The restless air obliterates the fluttering catkins, the harsh sun bakes the earth, the grass is helpless in the scorching sun, the birds stand drowsy on the branches, as if they will fall down at any moment, and the pedestrians on the road are scarce, but the shouting vendors are still busy for their livelihoods.

The sun in Beijing in summer is extremely strong, and it is always cloudless, a blue sky, sweating profusely, especially for a fat man like Qi Liang, staying up in summer is like boiling torture, he sits in the carriage and keeps shaking the paper fan, but the sweat is getting more and more. Today, I received a report from my master Qian Yunfang that the new manor purchased in the suburbs of Beijing had been vacated two days ago, and I wanted to go and see, in order to hide people's eyes, he abandoned the sedan chair and sat in the car, and deliberately dressed up (like a Shanxi nouveau riche), and even the personal guards picked out the fresh faces, and the front and rear were full of carriages.

Efu Mansion originally had a manor on the outskirts of Beijing, and Qi Liang bought another one for future retreat, so all aspects were done very secretively. The hot wind swept up the yellow sand, and twenty miles out of Beijing arrived at this newly purchased manor. Qi Liang let the guards in the front and rear carriages disperse far away, and just took Qian Yunfang, Xiao Liuzi and the two guards to the manor.

"What's the name of this manor?" Qi Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand regardless of the image.

Qian Yunfang took a step forward and said, "Llama Village!" ”

"Falling Horse Village?" Qi Liang wants to beat someone, he is not a superstitious person, but he really knows Wu Yingxiong's final fate, is this the will of heaven? Suddenly, I felt a sense of pathos and powerlessness, and I was actually cold in the heat, and my face turned pale after a while.

Sensing Qi Liang's abnormality, Qian Yunfang asked worriedly, "What's wrong with the prince?" ”

Qi Liang shook his hand and said emptily: "It's nothing!" "But in my heart, I was secretly scolding that I really can't do things, and I can't buy a manor, won't you pick a name that is auspicious?

Continue to walk forward, when I arrived at the door, I looked up at Qi Liang and found that I was suspicious, the door was hung with "Luomazhuang" instead of "Luomazhuang", and I smiled, and then I felt that the homophony was not very good, and I was still awkward in my heart.

Llama Village is backed by a hill, a small river flows in front of it, the view is wide, all around are fertile fields, and there are some houses scattered three or four hundred meters away, and Qi Liang passed through those houses when he came.

Pushing the heavy vermilion lacquer gate to the sky, I walked several meters inside before I saw a few servants running in a panic, and an older one spoke first: "Mr. Qian!" He looked very respectful, but he didn't know that Qi Liang was the real master.

Qian Yunfang pointed at Qi Liang and ordered: "Come and see the young owner!" Before going out, Qi Liang told him not to reveal everyone's identities for the time being.

Several servants hurriedly bowed: "I've seen the young owner!" ”

Qi Liang looked at it and nodded, they were all some people, Qian Yunfang explained on the side: "They are all nearby villagers, temporarily hire them to take care of the manor, and clean up by the way." ”

Qi Liang walked inside, and Qian Yunfang followed quickly, and ordered downward: "You guys go get busy first, I'll accompany the young owner to take a look!" ”

The manor is very large and covers an area of more than 40 acres, more than 200 meters wide, more than 100 meters deep, built a hall, two halls, ancestral halls, buildings, tile houses, gardens, etc., the layout is decent, the craftsmanship is simple, the scale is quite grand. The house is a hard mountain type, with five beams, covered with a gray tile roof, and the front ridge has a kiss; There are beasts on the vertical ridge, wood carved mullion windows, wooden floors, geometric figures carved on the bricks of the front eaves, and animal patterns carved on the corner bricks, the image is vivid and realistic. Qi Liang likes the open-air courtyard of the main hall very much, 15 meters long, 17 meters wide, with 120 square bluestone slabs paved, each stone slab surface, are engraved with hollow patterns, sun patterns, money patterns, fish scale patterns and other patterns, the south side of the courtyard is also set up with a rectangular fire pool built with bluestone slabs, quite avant-garde. On the east side, there is a square flower pond with a length and width of 3 meters and a height of about 1.5 meters, and there is a stalactite rockery in the middle of the pond, and bamboo and holly trees are planted around the pond.

After turning around, it took more than half an hour, Qi Liang was very satisfied with the geographical location and layout structure of Luo Yuanzhuang, especially the pine, cypress, maple, ginkgo trees and so on in the manor, which surrounded the whole garden lushly, and it didn't feel hot on a hot day.

