The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Xue Pan proudly raised his neck to admire the large characters written on the gate of the Rongguo Mansion, and it was indeed as grand as his mother said.

Xue Pan shook his head.The young man hurriedly stepped forward to grab the rein, bowed his back, and asked him to dismount.Xue Pan raised his big feet in black boots, stepped on the boy's back, and happily jumped off the horse.

Seeing this posture, the guard at the gate of Rongguo Mansion guessed that the visitor was not an easy person, so he stepped forward to greet him and asked for his identity.

Xue Pan raised his chin, took out a piece of silver from his sleeve, and threw it into the servant's hand, "Go and send a message to your master, and say that Master Xue is here."

The boy was killed, and he quickly informed Jia Lian.

When Jia Lian heard this, he bent his eyes and smiled and asked, "Who do you say?"

"He said he was the uncle of the Xue family, and he came to see you, master. He looked at the richest man, and he rewarded the youngest ten taels of silver as soon as he made a move." The young man said happily.

After Jia Lian confirmed that it was Xue Pan, he smiled even more happily, "Did he say anything?"

The boy shook his head.

"Send him away. If he refuses to leave, you can bring him in again." Jia Lian ordered.

The young servant dismissed in bewilderment, he really didn't understand why Second Master Lian gave such an order.However, he still followed his master's instructions, and when he returned, he politely said to Xue Pan: "My master will not see any guests for now, Master Xue should go back first."

Xue Pan was bored, sitting on the back of his servant, picking his fingers.As soon as he heard that someone wanted to drive him away, he quit immediately, stood up and wanted to reason, "I came all the way to see you, why did you drive me away? Did your master give any reason?"

The little servant was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Uncle Xue, there is nothing else, my master is just a little busy. If you don't mind, please come to the mansion, and it will be later."

Xue Pan didn't expect the boy to change so quickly, he was stunned for a while, then changed his attitude, and happily followed the boy to the west corner gate of Rongfu.

Seeing that the West Corner Gate was so small, Xue Pan felt a little dissatisfied, and stood at the door a little reluctant to enter.

"Uncle Xue, are you still meeting our master?" the servant urged.

Xue Pan glared at him and snorted coldly, "Why should I go here?"

The little servant said a few soft words to persuade Xue Pan, but seeing that he was still so persistent, he turned around and went to Lian Erye for advice.Turning around and returning, the servant smirked and said to Xue Pan: "My master said, if you refuse to enter through this door, you will never enter again in this life."

Xue Pan was surprised, and couldn't believe that his aunt would say such a thing to him.But after all, it was his aunt, how could he really get angry with his aunt, besides, if his aunt wrote a letter to complain to his mother later, he would really lose more than he gained.

Xue Pan stopped making trouble, pretended to be reluctant, and went to Rongxi Hall with the boy.Xue Pan looked at it as he walked, and felt that the Rongxi Hall was really magnificent.My aunt is worthy of being an aunt, she is obviously the second bedroom, but she can live in the dignified main hall of Rong Mansion, she is really a lucky person.In the past, he always told him how grand his aunt was in the Rong Mansion, but today he finally met her.The mansion bestowed by the official family is indeed different from ordinary people's houses.OK, but nice!

Xue Pan followed the young man to the backyard of Rongxi Hall, walked further in, turned left, and saw another elegant courtyard.The boy led him there.Before seeing anyone, Xue Pan wondered why his aunt didn't live in the back hall of Rongxi Hall, but ran to live in this remote courtyard instead.

After entering the small hall, Xue Pan sat down and looked around, and saw a neatly dressed brocade maid standing by one side, with an oval face and delicate eyebrows, so pretty.Xue Pan was hooked and wanted to ask her name, but he knew that this occasion was inappropriate, so he endured it.

After a while, Xue Pan heard footsteps, stood up quickly and said cheerfully, "Auntie is here!"

Feng'er in the room smiled and reminded: "It's the second master."

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, but wondered why Baoyu came first before his aunt saw him.Fortunately, he had long wanted to see Baoyu.In the past, I only listened to his illustrious reputation, but never saw him.This cousin who was born with a jade title was praised by his mother as a flower. He has a gentle appearance and a gentle temperament.

