Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After the houses and shops in the Acropolis were sold or rented out, the Acropolis quickly became lively.

Each family sent people to decorate their houses and shops.

For a while, there was a queue of carriages coming in and out of the city gate. There was no way, many things in Tenglong Guard were not complete now. For example, if they wanted to buy some furniture for the house, they could not find suitable furniture in Tenglong Guard.

And since they want to open a store, they naturally have to transport the goods and arrange for the shopkeeper and clerk to come over.

At the same time, the market in the city was also opened. Many military households in the guard stations around the Acropolis received the news and came to the Acropolis to attend the market.

Some military households simply want to buy something, while others want to sell something.

Tenglongwei actually doesn't have any special products. The land within its jurisdiction is almost all flat fields. There are neither mountains and forests nor large rivers. The only advantage may be that it is close to the sea.

However, there are still some things that military households need to sell, such as dry goods, such as dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, chestnuts, mushrooms, fungus, etc.

Some people also come to sell poultry and livestock such as eggs, chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

Since the beginning of spring this year, Wei Si Yamen has bought a lot of chickens and piglets and distributed them to some military households for breeding.

Of course, these things all cost money, but they can be paid on credit. At that time, most military households were relatively poor, so they all borrowed money from the yamen. However, after the autumn harvest, the military households all exchanged the money they owed to the yamen. Poultry and livestock also became the property of military households.

In addition to poultry and livestock, some military households also came to the Yamen to sell two rabbits. Renting a stall at the market only cost one penny a day, and you would not lose money even if you just sold two rabbits.

The opening of the market caused a lot of commotion in Tenglongwei. Many military households did nothing but came to join in the fun. For a while, the Acropolis was crowded with people and the excitement was a bit too lively.

But in terms of the most profitable business, it is the Luo family's cloth shop.

The Luo family got the store relatively early. When the others got the store, the Luo family's cloth store was already open for business.

And now it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, which is the time when cotton cloth is most popular, so as soon as the Luo family's cloth shop opened, it was sold out by the military households of Tenglongwei.

To say that the military households of Tenglongwei are rich, that's not the case.

Many new military households who have just moved in have little money in their hands, but the old military households in the past have a lot of money in their hands.

Over the past year, Yang Zhengshan has distributed tens of thousands of taels of silver through work-for-relief methods, so military households have money in their hands.

The commercial activities of Tenglongwei were very sluggish before, and military households couldn't buy anything they wanted to spend money on, so they could only keep their money in their hands.

Now that Luojia Cloth Store is open for business, and the products sold are cloths that everyone needs, it is natural that this has triggered a buying craze among military households.

"Don't grab it, gentlemen, please don't grab it. We still have goods at the back, gentlemen, just take your time!"

In Luo's Cloth Shop, the shopkeeper and waiters who had just arrived at Tenglongwei for a few days were sweating profusely. They did not expect such a situation to happen.

Seeing the crowds of people in front of their store and the darkness of customers, they felt frightened and confused.

Let alone them, even Yang Zhengshan did not expect such a situation to occur.

Yang Zhengshan knew that some military households had money in their hands, but he did not expect that military households were so enthusiastic about cotton cloth.

But it makes sense to think about it. Although the Yamen distributed a batch of cotton cloth to military households for free last year, the clothes and bedding in the hands of military households were actually very thin.

Standing in front of the Yamen, looking at the dark crowd on the street, Yang Zhengshan frowned slightly, but his brows soon relaxed.

Because two teams of soldiers responsible for city defense and public security came to maintain order.

“Don’t crowd, line up, line up!”

"What about you, why are you squeezing me? I'll squeeze you again and hit you with a military stick!"

The soldiers scolded.

"Wang Erlang, you still want to beat your third uncle with a military stick!" Someone in the crowd laughed at the soldier who was shouting.

The soldiers responsible for city defense and public security in the city are all soldiers selected from the military households, and the military households crowded here to buy cotton cloth are all military households from the surrounding garrison and fort. Naturally, many of them know each other. .

The soldier named Wang Erlang looked solemn, "Do you know where the opposite place is? That is the Weisi Yamen. The generals and adults are working in the Yamen. If there is any noise, let alone my third uncle, my biological father is here. You also have to use a military stick!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became honest. Most of them came to the Acropolis for the first time and did not know where the Yamen was or what was going on inside the Yamen, so they dared to play around.

But now that we know that the opposite side is the Wei Si Yamen, we dare not continue to make noise, and we all line up obediently.

At this time, Luo Zhen also came with seven or eight guys to help.

"Don't be crowded, everyone. Our store just shipped two thousand pieces of cotton cloth two days ago, which is enough for everyone to buy. Even if these are not enough, we will have another batch of cotton cloth shipped in two or three days!"

While Luo Zhen comforted the military households, he asked the men to help cut and move the cloth.

When the surrounding shops saw this, they couldn't help but speed up the decoration.

You must know that now in Acropolis, not only the Luo family is engaged in the cloth shop business, but also the Wang family, Zhang family, and Lin family in Jing'an Prefecture are all engaged in the cloth shop business.

Seeing that the military households in Tenglongwei were so enthusiastic about cotton, they couldn't wait to open the door for business.

Unfortunately, their goods have not been shipped yet, and it will take two or three days at the earliest before they can open the door.

However, this also proves that Tenglongwei still has certain business potential. At least it would be a loss to open a store here.

In fact, the commercial potential of Tenglongwei is far more than that. You should know that those who can come to Weicheng to buy things are the garrisons and garrisons around Weicheng. Those garrisons and garrisons that are 30 or 40 miles away from Weicheng will not come to Weicheng to buy things.