Qian Yunfang told Qi Liang: "There are salt warehouses, shops, cattle pens, stables, horse farms next to Llama Village, and more than 100 hectares of fertile land outside. ”

Qi Liang was secretly surprised and asked, "How much did all this cost?" ”

Qian Yunfang said: "A total of 33,450 taels of silver was spent!" ”

Although money is not a problem for Qi Liang, he still feels a pain in his flesh, and he doesn't feel so fond of it when he looks at this house.

Qian Yunfang saw that Qi Liang's face was different, and hurriedly explained to relieve his doubts, and said: "Because the prince of the world has high requirements and is urgent, and the original owner is unwilling to sell, he can only buy it at a high price!" ”

Qi Liangmu said indifferently: "Write a relevant report to me when Mr. goes back!" "He just ordered very casually, this is his work habit in later generations, but when he heard Qian Yunfang's ears, there were turbulent waves, and the son of the world didn't trust me anymore?

Qian Yunfang was in charge of the finances of the Efu Mansion, and Wu Yingxiong had never checked the accounts before.

Qian Yunfang replied in disbelief: "Yes!" "Some time ago, he lost the power of military affairs, and now he may lose the power of finances, and he can't help but feel sad.

Qi Liang didn't notice Qian Yunfang's abnormality, and walked in front and said: "Mr. first survey the environment here, recruit some servants without background, the number is not many, more than 20 people are enough, and then transfer some guards from the pro-guards, and Zheng Yuning will be in charge of the overall responsibility here for the time being!" ”

Qian Yunfang wrote them down one by one, and Qi Liang said again: "The darkened part of the support team from the north of Yunnan is also temporarily arranged here. By the way, how long will it take for them to get to the capital? ”

Qian Yunfang replied: "It will probably take half a month!" ”

Qi Liang said: "Don't rush them, let them protect that batch of supplies, and it doesn't hurt to go north slowly!" "Every time someone from Yunnan came, they would send a batch of gold, silver and jewelry to bribe the ministers of the DPRK and China.

During the conversation, he had already walked out of the manor, and Qian Yunfang answered while beckoning the guards who were on guard in the distance to collect the team and prepare to return to the city.

Three horse-drawn carriages galloped on the road, like raising yellow sand all the way when he came, this was the first time Qi Liang had gone out of the city since he came to this era, but the hot weather and bumpy roads made him not in the mood to appreciate this ancient pastoral scenery.

It was already early when he drove into the city, and when he heard his stomach growling, Qi Liang ordered him to stop at a restaurant, but Qian Yunfang stopped: "Shizi! We'll be at the house soon, so let's go back to the house and have dinner again! ”

Qi Liang disagreed: "Isn't Mr. hungry?" I'm hungry, so we're going to eat here! ”

"Shizi ......" Qian Yunfang still needs to be persuaded again, Qi Liang has already strode into the restaurant, and he has no choice but to command the guards to follow.

Now that the peak period of dining has passed, there are a lot fewer people in the restaurant, Xiao Liuzi ran in front to find a seat for Qi Liang, just two guests left the window, he saw that the location was good and immediately ran to sit down, at the same time there was a person who also sat down, Xiao Liuzi glared and said: "Hey! I'll sit down here first, and I ask you to leave! ”

Sitting down was a burly strong man, with two sides of the eight-character eyebrows separated, very angry, he glanced at Xiao Liuzi, and said unreasonably: "This table is so big, why can't two people sit on it?" ”

Xiao Liuzi said: "Our young owner wants to sit here, and there are empty tables next to it, you can sit at other tables!" ”

The strong man said stiffly: "Our family likes to sit here!" ”

"You ......" Xiao Liuzi was so angry that he couldn't speak, he had never touched such an unreasonable person

At this time, Qi Liang happened to come upstairs, and he beckoned Xiao Liuzi and said, "Little Liuzi!" Let's sit at this table, and give that table to others! ”

"Young owner!" Xiao Liuzi was very unwilling, and said, "I sat down first!" ”

"That's it! Let people take a step, and make peace! "Qi Liang doesn't want to eat and make so many troubles, this is not Qi Liang's previous character. In the past, when I had no money and no power, I liked to be competitive, but now I am rich and powerful, but I don't fight, and people are really strange. He said to the man very gracefully: "Strong man, please use it slowly!" ”

The man snorted and said, "This place is mine, what do you want to let me?" ”

Qi Liang smiled, this person was really begging for a beating, but he didn't really care about sitting down across the three tables, and the guards who came up behind him were scattered around.