The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Just as Jia Zheng felt that he had earned some face with King Beijing Jing, his heart that had just swollen was instantly pierced by Jia Lian's words.What did this Wang family do to embarrass him?

"Second Uncle, don't blame Second Aunt. After all, she is the only one supporting the second bedroom. It's not easy, and there is no one who can discuss it." Jia Lian said coldly, and went away with his hands behind his back.

Jia Zheng didn't know what was going on, so he was a little dazed, but he could still hear the irony in Jia Lian's words.It is estimated to be a big deal!On the surface, Jia Zheng still had a stiff face, pretending to be cold, until the figure of Jia Lian's master and servant disappeared, his face collapsed, and he hurriedly lifted his robe and headed towards the east of the mansion.

The vermilion lacquered gate was bolted in the morning, and the servant opened the door sleepily. Suddenly, he felt a gust of wind blowing in front of his eyes. When he reacted, he saw Shu'er, the servant next to the second master, entering the door with a lantern.

"Master is back?"

Shu'er hummed and nodded, scolding: "You're blind, you just passed by, didn't you notice?"

"Mother Wang, Master is back." The servant shouted.

Mrs. Wang, who was guarding the door for Mrs. Wang, was taking a nap in the gatehouse, and ran out in a panic when she heard the sound. "I have to go back to my wife quickly. My wife said that if the second master comes back, I will tell her immediately." The old woman hurriedly chased after her, and she saw the figure of the second master rushing into the room.

All the lights in the surrounding houses were turned on, and the maids and women in the yard hurriedly dressed and surrounded them with lanterns.

When Mrs. Wang heard the second master's roar from inside the room, she put oil on the soles of her feet, turned around and ran away.

Mrs. Wang was worried all day, and finally fell asleep at night. Suddenly, someone grabbed her clothes and pulled her up. Her neck was strangled and her neck was strangled.Jia Zheng kept questioning her ears, and she stared blankly for a long time before she regained her composure and began to sob restlessly.

If possible, Mrs. Wang really wanted to scream and cry loudly and play hard.But she is the lady of the royal family, she should at least retain some of the dignity and self-esteem of the royal family, she can't play her temper like Aunt Zhao, and scold her when she says she is rude.

"What good thing have you done to make the old lady disappoint you again and again!" Jia Zheng saw that Mrs. Wang was only crying and said nothing, really wanted to slap her, and turned her head angrily, "Where is Zhou Rui's family, where is her? She called, but I have to ask carefully."

Jin Chuan, Caixia and other maids all showed embarrassed expressions, and no one moved.

"Why, if I don't come back for a few days, you won't recognize your second master?" Jia Zheng said angrily.

"Don't blame them. Zhou Rui's family has been dismissed by the old lady long ago, and they may have died on the road at this moment." Mrs. Wang cried out, and after a while, she bowed her head guiltily and told Jia Zheng what happened. listen.

The more Jia Zheng listened, the darker his face became, and he felt ashamed when he thought of Jia's mother. Of course, he was more filled with the anger caused by being deceived by Mrs. Wang.

"Evil woman, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, making false accounts, blocking private wealth without authorization, and fooling the whole family for so many years. I really didn't expect, are you still the daughter of the noble family? I can't bear it, I don't recognize you at all."

When Mrs. Wang heard Jia Zheng call her a "wicked woman", she felt very unhappy, because she thought it was her fault, she didn't want to say more.As a result, Jia Zheng laughed at her background because of this, and blamed her for being vulgar.

Mrs. Wang was so angry that she refused to accept it. She turned around and went to the ear room, and threw a box to Jia Zheng, "Master said that I am only after profit, so come and see how much profit I have made." Mrs. Wang opened the box, Hanging out Jia Zheng's own jewelry, they are all the same old style, there are few new styles in recent years, and there is also a bunch of keys.

"This is my dowry list from back then. The master took the keys to check a pair to see if I have more or less." Mrs. Wang threw the keys to Jia Zheng, turned around angrily, and rolled her eyes.

Jia Zheng was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? If you are not in charge of the family, you don't know the price of daily necessities. The master calculated carefully, how much is your annual salary, and how much is our second room's annual expenses. The master has been restlessly thinking about promotion these years. What kind of entertainment and gifts do not cost money? Yuan Chun When I didn’t come back, mountains of gold and silver were burning in the palace. Where did the money come from? The master wouldn’t think it was blown by a strong wind, would he? Now that something happened, it’s all my fault, my fault Now, you are all saints, and I alone am a villain." Mrs. Wang wept and wiped away her tears, she didn't want to pay attention to Jia Zheng, and ran to the wing to cry.

