The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian was tending flowers and plants, Feng'er took the letter from outside and handed it to Jia Lian.Seeing that it was a letter from Lin Ruhai, Jia Lian stopped what she was doing and sat at the stone table to open the letter and read it.

In the letter, Lin Ruhai said that when Jia Lian received the letter, it should be the season when the rice blossoms were blooming, and he would remember to urge the housekeeper to do the things Jia Lian had explained earlier.As for Jia Min's condition, it has improved after the beginning of spring, and now his diet is gradually returning to normal, and he doesn't need to drink so much medicine.In addition, Jia Min was also concerned about Jia Lian's meeting with the Wang family of Li County, and asked Lin Ruhai to ask how it turned out.

Only then did Jia Lian remember that he asked Xing'er to inquire about her young lady's temperament, and told his mother-in-law to call Xing'er.As soon as the words were spoken here, Xing'er ran in in a panic, rolling and crawling.

"Second master, it's not good, the second master is coming here with a stick in his hand."

Jia Lian ordered the door to be closed and locked immediately.

All the servants in the courtyard were in a state of panic, they were very worried that the second master would make a fuss and everyone would have nothing to eat.After all, the second master Lian is a junior, whether it is to resist or talk back to the elders, there must be no reason to talk about it, it will always be wrong.Hiding is a way, but it doesn't seem good to lock the door and hide like this.There are so many people in the courtyard, Mr. Zheng can see people just by slipping through the door.In fact, even if he couldn't see it, there was no time when no one was left in the master's house, and the door was locked like this, the second master must have immediately understood that they were deliberately avoiding him.

Jia Lian asked someone to prepare a pen, ink and paper, and then sat down at the stone table and bowed his head to write a letter to Lin Ruhai.

The footsteps outside the courtyard were getting closer and closer, except for Jia Lian, everyone in the courtyard listened with bated breath.The steps were sonorous and powerful, and seemed to be murderous.

Suddenly, the door moved, but naturally it was not pushed open.Then the force of pushing the door increased, and the door panel shook violently.

The servants stared blankly in fright, shrank their bodies and did not dare to move around, let alone vent their anger, for fear that Mr. Zheng would find out that someone in the room was even more angry.

"Open the door! Open the door! I am your second master, please open the door for me!" Jia Zheng shouted sternly outside the door.

No one responded.

Jia Zheng peeped through the crack of the door and looked in. He could vaguely see a figure, but when he looked closely, he disappeared.

How can it be such a coincidence that the good yard is locked.

Jia Zheng expected that there must be someone in the courtyard, even if the master went out, he would keep people in the house.Dare to do this, obviously to avoid him.This fellow Jia Lian is too daring, he dared to shut himself out!

Jia Zheng realized that Jia Lian had such an arrogant attitude, and thinking about his previous humiliation, he became more and more angry, and his mind was filled with nothing but wanting to kill Jia Lian.

"Open the door for me!" Jia Zheng roared sharply, then kicked the door so hard that his toe hurt.Jia Zheng heaved a sigh of relief, wanting to hug his feet and complain of pain, but because of his dignity as a master, he resisted the pain and slowly put his feet on the ground.His whole body was trembling slightly because of the pain in his feet.

Calling the door so brutally did not bring about any movement in the courtyard.

Jia Zheng was furious, and what he hated even more was that he had nowhere to vent his anger and hurt himself.The anger of being tricked and ignored is burning fiercely. His current anger is like a flood that fills a river channel, roaring and wanting to burst the embankment, but it is blocked by the embankment, not a drop can escape.

Jia Zheng was so angry that his teeth were numb, he didn't care about anything, he waved a wooden stick and hit the door, "Jia Lian, come out for me, don't be a coward in there, it's against you, dare to lock the door I don’t see you. Uneducated things, you can hide from me for a while and you can hide for a lifetime? Get out of here!”

After Jia Zheng scolded, he stayed for a while and listened carefully, but he still couldn't hear any sound in the courtyard.When Jia Zheng saw that he was coming and going, many servants were attracted by his voice and peeked around from a distance.He suddenly realized that he was really like a shrew in front of someone's door, being ignored for nothing, and his status was lowered.

This is too insulting to his demeanor as the second master of Rongfu!

