The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian: "Actually, this method is just my humble opinion. I have never served in the army, and I don't know the changes on the battlefield. If it is useless, please forgive me; but if it is useful, it is the luck of the grassroots. I have done my bit for the pacification of the Northwest."

In the past, Jia Lian thought it was useless to say polite words, but this time he had to say polite words, because he really didn't understand the war, and it was up to Yin Zhen to judge whether the method was good or not.

Jia Lian continued: "During this period of time, I lived in the military camp and often heard some news about barbarians. I will sum it up. They are all herdsmen. Considering the actual situation of the nomads, they must rarely cultivate, so they are much weaker than us in terms of material reserves, which is why they often rely on burning, killing and looting to replenish supplies. According to the sources of food and grass on both sides , I think we can try to adopt the combat method of "clearing the walls and clearing the field, waiting for work with ease", retreating into the camp and fortress, exhausting their food reserves, wait until they are hungry and dizzy, and then lure the enemy with sprouting potatoes. Wait for the rest After seizing the food and having a full meal, we will take the opportunity to attack at night. By then, they will already be poisoned, vomiting and convulsing, and their ability to resist is weak, so our army can take the opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Yin Zhen's eyes became brighter when he heard this method, and he looked at Jia Lian in surprise, "It's wonderful, how did you come up with it?"

"At the beginning, I was worrying about how to explain to the people that these sprouted potatoes were not edible, so I suddenly thought: 'Wouldn't it be nice if these things were eaten by those bad guys'. Thanks to my cat winter, I was idle and bored, so I flipped through it. After overturning the art of war and combining the hatchbacks, he summed up the idea before he came up with this arbitrary idea. In fact, this method sounds good, but it is not easy to implement, and it all depends on wise and decisive people to advocate. It will work. The first is to make the new army rations famous, and the second is to plan them to grab the rations. Dealing with the enemy like this will require great skill and effort, and the secrecy of the news is also extremely important." Jia Lian said.

"Besides, if Your Highness wants these potatoes to germinate earlier, they must be placed in a warm and dry place, spread out, and not piled up. I will write the specific methods in this letter in detail. If Your Highness wants to deal with those barbarians in advance, It can be arranged half a month in advance."

As Jia Lian spoke, he presented a letter to Yin Zhen.

Yin Zhen accepted the letter, with an energetic smile on his lips, he patted Jia Lian on the shoulder viciously, overjoyed.

"Good job, if this thing is really done as you expected, I, Yinzhen, will recognize you as a brother in the future, we will live and die together, and we will never abandon each other!"

Live and die together, never give up?

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows, although he knew that Yin Zhen's words must be false, but he was already "flattered" that he could express his desire to become brothers with him.

From the ending point of view, he did go one step further with the fourth prince, but he didn't expect that this step was bigger than he imagined.

Jia Lian bowed his hands and declined, wanting to thank him, but Yin Zhen directly stopped him and helped him up.

"I told you earlier, there is no need to be polite between you and me, Brother Lian!" Yin Zhen smiled meaningfully into Jia Lian's eyes, but there was a bit of smugness in his eyes.

Jia Lian smiled, implicitly agreed, saluted and said goodbye.After the fourth prince left first, Jia Lian could get into the carriage, and left the city of Dangzhou in a swaying state of the carriage.

It's been a long time, but Jia Lian has been sitting upright with a cold face, eyes downcast, motionless.

Xing'er sat in the car with her, and held her breath for a long time, not daring to disturb her.Xing'er didn't dare to move until it was time to stop for a rest at noon, opened the food box and took out refreshments, and asked Second Master Lian to have lunch.

After Jia Lian took two bites, he breathed a sigh of relief, resting his right hand on the cushion, resting his chin on the window, boredly watching the scenery.

"Grandpa, let's eat some more, we'll have to drive a long way in a while!" He happily brought the plate to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian blinked her eyelids before picking up another piece of pastry and stuffing it into her mouth.

"Second Master has something on his mind?" Xing'er asked tentatively.

Jia Lian ate another two yuan, wiped his hands with a handkerchief and looked at him, "The fourth prince is too enthusiastic, beyond my expectation."

"Enthusiasm is not good. I think the fourth prince must have recognized the talent of the second master and was anxious to win him over, so he said those words of calling him brothers."

Jia Lian: "That's it, you think it's an honor?"

