The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

"Her eldest girl is in the palace." Jia Lian said.

King Li rolled his eyes and looked at Jia Lian: "What do you mean?"

"I heard that no matter the female officials or maids in the palace, as long as they are old enough, they can leave the palace and go home. There are also some who have received the grace of the ladies and returned home early." Jia Lian looked up at the prince of Li.

"Now that the princes are all grown up, it doesn't matter if they get the holy favor, after all, they won't be able to make it through. Your second aunt really can't bear to think about it. Your daughter is willing to send her to that place where people eat people and don't spit out their bones." Li Jun benevolent.

The meaning of Prince Li is obvious, Jia Yuanchun's ending in the palace will definitely not be good, and it's okay to leave her alone.

But Jia Lian laughed: "She is a wild girl when she is successful, and I don't want her to have any happy things now."

After Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, Mrs. Wang would definitely go crazy for a while.Even though Mrs. Wang at that time was a grasshopper after autumn, Jia Lian still didn't want to see her jumping around, even if it was only for an hour a day, it would make him very unhappy, this is the end of messing with him.

Prince Li rubbed his chin, hesitantly said: "This matter in the harem, this king's side is really..."

In the court, he occasionally used his relationship to squeeze out a few people, which was nothing.But it is really difficult for him to intervene in the affairs of the palace. His Majesty is suspicious. Once he is found out that his cousin is meddling in his harem, it will be bad.

Jia Lian: "Please rest assured, my lord, I can handle this matter."

After what happened with Shu'er, Li County King naturally trusted Jia Lian, and said cheerfully, "Then I'll just wait and see the good show."

After the two chatted for a while, Jia Lian saluted and bid farewell to the King of Li County, "The next day, this junior is going to set off for the northwest. This time, in addition to apologizing, there is also the meaning of saying goodbye."

"Going to the northwest? The Northwest battlefield?" Prince Li looked at Jia Lian in surprise.

"If you don't go to the front line, the younger generation is only going to take care of the military rations." Jia Lian smiled modestly.

"Two days ago, I also heard from the Holy Majesty that the Fourth Prince had found an expert to solve the military ration problem of the Northwest War. I wondered what kind of expert could conjure hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air. One year's rations. It turns out that this tall man is you!"

King Lijun never expected Jia Lian to be so capable in farming.

King Li Jun remembered that the fourth prince had just been transferred by the emperor to the Ministry of War for training. He was going to the Northwest battlefield, and now Jia Lian was going with him. It was obvious that the relationship between the two was unusual.Before, he had heard Jia She's veiled hint that Jia Lian had some connection with the fourth prince, and he thought that the two just met each other as a casual acquaintance, and Jia She was bragging about it, but he didn't expect it to be true.These four princes are courageous and resourceful, omnipotent in both literary and martial arts, but they act extremely low-key and prudent.If Jia Lian followed him to do things, even if he could not inherit the rule, he would definitely not suffer in the future.

I really found a good son-in-law!I have a good eye!

The king of Li County smiled from ear to ear, cheerfully sent Jia Lian away, and turned around to tell his wife and daughter the great news of the day.

……

It only took three days from when Wang Ziteng received the notice of release to when his family moved out of Beijing.After the fainted Mrs. Wang woke up, she was busy sending her eldest brother off.As soon as Wang Ziteng's family left in a row, Mrs. Wang caught cold and had a fever, depressed, and fell ill in bed.

Everyone in the house was busy with Zhang Luolian's second master going to the northwest, no one cared about her side.The mother-in-law in front of Jia's mother only slightly mentioned the matter of Mrs. Wang's occasional cold, because she focused all her attention on Jia Lian, and Jia's mother didn't ask much.

Mrs. Wang saw that no one was paying attention to her, and only her daughter-in-law and widow Li Wan was there to take care of her every day, her mood became more and more depressed, and her illness became more and more serious.Baoyu came over occasionally, but was hurriedly called away by Jiamu.

