Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"Okay, Ying'er knows that grandpa is the best!" The little girl clapped her hands happily.

Yang Zhengshan rubbed her little head and looked at Li, "Is Mingzhi okay in Fuzhou?"

Li quickly got up and took out a letter from her sleeve, "Everything is fine in Fuzhou, this is a letter from my husband to my father!"

Yang Zhengshan took the letter, and Li took the opportunity to take the little girl away.

In fact, after coming to Beijing, he received a lot of letters from Chongshan Town.

Zhou Lan, Song Dashan, Xie Yuan, Mingzhi, Minghao, Mingwu, Mingzhen, etc. have all written to him, and even Pang Tang has written him two letters.

At present, everything in Chongshan Town is going well. Yang Zhengshan has made plans for what should be done before he left. As long as Zhou Lan and Pang Tang act according to his plan, Chongshan Town can develop in an orderly manner.

Now, Zhou Lan and Pang Tang cooperate very well, and Chongshan Town has already presented a thriving scene.

Opening Yang Mingzhi's letter, Yang Zhengshan quickly browsed it.

There are a lot of contents in the letter. First, he asked about his father's well-being, and then he told about the current situation in Fuzhou.

This year should be the year of Fuzhou's rise. Yang Mingzhi has been in charge of Fuzhou for more than three years. In these three years, he has only done three things. The first is to reclaim wasteland, the second is to build a horse farm, and the third is to develop trade, including sea trade and trade with Xueling Palace.

Although Fuzhou settled more than 200,000 refugees last year, it did not affect the development of Fuzhou.

On the contrary, as long as more than 200,000 refugees can settle down in Fuzhou this year, Fuzhou will usher in a revolutionary change.

In fact, Fuzhou is a very good place. Fuzhou is on the coast and can develop sea trade. Although it is not as convenient as Tenglongwei, it can also rely on sea vessels to transport commercial goods.

Fuzhou also has a large amount of fertile land, and there are many rivers and rich water resources.

Whether these lands are reclaimed for farming or enclosed as horse farms, they can bring great benefits to the people of Fuzhou.

Yang Zhengshan is still very satisfied with Yang Mingzhi's actions in Fuzhou.

At the end of the letter, Yang Mingzhi mentioned one thing.

Xueling Palace actually wants to deepen cooperation with the Yang family.

Not Chongshan Town, nor Fuzhou City, but the Yang family.

In fact, the scale of trade between Xueling Palace and Fuzhou City has not been large in the past two years. At first, Xueling Palace purchased a large amount of grain from Fuzhou City, but last year, due to the severe drought in Liaodong, Yang Zhengshan had cut off the grain trade with them.

In this regard, Xueling Palace was not dissatisfied. Grain could not be traded, but other things could be traded. They really needed a lot of items from Darong.

As the number of transactions between the two sides increased, the two sides had more trust.

As for Xueling Palace's desire to deepen cooperation with the Yang family, Xueling Palace wanted to trade some precious medicines and spiritual fruits with the Yang family!

Yang Zhengshan looked at the content of the letter and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He was not surprised by the precious medicine.

But spiritual fruits!

Xueling Palace actually had spiritual fruits?

This was really beyond his expectations.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment, stood up and said, "I'll go to the study to take care of something!"

"Yeah!" Yu Qingyi nodded, and without asking any more questions, she continued to chat with Li and Wang.

As for the spiritual fruit, Yang Zhengshan naturally had no reason to refuse, but he couldn't produce the spiritual fruit now, so what should he use to exchange it with Xueling Palace.

Coming to the study, Yang Zhengshan thought about it and wrote a letter back to Yang Mingzhi.

He wanted the people from Xueling Palace to come to Kyoto.

It would be better to meet in person to talk about this matter, but I don't know if the people from Xueling Palace are willing to come to Kyoto.

After writing the letter, Yang Zhengshan asked Wu Zhan to go to Fuzhou City in person.

He valued spiritual fruits far more than precious medicines.

Because a fresh spiritual fruit often contains seeds, and as long as there are seeds, Yang Zhengshan can cultivate fruit trees in the spiritual spring space.

And precious medicines are generally processed after collection, and the precious medicines after processing lose their activity.

Inactive precious medicines are not of much significance to Yang Zhengshan.

…

On the eighth day of July, Yang Chengmao got married.

The Yang family had many guests and it was very lively.

Although Yang Chengmao was not the eldest grandson of the Yang family, his wedding was the first big wedding that the Yang family had organized after coming to Kyoto.

Anyone who had some connection with the Yang family would not mind asking for a glass of wedding wine.

Yang Zhengshan personally stood in front of the mansion to welcome the guests.

"Haha, brother Yang, do you have any good wine today?"

Liang Chu walked up to Yang Zhengshan with a dragon-like step and laughed.

"Of course, there is enough wine today, brother Liang, just drink it!" Yang Zhengshan smiled and stepped forward to greet him.

