The affairs of the court and the central government have little to do with Yang Yan, and at this time he also took office as the yamen of the Ma Military Division, at this time, the entire Ma Military Division was almost empty, and only a few people remained behind, and there was nothing to do at all. Yang Yan went for two days and had nothing to do, and on the third day, he simply went to report and then sneaked home.

Yang Yan had just returned home, and Yang Quan was waiting for him. As soon as he came back, Yang Quan immediately grabbed him and said, "Second Young Master, the drawings for the renovation of this house have been drawn, you can come and see if there is anything wrong." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Yang Yan to the study, where a large volume of drawings was placed on the bookcase. Yang Quanfu opened one of them, painting a large mansion, although it is not a painting of carved beams, golden and brilliant emperors, but it is also carved and beautiful, small garden incense paths, buildings and pavilions are readily available.

Yang Quan explained while comparing on the map: "This new mansion is divided into three courtyards, with a total of 28 houses, and a garden is built on the northwest side, and a small lake will be opened in the garden. According to preliminary calculations, the project will cost about 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, but the old county king said that all the money will be paid by him, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

Yang Yan opened his mouth, and wanted to say that there was no need to be so troublesome, but he thought that Yang Yizhong paid for it anyway, so he didn't say anything.

Yang Quan asked again, "Second Young Master, do you think there is anything wrong?"

Yang Yan said: "I think this is very good, there is nothing wrong with it, so be it!" Suddenly remembered a little, and said: "The stable should be built bigger, at least twenty or thirty horses must be raised, and a large yard should be built for running horses and practicing martial arts." I'll have no opinion on anything else. ”

Yang Quan nodded, and said: "I have selected the first batch of family members hired by the scriptures, there are twenty men and twenty women each, all of them are selected from the foreigners in our family, and I will bring them all to you another day." ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said: "There are twenty men and women, is it necessary to have so many people?" ”

Yang Quan smiled and said: "Second Young Master, you haven't been a housekeeper, you know the affairs of the family there, and the mansion is bigger, so there will naturally be more manpower." This is still temporary, for in such a large mansion, there are not a hundred but eighty of the servants of the house. The man's porter, and the kitchen, and the storeroom, and the stable, and the yard, and the garden, and the miscellaneous and errand runners, ......."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Yan hugged his head and said: "Enough, enough, Uncle Quan, don't talk about it, how many people you want to make, how to arrange them Uncle Quan, you can do it yourself!" Don't ask me about these things in the future. ”

Yang Quan also smiled, he has been in the Yang Mansion for many years, and he knows Yang Yan's character very well, and knows that he has an easy-going temperament and speaks casually. Just as he was about to leave, Yang Yan suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Uncle Quan, you take the girl to show the tassel and let her choose a few." After a pause, he said: "Forget it, Uncle Quan, you can take it to her after you choose it, she won't pick anyone." ”。”

Yang Quan couldn't help but smile and said: "Second young master, don't worry, I will definitely choose a few honest and diligent girls to bring to the tassel girl, do you have anything else." ”

Yang Yan thought about it, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Uncle Quan, how much does such a big mansion cost, can I afford it?" ”

Yang Quandao: "Second Young Master, I remembered when you asked me this, if you are free that day, I will accompany you to your grange to have a look, and I have a bottom in my heart." ”

Yang Yan nodded, turned his head and looked out the window at the sky, it was not yet morning. Said: "I'm free today, can I go and see it now?"

Yang Quan nodded and said, "Well, there is a room for rest in the village, I will ask the kitchen to cook the meal, and send lunch to the village to eat." ”

Yang Yan said: "Okay, you still go and prepare a carriage, and I'll take the tassel with me." ”

Soon Yang Quan arranged everything, Yang Yan and Yang Quan rode on horses, tassels in the car, and set off with two daughters and their families.

In the Song Dynasty, the acres of land were divided into three grades, with a yield of more than five stones per mu being first-class fields, a second-class field with a yield of three to five stones per mu, and a third-class field with a yield of less than three stones per mu. In addition, there are special fields with two crops a year, with a yield of about seven to eight stones per mu. In general, a normal farmer can plow twenty to thirty acres of land, and if there are cattle, then the workload can be doubled.