Mrs. Wang was even more depressed. She was overly sad during her illness, and her body was so heavy that she couldn't move. She could only lie on the bed and groan bitterly every day. Occasionally she closed her eyes and fell asleep at night, and she always dreamed of the prince in her dreams. If you want to kill yourself, or if your sister comes to judge and quarrel with you, or if your elder brother finds out the truth about your transfer and blames him...

Before Jia Lian left, he explained to Mrs. Xing all the important matters at home, and also asked Yingchun and Feng'er to help remind Mrs. Xing when they had time.But on Jia Amnesty's side, Jia Lian had to supervise in another way.At the beginning, his marriage with the second daughter of the Prince of Li was facilitated by him alone. Jia Lian only had to threaten him that "if he is not a good son, he will blow up his marriage." Naturally, Jia Amnesty did not dare to make mistakes.

Jia Amnesty was also bitter. Before when his son was at home, he had no chance to play around, and was always under the control of the law, so he resigned to his fate.Now that my son is gone, I thought I could be liberated, but I was chained by what I did before, and I still have to learn to be an honest person with my hands tied.

Both Jia Mu and Jia Min told him, "If it's all right, tell us a story."

Jia Amnesty was also bored, so he could only reluctantly agree with the appointment.

……

The seed potatoes harvested in autumn have already left Beijing, and it has been nearly half a month.Now Jia Lian and the fourth prince only need to go into battle lightly, lead a few teams, and ride fast horses forward.The speed is twice as fast as that of a car transporting seed potatoes.So when they arrived in the Jingchuan area in the northwest, it was just a day's work away from the convoy transporting seed potatoes.

Transportation will inevitably cause some loss of potatoes. After Jia Lian ordered people to shave off some of the wounded and rotten ones, he ordered people to build a warehouse suitable for storing potatoes.The warehouse must meet the conditions of dryness and low temperature, and then place more than a dozen boxes of apples around the warehouse, spread them open, and then close the entire warehouse.Apple itself can emit some ethylene gas, which can keep potatoes fresh and not rotten.

Under the right temperature conditions, and with the help of the apple store, it is easy to store these potatoes as good as possible for three or four months.When the next spring begins, when the weather gets warmer, the potatoes will naturally sprout and be ready for sowing.

But during the period of waiting for spring, Jia Lian couldn't be idle, he had to choose a land first.The local government government has a part of the land in its hands, most of which are some fields confiscated by the imperial court such as seizing titles or ransacking homes, from which two-thirds of the potato seeds can be planted.Theoretically speaking, the harvest of these farms is enough for military rations.However, there are exceptions to everything. Large-scale planting is prone to many problems, and the possibility of climate, disease and other production reductions must also be considered, so a backup plan must be in place.For the remaining share, Jia Lian decided to mobilize local farmers to sow.

Each farmer has only a few mu to tens of mu of land. Relatively speaking, the planting area is small, easy to take care of, and not easy to get sick on a large scale.

However, due to the backwardness and lack of education in some areas, many farmers are unwilling to accept this strange variety that they have never seen before.Jia Lian's promotion and planting of potatoes in selected areas did not go well.

Among the twelve villages and counties selected for planting, including Licorice Village, Gaoshui County, and Qingya Village, only a small number of people are willing to accept the planting of new varieties.

Yin Zhen fully supported Jia Lian's planting strategy and ordered the prefects and counties to cooperate with Jia Lian.Seeing that the problem was hindered, these officials decided to use strong means to suppress the county, and directly issued orders in the name of the government, which aroused public resentment.

Farming must be mindful, otherwise the harvest will not be good, and it will be a waste of cost. If it is so planted, it is better not to plant it.Jia Lian was worried that if the farmers were unwilling to plant, it would seriously affect the potato harvest, so he thought of a way to lobby these people with a soft policy.Unexpectedly, not long after he took the car, when he was about to arrive at Licorice Village, a group of unscrupulous people suddenly appeared on the side of the road to hijack their cars and besiege them. in a circle.

