Two hours later, Yi Yun, Jiang Xiaorou, Zhou Xiaoke and his entourage followed the Jin Long Wei's guide to his fief.
As a city, the Divine Capital was directly under the Jing state's feudal lords. It was the feudal lords' fief. As for the nobles' fiefs, they were outside the city.
Yi Yun's fief was about a hundred miles away from the Divine Capital. It was a very good location.
Upon reaching the fief, the people of the Lian tribal clan were amazed.
Yi Yun's fief was not a piece of barren land. On this fief, there was a manor.
To be precise, it was called a manor.
This garden had a circumference of about a mile. It didn't sound big, but when you looked at it, it was spectacular. There were rows of houses, row upon row, and there were rockery and ponds, waterside pavilions, and wind pavilions. It really looked like the garden of Jiangnan.
With such a large mansion, not to mention less than a hundred people, even a few thousand people would be able to live in it.
Yi Yun knew that a mortal kingdom's palace was only a few miles in circumference, but it could accommodate a few thousand or even ten thousand houses. A eunuch had to ride a horse to light up every house.
"A Kingdom Knight may be the lowest of the nobles, but in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the lowest of the nobles are still impressive!"
Yi Yun sighed. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's territory was too large. It was difficult to measure it. So all the nobles had a fief. But the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's nobles were not hereditary. The so-called princes would only inherit property, but not the title.
Without the title, there was no fief. If the descendants were not capable, they would quickly give up their fief.
So the descendants of the nobles would put in a lot of effort to cultivate. They were actually under more pressure than the average person.
After all, they were used to a life of luxury. They were used to a dignified life. Once they could no longer maintain it. Then to them, it wasn't just material scarcity. There was also the psychological pain of making a fool of themselves.
The mansion's main door could allow four to five carriages to pass side by side. The red door had copper ingots the size of a fist.
There were two large stone lions squatting at the door. Beside the stone lions, there was a flying fish engraved stone.
Yi Yun led the people into the manor.
Green bricks, red walls, glazed tiles, hundred-year-old trees as thick as a person's arms, pavilions, jade buildings, and a spacious martial arts field. A jade-like pond …
All kinds of scenes were too much for the eyes to take in.
The people of the Lian tribal clan were all dumbfounded. They had never seen such a mansion before, let alone seen it, they had never even heard of it.
In the Cloud Wilderness, everyone lived in a few thatched huts. The walls were made of mud bricks.
At the very least, a house built with bricks and stones was already a mansion.
As for Yi Yun's manor. The bricks used to build the house were all made of high-quality clay. After being polished, the bricks made were not only strong, but also very smooth.
Wood for building a house. They were all high-quality aged pine wood. As for the snow fir wood, golden silk phoebe wood, and so on. Yi Yun's level was not high enough, so it was not that he could not afford it. It was just that his level was not high enough.
The people of the Lian tribal clan did not know the cost of the houses. If they knew, their jaws would drop.
This was the world of cultivators. Although the materials used to build houses by mortals sounded precious, they were nothing compared to the natural treasures used by cultivators.
Yi Yun's two weapons were the Celestial Bow and the Thousand Army Saber. Any one of them was worth a lot more than the manor!
Suddenly, the people of the Lian tribal clan were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything around them was novel and exciting.
They wanted to touch it and take a look, but they were afraid of damaging it.
"It's so big and beautiful!"
Seeing the scene in front of her, Zhou Xiaoke was overjoyed. Seeing the clear pond, she could not help but roll up her trousers and take off her shoes. She splashed in the water with her feet, dazzling everyone.
She chased after the butterflies in the garden and teased the koi in the pond. She had a lot of fun playing by herself.
The other children of the Lian tribal clan were envious of Zhou Xiaoke. Yi Yun had brought many children with him when he migrated with his entourage because children were innocent.
Their thoughts were relatively simple. By nurturing them as they grew up, they could easily develop feelings for the manor. Actually, Yi Yun did not care about loyalty, as long as they did not have the intention to harm him.
On the way to the central plains, these children had been instructed by their parents that when they came to Yi Yun's manor, the boys were to be manservants, and the girls were to be Yi Yun's maidservants. They had to understand the rules and could not be as casual as they were in the tribe.
According to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's rules, when they entered the Kingdom Knight's fief, they would be registered as "Seeking Allegiance to the Master". Other than Jiang Xiaorou, who was Yi Yun's brother, the others were registered as slaves, including Zhou Xiaoke.
So now, they were very reserved and did not dare to play to their heart's content like Zhou Xiaoke.
However, Yi Yun had carefully selected these people, so he would not treat them as slaves.
Back when he left the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun had done a character test on every person he brought with him. Those with questionable characters, those who took advantage of others, or those who bullied the weak, were left in the vast wilderness by Yi Yun. He gave them some meat and left them to fend for themselves.
