Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

In the afternoon, Yu Qingyi went to the Marquis' Mansion alone to say goodbye to the Marquis's wife. The next morning, Yang Zhengshan led everyone to leave Chongshan Pass.

Just after they left, the news of Su Shanyu's murder reached Chongshan Pass.

The study room of the General's Mansion.

Liang Chu heard the report from the staff and his expression was indifferent.

He had expected Yang Zhengshan to do so, so he was not surprised at all.

"Marquis, now that Su Shanyu is dead, should we do something?" the staff asked.

"What?" Liang Chu asked.

The staff thought for a while and said, "Help investigate the murderer!"

"That's the matter of the Censorate!" Liang Chu said.

"Well, but it involves Lord Yang, we should help!" The staff said in a low voice.

Liang Chu's expression moved slightly, and he laughed, "You are right, we should help, after all, this happened in our Chongshan Town, and it also involves Jingyuan Marquis' Mansion!"

Help investigate the case?

That's naturally impossible!

He would not help the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion. He just wanted to help Yang Zhengshan to find out the loopholes and prevent Yang Zhengshan from leaving any clues.

Liang Jinyan and Yang Yunxue's marriage was basically settled. The two families would be relatives in the future. Although he did not want to offend the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion and the prince, he could not stand idly by and watch the Yang family.

Moreover, he valued Yang Yunxue very much. At a young age, she had the cultivation level of refining strength, and she would definitely become a martial arts master in the future.

She might even surpass him in cultivation. How could he not value her?

As for the fact that Yang Yunxue was a woman and a granddaughter-in-law, it was actually not important. As long as she entered the door, she was a member of their Liang family.

Now, even if Yang Zhengshan did not agree to this marriage, he would try his best to make Yang Zhengshan agree.

Because for a family, the existence of a martial arts master is too important.

Even if this martial arts master is just placed at home for worship, it is also a foundation and a trump card.

"How about this, you take someone to take a look!" Liang Chu ordered.

The staff responded and bowed to leave.

On the other side, the Jianning Guard Lieutenant General's Office.

Zhou Lan received Yang Zhengshan's letter first, and then received the news that Su Shanyu was killed.

When she heard the news, she curled her lips, "Su Shanyu, this bastard should have died long ago!"

Zhou Lan has never had a good impression of Su Shanyu, a ruthless nobleman.

In her heart, Su Shanyu is not as good as Lu Hua. Although Lu Hua is also annoying, at least Lu Hua does all the right things and serves the old emperor.

But what about Su Shanyu?

Everything is just for his own selfish interests.

"General, this matter will not cause trouble for my father!" Yang Mingzhi stood beside Zhou Lan and asked with some concern.

Yang Mingzhi is still the pacification of Jianning Guard, but he helps Zhou Lan deal with some chores on a daily basis. In short, he has replaced Zhao Yuan in the past and plays a role similar to an assistant.

Zhou Lan looked up at him and smiled, "There are troubles, but you don't have to worry, Jingyuan Hou can't control Chongshan Town!"

"But there is a prince behind Zhenyuan Hou!" Yang Mingzhi said.

This is what he is most worried about.

That's the prince!

For him, for the Yang family, that is absolutely unattainable.

How can Yang Mingzhi not worry about being an enemy of such a big man?

Zhou Lan smiled and shook her head, "The prince can't control Chongshan Town either, after all, he hasn't ascended the throne yet!"

"And the prince won't care about such things. It's just Su Shanyu, how can it be worth the prince's action?"

Yang Mingzhi doesn't understand the prince, but Zhou Lan does.

In her opinion, the prince is a deep-minded person. Although the prince values ​​Jingyuan Hou Mansion, he will not make a big fuss for Jingyuan Hou Mansion.

Compared with Jingyuan Hou Mansion, the prince naturally values ​​the throne more.

Now that Emperor Chengping is getting older and older, the elderly emperor is the most sensitive. At this time, the prince will not lose the big picture for the sake of the small, and risk angering Emperor Chengping to help the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Yang Mingzhi felt relieved when he heard her say this.

