Choosing a place to build a mansion and reversing master and servant

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 plans 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.

I didn’t expect that this stay would lead to where I am now.

Now he has been promoted several levels and has joined the Ministry of Rites.

Unless there are special circumstances, it will be difficult to make any major changes in a short period of time.

It’s basically settled in the capital.

If it were just him and You's wife, plus Li Shouzhong and his wife.

The three-level house is actually not too small.

A house like this 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 have to pass the marriage in another three or two years.

It is also time to prepare for building a new house in preparation for the big wedding.

After all, it is nominally a two-bedroom apartment, so at least it needs to be divided into two courtyards.

In addition, the Feng family is very thin.

Feng Yibo has always longed for a lively life like the Jia family, where everyone gathers together.

Therefore, he had already planned it.

I want to bring Li Shouzhong, Lin Ruhai, Aunt Lin and other elders 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 transporting 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 found a piece of land.

The terrain here is undulating, as if someone had 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 employee a few years ago.

Only after asking his tribesmen in the capital did he find out.

Originally, the old man, a foreign minister, 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, he just bought it according to the other party and added 20%.

Ask the tribesmen in the capital to contact the old man Wai Lang.

There was no need for the land there, so they responded quickly.

In the end, the transaction was completed for 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.

A family of about three or two hundred taels 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, making it convenient to enter the city.

It only takes a quarter of an hour longer to get to the ministry by car 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 large as Rongning'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.

Moreover, the location is much worse than that of 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 Mr. Hu, nicknamed "Shan Ziye", was best at planning gardens.

Especially good at "shanzi", which is a rockery made of rocks.

To put it bluntly, the construction of the provincial villa in Rong Mansion was due to this person's help in planning.

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 there are, 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 is divided into two rooms.

The back garden is similar to the provincial villa of Jia Mansion.

Gardens can be built inside.

There are rockeries, ponds, courtyards and pavilions.

There will also be nunneries, theaters and other places.
To be continued...