The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House
Chapter 19 I Have a Bad Appetite
After the servants on both sides communicated with each other first, they set the price, 32 taels of silver per stone.
Then it will cost nearly 2 taels of silver to buy six hundred stones.You can buy nearly 7000 shi in exchange for ordinary rice at this price, which is definitely not worthwhile.However, if the 7000 shimi were used as seeds, it would be enough to sow more than 2 mu of land.If the next year's harvest is as good as those of Jia Lian's Zhuangzi in Beijing, there will be a total harvest of more than 7 shi, worth [-] to [-] taels of silver, which is absolutely stable.
After Xue Pan settled his accounts, he decided to come to see the little widow. Originally, he wanted to take a good look at how beautiful the little widow was who could fascinate Jia Lian.It's a shame that the little widow pretended to be chaste and put a screen in front of her so that no one could see her.
The contract was drafted long ago, and it was delivered by a man who looked like a housekeeper, so he should just say something.Xue Pan didn't have much time to think, so he agreed indiscriminately, and the transaction was made on the spot, and the money and the goods were settled.
The next day, Xue Pan set off for Jinling in high spirits.After Aunt Xue got the letter, she praised her eldest son for his ability to do things, and wrote another letter to Mrs. Wang, telling him that the matter was successful, and she also distributed a portion of the seeds and shipped them to Mrs. Wang.
……
After Xing'er got the silver, he took out 1000 taels and gave it to the widow, and arranged for her to elope to Yunnan with her young lover, and all the rest of the money was handed over to the second master Lian.
"Master, it's really pitiful for the little one to find that woman. She became a widow at a young age, and was forced to marry into her in-law's family. She didn't enjoy a day of blessings and worked hard every day. How worthless for a man to be a widow, how pitiful."
Jia Lian put down the watering can in his hand, turned to look at Xing'er, "You did a good job on this."
It was rare for Xing'er to be praised by Lian's second master. He was so excited that tears fell down his face.
Jia Lian patted Xing'er's shoulder with a smile, and turned her attention to the rice seedlings.
Today, a small kang has gathered rice seedling varieties from hundreds or even thousands of miles away.Although his collection method is a bit rough, it is already the most cost-effective.Otherwise, it would be too much trouble to travel dozens of miles away in winter to collect seeds, verify the germination rate, and then go back to buy them.
Before, he had no money and no conditions, but now Xue Pan sent 2 taels of silver in time. The money should not be spent indiscriminately. He had to continue to buy fields and increase the number of places for him to cultivate hybrid rice.
Xing'er waited obediently on the sidelines, watching the second master record the situation of these seedlings very carefully every day, finally Xing'er couldn't help asking: "Master, it's good for the Zhuangzi to keep seeds for himself, let's do it." Why do you want to buy so much from the rice shop and try to plant it?"
Jia Lian held up two pots of rice seedlings, one tall and one short, and explained to Xing'er seriously: "Plants have some adaptability and variability. Some places provide good conditions for variation. The longer it grows, the more suitable it is for that place." environment, and some not. There are also some seeds that grow well here, but cannot adapt to the environment in other places. I now not only need to choose the right varieties to sow, to ensure that they adapt to the environment of the land. I also use these in the genetic Rice with different traits should be crossed, and only in this way can they be bred into rice varieties that have the excellent traits of both sides and can complement each other.”
After Jia Lian finished mumbling, seeing Xing'er's expression of being struck by lightning, he was stunned for a while, shook his head helplessly and sighed.
He... tried his best.
Xing'er looked distressed: "Master, your first sentence was so small that you didn't understand it well..."
"That's all." Jia Lian sent Xing'er to the outskirts of the city again to see who had good land for sale. This time they must buy good land.
"Second Master, it's almost time, you should change your clothes." Feng'er reminded.
Jia Lian asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"
"Second Master, have you forgotten again? The maidservant told you two days ago that the magistrate of Yangzhou just took office a few days ago and invited Mr. Lin and Second Master to a banquet at your house today."
"The magistrate of Yangzhou," Jia Lian frowned and thought for a while, then said strangely, "I don't know him, so just ask the gentlemen to go, what do you want me to do!"
After Jia Lian finished his work, he ignored this, picked up the booklet, and took a record of several pots of rice seedlings.
"You really know the magistrate of Yangzhou. You met him a few times before coming to Yangzhou." Xing'er laughed.
Jia Lian paused, thinking about the few people he knew, and looked up at Xing'er strangely.
