Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"Well, she doesn't need to say anything!"

Yang Zhengshan stopped Mr. Song from teaching his daughter how to speak, and then looked up at the four maids next to him.

These maids are all sold by some military families in Chongshan Town who can't make ends meet and sell them to a dental shop. They are all between twelve and fifteen years old.

As for their names, they are all nicknames similar to Daya, Erya, and Sanya.

Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to give them a name.

"There are hundreds of flowers in spring and a moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. If there are no other things to worry about, it is a good time in the world."

"The four of you will be called Spring Flower, Autumn Moon, Summer Wind, and Winter Snow from now on!"

This poem is a verse that Yang Zhengshan liked very much in his previous life, and it happens to be used today.

"Thank you, Master, for the name!" The four little maids quickly thanked him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and arranged the errands for the servants.

"Wu Hai is the housekeeper and Ding Qiu is the guard. You two will stay with me from now on!"

"Yes!" The two of them responded quickly, feeling relieved at the same time.

"Wu Da follows the boss, Wu Er follows the second child, and Ding Cheng follows the third child!"

"Ms. Li and Chunhua follow the first lady, Mrs. Song and Qiuyue follow the second lady, Xia Feng follows the young lady, and Dongxue follows Yun Qiao!"

"Ding Lu follow Lin Zhan!"

Yang Zhengshan always plans things well and puts people to their best use. Everyone has their own errands and will not be idle.

"Master, I don't need it!" Lin Zhan stood up and said somewhat uncomfortably.

The Yang family provided him with food and clothing, provided for him to go to school, and taught him martial arts. He was already very grateful. How dare he think about having servants to take care of him.

"Master, I don't need it either!" Wang Yunqiao also said.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "They are still young and can't do much. If they stay with you in the future, they can be book boys or help you with some chores!"

"In addition, all servants of the Yang family must be literate and practice martial arts with their master!"

"Whoever belongs to him will teach him himself!"

"Okay, this matter is settled like this, whoever owns it will take it away!"

"You two come with me!"

After that, Yang Zhengshan ignored everyone and returned to the main hall with Wu Hai and Ding Qiu.

He asked about Ding Qiu's situation, and after learning that Ding Qiu practiced sword skills, he gave him a long sword.

As for Wu Hai, he is already so old. Even if he practices now, he cannot become a warrior, and Yang Zhengshan does not force him.

After a few brief explanations, Yang Zhengshan asked them to familiarize themselves with the environment.

With this group of servants, the family seemed to be a lot more lively, and Mrs. Wang felt a lot more relaxed.

But similarly, the Yang family's expenses have also increased a lot.

The master's family is responsible for the servants' food, clothing, housing and transportation, and Yang Zhengshan also pays them monthly money.

Fortunately, the racecourse has grown to a large scale now, and Yang Zhengshan is not short of money.

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In the days that followed, Yang Zhengshan focused his energy on military training, and at the same time he was also sorting out his "Military Training Records".

Time came to the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month without realizing it.

There was a commotion on the river beach training field outside Yinghe Fort.

The four-month training is coming to an end. A total of 873 people have participated in this training. All of them have completed basic training, and some people have not completed actual combat training and battle formation training.

However, this does not affect the martial arts tournament, because all those who can participate in the martial arts tournament are warriors.

If you are not a warrior, there is no point even if you participate.

In fact, this martial arts tournament was very simple, with only twenty-three participants in total.

There are twenty official positions promised by Yang Zhengshan. As for the remaining three, Yang Zhengshan will not wrong them and will arrange a general flag position for them.

There are only more than 20 warriors among more than a thousand people. How could Yang Zhengshan be willing to waste talents.

The martial arts competition lasted for two hours. The crowd watching was very excited, but in Yang Zhengshan's eyes, it was like a chicken pecking at rice.

With his current vision and cultivation level, warriors below the level of Hou Tian are not worth mentioning at all.

At the end of the martial arts competition, the two winners of the cavalry and infantry were Song Dashan and Ren Sheng.

Song Dashan was originally a scout. Although he had been silent for more than ten years, he has been following Yang Zhengshan recently and drank water from the spiritual spring. Now his cultivation has reached the peak of the strength training level, which is no worse than that of Yang Mingwu.

As for Ren Sheng, he is a young man in his early twenties, with a level of cultivation at the Yigu level. Although his strength is not outstanding, he is already considered a master in the four forts including Yinghe Fort and Sanshan Fort.

According to his previous promise, Yang Zhengshan granted Song Dashan and Ren Sheng a hundred households. In addition, he also appointed two trial hundred households, Qian Yunhe and Sun Yuan.

The remaining participants were all appointed as general bannermen.

Song Dashan will still follow Yang Zhengshan, and the Baiqi he leads will serve as Yang Zhengshan's personal guards.

Qian Yunhe was also a scout. He was about thirty years old and had a mature and steady personality. Yang Zhengshan arranged for him to be under the command of Yang Mingwu and led by Yang Mingwu.

Three hundred cavalry, and the remaining one hundred cavalry, Yang Zhengshan gave to Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Qinwu served as a hundred households, led by Yang Mingzhi.

Yang Qinwu is too young, so Yang Mingzhi can help him manage his soldiers.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan selected three people from the Yang family around him and appointed them to the Hundred Households, and he took the rest with him.

Although he brought all these Yang children from Yangjiacun at the same time, they all have different talents and abilities, so the positions Yang Zhengshan assigned them are also different.

For example, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, and Yang Chengche, they have different personalities, but they all have certain management skills, so Yang Zhengshan let them serve as garrison officers and regarded them as his most important team.

As for others, some also have management skills, while others are not good at speaking, but have good martial arts talents. Such people cannot lead troops, but can go a long way in martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan will not be partial to them, but will make the best use of them and let them play their respective strengths.

