Because the bandits of Soul Mountain were taken away by the Jiangning Mansion, it has become a borderless land at this time, Cao Yi asked Yang Gong before, whether Soul Mountain belongs to Jiangning Mansion or Taiping Prefecture, and the reason why Cao Yi asked this is because he wants to buy the plot of Soul Mountain as the second secret camp of the Starfire Secret Camp, so that it can echo with the previous Starfire Secret Camp of Guanyin Mountain.

Although the bandits are evil and full of evil, they are really good in choosing a place to be stationed, and the Lost Soul Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The west side is a hollow mountain road, which is the only entrance, and the other three sides are steep mountains, if you want to attack, you can only raid from the west recess, because the other three sides of the mountain forest are steep, densely wooded, and it is very difficult to go up the mountain, and the possibility of wanting a large army to gather and pass through is almost zero, but if you escape from the west cottage to the back mountain, it is very convenient, and you will not even see a figure if you drill into the mountain forest.

And according to Uncle Wang and Yun Qing, they arranged dozens of personnel to investigate the entire territory of Soul Mountain, and unexpectedly found that the top of the mountain turned out to be a large area of flat land, the key is that there is a natural mountain lake, in this way, the Mountain of Soul has initially met the physical conditions of self-sufficiency, first of all, the mountain lake can ensure sufficient drinking water, and the flat land on the top of the mountain can be cultivated to grow some necessary food, if a few pieces of sloping farmland are transformed in the middle of the mountain to grow rice, and fish are raised in the rice field, It should also be able to meet the supply and diet of about 500 people.

Now Yangzhou's Zuixian Building will be opened soon, and Hangzhou's Zuixian Lou is also under expedited construction, and it is expected to be open to the public around the Dragon Boat Festival. The construction of this second Spark Camp is very necessary.

In addition, Cao Yi now has one million taels of silver handed over by the Shen family in hand, and the funds are very abundant, so he started the idea of building a second Spark Secret Camp, Cao Yi's idea is a hit with Wang Zhiyuan, Yuan Qing and Liu Baiqing and others, after seeing the terrain of Soul Mountain, they also have plans in this regard, and even want Cao Yi to move the Spark Secret Camp to Soul Mountain, after all, Soul Mountain is larger, the terrain is more precipitous, and it is more secretive, which is very suitable as a base for the secret camp.

But the Spark Secret Camp in Guanyin Mountain must also be there, after all, the brewery that produces Qinglian Wine and Taibai Drunk is here, and it must need protection, and Cao Yi bought all the land on the periphery, hoping to receive the old orphans of the Zhending Army and the old orphans of the Mo Lin Army. In order to take better care of these people, the armed forces in the secret camp are also indispensable. Therefore, the base of the Spark Secret Camp of Guanyin Mountain is retained

On top of that, it is imperative to expand the Spark Secret Camp in Soul Mountain, which is the main reason why Cao Yi plans to buy the entire Soul Mountain.

Fortunately, Soul Mountain belongs to the territory of Jiangning Mansion, so when Cao Yi mentioned that he wanted to buy Soul Mountain, Yang Gong readily agreed, and said to Cao Yi with a smile: "In order to thank you for the credit you gave me for suppressing bandits, I decided to sell it to you cheaply and pay 5,000 taels of silver." ”

"What? Five thousand taels? Cao Yi looked surprised and said in disbelief.

"Why, you still think it's too expensive? It's already cheap, and if it's cheaper, others may think that I still have money to trade with you behind my back. Yang Gong thought for a while and said with a smile.

"No, no, Yang Gong, I didn't think it was too expensive, I was just shocked by such a cheap price." Cao Yi hurriedly shook his hand and said.

