go on steadily. I, Song Yinzhen, swear that I will do my best to feed the people of the world." For life. The people are happy, and we are happy; the heavens will witness, and we will never break our promise."

Yinzhen was very happy to see Jia Lian's face turned happy, took the wine glass, clinked it with him seriously, and then drank it down in one gulp.

"The wine tastes good, with a fruity aroma."

"If the prince likes it, he can have as much as he wants here."

"By the way, pack another box of lotus cakes, I guess the princess will like to eat them." Yin Zhen mentioned her, with a smile on his lips unconsciously, and then sighed to Jia Lian, "I never expected that the things you have here are better than those made in the palace. The ones are good. Especially this shortbread, crispy from the inside to the outside”

"Does the lord know what is the key to making shortbread crispy?" Jia Lian suddenly asked with bright eyes.

When Xing'er heard this, the corners of her mouth subconsciously pulled down.Well, his master started again, the fourth prince must not take over.

"I don't know, what is it?" Yin Zhen asked curiously.

Xing'er's heart trembled, she was really sweating for the fourth prince.

Jia Lian started the lecture seriously: "The most important thing about shortbread is the oily skin, and the key to the oily skin is..."

Xing'er: It's another long speech, probably because the second master Lian has a closer relationship with the fourth prince, this time it's longer than the last time I spoke to King Beijing.

At first Yin Zhen listened with great enthusiasm, but then suddenly realized that Jia Lian somehow changed the topic to how to prevent powdery mildew in wheat.

It's not that Yin Zhen doesn't like to hear about this, it's just that he really doesn't know what powdery mildew is.As soon as he asked, Jia Lian began to elaborate on powdery mildew again, involving barley, rye, and oats.Then it started with barley, and there were a bunch of messy diseases, and finally it talked about the autumn harvest, and then it was about the improvement of barley grinding tools, etc. After all, it was another long speech.

At this point, Yinzhen summed up the most reasonable saying in life, never talk about farming with Jia Lian, unless you have a pair of iron ears.

Seeing that his Second Master Lian had finally stopped, Xing'er hurriedly came over to serve tea with a smile on his face, specifically expressing that this was the tribute tea that the Fourth Prince had just brought out from the palace.

When Yinzhen heard this, he quickly changed the topic and said: "Try it, this tea is very good, and it only produces ten catties a year. Because of my meritorious service, my father made an exception and rewarded me with two catties. Otherwise, I will share three catties." Both are too much for me."

"Oh, the prince only got two catties, so he gave one catty to the second master. He really likes it very much." Xing'er murmured to Jia Lian in a low voice.

Jia Lian was going to put it directly into his mouth to drink, but after hearing Xing'er's nagging, he symbolically brought the tea bowl to the whip and smelled it, which was regarded as smelling the fragrance of tea.Then he took a sip, because under Yin Zhen's gaze, Jia Lian had to sigh: "Good tea!"

Yinzhen was very happy, and would treat Jia Lian as a confidant, "I also like this tea very much, it seems that you and I have the same interests."

Jia Lian smiled slightly, he really couldn't grow this tea any different from the ordinary tea in Baihui Building.Jia Lian didn't want to take away what others like, so it's better to leave such precious things to those who appreciate him.But the gift from the prince is a kindness, if he returns it, it will be considered as a disgrace to others.Jia Lian recommended some unique snacks, and sent them to Qin Wangfu together with lotus cakes.In the future, as long as the princess likes it, she will give it away every day.

Yin Zhen joked when he heard this, "Then how long do you plan to send it?"

"As long as I'm here, as long as the prince wants." Jia Lian laughed.

Yin Zhen raised his eyebrows, he was very satisfied with these words, Fang got up to leave.

Jia Lian was silent for a while, and then he also left.

Xing'er hurriedly took the teacup and rushed out together.

"What are you doing?" Jia Lian looked at the cup in his hand wonderingly.

"Master, it's a pity to drink such precious tea just once, and the taste will get better as you get to the end. I'm waiting to take it back and continue brewing it for you."

Jia Lian frowned and said nothing.

