The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian nodded in agreement, and asked Ni Yuankui to deliver a message to his mother. If there is any order in the future, just send someone to Rongfu to deliver the message, it's nothing.

Ni Yuankui hurriedly bowed to thank him, and went back to pass the news to his mother, she was very happy.The only thing the old mother is dissatisfied with is that the cousin of the new daughter-in-law has resigned and has no real power, but her second son is married to a second wife, and the other party's family background is already one in a million, and Yuan Chun is a rule from the palace Miss, so she is very satisfied with this new daughter-in-law.

On the day of Ni Yuankui's wedding, Jia Lian and his wife sealed another important gift, which was a piece of emerald carved from Yangzhou to send the son Guanyin. It has been enshrined and chanted in the temple for ninety-nine and eighty-one days, making this son-song Guanyin auspicious and auspicious, and adhering to the Buddha's spirit.This Avalokitesvara just catered to the wishes of the old mother of the Ni family, so she stayed happily and put it in her own Buddhist hall to worship, and chanted sutras back, praying that his newly married second son would be successful.

This gift was prepared by Jingxin.When Jia Lian went to Yangzhou, she heard that Jing Xin wanted this, and thought she wanted it herself, but she didn't expect it to be left for Yuan Chun to please her future mother-in-law.It is Yuanchun's blessing that Jingxin can be so attentive, and it is even more his blessing.

Because Jia Lian resigned from the official position, he didn't have so many official duties to be busy with. As for the autumn harvest, he only needed to take care of his own farm, which was quite simple.After two years of management, Jia Lian has established a mature management process for these Zhuangzi. From the tenants and servants, to the stewards and accountants, they all perform their duties in an orderly manner.

Jia Lian only needs to make a general plan, and occasionally get up early and go out of the city to go around, summarize the things of the past few days, explain what should be explained, go home to catch up with breakfast, and then just be able to spend the day with his wife.

So this fall, all the servants of the Rong Mansion discovered a strange phenomenon. The second master Lian, who was the busiest and not much at home on weekdays, was so idle during the busiest autumn harvest season that he could see him everywhere. The old lady's yard, the old man's yard, the garden, the kitchen, the back building...

Some people don't have as many chances to see Lian Erye in a whole year as in these two days.

Everyone counted, and Quanrong Mansion almost saw him in the hut.

Sometimes Jing Xin had to accompany Jia Mu and other female relatives to the temple to offer incense, and it was inconvenient for Jia Lian to go with her. Only then did she remember that he had brought back a "recipe" named Muban.He walked over to him to have a look at his research, and mentioned his thoughts by the way.Muban's hometown is in Tongci County, [-] miles away from Jinling City, and his mother, Jia Lian, has already been taken to Beijing.Jia Lian bought a small courtyard with three tile-roofed houses for them in a place near Rongning Street, and housed their family.Mouban also had two younger sisters who lived with his mother.When Muban is free on weekdays, he will choose to live in Rongfu and study his equipment.

Whenever Jia Lian came up with an idea, Muban would have a lot of ideas, and he would toss about it day and night for several days.

When Jia Lian went out to accompany his wife, he joked with Mu Waiwai, and he didn't forget to check about the sickness cigarettes and the alarm.These are all the "repercussions" left by him before his trip. Now that it's the autumn harvest season, the investigation of these people should have a result.

Jia Lian didn't know much about Jia Rui's personality, but according to the people who had been watching him all this time, during his time away from Beijing, Jia Rui had no relationship with Ningguo Mansion at all, and he never went there.

But Cui Guanshi, who had an important relationship with Jia Rui, had caught a cold and had been ill for seven days. When he first showed symptoms, Jia Lian was concerned about his illness, so he didn't interrogate him immediately, and let him go for now. .In the summer, Cui Guanshi was quietly detained by Jia Lian's people for interrogation, but he was a dead duck with a stubborn mouth, and he didn't get the result.Later, I couldn't keep him illegally imprisoned, so I let him go back and watched secretly, but I didn't see why.

Jia Lian heard that he was seriously ill with a cold, so he asked someone to ask a doctor to give him a diagnosis and treatment, and asked him carefully when he recovered.Who would have thought that his illness was getting worse and worse, and he was about to return to the West in just a few days.

Jia Lian had no choice but to visit him in person.Cui Guanshi's wife and children had already hid in the kitchen to escape. Jia Lian saw that the sick man was dying on the couch, so he had nothing to worry about, so he sat by the bed and watched him.

