Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Liaodong, in the camp of Tenglong Vanguard.

Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping were sitting together, drinking tea and checking the account books.

"In the first half of this year, a total of 630,000 taels of silver were received, and 360,000 taels of silver need to be distributed to the other three guards. We still have 800,000 taels of silver in cash!" Xue Ping said after reading the account books.

Yu Tonghai stroked his beard and nodded, "How should this money be spent?"

Other guards were worried about not having money, but Tenglong Vanguard was worried about how to spend the money.

To be honest, the organization of Tenglong Vanguard has somewhat restricted the development of the Tenglong Guard Navy. Yu Tonghai first expanded the dock, then built a shipyard, and then manufactured a large number of warships and merchant ships in recent years, but he still had 800,000 taels of cash in his hands that he couldn't spend.

Xue Ping thought about it and said, "Why not give the soldiers another reward silver?"

"Give it now? Will it be given at the end of the year?" Yu Tonghai asked.

"Uh!" Xue Ping was a little embarrassed.

Giving bonuses to soldiers should be the best way to spend money, but the problem is that this bonus cannot be given frequently. Giving it once or twice a year is enough.

"Then form another fleet!" Xue Ping said.

Yu Tonghai thought about it and said, "There is no problem in forming a fleet, but we already have four fleets. The other three guards have two each, a total of ten fleets, plus the fleets of other sea merchants, we already have more than 40 fleets of all sizes!"

"And the current trade with the Li Sheng Dynasty and the De Sheng Dynasty does not require so many fleets. If we form another one, we will do business in the southeastern sea area!"

When Yang Zhengshan left Tenglong Guard, he divided Tenglong Guard's merchant ships into four fleets, one for each guard. Six years have passed, and the original four fleets that were not fully staffed have now become ten fleets.

"Then change to a large ship, and change a few large ships for the navy!" Xue Ping racked his brains to think about spending money.

Yu Tonghai had no other choice but to say, "Let's change it. The Dafu ship needs to be changed and the fleet needs to be formed. Let's send people to the southeastern sea to try first."

Navigation requires experience. The Tenglong Guard Navy has rich experience in navigation, but their main activities are in the Liaohai and East China Sea of ​​Dayong. If they want to go to the southeastern sea, they still need to accumulate some experience.

Anyway, the Tenglong Vanguard has enough silver now, and they don't mind making more attempts.

As for embezzling the silver, the two have never had such an idea, and there is no need to do so, because they themselves are not short of silver.

The Tenglong Four Guards made a lot of silver by using sea trade, and the officials of the Tenglong Four Guards also made a lot of silver by using sea trade.

Yang Zhengshan likes to use public power for personal benefit, and the official under his command is naturally of the same lineage. He uses the convenience of sea trade to support sea merchants, and they can make a lot of money without having to show up in person.

It can be said that now, from the four commanders to the ordinary soldiers, all the Tenglong Four Guards are rich.

Just as the two were talking, an attendant came out of the door, "My lords, there are appointment and transfer orders from the Ministry of War!"

Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping looked at each other, and both had a bad premonition in their hearts.

Appointment and transfer order!

This is not a good thing for the Tenglong Guard!

Although this may be a promotion, they will leave the Tenglong Guard after the promotion, and it will be impossible to make a lot of money like before.

"Bring it!" Yu Tonghai immediately took the two documents and opened them to read.

He first read the appointment document of the Ministry of War.

Promoted to the commander of the capital, and awarded the deputy prime minister of the four sea naval forces!

There are some problems with this promotion document. First of all, the promotion of the commander of the capital did not specifically say which military office the commander of the capital was promoted to, which means that this commander of the capital was just a nominal position without actual work. Secondly, the deputy prime minister of the four sea naval forces was awarded, which should be a real position, but what is the four sea naval forces? And what does the position of deputy prime minister mean?

After reading it, Yu Tonghai couldn't help but frowned.

Then he opened the transfer order and read it. Tenglong Vanguard was transferred to Zhaowuwei to obey the dispatch of the Sihai Navy General Office.

"Sihai Navy?"

Yu Tonghai looked a little ugly. What on earth is this Sihai Navy? Why did they suddenly transfer Tenglong Vanguard there?

Xue Ping came over and read the two documents, "What's going on?"

The appointment documents and transfer order documents were naturally not written in detail, and Yang Zhengshan would not be mentioned in them, so the two looked puzzled.

If other people saw these two transfer orders, they might just wonder what the Sihai Navy was, but Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping thought that someone wanted to interfere with Tenglong Guard.

"I don't know, these two documents came too strangely! Is someone jealous of the interests of Tenglong Guard?" Yu Tonghai said.

Xue Ping frowned and thought for a while, "It shouldn't be. My father wrote to me two days ago. Nothing happened in Kyoto."

"And you see, it only promotes you to the commander-in-chief, but does not relieve you of your current position!"

