Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 497 Star Yuan Fruit Tree
"Okay, Ying'er knows that grandpa is the best!" The little girl said happily, clapping her hands.

Yang Zhengshan rubbed her little head and looked at Li, "Is Mingzhi doing well in Fuzhou?"

Li quickly stood up and took out a letter from her sleeve, "Everything is fine in Fuzhou. This is a letter from my husband to my father!"

Yang Zhengshan took the letter, and Li took the opportunity to take the little girl away.

In fact, after coming to Beijing, he received many letters from Chongshan Town.

Zhou Lan, Song Dashan, Xie Yuan, Ming Zhi, Ming Hao, Ming Wu, Ming Zhen and others all wrote to him, and even Pang Tang wrote him two letters.

At present, everything is going smoothly in Chongshan Town. Yang Zhengshan has made plans for what needs to be done before he left. As long as Zhou Lan and Pang Tang act according to his plan, Chongshan Town will be able to develop in an orderly manner.

Now it seems that Zhou Lan and Pang Tang are working together very well, and Chongshan Town has become a thriving place.

Yang Zhengshan opened Yang Mingzhi's letter and quickly read through it.

The letter contained a lot of content. First, he asked about his father's well-being, and then he described the current situation in Fuzhou.

This year should be the year of Fuzhou's rise. Yang Mingzhi has been in charge of Fuzhou for more than three years. During these three years, he has only done three things: the first is to reclaim wasteland, the second is to build a horse farm, and the third is to develop trade, including maritime trade and trade with Xueling Palace.

Although Fuzhou resettled more than 200,000 refugees last year, it did not affect the development of Fuzhou.

On the contrary, as long as more than 200,000 refugees can settle down in Fuzhou this year, Fuzhou will usher in an earth-shaking change.

In fact, Fuzhou is a very good place. Fuzhou is located on the coast and can develop maritime trade. Although it is not as convenient as Tenglongwei, it can also rely on sea vessels to transport commercial goods.

Fuzhou also has a large amount of fertile land, many rivers and abundant water resources.

Whether these lands are reclaimed for farming or enclosed as horse farms, they can bring great benefits to the people of Fuzhou.

Yang Zhengshan was still very satisfied with Yang Mingzhi's performance in Fuzhou.

At the end of the letter, Yang Mingzhi mentioned one thing.

Xueling Palace actually wants to deepen cooperation with the Yang family.

It’s not Chongshan Town, nor Fuzhou City, but the Yang Family.

In fact, the scale of trade between Xueling Palace and Fuzhou City has not been large in the past two years. Initially, Xueling Palace purchased a large amount of grain from Fuzhou City, but due to the severe drought in Liaodong last year, Yang Zhengshan had cut off the grain trade with them.

Xueling Palace was not dissatisfied with this. Although food could not be traded, other things could be traded. They really needed many items from Darong.

As the number of transactions between the two sides increased, they developed more trust in each other.

As for the Xueling Palace's desire to deepen cooperation with the Yang family, the Xueling Palace wants to trade some precious medicines and spiritual fruits with the Yang family!

Yang Zhengshan looked at the contents of the letter and raised his eyebrows slightly.

He was not surprised by the precious medicine.

But it’s a spiritual fruit!

There are actually spiritual fruits in the Snow Spirit Palace?

This was really beyond his expectations.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'm going to the study to take care of something!"

"Yeah!" Yu Qingyi nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and continued chatting with Li, Wang and others.

Yang Zhengshan naturally had no reason to refuse the spiritual fruit, but he couldn't produce any spiritual fruit now, so what should he use to exchange for the spiritual fruit with the Snow Spirit Palace?

Arriving at the study, Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and wrote a letter back to Yang Mingzhi.

He wanted to have someone from Xueling Palace come to Kyoto.

It would be better to meet and discuss this matter in person. I just don't know if the people from Xueling Palace are willing to come to Kyoto.

After writing the letter, Yang Zhengshan asked Wu Zhan to go to Fuzhou City in person.

He values ​​spiritual fruits far more than precious medicines.

Because a fresh spiritual fruit often contains seeds, and as long as there are seeds, Yang Zhengshan can cultivate fruit trees in the spiritual spring space.

Precious medicines are usually processed after being collected, and they lose their activity after processing.

The inactive precious medicine did not mean much to Yang Zhengshan.

……

On the eighth day of July, Yang Chengmao got married.

The Yang family was crowded with guests and the occasion was extremely lively.

Although Yang Chengmao was not the eldest grandson of the Yang family, Yang Chengmao's wedding was the first grand wedding event held by the Yang family after they came to Kyoto.

Anyone who has some connection with the Yang family doesn't mind coming to have a drink at the wedding.

Yang Zhengshan personally stood in front of the mansion gate to welcome the guests.

"Haha, Brother Yang, do you have any good wine today?"

Liang Chulong walked up to Yang Zhengshan with the gait of a tiger and laughed.

