Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

As the saying goes, when one person is successful, his family members will also benefit from him. Yang Zhengshan did not achieve success, but he is now a third-rank guard commander. Anyone who has a connection with him and the Yang family can take advantage of him and the Yang family.

Just like the Wang family, due to the in-law relationship with the Yang family, no one dares to provoke them in Anning County, and the officials and runners of the county government have to be polite to them.

Don't underestimate this point. The harm of clerks is more serious to the common people than corrupt officials. For example, when it comes to paying grain taxes, no clerks or runners in Anning County dare to gossip about the Wang family.

In Wangjia Village, Old Man Wang is also a well-known person. If it weren't for Old Man Wang being too honest, he could have used the power of the Yang family to become a village head or something.

Not only the Wang family, but also the Li family and the Jiang family are like this.

The people who came to the Li family this time were Li Laodi and his wife and their eldest son Li Dashi. Li Laodi, like Wang Laodi, was an honest country man and seemed particularly nervous in front of Yang Zhengshan.

After they returned to the guest room, he relaxed a little.

However, because the second house was not in Anyuan City, Yang Minghao was responsible for receiving them.

After arranging the guest room for them, Yang Minghao said to Li Laodi: "Uncle Li, if you think there is something wrong, just tell me directly and I will redecorate it for you."

"No, no, all good, all good!" Li Laodi said with a smile on his face.

This is not a courtesy, he really thinks it is all good.

Compared with home, this place is undoubtedly much more luxurious and exquisite.

"Well, the second brother and the second sister-in-law will probably have to wait a few days before they can come back. You stay first, I will let Liu Ben serve you. If you need anything, just go to him directly, or let him go to me."

Yang Minghao pointed to a 17 or 18-year-old servant beside him and said.

"Okay!" Li Laodi could only say okay, and he couldn't say anything else.

Yang Minghao told him some more things, such as how to eat, where there is water, and if you want to go out, you should bring a few more people to avoid trouble, etc.

Old man Li is actually two years younger than Yang Zhengshan. Li is the eldest daughter of the Li family. She has two younger brothers and a younger sister.

The eldest son, Li Dashi, is eighteen years old this year and just got married two years ago.

Yang Minghao told Li Dashi a few more words before leaving.

Li Dashi is a smart man, and he is more assertive in what he says and does than old man Li.

After sending Yang Minghao away, Li Dashi couldn't help but say, "Dad, the third brother is different from before. I remember that he was about the same height as me when he was in the blacksmith shop, but now he is so much taller than me!"

He is the same age as Yang Minghao. At that time, the conditions of the Yang family were poor, and Yang Minghao was not as tall as him.

"It's different now. The Yang family is prosperous now!" Old man Li said with a smile.

Li Han, who was standing next to her, had just packed her luggage and walked out of the inner room, saying, "I don't know how Dahua is doing now. I heard that she is pregnant again!"

Dahua is Li's name, Li Dahua, a very rustic name.

Speaking of Li's pregnancy again, Li Han's dark face was full of joy.

For women, children are their confidence in their husband's family.

Li gave birth to two grandsons for the Yang family, which is Li's greatest confidence in the Yang family.

"Brother-in-law is a high official now, and my elder sister will definitely live a good life!"

Li Dashi sat at the tea table and picked up a piece of dessert to taste.

The soft glutinous rice cake melted in his mouth, making Li Dashi's eyes light up.

"Oh, it's a pity that my younger sister didn't come, otherwise she would definitely like to eat this dessert!"

Li Han glanced at him and didn't say anything.

They hesitated for a long time to come to Anyuan City this time. The journey of more than 300 miles was very far for them. If Yang Minghui hadn't personally come to invite them together, they probably wouldn't have come.

After deciding to come to Anyuan City, they discussed for a long time about who to come. They felt that it was not good for the whole family to come, so they only brought their eldest son.

Li Xiaohua also wanted to come, but was ruthlessly rejected by them.

In fact, Li Dashi wanted to bring his younger sister, but the old couple did not want to, and he could not persuade them, so he had to give up in the end.

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In the next two days, relatives and friends who came to attend Yang Zhengshan's wedding arrived one after another.

The second master of the Lu family brought the seventh young master of the Lu family, Lu Qi, and they prepared a big gift for Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan was a little embarrassed by the generosity of the Lu family.

The second master of the Lu family looked much older, with a head full of white hair, but he was in good spirits.

Lu Qi looked much more mature, not as arrogant as before.

Last year, Lu Qi passed the examination for a scholar, and now he can be considered a scholar. However, his talent in reading is far inferior to Lu Wenyuan, and it is estimated that he can only pass the examination for a juren at most in this life.

Fortunately, the Lu family does not need Lu Qi to support it. Lu Qi has six brothers above him. The eldest brother of the Lu family, Lu Zhi, is now a fifth-rank prefect. With Lu Zhi, the Lu family will at least not decline.

In addition to the Lu family, Luo Jin, the county magistrate, also sent someone to Anning County. The person who came was his master, and he would leave after sending the gift.

Yang Mingzhi arrived in Anyuan City on the third day of May, and Zhao Yuan and Yang Qinwu were with him.

Zhao Yuan came on behalf of Zhou Lan, and of course he also represented himself.