Xing'er: "This person is the second master of Pingyuanhou's residence, Jiang Qingshan."
Jia Lian immediately frowned and put down his pen.
After changing clothes, he drove to the magistrate's yamen together with Jia Amnesty and Lin Ruhai.
Jiang Qingshan opened the door to welcome him, he was respectful to Lin Ruhai, he was polite to Jia Amnesty, but not warm to Jia Lian.One is that Jia Lian is a junior and has no official rank; the other is that Jia Lian's so-called "farming" theory has still seriously stimulated him.
After Jiang Qingshan and Lin Ruhai complimented each other, the banquet began, and a small theater troupe was specially invited to sing.In the middle of the banquet, Lin Ruhai came out to greet Jiang Qingshan, who was a little drunk. He saw Jia Amnesty watching the play in full swing, so he took the opportunity to turn around and ask Jia Lian what he had said.
"I heard Mr. Lin said that you came to Yangzhou to farm again? You are really interesting, a son of an official family, but instead of being a son of an official, you actually do dirty work every day with your face facing the loess and your back facing the sky. It's too disappointing and hurts you Father's heart, even more embarrassing to your duke's mansion."
Jia Lian cast a cold glance at Jiang Qingshan, too lazy to argue with a drunkard, his eyes continued to fall on the stage.
"Yo, I've told the truth, but you're not happy, are you angry?" Jiang Qingshan laughed.
"Lord Jiang, it's really embarrassing for you to do this." Jia Lian sneered at Jiang Qingshan's gaffe, got up and left.
Jiang Qingshan was taken aback, he didn't expect Jia Lian, a junior, to scold him so directly, and he didn't realize it for a while.
Only then did Jia Amnesty notice that Jia Lian was leaving, so he hurriedly asked, "Why are you going?"
Jia Lian squinted at Jiang Qingshan with sideways eyes, and said with a sneer, "This place is too stinky, go out to breathe."
"Bastard! What do you mean?" Jiang Qingshan finally regained his composure, and asked Jia Lian with a red face.
It happened that when Lin Ruhai came back, he felt strange seeing this scene, put his hand on Jia Lian's shoulder, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jia Lian glanced at Jiang Qingshan.
Seeing that the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian seemed to be good, Jiang Qingshan suddenly got excited, laughed and said, "It's not my fault, after drinking, I made a few jokes with my nephew, but I didn't expect him to take it seriously, haha... Xian Nephew, don't take offense!"
Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Lian, intending to ask for confirmation.
Jiang Qingshan had already opened his mouth and said it was a joke. If he had to complain unforgivingly, he would not take advantage of it.Jia Lian sneered and said, "It's okay, I'll go out and get some air."
As soon as Lin Ruhai heard Jia Lian's tone, he thought to himself that he had something to say, and his impression of Jiang Qingshan suddenly deteriorated.
"Okay, let's talk about it later."
As soon as Lin Ruhai finished speaking, someone sent by the second wife of the Jiang family invited Jia Lian to come over.
Seeing Jia Lian frowning and hesitating, the visitor hurriedly explained: "The uncle came with the second master and the second wife. He planned to travel in Yangzhou for a while, but he didn't expect that he was not acclimatized and sick when he first came to Yangzhou. The room must be very stuffy, Madam heard that you are here, so she wanted to ask you to visit him."
Jia Lian followed the mother-in-law who passed on the message, but was led to a magnificent courtyard in the back house. Jia Lian looked at the environment here, and felt that something was wrong when he saw the women and maids walking back and forth in the courtyard.He stopped and heard the two servant girls talking about his wife and girls on the stone steps, so he knew that the person living in this room should be Jiang Qingshan's wife.
Jia Lian turned around and left.
The mother-in-law wanted to stop her, but was pushed away by Jia Lian, and she fell firmly, but she didn't dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly chased after her, clutching her belly, shouting: "Second Master Lian, stay!"
Jia Lian was finally stopped by the woman who was running wildly. The woman knelt down in fear and explained to Jia Lian: "Second Master, please don't misunderstand. My wife originally wanted to tell you a few words. I blame the old slave for having a bad memory. Please explain in advance. Second master, don’t be angry, old slave, you kowtow to apologize, the uncle is still waiting for you to visit, he is sick, it’s really pitiful, look at you..."
Jia Lian thought of Jiang Zining, who was alive and kicking and always healthy, and after a moment of silence, Fang said, "Lead the way."
After a lot of tossing, they finally saw Jiang Zining.
