bookrebus Chapter 681 Farmhouse Fun
Chapter 681 Farmhouse Fun
Bai Wanwan nodded and said:
"We now have six large salt fields.
We are already acquiring the Jiang family's salt fields, but Qi Guangheng should know this."
Gu Sinian lowered his head and looked at Bai Wanwan seriously and said, "Wanwan, do you want me to be the emperor?"
Bai Wanwan blinked, looked at him and said:
"Brother Si Nian, are you willing to be the emperor? If not, then let's forget it.
If you like it, you must fight for it."
Gu Sinian looked at her and said:
"It's not a question of whether I want to or not, but if I don't become the emperor, I won't be able to protect you.
But being the emperor is not easy either. I am in a dilemma now."
Bai Wanwan looked at him. He was just a child about ten years old. In his previous life, he would have been just an elementary school student.
Bai Wanwan took his hand and said, "We can take it step by step. There's no need to rush. Our people are slowly being assigned to the court. One day, all of them will become our help."
Gu Sinian looked at her and said, "Are you hungry? I made a few dishes for you, try them."
Bai Wanwan smiled and said, "Brother, you are so busy every day, you don't need to cook for me, but the food you cook is really delicious."
Boiled shrimps, baked crayfish with garlic butter, stewed chicken with matsutake mushrooms, fried whitebait and egg, stir-fried asparagus and lily.
Bai Wanwan ate two bowls of rice. Gu Sinian peeled shrimp for her and asked, "Is the rice I cooked really that delicious?"
Bai Wanwan nodded and said:
"It's delicious, super delicious. By the way, Brother Si Nian, this farm stay is quite good.
I plan to buy a few hills and then create some hunting grounds, so that more people will come."
Gu Sinian looked at her and said, "Wanwan, there's no need to work so hard. If we really fight, we won't need these things!"
Bai Wanwan chuckled and said:
"It still depends on money. I have bought more than a dozen large farms.
People from our village have begun to enter the village in batches. If anything really happens, these people will be the backbone."
Gu Sinian nodded and said:
"Yes, I have also started to slowly make arrangements. The Royal Guards have begun to change, and I have already replaced dozens of people.
But there are tens of thousands of Royal Guards alone, so a few dozen people are useless."
Bai Wanwan thought for a moment and said:
“The Imperial Guard is generally composed of outstanding individuals selected from elite units such as the Border Guard and the Imperial Guard.
There are also cases where the position is inherited by the descendants of the imperial guards, or the children of officials enter through "yinbu".
The last type is recruiting from the public, but this situation is not very common now.
Why don't we just find a way to send a group of border guards in directly?"
Huo Jun still has quite a lot of subordinates, so we just need to find a way to transfer people from there.
Gu Sinian shook his head and said, "The commander of the Imperial Guard is not one of ours, he's Su Zheng's."
Bai Wanwan looked at him and said:
"Is this man Su Zheng's brother-in-law? This brother-in-law is quite upright.
It's a pity that his son is a worthless person. I think we can start from here."
Although the commander of the Imperial Guards is of the third rank, this position is very important.
The reason why Su Zheng is not afraid of anyone threatening Su Daji's safety is because the person in this position is his own.
After dinner, Bai Wanwan took Gu Sinian for a stroll around the villa. "More and more people are coming to this villa nowadays, but the environment here is quite good. Let me take you to the racecourse!"
They got on a carriage. The villa was so huge that it took them half an incense stick of time to reach the racecourse.
The racecourse was brightly lit. Bai Wanwan pulled Gu Sinian directly into the private room. As soon as they entered, someone brought them tea and various snacks.
Gu Sinian drank his tea, picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it, then said, "You really put a lot of effort into making this.
Bai Wanwan laughed out loud:
"Do you know? A private room like this costs twenty taels of silver a night!
Of course I have to serve these distinguished guests well. There are about fifty private rooms in this circle. These rooms alone can make me a thousand taels a night."
Gu Sinian looked outside and asked her, "Why is it so lively here at night?"
Bai Wanwan nodded and said:
"There are so many people coming! Look, there are not only dignitaries, but also many ordinary people coming in.
Anyway, there's no entrance fee here, they just come in for some fun, to watch the horse racing to relieve their boredom."
These ordinary people will also place bets, but they just bet less money.
But when you add up the ideas every day, it becomes a lot. Gu Sinian also finds it quite interesting: "You do have a lot of ideas, but you also have to be careful. Some people will come here to make a fuss. If you make money, there will definitely be people who will be jealous."
Bai Wanwan sighed and said:
“You are right. Su Daji also opened a place like this on a farm not far away.
And it imitated 70% to 80% of what I have here."
Gu Sinian frowned and said, "I knew it. She's not an easy person to deal with. Now that the Tenth Prince is crippled, she's fully supporting the Sixth Prince."
Suddenly, the voice of the Sixth Prince was heard from the private room next door: "What's so interesting about betting on horses? I don't think it can compare to beauties."
The dandies around him burst into laughter. "Everyone knows you like beautiful women! We've arranged a few for today. Even though you can't go to the brothel, we've definitely made arrangements for you."
The Sixth Prince laughed and said, "Oh? It has to be you..."
“I don’t know who built this villa, but it feels pretty good, especially the restaurant. Have you ever been to the restaurant in the villa?
It’s different from other restaurants.”
The Sixth Prince asked, "What's the difference?"
"You'll know when you go see it. The rooms in this restaurant are really dreamy. Wow, wow, wow..."
The Sixth Prince was itching to say, "This horse racing thing is boring. Take me to the restaurant! I want to see what's so special about it."
When the Sixth Prince was half-supported, half-invited into the restaurant, his steps were a little unsteady.
The waiter bowed and led him to the stairs: "Your Highness, please come this way. Your room is on the fifth floor."
When we reached the fifth floor, there was an ebony sign hanging on the door at the end of the corridor, with the words "Lan Yue" engraved on it. It looked no different from other places.
The moment he pushed the door open, the Sixth Prince's breathing paused.
There were no ordinary candles in the room, only gilded lamp stands at the four corners, and a thick velvet carpet on the floor, which made no sound when stepped on.
What made him unable to take his eyes away was that on the low platform near the window, six young women were playing the strings of a musical instrument, and the music flowed out like flowing water.
They were dressed differently. Some wore moon-white skirts and only had a white magnolia in their hair.
She was wearing a light green gauze dress with delicate orchids embroidered on the cuffs.
There was also one wearing a crimson shawl, and when her fingertips plucked the strings, the shawl swayed gently with the movement. Each of them had beautiful features, and each had his own aura, and was definitely not an ordinary person in the world of romance.