When they were in the Tang Mansion, they were almost shocked when they saw the scale of that garden. However, the garden in the Tang Mansion, compared with the garden in the Gao Mansion, is only three or four times the size of tenth, which is a bit of a small thing.

If they come here and see the garden of this Gaofu and the flowers and plants planted in it, they will be shocked, after all, the garden of this Gaofu covers an area of nearly two acres, and there are many varieties.

In addition to the large garden, before Li Yan came in, he and Chen Meng went around the Gaofu, and after this circle, they found that the entire Gaofu was seven or eight acres in size, which was nearly two acres larger than the Tang Mansion.

Although I know that Gaofu is very big, and I am still in the garden, I found that the garden is very large, but these are not all of Gaofu. In the outside world, it is said that the eaves and pavilions in the high mansion are bright and luxurious.

Therefore, Li Yan and Chen Meng have only seen a corner of this high mansion, and the rest of the places have not been seen yet.

Li Yan glanced at the huge garden, looked at Chen Meng and asked, "This Gao Qiang is just the captain of a county, where did he get so much money to do this?" ”

Because Li Yan can't figure out what kind of questions he is, he especially wants to know. What you must know is that the lieutenant of a county, the official residence is four grades, and he is in the middle and upper positions. A year's annual salary is only five or six hundred taels of silver, which is obviously not enough.

So under its own umbrella, there should be a lot of industries, but how much income can a county's industry have a year? At most, it's just 10,000 taels of silver, which is too much.

And among the 10,000 handfuls of silver, you have to start by removing costs, labor, and a series of costs, and in the end there are only six or seven thousand taels left, which is the most profit.

However, these six or seven thousand taels, for a person like the Tang Mansion, or other famous families, the expenses of one or two years are completely more than rubbing.

But for Gao Fu, it is not enough at all, at least two or three times the six or seven thousand taels, and the talent may be barely enough.

After all, in the garden where Li Yan and Chen Meng are now, the cost of caring for and planting these flowers and plants is two or three thousand less than a year, and I am afraid that it will not be good.

In addition to this garden, such a large mansion should be overhauled every year, and it should be maintained, as well as the wages of the subordinates, and a series of daily expenses, all of which are a lot of money, and Gao Zhenyin's expenses for a year, I think it will not be less than five thousand taels.

After all, Guan is related to Li Yan, this is within a month, it is only 7,000 taels of silver, and the 10,000 taels given today are all from Gao Zhenyin. However, after all, this is the money lost by betting with Li Yan and the two, and it cannot be regarded as daily expenses.

Therefore, this Gao Mansion is beyond normal expenses, so Li Yan can't understand at all, where did this Gao Mansion get so much money to support such a large expense of Gao Fu?

"Didn't I tell you that this Gao Qiang came from surrender, and before he surrendered to Datang, he looted a lot of money, and he also had a lot of industries under his command."

"He surrendered to Datang, and his request was that in addition to being able to lead troops, all his money was his, and he couldn't move it. At that time, the situation was special, and the emperor agreed to this strong request. Otherwise, how do you think he has so much money? ”

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's question, he explained it to him. And when Li Yan heard Chen Meng's explanation, he could be regarded as understanding, where did this Gao Qiang get so much money. However, some people were curious, how much money Gao Qiang had at the beginning, so he asked:

"By the way, when this Gao Qiang surrendered, how much money did he have?"

"Is there a shortage of money?" When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words, he smiled mysteriously and said, "Hehe, you may be startled when you say it later." When this Gao Qiang surrendered, plus the mansion where he lived and his property, all of which were converted, there were nearly 100,000 taels of silver, and the silver he saved was 200,000 taels, you now know how much money Gao Qiang has. ”

Li Yan was really as Chen Meng expected, when he heard Chen Meng say how much Gao Qiang was, he was directly taken aback, he didn't expect that this Gao Qiang had so much money. So now I understand why this high mansion is so extravagant, it turns out to be the money that has been saved before.

"What about his industry? It's not going to be still operating, is it? If that's the case, he shouldn't live here, right? Li Yanyou thought of a few questions and asked.

"In the case of him, he does not live here, but continues to run his business in the same place. However, the emperor did not agree to his request because of certain factors, but asked him to sell his property and live in Chang'an for a while. ”

Chen Meng explained for Li Yan: "More than two years ago, the Tang Emperor arranged him here. Before he came here, he bought a big mansion here, and then after half a year of renovation and expansion, it has its current scale. ”

After Chen Meng's explanation, Li Yan also had some understanding of this Gao Qiang, and he could be regarded as understanding why this Gao Mansion was so rich. If it weren't for the savings in the early stage, but with the little property he had in this Xihe County, it would not support his extravagance.