After returning to the Bieyuan, Xing'er sent Feng'er over to deliver tea, and he used the same tea bowl from Baihui Building.

Seeing the difference in this tea bowl, Jing Xin covered her mouth and smiled after asking, "Since it's good tea, I'll drink it as soon as I can."

Jia Lian happened to be thirsty, so after blowing the tea warm, he drank it all in one gulp.Then he ordered Feng'er to divide the tea into three parts. Jingxin was pregnant and it was not suitable for drinking tea, so Jia Lian didn't keep any for herself.Two taels were given to Prince Li, one tael was given to Lin Ruhai, and the rest was given to Jia Amnesty.

"You don't drink?" Jingxin asked in surprise.

"I can only taste the difference between old tea and new tea, but nothing else. It's a waste to keep me here. Why don't you use it all to honor your elders."

Jing Xin couldn't help laughing, covered her mouth and laughed, "It's rare that the Fourth Prince thinks you are on the same path as him. If I hear what you say, I'm afraid I will be sad."

"After all, it's the fourth prince's wish, I will naturally accept it." Jia Lian also smiled.

"Where is the old lady?" Jingxin asked again.

Jia Lian looked at her: "Is it necessary to send it?"

"If you give it away, we will ask us to go back. Now that you are in favor again, she longs for you to go back." Jingxin sighed leisurely.

"Back when she yelled to drive me out, she should have expected today. People are always responsible for what they do. Anyway, she can't pick the truth. As for when to go back, it's up to you, my wife. As for These few liang of tea leaves are divided between the master and wife, if they want to be filial, they will take care of it and send it over." Jia Lian specifically told Jing Xin not to worry about it, now is not her time to be a housekeeper.

Jingxin clutched her stomach and smirked, now she didn't want to do anything else, she just focused on raising the baby, and giving birth to a beautiful child for the second master is serious.

Jia Lian heard that she was lazy, so she told her not to sit all the time, but to help her out for a walk.

"It's Erye's birthday in two days. My wife has to decide how to deal with it. Whether it's big or small, I still have to ask what Erye thinks. By the way, is there anything in particular that Erye wants? I'll see it for you. "Jingxin asked with a smile.

"Naturally keep it simple, keep it as small as possible, and try to keep as few female relatives as possible, so as not to trouble you. As for you, as long as you can keep your mother and child safe, I don't ask for anything else."

In ancient times, giving birth to a child was like walking through the gate of hell. Jia Lian was afraid that Jingxin would have problems when she gave birth again, so she usually urged her to pay attention to maintenance.In the other hospital, several well-known midwives in the capital have been invited, and they are asked to pass on some experience in raising fetuses.And it is inevitable that there are some traditional bad habits in these experiences, Jia Lian immediately corrected them.Pregnancy tonic is a good thing, but it should not be overdone, and you should pay attention to the right amount. Don’t eat too much food that is too oily, too greasy, or too sweet, so as not to cause the fetus to grow too large and not come down.In terms of exercise, I advised her to move around frequently.

Jing Xin was very touched by Jia Lian's carefulness. When a woman is pregnant, her temper is always weird and uncontrollable. Fortunately, she has such a good husband who can take care of herself.Although the days have only just begun, Jingxin already has the idea of ​​'I am content to live like this in this life'.

"By the way, I also met the fourth prince today, did you gain anything?"

Jia Lian explained the conversation between the two of them to Jingxin.

Jingxin smiled with relief, "It's a great thing that the second master can confide in the fourth prince. In my opinion, he is the only one who can do it among the princes."

"Let's take one step at a time."

Let Jia Lian immediately cast all his hopes on the fourth prince, he can't do it.Why bother to think so much, if he grows his field, if he can get the convenience provided by the court, he can develop faster, if he can't get it, then he can slow down.Regardless of whether it is the eldest prince, the fourth prince or any other prince who is in power, Jia Lian farms the land based on his skills, and no one can kill him just because of this.

