The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Just because of the resignation, the emperor almost thought Jia Lian was crazy.Hearing that he wanted to remove the title, he was suddenly shocked and had nothing to say.

"Why are you doing this?" asked the emperor.

Of course, Jia Lian couldn't say that his immediate boss was too hypocritical, and his suspicions made him feel upset, let alone that he was self-willed and not like an official.His official rank was bestowed by the emperor, if he refused hastily, it would be to refute the emperor's face.Therefore, Jia Lian had to find the reason properly, just right, at least so that the emperor could not find his fault.

"If I'm telling the truth, I ask the emperor to forgive me." Jia Lian first made a foreshadowing to improve the emperor's ability to accept.

The emperor agreed, and said anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, of course I want to listen to your truth. If you don't serve as a good official, why do you resign? Give me a reason!" Once thought of suppressing Jia Lian.

"Chen..." Jia Lian lowered his eyes, and slowly spit out two words, "I'm afraid of death."

"Afraid of death? Are you afraid of death, Jia Lian?" The emperor laughed, shaking his fingers and pointing at Jia Lian, with a look of disbelief.

"Going to Fujian, I encountered a little danger on the road, which is really frightening. It is inevitable that I am timid and want to avoid the limelight." Jia Lian said.

On the way to Fujian, Jia Lian was in a hurry, so he went ahead alone with a few entourages. He took a detour around a small road and met some robbers on the way.In fact, these robbers were half-baked, and ran away after being bluffed by the guards who came after them.The thing is such a thing, Jia Lian described it cleverly, as for what the emperor thinks, that is his business.He has always been suspicious and always thinks more than ordinary people, so it's good for him to bear this problem by himself.

"Someone actually harmed you? Who?" the emperor asked in surprise.

"There was no danger. Fortunately, the guards arrived in time. I didn't ask their identities clearly, and they ran away without a trace when they saw that the situation was not good."

When the emperor heard that it was "without trace", he reckoned that these people were masters at the moment, and they had already checked the terrain well, so they had premeditated. "Who the hell is it that dares to assassinate a court official!"

"Fortunately, I was dressed plainly and only wore a piece of coarse cloth. Those people thought I was just a servant who opened the way, and it wasn't too difficult. But if they knew my true identity, they would never let me go so easily. This is true, the reason why Jia Lian was not made things difficult by those gangsters is indeed related to his plain clothes.

The emperor pondered for a while, then stared at Jia Lian: "Just because of this incident, you want to resign?"

"There are still some unclear reasons, and I don't know how to explain them all." Jia Lian knew that there were some things that could not escape the emperor's observation, so he might as well say it frankly.

The emperor was surprised by Jia Lian's frankness, pondered for a moment, and then said: "You are tired from this trip, so you can go home and rest for a while, and Li Yongxin will not be wrong to take care of the household affairs. It's just that I reward you with this title. Yes, you just enjoy it, no one will embarrass you for this. I will investigate the assassination and give you an explanation."

Jia Lian promised that he was not afraid of being investigated for that matter. The matter happened many days ago, and it was so far away, and now there is nothing to be investigated.

The emperor was already tempted to be suspicious, and it was expected that he would resign. Even if he did not resign this time, the emperor would still be shaken next time someone slandered him.It's better not to retreat but to seek progress, and still retain the title of Marquis, which is convenient for handling things.

Not long after Jia Lian returned home, news of his resignation reached the ears of Jia She.Jia Amnesty was so frightened that he lost half of his three souls and seven souls, and ran to tell Jia Mu in surprise.

During these days, Jia's mother was troubled by guilt and missed Baoyu, and her spirits have not been very good.It was so easy to look forward to her grandson's return. Mother Jia forgot about her past suspicions and was happy for a while, when she heard such earth-shattering news.

"Resign? Why do you want to resign because of how magnificent the good minister is?"

"I don't know, he doesn't want to say more." Jia She was so angry that his mouth was slanted, he had never been able to control his son, and now he could only rely on the old lady to teach him.

