The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

It's the Prince's Mansion in Li County again. Of course Jia Lian understood what Jia Amnesty meant.After careful questioning, I found out that Jia Min thought of writing a letter of recommendation and Princess Li after their father and son left Yangzhou.A few days ago, Jia Amnesty and Lijun Wang happened to go on a boat together, met face to face, mentioned this to each other, and then set a date for the visit.

Jia Lian became suspicious, and asked Jia She with a smile, "Are you sure we met by chance?"

Jia She's eyes dodged, but his tone was harsh: "I just met by chance, there is fate, what's wrong?"

"Look at you, what are you excited about? I just asked casually." Jia Lian said half-jokingly, but his eyes continued to examine Jia Amnesty.

Jia She snorted, pointed at Jia Lian's nose, and asked him to go, "Don't play tricks, I know you have a lot of tricks, don't think I don't know about the things you fooled me before, I won't follow you General knowledge. But this time, you are not allowed to make any more fools, otherwise you will definitely not be spared, and the family law will serve you!"

Seeing that Jia She was really interested in his marriage, Jia Lian hesitated and said, "It's okay, but my outfit is not very good, so I have to prepare well."

"You can pay the cashier as you like, and it doesn't matter if you spend my share, but you have to go." Jia She said resolutely, this time he really worked hard for the continuation of his son's heirs!

Jia Lian smiled and agreed, and immediately went to the cashier to pay 2 taels of silver. He took away all of Jia Amnesty's expenses this year, but it wasn't considered a full payment. He left 200 taels of money for him.The next day, Jia Lian took people to buy land by the river and arranged for manual construction of fish ponds.

A few days later, Jiang Zining paid a visit to thank Jia Lian.By the way, he brought news of Jiang Qingshan, and Pingyuan Hou used his connections to transfer him to the turbulent Northwest to serve as an official.

Jiang Qingshan was always proud and arrogant, he was a pedantic and frail scholar, this trip would be a huge blow to him both psychologically and in the environment, and I'm afraid it would be more or less auspicious.

Jia Lian smiled, remembering about the second daughter of Prince Li, she asked Jiang Zining about it.

"You know her well?"

"I saw her often when I was a child, but since she was 8 years old, she was sent to Fujian with his father. When I came back the year before last, I have never seen her again. Let me tell you, she was physically strong at that time, and she was stronger than us. They are all powerful, and there is no one who does not want to climb trees and walls. Concubine Pian loves her naughty ghost, and the prince of Li is also fond of her. Even if the concubine of the county preaches her, it is useless. Little Overlord, no one in the county palace can control her." When Jiang Zining described it, his expression was a little ferocious.

Jia Lian could tell that Jiang Zining must have been bullied by her a lot when he was a child.The second daughter of the Prince of Li is quite interesting. In this dogmatic ancient times, it is a miracle that a girl can be cultivated with such a naughty character. I don't know what this girl will become now.

"Brother Lian, listen to what I said, are you afraid of seeing her? Let me tell you, you have to find a way to avoid this meeting, either eat some crotons and pretend to have a stomachache? Or pretend to fall off the horse Broken leg?" Jiang Zining had a bad idea.

"I'm just going to see someone, you don't need to worry about it." Jia Lian cast a sidelong glance at Jiang Zining and laughed.

Jiang Zining looked at him with a weeping face, a little wronged, "My good brother, I am also thinking about your personal safety."

"Okay, manly man, if you feel wronged and complain, what else can you do in the future?"

Jiang Zining stared in surprise, and pointed at Jia Lian: "You, you, you... You said the same thing as she did back then, so I shouldn't be talking nonsense, you two are really a perfect match if you can't!"

"You really should shut up, barking is annoying." Jia Lian took a sip of tea and sent Jiang Zining away.

Jiang Zining refused, insisting on relying on Jia Lian to compensate him for his wasted kindness.

"I saw it. The peonies in your yard are growing very well. Give me a pot."

"No, it's too expensive and not suitable for you."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he turned his head and went into the study, closed the door, and ignored Jiang Zining.

Jiang Zining was so angry, if Jia Lian hadn't been his savior, he wouldn't be able to rebel, so he had to punch him.It's too deceitful for someone to have such a vicious tongue!

After Jia Lian took care of a few pots of peonies in the study, he sat down to make calculations.

After the Qingming Festival, wait a few more days for the Empress Dowager's Qianqiu, which coincides with the time when the peonies are in bloom.Looking at the rising trend of these new varieties of him now, he will definitely pick out a few pots of the best ones. Peony is a flower of wealth and honor, and it is the most auspicious to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday.Of course, this is not Jia Lian's ultimate goal. His goal is to make these rare hybrids famous and market them.There are not many other things in the capital, but there are many high-ranking officials, nobles, princes, and grandchildren. These people all love to show off their wealth. As long as he starts a trend of rare peonies, he will not worry about not being able to sell them, and the price will be thousands of dollars per pot. Two is certainly not a problem.There are about [-] pots of flowers available for sale, and if they are all sold, it is naturally a considerable sum.