But since the fourth prince said that he would help, Jia Lian is not polite, and he will use it as much as he can.After thinking about it for two days, he and the fourth prince needed sulfur, a lot of it, the more the better.Many minerals are controlled by the government. It is not difficult for the government to get sulfur. It is very convenient to go back to water transport and come along the official boat.

After getting the sulfur, Jia Lian didn't need to transport all the sulfur to the capital, but ordered it to be released in various regions along the canal. All distribution was calculated according to the area of ​​cultivated land in various places of the imperial court, such as Yangzhou, Suzhou, the hometown of water and rice, and so on. some more.

Li Yongxin is in charge of the household department, so he is naturally responsible for contacting Jia Lian about the water transportation.Although the two did not have a close relationship in the household department before, Li Yongxin often vented his anger for Jia Lian in the case of Qi Tianlai.Jia Lian naturally had a good impression of him.In addition, his cousin Liu Yuanqing, the inspector of Fujian Province, once helped Jia Lian in Fujian, so Jia Lian believed in the conduct of the two brothers.

"Didn't you transport the tobacco leaves? What are you doing with the sulfur? And how can the tobacco leaves repel insects? When I first heard about it, I really didn't believe it." Li Yongxin pondered for a while, then he bumped into Jia Lian's hand happily. Shoulder, "Hey, next time when something happens to a field, you can tell me so that I can visit and learn more."

Two days after Li Yongxin's Crow's Mouth spoke, the potatoes grown in Yuxi County on the outskirts of Beijing became infected with aphids.

As he wished, Jia Lian specially sent someone to inform him about the deworming money.Li Yongxin was quite excited, he finished his business affairs early before the appointed time, and hurried over happily.

Jia Lian is too lazy to go, he wants to stay at home with his wife.

"People say it's the Minister of the Ministry of Households, you can't let the pigeons go."

Jingxin talked about it, so she persuaded Jia Lian to go out.

When Jia Lian arrived, Li Yongxin had already been waiting for a long time, he was standing in the middle of the road, he did not know where to get a half-worn straw hat, put it on his head, matched with his dark gray burlap, looked like A farmer, if the skin is darker, it will be more like.

As soon as Jia Lian got out of the car, Li Yongxin happily came up to him and asked him, "How about it, do I look like a farmer with my clothes?"

Jia Lian looked at him for a long time before saying slowly, "Like!"

"I have long wanted to experience the life of returning to the countryside. I just dig a few times in the garden at home. It's too boring. It's better here. The blue sky and white clouds, the green mountains and green waters, the endless countryside, how beautiful it is." Li Yongxin said deeply. Taking a breath, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Jia Lian felt inexplicably familiar with these words, but looking at the anxious farmers who were infested with insects over there, and Li Yongxin with an excited face here, Jia Lian advised him to keep a low profile.

"People's crops are sick, and you are happy to move the world here, do you want to seek a beating?"

"I don't want to! But brother Lian, this is not the way to move the earth." Li Yongxin couldn't help reminding.

Jia Lian suddenly turned around and glared at him: "What? Don't you know that I don't study much?"

Li Yongxin stared blankly at Jia Lian's eyes that were about to eat him, and quickly and generously expressed that he knew.Li Yongxin comforted himself: I am an elder with a broad mind, and it doesn't matter if I give way to the younger generation.

Jia Lian asked someone to open a bucket on the spot, and then showed it to Li Yongxin, "Inside the bucket is water soaked with dried tobacco leaves. Soak it for a day, filter it, and it will look like this, and then it can be sprayed."

Li Yongxin sniffed it, and there seemed to be no smell, "This can kill insects?"

"Tobacco has stomach poisoning, contact killing and fumigation effects, and has strong penetrating power, which will cause some pests to die due to paralysis and poisoning. This is like people eating poison. For insects, tobacco is very poisonous and will kill them. As soon as the leaves are stained with smoke water, they will die, and it will be over once and for all.”

"Uh... Well, I can probably understand contact killing and fumigation, what does stomach poisoning mean?" Li Yongxin asked puzzled.

Jia Lian pondered for a while, and tried to use the language that Li Yongxin understood: "Stomach poisoning refers to the method that the poison enters the body through the pest's mouth, that is, his stomach, and then poisons him to death. Well, basically you can do it like this understand."

