Chapter 197: Rich People Are Really Extravagant
After completing all the affairs of borrowing troops, it would take several days for the 300,000-strong army to be ready for departure.
Taking advantage of this time, Huo Gannian took Yun Chen out of Tianlang City and came to a place called Fuyao City a hundred miles away.
Fuyao City is located in the southern part, and its climate and scenery are quite similar to those of Yancheng City in the Southern Kingdom. Both are places that nourish beauties with misty rain, small bridges and flowing water.
The two came to the most prosperous area in the east of the city.
Passing through the bustling market, rows of shops, down two small streets, and turning through a tall stone building gate, the scenery in front of me suddenly opens up -
On the low slopes of a lush green hill, clusters of camellias spread out like waterfalls.
Pink and white are intertwined, red and purple are interwoven, like a gentle and grand floral dragon, surrounding the entire lawn.
A house with a simple shape but obviously valuable at first glance stands in the middle of it.
Yun Chen wondered, "This house looks very expensive, but why doesn't it even have a main gate?"
Huo Gannian smiled mysteriously, "I had already passed the gate just now, but you didn't see it."
After a while, Yun Chen remembered the tall stone building gate.
She ran back, took a look, and ran back again, surprised:
"Young Master, there's 'Yun Mansion' written on the door!"
She gestured with her arms outstretched, her childish movements and surprised face revealing a pure and childish air. "In the heart of the city, this huge hillside, with houses, flowers, plants, and trees, are all owned by the Yun Mansion?"
Huo Gannian smiled brightly, "And the pavilions and towers in the mansion, the pond and lake in the back garden, all belong to the Yun Mansion—yours."
Huo Gannian took Yun Chen's hand and walked into the "Yun Mansion" mansion.
Look around and walk through each threshold.
The familiar "Huo's" style is everywhere, low-key yet luxurious, restrained yet noble.
Gold, silver, and jade were rare, and bamboo and wood were the common materials. However, any length of bamboo tube was more valuable than the equivalent amount of silver.
When they reached the central hall, the junction of the inner and outer houses, he stopped and handed her a small copper box with intricate carvings.
He said, "Not only here, but from Nanguo to Zhaoguo, from Dongyan to the foreign lands, all those private residences and villas that once belonged to me personally will now be yours. There are 6,772 of them in total. Here are the deeds to all of them and the deeds to the servants who look after them."
"How much more? Sixty-six thousand? You have more than six thousand houses?"
She casually flipped through a few of the pictures in the copper box.
Other people's homes had one deed for each house, but Huo Gannian obviously had too many deeds and it was inconvenient to carry them with her, so she simply made a list of the houses, indicating the address, location, land price and the number of people who viewed the houses. The more she looked at it, the more she couldn't help but open her mouth wide, and her jaw almost dropped to the ground.
"Why did you suddenly give me these?" She didn't have time to calculate how much these were worth. Roughly speaking, they could treat the 300,000 descendants of the Black Armor Army to hot pot for two years.
But this is just Huo Gannian's private residence. Compared with the Huo Gang's shops, halls, vaults and money houses spread across various countries, it is only one ten-thousandth at best.
For the first time, Yun Chen had a concrete concept of "the richest man in Nan Country".
"It's not sudden. I have been planning this for a long time." Huo Gannian looked deeply into Yun Chen's eyes, with a soft smile on his face, and something particularly determined in it.
She could clearly see that she was somewhat tightly wrapped in his love, her heart was full to the point of overflowing, and she felt like she was about to be unable to bear it.
She waved the small box in her hand and said lightly:
"Once you give it to me, you can't regret it. It's useless for you to cry. I won't return it."
He smiled dotingly, touched her head, and then pulled her to sit on the high seat in the hall.
As soon as he sat down, a servant from the house came to serve tea, said "Master, please sit for a moment", and then ran out in small steps.
Yun Chen then thought of a very important question, "Have you lived in all 6,772 villas? That's impossible. If you stayed in one villa every day, it would take you 20 years, not to mention the time it takes to travel across the city..."