Jiang Zining had white lips, a disgusted expression, and lay lifelessly on the couch, completely different from him who was lively and excited in the past and never knew he was tired.But when he saw Jia Lian coming, he had a smile on his face, very happy.
"Warning, don't laugh at me! How could I have imagined that I've been unwell since I got on the boat, and it got worse when I arrived in Yangzhou. I just couldn't cheer up and always felt tired and sleepy."
"I'm not kidding you." Jia Lian stared at Jiang Zining and said seriously.
Jiang Zining covered his face even more ashamedly: "You said that I am a handsome seven-foot man, why can't I even bear to change places? I am so young. You see, my second uncle and aunt are still fine when they are old. It's a shame. .”
"I see that you don't have a fever or a cough. What is the disease?"
"I don't know, the doctor can't diagnose it, so they say I'm not acclimatized. Now I throw up whatever I eat, and I'm prone to drowsiness, and I'm not very energetic." Jiang Zining said weakly.
Jia Lian stared at him without speaking.
Jiang Zining: "Why do you keep looking at me like this? By the way, let me tell you something. My sister seems to like you very much. Although my second uncle strongly opposes it, my aunt has always loved her. There is still a possibility between you two." , hehe...how about you think about it?"
"Oh, I can't protect myself, and I still have the mood to worry about others." Jia Lian sneered.
"I'm doing this for my sister's happiness. I should. I'm a good brother." Jiang Zining suddenly realized when he said this, "That's not right, what did you mean by that just now?"
"If you have the guts to come to Yangzhou with your second uncle and aunt, you should be prepared for 'illness' or 'accident'."
Jiang Zining was the only son of the eldest son, the quasi-heir to the title of the Marquis Mansion, this temptation was too great.What's more, with Jiang Zining's strong body as a martial artist, it's too suspicious that he can suffer from a "strange disease" for such a long time.Putting the two together, the probability of him being poisoned is higher than the germination rate of rice seeds.
This kid is so stupid.
That's why Jia Lian reminded him a little.
Jiang Zining shuddered immediately after hearing the words, "You mean that my second uncle and aunt treat me...impossible, they watched me grow up!"
"I don't care about your family, but if you really leave, I will ask Xing'er to burn paper for you every year. Besides, don't mention your sister again. I have a bad appetite and can't stand stimulation."
Then it will cost nearly 2 taels of silver to buy six hundred stones.You can buy nearly 7000 shi in exchange for ordinary rice at this price, which is definitely not worthwhile.However, if the 7000 shimi were used as seeds, it would be enough to sow more than 2 mu of land.If the next year's harvest is as good as those of Jia Lian's Zhuangzi in Beijing, there will be a total harvest of more than 7 shi, worth [-] to [-] taels of silver, which is absolutely stable.
After Xue Pan settled his accounts, he decided to come to see the little widow. Originally, he wanted to take a good look at how beautiful the little widow was who could fascinate Jia Lian.It's a shame that the little widow pretended to be chaste and put a screen in front of her so that no one could see her.
The contract was drafted long ago, and it was delivered by a man who looked like a housekeeper, so he should just say something.Xue Pan didn't have much time to think, so he agreed indiscriminately, and the transaction was made on the spot, and the money and the goods were settled.
The next day, Xue Pan set off for Jinling in high spirits.After Aunt Xue got the letter, she praised her eldest son for his ability to do things, and wrote another letter to Mrs. Wang, telling him that the matter was successful, and she also distributed a portion of the seeds and shipped them to Mrs. Wang.
……
After Xing'er got the silver, he took out 1000 taels and gave it to the widow, and arranged for her to elope to Yunnan with her young lover, and all the rest of the money was handed over to the second master Lian.
"Master, it's really pitiful for the little one to find that woman. She became a widow at a young age, and was forced to marry into her in-law's family. She didn't enjoy a day of blessings and worked hard every day. How worthless for a man to be a widow, how pitiful."
Jia Lian put down the watering can in his hand, turned to look at Xing'er, "You did a good job on this."
It was rare for Xing'er to be praised by Lian's second master. He was so excited that tears fell down his face.
Jia Lian patted Xing'er's shoulder with a smile, and turned her attention to the rice seedlings.
Today, a small kang has gathered rice seedling varieties from hundreds or even thousands of miles away.Although his collection method is a bit rough, it is already the most cost-effective.Otherwise, it would be too much trouble to travel dozens of miles away in winter to collect seeds, verify the germination rate, and then go back to buy them.
