The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Facing the compliments from the crowd, the emperor mostly listened in silence, and finally said with a smile, "Well, well, he really lived up to my expectations."

Everyone felt that they were right, and everyone was flattered.

Only Jing Yingguang saw through the emperor's thoughts at a glance. He had worked with the emperor for many years, and he had this insight.When the emperor admired a certain person, his expression would be moved when he mentioned this person, and the corner of his mouth would smile.Although the emperor scolded Jia Lian as a weirdo at the beginning, he always had a smile on his lips, which shows that he really liked him.But now he's smiling but not smiling, his attitude is completely opposite.

Jing Yingguang's wisdom made him the only one who didn't praise Jia Lian.King Lijun couldn't escape the fault of boasting about his son-in-law, but after saying a few words, seeing Jing Yingguang glance at himself, he knew something was wrong, so he didn't talk about it wisely, and even became humble.

The emperor felt much more at ease because of this, at least there were one or two people in the court who knew how to behave.

The emperor immediately summoned Jing Yingguang to meet alone and asked him what he thought of Jia Lian.

"It is a good thing in itself to prevent and control rice disease and save the people from suffering from hunger and displacement," Jing Yingguang commented impartially.

The emperor agreed: "He really did a good job in this matter! He did a great job. Those ministers who once complained to me about Jia Aiqing's arrogance all praised him unanimously."

"I think this is very strange." Jing Yingguang asked.

Emperor: "Oh?"

"Mr. Jia's character was notoriously unpleasant in the court. Many people wished to smash him to ashes to relieve their hatred. This time, Mr. Jia has traveled far away, and the mountains are high and the road is far away. These people are not broken I scolded him, but the situation was reversed, and everyone praised him." Jing Yingguang said.

The emperor was happy when he heard this, "It turns out that Jia Aiqing's popularity in the court is so bad, it seems that he only has a good relationship with me." The emperor suddenly felt very content, "Aiqing, I'm looking for your explanation, those compliments His people don't even like him?"

Jing Yingguang shook his head, "I don't dare to make a judgment, but the rumors I heard are true, so I can't be wrong. It is said that the king of Beijing Jing once promised the emperor that there are many friends around him who are willing to spend a hundred taels to buy one But what happened afterwards, when the Baihui Building really started selling strawberries, the prince and none of his friends showed up. Later, Master Jia sent someone to urge him again and again, and he only asked for 300 taels."

"Oh? There is such a thing." The emperor's eyes lit up with a bit of interest, "It seems that the King of Beijing is indeed not as he said, admiring Jia Aiqing."

Jing Yingguang bowed his body. As the prime minister, he naturally couldn't casually agree with such comments about Wang's surname.But the emperor followed this direction, and his words would not be in vain, at least it could help Jia Lian stabilize the situation.

"If this matter is left on someone else's shoulders, Jia Aiqing's actions will definitely not be possible. In order to fill the national treasury, a mere 300 taels is enough to offend the prince. Who would be as stupid as him?"

"The emperor doesn't know him yet? It's a real weirdness." Jing Yingguang wisely chose to avoid judging Jia Lian.He didn't say Jia Lian was good, nor did he say bad, only this kind of proper description would make the emperor feel that he stood in the middle impartially and his words were credible.

"Everyone is selfish for themselves, and there are few people who are as sincere as Jia Aiqing for the country."

The emperor thought about it, and felt that the matter of King Beijing still needed to be verified. All those who bought strawberries with a lot of money were recorded in the household department, and they should investigate later.

Now that he learned that the relationship between the two was not very good, the emperor began to mutter in his heart.It is not easy to think about this, and there may be other things in it.If Jia Lian is fine, then the problem must be with King Beijing.What is his purpose in praising Jia Lian so much?

"According to the time, Mr. Jia should have arrived in Fujian just now. He has only left Yangzhou for a long time, and the booklet was handed over. He played very timely for this incident in Yangzhou." Jing Yingguang said Jia Lian in a slightly ironic tone.

Regarding the commendation memorial, the emperor only mentioned it after reading it. As for who handed it over, the emperor didn't say anything, and Jing Yingguang didn't know.