When Jia Mu heard this, she was also worried, and she didn't want to provoke the child.Jia Liansu came with an idea, and he couldn't listen to other people's words.Besides, when it comes to matters in the officialdom, there may be some difficulties in it from time to time.

Seeing that Mother Jia, who was holding Baoyu in her arms, gradually lost her temper, Jia Amnesty seemed to be losing her temper, so she was anxious.

"Mother, are you not going to talk about him?"

"What can I say? Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. The official of the Minister of the Ministry of Households is earned by himself. Now he doesn't want it anymore. It's his own business. We're messing with it. It's not a return Did you lose a title!" Mother Jia tried her best to hold on.

Jia Amnesty's eyebrows were knotted, and he looked at Jia's mother puzzled: "But this is just an empty title. How can it be as powerful as a Shangshu who holds real power. Are you really pampering him like this?"

"What about Hu Qin, the situation in the court is changing, and no one can say that it will be good forever. If Lian'er resigns from office, it will be a good thing if he can retreat." The wind can still be heard.She doesn't care about this matter, but in front of her unstable eldest son, she has to maintain her stability.

Jia Amnesty lost his temper after being scolded by Jia's mother, and after resigning embarrassingly, he decided to go to his son to reason.

Jia Lian was introducing Fujian's specialties to Jingxin with a smile, and the young couple had a good chat.Jia Amnesty just wanted to be bored at this time and sent someone to pass on the message.

Jingxin hurriedly persuaded Jia Lian: "Explain the matter of resignation to the old man. He doesn't understand that it is common sense, so just persuade him."

Jia Lian agreed to Jingxin and went out to see Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty blew his beard, and simply took Jia Lian to the garden nearby, and explained clearly there.Now in the mansion, Yuan Chun's marriage is being discussed up and down, with lanterns and festoons up and down, the servants are so busy that they don't have time to settle down, and the girls are all accompanying Yuan Chun.The garden is full of scenes, autumn is strong, it is the season when the fallen leaves turn yellow and fly.

Looking at these familiar scenery, Jia Lian felt a faint warmth in his heart.This is probably the feeling of coming home. I don't know when he really seems to regard Rong Mansion as his home, although there are a lot of noisy people in this home.

Jia She coughed twice, thinking that Jia Lian would speak first.After waiting for a while, he turned his head towards him, only to see his handsome son standing on the stone bridge in a graceful manner, with slightly pursed lips looking up at the autumn scenery of the garden.

The afternoon sun shone on his face, and it could actually complement the golden leaves by the pond. His sharp handsomeness was always wonderfully blended into the surrounding scenery, and then he became a painting by himself, while others became a painting. They are just ordinary people who watch paintings.

Jia She rubbed his chin and watched the person in the painting, determined to use this situation and scene in his storybook characters.

"Resigning from office is a deliberate decision." Jia Lian's voice was calm, with a calming force.

"Ah?" Jia She came back to his senses, and hurriedly said to Jia Lian, "It's good if you can think clearly. The old lady said you have your own ideas and told me not to ask, but after all, you are such a big official. If you don’t want it, then don’t, how can I not care about it! In the future, those who flatter Rongfu will have to change their attitude and make fun of us, so don’t worry about it.”

"Did I care about it before?" Jia Lian looked sideways at Jia Amnesty.

Jia Amnesty met his eyes, but the father was not as calm and calm as his son, and he smiled awkwardly: "Then it would be better if this is the case, and I don't have anything to worry about, hehehaha..."

"How is the master's story written?" Jia Lian asked him.

Mentioning this, Jia Shen's nervousness suddenly disappeared, and happily told Jia Lian the eight stories he made up during these days, and asked Jia Lian to go to his study to help him take a good look.

"Well, do you have any suggestions?"

Jia Lian really read it carefully, pointed to the part that needs to be revised, frowned and made comments: "The story of Baoyu's madness is too realistic, so if it spreads like this, others will definitely recognize him. It's not good to have a family scandal. He hasn't married a wife yet." Son."

