The four of them were polite and made an agreement to notify the classmate later and ask him to send someone to come and talk to Jia Zhen and Jia Lian.

Shi Zhongkui apologized and went to the study on the right side of the main hall.

Take out peach preserves, persimmon cakes, dried dates and raisins from the space, put 10 kilograms each in cloth bags, and divide them into four parts, giving them to Xue Jia, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen and Jia Baoyu respectively.

After thinking about it, I thought of choosing 20 fresh peaches weighing four to two ounces, dehydrated a little in the space, and then packed them in four wooden boxes when they were no longer so fresh.

Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu were shocked when they saw Tao Zi.

Shi Zhongkui said with a smile, "Brother Lian, let's not talk about dried fruits. These 20 fresh peaches were delivered quickly from Qingzhou. I was lucky enough to get 30 of them.

I’ll give 20 of them to the three brothers to take home for a taste.”

Jia Zhen, Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu quickly thanked them, but they couldn't help but be puzzled when they saw that there were four gifts.

I heard Shi Zhongkui say with a smile, "Although I hit it off with Brother Xue Pan, we have only known each other for two days, so I might disturb the Xue family's female family members if I come here rashly, so I wanted to ask Brother Lian to help pass it on."

Jia Lian and the others immediately felt that Shi Zhongkui was a true gentleman. Unfortunately, Shi Zhongkui's purpose was just to miss Xue Baochai.

Asking the Jia family's boy to take the things down, Jia Lian was a little impatient and wanted to buy the saffron at the market price of one tael of saffron and 12 taels of silver.

Shi Zhongkui agreed casually and perfunctorily. Anyway, it all depends on him whether he has the goods in the end.

We chatted with the three people from the Jia family until it was getting late. Shi Zhongkui wanted to come to Jia Baoyu's piece of psychic jade for some unknown reason because it was getting late.

Or you can endure your eagerness, wait for the relationship between you and others to get closer, and then let nature take its course and come into contact with the jade in a few days.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jia Zhen making a gesture towards Jia Lian.

Jia Lian nodded slightly, sorted out his thoughts secretly, and then he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I have an unkind request. I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

Shi Zhongkui, who was originally thinking about how to close the relationship, saw Jia Lian's behavior and thought that it would be okay to listen. If it was too difficult or unwilling, he would pretend to be incompetent and refuse.

Seeing Shi Zhongkui nodding, Jia Lian hesitated whether to talk about the Spring Festival first or the eunuch Xia Shouzhong first.

But within a few seconds, he felt that Xia Shouzhong's task was more important, and it could also test whether Shi Zhongkui, in addition to being able to read, really had the knowledge to govern the country and benefit the people.

When the girl gets married, at least she won't have to suffer.

As for character, Jia Lian believed that Jia Zhen and Jia Baoyu would no longer have doubts as they had not taken advantage of others before.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind and said, "Did you know that my dear brother is my elder brother and holds the position of Yuanwai Lang in the Ministry of Industry?"

When Shi Zhongkui heard this, he immediately felt relieved.

When it comes to matters in officialdom, it is too easy for a person who has not joined officialdom to find reasons to refuse.

"Second brother Lian, please tell me directly. I will definitely not refuse if I can help."

Jia Baoyu did not understand the second meaning of this statement, but both Jia Lian and Jia Zhen knew that they would not refuse someone if they could help, but they would not take the initiative to take over someone if they could not help.

"A good brother has high righteousness."

Jia Lian thanked him in advance, and then continued, "I saw that my dear brother handled the land dispute between the government and the Yang family very well a few days ago.

For example, he has a lot of opinions on farming and water conservancy, so I asked him shamelessly, if my dear brother has any way to solve the siltation of rivers, or do you have any opinions on water transportation and farming?"

Shi Zhongkui became thoughtful after hearing this.

When asked about matters related to dredging rivers and farming, Jia Zheng's official position of being a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, was quite reasonable.

But when asked about water transportation, it was impossible for Shi Zhongkui not to be suspicious.

Either Jia Zheng was made difficult by his superiors and had no choice but to go to the doctor in a hurry, even a person who was not a scholar would have to ask questions.

The second is that the Jia family may be replacing someone to test and test their own abilities.

Should he pretend not to know, or should he point it out and ask who is the person behind Jia Lian?

After thinking for a moment, he decided to pretend not to know, and he was not going to answer questions about water transportation or even dredging of rivers.

Water transportation and river transportation have always been some people's money bags, and Shi Zhongkui is not that stupid to offend them.

Farming is simple. Emperors, nobles, gentry and farmers all want their fields to be productive.

"My little brother has not learned enough, and he is not in his position or pursuing political affairs. How about just talking about farming?"

Jia Zhen and Jia Lian immediately understood that Shi Zhongkui was hiding his clumsiness and protecting himself wisely.

It's not that I don't know enough, it's just that I can't speak.

But the more this happened, the more they valued and even admired Shi Zhongkui.

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Since my good brother is so humble, I should listen first."

Now Shi Zhongkui was sure that there was really someone behind Jia Lian.

The tone of this guy's previous words was as polite as possible.

But the phrase "listen first" directly revealed that Jia Lian felt from the bottom of his heart that being able to listen to you talk about farming is really a compliment to you.

Shi Zhongkui smiled. After all, Jia Lian had never been an official. His level and skill in cultivating his energy were not that good.

Jia Zhen is even more of an idiot.

How many people can have a higher status than Rong Guofu?

Unless they want to marry their daughters, it is impossible for the other six Dukes to use Jia Lian's hand to test themselves.

There are four princes with other surnames, and the Jia family has a good relationship with the Prince of Beijing. However, it can be seen from Qin Keqing's funeral that Jia Zheng actually did not want to have too many entanglements with the Prince of Beijing.

Moreover, it had only been two years since Beijing Wang Shuirong inherited the title. Without the emperor's order, how could he dare to interfere in matters such as water transportation and river channels that offended countless interest groups?

Looking at it this way, after much deliberation, the most likely possibility is that the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor began to pay attention to him because of the poem he plagiarized.

As for why you asked the Jia family instead of Yu Honggao, or simply let a eunuch ask?

Shi Zhongkui could only guess that it was because Jia Lian not only took him to a restaurant yesterday, but also stayed at home for a night of drinking and eating meat.

After making these guesses, Shi Zhongkui secretly woke up and reminded himself.

But keeping silent is not an option.

Fortunately, when it comes to farming matters, neither the Supreme Emperor nor the Emperor will blame himself for the quarrel between father and son.

After having an idea, Shi Zhongkui smiled. The difference between ancient and modern agriculture is nothing more than the huge difference between water conservancy, fertility, seed optimization, plowing and harvesting.

Except for space farms, seed optimization is basically impossible to do manually, and Shi Zhongkui will not take out the seeds in the space at this time.

After all, he has never tried it himself, so he cannot give second credit to others.

The water conservancy problem is huge, and even if some useful suggestions are made, it will definitely offend some people in the Ministry of Industry.

The ancients were most jealous of people who were not in their position but spoke nonsense.

Even if such people reach officialdom, they will definitely be ostracized.

Fertility is nothing more than farmyard manure and plant ash. Shi Zhongkui only knew this, but it would make people laugh if he took it out.

If Qu Yuuli remembers correctly, it appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!