"Look, everyone, the person sitting in this car is the frail scholar sent by the imperial court to stand up and talk. Does he know how to farm the land? He doesn't know it at all! Trick us peasants who can't eat enough to plant their crops. The poisonous fruit we brought here is clearly intended to harm us!" The leading farmer raised his pickaxe and shouted angrily.

Then, the other farmers raised the tools in their hands in outrage, and shouted: "We don't accept it! We don't accept it!..."

"We don't plant! We don't plant..." Another cry resounded through the world.

Jia Lian was sitting in the car, flipping through his booklet recording planting data, when he heard the commotion outside the car, he expected something bad.Xing'er clenched his horsewhip tightly, opened the curtain and said to his master, "Second Lord, dozens of people are blocking the way ahead, threatening to kill people!"

The leading farmer saw a young man passing a message to the master in the car, and yelled fiercely: "If you are in the car, get out, I want to see what the lackeys sent by the imperial court look like! We farmers are The status is low, but there is no food to eat, and there is not much to live in this day, so I might as well fight to the death with you!"

Jia Lian put down the booklet in his hand, and was about to get out of the car with his robe, but was stopped by Xing'er in fear.

Xing'er was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his head, and he whispered to Jia Lian, "Second Master, you must not get out of the car at this moment. There are dozens of them with things in their hands. Once they fight, we will How can a few little people guard the second master. I will scare them for a while, if they make trouble again, we will simply drive over and see what they can do."

"This won't solve the problem. Once it hurts someone, it will make things even more troublesome." Jia Lian let Xing'er get out of the way.

Xing'er hesitated, not knowing whether to protect the master from being impulsive, or to listen to the master's words and really make way for the master.

"Get out of the way!" Jia Lian scolded him.

Xing'er was stunned, and hurriedly jumped out of the carriage sideways, and stepped on Lian's second master.

Jia Lian calmly got out of the car and brushed off his robe.

The onlookers were all quiet for a moment, staring wide-eyed at this young man with his head upright and his face as handsome as white jade.Needless to say, how rich and luxurious this outfit is, at first glance, he is from the son of a master in Beijing, with an outstanding temperament, the key lies in his face, there are still men in the world who are so good-looking.There are handsome men in their villages and counties, but they just have a straight nose, bigger eyes, and whiter skin. It seems to be delicate and shiny, and the facial features are exquisite and not human-like, it should have come down from the sky.

Many people wanted to come forward and ask that noble young master, "Did I go the wrong way, or was born in the wrong birth, and I was born from heaven?"

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, his long and narrow phoenix eyes were sharp and arrogant, as if he didn't take these people seriously.

The leading farmer's name is Li Lin, the only son of the most prestigious patriarch in Licorice Village.He was the first to react, dissatisfied with Jia Lian's attitude, and rushed forward with a pickaxe, aiming to hit Jia Lian on the head.

"It's you who caused us to be forced to plant poisonous lumps by the court!"

Xing'er hurriedly went to Jia Lian's side and muttered: "Master, when the fight starts, run as long as you can. Hurry up and get rescuers. We'll stop here!"

At this time, Xing'er felt that the few of them would definitely not be able to escape, and it would be a great fortune to be able to ask Second Master Lian to run out alone to rescue the soldiers.I just hope that these unscrupulous people can still have a little bit of sense in their hands, so that they won't kill people ruthlessly.

Jia Lian remained motionless, looking straight ahead indifferently, and welcomed Li Lin's attack generously.

Xing'er waited in a hurry, and wanted to stop her, but Jia Lian raised her hand to stop her.Originally, as soon as Xing'er got started, the farmers were all ready to start.But Jia Lian's block, everyone is not moving. There are two reasons: one is that everyone is curious about why this noble young man doesn't make people resist, and the other is that he only deals with this unarmed young man. It just depends on Li Lin himself.Besides, once they hurt the lives of the nobles, they will be punished if they fail to protect their entire family. They are all dragging their families and don't want to be implicated.

