The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

"Uh, well, although this person has some knowledge, his behavior is quite vulgar. Now he just goes out to do business and is not in the government office. When the officials go back and inspect him for a while, he will be recommended by the adults." Wang Qinglei resigned.

Jia Lian suddenly calmed down, staring at Wang Qinglei without speaking.

Wang Qinglei had a guilty conscience, and the hairs on his body stood on end when Jia Lian stared at him so directly.It's like someone holding a razor and shaving from his forehead to his face one by one, it hurts bloody!

Wang Qinglei subconsciously covered the left half of his face that Jia Lian was staring at, and could only respond with a heck of a laugh in embarrassment.

Jia Lian snorted softly, "Master Wang seems to be joking with me?"

Wang Qinglei had long noticed that Jia Lian seldom called himself "the Marquis". Although he was indifferent, he was a pragmatic and good official without official appointments.Now he called himself that, obviously out of anger.

Wang Qinglei was so frightened that his head was covered with cold sweat, he quickly bowed and explained to Jia Lian: "The official is willing to swear poisonously on the whole family, there must be such a person, but the official is a little more cautious, afraid that this person will be offensive in front of Lord Hou. So I thought it would be better to educate him first. As long as Lord Hou has any opinion on him, the next official will send him to you soon."

"Yes, it's the best. Don't be afraid of vulgarity. As long as you have talent, it doesn't matter if you are vulgar or arrogant." Jia Lian glanced at Wang Qinglei suspiciously, but he didn't want to expose his lie.As long as he can make up for his mistakes and bring a suitable candidate to him, he doesn't care about lying.

The dancer in blue in the lake has a light figure, like a flying swallow, coming towards Jia Lian, suddenly turning sharply, flying the brocade in her hand, the thin blue gauze with a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, coming from Jia Lian Flying within three inches of his eyes, the breeze brought up slightly moved Jia Lian's eyelashes.

Only then did Jia Lian raise his eyes to look at the woman seriously, with a curvy head and eyebrows, tactful and romantic, a pair of almond eyes shouting spring water, the whole person is charming and charming, and there is a hint of shyness in the charm.Rourou's figure was turned into various graceful postures, and every time she moved, those almond eyes would look towards him with affection.

Jia Lian stared at the dancing girl in a moment of fascination.

Seeing this, Wang Qinglei's eyes lit up with hope, and he snickered to Jia Lian: "My lord, the dancing girl Shi Shi dances lightly and gracefully. She is the most famous beauty in Yangzhou City. She is excellent in piano, singing and dancing. There is also a skill in reciting poems and composing Fu."

Jia Lian still stared at the woman.

Wang Qinglei smiled like a dog leg, "If your lord likes it, I would like to—"

"Stop!" Jia Lian shouted sharply, startling the nine dancing beauties.Miss Shi Shi stood at the head with a nod of her head, her pink face was full of spring, and her eyebrows and eyes were slightly pale, which made people feel pity.

Jia Lian frowned, and watched him around five feet away from Miss Shi Shi.

Wang Qinglei pursed his lips and watched all this with a suppressed smile, happy to see the results.Not enough, he really didn't expect Master Jia Hou to express his feelings in such a blatant way. Sure enough, he has been restrained by the shrew at home for a long time, can't help it?

Wang Qinglei couldn't help sniggering again.

"The flowers on your skirt are poppies?" Jia Lian confirmed and affirmed that the embroidered flowers on this woman's lake blue skirt were poppies.

The embroidery of the flowers on the skirt is quite delicate and lifelike, with leaves and flowers.It can be seen that the leaves are pinnately divided, and it can be vaguely distinguished that there are rough hairs on it.The flowers are typically bright red, long-stemmed, open upwards, with four petals, and there are no sepals on the blooming flowers.After the poppies bloom, there is such a characteristic that the sepals will fall off with the flowers blooming.

Miss Shi Shi waited for a long time in embarrassment, when she suddenly heard this, she was a little dazed, and subconsciously asked in confusion: "What?"

Jia Lian turned to stare at Wang Qinglei.