It's just that how to sell one's own flowers to the Empress Dowager's birthday to make them shine is a difficult task.

Jia Lian was a little worried, and someone sent an invitation from the fourth prince, inviting him to go outing in Cuixia Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing.

Jia Lian thought it was a good opportunity, and when the appointed day came, he was invited to leave.

The two just walked around the foot of Cuixia Mountain, and Yinzhen proposed to visit Jia Lian's farm.

Yinzhen went on patrol in casual clothes, and was accompanied only by Su Sheng, who was accompanying him and was a bodyguard.

The three of them rode their horses and headed for Xiaozaozhuang on the outskirts of Beijing.When going there, he had to pass a river. Originally, rice was planted near this river. At least when Yinzhen went to Xiaozaozhuang last winter, he saw the harvested rice fields.But looking at it now, these rice fields near the river have all turned into square fish ponds. If you look around, there may be fifty or sixty fish ponds.

"When was this fish pond dug? It's so fast." Yin Zhen sighed.

"Returning to Your Highness, I ordered someone to reform when I came back from Yangzhou next spring."

Yinzhen looked at Jia Lian in surprise, admired his speed of action, jumped off his horse interested, and first came to visit these fish ponds.The pond is very large, the edges are cleanly built with stone slabs, and there are railings on the sides of the pond.There are ducks and geese swimming in several ponds, which look quite lively.

"Well done, how deep is the water?" Yin Zhen asked.

Jia Lian: "About one zhang."

Yin Zhen: "Why is it so deep?"

When Jia Lian heard this question, his eyes suddenly became solemn, and his expression was very strict. He said seriously: "Deep water can make full use of the three-dimensional waters for layered fish farming, and can carry out polyculture and close-breeding of multiple varieties and specifications. Generally, if you want to produce high yields, ponds There must be a complete range of species, about seven or eight species, and the food fish such as grass, green, carp, and fat water fish crucian carp, bighead carp, etc. will be stocked together."

Yin Zhen was a little confused, he could probably deduce the meaning of words like 'mixed breeding' and 'close breeding', but he couldn't quite figure out the specific meanings of 'eating fish' and 'fat water fish'.But it sounds like Jia Lian has his own way of doing things, and even summed up some self-created words for this. This person is indeed an expert in farming, he is serious in his work, and has a specialization in art.

Yin Zhen didn't ask any further questions, because he guessed that if he asked again, Jia Lian would definitely come up with more explanations that he didn't quite understand.Anyway, the purpose of this trip is to examine his ability, and now that he has seen it, it is a rewarding experience.

"My prince has something to ask you, I wonder if you can solve it?" Yin Zhen looked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian didn't shirk, and said directly: "Your Highness, do you want to ask about the northwest?"

Yinzhen's heart was shocked, but then he thought that it was no secret that the imperial court was going to fight and lack of food, besides, Jia Lian was an official, so it was not surprising to hear the rumors.

"Food is difficult! There is no food to pay in the year of apology, plus the consumption of various places, and this year's spring drought, I am afraid that it will be a serious injury. It will be difficult to mobilize troops within three years. Pity the people in the northwest. My prince I was thinking that if your farming method can be popularized in the world, it might not take so long."

"To implement agricultural methods, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on official documents. There must be a gradual process, and it will take three to five years at the shortest to be effective, and this year is considered a delay."

When Yin Zhen heard this, he frowned slightly disappointed.

"However, even if there is no good harvest this year, there is a way to fight next year. Generally, to prepare for a war, you must prepare at least one year's grain, but if you only prepare for three months, it is a cheap way to get grain locally. .” Jia Lian explained.

Yinzhen: "Get food on the spot? Are you kidding me! The northwest is a place of bitter cold. It's easy to grow something, but it's only enough to fool the farmers' own rations. How can there be any surplus food to be handed over to the army."

"It will be different after this autumn. Your Highness only needs to implement my method. In summer, the northwest region will naturally produce enough food for them to fight. This method is convenient and fast, and does not require long-distance transportation. A lot of dangerous possibilities have been avoided."

Yinzhen was very excited when he heard the words, and expressed that he was waiting for good news from Jia Lian.If Jia Lian can do this, he will definitely reward him well.

When returning home, Jia Lian mentioned peonies and expressed that he would give some pots to the fourth prince.

Yin Zhen: "What breed?"

Jia Lian: "A variety that has never existed in the world."

Yin Zhen became even more curious, took the flowers, and sat in Jia Lian's room for a while before leaving.

When Jia's mother learned about it afterwards, she was very happy, and praised Jia Lian's promise for making Rongfu look good.But Jia Lian still wanted her to keep a low profile and keep it secret, making it difficult for her to share the news with the second room.In the evening, Jia Mu was lying on the couch, smiling from ear to ear. Suddenly, a woman came and quietly told Jia Mu the rumors she had heard today.

Mother Jia was furious when she heard the words, and couldn't bear it anymore, she was so angry that she broke several tea bowls, and ordered the second room to move out of Rongxi hall immediately.