Yang Fan took Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru all the way into the house.
The two of them were very excited, looking at their home in Beijing that had been completed and renovated. They kept looking around with pleasure, chattering and commenting all the way.
You can put something here, you can put something there.
As soon as you enter the gate, the ground is paved with frosted bluestone, which looks very high-end.
The Yang Mansion was built in strict accordance with the regulations of the General Mansion. As soon as you enter the majestic gate, you enter the first courtyard.
Yang Fan looked around and saw that this was a long courtyard. This was considered the outer courtyard of the Yang Mansion.
The two sides of the gate of Yang Mansion and the surrounding walls are actually rows of flat-roofed buildings. They are divided into upper and lower floors. The outer walls of the buildings are also the outer walls of Yang Mansion.
There is also a five-foot-high parapet on the roof, which is used for very tight defense. Soldiers can patrol it. There are also duty rooms for soldiers at the four corners.
The outer wall is surrounded by water on all sides, so ordinary thieves cannot get in. The defense here is tight, and Yang Fan is very safe living here.
Both floors have doors and windows inward. Outside the second floor door and inward is a corridor. This is the residence of the servants, soldiers and other people and the public room where they do business.
On the south side of the first floor are the carriage and horse houses and sedan rooms. Carriages and sedans are stored here. The side rooms at both ends of the outer courtyard are horse pens. The other sides are warehouses and houses for other purposes.
Surrounded by the zigzag-shaped exterior wall buildings, there are two main building groups of Yang Mansion, arranged one behind the other. A large open space is reserved at the end to reserve space for future additions.
The two enclosed courtyard buildings at the front and back are the main components of the mansion.
The first one is the office space of Yang Mansion, which is mainly the lobby and the second hall. The second closed courtyard building complex is the back house. It is mainly the third hall and the back building.
Entering the main gate of Yang Mansion and passing through the rectangular courtyard is the first building complex - the office area.
Facing the gate of this building complex is the Yimen. Entering through the Yimen means you have entered the central area of the mansion.
After entering Yimen, the first thing you see is a courtyard. On the front is a tall building, which is the hall where Yang Fan handles official business. On both sides are side rooms for the offices of Yang Fan's subordinates.
This festival hall is the largest building in the entire Sanjin courtyard. It has a first floor on the bright side, but there is a dark second floor on top of the cloister and floor-to-ceiling windows. This is called a light and dark layout.
For daylighting on the second floor, a row of skylights is installed on the sloped roof. The skylights are all sealed glass windows two feet wide and three feet long.
The first floor is Yang Fan's office hall, and the second floor is Yang Fan's study and secretariat office.
The wing rooms on both sides are connected to the main building by a corridor, so it will not be affected even if it rains.
The first hall is the first courtyard. Behind it is the second courtyard. The main building at the back is the second hall, which is also a courtyard with wing rooms in the east and west. The second hall is Yang Fan's living room.
Behind this main building is the inner house complex.
Passing through a long courtyard, you are faced with the hanging flower gate. On both sides of the hanging flower gate are hand-painted verandahs, with various small windows on the outward walls.
Entering the hanging flower gate, you are facing the third hall, which is the residence of the principal wife Tu Shanyue. The east and west wing rooms are the residences of the concubines Lin Yueru and Mei Xiang. The main room and the wing rooms are connected by hand-painted verandahs.
Behind the three halls is the back building, which is divided into upper and lower floors. The back building surrounds the last courtyard on three sides. This is the residence of other maids and maids in the inner house.
All the doors and windows of Yang Mansion are equipped with glass windows, which looks very bright. It contrasts with the dark red wooden building and looks very upscale.
Inside the mansion, furniture and various daily necessities have been arranged. Aunt Mei also sent a group of maids and servants to move in in advance, and various supplies were purchased in sufficient quantities.
The hotel is fully equipped with grooms, chefs, and various servants. Yang Fan can move in directly when he arrives.
The Yang Mansion also specially built a water tower and connected it to running water. This water tower is the tallest building in the mansion and also serves as a watchtower.
Bathrooms and toilets are a must. Yang Fanke is not used to the toilets of this era. Even Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru are used to high-end bathrooms and shower rooms.
Cat-foot bathtubs and saunas are their favorites. Now with steam engines, groundwater can be extracted, and water towers have provided running water. They have realized the freedom of bathing. They also bought a professional massage and massage machine from Yangzhou.
maid.
Yang Fan found that these two girls were becoming more and more depraved. They were greedy for enjoyment and did not want to make progress.
But Yang Fan didn't bother to care about them and just let them be happy.
In this mansion, a boiler and heating system have been installed for heating in winter.
After all, this is my own house, and I have the final say on how to decorate and install equipment. It’s not like the house I rented last year, where I couldn’t damage the house by digging holes everywhere.
The heating that Yang Fan wanted so much was finally installed. In addition to heating, the boiler also provides 24-hour hot water. The boiler is modern, and its power is more than enough to supply the whole house. Not only Yang Fan and his two wives, but also everyone in the house can enjoy flush toilets.
Restrooms and bathrooms.
In winter, hot water is always available for washing your face. For drinking water, you can use a kettle or boiler room to turn on the water.
In this era, the weather is cold. If you don't keep warm in the winter in the imperial capital, you will definitely freeze to death.
Peach trees, magnolia trees, and plum blossom trees are planted in various courtyards. They are decorated with various strange stones and potted plants.