Wang Qinglei was standing stupidly behind Jia Lian at the moment, with a petrified expression on his face.He must have been hallucinating. It turned out that Lord Jia had been observing Miss Shi Shi for a long time just to see the words embroidered on her skirt.God!No wonder Master Hou had been looking at Miss Shi Shi's lower body just now. He thought Master Hou had the same idea as himself, thinking about that place.

What a shame, what a shame!

"Wang Qinglei!" Jia Lian called him by his first name, which showed that he was really annoyed.

Wang Qinglei was so frightened that his soul almost flew away, his legs gave way, and if he hadn't held the table in time, he would have almost fallen headfirst in front of Jia Lian. "Master Hou, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

"Where did she get this dress?" Jia Lian asked.

Wang Qinglei hurriedly waved his hands: "I really don't know, this girl was invited from Xiangmanlou by my subordinates."

Jia Lian: "The building is full of fragrance?"

Wang Qinglei looked embarrassed, "It's...the famous horse house in Yangzhou City," Wang Qinglei said, fearing that Jia Lian still didn't understand, he hurriedly explained, "It's the Yangzhou skinny horse."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and understood.

"Xiangmanlou has a special clothing workshop, and this girl brought the clothes from there." Miss Shi Shi explained to Jia Lian after saluting.

It really deserves to be a first-class lean horse bred by Xiangmanlou.Seeing this, Wang Qinglei couldn't help admiring him in his heart.

"Take off this clothes for him, and you can change into something else." Jia Lian pointed to Xing'er who was accompanying him, and told them all to go down.

There was no embarrassment on Miss Shi Shi's face, and after saluting safely, she went.Xing'er swallowed, hurriedly greeted his master, and followed.

The musician then withdrew.

The room was suddenly silent, and the atmosphere became awkward.

Wang Qinglei wiped the cold sweat from his brow, feeling that he couldn't avoid being robbed today.Thinking that the adoptive daughter was still a matter, he hurriedly paced to the door, and gave the servant a message with a wink, telling her not to prepare.

Turning around, Wang Qinglei saw Master Jia Hou sitting at the top seat, with a dignified look, eyes downcast, and a frosty face.It was obviously a hot summer, but Wang Qinglei felt cold on the back of his neck.

Jia Lian narrowed his eyes and didn't look at anyone. His left hand was casually resting on the table, and his index fingers and thumbs were gently twirling each other.

There was another moment of silence.

Wang Qinglei could already hear his own heartbeat clearly.

The two looked at each other.

Wang Qinglei knelt down resolutely, shaking his arms, and kowtowed to Jia Lian profusely with sweat: "Master Hou, I know I was wrong!"

"Oh? Where did you go wrong? You just took great care to find a skinny horse for me to dance with. What's your fault?" Jia Lian sneered.

Wang Qinglei was even more afraid, and leaned his body to the ground, "I shouldn't have wrong thoughts in my mind, and I have moved to bribe Lord Hou. Lord Hou is clean and honest, and he is a good official who is praised by everyone. The official is so wretched. To actually do such a thing that insults the Marquis, I am guilty of the crime!"

"I am very relieved to wake up so quickly. But when I think of you as a cunning and treacherous person, this comfort is gone in an instant. Judging the situation is a good thing, but I don't like you being cunning I will truthfully report today’s events to the imperial court. If the emperor refuses to believe it, I will use these two paintings as evidence.” Jia Lian admired it with her hands behind her back, and asked someone to take it down.

Wang Qinglei was so frightened that he was willing to tremble, he hurriedly crawled to Jia Lian's leg, hugged his leg and began to cry for no reason.They can talk about any reason, complain about everything, in short, it is not easy for him now. This time when Jia Lian came, they were afraid that Jia Lian would make things difficult for them like the imperial envoy before, so they each pooled some money and found so much money. A Shi Shi girl.

"...As for these two paintings, they are indeed handed down from the lower official's family. Please check carefully, Lord Hou." Wang Qinglei glanced at Jia Lian, and made up his words with a trembling voice.

The skinny horse can't be bribed, but there's no hard evidence. As long as he categorically denies that it is used for dancing, Jia Lian's words are just one-sided when it comes to the emperor.But if these two paintings are sent up, it will really become a terrible evidence.