"Understood. Your use of words is wonderful. Who says you don't read enough? When you invent words, you are much smarter than us scholars." Li Yongxin gave him a thumbs up, motioning Jia Lian to continue explaining.

"There are requirements on the dosage. Add about [-] to [-] times the water and soak overnight. Just spraying directly like this can prevent and control aphids and red spiders." Jia Lian broke off a cotyledon and showed the back of the leaf to Li Yongxin, pointing out Looking at the dense green bugs gathered on it, he explained that they were aphids.

After Li Yongxin saw it, he felt itchy all over his body. "The name aphid is so vivid, it really makes my teeth itch."

"Look carefully, there is a thin needle in his mouth." Jia Lianhe professionally took out a magnifying glass from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yongxin. The stem is damaged. Generally, the leaves suffering from aphid disease will curl and shrink to the back, and in severe cases, the whole plant will stop growing, and even wilt and die."

Li Yongxin nodded seriously, admiring Jia Lian for observing so carefully, he even discovered how the bugs eat.I am afraid that there is no second person in this world who can be as serious about farming as he is.awesome!It's like a fairy!

Then, Li Yongxin, who was more curious, wanted to ask questions again.

"Second master, those farmers have been waiting for a long time, do you want to start first?" Xing'er looked nervously at his second master, worried that if Mrs. Li asked again, his second master would talk non-stop for a whole day, so he quickly took the opportunity to change the topic .

Jia Lian nodded, realizing that the farmers should not be kept waiting, and hurriedly ordered to start.

Li Yongxin looked at the medicine barrels, and they were pushed into the ditch of the field by the cart, scattered in several directions.One person pushes the lever, and the other holds the iron pipe to control the direction. The nozzle is slightly facing the sky, and then water is sprayed from the nozzle very powerfully, like a waterfall, which can be sprayed one or two miles away, which is simply amazing.

After a while, Li Yongxin insisted on tasting it himself.

"It's amazing. The sprayed medicine, like the mist in the morning, falls evenly on every sick seedling. There is also this small cart carrying the medicine barrel, which is very small and convenient. It will not harm the seedlings while walking."

Jia Lian admired Li Yongxin's observation ability, praised him with a smile, and invited him to drink tea in another garden.

Li Yongxin visited the environment of Xia Bieyuan by the way, seeing the small and quiet house, the small waterfall in the backyard is quite wildly arranged, and he was greedy, and asked his servants to ask if there is any land for sale around here, and he wanted to talk to him. Jia Lian is a neighbor.

"I don't dare to have such a noisy neighbor like you." Jia Lian joked.

"Don't, I don't talk much when there is a beautiful view." Li Yongxin looked at the small waterfall in front of him, and was very self-indulgent for a cup of tea.

He was really quiet.

Jia Lian blew the tea warm, and when he finished drinking, Li Yongxin turned around and sat down with a smile.

After eating pastries and tea, Li Yongxin sighed that Jia Lian lived a fairy life.

"Hey, why is this shortbread so crispy? From the inside to the outside, it melts in your mouth as soon as you bite."

"Want to know? Then I'll tell you the key to making shortbread crispy." Jia Lian raised his eyebrows, full of interest.

Xing'er, who was on standby, didn't know what expression to make when he heard the words.He really wanted to reach out to stop Li Yongxin, but it was too late, Li Yongxin nodded immediately...

After half an hour, finally finished speaking, Li Yongxin drank the fifth cup of tea with a slightly tired face.

After Jia Lian's eloquence, he didn't dry his mouth at all. He looked at Li Yongxin and asked him if he still wanted to know the symptoms of rice sheath blight.

Li Yongxin wanted to shake his head very much, but because of his gentleness as a scholar, how could he refuse his friend's question face to face.

Li Yongxin was embarrassed, he hesitated, and changed the subject cleverly: "Ah, that, did you know that the interrogation of Qi Tianlai by the third division has ended, and he was punished for several crimes, and he was sentenced to be executed in autumn."