"Of course there is. There is plenty of wine today. Just drink as much as you want, Brother Liang!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"Then I won't be polite!" Liang Chu said a few words to Yang Zhengshan, then walked into the mansion as if he was familiar with the place.

As soon as Liang Chu entered the door, Prince An and Prince Dai arrived.

"Master! We are here to congratulate our nephew Chengmao!" King Dai trotted to Yang Zhengshan and said with a smile.

"Your Highnesses are thoughtful!"

Yang Zhengshan bowed and then winked at Wu Hai, who immediately stepped forward and took the two of them to the VIP room.

The Yang family held a grand banquet today, and there were six banquet halls alone, three in the front yard and three in the back yard.

Whether in the front yard or the back yard, there is a living room specially used to entertain dignitaries.

It’s not that the Yang family is snobbish, but that’s the custom.

Nowadays, the Yang family has a lot of connections, covering all aspects.

There are businessmen, martial artists, officials, dignitaries, and so on.

We can't let businessmen and warriors sit together and drink with a group of nobles!

Therefore, the Yang family had no choice but to treat them differently.

After inviting Prince An and Prince Dai into the palace, Yang Zhengshan looked up and saw an acquaintance who surprised him.

"Hahaha, Brother Liu, why are you here?"

Yang Zhengshan walked quickly forward and asked in surprise and joy.

The person who came was Liu Zhe. He really didn't expect Liu Zhe to come.

Since Liu Yuanfu resigned from his official position, Liu Zhe followed Liu Yuanfu back to his hometown in Anzhou. It has been four or five years since he last saw Liu Zhe.

Liu Zhe said with a smile: "I just happened to come to Beijing this time, and I heard that you had a wedding banquet, so I came here shamelessly to ask for a glass of wedding banquet wine!"

"Haha!" Yang Zhengshan put his arm around his shoulders, smiling happily, "Since you're here, stay a few more days. When we have some free time, let's have a few more drinks!"

"Don't be reluctant when the time comes!"

"How could that be? When have I ever been stingy?"

Liu Zhe laughed, "Okay, go ahead and do your work. We'll talk when you're done!" Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and told Ding Qiu, "Take Brother Liu to Lin Zhan."

After sending Liu Zhe into the mansion, Yang Zhengshan continued to welcome guests. After welcoming the guests, he went to the banquet hall to serve drinks.

The day ended in excitement, leaving Yang Zhengshan very tired.

Not only Yang Zhengshan, but everyone in the Yang family seemed to have experienced a great battle and felt very tired.

Fortunately, they successfully welcomed their granddaughter-in-law into the family, which put their mind at ease.

……

The tenth day of July.

The Martial Arts Pavilion began to recruit disciples.

The Martial Arts Pavilion has very high requirements for its disciples, but this world has never lacked geniuses.

It only took three days for the Martial Arts Pavilion to recruit more than 300 qualified disciples.

Most of these disciples came from the official and noble families in Kyoto, and a small number came from the underworld and the general public.

The reason for this is that, firstly, the reputation of the Martial Arts Pavilion is not well-known nowadays. Except for Shuntian Prefecture, martial arts families and underworld forces in many places in Dayong may not know the existence of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

The second reason is that the families of officials and the powerful control a large amount of wealth and cultivation resources. A genius is not necessarily a true genius, but may be a mediocre person who has been created by using such resources.

But no matter whether one is a genius or a mediocre person, as long as one can meet the requirements, the Martial Arts Pavilion will not turn one away.

Anyway, no matter what, the Martial Arts Pavilion was established, and the first batch of disciples officially joined the Pavilion.

With disciples now in hand, the Martial Arts Pavilion will be able to operate normally.

Yang Zhengshan’s teaching to the disciples of the Martial Arts Pavilion is actually similar to his previous military training.

Most of the time, the disciples are taught by the instructors of the Martial Arts Pavilion. He only takes out one hour every day to instruct these disciples in the Martial Arts Pavilion.

Of course, his most important task is actually to provide spiritual spring water.

He poured a large amount of spiritual spring water into the dozen or so wells in the Martial Arts Pavilion. With the amount of spiritual spring water he currently had, he didn't need to worry about waste.

Let’s put it this way, he can now use the spiritual spring water to change the water quality of an area, turning a barren land into a beautiful place.

It's not like he hasn't done this before. Tenglongwei and Chongshanguan are examples right before our eyes.

Even though Yang Zhengshan has left these two places, the underground well water in these two places still contains a small amount of spiritual spring water.

However, the effect of Tenglongwei's well water has become weaker and weaker, and now it has almost reached a point where it can be ignored.

And Chongshan Pass should be able to last for another two or three years.

Without Yang Zhengshan's continued supply of spiritual spring water, the spiritual spring water contained in the well will be exhausted sooner or later.

Now that Yang Zhengshan is in the Martial Arts Pavilion, it becomes a blessed place.

As long as you live and eat in the Martial Arts Pavilion, your training will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan was not worried at all about the training of these three hundred disciples.

The recruitment of disciples by the Yanwu Pavilion attracted some attention in Kyoto, but the attention soon passed.

