Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Outside the Chongshan Pass, above the official road.

A carriage came swaying. The carriage was old and worn, and the curtains in front of the carriage were covered with dust.

In the car, an old man with white frost on his head and wearing a navy robe was driving the scrawny horse slowly.

The old man looked at the majestic Chongshan Pass with a depressed smile on his wrinkled face.

"Hey, the sect master is really unreliable. He actually let me, an old man, travel thousands of miles to come to this bitter cold place!"

"When I get back, I will definitely ask the sect master to compensate me for the three hundred blood servants to make up for the hard work and losses I have endured these days!"

The old man swayed forward, muttering incessantly.

Soon, it was his turn to enter the city. The soldier guarding the city gate glanced at him, then briefly checked his route, and then allowed him to enter the city.

It is not difficult to enter the southern city of Chongshan Pass. As long as there is no threat, the soldiers on duty will not ask too many questions, but it is much more difficult to enter the northern city.

Basically, except for officials and soldiers from various government offices, it is difficult for others to enter Beicheng.

Not long after the old man entered the city, he met a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat.

"Tianquan Xingtang patrol officer Kou Rong pays homage to Lord Dongge!" A middle-aged man came from in front of the old man and saluted with his fists clasped.

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "Have you seen me?"

"I have been to the main hall before, and I was lucky enough to meet Lord Dongge!" Kou Rong said.

"Not bad, not bad!" The old man said with a smile: "Let's find a place to stay first!"

"Master Dongge, please follow me!"

After saying that, Kou Rong led the old man into the alley.

The main hall of Xingyue Gate is dominated by the mountain master, which is divided into four halls: side hall, Guan hall, execution hall and auditorium. Among them, the master of Xingtang is also called Lord Dongge, and the master of auditorium is also called Xige. grown ups.

The old man in front of him is Gu Yunjian, the master of the Xingyue Gate Punishment Hall.

The two of them entered a small courtyard. When they saw Gu Yunjian, four or five strong men quickly clasped their fists and saluted.

"Tell me, where are those traitors now?" Gu Yunjian sat casually on a stone bench in the yard and asked.

He came to Chongshan Pass with only one purpose, and that was to get rid of the traitors from the Xingyue Sect, namely Luo Jinsong, Li Chengguo and others.

They may not care about the ordinary disciples of Yuheng Star Hall, but they must get rid of Luo Jinsong, Li Chengguo and other senior officials of Yuheng Star Hall. Otherwise, how can Xingyue Sect have the dignity to gain a foothold in the Da Rong Jianghu? How can the Main Hall deter other Star Halls?

At this time, more than half a year had passed since the Battle of Ruhe. Logically speaking, they should have arrived a long time ago, but the headquarters of Xingyue Sect is thousands of miles away from Chongshan Pass. The news was sent back, and people were sent to confirm and prepare manpower to investigate. Then we would arrange for someone to come over, and there would be a slight delay, and the six months would pass.

In addition, Gu Yunjian has always been a lazy person, so asking him to travel thousands of miles and spend two or three months is already considered a positive move.

"They have all joined the army now!" Kou Rong said.

"Where?"

"Luo Jinsong is in Yang Zhengshan's Guard Camp, Li Chengguo is taking care of himself in the Hou Mansion, and Qian Zhonghe and Ji Zhengfei are in Zhenbiao Camp!"

"Both the Guards Camp and the Zhenbiao Camp are heavily guarded places. It's impossible to break through!"

Kou Rong said cautiously.

Gu Yunjian smiled nonchalantly, "Break into the barracks! Let's forget it. This old man can't stand the torture!"

There were tens of thousands of soldiers in the barracks. If there were dozens or hundreds of soldiers, Gu Yunjian wouldn't care. However, the Guards Battalion and Zhenbiao Battalion in Chongshan Town were not weak armies, so he really didn't dare to force their way in.

"What are your plans, sir?" Kou Rong asked softly.

Gu Yunjian stretched his somewhat lazy body and said, "Of course I want someone from Marquis Jing'an!"

"Well, Marquis Jing'an is a killer on the battlefield! And he also has the title of the best in the world!" Kou Rong said.

He had come to Chongshanguan a long time ago and had a rough idea of ​​the situation at Chongshanguan and Yang Zhengshan. He had carefully inquired about Yang Zhengshan's strength.