If the commercial potential of Tenglongwei can be fully tapped, it is actually no worse than a county town.

As for those garrisons and garrisons that are far away from Weicheng, Yang Zhengshan also has arrangements to set up markets in major thousand-household garrisons.

There is no need to build a commercial street in the thousand-household garrisons, just set up a piece of land to set up various markets.

One market is enough to radiate the hundred-household garrisons and garrisons around six or seven miles, and Tenglongwei has 20 thousand-household garrisons, which is enough to radiate the entire Tenglongwei.

These markets are enough to meet the shopping needs of military households.

Of course, if the military households want to build a shop or a shed in the market, it is also possible, and they can pay some rent at that time.

These Yang Zhengshan decided to let the market develop freely, and the Weisi Yamen did not need to manage everything.

The bustle of the Acropolis continued. Even though a heavy snow fell at the end of the year, it still did not stop the enthusiasm of the military households.

As shops opened one after another and more and more goods were transported to the Acropolis, the Acropolis finally showed a prosperous scene.

Of course, many conflicts are inevitable during the bustle. Bargaining in the market suddenly broke out, and people on the street were crowded and bumped into each other.

Few people dared to fight, but there were many quarrels.

For this reason, the Weisi Yamen also specially increased the number of soldiers patrolling in the city.

In such a noisy prosperity, Tenglongwei ushered in the new year.

The 31st year of Chengping!

This is the ninth year since Yang Zhengshan came to this world, and the second year since Yang Zhengshan came to Tenglongwei.

If Yang Zhengshan's first year in Tenglongwei was to lay the foundation, then the second year was a period of rapid development.

Just after the New Year, the Weisi Yamen fell into a busy period.

With the addition of a large number of clerks, the various departments and rooms of the Weisi Yamen have gradually been enriched. With sufficient manpower, the work progress has become more efficient.

Before the end of the first month of the year, the Weisi Yamen has successively issued six or seven documents to the Qianhusuo below, including the construction of schools, the establishment of markets, the construction of roads and other aspects.

Of course, it also includes soldier training and battalion soldier selection.

In early February, a new batch of soldiers entered the camp for basic training. This is also the last batch of soldiers who need basic training.

When this batch of soldiers completes basic training, it means that the 22,000 soldiers of Tenglongwei have completed basic training and have the basic ability of a soldier.

Perhaps their combat effectiveness has yet to be tested, but they are already qualified soldiers.

Don't have too much hope for the soldiers of the Weisuo. Even Yang Zhengshan cannot require all soldiers to be elite.

By mid-March, the basic training of the soldiers was completed, and all the battalion soldiers of Tenglongwei were selected.

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

There are five battalion commanders, and the total number of soldiers in the camp is 4,000.

The five battalion commanders lead the five camps of the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the central army, collectively known as the five military camps.

Tenglong Vanguard specially set up a navy camp, which requires about 3,000 sailors.

At present, the navy camp is still in training, and it will definitely not be reorganized for a while.

Similarly, the establishment of the five military camps is temporary, and Yang Zhengshan plans to expand it in the future.

The navy camp is led by Yu Tonghai, and Wu Chongzhe and Xue Ping are responsible for assisting.

In the five military camps, Xie Yuan concurrently serves as the battalion commander of the rear military camp, Song Dashan concurrently serves as the battalion commander of the central military camp, Yang Mingzhi concurrently serves as the battalion commander of the front military camp, and Luo Feiyu and Yang Mingzhen concurrently serve as the battalions commanders of the left and right military camps respectively.

In addition, a personal guard camp was set up, and the soldiers who were originally clerks in the yamen were transferred out to form a separate personal guard camp, with Yang Minghao as the commander of the personal guard camp.

Han Fei was promoted to the pacification of the Zhenfu Division of the Weisi Yamen, Zhou Ren was promoted to the experience of the experience division, Lu Wenhua was promoted to the chief governor of the governor division, and six clerks were selected to be governors, each responsible for two or three departments.

The positions of the Weisi Yamen were adjusted, and the structure also changed relatively.

The reason for doing so is that, first, the Tenglong Vanguard has gone out independently, and the Weisi Yamen must make some adjustments. Second, because of the balance between the Weisuo and the Five Military Camps, Yang Zhengshan does not want the Five Military Camps to be separated from the Weisuo too clearly, otherwise it may make the people under his command dissatisfied.

Just like Xie Yuan, he was mainly responsible for the garrison and construction of the Weisuo before, and almost did not interfere in the selection of soldiers and camp soldiers.

If the Five Military Camps need to go to the battlefield in the future, then Xie Yuan will not have to go?

How to make merit without going to the battlefield?

How can you get promoted without merit?

Before in Anyuan City, Xie Yuan didn't get promoted because he didn't go to the battlefield. Now in Tenglong Guard, will he have to do it again?

How could Xie Yuan not have complaints in his heart?

Xie Yuan is like this, and so are others.

That's why Yang Zhengshan asked Xie Yuan and others to serve as the commanders of the five military camps.

As for the personal guard camp, there is nothing that can be done.

Before, the clerks in the yamen were all soldiers from the Anyuan City garrison camp. These soldiers didn't want to stay in the yamen to do those clerical work. Now that the clerks in the yamen have been supplemented, they can be transferred out.

Yang Zhengshan still has 20 personal followers around him, and the temporary task of the personal guard camp is to guard the yamen.

These soldiers would rather stand guard than sit in the house doing paperwork, and Yang Zhengshan has no way to deal with it.