The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Xing'er shuddered when he heard this, and then he heard his second master ask him, "Do you want to know what is the key to making shortbread crispy?"

Li Yongxin happened to be sitting next to Zhaochen, and when he heard this, he hurriedly yelled at Zhaochen: "Yes, yes, you really have to ask him to explain this matter."

Zhaochen also asked naively: "Really?"

"Really, brother Lian, explain to him quickly." Li Yongxin gloated at Jia Lian's misfortune.It is not suffering if he suffers alone, but it is true suffering when everyone suffers.

Thus, Jia Lian spoke under Zhaochen's expectant eyes...

In an hour-long play, everyone was eating and drinking, so it was lively.Zhaochen, however, had a bitter look on his face, and finally waited until the end of the play, seeing that everyone was still looking happy, Zhaochen felt that his life was miserable, and his face was very bad, but he still curled his mouth Keep smiling.

At present, everyone is still immersed in the atmosphere of discussing drama.

Zhaochen wanted to intervene but couldn't, because he didn't hear a few words of the scene during the whole process.Jia Lian kept whispering all kinds of farming things in his ear, and he had to agree out of respect, so he couldn't concentrate on watching the show he wanted to watch.And the most troublesome thing is that after Jia Lian said what he said, he still didn't quite understand it. There are a lot of self-invented words here. Zhaochen asked if he couldn't understand. , There is still something I don’t understand in the explanation, and there are a lot of questions again, which feels endless.

Today's troupe sang from Bessich's latest script.It is said that Bessichi specially presented it in advance in order to celebrate the birthday of his friend Jia Lian. There is no such script on the market yet.

Zhaochen suddenly felt that there was nothing to love in life, and he even missed his favorite Bessichi's new play.Zhaochen was not reconciled, and made trouble with Jia Lian to ask Bessichi's real identity.Jia Lian refused to tell, and he was even more annoyed.

"I really regret being your friend."

"Are we friends?" Jia Lian looked at Zhaochen in doubt.

Zhaochen was so angry that his cheeks puffed up, "You... Jia Lian, what do you mean!"

"It's nothing, I always thought we were just simple," Jia Lian paused, "colleagues."

Seeing Jia Lian frowning and struggling with his words, Zhaochen seemed to be struggling to pick out a slightly nicer word out of a lot of bad words, and gave him alms.

It really pissed him off!Zhaochen stared and pointed at Jia Lian, who ignored him and turned to talk to Prime Minister Jing.

Zhaochen was immersed in the self-consolation of "I see you will forgive you this time after your birthday".

Jia She was asking everyone's opinions on the new play, seeing Zhaochen alone in a daze, Jia She thought it was an opportunity, walked over very modestly, and asked him with a smile.When Zhaochen heard someone mentioning Bessichi in his ear, many grievances suddenly rushed to his heart, he had no chance to attend the show at all! ! !

Zhaochen's eyebrows were tangled together, and the flesh on his face began to twitch faintly.

Seeing Zhaochen's expression, Jia She suddenly remembered that Jia Lian had told him before that Zhaochen was narrow-minded, especially easy to hold grudges, and would never offend him.Jia Amnesty thought that she must have annoyed him by interrupting him suddenly, so she hurriedly apologized to him and said that she was talking too much, so she went away embarrassingly.

Zhaochen calmed down for a long time, and when he turned his head excitedly to tell Jia Shen how much he loves Besichi, he saw Jia Shen's back joking with others.

Zhaochen's face was ashen, and he was even more disappointed.

When Jia Lian sent everyone away, he did not forget to tell Zhaochen in a friendly manner that if he had any agricultural problems in the future, he could definitely come to him.

Zhaochen smiled hypocritically at Jia Lian, the flames in his heart had already shot up to the top of his head, and his whole lungs were about to burst with anger.He turned around and was getting into the car to leave when Jia Lian shouted to wait and sent someone to bring over two food boxes of shortbread.Since Zhaochen also said that the shortbread is delicious, then give him some as well.

Zhaochen thanked him with a dry smile, but he swore in his heart that he must give up the habit of eating shortbread in the future!In case a word, eternal hatred, delays him watching Besicchi's play!