"Death penalty?" Jia Lian's interest dropped, and he just asked casually.

"That's right. Repeated mistakes, coupled with corruption and disregard for human life, are all big cases. If you pay for it with one life, it is already considered cheap for him, and death is more than enough."

Jia Lian drank tea silently, without making any judgments.

Li Yongxin chatted with him for a long time, seeing that it was getting late, he got up to leave.Before leaving, he unceremoniously brought back a five-food box of shortbread, and he also bought some tobacco leaves, saying that he would go back to deal with the insect-infested flowers and plants in his garden.

……

Not long after, Jia Lian received news from the northwest.According to the deworming method conveyed by Jia Lian, the army and civilians dispatched and used a simple spraying method. After about half a month, the aphid disease in potatoes was finally eliminated.For the sick seedlings that died, they took Jia Lian's suggestion and replanted corn.

It is really a big surprise for the people in Northwest China that the disease can be successfully removed.This lesson is also deeply engraved in their hearts: in the future, potatoes will never be allowed to crop continuously, and the news conveyed by the small farmer's school must be listened to in the future.

Zhang Jianling reported to the emperor. While expressing the result of the victory, he couldn't help but praise Jia Lian, the biggest hero in this matter.

The more the emperor praised Jia Lian's ability, the more he missed Jia Lian's benefits.After thinking about it, Jia Lian is still the most pragmatic and dedicated to serving the country.Even Jing Yingguang, the prime minister he has always relied on, does not have Jia Lian's pure heart.Jing Yingguang is a little tactful in dealing with things, and will protect himself first in everything.And Jia Lian has sharp edges and corners, that is, he does things for the people wholeheartedly, and doesn't care who he offends.This kind of minister who always maintains his original intention is the only one in the Song Dynasty.Even if such a person forms a clique with the fourth brother, he can't do anything bad. He grabs dirt all over his hands, and there is nothing wrong with serving the people wholeheartedly.What's more, Jia Lian, a person whose mind is full of crops, how could he form a party.To the fourth prince, he only expressed his gratitude to the fourth prince. The two of them have always been open and generous when they met, never hiding anything, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Jia Lian is really good!

After much deliberation, the emperor still felt that Jia Lian was the best, and that Jia Lian should be pulled back to the court.It's not easy to have a fair and pragmatic minister these days, why was he confused before?Who is sowing discord!

While reflecting, the emperor added more dissatisfaction towards the empress, the eldest prince and others.On the fifteenth day of this month, as usual, he was going to the Queen's Palace. The emperor didn't go, and stayed directly with a newly selected beautiful concubine.

This trick is just a test.

Sure enough, after a few days, I heard that the concubine had caught a cold.The emperor didn't go to ask, and when he remembered to ask a few days later, he knew that the little concubine was sick and unable to get up.After careful investigation, it was found that the empress encouraged the concubine Xian to secretly embarrass the concubine, causing her to catch a cold and get sick, and then regardless of her symptoms, ordered her to run errands to catch the cold again.With such double torture, the young concubine who was not deeply involved in the world was naturally panicked and soon fell ill.

The emperor hurriedly ordered the chief of the Imperial Hospital to examine him, regardless of any expensive medicines, he must be cured.

Turning around, the emperor went to the empress dowager's palace to pay her respects, and the empress dowager suddenly hinted that the emperor should respect the empress instead of violating the rules and favoring the trustworthy and loathing the old.The emperor immediately decided that this was a good thing the queen complained about.

The next day, the first prince's confinement expired, and he mournfully came to the emperor and knelt down, crying and apologizing for his mistakes.

The emperor felt angry when he heard his irrelevant apologies.The boss has no serious repentance at all, let alone a sincere apology.After thinking about it again, I framed the matter of the fourth brother for forming a clique some time ago.This child is calm and patient, even if he is burdened with grievances, he does not complain. He took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Fujian to prove himself.Comparing such a child with the child in front of him, it is really different.

The emperor remained calm to the eldest prince, and asked him to go back with a kind face and make a change.But in the dark, Yi sent two groups of people to keep an eye on the movements of the First Prince and Empress.

