Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

"I can't give you the war horse. Although the war horse is also a trophy, we are in urgent need of the war horse now and can only temporarily occupy it. When I have time, I will compensate you again!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan's eyes falling on those dead horses, Zhou Lan said a little embarrassed.

In the previous battle, Yang Zhengshan could be said to have saved their lives.

Maybe they could escape to the mountains, but by the time they did, there probably wouldn't be many people left.

So she kept talking about life-saving grace.

Zhou Lan felt very embarrassed that someone saved her, but she still had to take advantage of someone else's loot.

Yang Zhengshan looked at those things and did not refuse. He handed over his hands and thanked him very readily: "Thank you, General, for your consideration!"

Yangjiacun really needs these things.

The young men and women who died or were injured yesterday need financial compensation.

Don't say that money cannot exchange for life. For ordinary people, money is life and food is life.

Although these things look messy and worthless, in fact they are not cheap.

For example, those leather armors, even if they are worn out, can be exchanged for more than ten taels of silver, and those dead horses, if sold, can be sold for a lot of silver. Even if they cannot be sold, they can be shared among everyone.

"And these!" Zhou Lan picked up another cloth bag from behind.

The bag fell to the ground, and there was a clear sound of metal collision.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes and reached out to take the bag.

The bag is full of money!

"Give these to us?" Yang Zhengshan said in surprise.

"Well, we need military merit more than money!" Zhou Landao said.

Yang Zhengshan weighed the bag. It probably weighed seventy or eighty pounds!

Seventy or eighty kilograms of silver, even if most of them are copper coins, it is estimated to be several hundred taels of silver.

What a good man!

Just give away a few hundred taels of silver?

Can there be more such good people?

Yang Zhengshan looked at Zhou Lan with curiosity on his face.

It could be said that the other things could only be given to him as favors because they could not be taken away, but the money proved that the other party really wanted to compensate them.

"Then it would be disrespectful for me to refuse!"

"Um!"

Zhou Lan naturally didn't know that Yang Zhengshan had issued her a good person card. In fact, she didn't care about the hundreds of taels of silver in her capacity. If she hadn't brought any money with her, she would have wanted to give Yang Zhengshan more.

"I still have urgent matters to deal with, so I won't stay here any longer. Once we drive away those rascals, we'll come back to thank you!"

After saying that, Zhou Lan bowed towards Yang Zhengshan.

Afterwards, she turned around and left with a group of soldiers.

Yang Zhengshan looked at their backs thoughtfully.

Drive away the thieves?

Can it be done?

"Dad, are these all ours?"

Just when Yang Zhengshan was wondering whether the border troops could drive away the Hu people who entered the country, Yang Mingzhi ran over with a happy face.

"Yes, they are all ours." Yang Zhengshan glanced at the bag in front of him and the things in the distance, and said lightly: "Send all these things to the clan leader!"

"Okay!" Yang Mingzhi happily arranged for people to start carrying it.

In the afternoon, Yang Zhengxiang counted these supplies.

There were eighteen dead horses, twelve sets of intact leather armor, thirty-four sets of broken leather armor, twenty-four long bows, and seventy-two long swords.

There are four hundred and eighty-three taels of silver.

There are also daggers, daggers, saddles, dried meat, grain and other odds and ends.

To be honest, those frontier troops were really careful in cleaning the battlefield, not even leaving a saddle behind.

It's a pity that the Hu people don't like to use long spears, and the young people in Yangjiacun are not good at using long knives.

"How should these things be distributed?" Yang Zhengxiang asked Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said: "All the dead horses will be slaughtered and divided according to the population of each household!"

"Let's see if we can get a few more complete sets out of those damaged leather armors. I'll distribute them then."

"As for bows and arrows, I'll wait and see if there are anyone who can use bows and arrows. If so, I'll distribute them!"

"money!"

He pondered for a moment and said: "Each person who participated in the battle was twenty taels, each person who was slightly injured was four taels, each person who was seriously injured was ten taels, and each person who died in battle was twenty taels."

"Sell the other things later and buy some family property. What do you think?"

Yang Zhengxiang stroked his beard and said: "Whether it's training or fighting, you contribute the most, so you should get more."

"No need, we are not an army. In the army, officers naturally take the lead. We are the same race. We should take care of each other and support each other. They need this money more than me!" Yang Zhengshan shook his head and said.

He is not very short of money now. Although he has spent almost all the money he earned before, it is easier for him to earn money than others. There is no need to compete with the villagers of Yangjia Village for this little money.

"Of course, I will also pick some others as a reward for my hard work!" Yang Zhengshan chuckled.

Just now he saw a few nice items among the mess. They were not valuable items, just some practical items.

For example, there is a short knife that he likes very much.

Yang Zhengxiang also laughed, "That's fine, you can figure it out!"

Then Yang Zhengshan picked out a few nice little things and took them away. As for the rest, Yang Zhengxiang would distribute them, so he didn't need to worry about them.

Now is not the time to relax. Although they repelled a wave of enemies yesterday, who knows if other enemies will attack next.

And Yang Zhengshan was also worried that the Hu cavalry from yesterday would come back for revenge.

So after discussing with Yang Zhengxiang, he immediately joined the guard work of Yangjia Village.

However, his worries seemed to be unnecessary. In the following days, no Hu cavalry appeared near Yangjia Village.

…

It snowed again in Anning County, with heavy snow. The earth was dressed in new clothes overnight.

Yang Zhengshan got up in the morning and couldn't open the door. The thickness of the snow had reached the calf. Yang Zhengshan pushed the door open with a little effort.

"Dad!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming out, the Yang family members who were cleaning the snow greeted him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded calmly, and then turned his head to look at the back mountain.

All the mountains and fields were covered with silver, as if the whole world had turned into a world of ice and snow.

Seeing this, Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up.

"This war should end!"

It snowed heavily, and the Hu cavalry could no longer plunder everywhere. At this time, they could only withdraw from Darong.

The heavy snow will limit their movements, and of course it will also limit the border troops' encirclement and suppression of them, but this is the territory of Darong after all, and the Hu people cannot stay in Darong for a long time to plunder.

A heavy snowfall is enough to change the direction of a war.

And the heavy snowfall at the moment should shorten the time for the Hu people to plunder.

"Dad, the snow in the mountains should be very thick!" Yang Mingcheng came to Yang Zhengshan and said worriedly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said, "You can go into the mountains and take a look later!"

He knew what Yang Mingcheng was worried about.

Jiangjia and Yang Yunyan.

Last year, Jiangjia Village suffered heavy losses from banditry, and now they have to face the plunder of Hu cavalry, so the villagers of Jiangjia Village hid in the mountains very early.

The conditions in the mountains are difficult, and Yang Yunyan is pregnant.

If you count the days, Yang Yunyan is already seven months pregnant.

It was not easy to give birth in ancient times, and now Yang Yunyan is hiding in the mountains. If you are not careful, there may be two lives.

"Take Minghao with you! Be careful!" Yang Zhengshan warned.

The forest was even more dangerous after the heavy snow, so it would be good for Yang Mingcheng to be with Yang Minghao. In case of any accidents, they could take care of each other.

"I know, Dad!" Yang Mingcheng grinned.