Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Tenglongwei has a Weicheng, which is about the size of a small county town, but there are not many residents in the Weicheng, mainly the Weisi Yamen and the residences of officials.

The largest building is not the Weisi Yamen, but the mansion of the Lan family.

The mansion of the Lan family occupies almost half of the Weicheng, and the eastern half of the Weicheng almost belongs to the Lan family.

The mansions of several Tongzhi and Qianshi of the Weisi Yamen can only be squeezed in the west city.

This is the status of the Lan family in Tenglongwei.

At this time, in the main hall of the Lan family, several important figures of the Lan family are discussing Yang Zhengshan's coming to take office.

The head of the Lan family, Lan Buqi, is over 60 years old, with white hair and beard. He sits upright in the main seat of the main hall, looking at his two brothers and several younger generations in the hall with extraordinary momentum.

Lan Buqi has three brothers in this generation. In addition to him, there are Lan Buqun and Lan Buzheng.

Tenglong Guard landed in Qinghua Mansion a hundred years ago. At first, the Lan family was not very noticeable. It was just a military household with a large population. After two generations of efforts, the Lan family gradually emerged.

It was not until the generation of Lan Buqi that the Lan family really rose.

And the rise of the Lan family was due to the efforts of the three brothers of Lan Buqi.

Brothers are united, and their strength can break metal.

The Lan family in the past explained this sentence very well.

"Brother, how should we deal with Yang Zhengshan? We can't really let him ride on our heads!" Lan Buqun has a hot temper and speaks most directly.

"What else?" Lan Buqi asked calmly: "Can we kill him? Or can we drive him away?"

Killing is not impossible, but he needs to bear the consequences after killing.

Who is Yang Zhengshan?

The commander of Tenglong Guard appointed by the old emperor.

If he died inexplicably, would the old emperor not pay attention to it?

"But~" Lan Buqun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lan Buqi, "Okay, don't talk first, sit down honestly!"

His second brother's mind is full of fighting and killing, and it's nonsense to ask him to make a decision.

Lan Buqun smiled awkwardly, but still sat very honestly without saying anything.

The premise for brothers to be united is that there is one person who can calm the other two, otherwise no one will obey each other, how can they be united?

"Third brother, tell me what you think!" Lan Buqi looked at Lan Buzheng who had been silent all the time.

Buzheng, Buzheng, the name Lan Buzheng is not wrong at all.

In the Lan family, Lan Buzheng has always been the most low-key, but Lan Buqi is worthy of his third brother's most calculated mind and the most transparent view of things.

"Brother, Yang Zhengshan is a man who kills decisively, has a deep mind, and he has a great cause in his hands. There is no benefit for us to confront him head-on!"

Lan Buzheng said.

They had received the news that Yang Zhengshan would be the commander of Tenglong Guard, so they had known about Yang Zhengshan's past.

They had heard about the methods and things Yang Zhengshan did when he first arrived in Anyuan City, and they were even more familiar with Yang Zhengshan's name as a killer.

"Maybe we can talk to Yang Zhengshan. At most, we can give up some things. I believe Yang Zhengshan will not fight us to the end!" Lan Buzheng said.

People in the martial arts world know how to talk about human relationships, let alone their Lan family!

The Lan family is a martial arts family, but they think they are a family of officials instead of being in the martial arts world.

In fact, it is not wrong to say that although no one in the Lan family has ever served as the commander of Tenglong Guard, several generations have served as a thousand households in Tenglong Guard.

Although the official rank is not high, the Lan family can be regarded as an official for generations.

Yang Zhengshan took office. If the Lan family wanted peace and security, they would exchange it for benefits. Lan Buzheng felt that Yang Zhengshan was not the kind of person who would not change his mind. After all, the Yang family also had a large industry in Anyuan City.

Having industry means that Yang Zhengshan also likes money and is willing to use power for profit.

Lan Buqi nodded thoughtfully, "You are right. He has a sense of justice. It is really unwise for us to go against him!"

The so-called sense of justice is the official position held by Yang Zhengshan. Having an official position means that Yang Zhengshan occupies the sense of justice of the court.

No matter how powerful the Lan family is, they dare not challenge the court.

"However, we still have to make some other preparations!" Lan Buqi said in a deep voice.

Lan Buzheng nodded gently and said, "Brother is right. We still need to invite Lord Ning over!"

"Lord Ning, that greedy bastard, it must cost a lot of money to invite him over!" Lan Buqun couldn't help but say.

"Shut up!" Lan Buqi scolded.

The Lord Ning they were talking about was Ning Dongsheng, the inspector of Liaodong. The inspector of Darong had the title of inspecting on behalf of the emperor, and had the power to make decisions on major matters and minor matters, and he could speak frankly about the gains and losses of political affairs, the benefits and problems of the military and civilians.

Although the inspector was only a seventh-rank official, he was in a high position, had great power, and had a wide range of duties. He could be said to be the most powerful official in the local area.

Not to mention the prefects and governors, even the governors and the provincial governors had to give him some respect.

