Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 471 Click on the mandarin duck spectrum
This time, Yang Zhengshan did not enter Beijing by land, but chose to take the sea route.

Go south from Chongshan Pass, pass Jing'an Prefecture and then go east to Tenglongwei. From Tenglongwei, take a ship south to Jinhaiwei, and then enter Beijing from Jinhaiwei.

If traveling by land, such a large team would take at least half a month to reach Kyoto. If it rains or encounters other problems, it is common for the journey to be delayed by ten days or half a month.

But if you take a boat south from Tenglongwei, it will only take six or seven days to reach Kyoto.

However, Yang Zhengshan was not in a hurry to go to Beijing. When passing through Jing'an Prefecture, he returned to Anning County to visit Yang Zhengxiang and Lu Songhe.

Yang Zhengxiang and Lu Songhe are both old. Yang Zhengxiang is now over 70 years old, and Lu Songhe is over 80 years old.

Yang Zhengxiang is in good health, but Lu Songhe is already very old. He had a serious illness a few years ago and now can only stay in bed to recuperate.

At the Lu family, Yang Zhengshan sat in front of Lu Songhe's bed. Looking at the thin and unrecognizable Lu Songhe, he felt a little heavy in his heart.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature.

Even though Yang Zhengshan often gave Lu Songhe Baicao Brew and Donglingchun to nourish his body, it could not change the reality that Lu Songhe was old.

Not to mention Lu Songhe, even the two brothers Lu Zhaoqi and Lu Zhaoran have heads full of white hair.

Lu Songhe lay on the bed, looking at Yang Zhengshan, his breath seemed particularly weak.

"Yuan Er~~"

He said in a tiny voice.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Dad, don't worry, I will take good care of Wenyuan. With me in Kyoto in the future, no one can bully Wenyuan!"

Lu Wenyuan is Lu Songhe's greatest pride and also his greatest concern.

The Lu family finally had a descendant who embarked on a career in officialdom, so Lu Songhe naturally never forgot him.

After hearing what Yang Zhengshan said, a smile appeared on Lu Songhe's thin face.

"Miaotong!"

he said again.

Yang Zhengshan was slightly stunned. He didn't quite understand what this meant.

He looked at Lu Zhaoqi next to him, and Lu Zhaoqi said softly: "Miaotong is Wenyuan's daughter, she just turned three this year!"

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized that Wen Yuan now had three children, the eldest son Lu Miaoshu and the second son Lu Miaowen. As for his daughter, he really didn't know her name.

There are so many young people that sometimes he can't tell who is whose child.

For example, Lu Wenchun and Lu Wenhua, they are both in Chongshan Town. Yang Zhengshan has seen their children many times, but sometimes he still gets them confused.

This happened right in front of us. Lu Wenyuan was in Kyoto and Yang Zhengshan had never seen his child.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Lu Songhe with an inquiring look. He didn't know why Lu Songhe mentioned the little girl Miaotong.

"Chengzhen!" Lu Songhe called out a name again.

Yang Zhengshan knew what he meant by this.

This is an attempt to set up a couple!

Yang Chengzhen is Yang Mingcheng's youngest son. He is five years old this year and two years older than Lu Miaotong.

The two children are of similar age, but this!

Yang Zhengshan looked at Lu Zhaoqi hesitantly, but Lu Zhaoqi did not speak this time, as if he did not notice Yang Zhengshan's gaze.

Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to focus his attention on Lu Songhe again. Seeing Lu Songhe's expectant eyes, his heart softened and he said, "Dad, don't worry. I will take charge of the two children's affairs. It's settled today!"

"Okay, okay, okay~~" Lu Songhe said okay three times in a row, but then he started coughing violently again.

Yang Zhengshan could see that his body was already at the end of its rope and he was afraid that he didn't have much time left.

This was the only request from the old man, and Yang Zhengshan really couldn't refuse.

As for Lu Songhe's thoughts, he also understood.

Yang has passed away for many years, and now Yu Qingyi is the head of the Yang family's backyard. The friendship between the Yang family and the Lu family will definitely become more and more distant in the future.

