Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 590: The First Year of Star and Moon
"How is this going?"

At the dock, Yang Zhengshan pulled Luo Jinsong aside and asked.

Luo Jinsong was somewhat helpless and said, "Master Yu said that young people are good, and young people are obedient and easy to manage."

"What the hell?" Yang Zhengshan was a little confused. "These can't be the children he kidnapped!"

"No, no, they are all children of Tenglong Guards!" Luo Jinsong said.

"Then why did they all send their children here?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Luo Jinsong thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because there are too many children in Tenglongwei!"

Yang Zhengshan blinked, still a little confused.

Luo Jinsong explained: "Many soldiers of the Tenglong Guard have six or seven children!"

Yang Zhengshan seemed to understand a little, but also seemed not to understand.

In fact, this has a lot to do with him.

He served as the commander of Tenglong Guard in the 29th year of Chengping, and now it is the 7th year of Yanping, thirteen years and several months have passed.

When he was in Tenglongwei, he ensured that the military households had enough food to eat and became prosperous.

Now that the problem of food and clothing has been solved, what will we do next?
Of course it’s giving birth to a baby!

Yang Zhengshan invested a large amount of spiritual spring water in Tenglongwei. Not only the soldiers and officers of Tenglongwei were nourished by the spiritual spring water, but also women and children.

The physical fitness of women and children will be improved, women will be less likely to have miscarriages, and children will be less likely to die, which will greatly improve the fertility of the Tenglongwei military households.

As their economic and physical conditions allow, babies rolling on the ground can be seen everywhere in Tenglongwei in recent years.

The oldest group of children are now just twelve or thirteen years old.

The older soldiers had two or three children in these years, but the younger soldiers had at least six or seven!

But the problem is, Tenglongwei is so small and there are only so many military farms.

If you have too many children, it will probably be difficult to get land in the future.

Although most of the military households in Tenglongwei now make a living by maritime trade, farmland is still their foundation.

Seeing that their own land would not be enough to divide among their children, they naturally had to find a way to buy more land.

Therefore, in recent years, the Tenglongwei military households have bought a lot of land in the surrounding Qinghua Prefecture, Jing'an Prefecture, and Liao'an Prefecture. But even so, the land owned by some soldiers is still not enough to be divided among their children.

Originally, everyone wanted to earn more money and buy more land, but after hearing that they could divide the land after moving to Xingyue Island, they decided not to buy land and just send their children to Xingyue Island.

As for whether they are worried about the safety of the children, don’t be kidding. If they can’t trust others, can they not trust Yang Zhengshan?
In this way, many people from Tenglongwei sent their children here after getting the news.

Even many middle and low-level officers of the Tenglong Guard sent their children here.

After listening to Luo Jinsong's explanation, Yang Zhengshan didn't know what to say!
Isn't this nonsense?

What I want are farmers, why did you send me a bunch of children?
Can these children farm now?

Yang Zhengshan looked at Luo Jinsong expressionlessly. Luo Jinsong said with a guilty conscience: "Island Master, these children are all over ten years old. They can become warriors in a few years. By then, they can all become soldiers of the navy!"

"Have you discussed this with Yu Tonghai?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Luo Jinsong quickly shook his head and very disloyally pushed the matter onto Yu Tonghai.

"No, no, it was all arranged by Master Yu!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the boys and girls who were getting off the boat and he really had no temper at all.

Yu Tonghai probably wanted to solve the internal problems of Tenglongwei. After all, having too many children is also a big problem.

Luo Jinsong's idea was much simpler. The population on Xingyue Island was so small, when could he expand his navy?

Now that we have this group of young people, it will be much easier to expand the navy.

After Yang Zhengshan trains these young men for a few years, they will surely become warriors, and then his navy will be able to expand.

He has great confidence in Yang Zhengshan's abilities.

Meow!

What else could Yang Zhengshan say? Could he send these children back?

"Can these children read?" he asked.

Luo Jinsong said: "Of course, there is no child of Tenglongwei who is illiterate!"

Yang Zhengshan said speechlessly: "Let Jiang He arrange accommodation for them, and then arrange teachers to teach them!"

"By the way, are there enough supplies on the island?"

There is no shortage of places to live on Xingyue Island. Even if there is not enough room in the city, there are still many houses outside the city.

After all, there were more than 40,000 people living on Xingyue Island before, but now there are less than 10,000 people, and there are several villages at the foot of the mountain with no one living there.

