Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

The arrival of warships means that the establishment of the navy has entered a new stage.

Yang Zhengshan is quite satisfied with the current formation efficiency of the navy.

Of course, this is thanks to Yu Tonghai, a veteran naval officer.

Even though Yu Tonghai was just a guard commander before, he is definitely a qualified naval general. He not only has his own understanding of naval training, but also has rich naval combat experience.

As for why he was just a guard commander in the past, there are actually two reasons. The first is because Darong did not pay enough attention to the navy. Because of the threat of the Hu people in the north, Darong devoted all his manpower and material resources to the military. If placed in a northern border town, the Navy would receive much less support.

The second reason is that there are relatively few opportunities for the navy to make meritorious deeds. Although there are many pirates in the southeastern waters of Darong, these pirates will occasionally land and invade the coast of Darong, but they are basically small-scale fights and are not successful at all.

In addition, the Daiei Navy mainly focuses on defense and rarely has the opportunity to go to sea to fight, so naturally there is no opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that Daiei's navy has been in decline over the years.

It is obvious that Da Rong's shipbuilding technology is very powerful, and it is obvious that Da Rong's civilians have many commercial fleets, but Da Rong's navy just cannot develop.

This is very unreasonable in Yang Zhengshan's view. As a country with a long coastline, there should be several powerful naval forces.

The navy can not only protect the sea frontier, but also enhance Dairong's influence overseas and enhance the prosperity of maritime trade.

It is a pity that Da Rong Chaotang did not pay attention to the navy, nor did it pay attention to maritime trade. The Municipal Shipping Department was like a dummy, and maritime trade was mainly based on smuggling by private merchants.

Yang Zhengshan really wanted to remind the emperor, ‘Your Majesty, maritime trade and customs can make the country rich and strong. ’

But he just thought about it, he shouldn't say this kind of thing, and he couldn't say it. Although he was doing it for Dairong's good, it might offend the interests of many people, and he might become the target of public criticism.

Besides, the emperor may not listen to him.

So Yang Zhengshan decided to take Tenglong Wei to secretly make a fortune. As for the rest, it's none of my business!

…

As soon as Yang Zhengshan returned home, he saw Wu Hai waiting outside the gate.

"master!"

"What happened?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Wu Hai with some confusion. This old boy was the head butler of the Yang family and was very busy on weekdays. Today, he suddenly stood at the door waiting for him to come back. Could it be that something happened at home?

"Sir, the second lady sent a message from Kyoto that she is pregnant!" Wu Hai said with a happy face.

"Yunxue is pregnant!" Yang Zhengshan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

This is really a good thing. Counting the time, Yang Yunxue has been married for almost a year, and she should be pregnant.

For a married woman, nothing is more important than giving birth to a child.

It’s not that Yang Zhengshan is feudal, but that’s how the world is.

"How many months has it been?" Yang Zhengshan jumped off his horse and asked.

"It's been more than two months!" Wu Hai said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and stepped towards the door.

This news has obviously spread in the Yang family, and the servants of the Yang family are all beaming with joy.

But this joy is not only because Yang Yunxue is pregnant, but also because Wang Yunqiao is getting married soon.

Last year, Wang Yunqiao and Song Hao had already decided to get married. This year, Wang Yunqiao turned sixteen, so the two families decided to set the wedding date in October.

It's just that Yang Zhengshan and Song Dashan are very busy recently, so this matter is handled by Yu Qingyi and Song Dashan's wife Li.

The wedding is approaching, and the Yang family has begun to put up lanterns and decorations.

When Yang Zhengshan returned to the main courtyard, Yu Qingyi was preparing a dowry for Wang Yunqiao. Wang and Li were also helping, but Liang didn't come.

"Daughter-in-law, please send greetings to dad!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, Wang and Li quickly greeted him.

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and said, "Where is the letter from Yun Xue?"

Yu Qingyi smiled charmingly and took out the letter from his sleeve, "I knew you would read it when you came back."

When Yang Zhengshan took the letter, Qingxia quickly brought him a bowl of tea.

Yunxue is a good and filial child. She is afraid that they will worry, so she always reports good news but not bad news.

