The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Regarding Jia Amnesty's fuss, Jia Lian has calmed down.Especially after he cultivated the hobby of writing books, what he said always had a taste of exaggeration, and he loved exaggeration the most.

"Zheng Xu killed himself. As for Zhou Qingyuan and Duan Zhiyong, they didn't die at all. Your argument doesn't hold water." Jia Lian corrected.

"You kid may not understand, but for those noble scholars, letting them fall from high to low is worse than death, which means that they will not end well!" Jia Shen licked the tip of his pen with his tongue, Then he asked Jia Lian, "So how did Zheng Xu die? Don't tell me the rumors outside, what is sudden death, how can a good person die suddenly, quickly and truthfully recruit."

"I don't know, and I won't say it clearly. You can't write this kind of thing in a book. If you have to write it, you'll have to wait ten years later."

"Ten years later, you can fool your old man."

Jia Amnesty propped his arms on the table and leaned forward, leaning closer to Jia Lian, "Listen to what you said, Zheng Xu is not as simple as a sudden death." Jia Amnesty carefully observed Jia Lian's expression, there was a subtle change, He clapped his hands and praised, "Someone killed him on purpose, right? I knew it was!"

"Drink tea, calm down." Jia Lian pushed the tea to the crazy Jia She.

Jia Amnesty's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he smiled at Jia Lian and said, "Do you know who the murderer is?"

"I don't know, I'm not interested in talking about this, so I'm leaving first," Jia Lian said.

The situation is not right, Jia Lian is deliberately dodging his gaze.

Jia She was keenly aware of the 'clue', and hurriedly reached out to block the way, "I won't delay your business, so I will ask you one more question."

Jia Amnesty quickly dismissed everyone in the house and closed the door.He pulled Jia Lian to the ear room, and asked him mysteriously: "Son, did someone block your way, so you just slapped him?"

Jia Lian looked up at Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty looked back.

The father and son looked at each other.

From Jia Lian's changing expression, Jia She decisively deduced a conclusion.As the saying goes, 'Officialdom is like a battlefield', his son, who is as beautiful as a flower, fell into the land of tigers and wolves at a young age. How could he not eat meat if he wanted to survive! ?

"You really killed the man? You child—" Jia She stared, and patted Jia Lian on the shoulder with some relief, "You really deserve to be my son!"

Jia Lian smiled helplessly, "Don't think about it, this matter has nothing to do with me."

"Not you? Who would it be?"

Seeing that Jia Lian didn't answer, Jia Amnesty was very depressed.After watching Jia Lian leave, he thought about it and hurriedly wrote.Can't guess, he just made it up.

Although Zheng Xu died just after he was promoted to be the Minister of the Household Department, Jia Lian and other people from the Household Department are all Zheng Xu's colleagues.He had a funeral, and according to the etiquette, everyone in the household department would naturally come to express their condolences.

In front of the mourning hall, Zheng Xu's two seven or eight-year-old sons knelt and burned paper money, while the butler was busy receiving male guests and entertaining mourners from all walks of life.

As soon as Jia Lian arrived with Cheng Shuliang and others, he immediately attracted the attention of other people in the mourning hall.Everyone looked at him very interestingly, as if he could talk, but Jia Lian didn't care. After expressing his condolences, Jia Lian followed the guidance of the housekeeper and went to rest in the side hall, and his companions sat with him.Not long after, I heard that Prime Minister Jing had also come. Jia Lian went out to see him, and then led him back to the side hall with him.

"The Zheng family doesn't have an adult man to socialize, so it's inevitable that there are many omissions. You should not be offended." Prime Minister Jing smiled politely, and turned to inquire about the environment, "It's not bad here. His housekeeper is very caring and knows You are quiet."

Jia Lian said, "I heard that her wife has always been in charge of this house." What Jia Lian meant was obvious, it was thanks to Zheng Xu who married a good wife that the housekeeper was so good at handling things.

Prime Minister Jing sighed: "I have pity on her. From then on, she has to support this family alone and raise three children by herself."

Jia Lian nodded slightly, feeling that this lady was not easy.

Suddenly two servants of the Ministry of Justice came here to bid farewell to Prime Minister Jing. When they saw Jia Lian there, their eyes began to glow strangely again, but they still greeted each other cheerfully, which was passable.