...

Anyuan City.

After Yang Zhengshan came back, he temporarily put the matter of Jingyuan Marquis Mansion behind him.

It was already mid-October. If Chongshan Town went to war next year, there would be at most half a year.

Yang Zhengshan must prepare for the expedition next year.

So after returning to Anyuan City, Yang Zhengshan immediately went to Jiacheng and asked to see Wang Bin.

"War horses?"

In the study, Wang Bin heard that Yang Zhengshan wanted two hundred war horses, and he rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.

In the past few years, the various departments of Chongshan Town have obtained a lot of war horses, all of which were obtained by Lu Chongde and Liang Chu for the various departments, but now Chongshan Town still does not have enough war horses.

Wang Bin has always wanted to expand his cavalry to 5,000, but after two years, he is still short of 1,000 horses.

"General, I am best at cavalry combat. The previous battles in Yinghebao were almost all cavalry combat!"

"But now I only have more than a hundred cavalry! Even if you count the poor horses in the government office, I can't get 200 cavalry!"

"Unless the general does not allow me to go with the army, the general will at least give me another 200 war horses!"

Yang Zhengshan's words are reasonable.

There are still many horses in Anyuan City, such as the Yang family's horse farm, and the Wu family also has a horse farm, and military officers like Xie Yuan and Han Cheng also have some war horses in their homes.

But these are private war horses, not belonging to the garrison office.

No one can forcibly seize their private property.

Nor can they take it for granted that their private property should be confiscated.

So although Yang Zhengshan had planned to let the Yang family horse farm sell a batch of war horses to the garrison office, the money still had to be paid by the garrison office.

The garrison office is rich now, but this does not prevent Yang Zhengshan from coming to Wang Bin to cry poor.

However, Wang Bin is not so easy to fool. He knows that the Yang family has a horse farm.

He looked up at Yang Zhengshan helplessly and said, "I will give you at most 150 horses, and you can prepare the rest yourself!"

It is impossible not to let Yang Zhengshan go to the war.

Yang Zhengshan's strength and ability have been proven in Linguan Fort. Wang Bin still hopes that Yang Zhengshan can charge for him in the war next year. How can he let Yang Zhengshan stay in Anyuan City?

Yang Zhengshan laughed in his heart. He didn't expect Wang Bin to be so generous and directly gave 150 war horses. He thought Wang Bin could only give him 100 war horses at most!

However, he still said with some embarrassment on the surface: "General, I can prepare it myself, but the silver!"

"Only three thousand taels!" Wang Bin really didn't want to talk nonsense with Yang Zhengshan, so he could only reveal his bottom line.

Now almost all the main generals in Chongshan Town know that they will go to war next year, so everyone is busy collecting food and grass, collecting war horses, making armor, and preparing silver and money.

No one will complain that they have too much in their hands, so everyone is scrambling for it.

Apply to the general's mansion, apply to the governor's office, requisition to the subordinate government offices, and even spend silver and money to buy from merchants.

For example, the price of this war horse has increased by 30% compared with last year, and the key is that you can't buy it even if you want to.

It was already a painful sacrifice for Wang Bin to be able to allocate 150 war horses to Yang Zhengshan.

As for silver and money, he can only take out so much now. If he takes more, it will affect the reinforcement camp under his command.

"Where is the food and grass!" Yang Zhengshan was a little greedy.

Wang Bin looked at him speechlessly.

That look seemed to say, "You've had enough! ’.

Yang Zhengshan smiled awkwardly, "Forget about the food and grass, our government office still has some in stock!"

The garrison office has a garrison, so it should be self-sufficient in food and salary.

When Yang Zhengshan just took office, the situation of the Anyuan City Garrison Office was a bit special, so the various government offices could still allocate some food and grass to him, but now he wants to ask for more food and grass, which seems a bit excessive.

When he came out of the General's Office, Yang Zhengshan was very happy.

One hundred and fifty war horses and three thousand taels of silver, which is already a lot for the garrison office.