"That's enough. Haha. Lord Yu has prepared everything. Clothes, quilts, pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, weapons, and food. They are enough for these children to eat for three years!" Luo Jinsong said.

Yang Zhengshan was helpless again, "Won't the grain get moldy after being stored for three years?"

"Go find Jiang He first and ask him to come and take care of these children!"

Jiang He is busy now!

With so many children, although they should all be able to live independently, they definitely still need someone to take care of them.

There are not many people on the island, and having to take care of so many children, manpower is a big problem.

"Next time, find some ordinary farmers to move here. At least don't let the fields on the island go to waste!"

Yang Zhengshan felt uncomfortable looking at those wastelands. No one was cultivating the good fields. Isn't this a waste of resources?
Luo Jinsong thought for a moment and said, "Island Master, how about moving some people over from Fuhai?"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Yes, as long as they are honest people, you can. And buy some livestock and poultry for the farmers on the island to raise. I want to eat mutton now, but I don't even have a place to buy it!"

Xingyue Island is not short of money and food, but it is short of livestock and poultry. There are almost none of cattle, sheep, mules, donkeys, chickens, ducks and geese.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan's excuse that he had no place to buy mutton was just an excuse. There were many cattle, sheep and poultry in his Lingquan space, so he had no shortage of food.

But there is a shortage of other people on the island, so some still need to be raised.

Luo Jinsong said he understood and then went to find Jiang He.

Jiang He arranged the two thousand boys and girls in a village under his control at the foot of the mountain, and then hired dozens of women to take care of the food and clothing of these boys and girls. Finally, he selected fifty people from the soldiers on the island to serve as masters of these boys and girls.

Since Yang Zhengshan came to Xingyue Island, Xingyue Island has been changing with each passing day. A large number of people and materials have been transported to Xingyue Island, making the originally desolate Xingyue Island quickly become lively.

And time entered the eighth year of Yanping in this bustle, but Yang Zhengshan designated this year as the first year of Xingyue.

The reign title "Yanping" belongs to Dayong and is not commonly used outside Dayong. The reign titles used in the southeastern waters are also very mixed. Some islands use Dayong's reign title, some islands set their own reign titles, and some use the reign titles of the Lu Sheng Dynasty. It is a mess.

Yang Zhengshan felt that Xingyue Island should also have its own reign title, which would make it easier to record time.

The first day of the first month of the first year of Xingyue.

The Yang family had a rather lonely New Year's Day. Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao were not around. There were only a few half-grown children in the Yang family. With so many people missing, the New Year's Day naturally became much quieter.

It is a bit deserted, but the atmosphere at home is still good.

The children did not feel lonely, they even felt happier here.

Xingyue Island is not as prosperous as Kyoto, but there are many fun places in Xingyue Island. The seaside, the mountains, and the fields can all become a paradise for children.

"Dad, Mom, let's go out and play!" Yang Mingzhao took a few nephews, nieces and nephews and said this to Yang Zhengshan, then went out to have fun.

"These kids have been having fun like crazy lately!" Yu Qingyi said helplessly.

Yang Zhengshan laughed, "That's right, go to the mountain and see that there are children having fun everywhere!"

There are two thousand boys and girls living at the foot of the mountain. Once so many children are released, you can imagine the scene.

With so many children, Yang Mingzhao and his friends also have many more playmates.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi felt that this New Year was quite lonely, but the children did not think so. It was quite lively with so many children of the same age together.

"Let them play for a few more days, they will be ready when school starts!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Whether it is the children of the Yang family or those who came from Tenglongwei, they are not children that everyone can discipline.

Jiang He arranged teachers for them, and their teachers were all guards of the Yang family.

The Yang family guards had trained countless warriors in the past, so training these children was a piece of cake now.

These children are having fun now, but in a few days they will start complaining.

Yang Zhengshan stood in the yard and looked up at the clear sky.

"Not bad, there won't be any big storms this year! It's just that there's a lot of rain!"

"Really?" Yu Qingyi also looked up at the sky, "How did you figure that out?"

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "This is called the connection between heaven and man!"

Yu Qingyi rolled her eyes at him.

Yang Zhengshan shrugged. He was telling the truth.

It really is a connection between heaven and man!
"Let's go to the Lingquan space and take a look?"

"it is good!"

Then, the two men walked out of the yard and disappeared around a corner.

In the Lingquan space, thousands of trees grow, hundreds of flowers bloom, and the place is full of vitality.

After the two entered the space, they first looked at the spiritual fruit trees around the courtyard.

