The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Prince Li also stuffed one into his mouth, boasting that it was delicious, "Both children in the family love this."

The two children mentioned by King Lijun refer to Jingxin's two younger brothers, Jinbai and Jinqing.

Jia Lian ordered to go down, and then asked someone to send two catties of strawberries over there every day.

After hearing the words, the King of Li County hastily declined, but in the end he couldn't hold back Jia Lian, so he agreed happily, and he admired his good son-in-law even more in his heart.

But when it came to reforming the land, Prince Li's face immediately darkened, and he was always worried about it.

"Son-in-law, I know that when you decide to do this, you must think about the consequences. Although you think twice before acting, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. Since ancient times, it has been involved in major reforms, and it is rare for people to die. I am still worried. Let's The Great Song Kingdom has a lot of land, but almost [-]% of it is in the hands of the rich and powerful. If you want all the farmers to have land, you have to grab it from the nobles. Who will give it? These people have the right You and I are only one or two, and we can still afford it. But if we fight against all the princes and nobles, we are really weak and difficult to succeed."

Prince Li glanced cautiously outside the door, leaned into Jia Lian's ear and whispered, "Besides, once you arouse public anger, they will twist into a rope to deal with us, and the situation of our family will definitely not be able to stop it! Don't count on the sage, he is a "Ming Jun" who judges the situation and the situation. You are useful at the moment, and he uses you. Then you make trouble for him, and he will protect you? He is above ten thousand people, ninety-five supreme, Human life is nothing to him, sacrificing you alone can appease the resentment of all the nobles, who do you think he will choose? Who in this world would he care about? He can do anything with his son, let alone you!"

King Li Jun really cared about Jia Lian, so he could even say such words to slander the emperor in private.

Jia Lian nodded very politely, and listened to the prince's teachings politely, nodded in agreement: "The prince's words, I will keep them in my heart."

"Well, it's good that you are clear in your heart. Also, you are not allowed to act rashly, you are my son-in-law, if something happens to you, what will my daughter do! You can only do this with my consent." Prince Li He breathed a sigh of relief, but as soon as he saw Jia Lian's stubborn and handsome face, his heart was hanging and he couldn't let go.

Sometimes Jia Lian is so stubborn that even nine cows can't be pulled back when he is stubborn.It's a bit scary to pretend that something is too big in your heart.But if he had no ambition at all, he, Yelin, would not have liked him either.

Prince Li sighed and resigned to his fate.Fortunately, this kid is quite cautious, and I will pay more attention to supervise him in the future, so it shouldn't be too dangerous.

"Please rest assured, my lord, no matter how incompetent I am, my family can still keep it." Jia Lian's eyes were half-opened, revealing a gloomy light, "I will be cautious about this matter. I don't have any big wishes. I just hope that I can go out by car in the future." At that time, I can enjoy the scenery with peace of mind, and I won’t see those starving people who are dying of hunger on the side of the road. If I don’t have that ability, it’s nothing to worry about, but I have it.”

"Your child is really bold, I like it!" Lijun Wang stroked his beard with a smile, "What you did was meritorious. As long as you can ensure your own safety, I have no objection, and I will support you unconditionally. Oh, it's so easy for the two of us to meet once and not to mention these serious matters. This kid, Jin Bai, has spent a lot of time studying in the past two days. He has to say what he can't study hard, and he wants to apply what he has learned, so he pesters him every day Me, and asked me to give him a real example. As soon as I practice martial arts, I don’t know those things, so I asked him to come to you.”

"I'm not good at reading either," Jia Lian smiled lightly, but when he thought of Jin Bai's troubled face, he felt happy, "It's fine for him to come and play."

Li Junwang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and pretended not to be happy, and said: "What is 'nor' is not good, did you count me in? The king did not say that I am not good at reading, I just said that I am a student. Wu. In fact, I am both civil and military, and I can read very well. Just look at the intelligence of that child Jingxin, so follow me!"

As far as Jia Lian knew, the princess of Li County was born in a scholarly family, and among the five generations of her ancestors there were two champions.Who is Jingxin's intelligence like, and is it explained by the prince of Lijun?

Jia Lian smiled, and quite liked the slightly self-deprecating narcissistic expression of Prince Li.

