Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yang Zhengshan let out a long breath and slowly closed his eyes.

"Eunuch Zhang is right to remind you, I made a mistake!"

After a long time, Yang Zhengshan finally spoke.

Zhang Mingzhong looked at Yang Zhengshan and nodded slightly, "Please be careful what you say and don't talk about the celestial phenomena!"

He didn't have any objections to Yang Zhengshan, nor did he think of targeting Yang Zhengshan. Although Emperor Taiping had passed away now, he still remembered Emperor Taiping's instructions to him.

Yang Zhengshan opened his eyes, "You don't need to say anything else, but you must buy food!"

Pang Tang didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just nodded, "There's no harm in saving more food."

But others just lowered their heads and said nothing.

Yang Mingzhi stood behind, his face still solemn, and his eyes scanned everyone's body.

Although Yang Zhengshan and Zhang Mingzhong did not go into depth on the topic of 'the new emperor's immorality', if the words just spread out, it would still cause a lot of trouble for Yang Zhengshan.

Those present were all high-level officials of Chongshan Town, but it was still unavoidable that someone would spread what they just said.

Yang Mingzhi has such worries!

Others also have such worries, or hesitations.

For a time, the atmosphere in the main hall became more and more solemn, as if there was a huge stone pressing on everyone's hearts.

However, Yang Zhengshan ignored their concerns and continued: "The main purpose of purchasing grain is the General Military Mansion, but your various yamen and generals must also store as much grain and grass as possible!"

"Yes!" everyone responded.

"The second thing is, I decided to speed up the construction plan of Black Cloud City and Guandao!"

"The construction of Heiyun City is still the responsibility of the governor's office. The General Military Office will invest more money and food and strive to build Heiyun City as soon as possible!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Pang Tang, who nodded slightly, "No problem!"

This matter is not a big deal. The sooner Black Cloud City is built, the better, and the General Military Office is willing to invest more money and food, so Pang Tang will naturally not have any objections.

The only thing he was worried about was where Yang Zhengshan could get so much money and food.

"As for the official road, the official road from Fuzhou City to Heiyun City is under the responsibility of the North Road Councilor and Shogunate."

"The official road from Songzhou City to Fuzhou City is under the responsibility of the East Road Counselor and Shogunate!"

"The official road from Chongshan Pass to Heiyun City is in charge of the shogunate, General Jianning of the Middle Road!"

"The specific construction route was surveyed by the Engineering Department last year. Now we can start the construction as long as we can recruit enough labor and have enough money and food."

"Do you have any questions?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Mingzhi, Zhang Chengzhi and Niuzhuang.

"General, I obey!" The three of them clasped their fists and accepted the order.

The reason why the plan to build the official road was brought forward was naturally to resettle the refugees.

The Northland is vast and there are many places where refugees can be resettled, but they cannot be taken to a wasteland and left to fend for themselves.

At least a settlement point must be found for them, and establishing villages along the official road and around Heiyun City as a settlement point is undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

It not only facilitates the transportation of materials, but also facilitates the management of refugees.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and then looked at Xie Yuan, "The most important task on the West Road this year is to guard against attacks by the Ulliang Hu tribe. Although it seems that the Ulliang Hu tribe has not invaded Chongshan Town at present, we have to guard against it, especially When we are at our busiest, the Uliang Hu tribe may take advantage of the chaos and catch us off guard!”

"So just in case, West Road must keep an eye on the movements of the Uliang Hu tribe and be ready to fight at any time!"

Xie Yuan frowned, "Master Hou, the reinforcement battalion under the general's command has not yet been fully staffed. It is currently difficult to resist the Uliang Hu tribe!"

He was not declining, but he really couldn't guarantee it.

Originally, the reinforcement camp on the West Road in Chongshan Town suffered heavy losses because Cui Liang defected to the young prince Wutuo. Although Xie Yuan stabilized the situation on the West Road with the help of five thousand Tenglong guards last year, the current reinforcement camp under his command It is still mainly the 5,000 soldiers of the Tenglong Guard, and the newly recruited soldiers are less than 5,000, and they lack armor and training.

