Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

At noon the next day, Yang Zhengshan returned to Tenglongwei.

Everything in Tenglongwei was very stable and nothing went wrong.

With Xie Yuan, Wu Chongzhe, Yang Mingzhen and others watching, Tenglongwei could not have any trouble. It was just because Yang Zhengshan transferred the soldiers and soldiers in the camp that the training in the camp was suspended for more than half a month.

After returning to Tenglongwei, Yang Zhengshan first dealt with the affairs in the yamen, and then returned home after confirming that there were no major problems.

At home, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao had returned two days ago.

Yang Zhengshan first went back to the main courtyard to see Yu Qingyi and Xiao Mingzhao. He had sent someone to send letters back these days, so Yu Qingyi was not too worried about him.

However, Xiao Mingzhao seemed a little unfamiliar with him.

"This silly boy, he didn't recognize his father after just a few days of not seeing him!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Xiao Mingzhao who didn't let him hug him, and complained a little depressed.

Yu Qingyi covered her mouth and chuckled, "Okay, go wash up first. You're covered in dust, so don't hold the child!"

Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to pinch Xiao Mingzhao's face hard. Xiao Mingzhao stretched out his hand and slapped him, then stared at him angrily.

This kid seems to have a bad temper!

After washing up, Yang Zhengshan called Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao to the study.

"What's the situation in Kyoto?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"After we sent the memorial to the imperial city, His Majesty summoned the ministers of the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple and the Censorate on the same day!"

"Old Master Liu said that His Majesty was furious and ordered a strict investigation of the Liaodong Salt Transport Bureau case!"

"In addition, His Majesty also reprimanded Prince Xin, fined Prince Xin a year's salary, and confined him for half a year!"

Yang Mingzhi said softly.

After they sent the memorial to the imperial city, they did not return immediately, but went to Liu's mansion to ask for an audience with Liu Yuanfu.

They waited for most of the day before Liu Yuanfu returned to the palace. Liu Yuanfu told them what happened in the imperial city.

"Just fined one year's salary and confined for half a year?" Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, thinking.

Fines are not a light punishment for Prince Xin.

The salary of a prince is very high, 50,000 dan of rice, 15,000 guan of money, 40 pieces of brocade, 300 pieces of silk, 100 pieces of gauze, 200 yin of salt, 1,000 jin of tea, 50 pieces of horse fodder per month, etc.

All in all, the annual salary is almost 50,000 taels of silver.

Fines of one year's salary are not small. After all, the palace is so big, and there may be a lot of silver to support the palace. Prince Xin will definitely feel uncomfortable if he only takes in and does not spend in a year.

But compared with the silver he got from Luo Fu, this year's salary seems a bit insignificant.

As for confined for half a year!

This punishment is actually more serious than a salary deduction. A prince who wants to compete for the throne cannot appear in the court for half a year, and cannot maintain the relationship with his followers for half a year.

If Prince Xin's power in the court is a little loose, I am afraid that the followers he has finally won over will completely collapse.

"Is this punishment light or heavy!" Yang Zhengshan was a little puzzled.

If it is heavy, it does not eliminate Prince Xin's chance to compete for the throne.

If it is light, it is a heavy blow to Prince Xin, making Prince Xin even weaker in the fight for the throne.

Yang Zhengshan was a little confused about Emperor Chengping's thoughts. Emperor Chengping was obviously preparing for the transition of imperial power, but he was still unwilling to give the prince a reassurance.

Those princes should have been enfeoffed long ago, but Emperor Chengping has not allowed them to go to enfeoffment. It would be strange if the prince could be at ease.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly. The old emperor was too thoughtful, so he should not worry too much. Anyway, he could not reach the old emperor now.

The matter of Liao'an Prefecture came to an end for the time being. After Yang Zhengshan returned to Tenglongwei, he immediately focused on the training of the soldiers.

Basic training is the most important training for soldiers, because it is the only chance for ordinary soldiers to drink spiritual spring water.

With more and more soldiers under his command, Yang Zhengshan can no longer guarantee that every soldier can drink spiritual spring water frequently, let alone every military household in his jurisdiction can drink spiritual spring water.

All he can do is to ensure that every soldier has the opportunity to drink spiritual spring water, that is, when training in the camp.

During the basic training, Yang Zhengshan would go to the barracks every two or three days, and each time he would pour spiritual spring water into several wells in the barracks.

That's right, pour it into the wells.

There is no other way. There are two or three thousand people training together, and there are more than a dozen messes alone. Yang Zhengshan can't add spiritual spring water to each mess.

Although there are six wells, it is definitely more convenient than going to the mess.

Moreover, he now has so much spiritual spring water that he can't use it up, so he doesn't care whether it will be wasted.

A large amount of spiritual spring water is poured into the well, which can at least ensure that every soldier can drink spiritual spring water.

Not only in the barracks, Yang Zhengshan also poured a lot of spiritual spring water into the wells at home and in the government office.

Now everyone at home and in the government office knows that Yang Zhengshan has a habit of circling around the well. Well, Yang Zhengshan explained to them that he determines whether there will be a drought this year by observing the water level of the well.