The next day, all officials came to court.

After going down, Zhaochen saw Li Yongxin, turned around and borrowed a knife from the guards.

"It's all your fault for killing me!"

Li Yongxin laughed loudly, while hiding beside Lin Ruhai, he pointed at Zhao Chenle. "Second Master Lian taught you how to farm for free. You don't appreciate it. It's really unreasonable for you to ask me instead and scold me."

"Get out of here before my eyes, or I'll kill you." Zhaochen scolded angrily.

Li Yongxin raised his eyebrows, clutching Lin Ruhai tightly and not letting go.

Lin Ruhai twirled his beard and smiled to reconcile, "Look at how old you are, you are still like children. Just remember the lesson, don't ask next time."

When the two heard this, they felt that there was something wrong, so they came over and asked Lin Ruhai if he had the same experience.

Lin Ruhai smiled wryly, "It was earlier than you, in fact, it's not just us, I heard that the fourth prince has also followed his way."

"I guess the Prime Minister is also unavoidable."

"The Duke of Nali probably does too."

……

Jia Lian was writing on the table and sneezed several times.

Feng'er thought that her second master had caught a cold, so she hurriedly reported it to her second grandma.

Jingxin thought that Jia Lian must have caught a cold while watching a play outside yesterday.Now the weather is hot and cold, and it is easy to get sick, so I sent someone to the kitchen to boil a bowl of ginger soup and send it over.

After a while, a bowl of jujube and ginger soup was brought to Jia Lian.

Jia Amnesty was sitting next to Jia Lian to join in the fun. He had a bad memory, and he forgot the opinions that those people gave him yesterday when he wrote a pen, so he came to ask Jia Lian for questions.No matter how bad it is, just ask Xinger, he should know something.

Xing'er really mentioned two, and Jia She wrote them down one by one.Then he went to his son's place, kept his head down and was busy with his own affairs, and didn't care about his words at all.

"Hey!" Jia She shouted at him dissatisfied.

"Vegetables and radishes have their own preferences. 100 people will have [-] different opinions when reading your book. If you take everyone's thoughts into consideration, what the hell can you write? Just stick to yourself, just write what you think something to write."

"But if I can't write well, some people will scold me, picking on this or that." Jia She said that he was under a lot of pressure.

"Why do you care about the words of those unimportant people? Your son is talking here, but you don't listen?"

Jia She felt that what Jia Lian said was very reasonable, but he was a little too concerned, and many people were just criticizing for no reason.It's obviously a tragedy, but it's not funny to dislike it.Wrote a comedy, but also scolded that it was not affectionate enough.Just ignore it!

Jia Amnesty suddenly felt better, and suddenly saw the little maid coming over with a bowl of soup, and asked if it was ginger soup.Jia Amnesty quickly picked it up and poured it into his mouth.

"I woke up this morning and felt unwell. I felt like I was caught in the cold. As soon as I mentioned it, my daughter-in-law quickly came to honor me. Lian'er, you really married a good wife." Jia She laughed. .

Jia Lian glanced at Feng'er, who had something to say in her eyes, and said to her, "Just tell me you've already drank."

Feng'er understood what Second Master meant, so she replied accordingly, and Second Mistress was really happy.

Li Yongxin sent a letter to inform Jia Lian that the sulfur and quicklime collected in Jia Lian had been distributed to small farm schools in various places according to Jia Lian's instructions.

The peonies bloom, just in time for the empress dowager.

In the Peony Pavilion in the Royal Garden, hundreds of varieties are in full bloom, colorful and beautiful.The queen mother suddenly thought of Jia Lian, and asked him if he had any fresh varieties this year, but no one around him could answer.After careful questioning, I found out that Jia Lian was punished by the emperor because of the koi.The emperor had already cut off his supply of all kinds to the palace.

The queen mother was a little unhappy, and took the emperor to see her small garden, such as "full of wealth", "Pretty in Pink" and the like, and pointed to a few orchids in the gazebo that were blooming just right, "Aijia's garden It is thanks to him that Nei can have such a spring. Without the method he provided, the Aijia plants would have died long ago. Look at these peony varieties, how bright they are, and I am happy when I see them. At the beginning, they were just It’s just a few fish that died, how can the Ai family be surprised? Why didn’t the emperor tell the Ai family what happened to him?”

