Yang Fan took Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru all the way into the house. They were very excited, looking at their home in Beijing that had been completed and renovated.
I kept looking around happily and making endless comments. You can put something here, you can put something there.
As soon as you enter the gate, the ground is paved with frosted bluestone, which looks very high-end. The Yang Mansion was built in strict accordance with the regulations of the General Mansion.
As soon as you enter the majestic gate, you enter the first courtyard. Yang Fan looked around and saw that this was a long courtyard.
This is considered the outer courtyard of Yang Mansion. The two sides of the Yang Mansion gate and the surrounding walls are actually rows of flat-roofed buildings.
Divided into upper and lower floors. The exterior wall of the building. It is also the outer wall of Yang Mansion. There is also a five-foot-high parapet on the roof for very tight defense.
Soldiers can patrol it. There are also duty rooms for soldiers at the four corners. The outer wall is surrounded by water on all sides, so ordinary burglars cannot get in.
The defense here is tight, and Yang Fan is very safe living here. Both floors have doors and windows opening inwards.
Outside the second-story door and inward is the corridor. This is the residence of servants, soldiers and other people, as well as the public house where official business is carried out.
On the south side of the first floor are the carriage and horse houses and sedan houses. Carriages and sedan chairs are stored here. The wing rooms at both ends of the outer courtyard are horse pens.
The other sides are occupied by warehouses and other buildings. Surrounded by buildings with zigzag-shaped exterior walls.
They are the two main building groups of Yang Mansion, arranged one behind the other. A large open space is reserved at the end to reserve space for future additions.
The two enclosed courtyard buildings at the front and back are the main components of the mansion. The first one is the Yang Mansion office space, mainly the lobby and the second hall.
The second enclosed courtyard building complex is the back house. Mainly the three halls and the back building. Enter the main gate of Yang Mansion and pass through the rectangular courtyard.
It is the first building complex - the office area. Facing the gate of this building complex is Yimen. Entering through the Yimen means you have entered the central area of the mansion.
After entering Yimen, the first thing you see is a courtyard. On the front is a tall building, which is the hall where Yang Fan handles official business.
There are side rooms on both sides, which are used for the offices of Yang Fan's subordinates. This festival hall is the largest building in the entire Sanjin courtyard. It has a first floor on the outside, but there is also a dark second floor on top of the cloister and floor-to-ceiling windows.
This is called a light and dark layout. For daylighting on the second floor, a row of skylights is installed on the sloped roof. The skylights are all sealed glass windows two feet wide and three feet long.
The first floor is Yang Fan's office hall, and the second floor is Yang Fan's study and secretariat's office. The wing rooms on both sides are connected to the main building by a cloister, which will not be affected even if it rains.
The festival hall is the first to enter the courtyard. Behind is the second courtyard. The main building at the back is the second hall, which is also a courtyard with wing rooms in the east and west.
The second hall is Yang Fan's bedroom. Behind this main building is the inner house complex. Passing through a long courtyard, you are facing the hanging flower gate.
On both sides of the hanging flower door are hand-chaoshan verandas, with various small windows on the outward walls. After entering the hanging flower gate, you are facing the third hall, which is the residence of the wife Tu Shanyue.
The east and west wings are the residences of concubines Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang. The main room and the wing rooms are connected by hand corridors.
Behind the three halls is the back building, which is divided into upper and lower floors. The back building surrounds the last courtyard on three sides.
This is the residence of other maidens and maids in the inner house. All the doors and windows in Yang Mansion are equipped with glass windows, which look very bright.
It contrasts with the dark red wooden building and looks very classy. Inside the mansion, furniture and various daily necessities have been arranged.
Aunt Mei also sent a group of maids and servants to move in early, and purchased sufficient supplies. It is fully equipped with grooms, cooks, and various servants.
Yang Fan can check in directly when he comes. The Yang Mansion also specially built a water tower and connected it to tap water. This water tower is the tallest building in the whole province and also serves as a watchtower.
Bathrooms and toilets are a must, as Yang Fanke is not used to the toilets of this era. Even Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru are used to the high-end bathrooms and shower rooms.
Cat-foot tubs and saunas are their favorites. Nowadays, with steam engines, groundwater can be extracted, and with water towers, tap water can be realized.
They have achieved bathing freedom. They also bought maids from Yangzhou who specialized in massage and massage.
Yang Fan found that these two girls were becoming more and more depraved. Covet to enjoy, not to make progress. But Yang Fan was too lazy to care about them and just let them be happy.
In this mansion, a boiler and heating system have been installed for heating in winter. After all, this is your own house, and you have the final say on how to decorate and install equipment.
Unlike the house I rented last year, it is not easy to damage the house by drilling holes everywhere. The heater that Yang Fan longed for was finally installed.
In addition to heating, the boiler also provides 24-hour hot water. The boiler is modern and has more than enough power to supply the whole house.
Not only Yang Fan and the two ladies. Everyone in the house can enjoy toilets and bathrooms with flush toilets.
In winter, there is always hot water for washing your face. Drinking water can be boiled in a kettle or boiler room.
In this era, the weather is cold. If you don't keep warm in the winter in the imperial capital, you will definitely freeze to death. Peach trees, magnolia trees, and plum blossom trees are planted in various courtyards.