In the Battle of Ruhe Wharf, Yang Zhengshan single-handedly killed four half-step innate masters, thus earning him the title of No. 1 among innates.

Gu Yunjian smiled brilliantly, "I am also the number one person in the world!"

Kou Rong was startled.

How come there are two first people?

But he soon understood.

Gu Yunjian did have the title of the best person in the world, but it was not in the Darong Jianghu, but in the Southeast Sea.

This title also has scope. Yang Zhengshan is called the number one person in the world because he has been recognized by the martial arts masters in the Darong Jianghu.

And Gu Yunjian has also been recognized by many martial arts masters in the Southeast Sea, so he also has the title of the first person in the Southeast Sea.

In terms of martial arts strength, Da Rong does not need to be weak in the Southeast Sea. However, the forces in the Southeast Sea are complicated and there is no unified dynasty. This makes people feel that the Southeast Sea is far inferior to Da Rong.

"The Marquis of Jingan once fought one against four!" Kou Rong still wanted to remind him.

"I once fought one against five!" Gu Yunjian smiled while stroking his beard.

"But but~~" Kou Rong didn't dare to say something.

Gu Yunjian reached out and patted his shoulder, "But I'm getting older, so I'm afraid my strength won't be as good as before, right?"

"I'm just worried about Lord Dongge!" Kou Rong lowered his head and said.

This is indeed what worries him.

Gu Yunjian was nearly seventy years old, and he didn't know how much of his cultivation and strength was left. Kou Rong would naturally be worried that he would not be Yang Zhengshan's opponent.

"No problem!" Gu Yunjian waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "If it was a year ago, I would definitely not be so reckless, but now? Haha~~ The first person in the world is just a person in the world. Just down!”

Kou Rong suddenly raised his head, "Lord Dongge has reached the innate realm!"

"No, no~~~haha"

Gu Yunjian denied it, but laughed again, leaving Kou Rong a little confused.

However, seeing Gu Yunjian's confident look, he relieved a lot of his worries.

"Get ready, we are going to visit Marquis Jing'an tonight!"

"Jing'an Hou, hahaha, interesting, interesting~~"

Gu Yunjian's wrinkled face was filled with a smile of disdain and sarcasm.

…

In the General Military Mansion.

Yang Zhengshan had just received the news that Lin Zhan was nominated for the gold medal, and he was in a good mood at this time.

Yang Zhengshan is really happy that Lin Zhan can be named on the gold list, because he knows that this has always been Lin Zhan's obsession.

In order to fulfill his father's last wish, Lin Zhan studied hard for ten years. Ten years of hard study was nothing, and Lin Zhan also studied hard for ten years of martial arts.

In the more than ten years he has been in the Yang family, he has never slacked off for a day. He gets up early and goes to bed late every day, either studying or practicing martial arts.

Sometimes Yang Zhengshan felt sorry for him.

Thinking back to the child who was less than ten years old, Yang Zhengshan let out a heavy breath.

"This child has had a hard time these past ten years!"

He had to sigh.

In terms of talent, Lin Zhan has good talent in both martial arts and reading.

In terms of hard work, no one in the Yang family can compare with him except Yang Mingcheng.

Lin Zhan is where he is today thanks to the teachings of Yang Zhengshan and Liu Zhe, as well as the nourishment of spiritual spring water, but it is undeniable that his hard work is the most important reason.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was sighing, he came in personally and reported: "Master Marquis, the head of the Luo family wants to see you!"

"Please come in!" Yang Zhengshan said.

After a while, Luo Shang and Luo Zhen came to the study.

Yang Zhengshan pointed to the tea table next to him and said, "You guys serve yourselves tea, my boys have all gone to do odd jobs in the engineering department!"

Now is the busiest time of the General Military Mansion. Yang Zhengshan has even sent the servants and servants around him to do odd jobs in the Engineering Department. Even his personal followers have gone to guard the gate of the General Military Mansion.

There is no way. Although the General Military Mansion has many personnel, there are also many places to employ them.

There are more than 500 officials and servants in the General Military Mansion. Except for some indispensable positions, everyone else is currently busy dredging the Yinghe River.

Establishing a camp by the Yinghe River, recruiting young people, transporting grain, grass and equipment, etc. all require a lot of manpower.