Yu Tonghai looked at the appointment document again, and felt a little relieved.

If he was not relieved of his official position, it means that he is still the commander of the Tenglong Vanguard.

"Then what is this Sihai Navy?"

Just when the two were confused, another person ran over, "Sir, there are guards outside the door who claim to be from the Jing'an Marquis Mansion asking for an audience!"

The two looked at each other, and Yu Tonghai said, "Please come in!"

A moment later, two guards from the Yang family came over and bowed, "I greet Sir Yu and Sir Xue!"

When Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping saw the two of them, they immediately smiled in surprise.

"It turns out it's you, haha~~" Yu Tonghai looked at the familiar faces and laughed.

Most of the guards of the Yang family have stayed in the Tenglong Guard, especially the soldiers of Yang Zhengshan's former personal guard camp, who have also served in the Tenglong Guard.

"Two adults, this is a letter from the Marquis!" The guard handed the letter to Yu Tonghai with a smile.

After Yu Tonghai opened the letter and read it, his previously uneasy mood instantly calmed down, and he was even a little happy.

Yang Zhengshan did not elaborate in the letter, but asked them to take all the elites and rush to Jinhaiwei first. At that time, Yang Zhengshan would meet them at Jinhaiwei, and then go south to Zhaowuwei together.

"What's going on with this Sihai Marine?" Yu Tonghai asked the guard.

The guard replied: "We don't know very well. We only know that the Marquis has been appointed as the chief officer of the Sihai Navy. We don't know the rest!"

Yu Tonghai was completely relieved. Since Yang Zhengshan was the prime minister of the Sihai Navy, then he, the deputy prime minister, was Yang Zhengshan's deputy, so he had nothing to worry about.

"The two brothers go to rest first. I will entertain the two brothers in the evening!"

Yu Tonghai asked people to take the two guards to rest, and then discussed it with Xue Ping.

"The Marquis asked us to bring all the elites. How many soldiers should we bring?" Xue Ping asked.

Yu Tonghai thought for a while, "Let's take all the regular soldiers with us first. As for Yu Ding, if the Marquis needs it, it should be too late to let them pass!"

The Tenglong Vanguard should have 5,600 soldiers, but in fact, the Tenglong Vanguard now has as many as 10,000 naval officers.

There are 5,600 regular soldiers and nearly 5,000 Yuding soldiers.

Although Yu Ding's strength is not as good as the regular soldiers, his warships and equipment are no worse than the regular soldiers.

It can be said that Yu Ding of Tenglong Vanguard can be called an elite navy.

The two discussed it and immediately prepared to send troops.

Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping will definitely lead troops on the expedition, but the Tenglong Vanguard cannot be left behind.

Fortunately, they don't need to worry about the Tenglong avant-garde getting into trouble. Yu Tonghai is not here, but Han Cheng, Wu Zhongzhe and others are still there. The four Tenglong guards are originally one body. Even if they are now divided into four guards, they still remain the same. .

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Yang Jinhe, Sun Yunfeng and Xue Changan left Beijing on September 18th, while Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping entered Beijing on September 23rd.

In Jing'an Hou Mansion, Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping were led in by the concierge. Looking at the magnificent Hou Mansion, Yu Tonghai's eyes shone.

"The Marquis's mansion is really magnificent. I don't know if Yu will ever have the opportunity to live in such a mansion in this life." Yu Tonghai said with envy.

Xue Ping said with a smile: "That's difficult. This mansion was originally the palace of the Duke of the country. Back then, the Marquis burned an army of 100,000 soldiers. The late emperor believed in the Marquis, so he gave this mansion to the Marquis! "

"If Mr. Yu wants such a mansion, there are probably only a few palaces in Kyoto that can satisfy Mr. Yu!"

Yu Tonghai laughed and said, "Yu is not as good as the Marquis. If Yu can be granted the title of uncle based on his military exploits, it will be a great honor for his ancestors!"

He was just envious. He didn't think he could be compared with Yang Zhengshan. He was able to live a stable life in Tenglong Guardan all these years because of Yang Zhengshan's protection.

If it weren't for Yang Zhengshan's protection, Tenglong Wei would have been targeted long ago with his extremely rich appearance.

Entering the front hall, the two of them saw Yang Zhengshan sitting on the main seat and hurriedly bowed: "I pay my respects to the Marquis!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the two of them with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a few years, and you have gained a lot of weight. How about it? Can you still carry the knife?"

"The Marquis looks down on Xiaguan too much. Xiaguan has not neglected his cultivation these years!" Yu Tonghai said with a smile.

"Oh! What level of cultivation are you doing now?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Nine levels the day after tomorrow!" Yu Tonghai said proudly.

