Rouyun Mountain Villa

An hour later, Yi Yun, accompanied by Jiang Xiaorou, Zhou Xiaoke, and many followers, arrived at his fiefdom with the guide from the Brocade Dragon Guard.

As a city, Tiandu City was directly under the jurisdiction of the Vassal Lords of Jingzhou and was Vassal Lords fiefdom. As for the fiefdoms of nobles, they were all located outside the city.

Yi Yun's fiefdom is about a hundred miles away from Tiandu City, which is considered a very good location.

Upon arriving at their fiefdom, the Lian Clan members were all amazed.

Yi Yun's fiefdom was not a barren wasteland; there was a house on it.

To be precise, it's called a manor.

This garden is only about a mile in circumference. It may not sound very big, but it is quite magnificent when you see it. The houses are lined up one after another, and there are also artificial hills, ponds, waterside pavilions and kiosks. It really looks like a scene from a garden in Jiangnan.

This place is so big, it could house not just a hundred people, but even several thousand.

Yi Yun knew that even a palace in a mortal kingdom, which was only a few miles in circumference, could accommodate thousands or even tens of thousands of rooms. The eunuchs had to ride horses to light the lamps for each room.

"Although National Scholar is the lowest rank of nobility, in the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, even the lowest rank of nobility is extraordinary!"

Yi Yun sighed. The territory of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom was so vast that it was impossible to measure. Therefore, every nobleman had a fief. However, the nobles of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom did not inherit their titles. The so-called heirs only inherited property and not Noble Title.

Without Noble Title, there is no fiefdom; if the descendants are incompetent, they will have to give up any amount of fiefdom they have.

Therefore, the descendants of princes and nobles often put in a lot of effort to cultivate themselves; they actually face more pressure than ordinary people.

Having grown accustomed to a life of luxury and a respectable lifestyle, the inability to maintain that respectability would mean more than just material deprivation for them; it would also cause them psychological anguish from the shame and humiliation.

The main gate of this house is wide enough for four or five carriages to pass side by side; the vermilion gate has bronze ingots the size of fists on it.

Two large stone lions squatted at the entrance, and next to each of them was a mounting stone carved with flying fish patterns.

Yi Yun led his clansmen into the manor.

Rows of green brick and red walls, glazed tile roofs, ancient trees over a hundred years old with trunks as thick as a person's embrace, pavilions and magnificent buildings, spacious training grounds, and jade-green ponds...

The various scenes were dazzling.

The members of the Lian Clan were all dumbfounded. They had never seen such a house before, let alone heard of it.

In Yunhuang, everyone lived in a few thatched huts with walls made of adobe bricks.

A house built with bricks and stones is already considered a mansion.

The bricks used to build Yi Yun's house were made from high-quality clay and then polished, resulting in bricks that were not only sturdy but also very smooth to the touch.

The wood used to build the house was all top-quality aged pine. As for cedar or golden nanmu, Yi Yun's level wasn't high enough. It wasn't that he couldn't afford it; it was simply that his level wasn't high enough.

The Lian Clan members were unaware of the cost of these houses; if they had known, they would have been utterly astonished.

This is the world of martial artists. The houses built by mortals, and the materials they use, may sound precious, but compared to the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures used by martial artists, they are nothing.

Yi Yun's two weapons, the Sky Vault Bow and the Thousand Army Saber, are either worth far more than this mansion!

For a time, the Lian Clan members were like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, feeling both curious and excited about everything around them.

They really wanted to touch and look at it, but they were afraid of breaking it.

"It's so big and beautiful!"

Looking at the scene before her, Zhou Xiaoke was overjoyed. Seeing the clear pool, she couldn't help but roll up her trousers, take off her shoes, and play in the water. Her little feet were sparkling and dazzling.

She chased butterflies in the garden and teased koi in the pond, having a wonderful time all by herself.

The other children from the Lian Clan were very envious of Zhou Xiaoke. Yi Yun brought many children with him on this migration because children are the most innocent.

Their minds are relatively simple, and raising them makes it easy for them to develop feelings for Zhuangzi. Actually, Yi Yun doesn't care much about loyalty, as long as they don't have any intention of harming others.

On their way to the Central Plains, the children were instructed by their parents that once they arrived at Yi Yun's residence, the little boys would become servants and the little girls would become Yi Yun's maids. They were to understand the rules and not be as carefree as they were in their tribes.

According to the rules of the Tai'a Divine Kingdom, when they entered the fiefdom of the National Scholar, they were registered as "submitting to a master." Except for Jiang Xiaorou, who was related to Yi Yun as a sister, everyone else was a slave, including Zhou Xiaoke.

So now, they are all very reserved and dare not play as freely as Zhou Xiaoke.

However, Yi Yun, having carefully selected these people, would not treat them as servants.

When Yi Yun left Yunhuang, he conducted a character assessment on everyone he took with him. Those with questionable character, those who used trickery to seize things, and those who bullied the weak were left behind in the Great Wilderness. Yi Yun gave them some meat and left them to fend for themselves.