Xing'er scratched his head incomprehensibly, wondering: "Isn't it?"

Jia Lian closed his eyes, waved his hands impatiently, and signaled that Xing'er could ask the coachman to drive.

Xing'er obediently agreed, and after calling the coachman, she turned her head to observe Second Master Lian's demeanor secretly, he was indifferent, as if he was really worried about something.I really don't understand, there is nothing wrong with such a good thing that the fourth prince and the second master Lian call each other brothers.

The master's thoughts are indeed as deep as the sea, making people unpredictable!

Xing'er didn't dare to bother Jia Lian any more, so she climbed out of the car, shared the biscuits with the driver, and ate together, talking and laughing all the way until dark.

……

Capital City, Rongguo Mansion.

After Jia Lian went to the northwest, the first few months in the Rong Mansion were peaceful and nothing major happened.

Suddenly one day, Baoyu fainted in the morning with Jiamu.

After Jia's mother asked carefully, she learned that Baoyu hadn't slept for two days in order to write the filial piety.Mother Jia heard from the maid that Baoyu stayed up all night to write these things for Mrs. Wang, so Jia Mu thought that Baoyu had asked her to see Mrs. Wang before but she refused.Mother Jia blamed herself a little. Baoyu was innocent, but she was too selfish.

After Baoyu woke up and recuperated, Jia's mother allowed him to see Mrs. Wang.

Baoyu put her arms around Jiamu's neck with a happy face, and asked intimately, "Really? Are the words of the old ancestors accurate?"

"Naturally, you can see him as many times as you want, and I won't stop you." Mother Jia smiled and looked at Jia Min beside her, "With your aunt here to witness, what are you afraid of?"

"That's kind, thank you for your kindness and consideration for your grandson." Baoyu happily swung Jiamu's arm and acted like a baby, which made Jiamu happy. She turned her head and stretched her neck to Daiyu's direction, "Sister and I are together." Shall we go?"

"You go to see your mother, I'm going to make trouble, stop making trouble." Daiyu was perfunctory on the surface, but in her heart she had already disliked Baoyu 38 times.

When Daiyu saw him for the first time, she thought he was very nice and had an inexplicable sense of intimacy, but the longer she stayed with her, the more she realized that this guy was uneducated and unmotivated, and his mind was full of strange thoughts about hanging out with his sisters .Mother also said that Baoyu's behavior is a sign of "lustyness". She is a good and innocent daughter, and she doesn't want to be mixed with such filthy worms.

Jia's mother looked at the two children cheerfully, but before she saw that Daiyu was unhappy, she said to Jia Min in a showy way: "Look at these two children, they get on really well, we don't have to worry about it."

"We needn't have worried."

What does this mean?It seems that the two families intend to get married because they are afraid that the children will look down on them.

Jia Min rolled her eyes in her heart, her own mother is good at everything, but she is out of her mind when it comes to Baoyu.Her old man really thinks that her grandson is so powerful and sought after, ah, her family's Daiyu can't look down on her.Even if Baoyu is capable and motivated, Jia Min is unwilling to rely on her mother-in-law who always wants to die.What's more, Baoyu is simply a useless idiot!

Mother Jia doesn't care what the old lady thinks, other things are easy to discuss, but the fate of her only daughter is absolutely not careless.

Thinking of this, Jia Min missed her good nephew Jia Lian a little bit.With him here, Baoyu can be more honest.Because of his going out these days, the kid became more and more mad and neglected his job, and the old problem of not going to school due to stomach ache happened again.

Jia Min frowned and served tea.

Mother Jia was still looking at Jia Min, as if she was waiting for her to express her attitude.

Jia Min was in a daze, and immediately came to his senses, and said with a smile: "Mother, do you think Baoyu has a bad stomach and always has stomach pains? The last time I asked the doctor to take medicine, I finally laughed, and now it's repeated, so I need to pay attention. It’s good to be cured.”

"Ah? Ah..."

Seeing that Jia Min changed the subject, Jia's mother felt a little upset.Looking at Daiyu and Baoyu again, Daiyu turned around early to talk and joke with Yingchun, and didn't pay much attention to Baoyu at all.On the contrary, Baoyu stared at Daiyu's back with embarrassment, like an angry little daughter-in-law, quite resentful.Fortunately, the child Tanchun was considerate, and he smiled and played with him. After a few frolics, Baoyu forgot his worries.