"Wang Qinglei, do you think your lies will deceive me?" Jia Lian sneered, "You should know how much these two masterpieces are worth in the world today. If this painting is really handed down from your family, why did it go to the original place?" You fainted from starvation and sold yourself to bury your mother? If not for the kindness of the master of the Xia family, who took you into the mansion, gave you food and clothing, and provided you with education, would you be where you are today?"

Jia Lian's old account made Wang Qinglei speechless.

How could Lord Hou know so much?

Seeing his puzzled expression, Jia Lian chuckled, "Forget it, I'll let you die happily today. It's easy for you to be an official of my Lord Marquis. It's because of the strong wind? This time I serve as an imperial envoy. I have read all the files of local officials where I passed by, and I know the situation of you and your boss Zhang Qian and others." Jia Lian patted Wang Qinglei's shoulder with a desperate expression. , "You're pretty cunning, but you don't take any time off when it comes to lying."

Wang Qinglei's limbs suddenly went limp, and he fell on the ground with a face of death.

Xing'er came back with a brocade bag, and told Jia Lian that he had already got the skirt of the Shi Shi girl.

"Next place, Yangzhou, leave tomorrow." Jia Lian walked away without giving Wang Qinglei a chance to cry.

Go out the door, go straight, turn left, and then go south, you can go to the front yard.Suddenly someone called Jia Lian from behind, and the sound of small footsteps could be heard clearly.

Xing'er hurriedly turned around and strode a long distance, stretching out his arms to block the female relatives who rushed towards him.

"I'm the eldest girl of the Xia family, you bastard, don't get in the way, get out of the way, I want to see Lord Hou!" Xia Jingui said.

Xing'er remained motionless, but when Xia Jingui tried to bypass him, Xing'er yelled suddenly, with a particularly high-pitched and loud voice.

"Miss Xia, my Lord Hou said that if you go any further, you will lose your face! Miss Xia, as a woman, you took the initiative to stick to our Lord Hou. It's a pity that you know how to write the word "honesty and shame?"

"My adoptive father said, your Lord Hou has never seen me before, you let him see my appearance, he will naturally know my good points." Xia Jingui said proudly listening to his chest.

Xing'er laughed: "Come on, Miss Xia, my Lord Hou only likes girls with a sense of shame, and you are the first one who doesn't fit!"

"you--"

Xia Jingui was so angry that her hands shook, she wanted to slap Na Xing'er.Thanks to Xing'er's loud voice, at that time many people heard that they rushed over to watch the excitement, and from a distance they saw a young man stopping a lady from talking.At this time, the officials visiting the garden on the other side of the bridge also came to join in the fun.

Xia Jingui was reminded by Baochan, afraid of being embarrassed by outsiders, she had to stare at Xing'er fiercely, and escaped from the woods.

Xing'er went to return to his life.

All the people watching the bustle came closer, and saw that the young man was following Master Jia Hou, and only then did he realize that it was Xing Er who was next to Master Jia Hou who stopped them just now.As for who that young lady is, everyone has doubts, but it seems that someone with sharp ears heard who Xing'er was calling, but at this moment, they are not sure that it is her.

Everyone hurriedly came to ask what happened, Jia Lian didn't answer anything, but said goodbye to everyone with a cold face.Xing'er didn't say anything, just smiled and advised everyone to leave.

But everyone knew in their hearts that Lord Jia Hou didn't say anything to save face for that girl.Everyone could see clearly the situation just now, it was the girl who couldn't catch up with Lord Hou, she should go up.Thanks to Lord Jia's good demeanor, he ordered the boy to stop him, otherwise it would be unseemly, and if things got serious later, that girl would only end up as Shen Tang.

She really deserves to be from a noble family, although she is cold and indifferent, she is very gentlemanly.

Everyone was overwhelmed by Jia Lian's bearing, and when they praised him, they couldn't help talking about the girl.Someone whispered that the surname might be Xia, and everyone immediately thought of where this girl Xia came from.

Xia Jingui was devastated, and was humiliated severely and loudly by Jia Lian's servants. Feeling ashamed, she came crying to find her adoptive father, Wang Qinglei, to decide.As soon as he entered the room, he saw his adoptive father was slumped on a chair supported by the maids, his whole body was listless, with no energy and bones.