Before, he had no money and no conditions, but now Xue Pan sent 2 taels of silver in time. The money should not be spent indiscriminately. He had to continue to buy fields and increase the number of places for him to cultivate hybrid rice.
Xing'er waited obediently on the sidelines, watching the second master record the situation of these seedlings very carefully every day, finally Xing'er couldn't help asking: "Master, it's good for the Zhuangzi to keep seeds for himself, let's do it." Why do you want to buy so much from the rice shop and try to plant it?"
Jia Lian held up two pots of rice seedlings, one tall and one short, and explained to Xing'er seriously: "Plants have some adaptability and variability. Some places provide good conditions for variation. The longer it grows, the more suitable it is for that place." environment, and some not. There are also some seeds that grow well here, but cannot adapt to the environment in other places. I now not only need to choose the right varieties to sow, to ensure that they adapt to the environment of the land. I also use these in the genetic Rice with different traits should be crossed, and only in this way can they be bred into rice varieties that have the excellent traits of both sides and can complement each other.”
After Jia Lian finished mumbling, seeing Xing'er's expression of being struck by lightning, he was stunned for a while, shook his head helplessly and sighed.
He... tried his best.
Xing'er looked distressed: "Master, your first sentence was so small that you didn't understand it well..."
"That's all." Jia Lian sent Xing'er to the outskirts of the city again to see who had good land for sale. This time they must buy good land.
"Second Master, it's almost time, you should change your clothes." Feng'er reminded.
Jia Lian asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"
"Second Master, have you forgotten again? The maidservant told you two days ago that the magistrate of Yangzhou just took office a few days ago and invited Mr. Lin and Second Master to a banquet at your house today."
"The magistrate of Yangzhou," Jia Lian frowned and thought for a while, then said strangely, "I don't know him, so just ask the gentlemen to go, what do you want me to do!"
After Jia Lian finished his work, he ignored this, picked up the booklet, and took a record of several pots of rice seedlings.
"You really know the magistrate of Yangzhou. You met him a few times before coming to Yangzhou." Xing'er laughed.
Jia Lian paused, thinking about the few people he knew, and looked up at Xing'er strangely.
Xing'er: "This person is the second master of Pingyuanhou's residence, Jiang Qingshan."
Jia Lian immediately frowned and put down his pen.
After changing clothes, he drove to the magistrate's yamen together with Jia Amnesty and Lin Ruhai.
Jiang Qingshan opened the door to welcome him, he was respectful to Lin Ruhai, he was polite to Jia Amnesty, but not warm to Jia Lian.One is that Jia Lian is a junior and has no official rank; the other is that Jia Lian's so-called "farming" theory has still seriously stimulated him.
After Jiang Qingshan and Lin Ruhai complimented each other, the banquet began, and a small theater troupe was specially invited to sing.In the middle of the banquet, Lin Ruhai came out to greet Jiang Qingshan, who was a little drunk. He saw Jia Amnesty watching the play in full swing, so he took the opportunity to turn around and ask Jia Lian what he had said.
"I heard Mr. Lin said that you came to Yangzhou to farm again? You are really interesting, a son of an official family, but instead of being a son of an official, you actually do dirty work every day with your face facing the loess and your back facing the sky. It's too disappointing and hurts you Father's heart, even more embarrassing to your duke's mansion."
Jia Lian cast a cold glance at Jiang Qingshan, too lazy to argue with a drunkard, his eyes continued to fall on the stage.
"Yo, I've told the truth, but you're not happy, are you angry?" Jiang Qingshan laughed.
"Lord Jiang, it's really embarrassing for you to do this." Jia Lian sneered at Jiang Qingshan's gaffe, got up and left.
Jiang Qingshan was taken aback, he didn't expect Jia Lian, a junior, to scold him so directly, and he didn't realize it for a while.
Only then did Jia Amnesty notice that Jia Lian was leaving, so he hurriedly asked, "Why are you going?"
Jia Lian squinted at Jiang Qingshan with sideways eyes, and said with a sneer, "This place is too stinky, go out to breathe."
"Bastard! What do you mean?" Jiang Qingshan finally regained his composure, and asked Jia Lian with a red face.
It happened that when Lin Ruhai came back, he felt strange seeing this scene, put his hand on Jia Lian's shoulder, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jia Lian glanced at Jiang Qingshan.
Seeing that the relationship between Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian seemed to be good, Jiang Qingshan suddenly got excited, laughed and said, "It's not my fault, after drinking, I made a few jokes with my nephew, but I didn't expect him to take it seriously, haha... Xian Nephew, don't take offense!"
Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Lian, intending to ask for confirmation.
Jiang Qingshan had already opened his mouth and said it was a joke. If he had to complain unforgivingly, he would not take advantage of it.Jia Lian sneered and said, "It's okay, I'll go out and get some air."
As soon as Lin Ruhai heard Jia Lian's tone, he thought to himself that he had something to say, and his impression of Jiang Qingshan suddenly deteriorated.
"Okay, let's talk about it later."
As soon as Lin Ruhai finished speaking, someone sent by the second wife of the Jiang family invited Jia Lian to come over.
Seeing Jia Lian frowning and hesitating, the visitor hurriedly explained: "The uncle came with the second master and the second wife. He planned to travel in Yangzhou for a while, but he didn't expect that he was not acclimatized and sick when he first came to Yangzhou. The room must be very stuffy, Madam heard that you are here, so she wanted to ask you to visit him."
Jia Lian followed the mother-in-law who passed on the message, but was led to a magnificent courtyard in the back house. Jia Lian looked at the environment here, and felt that something was wrong when he saw the women and maids walking back and forth in the courtyard.He stopped and heard the two servant girls talking about his wife and girls on the stone steps, so he knew that the person living in this room should be Jiang Qingshan's wife.
Jia Lian turned around and left.
The mother-in-law wanted to stop her, but was pushed away by Jia Lian, and she fell firmly, but she didn't dare to make a mistake, and hurriedly chased after her, clutching her belly, shouting: "Second Master Lian, stay!"
Jia Lian was finally stopped by the woman who was running wildly. The woman knelt down in fear and explained to Jia Lian: "Second Master, please don't misunderstand. My wife originally wanted to tell you a few words. I blame the old slave for having a bad memory. Please explain in advance. Second master, don’t be angry, old slave, you kowtow to apologize, the uncle is still waiting for you to visit, he is sick, it’s really pitiful, look at you..."
Jia Lian thought of Jiang Zining, who was alive and kicking and always healthy, and after a moment of silence, Fang said, "Lead the way."
After a lot of tossing, they finally saw Jiang Zining.
Jiang Zining had white lips, a disgusted expression, and lay lifelessly on the couch, completely different from him who was lively and excited in the past and never knew he was tired.But when he saw Jia Lian coming, he had a smile on his face, very happy.
"Warning, don't laugh at me! How could I have imagined that I've been unwell since I got on the boat, and it got worse when I arrived in Yangzhou. I just couldn't cheer up and always felt tired and sleepy."
"I'm not kidding you." Jia Lian stared at Jiang Zining and said seriously.
Jiang Zining covered his face even more ashamedly: "You said that I am a handsome seven-foot man, why can't I even bear to change places? I am so young. You see, my second uncle and aunt are still fine when they are old. It's a shame. .”
"I see that you don't have a fever or a cough. What is the disease?"
"I don't know, the doctor can't diagnose it, so they say I'm not acclimatized. Now I throw up whatever I eat, and I'm prone to drowsiness, and I'm not very energetic." Jiang Zining said weakly.
Jia Lian stared at him without speaking.
Jiang Zining: "Why do you keep looking at me like this? By the way, let me tell you something. My sister seems to like you very much. Although my second uncle strongly opposes it, my aunt has always loved her. There is still a possibility between you two." , hehe...how about you think about it?"
"Oh, I can't protect myself, and I still have the mood to worry about others." Jia Lian sneered.
"I'm doing this for my sister's happiness. I should. I'm a good brother." Jiang Zining suddenly realized when he said this, "That's not right, what did you mean by that just now?"
"If you have the guts to come to Yangzhou with your second uncle and aunt, you should be prepared for 'illness' or 'accident'."
Jiang Zining was the only son of the eldest son, the quasi-heir to the title of the Marquis Mansion, this temptation was too great.What's more, with Jiang Zining's strong body as a martial artist, it's too suspicious that he can suffer from a "strange disease" for such a long time.Putting the two together, the probability of him being poisoned is higher than the germination rate of rice seeds.
This kid is so stupid.
That's why Jia Lian reminded him a little.
Jiang Zining shuddered immediately after hearing the words, "You mean that my second uncle and aunt treat me...impossible, they watched me grow up!"
"I don't care about your family, but if you really leave, I will ask Xing'er to burn paper for you every year. Besides, don't mention your sister again. I have a bad appetite and can't stand stimulation."
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