Compared to the Shangwu Temple, there is not much to note about the Yanwu Pavilion.

While the Yanwu Pavilion was recruiting disciples, the relevant personnel of the Shangwu Temple were basically deployed, and the Shangwu Divisions of the thirteen provinces outside Beijing were also completed.

However, the current Shangwu Temple is just an empty shell. Apart from its name and a few staff, Shangwu Temple has not yet been recognized by the underworld forces.

If Shangwu Temple wants to control the entire martial arts world, it will not only take a lot of time and effort, but will also cause a lot of turmoil.

In fact, Shangwu Temple has already begun to stir up trouble in the martial arts world.

The first thing Shangwu Temple did after its establishment was to rank the sects, grant orders to the sect leaders, and grant official titles.

If we rank the various forces in the underworld, we can imagine how much conflict this will cause.

July fifteenth.

Shangwu Temple announced that there are eight first-class sects in Darong.

The Bahu Sect in Shunnan Prefecture, the Hengdao Sect in Jizhou, the Xilou Sword Sect in Xiangyuan Prefecture, the Lingxiao Hall in Suzhou Town, the Yangtian Sect in Yunzhou, the Jokhang Temple in Zangyuan, the Wuzhen Taoist Palace in Suzhou Prefecture, and the Lingxiu Villa in Jiujiang Prefecture.

As soon as this news came out, it was like a huge rock hitting an already turbulent lake, immediately causing a huge wave in the Darong world.

Although the eight martial arts sects are all well-known and influential, there are still countless people who question them.

The Bahu Sect and the Xilou Sword Sect have shallow foundations, the Lingxiao Hall and the Jokhang Temple are located in the border of Darong, the Wuzhen Taoist Palace and the Lingxiu Villa are secluded in the mountains, and the Yangtian Sect and the Hengdao Sect are only dominant in one place.

Each of these eight major sects has shortcomings, and if you really want to find fault, anyone can find a lot of them.

Take the Hengdao Sect for example. Ji Zhen was known as the best master in Liaodong in his early years, and the Hengdao Sect was also the dominant force in Jizhou. However, Liaodong was originally a place with weak martial arts. Compared with the entire Dayong martial arts world, the Liaodong martial arts world was a bit like a self-contained circle.

If one places the former Hengdao Sect in the entire Dayong martial arts world, it can actually only be considered a second-rate force.

Of course, it is not without reason that Zhang Luan listed Hengdao Sect as one of the eight major sects. First of all, Hengdao Sect has Ji Zhen, a congenital master. Secondly, Hengdao Sect has a very high reputation in Liaodong. Shangwu Temple can completely use the reputation of Hengdao Sect to intimidate the underworld forces in Liaodong, Liaoxi and Chongshan Town.

In fact, the underworld forces in Liaodong did not have much objection to Hengdao Sect becoming a first-class force; it was the underworld forces in other places that had objections.

In the study of the Marquis' Mansion, Yang Zhengshan looked at the notice just issued by Shangwu Temple and shook his head slightly.

"This is a bit like putting the Hengdao Sect on fire!"

Among the eight major sects, the Hengdao Sect is the weakest.

Ji Zhen is a congenital master, but the other seven sects also have congenital warriors. Without congenital masters, how could they be listed among the first-class sects?

It’s just that the Hengdao Sect was somewhat weak in the past, which is why many forces in the martial arts world were dissatisfied with it.

However, this problem is not a big problem for the Hengdao Sect. As long as Ji Zhen shows his innate strength, it will be enough to make those underworld forces shut up.

The reason why those martial arts forces were not convinced was simply because they did not know that these eight sects all had innate warriors.

In fact, this is to blame those innate warriors who have been practicing in seclusion, one by one, for more than ten years or even dozens of years without showing up, causing many people in the world to forget their existence.

Now that Shangwu Temple has done this, it is equivalent to exposing the innate warriors in the world to the public.

Of course, these are not all of the innate warriors, only a part of them.

Yang Zhengshan put down the notice in his hand and didn't take it to heart.

Wu Zheng, who was standing in front of him, hesitated for a moment and said, "My Lord, there is a piece of news in the martial arts world recently. I don't know whether it is true or false!"

"What news?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Wu Zheng is specifically responsible for gathering information. In the past, he only helped Yang Zhengshan to gather information from the court, but recently he also began to gather information from the underworld.

"It is said that there is a Xingyuan fruit tree around Cuixia Valley in Wanshanling!" Wu Zheng said.

"Xingyuan Fruit Tree!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Spiritual fruit!"

Then he stood up and walked to the bookshelf and took out a book.

Records of Strange Fruits and Treasures is a book that records precious medicines and magical fruits. It records more than 800 kinds of precious medicines and more than 100 kinds of magical fruits. It not only has a detailed description of the appearance, growing conditions, medicinal properties, etc. of the precious medicines and magical fruits, but also has detailed records of the preparation methods and uses of the precious medicines and magical fruits.

(End of this chapter)