Jia Zheng frowned and stared at the bunch of keys on the table without moving for a long time.

Early in the morning, the genius just lit up.Mei Guo pushed open the courtyard door, and saw the slender figure of the eldest girl.

Jia Lian and Jing Xin had just finished dressing up, and when they heard about it, they hurriedly let Yuan Chun in.

Yuan Chun immediately knelt down.

"Get up, you are the eldest sister, why bother to kneel with us." Jing Xin helped Yuan Chun to sit down.

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

Yuan Chun nodded slightly, as if he had unspeakable difficulties, but he couldn't express it.

Jingxin evaded wisely and went to Mrs. Xing to say hello.

Yuan Chuncai said: "Late last night, I heard that my father came back. I went to see them early in the morning. Unexpectedly, both of them were sitting in the room angry, and no one paid attention to the other."

Jia Lian guessed seven or eight points, but still asked Yuan Chun, "So?"

Yuan Chun raised his eyes, the apricot eyes that were originally as charming as spring water were full of water, but because of a stubborn insistence, the tears did not fall. "Father said, said he was going to divorce mother!"

Jia Lian paused, put down the teacup in his hand, and asked her, "Are you angry?"

"No, he has already gone to the old ancestor's place at this moment. The Concubine Nan'an is still coming today. If this trouble continues, the old ancestor must be in a bad mood. It is not good to lose face in front of the concubine. Brother Lian, I know You don't like the second wife very much, but, but..." Yuan Chun's lips were so heavy that they couldn't open them no matter what.It was really the things her mother did that made her feel ashamed, which made it difficult for her to beg her younger brother at this moment.But if she doesn't speak today, I'm afraid she will really lose her mother in the future.

"You worry too much, it won't happen." Jia Lian said calmly.

He actually understood what he meant!

When Yuan Chun heard this, he couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into tears.In fact, she also felt in her heart that even if her father spoke, her ancestors probably wouldn't respond.But after all, she is a girl, her heart is not so firm, and when the old ancestor's temper is occasionally not right, she is not sure.Jia Lian's words reassured her instantly.

Immediately, Jia Lian and Yuan Chun went to see Jia's mother.

On the way there, Ben was both speechless.Seeing Yuan Chun bowing his head all the way, Jia Lian looked very sad and melancholy, even a little desperate.

Jia Lian glanced at her from the corner of her eye.

"I shouldn't have said that. After leaving the palace, are you worried about your future?"

What Jia Lian was referring to was of course Yuanchun's marriage.

Yuan Chun looked at Jia Lian in surprise, blushed in embarrassment, then nodded hesitantly.Although her younger siblings had persuaded and assured herself, but after she carefully understood what had happened at home in the past two years, she no longer had the face to expect Lian and his wife to help her.

The mother plotted against the eldest wife first, and she resorted to low means, and she lost in the end. Then their second wife would have no one to blame, and it was their own fault.In the palace, there are too many stories about the winner becoming king and the loser becoming bandit, who has the time to sympathize with others.

Yuan Chun knew very well that Jia Lian was willing to help him now, even if he said a word to Erfang, it would be a great favor.

While thinking about it, the two arrived.

Jia's mother was losing her temper with Jia Zheng, seeing Yuan Chun coming in, Jia's mother thought she didn't know, so she shut up and sent Yuan Chun out first.

Yuan Chun glanced at Jia Lian before leaving, begging for gratitude.

Jia's mother greeted Jia Lian: "You are married, and you are the most promising child in our family. It is nothing to tell you. Your second uncle is so bold that he wants to divorce your second aunt."

Jia Zheng raised his eyebrows to look at Jia Lian, and said, "This time, you should agree with both hands. You have always been at odds with your second aunt, and this is exactly what you want."

What Jia Zheng meant was that he wanted Jia Lian to join his camp, and they came together to persuade Jia Mu.The important thing is that Jia Lian, who is the Minister of the Household Department, has a lot of weight in this family. If he speaks, Jia's mother will definitely agree.

"She made a big mistake, Second Uncle really has enough reasons to divorce his wife," Jia Lian said.

"Look, Lian'er also agrees." Jia Zheng said immediately.

Mother Jia opened her eyes wide, "You also agree, want your second uncle to divorce your second aunt?"

"I didn't say I agreed."

Jia Lian shook his head and cast a sidelong glance at Jia Zheng, annoyed that he was too talkative.

Seeing this, Jia Zheng was so angry that he pointed at Jia Lian, and finally put it down. "Then what do you mean?"

"Of course I don't agree! It's okay, it's okay, there is a sensible person in the family." Jia Mu rushed to talk.

