The small shoots broke out of the wet soil of the terraces, and looking at those thin lines of yellow-green plant seedlings, Zhao Jiaxin felt that his nose was a little sour.

Since the chrysanthemums were planted, Zhao Jiaxin has not been able to sleep peacefully. For the first seven or eight days in Fuqing it was relatively dry, and then a storm came, and all the terraced fields were flooded with rain. Zhao Jiaxin ran all over Fuqing with the water that was about to flood his calves, guiding the drainage of the terraced fields. Having seen the price of these pyrethrums, Zhao Jiaxin was afraid that those chrysanthemum seeds would not be able to take root and sprout in this drastic change of weather.

As the days passed, pyrethrum seedlings grew normally. After spending so much effort, Zhao Jiaxin felt a great sense of satisfaction at this time, and these flowers did not disappoint him.

"Mr. Zhao, can these fields be planted with rice in the future?" The wealthy family members around Zhao Jiaxin were also moved, and they were well aware of the difficulties of growing things on uncultivated 'raw land'. Even if the soil is dug out of the raw land, years of hard work may not turn the raw soil into cooked soil that can support plants. The fact that flowers and seedlings can be planted in just a few days after digging out the raw soil like this is completely beyond their imagination.

"I haven't grown rice, and I don't know." Zhao Jiaxin replied casually.

As soon as the words fell, one of the rich people with a chubby face eagerly spoke: "Mr. Zhao, don't be polite. The soil looks very fat, so can't you grow rice? ”

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately stabbed this one with his elbow, and this person immediately knew that he had said something that he shouldn't have said, and quickly shut up.

Zhao Jiaxin didn't think about it so much, his hobby was nursery flowers, and growing food was far from him. Not only did he never grow food, but he didn't even think about it. Hearing someone ask, Zhao Jiaxin replied: "You have to ask people who have planted rice about such things, I really don't know." ”

Immediately, someone else took over Zhao Jiaxin's words, "Mr. Zhao, I'm just asking casually." Please rest assured Mr. Zhao, thanks to your chrysanthemum harvest, since we have planted chrysanthemums, we will not let you down. ”

Zhao Jiaxin is naturally concerned about the yield of chrysanthemums, and when he heard someone say this, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, and he said from the bottom of his heart: "You have worked hard." ”

Seeing Zhao Jia's confidence and happiness, the other people immediately followed: "Mr. Zhao, if you want to plant chrysanthemums, the more fertile the land, the better." I think Mr. Zhao has a way to do this. I also hope that Mr. Zhao will not hesitate to give advice. ”

"This nature, this nature." Zhao Jiaxin nodded again and again. If the 300 acres of chrysanthemum fields that are planted now can have a good harvest, the income will probably be 5,000 yuan. Zhao Jiaren promised to give Zhao Jiaxin a thousand times. In the next two years, it will be 2,000 times. With these two thousand, Zhao Jiaren can easily rent hundreds of acres of land in Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Lianghuai. In three or four years, you can have a fortune.

If the Qingyuan Mansion is not successful, there is also the relationship between the county commander Li Yong and can be used. As soon as money was involved, Zhao Jiaxin unconsciously forgot about his dissatisfaction with Li Yong. Fuqing, a place with nine acres of mountains and half an acre of fields, can still produce 300 acres of flower fields, and there is no shortage of flat land in Jiangsu, Zhejiang or Lianghuai.

Seeing Zhao Jiaxin's intentions, someone immediately made a suggestion, "Mr. Zhao, we heard that County Lieutenant Zhao once served as a county lieutenant in Putian for a few months. He opened the mountain and chiseled stones, and built Mulan Pi Beiyang with the strength of one person. There is a stream in the back mountain here, and if Zhao County Lieutenant can open a canal, he can bring water here. ”

Zhao Jia was happy in his confidence, and casually agreed, "I'll go back and ask my family San Lang about this matter." ”

After seeing the rich family first, Zhao Jiaxin went to the flower field of the medium-sized family. The terraces of those people are relatively small, and when they were built, they were decent, there were many problems, and there was little room for improvement, so there was really nothing to see.

There are more than 200 acres of flower fields in the rich and medium-sized households combined, and the basic situation is very good. Zhao Jiaxin wanted to go home to rest, but remembered the advice of his third brother Zhao Jiaren, 'Take more care of the poor this time'.