"That's right, then I'll change it, don't make him look so good-looking, and change his name, what should I call it?" Jia She rubbed his chin, his eyes sparkled, and he was always in high spirits when it came to writing stories. Cool.

"He always likes throwing jade, so his name is Sui Yushi." Jia Lian said casually.

"Broken jade? That's a good name! I don't think the psychic jade he's wearing is a good thing. If you get crazy, just drop it. It's better to break it up. If you don't keep it all together, he won't be crazy." Jia She said nonsense. .

Jia Lian: "It's just a piece of jade. If you don't make progress, it's useless to blame anyone. Besides, that piece of jade is just a dead thing. It can affect him."

"But Baoyu has changed a lot recently." Jia She sighed.

"Hearing things that shouldn't be heard, even the stupidest people will go crazy." After Jia Lian finished speaking, he turned to stare at Jia Amnesty.

Jia She was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Is there anything else? I want to go back to accompany my wife." Jia Lian said seriously.

On the contrary, these words forced Jia She to blush, as if he had done something unconscionable to delay the reunion of the young couple.Jia Amnesty hurriedly sent him to go, but he didn't dare to talk anymore.

In the end, he didn't dare to ask about the resignation.He likes and fears this son Jia She at the same time, that's all, if he can't control it, he doesn't care, anyway, this child has his own sense of propriety.No matter how bad it is, there is still the pass of his father-in-law Li Junwang, let's see how he passes.

In the evening, someone from Li County Prince's Mansion came to deliver a letter.Sure enough, as Jia Amnesty expected, the King of Lijun learned that Jia Lian had resigned and asked him to go to see him as soon as possible tomorrow.

After Jingxin heard about it, she was afraid that her father would scold Jia Lian without knowing how to measure, so she proposed to go back with Jia Lian.

"Alright, you haven't been back to your mother's house for a long time." Jia Lian just pretended to be homesick, received the letter, and specially ordered someone to prepare a generous gift.

Jing Xin was very happy, knowing that Jia Lian was thinking of her, the more things she brought back to her mother's house, the more face she would give her in front of everyone.It's just that this time he resigned from office, I'm afraid it will make things difficult for him.

Jingxin tossed and turned until the middle of the night before gradually falling asleep.At dawn the next day, when Feng'er woke her up, Jia Lian was nowhere to be seen.

"Second Master got up before dawn and went out of the city to Xiaolingzhuang and Xiaolizhuang. He just came back and is taking a bath and changing clothes in the West Wing." Feng'er said.

When Jingxin heard that Jia Lian was so tired, she quickly blamed Feng'er for not waking her up earlier, "Anyway, tell me to wait on him in the morning before leaving."

"Second Mistress, please spare this servant girl, Second Master wouldn't be willing to call you, I don't even wear shoes when I wake up, for fear of waking you up..."

Jing Xin blushed, quickly reached out to cover Feng'er's mouth, packed herself up and went to see Jia Lian.Coincidentally, Jia Lian was about to come in, and the two bumped into each other at the door, and Jing Xin crashed into Jia Lian's arms.

"Are you in a hurry?" Jia Lian put her arms around Jingxin's chest, lowered her head and asked her softly.

There are too many ambiguities in these words, Jingxin can't help but think of what he did before going to bed last night, blushing thoroughly, and shaking his head, "I heard Feng'er said that my father will go out of the city as soon as I am afraid that you will be tired. Why rush It’s only half an hour, it’s not too late to go tomorrow.”

"I can't help but want to see it." Jia Lian smiled, and sat down holding Jingxin's hand. After dinner, the couple went to the palace together.

King Lijun waited impatiently in the main hall, with a serious expression on his face.

Seeing her father like this, Jingxin took a peek at Jia Lian and signaled him to take it easy.After the couple saw the ceremony, King Li immediately asked Jia Lian, "I heard you resigned?"

"Yes." Jia Lian replied.

"Why are you being reckless here? I don't discuss it with everyone." Prince Li said dissatisfied.

"Father, don't blame him as soon as you meet, he—" Jing Xin was about to act like a baby to King Li, but was scolded by King Li.

