Chapter 161 Luxurious Jing’an Marquis Mansion

After returning to Shenjing City, Jia Cong stayed indoors and spent the whole day practicing with his sisters at home.

Enjoy the rare leisure time.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

“Master, Mr. Wen said that all the valuables from North Korea have been delivered.”

“I made a rough calculation…”

“Including the previous ones, the palace now has a total of 60 million taels of silver and 500,000 taels of gold!”

“There are also various silks, jewelry, antiques and rare treasures…”

“The quantity is really too large. I can only ask Mr. Wen to roughly estimate that the value is about 130 million taels of silver!”

“But if these things are sold in a short period of time, I’m afraid the market price will plummet.”

“I have had people clean up the Marquis’ Mansion and the Princess’ Mansion in the west. I recruited some servants from the manors outside the city and bought some from human traffickers. They all come from clean families.”

“Mr. Wen has already reviewed it in advance.”

On this day, Jia Cong was having breakfast with Baochai.

Taking this opportunity, Yuanyang and Jia Cong reported the situation in the courtyard.

Now, under Yuanyang’s management, Lixiangyuan has been completely renovated.

The table is full of things.

One dish of braised chicken in shredded pot, one dish of fat chicken and smoked cabbage, and one dish of meatballs with three fresh ingredients.

One dish of braised deer tendon meat, one dish of steamed duck with pork paste and Korchin meat, and one dish of cooked chicken!
Four kinds of desserts and eight kinds of fruits!
Gathering all kinds of delicacies from all over the world.

The innate gods do not covet enjoyment, but they do not avoid it either.

This meal alone was worth hundreds of taels of silver.

It is enough for an ordinary family to live a life without worries of food and clothing.

Real money is secondary.

Originally, 400,000 acres of farmland in Jiangnan were plundered. Later, Miaoyu bought some more here and there, and now there are more than 500,000 acres.

Shandong also has 500,000 acres!

The largest area is in North Korea, which covers an area of ​​900,000 acres.

It can be said that Jia Cong had the most land in the entire Korea.

The annual output of these fields alone is enough to maintain the operation and expansion of the Shinto system!
There is also the annual tribute from salt merchants.

The shares of the two major protectorates of Andong.

Adding up, it means a stable income of at least 20 to 30 million taels per year.

This does not include the sporadic visits from officials in the court and dignitaries in the capital, who generously gave gifts.

In just one year, Jia Cong accumulated a fortune that ordinary aristocratic families could not have accumulated in several generations.

“No need to sell them, Sister Yuanyang, just register those things and put them into storage.”

“As usual, you should give three thousand taels of silver to the first wife and the second sister-in-law each.”

“And let’s also send one thousand taels to Sister Xiuyan. By the way, why didn’t I see Sister Xiuyan when I came back this time?”

Jia Cong frowned slightly.

“Miss Xing returned home a few days ago. I followed the Marquis’ instructions and bought a small courtyard in the west of the city for the Xing family, and also set up two shops for them.”

“I should be back in the next two days…”

As he was speaking, Xiren greeted him from the door.

“Master, Miss Lin and the second lady are here.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Shi Xiangyun’s cheerful voice.

“Brother Cong, it’s still cooler in your yard!”

As we enter July, midsummer arrives.

The city of Shenjing is exceptionally hot this year.

Just walking in from their respective courtyards, the girls were already sweating.

In previous summers, the wealthy and powerful in Shenjing City would take out the ice they had stored during the winter and place it in their houses to cool off.

Jia Cong directly took out a five-refined magic weapon with ice attributes and placed it in the main hall.

The status of Xuanmen monks is extremely high, and their magic weapons are even rarer.

Even the royal family was not so extravagant as to take out a magic weapon specifically for cooling down the heat.

As soon as you step into Lixiangyuan, you will feel a cool breeze blowing towards you.

……

“Brother Cong, you are the one having breakfast!”

Walking into the house and looking at the dazzling array of delicious food on the table, Shi Xiangyun’s eyes lit up.

Jia Cong stood up and asked the sisters to sit down.

I asked Yuanyang to serve a few more desserts. After a while, Xiao Donger came in with a tray and a pouty mouth.

“Hey, isn’t this our San Meng Zhenren? Didn’t he warm Cong’s bed again yesterday?”

Seeing this, Tanchun couldn’t help but cover her mouth and tease.

During this period of more than half a month, the sisters in the family practiced every day in Lixiangyuan under the guidance of Jia Cong.

The strength has improved a lot.

Only Xiao Dong’er really does not have the talent for spiritual cultivation.

I practiced three times a day, and every time at the end of the practice, I couldn’t help but fall asleep.

Even the matter of warming the bed was muttered to herself and heard by others.

This is how he earned the reputation of being the True Man of Three Dreams.

“Miss Third, even you make fun of Xiao Dong’er.”

Xiao Dong’er was so embarrassed that she quickly put down the dessert and ran out.

“Sister Xiuyan, is everything okay at home?” Jia Cong looked at Xing Xiuyan who had just returned.

Although she is called sister, Xing Xiuyan is actually three years older than Jia Cong.

“Thank you for your concern, my parents asked me to express my gratitude to you before I came back.”

Xing Xiuyan blushed and spoke softly.

Both of Xing’s parents are simple, kind and honest people.

With the income from the two shops and the occasional financial support from Xing Xiuyan, their life was no worse than that of an ordinary wealthy family.

It’s much better than when I was in Jiangnan.

I am extremely grateful.

“No need to be so unorthodox. Just call me Brother Cong or Brother Cong like Sister Xiangyun does.”

“Oh, by the way, Sister Yuanyang just said that the two mansions in the west have been cleaned up.”

“Shall we go take a look?”

“Okay!”

When they heard that they were going out, even though they were only separated by a wall, the sisters’ faces were filled with joy.

After breakfast, they set off directly.

Lixiangyuan is located behind the Jia Mansion’s garden. It is extremely remote and has a separate entrance and exit.

Now there is another door.

Leading directly to Jia Cong’s own Marquis of Jing’an Mansion.

After passing the gate is the back garden of the marquis’s mansion.

The mansion was originally renovated according to the regulations of the Duke’s Palace. Jia Cong earned tens of millions of taels of silver for Emperor Shunde in Jiangnan.

Emperor Shunde was not stingy and waved his hand generously.

Three million taels of silver were directly transferred from the imperial treasury.

Including the expenditures of the Ministry of Works, the total amount was 3.5 million taels of silver.

You should know that in the original novel, the actual cost of building the Grand View Garden by the Jia family was only a little over one million taels, minus the money embezzled by servants.

Jia Cong has a bad reputation, so no one would dare to embezzle money from this.

In this way, one can imagine the scene in the garden.

There is a scene every five steps and a view every ten steps.

The rockery is rugged, beautiful and magnificent.

Flowers are blooming, competing for beauty.

There is also an artificial lake in the middle of the garden.

Midsummer is the time when lotus flowers are in full bloom and swaying gracefully.

And the treasure house that Jia Cong hid in his mansion was under the lake.

The scene of the back garden alone was enough to amaze the sisters and make them linger there.

After leaving the back garden, walk forward to reach the back house.

Small courtyards and houses one by one.

It exudes luxury in its elegance and is obviously designed by a famous designer.

Emperor Shunde allocated a lot of treasures from the palace for decoration.

Jia Cong brought back a large number of treasures from Korea, which were added to under the supervision of Yuanyang.

Any vase decoration is priceless.

The study is filled with antique calligraphy and paintings.

(End of this chapter)