"What are you laughing at? Tell you, your father-in-law is really smart."

"for example?"

"For example, you are born smart, and you still use an example? Look at you so stupid." Prince Li don't give Jia Lian a glance, and turn his neck, "Forget it, Jinbai will come to you in two days. You just teach him what it means to apply what he has learned. I don’t have the time, and I can’t control him.”

After leaving the big trouble to Jia Lian, the king of Li County hummed a little tune and left.

Jia Lian hurriedly summoned Xing'er and asked, "Check it out. Is the mirror with him?"

Xing'er nodded straight, "It is indeed in the hands of the second master."

Jia Lian moved his eyeballs, "When I ask for it tomorrow, don't make any more mistakes, it will be melted!"

Mei Guoer came in with a tray of dim sum, put it on the table, and said to Jia Lian with a smile: "The pine nut osmanthus cake made by the third girl is specially made to honor the second master. Second master, try it."

Jia Lian twisted a piece and put it in his mouth. It was slightly sweet, but the pine nut flavor was very strong, and the taste was soft, which was quite in line with his taste.After Jia Lian ate two yuan, he ordered the plum fruit to be served to Jing Xin to taste.

Mei Guo smiled, "The second grandma's is made of dried fruit, which is her favorite flavor. The third girl is very careful, and specially made different styles according to everyone's tastes, and sent them everywhere. For example, the old lady's is soft and rotten. Hawthorn millet cake, the sweet and salty sponge cake from the eldest wife."

"I remembered what you said. A few days ago, she even brought wishful cakes." Jia Lian recalled.

Mei Guo smiled and nodded.

As soon as the voice here fell, another servant girl came in to deliver the message.

"The eldest girl got some seeds from Bharatiya by chance, and told the younger one to come and show the second master what it is, and let the second master keep it if it is useful."

Jia Lian poured some out of the cloth bag into his hands. The yellow-brown, oval seeds were quite big and looked familiar.Jia Lian peeled off the seed coat to look at the embryo, and confirmed that it was the seed of jackfruit.

This thing is cooked and eaten, and it tastes very good.

This jackfruit is native to India, and Bharatiya is the ancient name of India.But this thing, like pepper, has actually been introduced to China a long time ago, but it has not been planted on a large scale.

He can get some lychee gardens in Fujian.

Jia Lian ordered people to collect the things and sent a message to Yuanchun to thank him.Xing'er came to tell that the carriage was ready, Jia Lian planned to go out immediately, hesitated for a while, but told Xing'er to wait, and turned to look for Jing Xin.

Jingxin is eating nut cakes, discussing embroidery patterns with Yuanchun, Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun.As soon as Jia Lian came back, several sisters stood up beside her.

As soon as Jia Lian entered the courtyard, he heard that all the sisters were there, so he did not enter the house, but retreated outside the courtyard, waiting for Jingxin to come out to speak.

Jing Xin came over in a hurry, "Second Lord?"

"It's a bit strange today. This early in the morning, the third sister on the front foot gave me sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and the eldest sister on the back foot gave me seeds from Bharatiya."

"It's called doing what you like." Jingxin covered her mouth with a veil and smiled, "There is something I haven't told the second master. The last time I mentioned to the second master about divorcing his wife in the old lady, the third sister listened. Yes, my sister-in-law told me that she secretly cried very sad afterwards."

Jia Lian remembered that Jia Zheng had made a big fuss that time, and he and Jia's mother had indeed raised the issue of the reputation of the girls to be married in order to stop him.But Jia Zheng only thought about marrying Yuanchun the whole time, and Tanchun was ignored by him.It was hard for Tanchun to be sad, because his father only thought about her from the beginning to the end, so she was naturally depressed.

Among the sisters, Tanchun has always been the most assertive and the best at fighting.Seeing that she could no longer count on Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng, it was reasonable for her to turn to please Jia Lian and his wife in order to survive.It is actually a good thing for people to strive for survival and betterment under reasonable conditions.As for Yuanchun, she is somewhat similar to Tanchun, but her handling skills are more sophisticated than Tanchun.

Jia Lian looked at Jing Xin.

Jingxin also looked at Jia Lian, and suddenly smiled, "I understand what the second master means, find a good family early and settle the marriage between her two."

