Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yangjia Village.

Yangjia Village at this time has been completely changed compared to ten years ago.

The originally dilapidated houses have now all become blue brick and tile houses, and the originally muddy roads have now all become blue stone slabs. The original small village has expanded several times.

The development of the Yang family in recent years can be described as rapid. The second year after Yang Zhengshan left Yangjia Village, the Yang family built a clan school. In recent years, the clan school has been continuously expanded, from the initial few earthen houses to now It has expanded into an academy covering more than ten acres.

The clan school is not only a place to study, but also a place to practice martial arts.

Nowadays, the children of the Yang family must study and practice martial arts, and it is compulsory. Regardless of gender, they must enter the clan school enlightenment at the age of five and practice martial arts.

This is the rule set by Yang Zhengshan before.

At this time, it was time to go out of school, and little radish heads came out of the stone-carved gatehouse. Most of them were children between six and ten years old. As for the older teenagers, they would not go out of school until later.

Yang Zhengxiang stood in front of the gatehouse with his hands behind his back, stroking his gray beard and looking at the laughing children, his face full of kind smiles.

"Grandpa, clan leader!"

"Old ancestor!"

Many children greeted him, and he responded with a smile.

After the children left, he walked slowly towards his home with his hands behind his back.

Now his favorite thing to do is to go to the clan school, especially watching those playing children, his heart is full of satisfaction.

Yang Zhengxiang's home is still in the center of the village, but now their home has long become a large courtyard with three entrances, not the small farmyard in the past.

Of course, not every household in Yangjia Village lives in a large courtyard. In fact, most of the houses are still small courtyards with independent doors, but they have changed from the original earthen houses to brick and tile houses.

There are only two large courtyards in Yangjia Village, one is Yang Zhengxiang's and the other is Yang Zhengshan's.

Don't say it's unfair. Yang Zhengxiang is the clan leader, so he should live in a big house. As for Yang Zhengshan's family, even though they are not there, their yard is still cleaned every day.

These houses were actually built by the clan, and the money came from the clan property.

Nowadays, the Yang family has a lot of clan property. There are more than 30,000 acres of land alone, and there are hundreds of tenants relying on the Yang family, not to mention that the Yang family has many shops.

The income from the clan property alone is thousands of taels of silver every year, and it is easy to build a yard for all the villagers.

When Yang Zhengxiang returned home, he ran into Yang Minghui.

"Dad, Uncle Zhengshan has sent a letter!"

"Where's the letter!" Yang Zhengxiang walked into the yard with his hands behind his back.

"Here!" Yang Minghui quickly handed him the letter.

Yang Zhengxiang found a bright place and looked at the contents of the letter carefully.

In recent years, Yang Zhengshan's letters have not been as frequent as before, and he only sends a letter every three or four months.

The reason for this is that, firstly, the affairs of the clan are on the right track, and everything that should be settled has been settled. Yang Zhengxiang does not need to write to him frequently to discuss things. Secondly, Yang Zhengshan is sometimes busy and does not have the time to write letters frequently.

As for the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan naturally cannot just send an invitation. He wrote a letter to roughly describe the situation and future plans of Tenglongwei, so that the clan can see if there are any businessmen who can go to Tenglongwei for development, or the clan can also buy some clan property in Tenglongwei.

After reading the letter, Yang Zhengxiang frowned and whispered: "Maritime trade?"

"Do you know about maritime trade?" He asked Yang Minghui next to him.

Yang Minghui shook his head, "I heard that there are many merchants in Liao'an Prefecture with sea vessels, but I know nothing about maritime trade."

At this time, the shortcomings of the Yang family were highlighted. Although the Yang family has developed very well in recent years, the foundation of the Yang family is still too shallow, and the older generation knows little about the external situation.

They had heard of sea vessels, but they didn't even know what they looked like, let alone sea trade.

"Forget it, it's right to listen to your uncle Zhengshan. Go ask the business people in the clan if they are willing to go to Tenglongwei to develop."

Yang Zhengxiang has an advantage, that is, he listens to Yang Zhengshan when he can't figure out something.

Since Yang Zhengshan wrote to ask about this matter, there is naturally nothing to worry about.

"When the time comes, you will take them to Tenglongwei in person." Yang Zhengxiang said this, suddenly paused, and said: "Forget it, take me with you when the time comes!"

"Dad, you want to go too?" Yang Minghui said in surprise.

"Well, I haven't seen your uncle Zhengshan for several years! If I don't go to see him, I'm afraid I won't see him in this life!" Yang Zhengxiang said with some melancholy.

He is now sixty-five years old. If he were in the old Yangjia Village, he would have been considered old, but now he is still in good health.

It was because he was still healthy that he wanted to meet Yang Zhengshan. If it was a few years later, he was afraid that he would not be able to go out.

"Well, I will take you with me then!" Yang Minghui agreed.

"Well, pick a few talented guys to take with you!"

"Your uncle Zhengshan has not selected people from the clan in recent years. This time I will go there in person, and I will ask him to train a few more talents for the clan!" Yang Zhengxiang said with a smile.

In fact, there are still many Yang family members around Yang Zhengshan. The dozen or so Yang family members who joined Yang Zhengshan with Yang Mingzhen are now under Yang Zhengshan's command.

It is just because Yang Zhengshan has so many talented people under his command now, and it is not easy for the Yang family to stand out. Only Yang Mingzhen is more outstanding.

As for why Yang Zhengshan no longer selects people from the clan, it is mainly because there are fewer candidates for the Yang family.

The Yang family children who followed Yang Zhengshan to resist the Hu tribe have now grown up. The other Yang family children have no spiritual spring water to nourish them, and their talents and potential are much worse.

So Yang Zhengshan is too lazy to toss around in the clan.

