The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian's smile froze at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes turned away.He didn't like what the fourth prince said, that his mother and concubine admired him and wanted to lead him a red thread.How to talk about appreciation for someone who has never met before is not so much his mother and concubine's idea, but rather the fourth prince's own idea.

He and the fourth prince are not real friends, but casual acquaintances. The fourth prince suddenly mentioned his marriage, what kind of thoughts did he have?As a prince with a lot of things to do every day, it is absolutely impossible for him to like to protect the media with pure enthusiasm.Jia Lian felt that the fourth prince might think that he had to use it, and wanted to win him over through marriage.

If this kind of thing happened to someone else, they might feel very honored. After all, it was the concubine and empress who got married, so it should be a great honor.But Jia Lian didn't like it, he didn't like his life events being controlled by others.Even if the other party is the prince, Jia Lian is unwilling to give him this face.

Yin Zhen noticed that Jia Lian's expression changed slightly, and expected that his words were a bit abrupt.But this guy really dares to throw face at himself!

"Why, you don't want the gift from the imperial concubine?"

"Grassmen don't dare." Jia Lian said indifferently, his attitude towards Yin Zhen was neither humble nor overbearing, and he secretly resisted.

Seeing Jia Lian's reluctance to speak, Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, "You are really a sweetheart. If it were someone else who did this kind of thing, you would have knelt down to thank you, and you don't want to?"

Although Jia Lian was unhappy, he was not stupid enough to directly contradict the royal family, and said: "The grassroots are terrified."

From saying this, it can be seen that his attitude does not have the slightest fear.

Seeing that softness and hardness were not good for him, Yinzhen's face darkened, and he squinted his eyes dangerously at Jia Lian: "Why, you are not even willing to tell the truth to this prince? Jia Lian, just say it, this prince can forgive you for your innocence .”

Jia Lian: "Your Highness, as a royal family, can't actually hear much truth,"

Yinzhen was stunned, and found that Jia Lian really dared to speak, he dared to speak out such a naked truth.Yin Zhen sneered, with his hands behind his back, gradually clenched his fists, and sneered at Jia Lian: "Bold!"

Jia Lian bowed slightly to plead guilty, but his neither humble nor overbearing attitude became more and more obvious.

"You—" Yinzhen pointed at Jia Lian, feeling helpless at him and his attitude of "I seem to be convinced by you, but in fact I don't at all".

Jia Lian saw his performance in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth gradually raised, "But Cao Min can guarantee that he will always tell the truth."

Yin Zhen glanced at Jia Lian in surprise, and turned away again with his hands behind his back, just in time to see the farmers busy harvesting potatoes in the vegetable garden outside the window.Yin Zhen narrowed his eyes, and the clenched fist behind him gradually loosened.

After a long while, Yin Zhen looked back at Jia Lian: "Do you already have a girl you like?"

"Grass people... actually don't know."

"Are you bluffing me?"

"Caomin said that he would never bully His Highness, not now, nor in the future. I really don't know, because Caomin has never liked anyone before, so I don't know what it is to like." Jia Lian's face was dull, a little stay.

Yinzhen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed resolutely, "You look like an idiot at the moment, I must like a girl who can make you look so stupid. Forget it, I'll take care of your business Explain to the mother and concubine, tell her not to worry about that. But you have to be careful, don't procrastinate, let the girl you like slip away, if it doesn't work, you can tell me, I will help you decide. Beside the prince Few people can be trusted, you seem to be one of them, don't let me down."

Yinzhen's gaze fell on Jia Lian's body inquiringly, then he raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "Otherwise—"

The second half of the sentence was obviously a threat, but Yin Zhen didn't say it.

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he glanced at Jia Lian again, shouted "Go back to the manor" to his followers, and hurried away with a gust of wind.

