Just when the three families of Jia, Zhou and Wu were in full swing building the provincial villa.
Feng Yibo also bought a piece of land.
He planned to join in the fun and build a new mansion.
The current Feng Mansion was bought when I came to Beijing to take the exam.
It was originally used as a temporary residence.
Unexpectedly, this stay has ended up happening now.
Now he has been promoted several levels and has entered the Ministry of Rites.
Unless there are special circumstances, it will be difficult to make any major changes in a short period of time.
Basically settled in the capital.
If it were just him and You's wife, plus Li Shouzhong and his wife.
Sanjin's house is actually not too small.
Such a house is more than enough for an average family to live in for three generations.
But considering that Baochai and Daiyu are getting older, they will pass through the family one after another in three or two years.
It is also time to prepare for a new house in preparation for the big wedding.
After all, it is nominally a two-bedroom house, so at least it needs to be divided into two yards.
In addition, Feng's family is thin.
Feng Yibo has always longed for a lively life like the Jia Mansion, where everyone gathers together.
Therefore, he had planned it for a long time.
Li Shouzhong, Lin Ruhai, Aunt Lin and other elders are to be brought over to live together.
Even Aunt Xue would take her and raise her together if she wanted to.
In addition, the three concubines, including You Jianniang and Miaoyu, should also have their own yards.
This is not what a three-entry courtyard can satisfy.
At least compare it to the old house in Jinling.
What's more, with his financial resources, no matter how big it is, he can still build it.
Therefore, this time, taking advantage of the opportunity of building provincial villas,
He was going to build a house together.
Shipping the materials together is much more convenient than shipping them individually.
To this end, he visited many places in the outer city.
Finally, outside the north gate.
It is near the Zhazipo area near the root of Beishan Mountain.
I fell in love with a piece of land.
The terrain here is undulating, like traces of someone having tidied it up.
There are four or five flat areas, two or three hillside areas, and a large reed pond.
But it is a good place for building a garden.
Someone was sent to Chang'an County to inquire.
I learned that this land was bought by a retired Ministry of Industry member a few years ago.
He found out after asking his clansmen in the capital.
Originally, the old official wanted to build a private garden here.
Unexpectedly, someone had just cleaned the pond and sorted out the terrain.
The man fell ill and returned to his hometown to retire.
So the place became deserted.
After a year of neglect, it became overgrown with reeds.
Feng Yibo didn't say anything and just bought according to the other party's price and added another 20%.
Ask the tribesmen in Qidu to contact the old man Wai Lang.
There was no need for the land there, so they responded quickly.
Finally, the transaction was completed for a total of 10,000 taels of silver.
There are more than a dozen families south of Weitang.
They are all ordinary courtyards and there are no wealthy mansions.
Feng Yibo sent people over to negotiate door to door.
The family only had about three to two hundred taels, so they all agreed to move out.
Only in this way can we completely capture this large area of land.
There are three main reasons why Feng Yibo fell in love with this place.
First, it is close to Beishan and the terrain is undulating.
Just right for a garden.
Second, it is not far from the North Gate and is convenient for entering the city.
The ride to the ministry only takes a quarter of an hour longer than before.
The third one was this pond, which moved him the most.
Although it looks full of reeds now, it is extremely rare in the outer city.
Because it has living water injected into it.
The reason why he paid enough for the relocation was to move out those dozen households.
In addition to wanting a place to build a main courtyard, we also don’t want them to continue to pollute this water source.
Although this land combined is not as big as Rong Ning's second mansion.
But it is also nearly four miles in size.
It's half a mile bigger than the provincial villa.
Of course, when the construction is finally completed, the single garden will definitely not be as big as the provincial villa.
And the location is much worse than Guogong Mansion.
But for an official of Feng Yibo's level, this was beyond his family level.
If the location were better, it would be too eye-catching.
It's not far or close, and it's just enough to avoid the turmoil of the inner city.
After buying the land, Feng Yibo specially asked Jia Lian to do it.
And told him to keep quiet.
He asked him to help contact Mr. Hu, who planned the gardens for Rong Mansion.
This famous old man Hu, nicknamed "Shan Ziye", was best at planning gardens.
Especially good at "shanzi", which is a rockery made of rocks.
Speaking of which, Rong Mansion built the provincial villa for relatives only because of this person's help in planning it.
Build mountains and dig ponds, build buildings and pavilions, plant bamboos and flowers, etc.
Every scene is planned by this "Shan Ziye" system.
It even helped Rongfu plan to save a lot of money.
From the demolished Huifang Garden and the old Rongfu Garden where Jia She lived, many bamboo trees, rocks, pavilions, railings and other objects were moved.
Save Rongfu a lot of financial resources.
It can be said that without this Shan Ziye.
The provincial villa may not be built even if the Rong Mansion is emptied.
After all, the more projects you have, the more hands you have to reach out to.
When Shan Ziye arrived, Feng Yibo revealed his preliminary plan.
Speaking of which, he was also inspired by Rong Ning's Second Mansion.
Feng Yibo plans to build a house with one house and two courtyards in the same garden.
Yifu refers to a main entrance and a main hall.
Both are from the Feng Mansion.
The two courtyards are naturally two main courtyards, each with several cross-courtyards.
It belongs to two rooms.
The back garden is similar to Jia's provincial villa.
Gardens, nunneries, villas, stages, ponds, etc. can be built inside.
Sharing a garden strengthens the connection between the two houses.
