The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

When Siye was green, thanks to Mu Furong, Jia Lian's first batch of strawberries ripened.This batch of fruit weighs about two catties. It is the more than 50 pots that Jia Lian first planted in the courtyard after he discovered the magical effect of hibiscus.Two days later, Jia Lian moved all the eighteen pots of hibiscus to Zhuangzi, and then irrigated the strawberries on about an acre of land, so after another two days, when the strawberries on that acre of land mature, the yield will be much higher. .

These two catties of strawberries happened to be early, and this season is when the fruits are not harvested. In addition, strawberries were sold at sky-high prices last year. If they are sold at this season, they will definitely be sold at a better price.

But whether it will be sold or not is not up to Jia Lian. Jia Lian wants to enter the palace to ask the emperor for his opinion.If the emperor wants to supply these strawberries to the masters in the palace, Jia Lian has nothing to say, the key depends on whether the emperor wants to serve himself or the country.

The emperor was worried about the emptiness of the national treasury. Hearing what Jia Lian said, he made a decision and said, "Naturally, according to your method, sell it among the people first. It's just that it's only two catties, so you can't raise much money, right?"

"This batch of strawberries is expensive early, and the beauty is that they are few. Rare things are more expensive. The more you can't get them, the easier it is for people to fight for them. It can make a gimmick. If there are many people who pay attention, you will naturally have no worries about selling them in the future. Strawberries There will be more ripe ones tomorrow, and there will be more in the future. It is estimated that by the beginning of summer, all land strawberries will come down, and the price will stabilize."

The emperor nodded: "Then let's sell it at your side first, and don't worry about the palace for now."

"I feel that this sale can be further refined. In addition to listing the buyers and the amount of money on the list, we can also set some amounts. For example, if you exceed a hundred gold, you can get a donation book issued by the court. There will also be a daughter, but the satin color and pattern used for the certificate may be finer. By analogy, to encourage these capable people to buy more and donate more. The court issued a donation letter to express their gratitude, and they used the donation letter Get the glory."

"Very good, very good, just follow Aiqing's idea." The emperor agreed very much.

Once you have made up your mind, execute it immediately.Jia Lian obtained the emperor's permission to transfer personnel at will, and ordered Jiang Zining to lead ten teams of imperial guards and horses to spread the word that they could beat gongs and drums in the eight areas divided into the capital.Especially in the area where the nobles lived, they made great efforts to publicize it.

Jia Lian also sent someone to the Beijing Palace to inform the Beijing King that he could tell his friends to buy strawberries at Baihui Building as soon as possible.

King Beijing Jing was taken aback when he heard the news, and then he remembered that he had been in the court hall, in order to show his "righteousness" to impress Jia Lian, and pretended to "refute" Jia Lian's suggestion of selling strawberries outside the palace. lie.He even gave evidence in front of the emperor, saying that he had several friends who wanted to "spend hundreds of dollars to buy strawberries".

Now that strawberries are really sold outside the palace, if he doesn't really get a few friends to buy them, he will really commit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

King Beijing Jing clenched his fists angrily, hating himself for talking too fast at the time, but leaving a hole in his words for Jia Lian to drill.He had eaten those strawberries before, and they were two rewarded by the eldest prince. They were sweet and sour, and the taste was not bad, but to him, they were not some delicacy that he had to eat.It would be too uneconomical to spend a hundred gold for this.

King Bei Jing thought for a while, and it happened that the news came in a hurry, so he could use this as an excuse to reject it, so he sent someone to say to the boy who sent the message: "Our lord is busy with business today, so we can't go to Baihui Tower. The prince also said that it is a pity, if it is two days later, the prince may still be free, as for the friends of the prince, it is too late to inform them all today, it is better to invite them in advance, so they cannot go."

Xing'er hurriedly smiled and said: "My lord had expected this to happen, so I asked my little one to pass on another word. From now on, there will be strawberries for sale in Baihui Building every day. Please just go with your lord and friends when you have time. It doesn't have to be recently."