The emperor said with a smile: "Prime Minister Jing may not know that this book was presented by a magistrate, not by Jia Lian."

Speaking of this, the emperor suddenly realized that he had a kind of confidence in Jia Lian's character.This guy is capable and pragmatic, but he is very rigid and self-willed, and he doesn't take credit for himself, so how could he do anything extraordinary.

A rare talent must not be destroyed by suspicion.

The emperor reminded himself again and again.

"The magistrate presented it?" Jing Yingguang pretended to be casual, "The magistrate of Yangzhou is really warm-hearted."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered what Jing Yingguang said before, "The performance was very timely".That's right, this matter was reported too quickly. If Jia Lian submitted the report himself, it can be explained as "eager to ask for credit".But the magistrate has nothing to do with Jia Lian, so what is the purpose of sending up a memorial of praise that has nothing to do with him so quickly?

Local officials have always been self-sufficient, so they don't worry about others.The emperor didn't believe that the magistrate of Yangzhou was purely out of kindness and enthusiasm.

Sure enough, this matter was not simple, and it almost achieved the purpose of alienating the relationship between him and Jia Lian.

The emperor snorted coldly, and suddenly slapped the table angrily.

Jing Yingguang pretended to be shocked, and hurriedly asked the emperor what happened.

The emperor let out a heavy breath, staring at Jing Yingguang solemnly, "Go and find out about the strawberry."

"The minister obeys the order."

Jing Yingguang checked for half a day, and then at noon, he moved in a gentle manner and headed for Miyagi.It just so happened that King Bei Jing came out from the Empress Dowager's palace, and the two met.

King Jing of Beijing politely asked Jing Yingguang what was the matter with the audience.

"The Holy Majesty ordered me to investigate a small matter. As soon as I found out, I went to report it." Jing Yingguang replied truthfully.

The king of Beijing Jing smiled warmly, not daring to continue disturbing, bid farewell to Jing Yingguang, and watched Jing Yingguang enter the palace.

"My lord, I see Prime Minister Jing's inscrutable appearance, could something happen?" Hong Sheng saw that his master's expression was strange, and asked hurriedly.

"It's true that there is something wrong. Most likely it's Jia Lian's business. Hmph, people who don't know how to praise will end up miserable."

A somewhat disdainful sneer appeared on the corner of Shui Rong's mouth, but his expression still maintained a gentle attitude.Whether it's the guards at the palace gate or the ordinary people, his gentleness has always penetrated to the bone.

Hongsheng cheerfully helped his master into the car, "My lord, where are we going, home or Yihongyuan?"

Shui Rong frowned when he heard the word Yihongyuan.

Hongsheng hurriedly said: "Yesterday, the bustard sent word that a group of people just came in. There are a few fresh ones, good-looking, and haven't touched a man yet."

Shui Rong frowned, "Forget it, it just so happens that the king is in a bad mood."

Hongsheng immediately understood, took off the pedals, happily sat on the front of the car, and sent the coachman to hurry to Yihong Courtyard.

Inside the imperial study.

The emperor read the content of Jing Yingguang's performance, and he believed what Jing Yingguang said before, and the king of Beijing Jing behaved too strangely in Jia Lian's matter.He was in court before Shui Rong, and he truly swore that he was willing to spend a lot of money to taste strawberries.This is a matter of national planning, ordinary ministers would save face and join in the fun, but Shui Rong didn't.It can be seen that what he said at the beginning was just to perfuse himself, making up random things.

This is the crime of bullying the king!

The emperor was a little annoyed, but not out of his mind. "You can't make a judgment just because he hasn't been to the Parkway Tower."

Jing Yingguang went on to say: "The minister also checked one thing, which is a bit strange."

"Say!"

Jing Yingguang then told the emperor that King Beijing Jing would buy all the strawberries and give them to his concubine.

"He didn't eat strawberries worth hundreds of gold, and he didn't give them to the old concubine or princess. Instead, he gave them all to the humble concubine's family."