The Sanhuang Plum and Bingxin Fruit have grown a lot and look very lush.

The Xingyuan fruit tree is now as tall as a person, but it is still too early for it to bear fruit. Yang Zhengshan remembered that the Xingyuan fruit tree in Cuixia Valley started to bear fruit only when it grew to a height of ten feet.

The Jade Dew Peaches and Light Fruits have also sprouted and grown to more than three feet tall.

The Qingling Fruit grows very fast and should bear fruit in a few years. However, the Yululing Peach grows very slowly and it is estimated that it will take five or six years to bear fruit.

On the hillside behind the yard, Yu Qingyi looked at the boxes scattered all over the ground and said, "These things are too much of a nuisance here, can they be moved out?"

"These are all valuable and good things!" said Yang Zhengshan.

"What's the use?" Yu Qingyi said with disdain.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan was speechless.

Well, that's really useless.

At that time, he felt it was a pity to burn these things in Yemi City, but now it seemed that there was no use keeping them in the space.

But there's no use taking them out. The things the island is most lacking in are these yellow and white things.

"Just throw it here and take it out slowly later!" This was all Yang Zhengshan could say.

Then the two of them became busy in the space.

Men and women work together without getting tired.

In the past, Yang Zhengshan always felt bored when he was busy in the space alone, but now that Yu Qingyi is with him, he feels much more relaxed.

Both of them are innate warriors, so naturally they would not feel tired.

For them, doing these things is actually a form of relaxation.

Picking tea leaves, frying tea, tending to medicinal fields, picking fruits, brewing wine, collecting honey, it seems like a lot of things to do, but they do them when they want to, and leave them alone when they don't want to.

The Lingquan pond seemed to have grown larger, and the flaming red lotuses in the pond had connected into one piece. However, the center of the pond was still the territory of the twelve unknown lotuses. These flaming red lotuses seemed to be very afraid of those unknown lotuses and did not dare to grow towards the central area.

Yang Zhengshan simply went into the water to explore and dug up some lotus roots of the Firework Red Lotus.

As for the twelve unknown lotus flowers, Yang Zhengshan also walked over and observed them carefully.

Palm-sized lotus leaves are spread on the water surface, and under the water are long green poles.

Suddenly, Yang Zhengshan was stunned. He stared with wide eyes at a sharp corner sticking out of the water.

“Is this going to bloom?”

Yang Zhengshan felt it was a little unbelievable that this unknown lotus was actually about to bloom.

Eight years!
It’s finally blooming!

Yang Zhengshan was surprised and happy.

I don’t know what the use of this lotus is?
Is it the same as the Fireworks Red Lotus?
Yang Zhengshan was full of expectations for this lotus.

This lotus grew out of the spiritual spring itself, so its efficacy should be no worse than that of spiritual fruit.

"Are the lotus flowers about to bloom?" Yu Qingyi asked curiously, standing by the pond.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "The flower buds have grown, and they should bloom soon!"

Then he looked at the lotus flowers again, and all twelve of them were the same, with a small bud growing out of them. This made him extremely happy.

He jumped out of the pond, and Yu Qingyi quickly found some clothes for him to change into. "What do you think the lotus is good for? Which is better, the lotus root or the lotus seed?"

Yang Zhengshan had already told Yu Qingyi everything in the space, even this unknown lotus.

After changing into a set of clean clothes, Yang Zhengshan said, "I don't know. We'll know when we try it. But I didn't see any lotus roots. It may take a long time for them to grow."

Generally speaking, lotus roots will only grow rapidly after the lotus leaves cover the water surface, which is almost the same as after flowering.

But now the lotus has only grown a small bud and only four or five lotus leaves, and the growth speed is not fast.

Yang Zhengshan felt that it would be difficult for this lotus to grow lotus roots in a short period of time. Given the current growth rate, he would not be surprised if it took three to five years to grow lotus roots.

After looking at the lotus flowers in the pond, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi ran to the grassland in the south to see the livestock and poultry there.

At this time, there are many more animals in the space. There are more than fifty horses. They have formed a herd and are the most domineering animals in the space.

In order to feed the livestock and poultry, Yang Zhengshan also spread a lot of rice, wheat, sorghum, millet, beans and other grains on the grassland.

At this time, the grassland was growing a bit messy, with a patch of grass on one side, a patch of rice on the other, and a field of sorghum next to it. The sorghum had not grown tall yet, and no one knew what had eaten it, leaving only branches.

(End of this chapter)