Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 596 Sir, let’s rebel!
In Yang Zhengshan's heart, Yang Mingcheng is the most honest, Yang Mingzhi is the most restless, and Yang Minghao is the most heartless.

But Yang Zhengshan didn't know that the most restless person among the second generation of the Yang family was actually Yang Mingzhao.

This cannot be blamed on Yang Zhengshan. It is true that Yang Mingzhao has always been very well-behaved since he was a child. He grew up, got married, had children, and was always well-behaved. He has also been very diligent in practicing martial arts. This gave Yang Zhengshan the illusion that my son is a filial and sunny boy.

However, this sunny boy had already run away to Bashu to become a bandit.

Bashu, the northern part of Kuizhou Prefecture.

In a valley hidden among mountains, there lived more than five thousand people.

These five thousand people fled into the mountains after a severe drought in Kuizhou Prefecture more than ten years ago. When they first came here, there were only more than three hundred people, and the valley was just a wasteland. However, after more than ten years of reclamation and development, their population has grown to more than five thousand people and they have reclaimed more than twenty thousand acres of land.

Although the valley is very barren, not much food is grown, and life is very hard, they are still willing to hide in the mountains and live, just because they can still have something to eat here. Once they leave here, they may starve to death.

There were no exorbitant taxes or corvee labor, so they could survive even if their lives were poor.

The valley is surrounded by high mountains and forests, except for a slightly lower mountain in the south. A small river flows slowly out from the mountains, passing through the narrow valley and flowing into the col in the south.

Farmlands have been reclaimed on both sides of the stream, planted with wheat. The fields are now golden and it is time to harvest.

Yang Mingzhao and Chen Buyu walked side by side on the ridge of the field by the river, looking at the golden wheat fields and talking with a relaxed look on their faces.

That’s right, the person with Yang Mingzhao was Chen Buyu. As for how the two met each other.

This story begins five years ago.

Five years ago, Yang Mingzhao was twenty-one years old, had been married for four years, and his child was already three years old. He felt a little bored on Xingyue Island, so he came to Dayong to travel.

Yang Zhengshan would naturally not refuse the young man's wish to travel.

Yang Mingzhao landed in Fuhai Province, passed through Fuhai, Jiangnan, Yungui, and finally arrived in Bashu.

At that time, Chen Buyu and his father Chen Ding'an had been killing officials and rebelling for six years, but they did not have a good life in those six years. Killing officials and rebelling would inevitably make them wanted by the government. Although they could hide in the mountains, there was a lack of everything in the mountains. They did not dare to enter the city, so they could only rob some caravans or supplies escorted by officials.

Because of this, Chen Buyu's father Chen Ding'an was seriously injured and then died in a robbery. After Chen Ding'an's death, Chen Buyu led hundreds of his clansmen to continue to be bandits.

Then they robbed Yang Mingzhao. Needless to say, the strength of Chen Buyu and others was no match for Yang Mingzhao, not to mention that Yang Mingzhao was accompanied by several followers and guards at that time.

However, Chen Buyu and his men seemed to only want to rob and not kill anyone. Seeing that they only wanted money and property and not to kill anyone, Yang Mingzhao did not kill them either.

When Chen Buyu was captured, Yang Mingzhao asked him why he became a bandit.

After listening to Chen Buyu's story, Yang Mingzhao expressed deep sympathy and finally released them.

At first, Yang Mingzhao had never thought of becoming a bandit, but after he went to Kuizhou Prefecture, he was actually blackmailed by the officials.

I'm not angry when bandits robbed me, but the police actually dared to extort me. They really think I'm just a useless person.

Yang Mingzhao killed seven or eight officials in anger. After that, he encountered many messy things in Bashu. Finally, he encountered a group of officials who were collecting taxes in a village.

More than 20 officials and runners robbed the village, and Yang Mingzhao killed them.

But the problem is, he can kill the official and leave, but what about the remaining villagers?
These villagers must not stay in the village, otherwise they will die.

So, Yang Mingzhao brought hundreds of villagers to find Chen Buyu and asked him to help take care of these villagers.

However, he still did not join the gang at that time, but asked his followers to buy some supplies and give them to Chen Buyu.

Yang Mingzhao returned to Xingyue Island and stayed there for more than half a year, but he was always worried about the villagers. After all, those villagers were implicated by him.

If he had not killed people at that time, these villagers might have suffered some harm, but they would not have had to flee their hometown and hide in the mountains to become savages.

So he came to Bashu again and found Chen Buyu again.

In the following years, he came to Bashu once a year and brought some supplies to Chen Buyu every time.

After a few interactions, he and Chen Buyu became familiar with each other.

