Chapter 137 Mu Huayuan
Chapter 137 Mu Huayuan
Wen Yuxia calmly said, "The murder happened many years ago. The deceased has long since been reincarnated. There's nothing to be afraid of. My family's house will be built there."
Wen Yuxia didn't mind the bad luck, so why should he? If it weren't for the murder case, that land would have been looted by the villagers long ago. In fact, they should thank those killers for the bargains they managed to get. Wen Zibai smiled and said, "I've decided to go there too."
Wen Zihua and Wen Yunchen exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Let's go there too."
The village chief was overjoyed to find someone interested in the problematic land. He personally led Wen Yuxia and the others to the foot of the mountain. On the way, he proudly recounted the origins of Gu Family Village to them.
It turns out that Gujia Village is a village with various surnames. The reason it is called Gujia Village is because a scholar who passed the imperial examination came from the village a hundred years ago. To show respect for this scholar,
The village chief at the time decided to change the village name to Gu Family Village and established a village rule that the village chief would always be a person with the surname Gu. He then handed over the position of village chief to a member of the Gu clan on the spot.
Residential land was scarce in Gujia Village, so at Wen Yuxia's suggestion, the Wen brothers, Wen Zibai and Wen Zibo, decided to buy residential land for their sons in advance.
After measurement, the wasteland at the foot of the mountain totaled twenty-two mu. Wen Yunjiang took eight mu, Wen Zibai took four mu, and Wen Zihua took six mu.
The remaining four acres were taken over by Wen Yuxia, who planned to build a house for herself this time.
Wen Dashan wanted to stay in Gujia Village and build a new house with Wen Zibai and the other two. Wen Yuxia then gave Wen Dashan the money she and Wen Yunhong had spent on building their house, and also rented a house for them in the village.
After arranging everything, Wen Yuxia went to the horse farm. Construction had already begun on her 1,300 mu of land and two hills. The person in charge of supervising the construction there was Zhu Bin, a newcomer whom Steward Tang had bought from the brokerage firm.
Wen Yuxia, dressed in men's clothing, appeared at the construction site. Zhu Bin respectfully greeted her and was about to say hello when...
He was stopped by Bei Yi: "Manager Zhu, the young master has come to inquire about the progress of Mu Hua Garden."
Zhu Bin was a clever man. Upon hearing this, he knew that Wen Yuxia did not want to appear as a princess. He respectfully said:
"The walls of Muhua Garden are not yet finished, but rice seedlings have been planted in the paddy fields, and medicinal herbs have been planted on the dry land as instructed by the young master. All the fruit trees on the two mountains have survived, and the manor on the mountain has been cleaned up and is ready for occupancy at any time..."
Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile, "Thank you for your hard work." After the five hundred acres of fertile land and eight hundred acres of dry land were built with stone walls, they became an independent farm. Wen Yuxia named the farm after her title of princess.
Mu Hua Garden has an excellent location; to the right is the official road, and to the left is the racetrack. Next to the racetrack is an unnamed town. It's called an unnamed town because Xia Yichen hasn't decided on a name for it yet.
Behind Muhua Garden are two mountain peaks, which were a bonus when the land was purchased. Wen Yuxia specially designed two back gates on the back wall of Muhua Garden.
The two back gates face the mountain path leading to the two peaks. The mountain path has checkpoints; normally, people can pass freely, but during the flowering season, tickets are required to enter.
Two mountain peaks, one planted with peach trees and the other with pear trees. Wen Yuxia believes that when the peach and pear blossoms cover the mountains, tourists from the nameless town will definitely come to admire the flowers.
Accompanied by Zhu Bin, Wen Yuxia first inspected the lush green rice seedlings in the paddy fields, and then went to the dry fields to check the medicinal herbs.
Zhu Bin didn't have the time, and it would be too time-consuming for him to accompany her on the mountain inspection of the fruit trees. As they walked out of the back gate of Muhua Garden, Wen Yuxia said calmly, "Manager Zhu, you go ahead with your work. I'll go up the mountain to take a look."
