The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 297 Good Man Jia Rong 2
May 6, 4th year of the Holy Dynasty
Today's court meeting was held outside a farmland on the outskirts of Beijing.

Jia Rong personally led nearly 10,000 civil and military officials and thousands of guards here.

Jia Rong did not sit on the dragon throne, but on a harvester.

Under the scorching sun, Jia Rong, wearing a bamboo hat, drove the world's first harvester across the flat and spacious golden wheat fields.

The tractor roared and emitted black smoke.

In just twenty minutes, Jia Rong drove the harvester and harvested all the wheat that would take one person seven or eight hours to harvest.

When Jia Rong drove the tractor back to the edge of the field, the harvester was soon passed on to someone else to continue harvesting the wheat.

Jia Rong walked to the ground, and a nearby palace maid quickly handed him a thermos cup of herbal tea.

Jia Rong took a sip of the herbal tea and handed it to the palace maid.

"We need to build more harvesters of this type, concentrate farmland as much as possible, and continue to expand oil production in the Liaobei region. Once the railway is built, we will build more trains to transport supplies."

Jia Rong's territory is extremely large, and oil has been found in many places, but the closest to the capital are several oil producing areas in the north.

After the internal combustion engine technology matures and the metal smelting technology is improved, the world's first harvester can be manufactured in just a few months.

Of course, the most important thing is Jia Rong's manual strength. He can process metal without too many tools and can create miracles with just his brute force.

The Minister of Industry replied, "We are still busy with the steel mill. We have hired a lot of people in the past few years, but there are more and more things to do. It is still not enough. It will probably take more than a thousand people to make this harvester. We just don't have anyone available."

Jia Rong is very sympathetic to the hard work of his subordinates.

This harvester is what Jia Rong wants to use to enhance his reputation as an inventor. He just needs to build it.

"That's fine. Just use it first and put it in a museum later so that the craftsmen can have a reference."

“Once steel production increases this year, we will build a heavy factory in the Northeast.”

The left prime minister asked curiously, "Why build it in the cold northeast? In my opinion, there are more talented people in the Central Plains."

Jia Rong just said it casually without thinking too much about it.

"First, there is more oil there, and it is convenient and close."

"Secondly, iron smelting and various factories are relatively hot, so it is easier in cold regions, and the excess heat can be used to provide heating for the factory families."

"Thirdly, there are fewer people and more land there, unlike the Central Plains where each person has a few acres of land, so it is convenient to use the land to build roads and houses."

"Fourth, there are more people working and fewer people farming. People who work need to eat. The grain output there has been increasing as the cultivated land has expanded, and there are troops watching over there."

Jia Rong quickly made up four excuses.

If you use it to refute it, you can also come up with many points.

Anyway, it depends on whether he wants to do it or not. If Jia Rong wants to do it, he will do it. If he doesn’t want to do it, he won’t make excuses.

Fortunately, the ministers rarely refuted Jia Rong's opinions.

Even if it was refuted, it would be fine if Jia Rong insisted.

Anyway, it has always been like this...

The left prime minister also accepted this serious statement and said, "Now that we have such a rare tool to harvest wheat, there will be fewer people hired to work in the future. How will those people who help others harvest wheat in the countryside make a living?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "This thing is very valuable. How can ordinary people afford it? At least a hundred years later, it will not be affordable for country people."

"In the future, you should give priority to using it for my farm and royal land. When I am full, I will share the surplus with you, my dear ministers, and you can share it with your servants and guests. It will be enough if you pass it down layer by layer."

"Country folks can earn their livings by themselves. I have exempted many taxes and will not compete with the people for profits. They can live their lives in peace and then serve the country in the future."

The left prime minister praised: "Your Majesty is wise!"

While Jia Rong was speaking, a Western nun walked over.

The nun in white quickly knelt down and held up the painting in her hand.

She held in her hand a color painting as clear as a photograph, and knelt on her knees in the wheat field, with her beautiful head and chin raised, looking at the young hero who had conquered countless countries.