Xue Pan suddenly saw a figure swaying at the door, and hurriedly cupped his hands to greet this little brother.He estimated that Baoyu was only three feet high now, so his eyes looked down.But he suddenly saw a big blue brocade robe, embroidered with exquisite bat patterns, and a crystal clear suet jade waist.This attire should be a man, Xue Pan raised his eyes and saw an incomparably handsome face.

Who is this young man?

Jia Lian was also looking at Xue Pan. He was wearing a luxurious dark red brocade robe and a belt with gold, silver, jade pieces and pearls on his waist. The gold ring, for fear that others will not know that he is a nouveau riche.

"Excuse me, are you—" Xue Pan raised his voice in doubt, and suddenly realized that this 'Second Master' was probably the Second Master Lian of the rich mansion.Xue Pan thumped in his heart, how good this is, why did he meet him here.My aunt had already written to say that Jia Lian had seen through the fact that he went to Yangzhou to sell land to deceive him.

Xue Pan felt so embarrassed, he blushed and looked at Jia Lian, he couldn't hold any hostility towards this face.If he had known that the Second Master Lian of the Rong Mansion looked like this, he would not have done such a thing to deceive people if he was killed.He is willing to get hundreds of acres of fertile land for him.

Jia Lian saw Xue Pan standing there staring at him stupidly, ignored him, went straight to the top seat and sat down, and asked the servant girl to serve tea.

Xue Pan was still blushing with regret.

Jia Lian called him by his first name unceremoniously: "You are Xue Pan?"

"Yes, I am." Xue Pan returned to his senses, saw Jia Lian sitting at the head, and was in a daze for a while, then realized that the place he was led to was not at all his aunt's territory, but Jia Lian's, "Why am I here?" ? I’m here today to see my aunt.”

Jia Lian chuckled: "Since you came to visit your aunt, why bother to tell the boy at the door that you came to see me?"

Xue Pan scratched his head, "No, I didn't say I wanted to see you. I told the boy at the door, 'I want to see your master'."

"That's it, I am their master." Jia Lian snorted softly, as if mocking Xue Pan's IQ.

Xue Pan blushed in embarrassment, "I don't understand, my aunt obviously lives in Rongxitang, she is the master here."

"So you didn't know that your aunt had moved out of Rongxi Hall? It's no wonder you went by the wrong way. Well, I happen to be fine today and in a good mood, so I will treat you to the east of the mansion myself." After saying that, Jia Lian got up and walked from Xue Pan Gladly drifting in front of the eyes.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, and followed him out.In a blink of an eye, the two arrived at the east corner gate.

Seeing that it was still the corner gate, Xue Pan was not happy, "I am a guest, why do I still have to go through the corner gate!"

"The villain goes through the small door."

Xue Pan was angry: "You say I'm a villain?"

"How old are you, what are you if you're not a villain?" Jia Lian asked rhetorically, leaving Xue Pan speechless.

Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian awkwardly, bowed his head resignedly and followed.

Xue Pan observed this place, the layout of the house was awkward, and it was out of tune with the surrounding environment. It looked like a place built in isolation from a garden, without any sense of comfort.This place is not as good as his old house!

When Caixia saw Second Master Lian leading a young son trespassing, she immediately became unhappy, "Master, our wife is not here, what are you doing here?"

"Your wife has a visitor." Jia Lian chuckled, looked at Xue Pan, turned around and left.

Caixia was stunned, hurriedly chased after her to make amends, and asked, "Second Master, who is this?"

"Your wife's nephew, surnamed Xue." Jia Lian looked up at the cloud-covered sky and said meaningfully, "I heard that your wife hasn't come back from the temple yet, go and persuade her to come back earlier, or wait The sky has changed, I'm afraid she won't be able to come back."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, she cast a cold glance at Caixia who was terrified, and walked away with her hands behind her back.

Xue Pan was still standing in the courtyard in a daze, waiting for someone to introduce him.Unexpectedly, my aunt was not at home.