Mother Jia finally let go of her hanging heart, patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief.Just now, she was almost fainted by the cock.

"Mother, why is this? Don't you already hate Mrs. Wang? This vicious woman made such a big mistake, and I felt sick when I saw her. It's really hard to share the bed with such a dirty woman." Jia Zheng raised his head stubbornly, with one hand behind his back, still feeling that he was a stream of unparalleled beauty in the world.

"People who don't study much understand this truth, but my second uncle doesn't understand? How should the children under his name deal with themselves when they are divorced? Especially for the eldest sister and third sister who have not yet engaged This is a humiliating scandal, and I won't be able to choose a good family when I get married." Jia Lian said.

Jia Zheng snorted coldly: "You don't need to worry about my daughter, I'm the father!"

"Have you fulfilled your father's responsibilities?" Jia Lian asked softly, not loudly.

Jia Zheng pointed at the tip of Jia Lian's nose angrily: "What do you mean! Mother, look at your good grandson, what stupid words are you talking to your elders!"

In fact, Jia Mu heard it too, tilted her head, pursed her mouth, and pretended not to hear.

"Where's the elder brother? What about the other person? Why isn't he here?" Seeing that Jia's mother didn't care, Jia Zheng was so angry that he turned to Jia Amnesty for comment.

"He should be sleeping so early. He has been busy writing essays these days, so he is very tired." Jia Lian smiled warmly and explained kindly.

Jia Zheng gritted his teeth angrily.

"The boss finally did something serious." Mother Jia laughed unconsciously when she mentioned the eldest son, because she thought of the stories Jia Amnesty made up, which was quite pleasant.Now when Jia Amnesty is free, he will tell her the stories he made up and ask her for her opinion. Mother Jia likes it quite a lot.

Jia Zheng stared at Mother Jia's smile, and gritted his teeth again.

Jia Zheng said angrily: "Do you really think I don't care about Yuan Chun? I am Yuan Chun's father, so I am more anxious about her marriage than anyone else. I have already mentioned this matter to the King of Beijing, and he is willing to accept Yuan Chun as his side concubine! "

Na?

Jia Lian laughed.

But Jia's mother couldn't help but asked Jia Zheng excitedly, "But it's true?"

"Of course it's true." Jia Zheng rolled his eyes and said.

"Second Uncle personally mentioned this matter to the King of Beijing, and the Prince agreed on the spot?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Zheng glanced at Jia Lian arrogantly, and said happily, "Naturally, the daughter of our Rongfu is so outstanding, he has no reason to refuse."

Jia Mu nodded happily, with a smile on her face.It's a good thing, congratulations!

"It's amazing, the two gentlemen are hiding in the corner and muttering a few words, and the marriage can be settled like this." Jia Lian laughed, and deliberately cupped his hands and said to Jia Zheng, "Then congratulations to eldest sister, who just jumped out of a big fire pit He jumped into the small fire pit again. However, if the fire pit is smaller, maybe he will suffer less. Ah, no, with King Bei Jing’s temperament, it might be even bigger.”

Jia's mother listened to Jia Lian's words and thought about it carefully, and then she began to feel that something was wrong, and her face was extremely gloomy.First of all, the king of Beijing Jing, who agreed too casually.Then there was his son Jia Zheng, how could he casually tell men outside the house that his daughter would not be able to get married? This would not be good for Yuan Chun's reputation.When it comes to discussing relatives, the real callers have to be the elders.There is still the old concubine on top of King Beijing Jing, so I am afraid that he cannot decide on the decision of the side concubine alone.

Jia Zheng scolded Jia Lian angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I think you are just jealous. You married a county prince's daughter yourself, so you don't want my daughter to marry a prince, so as not to overshadow your reputation."

"Second uncle is wrong. The word 'marry' can only be used on the main wife, otherwise why would it be called 'Na side concubine'. The eldest sister finally got out of the palace, but she still didn't get a 'marry'. It's a pity. Apart from this pity, I don't have any emotions, jealousy? Oh, I think, but the conditions are not enough." Jia Lian sneered.

Jia Zheng was so ashamed by Jia Lian's sarcasm that he blushed in frustration.He pointed at Jia Lian resentfully, and when Jia's mother coughed as a warning, he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't say anything.

"Mother, I—"

Mother Jia raised her hand to signal Jia Zheng to keep quiet, stretched her neck and asked Jia Lian, "Lian'er, what do you mean by fire pit? Why is this Beijing Palace a fire pit?"

"The old lady has time to ask the concubine of Li County. She will know everything." Jia Lian thought of the special habit of the King of Beijing Jing who abused women, and felt sick. Concubines and the like, no matter how famous they are, how many of them have died."