Cui Guanshi was a bit energetic, so he sat up reluctantly. "Master Hou, Cao Min greets Lord Hou—"

Jia Lian held him down and did not let him move, "You should know the purpose of my visit, my subordinates have also interrogated you, and you have never revealed who is behind the scenes."

Cui Guanshi pursed his blue lips, lowered his head, his body trembled slightly.

"I can guarantee your wife and children's future life, at least food and clothing. You think clearly, what I give is not temporary money, and the flowers will be gone." These words from Jia Lian's mouth are very credible, he There are mountains and land, and it is not a problem to give his wife and children a lifetime of security.

Cui Guanshi also understood this, and cried very hard, and wanted to agree softly, but he hesitated to speak, with a embarrassed look, and finally shook his head and refused.

Jia Lian didn't force him. Since he came in person and the other party also rejected it, I guess there must be some difficulties in this.After going out, Jia Lian sent someone to investigate the situation of Cui Guanshi's family carefully. He just learned that he had two girls who were slaves in Ningguo Mansion, and then he heard the news that Cui Guanshi died of illness.

The only witness is so broken.

On Jia Rui's side, Jia Lian did not startle the snake, and sent people to attack him for a long time, but to no avail.

So, on this day, Jia Lian did something that surprised everyone in the Rong Mansion.

He goes to school.

Master Hou Jia, who had just retired from the official position of Li Shangshu in the Ministry of Household Affairs, went to the Jia Family School to study!

People like Jia Lian can be considered old in the school, and with the title of Lord Hou, when these dandies see each other, even though they laugh in their hearts, they still have to respectfully salute and salute on their faces.

Jia Houye sat in the classroom, but it brought a lot of pressure to the gentlemen who were giving lectures. Often after a class, the underwear was soaked.

Xue Pan heard that Jia Lian had gone to the school to attend classes, so he followed him eagerly, and even bribed Jia Lian's neighbor with money to buy the seat, and he was the only one worthy to sit next to Lian's second brother every day.

In front of Jia Lian is Jia Lan, behind is Jia Rong, and on the other side is the window.When he doesn't understand what Mr. Hu said, he will be in a daze.But most of the time, as long as Jia Lian can understand a little, he will take notes and study carefully.You can never go wrong if you learn more about everything.

Baoyu dared not be lazy these days, and followed Lian's second brother to the school to study on time every day, but kept a certain distance from Jia Lian.He was afraid that he would be taught by Jia Lian again because of his studies.In fact, he was so self-indulgent that Jia Lian didn't pay him much attention. Later, Baoyu gradually relaxed his guard. He was still secretly happy in his heart, but when he turned around, he saw Xue Pan, who was under Jia Lian's strict control, sticking to Lian's second brother to study seriously. Asking for advice, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart.

Jia Lian studied for a few days, and found that Jia Dairu was diligent and diligent, never coming in late or leaving early, which made Jia Rui useless.Jia Lian felt that this was not good, so he sent someone to give Dr. Jia some money, and told him not to be too polite, and to go eat and drink with old friends if he had nothing to do.

Jia Dairu originally wanted to go out to meet friends, but because Lord Jia came, he just didn't dare.Now that he heard that Lord Jia had the intention of pampering him, he was totally willing to do so, and he really didn't come the next day, and sent his grandson Jia Rui to help manage the school affairs.

Jia Rui heard that his father had benefited from Lord Jia, and he thought that Lord Jia was not the harsh person that outsiders would wear, and he was quite sympathetic.He always wanted to be cheap, so he started to please Jia Lian. Whenever he saw Jia Lian, he would always be courteous.Jia Lian really followed his mind and invited him to Baihui Building after school.

Xue Pan is a serious follower. Hearing this, he expressed that he would also join in the fun, "I've been with my second brother for so long, and I've never seen you invite me so readily."

"Okay, up to you." Jia Lian smiled helplessly.

When Baoyu heard that there was wine and meat to eat, everyone was still lively together. It is estimated that Lian's second brother would not dare to speak of him, so he had to follow.Jia Rong and Jia Qiang refused to give up after hearing the words, and wanted to join.

Jin Rong and the others were all envious when they saw it, they wanted to get closer to the handsome Hou Ye and had a good drink, but because they didn't have a legitimate reason to go over, they could only swallow dryly, shrank their necks embarrassingly and walked away .

"Forget it, I'll take you with me, but I have some knowledge to ask him, so don't bother me, we will open another private room, you can eat and drink as you like."

Everyone cheered when they heard it, and encouraged Jia Lian to leave quickly.

Jia Rui's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he had a vague premonition that he was suddenly afraid of being alone with Jia Lian.

