Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Han Zhao looked at Yu Tonghai's documents and tokens, and said with a smile: "Master Yu, please follow me!"

Although he couldn't verify the authenticity of the documents, he didn't think anyone would come to Tenglongwei to cheat in this way, because it was too easy to be exposed.

"Sorry for the trouble, brother!" Yu Tonghai said politely.

Then he handed his horse to the follower behind him and entered the Acropolis with Han Zhao.

After entering the Acropolis, he was slightly stunned.

Because the Acropolis was very messy at this time, especially the West City District, which was a large construction site. There was almost no complete house in the entire West City District. There were piles of stone, sand, wood and other building materials everywhere. Hundreds of workers were busy, and they were all working hard with their bare chests.

"What is this?" Yu Tonghai asked with some doubts.

Han Zhao explained: "The previous Acropolis was too old, so the general demolished and renovated this area!"

Yu Tonghai frowned slightly when he heard this.

All demolished and renovated?

This is too laborious!

The Haizhou Qianwei where he used to work was also very old, but who dared to dismantle the flap!

It would take a lot of manpower and material resources to dismantle the flaps of such a large area.

This made him have a bad impression of Tenglongwei, but he was new here, so he didn't say much. He just followed Han Zhao silently through the messy streets and came to the Weisi Yamen.

Looking at the majestic Weisi Yamen and the messy large construction site behind, Yu Tonghai's impression of Tenglongwei became even worse.

Han Zhao naturally didn't know what he was thinking. He explained the situation to the guards of the Yamen. After the guards of the Yamen went in to report, he said goodbye and left.

Soon, Yang Zhengshan walked out of the Yamen.

"Master Yu!"

He looked at Yu Tonghai with shining eyes.

"I am Yu Tonghai. May I ask who you are?" Yu Tonghai clasped his fists and saluted.

"Haha, I'm Yang Zhengshan!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed loudly, stepped forward and held Yu Tonghai's arm intimately, saying: "I have been waiting for Lord Yu for a long time, Lord Yu is finally here!"

"Please come in, please come in!"

"Uh, Lord Yang!" Yu Tonghai was a little uncomfortable with Yang Zhengshan's enthusiasm.

Yang Zhengshan stepped over the threshold and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Lord Yu came with his family, Wenhua, Wenhua!"

He shouted into the yamen, and Lu Wenhua ran out quickly.

"Sir!"

"Is Lord Yu's mansion ready?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It's ready, it's the Muxiang Pavilion behind the yamen!" Lu Wenhua replied.

"Did Lord Yu bring his wife?" Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Tonghai again.

Yu Tonghai nodded a little stunned, "Yes!"

"Then take Mrs. Yu over to have a look first. If Mrs. Yu thinks there is something inappropriate, you can arrange someone to modify it!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"Yes!" Lu Wenhua looked at the three carriages outside the door and responded quickly.

Yang Zhengshan pulled Yu Tonghai into the yamen.

After entering the yamen, although Yang Zhengshan was enthusiastic on the surface, he was actually secretly observing Yu Tonghai.

Yu Tonghai was arranged by the old emperor!

Although the Central Army Governor's Office had sent Yu Tonghai's files before, he also knew that Yu Tonghai had served as the commander of the Left Guard of Haizhou before, but since he was arranged by the old emperor, he naturally could not neglect him.

Arriving at the main hall of the yamen, Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Tonghai to sit down, and then shouted to the attendants outside the door: "Xiaoshan, go and call Lord Xue over!"

Lord Xue, that is, Xue Ping, the son of Haichangbo, came from Kyoto earlier than Yu Tonghai.

A moment later, Xue Ping came to the main hall. He was in his early twenties, with a fair face and red teeth, and looked a bit like a handsome young man. However, Yang Zhengshan had tried it and found that this guy was not a second-generation ancestor, but had real talent and knowledge.

In terms of cultivation, Xue Ping had the fourth level of acquired cultivation, and he could also talk about naval warfare.

But this kid had never been to sea!

That's right, this kid was a landlubber, and all his talk was just talk on paper.

But even so, Yang Zhengshan valued Xue Ping very much, because he himself was not even talk on paper.

Xue Ping also knew how to determine the direction at sea, knew which important routes along the coast of Dayong, and knew a lot about military tactics and strategies for naval warfare, while Yang Zhengshan himself knew nothing about navigation.

Being able to talk about war on paper at least showed that he had really studied it, but had not practiced it.

"Your subordinate greets Lord Yang!" Xue Ping came to the main hall and bowed solemnly.

Yang Zhengshan smiled, "Come, Lord Xue, this is Lord Yu Tonghai, the commander of our Tenglong Vanguard!"

"Lord Yu, this is Xue Ping, the son of Haichang Bo, the commander of our Tenglong Vanguard!"

He introduced the two.

The two hurriedly greeted each other.

After some politeness, Yang Zhengshan picked up the tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "You two are new here, you may not know the situation of Tenglong Vanguard. Today I will prepare a welcoming banquet for you two, just in time to chat about the situation of Tenglong Vanguard!"

"Will the welcoming banquet be too troublesome?" Yu Tonghai said hesitantly.

"No trouble, just a table of wine and food, what's the trouble!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Seeing him say this, Yu Tonghai couldn't refuse it anymore, otherwise it would be too disrespectful to Yang Zhengshan.