Jia's mother stared like a bull's eye, and she instantly understood the meaning of Jia Lian's words with her rich life experience.This is a big deal!

Jia Zheng didn't understand, so he asked Jia Lian angrily, "What's wrong with you? Don't provoke discord!"

Jia Lian ignored Jia Zheng, and turned to Jia's mother: "The old ancestor should worry about the marriage of the eldest sister Zhang Luo. I asked Jingxin and her mother to help choose a few. The old ancestor will see which one is the best. Our family does not want a daughter. High marriage, what do you do with those idle crimes, big sister finds a decent and good family to marry like aunt, and lives a warm life as a first wife, isn't that good?"

Mother Jia froze for a moment, then nodded with tears in her eyes.This is a good saying, a girl from a high family is married low, and a girl from a poor family is married high.Only when the men in the family are worthless, do they count on profiting from their daughters.Yuan Chun had already wasted ten years of his youth for this family. Although he was unsuccessful, Jia's mother also regretted it, but she must not let this child continue to suffer.Thinking about the Beijing Palace, it looks like a small palace. If Lian'er said that it is true, it is more terrifying than the palace.

Seeing that Jia's mother was completely shaken, Jia Zheng was dumbfounded. He looked at Jia Lian and then at Jia's mother, "What do you mean? What a wonderful marriage, mother, you can't just ignore Lian'er's provocation. This is It is a good opportunity for our Rong Mansion to get ahead, and the marriage meeting with the Beijing Prince's Mansion—"

"Shut up, you don't have to worry about Yuan Chun's marriage, take care of your wife." Mother Jia snapped.

Jia Zheng was taken aback for another moment, and then remembered the serious business of his visit this time, "As long as the marriage between Yuan Chun and the Beijing Palace is settled, I will divorce her, she is not my wife."

"Are you crazy? Even if you don't care about Yuan Chun's reputation after marriage and how difficult it is to be a human being, don't you think about your other daughter Tan Chun?" Jia's mother was so angry that she covered her chest and closed her eyes. Zheng's heart, liver and lungs hurt from anger at these nonsensical words.

She doesn't have to worry about small things that the second room makes troubles, after all, the youngest son is in a weaker situation now, so it's okay for her to help out.But when it comes to right and wrong, Jia's mother is clear in her heart, and she will never agree to such a thing.

"Mother, I—"

"Yes, what Mrs. Wang did made me angry, but what you said today made me even more disappointed! Mrs. Wang is greedy for money, but who did she spend the money on? Did she spend it on herself? ? I asked someone to check the whereabouts of the money, and you accounted for most of it, and then it flowed into the palace. She is selfish and hypocritical, but all she does is to honor your second wife." Jiamu stood up angrily. , Scolding Jia Zheng for having no conscience, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Jia Zheng took a few steps back, in a daze.He felt that he was obviously right and righteous, but he was scolded by his mother as heartless. "I don't deny Wang's dedication to this family, but what she did is really disgusting. This should not be the reason for her mistakes. I can't forgive this woman at all!"

Jia Mu: "Get lost!"

Jia Zheng blushed and bid farewell to Jia's mother with a stiff neck.

Seeing that Jia Mu was very angry, Jia Lian also left.

Jia Zheng was still not reconciled, and stood outside waiting for Jia Lian.

"Lian'er," Jia Zheng chased after him, wanting to continue his argument with Jia Lian.

The two left Jia Mu's courtyard one after the other.No one saw a person standing under the east window, exquisite and beautiful, with a slender figure, she was a rare beauty, but at this moment her face was bloodless, her eyes were red with strangle marks.

Seeing Miss Tanchun crying, the maids in the yard hurriedly surrounded her and asked her what was wrong.

"It's okay, the wind is blinding your eyes."

Tanchun smiled and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, no one could see that she was really sad.

The maid, Glass, came out to scoop water, saw Tanchun, and asked her why she was here.

"I couldn't sleep in the morning, so I wanted to come early to say hello to my ancestor and accompany her." Tanchun laughed.

"That's unlucky, the old lady is resting in a bad mood right now. Miss, go back first, and come back later."

Tanchun nodded with a smile, turned around, and fled as fast as he could.

……

Jia Zheng catches up with Jia Lian, still talking.

I don't know where this guy misunderstood, I always thought that he would deal with Mrs. Wang with his gang.

"Are you so dissatisfied with Second Aunt?" Jia Lian paused and asked.

Jia Zheng: "Whether it is tolerable or unbearable!"

"Then just bear with it, people can't give up anyway." Jia Lian didn't want to listen to Jia Zheng's ramblings, so he just blocked him with words.