"Then I pick ten?" Yang Minghui asked.

"Twenty! Uncle Zhengshan is busy with official duties now, and he probably doesn't have so much energy to take care of the clan, but he still has to take care of my old face."

"There is only one chance, and there will be no chance next time, so choose a few more!"

Yang Zhengxiang said.

"But there are not so many warriors in the clan school!" Yang Mingcheng said with some embarrassment.

Now, the young men in the clan school can gather ten warriors at most, which is actually quite a lot. If it is placed in other places, it is estimated that there will not be so many, only the Yang family can.

Although Yang Zhengshan did not deliberately send spiritual spring water to Yangjia Village, he also gave Yang Zhengxiang Baicao Niang and Donglingchun.

Yang Zhengxiang is not a stingy person, and the people of Yangjia Village can benefit from it.

"It doesn't matter if you are not a warrior, send him to your uncle Zhengshan for training for a year or two, and he will definitely become a warrior!" Yang Zhengxiang said.

Yang Minghui thought so, "Then I will go and pick someone."

Let's not talk about how Yang Minghui picked people. After sending out all the invitations, Yang Zhengshan became free.

After being busy for more than half a year, he finally found some free time.

With free time, Yang Zhengshan naturally wants to spend more time with his family.

Xiao Mingzhao can already walk, and walks very fast. Yang Zhengshan takes him to walk in the yard every day.

After the little guy learned to walk, he didn't like being held. He ran around with his two short legs.

"Dad, dad, eat meat!"

Next to the stable, the little guy pointed at Hongyun and shouted.

Hongyun's two nostrils blew white mist, and his big eyes stared at the little guy fiercely, as if saying, "You little guy actually want to eat me!"

"This is Hongyun, your dad's friend, you can't eat him!"

Yang Zhengshan said speechlessly, and at the same time he took out a fresh big peach and fed it to Hongyun's mouth, "The child is ignorant, don't bother with him!"

Hongyun raised his head generously, swallowed the big peach in one bite, and no longer paid attention to Mingzhao, the little guy.

However, little Mingzhao saw the peach that Yang Zhengshan had just fed Hongyun, and shouted again: "Eat fruit!"

Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly, why does this kid only know how to eat? Will he become a big fat man in the future?

"Daddy, eat fruit!" Seeing that Yang Zhengshan ignored him, little Mingzhao hugged Yang Zhengshan's legs and continued to shout.

"Okay, okay, eat fruit!" Yang Zhengshan could only take out another jujube and handed it to him.

Then he watched him holding the jujube and chewing it, like a little hamster.

"Daddy will hold you!" Yang Zhengshan squatted down.

"No!" The little guy shook his head while chewing the jujube.

Yang Zhengshan was helpless. This kid's mouth and legs were flexible, so he didn't like to be held by others, even his father.

He looked at Mingzhao, stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

He felt that Mingzhao developed faster than other children. Now Mingzhao was only fourteen months old, and he could speak and walk very well, and he could run.

He remembered that other children in the Yang family were almost two years old before they could do what Mingzhao did.

"Is my son a genius?" Yang Zhengshan thought seriously.

Mingzhao drank spiritual spring water since he was a child, so it was natural for him to become a genius.

Moreover, his father and mother have been nourished by the spiritual spring water for a long time. This kind of seed and mother's womb are stronger than others. It is reasonable that Xiao Mingzhao is more talented than others.

Just after Xiao Mingzhao finished eating the jujube, a little kid came running not far away.

"Grandpa, Grandpa~~"

The little kid shouted from a distance.

"Chengyou, come to grandpa to hug you!" Yang Zhengshan smiled kindly.

This little kid is Yang Chengyou, the eldest son of Yang Minghao. He is only three months older than Yang Mingzhao.

Yang Zhengshan held Chengyou in his arms. Xiao Mingzhao raised his head and looked at Chengyou, shouting: "I am your uncle! You have to call me uncle!"

"Uncle!" Chengyou shouted honestly.

"Dad, put him down, I want to play with him!" Xiao Mingzhao continued.

Yang Zhengshan was ordered by his son and had no temper at all. He could only put Chengyou on the ground.

Then came the chirping of the two little guys. The two little guys spoke very fluently, but sometimes they still spoke in baby language, and no one knew what they were shouting.

Yang Zhengshan no longer cared about them, and went into the stable to brush Hongyun's fur.

There were many maids and old women watching nearby, so he didn't need to watch her all the time.

Xilulu~~

Hongyun shook her head and shouted.

"Okay, I'll take you out tomorrow, and you just stay here honestly today!"

Xilulu~~

Hongyun shouted at the two children playing in the distance.

"Why do you still hold a grudge? Mingzhao is still young and doesn't know anything!"

"Xilulu~~" Hongyun shook his mane and splashed Yang Zhengshan with water.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless. This guy was actually angry with him and didn't even let him brush his fur.

"Ahem, the horse farm outside the city has recently bought a batch of mares. I'll take you to see them tomorrow!"

The horse farm of Tenglongwei has been built. Recently, they are buying horses everywhere. They just bought a batch of mares two days ago.

Sigh~~

Hongyun shook his big head and rubbed it against Yang Zhengshan.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly, "You pervert!"

Other people are time travelers who are stallions, but I, a time traveler, actually raised a stallion!

"Why don't you castrate you? Without the source of trouble, your temper should get better!" Yang Zhengshan said, looking at Hongyun's crotch.

The next moment, a black hoof kicked towards him. He flashed, stretched out his hand and grabbed the huge hoof.

"If you get angry with me again, I will castrate you!"

Chirp~~

Hongyun begged for mercy, and Yang Zhengshan put down its hoof, "Hmph, you little guy is fighting with me, you forgot who is the master!"