As soon as Xing'er finished speaking, the people over there were stunned.Xing'er didn't care about these things, smiled kindly, straightened his back, and left with a gracious brush of his sleeves.

Afterwards, King Bei Jing got the message, and he slapped the teacup off the table angrily, and sneered, "This Jia Lian is so brave, he plotted against this king!"

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Beijing, Baihui Building.

Due to the urgent notice of the sale today, the building is still deserted.

Baihui Building was bought by Jia Lian years ago. It is said that the feng shui is very bad.

Jia Lian didn't know that the lobby on the first floor was the same as the auction venue, and the eastern part was built as a table for displaying products. The seats in the front were for VIPs with tables, and the seats in the back were ordinary seats without tables.There are also private seats on the second floor, facing the platform downstairs.

There were 56 strawberries in total, and Jia Lian ordered someone to divide them evenly into nine parts, six for each, and put the remaining two in a special place.All the strawberries are served on white gold-rimmed plates, which are arranged by a professional court chef, and are matched with patterns of carvings, which look very beautiful and attractive.

About half an hour later, the entrance of Baihui Building became lively.Many common people heard about it and gathered around to watch, and even those who had no money and the courage wanted to jump in.

Jiang Zining had already led people to guard the door, pointed to the notices posted on both sides of the door, and shouted to everyone: "Today's auction, starting from ten taels of gold, interested buyers, please line up to enter here, and check the silver at the door. Those who have more than ten taels of gold are eligible to enter."

There is no way to limit the threshold. Everyone cannot enter and mess up the scene.Besides, Jia Lian's main target customers for raising money for the national treasury this time are those extravagant wealthy families.

After hearing the news, the common people talked a lot, and they learned a new word "auction". When they were curious, they just sighed and lamented the life of the rich.However, most people understand that strawberries are scarce and expensive, and naturally those rich people in power can afford them.

As soon as the gong sounded, someone shouted: "Prime Minister Jing is here!"

This sound caused silence everywhere, no one thought that the first person to come was actually Prime Minister Jing, who was known as the Qingliu of the court.

Jing Yingguang entered the door with a smile, and motioned for the servant to show the banknotes for inspection.Xing'er was busy picking up the guests, shouting: "Are you blind? The Prime Minister naturally doesn't need to verify."

"According to the rules, it's fine." Seeing Jia Lian inviting her, Jing Yingguang walked up to him with a smile, "How is it?"

Jia Lian sneered, and replied: "It's just started, but today's arrangement is a little urgent, because I'm afraid there won't be enough people coming, and I won't be able to sell all the nine dishes."

"Don't be afraid, it won't be sold out. I'll cover it all by myself." Jing Yingguang patted his chest and said.

Jia Lian was also polite, and directly cupped his hands in thanks: "Thank you, my lord."

Jing Yingguang glanced at Jia Lian, patted him on the shoulder, and said to Jia Lian, "I like your character of being blunt and nonchalant, hahaha..."

As soon as Jing Yingguang finished speaking, there was the sound of a gong.Jing Yingguang hurriedly ordered Jia Lian to entertain, and he went up to the second floor to take a seat.

"Uncle Xue is here!"

Jia Lian got a headache when he heard the name, so he asked Xing'er to greet him, then turned around and left.Xue Pan happily ran into the house, took out a handful of bank notes from his pocket, turned around and handed them to his followers for verification, while he rushed straight into the lobby, glanced around, and shouted: "Second Brother Lian!"

Xue Pan caught sight of a figure from the northwest, and was about to lift the curtain to go to the backyard, so he hurried to catch up.

Jia Lian was finally overtaken by this kid, and he stood helplessly under the corridor with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes and staring at Xue Pan.Xue Pan was smirking, Jun's face was full of naivety, his eyelids were a little red, and there was a faint smell of powder on his body.

