The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian could hear that Xing'er's voice was deliberately amplified.

Jia Lian and Muban came out one after the other, and happened to bump into Jia Baoyu, and Jia Zheng followed.

Seeing the dusty appearance of these two people, Jia Lian knew that they had just arrived.

"Second brother, my father and I came to see you." Baoyu said with a silly smile.

Jia Zheng twitched his beard and nodded to Jia Lian with a smile, then turned to Baoyu and said, "You are a bit reckless, boy, so please greet your second brother and explain why."

Jia Lian glanced at Jia Zheng suspiciously, his attitude was really strange.His eyes turned and continued to fall on Baoyu.

Baoyu took another step closer with a smile, and said to Jia Lian, "Second brother, do you still remember that my father was sent to Fujian to be an official? My father has a good colleague here. They worshiped brothers and promised me to be his brother. Godson. Unexpectedly, this man suddenly became seriously ill this summer, just seven or eight days after the second brother left. When my father wanted to visit him, the old lady sent me to come with my father. Unexpectedly, I just arrived in Fujian , I heard that he has been dead for three days, so this time I changed my visit to a funeral instead."

A brother who worships is sick, and it is worth Jia Zheng's trip to visit, either because the relationship is so good that there is nothing to say, or he is here with other motives.Jia Lian didn't really believe in love affairs in official circles, and because of Jia Zheng's pissing nature, he thought the latter was more likely, but it didn't rule out that Jia Zheng went crazy and suddenly became deeply affectionate.For example, he is really interesting to Jia Yucun.

Jia Lian was a little strange. He also pulled Baoyu over.Jia Zheng has always been strict with him, asking him to study hard and pursue a career in economics.Jia Zheng wished Baoyu could study every day without sleeping.This time it was strange, and he took the initiative to lead him to Fujian for a long trip.

Jia Lian didn't want to think too much, so he simply asked Jia Zheng why.

Jia Zheng said: "This journey is mostly by boat, so it won't delay his study, and by the way, he can also bring him to see and experience, which is also what the old lady means."

When Baoyu heard about Jia Mu, he suddenly lowered his head, his face much duller.

Jia Zheng pulled Baoyu over with a smile, patted him on the head, and tried to show the image of a loving father in front of Jia Lian.

"Since you're here, stay here and take care of your business." My second uncle and cousin came to the door. It was a matter of basic etiquette to keep them here, and Jia Lian would not treat them badly.But if they had deeper demands, Jia Lian would never satisfy them.

"That's good, I'll just go back to Beijing when I turn around, so I don't have to get a boat again."

Jia Zheng smiled and agreed, then turned around and ordered people to go down and bring in his and Baoyu's luggage.

"The luggage is at the gate of the mansion. There are some expensive ones that cannot be touched. I'll go and have a look first." Baoyu hurriedly made excuses and went.

Jia Lian felt that Baoyu was in a bad mood, and asked Jia Zheng if something happened to Baoyu. Jia Zheng shook his head, and Jia Lian couldn't ask any more questions.

……

Now Jia Lian lives in a separate garden prepared for him by the governor of Fujian. It is not considered luxurious, but the scenery is elegant and the house is quiet.After the father and son chose a courtyard to settle down, they moved their luggage in.There are not many people serving, and there are only six people including the cleaning lady, but it is enough.

Jia Zheng then followed Jia Lian to the main hall for tea, and Muban accompanied him all the time.When Jia Zheng heard that this person is a talent and can make a variety of tools, he couldn't help asking a few questions out of curiosity.

Mu Ban had just arrived, and felt that Master Hou's second uncle was very amiable, so he naturally responded to him in every detail, and had a very pleasant conversation with Jia Zheng.

Jia Lian listened quietly the whole time, sipping tea, but didn't say much.

Jia Zheng and Mu Ban glanced at Jia Zheng intentionally or unintentionally every time they talked.He didn't expect Mu Ban to talk non-stop after he simply asked two questions.In many places, he really didn't understand well, and he had to pretend to be perfunctory, which made him a little tired.Besides, the purpose of his trip was not to listen to this little-known young man talk about how to modify the plowing equipment.

Taking advantage of the gap between Muban's speech, Jia Zheng changed the subject and said hastily, "By the way, I saw my nephew and you coming out of the kitchen just now. What's the reason?"

Mu Ban thought of this, "It's nothing, Master Hou showed me something good, it's worth exploring." Mu Ban rubbed his chin, and began to fall into deep thought again.