Near noon, Yang Zhengshan arranged a table of simple wine and food in the back hall of the Yamen.

When a new official takes office, it is necessary to take over the position, but Yang Zhengshan will not do it too grandly.

Although Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping were arranged by the emperor, he would not worship these two as Bodhisattvas.

What he wants is two capable people who can help, not two uncles to provide for him.

Therefore, enthusiasm is enthusiasm, but business cannot be delayed.

Besides Yang Zhengshan, Wu Zhongzhe was the only one accompanying him at the reception banquet.

Yu Tonghai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw such a simple banquet. He was really afraid that Yang Zhengshan would make it too grand.

Everyone sat down, and Yang Zhengshan and Wu Zhongzhe greeted them to eat and drink.

The number of people was small, so everyone was not so restrained, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.

After thirty years of drinking, Yang Zhengshan got down to business.

"Master Yu, Master Xue, how much do you know about Tenglongwei, or what else do you want to know now! You can tell me!"

Xue Ping looked at Yu Tonghai. He was different from Yu Tonghai. To be honest, he was lucky enough to come to Tenglongwei.

If Hai Changbo hadn't asked Eunuch Chen to discuss the matter, and if Yang Zhengshan hadn't happened to play it, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to directly serve as the commander of the Wei Dynasty.

In fact, Hai Changbo's disdain for Eunuch Chen was just to make Emperor Taiping think of him, and he had no intention of finding a position for Xue Ping.

But by chance, things just happened to happen when Yang Zhengshan was playing, and Eunuch Chen recommended Xue Ping, which gave Xue Ping an advantage.

Xue Ping had been living in Kyoto before and knew something about Yang Zhengshan and Tenglong Wei. In particular, he had heard of Yang Zhengshan's name as the God of Killing Butcher more than once.

So after coming to Tenglong Guard, he was very honest and stayed with Yang Zhengshan as he arranged.

Yang Zhengshan didn't look for him, and he didn't go out to wander around, he just stayed in his mansion.

In contrast, Yu Tonghai didn't know Tenglong Wei at all, let alone Yang Zhengshan. He had never even heard of Yang Zhengshan's name.

Yu Tonghai hesitated for a moment and asked: "Master Yang, why do you want your subordinate to come to Tenglong Vanguard?"

This question stopped Yang Zhengshan, "Do you have some misunderstanding with Master Yu? I wasn't the one who asked Master Yu to come to Tenglong Guard!"

"No?" Yu Tonghai was also stunned for a moment.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and looked at Yu Tonghai, feeling that Master Yu seemed a little confused.

He thought for a while and said, "Forget it, let me talk about it!"

"You two should know something about the history of Tenglongwei!"

Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping both nodded. The Tenglong Guards originally belonged to the emperor's personal army. You can actually tell this by just asking.

The two of them just didn't know much about the current Tenglong Guard, but they still knew a little about the history of the Tenglong Guard.

Yang Zhengshan continued: "I was originally a guard at Anyuan City in Chongshan Town. Because of my military exploits on the battlefield in the North, I was promoted to the commander of the Tenglong Guard!"

"Although the Tenglong Guard is one guard, there are actually four guards, front, rear, left and right. The former Tenglong Guard~~"

He generally recounted the previous situation of Tenglong Guard, and then talked about Tenglong Vanguard, "Some time ago, I wrote to His Majesty, wanting to form a navy in Tenglong Guard!"

"Your Majesty agreed to my request, but separated the Tenglong Vanguard from the Tenglong Guard and formed a separate naval guard station!"

"I now hold the position of commander of the Tenglong Guard, and concurrently serve as the commander of the Tenglong Vanguard!"

"As for why you were dispatched here, I actually don't know that very well. I just wrote to ask Your Majesty to send two officials who are good at naval warfare to assist!"

"Perhaps the two of you have outstanding talents and are valued by His Majesty!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed.

Yu Tonghai was a little confused. He didn't expect that this matter was actually ordered by the emperor.

Xue Ping was not surprised, he knew how he got here.

"As for the current Tenglong Vanguard~~" Yang Zhengshan took a chopstick of vegetables and stuffed it into his mouth, and said, "Master Wu, tell me about it!"

Wu Zhongzhe, who was next to him, received the order and quickly took over the conversation and said: "Currently, there are 3,132 military households in Tenglong Vanguard, 3,123 Zhengding households, and 2,220 Yuding households. !”

"Tenglong Qianwei has a wharf under construction. In the future, this wharf will become the wharf where Tenglong Qianwei's battlefield docks, and it is also the wharf where Tenglong Wei's sea trade fleet docks!"

“The Tamron Vanguard’s camp is right next to the dock, and it’s also being built now!”

"In addition, we also recruited more than 280 experienced boatmen some time ago. They can serve as the first batch of soldiers of Tenglong Navy!"

"On the warship, we have contacted the Jinhai Shipyard of the Ministry of Industry. They will provide us with a Weiman warship within the next six months!"

"Also, the Central Military Governor's Office will fill our vacant military households within half a year!"

Wu Zhongzhe talked in detail about the current situation of Tenglong Avant-garde.

Previously, he was the commander of the Tenglong Guard and was responsible for managing the Tenglong Guard.

Now that Tenglong Vanguard has gone out independently, Yang Zhengshan plans to keep him in Tenglong Vanguard and continue to serve as the commander.

One guard, one commander, and two commanders, can be regarded as a regular establishment.