It’s not that he doesn’t work hard, it’s that it’s not easy for him to achieve such a level.

"I know that in a few days, I will transfer the Zhenbiao front camp to Guanshan Pass, and they will help you keep an eye on the Wula clan in the north!" Yang Zhengshan understood Xie Yuan's situation on the West Road, so naturally he would not blame him.

Now the Zhenbiao front camp is fully staffed and has 6,000 cavalry. Although the training of the soldiers is not enough, they already have a certain combat effectiveness.

With them stationed at Guanshan Pass, keeping an eye on the Wula clan, they should frighten the Ulliang Hu clan.

Hearing this, Xie Yuan frowned and relaxed, "General, I will obey your order!"

"One last thing, I am going to expand the business of Chongshan Bank. Within half a month, you need to prepare a store for Chongshan Bank in each state city, and within a month, you have to prepare a store for Chongshan Bank in each county!"

Yang Zhengshan finally talked about the bank.

Preparing the store is not a troublesome matter, it is just a matter of words for the various generals.

The point Yang Zhengshan said was not this, but~~

"In addition to the shop, you also need to provide protective force for Chongshan Bank. The bank's bank will be located in the participating shogunate and garrison offices."

"But you have no right to use the money in the bank's treasury. If someone dares to use it privately, I will make him spit it out with interest!"

If a bank wants to absorb deposits, there will inevitably be a large amount of money. The storage of such money is a big problem. It is obviously impossible to protect the money only by the shopkeepers and clerks of the bank, so it requires the help of soldiers from all over the country to protect it.

Since the bank treasury is located in the official offices of various places, it is very likely that the chief officials of various places will reach out to take money from the bank treasury.

Yang Zhengshan had to prevent this kind of thing from happening, so he arranged a deputy governor in the bank department to be responsible for supervision. The deputy governor's daily task was to inspect the bank accounts and bank accounts in various places.

"The specific regulations of the bank are all here!" Yang Zhengshan took out a pamphlet. At the same time, Lu Wenhua next to him also took out some pamphlets and distributed them to six generals including Xie Yuan and Yang Mingzhi.

"The bank is an important part of the future development of Chongshan Town. I never need it to make any mistakes. If he makes a mistake, no matter who it is, I will let him go home and farm!"

Yang Zhengshan's eyes were extremely sharp, like a sharp sword that wanted to pierce the chests of the six generals.

"Including you, Yang Mingzhi, if something goes wrong with the bank in Fuzhou City, then you will just stay at home and be a rich man for the rest of your life!"

Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but shudder when he heard this.

Others also felt a chill in their hearts.

Not even allowing his own son is enough to show how much Yang Zhengshan attaches importance to the bank.

As for whether Yang Zhengshan was telling lies, they had no doubt.

Because the Yang family is now a Hou family, even if Yang Mingzhi achieves nothing, the Yang family will still be a noble family in the future.

Besides, if the Yang family no longer has Yang Mingzhi, doesn’t it mean they still have Yang Minghao?

Therefore, Yang Mingzhi is not indispensable to the Yang family.

"I don't dare, I will definitely protect Chongshan Bank!" Yang Mingzhi said quickly.

Although Yang Zhengshan's words were a bit unkind, Yang Mingzhi did not complain at all.

This is his father. His father wants him to stay at home and be an idler. How can he not obey?

Even if he didn't want to, there was no way to resist Yang Zhengshan.

First, the word of filial piety takes precedence, and second, he does not have the strength to resist.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "If you have any questions, you can ask me. If you still don't understand something later, you can also ask Li Hai, the director of the Qianzhuang Section of the General Military Mansion."

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan gave everyone time to accept it, and introduced in detail some things that were difficult for them to understand.

This meeting lasted for more than two hours before it ended.

After arranging things, Yang Zhengshan prepared for the next meeting.

The next meeting is with the six major merchants, and its content is to purchase grain.

Yang Zhengshan will definitely not let the General Military Mansion purchase grain, because purchasing grain is a very cumbersome matter. Small grain merchants have to go to the countryside to collect grain from door to door, while large grain merchants will find large landowners to purchase grain.