Jia Zheng looked familiar with this concentration, just like Jia Lian when he was looking at the crops.

Muban took the initiative to leave and went to think about his own affairs.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Jia Zheng said, "Your gentleman is far away from the kitchen. What are you going to do there? If you want something to look at, ask someone to take it out. Don't go there again. If outsiders find out, it's no joke."

Jia Zheng felt that he was kindly reminding Jia Lian that the other party should appreciate it.

Jia Lian found it funny when he heard this: "That's not how you used it."

"Then how to use it?" Jia Zheng expressed his dissatisfaction. In terms of official position and title, he is indeed not as powerful as Jia Lian.But when it comes to reading, compared with Jia Lian, he still has this confidence.

"What's so stubborn about it, you can read the original text carefully when you go back." Jia Lian ignored him and asked Jia Zheng's plan for coming here.

Jia Zheng regarded himself as a scholar, and he could tolerate Jia Lian in anything, but he couldn't bear this sentence, so he blurted out and questioned Jia Lian. "You mean I read the book for nothing, and I have to go back and read it again?"

"It's useless to be stubborn."

"Then tell me what it means." Jia Zheng straightened his neck and turned his head sideways, feeling a little annoyed.

Seeing that he insisted on being serious, Jia Lian asked with a smile, "You came here on purpose because you want me to hire a Confucian teacher for you?"

Jia Zheng slowed down, and suddenly realized that he was not convinced and talked fast, and messed up the relationship with Jia Lian that had just eased.Jia Zheng wanted to open his mouth to save the situation, moved his lips, but for a moment didn't know what to say.

The house was dead quiet.

Jia Lian's fingers tapped the table frequently, making Jia Zheng's heart beat twice as fast.In fact, Jia Lian didn't take what he said just now to heart at all, he was thinking about how to guide Muban unobtrusively, trying to get him to build a large sprayer.After all, there are many disadvantages in spraying pesticides by manpower, which is labor-intensive and inefficient, and the uniformity of drug spraying is not good.

However, the invention of the steam engine was not so easy. Apart from providing some simple ideas, Jia Lian had to rely on Mu Ban to figure out the rest.Even if he has that ability, this kind of thing cannot be done in a short time.

Don't worry about the steam engine, let's put it aside for a while, and see if we can find a few more powerful people to help Muban with it.Now the next best thing is to get a human-powered spray can.The incident of rice blast in Yangzhou is a foreshadowing. The area of ​​the affected farmland is not very large, but a lot of manpower was used. In the end, the problem was solved, but if the area affected by the disease becomes larger, the result will be how hard it will be.It is very important how to make the most efficient sprayer so that the medicine can be sprayed out in the form of mist and spread more evenly and effectively on the lesions of the crops.In terms of agricultural tools, it is carried out by relying on machinery. I hope that my simple reminders can make Muban understand.

Jia Lian had seen Muban's modified grain raising machine in Jinling before. It was well optimized and could cleanly separate the chaff from the rice.Later, I saw his noodle grinder powered by a waterwheel, which has a large processing volume and is fine, which can save more than ten times the ordinary manpower.

Jia Lian believes that Mu Ban has the talent in this area.Since ancient times, there have been many wise ancients, such as papermaking, etc., but the feudal system divided the ranks of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and inferiors, which indirectly limited the performance opportunities of these clever inventors.

If more people like Muban appear, it will be a very big leap forward for his agricultural development.

Jia Lian thought about it, and his fingers quickly increased the speed of tapping.

Jia Zheng's legs trembled faintly because of the knocking sound, and he was still a little weak.He thought Jia Lian was angry, and he was calculating with himself.I really blame myself for being so talkative and stubborn about that.But later he had to investigate carefully, and then correct Jia Lian's mistake in person.

After Jia Zheng endured a long period of 'relative silence', sweat covered his head, and he stood up.

Just when Baoyu entered the door, he called out "Father" crisply.

Jia Zheng's legs gave way, and he knelt down, directly in front of Jia Lian.

Baoyu: "..."

Jia Lian recovered from his contemplation: "..."

"Father, you, why did you kneel down for the second elder brother?" Baoyu suddenly expected something bad to happen, rushed to the house with a thud, and knelt down in front of him. When he knelt down, he pressed Jia Zheng's shoulder , and just pushed Jia Zheng, who was about to get up, back to the ground happily.

Jia Lian looked at the father and son in surprise.

