The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia She felt that Yingchun was a good kid, and he knew how to report the news to them, so he turned around and told Madam Xing to send some things that the kid liked.

Jia Lian's eyes rolled slightly, and he didn't say anything, but he remembered it in his heart.

Afterwards, Mrs. Xing prepared several boxes of rouge and asked her niece Xing Xiuyan to run errands to deliver them.Yingchun was playing with Tanchun and Xichun in the house, and when she saw Xing Xiuyan coming, she left her to play together.A few girls shared things together, everyone was young and didn't know much, but they were also at the age of curiosity to imitate adults' love of beauty, a few boxes of rouge were enough for them to play for most of the day.

Yingchun took out three earrings from Jia Lian's birthday present, and asked Tanchun, Xichun and Xing Xiuyan to choose them.The eyes of the girls lit up when they saw it, and they praised the things for their beauty.

"Elegant and chic, the color is bright and beautiful, and it is a new style this year. When Concubine Nan'an came to visit, I saw that the little princess was wearing this style on her ears." Tan Chun joyfully She picked out a pair of earrings inlaid with coral beads, and handed them over to Shi Shu, asking her to put them on for herself.

When Tanchun wore it, the other girls said it looked good.They chose their own one after another and put them on.

The next day, when the Sanchun sisters brought Xing Xiuyan to give Jiamu a visit, they all wore similar earrings, which were really conspicuous.Jia Mu asked and learned that it was from Jia Lian's hand, and praised him for his heart.When Jia Lian comes, he will bring up this matter again, and he must be praised.

Mrs. Wang, on the other hand, listened to Wohuo, feeling that Jia Lian was clearly against her.Earlier, she had just taken out three golden hairpins with all her heart, and presented her charity to Sanchun in front of the old lady, when Jia Lian turned around and slapped her in the face by giving away earrings.Although the gold hairpins Mrs. Wang gave were worth a few bucks, the bad thing was that they were a bit outdated. They were three inconspicuous gold hairpins in her dowry that even she herself didn't like very much.What Jia Lian gave was not only this year's new style, but also the materials used. Coral beads and green emeralds are a little small, but they are exquisite, and the colors match them very well. It is the young maid. Favorite kind.

The things they give are more thoughtful than their own, so they naturally win the girl's heart.

So annoying!

Mrs. Wang's teeth were itching with hatred, she only blamed herself for being too light-handed and didn't kill this little bastard.At that time, he wasn't very mature, and his temperament was raised like a rascal, and Mrs. Wang didn't regard him as a person at all.

"The second one, why are you in a daze, Lian'er is talking to you!" Mother Jia looked at Mrs. Wang.

After Madam Wang came back to her senses, she was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Jia Lian's face with extreme disgust, "Why?"

"He heard that Xue's family was going to Beijing, so he asked you why?" Jiamu continued.

Mrs. Wang: "This matter! It's the eldest girl of her family who came to Beijing because she was going to choose the princess to study with her."

"Servant selection?" Jia Lian deliberately sighed in surprise, and said nothing more.

He knew very well in his heart that the Xue family must have another purpose in coming to Beijing, and if they were allowed to settle in Rongfu, it would inevitably cause another trouble.Jia Lian didn't want to continue to waste his energy on this, so he might as well nip this matter in the bud so as to avoid future troubles.

Mrs. Wang saw a mocking look from the corner of Jia Lian's slightly raised mouth, she grabbed the handkerchief and glared at Jia Lian, "From your tone, do you think she is not suitable for serving?"

Mrs. Wang was smarter this time, she didn't directly blame Jia Lian, but asked Jia Mu to understand that there was a problem with Jia Lian's attitude.

Jia's mother leaned on the cushion and smiled, but her eyes were already solemn, and she kept staring at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian smiled, with a slightly provocative tone, "That depends on whether Second Aunt wants to hear the truth."

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to respond to this sentence.

Mrs. Wang knew Jia Lian's tricks in her heart, and she just wanted to speak irresponsibly. She was not afraid of this, so she said generously: "Just tell the truth."

Jia Lian: "I heard that his uncle had a big incident in Jinling. I wonder if the second aunt has heard about it?"