Yang Qinwu came on behalf of Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others.

Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others all held official positions, so it was naturally impossible for them to come to Yang Zhengshan's wedding. They could only choose Yang Qinwu as a representative to send their gifts.

There were many congratulatory gifts, but they were not expensive things. Yang Zhengshan did not expect them to give anything valuable, but Yang Chengze's congratulatory gifts made Yang Zhengshan very happy.

Yang Chengze sent an account book, which was the account book of Yinghe Fort in the past few months.

In just a few months, the Yinghe Fort Defense Office received 2,000 taels of silver, most of which was charcoal and Linguan Fort's needlework workshop. In addition, the rent on the commercial street and the livestock raised in each camp all gave the office a lot of money. Less money.

If the government office can earn so much money, then the military households will only earn more.

"You did a great job!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Qinwu and praised him gently.

"Hey, it's all Grandpa Zhengshan's doing. We just implemented it according to Grandpa Zhengshan's plan!" Yang Qinwu scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Haha, this kid is actually shy!" Zhao Yuan said nervously next to him.

"Brother Zhengshan, you don't know that Yinghe Fort is now the richest fort under the rule of Jianningwei. It is very lively every day!"

He really admired Yang Zhengshan. What Yinghe Fort looked like before and what it looks like now is completely different.

Today, Yinghe Fort is probably the richest fort in Chongshan Town, and this is all due to Yang Zhengshan.

In his mind, Yang Zhengshan was the kind of all-rounder who could kill enemies when mounted and govern the people when dismounted.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, and the smile on his face became brighter.

He was really happy.

Being an official brings benefit to a place.

The better Yinghe Fort became under his management, the stronger his sense of satisfaction became.

In addition, Yang Chengze, Yang Mingwu and others have become talents, and he feels an unprecedented sense of accomplishment.

"By the way, how is General Zhou doing lately?" Yang Zhengshan changed his voice and talked about Zhou Lan.

After not seeing him for more than half a year, I still miss Zhou Lan very much.

Zhou Lan was his boss and his thigh. Even after leaving Yinghe Fort, he still remembered Zhou Lan.

"Well!"

However, Zhao Yuan smiled awkwardly.

"What's wrong?" Yang Zhengshan was a little strange.

Zhao Yuan looked at Yang Qinwu and said, "Qinwu, go and arrange our accommodation first!"

The Yang family’s yard is very large, but it cannot accommodate so many relatives and friends.

Except for the in-laws of the Yang family, all other relatives and friends live in the inn.

Naturally, they don't need to arrange the accommodation. The Yang family has already taken care of it. Zhao Yuan just wants to get rid of Yang Qinwu.

Yang Qinwu blinked, stood up and said, "Grandpa Zhengshan, I'll come back later. I have many things to tell you here!"

"Yeah! Go ahead!"

After Yang Qinwu left, Zhao Yuan lowered his voice this time and said: "Brother Zhengshan, General Zhou has been in a very bad mood recently!"

"Why?"

"Why else, it's not just for you!" Zhao Yuan winked at Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan's face was full of astonishment.

What does it mean?

Zhou Lan is interested in me. Does she feel uncomfortable when she heard that I am getting married?

It shouldn’t be!

Although his relationship with Zhou Lan is close, there is not much personal love between his children.

As for whether he was interested in Zhou Lan, it was true. At the beginning, he was still very attracted to Zhou Lan.

The heroic female general looks energetic.

However, those temptations came from the stimulation of the kidneys. Later, the two of them became superiors and subordinates, Zhou Lan became his thigh, and Yang Zhengshan gave up those messy fantasies.

And what about Zhou Lan?

It probably doesn't mean anything like this.

Zhao Yuan chuckled, "Prince Zhou came to Jianningwei some time ago. He happened to hear that you were getting married, so he persuaded General Zhou to get married."

The corner of Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly. It turned out to be because of the pressure from his eldest brother to get married.

He felt a little relieved, but also a little disappointed.

It's better not to have feelings for him, otherwise he wouldn't know how to get along with Zhou Lan in the future.

As for loss, haha, men are always a little greedy for no reason.

"Prince Zhou is gone?"

Zhou Shizi was Zhou Lan's eldest brother Zhou Xu, and Yang Zhengshan had met him before.

"He's gone, he only stayed in Jianningwei for two days!"

Zhao Yuan slapped his head and said, "By the way, Prince Zhou also asked me to bring you a gift!"

With that said, he hurried out and ran back after a while.

"That's it!"

He handed a wooden box to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan took the wooden box and opened it, and found that there was a jade Buddha inside.

Jade Buddha?

What does it mean?

This doesn’t look like Zhou Xu’s style!

His impression of Zhou Xu was that he was a free and easy-going person who probably wouldn't do anything like praying to gods or Buddhas.

"Hey!" Zhao Yuan next to him was also a little surprised when he saw the Jade Buddha.

"Do you know this Jade Buddha?" Yang Zhengshan was a little confused.

"I don't know, but this is the finest mutton-fat white jade, it should be worth a lot of money!" Zhao Yuandao.

Yang Zhengshan was confused. He really couldn't understand why Zhou Xu would give him such a gift.

But no matter what Zhou Xu meant, the things were delivered and he couldn't return them.