Jia Zheng angrily scolded the onlookers away, regretting that he didn't bring two strong servants with him when he came.Then Jia Zheng found two people hiding behind the bushes not far away, so he immediately raised his hand to signal them to come over.

"Second master, there may be no one in this courtyard, maybe the second master Lian has really gone out, you still... come back later." The two poor servants who were called were all under Jia Lian's name. They don't dare to offend their second master.

Jia Zheng also understood that these two people probably wouldn't be paying attention, and was thinking about whether to go back first and settle accounts with Jia Lian later.At this time, he suddenly heard a male voice coming from the courtyard.The voice is even and steady, with a calm magnetism, and it sounds like Jia Lian's!

Jia Zheng was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked them twice, "If you two don't let me open the door today, I will kick you both to death."

After Jia Lian handed over the letter to Xing'er, he picked up the tea that Feng'er had just served, and drank it slowly.As for the noise and abuse outside the door, he didn't seem to hear the slightest bit.

Jia Zheng's threatening sound of forcing the boy to open the door could be clearly heard outside the door.

Jia Lian still ignored this and continued to record the situation of Peony with a booklet.Now he has "gifted" 24 pots of peonies, and received a total of nearly 3 taels in return.This is a bit higher than his previous estimated income of 1000 taels per pot, which is very good.

The late-blooming peony varieties are now in bud, and Jia Lian can comprehensively record all the flower colors and plant characteristics.Nowadays, in addition to producing some light pink and dark purple colors that are not available in the market, there are also new styles with irregular high-end petals, and there are also new varieties of dwarf pearls in the improved Huaerqiao, gradient purple and gradient pink series.These peonies hybridized by indigenous methods are nothing at all at the modern level, but in ancient times they were all rare and fresh products that were very popular.

Jia Lian wondered if it was time to prepare a flower viewing banquet in the past two days, and gather all the nobles who wanted to ask for flowers together, and asked them to choose the flowers they wanted first, so as to save the trouble of going to the reception one by one.As for individual sought-after varieties, the one with the highest "thank you gift" wins.Of course these transactions were to be done in private after the flower feast, and he would imply that the buyer kept the 'thank you gift' a secret.In this way, the noise would not be too high-profile, and he could quickly and easily sell the flowers and get money.

Jia Lian did the math, and based on the most conservative estimate of the value of 1000 taels per pot, he could make a profit of 20 taels of silver at least for the [-] pots.

In the past, he raised the crops on the Zhuangzi and earned a lot of money, but after all, the money belonged to the public, and it was in the account, so he couldn't withdraw it at will.But the 20 taels is different, he earned it himself, so he can control it as he pleases.It was his first pot of gold in the farming business, enough to buy any property he wanted.

But now it is best to start from Yangzhou, where the climate is good, and double-cropping rice can be grown, which can speed up his research on rice.Moreover, Yangzhou is a well-known land of fish and rice. If the first batch of seeds come out with good results, the new seeds can be popularized quickly.Coupled with its convenient transportation conditions, it is also very convenient and easy to quickly spread new seeds to the whole country.

It seems that after the peony is sold, he will go to Yangzhou again.

When Jia Lian was seriously planning for a bright future, a head popped out from the side of the west wall.Jia Lian looked up and recognized Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui was summoned by a servant sent by the second master, and he climbed the wall to see if there was the second master Lian in the yard at the order of the second master.This time I really saw it, but it also met Lian Erye's eyes.His eyes were indifferent, without the slightest hint of fear, and he was still smiling at him, that smile was like a spring breeze blowing, others would think it was very handsome, but seeing it himself made his heart tremble.

Doing bad things was discovered by Lian Erye.

Zhou Rui was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Pfft!

"Ouch—" the male voice growled in pain, and then the voice became muffled, and finally disappeared.

It sounded like he realized that yelling was inappropriate, so he covered his mouth.

The servants in the courtyard couldn't help holding their mouths when they looked at each other, looking like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and at the same time they were worried about the subsequent development.

Then came the sound of small footsteps outside the wall, and then heard Jia Zheng's dissatisfied voice.

"Go call someone and break open the door for me!" Jia Zheng kicked the two inaction servants again, loudly shouting on purpose.

Everyone in the courtyard panicked and looked at Jia Lian for help.