And Lu Wenyuan might still need Yang Zhengshan's support in the future, so Lu Songhe naturally hopes that the relationship between the Yang family and the Lu family can be closer.

With another marriage, the relationship naturally took another step forward.

After visiting Lu Songhe, Yang Zhengshan left Anning County and headed for Tenglongwei.

Today, Tenglongwei’s navy is much stronger than it was three years ago. Yu Tonghai built a shipyard himself and purchased many small and medium-sized warships for the navy.

The Tenglong vanguard was still full, but Yu Tonghai also recruited a lot of extra soldiers, bringing the number of the navy's soldiers to 8,000.

This is the advantage of having money. If you want to build a shipyard, build it. If you want to build warships, build them. If you want to recruit more soldiers, recruit them. As long as you have enough silver, these are not a problem.

What Tamron Vanguard lacks the least is money.

Looking at Yu Tonghai's wealth, even Yang Zhengshan was envious.

Yang Zhengshan wanted to spend all the money in Chongshan Town, while Yu Tonghai directly used more than 100,000 taels of silver to build a shipyard.

With this shipyard, Tenglong Vanguard will never be short of warships again.

Together with the engineering team left by Yang Zhengshan, Tenglong Vanguard can completely build various weapons and equipment on its own.

Except for the Dafu ships, the navy can be self-sufficient in all its weapons and equipment.

As long as they guard the Liaohai Sea and the Tenglongwei Wharf, the Tenglong Vanguard will never be short of money.

The only thing that limits Yu Tonghai is the number of soldiers.

There were only 5,600 soldiers in one guard, and even if the rest were included, there were only 11,000 people.

However, the surplus men cannot be drawn up at any time. It is okay for a military household to draw one regular man, but if they draw another surplus man, it will affect the military farming.

Anyway, the Tenglong Four Guards are living a comfortable life now. Yang Zhengshan even went to see the soldiers' training, which was pretty good. Although they are living a comfortable life, they have not fallen behind in training. Now the Tenglong Four Guards are still the elite among the elite.

After staying in Tenglongwei for a day, Yang Zhengshan sailed south. The children of the Yang family were very happy to set sail.

Yang Mingzhao took a group of nephews to look around on the deck, finding everything new.

However, a few guys seemed to be a little too excited. The two brothers Yang Chengyou and Yang Chengzhang actually wanted to go into the sea to catch fish. If the servants hadn't stopped them, these two guys would have jumped in long ago.

"You two come here!" Ming Zhao had a stern face and looked seriously at the two brothers Yang Chengyou and Yang Chengzhang.

"Uh, uncle!"

Yang Chengyou scratched his head in embarrassment, and Yang Chengzhang hid behind Yang Chengyou, not daring to show his head.

These two boys are Yang Minghao's children. I don't know why, but among so many boys in the Yang family, these two boys are the most noisy.

Yang Chengyou has been naughty and playful since he was a child. Fishing in the water and catching birds in trees are things this kid often does.

Yang Chengzhang was probably led astray by this kid and started to act like a fool.

Sometimes even Yang Minghao felt helpless because of these two guys. He beat them and punished them, but each time it only lasted for three days.

However, there is always someone who can scare these two brats. There are only two people in the entire Yang family who can scare these two brats. One is Yang Zhengshan, and the other is Yang Mingzhao.

Although the three of them are of similar age, Mingzhao is of higher seniority.

As the saying goes, a higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. This one, who is one level higher in seniority, suppresses the group of boys from the Yang family even more.

Even Yang Chengye and Yang Chengmao would respectfully call Mingzhao "little uncle" when they saw him, not to mention those two brats Yang Chengyou and Yang Chengzhang.

"The sea is windy and rough, and there are large ships sailing nearby. It is very dangerous to go out to sea. If you dare to make trouble again, I will punish you by copying the Thirty-Six Stratagems ten times!"

Yang Mingzhao said in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Yang Chengyou shook his head repeatedly, "Uncle, we won't go into the sea. We will stay here honestly and not make trouble!"