Jia Lian smiled: "You are amazing, I know what's on my mind before I say it."

"Because I think so too. They are all innocent daughters' families. It's pitiful. How can I ruin my life because of such irresponsible parents. Seeing their suffering, I think of myself. I'm so lucky It hurts to be held in the hands of my parents before I got married, and after I became a monk, I have a good husband like the second master to take care of me. I am so smooth, I should do more good deeds to thank God." Jing Xin slightly raised the corners of her mouth , patted his chest and assured, "Second Master, don't worry, you can do your work outside, and I will take care of all the family affairs. I will ensure that it will be done smoothly so that Second Master can be satisfied."

Someone over there urged me a second time.

Jia Lian took Jingxin's hand, sighed "what more can I ask for", and left in a hurry.

Jingxin stood there stupidly, and blushed after a while.

"Miss Lin is here." The mother-in-law shouted again.

Daiyu came from Jia Mu's house by copying the road, and walked the road to the east of the principal landlord.

Jingxin hurriedly welcomed her into the house.After Daiyu greeted her with a smile, she picked her ears and picked them again.

Jingxin: "What, your ears are itchy?"

"It didn't itch at first, but maybe I itch with envy after hearing something I shouldn't have heard."

Jingxin hurriedly stopped, grabbed Daiyu, pretended to pinch her ear and asked: "What nonsense are you talking about, what did you hear?"

"I didn't hear anything else, but I heard that most important sentence. What more can I ask for." Daiyu blinked.

Jingxin blushed even more, and when she went up, she tickled Daiyu, "I told you to be unruly and listen to people's speech."

Daiyu was the most ticklish, so she couldn't stop laughing and begged for mercy: "I didn't do it on purpose, I happened to enter the courtyard from the east, but my ears are good, can you blame me?"

Jingxin tugged Daiyu's ears lightly, "I can hear you even in such a low voice, are you a fairy ear?"

"If you can't keep it, I was really a god in my previous life." Daiyu laughed.

Jingxin didn't let her go, and continued to tickle Daiyu.

The sound of Yuanchun and Yingchun in the house came out.

Seeing people, Daiyu called for help, "Second Sister, help me quickly."

Yingchun joins immediately, and together with Daiyu, they deal with Jingxin.Not to be outdone, Jingxin called for help.So there was a chaotic battle, and the girls' soft laughter came from the courtyard from time to time.

Baoyu was going to study, and today he suddenly came into the mood, and he wanted to tell his sisters that it was three or five feet away from the second sister-in-law's yard.Seeing him as if he had seen a ghost, the women guarding the road rushed over, and after saluting, they stood in a row and formed a human wall to block his way.

"Miss Lin is here today, and Miss Xing is also here. The masters and wives are not here, it's just a gathering of girls of the same generation. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Second Master Bao to go like this."

"You dirty-minded girls, if you don't have a clean heart, you want to dirty others too. My sisters and I have a close relationship, and we are brothers and sisters. They are innocent and innocent, so what's wrong with it!" Baoyu was annoyed. road.

The women looked at each other, expecting Baoyu to be talkative, so they didn't argue about it, but said: "The slaves and maidservants all follow the orders of the second master Lian. If the second master Bao has any objections, go back to him and complain. If Lian The second master personally agreed, and the servants will naturally let the second master Bao in next time."

"I don't know what to praise!" Baoyu cursed bitterly, so angry that he had nothing to say, stomped his feet, muttered a few curses, and left shamelessly under Mingyan's urging.

He absolutely didn't dare to ask Lian's second brother, so he could only bear with it and go to school obediently.

It is said that after Jia Zheng got the treasure of Fengyue, he was paralyzed on the couch and couldn't get up.After tossing and turning all night, his energy was exhausted, and he was old and lacked energy, which almost emptied him all at once.So the next morning, he couldn't open his eyes in a daze, and couldn't lift his eyelids.

When encountering such a situation in the past, naturally a servant girl would tell Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang would take care of her to send a letter to the Ministry of Industry to ask for leave.