"I've basically never lived there." Huo Gannian continued, "When I was investigating the affairs of the local clan, I occasionally stayed in one or two places. Many of them were bought when I passed by and thought the location was good, the scenery was beautiful, and the land price was stable. The rest were mostly passed down from generation to generation in the Huo family."
She was shocked: "Doesn't that mean every house has many servants to look after the house? Some of them have never seen you in their entire lives, but they live in that house their entire lives and need your monthly salary for their entire lives?"
He didn't quite understand why she asked this, but he still said:
"Of course. Guards guarding the house, servants waiting on the table, maids sweeping the floor, incense burners, cooks in the kitchen... every house has more than a dozen people on hand."
Yun Chen was shocked and kept sighing, "Rich people are so extravagant."
Maybe it was because these private houses suddenly became hers, but she subconsciously felt a little sad, thinking that it was a huge waste of money.
But even though she lamented, she would never lay people off and cut off their financial resources.
Being able to live in a mansion for the rest of her life without having to serve a master, she wants to find such a good job in her next life.
Just as her mind was wandering, the servant came to report, "Everything is ready."
After Huo Gannian signaled that they could begin, twelve pipa players with different looks and styles and gorgeous clothes floated into the hall like fragrant wind and clouds, and lined up in front of Huo Gannian and Yun Chen.
Each one has a slender figure and expressive eyes. Each one has a different hairstyle, makeup, and dress, but they all hold the same expensive pipa.
It's like a sea of dazzling flowers, yet a clear stream complements them.
The pipa players sat down in the hall. One of them began to pluck the strings, and the other eleven immediately followed suit and began to sing.
Twelve beautiful voices intertwined and lingered in the air, making Yun Chen intoxicated. He sighed that the scene in the palace in heaven must be just like this.
She was watching intently, her eyes and ears were not enough, and she did not notice that Huo Gannian didn't look at the Pipa ladies from beginning to end, but was only looking at her expression.
Noticing that she particularly liked the lady playing the pipa in a lake blue skirt embroidered with green water and silver, Huo Gannian nodded to the servant beside him, and the servant immediately understood and left.
Before the Pipa Lady finished singing, five or six maids were already waiting by the side, holding skirts, makeup, hair accessories and jewelry.
The Pipa girl sang for almost half an hour before leaving. If Yun Chen hadn't really been reluctant to see the girls strain their voices like that, she would have wanted to listen for a while longer.
"Young Master, tell me, if there were no women in this world, how barren and boring it would be!"
Huo Gannian thought about it and nodded in agreement:
"If the world were filled with only men, the result would probably be constant war and no peace. Both men and women are indispensable."
As they were talking, several maids brought in a dress and a set of men's robes.
Huo Gannian said, "I want to take you for a walk around the city. It's up to you to decide what outfit you want to wear, whether you want to dress as a man or a woman."
After that, he kissed her forehead as if no one was around, said "I'll wait for you outside" and left.
The maids nearby covered their mouths and laughed secretly.
Yun Chen kicked him and said angrily, "Go away!" But he was already very happy in his heart.
Looking at the two sets of clothes in front of her, one for the man and the other for the woman, both were a refreshing and neat Lake Bishui blue, and both were embroidered with her favorite silver-embroidered camellia pattern.
She suddenly realized that she had not worn a skirt for more than ten years, from being forced to dress as a man to being accustomed to and liking men's clothing that was free from worldly constraints and more convenient. She almost forgot how to be a woman.
Occasionally, she would envy those pretty girls in their skirts.
For example, Song Lan. No matter when you see her, she is always wearing an expensive and gorgeous brocade dress, with exquisite makeup and her hair adorned with jeweled hairpins and rings.
Especially Song Lan has many different styles of earrings, and Yun Chen has almost never seen her wear the same pair, which makes him very envious.
Yun Chen picked up the earrings from a jewelry tray held by a maid. They were short pendants made of snow silver and lake emerald.
Huo Gannian was very attentive. Knowing that she didn't have pierced ears, he specially chose ear clips.
"Try it on, it will look great on you," said a maid.
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