It seems that Baoyu and Daiyu still need to continue to get along, and Min'er seems to have other thoughts.

Jia's mother was even more worried, and she hated Mrs. Wang who had lost power and was stupid. If she hadn't failed to live up to her expectations, Jia Min would not have looked down on Baoyu so much.

In the evening, Jia's mother insisted on keeping Jia Min in her room, wanting to talk to the two of them privately.

Jia Min had expected Mother Jia's purpose early on, but she had used up several excuses, and it would be too unfilial to refuse again this time, so she had to bite the bullet and stay.

So, the mother and daughter sat on the same bed chatting.

Jia Min lay down and touched the middle of the mattress with a smile, "Mum, do you still remember that I was a rascal when I was a child, always making troubles for you and your father, so I wanted to sleep with you, and I lay in the middle of the bed very early. Willing to go!"

"Yes, yes, you are not honest when you sleep, and you tormented your father. Once you kicked your little foot into your father's mouth. Your father also loves and spoils you. He is not angry or annoyed, and he praises you for your ability." , and said that in the future, when you marry someone, you must be the mistress of the house. Isn’t that what happened later, after you married into the Lin family, son-in-law Lin didn’t wrong you in the slightest.” Recalling those years, Mother Jia always laughed. From ear to ear.

When Lin Ruhai was mentioned, Jia Min's eyes turned red and she felt guilty, "In this life, my daughter is only sorry for him, and she failed to give birth to a son for the Lin family to continue the incense."

"You child, what are you doing to bring this up again? Son-in-law Lin didn't blame you for anything." Mother Jia hugged Jia Min in her arms distressedly, and patted her on the back while sighing, "Why didn't you do that before?" Have you thought about changing it? Why don't you even have a bastard?"

"He's not good at that. He arranged two of them back then, but nothing happened." Jia Min bit her lower lip slightly when she said this, feeling very complicated.

"That's all, let's not mention this. There is a saying, there are times in your life, and there is no time to force it. Let's just resign ourselves to our fate." Jia Mu comforted.

Jia Min nodded approvingly, and sniffed slightly uncomfortable, "That's why Daiyu's marriage must not be hasty. I only have her as my lifeline left in my life. How can I hand it over easily? Human character is necessary." , temperament, and family background are all the same, and his father and I, as well as his second elder brother Lian, all agree."

When Jia Min said this, he secretly glanced at Jia Mu, and sure enough, he saw Jia Mu's expression showing a bit of disappointment.

Jia Min chased after the victory, and continued: "By the way, when I first arrived here, I chatted with my second sister-in-law. I often heard her mention her sister's child. If I remember correctly, it seems to be Xue Baochai. I always heard her praise how calm this child is." Duanfang, how virtuous she is, she should be a good daughter-in-law, I think she is going to choose that child to marry Baoyu, right?"

Jia Min spoke frankly, but it was ironic when he thought about it carefully.

Calculate carefully how old Xue Baochai is, only eight or nine years old, how much dignity and calmness can be seen?It's just that Mrs. Wang recognized her as a daughter-in-law, so she praised her like this.In fact... Among other things, her bastard brother who caused a lot of troubles is very troublesome.

When Jia's mother heard Jia Min's words, she swallowed all the words that were brewing in her stomach.The daughter said so, how can she mention Baoyu again.She wants to have the same personality, family background and temperament, and Jiamu thinks Baoyu is good enough.But the second requirement is more difficult, Jia Lian and Lin Ruhai both need to agree, not to mention how Lin Ruhai thinks of Baoyu, Jia Lian's child alone looks down on Baoyu.Jia Lian was her grandson, and he suppressed him at critical moments, he didn't dare to disobey him face to face, but if this child played tricks behind his back and Lin Ruhai didn't like it, then the marriage would still fail.As for Mrs. Wang, it is also a mess.But it's not up to her to have the final say on this family, so as long as she comforts Jia Lian first, there is still hope for this relative.

Mother Jia pondered for a moment, then sent Jia Min back to sleep, "You, you always bring up the old man's affairs here, making me unable to sleep, so you should hurry back and accompany your daughter."

Jia Min couldn't wait for this, so she dressed happily and said goodbye.

In the next few days, Jia's mother listened to Baoyu's pitiful description of how miserable Mrs. Wang's current situation is.Mother Jia couldn't bear to hear that, after all, this Wang family is Baoyu's mother, the upright second wife of the Rong Mansion, how could she allow the servants to bully her like this.