Mrs. Wang's heart froze, she didn't expect Jia Lian to know about this, her eyes widened slightly.Mother Jia saw some signs, turned to look at Mrs. Wang and waited for her to give an answer.

Mrs. Wang thought about it again and again, but decided to shake her head and put aside her own relationship first.

"What's the matter?" Mother Jia asked.

Jia Lian looked in the direction of Sister Sanchun.

Jia Mu immediately dismissed them and signaled Jia Lian to continue.

"I heard that my cousin Xue is only twelve or thirteen years old, and he has already learned how to go shopping. A few days ago, one of them fell asleep. Thanks to the face of my ancestors, and Aunt Xue's hard work, I escaped the inspection of the government office. , to avoid prison.”

Going to the kiln, sleeping to death...

Mother Jia frowned, thinking about the matter carefully, and found that the more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became.It is disgusting enough that Xue Pan loves to go to that kind of romantic and dirty place at a young age, and she even sleeps to death. How can a good-looking girl die after being slept in, unless... unless this Xue Pan has something special Hobby!

Mother Jia was shocked by this idea. She also came here when she was young. When she was a daughter-in-law, she also heard her husband talk about some strange things outside.At that time, I still felt that people like that were far away from me, but I just heard something new.I really didn't expect that kind of thing to be so close to me now, how did the Xue family do it, how did they raise such a thing!

Mrs. Wang has always thought that this is not a big deal, and besides, this time her sister's family went to Beijing because of her own idea, and it has nothing to do with Xue Pan's trivial matter.She really couldn't understand why such a small matter, which was half-covered from Jia Lian's mouth, became so disgusting and imaginative.

What made Mrs. Wang even more curious was that this matter was clearly kept a secret, and my sister only mentioned it to her in a letter. She didn't tell anyone, not even her natal sister-in-law.

"Lian'er, how did you know about this? Can you make sure that the news is true?" Mrs. Wang looked at Jia Mu with a complicated expression, and said pretendingly innocent.

"There is a person who came to ask me for flowers, he is from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. As a rule, cases of abnormal death in every state must be submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review. Cousin Xue's case happened to be mentioned by him as a topic of conversation. I didn't dare to explain that I was related to him." Jia Lian explained.

Unusual death... was used as a talking point...

Jia's mother had a dark face, and she understood Jia Lian's embarrassing situation at that time, and he couldn't blame him for not acknowledging this matter.How could this child of Xue's family do such a shameful thing? It's even embarrassing to the Ministry of Punishment.Fortunately, Lian'er is very popular, has a lot of face, and knows people from the Ministry of Punishment.Otherwise, she still doesn't know that there is such a family of relatives in Rongfu who discredit and shame people.

Mrs. Wang was speechless by Jia Lian's words, and she was completely ashamed.Her face was blushing, her teeth were painful, and she secretly dug her nails into the palm of her hand, she was so angry with hatred in her heart, but she could only swallow her anger and be a shrinking turtle.

Mother Jia took a deep breath, then exhaled it very heavily, and cast her eyes on Mrs. Wang meaningfully.It's hard for her to say anything about her relatives, or her sister's children.But this kind of dirty stuff can never enter their Rongfu!

"Your sister, do you have a place to stay when you come?"

Mrs. Wang understood, Mother Jia didn't want the Xue family to come here.Her face was in pain, as if she had been slapped on the spot.But at this time, I can no longer be cowardly, I still have to save the situation.

"Mother, don't worry, my sister won't come to Beijing this time. They have their own old house to live in, and the other thing is to go to my elder brother's place to have a look."

When Jia Mu got a satisfactory answer, she sighed and nodded without discrediting Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Jia Lian's handsome face resentfully, wishing she could tear him up and feed him to the dogs.

Jia Lian took a sip of tea unhurriedly, moistened his throat, smiled warmly, and continued: "There is one more interesting thing, I want to tell the old lady."

Mrs. Wang grabbed the handkerchief awkwardly, feeling a bad premonition.

Jiamu said with a smile, "That's good, I like to listen to interesting things." As long as it's not these messy things about relatives that upset her, she is interested.

