Seeing that Hua Kai and the Hua family had finally arrived, Wal-mart and Wah Tzu Chi arranged for their servants to come forward and help.
More than 200 of these servants had been brought over by Wal-mart a few days ago. Some had been transferred over from the livestock market, weapons shop, and restaurants. However, most of them were the Shen Family's Household Servants and maids.
The Shen Family's main branch had more than 300 people and close to 1,000 servants.
Now that the Shen Family had been chased out, most of these servants had chosen to stay. Who didn't know that the Hua family was flourishing?
The Shen Family had lost their business and might not even be able to support 300 people. How could they treat the servants well?
Thus, Hua Kai discovered that the family had increased by more than 600 people. Furthermore, they were all servants who were used to serving others.
"Family Head, the Han family just sent news that a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator and a few Xiantian Realm cultivators from the Tian Family had secretly left Linzi City with hundreds of Tian Family members two nights ago. They are heading towards the Zhao Kingdom!" Wal-mart whispered into Hua Kai's ear.
The Tian Family had two Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators and one Xiantian Realm cultivator who was close to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
The family head of the Tian Family had already been imprisoned in the Qi Palace. Who would have thought that the Tian Family would be so determined as to send half of their forces to escape?
Regardless of whether it was to prepare a way out for themselves or to abandon the family head to fight the Qi Family, they had seriously offended the Qi Family. The aristocratic families who had followed the Tian Family closely were about to suffer again. King Qi had finally let this matter go. Now that they had escaped, how could the Qi Family not worry about these aristocratic families?
Three days ago, the Han family had sent core members to Fort Wah Ka to congratulate them. Today was the first day that Hua Kai had moved into the county's courtyard, and they had also sent core members. This meant that the Han family had already accepted them. However, Han Xu was unwilling to lower himself to meet the Hua family.
Today, they had sent this news to the Hua family. Were they trying to sever their ties with the Tian Family?
But would the Qi Clan be at ease?
Hua Kai couldn't care less about this. No matter how he looked at it, this was a good thing for the Hua family. He just needed to wait patiently. Everything depended on what the Qi family thought!
The Hua family moved into their new residence, and the Hua Manor celebrated for another day. At night, after passing through several side courtyards and gardens, Hua Kai finally arrived at his own main courtyard.
This main courtyard was four stories high. Hua Kai's two maids had already taken over the management of this place.
There were nearly a hundred servants in the main courtyard. Hua Kai saw that his mother was looking at him with an unaccustomed expression. He asked Butler Wal-mart to keep half of the servants and send the rest out of the main courtyard.
The new Hua Manor was slightly remodeled from the foundations of the old Shen Family's courtyard. The Shen Family's courtyard used to be a four-sectioned courtyard. Because the Shen Family had a large number of people and was focused on business, there weren't any spiritual fields or wheat growing in the courtyard. Other than the numerous courtyards, there were only large and small fake mountains, fake lakes, and gardens.
The Shen Family's courtyard used to be the innermost layer where the direct descendants and important servants lived. The important members of the family and the branch families lived on the second layer, the distant branches and the guards lived on the third layer, and the fourth layer housed the largest number of Household Servants and maids. The entire Shen Residence was divided into four layers and hundreds of courtyards. The division of social classes was very clear here.
However, Hua Kai's situation was different from the Shen Family's. The main branch family only had Hua Kai and his mother. The four uncles of the branch family only had a total of 30 people. This arrangement definitely wouldn't work. Therefore, on the first day of moving in, Hua Kai asked Butler Wal-mart to go to Linzi City and invite the Lu Family's craftsmen to redesign the entire Hua Manor.
First of all, there were four main entrances to the Hua Manor. There was one main entrance in each of the North, South, East, West, and one side entrance in each of the four corners.
Two main roads connected the four main entrances. In the middle, the intersection would be the Hua Manor's dining hall and martial arts training grounds.
All the walls on the roads were knocked down.
All the parks were reduced by half and converted into multi-story rooms. In the north, other than the 50 mu martial arts training grounds, the rest of the 200 mu of new land was built into square three-story courtyards. A total of 200 were planned. This looked like a high standard military barracks.
On the 25th day of the 11th month, Hua Kai had already stayed in the Hua Manor for five days.
In these five days, he had been discussing the remodeling of the Hua Manor with the Lu Family's craftsmen. At the same time, he had been drawing a special building blueprint based on his memory. For this, Hua Kai had been calculating the dimensions in his dreams for the past few nights.
This new landmark building was a restaurant that Hua Kai planned to build. The Hua family currently owned two restaurants. He planned to expand all the delicacies in Fort Wah Ka to Guang County City, but the two restaurants were clearly not suitable.
Therefore, Hua Kai planned to build a landmark building. A nine-story building would be the tallest in Guang County City. The tallest building in Linzi City was only six stories.
All the buildings in this world were made of wood and connected with "tenons". In this way, all the tenons had to be refined. The higher the building, the more difficult it was to build. Generally, the craftsmen would not be able to build a four-story building. Six stories was basically the limit of a building.
Hua Kai planned to let the craftsmen use silver nails or even gold nails to reinforce the building. However, this would cost more than ten thousand gold taels.
At the same time, the livestock market would be completely remodeled next spring. The market would be divided into several areas, and some areas would not be open to everyone. The entire livestock market would be tripled in size, and the remodeling cost would exceed two thousand gold taels.
