Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

With the emperor's order, the Ministry of Works and the Central Military Governor's Office are working hard to cooperate. The Ministry of Works manufactures warships, and the Central Military Governor's Office is responsible for replenishing the military households that Tenglong Guard lacks.

In order to welcome the upcoming warships and military households, Yang Zhengshan also has to prepare a lot of things.

The warships are coming, and there must be a place to dock at the dock, so the construction of the dock must be accelerated.

Not only the dock, but also the construction of the navy camp must be accelerated, and the training of the navy soldiers must also be advanced.

And 10,000 military households come, there must be a place to live, and food must be prepared for them to survive the winter. After all, the spring plowing season has long been missed. These new military households, the government must at least support them until the autumn harvest next year.

Tenglong Guard is developing better and better, but Yang Zhengshan has more and more things to deal with. He is busy all day and even ignores Lin Zhan's participation in the college entrance examination. Fortunately, Lin Zhan has a reliable teacher who has taken him to Jing'an Prefecture to participate in the college entrance examination.

With Liu Zhe's guidance, Lin Zhan made rapid progress in his studies and passed the examination to become a scholar as expected.

Xiucai is the common name for students who have obtained admission qualifications. Lin Zhan's grades were ranked among the top, and he was admitted as a student of Jing'an Prefecture and could study in the prefectural school.

However, Lin Zhan would definitely not go to the prefectural school. He had Liu Zhe as his teacher, so there was no need for him to study in the prefectural school.

Moreover, Liu Zhe would take him to travel and visit Confucian scholars from all over the country, so there was no need for him to go to the prefectural school.

So after the college examination, Liu Zhe and Lin Zhan returned to Tenglongwei, ready to say goodbye to Yang Zhengshan and go out to travel.

In the main hall of the front yard of the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan looked at the slender and polite Lin Zhan, and a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.

He still remembered the first time he met Lin Zhan, when Lin Zhan was only eight years old and his clothes were all tattered.

But at that time, Lin Zhan was a bit calm and smart.

"Seven or eight years have passed in a flash, and you have grown up!" Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but sigh.

"Master!" Lin Zhan knelt in front of Yang Zhengshan, his eyes slightly red.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and stroked his head, "Don't forget to go back and burn incense for your father!"

"Disciple didn't forget!" Lin Zhan's eyes became even redder.

Scholar has extraordinary significance to him, because his father is a scholar.

Now he is also a scholar!

In fact, he wanted to return to Anning County after getting the results, but thinking of the grace of his master's upbringing and teaching, he returned to Tenglongwei first.

Seeing him like this, Yang Zhengshan's eyes couldn't help but get hot, "Get up!"

He helped Lin Zhan up and gestured to Wu Hai, who immediately took out a long sword.

"This sword is prepared for you by your master's wife. You can use it for self-defense when you go out!"

Lin Zhan is naturally best at spearmanship, but as a scholar, he still has a preference for swords, so his swordsmanship is also good.

After going out, it is inconvenient to carry a spear, so it is more convenient to bring a sword.

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master's wife!"

Lin Zhan bowed to Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi.

"Okay, okay, it's just a sword, why thank you! Take good care of yourself after going out, and come back early. When your junior brother grows up, Master's wife wants you to enlighten your junior brother!" Yu Qingyi stepped forward and tidied his clothes for him.

"Well, I will enlighten your junior brother in the future, and I will also teach your junior brother martial arts!" Lin Zhan said.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and watched this scene with a smile, then turned his head and said to Liu Zhe next to him: "Do you want me to arrange a few more followers for you!"

"No, didn't you arrange three followers?" Liu Zhe shook his head and said.

"Three is still too few!" Yang Zhengshan frowned.

When you go out, no one knows what accidents will happen.

And there are warriors in this world. Knights break the law with martial arts, and warriors are sometimes the source of danger.

"Three is enough. We are all on the official road, not going to the martial arts world. There are not so many dangers!" Liu Zhe said with a smile.

The travel of scholars is different from that of the martial arts world. Scholars will visit famous academies and Confucian scholars in various places, while the martial arts world will visit the power of various sects, which can easily involve the disputes of the martial arts world.

Moreover, warriors are very wary of scholars, because scholars generally have backgrounds, and it is sometimes more troublesome to mess with scholars than to mess with martial arts sects.

"And since you are going to travel, you can't be surrounded by people!" Liu Zhe said again.

"Well, be careful on the road!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Then, Yang Zhengshan sent Liu Zhe and Lin Zhan out. There were seven of them in their group. Liu Zhe had only one follower, while Lin Zhan brought his book boy Ding Lu and three Yang family guards.

Five people rode horses, Liu Zhe took a car, and slowly left the Yang family with light luggage.

Yang Zhengshan looked at their backs as they left, his eyes flashing.

This separation will last at least two or three years, Yang Zhengshan really can't bear to part with Lin Zhan.

"Alas, I'm getting old, and I've become sentimental!" Yang Zhengshan said with some emotion.

Yu Qingyi next to him heard this and laughed, "The master finally admitted that he is old!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was a little depressed.

Is he old?

It seems that he is really getting old.

Calculating the time, he has been in this world for more than eight years.

This body is already forty-six years old, and his soul is thirty-six years old!

Thirty-six, forty-six!

Yang Zhengshan glared at Yu Qingyi fiercely, "Master, whether I am old or not, you know it best!"

"Ah!" Yu Qingyi looked confused, not understanding what he meant.

