When Lan Tian returned to his fiefdom, dusk had already filled the entire Blue Silver Grass Sea, and the leaves shimmered with a layer of warm silver light.
He pushed open the courtyard gate and stepped inside. Louise was leaning back in a soft chair drinking calming tea, Ah Yin was organizing today's sun-dried herbs beside the stone table, and Xiao Li was squatting by the flower bed watering newly sprouted flower seedlings.
Standing in the middle of the courtyard, he took the official document from his breast pocket and waved it at them. "It's approved. The empire passed it. The fiefdom is expanding by five thousand mu, and all of the previously leased land has been incorporated. It's now fifty-eight hundred mu."
Louise put down her teacup, raised her head, and the corners of her mouth curved up slightly. "Congratulations. Our family's land has grown again."
Xiao Li put down the water scoop in her hand, her cat ears twitching. "Fifty-eight hundred mu... That's going to be much bigger than before."
Ah Yin looked at the official document in Lan Tian's hand. Although she still did not understand the land system and peerage bestowals of this world very deeply, seeing the smile on Lan Tian's face, she knew this was a good thing.
Early the next morning, Lan Tian had Old Ke lead people to replace the markers on the boundaries of the fiefdom.
Those stone tablets that originally bore the characters "Baron Lan's Leased Land" were all replaced with new ones, and the new tablets were engraved with only four characters: "Lan Family Fiefdom".
Old Ke led several quick-handed workers along the new boundary line, pulling up the old tablets one by one to replace them with new ones, and checked the firmness of the surrounding walls once