However, Yang Zhengshan's journey of crying poor has not ended. If the General's Office is over, there is still the Weisi Yamen, right?

It's just that Tan Jingtai is much poorer than Wang Bin. Yang Zhengshan is selling face and crying poor, and in the end Tan Jingtai only allocated him 500 stones of food and grass.

As for war horses, there is not a single one, and there is not a penny of silver.

This was also unavoidable. The Weisi Yamen was mainly responsible for the affairs of the military farms. The reserves of war horses and armor were originally small. Tan Jingtai was able to give Yang Zhengshan 500 shi of grain and grass because Yang Zhengshan had obtained the position of commander for him.

Yang Zhengshan did not think that 500 shi of grain and grass were too little. No matter how small the mosquito legs were, they were still meat. Moreover, 500 shi of grain and grass were enough for the garrison camp to eat for more than two months, which was not too little.

After returning to Anyuan City from Jiacheng, Yang Zhengshan just returned to the backyard and saw Yang Minghao and several guards escorting a person.

"Dad!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, Yang Minghao trotted over.

"Who is that?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the person being escorted by the guards. He felt that this person was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Yang Minghao looked back at the man and said helplessly, "The groom on the farm outside the city!"

Now the Yang family has several farms outside the city. These farms are mainly engaged in farming, and they also raise some livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

Most of the people responsible for farming in the farms are tenants, but many of them are slaves of the Yang family.

In addition to growing food, several farms are also responsible for preparing various ingredients for the Yang family.

In summer, various fruits and vegetables are grown, and in winter, various dried vegetables and dried goods are dried, or some bacon is made.

Every other day, the farm outside the city will deliver a cart of ingredients to the Yang family.

A cart of ingredients sounds like a lot, but don't forget that the Yang family is no longer a small family now.

There are thirty guards alone, and there are so many servants in addition.

With so many people to eat, the consumption of ingredients is naturally not a small number.

"Why did you catch him?" Yang Zhengshan asked with a frown.

"He was the one who leaked the news that my mother and younger sister were going out!" Yang Minghao said.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes, revealing a fierce gleam.

"What's going on?"

Yang Mingcheng replied: "Someone gave him a hundred taels of silver and asked him to help find out the news in the mansion."

For silver!

I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the Yang family.

However, this kind of thing is unavoidable. After all, the Yang family now has hundreds of slaves, including servants in the mansion, servants in the farm, servants in the horse farm, and so on. There are no less than a hundred households.

With so many slaves, it is almost impossible to ensure their absolute loyalty.

It is not easy to ensure the loyalty of the servants in the mansion.

"Where is the person who gave him the money?" Yang Zhengshan asked coldly.

"I haven't found him. I guess he has already left Anyuan City!" Yang Minghao replied.

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised by this. The matter had been done. If he didn't run away, would he stay and wait for death?

Glancing at the groom, he said lightly: "Get rid of him!"

There was no need to keep such a servant. Perhaps this person didn't know the specific situation, but since he dared to sell out the master's information for silver, it was likely to bring disaster again if he kept him.

"What about his family?" Yang Minghao was a little reluctant.

"Sell him!"

Yang Zhengshan was not soft-hearted at all.

The fate of the servants was very sad. Life and death, misfortune and happiness were all out of their control and completely controlled by the master.

But no matter how sad it was, they could not sell out their masters.

Yang Zhengshan thought that he was very kind to the servants. Compared with the servants of other families, the servants of the Yang family were treated much better.

I dare not say anything else, but at least they can be guaranteed to have enough food and clothing.

Worry-free food and clothing!

Many ordinary people can't do it, and the Yang family can provide servants with food and clothing, which can be described as a gift.

But this man still betrayed the master's information for silver.

How could Yang Zhengshan keep him?

Yang Minghao also understood this, but he was young after all, and sometimes he was not cruel enough.

But fortunately he was obedient, and he did whatever Yang Zhengshan said.

Soon, he forced the groom to leave.

And Yang Zhengshan no longer cared about this matter. It was just dealing with a slave, and he didn't need to do it himself.