"That Xia's family has sent people to the door again." Jia Lian said.

Mother Jia reacted, and then remembered that it was the sweet-scented osmanthus Xia's family a few days ago. She slapped her legs and smiled, "This is thick-skinned. I haven't been scolded by you last time. Why are you still here? What happened later?"

"The person who came to the door was a steward, with a humble attitude, a hundred times better than that old woman. He apologized on his behalf, explained his purpose in a serious manner, and invited me to visit the sweet-scented osmanthus forest of Xia's family. I saw that he was so sincere and hardworking, so I felt uncomfortable to refuse , it’s better to go and then refuse, so that they can completely give up.”

Jia's mother nodded, saying that Jia Lian has done a good job and has the benevolent demeanor of a master.

In fact, Jia Lian was not as noble as what Jia Mu said. The reason why he went was because he wanted to send Mrs. Wang away for that matter.

Jia Lian then said to Jia Mu: "The sweet-scented osmanthus groves in their house are stretching endlessly. Fortunately, I went there at this time. If I wait for the sweet-scented osmanthus to bloom later, my nose will definitely not belong to me when I come back. .”

Jia Mu smiled happily: "That is, a few sweet-scented osmanthus trees, which smell fragrant and have a moderate taste. A large piece of them must make people faint."

"The steward took me for a walk in the forest, and I made it clear that I didn't want to do business with him, and I was about to leave. The steward didn't mind, but he insisted on letting me take a look. Since the kindness was hard to turn down, I casually He walked further in, but suddenly heard the sound of the piano, so I turned around and came back."

"The sound of the piano? Well, there is no sound of the piano in the sweet-scented osmanthus grove, and those who can play the piano these days are either the ladies or the girls in the singing and dancing room." Jia Mu didn't say the following words, but obviously, the ones in the osmanthus forest belonged to the former, "Everyone is Everyone, but the royal merchants, are no longer ladies."

Mother Jia put down the tea in her hand, and sighed crisply: "It's so uneducated, this businesswoman is definitely not suitable for marriage!"

Jia Lian looked at Mrs. Wang who was so ashamed at this moment, smiled and said to Jia's mother: "Maybe she is the only one like this."

Jia's mother followed Jia Lian's gaze and glanced at Mrs. Wang, expecting that Jia Lian said this to save face for Mrs. Wang.Because Wang's disgraceful sister also has a daughter named Xue Baochai.Even though this child is a good one, having such a big brother is also worrying, and it is absolutely unacceptable.

Mrs. Wang never expected that today's situation would develop like this.At first, she thought that Jia Lian was just going to have a few words with her, but she never expected that he would ruin the entire Xue family, so that her good sister can't come to Beijing to live in Rongfu.

She's going crazy, really going crazy!Mrs. Wang was roaring in her heart.

Now the face is gone, and Lizi has been beaten bloody, ashamed.

Mrs. Wang resigned in embarrassment, but she couldn't be angry no matter how she thought about it.

She blocked Jia Lian on the only way to Rongxi Hall.

With a cold face, Mrs. Wang said to the servants around: "I want to talk to your second master about something alone."

Jia Lian immediately motioned for them to back off, and looked up at Mrs. Wang's eyes.

Because there were no outsiders around, Mrs. Wang stopped pretending, and her peaceful face suddenly became distorted. She stared at Jia Lian with red eyes angrily: "These days you are always against me, but what is the reason?"

"What do you think?" Jia Lian smiled kindly.

"Speak seriously, don't put on airs! I don't understand why the old lady favors you so much!" Mrs. Wang said fiercely.

Jia Lian: "Why? Others don't know the reason. I think you, the second wife, should know the most. In the whole house, the old lady loves Baoyu the most. Why didn't you shout at that time, 'Why does the old lady want to be alone? Baoyu'?"

"That's because my Baoyu is smart and quick-witted, and you are not as good as him." Mrs. Wang snorted coldly.

"Then the reason should be the same now." Jia Lian said the same thing.

Mrs. Wang immediately understood the implied meaning of Jia Lian's words. He meant that now he had become more intelligent and astute than Baoyu.This is calling her son stupid!