"Your Majesty, I have recorded your heroic posture." Jia Rong took the towel handed to him by the maid beside him and wiped the sweat off his face, then looked at the painting in front of him that recorded himself driving a harvester in the wheat field.

"Okay, put this painting in the car and take it back to the palace with me. I will put it in the museum for future generations to read!"

"According to the order!"

A group of people were exposed to the sun for more than half an hour in the hot summer, and now they can finally go back.

Soon the huge team returned to the capital.

Jia Rong didn't care about the rules and quickly asked everyone to go back to work. There was no need for them to go back together and then disperse.

Everyone was happy and relaxed, and soon dispersed after entering the city gate. Some people lost their composure due to the heat as soon as they left the team. There were all kinds of people.

Without the emperor around, there is naturally no need to follow the rules.

Many people don't follow the rules, but they don't like the chaotic state without rules, so there must be an emperor.

From birth to marriage and childbirth, to work and child issues, many people actually prefer things that are fully controlled by others.

There are not many people who have such qualifications nowadays, and Jia Rong's arrangement of marriage and job is seen by people all over the world as the act of a benevolent monarch.

There are too many people who don't want to use their brains and are not confident in themselves. Their families are supportive of the emperor arranging their marriages and jobs.

And the emperor’s arrangements will definitely not be bad.

After Jia Rong returned to the palace, he quickly went to the indoor swimming pool of Tianxiang Palace to cool off.

Quite a few people have come here. In addition to Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baoqin and a few children, there are also many unmarried or married noble women.

When she saw Jia Rong coming in, the woman in the pool quickly climbed out of the pool, knelt on the ground and looked at Jia Rong.

The women sitting and standing nearby also knelt on the ground to welcome the arrival of Jia Rong, the Holy Emperor.

Jia Rong took off all his clothes and walked over, passing by the crowd to the high slide at the edge of the pool, and slid into the water along the smooth porcelain surface.

He felt much more relaxed after entering the water. Jia Rong swam to the shore by stepping on the water, and lay down on the edge of the pool, looking at the backs of a group of people.

"No need to be so formal, just have fun. Someone will bring some food over soon. If you want some, just perform a dance. After all, eating too much sweets can make you fat, so it's a good idea to exercise more."

All the women said in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

This was not the first time that everyone had met Jia Rong by the water.

As the emperor of a holy dynasty, Jia Rong was not arrogant and was very friendly to women.

Not only can I eat delicious food that I couldn't enjoy before, but my life has also become colorful and exciting. There are plenty of books to read, endless snacks and delicacies, all kinds of fruits and vegetables, beautiful clothes, and various indoor swimming pools to play in.

Only after seeing the blue sea did I realize that I had been living in a stinky ditch before.

Therefore, Jia Rong's naked body not only did not arouse everyone's disgust, but instead made a group of women want to come over every day and get close to him.

Jia Rong has no shortage of women, but while swimming he suddenly felt that it was not good to be surrounded by a group of women all day long.

Why should bad guys be innocent?
So after two or three days, Jia Yuanchun banned non-harem personnel from entering the Tianxiang Tower swimming pool on the grounds that it was immoral.

Not only that, these people were not allowed to read idle books, and had to get up on time every day to receive formal training and learn about women's virtues with Jia Yuanchun.

The noble women who exchanged their innocence for a good life soon no longer had the good life they had before.

The many daughters of princes and nobles who came to serve him no longer needed to look at Jia Rong's body, nor did they need to help him take a bath or be harassed by him.

But the special treatment was also cancelled. Every day, I could only drink mung bean soup in my hands, watch the concubines eat ice cream, and discuss whether to go swimming in the swimming pool or take a yacht to cruise the river to watch the finless porpoises.

jealous!
The beauties who were used as a background by Jia Rong would definitely not resent the emperor, nor would they dare to speak ill of him. They would only say that some palace maids and women were jealous of them and talked about propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame all day long, but in the end they still had to serve the same man together with their sisters and sisters-in-law.

The emperor did nothing wrong, it was the villains around him who made slanderous statements!

Jia Rong wanted to be a good man, but for some reason, things started to go wrong at home.

(End of this chapter)