The martial arts competition is over, but the training is not over.

Although the three hundred cavalrymen are formed, their riding skills are still not elite.

He still remembers that Zhou Lan promised him that if he can train three hundred elite cavalrymen, Zhou Lan will give him three hundred war horses.

Compared with infantry, Yang Zhengshan naturally prefers cavalry.

So he is still urging the soldiers to train hard.

The 30th of the first lunar month.

Jiang He, Yang Yunyan and Xiao Jiang Ning came to Yinghe Fort.

"My daughter kowtows to my father!"

"My son-in-law pays respects to my father-in-law!"

In the backyard of the government office, the couple kowtowed three times when they saw Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan tried to stop them but failed.

"Get up, get up, why are you kowtowin' for no reason!"

Yang Zhengshan helped Jiang He up, and Yang Yunyan stood up with the child in her arms.

After looking up and down, Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction when he saw Yang Yunyan's flushed face and plump body.

He still cared about this cheap daughter. Although Yang Yunxue had been with him, he always remembered that the first new clothes he wore when he came to this world were made by Yang Yunyan.

That was the first time he felt the filial piety from his daughter. Well, although he didn't want this filial piety at the time, he still felt warm.

"This is Xiao Ning'er, come and let grandpa hug you!"

Yang Zhengshan took the child from Yang Yunyan's arms.

The little guy is more than ten months old, white and tender, and looks particularly rare.

"Come, call me grandpa!"

Yang Zhengshan teased the little kid.

Unfortunately, the kid was very disrespectful and started to cry.

This made Yang Zhengshan at a loss.

Why did he feel that he was not liked by the little kid.

Yang Qingwan used to cry when he hugged her, and so did Wang Mingzhe later, and Jiang Ning still cried now.

Well, there was also the little grandson who was less than a month old and didn't want to be hugged by him.

But it seems that he will get better when he grows up.

Now Yang Qingwan and Wang Mingzhe don't dislike him anymore, and they like to pester him very much.

Yang Yunyan took the child and coaxed him for a long time before he was done.

"Dad, Ning'er is shy." Yang Yunyan said a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay, your little nephew is the same, he cries when I hug him!" Yang Zhengshan was still full of resentment.

He felt that he was a very kind person, uh, a kind old man, he should be liked by children.

"Grandpa, I won't cry, Grandpa hug me!"

At this time, Yang Chengmao ran over and stretched out his hand for a hug.

The resentment on Yang Zhengshan's face disappeared immediately, and he picked up the little guy with a smile.

"Let's sit down and talk!"

The main room is very large, and there is no problem for more than a dozen people to sit.

But Jiang He sat very stiffly, as if his body was stretched by a string, motionless.

Although this is his father-in-law's house, the current father-in-law is different from the previous father-in-law.

He used to be afraid of his father-in-law and felt that his old father-in-law had a bad temper, but now he is not only afraid, but also afraid.

The father-in-law has become an official, and his aura is different from before. Moreover, he has so many soldiers under his command and so many servants at home.

I don't know if my father-in-law is satisfied with his cheap son-in-law. What should I do if he is not satisfied?

Thinking of the words that his father and brother told him when he came, Jiang He's heart began to beat wildly.

Yang Zhengshan also noticed Jiang He's nervousness, but he didn't care. He first asked about the situation of the Jiang family, chatted about family matters, and then talked about business.

"Your elder brother has cleaned up a yard for you next door. You can live next door for the time being!"

The backyard of the government office is already full, and it is not easy for Jiang He and his wife to live in the backyard.

However, there are still several empty yards in the garrison, so there is no need to worry about having no place to live.

"If you need anything, tell your elder brother. Don't be polite to your elder brother!"

"Dad, I know!" Yang Yunyan responded obediently.

"Well, Jiang He!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang He.

"Ah, Dad!" Jiang He came back to his senses.

"In the future, you will stay with your elder brother to take care of the family property, and you will get 10 taels of monthly salary every month!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"And monthly salary! Dad, no, I'm helping my family, so I don't need monthly salary!" Jiang He refused without thinking.

"How will you support your family in the future if you don't want the monthly payment? It's fine if you don't want it, but do you want my daughter to suffer?" Yang Zhengshan said unhappily.

The Yang family doesn't have much property. In addition to the more than 100 acres of land in Anning County, there is only a horse farm.

However, Yang Zhengshan is not short of money. The horse farm has bought a batch of mares and foals. Those foals can be exchanged for a lot of money after raising them for a year or two.

Raising horses with spiritual spring water is enough to make the Yang family rich, so Yang Zhengshan is not worried about money at all now.

The reason why he gave Jiang He the monthly payment was to take care of Jiang He's face. After all, he is a son-in-law, not a son.

If it was a son, Yang Zhengshan would naturally need to say more, and give his son as much as he wanted.

"I know this!" Jiang He bowed his head and responded.

"Well, since you have left the village, you can't just think about farming and hunting in the future. You should learn to read and practice martial arts when you should!"

"Yunyan, you can't give up your martial arts!"

"Jiang He, you are not old. Although it is a little late to practice now, you can still become a warrior."

Yang Zhengshan continued.

"Dad, your daughter will practice hard in the future!"

"Same as my son-in-law!"

The two also knew that Yang Zhengshan was kind-hearted, and they also felt a lot of pressure in their hearts.

Jiang He didn't need to say much, and Yang Yunyan also felt a heavy pressure in her heart.

My brothers and sisters will become warriors in the future, and even have a bright future, but what about her?

I can't always be a village woman!

Before she had a child, she didn't think it was a big deal, but after having a child, she had to plan for the child.

Not only did she have to practice herself, but she also had to urge her husband to practice.

In this way, Jiang He and his wife settled in Yinghebao.