Baoyu looked up at Jia Lian with tears in his eyes and said, "Second brother, let me kneel down for something. My father is an elder after all. If there is anything wrong, let me be punished on behalf of my father and make up for my second brother!"

"Baoyu, you—" Jia Zhengcai was about to stand up, but Baoyu suddenly threw his shoulders and hugged his head.

Baoyu burst into tears: "My wife is already like that, you can no longer be like her."

"What nonsense, I'm fine, I just accidentally didn't stand firm just now." Jia Zheng pushed Baoyu away and said angrily.

Baoyu wiped his tears and cried, "Don't you all pretend that I don't know? I know all the things you did. You are sorry for the second brother Lian. That's why she did that, and you will do the same. Whatever you lie to me, I have already learned from my old age. The lady is listening."

Jia Zheng looked at Baoyu in surprise and was dumbfounded.

"No wonder the old lady is willing to go away with Baoyu." Jia Lian understood that Baoyu must have overheard Jiamu's words. There are so many people in Jiamu's room, it is difficult to hide it.She knew afterwards that she didn't know how to face Baoyu, so she sent Baoyu away temporarily.

Looking at Baoyu, Jia Lian has indeed lost a lot of weight than before. It seems that this incident has stimulated him a lot.This kid is a bit crazy, but his heart is not bad, at least he didn't blame him indiscriminately like his parents.Jia Lian was quite surprised by Baoyu's attitude towards him.

Jia Zheng was helped up, with a dark face, wishing he could find a hole in the ground to hide at this moment.Talking in front of Jia Lian, and having his son find out the old account, he has no face at all.

Baoyu didn't seem to understand Jia Zheng's embarrassment, and tearfully said, "I also know that my father can't be an official now because you have done too much to my second brother and sister-in-law."

Jia Zheng glared at Baoyu with his beard drooping. At this moment, he really wanted to tear Baoyu's mouth open.

"I've said it all, I accidentally knelt on the ground with weak legs, are you deaf?" Jia Zheng whispered angrily.

Baoyu shivered, lowered his head and sniffled: "You don't need to make excuses for saying that, I understand."

Baoyu decided that what Jia Zheng said was an excuse.

It must be because his father was afraid that he would be embarrassed when he saw him, so he explained it like this.The family has kept so many things from him, and he has only figured it out until now.No wonder the status of the second bedroom is getting lower and lower, the mother is living like a walking dead, and the father is getting more and more useless.It turns out that there is such a big reason here!

Baoyu's heart is naturally on the side of his parents, but a mistake is a mistake, the ancestors have admitted it, and he can't do it if he doesn't admit it.

"Second brother, can you spare my father this time, for the sake of the family." Baoyu pleaded with Jia Lian, weeping.

Jia Lian looked at Baoyu, "Your father is telling the truth. He did get up and his legs went weak."

Baoyu was stunned, then looked at Jia Zheng in fear, shrank his neck and stiffened, not daring to say a word.

Looking at the slightly chubby Baoyu, Jia Lian didn't know what to say to persuade the child.Jia Zheng blushed and turned his head away, not looking at anyone.He can't take care of himself now, but he will take care of Baoyu there.

"Forget it, don't even mention that."

Baoyu hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, don't mention it, just pretend that I didn't say anything. The ancestors don't know that I heard this, so please don't tell him."

Jia Lian nodded.

Jia Zheng's face turned red and green, and turned pale. He really didn't know what to say at this scene, so he excused himself and took him away first.

Baoyu wanted to leave too, thinking there was something else to do, so he hurriedly told Jia Lian, "The second sister-in-law is afraid that you won't be used to the local food when you go out, so she asked me to bring the sour dates she made by herself. It's good for your appetite."

When Jia Lian heard that it was brought by Jingxin, she immediately asked someone to fetch it.By the way, I asked the little steward who came to deliver things if everything was safe at home, so I couldn't help thinking about the plum trees in Xiaolizhuang, the pigs and fish in Xiaozaozhuang, and the tobacco leaves in Xiaokangzhuang.

On the second day, Baoyu came to see Jia Lian early in the morning and had breakfast with him.Jia Zheng claimed that he was not acclimatized to the environment, so he hid in the room and did not show up.

Baoyu: "I'm going to the funeral today, and my father said he was uncomfortable and had no choice but to go. I will go on behalf of my father, but I don't know the way to Qi's house, and I have to ask my second brother to send someone to help me."

"The Qi family?" Jia Lian asked casually.

"It's Qi Tianlai, the chief envoy."

Jia Lian frowned and looked at Baoyu: "Qi Tian is here?"