"How can such a trivial matter bother you." The emperor laughed.

The queen mother tilted her head, pretending to be unhappy and said: "I don't care about other small things, but this child is very kind to the Ai family, and the Ai family has to take care of it. Besides, he is Jingxin's husband, that is, our royal family. Man, he is seriously going to call the Ai family a grandmother."

The emperor smiled and agreed, today is her old man's birthday, she is right in everything she says, if Jia Lian is considered a royal, then he is considered a royal.

"When all the officials celebrate their birthdays, there is only one face that is worth seeing, and you took that child away from Ai's family." With the support of the nanny, the queen mother walked forward slowly, and then Talking about the sick concubine some time ago.

"You didn't even go to the queen's palace because of her."

"My son didn't dote on her very much, he was just testing someone." Regarding his biological mother, the emperor didn't try to hide it, "Speaking of the dead fish, look, this is why my son suspects that someone is using you."

The queen mother moved her eyeballs a little, and immediately thought that the emperor was suspicious of the queen.If you think about it further, it is very likely that it has something to do with the crown prince.Her own son, the queen mother knew very well that he didn't like others to meddle in his political affairs, so the queen mother only said to the emperor: "Other Aijia don't have the heart to take care of it, but Jia Lian's Aijia likes it, you can't." Hurt him. You should know what kind of temperament he is, and he can't do anything bad."

The emperor nodded, expressing his understanding.What the Queen Mother said today made him trust Jia Lian even more.The eyes of the elderly are always more vicious, especially her mother, who has always been very accurate in judging people.So what the queen mother said is of great reference value to him.

The emperor cared more and more about Jia Lian.

……

In the blink of an eye, it is June, and the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River is continuous, and there is more rain than in previous years.

It has been cloudy for several days, and once the weather clears up, the warm and humid environment becomes a breeding ground for germs.

Rice, wheat and other crops had outbreaks of disease, and the Jiangnan area was the most serious. There were also similar outbreaks in several adjacent areas, but the damage was relatively mild, far less severe than that in Yangzhou.

According to Jia Lian's requirement of "immediately report once a disease breaks out", the small farmer's school in the diseased area collected the disease characteristics of all crops, drew them into pictures, expressed them in words, and urgently submitted the form to Jia Lian.Those suffering from aphids can also be controlled with the tobacco leaf water stored in the local small agricultural school, but other diseases do not know what to do.

When the emperor learned of this, he urgently summoned Jia Lian into the palace.The emperor became anxious and became an ant on a hot pot. When he saw Jia Lian, he couldn't stop his two feet, and walked back and forth in front of Jia Lian with his hands behind his back.

"Finally, this year has a lot of rain. I thought it would be a good harvest year with good weather and good weather. I never expected that just after the potato disease in the northwest was eliminated, this kind of thing happened again in the Jiangnan area."

Jia Lian was so dizzy that he simply looked down at his own toes.

"Aiqing, this matter is no small matter. If there is a disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, half of the imperial court's granary will be gone. Not only will it be gone, but grain will be allocated to help them. There is no food in the treasury! The common people have nothing to eat, and the soldiers in the northwest We waited for the war and had nothing to eat. The people of the Song Dynasty starved to death on the streets, and our soldiers in the Northwest calculated that they would have enough to eat. Hearing this news, they must be worried about their families and their morale will be low. Besides, if those barbarians in the Northwest hear this kind of news, The morale will definitely increase, and you will be determined to attack my Great Song Dynasty. When the famine meets the war, the people of this country will not be able to survive, and they will not be able to survive!"

After the emperor finished reading, he finally stopped and slammed his palm on the table.

The sound was loud and echoed in the hall.

Jia Lian still maintained the same posture as before, half-nodding and looking at his toes, his expression remained calm.

The emperor had vented enough, looked at Jia Lian's attitude, and was stunned, "Jia Lian! Are you not worried at all?"