Jia Lian closed the booklet, stood up, and faced the courtyard gate.He was just waiting for Jia Zheng to break in. Who knew that this person's progress was so slow, he had finished all the chores in front of him, and Jia Zheng's people hadn't arrived yet.

Life is boring.

Finally, in Jia Lian's anticipation, there was a knock on the door.

Jia Lian signaled the maids and women to retreat to avoid suspicion, and only Xing'er and him were left in the courtyard.

Xing'er was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, "Second Master, we seem to have really offended the Second Master this time. He has never cared about the affairs of this family, and he usually likes to chat with those treats, and then worry about About the official career. I reckon the second master wants to rely on Zhou Shilang to get promoted, and believes that you have ruined his chance and future. He is really driven to such a degrading thing like asking people to smash the door. I'm afraid that after coming in for a while, the second master will have to suffer. Master, shouldn't we hide first?"

Jia Lian looked at Xing'er fixedly, and said with a light smile, "You've become smarter. Anyway, I'm in a good mood today, and I'll teach you another truth. Sometimes enemies just want to quarrel on the bright side. will get better."

Xing'er blinked, shook his head, expressing that he didn't understand.

"The two parties had a quarrel, and everyone knows that you hate each other, so when the other party tried to spread rumors behind your back, no one replied." Jia Lian said.

Xinger suddenly realized: "Yes, because everyone knows that these two people have animosity, so when they say bad things about each other, it is not easy to be believed. On the contrary, if two people seem to be friends or relatives, spreading rumors is another When you are on one side, it is easy to be convinced."

Only now did Xing'er realize that the second master had such deep thoughts.That's right, anyway, the first room has already offended the second room, so why pretend to be harmonious and plot against each other.Just make it clear and hang up the sign with the old lady, and the second room will not be able to slander and frame the eldest room after the old lady follows.

"Besides, what he has done recently has been known all over the house, who will think that he is a real gentleman in the future." Jia Lian sneered contemptuously. If a hypocrite like Jia Zheng can be regarded as a scholar, he would rather Make a pure explanation.

Xing'er's eyes widened, and he became more comprehensible, so he could add one more thing: Mr. Zheng Er is no longer such a kind scholar in the eyes of the old lady.

The second master Lian was really desperate, he prevaricated with a few words, and then closed the door and sat in the courtyard, changing the direction of many things in a few or two ways.

Convince, he is really convincing.

Boom!

The door was broken open.

Jia Zheng rushed into the door with a face full of anger. He saw Jia Lian standing by the table, and then looked at the books and tea sets on the table, and his anger burned even more.He yelled outside the door for a long time, but this kid didn't seem to hear him. He hid in the courtyard drinking tea and reading a book. This obviously didn't take him seriously as an elder!It's too outrageous, the boy's flesh and blood must be bloodied in recent days to be considered discouraged.

Jia Zheng raised the wooden stick in his hand, pointed at Jia Lian angrily, "Kneel down!"

"Kneel? Why do you want to kneel? My second uncle should give me a crime." Jia Lian asked.

"you--"

"Hey, what's all this going on?" Mother Jia walked in with Jia Amnesty's support, and saw Jia Zheng standing at the door holding a wooden stick with a grumpy face. She frowned and shouted, "What's wrong with your uncle and nephew?" What a big contradiction! You want to pick up a stick and beat your own nephew with your own hands? You are so cruel."

For Jia's mother, the younger generation is always more attractive than the older generation, not to mention that Jia Lian has been thinking about her and respecting her a lot these days.

"Mother." As soon as Jia Zheng saw Jia Mu coming, he immediately dropped the things in his hands and saluted in fear.

Jia Lian also saluted, and then invited Jia Mu to come in and sit down.

Jia Mu's eyes were all attracted by the fresh and beautiful peonies in the yard, and she smiled, "It's no wonder that the whole city praises my grandson's flowers for their beauty, but they are so beautiful, there are so many styles."

"Did you see the 'Fugui Mantang' and 'Guifei Emerald' sent by someone today?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Mu nodded and said gratifiedly: "I see, I see. It's the first time my old lady has seen such a fresh and beautiful peony flower at such an old age. I also asked someone to send a plate to the concubine. No, I came back after admiring some things from the palace, and was about to send someone to bring them to you, when your father hurriedly said that something happened in your courtyard."