Jing Yingguang knew that Zheng Xu had the most direct conflict with Jia Lian before his death.Those people must have talked behind their backs and criticized Jia Lian's character.Even if he did not know the truth about this matter, Jing Yingguang would never believe that Jia Lian would do such a thing.With his lonely and quiet mind, it is impossible to bother to touch someone like Zheng Xu.

Jing Yingguang was very upset for Jia Lian, but when he saw Jia Lian's attitude so calm, he sighed that after decades of experience, he was not as good as a young man.

Jing Yingguang twirled his beard in a meaningful way, deliberately scaring Jia Lian, "Just outside the mourning hall, I heard many people whispering your name. It seems that many people suspect that Zheng Xu's death has something to do with you. Could it be that you Not afraid? Can I ask the Prime Minister to say something nice for you?"

"They're all grass that sees wind and rain. There's no need to talk to them. Those who clean up clean up themselves." Jia Lian said indifferently.

Those people have long had a gossip heart, and they always like to think about things as conspiracy.But this time they thought about it simply. The truth of Zheng Xu's real death was much more complicated than what they thought, and the truth would probably make them dumbfounded.

However, the result of Zheng Xu's sudden death was his own fault.As a relative of the emperor and an official of the court, all the glory was given by the emperor. Now he is ignoring the law in an open and honest manner, committing the scandal of stopping his wife and remarrying, and unscrupulously shitting on the heads of the emperor and empress.How could the emperor who ruled over the world's life and death tolerate such a thing!

If he refuses to listen to persuasion, and if he fails to repent after persuasion, Zheng Xu will be expelled by the emperor and soon will be the inevitable result.

The ridiculous thing is that Zheng Xu probably didn't understand the reason until his death.When the emperor issued an order to promote him to be the servant of the household department, he was still immersed in joy, thinking that he was so great.Especially when his little wife Rurou was sent back, he still felt that everything was as it should be, and he didn't notice anything wrong.

It is even more impossible to know that the emperor promoted him to be the servant of the household department, but only to save face for his death, and also to consider the future life of his wife and children.As for Zheng Xu's beloved little wife, Rurou, the reason why he was easily picked up from the yamen was just the queen's last act of kindness to her nephew before she died.

As for Zheng Xu's little wife, Ru Rou, who made her sleep with a dead body overnight, it can be seen how much those two above him hated Ru Rou.Now that Zheng Xu died, she could only let her wife dispose of her nameless, and her fate would be miserable.As for her result, Jia Lian didn't have the time to pay attention.

In short, the relationship between these two people is really not ending well.

Jing Yingguang didn't want to stay in Zheng's mansion too much, and asked Jia Lian if he could leave.So, the two said goodbye together.

"If it weren't for his father's friendship with the old man, the old man would definitely not come today." Jing Yingguang turned to Jia Lian as he walked, "Talk about this man, he is really weird. He was doing well a while ago, although he has no political achievements. , but at least there are nobles in the palace to protect him, and he can be an official and live a prosperous life. Why did he suddenly go crazy, liking women is such a big deal, he just takes him in as a concubine, why stop his wife and marry again. "

"There is a knife on the head of the color."

Jia Lian echoed casually, and suddenly remembered the woman hidden in Zheng Xu's closet.According to Xing'er, that person was a matchmaker, surnamed Yan, and now she is a well-known matchmaker in Yuzhou City. In just a few days, she has matched several couples, and all of them are very affectionate after marriage.

Jing Yingguang hadn't talked enough with Jia Lian yet, so he asked him if he was going back to Rongfu, so they could take a car together and continue talking.

Jia Lian thanked him with a polite salute, "Xiaguan plans to go for a walk in the street to learn about the market of rice and vegetables."

"You, there is no time to be idle." Jing Yingguang smiled and praised Jia Lian's hard work before getting into the car.

After Jia Lian watched the prime minister's carriage leave, Fang walked out of Zheng's mansion, which frightened the guards, who nodded and bowed respectfully to see him off.

The steward of Zheng's mansion came running out of breath, and after saluting, he whispered to Jia Lian, "My wife asked me to thank you a lot on my behalf!"

Jia Lian felt that this Zheng Xu's wife was a bit interesting, and the meaning of expressing gratitude was obvious, but she should be grateful for her relief.Living with a crazy person like Zheng Xu, being a regular wife should be very tiring, especially when there are children under her name to take care of, it will be even more difficult.

Jia Lian happened to meet Xue Pan on the street. This guy was wearing a gold belt and jade, and he was dressed in a fortune. He wandered around the street with a few boys.I met a pretty lady who sold tofu, she acted in molestation, and shouted "I want to eat the lady's tofu".This remark caused a lot of laughter on the street, but it made the tofu seller run away crying.