Li Lin yelled "Ah—" and rushed to Jia Lian with a pickaxe, but found that there was no unexpected menacing behind him, so he was stunned, turned his head to look, and found that he rushed forward by himself, hesitated for a while, Slowly lowering the pickaxe, he didn't dare to do it himself.The other party's status is precious, if he does it alone, he will definitely be picked out and used as a scapegoat, so he won't do it!

Li Lin turned his head and shouted at the people behind him angrily: "What are you all doing, get on! Smash the car! Arrest people!"

"And then?" A cold voice pierced from behind Li Lin.

Li Lin was stunned, turned his head around, and looked at the owner of the voice, Jia Lian, "What then?"

The farmers who were about to make a move, heard Jia Lian's words, stopped again, and decided to listen to what he had to say before making a decision.

"Suppose you smashed the car and arrested people, then what? Then how?"

After Jia Lian asked this question, the leader was stunned again, and turned to look at his own villagers. Everyone looked at him blankly, obviously most of them were instigated by him.It seems that they didn't even have a simple plan for this operation, not even the most basic purpose and expected results.

Jia Lian finally realized the meaning of the word "nonsense". It turned out that it was prepared for this group of people.

"We, we... If we arrest you, we will be able to frighten the gang of corrupt officials who don't know how to do it, and make them dare not threaten us again." Li Lin roared without confidence.

Jia Lian smiled, and his tone was full of sarcasm, "It's ridiculous, two 10,000+ barbarian troops from the northwest invaded, and the imperial court still sent troops to suppress the county. You have dozens of people, and the imperial court will be frightened by you!"

Li Lin took two steps back and stood in the line of farmers again.He looked at everyone in a panic, raised his arms and shouted, trying to recall the 'military spirit', "Everyone, don't be fooled by him, he is a murderous man with a dexterous tongue, and he is best at turning black into white, don't be fooled! "

"Oh, it's ridiculous, it doesn't make sense. How can you convince everyone? In fact, I can tell from your unconfident expression. When I said those words, you were doubting yourself. What is the end of using violence against the court? Six-year-old children know it, but you don't know?" After Li Lin's sarcasm was speechless, Jia Lian glanced at the crowd generously, and said in a sonorous tone, "I'm here today to help you solve problems, but if you feel that you are with yourself The lives of my family members are worthless, and it is not a pity to die, so I will not say more. You can pour your anger on me with your life. But if you want to solve the problem and live a good life, then listen to I said, put away the things in my hands, and lead me into the village, and I will pretend that what happened just now has never happened."

The farmers hesitated and put down the things in their hands one after another, looking at each other.

Li Lin saw that everyone was obedient, so he waved his arms and explained to everyone: "Don't believe his tricks, you all forgot, when did those rich and noble gentry promise us something? Don't believe it!"

"I, Jia Lian, am not petty and caring. I swear on my life that I will never pursue what you did just now."

Jia Lian's remarks immediately made those farmers get rid of their doubts.Everyone put down the tools in their hands one after another, expressing their resignation.

Li Lin panicked, seeing that everyone didn't listen to him, he raised his pickaxe and waved it at Jia Lian in embarrassment.Xing'er and the others saw that he was not pleasing to the eye, and waited for an opportunity to pounce on Li Lin from behind, overwhelming Li Lin, then snatched the pick from his hand, and took off his mask.

All the farmers were terrified, staring at Xing'er and the others eagerly.

Jia Lian looked down at this man, with a stubborn look on his face, staring at him steadfastly, "Let it go."

As soon as Jia Lian finished speaking, there was a shout from the front, and a group of people rushed out from the front corner, and the leader was an elderly man who was panting, but shouted loudly, "Stop!".

Jia Lian guessed that this should be the patriarch of the village.

Patriarch Li saw that Jia Lian had let Li Lin go, and thanked Dade and kowtowed to make amends: "Your son is stubborn and ignorant, please forgive me, Lord Superintendent!"