"It's so decent to look at the faces of servants even when using a pot of charcoal! Is there any rule, who is the master and who is the servant in this family!" Jia Mu was furious, and went to visit Mrs. Wang on purpose.

When Jia's mother came in, she saw Mrs. Wang lying in the bedroom with a pale face, her face was bleak, and it was very cold in the room.Mother Jia beat the maids and women in the courtyard hard, caught the two leading ones and punished them, and then ordered the four women around her to stay here to take care of Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang was flattered and excitedly wanted to get out of bed to thank Jia Mu.

Mother Jia hurriedly supported her, and saw that there was still an unfinished filial piety scripture beside her bed, and she shed tears in heartache.

"When is this, what are you writing about?"

"Daughter-in-law is wrong, daughter-in-law shouldn't—" Before Madam Wang could finish speaking, tears were already choked up like rain.

Mother Jia sighed, and patted Mrs. Wang on the back, "It's good that you can correct your mistakes, why bother yourself like this. Don't forget that you still have Baoyu, and you are still the second wife."

Mrs. Wang was startled, and she nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes full of encouragement.

It was because of Jia Mu's words that Mrs. Wang gained confidence, and within a few days, her illness recovered quickly.

At this time, Jia Lian also sent news from the northwest, saying that he would be back in about half a month after receiving the letter.

Mrs. Wang Qi Qiran immediately raised her vigilance.She was not willing to be controlled by Jia Lian any longer, and she was determined to make a few troubles before Jia Lian came back, so as to take the opportunity to get back [-]%.

Mrs. Wang quickly sent someone to inquire about Jia Lian's movements some time ago.Now his status in the Rong Mansion is increasing day by day, and he has become the most important person for the old lady to rely on, even Baoyu has to give up three points for this.Jia's mother valued him for nothing else, but because of those "capabilities" he developed.

Mrs. Wang absolutely cannot continue to make Jia Lian famous, she must stop Jia Lian from continuing to do promising things.

As long as the first room does nothing, the second room will naturally stand out.

Afterwards, Zhou Rui's family came to reply to Mrs. Wang, "Before you leave, take care of the eight 'grasses' brought back from Yangzhou by the second master Lian. No one is allowed to touch them. I heard that the service is more expensive than the pots of peonies this spring." I don't know what it is. I hate that the people in his yard are tight-lipped and can't find out anything. This is the news I got from the janitor, saying that it was brought back during the summer and autumn season. Now I don't know what it looks like anymore. But one thing is certain, the things must have been placed in the study of Second Master Lian, where no one is allowed to enter."

Mrs. Wang thought of the huge impact of Jia Lian's raising peonies in the spring of last year. Although she didn't know what these eight pots were, they must be good things, and they were very important things to Jia Lian.Mrs. Wang immediately thought about it, and planned with Zhou Rui's family, planning to steal these pots of things secretly before Jia Lian came back, and if they failed to steal it, they would destroy it!

"This matter must be done in secret, and you can spend as much money as you want, but there must be no mistakes. Even if there is a mistake, it must not be caught on us. Now you and I know the situation of the second room, so we can't make mistakes. " Mrs. Wang enjoined.

Zhou Rui's family nodded, thinking the same in their hearts, "Don't worry, ma'am, you can only be fine as a servant. I will definitely deal with this matter thoughtfully and leave nothing to chance."

Zhou Rui's family then sent an unknown servant in the big house with money to handle the matter quietly.Zhou Rui's family discussed with the young servant and decided to do it at noon the next day. It would be an accident, and it was better to create an accident to cover people's eyes and ears.

The afternoon sun in late spring is warm, but also a bit hot, making people lazy.

All the people in Jia Lian's room were waiting because there was no master and son to serve them, so after dinner, they naturally had leisure time.Several maids and women gathered together to talk and amuse, and some played cards.Those who don't like to join in the fun, take the opportunity to go back to their own room for an afternoon nap.

At this time, a female voice suddenly shouted: "It's out of the water!"

Everyone craned their necks in shock, they were all taken aback for a moment, and then ran out of the room one after another, only to see that the west side of the house was on fire, smoking.

All the maids and women in the courtyard were dispatched, carrying bottles and cans to fetch water to put out the fire.

Fortunately, the fire was not big, and it took a while to extinguish it.