Later, Xia Jingui learned about Wang Qinglei's arrangement of two paintings and the Yangzhou skinny horse, and was so angry that he wished to kick Wang Qinglei to disable him.

"Okay, you actually told me that you would think of me and help me. It turns out that you have prepared a Yangzhou skinny horse to bribe him! You are playing me like a monkey!" Xia Jingui was angry when he thought of the humiliation he had just suffered I have to cry.

But Wang Qinglei was very aggrieved, "You...you are ungrateful girl, you don't understand my good intentions. I will never make fun of your reputation. Try that one first. If Jia Lian takes the skinny horse, he will When I'm happy, I'll let him see you again. Accepting you as a concubine is just a trivial matter. Do you understand? After all, prostitutes have no status when they enter the mansion, and they will be thrown out after a while. You go in, After all, she is a good concubine, but she will follow him for the rest of her life."

Xia Jingui heard this, and the crying became quieter, and she understood what Wang Qinglei meant.But so what, Wang Qinglei's skinny horse didn't succeed, and she went to show her ugliness again.If this matter is spread by that slanderous person today, if it is not kept in order in the future, someone will criticize her identity.She was a daughter's family, and she was already ashamed and disgraced in Beijing, but now she has ruined her reputation in Jinling, where else can she settle down.

Wang Qinglei sneered weakly: "Don't ask me, your adoptive father is stupid too. It is estimated that his book will be presented to the emperor soon, and my good days are coming to an end. Jingui, you still have life You can run away. Master Jiahou is not something you can climb up to, even a concubine. Listen to the advice of your adoptive father, swallow this breath, give up that idea as soon as possible, and leave this place happily."

Xia Jingui cried and nodded, feeling that he was a disaster, and that he brought everyone around him into trouble.From now on, I don't dare to respect myself as a Bodhisattva anymore, so I just quietly wait for her mother to come out of prison.The mother and daughter looked for a place with simple folk customs, bought some Susukida, and comforted them for the day.As for Jia Lian, she refused so bluntly, why would she not be reconciled, she might as well learn how to write the word "honesty and shame" first.

After Jia Lian returned to the post station, he casually asked someone to check whether the person Wang Qinglei had recommended to the Xiaonong School really existed.Jia Lian only gave a brief introduction, but someone really knew that it was the Yachai Ye Ling who was doing errands in the Yamen.Coincidentally, that night, Ye Ling, who had gone to other places to deliver official documents, came back from an official business.

Jia Lian met him overnight, asked him some agricultural knowledge, and handed him the books he had summarized before to see if he could read them clearly.

"Growing in the suite, not continuous planting, raising seedlings and sowing... Plum and peach grafting... There are even matters to pay attention to in raising pigs! It is really a wonderful book on farming." Ye Ling asked Jia Lian excitedly if these were his conclusions.

Jia Lian could see that he understood something, and nodded in satisfaction.

Ye Ling then asked detailed questions for each specific question, and Jia Lian answered them one by one.The two asked and answered each other, holding candles until dawn, and still you and I didn't stop talking.Xing'er stood by and fell asleep three times in a daze.

"Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will definitely complete the tasks you entrusted to me. When I was a child, my family was suffering, and I worked with my father to farm until I was 12 years old. Only then did my family save some money for my education. My father still blames himself all the time. I blame myself for not teaching me to go to school to read and write earlier, Gu Cai has made me a scholar and have no prospects. In fact, I know in my heart that I am not the material for reading. If my father knows that I can be cleared in the household department by farming If the official seeks an official position, he will be delighted from ear to ear."

"Farming the land doesn't require too many people, as long as you can read and write. If you have colleagues or friends who have similar qualifications, you can recommend them to me. I am in short supply of talents like you here." Jia Lian described Ye Ling's position I wrote down my responsibilities on a piece of paper and handed it over to him for preservation, "Every year after autumn, you people from the small farm school will come to Beijing to report on your duties to me. I will personally check your achievements and pick out mistakes. There are punishments and punishments. Do it well!"