It looks like two bedrooms, but it's actually one family.
Then Shan Ziye went to survey the terrain and began to plan the construction.
The two discussed it for several days.
Only then did the picture finally come into being.
In terms of the overall situation, it is quite different from what Feng Yibo said.
But the specific details are all Shan Ziye’s exquisite design.
Feng Yibo was full of praise after listening to his explanation.
It can be described in two words: professional!
After the two of them finalized the draft, they both relaxed.
When the two of them arrived at the main hall of Feng Mansion, a servant came up to offer tea.
Feng Yibo took a few sips to quench his thirst and couldn't help but sigh:
"Mr. Hu's nickname is not worthy of his name!"
Shan Ziye was drinking tea and was stunned when he heard this.
He asked in confusion: "How do you say this?"
"I think you shouldn't be called Shan Ziye, you should be called Yuan Ziye!"
After hearing this, Shan Ziye remembered.
After getting along with each other for a few days, Uncle Feng's words were humorous.
Often the words are shocking, but then there will be a reversal.
"Without your system, my garden would really be in disgrace!"
Naturally, Feng Yibo wanted to be strong but suppressed first, which made Shan Ziye lose his temper.
He pointed at Feng Yibo dumbfounded and said:
"Yibo you...you are so true!"
Just when I didn't know how to describe it, I heard Feng Yibo say:
"Are you really good at flattering?"
Shan Ziye suddenly said angrily: "You are really good at talking nonsense!"
"Hahaha!"
After saying that, both of them laughed heartily.
Feng Yibo picked up the tea, took a sip, and then said:
"I've seen you in such a hurry these past two days, so I didn't ask many questions."
Although Shan Ziye came to the house often these days, he and Feng Yibo also went to Zhazipo several times.
But every time he was on fire, that's why Feng Yibo often joked with him.
"I think Mr. Hu must be very busy these days."
Feng Yibo casually guessed about the affairs of the Jia family and asked:
"Those provincial villas should all be rushing to find you, right?"
As long as he talks about the garden, Shan Ziye is not modest.
If you don’t have this kind of self-confidence, you can still be the best.
Hearing this, he nodded slightly and said:
"There are indeed several companies looking for me. Counting you, I am planning for four companies at the same time these days."
"oh?"
Feng Yibo said "Oh?" when he heard this, then nodded and said:
"I am also involved in the Jia, Zhou and Wu families."
One is a material supplier and the other is a garden planner.
They are all considered within the industry.
Shan Ziye naturally knew some of the transactions Feng Yibo made.
So there is no need to hide anything.
"It seems that I am really honored to have Mr. Hu to plan the villa for the three noble concubines."
When Feng Yibo wanted to come, Shan Ziye mentioned four.
It must be the provincial villa of Jia, Zhou and Wu families, plus his residence.
During this time, Shan Ziye has a big project, and he will definitely not take on any small jobs.
"The Jia and Wu families came to see me. The Zhou family hired famous people from Jiangnan to take care of it."
Unexpectedly, Shan Ziye waved his hand after hearing this.
After a pause, he seemed to feel that it was nothing to talk to Feng Yibo, and then said again:
"The other family I picked up was the Lai family."
"Laijia?"
Feng Yibo was stunned and didn't react for a while.
He also asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Which Lai family?"
"I haven't heard that there is a concubine named Lai in the palace?"
Before Shan Ziye could respond, Feng Yibo seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he asked:
"I know! Is it the Dai family?"
"Her family is also going to build a provincial villa?"
In the Sixth Palace, there was a concubine named Dai.
It is also the lord of the first house.
But there has been no response to this visit.
It seems that the family's financial resources are not enough to support it.
Feng Yibo thought he had guessed correctly, but he didn't expect that Shan Ziye couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.
"It's the housekeeper of the Jia family, the Lai family!"
Feng Yibo was stunned when he heard this, and said in disbelief:
"Are you talking about the two brothers Lai Da and Lai Sheng from the Jia family?"
Shan Ziye nodded and confirmed: "Yes! It's Butler Lai."
Having said this, he also added;
"His garden is not as good as your mansion, but it is almost two miles long."
Two miles is equivalent to most of the provincial villa in the Jia family.
I'm afraid it's no smaller than Feng Yibo's garden.
Unexpectedly, that’s not all, Shan Ziye said again:
"And the location is much better than the one you chose!"
The one Feng Yibo chose was in the outer city, not far from the city gate.
If he was better than him, could it be that he was in the inner city?
If so, that would be amazing!
Feng Yibo obviously didn't believe what he said and questioned:
"A housekeeper in the Jia family has such financial resources?"
"I don't know about that."
Shan Ziye shook his head, thought of something else, and said:
"But his family is definitely not an ordinary slave."
Recalling what he saw at Lai's house, Shan Ziye said with an incomprehensible expression:
"I heard that his brother, although not actually lacking, is still an official!"
Such a thing is certainly not a secret, otherwise it would not be Shan Ziye's turn to know about it easily.
In other words, the Jia family should know the situation of the Lai family.
Even, it is acquiescing to the Lai family's situation.
The reversal of master and servant is particularly ridiculous.
But Feng Yibo has no control over other families' affairs.
I just feel that this is not strange in the Jia family.
Because he thought of something else from this incident.
I saw in Jia's house before, except for the legitimate sons and grandsons of Ning and Rong.
When the poor people see Lai Da, they all call out "Grandpa"!
I still felt a little confused at the time, even when I think about it now.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