Decorated with various strange stones and potted plants. Throughout the mansion, the ground has been hardened and paved with frosted bluestone. The drain is covered with an iron grating.
Even on rainy days, it is very clean and there will be no muddy feet. Electric lights were also installed throughout the courtyard.
Solar panels and lithium battery packs are used. Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru were very satisfied. Yang Fan took them both for a walk.
Yang Fan smiled and asked: "How is it? Are you satisfied with it?"
"Master, our new house is much better than the one we got married in. I like it so much."
"Master, we've finished looking at the mansion, let's go see the garden," Lin Yueru said, shaking Yang Fan's arm.
"Okay, let's go take a look at the garden." Jinsitao's piece of land is irregular and is similar to a triangle.
A regular mansion was built on the west side. Gardens were built on the irregular land on the east side. Generally according to the normal layout, the garden is usually located on the west side or behind the mansion.
Commonly known as the West Garden or Back Garden. There is no way around such a layout. The terrain is like this, so it can only be laid out this way.
There is no lake in the garden because it is adjacent to the Shicha Sea. For the design and construction of the garden, professional garden construction personnel were specially hired from Suzhou at a high price, and they were carefully designed according to Suzhou-style gardens.
The scenery changes as you move through the garden, which is exquisitely designed and beautiful. In terms of materials, we also try to use better Jiangnan materials.
Yang Fan has a sea fleet, and transporting materials from the south of the Yangtze River is just a matter of one ship. It doesn’t cost much, these things, like Taihu stone, are just expensive to transport.
Various bamboos and flowers are planted in the garden, and there are more than ten pavilions and pavilions. The tallest building is the Wangyuan Tower located at the easternmost tip.
This is a three-story octagonal pavilion. There are floor-to-ceiling doors and windows on all eight sides, and a cloister on the outside. It is a good place to enjoy the scenery of Shichahai.
Looking northeast, the Drum Tower reveals its superstructure in the distance, which is very beautiful and integrated with the surrounding scenery.
Looking south, you can see the north wall of the Imperial City. Inside the wall are various royal buildings in Xiyuan. Finally, Yang Fan took them to the pavilion near the water to enjoy the scenery of Shichahai.
Looking at the sparkling water, patches of lotus flowers, and occasionally golden carps leaping out of the water. Xiao Niangpi said happily: "Master, our new home is really nice. I seem to have been living here forever. Alas, it's a pity that after meeting His Majesty, we have to go back to the new city."
"Yes, this is actually the best piece of land in the capital. It's just that no one has ever discovered it. That's why we took advantage. I am an officer serving in the border army, and I can't live in the capital all the time. This place can only be used as a This is our place to stay when we occasionally return to Beijing." We had lunch in the flower hall of the back house.
Yang Fan reported to the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. During this Monan victory, Yang Fan needed to report the situation to the highest command organization of the guards.
Then he applied to the palace for an audience the next day. Then, Yang Fan came to Jinyiwei Yamen. Yang Fan hasn't been here for a year, so he has to come to greet me.
Luo Yangxing is not here. Yang Fan briefly exchanged greetings with other officials, big and small, and then came to his office.
See if there is any official business that needs him to handle. This was the first time Yang Fan came to his office after leaving Beijing last year.
Yang Fan has a high official rank in Jinyiwei and has a small courtyard as his office. There are also seven subordinate book offices.
When they heard that Master Yang was coming, the seven people were very happy. Meeting your immediate boss is not easy. They were assigned to work under Mr. Yang. How pitiful they were. This was the first time they met Mr. Yang.
Over the past year, various documents that need to be signed by Mr. Yang have been accumulated and sent to him in a stream. Yang Fan took a look and saw that many of them were completed.
Because Yang Fan is not a clerk and has been absent from the Yamen for a long time, his presence or absence will not affect the handling of official duties.
But many documents require Yang Fan to countersign, which is equivalent to circulating them to him, and he will sign and seal them. This time when Yang Fan came, it was considered a reissue. He could just stamp it out and send it back for filing.
After being a human stamper all afternoon, Yang Fan was very tired and had finished processing everything. It's time to turn on the lamp.
When Yang Fan returned to the house, Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi were probably asleep. Going back will wake them both up. I didn't bother them.
Go directly to the second hall, your bedroom, wash up, get into bed and get ready to sleep. I have to go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow morning.
Not long after Yang Fan turned off the lights and went to sleep, he heard a rustling sound. Yang Fan was a little strange, so he turned on the light and saw the little girl wearing pajamas, holding her own pillow, and running towards her.
"Master, I can't sleep alone, how about I come here to sleep too." A pair of big watery eyes looked at Yang Fan pitifully.
Yang Fan had no choice but to let her come up to sleep. Xiao Niangpi kicked off her shoes excitedly, got into bed, and was arranging her pillow.
At this moment. Lin Yueru also ran over holding a pillow.
"Master, the new house is so empty. I'm scared to be alone. How about I come here to sleep?" The two looked at each other, snorted unhappily and turned away.
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and had no choice but to make peace with it as it came. Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru cuddled up against Yang Fan peacefully and soon fell asleep.
Listening to the two of them snoring, Yang Fan slowly fell into sleep. None today.