After sending off the Lu Family's craftsmen, Hua Kai asked Tang Lei to bring twenty Household Servants to send them back to Linzi City. He then returned to the main courtyard and asked someone to call the family's chef over. He worked hard to improve the variety of delicacies. These few days, he planned to work hard to improve the variety of pasta and cornbread. Pancakes, steamed buns, scallion pancakes, deep-fried pancakes, and soy paste pancakes were all created by him. The Hua family's business value depended on these little by little!
The Hua family was also slowly getting used to life in Guang County City. Compared to Fort Wah Ka, life in Guang County City was much more comfortable. However, the price of food in the city had increased this year, and the people in the slums had it even harder.
On this day, Hua Kai was experimenting with making tofu. Butler Wal-mart told Hua Kai that the dean of the Guang County Academy had arrived at the entrance of the Hua Manor.
Although the Han family was in charge of the Guang County Academy, not all of the teachers in the academy listened to the Han family's orders.
The dean of the Guang County Academy was called Liang Hai, and he was a master of the School of Mohism. The people of the School of Mohism were rather old-fashioned, and they were very strict with themselves. They rarely had good relationships with others. Dean Liang Hai had been in Guang County City for more than ten years, and he had trained countless students, but his reputation was not well known.
Hua Kai arrived at the entrance of the Hua Manor. He passed through five courtyards, three gardens, and two bridges. It took him almost ten minutes to reach the entrance of the Hua Manor. An old man of about sixty years of age stood there waiting for him.
Liang Hai: Mortal Realm Level 9
Aptitude: A +
Physique: 50
Strength: 53
Will: 56
School of Mohism: Master
School of Confucianism: Student
School of Five Elements: Student
School of Agriculture: Student
School of Novels: Student
School of Yin Yang: Apprentice
Merchant: Apprentice
School of Sun: Apprentice
… …
School of Mohism Mantra: Strict Adherence (Advanced Earth Level Mantra) Mastery
School of Mohism Sword Style: Cultivation Sword Style (Advanced Dark Level Sword Style) Perfection
School of Confucianism Mantra: Morality Technique (Beginner Heaven Level Mantra) Minor Mastery
School of Confucianism Sword Style: Yangwu Sword Style (Intermediate Earth Level Sword Style) Minor Mastery
School of Five Elements Mantra: Taiyi Five Elements Mantra (Intermediate Heaven Level Mantra) Minor Mastery
School of Five Elements Fist Style: Five Elements Fist Style (Beginner Heaven Level Palm Style) Minor Mastery
… …
Morality Points: 137138
Loyalty Points: 22
Hua Kai was shocked when he saw Liang Hai's attributes. He had studied more than twenty schools of thought, and with his strength, he should not be much weaker than Han Xu. He had actually stayed in the Guang County Academy for more than ten years!
"Greetings, Holy Son Hua!" Seeing Hua Kai coming out to greet him, Liang Hai took the initiative to greet him.
Although he was a master of the School of Mohism, Hua Kai was also a master of the School of Novels. Their ages were far apart, and Hua Kai could easily surpass him. Therefore, he bowed to Hua Kai first!
"Greetings, Dean Liang!
Dean Liang, I've been wanting to pay you a visit for the past few days. I'm also at the age to enroll this year, but I didn't expect Dean Liang to come first, "Hua Kai said courteously.
"You don't have to be so courteous, Holy Son. I only know now that Guang County has produced a genius of the level of a Holy Son. It's my negligence!
Today, I'm here to invite Holy Son to enroll.
It's already the 29th of November, and the day after tomorrow is the day of enrolment. Holy Son, you must not be late! "Liang Hai said.
"This … The Hua family has just moved to Guang County, and there are many things that have yet to settle down … Master Liang, can you give me a few more days to …" Hua Kai was interrupted before he could finish his sentence!
"Holy Son!
Although your talent is extraordinary, you still need to learn before you can unleash your potential.
Many Holy Sons are stuck at the Advanced Innate Stage, unable to make any progress. It's all because they neglected the basics when they were young.
Now, the most important thing for Holy Son is to improve your foundation … The children of aristocratic families start learning the Book of Songs at the age of six, and start reading the history of various countries at the age of eight … "Liang Hai spoke non-stop, and Hua Kai couldn't interrupt!
Hua Kai was now one of the most powerful people in Guang County, and this Dean Liang completely disregarded his dignity!
He simply didn't want to bury a genius from the perspective of a teacher. Hua Kai originally wanted to fight for it, but after hearing this, he could only smile bitterly and nod his head.
"Master Liang, please come in for a chat. This time, the Hua family has more than 20 youths who intend to enroll together!" Hua Kai invited Dean Liang Hai into the residence as he spoke.
"Our Guang County Academy has rules for enrolment. Those below the age of 15 who enter the Natal Opening Stage are free of charge, but those who enter the Tempered Body Stage have to pay a tuition fee of 20 taels of silver every month. The Hua family can send in any three students, regardless of age or cultivation, for free!"
Liang Hai said as he entered the residence with Hua Kai. Hua Kai was impressed by Liang Hai's EQ. Were all people who dabbled in literature so rigid? If an ordinary person heard what he said, they would think that he was going to reject the offer!
"Master Liang, please rest assured. The Hua family's students are all above the Tempered Body Stage, and more than half of them have already entered the Natal Opening Stage!
Just go through the admission procedures, no matter how much the tuition fee is, the Hua Family won't charge a single cent less! "
"More than 20 people and more than half of them have already entered the Natal Opening Stage?
How old are they? "
Liang Hai's eyes widened. Why was the Guang County Academy free of charge for those below the age of 15 to enter the Natal Opening Stage? That was because those who were able to enter the Natal Opening Stage before the age of 15 were the most outstanding in the entire Guang County!
The Guang County Academy only accepted a few in a year!