The title of Supervising Army was given by the fourth prince, it was not considered official, but it was just for Jia Lian to carry out the army ration plan to travel in the local area, so he gave it a title.

Jia Lian helped Patriarch Li to get up, expressing that he didn't mind, "I expected this to happen, so I'm not surprised."

Li Lin had already been released by Xing'er and others at this time, and ran to his father to complain about his grievances.

Patriarch Li slapped Li Lin on the face and scolded him: "You bastard, you want to turn the world upside down before I'm dead? It's fine if you kill yourself, I'll treat you as a bastard son, but But you dragged all the strong men of the village to accompany you to die, have you ever thought that each of them has a wife and children at home, waiting for them to support their families!"

After Patriarch Li finished speaking, he slapped Li Lin on the face again, then bowed down again and again to apologize to Jia Lian.

"You don't have to worry about it, I don't mind. I'm here today to have a good discussion and listen to everyone's opinions. I said that there will be no blame or punishment, and there will be no behavior. Please rest assured."

At this time, it is the most tense point of the masses. Of course, Jia Lian will not disturb a big event just because of a small person.

Patriarch Li felt much relieved after hearing the words, and hurriedly invited Jia Lian to sit at his house, and collected all the good tea and snacks in the village to offer up.

But Jia Lian knew in his heart that these people didn't really respect him, but just because they were afraid of wanting to 'please' him.

Patriarch Li bowed his waist and said politely to Jia Lian: "Please rest assured, we will plant whatever the court says, and we will never complain."

"But dad, what's the difference between us starving to death and giving—"

"Nie Yi, get back!" Patriarch Li shouted with a red face.

Li Lin glared at Jia Lian and stomped unwillingly, turned around, but didn't leave, as if he was still thinking about how to murder Jia Lian.

"You—" Patriarch Li pointed at his son's nose, trembling with anger, if he was not old and only had this son, he really wanted to slap him to death right now!

"Your son is outspoken, and he is also a sweetheart. It's okay. I just want to hear everyone's thoughts." Jia Lian smiled slightly, and suddenly looked a lot more friendly.

Li Lin looked at Jia Lian in puzzlement, and couldn't tell who was him for a while.However, Li Lin has always been a soft-hearted person, and Jia Lian has such a good attitude, so he can't be tough, so he really expressed his thoughts straightforwardly.

"Don't think that we have never seen the world. We have lived in Licorice Village a lot of people from the capital, and some of them have even stayed in the palace. Not to mention the rich families. Now there is a poor family living here, surnamed Sun In the past, his family was also in a well-known family. I just heard him say, how those people in the court disregarded human lives, how officials colluded with fish and meat people, and he also said that our lives are nothing in the eyes of those officials. It’s not fate, it’s almost like a fly. Tell me, why do you care about whether a fly eats well? Huh, anyway, I think he is right, and I don’t believe that there will be officials who really care about the people. What’s the best way to post it for free? The seeds are for us."

"Niezi, you—" Patriarch Li raised his beard with anger, pointed at Li Lin, and immediately slapped his thigh and burst into tears, "How many sins have I done in my previous life? It's shameless to be born like you. If you dare to say it, I, I'll just hit my head to death!"

Jia Lian didn't move, but looked at Li Lin.

Li Lin hurriedly supported his father. Patriarch Li rinsed and trembled, and opened his mouth to signal his son to stop talking.But Li Lin was not convinced, turned his head with puffed cheeks and continued to speak arrogantly to Jia Lian: "Don't think that if you suppress Licorice Village, the other houses will not make trouble. Let me tell you, I have already sent someone to inform the other eleven. Just wait and see the fun!"

Jia Lian looked at Li Lin with a smile: "What's the excitement?"

"When you bring the seeds over, we'll dig them up, burn them up, and there's nothing left to grow. Let's see what you can do!"

Jia Lian sneered for a while, then suddenly met Li Lin's eyes, "You just said that the surname is Sun, what's his name?"