Jia Lian still stayed where he was, watching the back of the fourth prince leaving, and the corner of his mouth gradually raised a smile that seemed to be mocking but not mocking.As a king, if it is difficult to distinguish loyalty from villainy, right from wrong, ignorant of the virtuous and corporal, and lacks courage, then such a person is doomed to be only a short-term partner and cannot be with him for a long time. Otherwise, he can be trusted and relied on.Yinzhen was testing himself before, why doesn't he need to test him now.Jia Lian didn't want to fall into a wrong position and end up in a self-made trap from which he couldn't get out.

Today, Jia Lian took the opportunity to test the Fourth Prince by taking advantage of Concubine Liu Gui's marriage.However, the fourth prince's performance today was very ambiguous and unpredictable.

By sunset, the potatoes on Zhuangzi's side were basically all planted.After Jia Lian inspected it once, he ordered the leading general to take the soldiers back to report to the fourth prince.After Xing'er rewarded the farmers, Jia Lian drove back to Beijing.On the way, Xing'er stopped the carriage, excitedly ran to the window of the carriage, and asked Jia Lian to look out.

Jia Lian simply got out of the car, looked to the south, and saw that a field near the river in front of him had been converted into fish ponds, and there were dozens of them.As soon as the evening wind blew, a faint stench came over.

Xing'er introduced: "These few fields were accompanied by the second wife to build Zhuangzi. This spring, we changed them into fish ponds, but they didn't raise them well, and the fish were raised to death. This time, she will be so upset!"

Jia Lian walked a few steps, took a rough look at the situation, and said with a frown: "The people who scouted the news were too careless. They studied the sloppy things like the size of the pond, but they didn't learn the most important things. Look. The color and turbidity of the water in this pond, it can be seen that sometimes the water has not been changed, even after irrigation. This kind of pond with a width of more than three feet is for the convenience of salvage and breeding, but it is desired to have a high stocking density. , it is necessary to keep the water alive, and the water in the pool can be filled and drained, so that the problem of hypoxia in the pool water can be solved.”

Xing'er stared at it half-understood, but he didn't really understand, but he just knew that what Second Master said made sense.Looking up at Jia Lian with a thief's adoring gaze, his eyes sparkled and were full of respect.

Jia Lian looked at Xing'er, didn't think there was anything wrong with his expression, walked as usual, and then got into the car.

When the group of people felt the capital, it happened to be late and the city gate was closed.Just as Jia Lian was about to instruct Xing'er to choose a nearby Zhuangzi to live in, he fooled a guard at the gate to ask them their identities.

Xing'er reported his identity in confusion.

The soldier immediately nodded with a smile and bowed his waist: "It turns out that it is the Second Master Lian of the Rong Mansion. The Fourth Highness has already explained that the Second Master Lian will return late because he is away on business. Considering that the Second Master has no progress token, he ordered his subordinates Leave the door open for you."

After all, the soldiers ordered to open the city gate and send Jia Lian and others into the city respectfully.

Seeing this kind of treatment, Xing'er felt very honored on his face, shaking his head all the way back to Rong Mansion beaming with joy.After arriving home, Mother Jia sent someone to ask.Knowing that Jia Lian was able to drive in when the city gate was closed under the care of the fourth prince, Mother Jia was indescribably happy and proud.

Jia Amnesty also brought a piece of good news. Recently, he and Prince Li were having a drink at the Zhuangyuan Building, and they exchanged the horoscopes of the two children's families.The two families agree on the matter of marriage, "If you agree with the horoscope in private and feel it is appropriate, you can formally come back from the public, invite a matchmaker, and then make three letters and six appointments."

Jia's mother was even more happy, she liked this high-ranking nobleman's marriage very much, and told Jia Lian: "In the future, you must treat other girls better!"

Jia Lian was silent for a long time before solemnly nodding.Xing'er had inquired about the girl's character, and the result was very good, and he had a good impression of her when they met.This is ancient times, and he can't daydream about dating. As long as he has a good personality and a good first impression, nothing will go wrong in the future.

