Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After Pang Tang left, Yang Zhengshan breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's only two hundred thousand taels! This old man is easy to fool!"

Things like off-plan housing were just an idea on his mind, and he wasn't sure whether it would work or not.

After all, the merchants here are not so easy to fool.

In the following days, the Chongshan Bank continued to be popular. After the officials from the governor's office bought the debt notes, the officials from the Chief Envoy Department and the Inspectorate Envoy Department also followed suit, and then the news about the debt notes spread more and more widely.

The officials in the Dusi Yamen followed suit, and the officials in the General Military Mansion also followed suit.

When the news spread to the Zhenbiao Camp, the soldiers in the Zhenbiao Camp also started buying.

Do the soldiers of Zhenbiao Camp have any money?

The answer is yes.

The soldiers who had just joined the Zhenbiao Battalion might not have any money, but the soldiers who originally joined the Tenglong Guard Fifth Army Camp had a lot of money.

During the Battle of Guanshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan used one-third of the captured silver to reward the soldiers. The six thousand soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp shared a full 300,000 taels, with an average reward of fifty taels per person.

Previously, when they were in Qinghua Fucheng, Songzhou City, and Chongshanguan, the soldiers were also rewarded with silver.

And don't forget, these soldiers are all from Tenglong Guard, and they used to receive full salary.

It can be said that none of these soldiers are poor.

I dare not say too much, but it shouldn’t be difficult for them to get three to five hundred taels of silver.

If you add up a little, you will make a lot, six thousand soldiers, even if one of them buys a bond note, it is still six hundred thousand.

So on the third day after the news spread, Chongshan Bank’s debt notes were sold out.

General Military Mansion, in the study.

Song Dashan came to Yang Zhengshan and said cautiously: "Master Marquis, can you print some more debt notes? Brothers want to buy them, but they can't buy them anymore!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan leaned back on his chair and looked at Song Dashan with a scrutinizing gaze, "How much did you buy?"

"Well, it's not much, just eight thousand taels. My wife bought it!" Song Dashan said with a naive smile.

Got~~

Even the Song family bought so much, so the people under his command probably bought more.

The Song family is not as good as the Yang family. Even though Song Dashan's wife, Mrs. Li, is a woman who manages the house well, the Song family doesn't have much money coming from it. At most, it is the rent of shops and fields.

Eight thousand taels of silver is probably the remaining money the Song family has.

This is also Yang Zhengshan's fault. Yang Zhengshan should have considered whether his soldiers would buy bonds from the beginning.

He did not object to the soldiers buying debt notes, because he was confident that the debt would be repaid.

"I want to think about this matter, you go ahead and do your work!" Yang Zhengshan was also hesitating whether to print more debt notes.

"Then the Marquis has thought about it and told me." Song Dashan looked at Yang Zhengshan eagerly.

"Get out of here!" Yang Zhengshan said angrily.

Song Dashan ran away in despair, and then Luo Shang came to the door.

After Luo Shang saw Yang Zhengshan, he said directly: "Master Hou, our Luo family's share of the debt note is still there!"

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was speechless again.

He seemed to have forgotten the debt note from the Luo family.

Before the loan meeting, he had talked with Luo Shang. The reason why Luo Shang did not express his position at the loan meeting was because Yang Zhengshan asked him to pay for the debt.

According to Yang Zhengshan's idea, if there is any remaining debt, let the Hou family and the Luo family take the lead. The Luo family will take the bulk, and the Hou family will buy tens of thousands of taels of silver.

But now the Hou Mansion has not bought any, and the Luo family has not bought a single debt note.

"That's all, let's print another one million taels, and your Luo family can take the three hundred thousand taels!" Yang Zhengshan said without hesitation.

"Then I'll prepare the money right now!" Luo Shang left happily.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head in amusement.

Before, he was worried that the debt notes would not be sold, but he did not expect that there were not enough debt notes to sell.

In this way, it is cheaper for those merchants.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan ignored one thing, that is, depositing money in a bank not only earns no interest, but also pays management fees.

For example, if you take your money to a bank and exchange it for a banknote, you need to pay a certain handling fee, which is about four percent.

But the bonds sold by Yang Zhengshan not only charge no handling fees, but also include interest.