Baoyu nodded.

"He's fine. I saw him yesterday. Why did he die three days ago?" Jia Lian slapped the table and cursed nonsense.

Baoyu was puzzled: "That's not right. Before we entered the city, we heard the local people say 'Master Qi is dead'."

Jia Lian didn't know much about this, so he sent someone to ask.Then I learned that there were two Lord Qi here. The people said that Lord Qi was a 55-year-old seventh-rank official. He was a well-known county magistrate in the local area. Afterwards, many people talked about remembering him.

Baoyu scratched his head in embarrassment when he heard that such a big joke was made, "Fortunately, the second brother reminded me, otherwise I went to the main gate of the Qi Mansion today and said that I was going to the funeral, wouldn't it be a big joke, and it would also make people taboo .”

"He is very healthy and doesn't seem to be sick. If you go, I'll ask someone to take you with me." Seeing that Baoyu shook his head and refused to go, Jia Lian asked casually, "Now you don't want to study?"

When Baoyu heard this, he lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Jia Lian replied in a natural way, "I don't force you to do anything, but if you want to survive in this world, you have to do something to make a living. Reading is one kind, farming is another kind, and doing business is another kind. Who cares?" What do you do? When you grow up in the future, you can support yourself and keep yourself from starving to death.”

Baoyu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Second brother, don't worry, I understand."

"Is it really for the funeral that your father brought you here this time?" Jia Lian asked suspiciously.

Baoyu froze for a moment, then nodded.

Jia Lian sent Baoyu away and asked someone to watch Jia Zheng in case he made any small moves.

Muban came to Jia Lian and said excitedly, "Yesterday, my lord gave me a good inspiration. It is indeed an excellent way to convert this steamed qi and water into a kind of power to replace human power."

"But it's a bit complicated to do, don't rush for a while, just ask me for any materials you need." Jia Lian said.

Mu Ban bowed respectfully to Jia Lian, "Master Hou is wiser than anyone else. This method is really wonderful! The grassroots will try to think about it later. The most important thing is to transform the organ. How to use the organ to transform these The steam turns into a force to push, which is the most important."

"You study slowly, and I will find two more people to help you. Now there is one more important thing, you should deal with this first," Jia Lian asked someone to bring the bamboo tube that had been prepared earlier, and punched a round hole in the cover. Take care of the water.

Xing'er inserted the thin bamboo tube into the round hole, blew air in, and then let go of his mouth, and it could be seen that the air flowed out of the tube along the tube.

Mu Ban was confused, until he heard Jia Lian bring up the watering can, he finally realized it.

"I hope to use a device to spray water in a very fine state. It is much thinner than our ordinary watering cans, and it is best like fog. The water will definitely not come out on its own initiative, and it needs to be borrowed. This is what I can do. Think of it, see if you can use it."

"In a closed bucket, pour air into it, and the water will be squeezed out by the air. I understand this method of promoting air, which is similar to the principle of the bellows of the stove. It is easy to think about it. As long as the materials are enough, try A few times shouldn't be a problem."

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After guiding Muban, Jia Lian then made arrangements for the Fujian Small Farm School.Jia Lian was lucky enough to find two suitable candidates, so he left one in Fujian and sent the other to Yangzhou.

After that, Jia Zheng and Baoyu sent posts to Qi Tianlai's house. After being treated graciously, they also brought many important gifts.

Jia Zheng put away all of them, and chatted happily with Qi Tianlai.

After returning home, Jia Zheng sent a Western clock made of pure gold to Jia Lian.He had known for a long time that Jia Lian liked Western clocks, and today he just got this treasure from a good brother, so he borrowed flowers to present Buddha, and just gave it to Jia Lian.One is to alleviate the embarrassment caused by Baoyu that day, and the other is to please Jia Lian. The affairs of Li Junwang have not been forgotten, he has to save his life.

"I didn't expect him to get sick quickly, and he recovered soon. He was fine half a month ago. I had already set off at that time, and I didn't have time to stop me, so I specially gave me a lot of gifts to apologize." Jia Zheng twirled his beard, happy Show off to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian liked this western clock very much, reached out to touch it, and asked Jia Zheng with a smile, "What else did he give you?"

"My brother is very generous and treats me well. He even gave me emerald vases, red coral beads, and strings of pearls..." Jia Zheng finished counting, and then half-jokingly said to Jia Lian, "There is still you here." Like it? If you like it, take it with you, don't be polite with your second uncle."