Xue Pan consciously had "immeasurable merit", turned his head and continued to look for the next target, and suddenly saw Jia Lianzi not far away, his face turned pale immediately, and his whole body froze.

"I thought you could change it, but it's really..." Jia Lian sneered, thinking of how difficult Baoyu was to discipline in the past, she shouldn't be surprised to see Xue Pan like this again.

Xue Pan hurriedly explained that he actually came out this time to help Jia Lian inquire about the price of rice, but he just couldn't help it for a while.Then he laughed and scratched his head, and apologized to Jia Lian with a good attitude.

"Hehe," Jia Lian asked Xue Pan about the price of rice in several shops, and Xue Pan actually answered the questions fluently, so he eased his attitude towards this guy a little.

However, this lustful nature should be restrained.

Jia Lian invited Xue Pan to tea with a smile, chatted for a while, and after making Xue Pan relax, he sent someone to take Xue Pan to Hualiu Lane to help him see a kind of orchid.He sat in the Parkway Building drinking tea and waiting.About two sticks of incense time, the servant came back, but Xue Pan was nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the boy's appearance, Jia Lian understood without opening his mouth, "It's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change the nature."

The boy hurriedly nodded in agreement.Uncle Xue went to Yihong Courtyard, and when he saw her leading lady, he went crazy, and he couldn't come back.

Jia Lian put down his teacup and smiled meaningfully: "It doesn't matter, I will be a teacher for a day and a father for life. Since he worships me as a teacher, should I discipline him like a father?"

"You're right!" The servant agreed.

"Second Master, what do you think of this?"

At this time, Xing'er ran in happily, holding a mace in his hand, but he frightened the customers who bought strawberries in the shop.

"very good."

It was the first time in Jia Lian's life that he stepped into a certain entertainment place.Because of the rich clothes and many family servants behind him, it naturally attracted the attention of the bustard.The old bustard greeted him cheerfully. Seeing that he was handsome and dignified, and his whole body was valuable from head to toe, the smile on his face became even brighter. He asked Jia Lian, "My lord, is this the first time you come to Yihong Courtyard? What do you like?" Those who come to find girls tell me, and I will introduce you to our best girl."

"I'm looking for a man." After Jia Lian said concisely, he rushed in.

The old bustard was stunned when he heard this, but his expression changed drastically, and he hastily stretched out his hand to block Jia Lian's way.The old bustard looked Jia Lian up and down, his eyes full of regret. "My lord, if you're looking for a man, you're in the wrong place. This is Yihongyuan, where the girls are! The place you're looking for can be found at the end of the street that turns left when you go out."

Jia Lian ignored her and walked in.

Xing'er hurriedly stopped the bustard, and threw out 100 taels of silver notes to her, "My master is here to find someone, your guest, Mr. Xue."

"Oh, so I'm looking for Uncle Xue." The bustard sized Jia Lian up again, "Then who are you? Tsk tsk, you look good, dressed in such a rich and noble outfit, I thought you were some kind of extraordinary person, but He is here to catch rape. That’s not okay, no matter how much money you give, the rules of Yihong Court prohibit people from breaking into buildings to catch rape. I don’t even think about where I am. I can’t do it, how can there be guests who dare to come to my place.”

"Bold, what nonsense are you talking about! This is the super-rank Marquis of the imperial court, Mr. Jia, Minister of Household Lishou!"

Xing'er shouted loudly, almost shaking the whole building.

The old bustard froze her face in shock, then changed her face in an instant, nodded and bowed to Jia Lian with a smile on her face, "So it's Master Jia, please forgive me for my blindness. Who are you looking for? Just look for it."

Jia Lian squinted at the bustard, "My apprentice."

After all, Jia Lian led the people upstairs, and under the guidance of the maid who led the way, they came to the room where Xue Pan was.Xue Pan had already heard the letter in the room, and immediately softened before finishing the matter, and hurriedly pulled out and put on his clothes.But he didn't dare to go through the main entrance. He wanted to jump out of the window, but he didn't have the guts to jump because it was too high.

"How about it, did you come out or I came in? The choice is different, the result is different." Jia Lian's quiet warning sound came from outside the door, and Xue Pan's heart beat suddenly and he almost died of a heart attack.

Xue Pan finally walked out the door in embarrassment.