Regarding the issue of distributing sulfur, the Fourth Prince carefully considered Jia Lian and decided to invite Li Yongxin to speak out.The approval came down very smoothly, and the emperor allowed all the officials to call him to support Jia Lian with all his strength.

Soon sulfur was successfully distributed to the regions just before the rainy season.

……

In a blink of an eye, it was Jia Lian's birthday.

Mother Jia only found out about this the day before, and she was very annoyed.These days, she had long thought of taking advantage of the opportunity to call Jia Lian back to her residence, but she had been struggling to find an excuse.Now celebrating my birthday is a good excuse, but when I found out, it was already too late, and it was too late to say anything.

Yuanyang has caught a cold these two days, afraid of offending the old lady, so she didn't serve her.She was so hot and confused that she forgot Jia Lian's birthday.

Mother Jia couldn't blame the mandarin ducks. It was reasonable for her to be ill, so she blamed Mrs. Wang entirely.As the housekeeper of the Rong Mansion, she couldn't even remind her family of such trivial things as birthdays in time, so what else would she do!

Mrs. Wang was busy making excuses for her mistake, but Jia's mother didn't believe it anymore. She always felt that this guy couldn't get rid of her scheming faults, and felt that she just wanted to squeeze Jia Lian out of her mind.

In fact, Mrs. Wang really didn't mean that.Ever since she was in charge of housekeeping, no matter whether she did something right or wrong, she would be overly interpreted by outsiders. Regardless of whether she was right or wrong, it was her fault.

Mrs. Wang really wanted to quit, but she was afraid that Mother Jia would look down on him even more because of this.Who told her to do something wrong in the first place.Now these people's misunderstanding of her is all the result of her doing too badly at the beginning.This is karma, self-inflicted.

After Jia's mother vented her anger, although she regretted Jia Lian's birthday, she still wanted to send someone to send some gifts to express her heart, and by the way, she also conveyed that she wanted Jia Lian to come back.Although the sisters in the mansion couldn't go, they all picked some suitable gifts to send there.

Jia Lian decided long ago that his birthday would not be a big event, even though he had long declared that he practiced Taoism and would not welcome guests.On that day, only a few close friends were invited to gather together.Jia Min had planned to bring Daiyu, Yingchun and Xing Xiuyan over to have a look, so by the way, the Princess of Li County also came to visit.Except for these five people, there are no extra female relatives.A few people are just enough to talk without being noisy.

Compared with the back yard, the front yard came more, Jing Yingguang, Lin Ruhai, Li Yongxin, Zhaochen, Cheng Shuliang, Jiang Zining, Xue Pan, Liu Xianglian and so on.In addition to these people who came, there were also gifts from the emperor, the empress dowager, the fourth prince, and several ministers.

Several villages including Xiaozaozhuang and Xiaolingzhuang jointly presented gifts and sent two representatives to celebrate Jia Lian's birthday.The congratulatory gifts are three statues made of whole grains, one is the statue of Avalokitesvara, and the other two are boys and girls, implying a bumper harvest, continuous succession of children, and both sons and daughters.They have been preparing for this gift since last year. It took several months and passed through the hands of thousands of people, with great care and effort.

The statue is very delicately made. The arms, face and other skins are made of rice, and the clothes are assembled with colorful things such as red beans and mung beans.These grains are carefully arranged with strings, Jia Lian can't even imagine how they drilled something as small as rice into a small hole and threaded them.

Jia Lian liked the gift very much, but in addition to expressing his gratitude to Master Zhuangzi, Jia Lian still did not forget to convey it solemnly, asking them not to do similar things in the future.To do such a waste of time, it is better to lie on the bed and sleep, rest a lot, and be able to do farm work after waking up. This is the best gift for him.

After the birthday banquet, everyone was amazed by the congratulatory gift, and then, under Jia Lian's guidance, they went to watch the play lively.

After Zhaochen sat down, he picked up a piece of warm pastry on the table and stuffed it into his mouth. He couldn't help sighing, "Oh, it's delicious, why is it so crispy!"