The distance between Jiajia Academy and Baihui Road is not too far, and it takes only a cup of tea to walk.Jia Lian doesn't want to be a car, but wants to walk like this.It doesn't matter to everyone, it's also interesting to chat and stroll along the way.

Jia Rong and Jia Qiang were good friends, chatting together on the road, from the widow of tofu Xishi in the west of the city to a legendary figure in the capital, the matchmaker.

"I don't know what this woman's eyes are made of. I heard that the couples she has matched are happy to die and live every day. They don't think about food and tea, and they are full after doing that kind of thing every day." Jia Qiang laughed secretly, and said to Jia Rong.

"What nonsense, I don't believe it. I haven't heard that anyone in this city died of starvation because of that." Jia Rong glanced at Jia Qiang, but couldn't help sighing, "It would be great if this matchmaker appeared earlier, I might just You don't have to suffer this crime."

Jia Qiang guessed that he must be talking about Sister-in-Law Feng, she pursed her lips and suppressed a smile and said, "It's a good thing to be strong, who wouldn't say that she is quick in her work, and can stand up to the sky in Ning Mansion."

"Shut up." Jia Rong pulled Jia Qiang, signaling him to pay attention to Jia Lian in front of him.

Jia Lian curled his lips slightly, and led everyone straight to Baihui Building, ordered the latest boiled fish, boiled pork slices, Kung Pao chicken and other dishes in the building, and told everyone to drink less fruit wine, and don't go home drunk to talk to the elders Can't explain.

The men agreed and ate and drank happily.

Jia Lian took Jia Rui to the next door, and it was also a good table.Jia Lian personally poured the wine for Jia Rui. Jia Rui was so excited that he hurriedly stood up and held up the wine glass Jia Lian had poured out respectfully.

"Little brother, let's do it first." Jia Rui drank it down.

Jia Lian asked him to sit down, chatted a few words about the school, and asked him: "You have been in the school for a long time, helping your grandfather manage a lot of things, can you see the shortcomings of this school?"

Jia Rui thought about it, of course he couldn't say that his grandfather ran the school badly. "All good, sometimes the students are a bit naughty."

"Don't be afraid of being naughty, but you must be disciplined. If a small mistake is not correct, it is easy to make a big mistake. If you are a dude, you will be fined. If you do something that hurts nature and reason, you will have to be severely punished. The family law is not relieved, and you have to send it to see the official It’s good to be sentenced to prison.” Jia Lian took the wine glass to his mouth, and suddenly it fell to the ground and shattered.

Jia Rui was startled, his hands trembling slightly. "Yes... yes, if you really did something bad like murder and arson, then it should be like this."

"Actually, indirect killing is even more abominable." Jia Lian casually spit out a sentence when he was picked up.

Jia Rui was dripping with cold sweat, and looked at Jia Lian puzzled, "What does Second Brother mean?"

"You should know about my tobacco planting."

"Know, know."

"These tobacco leaves will be used to prevent diseases in the future. But if this thing comes with this disease and it is sprinkled on the ground to infect good seedlings, have you ever imagined what it will be like? Thousands of acres of fertile land will wither due to the disease At that time, it will be the tragic result of starving and dying." Jia Lian squeezed the wine glass in his hand with two slender fingers, and gradually looked up at Jia Rui, his eyes were as cold as cold. A poisoned cold arrow.

Jia Rui felt a chill creeping up the back of his head, "You... what you said makes a lot of sense."

"Do you want me to continue to reveal?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Rui moved his eyeballs, puzzled: "I don't understand what Second Brother means."

"Oh, I still don't understand. Very good, just tell me, do you think our surname Jia is close, or do you want to be closer to Wang." Jia Lian tilted his head and spoke softly, especially when he mentioned To the word "surname Wang".

Jia Rui was shocked suddenly, his eyes were as big as a cow.

Earlier, when Jia Lian suddenly mentioned something like tobacco leaves, Jia Rui didn't think much about it.Now when he heard the surname Wang, combined with the tobacco leaves mentioned before, no matter how stupid Jia Rui was, he would think that he was implying something between himself and Wang Xifeng.

How could he know this?This matter is so secret, since that meeting, he has not seen her for several months, even if Lian's second brother is on a job, he has no way to find out, how could he know so clearly.It's amazing, it's horrible.

Jia Rui was in a panic, but suddenly he was startled when he heard Jia Lian's cold eyes.

"Guan Cui is dead, so you think you can get away with it?" Jia Lian took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and through the back of the paper, he could vaguely see the writing on the paper.