Jia Lian: "The high temperature in the rainy season is really normal. I have seen the pictures presented by small agricultural schools in various places. Not surprisingly, in addition to the aphid disease similar to that of the Northwest potato, there are also powdery mildew, rust and brown rot. .”

normal circumstances?The emperor opened his mouth, and was about to scold Jia Lian for being too arrogant, but suddenly he heard the names of several diseases in a calm and confident manner.The emperor suddenly felt a cork in his throat, and he couldn't say anything critical.The most important thing is that he can't understand the diseases Jia Lian mentioned, and he has never heard of them.

After being the emperor for so many years, there have been diseases in some areas before, and the people in the household department only reported that something was diseased, resulting in no harvest, etc., and never reported the name of the disease in detail, maybe they never did. Knowing what the disease is, is not as delicate as Jia Lian's pondering.

As a Mingjun, the first thing to do is to be sympathetic to the sufferings of the people.The emperor felt that it was necessary for him to know about these diseases, so he asked Jia Lian.

Jia Lian seemed to have expected that the emperor would ask, so he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and rolled three paintings in total, which were still painted.

The emperor leaned over to look.

Jia Lian pointed to the first picture, and began to chatter: "This is powdery mildew, which mainly harms the leaves of wheat. When the disease vents, there will be yellow spots on the leaves, which is probably what this leaf looks like. It will slowly expand into a circular lesion, covered with a layer of white powdery mold..."

"What is a mold layer?" The curious emperor asked.

"The mildew layer is a layer of moldy things, like the white layer on top of food that has gone bad after a long time." Jia Lian felt that his description was quite common, and the emperor should understand.

The emperor nodded vaguely, pretending to understand, but actually thinking about it in his heart, what kind of thing does the food go bad?The emperor was afraid that he would be laughed at by his courtiers, so he didn't continue to ask.For such a simple matter, if he said that he didn't know, wouldn't it appear that he was too pampered and didn't know the sufferings of the people.Afterwards, the emperor sent someone to spoil the food and show him what the mold layer looked like.

"This mildew spot spread out alone in the early stage, and gradually it will become a large mildew spot, covering the entire leaf and affecting photosynthesis. Uh, the meaning of this photosynthesis is..." Jia Lian did not ask the emperor to ask, and began to explain that he thought it was not good. Understand the words, explain them in detail, and don't be afraid to repeat them several times.When he was in class before, he often talked about the same content repeatedly throughout the day, and he has formed a habit and will not feel tired.

Jia Lian talked about it for an entire afternoon, and the emperor's head was almost read as two big.

The emperor wanted to hear it, and he understood it, but he still felt it was very reluctant. He always felt that Jia Lian was walking fast, and he couldn't even catch up when he ran.This reminded the emperor that when he was young, he was forced by his father to get up early and go to bed late to study.I really miss it!

The emperor calmed down, took a sip of tea, and praised Jia Lian, saying: "You have indeed done your homework, and your technical expertise is extremely deep. You are absolutely extraordinary. You are really the No. 1 farmer in my dynasty."

Just as Jia Lian was about to reply, the emperor quickly raised his hand to stop him, "Don't tell me, I want to give you a copy of the inscription right now." This is really a good way to change the topic!Otherwise, you should listen to it endlessly!

With a swipe of his pen, the emperor wrote four big characters while slandering him in his heart, and immediately bestowed it on Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian thanked him, the emperor frowned and asked him, "Are you still angry with me, child?"

"I dare not."

"Have you been to the Taoist temple recently?"

Jia Lian nodded in agreement.

"Don't go any more, or I'll tear down that Taoist temple! Whoever leads you into ruin, I'll punish him and put him in the prison!" The emperor suddenly said loudly.

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce perform their own duties, and the world can turn around. For example, if there are no merchants, how can the northerners eat the fruits of the south in winter, and how can the southerners comfortably wear the fur goods in the north without them. Your Majesty, What the Taoist priests do is also beneficial to the world." Jia Lian felt that the emperor was serious, so he explained it in a roundabout way, and it would be easier for him to listen to it.