This time he heard that his uncle was not at home, so he took a step ahead and wanted to visit the capital city. He learned how to be a good boy and came back to meet his elders, but he was in vain.

Xue Pan suddenly thought of the Jia Lian he had just met, and felt uneasy.He didn't dare to stay too long, he told the servant girl a few words, and said he would visit another day.

As soon as he stepped out of the Eryi Gate, someone sent by Jia's mother came to invite Xue Pan.

The old lady's kindness is hard to turn down, Xue Pan always wants to see her.

When he arrived at the place, after seeing the ceremony, Xue Pan saw that Jia Lian was there, and felt a little bored in his heart.

Jia Mu smiled and said a few words politely, then asked Xue Pan, "Have you met Lian'er before?"

Xue Pan shook his head.

Jia's mother asked again, "then have you and Lian'er ever had any enmity?"

"The old lady was joking, since I have never met Second Master Lian, how can we talk about enmity?" Xue Pan said awkwardly.

"Then why did you send someone to fool your second brother into buying your family's hundreds of acres of poor land?"

Mother Jia has long been unhappy with what the Xue family has done these days, and she is even more disgusted with Xue Pan.Fortunately, Mrs. Wang is a witty person, and knows how to run to the temple to avoid disasters, but his nephew is so ignorant to send him to the door.What did you say at the beginning, the Xue family is not allowed to come to the door!Since she is shameless, there is no need for Jia's mother to be polite, just to ask clearly about what happened that day.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, embarrassed, he didn't know what to say, and instinctively denied: "I didn't..."

"You don't have anything, didn't you eat?" Jia Lian cut off suddenly, her dark eyes stared at Xue Pan's eyes like cold pools, as if conveying a deep coldness, "Don't deny it too much, your aunt has already sent you He voluntarily confessed what he had done.”

Volunteer to confess?

Xue Pan was even more astonished, his aunt said well, why did he tell the old lady about this, isn't it hurting him.

Xue Pan didn't believe it right away, he hesitated.

Jia Lian picked up a letter and began to repeat the contents of the letter. This letter was a letter from Aunt Xue to Mrs. Wang.Jia Lian confronted Mrs. Wang that day. In order to find out the truth of the matter, Jia's mother ordered Mrs. Wang to provide Aunt Xue's letter as evidence.Just now Jia Lian had time to take a look at it, in order to frighten Xue Pan.

When Xue Pan heard the words in the letter, his face changed drastically in fright.Jia Lian then delivered the letter to Xue Pan, who made Xue Pan recognize his mother's handwriting.Xue Pan was even more flustered, his legs gave way, and he immediately knelt on the ground.

The aunt actually handed over the correspondence between her and her mother.Aren't those secrets, his secrets all known by the old lady of the Rong Mansion and this beautiful and cruel second cousin Lian.

This this……

Even though Xue Pan had a thick skin like the sole of a shoe, he was too ashamed to hide at this moment.

"You child, as long as you admit the truth, we will not make things difficult for you." Jia Mu kindly helped Xue Pan up, and said to him earnestly, "You are just a child who is not sensible, how can we blame you? It’s good to know what’s wrong and make amends.”

Mother Jia wanted to confirm this matter from Xue Pan herself, so she used the strategy of being gentle.

Jia Lian looked at Jia's mother in admiration. The old lady's tricks are quite good at fooling people.

Xue Pan believed it naively, nodded, and truthfully told Jia Mu what happened.

It turned out that Mrs. Wang wrote a letter to Aunt Xue to complain, and then arranged for Xue Pan to design Jia Lian and add trouble to Jia Lian.

After hearing this, Mother Jia still smiled on her face. You child is sincere in heart, among other things. "

Xue Pan was still praising herself as Jia's mother, scratching her head happily, and said modestly: "It's better to be an old lady, but my mother always said that I am stupid and ignorant, and don't know how to use my brain."

Jia Lian sneered: "Your mother is also doing it for your own good."

"Really, hehehe...Since Lian's second cousin said the same thing, then I must listen to my mother when I go back." Xue Pan smirked.