Dredging the Yinghe River is not a small project and requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Just coordinating these manpower and material resources is a very troublesome matter.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Luo Shang was not polite. He sat at the tea table and started making tea, while Luo Zhen stood behind him obediently.

Yang Zhengshan walked out from behind the desk, "Chengye will be back in a few days. Don't forget to ask Luo Bo to report to the Guards Camp then!"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, don't worry, I have already arranged it!" Luo Zhen said with a grin.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, sat at the tea table, took a sip of the tea poured by Luo Shang.

"What's the matter with you coming here today?"

He and the Luo family don't need too many polite words. Although Luo Shang has always maintained a respectful attitude, Yang Zhengshan has always regarded Luo Shang as a friend.

They are really friends, old friends for more than ten years.

"It's for the telescope. The three thousand telescopes have almost been sold!" Luo Shang said.

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyes, "So fast?"

"Well, soon, in the land south of the Yangtze River, there are many maritime merchants, and three thousand telescopes are far from enough. Moreover, many people want to buy from me, but unfortunately I don't have many in my hands." Luo Shang said.

For maritime merchants, the telescope is a very practical tool.

The price of fifteen taels seems not cheap, but maritime merchants don't care about this small amount of silver. They can earn thousands or tens of thousands of taels of silver from just one trip, so how can they care about dozens or hundreds of taels of silver?

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said: "There are some telescopes. The glass workshop has made a lot of them during this period, but it can't give you too many."

"Why?" Luo Shang was a little confused.

Yang Zhengshan spread his hands and said, "The Ministry of War wants a thousand pieces, and the Chinese Army Governor's Office also wants a thousand pieces. It is estimated that other governor's offices will also buy a batch from me!"

The officials of the Ministry of War and the Central Military Governor's Mansion are not fools. How could they not see the usefulness of clairvoyance?

So after some research on telescopes, the Ministry of War and the Chinese Army Governor's Office sent people to Chongshanguan to order a batch of telescopes.

Just a few days after the people from the Ministry of War and the Central Military Governor's Mansion left, Yang Zhengshan did not expect that Luo Shang would actually sell out the telescope, which was somewhat beyond his expectation.

"That's it!" Luo Shang frowned, but soon relaxed.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while, "I'll give you a thousand first. The production of telescopes should increase over time, and I'll give you some more."

The purpose of selling telescopes is to make money, so naturally the more you sell, the better.

However, the production capacity of the glass workshop has not yet been increased, and it will take some time to do so.

"Okay!" Luo Shang responded.

Yang Zhengshan then said: "Go to the glass workshop later. There are many glass ornaments there. You can choose a batch and transport it to Jiangnan for sale!"

"This is not a unique business. I will let several other merchants join in in a few days."

Glass ornaments are sold for their novelty and scarcity, and the profit of this thing is much greater than that of a telescope.

Yang Zhengshan is ready to make a lot of money with glass ornaments.

The Luo family can no longer expand, but it is still okay to participate.

In addition to the Luo family, Yang Zhengshan has planned to let the five families of Jing'an Wang family, Lin family, Liao'an Zhang family, Huaining Qi family, and Pingyuan Zhen family participate in the sale of glass products.

Except for the Liao'an Zhang family, the other four are merchants that Yang Zhengshan is ready to support.

Why is the Liao'an Zhang family excluded? It is because the Liao'an Zhang family is already a big family with deep roots and does not need Yang Zhengshan to support it at all.

The Liao'an Zhang family has always given him face, so he doesn't mind sharing some of the benefits of the Liao'an Zhang family.

As for the Jing'an Zhang family, since they chose to join the Liaodong Maritime Customs, Yang Zhengshan is too lazy to have anything to do with them.

Yang Zhengshan has actually seen through the future of the Jing'an Zhang family, and it will definitely not last long.

The reason is very simple. The actions of the Zhang family in Jing'an have already displeased Yu Tonghai and Wu Chongzhe. Some time ago, Wu Chongzhe specially wrote to ask Yang Zhengshan for his opinion, but Yang Zhengshan only replied with five words, "You decide".

The Zhang family in Jing'an thought that everything would be fine if they joined the Liaodong Maritime Customs, but they seemed to have forgotten who was the boss in the Liaohai Sea.

The navy of Tenglongwei was the boss. If they said your ship would sink, then your ship would really sink.