The Lan Family was truly enormous, with pavilions, terraces, towers, gardens, and ponds—nothing was lacking. But its layout was different from ordinary courtyards.
Ordinary courtyards were divided into a front courtyard and a rear courtyard. The front courtyard was where the men lived, including the hall and study for receiving guests, guest rooms, the family school, and so on.
The rear courtyard was where the family dependents lived. Larger manors would be divided into main residences and separate courtyards, while smaller estates would be divided into a main house, east and west wings, and the like.
The Lan Family estate also had a front and rear courtyard, except its front and rear courtyards were far too large.
The front courtyard alone had over a hundred houses of various kinds, divided into six courtyards, and it even had a very large Martial Arts Training Ground.
The rear courtyard was even more exaggerated. At its center was an enormous garden, with covered corridors, pavilions, artificial hills, flowing water, and countless varieties of precious plants and trees. Even though it was already winter, the scenery was still extremely beautiful.
In truth, this was no longer a garden. It was about the same as a park from his previous life, occupying a full six or seven mu of land.
And around the garden were eight courtyards, each one no smaller than the Yang Family estate in Anyuan City.
Yang Zhengshan walked through the entire Lan Family estate, and it took him nearly two hours. That showed just how large the Lan Family estate was.
Originally, Yang Zhengshan had not intended to occupy the Lan Family estate, but after seeing the Guard Division Office, he had no choice but to take possession of the Lan Family estate.
After making one round through it, Yang Zhengshan