"Then I won't be polite!" Liang Chu said a few words to Yang Zhengshan, and then entered the mansion with ease.

As soon as Liang Chu entered the door, Prince An and Prince Dai came.

"Master! We are here to congratulate nephew Chengmao!" Prince Dai ran all the way to Yang Zhengshan and said with a smile.

"You two princes are thoughtful!"

Yang Zhengshan bowed and then winked at Wu Hai, who immediately stepped forward and took the two to the VIP room.

The Yang family held a banquet today, and there were six banquet rooms alone, three in the front yard and three in the back yard.

Whether in the front yard or the back yard, there is a VIP room, which is specially used to entertain dignitaries.

It's not that the Yang family is snobbish, but that's the custom.

Now the Yang family has a lot of connections, and they are in all aspects.

There are businessmen, martial artists, officials and dignitaries, etc.

We can't let merchants and warriors sit and drink with a group of nobles!

Therefore, the Yang family can only treat them differently.

After inviting Prince An and Prince Dai into the mansion, Yang Zhengshan looked up and saw an acquaintance who surprised him.

"Hahaha, brother Liu, why are you here?"

Yang Zhengshan walked forward quickly and asked in surprise and joy.

The person who came was Liu Zhe. He really didn't expect Liu Zhe to come.

Since Liu Yuanfu resigned, Liu Zhe followed Liu Yuanfu back to his hometown in Anzhou. It has been four or five years since he last saw Liu Zhe.

Liu Zhe said with a smile, "I just happened to come to Beijing this time. I heard that you have a wedding wine here, so I came here with a thick face to ask for a glass of wedding wine!"

"Haha!!" Yang Zhengshan put his arm around his shoulders and smiled happily, "Since you are here, stay for a few more days. When you have free time, let's drink a few more glasses!"

"Don't be reluctant when the time comes!"

"How could it be? When have I ever been stingy!"

Liu Zhe laughed, "Okay, you go ahead and do your work. When you are done, we will talk again!"    Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and told Ding Qiu, "Take Brother Liu to Lin Zhan."

After sending Liu Zhe into the mansion, Yang Zhengshan continued to welcome guests. After welcoming the guests, he went to the banquet hall to accompany the guests.

The lively end of this day made Yang Zhengshan very tired.

Not only Yang Zhengshan, but everyone in the Yang family seemed to have experienced a war, and they all felt very tired.

Fortunately, they successfully welcomed their granddaughter-in-law into the house, which was also a relief.

…

The tenth day of the seventh month.

The Martial Arts Pavilion began to recruit disciples.

The Martial Arts Pavilion had high requirements for disciples, but there was never a shortage of geniuses in this world.

It took only three days for the Martial Arts Pavilion to recruit more than 300 qualified disciples.

Most of these disciples came from the official and powerful families in Kyoto, and a small number came from the martial arts world and the common people.

The reason for this is that the reputation of the Martial Arts Pavilion is not yet well-known. Except for Shuntian Prefecture, many martial arts families and martial arts forces in Darong may not know the existence of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Second, because the official and powerful families have a lot of wealth and cultivation resources, geniuses are not necessarily true geniuses, but may also be mediocre people piled up with resources.

But whether it is a genius or a mediocre person, as long as they can meet the conditions, the Martial Arts Pavilion will not turn them away.

Anyway, no matter what, the Martial Arts Pavilion was established, and the first batch of disciples officially joined the Martial Arts Pavilion.

And with disciples, the Martial Arts Pavilion can operate normally.

Yang Zhengshan's teaching of the disciples of the Martial Arts Pavilion is actually similar to the training of soldiers in the past.

Most of the time, the disciples were taught by the instructors of the Martial Arts Pavilion. He would only spend one hour every day to instruct the disciples in the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Of course, his main task was to provide spiritual spring water.

A large amount of spiritual spring water was poured into the dozen wells of the Martial Arts Pavilion by him. With the spiritual spring water he currently had, there was no need to worry about waste.

Let's put it this way, he can now use spiritual spring water to change the water quality of an area, turning a barren land into a place of spiritual beauty.

He has done this before, Tenglongwei and Chongshanguan are examples in front of him.

Even though Yang Zhengshan has left these two places now, the underground well water in these two places still contains a small amount of spiritual spring water.

However, the effect of the well water in Tenglongwei is getting weaker and weaker, and now it has almost reached a point where it can be ignored.

And Chongshanguan should be able to last for two or three years.

Without Yang Zhengshan's continuous supply of spiritual spring water, the spiritual spring water contained in the well water will be exhausted sooner or later.

Now that Yang Zhengshan is in the Martial Arts Pavilion, it is a blessed place.

As long as you eat and live in the Martial Arts Pavilion, you will get twice the result with half the effort in your practice.

So Yang Zhengshan is not worried about the practice of these 300 disciples.

The Martial Arts Pavilion's recruitment of disciples has attracted some attention in Kyoto, but this attention soon passed.