The emperor found it fresh, asked carefully, and listened to Jia Lian's detailed explanation of the process of refining medicine. He laughed and sighed: "I didn't believe that you really knew how to practice Taoism for a long time. It turned out that it was for this purpose. Well, since this is refining medicine for farmers With their merits, Jia Jing and Shen Hongzhen will not treat you badly. But you are the greatest hero, and I should reward you. Let the official return to his post first, and I will reward you after this disease is resolved."

After the emperor finished speaking, he hurriedly added: "You can't do anything about the emperor's order. You are not allowed to violate the holy order. Hurry up and thank you."

Jia Lian thanked you.

"What kind of way do you go to powdery mildew spot disease here? You can't delay for a moment. If you want to go eight hundred miles to hurry, the imperial gold medal will stay in your hand so that you can dispatch them at any time." The emperor ordered.

After Jia Lian agreed, he first wrote down the specific methods to deal with the disease, and quickly sent it to the Jiangnan area.But this alone is still not enough, I have to go to Jiangnan in person.When the emperor heard about it, he immediately decreed to grant him the title of imperial envoy.

Jingxin was afraid that Jia Lian would not want him, so she explained several times that she didn't need Jia Lian to take care of him.Even if she is going into labor at this moment, Jingxin understands this reason, and she must not starve to death other people's children for her child.

Jia Lian asked Mrs. Xing, Daiyu, and Yingchun to help take care of her and accompany her, and only then did she go away in peace.

When he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, Jia Lian immediately went to the field to check, and then went to the small agricultural school to inspect the pharmaceutical situation.Because of the small number of students in the small farmer's school, the local government sent out many yamen servants to help, and some farmers volunteered to do their part.

Jia Lian probably glanced at it twice, and immediately pointed out that his operation was wrong.

He selected [-] young people who were fairly proficient in techniques, and asked them to sit in a row in front and stand in a row behind them at a safe distance, and then he instructed them in specific methods.

"The first is the ratio, lime one, sulfur two, water ten. First weigh the lime into the pot, put an appropriate amount of water to dissolve the lime, and then add enough water. The adjusted sulfur paste is slowly poured along the edge, and then stirred. It will be boiled for about half an hour. Remember to keep it boiling. If there is less water, it must be heated before the fire is stopped for a stick of incense. Water replenishment."

After Jia Lian finished the operation, he repeated it twice, and then asked them if they understood.No one raised any doubts, so he asked these 20 people to retell the story in turn, and then operated.

The other onlookers just watched, but because of the relatively high number of repetitions, they subconsciously remembered what happened.

Then Jia Lian took advantage of the cooking time to count up the list of people present, and then divided them into [-] teams, led by the team leader to do the task.In the future, if there is a problem in any team, Jia Lian will ask the captain to take responsibility.But if the whole team does well, there will be a mysterious reward.

The morale of the captain and team members was high, and they booed and said that they would definitely complete the task.

The time was almost up, and the pot that Jia Lian cooked had already turned dark reddish-brown, and when I scooped out the dregs inside, it had turned blue-green.

"When the color reaches this level, you can stop the fire and take these things out to cool."

Jia Lian then supervised them to continue to operate, and gave guidance when they saw problems.In fact, this method is very simple, as long as you emphasize it well, everyone will do it.After Jia Lian waited for the solution he made to cool down, he motioned for everyone to watch the layered solution deposit. "We only take the clear liquid from above, and use this to spray the crops with spots on the ground, and the disease can be cured."

"My lord, there is still a problem. If we sell at cost price, there are still many farmers who cannot afford these medicines. Do you think you can talk to the imperial court about giving some relief and let these farmers get the medicines for free?"

Now the prefect of Yangzhou, Qin Liangcai, is a well-known and upright official in the local area. It is said that his family is too poor to hire a maid.He really wanted to do his best for the people, and when he heard that Jia Lian was coming, he hurried over from the government office to discuss this matter with Jia Lian.

When Qin Liangcai said this, his voice was quite loud, so that the surrounding people who were making medicine could hear them, subconsciously glanced to this side, and all of them looked at Qin Liangcai with admiration on their faces.

"In order to obtain these sulfur, the court spent a lot of money and manpower. The people have to eat, and the court has to live."

"How hard can the servants go? Can they suffer more than the common people?" Qin Liangcai's words became more and more agitated, with the intention of questioning Jia Lian.

