Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

In the Chongshan Pass, in a gorgeously decorated hall.

Lv Hua, wearing a moon-white gown, sat on a pearwood armchair, holding a copper sleeve stove in his hand.

Wei Cen stood in front of him, telling Yang Zhengshan's speculation and proposal.

After listening, Lu Hua said calmly: "If this matter has nothing to do with the Qing Palace, then everything we do is meaningless, do you understand?"

His voice was emotionless, with a little magnetic metallic texture.

Wei Cen lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

How could he not understand what Lu Hua meant, but he didn't dare to understand.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Hua had only one goal, that is, the Qing Palace.

What corrupt officials and smuggling cases were just trivial matters within the Secret Weapon Guard. The real big case was treason and rebellion.

Wei Cen didn't know whether the Qing Palace was a rebellion, but Lu Hua obviously wanted the Qing Palace to be a rebellion.

Just because the Prince Qing's Mansion had a reason to be a rebel, the Secret Guard Zhenbei Division needed a big case.

"Sir, we can't find any evidence!" Wei Cen said softly.

The Secret Guard needs evidence to handle cases, especially when it involves the royal family, it must be full of witnesses and evidence.

This is their explanation to the emperor, and also the emperor's explanation to the people of the world.

Lu Hua put the sleeve stove in his hand on the tea table, got up and walked to the door of the hall, looking at the somewhat gloomy sky.

"What a pity!"

"What a pity?" Wei Cen asked puzzledly.

"It's a pity that we don't have enough time!" A bit of helplessness appeared on Lu Hua's calm face.

They wasted too much time in Anyuan City. Maybe he was wrong from the beginning. He shouldn't have focused on Anyuan City, but should have focused directly on Qinghua Mansion.

Or maybe he shouldn't have looked for any evidence from the beginning, but should have directly created evidence.

Fabrication, framing, and accusing others of crimes. In short, the Prince Qing's Mansion should be brought down first.

It's a pity that he is still not decisive enough, ruthless enough, and bold enough.

Now he could make up his mind, but time didn't allow it.

"Let's get ready, let's just close the case!"

Lu Hua said lightly.

He couldn't stay in Chongshan Pass any longer, and he had to go to Beiyuan Town, which was also one of the border towns in the northern border of Darong, just southwest of Chongshan Town.

However, Beiyuan Town faced the Wuliang Hu tribe, and Chongshan Town faced the Donghai Hu tribe. Compared with the two, the Donghai Hu tribe was far inferior to the Wuliang Hu tribe.

"I obey your orders!" Wei Cen was relieved when he heard him say that he was going to close the case.

"Well!" Lu Hua nodded slightly, and suddenly changed his tone and asked, "What do you think of Yang Zhengshan?"

Wei Cen didn't expect him to suddenly ask about Yang Zhengshan, and paused for a long time before saying, "Lord Yang is a good man!"

"Good man!" Lu Hua was very surprised by his evaluation.

In fact, his understanding of Yang Zhengshan was limited to written records.

He had detailed records of Yang Zhengshan's background, experience, achievements, and everything he did when he came to Chongshan Town.

"Well, Lord Yang has a kind heart!" Wei Cen said.

This is how he feels about Yang Zhengshan, and he also knows Yang Zhengshan better than Lu Hua.

He has a stronger sense of identity with everything Yang Zhengshan does, just because he was born into a military household.

Everything Yang Zhengshan did in Yinghebao and what Yang Zhengshan is doing in Anyuan City made him happy and envious.

He was happy because Yang Zhengshan was sincerely helping the military households.

He envied that he did not meet such an official when he was young.

Wei Cen was born in Beiyuan Town, and his father was a 100-household garrison officer. He still remembers that his father waited outside the defense official office for three days to ask for cotton clothes for the military households in the garrison. In three days, his father did not get a cotton coat.

If the defense officer at that time was Yang Zhengshan, he believed that his father would never have to wait for three days.

"Good man!" Lu Hua read again, and then couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Is Yang Zhengshan a good man?

This seems to be controversial.

At least Lu Hua didn't think Yang Zhengshan was a good man.

Showing favors doesn't necessarily mean being kind, it may just be to achieve certain goals.

Take Yang Zhengshan for example, he did a lot of seemingly good things in Yinghebao, but he also made the soldiers of Yinghebao pay hundreds of lives for him.

Did Yang Zhengshan do all that because he was kind, or because he wanted to win the hearts of the army and the people and let the soldiers work for him?

Different people have different opinions.

Lu Hua, on the contrary, thinks Yang Zhengshan is a deep-minded person.

But he doesn't dislike such people.

For him, there are only three kinds of people in the world. One kind is the emperor, that is his master, not someone he can evaluate. The second kind is useful people, people who are useful to him. The third kind is useless people, insignificant people.

Yang Zhengshan belongs to the second kind.

Lu Hua walked into the inner room and took out a sandalwood box.

"Give this to Yang Zhengshan."

...

Shalingbao Horse Farm

Yang Zhengshan was in a good mood as he looked at the horse farm under construction.

Yang Mingcheng was becoming more and more efficient. In just a few days, the horse farm had started construction.

The manpower and materials were fully prepared.

Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

This represented Yang Mingcheng's growth.

"Have all the shops in Guancheng been dealt with?" Yang Zhengshan rode on Hongyun and walked casually by the river with surging waves.

The Yinghe here is completely different from the Yinghe in Yinghe Fort.

The river is wider and the current is faster.

"There are still three units left that have not been sold!" Yang Mingcheng replied.

"How much silver did you sell for?"

"Three thousand taels!"

Yang Zhengshan turned around in surprise.

"Hehe, four shops sold three thousand taels!" Yang Mingcheng chuckled.

Yang Zhengshan also showed a faint smile.

At first he gave Yang Mingcheng 1,500 taels of silver and bought seven shops, but now he only sold four. Not only did he get his money back, he also made a huge profit of 1,500 taels.

"Now the real estate prices in Guancheng are much higher than before. A small courtyard costs seven to eight hundred taels, and a courtyard like ours can be sold for two thousand taels!" Yang Mingcheng explained.

"Why did it rise so fast?" Yang Zhengshan was a little surprised and confused.

At first, he thought that the real estate prices in Guancheng would increase, but he thought that they could at most reach the level before the Hu people entered the country. He did not expect that it would be so much higher than before.

Yang Mingcheng scratched his head and said, "I don't know either. I just feel that Guancheng is much more prosperous now than before, and more caravans come to Guancheng."

"Dad, you don't know that on the day I went to Guancheng, the motorcade outside the city gate was lined up for seven or eight miles."

Yang Zhengshan was thoughtful, and soon he thought of some reasons.

The economy of Chongshanguan is a special military economy, and the main consumption is based on military officers and officers and family members in the city.

There shouldn't be much change in the official family members in the city now. It's just a change of people. There shouldn't be much change in the total number.

But the soldiers are different. In the past, there was only Zhenbiao Camp at Chongshanguan, but now there are 5,000 Yunlong Guards at Chongshanguan.

In addition, as for the money in the hands of soldiers, it was common in the past to deduct military pay. Ordinary soldiers did not have much spare money in their hands, so they were naturally reluctant to spend money.

But since Lu Chongde and Liang Chu took office, the cases of withholding military pay have become much less common. The soldiers can get sufficient food and salary, which means they have more money in their hands, and their spending power has naturally increased.

In addition, Lu Chongde and Liang Chu were not idle during this period, replenishing armaments, strengthening city walls, repairing forts, reclaiming wasteland, etc. A lot of money was spent, which naturally attracted a large number of caravans.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand Guancheng's economic rise.

After thinking about this clearly, Yang Zhengshan was quite happy.

"When will Luo Shang come?"

"Probably just these few days!"

"Well, where's Ma San?"

Yang Mingcheng thought for a moment, "He will bring his family over here, so it may be a little later!"

Ma San is not a slave of the Yang family, but can only be regarded as a long-term worker of the Yang family, so he has a family.

"When he comes, give him a monthly salary increase!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Ma San is a technical talent, and Ma San is willing to take apprentices and help the Yang family train horse herders. Naturally, Yang Zhengshan cannot treat such a person badly.

"How much?"

"Double it."

"good!"

"Does he have two sons?"

"Well, the eldest son is seventeen years old this year and just got married last year. The younger son is only ten years old. He also has a daughter who is six years old this year!" Yang Mingcheng has been with Ma San for a long time and knows Ma San's situation very well.

"Then let his youngest son follow Lin Zhan to study in the academy!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Rather than getting a monthly salary increase, I believe Ma San prefers his son to be successful.

Not long ago, Yang Zhengshan just found an academy for Lin Zhan in Anyuan City, where he could send Ma San's son.

Not only Ma San's son, Yang Zhengshan has always attached great importance to studying. He is willing to send all his descendants of appropriate age to study.

Song Dashan's son was also sent to study by him.

"Well, when he comes, I will make arrangements!" Yang Mingcheng responded.

"By the way, we should also hire some teachers at home, hire an enlightenment teacher for Chengye, and hire a nanny for Yun Xueyunqiao and the others!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Family education cannot be stopped.

Fortunately, the boy said that he could go to the academy to study, and he only needed some simple enlightenment at home.

But girls are in more trouble. There is no girls' college here, and there is no place for girls to go to school.

Many official families will invite teachers to teach girls at home.

There are many subjects taught, the most basic of which is education, which refers to rules and etiquette.

Although Yang Zhengshan didn't care about rules and etiquette, he didn't care about following the local customs, but he couldn't let others look down on the children at home because of etiquette.

In addition to etiquette, you don't need to be proficient in all of them, such as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, embroidery, cooking, flower art, incense, etc., but you must have a basic understanding.

It's not easy to be a young lady like this. A idiot who doesn't know anything will be laughed at.

"Well, let me go look for it!" Yang Mingcheng felt a little embarrassed. It was easy to ask the enlightenment teacher to find a scholar, but it was a bit difficult to ask the tutoring nanny. He didn't know where to find a suitable tutoring nanny. .

"Well, there's no rush in this matter, just take your time!"

Yang Zhengshan said.

The Yang family has been transforming from a farmer to an official family. This process cannot be completed in three or two years. It requires a long-term investment of a large amount of money.