"Drink flower wine in broad daylight?" Jia Lian frowned and took a step back to allow the fresh air to circulate better.

"No, I went there at night, hehe, just after waking up and returning home, I heard people beating gongs and drums outside saying that Second Brother Lian was going to sell strawberries. How could I not join in such a good thing? I don't care much about clothes. I came here without changing it, for fear of missing something. Brother Lian, tell me how much you sell, and I will cover it all!" Xue Pan said proudly, patting his chest.

When Jia Lian heard that the local tyrant was talking loudly, he felt relieved and decided to set the starting price of nine plates of strawberries at 100 taels of gold.If no one really buys it, the price is within Xue Pan's tolerance range.This kid has always been reckless in his actions, and he may cause some trouble in the future. If he donates some money to the country now, he may be able to reduce his sentence for a few years with the donation book in the future.

"The one with the highest price wins, you will know in a while."

"That sounds interesting, okay, I'll listen to my second brother." Xue Pan blinked, stared at Jia Lian admiringly, and laughed again, "By the way, second brother, last time I saw you at the ferry, I called you For a long time, why did you ignore me and turn around and leave?"

Jia Lian blinked, too lazy to respond to him.

Xue Pan scratched his head, "Second Brother, don't you remember? Just a few days ago, I was on the bow of the painting boat, and I saw Second Brother leading people to look at something at the pier, so I waved vigorously and called you , I saw you looking towards me, but you ignored me."

"Really?" Jia Lian smiled slightly.

"Yes!" Xue Pan affirmed that although he had just woken up at the time, he was refreshed when he saw Second Brother Lian.

"Then you should know the answer, I didn't want to talk to you at that time." Jia Lian gave Xue Pan a blank look, and replied calmly.

The smile on Xue Pan's face immediately froze. Jia Lian's attitude seemed a bit creepy to Xue Pan, and cold sweat broke out on his tense hands.

In an instant, both of them were silent, one side showed aloofness with an ice face, while the other was nervous, observing the other's face very carefully.

"Second brother Lian, I—" Xue Pan felt that the influence of his drunken appearance on the bow of the boat in the early morning was indeed not good.He was supposed to be busy with official business at the time, and he was indeed a little too impulsive like that.After self-criticism, Xue Pan condemned himself severely in his heart, raised his hand and slapped himself, "I was wrong! I was ignorant and interrupted Lian's second brother to do serious business."

The slap was so loud that even Jia Lian's ears shook.

Jia Lian looked coldly at the five fingerprints gradually floating on Xue Pan's snow-white face, and suddenly laughed.

Xue Pan didn't know why, and stared at his second elder brother Lian in a daze.

Jia Lian had had enough of laughing, her face returned to normal, and she stared at Xue Pan with a slightly serious look: "Are you trying to curry favor with me?"

Xue Pan nodded in a daze, sighing and crying in his heart. "Second brother Lian, did you just realize that I am courting you? I have been courting you since the day I entered Beijing!"

"Why?" Jia Lian turned cold.

"Ah?" Xue Pan scratched his head, cast his eyes on it and thought carefully, "My mother said that you are decent, and told me to learn more from you. My sister said that you are a leader, and told me to learn from you. As for myself, as early as When I first met you, I was arguing with you because of my aunt, and I was deeply impressed by your demeanor, um, and behavior."

Jia Lian stared at him, speechless.

Xue Pan raised his hand in a panic, and said to Jia Lian, "You don't believe me? Then I swear, if you lie, I will be hit by a thunderbolt!"

In the original book, Xue Pan's certain orientation is a bit...

Of course, it is impossible for Xue Pan to have strange thoughts about a person of his status, but as long as he thinks of Xue Pan's nonsense, Jia Lian will not bother to talk to him.After all, with Baoyu's example first, he no longer wants to do more work to control anyone.