He is indeed worthy of pride. When he first arrived at Tenglong Guard, his cultivation level was only at the fifth level of the acquired world. When Yang Zhengshan left Tenglong Guard, his cultivation level had reached the seventh level. Now in the past six years, his cultivation level has reached There are nine levels the day after tomorrow, real numbers are rare.

Of course, the contribution of spiritual spring water is indispensable.

If it were not for the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, Yu Tonghai would probably not be able to reach the seventh level of the acquired world in this life.

Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction and looked at Xue Ping again, "Xiannephew, what about you?"

When Xue Ping heard the title of 'good nephew', he felt very happy in his heart, "My nephew is not talented, but his cultivation can reach the eighth level of the day after tomorrow!"

Xue Ping is more than ten years younger than Yu Tonghai. Xue Ping is only thirty-five years old now, while Yu Tonghai is nearly fifty.

"Not bad!" Yang Zhengshan stood up and patted the two of them on the shoulders, "This time we are going to fight side by side! You can use more force in this battle!"

"No matter what you do, Lord Marquis, I will do my best!" Yu Tonghai said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Sit down and talk!"

The three of them sat down and tea was served.

Yang Zhengshan asked again: "How many warships did you bring this time?"

Yu Tonghai replied: "There are two large Fu ships, thirty-two medium-sized sentry ships and Haicang ships, and more than a hundred small speed ships, bird ships, eagle ships, etc.!"

"There are more than 500 crossbows on board and more than 5,600 soldiers!"

Having said this, he paused slightly and then said: "If the Marquis needs it, Tenglong Vanguard can dispatch more than 5,000 men to the battle."

Such a formation obviously exceeds the formation of the First Guard Navy. Two large Fu ships are considered normal, but the 32 medium-sized patrol ships and Haicang ships far exceed the warships of the First Guard Navy.

In theory, the First Guard Navy has at most a dozen medium-sized warships, and this is almost doubled.

"It seems that you have accumulated a lot of assets!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

He knew that the Tenglong Vanguard had built a shipyard that could manufacture small and medium-sized warships.

Yu Tonghai grinned and said, "If the Marquis needs it, I can also dispatch merchant ships. Although merchant ships are not as good as warships, they also have crossbows on them, and the sailors on the ships can also fight!"

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand, "There is no need. You are enough. No matter how much assets there are, they cannot be revealed at once. It is better to hide some assets!"

He knew very well how many troops the Tenglong Guard had. When he left the Tenglong Guard, the Tenglong Guard could gather more than 20,000 soldiers, and this did not count the remaining soldiers.

Now the Tenglong Four Guards have more than 22,000 regular soldiers, and the remaining soldiers are estimated to be around 18,000. There are also more than 10,000 sailors and caravan guards.

If all the troops of the Tenglong Four Guards are summoned, at least 50,000 troops can be gathered, of which the navy is about 15,000.

However, the soldiers of the Tenglong Four Guards are more than 22,000 regular soldiers, and the others are more like private soldiers.

This time it is for the court to fight, there is no need to be too conspicuous, and it is enough to call up regular soldiers.

"Yes!" Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping responded.

Yang Zhengshan said: "You rest in the mansion for one night, and we will set off for Jinhaiwei to take a boat to the south tomorrow morning."

After arranging accommodation for the two, Yang Zhengshan came to the back hall.

In the back hall, Yang Mingcheng, Luo Jinsong, Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao and others were already waiting.

"Dad!"

"Grandpa!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming, several people called out.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at several people, "Jinsong, you will go with me tomorrow with a hundred guards!"

"Yes!" Luo Jinsong responded happily.

He is familiar with Xingyuemen, and Yang Zhengshan cannot do without his help if he wants to attack Xingyuemen.

As for guards, there is no need to bring too many. Yang Zhengshan has twenty followers, who have followed him for more than ten years. With them, Yang Zhengshan does not need anyone else to send.

But since we are going to go to war, we must show our cards, and it is better to bring more than a hundred guards.

Yang Zhengshan said again: "Chengye, Chengmao, Mingzhe, Chenhui, you can go with me, too, and go to broaden your horizons!"

The younger generation of the Yang family has grown up, and it is time for them to go out and see the world, and it is time to see blood on the battlefield.

Although they may not necessarily become officials or generals in the future, it is still good to gain more experience.

Among the five, Yang Chengye has the highest cultivation level, having reached the third level of the post-natal realm. The lowest one is Wang Mingzhe, who has just broken through the post-natal realm not long ago.

An Chenhui was specially called by Yang Zhengshan, just to let him go to the battlefield to see it.

As for his marriage with Miao'er, Miao'er is still young and will not get married for another two years. The wedding process of the two does not need An Chenhui to handle it.

"Yes!" The four people responded.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Mingcheng again, "The family affairs are left to you."

"Don't worry, Dad, I will help my mother take care of the housework!" Yang Mingcheng said.

Yang Zhengshan explained a few words and went back to the main courtyard to talk to Yu Qingyi.