Yang Gong smiled and explained: "Actually, this is the price, because this land has been occupied by bandits before, naturally no one wants to buy it, so the price is very low, plus the price of the mountain itself is much lower than that of cultivated land and residential land, the price of this five thousand taels of silver is still because the area of the Soul Mountain is too large, otherwise the price will be lower." ”

Cao Yi nodded and said, "Then this price is good, Yang Gong, you will arrange for the official office to send someone to measure the land boundary and size, and I will handle this matter in a short time, so that I can first demolish the bandits' cottage above and rebuild a few houses." ”

"The scenery over there is really good, recently there are indeed many businessmen who would rather go to the suburbs of the city to buy a quiet mountain forest to make another courtyard, the scenery is beautiful, warm in winter and cool in summer, it is not bad, but Cao Yi, you are young, is it possible that you have already thought about the comfortable life of 'picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely'?"

Yang Gong laughed at Cao Yi and said, but he knew that Cao Yi had just gotten one million silver from the Shen family at this time, so it was not impossible to buy a mountain to come over to play, what he understood was that Cao Yi was worth money to encircle and suppress the bandits of Soul Mountain, and as a man, it was not impossible to buy this mountain as a testimony of his merits.

Although this is not the case, if Yang Gong thinks so, then Cao Yi will not explain more, but can reduce unnecessary trouble, and said with a smile at the moment: "Yang Gong You should also know that I don't have any thoughts about fame and career, at least not yet, so I can just be a rich man." Besides, the Great Yan Dynasty has my father, and there are civil ministers and military generals like Yang Gong, and the family and country are eternal, and the four seas are peaceful. The common people live and work in peace and contentment, there are no natural disasters, and there is no **, a yellow-haired boy like me, I still have to calm down, read a lot of books, and do a good job. ”

Yang Gong was quite happy to listen to Cao Yi's words, and used

Finger pointed at Cao Yi and smiled: "You little slippery head, I think you are rich and want to enjoy life......

"Haha, Yang Gong is really as wise as a torch, and some of the kid's careful thoughts were discovered by you at once." Cao Yi said with a hearty smile.

"But Cao Yi, although this mountain has always been called Soul Mountain, but you can also change the name yourself after you buy it, just report it to the government, you have to think about what the name is, and then change it together with the title deed and documents."

"Well, this Soul Mountain sounds ominous, so I have to think about it carefully, what kind of name is better."

"You are the first genius in Jiangning, and the name of the mountain is not easy to capture, you can also name it after your name, even if it is called Qixian Mountain, Taibai Mountain, Qinglian Mountain, or even Zhaozheng Mountain." Yang openly joked that young people love to show off, and he wouldn't be surprised if Cao Yi really took these names.

"Haha, Yang Gong is teasing me again, but since I sell Taibai drunk and Qinglian wine, and I am also known as 'the talent of the immortals', then I will name it after Li Taibai's allusion, called Ziji Mountain."

Yang Gong was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this is Li Bai had been confined to the Ziji Palace in Chang'an City as a Taoist priest before, and met He Zhizhang here, his magnificent poetry and chic demeanor surprised He Zhizhang, and there was the famous sentence "Are you too platinum star to go down to the world?" Since then, there has been the title of Li Taibai, and Cao Yi has taken it like this, and it is not unavoidable.

Yang Gong patted Cao Yi's keyboard and said earnestly. "Virtuous nephew, Xingwen will go to Hangzhou tomorrow, and other sons like Tong Ju, Record to join the army, Sihu to join the army, regimental training envoys and others are almost going to leave for the capital Guozijian, and you young people will have a good gathering in the evening. Xingwen won't talk about it, our two families are originally families, but you also have to have a good relationship with other people, which will be of great benefit to your future development. In the future, even if you don't become an official, but you are also in business, your Zuixian Building, and your Taibai Chamber of Commerce will open everywhere, and you will need connections, so you will rely on knowing more people and dealing with more people. It's not that I will teach you, people can't be too noble sometimes, you can not be sophisticated, but you must understand the world, I hope you can understand your uncle's painstaking ......"

Cao Yi bowed to Yang Gong and said seriously: "Thank you Yang Gong for mentioning it, I will keep in mind what you say and remind myself at all times." ”

"That's good, it's normal for this age to be young and vigorous, but you still have to have socialization, but you are naturally low-key and have a natural personality, so you can grasp the middle degree yourself......"

Cao Yi nodded and agreed.

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