Everyone in the room was immediately beaming and congratulated.

On the tenth day, the potatoes that Jia Lian ordered to be sent to the kitchen were ready, and when they arrived, Jia's mother, Baoyu, and Sanchun sisters all gathered around the table to taste something new.Jia Amnesty and the others resigned and took the French fries home to eat.

Mother Jia wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "You are so caring, you gave us fresh food from the Netherlands. The taste is really special. These freshly fried potato chips are delicious mixed with salt. , burnt on the outside and inside, with an unspeakable faint fragrance, soft and crunchy, not greasy, the fragrance is very pure, and it will have a different taste if dipped in different sauces."

"Exactly. In fact, this stuff can also be processed into seasoning. Before making fried food, dip some in it before putting it in the pan. It will be more crispy and keep longer." Jia Lian explained.

Jia Mu was happy, "That's a good thing, many things are wrapped in noodles and fried, and after a long time on the mat, they become soft and unpalatable."

"It's really delicious. I said that other people's farming is just farming, but Lian's second brother can really grow flowers. The various fresh methods make people overwhelmed." Baoyu ate happily, and his mouth was sweet.

Jia Lian looked at Baoyu. He hadn't seen this child for a long time. He grew taller, his baby face receded a little, and his peach eyes got bigger.

Seeing Jia Lian looking at him again, Baoyu smiled at him, looking heartless and innocent.

Jia Lian slightly curled her lips in response, and after turning around to report to Jia's mother, she said goodbye and went back to her room.

Seeing Jia Lian go, Baoyu wiped his hands and lay in Jia's mother's arms, clamoring to see her.Jia's mother coaxed him to go to bed quickly, but said that her mother was not feeling well, so it was inconvenient for him to make a fuss.

Baoyu begs An to retreat out, but he is unwilling to let go. He chases Jia Lian without authorization and rushes to Jia Lian's room.

After Jia Lian returned to his room, a letter was handed over, with a few Chinese characters crookedly written on the envelope.Jia Lian guessed that it was the two Dutchmen by looking at the font, and hurriedly opened the letter to see that the content of the letter was in French, and the two were writing to say goodbye.Because of the distance between the two countries, the voyage will take several months. Both Paul and Jack want to return to their country as soon as possible before winter.They have already obtained some high-quality porcelain and silk products from Jia Lian's kiln, and they are very satisfied.The two were in a hurry to go on their way, they were already fully equipped and planned to set off tomorrow morning.

Jia Lian was about to draw with a candle, when he saw the child running over, he frowned slightly, and asked his mother-in-law to take him back quickly.But Baoyu refused. He grabbed Jia Lian's robe and clamored to sleep with him.

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes and looked at Baoyu. Baoyu suddenly became timid, and a guilty conscience flickered in his eyes.

Jia Lian squatted down and reached out to grab Baoyu's arm: "Who told you to come?"

Baoyu's eyes widened, and there were tears of fear in the eyeballs, "No one, I just want to play with Lian's second brother. Lian's second brother can accompany me, and I want to sleep with Lian's second brother at night."

Jia Lian had already seen the flaws in Baoyu's expression. Seeing that he was still so stubborn, he guessed that someone had secretly told him something.Jia Lian couldn't keep him even more, and sent his mother-in-law to send him back quickly, even if Baoyu didn't want to.

Baoyu refused, pushed the woman away and ran away.After a while, Mother Jia sent Nanny Li to look for Baoyu. When she heard that Baoyu was not there, the messenger went back.After a while, Nanny Li came to Jia Lian in a hurry: "Second Master Lian, it's not good. Second Master Bao hasn't gone back, and I don't know where he went. The old lady sent someone to find all the places he should go to." The place, but there are no people there. Do you remember the direction he went when he walked from here?"

Jia Lian sneered, blinked coldly, and had no intention of answering the question at all.

Nanny Li, who sent the message, was dissatisfied and anxious, and looked at Feng'er and the others in embarrassment.