Xing'er raised the mace in his hand, and hit Xue Pan's ass in front of everyone.

It was a mace, with iron thorns all over his body, when he pierced it all at once, Xue Pangui howled like a pig being killed, shaking the sky.

The audience around the building followed the mace, and they were so scared that they took a cold breath and felt pain when they looked at it.If you hit the buttocks, will the iron thorn go into that place and hurt the most important part?

This is ruined.

"Next time, if you dare to disregard the business and indulge in sensuality again, you will not be punished so lightly."

Jia Lian slapped Jia Lian twice again, and Xue Pan screamed in shock, clutching his crotch and begging for mercy on the spot.Only then did Jia Lian return the mace to Xing'er.

Xue Pan lost his soul, and fell to the ground with a pale face, looking overly frightened.

A young servant had prepared a stretcher in advance, immediately lifted Xue Pan up, covered his buttocks with a white cloth, and then quickly carried him downstairs.

The bustard opened her mouth and looked at Jia Lian in shock, "This..."

"As a teacher, I should help the students get rid of their bad habits, what do you think?" Jia Lian asked the old bustard suspiciously.

The old bustard hurriedly nodded in agreement, and hurriedly sent off the big Buddha who could not afford to offend.Seeing that the person really left, the bustard patted his chest and let out a sigh of relief.She was terrified in her heart, just now she was afraid that Lord Jia would take revenge and transfer his anger to her.Look at the way he looked at himself, which was full of menace.My God, her Yihong Courtyard was almost closed, so she escaped a catastrophe!Thinking that Uncle Xue didn't intend to find a woman when he entered the door, but he insisted on keeping it for him to introduce, the old bust became frightened, afraid that Lord Jiahou would come back to find her again.Immediately sent someone to write a notice at the door, "Please do not enter, Mr. Xue."

This Master Jia's method is too ruthless, then I am afraid that Uncle Xue will not be able to... no.She had to notify her peers immediately so that no one could let Uncle Xue enter the building.His master's wife is terrible!

Xue Pan was carried abruptly to the second floor of Baihui Building before he got a chance to get up.He was so frightened just now that he yelled.When he was lifted onto the shelf, Xue Pan suddenly found that his butt didn't seem to hurt anymore.But because of others carrying him and Lian's second brother showing off his power, he didn't dare to do it again.

"Second brother, what are you doing? I admit that I can't change my lustful nature, but I didn't take the initiative to go to the Yihong Courtyard, it was my second brother who asked me to go." Xue Panyue said in a low voice.

"Talk back?" Jia Lian squinted at him,

Xue Pan hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying that he would never do that again, and apologized to Jia Lian.

Today's move made him lose face.

Xing'er dropped the mace on the ground and rolled right in front of her.Xue Pan touched it and found that the thorns on it were made of cork, but they were made to look like iron thorns.Knowing that Lian's second brother didn't really hurt him, Xue Pan suddenly felt warm in his heart.

"Treating you like this in public today, making you look ugly, will cut off your retreat. See if you still have the face to act like a bully in the future?" Jia Lian gave Xue Pan a meaningful look, and asked him, "Or are you disobedient?" , want to get out? I can't ask for more"

Xue Pan was stunned, remembering that he did not keep the promise he had made to Jia Lian when he was apprenticed to his teacher.Fangzheng still lost face, if he went back in such a mess, he would definitely be laughed at by his mother and sister.Xue Pan gritted his teeth, knelt down to Jia Lian, and swore he would never dare again.

"Admitting a mistake casually, it's nothing, it's unbelievable!"

"I——I swear on my own life, if I violate it, I will never be hard for the rest of my life!" Xue Pan raised his hand.

Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, asked him to get up, and then asked him, "Then do you have any plans for yourself in the future?"

"I... I haven't thought about it." Xue Pan scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Then think about it. I'll give you seven days, and let me know when you think about it. This is not to say, you must have the determination to stick to it. Otherwise, you will just wait and suffer."

After Jia Lian dismissed Xue Pan, he went to several rice shops to inquire about the prices, and then took a walk in the vegetable market to learn about the prices of meat, eggs, and vegetables before returning home.

Jing Xin couldn't wait any longer, and came to greet him with a smile, "I guess you won't stay long when you go to Zheng's family for the funeral, but why did it take you so long to come back?"

Jia Lian told the story, and by the way, told Jing Xin about the situation of Zheng's family.