Jia Lian nodded, with a slightly sympathetic tone: "It's really not easy for your mother." With days like yours holding you back, can it be easy for him?

Xue Pan thought that Jia Lian was trying to remind him to be filial to his mother, and his affection for Jia Lian immediately increased.

Before leaving, Xue Pan politely asked Jia Lian not to give it away, and bowed to him again and again: "Second brother Lian doesn't need to give it away anymore, my younger brother did do something I'm sorry for earlier, you take back these bank notes. That piece of land is not good either. , Brother will buy a piece of good land and give it to you as a compensation."

Jia Lian smiled, never refusing to come, and graciously accepted Xue Pan's banknote, as his apology.

"It's good to be able to correct your mistakes, but remember, don't do it again, otherwise your second brother Lian and cousin are not such easy people to get along with."

Xue Pan blinked his bright eyes, and Jia Lian seemed to shine in his eyes, saying every word of admonition.He nodded emphatically and said goodbye to Jia Lian after saying this.

Mrs. Wang, who was hiding in the temple, hurried back when she heard the news of Xue Pan's arrival.She didn't know why Xue Pan came here, but she knew that if Xue Pan went into the house when she was not at home, she would be the one who would be unlucky.

Mrs. Wang came back at noon. After entering the door, she immediately summoned Caixia and others to inquire about Xue Pan's recent arrival in detail.As soon as she heard that Jia Lian had brought Xue Pan, Mrs. Wang was so frightened that she lost her soul, and hurriedly chased after Jia Mu.

After Mrs. Wang saluted Jia Mu, she felt that the atmosphere was not right.As usual, Mother Jia greeted her cheerfully, and asked her how she was doing in the temple this time.Mrs. Wang was afraid that things would get worse, so she hurriedly handed out the filial piety scriptures that she had copied earlier. There were more than a hundred copies, which were carried in by the mothers-in-law.

Seeing this posture, Jia's mother sneered: "I can't bear to bully me with these things again. Why don't you burn these things and go to your mother to see if she will forgive you under the nine springs!"

The old lady was insinuating that she was not educated, and she was also insinuating that her mother had not taught herself well.

Mrs. Wang knelt down, silently weeping and admitting her mistake, and did not change her half-sentence.

Jia's mother was in a fit of anger, she never expected that she would be fooled by Mrs. Wang again and again.Obviously she planned the whole thing, and obviously she couldn't tolerate the big house, but she deliberately pushed all the faults on her own sister.How could she be so insidious, even plotting against her own sister!

Mother Jia was too lazy to listen to Mrs. Wang's ingenious rebuttal, so she lost her temper and sneered instead, waved her hand, and let her go. "In the future, don't come to me to make trouble. People like me don't want to be fooled around by you. You can go back and live your life. I won't have this daughter-in-law!"

"Mother, I was wrong, I was wrong..." Mrs. Wang didn't expect the matter to become so serious, she was so frightened that she trembled all over, and hurriedly kowtowed to Jia Mu.For many years, she had never seen Mother Jia say such cruel words, nor had she ever seen Mother Jia laughing back with such anger.

Mrs. Wang's apology did not soften Jia Mu's heart, and she was forced out by two women.

Coincidentally, several stewards of Zhuangzi heard that Mrs. Wang was back, and they all hurried over to report the situation before dark.

Mrs. Wang was crying so hard that she didn't want to see her, but when she heard that something was urgent, she had to lie on the imperial concubine's couch behind the screen and listen to these people's nagging.

"Ma'am, it's not good. The fish ponds you asked us to rebuild almost all the fish in them died!"

"How come? They're all dead?" Mrs. Wang stood up, her voice hoarse.

These few people in charge didn't care about Mrs. Wang's voice, and hurriedly continued to report: "It was fine a few days ago, and the fish grew well. From the past few days, there were dead fish every morning. At first, there were only a few, and then dozens Fish, and then more, the younger ones rushed to buy fish fry to add in, but more and more died."

Mrs. Wang stared wide-eyed in shock, "I told you to follow the method of Dafang Lian's second master, are you being lazy?"