Is this a confession?

Jia Rui was so frightened that his legs shook, he didn't care about anything, and quickly knelt on the ground to apologize to Jia Lian. "I was wronged. Regarding the matter with the daughter-in-law of Ningfu Rong, I just kept my heart and didn't have the guts. I really didn't have anything to do with her."

"I'm not concerned about this one. Explain Yantian." Jia Lian stuffed the paper scroll he had just practiced in school back into his sleeve.

"Yantian, yes, there is such a thing as a tobacco field. Brother Rong's daughter-in-law sent a message to me, saying that they planted it behind Lian's second brother's back. It's not easy for the rest of the family to know, so I asked me to help. Said that if the matter can be done, do whatever I want, and repeatedly said that it must be kept secret, and even if I tried my best, I would not be able to tell the second person. I was lucky, and for that kind of thing, I felt willing to die, So I accepted this job and helped Cui Guanshi to work on the tobacco field. Later in the summer, the tobacco field suddenly disappeared overnight, and Cui Guanshi hurriedly told me.

I went to have a look right away, and there was really nothing there, except that there were still traces of burning on the fields.I asked my mother-in-law to send secret messages to Ping'er. I wanted to see her in person to explain why.Who would have thought that her servant girl suddenly turned her face and refused to recognize anyone, refused to recognize anything, and instead scolded the old woman.I decided that she was playing tricks on me on purpose. I waited for more than half a year in vain. "

"Where did she get the diseased smoke seeds?"

"The smoke is sick!? I really don't know about it. I just helped Cui Guanshi a little bit to make decisions. I don't know how to get the seeds, and I don't know about the sickness. I was wondering just now. Why are you suddenly talking about sickness?" Jia Rui's facial features were almost twisted into a ball, he would have known that provoking that woman would cause so much trouble, so he would definitely not touch it.

Seeing that Jia Lian still looked suspicious, Jia Rui raised his hand and swore, "every sentence is true. If I didn't realize that I was tricked by her now, I'm afraid I'm still waiting for it, and I would never say these words to you."

Jia Rui's words are useful, but they do not prove that Wang Xifeng committed a crime intentionally.It seems that he is just a pawn that is not very useful, and he doesn't even know the specific details.

This time, Wang Xifeng acted very cautiously. If the only person who knew was the dead Guanshi Cui, then she would be even luckier.

After drinking and eating, the group left the Baihui Building.

Jia Lian sent Baoyu to go back first, while he stopped by the rice shop to inquire about the market.Jia Lian only took Xing'er with him, so it was convenient for him to walk.

After the two of them looked at the two rice shops, Xing'er, who was walking behind Jia Lian, suddenly lost his mood and walked slowly and quickly.

"Second Master, it seems that someone is following us." Xing'er moved closer to Jia Lian and whispered.

When Jia Lian turned around, the man disappeared.

Jia Lian winked at Xing'er, and the master and servant went back to the house.The next day, when the two went out again, they sent someone to follow them from a distance, and later someone followed them as expected.Then he followed that person, and finally found his home, which was in Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Lian felt that it must be Wang Xifeng's fault, except for her guilty conscience and guarding against him, there would be no other person like this.From Yan Tian to now following him so deliberately, it's easy to make people feel that this woman never intended to let him go from the beginning, probably because she held grudges about that incident back then.It's over, it's over, and from then on, the marriage has nothing to do with each other, which is very good.She had chosen to continue marrying into Jia's family, and had not dealt with him, her real intentions were obvious.

These women are just two worms walking in the spring, stupid.

"From now on, all the special cases for giving seedlings to the Ning Mansion will be cancelled. From now on, treating the Ning Mansion will be like treating a stranger's house. The etiquette is in place during the New Year's Eve. Don't leave except for the etiquette." As for people he doesn't like Jia Lian felt it was a waste to give an extra grain of rice.

Xing'er agreed, but was worried that this would put pressure on the second master.I just fooled the old man and the old lady about resignation, if people from the Ning Mansion sue again, the second master will really be in trouble.

"I don't even work as an official, so what are you afraid of?" In terms of the law, Wang Xifeng can be acquitted by just explaining a few sentences, but she really doesn't deserve to be allowed to do this kind of indirect harm to farmers. Jia Lian made false claims with her again.

He will not kill people secretly like Wang Xifeng did. From now on, he will only show his face and don't want to see the Ning Mansion, especially her.

In the afternoon, Jia Amnesty got Jia Zhen's complaint, and hurried to find his son, telling him that he would not change his heartlessness towards his relatives, it was so clear.