Most of the contents in the letter are words of concern for the family, and of course there is also joy about being pregnant.

Yang Zhengshan finished reading the letter with a smile.

"Master, would you like to arrange for someone to send something over?" Yu Qingyi asked.

"Send some herbs to Yun Xue?" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi rolled her eyes at him, "Yun Xue is pregnant, how can she drink?"

Yang Zhengshan was embarrassed for a while. He had forgotten about this. He only thought that Baicao Niang was brewed with Lingquan water and had a very good nourishing effect, but he ignored that this thing was wine.

"It's better to send some tonics over!" Yu Qingyi said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "Okay, let Mingcheng go to Liao'an Mansion tomorrow to see if there are any precious medicines. If there are any, buy some and send them to Yun Xue!"

Yang Zhengshan has always been very generous towards his daughter.

In the past, precious medicine was considered precious, but now it can only be regarded as a relatively scarce resource for the Yang family.

With the Yang family's current wealth, buying a few medicinal herbs would not break your muscles and bones.

"Dad~~Dad~~"

At this moment, a clear voice came from the inner room.

Then, Grandma Song came out holding Xiao Mingzhao.

"Come, let daddy hold you!" Yang Zhengshan took Xiao Mingzhao with a smile.

The little guy had a pair of big eyes. As soon as he got into Yang Zhengshan's arms, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Yang Zhengshan's beard.

"Gently, gently!"

Yang Zhengshan was a little hurt by his grip.

"Water, water~~"

This kid also knew good and bad. He liked to pester Yang Zhengshan because Yang Zhengshan often gave him spiritual spring water.

Yang Zhengshan held the kid, walked into the inner room, took out a tea bowl, and poured a bowl of spiritual spring water for him to drink.

After drinking the spiritual spring water, the kid stopped being naughty and stopped scratching his father's beard.

"This bastard, if you want to drink water, just drink water, why do you have to scratch your father's beard!"

"You spoiled it!" Yu Qingyi said unhappily.

She was resentful in her heart. She was obviously the biological mother, and she was obviously the one who took care of Xiao Mingzhao every day, but Xiao Mingzhao was closer to Yang Zhengshan than her. As soon as he saw his father, he forgot about his mother.

"Haha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed proudly, "Maybe it's because you don't have a beard!"

"Bah, what nonsense are you talking about!" Yu Qingyi glared at Yang Zhengshan angrily.

"How can this be nonsense? Little Mingzhao may like beards more!"

Yang Zhengshan hugged little Mingzhao and asked, "Mingzhao, do you like to grow a beard?"

How could little Mingzhao know what a beard is?

He held the tea bowl, tilted his head, and looked at his father. His ignorant look was very cute.

Yang Zhengshan used his beard to tease him, and the boy immediately giggled.

"Dad, Dad~~" He kept calling.

"See, he just likes beards!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Yu Qingyi didn't want to pay attention to him, and turned around to continue looking at the list in his hand.

Wang and Li sat beside them and laughed secretly. They liked to watch Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi bickering, because when Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi bickered, they were most relaxed and kind, without any power of the head of the family.

…

A few days later, in the Changping Marquis' Mansion in Kyoto.

Yang Yunxue danced in the yard with a long spear in her hand, and the maids beside her looked at her eagerly, with helpless expressions on their faces.

At this time, Liang Jinyan trotted over, "Oh, my wife!"

As he said, he ran over to stop Yang Yunxue's spear.

"Get out of the way!" Yang Yunxue raised her eyebrows and said dissatisfiedly.

"My wife, my wife, you are pregnant, you have to be careful!" Liang Jinyan not only did not get out of the way, but also stepped forward to grab Yang Yunxue's spear.

"It's less than three months, it's okay, it won't hurt!" Yang Yunxue said indifferently.

"But what if! My wife, it's better to be careful!" Liang Jinyan advised.

"When my mother was pregnant, she didn't delay practicing martial arts! Isn't it just as good?" Yang Yunxue retorted. The mother she was talking about was Yu Qingyi.