While other families use primers such as "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" to teach their children about Buddhism, the Yang family also uses a book called "Thirty-Six Strategies" as their enlightenment books.

This was not requested by Yang Zhengshan, but by Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao.

What Yang Chengyou and Yang Chengzhang feared most was copying books. Asking them to copy books honestly was more painful than tying them up and beating them.

"If I see you guys making trouble again, I'll punish you!" Yang Mingzhao snorted.

The two boys felt threatened and could only stay on the deck obediently, looking dejectedly at the distant sky.

Inside the ship building, Yang Zhengshan was sitting at the window and seeing this scene, he couldn't help but smile.

"Dad, doesn't Ming Zhao look a lot like Cheng Ye from before?"

Yang Yunyan next to her couldn't help laughing.

"Are they similar?" Yang Zhengshan thought about it and found that they really were quite similar.

Chengye was like this in the past, often scolding his younger brothers and sisters at home with a stern face.

"He learned it from Chengye. He used to follow Chengye around. When Chengye taught others, he would follow him and learn. Now he has learned it!" Yu Qingyi said with a smile.

"Chengyou and Chengzhang are too noisy. It would be nice if someone could discipline them!" Yang Yunyan said.

Yang Zhengshan leaned lazily on the back of his chair, looking at a group of children playing below, with a smile on his face all the time.

Yu Qingyi was looking at the list of betrothal gifts. Before leaving Chongshan Pass, Yang Mingcheng wrote back saying that the marriage between Yang Chengmao and Miss Sun from the Haichang Earl's Mansion could be settled.

So after arriving in Beijing, the family also had to arrange Yang Chengmao's marriage.

Yang Yunyan looked at Yang Zhengshan, then at Yu Qingyi. She hesitated for a long time before she spoke: "Dad, Mother, when we get to the capital, we won't live in the Marquis' Mansion anymore!"

Yang Zhengshan looked up at her and asked, "Why?"

"Jiang He wants to set up a business in Kyoto!" Yang Yunyan said softly.

Jiang He's family has been living in the Yang family over the years, and the Yang family has gotten used to it. However, Jiang He's surname is Jiang after all, and Jiang Cheng passed away more than a year ago, so the Jiang family split up.

Jiang He's brothers are all in Anning County, and Jiang He still lives in the Yang family. Although he is still helping the Yang family manage some of their businesses, the Yang family now has so many servants that they actually have no use for him.

Since the Jiang family has split up, Jiang He will naturally set up his own business.

It just so happens that they are going to Kyoto this time, so the Jiang family can also stay in Kyoto in the future.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and looked at Yu Qingyi, "We haven't sold that little house in East City yet!"

"No, I've kept it!" said Yu Qingyi.

"Then give it to Jiang He!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Dad, no need. We don't lack money now!" Yang Yunyan quickly refused.

She didn't lie. Their family really had no shortage of money now. Living in the Yang family, they had no worries about food and clothing, and they received a monthly allowance. They had saved a lot of money over the years, nearly several thousand taels.

It is not a problem to buy a small yard in Kyoto for a family to live in.

"It's for Jiang He, not for you. Jiang He has been busy at home these years. What's wrong with me, as his father-in-law, giving him a house?"

Yang Zhengshan said unhappily.

What was given to Yang Yunyan was a dowry, and what was given to Jiang He was called a reward. The two are different.

Although Jiang He doesn't care about these, Yang Zhengshan also has to take Jiang He's feelings into consideration.

"After we settle down in Kyoto, I will find a job for Jiang He! Since you plan to start your own business, you must be prepared to be the boss!"

"Well, Jiang Ning and Jiang Miao will also come to the Marquis' Mansion to study in the future. Jiang Ning has a good talent for studying, and maybe he can pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi in the future!" Yang Zhengshan made arrangements on his own.

Yang Yunyan was a little amused and helpless. In this case, what was the difference between them and living in the Marquis' Mansion.

But she also knew that Yang Zhengshan was doing this for their own good, so she didn't refuse.

(End of this chapter)