"Really?" Jia Lian asked lightly.

Jia Zheng patted his chest and nodded: "Of course, what you say is what you say."

"I like them all." Jia Lian looked at Jia Zheng with a smile, and as expected, Jia Zheng's expression changed rapidly, which was very funny.

Jia Lian ignored the embarrassing Jia Zheng over there, so he sent someone to Jia Lian's room to fetch all these things.

"Since the second uncle gave me everything, it's all mine, and I can dispose of it as I like." Jia Lian smiled and saw Jia Zheng reluctantly nodded, his face suddenly turned cold, and with a wave of his hand, he asked someone to send all these things back to Qi government.

Jia Zheng stood up to stop him, but his outstretched hand suddenly stopped and retracted.He turned his head and looked at Jia Lian, his face was still as cold as frost, which not only made people feel chilly, but also felt oppressed.

"But... this..." Jia Zheng stuttered, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"You should know it in your heart, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence that the things he gave you happened to cater to my preferences. The chief envoy is in charge of local land tax, under the name of my household department, and I should be his superior in detail."

Jia Zheng was stunned, and only then did he realize that Qi Tian came to deliver things because of Jia Lian's face.He always thought that Qi Tianlai really treated him well.Thinking back when he came to Fujian Waifang in poverty, he received extra care from Qi Tianlai from the beginning.He always thought that he was lucky to be able to make such a close friend as Qi Tianlai.

Jia Zheng was quite irritated in his heart, "No wonder he suddenly asked me to worship my brother at the beginning, but now that I think about it, it was because of you. When we met yesterday, he asked me why I didn't take you there, and said proudly that I did not take you there." It is a great honor to become uncle and nephew with Master Jia Hou. I didn't expect it at all!"

It was rare for Jia Zheng to make friends with a high official, and he did not expect such a result.He used to think that Ruo Feili County King still held his handle, he was controlled by Jia Lian, and he could be restored to his post by relying on Qi Tianlai, and he had a good reputation in Fujian.

He is so stupid!

Jia Zheng took a sneak look at Jia Lian, fearing that he would be impatient, he hurriedly urged those people to wrap up their things and send them back to Qi Mansion.

Jia Lian then asked, "What's the matter with you suddenly coming to Fujian? I'm so grateful to him, that I came here so easily from thousands of miles away?"

"That's not the case," Jia Lian hurriedly explained, "He wrote me a letter, begging me repeatedly, asking me to come here for the sake of helping me in the past. He also said how pitiful his only son was. How people stare at his family property. I thought that since he wanted to do this, thinking of the kindness he had in the past, and there was a poor child, I thought about it and came over to have a look. Unexpectedly, he did not die, he recovered from his illness, and tossed me in vain This time, you still use me."

"I hope it's as you said." Jia Lian stared at Jia Zheng, feeling guilty.

"That's it!" Jia Zheng rolled his eyes, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Jia Lian with a guilty face, "Oh no, he also said that someone would come to visit me."

"Hehe." Jia Lian sneered twice, this trip is really good, there are scheming everywhere, although he is always too lazy to pay attention to strange things, but if he accidentally steps on them, it still makes people feel a little bit uncomfortable.

"You immediately send someone to turn him down. The Fourth Prince is coming tomorrow, and I'm not free."

Jia Zheng nodded, looking at Jia Lian apologetically, and finally pulled his face and apologized.It didn't matter what Jia Lian said to him, she turned around and left.

Over there, Qi Tianlai accepted the gift first, jumped angrily, and scolded Jia Lian for his lack of appreciation.After that, Jia Zheng sent a message that Jia Lian would not let him go to see him tomorrow.

Qi Tianlai became angry from embarrassment, he didn't expect that Lord Jiahou was young and a brat, and he didn't even give him a little bit of face, he didn't ask for anything!

Qi Tianlai is already old, how could he be reconciled to being rejected by a child.This breath was held in his chest, he couldn't vent it, he had to take revenge to be refreshed!

What Jia Zheng said just now, he had to think carefully about it.

The fourth prince came back and wanted to meet Lord Jia.

Humph.

Qi Tian came to write a memorial, and the content of the report naturally mainly revolved around the relationship between Lord Jia and the fourth prince.Literally, it cannot be clearly stated that the two of them are forming a party, just use some unclear words to make the emperor understand, and the effect will be very good.

Originally, the fourth prince was exiled to Fujian by the emperor because of the faction.Now that this excerpt is repeated, the fourth prince will definitely not get well, especially Jia Lian!