Feng'er hurriedly called the women who came to see the door to ask. The women all said that Baoyu was going in the direction of Jiamu's courtyard.

Li Momo became even more anxious when she heard this, "But he didn't go back to the old lady's place, and the maids who guarded the door didn't see him. It's so dark, it must be something wrong." Li Momo Mammy was in a hurry, not knowing what to do.

Jia Lian snorted coldly: "Hurry up and go back and inform the old lady."

Nanny Li agreed, took a few steps back, and suddenly turned around and asked Jia Lian, "Will the second master go with the old slave? The old lady is going crazy, and the second master Bao ran away from you again. Er Lian Master should send someone to look for it."

Feng'er heard the accusation in Nanny Li's words, and pointed at her nose angrily and scolded, "Mother Li, are you blaming our second master? Second master Bao broke free and ran out by himself, are you His nanny, if you don’t look carefully, it’s our fault instead.”

"The slave girl is indeed the nurse of the second master Bao, but now he doesn't drink the milk of the slave girl, and he dislikes the slave girl's talkativeness, so he doesn't let the slave girl follow him. This time, the second master Bao was indeed impulsive and ran here without authorization. Come, but he is a child after all, ignorant. The second master Lian saw that he was abnormal, so he should have kept him." Li Nanny seemed to be making amends, but in fact she shirked responsibility every word, and blamed the problem on the on Jia Lian.

Jia Lian sneered, took out an ingot of gold from the desk drawer, and threw it directly in front of Nanny Li.

Nanny Li's eyes suddenly widened, and suddenly felt that she had lost her composure, so she quickly lowered her head and looked away.

"If you are willing to tell the truth, I will give you ten." Jia Lian said.

Nanny Li glanced at the gold on the ground, then looked at Jia Lian slightly timidly, "Slave... I don't understand what Second Master means."

"Today's incident, did someone deliberately instigate Baoyu? It seems that you are also implicated in it, playing the role of fanning the flames. You really think I'm a fool. You think that if you threaten me with the old lady's treasure, I will be afraid?" Jia Lian narrowed his eyes and asked.

When Nanny Li heard the words, she knelt down with a plop, and became distressed with Jia Lian, "I am wronged, this old slave has never been instigated by the second wife. This old slave is just a humble servant who serves Baoyu."

"Oh, well said!" Leaked the truth so quickly and confessed Mrs. Wang.

Jia Lian sneered, 'applause', and motioned Feng'er to pick up the money.

Nanny Li watched the ingot of gold move away from her eyes anxiously, and swallowed.Ten ingots, one ingot and ten taels, that is 200 taels of silver, ten ingots, that is exactly 1000 taels of silver, even if she does not live in this mansion and is sent out, she must have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life. Adding land to his son might make him a rich country gentleman.

Nanny Li's lips moved slightly: "Second Master, this old servant is willing to—"

"Shut up! People like you are worthy of my money? It was just a joke." Jia Lian cast a cold glance at Li Nanny, then ordered someone to take Li Nanny away.

"Let's all go down, I can do it alone." Jia Lian's painting skills are average, and he needs a concentrated environment to paint on the sheepskin.

Before Feng'er left, she was still a little worried about Mother Jia, "Second Master, the slaves are all idle, so there's really no need to help?"

"No need. Close the door and lock it. No one can knock on it. Don't let me go." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he bowed his head and wrote, very focused.

……

Early the next morning, there was a commotion outside the door of Jia Lian's courtyard, and someone knocked hard on the door.

The servants hurriedly opened the door, but they saw the second master Jia Zheng standing outside angrily, followed by a group of people.

Jia Zheng was the first to rush in, and then someone shouted, "The old lady is here!" Jia Zheng resisted the urge to teach Jia Lian a lesson, and stood in the courtyard waiting for Jia's mother.

