Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"We need weapons and armor to train soldiers. I have already sent a letter to Han Cheng before the New Year. He will arrange a group of craftsmen to come here in a while. Zhou Ren, you will be responsible for arranging these craftsmen when the time comes!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhou Ren standing next to him.

"Your subordinate obeys your order!" Zhou Ren stepped forward and accepted the order solemnly.

"I also need iron ore to build weapons and armor. I will apply for a batch of iron ore from the Governor's Office. Han Fei, you will contact the Governor's Office when the time comes!" Yang Zhengshan continued to order.

"Yes!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and continued to order: "Xie Yuan, you will be responsible for farming and building houses. Is that okay?"

"No problem!" Xie Yuan smiled.

When he was in Anyuan City, he was responsible for these things. Now he is still in charge of these things, which is also familiar.

"Song Dashan, you are responsible for the defense of Weicheng and military training!"

"Yes!"

"As for you!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Wu Chongzhe, Yang Mingzhi, Luo Feiyu and Yang Mingzhen again, "Both sides need your cooperation, and you have to keep an eye on the Qianhusuo below. I don't want anyone to be arrogant in the Qianhusuo in the future!"

"Well, Minghao, you are the governor, you have to take the responsibility of supervising the Qianhusuo, and it's best to catch a few typical ones to kill the chickens and kill the monkeys!"

Yang Zhengshan couldn't predict what happened outside, but he would never allow anyone to jump out and make trouble inside.

"Hehe, don't worry, sir, I will definitely keep an eye on them!" Yang Minghao laughed.

The ones he was talking about were the former officials of the Weisi Yamen, as well as the deputy Qianhusuo and Baihusuo who had served in Tenglong Qianwei before.

"Very good!" Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction, "Everyone, let's do a big job next."

With the end of the meeting, Tenglongwei, the nearly rebuilt Weisi Yamen, finally started to operate.

After a month of adjustment before the New Year, although the Weisi Yamen was still short of staff, it was still operating normally.

On the same day, Yang Zhengshan personally wrote an official document to apply for the iron mine and sent someone to Kyoto.

Tenglongwei was directly under the Central Military Governor's Office, which had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that there was only one Yamen above it, the Central Military Governor's Office, and there was no need to deal with supervision from other Yamen. Moreover, the Central Military Governor's Office was far away from Kyoto, and Yang Zhengshan had greater autonomy in many matters.

The disadvantage was that the Central Military Governor's Office was far away from Kyoto, and it took more than ten days to send an official document. It was a waste of time to do things that Yang Zhengshan could not decide or needed the cooperation of the Central Military Governor's Office.

The iron mine here has not been applied for yet, and Anyuan City has sent hundreds of craftsmen here.

Han Cheng would naturally not perfunctorily do what Yang Zhengshan ordered. The craftsmen he selected were the best craftsmen in the Anyuan City Garrison Office, and they were all masters who built the armor production line established by Yang Zhengshan.

Of course, Han Cheng couldn't ignore the official duties of the Garrison Office and just think about helping Yang Zhengshan.

In fact, the Garrison Office doesn't need so many craftsmen now. When Yang Zhengshan left Anyuan City, the Garrison Office had already stored a lot of weapons and armor. Even if Yang Zhengshan took away the weapons and armor of 500 soldiers, Han Cheng could rely on the weapons and armor in the warehouse to re-equip a new garrison camp.

The arrival of hundreds of craftsmen made Zhou Ren busy.

He was responsible for the food, drink, and defecation of these craftsmen. Zhou Ren might also arrange people to build the supporting facilities of the forging workshop. Fortunately, Zhou Ren was very familiar with these. Although he was busy, he did it in an orderly manner.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Luo Zhen sent 200 oxen from Chongshan Pass.

Since the great victory in the expedition against the Hu tribe in Donghai last year, the cattle and sheep in Chongshan Town have been a bit flooded. Although more than half a year has passed, there are still some cattle and sheep accumulated in many places in Chongshan Town.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep. Even if they are just transported out of Chongshan Town, it will take a long time.

Now the prices of cattle, sheep and war horses in Chongshan Town are still relatively cheap, and it is definitely worth buying oxen from Chongshan Town.

These two hundred oxen are just the first batch. Yang Zhengshan has reserved a total of 800 oxen, which will be delivered in the next few days.

As the oxen are sent to the Qianhu Suo and Zhuangtun below, the military households of Tenglongwei once again feel the difference between now and before.

At the same time, they have more recognition and respect for Yang Zhengshan, the new commander, and the officials of the Weisi Yamen.

Changes are from top to bottom, and people's hearts are accumulated bit by bit.

On the 22nd day of the first lunar month, Yang Zhengshan finally received a reply from the Central Army Governor's Office, allowing Tenglongwei to forge weapons and equip soldiers. At the same time, the Central Army Governor's Office allocated a batch of iron ore from Chongshan Town to Tenglongwei.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, the first batch of iron ore was transported from Chongshan Town to Tenglongwei.

