Last night, Ye Shiqi heard from Ye Haohuan about plans to buy land and build a villa, as well as barren mountains. Today, she ca along to have a look, thinking about how to plan the blueprints!
Although this place wasn’t bought by her, Ye Haohuan, her cooperative partner, is quite generous in spending money to buy the land. Maybe this will be their future dwelling place, and he wants her to design it according to her own preferences!
He also asked what kind of rouge she wanted to make? The kind with a floral fragrance could opt for planting. In the North, with the harsh winter and strong sandstorms, building a garden is quite challenging as so flowers are quite delicate!
If they are ordinary flowers suitable for growing here, that’s fine too. Planting flowers according to the Southern way is not feasible.
This requires referring to the soil in the North, or outside the border. Here, rich people plant flowers unless they are cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and easy to grow!
Delicate flowers are generally grown by rich people in greenhouses built within their houses. If planting them the way rich people do, it involves a high cost!
Ye Shiqi also knew there isn’t any glass here, as those greenhouses built by the wealthy are made with glass transported from overseas!
With no transparent plastic film available, unable to withstand wind and sun exposure, or rain, the only option is to build wooden houses, with roofs that can be opened to expose the area to sunlight and covered with bamboo and straw when needed.
This type of design corresponds to the previous thatch houses in the Mountain Villa she had built before. If building a greenhouse or a farm here, the sa setup is required!
For example, the wild daisy that she grows in her space is not a difficult plant to cultivate and doesn’t need a greenhouse.
Greenhouses only cater to precious flowers. The more noble the flower, the higher its plantation value, and the more expensive the costics produced will be!
It’s not that cheap flowers would fetch low prices; even for the sa materials, different flowers might give a sense of being noble or lowly!
Ye Shiqi thought such a design could distinguish between high, dium, and low grades, thereby targeting rich people!
The land purchase went smoothly. They arrived in the morning, and there were already governnt officials, the rich man selling the land, and the village chief present. They started asuring the land, and thanks to having enough people, it was completed in a day!
Ye Shiqi brought along a maid; her cousin tagged along as well, bringing her unwilling maid!
Ye Haohuan followed with so guards as flower protectors!
Tang Weixing and Housekeeper Ye watched as these people asured the land, observing the governnt officials calculating.
Ye Shiqi looked at the soil on the mountain, holding a pen in her hand, sketching out her design ideas. She wanted the Mountain Villa design like before, having water pipes on the mountain. Although made of bamboo, they could last two or three years and were cost-effective!
Once their factories made money, they would figure out how to manufacture other types of piping.
This small mountain only had so scrub wood. Industrious people at its foot had cleared so land for cultivation; they were likely poor families who had harvested in this season!
The village chief asured the barren land on behalf of the villagers, which included so already cleared land people had cultivated without buying it, and it wasn’t considered their own. While watching, they ntioned to the village chief that they wanted so compensation!
At the ti of selling the land, they knew about the fixed price but offered so compensation to those who cleared the land!
As to how much compensation?
That would be calculated based on how much land they cleared privately?
With news of compensation, no one objected in this area since it wasn’t their land. Once it’s gone, they would receive compensation and could start anew elsewhere!
Hearing those who cleared land would get compensation, people in the village who hadn’t opened lands there regretted it bitterly!
The rich man purchased the land; so parts remained barren, and the lazy ones ca to watch, their greedy eyes seeing the land as if it were gold!
People who bought land didn’t bother with these matters; as long as paynt was made and validated by the governnt, and compensation was provided, there’d be many ways to deter troublemakers!
Ye Shiqi already decided on what plants to grow on the small mountain, considering planting walnuts, a plant resilient to cold and drought.
Under walnut trees, chickens and ducks could be raised.
Actually, wild daisy could be planted under trees on this mountain; chickens and ducks consuming them wouldn’t fall ill.
While she sketched, the land asurent was still incomplete, but she already planned out the small mountain.
As for the villa blueprints, any opinions the land buyer had would be taken into account for implentation!
In ancient architecture, many people sought advice from Feng Shui Masters to see how it looked!
She didn’t need to worry about that!
She thought he might not always be at this costic manufacturing site and wanted to ensure high-quality products!
Then, all places on the villa mountain or where plants would be planted had to have wells dug.
The costics Ye Shiqi previously made included Space Water; that’s why the plants he grew thrived and slled so good. The well water contained Space Water!
If the flowers planted here used Space Water, they’d have special healing properties, not needing her Space Water for production!
This thod was discreet; even if soone stole the rouge-making thod, they couldn’t match her quality!
Ye Shiqi had seen ancient rouge; it left powder on the face, with no lasting finish or skin-enhancing properties—making makeup less vulgar!
Thus, her skincare perfu appeared barefaced but had unique effects, showcasing healthy skin!
After observing the land in the morning and after lunch, they studied the blueprints!
Every area was planned, but after the blueprint was finalized, soone familiar with customs had to check if revisions were needed!
In the evening, they hosted a feast for officials, the village chief, and the broker who helped with the land asurent.
The contracts were finalized, paynts made, and a Feng Shui Master was invited to the feast!
Ye Shiqi heard that in the afternoon, a Feng Shui Master was already consulted, who agreed to oversee the blueprint plans, constructions, and fruit planting, providing continuous guidance!
Effectively, they hired a Feng Shui Master at a high cost to supervise; if soone placed sothing during construction or made mistakes, it would be noticeable!
Ye Haohuan didn’t object to all these as he previously didn’t understand, but wealthy family houses, with constructed pavilions and gardens, fish ponds, and rockeries, always sought Feng Shui Masters!
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