Since Li Yan also understands all this, it is important now, after all, the two of them came to Gaofu at night, not to enjoy the scenery here, if they want to enjoy the scenery, they can come in and take a look after a notice during the day.

After some conversation, the two quickly left the place and entered the building area along the dark corner of the garden. After the two of them wandered around this high mansion, they also had a clear understanding of the layout of this high mansion.

Li Yan found that the layout of the entire Gao Mansion was indeed not comparable to the Tang Mansion, just some pavilions, there were quite a few, more than a dozen, not to mention some pavilions, wing rooms, etc.

And in some pavilions, there are people living in them, Li Yan wanted to see who lived in them for curiosity, and looked carefully, and found that in each pavilion, there was a woman living in it, and every woman was a person with a high bun, obviously a married woman.

Simply so many married women are in these attics, Li Yan is a little puzzled, why are there so many women? Could it be that Gao Qiang is a good bite?

Chen Meng saw Li Yan's curiosity and incomprehension, so he said softly: "There are twelve high-strength wives and concubines, so these people that the prince has seen must be high-strength wives." ”

"Childe may not know that in addition to being greedy for life and afraid of death, this Gao Qiang also loves money and lust. This Gao Qiang is in the county town, as long as he has an identity and can contact him, he knows this Gao Qiang, and he is notoriously lustful. ”

"When he surrendered, he had as many as twenty or thirty wives. However, for some reasons, some people left, and now among these people in the house, some should be the former people, and some should be the concubines of the new ones in the past two years. ”

When Li Yan heard what Chen Meng said, he looked like this, saying that he understood, but he teased: "Has this old boy suffered it?" Raising dozens of wives and concubines, after so many years, he will not lose his kidneys? ”

"Ahem." When Chen Meng heard this, he coughed slightly twice and said: "Son, you shouldn't have touched a woman, so you don't know some common sense, people who practice martial arts are generally strong and strong, and all aspects of their bodies are much stronger than ordinary people." ”

"So, it's basically not difficult to keep a spear from falling overnight. So what Childe said basically doesn't exist. And as long as you eat a little more, the supplements for the kidneys are in a healthy state. ”

When Li Yan heard Chen Meng say that he hadn't touched a woman yet, he couldn't help but blush slightly, but this was nothing, after all, he hadn't reached twenty yet, was there anything abnormal about not touching a woman?

So I didn't care about what he said, but I roughly understood what was going on, but the next sentence almost didn't make Chen Meng almost choke to death in one breath:

"I look at the old perverted boy, and he doesn't look like a martial arts practitioner, are you mistaken? If this old boy is practicing martial arts, why doesn't his son have any foundation at all? ”

Li Yan's words made Chen Meng a little ridiculous, looked at Li Yan and said: "This Gao Qiang is a person who practices martial arts, but I believe that he can't win when he fights with Gongzi." And although Lao Tzu is a martial artist, his son must be? ”

When Li Yan heard this, he felt as if it made sense, but he was in his own hands. So Li Yan didn't say anything on this topic, but changed the topic and said: "He has so many wives, there should be more than one son of Gao Zhenyin, right?" ”

Li Yan is really suspicious of this, you said that there are so many wives in this high and strong family, no matter how bad it is, it shouldn't be just one heir, don't say too much, there should still be five or six.

Or is this old boy not able to hit in addition to being strong in this aspect? Or are none of these women able to have children? Just for high-powered fun?

When Chen Meng heard Li Yan's question, he became strange and said: "It's not as Gongzi said, there are still other heirs of this high power, but it's just ......."

When Chen Meng said this, the expression on his face became even more strange, and he looked very difficult to understand. When Li Yan saw Chen Meng's expression, he knew what should be in it, so he wanted to know in particular, and hurriedly asked:

"But what?"

Chen Meng saw Li Yan looking like he wanted to know, so he sorted out his thoughts and said: "These things are here, they are not circulating outside, we know that they are all news learned through investigation, that is, except for Gao Qiang's son and daughter, the rest of the children died for various reasons. ”

"When Gao Qiang surrendered to us, plus Gao Zhenyin and a total of five children. However, among these five people, only Gao Zhenyin and another daughter survived, and the rest died for various reasons. ”