To a businessman, the note is a debt, but to others it may be an interest-bearing deposit.

Probably because the sales of debt notes were so popular at Chongshanguan, the merchants who had hosted Yang Zhengshan's banquet quickly sent their money to Chongshanguan and exchanged it for debt notes.

In just seven or eight days, Yang Zhengshan exchanged four million debt notes for four million taels of silver.

But soon there were only two hundred taels of silver left. Yang Zhengshan did not favor one over the other, and allocated 300,000 taels to each of the generals and shogunate as capital for rebuilding the reinforcement camp.

As time enters March, the General Military Mansion's survey of the Yinghe channel has entered the most important stage.

In order to better dredge the river channel facing the river, Yang Zhengshan specially invited a dozen scribes from Jizhou City to manage the river channels.

There is no permanent river government office in Liaodong. Local governments are generally responsible for managing rivers. If there are river water conservancy issues, the government or county government will summon civilians to perform labor. If the difficulty is relatively high, officials from the Ministry of Industry will be invited to come. At the same time, the court will also send river patrol censors to supervise.

It would be impossible for Yang Zhengshan to invite officials from the Ministry of Industry to come to Chongshan Town, but Yang Zhengshan could still do it by inviting some civil servants who are good at managing rivers.

It's nothing more than looking for connections and spending more money.

Fortunately, dredging the Yinghe River is not a very troublesome project. It does not require a big move. It only requires a slight correction of the river.

The technical difficulty is not very great. The trouble lies in manpower and material resources.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was busy preparing for dredging the Yinghe River, this year's spring examination started as scheduled.

Yang Mingcheng sent Lin Zhan to the examination room with ease.

With the experience of sending Lu Wenyuan to the examination room three years ago, Yang Mingcheng was well prepared this time.

The examination process went smoothly. When Lin Zhan finished the last exam and walked out of the examination room, Yang Mingcheng immediately stepped forward and asked, "How did you do?"

Before, Yang Mingcheng had never asked this question, fearing that it would affect Lin Zhan's performance later, but now that the exam is over, Yang Mingcheng has no worries.

"Brother, I think it's not bad!" Lin Zhan said with a normal look.

Yang Mingcheng's eyes lit up, "That's good, that's good, if our family can also produce a Jinshi, hehe~~"

Although Lin Zhan's surname is not Yang, the Yang family has always regarded him as one of their own.

"Brother, let's go back, it's too noisy here!" Lin Zhan looked around and said.

The Spring Examination was over, and there were all kinds of people outside the examination room.

Some people cried, some laughed, some were dizzy, and some fainted directly.

Noise, shouting, scolding, etc., all kinds of sounds mixed together, making people feel upset.

"Okay, okay, let's go home!"

Yang Mingcheng pulled Lin Zhan to sit in the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion.

When they returned to the Marquis' Mansion, everyone naturally asked again. Lin Zhan didn't say it in detail, just said that he felt good.

"Okay, okay, how did the exam go, we will know when the results are announced. Lin Zhan is also tired, let him go to rest first!" Yu Qingyi ended the topic of everyone.

"Master's wife, the disciple will leave first!" Lin Zhan said.

"Well, go and have a rest!"

Yu Qingyi nodded and smiled gently.

After Lin Zhan left, she looked at Yang Mingcheng and asked, "How is the matter I asked you to find out?"

Yang Mingcheng slapped his head and said, "Wu Zheng told me yesterday. I was busy with Lin Zhan's exam and forgot to tell my mother!"

"Forget it, I'll go find Wu Zheng. He knows the news best!"

After saying that, he ran away.

Yu Qingyi smiled and didn't care.

During this period, Yang Mingcheng was indeed very busy. Before the Spring Examination, he went to Anzhou and visited the Liu family.

After returning from Anzhou, he was busy with Lin Zhan's participation in the Spring Examination, and there were many things at home that needed him to deal with.

There was no way, he was the master of the Marquis's Mansion and the person in charge of the Yang family in Kyoto.

There were some things that Yu Qingyi, a woman, couldn't do, so he had to let Yang Mingcheng come forward.

A moment later, Yang Mingcheng brought Wu Zheng.

"Senior sister!" Wu Zheng smiled and called Yu Qingyi when he saw her.