Qin Liang was disappointed, very disappointed!

He thought that Jia Lian was an upright official with the same lofty ambitions as himself, but he never expected that he would be such a layman.

"I don't think you're right. The people are human beings, and the servants who lead the work are also human beings. Your Excellency, please don't be biased."

"Then what do you mean, that tens of millions of people can't afford the medicine and will starve to death on the streets after autumn?" Qin Liangcai pointed excitedly at the people making the medicine, "Thanks to their admiration and admiration." My lord, I came here specially to serve my lord, but my lord let them down like this, how can I bear it!"

Several yamen servants also heard this, and they were all embarrassed for their own adults.Are you crazy, my lord, opposite him is the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, Lord Jiahou, Minister of the Household Department!

It's good to be an upright official, but you can't cheat people like this.Several yamen servants had the same thought in their hearts, and they all favored Jia Lian, and hurried to persuade their adults to pay attention to their words.

When the people over there heard what the magistrate accused, their work was slowed down.There was probably a gap in my heart towards Lord Jia Hou, and I probably felt that this lord was not as respectable as they imagined.

Jia Lian's reaction was still very flat.He didn't say anything, and waited for him to finish shouting, calm down and be quiet.Jia Lian asked him in a moderate voice, "What do you want?"

"Of course it is free to provide medicine to these people!" Qin Liangcai emphasized again, and looked at Jia Lian with strange eyes.What he said is very simple, is it so difficult to understand?

"Since Mr. Qin is so active, you have the ability, you confess." Jia Lian gave him a cold look, then turned and continued to inspect.

A few farmers who boiled medicine frantically turned the handles in their hands.

Qin Liangcai chased after him excitedly, saying that he was just incapable, so he wanted to discuss it with Jia Lian.

Jia Lian suddenly stopped, and narrowed his eyes lightly: "I've already told you the reason why I can't do it, don't you understand? If you insist on this matter, you can report it to the Holy One yourself."

"It was submitted earlier, but it was rejected by the Holy One." Qin Liangcai muttered in a low voice.

"Oh, the emperor doesn't agree, you want me to agree? What enmity do I have with Mr. Qin, you want to hurt me like this?" Jia Lian sneered, "Mr. Qin thinks I'm young and easy to bully, huh?"

"I don't dare..." Qin Liangcai felt that Jia Lian's eyes were shot at like a pair of cold arrows, but he still insisted on a firm tone, and said sonorously, "Your Excellency, you are an imperial envoy, hunting on behalf of the sky. After you see the disaster here , present it to the emperor, the emperor will definitely change his mind."

"The [-] catties of sulfur are all taken up the mountain with bamboo baskets on their backs, and they are buckled one by one by hand. Do you know how much work it takes to make these things? If you can pay the money and do good things for these people righteously, I respect you. If you can’t do it, please shut your mouth obediently and don’t impose the beauty and nobility that you can’t do on others or even the court!”

"But my lord, now many people have-"

Jia Lian raised his hand and interrupted Qin Liangcai's words, "You know, you are right about one thing. I am an imperial envoy, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky. Come here, drag Qin Liangcai down, open his mouth twenty, if he still refuses to accept , just open your mouth another twenty."

Jiang Zining, who came with Jia Lian, was happy to hear that. Just now he was standing by the door listening to that shit Qin Liang was pretending to be righteous, and he wanted to go up and slap him a long time ago.

Jiang Zining called for someone, and after taking Qin Liangcai away, Jiang Zining deliberately found the strongest and most powerful subordinate to come over.Jiang Zining watched him slap Qin Liangcai with his own eyes, which was a relief.

Seeing this, the farmers who were boiling the medicine felt their hearts tremble, and when they looked at Jia Lian, they no longer had the kind of affectionate admiration they had at the beginning, but were full of fear.It turned out that this was a majestic imperial envoy, an imperial envoy that even the magistrate dared to fight!

Everyone's hands couldn't help shaking.

No one dared to neglect Jia Lian's instructions, and he listened to them verbatim.

The next day, there were some bad rumors about Jia Lian in Yangzhou City.It is nothing more than because Jia Lian beat up an upright official who pleaded for the people, and many ordinary people were upset about it.