Jia Mu's eyes were red, because she hadn't seen Baoyu all night, and she was very anxious.In fact, she didn't think too much about Jia Lian, she always thought it was Baoyu who ran around.Jia's mother thought that Baoyu, who was self-willed, was angry with whom. She thought he was hiding somewhere, so she asked someone to search quietly all night, but she still couldn't find him.At daybreak, I started to get angry, and called Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng. After hearing the couple cry, Jia's mother felt that Jia Lian might have done something wrong, and heard the rumor that Jia Lian's yard refused to open the door. , and angrily brought people here in person.

Mrs. Wang was dizzy from crying a long time ago, and she was resting in Jia Mu's house, so she didn't come.After all, this child was born by Mrs. Wang and was raised under the name of Jia Mu.Now that things are going wrong, Mother Jia also has to bear the responsibility. If there is something wrong with Baoyu, she doesn't want to live anymore, but even if she dies, she can't explain it to her second son and daughter-in-law.

At this time, Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing rushed over after hearing the news.

The whole family got together in Jia Lian's courtyard.

Jia Zheng's eyes were burning with volcanic anger, and he was suppressed faintly. He shook his beard and pointed at Jia Lian's room, "Look, mother, how he is used to it on weekdays. When things get to this point, he actually I don’t know how to open the door to welcome you!”

Looking at the closed door of the main room, Jia's mother felt uncomfortable. Looking at the maids in Jia Lian's courtyard, they all stood with their heads down and waited for orders, with expressions that hesitated to speak.

"No one is allowed to make a sound." Mother Jia coldly ordered these people in the courtyard to go in by herself.

There is indeed something wrong with Lian'er's attitude. When he thinks that her baby pimple has not been found so far, a doll stayed outside alone all night, while Lian'er slept peacefully in her own room all night, he was so angry My heart, liver and lungs hurt.Mother Jia was so anxious that tears burst into tears, and she led people through the door directly.

After entering the room, Jia Mu immediately sat at the head.Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing didn't know what had happened, so they could only stand beside her awkwardly.Jia Zheng took people to search the house, slipped around and saw no one.

Jia Zheng questioned Feng'er, "Tell me, where did your second master escape?"

"Going back to the second master, the second master did not escape, but suddenly remembered that there was something he couldn't do last night, so he left the house overnight."

"what's up?"

Feng'er shook her head: "I don't know."

"Leaving in the middle of the night? That's not necessarily intentional." Mother Jia mused.

Hearing this, Jia Zheng felt dissatisfied, and hurriedly called the women in the house to question him. Sure enough, it was the same as what was reported to Jia's mother last night. Baoyu broke free from the arms of the women and disappeared into the night.

"Knowing that Baoyu came to him alone and begged him to stay here, he didn't have the slightest sympathy and didn't keep him at all, which forced the child to leave forever." Jia Zheng hinted that Jia Lian had a heavy responsibility.

Mother Jia's thoughts sank and she didn't speak.

After a moment of silence, Mother Jia: "By the way, where is Nanny Li?"

Mother Jia suddenly thought of her. After she sent a message last night, a woman from Jia Lian's courtyard went to tell her what had happened, but Nanny Li never came back.

Feng'er stood up and said, "Go back to the old lady, she was imprisoned in the firewood room by the second master Lian. The second master said that she had a bad heart and murdered children, so she deserved to be locked up."

"Murder a child?" Mother Jia immediately asked someone to bring Nanny Li to confront her.

After being pulled up, Nanny Li threw herself to the ground crying when she saw Mother Jia. She resolutely refused to say that she was almost telling the truth when she was yelled at by Jia Lian yesterday. Instead, she bit Jia Lian and sued Jia Lian viciously. , adding fuel and vinegar to describe Jia Lian's arrogant temperament.

"The old slave just kindly persuaded the second master to send someone to help the old lady find Baoyu. After all, Baoyu ran away from the second master. The second master failed to bribe the old slave, so he scolded the old slave for rascal and lost his temper. , and asked people to lock up the old slave in the woodshed."