The emperor snorted coldly, and all the things he bought with a lot of money were given to the concubine with a low status. It can be seen how he despised Jia Lian's things, and from this we can see how bad his relationship with Jia Lian is.And after that, there was indeed no record of King Jingjing buying strawberries again, which is more than enough to support the previous speculation.

It can be seen from this that Wang Zhen of Beijing Jing and Jia Lian are not in the same group.He even took revenge on Jia Lian for coercing him.Moreover, he took the initiative to praise Jia Lian abnormally. The most ridiculous thing is that all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty echoed his statement.The king of Beijing Jing is mighty!

"However, the concubine concubine whom he loves is enjoying the blessing." The emperor asked casually.

If the emperor doesn't mention the concubine, Jing Yingguang will find an opportunity to say it, but now it's just right, "My lord, the Qin family is dead."

The emperor was not worried at first, but when he heard that he was dead, he was a little curious, "Dead? Why did you die?"

"Drowning, on that day, King Bei Jing took her on a cruise, and then the woman drowned in the river."

The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise, and taunted Xiao: "What a coincidence."

"It's a coincidence." Jing Yingguang finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing the suspicious expression on the emperor's face.It is best for the emperor to remain skeptical in this way, for fear that he will not investigate the cause of the concubine's death.If it is found out, it will be wonderful.

The emperor didn't feel anything at first, after sending Jing Yingguang away, he lay down on the couch tiredly, and let the maid rub his forehead.The more he rubbed his brain, the more he became more and more sober. The emperor felt that the death of the water-soluble concubine was strange.Strawberries bought for hundreds of dollars, especially in early spring when the fruits were very rare at that time, it was really unreasonable for Shui Rong to give such a rare thing to the concubine Qin, and it happened that the concubine died that day.

No matter how you think about it, it is strange to give these few catties of water-soluble strawberries, and he should start paying filial piety to the old concubine first.

But if Shui Rong felt ashamed of Qin Shi and wanted to deliberately use this to compensate for Qin Shi's death, everything would be reasonable.But when Shui Rong was delivering the fruit, the people from the Qin family were still fine. If the falling into the water was just an accident, he definitely would not have predicted it in advance.

Unless, he had thought of something earlier, so he compensated his family first, and then took action against Qin...

But why does water-soluble do this?Whether this is really the case, it seems that we need to continue to investigate.

No matter what, Shui Rong was no longer reliable in his eyes.The matter of singing praises for Jia Lian is likely to be deliberately planned.The praise notes that the Yangzhou magistrate quickly presented were also very suspicious. This person must have something to do with Shui Rong.A foreign surname Wang actually reached out to Yangzhou, how amazing.

Water-soluble is too suspicious and must be strictly investigated.Qin Wei, who summoned his confidant, ordered him to spy on Shui Rong and collect evidence.

……

Jia Lian, who was in Fujian's litchi garden at this time, naturally didn't know that because of the few words of Prime Minister Jing Yingguang, he helped him reverse the wind and changed the emperor's suspicion of him.

He has always managed the litchi garden from a distance, and he has never been there in person.It was a rare visit this time, so Jia Lian naturally wanted to take a closer look and check for gaps.Fortunately, he was chosen to be an honest manager, and some were very hardworking and willing to work. He obeyed his orders and managed the litchi garden in an orderly manner.

The few jackfruit seeds that Yuanchun got last time have already sprouted three buds in the litchi orchard, and they are growing well.However, according to this posture, if you want to eat a jackfruit fruit weighing [-] kilograms, you will have to wait for many years.And since it has been planted, why just plant one or two, Jia Lian ordered the steward to find a way to get some of this, this thing has now been introduced to China, like peppers, it already exists, but it has not yet become popular.With Jia Lian's status, it is absolutely not a problem to get some seeds like this.

This place in Fujian not only has a lot of fruits, but also many prisoners who are in prison gather here.Generally, they will be sent to various places under the jurisdiction of the government to do labor.As for this trip to Fujian, Jia Lian, who is the secretary of the household department, naturally wanted to inspect the "official garden" specially set up for prisoners under the name of their household department.