On the contrary, the yamen servants in the yamen couldn't help applauding when they heard the news.

It's not that honest officials are not good, but officials who are 'too clean' like Mr. Qin really make these yamen servants unbearable.

These yamen servants worked under Qin Liangcai, and they were often squeezed by him. They were often called over by the magistrate during their breaks, and then they were asked to help the people in vain.Of course it is right to do good deeds, but tormenting them day and night, blindly helping others and disregarding their own family, who will chop firewood to help their wives and children?What's even more chilling is that they were so tired that they caught cold and fell ill, and they had to spend a lot of money to buy medicines, and Mr. Qin didn't pay them at all.

Therefore, the government office in Yangzhou Prefecture is very mobile now.In this month alone, seven or eight Yamen servants in Yangzhou Prefecture have resigned on their own initiative.The few pennies they earn a month are not enough for them to drink a bowl of medicine!

After Xing'er inquired about the relevant information, he gathered it to Jia Lian.

Jiang Zining got angry when he heard that, he raised his knife and was about to go out to have a fight with those bad-mouthed little people.

"They're all ordinary people who don't know the truth, there's no need to be like this." Jia Lian knocked on the table with his chin, waited for a while, and suddenly heard that the head of the yamen came, so he sat down.

The chief saluted Jia Lian happily, and replied: "It has been notified. When the common people heard that they can exchange food for medicine after autumn, they all raised their brows and exaggerated that you are the master of Qingtian!"

The peasants are not rich, the court is at war, and the treasury is in trouble. It is not easy for anyone, and no one can lose.Jia Lian had already thought of such a compromise method on the way here, buying autumn grains in exchange for pesticides.

"Eh? This way the rumors will be self-defeating." Jiang Zining said happily. After a while, he was still not reconciled, and asked Jia Lian, "Then what about Qin Liang? Those hypocrites who are full of benevolence and morality have already made my whole body tremble. Goosebumps, this guy is forcing others to do what he thinks is noble, more disgusting than those hypocrites. Ahhh, I can't stand him!"

Jia Lian chuckled, "After all, it's not easy to be an upright official. I hope he will wake up after being beaten."

For the next two days, Jia Lian inspected the fields. Fortunately, when the disease appeared, the Small Farm School had mobilized everyone to prevent the disease. Although the preparation of the medicine was not very standard, it had a restraining effect to some extent.Coupled with the supplementary spraying these days, it has basically paid off.

"In a few days, no matter how high the temperature is, it is not suitable to use this medicine anymore, and remember, you can't mix this medicine with tobacco leaf water and Bordeaux medicine, otherwise new injuries will appear. In the future, this medicine will be sprayed for about half a month to a month. After time, you are asking them to respray the Bordeaux medicine. As for how to configure the Bordeaux medicine, I have already explained it in the book that I assigned to you before, and I will demonstrate it to you again when I go back."

Several people from the small agricultural school nodded, expressing their understanding.

"Then there is the problem of recruiting students for the small farmer's school. It would be more appropriate to expand ten more people. Today, I will post a notice that anyone who can read and have farming experience can apply." Jia Lian will interview in person, but he can't meet everyone when he comes. .Jia Lian first wrote down a few simple questions, and told the people around him to ask them first, and only when they answered correctly could they reach his level.

Within ten days, the disease was basically under control. Because of its reputation, the Small Farm School easily recruited ten eligible students this time.

Jia Lian explained some follow-up finishing issues, and planned to leave for Beijing immediately tomorrow.

Qin Liangcai, the magistrate of Yangzhou, who had never appeared again, suddenly came to the door.

He pleaded guilty, knelt at the main entrance, and waited quietly until late at night before he was finally called in by Jia Lian.

As soon as Qin Liangcai entered the room, he knelt down again, earnestly apologizing.

Jia Lian was still flipping through the documents, but Qin Liangcai didn't respond to him, so Qin Liangcai began to reflect on his own initiative, and told Jia Lian what he had experienced these days.