Jia Lian pondered for a while, then squinted his eyes, and the gaze that fell on Xue Pan was a bit ghostly.

Xue Pan felt cold all over his body in an instant, and the hairs on his whole body stood on end.Xue Pan hugged his chest in fright, took two steps back, and looked at Jia Lian vigilantly, "Second brother Lian, what do you mean by looking at me like that? I'm so scared! Second brother Lian, I really want to ask for your advice. , I want to learn from you well, so you can accept me as a student."

"Not interested, you can get out." Jia Lian turned his back and said coldly.

Xue Pan was so wronged that he stomped his feet and burst into tears, "I really wanted to learn it once, but I didn't have the chance. God actually deliberately opposed me. Don't tell me to learn it well in the future. I'll show you assholes!" "

Xue Pan wiped the tears off his face aggrievedly, turned around and was about to run.

"Stop!" Jia Lian shouted.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, then turned around, not knowing when Lian's second elder brother came back.

"Second brother——" Xue Pan suddenly became a little scared, and sat down on the ground in fright.

"Do you want to learn well?" Jia Lian asked.

Xue Pan kept nodding, "As long as my second brother teaches me, I will learn anything."

Jia Lian sneered, raised his hand and slapped Xue Pan.

There was a "pop", and a gust of wind passed by his ears. Xue Pan didn't react for a while, his ears were buzzing, and he was still a little dazed.

"What does it have to do with me whether you learn well or not? A person's moral character and what kind of person he wants to be depends on himself. If you really want to learn well, you start now and conscientiously restrain yourself. Remember Hold on, your life is your own business, it has nothing to do with others, let alone me. Only you are responsible for your life!"

Xue Pan covered his face and nodded, tearing from the pain.

Seeing his crying, Jia Lian wanted to slap him again.

Xue Pan cried pitifully, whimpering, not loudly, a bit like a child crying when he can't get a toy.With tears in his eyes, he is a bit innocent, and occasionally sniffs his nose twice, which is pitiful.

It turns out that this is the overlord.

Jia Lian rubbed his forehead, feeling a little headache.

"Second brother Lian, you are so unfair. I heard that you have taken care of all the children in the family. You take care of everything. You take care of me anyway!"

"Your surname is Xue."

"Then my surname is Jia?" Xue Pan stopped his tears and looked up at Jia Lian.

Those eyes were exactly the same as the eyes of Dahei Xiaohei in Zhuangzi who were hungry and waiting for food.

Jia Lian said coldly, "If you talk nonsense again, get out now."

Xue Pan hurriedly covered his mouth in a panic, he really didn't want to say anything.After he got up, he turned around and returned silently to the lobby of Baihui Building.

Jia Lian was annoyed by his disturbance, and looked at the newly sprouted willows in the backyard to meditate.After a while, Xing'er ran over to report: "Second Master, there are 38 people in total, including [-] wealthy households, [-] officials, and an imperial merchant named Xia."

Jia Lian closed his eyes impatiently, opened them again, frowned and said, "One is not enough, here is another one."

Xing'er understands the relationship between his second master and the Xia family, but who is the second master talking about?Could it be the Xue family?

"Call Cheng Shuliang to start."

After Jia Lian finished giving his orders, he stood in the corner of the lobby, looking at the table.

When Cheng Shuliang got the message, he knocked on the gong to start the show.There are a lot of clichés, nothing more than introducing the whereabouts of the money for buying these strawberries, and what kind of donation letter will be obtained after reaching a certain amount.

Then, Cheng Shuliang said: "Let's get to the point, please Master Jia to introduce the benefits of eating strawberries."

Jia Lian briefly summarized the benefits he knew: "Often consumption will make people's skin delicate and elastic, and have a conditioning effect on the stomach and intestines. Eating some strawberries after meals can help digestion. To cure dry cough, when it persists for a long time, use a Stew a few fresh strawberries with eight-cent rock sugar and take it three times a day to heal yourself. It can also sober up, and it has nourishing benefits for those who are weak or weak and emaciated after illness, and it is also good for people's head and heart."