The place where the fire started happened to be the study room used by the second master Lian. Most of the room was completely blackened, especially the window lattice, which had been burnt to the shape of black charcoal. After the fire was extinguished, it was still smoking and emitting heat.There were still nine pots of things on the long table by the window sill, but for some reason, they were all broken on the ground, and all the things that had grown in the pots were burnt away.

A room full of maids and women stood on the wet ground, looking at each other, relatively speechless, all with expressions of fear.

This room is the second master's favorite place to stay. Except for cleaning, he never lets anyone enter without authorization, let alone mess with the things here.Now most of this good study room has been burnt down and several things have been damaged, Second Master Lian will definitely scold them in a big rage when he comes back.

Feng'er was also anxious, and burst into tears, slapped herself in the face and said, "It's all my fault, I stayed in the room after dinner, sat at the table and did sewing. I fell asleep on the bed. I woke up when I smelled the smoke, but it was already too late, and it burned like this. When the second master comes back, how can I explain it!"

The maids also felt that they were responsible and cried while hugging Feng'er.

The wives couldn't stand it anymore, tried to persuade them, and then said: "What should I do now, I have to ask Miss Feng'er to make up her mind!"

"What can we do? Whose responsibility is it? When Second Master Lian comes back, he will report the truth. Punish him as he pleases. Don't make any complaints!" After Feng'er finished speaking, she sent everyone out and wiped it with a rag. After wiping the floor, he didn't dare to move anything else in the house, everything was decided after Second Master Lian came back.

The house was locked, and Mother Jia naturally got the news and sent someone to ask.Feng'er went to explain it herself, and she made up for her mistake.

Jia Mu nodded and sent her away.She couldn't manage this matter well, so she decided to wait until Jia Lian came back to deal with it.

But things didn't calm down.The well-built house caught fire, and there was no place to catch fire, but the place where the second master Huilian put nine pots of seedlings caught fire.Anyone who hears about it will feel that there is something strange here.So not long after, there was a rumor in the Rong Mansion that someone looked down on Lian Erye and wanted to trip him up and harm him.The rumors passed around, but there is something special about it. Although no one mentioned the second wife, the second wife is probably the only one in the house who can make a stumbling block to deal with Jia Lian.

Mrs. Wang grabbed her handkerchief when she heard these rumors, obviously she handled the matter neatly, and the young man who set the fire was also sent to the Zhuangzi on the other side of Jinling with money by her.I thought that there was no proof, and I could pick it out safely, but I didn't count this rumor.

Mrs. Wang was afraid that Jia's mother would misunderstand, so she deliberately used the time of greeting to prove her innocence, and told Jia's mother that she and Zhou Rui's family were chanting scriptures on the day when the incident happened.

"To show piousness, I asked everyone in my room to read together, and Huan'er and Aunt Zhao were also there."

"You really serve the Buddha sincerely, making my old lady feel inferior." Jiamu said with a smile.

Mrs. Wang hurriedly got up and said she didn't dare, and asked someone to present the jujube paste yam cake she made by herself, "I know mother, you like to eat soft and rotten ones, so I specially asked someone to grind the ingredients finely before making it. Try a piece and see." look."

Mrs. Wang twisted a small piece and sent it to Jiamu's mouth.

Jia Mu chewed a little bit, then nodded with satisfaction, "It melts in the mouth, sweet but not greasy, it shows that you have taken care of it."

"As long as mother likes it." Mrs. Wang said modestly.

Mother Jia smiled, and stared at Mrs. Wang who was becoming more and more well-behaved with bright eyes, and suddenly remembered the years when she first married into the door, it was really refreshing, ten Tanchun could not compare to her.

"My mother likes it, and I think my sister will like it too, so I made my own idea and asked someone to bring a plate to Lixiangyuan."

"You have a heart." Jiamu nodded with a smile, and suddenly felt that the matter of Daiyu and Baoyu was not impossible.As long as Mrs. Wang obeys her wisely and stops being good at making opinions, the key to Baodai's marriage will be all on Jia Lian.He has a good relationship with Lin Ruhai, and he is also deeply appreciated by Jia Min, and even more respected by Daiyu.As long as he is willing to mediate and say a few more good words, the marriage will be settled.

Just as Jia's mother was thinking happily, there was a maid from the other side who happily came in to tell her.

"Second Master Lian is back."