Ever since he was beaten that day, Qin Liang always felt that he sacrificed himself for the common people and did not feel that he was wrong.After returning home, he scolded Jia Lian for not being a good official with his wife and son while rubbing his face.Unexpectedly, the wife suddenly burst into tears and pushed the emaciated son in front of him, making a fuss that she couldn't live with him anymore.

After Qin Liangcai heard about his wife's hardships, he also knew that it was not easy for her, but he still didn't feel that he was wrong.After a few days of recuperating at home for his face injury, Qin Liang realized that none of his subordinates came to visit him.I can't help being disappointed with these subordinates, feeling that they are all snobbish and have gone to curry favor with the imperial envoy.The wife cried again when she heard the words, but she knew several family members of the Yachai, so they told Qin Liangcai what happened to them together.

"You treat the people around you so frivolously, and let others try their best to satisfy your noble morals. Are you really noble? A man who can't even take care of his own wife and children is still a man!"

Qin Liangcai was shocked when he heard his wife who had always regarded her as his heaven suddenly say these words.But despite being shocked, he still didn't wake up, at least he did these good deeds for the common people.As long as the people have him in their hearts, everything is worth it.

Two days later, Qin Liang realized that not only his wife, children, and subordinates ignored him, but none of the common people came to visit him.why is that?

Qin Liangcai's face was mostly swollen, so he decided to go out to check.Suddenly, I found that all the people in the street were talking about the imperial envoy Jiahou Ye.They came up with a method of exchanging food for medicine, and everyone praised this move as very flexible.

Qin Liangcai casually asked someone to inquire about it, and he also felt that this method of exchanging food for medicine was good.

Suddenly hearing someone talking about him over there, Qin Liang lowered his straw hat nervously and hid aside to listen.

"Master Qin is a rare and upright official. It's good, but he's really overthinking himself."

"That's right. I heard that he dared to ridicule the imperial envoy in public. Fortunately, the imperial envoy didn't care about it like him. Otherwise, whoever helps us solve the problem of the rice and wheat fields will pretend to understand."

"That's not right, how did I hear that Lord Qin wanted the imperial court to give medicine for free for our own good!"

"What do you know, go to the teahouse and listen to it."

……

Qin Liangcai was very puzzled when he heard this, so he followed the man to the teahouse, and heard that the bookmaker was telling the story of the imperial envoy, Lord Jiahou.It happened to be here in Yangzhou City, and I analyzed the difficulties of the imperial court and the situation in the Northwest. It took several twists and turns for Master Jia Hou to coordinate with all parties to achieve the result today.If the money is really removed, the supply in the northwest will be insufficient, and the invasion of foreign enemies will still be the result of the dead.It would be better if one person contributes, and everyone is at peace.Moreover, the matter of medication really needs to be supervised by the imperial envoy. If a layman doesn't understand it, what's wrong with it?

So everyone condemned Qin Liangcai's disrespect for the imperial envoy.What's more, mentioning that he forced his subordinates to do things, he almost ruined the government office and the family.Everyone couldn't help sighing and began to denounce.There are also those who have been rescued by the magistrate and spoke for Qin Liangcai, but they are a minority after all.

Qin Liang finally realized what was wrong with him and began to reflect on himself.He finally figured it out, but he was ashamed to face Jia Lian.

"...On the last day, I knew it would be too late if I didn't admit my mistake, so I came here to plead guilty, and sincerely beg my lord to forgive my ignorance at the beginning." Qin Liang kowtowed to Jia Lian, and kowtowed again.

"Get up, I'm sleepy." Jia Lian sent him away, and got up to leave himself.

Qin Liangcai panicked, "My lord, I'm an official—"

"Speak less and do more, I will watch you." Jia Lian turned around and ordered, and disappeared into the night in Qin Liangcai's astonishment.

Qin Liangcai was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he fell to his knees, "This official has benefited a lot."

……

After leaving, it took half a month and finally returned to Beijing.

As soon as Jia Lian's boat docked at the ferry, someone sent by Jia's mother came to meet him.

Jia Lian wanted to ignore her at first, but when someone said that the old lady had brought Jingxin back to Rong Mansion, she rode back immediately.

When he saw Jiamu, he found that Jingxin was not there, so he looked bad.Jia Mujian