The king of Lijun showed no mercy, and immediately ordered his mother-in-law to lead Jingxin to the princess.

Jing Xin was in a hurry, and wanted to say more, but because of Jia Lian's comforting eyes, she couldn't continue to make trouble, so she had to go away angrily.

"Don't count on her, it's useless for her to ask for it." Prince Li strongly expressed his attitude.

"Resignation must be reckless, otherwise it won't be like this." Jia Lian explained.

Prince Li frowned: "What do you mean by that? Why do you have to be reckless?"

Jia Lian: "The young man was wronged and made a reckless decision on the spur of the moment. The emperor will not blame too much when he sees it. But if I report my resignation after a few days after returning home, what will the emperor think? I think I've thought it through and made a careful choice. Once the emperor decides that my resignation is calculated, do you think he will take another look at me?"

"Indeed! Your resignation is a decision that insults the grace of God. If he finds out that your move is calculated based on his personality, he will never use you again." King Li knew that Jia Lian made the decision carefully, and finally did not So angry, "But have you ever thought about the consequences of your resignation? Why do you have to resign?"

"The situation in the court is unstable, and you can protect yourself wisely." Jia Lian only said these four words.

"This king is fine," Prince Li patted his chest, "You just worry too much."

"My difficulty is different from yours. The Eldest Prince and the King of Beijing seem to be planning something. I don't know what the plan is. If I continue on, I'm likely to fall into the enemy's trap. It's better to resign from this terrible official. Respond to all changes with the same, temporarily protect yourself."

In fact, being targeted by these two people is secondary, the most important thing is that the master he serves is too suspicious and has a fickle temperament.Jia Lian couldn't figure out the character of the county king, so he didn't want to take the risk.

As a farmer, he just wants to farm well, and he is an official just to farm better.I have never seen a farmer who has to kill people, so Jia Lian would rather not be a deadly official.

King Li finally understood what Jia Lian meant by this move, and he twitched his beard and apologized: "I was negligent. We are incomparable. Although I am a county king, I am a county king who can't be used or favored. You are different, you You are the talent of the world, the person who can't grab you will not be reconciled, and will definitely find ways to torment you, it's really disgusting!"

"Now that I've resigned from office, let's see what he can do." Jia Lian smiled slightly, but she was quite open to this matter.He didn't want those people who only make a living by being officials, without their official positions, they would have nothing.What he relies on for survival is farming. Even if he has nothing, he still has this ability and doesn't need to rely on anyone.

The King of Li County admired Jia Lian's calmness, and patted his good son-in-law on the shoulder in a rare way, "I am ashamed. By the way, you must stay here for lunch today. Your two younger brothers have been talking about you for a long time, and you are still here." Talk about what snow peas you want to eat every day in the future, it is the sweet and crunchy knife-shaped beans."

"That will have to wait until next year." Jia Lian laughed.

King Li laughed, "It will happen next year, just remember it."

"Father-in-law, it will be my elder sister's wedding soon. Please be there." Jia Lian thought about resigning now. Although he retained his title, he was afraid that the Ni family would be dissatisfied. Noodles can add some weight to Yuanchun, so that it won't be too difficult for her to be a new daughter-in-law in the future.

"Ni Yongchang's second son's happy event, right? Don't worry, I will definitely be there. Later, I will ask your mother-in-law to praise your eldest sister in front of her wife."

Jia Lian saw that the king of Li County understood what he meant, so he hurriedly saluted to express his thanks.

"Don't be too polite, you can take good care of Jingxin, which is better than anything else. This child is worthy of you to marry, I am satisfied, haha..." Li Junwang laughed for a while, and happily took Jia Lian to the back Eat at home.

The family banquet at the Prince's Mansion in Li County was very pleasant, so I don't need to go into details.

……

Inside Xiaoling Village.

Jia Lian reviewed the harvest of the CMS rice, and after purchasing the land, he planned to continue sowing on a large scale in the coming year.If the next year's harvest is good and there are enough seeds of CMS rice, in another year, you can consider trying to make hybrid rice.