Throughout the house, the ground is all hardened and paved with frosted bluestone. The drain is covered with an iron fence. Even on rainy days, it is very clean and there will be no muddy water on your feet.
Electric lights are also installed throughout the courtyard, using solar panels and lithium battery packs.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru were very satisfied.
Yang Fan took them for a walk. Yang Fan asked with a smile: "How is it? Are you satisfied with it?"
"Master, our new house is much better than the one we got married in. I like it so much."
"Master, we've finished looking at the mansion, let's go see the garden," Lin Yueru said, shaking Yang Fan's arm.
"Okay, let's go see the garden."
The Jinsitao land is irregular and is shaped like a triangle. A regular mansion was built on the west side, and a garden was built on the irregular land on the east side.
Generally according to the normal layout, the garden is usually located on the west side of the mansion, or at the back. It is commonly known as the west garden or the back garden. There is no way to arrange it this way. The terrain is like this, so it can only be laid out this way.
There is no lake in the garden because it is adjacent to the Shicha Sea. For the design and construction of the garden, professional garden construction personnel were specially hired from Suzhou at a high price, and they were carefully designed according to Suzhou-style gardens.
The scenery changes as you move through the garden. The design is exquisite and beautiful. As for the materials, we also try to use better Jiangnan materials. Yang Fan has a sea fleet, and transporting materials from Jiangnan is just a matter of one ship. It doesn’t cost too much. These things
, such as Taihu stone, the transportation cost is high.
Various bamboos and flowers are planted in the garden, and there are more than ten pavilions and pavilions. The tallest one is the Wangyuan Tower located at the tip of the east side.
This is a three-story octagonal pavilion. There are floor-to-ceiling doors and windows on all eight sides, and a cloister on the outside. It is a good place to enjoy the scenery of Shichahai.
Looking to the northeast, the Drum Tower reveals its superstructure in the distance, which is integrated with the surrounding scenery and is very beautiful. Looking to the south, it is the north wall of the imperial city, and inside the wall are various royal buildings in the Xiyuan.
Finally, Yang Fan took them to the pavilion near the water to enjoy the scenery of Shichahai.
Looking at the sparkling water, patches of lotus flowers, and occasionally golden carp leaping out of the water.
Xiao Niangpi said happily: "Master, our new home is really nice. I feel like I have been living here forever. Alas, it's a pity that after meeting His Majesty, we have to go back to the new city."
"Yes, this is actually the best piece of land in the capital. It's just that no one has ever discovered it. That's why we took advantage. I am an officer serving in the border army, and I can't live in the capital all the time. This place can only be used as a
This is our place to stay when we occasionally return to Beijing."
After lunch in the flower hall of the back house, Yang Fan reported to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
During this Monan victory, Yang Fan needed to report the situation to the highest command organization of the guards. He immediately applied to the palace for an audience the next day.
Then, Yang Fan came to the Jinyiwei Yamen. Yang Fan hadn't been here for a year, so he had to come to check in.
Luo Yangxing was not there. Yang Fan briefly exchanged greetings with other officials, big and small, and then came to his office to see if there was any official business that he needed to handle.
This is the first time Yang Fan has come to his office since he left Beijing last year.
Yang Fan has a high official rank in Jinyiwei. He has a small courtyard as his office and seven subordinate book offices.
When they heard that Mr. Yang was coming, the seven people were very happy.
It's not easy to meet your immediate boss. They were assigned to work under Mr. Yang. How pitiful it is that this is the first time they meet Mr. Yang.
Over the past year, various documents that need to be signed by Mr. Yang have been accumulated and sent to them in a stream.
Yang Fan took a look and saw that many of the items had been completed.
Because Yang Fan is not a clerk and has been absent from the Yamen for a long time, his presence or absence will not affect the performance of official duties.
However, many documents needed to be countersigned by Yang Fan, which was equivalent to being circulated to him, and he followed up with his signature and seal. This time Yang Fan came, it was a reissue, and he could just make it up with a seal and send it back for filing.
Having been a humanoid stamper all afternoon, Yang Fan was very tired and had finished all the processing. It was time to hold the lamp.
When Yang Fan returned to the house, Lin Yueru and Xiao Niangpi were probably asleep.
Going back would wake them up. I didn't disturb them. I went directly to the second hall and my bedroom, washed myself, got into bed and got ready to sleep.
I have to go to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow morning.
Not long after Yang Fan turned off the lights and went to sleep, he heard a rustling sound.
Yang Fan was a little strange, so he turned on the light and saw the little girl wearing pajamas, hugging her own pillow, and running towards her.
"Master, I can't sleep alone, how about I come here to sleep too." A pair of big watery eyes looked at Yang Fan pitifully.
Yang Fan had no choice but to let her come up to sleep.
Xiao Niangpi kicked off her shoes excitedly, got into bed, and was arranging her pillow. At this time, Lin Yueru also ran over holding a pillow.
"Master, the new house is so empty. I'm scared to be alone. Is it okay if I come here to sleep?"
The two looked at each other, snorted in displeasure and turned away.
Yang Fan smiled bitterly and had no choice but to make peace with it as it came.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru cuddled up to Yang Fan peacefully and soon fell asleep. Listening to their snoring, Yang Fan slowly fell into sleep.
No more today.
This chapter has been completed!