Of all the fields of Yang Yan, 500 acres of the 1,000 acres of land given to him by the emperor were first-class fields, and 500 acres were special fields. Of the 2,000 acres of land given to him by Yang Yizhong, 1,000 acres of first-class fields and 1,000 acres of second-class fields. However, the two fields are not the same place, and they first came to the place where Yang Yizhong gave him the land.

I saw that the seedlings were staggered, and some rice ears grew to more than half a person's height. However, they are not yet ripe, and they are still turquoise. Yang Yan and Yang Quan both got off their horses at this time, the tassels also got out of the car, their families followed them, and the group walked among the ridges and looked around. It was the middle of July, the height of summer, and the autumn harvest was still more than two months away, but the tenants and farmers were still working hard in the fields despite the heat.

The steward who guarded the field was surnamed Wu, an old man in his sixties, who was still strong and his legs and feet were still nimble. Because this was originally the property of Yang Yizhong, Yang Quan often came here to inspect, so he was very familiar with Yang Quan, and when he saw Yang Quan coming, he immediately greeted him: "Steward Yang, you have come to inspect again." ”

Yang Quan pointed at Yang Yan and said: "This is the second young master, the old county king gave him this piece of land, and now he is the owner of this piece of land, I am accompanying him to take a look today." ”

The old aconite smiled: "I know, I know, I also went to the house on June 28, and I saw it." Then he led the group of them, walked around, and pointed out the fields to Yang Yan one by one.

Yang Yan looked at it for a while, and then asked Yang Quandao: "Uncle Quan, how much land rent is collected per mu of land here." ”

Yang Quandao: "Here is still according to the previous rules, the first-class field is 60%, and the second-class field is 50%. I'll talk about it on that side, and I think it's the same as here. ”

Yang Yan nodded, and calculated by himself, the land rent that can be collected for these 3,000 mu of land is about 8,000 to 10,000 stone a year, and the market price of one stone of rice can usually be bought for 800 to consistent money. In other words, these 3,000 acres of land can bring about 10,000 yuan of wealth to themselves a year.

Even Yang Yan himself was shocked by this result, he was an official of the sixth grade, and all the Fenglu, subsidies, and rewards added to it in a year did not exceed two thousand. 3,000 acres of land can only be regarded as a medium-sized rich household in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are many officials who own more than 10,000 acres of land, and their income is not higher. It is no wonder that the officials and wealthy families like to collect land.

I was watching, and suddenly I heard someone shouting: "Oh no, the cow is shocked, the cow is shocked, everyone is flashing." ”

Yang Yan followed the sound and looked over, and sure enough, not far away, a ploughing cow was scurrying like crazy in the field. And the tenants who worked in the fields dodged in all directions. He also shouted from time to time: "The cow is frightened, everyone get out of the way." ”

At this time, the frightened ploughing ox ran around, turned around, and rushed towards the ridge where Yang Yan and Tassel were standing, and the momentum was very scary. Tassel was so frightened that his face turned pale. Yang Yan hurriedly pulled her behind him, and held the hilt of the sword of "Blue Blood Shine Danqing" in his right hand. Ever since he had the long knife "Wind Forest Volcano", he has rarely used "Blue Blood to Shine on Danqing". However, the "Wind Forest Volcano" is too long, and it is very inconvenient to come out to play. Therefore, today he only wears the "Blue Blood Shines on Danqing".

However, Yang Yan had seen a lot of thousands of troops and horses, and he didn't take a frightened ploughing cow to heart.

Suddenly, I saw a figure rushing into the field from the side, in front of Yang Yan, blocking the way of the ploughing ox. Yang Yan was also taken aback, what kind of person is this, and now it's too late for him to make a move.

Sure enough, the ploughing ox called "moo", and as soon as it reached its head, it stretched out its horns and pushed towards the man who was standing in front of it. I saw that the man also stretched out his hands, and grabbed the horns of the ox at once, and the man and the ox were more powerful.