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Chapter 109 Lanchi Creek Garden

The commercial streets in Jiacheng are still cross-shaped, with more than one mile from north to south and east to west, and there are various shops and buildings, with only two or three hundred stores.

The names of the shops are all named "Li Family", and they are obviously owned by the Li family.

Li Luo passed the Cross Street and entered a blue brick avenue. Both sides were covered with green walls and black tiles, which had a very solemn and heavy atmosphere.

Each building has a plaque, and even a few buildings have guards at the gates.

Looking along the way, there are family treasury, family auditorium, family martial arts hall, family official hall, family work hall, family fu hall, family law hall, family prison, etc.

OK, it's just a miniature imperial team.

After passing this "Yamen District", we entered a square larger than the football field. There were thirty-six stone lampstands on the square, and there were also big bell towers and drum towers on both sides.

"Dongdong"

It was already dusk, and the big drum on the drum tower rang for miles.

After passing the square, there was a high and high hall with five rooms and six columns. The word on the flat forehead was: "Yangzheng Hall".

It seems that this is the main hall where the head of the Li family is in the hall and the director. It is equivalent to the "Golden Palace".

At the entrance of Yangzheng Hall, there are several towering green pine columns on both sides, and the trees are estimated to be hundreds of years old.

Bypassing the "Yangzheng Hall" and entering a corridor paved with water-milled green. At the end of the corridor is the gate leading to the residence of the back house.

The clear stones under the eaves of the gate were dripped out of the water holes by rain. The stone beasts guarding the gate were also eroded into mottled colors by the wind. The moss on the tiles of the gate turned the black tiles into blue.

A brick, a tile, and a tree all show the sense of ancient vicissitudes.

It is worthy of being a clan that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Li Luo was more interested in these things that carried time.

There were also managers and soldiers guarding him at the door of the back house. When they saw Li Huizhi, they all bowed and called the Fourth Lady.

When you enter this gate, the scene changes again, as if there is a different world.

At first glance, there are pavilions, towers, water pavilions, flower corridors, clear ponds and forests, and a silhouette of people. What a romantic and wealthy place.

It was not until here that Li Luo saw the Li family city as a private house.

Li Huizhi led the way and introduced: "Cousin, there are more than a thousand tribes in the city now, plus family slaves, retainers, soldiers, etc., there are always more than 8,000 people. Compared to the palace, it is only a big or small."

Is it even bigger than the palace? Li Luo is a little speechless.

Li Huizhi continued to introduce: "This is just a person in the city. In addition to the family city, our Li family has dozens of farms, more than 20,000 land slaves, and I don't know how many mountains, forests, water and water are there."

She wanted to see the shock, envy and excitement on Li Luo's face.

Then, there was no.

Of course, Li Luo was surprised at the size of Li's family. But for him, as a modern person, no matter how rich and powerful Li's family is, it cannot reach the point where he is envious and excited.

The Li Family City is indeed larger than all the private houses preserved in later China. Compared with it, Suzhou gardens are like a small garden, Qiao Family courtyard is like a small courtyard, and the famous Prince Gong Mansion is like a house of a rich man.

Even the Forbidden City is not as large as the Li family city.

But this only shows that Goryeo is a noble society, and nothing else can be said.

It is too unfair to compare the scale of private buildings in the bureaucratic and feudal era with private buildings in the aristocratic era.

The three Huans of Lu and seven Mus of Zheng were all locked up in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they were never smaller than the Li family.

Even if the Li family city is really a city, so what? The antique tourist attractions built in any area in later generations are not smaller than this, and there are more people.

Seeing Li Luo's expression of being accustomed to the light and calm, Li Huizhi's evaluation of this "cousin" couldn't help but rise to another level.

Many people who have just come to the Li family city will be shocked even if their official positions are not low. But this cousin is taking it lightly, and there is no need to think that he must have seen the world.

The reason why Li Huizhi became enthusiastic about Li Luo was of course because of the "jade porcelain".

More than a month ago, a beautiful new porcelain flowed out of Hanyang Prefecture, crushing Korean celadon as soon as it was born, becoming the most sought-after porcelain.

Moreover, the bottom of the jade porcelain actually has the four words "Renzhou Li Family"!

Now, the batch of jade porcelain from Shanhai Trading Company has been sold out, and several big shopkeepers come to the door to ask for continued supply.