The official garden is mainly responsible for transporting fresh southern fruits to the capital. It covers an area of ​​thousands of square meters and is divided into many gardens according to the variety of fruits, such as banana gardens and so on.

The fact that the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs wanted to investigate the garden had already spread to the official garden.Duan Zhiyong, the former servant of the household department, was demoted to work here. During these days, he has been secretly contacting him, urging his family to save money and find a way to get him out.Now I suddenly heard that Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs had come to Fujian, and everyone in the official garden was excited about it, waiting in full force.They have to get up earlier than chickens every day and go to bed later than enough.

The reason why Duan Zhiyong was demoted and exiled here was entirely due to Jia Lian's blessing, and he had to prepare a month in advance to meet him. How could he be reconciled to such torture.Once upon a time, he was the servant of the household department who was about to be on par with Jia Lian!

After Jia Lian arrived in Fujian, when news spread that he would inspect the official garden the next day, although Duan Zhiyong was a little nervous, he was lucky, thinking that Jia Lian might not be able to meet him in such a large official garden of thousands of hectares. When the time comes, he will hide away.But when I turned around, I heard from the yamen that the first person called by Mr. Shang Shu was the banana plantation where he was.

There are so many gardens, but the first roll call wants to come to where he is.

Duan Zhiyong believed that Jia Lian laughed at his downfall in order to show off his beauty, and felt humiliated in his heart.It can be said that Jia Lian exhausted all his scheming in order to trample on him unreservedly.No wonder he made such a fuss about coming to Fujian just to ridicule and insult him in front of him.

Duan Zhiyong gritted his teeth angrily, his former pride did not allow him to meet Jia Lian in such a downcast state.So that night, Duan Zhiyong pretended to have abdominal pain, expressing that he would not be able to work tomorrow.

The yamen servants heard that they changed their previous attitude of ignoring these prisoners, and kindly invited a doctor to prescribe antidiarrheal medicine for Duan Zhiyong.Duan Zhiyong didn't want to eat, so the yamen chant rudely said to his jaw, and poured down a bowl.

"Your Majesty will be inspecting tomorrow. Mr. Song can say it. We will not allow any of you to be depressed and affect the style of our official garden."

How can he affect the demeanor of a prisoner who has diarrhea!

Duan Zhiyong was so angry that he didn't sleep all night, he squatted down until his legs went numb, he couldn't even fart.He is a normal person, he took so many antidiarrheal medicines last night, blocked, blocked, blocked...

The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, Duan Zhiyong suddenly didn't want to live anymore.

Before waiting in line for Jia Lian's inspection, Duan Zhiyong squatted on the straw pile, flattened a rope, found a thick banana juice, and planned to hang himself there to show his integrity.

However, the moment he hung up his neck, he heard someone yelling loudly from behind, shouting the words "something is wrong, the prisoner hanged himself".

Then more than [-] yamen servants rushed up and dragged him down.

"Master Hou is under strict control, we must not die today, otherwise everyone will be unable to eat and walk around!" The servants hurriedly tied Duan Zhi with five flowers, and decided to throw him into the woodshed.

On the contrary, Duan Zhiyong was overjoyed, and nodded his head in agreement, so that he could avoid meeting Jia Lian.

But not long after, the superior ordered Duan Zhiyong to be dragged out.It seems that Duan Zhiyong and Jia Lian knew about the past feud in the capital.In order to please Jia Lian, the officials in the park deliberately called on Duan Zhiyong to show up.

Jia Lian finally came to the banana plantation as everyone expected.

Duan Zhiyong returned behind all the yamen servants, saw Jia Lian's familiar figure from a distance, his body was suddenly overwhelmed with excitement, his face was flushed, his heart was beating wildly, he was uncontrollably depressed, and he was sweating profusely.

Jia Lian's eyes stayed on the banana tree. Under the introduction of the officials, he continued to check a few trees, nodded occasionally, and was quite satisfied with the condition of the banana farm.As for the prisoners kneeling down there, Jia Lian naturally wouldn't notice them.For him, there has always been green, and people are ignored.