Whether you are looking for ordinary farmers to collect grain, or looking for large landowners to collect grain, it takes a lot of time and manpower.

Moreover, he also wanted to purchase large quantities of grain from Jiangnan, Li Sheng Dynasty, and Desheng Dynasty, which also required the support of the fleet.

The General Military Mansion does not have enough manpower nor that many merchant ships, so it can only let the six major merchants and Tenglong Guard do this.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the six major merchants supported by Yang Zhengshan and Wu Zhongzhe came to the General Military Mansion.

Still in the lobby, Yang Zhengshan told them about buying grain and Chongshan Bank.

This time, Yang Zhengshan didn't need to be so detailed, nor did he mention the impending drought. He just asked them to help purchase food and take care of the business of Chongshan Bank.

Naturally, the six major merchants would not refuse Yang Zhengshan's request. Now they were making a lot of money from the glass business. Not to mention that Yang Zhengshan asked them to help buy food. Even if they were asked to give money to help, they were willing.

After the meeting ended, Yang Zhengshan chatted with Wu Zhongzhe in the study for a while.

He and Wu Zhongzhe didn't have so many scruples. They told Wu Zhongzhe about the approaching drought. Of course, he only said that it was his guess.

"I know you think this is a bit ridiculous, but don't forget the Battle of Guanshan Pass. I accurately predicted the arrival of the northwest wind!" In order to increase credibility, Yang Zhengshan brought up the Battle of Guanshan Pass.

"No, no! I understand the Marquis, so the Marquis must be innocent!" Wu Zhongzhe said quickly.

In fact, he only believed 60% of it, but he certainly would not question Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and stopped pressing, saying: "Whether you believe it or not, I need Tenglong Guard to store a large amount of food. Before June, I must store enough food for 500,000 shi, and I must also provide food for the general army." The government provides five hundred thousand dan of food!”

"This~~" Wu Zhongzhe was a little dumbfounded.

This is too much!

Yang Zhengshan looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Don't think that since I left Tenglong Guard, I don't know how much money Tenglong Guard has now!"

Tenglongwei is the real big dog!

When Yang Zhengshan left Tenglong Guard, there were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and more than 100,000 stones of food and grass in Tenglong Guard's treasury.

And last year and the year before last, Tenglong Wei still made a lot of money. I dare not say it was more than one million taels of silver. Tenglong Wei could still come up with it.

It can be said that Tenglong Wei is really rich now.

Wu Zhongzhe smiled sarcastically and said, "This requires the assistance of several other commanders. I don't have that much money in hand. I can only give out three hundred thousand taels at most!"

Three hundred thousand taels!

One guard is 300,000 taels, and four guards is 1.2 million taels.

The key is that the Tenglong Guards under Wu Chongzhe are not the richest of the four guards. The richest is naturally the Tenglong Vanguard led by Yu Tonghai.

It seems that I have underestimated the Tenglong Guards!

Yang Zhengshan muttered in his heart, but his face was solemn, and he said: "Tell them that this is the order of this marquis. If it can't be done, don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship!"

There is a saying that when people leave, the tea gets cold!

Although Yang Zhengshan is not considered to be a cold tea in the Tenglong Guards, he is not in charge of the Tenglong Guards personally now, which will inevitably make people think more.

Yang Zhengshan does not have to worry about Wu Chongzhe, Han Cheng, and Yu Tonghai.

After all, these three people have a close relationship with him, and their families are almost together with the Yang family. In the personal guard camp of Chongshan Town and the five camps of the town flag, many people are from their families.

So it is impossible for them to betray Yang Zhengshan.

The only worry is Zhang Yuanwu. Yang Zhengshan does not have many intersections with him, and how much loyalty Zhang Yuanwu has to him is still to be discussed.

But as long as Zhang Yuanwu is not stupid, he should know how to choose.

Yang Zhengshan's words were just a warning, but Wu Chongzhe knew that Yang Zhengshan was not joking.

"I understand, I will explain it to them!" Wu Chongzhe said.