"Hehe, when you stop yelling one night, it will prove that I am old!" Yang Zhengshan leaned close to her ear and said with a smile.

Yu Qingyi was angry and annoyed, "You are an old bastard who is not ashamed of being old!"

"Hahaha~~"

Yang Zhengshan laughed, "I have something to do in the yamen, you go home first!"

...

Just when Liu Zhe and Lin Zhan left, a convoy of more than 20 people arrived at Tenglongwei.

Lin Zhan was going back to Anning County to burn incense for his parents, so they were going west along the official road, while this convoy came from Jing'an Prefecture and went east along the official road.

The two sides met about ten miles away from the city.

Lin Zhan rode on horseback, looking at the convoy that passed by, no, it should be looking at the tough man in the lead.

The man was wearing a black suit and had a long sword on his waist. Although he was not tall, he looked very strong. His dark face gave him a powerful aura.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Ding Lu looked back at the man with some doubt and asked.

Lin Zhan shook his head slightly, "It's okay, I just think that man is very powerful!"

"Very powerful? More powerful than the master?" Ding Lu was a little unconvinced.

Lin Zhan laughed dumbly, "Then he is definitely not as powerful as the master, but he should be more powerful than your father!"

Ding Lu is Ding Qiu's second son, the same age as Lin Zhan, both sixteen years old this year.

"Oh!" Ding Lu was not surprised.

In his heart, his father is not the most powerful, the most powerful is the master.

As long as he is not as powerful as the master, he is not powerful!

Lin Zhan just thought that the man's cultivation was not low, and he did not intend to investigate further. After the two sides staggered, they continued on their way.

The man on the other side kept looking at the surrounding fields.

"Master, how long will it take to get there?"

At this time, a woman dressed in ordinary clothes came out of the carriage behind the man and asked.

The man looked up and looked ahead, and smiled: "I can already see Tenglongwei!"

Looking up, the city of Tenglongwei has already appeared on the ground in front.

The woman looked up and looked forward, and saw that she could really see the shadow of a city, and her face suddenly showed a look of relief.

"Finally arrived, I don't know what this Tenglongwei looks like?"

The man did not reply, but just rode slowly forward, but there was also a trace of worry in his eyes.

Yu Tonghai, the former commander of the Left Guard of Haizhou, suddenly received a transfer order from the court and was promoted to the commander of the Tenglong Vanguard.

Promotion should be a good thing, but Yu Tonghai was very unsure about being promoted from the Left Guard of Haizhou to the Tenglong Vanguard.

Haizhou is located in the southeast of Darong, and Tenglongwei is located in the northeast of Darong, and the two are almost 8,000 miles apart.

If he hadn't taken a boat to the north, it would probably take three or four months just to get from Haizhou to Tenglongwei.

Such a long distance, and a completely unfamiliar place, and his promotion this time was too inexplicable, which made him somewhat worried.

The convoy moved forward slowly, and soon they arrived outside the Acropolis.

The Acropolis now looks decent. After the city wall was repaired, it was not majestic, but tall.

The barracks were in the south of the city, and the engineering team entered and exited the materials through the north gate, so the west gate seemed a bit deserted. There were no people entering the city in front of the gate, and only a team of soldiers guarded the gate.

"Stop, who are you?"

The soldiers guarding the gate stopped Yu Tonghai and his men.

Yu Tonghai rode on his horse and looked at the soldiers in front of him. There was nothing special about the soldiers. The only special thing was that they looked energetic.

These soldiers are actually the first batch of Tenglong Guards. After reorganization, they were divided into five armies, namely the five battalion commanders mentioned earlier.

Although Yang Zhengshan has not appointed a battalion commander yet, the five army camps have been formed. Each camp now has more than 200 soldiers. They receive actual combat training while taking turns to go out on missions.

The soldiers responsible for guarding the city gate today are soldiers from the rear army.

"I am the new commander of the Tenglong Vanguard, and I come to pay my respects to the commander!" Yu Tonghai took out his documents and tokens and asked his subordinates to hand them to the soldiers guarding the gate.

To be honest, Yu Tonghai was very surprised. He was obviously appointed as the Tenglong Vanguard, so why did the Central Army Governor's Office ask him to come to Tenglong Guard to pay his respects to the commander.

Until now, he still doesn't know what the Tenglong Guard is like.

The guard at the gate was slightly startled, looked at the official document and token, and then looked at Yu Tonghai, "Sir, wait a moment, I will report it right away!"

There was only a small flag here, and they had no way to verify Yu Tonghai's identity, so they could only run to report to their superiors.

Soon, a soldier in iron armor walked out of the city gate.

"Han Zhao, the sentry leader of the rear army of Tenglong Guard, greets Sir Yu!"

Han Zhao is also a veteran of the Anyuan City Garrison Battalion, and currently serves as a sentry leader in the rear army.

However, these sentry leaders will be promoted in the future. Now there are only more than a thousand soldiers in the Fifth Army Battalion. When the Fifth Army Battalion is fully staffed with 4,000 soldiers, these sentry leaders will be at least sentry generals.

Sentry leader!

Yu Tonghai nodded slightly, not surprised.

The organization of the Five Army Battalions organized by Yang Zhengshan was not made up by himself, but was reorganized according to the organization of some battalion soldiers in Darong.

Twelve people form a team, four teams form a sentry, four sentries form an officer, a sentry general is appointed as the leader, four officers form a general, and they are led by a captain.

This is a very common organization in the Darong Camp military system.