Jia Shexian blew on his beard in dissatisfaction: "Second brother is really powerful, forcibly broke my son's courtyard gate."

Mother Jia took a look at Jia Zheng, who was looking down, and then took the first seat in the hall with the help of the maid.

"Tell me what's going on."

"It's because he didn't open the door!" Then, Jia Zheng complained to Jia Mu angrily.

Jia's mother frowned, "It sounds like Lian'er did something wrong. You fooled your second uncle and said that the minister of the day and week would come, but he came today, isn't it just playing tricks on your second uncle?"

Jia Lian: "It was supposed to be tomorrow, and there was a card to prove it. Then at noon, Zhou Shilang suddenly sent someone to say that there was an urgent matter to deal with tomorrow, and it was changed to this afternoon. The visitor also specifically emphasized that Zhou Shilang was only here to see flowers. Don't talk about other things. I think there is a hint in his words, and I am afraid that people will think that we are sending him flowers for something, so I was the only one who greeted him when we met in the afternoon. My father was not there at the time, and the second uncle was there. It was because I was going to explain it myself at a later date, but as soon as I left, the second uncle heard the wind from nowhere, and was about to beat me with a wooden stick in his hand. I was timid for a while, so I closed the courtyard door."

"You are talking nonsense! Since there is a reason, I am also a reasonable person. If I will force you, you can just explain it to me clearly. It is clear that you are guilty of being a thief and closed the door to perfunctory me. At this time, another kind of evil is brewing in your stomach." To reason, to shirk your responsibility. Mother, don't be fooled by this little bastard!" Jia Zheng was so angry that his mind went blank, only anger remained.

"Lian'er said it all. It was an accident that there was a post as proof. Second brother, if you would listen to someone's explanation, would you come here with a stick?" Jia She rebutted Jia Zheng angrily.

For so many years, he has been overwhelmed by his second brother, and today he found an opportunity to teach him a lesson.

"Hmph, big brother, that's your own son, so you should speak up for him! This kid has never paid attention to me. He gave me a job in farming before, and he still orders Zhuangzi not to supply us with vegetables and meat." , and now there is another set of 'thrifty housekeepers', directly running on our second room to eat bran and drink water, which is obviously a deliberate calculation!" Jia Zheng was very angry, and he accused every sentence.

"Alas—" Mother Jia sighed, it turned out that the second child and Lian'er still had a feud, so it was no wonder that the second child was extremely impulsive today.Mother Jia rubbed her sore forehead and asked, "Lian'er, tell me, what does your second uncle say about 'not serving vegetables and meat' and 'thrift'?"

Jia Lian explained what happened, especially the part where Jia Zheng insulted him for farming while drunk.

Jia's mother looked at Jia Zheng reproachfully: "It's really your fault. You look down on other people's farming and despise people's things. What if they don't give you things. If I say you shouldn't come today, you just despise it." It’s really a good thing that your elder brother took care of the family affairs and advocated frugality. Don’t you usually like to live a simple life? How come you really came here? I want to eat chicken and duck. Six dishes and one soup for dinner, so good, how come you eat bran and drink water. Really, it’s so easy for the eldest son to fight for a little bit, and the second child, you will make trouble for me.”

Jia Zheng listened to Jia Mu's words in astonishment, and was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.In the old lady's mouth in the past, the second wife was always praised and the first wife was disgusted.I don't know how many times the eldest brother was scolded by the old lady since he was a child, so he never took him seriously. What happened now? It was obvious that the elder brother did something wrong, but the old lady would help them every word.

"Besides, Lian'er, you can't treat your second uncle like this. After all, he is your elder. Even if you do something wrong, you should respect him well. If you can explain it well, explain it well. Don't make such a misunderstanding again. Jia Mu frowned, and continued, "As for frugal things, since the county prince's family is like that, no matter how boring it is, it's not good to be too extravagant. Besides, I don't like to eat chicken, duck and fish on weekdays. Just eat in moderation. On the other hand, the children must be supplemented, and they must be replenished, so as not to delay their growth."

Jia Lian immediately agreed: "I've thought about this a long time ago, and I will find a gentleman who knows how to keep in good health later, and ask him to give some advice. If we don't keep everything together, follow his method, and everyone will live a long life."