"The old lady dotes on you, I have nothing to say, but why did you target me, embarrass our second wife, embarrass the Xue family, do you know that a good marriage was ruined by your words just now, you are not afraid of retribution. This is not something that you, a junior, should do! Now I am patient with you, but there is a limit. My natal elder brother doesn’t know about this, otherwise it’s up to you, heh, I see that you are young and ignorant On the face of affection, I will bear with you forever."

Mrs. Wang hinted that Jia Lian must understand that he is just a junior with nothing to rely on, but she has a strong natal family as the backing. If there is a fight, he will lose.

Jia Lian's eyes were fixed on the direction of Mrs. Wang's left ear, her gaze was fixed and straight.

Mrs. Wang thought that Jia Lian was frightened by herself, she raised her neck and sneered, waiting for Jia Lian to subdue and beg for mercy.

Jia Lian walked towards Mrs. Wang in two or three steps, so fast that there was a gust of wind.

Mrs. Wang was startled, she clenched her handkerchief tightly to protect her chest, her voice trembling slightly nervously, "You...what are you going to do? If you dare—"

Before Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she saw Jia Lian brushing past her, and went straight into the garden to leave.

Mrs. Wang was stunned and turned to look at him.

Jia Lian lifted up his robe, and quickly climbed up the rockery in two or three steps. There was a groove on the top of the rockery, with some mud accumulated in it and a bunch of weeds growing.

Mrs. Wang saw Jia Lian hugged on the rockery, stretched her neck and raised her head to look carefully at a pinch of grass on the top of the mountain.After watching, he even smiled, reached out and took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and began to observe carefully.

Mrs. Wang was stunned, thinking that Jia Lian was pretending to be crazy, "What are you doing? Are you crazy? Heh, brat, do you think I can let you go like this?"

"It's great, it's great," Jia Lian exclaimed, "It's really 'you can't find a place when you step through the iron shoes, and it's easy to get here'."

Mrs. Wang was very angry at Jia Lian's ignorance, and called him by his first name, "Jia Lian, why are you crazy!"

Only then did Jia Lian think of Mrs. Wang, looked at her in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Didn't you ask me why I targeted you? If you want an answer before you leave, I can give it to you."

Mrs. Wang was taken aback.

Jia Lian: "It's the mood of weeding."

"Come on!" Jia Lian then shouted, calling Feng'er and others, and hurriedly ordered them to prepare humus and flower pots, and then brought them quickly.

Mrs. Wang didn't react for a while, and she was still thinking about the phrase "the mood of weeding".Damn it, Jia Lian even blatantly compared her to a weed that should be thrown out!

Mrs. Wang bit her lower lip, raised her finger to point in Jia Lian's direction, and was about to scold, "You—"

Suddenly, she saw four or five maidservants holding flower pots around the rockery, enthusiastically handing shovels to their master, and Mrs. Wang swallowed the rest of the words.

All the maids still heard Mrs. Wang's roar of "You", and turned their heads to look over.At this moment, Zhou Rui's family has also rushed over to accompany Mrs. Wang.Mrs. Wang withdrew her hand in embarrassment, and turned her head to lead the person away bitterly.When she left, she clenched her hands urgently, seeming very angry.

"Master, what happened to the second wife?" Feng'er asked worriedly.

"You're in a bad mood." Jia Lian replied casually, and removed the excess grass in front of her eyes, leaving only a sapling, and then used a shovel to move the soil on the top of the artificial hill very carefully. I transplanted them into pots and took them home.

After returning home, Jia Lian took a magnifying glass and looked at it excitedly for a long time. The thin rice seedlings had just headed and bloomed, and their appearance was very consistent with the characteristics of male sterility.

Feng'er: "It's amazing, a rice plant grew in the garden. By the way, I remembered that during the Chinese New Year, some dolls from the Zhuangzi came to bring the grain to the mansion, and they wanted to walk around the mansion. Good luck. The old lady was happy and rewarded the dolls with sweets, presumably these children were playing in the garden and spilled the rice seeds."

"They're all Fuwa." Jia Lian summed it up briefly.