More than 300 acres of flower fields sound like a large area, but they are scattered in Fuqing County in the east and west. Compared to the middle of the population, the flower fields of the poor are more scattered and smaller. You have to walk several times more than the distance to the rich family's house, so that you can barely see the flower fields of the poor family.

Stretching out his hand and scratching his head, Zhao Jiaxin felt that the enthusiasm that once filled his chest quickly dropped to a level below the level. The hard work of taking care of the poor is four or five times that of taking care of the rich and the middle, and the profit from the poor is only 20% of that of the rich and the middle. Looking at the sun slanting to the west, Zhao Jiaxin still turned around and walked home. He decided to visit the poor and reconsider it tomorrow.

When I got home, it was getting dark. Zhao Jiaxin saw Zhao Jiaren lying on the bamboo chair as if he was asleep, and when he approached, he heard Zhao Jiaren ask weakly, "Big brother, how are the flowers?" ”

"The flowers are good." Zhao Jiaxin easily introduced the recent situation, according to such a budding situation, there is no need to worry about the problem of chrysanthemums in half a month. After saying this, Zhao Jiaxin suddenly remembered the request of the rich households, and he told Zhao Jiaren about the opening of the canal.

"Big brother." Zhao Jiaren's voice sounded like he was about to fall asleep, "Those people know about cheating you." This matter should have been the political achievement of Li County Order, but instead of looking for Li County Order, they asked you to come to me. It's kind of uneasy. ”

"Why?" Zhao Jiaxin was a little puzzled. However, after talking about so many things in officialdom with his younger brother, Zhao Jiaxin quickly figured it out. If Zhao Jiaren made a move, the credit for this matter would naturally not be on the head of the county commander Li Yong. However, he would rather offend Li Yong like this, and the rich man still directly asked someone to find Zhao Jiaren, nothing more than not wanting to pay.

Looking for the county commander Li Yong, of course the rich families have to pay a sum of money, and one of this money must be to honor Li Yong. Peel off the skin layer by layer, and each layer has to be a big expense. Even if Li Yong doesn't love money and only loves political achievements, the rich also need to have corresponding reciprocal benefits for Li Yong.

Thinking about this joint, Zhao Jiaxin asked his younger brother with some doubts, "San Lang, which side are we going to stand on in this matter?" ”

"This is what we wanted. When it comes to planting flowers, we naturally stand with the local people. However, other than that, we have to be with Li Xianling. Zhao Jiaren still replied weakly, and after finishing speaking, he yawned lazily, as if he was about to fall asleep.

"But this matter of repairing the canal is very beneficial to us in planting flowers. How can this be distinguished? Zhao Jiaxin felt that he still couldn't completely distinguish it.

"They are going to dig ditches so that their land will be watered. Planting flowers or not has nothing to do with opening canals. After saying this, Zhao Jiaren barely got up and yawned big.

Drop the sentence "The county order can not care what the rich families grow on their land, but it can't ignore what the rich people's land looks like." Zhao Jiaren staggered back to the house and went to sleep.

Sitting in the courtyard eating dinner, Zhao Jiaxin didn't notice what he was eating at all. The younger brother's words sound reasonable, but when you think about it carefully, it is not so completely reasonable, isn't it in Zhao Jiaren's interest to stump the chrysanthemum harvest? If you think so, it is also a logical thing to repair the canal. If it weren't for the prefectural ordinance in charge......

Suddenly, Zhao Jiaxin felt that he had figured out the key. If there is no county order in charge, then who should be in charge of the county? Could it be the rich people in the area?

As a child of a bureaucratic family, Zhao Jiaren recalled many things his father had said. One of the instinctive reactions of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty was to crack down on Haoqiang. Diao Min is very hateful, and the local tyrants are more terrible than Diao Min. If we can't deter the local tyrants and make them obedient, the situation of local officials will only be miserable.

Patting his head hard, Zhao Jiaxin recalled the events of the day, and had a feeling of sudden enlightenment about the methods of those heroes. Unconsciously, they took advantage of Zhao Jiaxin's concern for Huatian and tried to get Zhao Jiaren to stand on Haoqiang's side.

He was almost tricked, and Zhao Jia felt a wave of anger in his confidence. However, Zhao Jiaxin also found that his anger did not fully explode. Even if he was very dissatisfied with the Haoqiang, Zhao Jiaxin still looked forward to reaping the benefits he craved from them. How to grasp this relationship of mutual use? Zhao Jiaxin felt confused.