Jingxin laughed so hard because of Xue Pan's incident that her stomach ached, and then she sympathized with the Zheng family's widowed mother, Zhao Shi, "It's rare to see such a woman who understands the general situation, if possible, I would like to talk to this woman more later. The lady is walking around."

Jia Lian nodded, as long as she likes, she can do whatever she wants.

After lunch, Jia Lian locked himself in his study and made statistics on the price trend of rice since this year.Compared with that in winter, the price of rice in the early summer season has been slightly lowered.The main reason for this should be the good rain this spring, and the crops have been growing well so far.Everyone thinks that this year is a good year, so it is natural to sell the old rice before the new rice comes out.

The rain has been bad for two consecutive years, and Jia Lian also hopes that this year will be a good harvest year.This will also help his plan to build water conservancy.Don't wait until the famine year to do this, the Ministry of Households does not have so much manpower and material resources to take care of both sides, the scene of starvation everywhere is definitely not what Jia Lian expected.

It's just that the crops are afraid of drought, but they are also afraid of waterlogging. When the weather is hot and waterlogged, they are prone to get sick and suffer from pests and diseases.In addition to drought prevention, disease prevention is also very important.In ancient times, there were no synthetic chemicals, and Jia Lian was only a student of agriculture. Without chemical raw materials, he naturally had no way to prepare pesticides.We can only make the best use of everything and use what is within reach to make some simple and effective green pesticides.Such as nicotine, an important ingredient in tobacco leaves.

After Jia Lian inspected his tobacco field, he was still very satisfied with the current price increase.Fortunately, when he raised the seedlings in early spring, he sterilized the seeds and used lime to sterilize the land.Tobacco leaves are not particularly susceptible to disease, and this field is the first crop, and the surrounding fields have never been planted with tobacco and have suffered disease.If there is no accident, his tobacco leaves should have a good harvest this year.

The harvested tobacco leaves can be divided into several crops. The largest leaf under the stem is first picked and roasted first, and then the leaves on the top are grown up before continuing to pick in sequence.

Jia Lian drew a simple drawing, and asked the craftsmen to follow his own description, so that they can start opening at the head of the field now, and build several smokehouses, which will be used for curing tobacco leaves in the future.I am afraid that when the tobacco leaves come down, they will not dry in the sun, and they will rot during the rainy season.After drying, it is durable for storage and convenient for transportation.

Jia Lian also specifically asked the craftsmen to remember to leave a cigarette hole on the house. Tobacco curing is a technical job, and if the smell it emits lasts for a long time, it is not good for people's health.

After making arrangements here, Jia Lian focused on the water canal in Yuzhou.

Probably because of the warnings of the predecessors, the new prefect of Yuzhou is very cooperative with Jia Lian.Regarding the troubles left by Zheng Xu, he followed the compensation method suggested by Jia Lian, and successfully calmed down public grievances.Next, the lead channel involved the coordination of the people, and he made comfort and compensation in advance, and did not cause any unhappiness.

In midsummer, the construction of the canal in Yuzhou has basically come to an end.

The emperor came to the interest and inspected it himself. He was very impressed by Jia Lian's attempt, so he allowed him to promote the idea of ​​the whole country.

In the next step, Jia Lian intends to implement the canal diversion plan in areas with high rice grain production in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the effect will be the fastest, and the results will be visible in the second year.After all, the emperor did things based on his mood. Today he nodded happily, but tomorrow he suddenly remembered to ask. If no good results were reported to him, it was hard to guarantee whether this measure would continue.For long-term consideration, Jia Lian naturally tried to make the most reasonable arrangements in order to achieve a win-win situation.

Jia Lian initially planned to go south by boat in six days.Lin Ruhai had been having nightmares recently and was in a bad mood, so she took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Suzhou with Jia Lian, and by the way, she could worship the ancestors and add new soil to the Lin family's ancestral tomb.

The next day, Jia Min took Daiyu to the temple to ask for a talisman for Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian who were heading south.Jia Min heard that the abbot of the nunnery was teaching the Dharma, and wanted to hear it too. Afraid that Daiyu would be bored with her, she asked the maids to take Daiyu to the nunnery's guest room to wait.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a slender woman shamelessly jumped out of the window and broke into Daiyu's room. She whispered a few words to Jiji and made Daiyu cry.Xueyan and Zicuckoo were waiting outside the house, when they suddenly heard the girl who was resting in the room shout, rushed in and drove the girl out.I wanted to call someone to arrest her, but this fellow was so brutal that he pushed down the two servant girls and ran away.