At this time, Chongshan Town had undergone a major change. The new general of Chongshan Town was the former deputy general Ji Feiyu, and the new deputy general of Chongshan Town was the former lieutenant general of Jinzhou Guard in the middle of Chongshan Town.

Several guerrilla generals of the original town's standard camp were successively promoted to lieutenant generals, and other lieutenants were transferred from Chongshan Town like Wang Bin and served as deputy generals in other border towns.

However, among the lieutenants, Wang Bin had the best official position after being promoted. After all, Beiyuan Town was a large border town, and serving as a deputy general in Beiyuan Town was much better than in other border towns.

Chongshan Town's senior management was completely changed, but the most important person did not move, that is, Chongshan Town Governor Lu Chongde.

It stands to reason that the governor should be above the general, but Liang Chu was a super-rank marquis before, so Lu Chongde and he had a clear division of labor, one in charge of military affairs and the other in charge of political affairs. During the war, one was responsible for battlefield command and the other was responsible for logistics support. The two cooperated very well.

Now Ji Feiyu has been promoted to the general, and he is not a nobleman, so he is naturally suppressed by Lu Chongde.

Therefore, the current Chongshan Town is actually controlled by Lu Chongde.

There is no need to say much about Lu Chongde's ability, and it is also good for Yang Zhengshan to have Lu Chongde control the overall situation of Chongshan Town.

Although Yang Zhengshan has left Chongshan Town now, it does not mean that he has no relationship with Chongshan Town.

He is from Chongshan Town, and he has the mark of Chongshan Town on him, not to mention that there are still many children of the Yang family in Chongshan Town.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan can still show his face in Chongshan Town.

Although Yang Zhengshan and Lu Chongde had never met, Lu Chongde would definitely give Yang Zhengshan some favor, after all, he also benefited from Yang Zhengshan's military exploits.

It was precisely because of this personal relationship that Chongshan Town cooperated so well to transport the iron ore to Tenglongwei this time.

With the iron ore, the forging workshop of the Weisi Yamen could start work.

In February, the weather in Liaodong has gradually warmed up, and it is possible to start building houses during the day. The first to start work are the military households whose houses were collapsed by heavy snow a few years ago.

Nanling Village.

Yang Zhengshan once again brought his entourage to this inconspicuous small village.

"The subordinate Zhang Hu greets the adults!"

As soon as Yang Zhengshan entered the village, Zhang Hu came up to him covered in mud.

"Yeah!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded and looked into the village.

At this time, many military households in the village were busy building houses, men, women, old and young, working together, and it looked very lively.

He jumped off the horse and asked casually, "Are you ready?"

"My Lord, everything is ready, and we will start construction today!" Zhang Hu said with a smile.

Yang Zhengshan looked calm, "Where is your plan?"

Zhang Hu immediately took out a piece of paper from his arms, "My Lord, this is the plan of our Nanling Village!"

It was a very simple sketch with rows of houses and courtyards drawn on it.

Since the whole house was to be rebuilt, Yang Zhengshan naturally did not want the future Qianhu Suo and Tunbao to be in a mess. Overall planning is definitely indispensable.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the plan casually and nodded slightly, "Not bad, we must ensure that the roads in the village are unobstructed, but we must also ensure that the Tunbao has a certain degree of defense!"

There is no need to build an outer wall for a Tunbao like Nanling Village, but not building an outer wall does not mean that the entire Tunbao cannot be enclosed.

More than 30 households, the houses are neatly arranged together, with the houses and courtyard walls as the outer walls, and then the other intersections are blocked, and finally four exits are left in the east, west, south and north.

A garrison should look like a garrison, not like a village.

Yang Zhengshan walked into the garrison, and the busy military households saluted him.

"Greetings, sir, salutations!"

"Well, everyone is busy, don't worry about me!" Yang Zhengshan responded gently.

Compared with the last time he came, the military households in Nanling Village have changed significantly. They smile more and their spirits have improved. Their faces are no longer sallow, but a little rosy. Everyone seems to have regained vitality, and even their voices have become much clearer.

When he came last time, although these military households also saluted him, they were silent, as if even speaking was a luxury.

Such changes are undoubtedly good, and it is what Yang Zhengshan wants most.

After seeing the military households who were building houses, Yang Zhengshan was concerned about their spring plowing, "Is there no problem with your farm tools and oxen?"

"Don't worry, sir, the oxen are all fine now. Everyone cherishes the oxen sent by the government office and even feeds them with food from their homes!" Zhang Hu also smiled brightly.

For military households and farmers, oxen are more important than a strong man.

It's not that human life is not as good as cattle, but that oxen are very helpful for farming.

"Where are the grain seeds?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"Our grain seeds are all new grains from last year, and they have been well preserved!" Zhang Hu said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, walked around the village again, and left with his entourage after finding no problems.

After leaving Nanling Village, he went around several thousand households and garrisons around the Weicheng and learned about the situation.

In general, he was quite satisfied with the current situation of Tenglongwei. Although the military households had a weak foundation, they were obedient. As long as they were given a little benefit, they would follow you wholeheartedly.

After the previous distribution of grain, and now the construction of houses, the military households were naturally grateful to Yang Zhengshan, so now they were doing their best.