Li was originally a shareholder of Shanhai Trading Company. If he really had jade porcelain, he would of course supply it to Shanhai Trading Company.

But the question is, where does Li have jade porcelain?

Of course, Li Huizhi knew who the real owner of jade porcelain was. In April, she met Li Luo, who claimed to be her cousin, in Hanyang Mansion. Li Luo also gave her an excellent jade porcelain pen to wash, and the brush was washed with the four characters of Renzhou Li Family.

Li Huizhi returned to the family to report the matter secretly, which immediately caused a sensation in the clan's old church. Soon, Li Qian, the head of the family who was an official in Wangjing, also received news.

After the family evaluated the jade porcelain, it was concluded that if the family was in charge of the business, the Li family would be able to obtain at least 200,000 to 300,000 yuan in net profits a year!

This is a greater benefit than celadon.

The Li family has 100,000 acres of land, more than a dozen large ships, and a large number of shops and commercial buildings. The annual income of such an industry is only 200,000 to 300,000 guan.

In other words, if you hold the "jade porcelain" in your hand, your annual income will double! Even for Li, "jade porcelain" is an irresistible temptation.

Therefore, the clan Laotang and the head of the family have always decided to make the jade porcelain printed with "Renzhou Li Family" truly become the Li family's industry at any cost.

Not to mention that Li Luo is very likely to be in the Li family's bloodline, even if he is not, Li can make him be.

As for what Li Luo wants, it is nothing more than the support and recognition of Li's family, which are easy to deal with. As long as Li Luo is willing to give up the interests of Yu Ci, his background, official position, power, and family can give it to him.

Fortunately, Li Luo took the initiative to leave an address to Li Huizhi, so Li family sent someone to Jianghua to find Li Luo.

This is also why Li Huizhi called Li Luo's cousin in public and became his true identity as a child in his direct line.

Jin Guangxian and his sister didn't know about these things, and they thought that Li Luo was recognized by Li because of his bloodline.

Li Huizhi took Li Luo through the pavilions and towers, and finally came to a yard called "Lanchixiyuan".

"Cousin, you are not an outsider, so you won't stay in the guesthouse. Do you know who has lived in Lanchixiyuan?"

Li Luo looked at Lanchixi Garden in the afterglow of the sunset, and his eyes showed sadness and said slowly: "Lanchixi Garden is the residence where my father lived when he was a teenager."

Li Huizhi nodded, showing sadness, "No, it was my uncle's yard back then."

Although her sadness is mostly fake, some of it is real. After all, Li Luo's "father" Li Jian is her third uncle, so she still has blood relationship.

Li Huizhi himself believed in Li Luo's identity. Most of the clan elders believed it was true. Li Qiang, the head of the family, believed it half-believing and half-doubting.

But with bone porcelain, these doubts are no longer important.

"Lanchixiyuan was the courtyard of my uncle and my cousin. The yard was packed half a month ago, so please come in."

Li Luo followed in and saw an extremely exquisite and beautiful courtyard covering an area of ​​less than two acres. But he saw the Qingshe Pagoda, the embroidered house with red curtains, the water of the pond was rippling, the stream was quiet, the summer lotus was like brocade, and the orchid fragrance was fragrant.

This place is really good.

As soon as Li Luo came in, he alarmed several people out of the wing room in the corner, and it was obvious that he was dressed as a maid here.

The leader is a middle-aged woman in her forties.

Li Huizhi said: "Zhen Shangyuan, Wulangjun has arrived, come and see him!"

The woman walked forward and saluted Li Luo: "The humble minister Zhen Liangxiu has met... and has met Wulangjun!"

After saying that, she raised her head, looking a little excited, and even had tears in her eyes.

"It's really like it. Wulangjun really looks like Saburo back then!" Zhen Liangxiu said with surprise.

Li Huizhi said: "Fifth brother, this Zhen Shangyuan was the personal maid of the third uncle at that time, and he was very loyal to the third uncle."

Li Luo was a little speechless. Is Li too immersed in the role? He actually found Li Jian’s maid back then and said that “it’s too similar”.

So funny.

However, Li Luo really misunderstood. It was not Li's acting. It was because he did look a bit like Li Jian.

What is a book that is impossible to make?
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