Although this explanation is pale, no one will doubt that Yang Zhengshan is doing something bad.

The basic training of the second batch of soldiers quickly got on track, and the actual combat training of the first batch of soldiers also kicked off.

Compared with basic training, actual combat training is more responsible and more difficult.

The so-called actual combat training is not a simple combat training, but includes training in various military skills, such as reading and writing, drawing maps, investigation and tracking, and of course, training in combat skills such as riding, archery, swordsmanship, and gunmanship.

Actual combat training is a long-term training, which cannot be completed in a short time.

As the actual combat training unfolds, the things that the Weisi Yamen needs to prepare have become more.

For example, for reading and writing, Yang Zhengshan was generous enough to distribute pens, ink, paper, and inkstone to each soldier. Soldiers practice writing with slate and limestone, and the Weisi Yamen has to prepare slate and limestone strips.

For example, you always need a war horse to practice riding, and you need a bow and arrow to practice archery.

These are all things that the Weisi Yamen needs to prepare in advance.

In the study of the yamen.

Yang Zhengshan sat behind the desk, looking at the account books handed over by Zhou Ren and Lu Wenhua.

In just half a year, the Weisi Yamen spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is an extraordinary expenditure.

The key is that these expenses are only fragmentary expenses, such as monthly wages and food wages for soldiers and workers, cotton cloth and meat for soldiers, etc.

The real big money is still to come.

"How is the contact for the purchase of war horses going?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Lu Wenhua said: "Sir, we have contacted more than a dozen horse merchants and ordered 1,342 war horses and 10,000 dan of horse feed. In the next half month, these war horses and horse feed will be delivered one after another!"

Chongshan Town obtained a large number of war horses when it destroyed the Donghai Hu tribe, and after occupying the north, it also gave birth to a large number of horse farm owners and horse merchants.

Merchants pursue profits, and officials will pursue profits in the name of merchants. Many places in the thousand miles of the north are very suitable for raising horses. Therefore, in just one year, horse farms in the north have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.

The court also supports this. Darong as a whole is still short of horses. Now that it has obtained a piece of land suitable for raising horses, it will naturally support horse breeding.

Therefore, it is not difficult to buy a large number of war horses from Chongshan Town.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan has many connections in Chongshan Town, so it is easy to find someone to contact some horse dealers.

"Well, the war horses and horse feed sent must be strictly checked. We don't want bad horses and bad horse feed!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Don't worry, sir, we have already hired more than a dozen horse herders, and we will strictly check the quality of war horses and horse feed at that time!" Lu Wenhua said with a smile.

Horse herders, the Yang family is not short of horse herders.

Although the Yang family's horse farm is still in Anyuan City, it is still easy to invite some horse herders from the horse farm.

Horse herders are also technical talents, and raising horses is also a technical job. Yang Zhengshan has always attached importance to technical talents, so the Yang family horse farm has always cultivated horse herders.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. He was considering whether to build another horse farm in Tenglongwei.

This horse farm was not built for the Yang family, but for the Weisi Yamen.

Today is different from the past. When he was in Anyuan City, he only had a few hundred cavalrymen and a few hundred war horses under his command, and he could raise them anyway.

But in Tenglongwei, he wants to build 5,000 cavalrymen in the future. However, raising 5,000 war horses is not a trivial matter, and he also has to consider the subsequent replenishment of war horses.

He thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to build a horse farm.

"You two should take some time to go outside the city to see if there is any place suitable for building a horse farm!"

"At least a horse farm that can raise 2,000 horses!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"Yes!" The two responded.

The horse farm can be rented to the Yang family after it is built, and the Yang family will be responsible for raising horses and then sell them to Tenglongwei. If Yang Zhengshan leaves Tenglongwei in the future, the horse farm can be left directly to Tenglongwei.

In this way, the Yang family can make money from the horse farm, and Tenglongwei also has its own horse farm, which can replenish war horses at any time, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.

Well, although there is a suspicion of abuse of power for personal gain, Yang Zhengshan is going to invest spiritual spring water in the horse farm, so he can't just not take any benefits.

He is already very selfless, and he has taken out the spiritual spring water for free for the soldiers to use. Is he going to give it to the war horses for free?

"What's the situation at the salt field?" Yang Zhengshan asked again.

"Very good!" Zhou Ren's eyes lit up and said, "We are now drying the third batch of salt, and the second batch sold 380 taels!"

The first batch sold more than 200 taels, and the second batch sold 380 taels.

Such an improvement is already very impressive, but the salt field still has a lot of room for improvement. As the workers in the salt field become more and more proficient in the salt drying process, the output of the salt field will be further increased, and the efficiency of salt drying will also be improved.

Moreover, the salt field will continue to expand. When the expansion is completed, the output of the salt field will double.

Now Zhou Ren is very optimistic about the salt field and often goes to the salt field for inspection.

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised. These were all things he expected.

The more you know about Dayong's salt industry, the more you will understand how profitable the salt trade is.