Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After refining the bone-strengthening pill, Yang Zhengshan picked several common pills in the post-natal realm to practice.

With the experience of refining the bone-strengthening pill, it was much easier for Yang Zhengshan to refine other pills. He could succeed almost as long as he tried once or twice.

In fact, it is not difficult to refine pills. As long as you strictly follow the pill recipe and be careful and rigorous, you can succeed.

The real difficulty lies in the collection of medicinal materials needed for refining pills.

Most of the pills used in the post-natal realm are precious medicines, and a precious medicine is extremely rare for the middle and low-level warriors in the post-natal realm.

Yang Zhengshan can be so extravagant because he has the Lingquan space. If it were someone else, it would be impossible to practice with precious medicines.

And Yang Zhengshan really has no shortage of precious medicines.

As September came, the way and results of the treatment of the Xingyuan fruit tree spread throughout the world. Although this matter has little to do with most warriors, it does not prevent them from talking about it with relish.

The final result of Cuixia Valley and Xingyuan Fruit Tree seems to be no different from that of Sanshan Valley, but in fact it has a great impact on the Darong Jianghu.

The most important impact is that because of the appearance of Xingyuan Fruit Tree, Xiantian Warriors are no longer so mysterious and low-key in the Jianghu.

In the past, Xiantian Warriors rarely appeared in the Jianghu. Many people in the Jianghu knew about the existence of Xiantian Warriors, but few people had actually seen Xiantian Warriors.

The Cuixia Valley incident seemed to tear off the mysterious veil of Xiantian Warriors and present Xiantian Warriors to the world.

Also because of the Cuixia Valley incident, those Xiantian Warriors no longer hid in the deep mountains and old forests all day long.

Since the beginning of September, Yang Zhengshan has received several seniors who came to visit in the mansion.

They came to exchange wine, and exchange precious medicine for Baicao Niang.

Of course, they also wanted to come to Kyoto to see the situation in the court and see if the court's attitude towards them had changed.

In just half a month, Yang Zhengshan exchanged 100 jars of Baicao Niang and harvested 20 precious medicines.

However, this was just the beginning. In the following days, not only did the innate warriors send people to exchange for Baicao Niang, but even many dignitaries in Kyoto came to Yang Zhengshan to exchange wine.

The reputation of Baicao Niang was completely spread. Even Emperor Yanping came to join in the fun and asked Chen Zhongshu to exchange some Baicao Niang with Yang Zhengshan.

In the mansion, Yang Zhengshan looked at Chen Zhongshu and said with a bit of a smile: "If your majesty wants to drink, I will give you some!"

Chen Zhongshu said: "Your majesty said that if Marquis Jing'an does not accept the precious medicine, then all the wine in his house will be offered!"

OK! This precious medicine must be accepted!

Emperor Yanping had a beautiful idea and actually wanted him to offer all the wine.

Yang Zhengshan winked at Wu Hai beside him, and Wu Hai immediately stepped forward and took the three jade boxes from the eunuch behind Chen Zhongshu.

"Does your majesty have any other instructions?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Haha, His Majesty has no other instructions, but His Majesty asked Lord Yang to walk around the imperial city if he has nothing to do, and not stay at home all day!" Chen Zhongshu said with a smile.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile.

He did stay at home a lot during this period, one because he was immersed in alchemy and couldn't extricate himself, and the other was that he was too lazy to pay attention to the right and wrong in the court.

The establishment of the Imperial Business Department solved the financial problems of the court to a large extent, and the establishment of the Shangwu Temple strengthened the court's control over the rivers and lakes. In addition to the Cuixia Valley incident, on the surface, the court of Darong seemed to be thriving, but in fact, Darong was still the broken basket, and Emperor Yanping was just like Emperor Chengping.

A paperhanger, repair whatever is broken.

Although Yang Zhengshan's performance in the court was very eye-catching during this period, he actually did not participate in the struggle in the court.

Yang Zhengshan was related to the Imperial Business Department, Shangwu Temple, and Yanwu Pavilion, but these were all newly established government offices.

Although there are court struggles involved, they are not the core of the court struggles.

In other words, the core of the current struggle in Darong's court is in the cabinet, that is, the struggle between Song Yuange and Zhou Yunsong.

Song Yuange, the chief minister of the cabinet, has taken over the cabinet chief since Li Siyuan resigned and returned home. It has been more than a year to this day.

Zhou Yunsong, the cabinet assistant and the Minister of Rites, entered the cabinet when Song Yuange became the chief minister of the cabinet.

Among the five cabinet ministers in the cabinet, these two are the most powerful, and they are the ones fighting.

The reason for this situation is that Emperor Yanping played a balancing game at the time, and now it has become like this.

As for these, Yang Zhengshan has no interest at all, and he is too lazy to listen to those civil officials arguing all day, so he simply doesn't go to court.