Five years passed in a flash, and Yang Mingzhao became the major shareholder of this valley and was promoted to the boss. Chen Buyu was even willing to serve him as his master.

Why was Chen Buyu willing to serve him as his master?
The reason is simple, Yang Mingzhao gave too much.

Over the years, Yang Mingzhao gave Chen Buyu supplies worth thousands of taels of silver.

This amount of money is naturally nothing in Yang Mingzhao's eyes, but to Chen Buyu it is a life-saving favor.

Without the supplies given by Yang Mingzhao, they could only go down the mountain to plunder, but plundering requires life and death, and they may encounter danger every time they plunder.

Chen Buyu's father and many of Chen Buyu's clansmen died in battle while trying to rob.

The supplies Yang Mingzhao gave them solved their survival problems in the mountains and stopped them from going down the mountain to rob for just a few small things.

So just like that, Yang Mingzhao became the boss here.

"Young Master, the harvest this year is very good. We won't be short of food this year!" Chen Buyu followed Yang Mingzhao with a longbow on his back, and said with joy on his face.

Yang Mingzhao naturally couldn't use his real name when doing things outside, so he gave himself a pseudonym, Yang Zhao.

Chen Buyu only knew that Yang Mingzhao came from an extraordinary family, but he did not know Yang Mingzhao's true background.

"What about other things? Just tell me if you need anything and I'll send someone to buy them!" Yang Mingzhao was just like the silly son of a landlord and didn't care about money at all.

"We are out of salt and cotton cloth. If possible, get us a batch of farm tools. We have accepted hundreds of people this year, and they still need to reclaim wasteland!" said Chen Buyu.

There is a lack of anything in the mountains, and their identity is still a problem, so it is very troublesome to buy something.

Yang Mingzhao turned his head to look at the followers behind him and said, "Old Han, Ma Yan, the two of you go to Dachang County to find Li Dagui and ask him to buy more. Well, if possible, buy a few cows and send them together!"

He was surrounded by two servants and four guards. Lao Han and Li Dagui were both his guards, both of whom were slaves bought by the Yang family in the early days. Ma Yan was his servant, and Ma Yan's grandfather was Ma San, the original stable boy of the Yang family.

Ma San passed away ten years ago, but his sons and grandsons are still working for the Yang family. Ma Yan has been with Yang Mingzhao since he was a child, and has been with him for fifteen or sixteen years now.

"Yes!" Old Han responded directly without saying anything.

Ma Yan looked at Yang Mingzhao and seemed to be hesitant to speak. In the end, he did not say anything and just glanced at Lu Bo beside him.

Lu Bo showed a helpless expression.

Lu Bo is also a servant beside Yang Mingzhao. He followed Yang Mingzhao earlier than Ma Yan because his grandfather is Lu Shou.

The two of them were helpless about Yang Mingzhao mixing with a group of bandits. The fourth master of the Yang family actually became the leader of a group of bandits. If this matter were to get out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

And if the master knew about this, they would definitely be punished.

Unfortunately, they had advised Yang Mingzhao many times, but Yang Mingzhao simply refused to listen.

Lao Han and Ma Yan left the valley and went to Dachang County to buy things, while Yang Mingzhao and Chen Buyu returned to the village.

There are four villages in the valley. The largest one is at the entrance of the valley. It is called a village, but it is actually a fortress. Moreover, this fortress was built by Yang Mingzhao according to the style of the garrison in Chongshan Town.

The outer wall is more than four meters high and is located at the entrance of the valley. Outside the fortress is a narrow mountain road that can only accommodate two or three people walking side by side.

The fortress stood there, looking like a one-man-guarded pass that no one could get through. Except for the village at the entrance, the other three villages were all inside the valley, and the deeper the village was, the later it was built.

This is how they cultivated the land bit by bit and built villages one by one.

In the fortress, Yang Mingzhao also had a yard, which was not big and had only five houses.

After returning to the fortress, Yang Mingzhao and Chen Buyu drank tea in the main hall.

"This tea is so delicious!" Chen Buyu couldn't help but praise it again.

How can it not taste good?
This is Dong Lingchun!

"Is there any left for you last time?" Yang Mingzhao held the tea and drank it casually.

"Besides, I have never been willing to drink it!" Chen Buyu grinned.

"Don't keep it. This tea is good for cultivation. Since I've given it to you, just drink it. I've brought you two kilograms this time, so just drink it!" Yang Mingzhao said indifferently.

It's not painful for a son to sell his father's land. Dong Lingchun is a priceless commodity in Kyoto. One catty can be sold for at least two to three thousand taels of silver. As a result, Yang Mingzhao gave two catties at once.