"You bastard, who taught you to talk to elders like this?" Jia Zheng was anxious again.

"Isn't there no outsiders here? I'm not as good as my second uncle. I can completely pretend to be a gentleman." Jia Lian pouted perfunctorily and smiled at Jia Zheng.

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Jia Zheng thought that Jia Lian had finally learned how to praise himself for being great; but when it came to the second half of the sentence, Jia Zheng's entire anger flew away.

Jia Lian had business to do, looked east, and squinted his eyes because of the light.It's getting late, eat breakfast and go to work.

Today is the second time that Baihuilou sells strawberries.

Due to the slight increase in strawberry production today, Jia Lian doubled the amount of strawberries per plate and sold them in a plate of twelve.

"The strawberries in the past two days have not even been picked up by the nobles in the palace. They are scarce, and they can be eaten early and fresh, so they are naturally more expensive. But starting tomorrow, the strawberry production will increase slightly, and it will start to be supplied to the palace. The price will also be slightly adjusted. Strawberries will be sold in limited quantities starting tomorrow, and each family will be limited to purchase one catty.

Today's strawberries started shooting at 50 taels a plate, and after they reached [-] gold, fewer people raised their hands.After all, it will be much cheaper if it is one day away. People who know how to live will naturally endure today's bite and wait until tomorrow to eat.

But there are some rich and powerful people in Beijing who love to show off. The more Jia Lian said, the more rare they are today, the more they want to shoot, so as to show off.

When the price reached [-] gold, Xue Pan suddenly stood up and shouted, "[-] gold, reserved!"

Although there are a lot of strawberries today, there are 1 trays and 10 gold, that is [-] taels of gold, a total of [-] taels, the same price as yesterday.

Xue Pan's shout shocked everyone present. Everyone still remembered the scene of yesterday's auction and knew that Xue's family was an imperial merchant with plenty of money.Although they are rich, it is romantic to buy a plate of strawberries with 500 taels of gold, but if they spend 1 taels of gold all inclusive, they will be prodigal.If you want to raise the price again, I'm afraid it's still not as good as this stupid bully.

Forget it, you are not stupid, just give Xue Pan this face and let him take it all.Anyway, wait another day, and there will be strawberries to eat.

The gong struck.

Xue Panton felt that he had picked up a great deal, and cheerfully ordered the servant to hand over a box of bank notes that he had prepared earlier.

Since then, the two idiots in the capital have been revealed, both rich and brainless masters.There is a girl from the Xia family and an uncle from the Xue family, both of whom are wonderful.

The mistress of the Xia family was unwilling, but she could only bear it. At any rate, they also gained a good reputation for donating money to the court.

Aunt Xue is also a little bit pained, but spending some money can bring her son and Jia Lian closer, learn a little better, and it is worth it as a tuition fee.After all, outsiders spend 10 taels to ask Shangshu to be a master, but it may not be successful.Besides, he has a good reputation for donating money, and he has got a donation book from the palace, which is quite respectable.Aunt Xue generally felt that it was not a loss.

In addition, today there will be a list of big red donations posted at the gates of the four major cities in the capital for announcements. As a result, there are only two names on the big red paper to be posted.Too few people, too much blank space is not good.The person who wrote it simply wrote the name big, "Xue Pan" on the left, and "Miss Xia" on the right because it is not easy to mention the name of the daughter's family.

The two names are big, written vertically, and juxtaposed. From a distance, they look like uncut couplets.

Because both of them are doing similar things, some people always put them together.

What's more, there is no shortage of anecdotes about Qianjin selling strawberries, such a stupid thing, and the common people love to talk about it.

"Uncle Xue and Miss Xia..."

"Then the uncle of the Xue family and the eldest daughter of the Xia family..."

"It's the uncle of the Xue family and the eldest girl of the Xia family..."

Fate is really a wonderful thing, the two are really 'destined'.

On the third day, strawberries were sold at a price of [-] gold.

Early in the morning, Jia Lian sent people from the household department to Beijing Palace to urge Shui Rong.Didn't he say that he has several friends who want to buy strawberries with a hundred gold, and he can't save this money.

Shui Rong just woke up, when he heard that Jia Lian sent someone to urge him again, he was so angry that his teeth itched.In desperation, he had no choice but to ask the housekeeper to take a hundred gold to send it away.

The visitor saw the money but did not leave, "Master Shang Shu specifically explained, the prince said 'several people', it must be more than three or four people, specially asked the younger one to prepare a big bag for money."

After finishing speaking, the servant showed the big bag and opened his mouth wide to the butler of the palace with an innocent look on his face.

The housekeeper had no choice but to make another trip back to Shui Rong.