"There is such a thing." Jia Mu was concerned about Baoyu's comfort, and was furious. At this time, if anyone did something that would endanger the safety of her sweetheart, Jia Mu would definitely not be able to bear it, so she vented all her anger. It's on Jia Lian.Even Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing were affected. Jia's mother pointed her nose and scolded Jia Amnesty for being worthless and unable to discipline her son.

Jia Amnesty and Mrs. Xing were suffocated by the scolding, and they hated Jia's mother for being partial.It is clear that Baoyu ran away willfully, but all the faults were on Lian'er and them.Lian'er has spared so much effort and earned much face for the family these days, yet she doesn't think of any kindness at all.

"No matter where you go, call me back right away!" Mother Jia blushed with anger and roared in a high voice.

So all the young servants who could run errands in Rongfu were dispatched and spread all over the capital to inquire about Jia Lian's whereabouts.

At this time, Jia Lian was describing the plant characteristics of 'Wolf Peach', which is a tomato, with two Dutch friends at the Yuelai Inn.According to the calculation of time, tomatoes should have just spread to the UK, no one has tried to eat them, and they are only for ornamental purposes.

Jia Lian used paint to draw many plants he needed and gave them to two Dutch friends, and attached characteristics on the parchment for explanation.

Jia Lian asked the two of them to come to China for trade next time, if they could bring him the seeds of the plants painted on these paintings, he would definitely pay them a satisfactory gift.

Both Paul and Jack liked to cooperate with Jia Lian, shook hands with him, and said in a crappy pronunciation: "I wish us a happy cooperation, Mr. Jia, and see you next year."

After leaving the inn, Jia Lian grew tired eyes in the morning light.

Jia Lian passed by the morning market and saw someone selling peppers, which were grown in pots for ornamental purposes.

Now the main spicy seasoning in food is still dogwood. People don’t know the flavor brought by this thing, but pepper has been spread here in the last years of the previous dynasty, but it has not been developed, and it is still used as an ornamental and medicine. Used in some areas.Why didn't he think of it at first!Jia Lian rubbed his forehead, hurriedly paid for all the pots, and then told Xing'er to collect some chili seeds in the future. This stuff is good, and there is no need to spend a lot of money to import it from abroad.

"Let's go home." After Chili loaded the car, Jia Lian also got into the car, yawned tiredly, and fell asleep leaning on the cushion.

The author has something to say:

Jia Lian: It's the Chinese New Year. On behalf of the stupid writer who can't speak, Big Fish, I wish everyone a New Year.I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year.

Big Fish: Also, congratulations, congratulations...

Jia Lian (indifferent expression): What congratulatory speech?

Big Fish: I just said that I can’t speak, but you’re talking about the talented New Year’s greeting Jia Lian: Happy Chinese New Year.

Big Fish: ...

Jia Lian (reluctantly added): Eat well, drink well, don't forget the farmers' hard work, don't waste it, and have a good year.

Big Fish: ...

Jia Lian glanced indifferently.

Big Fish (shaking): (~￣▽￣)~Good words, really good words!

Jia Lian: Yes

Big Fish (mumbles dissatisfied): Who dares to marry him with this kind of character, (ˉ▽￣～) Cut~~ Jia Lian glances again.

Big Fish: I will definitely write you a good wife, thank you soon?

Jia Lian: This is what you should do.

Big Fish: ...

The fourth prince (cute and inserted into ing): In the new year, I hope everyone is happy, blessed and talented, and all wishes come true, and please don't misunderstand me, a suave and suave image, and countless time-traveling women have entered my harem The fourth prince is gone, Jia Lian and I are only in a business relationship, nothing else.And the most important point, I hope everyone will continue to support Big Fish's writing.

Jia Lian: Second, please stop comparing me with him.

Fourth Prince: ... (It feels like something is wrong)