"I'm wrong with people," Jia Lian said.

"That's right," Jia She was in a daze, and then realized that Jia Lian said 'to people', "What do you mean? Who offended you in Ningfu?"

"One day someone is the housekeeper, that's how I treat the Ning Mansion." Jia Lian mercilessly gave Jia She a cold face, and left in the dust to accompany his daughter-in-law.

Jia Amnesty pondered for a while, and realized that Jia Lian was targeting Wang Xifeng.It is estimated that Wang Xifeng did something wrong to provoke his taboo.But the interpersonal relationship between the two governments cannot be divided just because of this trivial matter.Jia Amnesty thought about it, and felt that he had to go out on his own to coordinate the relationship for his son.

"Well, well, it's not his fault, it's you who did it wrong. Your daughter-in-law did not do things properly, she was reckless, and offended our kind-hearted Lian'er. He was made out of a human being, and he felt uncomfortable. Why do you do more and make more mistakes? No, just don’t do it.” Jia Amnesty slapped his hands pretending to be innocent, and explained to Jia Zhen indiscriminately. In fact, he didn’t even understand it himself, so he just ran away pretending.

Jia Zhen was confused and didn't understand much, but she probably knew that her daughter-in-law and housekeeper had done something wrong, which offended Jia Lian from Rongfu.Although Jia Lian was indifferent, he had a set of rules and was always fair.What happened this time was probably attributable to his aggressive and aggressive daughter-in-law.

Jia Zhen told Youshi about this, and Youshi scolded Wang Xifeng in turn.It's not that she was bluntly swearing, beating around the bush and sarcasm, blaming her for not being able to offend others, and taking away her housekeeping rights by the way.With the backing of Master Jia Zhen, You Shi naturally dared to act like this.

"No way, if you don't deal with this matter, how do you tell us in Ning Mansion to get along with Rong Mansion in the future? Brother Lian in that mansion has always done things properly, but you are reckless and rude. Sometimes you don't know when you offend people. Our family In the coming year, many Zhuangzi are planning to plant potatoes, and they are still waiting for the Rong Mansion to deliver the seeds. If you are a housekeeper like this, you can call us good? This family must not continue to be managed by you. Go back and reflect on it, and go to your second aunt Lian when you have time Make a good apology."

Wang Xifeng gritted her teeth when she heard this remark, she had been plotting behind her back for a long time, she acted cautiously, and even tried to silence her because of this, just to prevent Jia Lian from holding her back.But what happened, she really didn't have anything to do with her, but they just dealt with her openly and openly.Throwing out a sentence casually, banning one thing, easily knocked her down.

The sad thing is not being defeated, but losing before the fight started.The gap between her and Jia Lian was too great, almost insurmountable.In short, don't want her to apologize to that Song Jingxin, she will never do such a thing in her life.

Wang Xifeng was really angry at losing the housekeeper, but she was even more puzzled how Jia Lian knew that she was the one behind the incident.That was the only time she and Jia Rui met, but by chance, no one except Ping'er knew about it.After that, they never contacted each other, and they all secretly sent news to that steward Cui.How could he push it to Jia Rui and then connect with her?

Wang Xifeng couldn't figure it out, and after a few days of overthinking and tossing about twice, he actually caught a cold just like that damn Guanshi Cui.

……

Jia Lian recently got a little white dog for Jingxin.Jingxin likes these little things, they are extremely rare.

Jia Lian smiled and said to her, "It's better to recognize her as your cousin."

"Cousin? That's fine, just listen to the second master." Jingxin happily rubbed the dog's soft white hair, and couldn't help being happy.

Jia Lian suddenly said seriously: "It's time to find a wife for your cousin."

Jingxin was stunned, with a puzzled face, "Huh?"

Jia Lian turned to the woman next to her and said, "I heard that there is a very powerful matchmaker in the capital recently, and any marriage she matches can be successful without any failure. Today, the king will invite her to do it for our lovely Cousin matchmaking."

Jia Lian whispered a few words to the woman, and told her to do it. No matter what method she used, she wanted the matchmaker to agree to the business.

Jingxin was puzzled. "Husband, can you ask someone's matchmaker to match the dog?"

"What's wrong with that? She said she can bring all the good marriages in the world, and she didn't say that she has to match a man and not a dog." Jia Lian looked at her surroundings with a look of reassurance on her face, and pulled Jia Lian's sleeve and said awkwardly: "Husband, this dog is a 'eunuch'."

"That's it, it's fun to match." Jia Lian slightly hooked his lips, his eyes bright.