But today Mrs. Wang learned that Jia Zheng couldn't get out of bed, she didn't say anything, she just chanted the prayer beads in a muffled voice, and knelt down in front of the Buddha to chant sutras.For how many days, she didn't care about the world, like a walking corpse, she lived by eating fast and chanting Buddha, and repented in front of the Buddha every day.

No matter how beautiful the big house is, Jia Lian is an official worshiping the prime minister, and Mrs. Wang's spirit can't be knocked down by them.No matter how much humiliation and blows she has received, she can still stand up and fight for the second room.But apart from divorcing his wife, his husband resolutely abandoned him, which was a fatal and most desperate blow.

To be divorced, such a shameful humiliation to her, the daughter of the royal family, it is better to die.What's even more chilling is that the relationship between husband and wife of more than twenty years was abandoned once, and the old relationship was ignored, and it was quit as soon as it was said.

Facing such a heartless Jia Zheng, how could Mrs. Wang care about him? He is ruthless, and she is naturally ungrateful.Mrs. Wang no longer cares about Jia Zheng's love, whether he loves him alive or dead.

In fact, if Jia Zheng was absent from work for a day in the past, it would be fine to explain later.But today, he happened to be unlucky.

Jia Lian's implementation of land reform, of course, did not happen overnight, but should be done step by step.

The fundamental reason why farmers have no land and will become tenants who rent land is that ancient agriculture cannot bear a little bit of trouble.Once a drought occurs, most farmers who rely on a few acres of land to support their families will fall into poverty. In order to survive, he can only sell the land for food.If you have no land, you have to rent land to plant. If you encounter disasters and cannot pay the rent, you can only go bankrupt and go into exile.It's a vicious circle.

Low productivity and drought relief, combined with pests and diseases, are the main causes of land bankruptcy.

It is imperative to develop water conservancy and reduce the impact of drought on agricultural production.Therefore, before promoting land reform, building water conservancy is a must.

For things like building dams and canals, people from the Ministry of Industry are needed.

Jia Lian invited the emperor to suggest that starting from this spring, canals should be built nationwide to divert water and irrigate the fields. "This move can reduce floods on the one hand, and resist drought on the other. The land will be harvested, the treasury will be full, and if there is money to support the army, it will be possible to seal the territory and expand the land. This cycle will naturally get better and better."

"You are right!" The emperor agreed very much.

Jia Lian was afraid that the emperor would be too impatient, so he could not give him too high expectations.Therefore, Jia Lian specifically emphasized that this virtuous circle is slow and gradual, gradually benefiting future generations.

The emperor nodded, "There must be a process of spring planting and autumn harvest, flowers blooming and falling. I understand this truth. If I can see this action benefiting the people and benefiting the people in my lifetime, I will be satisfied. Jia Aiqing, you water conservancy repairer I'm sure about the matter, but you have a good idea of ​​what to do?"

"It can be tested first in Yuzhou, [-] miles away from Beijing, and if it is feasible, it can be gradually extended to the whole country." Jia Lian explained.

"I'm afraid the treasury may not have enough money."

"You don't need a lot of money, just land." Jia Lian told the emperor.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and suddenly became more energetic. He guessed that Jia Lian must have some new ideas to talk about, and he was very interested.

"The construction project of the Ministry of Industry mainly consists of two aspects, one is materials, and the other is manpower. The work of repairing the canal is not difficult, but it is labor-intensive, so the cost of the latter is higher than that of the former. In terms of labor costs in the past, the construction , supervisors, and food providers are all costly. If you consider saving manpower, commissions are not counted as land use. This will not only save the court, but also for farmers who are hard to buy after earning money. A great thing."

The emperor was surprised, "Sounds good, please explain in detail."

"The treasury has less money but more fields. It is a good way to exchange good land for manpower. Besides, hiring people to work for the court is never as serious and meticulous as working for oneself. If the fields are used as commissions, those local people who contribute According to their ability to contract the land, they are not required to work on time every day, as long as they can complete the task with quality and quantity before the specified time limit, they can get their own fields. The imperial court is only responsible for sending out a few people to check and accept on time , and no other unnecessary expenses are needed.”