In order to make it easier for these ancients to directly approve, Jia Lian said that these have been confirmed by the people of the Imperial Hospital, especially the method for treating dry cough, which has a very good curative effect.After the people present heard this, they had nothing to doubt, and they were all eager to try, rubbing their hands and preparing to bid.

Jia Lian immediately stepped back and let Cheng Shuliang continue to preside over the auction.

"From now on, bid freely, and the highest bidder wins. In particular, those who buy four plates at a time will get one more."

The gong sounded.

Xue Pan immediately raised his hand and shouted, "200 taels of gold, I want it all."

200 taels of gold! !

Everyone was shocked by the tone of this unrestrained rich man, and they all looked over.But it turned out that the speaker was a young boy with red eyes and anger, as if he had just cried.

Before everyone recovered their senses, a woman on the second floor stood up and shouted: "My master pays 300 taels, all inclusive."

There was another sigh, and everyone looked up, only to see a woman in extremely luxurious clothes standing there arrogantly.A servant's dress is still like this, which shows how rich this family is.

"I'll offer four hundred, and I'll buy two." Someone else shouted.

Then more and more people shouted.

"I'll offer five hundred, one plate."

"I also offer five hundred, one plate."

"I'm seven hundred!"

"Eight hundred!"

……

Xue Pan waited for these people to finish shouting, then suddenly stood up and said: "I will offer 1000 taels of gold, all inclusive."

"My lord, do you know that a plate of 1000 taels of gold is only [-] taels of gold in total, and it is exactly [-] taels when converted into silver." A middle-aged man kindly reminded.

"I know." Xue Pan said angrily, "I must buy him today!"

"My master paid 100 taels!" The luxurious woman upstairs shouted, raising her chin.

Xue Pan raised his head and waited for the guy to take a look, and then shouted.But suddenly he heard two coughs, Xue Pan looked at Jia Lian, and found that he was rolling his eyes at him.

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, feeling angry, and opened his mouth to shout.

But at this moment, Cheng Shuliang on the stage knocked on the gong, "One thousand and one hundred taels, nine plates, congratulations to this one! Please come downstairs immediately to hand over and get strawberries."

The rest of the people who didn't buy it sighed for a while, sighing that it's a pity.But there is still tomorrow, and everyone bid farewell to Jia Lian.

Xue Pan angrily ran to Cheng Shuliang to comment, but Jia Lian stared back and scolded Cheng Shuliang in the backyard.

"Go home and don't mess with me!"

"Why am I messing things up? I bought it on my own initiative and donated money for the country!" Xue Pan said unconvinced.

"Xing'er, set up a blacklist later, Xue Pan and dogs are not allowed to enter!" Jia Lian's words made Xue Pan's expression change immediately, Xue Pan hurriedly apologized, begging Jia Lian not to be angry.

"You are the only boy in your family. Your mother and sister are counting on you to be successful and to inherit the family business. But you are ignorant all day long, fooling around like a prodigal. If I were your mother, I would have been mad at you. This son loves you It's a waste of pain, it's better to beat him to death with a stick, and you can get some more dowry for your sister."

"Second Brother Lian, I know I was wrong." Xue Pan scratched his head.

Seeing that he was willing to pay so much money, Jia Lian sighed, "Buy the bun shop across the street."

"what?"

"Within three months, if you can make that shop a profit of 3000 taels through proper means, I will take you as an apprentice, and I will teach you as well as I did to Huan'er and Cong'er." Jia Lian said helplessly.

Xue Pan was pleasantly surprised: "Really?"

"Really." Jia Lian said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll go buy it now." Xue Pan turned around and was about to go.

Jia Lian added: "You have to agree to whatever they want, and you are not allowed to bargain."

Xue Pan happily agreed, and went away in a hurry.