He doesn't care how the rice grows, he only cares about the result.Jia Lian put the magnifying glass on each ear of rice to look at it.

The anthers are shriveled and uncracked, the stigmas are large and exposed, and the opening angle is large.

Reconfirmed that I was really lucky to find a male sterile plant.

But now that you can find it, it is a very happy thing.

Jia Lian immediately drove to the nearest Zhuangzi to carefully cultivate the thin rice seedling.

When she came back, Feng'er served tea and said to Jia Lian, "I heard that the second wife has gone to the temple to worship the Buddha."

"From now on, she doesn't have to report to me about her chores," Jia Lian said.

Feng'er understood, and immediately shut up and didn't mention it.But who would have thought that Mrs. Wang actually lived in the temple for more than half a month, and she still hasn't come back.As a result, various rumors spread in the mansion.

Jia Lian was still busy shuttling between Zhuangzi and delayed his trip to Yangzhou by the way.

"Second Lord, the big day in the East Mansion has been decided, and it will be the seventeenth day of the eighth month this autumn." The mother-in-law who spread the word came here to report.

Jia Lian was fiddling with the abacus, and was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked up at Feng'er.

Feng'er expected that the second master would not be concerned about matters related to his relatives, but he did not expect that the second master Lian would not pay attention to the matter related to that girl.Feng'er stood up in time and reminded Jia Lian, "It's the marriage between Miss Feng and Brother Rong."

"So early?" If he remembered correctly, Jia Rong was only fourteen.Generally, children from big families get married at least fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Uncle Zhen thinks that Brother Rong is ignorant, so he wants him to start a family before starting a career. Besides, I heard that they invited a half-immortal to count the days, saying that in the past three years, only on the seventeenth day of the eighth month was the most accommodating girl Feng and Brother Rong." The horoscope is good, this day will definitely be a good marriage for a hundred years, and the family will prosper. Then the date has been set in a hurry, and each family is sending out invitations." The old woman smiled happily.

Jia Lian agreed, and told Feng'er calmly, "Just prepare a congratulatory gift according to the rules."

Feng'er withdrew in response, while the family continued to concentrate on calculating the data.

Now how to implement the military rations promised to the fourth prince is the top priority.In fact, he had simply agreed at the beginning, but in his heart he was only [-]% sure of this matter, and all the pressure was on the two Dutchmen.

The northwest is a place of bitter cold, with low crop yields, and the harvest has not been high.Potatoes happen to be high-yield, cold-resistant and excellent food crops that are not prone to diseases and insect pests. The military ration plan he proposed relies on these potatoes.Now the potato planting industry is developing very well in the Netherlands. He wants to introduce a batch of suitable potatoes as seeds, and he can only rely on these two Dutch traders.

Back in Yangzhou, when Jia Lian met those two Dutchmen again, he offered a very rich and very attractive price. Now he is the second master of Lian in the Rong Mansion, and he would certainly not be a guarantee with his honorary status. run away.If those two Dutchmen were smart enough, they shouldn't pass up the opportunity to make money.Because potatoes are very cheap in their country, and they can exchange for gold, silver and silk when they travel across the ocean. There is no reason why they should not come to pick up this great bargain.

Still, there are risks.

Counting the days, they were already late.

Jia Lian had ordered Xing'er to wait at the ferry with his servant as early as half a month ago.In order not to miss it, he also deliberately wrote a welcome message on a wooden board for people to hold at the ferry, but there has been no news.

The real guest was not greeted, but an unexpected guest came.

At this time, there was a line of people outside the gate of Rong Mansion. The leader was a young man riding a tall horse. His brows and eyes were somewhat handsome, but his whole body exuded a dull and fearless domineering air.

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============================================== ps small theater has nothing to do with the text Xue Pan: (Heard someone smeared me, came to the door) Open the door, open the door, open the door if you have the guts!

Jia Lian immediately opened the door and looked at him coldly.

Suddenly, Xue Pan's angry face bloomed into a flower in an instant. He looked up, lowered his head, and raised his head again. Xue Pan: "This brother, have we met before?"

Jia Lian: "I have seen you, you will always live in my heart"

Xue Pan: "..."