"The reason why I chose to test this matter in Yuzhou is because Yuzhou is close to Beijing, so it is convenient to understand the situation. Considering that there are many refugees in Yuzhou this winter, the situation is the most serious. Besides, Yuzhou just inspected two days ago. A corrupt official has confiscated tens of thousands of mu of fertile land from the national treasury, which can be used as wages for employees.”

"Okay, it sounds pretty decent, you can do it first, and then tell me if it doesn't work." The emperor listened to Jia Lian's explanation very well, and besides, it's just a promotion in Yuzhou now, if it doesn't work, we can discuss it later, so the emperor has no reason Rejecting this good thing, "The Ministry of Industry, how about asking your second uncle to cooperate with you? After all, you are a family and you are easy to talk to."

Jia Lian expected that when he mentioned the Ministry of Industry, the emperor would think of his second uncle Jia Zheng, so he said, "I still have to ask him if he would like to deal with this matter."

"There is nothing wrong with this good thing, I will ask for you," the emperor said happily, "Come here, Xuan Jiazheng has an audience."

After a stick of incense, Jia Zheng hadn't come yet, and the emperor got a little impatient waiting. "The Ministry of Industry is not far from my palace, why hasn't anyone come here for so long?"

The eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said: "Go back to the emperor, Mr. Jia didn't go to the Ministry of Industry today, so he has to send someone to Rongguo Mansion to pass the decree."

"What, didn't you come? Are you sick?" The emperor heard that the eunuch said he didn't know, and asked if he had asked for leave. Hearing that he didn't even ask for leave, he felt a little displeased, so he looked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian said he didn't know, "But yesterday, my subordinates met my second uncle at home, and it was normal at that time."

The emperor chuckled, "I think the relationship between your uncle and nephew is not bad. I heard that the relationship between you and your second uncle is not good, so I am a little worried about you."

Jia Lian bowed and saluted, politely pleading guilty to the emperor on behalf of Jia Zheng.

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. You don't have to be polite to me. I'm not a fool. I really won't blame you for your second uncle's affairs." The emperor glanced at Jia Lian, fell silent for a while, and then became impatient. He patted the table and suddenly became angry, "This Jia Zheng is so bold that he wants me to wait for him like this!"

When the decree was delivered to Rongfu, Jia Zheng was lying on the couch and sleeping soundly in a daze, but was picked up by his servants, put on official uniform, and received the decree.The eunuch delivering the order was dissatisfied with Jia Zheng's attitude and rolled his eyes several times.

Jia Zheng tossed into the car, and took turns talking about the shock in the servant tree, and then he suddenly woke up, realized that he had made a big mistake, and began to worry about his future.

Outside the gate of the palace, three layers of cold sweat had already broken out, and he entered the palace disheveledly with his tail between his legs and kowtowed to the emperor.

"What a big air, you told me to wait!" the emperor said angrily.

Jia Zheng was so frightened that his limbs became weak, and he kowtowed to the emperor repeatedly to make amends, explaining that he got up late because he read too many documents from the Ministry of Industry last night.

But the emperor didn't believe this excuse: "How busy you are as a little clerk, I think you are lazy and slippery, too lazy to do things. Prime Minister Jing is still ten years older than you. He goes to bed late and gets up early every day, and is diligent and busy with official duties. Never late. You little clerk is sleeping soundly at home, and you still want to find an excuse to shirk!"

"I deserve to die, I'm guilty, please forgive me." Jia Zheng panicked and kowtowed violently, desperately, so frightened that he even burst into tears.He rinsed and trembled extremely, his knees on the ground trembled especially violently, and he felt that he would pee his pants in the next moment.

"I thought it was time for you to be promoted and reused after you have been working hard in the Ministry of Industry for more than [-] years. It can be seen that you are in vain for the extra favor that the emperor gave you back then. Jia Cunzhou, you are a disgrace to Rongfu! Take a pee and take a picture of yourself, and then take a good look at your nephew's future, do you still have the face to live!" The emperor angrily slapped the desk table, Long Yan was furious.

Jia Zheng trembled in fright, his heart and lungs trembled wildly from the emperor's roar.The huge sense of fear was like Mount Tai pressing down, his heart was pressed and bound, and he couldn't even breathe out.At this moment, he was like a chicken chained to a boiling oil pan. The feeling of waiting, knowing that he was going to die, made him suffer a lot.