Jia Lian patted Ye Ling on the shoulder and finally dismissed him.After the person left, Jia Lian drank tea and took a rest, only to realize that he was sleepy and couldn't keep his eyelids open.Xing'er persuaded Jia Lian to rest overnight, but Jia Lian didn't delay for a moment. Instead of riding a horse, he changed to a car and set off for Yangzhou immediately. He was very concerned about the poppies.

As for the prefect of Jinling, Jia Lian has handed Zhang Qian over to guard it.It can be seen from the two famous paintings that Wang Qinglei has embezzled a huge amount, and it is very likely that several local officials were involved.So Jia Lian specially used the token given by the emperor to clear up the general soldiers stationed in Jinling, and asked him to send troops to assist Zhang Gan in guarding those corrupt officials.As for whether Zhang Gan was corrupt or not, Jia Lian didn't know. Anyway, his father was an official in Beijing, so he couldn't escape.But just in case of accidents, Jia Lian mentioned in the letter to the chief soldier that besides sending troops to assist, he was only responsible for keeping an eye on Zhang Gan.

As for the details of the corruption case in Jinling City, Jia Lian didn't have the energy to investigate it carefully.He went to the local area this time to lead the canals for farming, of course he had to distinguish between the primary and the secondary, some cases were all handed over to the emperor.

Three days later, Jia Lian arrived in Yangzhou.

Because Lin Ruhai had learned earlier that Jia Lian had arrived in Jinling, he expected that he would have to pass through Yangzhou first, but it happened that he took a boat and arrived in Gusu two days earlier.After worshiping the ancestors, Lin Ruhai returned to the old house in Yangzhou to wait for Jia Lian.

Now, the two sides finally meet.

Lin Ruhai asked Jia Lian if his trip was going well, and when he learned about Jinling, he laughed and said that he was "a master of farming, and he can help the country get rid of pests by the way."

"The emperor knows that you have this ability, maybe he will give you a title later and assign you to catch the corruption of these local officials."

"Farewell, when I meet this one, I feel troublesome and annoying." Jia Lian frowned.

Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he asked Jia Lian with a smile, "Is it because of the girl from the Xia family?"

"Stop making fun of the younger generation." Jia Lian sneered.

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and said, "I understand the eldest girl of the Xia family. My nephew is handsome, bright and handsome, and talented. He is the pillar of the country. She has a good eye and is attracted to you, but she is too uncomfortable. She did her best and took action. After all, she is an ignorant girl, a bit reckless. But it can’t be all her fault, and her parents’ incompetence in teaching is also one of them.”

"I don't get into it. How she grew up like this is her business, and her reckless and impulsive actions are indeed her fault. Fortunately, she hasn't thought of harming others, otherwise how could she be spared! Anyway, she left and went to Shandong , I have completely bid farewell to this trouble." Jia Lian turned to ask Lin Ruhai, "Do you have a letter from me?"

"Yes, the first one came from the capital, one from Baihui Lou Cheng Rixing, one from Jiang Zining, and they were sent together."

"Aunt and cousin are doing well, have you written a letter?" Jia Lian asked while opening the letter.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "It's all very well, so I don't need to worry about it. Your cousin is very interesting, and now the yard is full of bugs, but it scares your aunt."

Jia Lian raised his eyebrows and looked at him puzzled.

"Big Qingchong, the things you got away back then ruined her. I don't know what kind of husband's family I should find for her in the future!" Lin Ruhai said with disgust, but her face was pampered.No one could have imagined that a gentleman who is as gentle as jade would actually indulge his daughter in raising caterpillars.

Jia Lian felt that Lin Ruhai was an outstanding representative of the world of enlightened parents.

Jia Lian smiled and gave Lin Ruhai a thumbs up, which made Lin Ruhai think about it again.Jia Lian lowered his eyes and glanced at Cheng Rixing's heart, he probably understood the content, it was all about farming, nothing too special.When it came to Jiang Zining's letter, Jia Lian's face suddenly changed.

The identity of the owner of the more than one hundred acres of sick tobacco fields was finally found out.

This person was completely beyond his expectation, but after thinking about it carefully, it was within his expectation.