"That's good." Jia's mother was amused a little, and when she was leaving, she asked Jia Zheng to help her. When she left the hospital, Jia's mother whispered to him, asking him to be an official and stop messing around.

Jia Zheng's face turned green when he heard the familiar words.At the beginning, these words were used to reprimand the eldest brother, but today they are scolding themselves.

Jia Zheng's heart was extremely complicated, with emotions such as anger, discomfort, suffocation, grievance mixed together, he almost hated Hua'er.

Mrs. Wang heard the news and waited for Jia Zheng to come back.Seeing that Jia Zheng's face was so dark, she immediately understood in her heart.

"Calm down, master, have a sip of tea, the days are still long, let's think about it in the long run."

"What's the long-term plan? Do you know what the old lady said about me? He actually used what he used to say about the big brother on me. Can I be the same as him? I am a scholar with a clear heart. As for him, he only eats, drinks and has fun all day long." , Whoring a concubine, prodigal, what else can he do!" Jia Zheng scolded unconvinced.

"Master, haven't you noticed that the situation in the second room is quite different from before. Since Jia Lian started to improve the situation in Zhuangzi last spring, their status has been getting higher and higher. The big brother's lazy nature has also changed a lot. I know Look at the storybook and tell stories to the old lady every day. This is just one or two of them. There is also the matter of going to the Lin family, Lian'er making friends with the fourth prince, and worshiping peony to show off. I'm happy, and my mind is naturally biased." Mrs. Wang set her eyes on the stack of scriptures she just copied on the table, "Master, now we must not be like before, and we must not underestimate them."

Jia Zheng didn't care much about housework, and now he heard what Mrs. Wang said, so he understood why.I really didn't expect Dafang to have such a scheming heart.

"It's no wonder that my mother still leans on them about Zhou Shilang's affairs. It's because of these reasons. My second son will hold her back when we co-author." Jia Zheng said with a frown.

Mrs. Wang nodded her head, expressing that, "Master's predicament today is my previous predicament. Didn't the master complain that I was unfilial and that's why the old lady kicked me out of the Rongxi Hall? Do you understand now?"

"I wronged you. I never thought that Lian'er would have such a city. Thinking of what happened today, I get angry and wish I could strangle him to death." Jia Zheng thought of Jia Lian's calm and innocent appearance, and remained silent all the way. But the arrogance of secretly controlling the situation made his teeth itch with hatred.That is, the rogue of the eldest brother can teach such a treacherous son.

Mrs. Wang shed two tears in relief, and said with a forced smile, "Master can understand, so I have no complaints. Fortunately, our Baoyu is still the old lady's precious lump, and we still have Yuanchun..."

The next day, the scandal of "breaking the door and making a fuss" spread in the mansion, and Jia Zheng's prestige plummeted.

Jia Lian didn't have time to pay attention to these rumors at all, he only cared about his own affairs without the second wife bothering him.In the past few days, he has been very busy receiving an endless stream of flower seekers.

Today was an even more important day. He held a small and lively flower viewing banquet. More than [-] nobles from the capital came here after hearing the news.At the flower viewing banquet, naturally many people took a fancy to the peonies in the garden and wanted to buy them.However, the second master Jia Jialian insisted that cultivating these flowers is a hobby and not selling them, which made them feel even more itchy.

There are even generous and scheming people who learned that Jia Lian is good at farming, so he specially presented a fertile farm in the mountains and rivers in the suburbs of Beijing as a gift.This Zhuangzi has a total of more than [-] mu of land, with five or six mountains, and a small river in the middle of the field.

When farming in poor land, you need to choose varieties, but in fertile land, you can harvest what you plant, and the harvest is stable, which is very suitable for breeding seeds in the future.Jia Lian liked this Zhuangzi very much, and the land had a market price of 1 taels of silver, counting the mountains.But this person only wanted a pot of peony, which was the only pot of dark purple peony in Jia Lian's hand.

It's just that this person is not like other buyers, and his identity is a little mysterious.For this unknown buyer, Jia Lian did not dare to take any risks, so he still declined.

That afternoon, the real owner of the mysterious buyer said that he would meet Jia Lian in person.

Huibin Building.

As soon as Jia Lian entered the door of the private room, he recognized that the person in the room was the present Prime Minister Jing Yingguang.