Duan Zhiyong knelt among the prisoners, he was already mentally prepared, nervously waiting for Jia Lian to humiliate him.He had thought about it a long time ago, and this time he was definitely not a wimp.Begging is death, it is better not to beg, anyway, he has had enough of such a hard life, so to die so happily is virtuous, which will be praised by future generations.

Duan Zhi raised his head with his eyes closed, ready to welcome Jia Lian's humiliation.After waiting for a while, he opened his eyes, and suddenly found that he had long since disappeared, and he hadn't noticed his existence at all.Duan Zhiyong didn't relax because of this, on the contrary, he became even more annoyed, annoyed that the other party ignored him.

This is impossible!

Duan Zhi stood up in surprise, looked in the direction where Jia Lian disappeared, and wanted to stop him.

"You bastard, who told you to stand up?" Yacha cursed in a low voice, kicked Duan Zhi with his knee, making him kneel down again.

Duan Zhiyong was stunned. Suddenly, he got up and knocked down the clerk beside him with his head. He quickly ran into the banana grove, then took out another piece of straw rope from his crotch, and hung it on the banana tree.

The yamen servants are busy shouting that someone is going to commit suicide, trying to get Duan Zhiyong down.Afterwards, a yamen servant was sent over to deliver a message, "Master Shang Shu said that the people who hanged themselves on the banana tree are stupid enough, don't worry about it."

Duan Zhiyong has been strangled by the rope at this moment and can't speak. He listened to this with round eyes and shouted in his heart: "My name is Duan Zhiyong, the former servant of the household department, your enemy, you should remember me !"

However, after all, people don't remember themselves at all.

don't remember at all...

Snapped!

The stem broke, and the person fell to the ground. Duan Zhiyong fell and gnawed shit, struggled to get up and coughed while holding his neck.

The officials over there apologized to Jia Lian: "I really didn't expect that a prisoner would hang himself recently, disturbing the peace of Lord Hou, and the officials—"

"The fake banana stem is brittle, easy to break, and can't die." Jia Lian touched the banana leaf pityingly and smiled.

Duan Zhiyong was under custody, looking at Jia Lian angrily from a distance, what does he mean?He wants to find a stronger tree to hang himself, and who will he show him touching the banana leaf?In Jia Lian's eyes, his life is not worth a leaf!

Jia Lian's visit to the banana plantation was not for inspection at all, and he did not think of Duan Zhiyong at all, but simply looking for someone, a skilled craftsman with a very unique technique, named Mu Ban.

Muban was forcibly imprisoned for theft.He had made a complicated lockbox for a rich man, making sure that no one would open it except the one with the key.Unexpectedly, all the money in the rich man's money box was stolen, and Muban became a suspect.In the end, under the judgment of the faint official, Muban really became a criminal and was exiled to Fujian official garden to work as a coolie.

Jia Lian has seen the agricultural tools transformed by Muban, such as the transformation of the rotary grain raising fan cart, so that the chaff and chaff after pounding can be removed more effectively.Each of his farm tool modifications is innovative and practical.Jia Lian has a lot of ideas, but many things cannot be done by himself, such as the production of pesticide ingredients, and agricultural machinery, all of which require the help of some creative people to realize together.

In terms of agricultural machinery, Jia Lian felt that Muban should be a very suitable candidate.As long as he is willing to help him clear his grievances, leaving the official garden will not be a problem.

Of course Muban was willing to do such a cheap thing, so he left with Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian left the official garden, he took Mu Ban to the kitchen.

Muban was very surprised, he didn't expect Master Hou to be so humane, so he invited him to the kitchen for dinner...

A pot of boiling water was burning on the stove in the kitchen, and the lid of the pot was lifted up and down by the scalding heat.Jia Lian asked someone to add a bowl of water to the lid of the pot to increase the work, but the lid would still move.

"Did you see that water vapor can make other things move. If the water vapor is large enough, can it move heavier things?" Jia Lian said.

Mu Ban was stunned, and then his eyes gradually became thoughtful.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted from outside, "Second Master Bao, why did you come to Fujian? Second...Second Master, why are you also here?"