"Well, tell me what you heard!" Yu Qingyi said solemnly.

When facing others, she was very friendly most of the time, but when facing Wu Zheng, Lin Zhan and other disciples from the Tianqing Sword Sect, she was always very serious.

These were the habits she developed in the Tianqing Sword Sect. As the head of the sect, she must be dignified. Although they have now left the Tianqing Sword Sect, Yu Qingyi has not changed her previous habits.

Wu Zheng was also used to Yu Qingyi's seriousness, and hurriedly said seriously: "The Han family does have two young ladies who are of marriageable age. Miss Han Er and Miss Han San are both fourteen years old! But Miss Han San is a concubine's daughter!"

Yu Qingyi nodded slightly and asked: "What is the character of Miss Han Er?"

Since Miss Han San is a concubine's daughter, she is definitely not the niece Liang Han said.

Wu Zheng said in a deep voice: "Arrogant, domineering, perverse and cruel!"

Yu Qingyi frowned, "Are you sure?"

"Well, Miss Han has a bad reputation in Wanping County!" Wu Zheng said affirmatively.

Yu Qingyi shook her head slightly, "It seems that Miss Han is not destined to be with Chengye!"

The bad reputation outside is not necessarily true, but if a person has a bad reputation outside, there must be a reason, it is impossible for no reason.

Either it is because this person's character is really bad, or someone maliciously slanders this person and ruins this person's reputation.

No matter what the reason is, Miss Han is not suitable for Yang Chengye.

As the eldest grandson of the Yang family, Yang Chengye must choose a good match.

As the saying goes, a woman who marries the wrong woman will ruin her life, and a man who marries the wrong woman will ruin three generations.

The Yang family has finally risen, and it cannot be ruined because of a woman.

So in dealing with Yang Chengye's marriage proposal, the Yang family is very cautious, even Yang Zhengshan is particularly concerned, otherwise he would not let Yu Qingyi come to Beijing.

"Then let's forget about it. I'll go talk to my mother-in-law another day!" Yu Qingyi said with some disappointment.

"Yes, then I'll leave first, junior brother!" Wu Zheng said.

Yu Qingyi nodded, Wu Zheng bowed to Yang Mingcheng, and left the hall.

Now Wu Zheng and others are no longer hiding, but staying in the mansion openly.

They will still inquire about the news, but they don't need to be cautious.

Yang Zhengshan arranged a few people to stay in Kyoto to pay attention to the news in the court. Isn't this a matter of course?

If there is no arrangement, it would be abnormal.

Yu Qingyi rubbed her brows with a headache. During this period, she attended several banquets for officials and their wives in Kyoto and met many young ladies from official families. Unfortunately, none of them suited her taste.

She still liked the kind of women who were generous and heroic. As for those weak ladies, they were really not suitable for the Yang family.

Just when Yu Qingyi was having a headache about this, Qingxia walked into the hall with a post.

"Madam, the post was sent by the East Palace!"

"East Palace!" Yu Qingyi looked up in astonishment.

"Well, the maid of the East Palace sent it. It was the Crown Princess inviting Madam to go to the Mahayana Temple to worship Buddha." Qingxia said.

Yu Qingyi took the post and saw that it was indeed the Crown Princess inviting her to go to the Mahayana Temple to worship Buddha.

Mahayana Temple is a royal temple, located on Fuhua Mountain in the west of Kyoto.

The princesses and officials of Kyoto often went back to the Mahayana Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. Even the Queen used to take the concubines in the palace to the Mahayana Temple to worship Buddha.

However, since the death of the empress, the concubines in the palace rarely had the opportunity to leave the palace, so they rarely went to the Mahayana Temple to worship Buddha.

However, the officials and their wives in the imperial city still often went to the Mahayana Temple.

Yu Qingyi was surprised why the Crown Princess invited her to worship Buddha.

She thought for a while and asked, "Has she left?"

"No, she is waiting for Madam's reply in the front yard!" Qingxia said.

This means that the Crown Princess did not send an invitation casually, but invited her specifically.

"You go and reply, just say that I will attend the appointment as scheduled." Yu Qingyi said.

The time is three days later. Since it is the Crown Princess who invited her, there is no reason for Yu Qingyi not to go.