Ning Dongsheng had always been the object of the Lan family's flattery. Over the years, the Lan family had given Ning Dongsheng many benefits, and of course Ning Dongsheng had also done a lot for the Lan family.

A large part of the reason why the officials of Tenglongwei were afraid of the Lan family was that Ning Dongsheng supported the Lan family.

"Brother, you have to go in person to invite Lord Ning this time!"

"Yang Zhengshan will arrive soon, so we should invite Lord Ning as soon as possible!"

Lan Buzheng said.

Lan Buqi nodded. Ning Dongsheng's appetite was getting bigger and bigger. If he wanted him to help the Lan family, the Lan family would have to pay a heavy price.

But when things come to pass, the Lan family will have to pay no matter how high the price is.

After that, the two brothers discussed how much benefit they should give to Ning Dongsheng, and then everyone dispersed.

…

On the afternoon of October 26th, the convoy finally entered the territory of Tenglongwei.

Yang Zhengshan rode along the official road and looked at the dark fields on both sides.

These fields should be the fields of Tenglong Guard. The reason why he said they should be because he didn't know whether these fields belonged to Tenglong Guard. Maybe these fields had been occupied by the Lan family and others.

Near dusk, they came to a house with thousands of households.

There should be a thousand military households in a thousand-household residence, but not all of the thousand military households live together. Generally, there are only two hundred households living in a thousand-household residence, and the remaining hundred households will be scattered around. , forming a village-like existence.

The reason for this is to facilitate military households to farm.

A military household has 30 acres of land, and a thousand households have 30,000 acres of land. If they all live together, the military households may have to walk more than ten miles to go to the fields.

If they were spread out, military households would only have to walk two or three miles to work in the fields.

The Thousand Household House in front of me is the Qianhu House in front of Tenglong Zuowei. From the outside, it looks like a poor village. Well, it is almost like the Yangjia Village in the past.

It was in a dilapidated state, with no outer walls. The buildings inside were all adobe houses. The streets were poorly planned and there were many dead ends.

Seeing such a thousand households, Yang Zhengshan let out a faint sigh.

But at this moment, an old man with a slight build and gray hair hurriedly ran out of Qianhusuo. The old man looked at Yang Zhengshan, then at the long queue behind Yang Zhengshan, and asked cautiously: "Xiaguan Tenglong Zuo Wei Qianhu Yanshun paid homage to you, may I ask what your position is?"

"Qianhu?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the old man in front of him with some surprise. He thought this was just an elder here, but he didn't expect that he was actually a Qianhu.

This person didn't look like Qianhu at all. He was wearing a shabby cotton jacket with several layers of patches. His complexion was a little sallow, and he seemed to be a little malnourished.

"Uh!" Yan Shun took out his identity token with some anxiety and showed it, "That's the official!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, and then glanced towards the Qianhu Institute. Many people inside were secretly looking this way, "I am the new commander of the Tenglong Guard, Yang Zhengshan!"

Hearing this, Yan Shun was completely confused.

The Commander of the Tenglong Guard, isn't that his immediate superior?

He looked at Yang Zhengshan in confusion, his eyes met Yang Zhengshan's, he shuddered suddenly, and quickly clasped his fists and bowed: "I pay my respects to the commander!"

He didn't know if what Yang Zhengshan said was true, but he would say goodbye first.

As for determining Yang Zhengshan's identity, he also had to find a way to confirm it.

And even if Yang Zhengshan is fake, does he dare to expose it?

There were hundreds of cavalry watching behind it!

Yang Zhengshan didn't care about his reaction and just said: "You have a well here!"

"Yes!" Yan Shun said quickly.

"We will rest here tonight, please make arrangements and give us a well!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"This~" A flash of panic flashed in Yan Shun's eyes, and then he said with some stumbling: "Sir, we only have some new food here, and there is nothing else to entertain you!"

Wells are easy to talk about. They have several wells here, so it’s okay to give up one.

But this is eating.

How much food do so many people need to eat?

"No, we will prepare our own meals, you just need to give us a well!"

Yang Zhengshan also noticed his hardship and said in a calm tone: "We can camp in the fields with our tents! Except for the wells, you don't need to take care of anything else!"

The autumn harvest has ended at this time, and there are flat fields outside Qianhu Station. It is easy to find a place to set up camp.

Even after setting up camp, next year's spring plowing may be a little more troublesome, but they won't be able to use more than a few acres of land.

"You go ahead and get busy. You can come over after we have set up the camp. I have something to ask you!"

After that, Yang Zhengshan ignored him and turned around to let the soldiers set up camp.

They had come this way all the way, and they were familiar with setting up camp anywhere.

Within half an hour, dozens of tents were erected. The carriages formed a circular formation to block the outside of the tents, and the war horses were tied to the carriages.

Everyone was busy with their own things, some were feeding the horses, some were entering the guardhouse to buy firewood, some were fetching water, some were lighting a fire for cooking, etc.

Everything seemed in order.