When Yu Qingyi was pregnant with Mingzhao, Yang Zhengshan also took care of her carefully, but as long as Yang Zhengshan was not around, Yu Qingyi would practice martial arts secretly.

The way to practice martial arts is to persist.

And the martial artists who persist will form a habit, and they will feel uncomfortable if they don't practice for a day.

Yang Yunxue has been practicing for two hours every day since she was a child, and she has not stopped after getting married, but after she got pregnant, Liang Jinyan said that she would not let her practice, which made her feel uncomfortable these days.

I don't know if it's because of the pregnancy or because she didn't practice martial arts for a few days.

"My wife, let's practice for a short while, don't get tired!" Liang Jinyan saw that she insisted, so he could only compromise.

"Practice for a short while every day, don't stop me!" Yang Yunxue also practiced for a while, and felt that her body was much more comfortable, so she stopped forcing it.

"Okay, a little while every day, just a quarter of an hour!"

"No, a quarter of an hour in the morning and evening!"

"Okay, a quarter of an hour in the morning and evening!" Liang Jinyan said helplessly.

He couldn't afford to offend the little aunt, and he couldn't scold her or beat her, so he could only go along with her.

Liang Jinyan always felt that his married life was different from others. Other noble sons could still eat, drink and have fun outside even after getting married, and they could go to the brothel to have fun from time to time.

And what about him?

Since getting married, he has been isolated from all kinds of fun. Eating and drinking are okay, but having fun is absolutely not allowed.

It's not that Yang Yunxue didn't let him go, but he couldn't help but back off when he thought of Yang Yunxue's spear.

What if I go there and my wife stabs me with a spear?

Every time he saw the brothel, he had such worries in his heart.

A blood hole is stabbed, a blood hole is stabbed!

So miserable!

So he didn't need Yang Yunxue to say anything, he didn't dare to go to have fun.

"Miss, Miss, there's a letter from home!"

Just then, Xia Feng ran over with a happy face.

"Give me the letter!" Yang Yunxue didn't care about her husband, and quickly took the letter to read it.

"What did my father-in-law write in the letter?" Liang Jinyan asked curiously.

Yang Yunxue said: "Nothing, just worried about my health, and sent me some tonics!"

"By the way, there are some Baicao Niang and Donglingchun!"

"Baicao Niang, Donglingchun!" Liang Jinyan's eyes lit up.

He didn't care about tonics, but he had been looking forward to Baicao Niang and Donglingchun for a long time.

"Liang San, Liang San, take people to move the things to the yard quickly, don't let grandpa take them away!"

In the past two years, Yang Zhengshan has sent Baicao Niang and Donglingchun to Kyoto. During the holidays, the Yang family's gifts are indispensable.

People who have drunk Baicao Niang and Donglingchun are full of praise for these two things.

There is no need to say much about Donglingchun. The tea produced in Lingquan Space is naturally high-quality tea.

As for Baicao Niang, Yang Zhengshan's initial brewing skills were not good, and the taste was much worse, but as his brewing skills continued to improve, the taste of Baicao Niang became better and better.

It is mellow and sweet, and can be said to be a top-quality wine.

In addition to Lingquan water and various herbs, Baicao Niang has the effect of nourishing the body, which makes many people very popular with Baicao Niang.

However, the Yang family has always only given gifts to a few close families.

In the entire Kyoto, only Ningguo Mansion, Changping Marquis Mansion and Liu Mansion have Baicao Niang and Donglingchun.

In Changping Marquis Mansion, every time the Yang family sent something, Liang Chu would shamelessly send people to ask for it, so that Liang Jinyan himself could not drink it.

Upon hearing that the Yang family had sent Baicao Niang and Donglingchun again, Liang Jinyan rushed out with his followers, even forgetting his wife.

Yang Yunxue couldn't help but chuckle when she saw this.

"Don't forget to send some to cousin Wenyuan!" she reminded.

"Got it, don't worry, I'll send it to cousin Wenyuan later!" Liang Jinyan shouted as he trotted out.

Watching his figure disappear outside the courtyard gate, Yang Yunxue opened the letter and read it again, with a bright smile on her face.