Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Yixiu looked in the direction of the situation and saw fields all around with one or two houses built of stone and thatch here and there. Looking further into the distance, he saw farms surrounded by walls.

"This place is close to the Xiaotangshan Hot Spring Palace, so there are many farms owned by wealthy families. Most of the farmers in the village are tenants of these farms, and very few of them farm their own crops."

Yixiu just took a few glances and gave up. There was also a manor in the Ulanara mansion, and she had lived in the manor for several days, so she didn't think it was anything strange.

On the contrary, Honghui looked at the surrounding scenery without blinking, with a little curiosity and a little worry in his heart. The enclosure of land by the Bannermen had become a trend, and it was common for them to build large farms of several thousand acres. I'm afraid the tenants would have a hard time!

Thinking of this, Honghui suddenly lost interest. Today, the people can barely get by. When the emperor Mafa grows old and advocates benevolent governance, and the government becomes corrupt, then the people will really have trouble getting by.

For more than ten years, land annexation was severe and people were starving everywhere. If my father had not proposed the policy of equalizing the land tax after he came to power, the population of the Qing Dynasty would not have grown so rapidly.

While he was thinking about this and that, the carriage drove to a village surrounded by a wall. This was their destination.

The wall is built quite high, about three to five meters high, and is made of blue bricks. There are many patterns carved on it, which shows how luxurious it is.

Once we entered the wall, what we saw was no different from the outside, with fields everywhere, vast land and few people, and even a small hill in the distance.

"We are almost there. There is a house at the foot of the mountain ahead. That is where we are going to live."

Honghui looked around and saw that there was indeed a tall mansion at the foot of the mountain. From the outside, it was impossible to tell whether it was a house with two or three courtyards.

You still have to go in and take a look to find out!

"Shut up!"

Su Peisheng jumped down from the carriage in a hurry, first wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, then immediately opened the curtain, "Lord Beile, Concubine, Eldest Prince, we have arrived." As Lord Beile's personal eunuch, he would rather sit next to the coachman in the scorching sun than run to sit in the carriage at the back.

After Yinzhen got off the carriage, he picked up his eldest son, then took Yixiu's hand and led her out of the carriage.

"Master, this house looks quite big!"

Yinzhen nodded slightly: "This is a house with four courtyards, which is enough for the farm, but it is still not as spacious as the Prince's Mansion. After all, it is just a villa."

Before they could say a few words, several princesses came over, each supported by a personal maid, and the rest of the maids and servants were busy carrying the luggage.

Yinzhen couldn't stand the scorching sun on his body: "Okay, a servant will take you to your respective rooms later, so settle down as soon as possible."

Prince Beile was in no mood to express his concern, so Yixiu could only step in to smooth things over: "Sister Li, Sister Song, do you feel unwell? You have been sitting in the carriage for so long. Once you are settled, I will ask the palace doctor to come and check on you. And Sister Qi and Sister Geng, I wonder if you are dizzy?"

"I and the others thank Concubine for your concern."

The four of them cooperated and said a few more words, then followed the servant in the front yard to their respective rooms.

At this time, Gao Wuyong came over, bowed and said, "Concubine, eldest brother, please follow me!"

It was not obvious from the outside, but when they got inside, the mother and son realized that this was not an ordinary four-courtyard house.

The house was very exquisitely decorated, and had a certain restrained luxury. As soon as you entered the front yard, you would see a large area. Walking through a long corridor, you would see a large garden next to it. In the depths of the garden, there was a rockery. The pond next to the rockery was filled with spring water drawn from the mountain.

Passing through a hanging flower gate, you will reach the second courtyard. There are slightly more rooms in the second courtyard, including the main house, wing rooms and ear rooms, a total of more than 30 rooms.

The second garden is larger than the first one. It is planted with many fruit trees such as peach, plum, pomegranate, loquat, osmanthus, etc., and flowers and plants only account for less than half of it.

As for the third and fourth entrances at the back, I think they should not be small.

The mother and son were taken to the east wing of the second courtyard, while the four princesses were all arranged in the third courtyard.

The east wing looked quite large, with about five or six rooms, and a few side rooms beside it. The west wing and the main room were almost the same, except that the main room was slightly larger.

Looking at the main house right in front of her, Yixiu felt a little envious. The main house is where the wife lives. No matter how favored she is, no matter how poor the wife is, she, a concubine, will never live in the main house.

Seeing his mother staring at the main room in a trance, Honghui couldn't help but change the subject: "Mother, stop staring. Let's settle down first. We have to go to the front yard to have lunch later. Father told us that we should have lunch together today since we are here for the first time."

All the rooms had been cleaned in advance and looked very clean, so in less than half an hour, all the packages and luggage were put in place.

The masters did not have to worry about placing the luggage. They only sat for a quarter of an hour and then walked towards the main house in the front yard.

The lunch is all farm-style, with chicken, duck, fish, cured meat, eggplant, lotus root, etc., as well as a few wild vegetables from the fields.

The dishes were not exquisite, and the taste was not even half as good as those in the small kitchen in the mansion, but Honghui still ate them with gusto. Although the farmhouse dishes were a bit rough, they were thick with oil and sauce, and tasted fresh.

Including Yixiu, the women present hardly moved their chopsticks. They were used to light meals, so they were not accustomed to the strong-flavored farm dishes.

Yinzhen had a rare good appetite. He ate several wild vegetable cakes, a bowl of purslane dumplings, and finally a bowl of pork ribs and lotus root soup. He put down his chopsticks with a sense of unsatisfaction.

"The food in the palace is all the same old way, always emphasizing lightness and original flavor, which makes me lose my appetite. Although this farm dish is a bit rough, it tastes unique, especially the dumplings made with purslane, which have a special fresh taste. Su Peisheng, go ask what seasoning is put in these dumplings, why do I taste a seafood flavor?"

Su Peisheng bowed and replied, "My Lord, I know about this! The dumplings are made from powdered dried shrimps. The cook asked me beforehand, and I noticed that you and the other masters didn't have any eczema, so I asked the cook to put some in to enhance the flavor. As luck would have it, it was exactly what my Lord wanted."

Yinzhen nodded in satisfaction: "You are thoughtful. Give the cook a reward later. Her cooking skills are pretty good."