Anyway, he is just a martial arts official in the martial arts pavilion now, and most of the things in the court have nothing to do with him.

"Yes, yes, I will go to court tomorrow!"

What else can Yang Zhengshan say? Emperor Yanping has already called him, so he can't just stay at home all the time.

Then, he chatted with Chen Zhongshu for a while before sending him away.

Before leaving, Yang Zhengshan specially packed ten more jars of Baicao Niang for Chen Zhongshu.

This old eunuch is very powerful and cannot be offended.

After sending Chen Zhongshu away, Yang Zhengshan opened the three jade boxes that Emperor Yanping brought to exchange for wine.

Well, Emperor Yanping is still very authentic and didn't fool him with the precious medicine ginseng.

One precious medicine for five jars of Baicao Niang, this is a clear price.

But precious medicines also have different levels of value. The cheapest and most common one is ginseng. Therefore, he has collected a lot of precious medicine ginseng recently, which makes him dislike ginseng the most.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the three precious medicines and finally his eyes fell on a golden flower.

"Golden Jade Camellia?" Yang Zhengshan was very surprised.

Golden Jade Camellia is a relatively rare precious medicine. It has the effect of nourishing the meridians. It is mainly used for half-step innate warriors to penetrate the meridians during the breakthrough process.

Yang Zhengshan naturally does not need Golden Jade Camellia, but Xue Qiaoer's prescription requires Golden Jade Camellia.

After putting away the Golden Jade Camellia, Yang Zhengshan silently calculated in his mind and found that he could collect nine kinds of precious medicines that Xue Qiaoer needed.

A total of thirteen kinds, he was able to collect nine kinds, thanks to the precious medicines he exchanged for Baicao Brew during this period.

After thinking about it, Yang Zhengshan simply took out all nine kinds of precious medicines and had them moved to the living room, and then invited Xue Qiaoer, Grandma Xue and Xue Zhongjin to come.

"These are nine kinds of precious medicines, you can take a look first!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed to the precious medicines in different boxes next to him and said.

Xue Qiaoer looked at these precious medicines in surprise, "So many!"

"Yes, they are all the precious medicines you need, but there are still four missing!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Grandma Xue stepped forward to open the boxes one by one and carefully checked the precious medicines inside.

"Well, they are all precious medicines of good quality, but what should we do if we are short of four?"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "The remaining four kinds cannot be gathered in a short time. I will continue to exchange the precious medicines with Baicao Brew, and I will change these four precious medicines to one plant for ten jars of Baicao Brew, but when I can exchange them depends on luck!"

Xue Qiaoer looked at Grandma Xue, who nodded slightly. Xue Qiaoer then said, "Then I'll leave this matter to the Marquis!"

"If you are worried, you can continue to live in the Marquis' Mansion." Yang Zhengshan smiled.

Xue Qiaoer shook her head, "No, we are planning to say goodbye to the Marquis!"

"Oh! Are you going back?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"No, we are going to the Jinlong Dynasty to find the Flame Red Lotus!" Xue Qiaoer said.

Of the thirteen kinds of precious medicines, the other twelve can be found in Darong, but the Flame Red Lotus can only be found in the Jinlong Dynasty.

They did not doubt that Yang Zhengshan could help them gather the other twelve kinds of precious medicines, but they could not be sure that Yang Zhengshan could find the Flame Red Lotus.

If Yang Zhengshan can't find it, can they still wait here?

So after discussion, they decided to go to Jinlong Dynasty to find the Flame Red Lotus.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and nodded slightly, "That's good, maybe when you come back, the remaining three kinds of precious medicines will be gathered!"

Xue Qiaoer nodded, then looked at Xue Zhongjin, who immediately understood and left the hall. A moment later, he came back with three white jade boxes.

"These are three Bingxin fruits! Please accept them, Lord!" Xue Qiaoer said.

Yang Zhengshan accepted the Bingxin fruit with a smile.

The third spiritual plant is in hand!

Hehe, the Xingyuan fruit planted last month has sprouted, and now he has the Bingxin fruit, Yang Zhengshan is in a good mood.

After Xue Qiaoer and the other two left, Yang Zhengshan couldn't wait to enter the Lingquan space and planted two Bingxin fruits.

Why two?

One is too few, three is too many, two is enough, and he can try to refine the Jade Bone Ice Heart Pill with the remaining Ice Heart Fruit.

After planting the Ice Heart Fruit, Yang Zhengshan called Yang Mingcheng again.

"Dad!"

In the study, Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and motioned him to sit down.

"How many shops does our family have in Kyoto?"

Yang Mingcheng was stunned, not understanding why Yang Zhengshan suddenly asked about this.

"There are thirteen shops in total, eleven of which are rented to the Luo family, and the remaining two are used to open grain shops!" Yang Mingcheng said.

Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't care how many shops there were at home, and he didn't need to worry about this.

"Let someone vacate a shop to sell Baicao wine."