Xing'er came to Jia Lian's side and smiled: "Second Master is kind-hearted, and he still cares about Uncle Xue. Not to mention, Uncle Xue is a little dumb, but he is simple-minded. If Second Master teaches for a long time, he will be able to change his mind and do things well. A good boy who is serious and can take care of things. In this way, the matter of the steamed stuffed bun shop is settled, poor couple, now they can finally sell the shop and return home."

Xing'er wiped the tears from his eyes.

The matter of the bakery shop was mentioned by Jia Lian by chance yesterday by Xing'er. There were bandits in his hometown, and his parents were killed on the same day. The couple were anxious to use the money to go back to the funeral.

Jia Lian recalled the auction just now: "Did the Xia family pay?"

"I didn't bring that much money, and I'm waiting for someone from the Xia family to send it over. You said, Miss Xia is so impulsive, will her wife regret it when she finds out?" Xing'er felt that eating six strawberries for 100 taels of gold was a sure thing. It's crazy, Qiong Lou Yuyu can live with this money.

"This is an official business, they dare not renege. Otherwise, the identity of the Xia family's royal merchant will definitely be lost." Jia Lian slightly curled his lips as he thought of that Xia Jingui.Since she is willing to pay, let her pay and see how long she will be stupid.

"This girl from the Xia family is really persistent. I heard that she failed to negotiate several marriages. I don't know if it's because of her bad reputation, or because she has been thinking about someone." Xing'er took a peek at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian's attitude remained the same, and there was no wave on his face.He just told Xing'er to continue preparing for tomorrow's auction, and now he is going to the palace to report the results of the sale to the emperor.

When he came back from the palace, Jia Lian saw the commotion at the gate of Baihui Building.

As soon as Jia Lian got out of the carriage, it became quiet immediately, and those people packed their luggage one after another.Jia Lian glanced at the luxurious carriage parked at the gate of Baihui Building, and then at the "luxurious woman" who appeared during the day, now her face was blue and purple, she looked so sluggish, as if she had been beaten.

Seeing this scene, Jia Lian knew it in his heart.After careful questioning, it was indeed so.Indeed, as Xing'er said, it was the girl from the Xia family who made a good idea and spent too much money to sell the fruit, which made her mother unhappy, so her mother came to renege on her debt.

A woman came running over, "My wife has something to tell Mrs. Jia."

"It's inconvenient. Go and tell your wife that after paying the money, leave as soon as possible, and you can get a good reputation in front of the Holy Majesty. Otherwise, the name of the imperial merchant is just a trivial matter, and the more serious things are yet to come! Officer How can you play around with your business!"

When Xia Jingui's mother, Liu Shi, heard these rumors, she burst into tears with hatred, and could only helplessly lose the 9000 taels of silver.But the situation of the Xia family is not the same as it was back then. The more money is used, the less money is spent. If the 10 taels are taken out, it may not be earned back in ten years.

Her good daughter who caused trouble, who wouldn't like it, but she fell in love with such a fierce and ruthless character!

The rut turned, and the Xia family went away heartbroken.

When Jia Lian entered the door, a young servant came forward and said to Jia Lian: "Today, the buyer of the Xia family sent people to instruct the young one to deliver messages to the second master several times today, but the young one refused."

The author has something to say: ————————————————— Funny Little Theater #Those Years, Chasing Over Jia Lian’s Girl#

Xia Jingui (with teary eyes): Please meet, meet...

Jia Lian: It can be satisfied.

Xia Jingui (Star Eyes): It’s so open, thank you God, (*@ο@*) Wow~ The night is dark and the wind is high, let’s meet in the grove.

After searching for a long time...

Xing'er suddenly appeared and dropped a package into Xia Jingui's hands.

Xia Jingui opened it and saw that it was a lump of dough.

Xia Jingui: I really saw 'noodles'. /(ㄒoㄒ)/～～