"And there are drinks. I also brought ten kilograms of them. They are all useful for cultivation. Don't waste them!"

"By the way, what is your current level of cultivation?"

Chen Buyu said: "The fourth level of the acquired realm!"

"Too low!" Yang Mingzhao said.

Chen Buyu rubbed his horn beard and said, "Sir, I'm only thirty years old!"

Yang Mingzhao looked up and glanced at him, "I'm only twenty-six years old, but my cultivation has reached the fifth level of the acquired realm!"

"..."

Chen Buyu said nothing, but he muttered in his heart: "You are a monster, but I am not a monster!"

Is Chen Buyu’s cultivation level low?

Actually it’s not low!

Chen Buyu was a warrior at the age of fifteen, reached the level of strength training at the age of eighteen, and broke through to the acquired realm at the age of twenty. With his aptitude, he was able to enter the Martial Arts Pavilion.

But since they hid in the mountains, even eating became a problem for them, and their cultivation was also neglected.

Until he was 25 years old, he was still at the first level of acquired cultivation. Later, with the support of Yang Mingzhao, life in the valley became better, and his cultivation began to improve.

Chen Buyu didn't want to talk about cultivation anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "Sir, I'm afraid the valley can't accommodate any more people!"

Yang Mingzhao asked, "Didn't you find any other places to reclaim land?"

Chen Buyu shook his head. "No, there are mountains for more than ten miles around. Although there are places that can be reclaimed for farming, it is extremely inconvenient to use water, and it is estimated that not much food can be produced!"

Yang Mingzhao frowned. Although the food in the valley was currently self-sufficient, more and more people had come to seek refuge in the past two years.

Their place is not unknown. In fact, it has been known by the surrounding people for a long time, and the people around it even gave it a nice name.

Three Arrow Valley!
Why is it called Three Arrow Valley?

Because Chen Buyu has a nickname called Chen Sanjian.

Not only did the surrounding people know about the existence of Sanjian Valley, but the government also knew about it. Two years ago, the government even summoned hundreds of militiamen to attack Sanjian Valley.

As a result, Chen Buyu shot and killed six people with three arrows. That’s right, he shot and killed six people with three arrows, killing two birds with one stone!
So Chen Buyu got the nickname Chen Sanjian, and this valley was also called Sanjian Valley.

"What do you think?" Yang Mingzhao asked.

Chen Buyu hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, should we capture the county?"

"What's the point of attacking the county town?" Yang Mingzhao was puzzled.

"Rebellion!" said Chen Buyu.

"..."

Yang Mingzhao suddenly felt that he was in big trouble.

rebel?

Who are you rebelling against?

I have two senior brothers, one is the Crown Prince and the other is Prince An.

I have an eldest nephew who is the Marquis of Jing'an of Darong.

I have several cousins ​​who are lieutenant generals or guerrilla generals in Darong.

I also have a group of nephews who are military officers in the court.

You want me to rebel?

"Why do you want to rebel?" Yang Mingzhao asked.

Chen Buyu said: "The Black Tiger King has occupied four counties in Bozhou, the Nine Heavenly Kings have occupied three counties in Wusha Prefecture, and Ma He, the commander of the Southern Shu Xingdusi, has occupied six counties in Southern Shu. They have their own troops and are very powerful! In addition, there are 18 rebel groups taking action!"

"Sir, if we could occupy one or two counties, our lives wouldn't be so hard!"

Yang Mingzhao was sweating and said, "Do you know that rebellion can kill people?"

"If I was afraid of death, I would not have killed the county magistrate back then!" Chen Buyu said.

Yang Mingzhao said: "Listen to me, there is no future in rebellion."

“How can there be no future? The Black Tiger King has occupied Bozhou for four years, but the imperial court has not yet wiped him out!” Chen Buyu was like a weird uncle holding a lollipop, tempting Yang Mingzhao.

"That's because the imperial court did not take the rebellion seriously. The imperial court's power is far stronger than you think!" Yang Mingzhao said.

Chen Buyu is, after all, just a bandit. Really, he is a bandit.

His father was just a centurion, and he had never left Kuizhou Prefecture in his life. Although he had heard a lot about the court, his understanding of the court had huge flaws.

However, Yang Mingzhao's understanding of the court also had a huge flaw, that is, he felt that the court was very powerful.

Indeed, the power of the imperial court is now so strong that it is indescribable for the rebels in Bashu.

But the power of the court today is far less than what Yang Mingzhao imagined.

Yang Mingzhao's understanding of the imperial court still remains in the past ten years and in Chongshan Town.

However, more than ten years have passed, and the current imperial court is no longer the previous imperial court, but the current Chongshan Town is still the previous Chongshan Town.

(End of this chapter)