"Ah!" Yang Mingcheng looked at Yang Zhengshan in astonishment, "Dad wants to sell Baicao wine?"

"Yeah!" Yang Zhengshan nodded.

"How much silver does a jar of Baicao wine sell for?" Yang Mingcheng scratched his head and asked.

Yang Zhengshan rolled his eyes at him, "Silver? You're out of your mind! Exchange for precious medicine."

"It's really unreasonable to exchange one precious medicine for five jars of Baicao Wine. Some shameless guys have been using precious medicine ginseng to fool me recently. Humph, if it weren't for the fact that we are all powerful people, I would have wanted to slap them a long time ago!"

What he lacked the most was precious medicine ginseng, and he ended up exchanging so many precious medicine ginseng, so he decided to change the exchange method.

According to the preciousness and market price of the precious medicine, the precious medicine is priced with Baicao Wine.

The most common precious medicine ginseng is priced at three jars of Baicao Wine with a weight of five kilograms.

The more common ones are priced at five jars of Baicao Wine.

The more rare ones are priced at six jars, seven jars, and so on.

And the precious medicine that Yang Zhengshan needs can be priced at more than ten jars.

In this way, Yang Zhengshan will not suffer a loss and can also exchange for some precious medicines he needs.

"It doesn't have to be a big store, nor a very busy place, but it would be best if it's in the West City. Is there one?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Yes, our grain store will do!" Yang Mingcheng said.

Real estate in the West City of Jingdu is the most expensive. Most of the properties purchased by the Yang family are in the East City and South City, and there is only one small store in the West City.

There is no way. The good shops in Kyoto have long been occupied by the rich and powerful. The Yang family cannot buy more shops, especially the shops in West City, which are even more difficult to buy.

"Then change the grain shop!" Yang Zhengshan said indifferently.

The wine he sells is not ordinary wine, and the business he does is not ordinary business. There is no need to open a big shop, let alone do something fancy.

A shop and a sign are enough.

The reason for opening such a shop is that it is not suitable to sell wine at home.

If there are few people buying wine, it is okay, but recently more and more people are buying wine, so Yang Zhengshan simply opened a wine shop.

"Keep an eye on this matter. If someone comes to the house to exchange wine in the future, let them go to the shop to buy it!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"Okay!"

Yang Mingcheng responded and went to do business.

Yang Zhengshan was about to study the recipe of Yugu Bingxin Dan, but Yang Wanqing came over.

"Grandpa~~"

Today, Yang Wanqing wore a blue tight-sleeved outfit, and her hair was simply combed into a double bun, which made her look pretty and heroic.

"Well, why are you here?"

Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yang Wanqing came to Yang Zhengshan with a smile, and said in a flattering manner: "Grandpa, granddaughter has something to ask you!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at this girl. This girl is not a quiet one. Yang Mingcheng and his wife are now most troubled by this girl.

"What is it?"

"Granddaughter wants to go to Jinlong Dynasty with sister Qiaoer!" Yang Wanqing said in a low voice.

Yang Zhengshan frowned, "Xue Qiaoer told you?"

"Well, sister Qiaoer said that they will leave Kyoto and go south to Jinlong Dynasty tomorrow!" Yang Wanqing said.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head and refused decisively: "No!"

What a joke, Yang Wanqing is only fifteen years old this year. It would be strange for Yang Zhengshan to feel at ease if she lets her go far away.

"But my granddaughter wants to go!" Yang Wanqing looked at Yang Zhengshan with a look of desire.

Her round little face and her pitiful look made Yang Zhengshan almost unable to resist reaching out to pinch her.

This girl has found Yang Zhengshan's weakness. She is the only one in the Yang family who is best at acting like a spoiled child with Yang Zhengshan.

"No room for negotiation!" Yang Zhengshan still shook his head firmly, "Girl, this is not that simple."

"You want to go out and play, that's fine, go anywhere around Kyoto, you want to travel, that's fine, grandpa can arrange someone to protect you when you go out and play! But you want to go to the Jinlong Dynasty, that's absolutely not possible."

"Why?" Yang Wanqing pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Because you are too young and too weak!" Yang Zhengshan looked at her, "The Jinlong Dynasty is a dangerous place, there are many desperate people there, and they act without morality."

This is not Yang Zhengshan threatening Yang Wanqing, but the truth.

The Jinlong Dynasty is located in the southwest of Darong, bordering the southern border town of Darong. Among the many dynasties in the south of Darong, the Jinlong Dynasty is definitely the most chaotic one.

What is the Jinlong Dynasty? Let's put it this way. Many wanted criminals in Darong have gone to the Jinlong Dynasty.

If Yang Wanqing wanted to go somewhere else, Yang Zhengshan might agree, but going to the Jinlong Dynasty, let alone Yang Wanqing, even if Yu Qingyi went, Yang Zhengshan would not be at ease.