The plum trees in Xiaolizhuang were wrapped with grass ropes, and the matter of preventing frost damage was explained at this time, and the stewards of the village were allotted their own time, as long as they were done before the cold winter came.

The cultivation of Xiaozaozhuang has always been carried out in an orderly manner.Focus on the expansion and disinfection of the free-range breeding area, and try to avoid the plague and epidemic diseases caused by excessive stocking density.Once there are old, weak, sick and disabled people, they should be isolated immediately, and any abnormal deaths should be reported immediately.

Xiaokangzhuang's tobacco leaves have now been roasted and stored in warehouses.

In addition to the well-known strawberries produced by Xiaolingzhuang this year, a batch of new vegetables such as snow peas and peppers have been launched, and the response is not bad. There are some people who like to eat and don’t like to eat, but some restaurants have already made them according to these new dishes. New dishes, especially chili.According to Jia Lian's suggestion, Parkway House launched the latest and unique recipe, which made many people want to stop after tasting it with tears in their eyes, and it was deeply loved.

When Jia Lian was a minister, he took advantage of the Ministry of Finance to be in charge of water transportation. After Paul and Jack, he made friends with several foreign businessmen.Jia Lian distributed some pictures to them, and asked them to help bring some when they come again. They are also welcome to bring their own vegetable seeds. As long as they are delicious crops, Jia Lian will buy them at a high price.

Of course, Jia Lian can't guarantee that they will all come to do business in the coming year, but at least one of them is willing to come, which will be very useful to him.

Therefore, Xiaoling Village in the coming year will still be the 'battlefield' for Jialai to plant exotic varieties.As for strawberries, snow peas and peppers, etc., the fruit is no longer the focus. After the next spring, the main focus will be on the sales and promotion of seedlings.

What's more, Jia Lian distributed the potato seeds in the suburbs of Beijing this spring, and the harvest was basically good.It may not be so good to eat potatoes dry and steamed all the time, but recently, several new ways of eating have become popular in every household. Cook potatoes, peppers or eggplants together, and then soak potatoes in water to make powder, cut into strips and courgette shreds Accompanied by eating, the taste is excellent.

After the potato harvest, its name became famous, which attracted farmers in more than a hundred miles outside Beijing to set off a wave of potato planting.As for potato seeds, Jia Lian had stockpiled land and planted them on a large scale in the spring, so he didn't have to worry about having no seeds to sell.

Wealthy households need to exchange land for seeds, which can be traded at any time.If the poor ask for seeds, after investigation and confirmation, they can get a proper amount of seeds back for free on the eve of spring planting.

After Jia Lian had finished explaining the many matters concerning the Zhuangzi, he began to think about the wedding in Yuanchun.

The day before the big wedding, Jia Lian asked Ni Yuankui to meet at Baihui Tower, so it was a heart-to-heart talk.

"I'm not very good at beating around the bush. I think you can guess the purpose of meeting you today." Jia Lian went straight to the point, "Will my resignation affect the status of my eldest sister when she marries into your family?"

Ni Yuankui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up to salute Jia Lian, "Don't worry, Lord Hou, I, Ni Yuankui, guarantee with my life that I will never let her be wronged. After marrying into the Ni family, he is my daughter-in-law. Someone else bullied her!"

"Men are busy outside, so they seldom take care of family affairs. Besides, if your parents and siblings make things difficult for her in your family, how can you judge? Tell me, does your father mind what happened to me?" Jia Lian asked again .

Ni Yuankui shook his head hurriedly, "I don't think I mind, he often praises you for your wisdom. On the contrary, my mother sighed twice, and felt that it was a pity that Lord Hou resigned. However, it's the autumn harvest these two days, and I saw you take care of several Zhuangzi. Well-organized, I envy you again, and praise you for being different from ordinary people. It doesn’t matter whether you are an official or not. Speaking of which, I don’t want to ask for it. My mother also said that I would like to grow some potatoes and peppers on the family farm in the coming year. And Strawberry, please let me discuss with you, can I go directly through the back door to ask for some seeds instead of waiting in line."