After saying that, Wen Yuxia leaped up and ran quickly up the mountain, with Bei Yi and Bei Er close behind. The three figures quickly disappeared from Zhu Bin's sight.
Before Zhu Bin could even utter the words "Please take care, young master," he swallowed them back.
After inspecting the fruit trees on the mountain, Wen Yuxia went to check on the construction progress at the horse farm. Afterward, the three of them drove the carriage towards the capital.
At Yunyi Tower, Xia Yichen frowned, the note in his hand giving him a major headache. Lu Mubai and five hundred soldiers had been chased to Eagle's Beak Cliff by one hundred thousand hordes of bandits.
Eagle's Beak Cliff is surrounded by steep cliffs on three sides, and there is only one path to go up and down the mountain. Now, Zhan Beiwang, the greatest warrior of the Wa La Kingdom, has led 100,000 fierce warriors to block the only passage down the mountain.
Lacking food and clothing, Lu Mubai and his five hundred soldiers were unlikely to break through Zhan Beiwang's defenses and survive. Xia Yichen sighed heavily and said helplessly, "I will go myself. I hope Mubai can hold out until I arrive."
Since the villages on the border adopted underground passages for storing food and resting, the invading bandits failed to steal a single grain of food throughout the entire winter.
Lu Mubai was out on patrol when he was spotted by Zhan Beiwang. Outnumbered, he was trapped at Eagle's Beak Cliff by Zhan Beiwang. Zhan Beiwang deployed a large army to the passage, only defending and not attacking. His intention was very clear: to rescue Lu Mubai, he needed to exchange supplies.
With the commander of Pingyuan Pass trapped, the deputy commander has no authority to allocate military supplies, and the supplies at Pingyuan Pass are unlikely to satisfy Zhan Beiwang's appetite. Only by traveling with an imperial edict or by Xia Yichen going in person can they possibly gather the amount of grain Zhan Beiwang needs.
Zhang Jinxuan said somewhat dejectedly, "Only taking five hundred soldiers on the trip? Mu Bai was too careless."
Xia Yichen suddenly remembered Wen Yuxia's ability to disappear into thin air, and he ordered, "Jinxuan, go and invite Muhua over."
Li Jiating shook his head and said, "Sister Yuxia is not in the capital."
Yesterday was a day of rest at the academy. His younger brother, Li Jiarui, invited his classmates to visit Wen Yunhong at the Princess's residence. It was Li Jiarui who told him that Wen Yuxia had taken her grandfather to Gujia Village in Fancheng to buy a house plot.
Xia Yichen stood up and said as he walked, "I'm going to Fancheng now." Fancheng was the only way to Pingyuan Pass, and Xia Yichen didn't want to wait here; he planned to go to Fancheng to find Wen Yuxia.
Li Jiating quickly followed, calling out, "Yichen, wait for me!"
Xia Yichen stopped and turned to say, "I will go with An Yi. Jia Ting, you stay in the capital and keep an eye on the horse farm for me."
Only An Yi knew that Wen Yuxia could disappear into thin air. Regardless of whether Wen Yuxia's ability could be of any help, Xia Yichen did not want anyone else to know Wen Yuxia's secret.
At the border between Fancheng and the capital, Xia Yichen and his servant encountered Wen Yuxia's carriage. Xia Yichen's voice carried a hint of urgency: "Sister Yuxia, Sister Yuxia!"
Wen Yuxia lifted the carriage curtain and looked at Xia Yichen and An Yi, who were hurrying away, and asked with some curiosity, "Brother Chen, where are you going?"
Xia Yichen beckoned Wen Yuxia over, and the two spoke in hushed tones for a while. Then, Wen Yuxia called out to Bei Yi, "The Crown Prince and I have business to attend to; you two don't need to come along."
After saying that, she jumped onto the mount that Xia Yichen had prepared for her, and the three of them galloped northward at full speed.
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