This was done to prevent people with ill intentions from sneaking in.
Some people were inherently evil. They would not be grateful just because you brought them out of the vast wilderness. When Yi Yun was around, they would behave with their tails between their legs. But once Yi Yun left, it was hard to say.
Yi Yun had joined the Jin Long Wei and was destined to train and fight in the future. It was normal for him to be away from home for a few years.
If evil people with ill intentions were placed in the house, then they would betray him and encroach on the interests of the manor. It was normal for them to do all sorts of damage. They might even do something to Zhou Xiaoke and Jiang Xiaorou. The consequences were unimaginable for Yi Yun.
So when Yi Yun left the vast wilderness, he brought less than a hundred people from the Lian tribal clan.
Yi Yun said, "In the future, treat this manor as a place like the Lian tribal clan. This will be our new village. It's just a prettier village. Go ahead and have fun, there's no need to be restrained."
Yi Yun said casually. The children were a little afraid when they heard this. Yi Yun laughed and picked a few children he was familiar with. He let them bring the children to play.
In the beginning, everyone was restrained, but slowly they relaxed and had fun.
They chased each other in the corridors, played hide-and-seek in the rockery, splashed in the pool …
The splashes of water were like pearls under the sun …
To the children of the vast wilderness, everything in the manor was new. They were extremely excited and loved it.
Seeing the children's innocent smiles and the adults' satisfied smiles, Yi Yun was pleased. It was great to bring happiness to these kind and simple people.
"In the future, this manor will be called Soft Clouds Mountain Manor!"
Yi Yun said. Jiang Xiaorou was stunned and turned to look at Yi Yun.
Facing the setting sun, Jiang Xiaorou's face blushed, "Soft Clouds Mountain Manor … sounds nice …"
Of course, she knew that Soft Clouds Mountain Manor was formed from her and Yi Yun's name.
Soft Clouds Mountain Manor had clouds and mountains. The clouds were soft and the mountains were green. It had a unique artistic conception that gave people infinite imagination.
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Besides the manor itself, there were thousands of acres of farmland behind it. These farmland not only grew crops, but also mulberry and tea leaves.
Beside the farmland, there was a large river that flowed into the fish ponds. It could be used for both irrigation and fish rearing.
Not far away, there were beasts and stables. They could be used to feed the owner's mounts, as well as livestock.
It was no exaggeration to say that as long as the manor had some salt and iron, it could be maintained even if it was cut off from the outside world. It could be self-sufficient.
Yi Yun let Jiang Xiaorou preside over the thousand acres of farmland. It was distributed according to the population. Each person had about ten acres. A hundred people was probably the optimal ratio for Yi Yun's fief.
The people of the Lian tribal clan that Yi Yun brought with him were Yi Yun's tenants.
Originally, Yi Yun wanted to take a portion of their harvest. However, Yi Yun would not be limited to this place in the future, nor would he pursue the food that these mortals relied on for survival. Therefore, he decided not to take a cut at all. All the food was left to the tenant farmers to manage.
For this, the people of the Lian tribal clan were grateful to Yi Yun. Where else could they find such a master?
Previously in the Lian tribal clan, most of their harvest had to be handed over. Every month, they would receive a small amount of food from the Lian tribal clan headquarters.
And back then, the arable land belonged to the entire tribe. But now, the Soft Clouds Mountain Manor's arable land belonged to Yi Yun alone. Yi Yun was rent-free for them to farm and provided them with food and clothing. With such a master, they were willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
When the farmland was distributed, the people of the Lian tribal clan could not describe their feelings.
They had never seen such a vast and fertile farmland in the vast wilderness. Some of the old farmers, who had farmed their entire lives, were so happy that tears streamed down their faces. They knelt down and kissed the ground. To the farmers, the farmland was their life. They had a deep affection for the farmland that ordinary people could not understand. Having land to farm and food to eat was the greatest gift from Heaven.
As Yi Yun's sister, Jiang Xiaorou was the mistress of the manor.
In such a large manor with a hundred people, there had to be a plan for who reared fish and who farmed. The accounts had to be made clear and the family rules had to be perfected.
These were all tedious tasks. Yi Yun had to cultivate and had no time to do it, so the responsibility fell on Jiang Xiaorou.
Jiang Xiaorou had an intelligence that did not match her age. Yi Yun hired a housekeeper from the city to teach Jiang Xiaorou for a few days, and Jiang Xiaorou managed to take care of everything in the manor in an orderly manner.
This made Yi Yun rejoice. He came to this strange world and had such an elder sister who cared for him, took care of him and shared his burdens.
After Yi Yun settled down at home, he returned to the Divine Capital and entered the Jin Long Wei camp.
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