"My wife is wronged. The little ones went to see it specially. His pond is more than three feet wide. We built it like him. We also got as many fish fry as he had. Who knows that his pond is still alive now. All right, we can't."

"Okay, you guys go back first." Mrs. Wang said irritably.

"Ma'am, what should I do? The good land is now turned into a fish pond. The fish are dead, the pond is still smelly, and the land can't be planted. Those farmers..."

"Tell you to go back!" Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth angrily. Seeing that everyone on the other side of the screen retreated, she ruthlessly tore off the Buddhist beads in her hand.

Mrs. Wang was lying on the couch, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and the tears kept flowing.Now her status is not guaranteed, she has lost the hearts of the people, and even Zhuangzi, who accompanied her by her natal family, has also lost.In just one year, she has nothing.

Baoyu, by the way, she still has Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly told Caixia to go to the school to pick up Baoyu.After a while, he was told that Baoyu had already been picked up by Jiamu's people.Jia's mother also specially sent someone to inform her, so she doesn't have to worry about Baoyu's affairs in the future.

In the end, even his own children were taken away!

Mrs. Wang was crying hysterically, she clenched her fist and beat the quilt...

Besides, on Jia Lian's side, they finally got the news of the Dutchman Jack and John's merchant ship.

On the day the ship arrived, Jia Lian immediately took people to the ferry to pick them up, brought in potatoes, pea seeds and strawberry seedlings, unloaded the ship, and transferred them to the field presented by Jing Yingguang.

For this sowing, it is not only the farmers in Zhuangzi who need to learn, but also [-] officers and soldiers.

Jia Lian sent someone to send a letter to the fourth prince, asking him to prepare a corresponding number of officers and soldiers to learn sowing techniques.The fourth prince had long been curious about the method Jia Lian promised him, so he took the troops there himself.Before leaving, he specifically ordered the [-] soldiers he brought to change into rough clothes for hard work.

So there was a scene where two thousand officers and soldiers were all dressed in coarse cloth, but they marched well and marched to the fields in unison.

Before they came, Jia Lian prepared a machete in advance, and first taught the farmers in his village how to cut potato cubes, "Remember to mention potato cubes with necrotic bud eyes, rotten navel and very dark skin. There will be no harvest if you sow the seeds, so you must not keep them. After cutting the potato pieces according to my method, plant them in the ridges that have been ditched in order and keep a certain interval like this, and then cover them with soil. "

After Jia Lian finished his orders, he watched them operate one by one and recounted them one by one. Then he saw the fourth prince coming with his troops.

After Jia Lian ordered these soldiers to take the scimitar, he asked them to study with a farmer in groups of 20.

Yinzhen looked around curiously, feeling a little interesting, took out a potato with sprouts from the basket, "What's this called?"

"Potatoes, the scientific name is potato, are perennial herbaceous plants of the Solanaceae family. The tubers are edible and are very important food crops. They are very high-yielding. You only need to plant about [-] catties per mu, but the yield will be as high as more than [-] catties."

Yinzhen automatically ignores what he didn't understand before, and only selectively understands Gao Yian. He raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It really is Gao Yian! Then is this food delicious? Is it poisonous?"

"I planted some this spring, and it's just ready to harvest now. If the fourth prince is interested, how about going to see it?"

So Yinzhen and Jia Lian rode to another Zhuangzi.

Jia Lian collected the potatoes himself, cooked some and tried them on the spot.

Yinzhen also tasted it, and thought it tasted good, especially the deep-fried plate, which was delicious with the sauce sticking to it.

"I'm not very good at cooking. If I were a royal chef, I should have a lot of delicious recipes." Jia Lian explained.

Yinzhen looked at Jia Lian and smiled: "It's delicious. It's said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, but you don't mind this because you've broken through the world. I appreciate you the most. Today I can see your ability, I'm very happy , but there is one more thing I want to tell you, it is related to your life. I have mentioned you to my concubine a long time ago, she admires you very much, and seems to want to draw a red thread to find a good match for you. "