blueteamnovel #480 - Liuyun Villa
#480 - Liuyun Villa
After coming out, Liang Yue and the others, accompanied by the staff of the brokerage, took a carriage all the way to the location of the residence.
Unexpectedly, after being taken into the imperial court's possession for so long, the mansion showed no signs of neglect or dilapidation.
Pushing open the door, what came into view was a rather well-maintained scenery.
The green bricks and glazed tiles, the stone platforms and pavilions, although looking quite old, did not have the slightest sense of obsolescence. Instead, a sense of ancient simplicity and unadorned elegance greeted them.
In February and March, the trees and flowers in the courtyard had not yet reached the time to bloom with vigorous vitality, looking a bit bare. However, both the shapes and growth trajectories were trimmed in a well-organized and orderly manner.
Continuing deeper into the mansion, artificial hills, pavilions, long corridors, and gardens were naturally surrounded by a winding expanse of clear water.
At this time, a thin layer of ice covered the water surface, and occasionally a few colorful fish could be seen floating from the water.
At the edge of the mansion was a bamboo forest, connected to the area outside the courtyard wall. Even so, within the courtyard, it was almost impossible to see any messy dead branches or fallen leaves.
Obviously, in the past, specialists would come here to maintain it every once in a while.
This was vastly different from the chaotic scene that Liang Yue had anticipated and mentally prepared for – a place occupied by unknown members of the Beggar Clan, covered in dog feces, urine, and weeds!
Opening the back door of the mansion revealed a tree-lined path, with simple fences on both sides. At the end of the path was another small river with flowing water.
On this side of the river, a small pier, a bamboo pavilion, and even the entire bamboo forest were also within the scope of the mansion's property ownership.
After a general tour of the entire mansion, Liang Yue pondered in his heart and then nodded in satisfaction.
He thought to himself that it was worth spending the gold to acquire such a mansion in the capital of the country.
The only pity was that the rooms of this residence, which should have been filled with various valuable furniture, exquisite potted flowers and plants, utensils, porcelain, calligraphy, and paintings, were now all empty.
The reason was self-evident. After being confiscated by the imperial court, all these things had been taken away.
If based on the current market price, re-purchasing everything according to the specifications and size of this mansion, plus the later decoration, embellishment, carving, and other labor costs...
To make this place feel full again, it would cost at least as much as buying such a mansion!
Roughly calculated, including the previous spending on buying the house, it would cost about seven or eight hundred thousand strings of cash!
This price, even compared to the housing prices and decoration costs in the capital of the previous life, was not inferior at all, and ordinary people could definitely not afford it!
Fortunately, Liang Yue was not an ordinary wage earner...
Money was secondary, the key was that Liang Yue had resources!
Moreover, he could create all kinds of furniture, utensils, and a wide variety of decorations himself.
The materials were free, and the process was quite simple, saving time and effort.
Therefore, after completing the handover with the brokerage staff and sending away the middle-aged man who was disappointed and unwilling because he failed to receive the subsequent decoration order,
Liang Yue, Teacher Shizuka, Senior Saeko, and others immediately took out their toolboxes and various wooden and metal raw materials and began to act enthusiastically.
From the most basic beds, tables, chairs, benches, glass, bookshelves, and the perpetually burning magma stove, to the beautiful window lattices, carvings, various metal ornaments, and exquisitely styled lamp stands that could only be made in the upgraded toolbox, etc.
Like magic, one by one, they were thrown onto the open space by everyone, and then filled into their respective rooms according to each person's preferences.
In the end, even some rooms dedicated to the side courtyard for the servants to rest were arranged by the temporarily inspired crowd.
After finishing all this, Liang Yue directly spread out a piece of rice paper on the table, took a large brush, and impromptu wrote the four characters "Flowing Cloud Villa" on it.
He planned to find an experienced craftsman in the city who specializes in making plaques to make one for his mansion when he had time.
After all this was done, unknowingly, the time had already come to dusk.
At this time, the sun in the sky was slowly falling down the hill under the reflection of the sunset.
The light gradually dimmed, and the world became slightly cold.
Fortunately, half an hour ago, Narihisago and Yang Buhui had already notified Yuriko and others in the small shop of their movements through the village platform.
By now, they should be almost here, right?
Sure enough, just as everyone had just cleaned up the surrounding scraps and arranged a pile of ingredients and fruits around a magma stove in the middle courtyard's garden, the thick front door was pushed open.
The first to walk in were naturally Yuriko, Alwen, and Hinata, and behind them, of course, there was also a group of thin and small figures.
However, compared to their previous appearance in the small shop, with messy hair and inadequate clothing, the group of children had now changed into thick clothes.
Cyan-black Taoist robes, plus a white right-lapel lining, and a uniform-style pure wool black robe on the outside.
It must be said that with such a dress, each of them really had the feeling of a Taoist child.
Unfortunately, even with such equipment as a supplement, the faces of these little guys still seemed a little uneasy, and after entering this mansion, a trace of panic appeared on their faces in addition to nervousness.
Looking at that appearance, it seemed that they were very afraid of being sold...
Of course, not all the children were like this.
Among the thirty or forty children, Liang Yue discovered a few who were quite courageous. Although their bodies still seemed weak, their eyes had already begun to shine.
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"After you're done, you'll rest in these two rows of houses in the middle courtyard tonight. Men and women can freely combine and four people can live in each room."
"Do you all remember?"
"Remembered!"
"Rem! Remembered!"
"Rem~"
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"That's good, let's start eating now, eat slowly, and chew carefully~"
Looking at this group of children in front of him, who, because of his words, began to force themselves to nibble on the bread crusts bit by bit, sip the mushroom soup bit by bit, and endure their bodies' desire for food, for fear of being scolded or beaten if they didn't do well.
Liang Yue couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth at this time, and then turned and returned to his seat.
The women here seemed to be talking about installing lights and monitoring facilities in this mansion. At this moment, they seemed to have discussed some technical issues regarding the specific line installation...
Hearing this, Liang Yue couldn't help but think of the power plant device from the Forager world that he had drawn from the system before.
Since it was a product of the game world, the thing itself did not need to follow the so-called physical rules to a certain extent.
After landing, as long as it was within a certain range around the power plant, all electrical appliances would be automatically powered on.
Although after being transformed by the system, it could no longer generate electricity out of thin air like in the game, and needed to constantly consume various items to complete the power generation steps.
But in Liang Yue's hands, didn't he still have a batch of Ark reactors?
With nuclear fusion, was there still a fear of not having electricity available?
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