Compared with the Shangwu Temple, the Martial Arts Pavilion does not have much to pay attention to.

While the Martial Arts Pavilion is recruiting disciples, the relevant personnel of the Shangwu Temple are basically equipped, and the Shangwu Division of the thirteen provinces outside the capital has also been established.

However, the current Shangwu Temple is just an empty shell. In addition to the name and a few people, the Shangwu Temple has not been recognized by the Jianghu forces.

If the Shangwu Temple wants to control the entire Jianghu, it will not only take a lot of time and energy, but also cause a lot of turmoil.

In fact, the Shangwu Temple has already begun to stir up trouble in the Jianghu.

The first thing the Shangwu Temple did after its establishment was to rank the sects, grant the sect master's order, and grant official status.

Assessing the ranks of many Jianghu forces, just think about how much fighting this will cause.

July 15th.

Shangwu Temple released the news that there are eight first-class sects in Darong.

Shunnan Prefecture Bahu Sect, Jizhou Hengdao Sect, Xiangyuan Prefecture Xilou Sword Sect, Suzhou Town Lingxiao Hall, Yunzhou Yangtian Sect, Zangyuan Jokhang Temple, Suzhou Prefecture Wuzhen Dao Palace, and Jiujiang Prefecture Lingxiu Villa.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a huge rock hitting the surface of a lake that was already undercurrent, and it immediately stirred up thousands of waves in the Darong martial arts world.

Although the eight martial arts sects are all well-known sects, there are still countless people who question this.

Bahu Sect and Xilou Sword Sect have shallow foundations, Lingxiao Hall and Jokhang Temple are located in the border of Darong, Wuzhen Dao Palace and Lingxiu Villa are secluded in the mountains, and Yangtian Sect and Hengdao Sect are only dominant in one place.

Each of these eight major sects has shortcomings. If you really want to find fault, anyone can find a lot of them.

Take the Hengdao Clan as an example. Ji Zhen was regarded as the number one master in Liaodong in his early years, and the Hengdao Clan was also dominant in Jizhou. However, Liaodong is a weak place in martial arts. In the entire world of Da Rong, Liaodong’s Jianghu is a bit of an enclosure.

And if the former Hengdao Sect is placed in the entire Darong Jianghu, it can actually only be regarded as a second-rate force.

Of course, it is not unreasonable for Zhang Luan to list Hengdao Sect as one of the eight major sects. Firstly, Hengdao Sect has Ji Zhen, an innate master. Secondly, Hengdao Sect has a very high reputation in Liaodong. Shangwu Temple can definitely borrow Hengdao Sect. The reputation of the sect shocked the Jianghu forces in Liaodong, Liaoxi and Chongshan Town.

In fact, the Jianghu forces in Liaodong do not have many objections to Hengdaomen becoming a first-class force. Those who do have opinions are the Jianghu forces in other places.

In the study room of the Hou Mansion, Yang Zhengshan looked at the notice just issued by Shangwu Temple and shook his head slightly.

"This is more or less like roasting the horizontal knife door frame on the fire!"

Among the eight major sects, Hengdao Sect is the weakest.

Ji Zhen is an innate master, but the other seven sects also all have innate warriors. Without innate masters, how can they be listed in the ranks of first-class sects.

It was just that the Hengdao Sect was a bit weak in the past, which made many Jianghu forces dissatisfied with it.

However, this problem is not a big problem for Hengdaomen. As long as Ji Zhen shows his innate strength, it will be enough to shut up those Jianghu forces.

The reason why those Jianghu forces are unconvinced is simply because they don't know that these eight sects all have innate warriors.

In fact, this is to blame for the inability of those innate warriors to cultivate in seclusion. One by one, they have not shown up for more than ten years or decades, causing many people in the world to forget their existence.

Now that Shangwu Temple has done this, it is equivalent to putting the innate warriors in the world on the map.

Of course, these are not all innate warriors, just some.

Yang Zhengshan put down the notice in his hand and did not take it to heart.

Wu Zheng, who was standing in front of him, hesitated for a moment and said: "Master Hou, there is another news in the world recently. I don't know whether it is true or not!"

"What news?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Wu Zheng is responsible for inquiring about news. In the past, he only helped Yang Zhengshan to inquire about the news in the court. Recently, he also started to inquire about the news in the world.

"It is said that there is a Xingyuan fruit tree around Cuixia Valley in Wanshan Ridge!" Wu Zheng said.

"Star Fruit Tree!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Spiritual fruit!"

Then he stood up and walked to the bookshelf and took out a book.

The Book of Strange Fruits and Strange Treasures is a book that records precious medicines and spiritual fruits. It records more than 800 kinds of precious medicines and more than 100 kinds of spiritual fruits. It not only provides information on the appearance, growth conditions, and medicinal properties of the precious medicines and spiritual fruits. There are detailed descriptions, as well as detailed records of the preparation methods and uses of precious medicines and spiritual fruits.