This is done to prevent unscrupulous people from sneaking in.

Some people are inherently bad. They won't be grateful just because you brought them out of the Great Wilderness. When Yi Yun is around, they will naturally behave themselves, but once Yi Yun leaves, it's hard to say what will happen.

Yi Yun's joining the Brocade Dragon Guard means he's destined for training and fighting, so it's normal for him to be away from home for several years in a row.

If some wicked people with ill intentions were allowed to stay in the house, it would be perfectly normal for them to betray themselves, erode the interests of the estate, and cause all sorts of damage. They might even do something to Zhou Xiaoke and Jiang Xiaorou, which would be a consequence that Yi Yun dared not even imagine.

Therefore, when Yi Yun finally left the Great Wilderness, he only took less than a hundred people with him from the Lian Clan.

Yi Yun said, "From now on, just treat this manor as the same place as the Lian Clan's. This is our new village, just a prettier one. Feel free to do whatever you want, don't be shy."

Yi Yun spoke casually, and the children were a little scared when they heard it. Yi Yun smiled, picked a few children he was somewhat familiar with, and asked them to take the other children to play.

At first, everyone was hesitant, but they gradually opened up and had a great time.

They chased each other in the corridor, played hide-and-seek among the artificial hills, and splashed in the pond...

The splashes of water they stirred up were like pearls in the sunlight...

For the children of the Great Wilderness, everything in this mansion was new and exciting, and they couldn't put it down.

Seeing the children's innocent smiles and the adults' satisfied smiles, Yi Yun felt very gratified. It was truly wonderful to bring happiness to these kind and simple people.

"From now on, let's call this manor Rouyun Mountain Villa!"

When Yi Yun said this, Jiang Xiaorou was taken aback and turned to look at Yi Yun.

Bathed in the setting sun, Jiang Xiaorou's face flushed a captivating blush. "Rouyun Mountain Villa... that sounds nice..."

Of course she knew that the Rouyun Mountain Villa was composed of one character each from her Yi Yun's names.

Rouyun Mountain Villa, with its clouds and mountains, the gentle clouds and verdant mountains create a unique atmosphere that inspires endless imagination.

Besides the manor itself, this estate also has thousands of acres of fertile land behind it, where crops, mulberry trees, hemp, and tea can be grown.

A large river flows beside the fertile fields, its water flowing into fishponds, serving both as irrigation and fish farming.

Not far away are animal pens and stables, where the owner can feed his mounts and raise livestock and poultry.

It is no exaggeration to say that this manor, as long as it has some salt and iron in stock, can continue to operate smoothly even if it is completely cut off from the outside world, and can be self-sufficient in food, clothing, shelter and transportation.

Yi Yun had Jiang Xiaorou oversee the distribution of the thousand acres of land, allocated according to population. This meant roughly ten acres per person, and a hundred people would be the optimal ratio for Yi Yun's fiefdom to support them.

From then on, the Lian Clan members brought by Yi Yun became Yi Yun's tenants.

Originally, Yi Yun was going to take a cut of their harvest, but since Yi Yun wouldn't limit himself to this place or pursue the food these mortals depended on for survival, he simply decided not to take any. All the grain produced would be at the discretion of the tenant farmers.

For this, the Lian Clan members were deeply grateful to Yi Yun. Where could they find such a master?

Previously, in the Lian Clan, most of their harvest had to be handed over to the government, and they only received a very small amount of grain each month from the Lian Clan headquarters.

Back then, farmland belonged to the entire tribe, but now the farmland of the Rouyun Mountain Villa belongs entirely to Yi Yun. Yi Yun provides them with rent-free cultivation, food, clothing, and shelter. They would gladly give their all for such a master.

When the farmland was distributed, the Lian Clan members were unable to describe their feelings.

Where in the Great Wilderness had they ever seen such vast and fertile fields? Some old farmers who had farmed all their lives were immediately overjoyed, tears streaming down their faces, and they knelt down to kiss the earth. For farmers, the land is their life; they have a deep affection for the land that is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. To have land to cultivate and grain to eat is the greatest blessing from heaven.

As Yi Yun's older sister, Jiang Xiaorou is the mistress of the house.

In such a large estate with hundreds of people, it's necessary to plan who raises fish and who farms, clarify the Accountant's Office, and perfect the family rules and regulations.

These were all tedious tasks, Yi Yun, busy with cultivation, had no time to do them, so the responsibility fell entirely on Jiang Xiaorou.

Jiang Xiaorou possessed an intelligence far beyond her years. Yi Yun only hired a former housekeeper from the city to teach Jiang Xiaorou for a few days, and Jiang Xiaorou managed everything in the manor perfectly.

This made Yi Yun sincerely grateful that he had come to this strange world and had such a sister who cared about him, looked after him, and shared everything with him.

After settling his family in, Yi Yun returned to Tiandu City and entered the Brocade Dragon Guard camp.

Yi Yun is a soldier of the Divine Kingdom, so naturally he can't stay at home; he must continue his military career... (To be continued~^~)