Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 604: Taking the First Step in Rebellion

“This is a spiritual fruit!”

"Of course, you can try it!"

Yang Zhengshan hesitated for a moment, but still picked up a cloudberry and put it into his mouth.

Mm, it’s sour and sweet, very delicious.

After entering the stomach, you can clearly feel a warm breath spreading in front of you.

Later, he tasted a cold pine cone, which had a strong pine aroma and was very juicy. It gave him a very cool feeling after entering his stomach.

This is actually a spiritual fruit!

Ok!

Spiritual fruits are not just peaches and plums.

"Grandma Xue, I think we should discuss the exchange ratio!"

"Hehehe~~" Xue Qiaoer next to her couldn't help laughing.

Grandma Xue smiled and said, "The effects of these two spiritual fruits are not very obvious. For innate warriors, they only have a very weak effect. The cloudberry fruit can purify the innate true qi, and the cold pine fruit can calm the mind and nourish the spirit! In addition, they are also the auxiliary medicines for refining the spiritual pill!"

After that, she handed the recipe of the elixir to Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan opened it and took a look. As he expected, this elixir required three kinds of spiritual fruits and more than a dozen precious medicines.

There are one monarch, two ministers, twelve assistants and four kinds of medicinal leads, which are also the guiding drugs.

It is no wonder that it takes three generations of palace masters to refine the Snow Spirit Palace once, as so many spiritual fruits and medicinal herbs are needed.

"Can the Dark Light Fruit and Wind Spirit Fruit also be used to refine the Spirit Pill?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Yes, but the prescriptions are slightly different, and the effects are also different! If you want these two prescriptions, you can only go to the Mingguang Holy Palace and the Fengling Holy Palace. Although we are both holy palaces of the Ling'en Holy Church, the recipes for the Lingdan are different." Grandma Xue said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded to show his understanding.

The effects of the Dark Light Fruit, Wind Spirit Fruit and Ice Heart Fruit are all very useless. The Dark Light Fruit can improve night vision, and the Wind Spirit Fruit can enhance a warrior's ability to sense external auras.

In addition, Bingxin Fruit can improve the ability to resist cold.

how to say!

The abilities attached to these three spiritual fruits seem to be useful, but they don’t seem to be of much use.

But it would be different if it was refined into a spiritual pill.

It can grant warriors the ability to control light, wind and snow.

Yang Zhengshan felt that other spiritual fruits could also be used to refine the spiritual pill, but the specific recipes should be slightly different.

This still needs to be studied slowly.

Granny Xue added: "One Dark Light Fruit, two Wind Spirit Fruits, and these, and you just need to give me ten True Essence Pills!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed, "Grandma Xue is so righteous, I admire her!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the spiritual fruits on the table instantly turned into porcelain bottles.

Xue Qiaoer's eyes widened as she circled around Yang Zhengshan, "Where have you been hiding?"

"secret!"

"Tell me about it!"

"I really can't tell you!"

"mean!"

Xue Qiaoer said dissatisfiedly.

The deal was done and Yang Zhengshan reaped a lot of benefits.

After leaving Xueling Palace, Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi did not stay for too long, but instead dived into the Menghe Mountains.

Although Yang Zhengshan had previously bypassed the Menghe Mountains and attacked Yemi City from afar, he did not go deep into the Menghe Mountains.

There are many species in the Monge Mountains, and the two of them gained a lot.

The two of them also took the opportunity to observe the Chici tribe.

The Wuliang royal court was divided into three forces.

Wutuo still occupied Yemi City and was still the most powerful king on the grassland. However, he had lost control of the eight tribes. Except for the Liangwang tribe, the other seven tribes were divided into two forces.

The main tribe in the east is the Chici tribe, which includes the Tatar, Wanggu and Ula tribes. The main tribe in the west is the Alaman tribe, which includes the Kerey and Huiba tribes.

Ten years ago, the three forces fought for several years, but in the end no one could make the other surrender, and the war ended in nothing.

Fortunately, the Wuliang royal court was split, and Beiyuan Town got a chance to catch its breath.

Unfortunately, more than ten years have passed, and the strength of Beiyuan Town has not recovered. Zhou Lan is still the general of Beiyuan Town, Song Dashan is the deputy general of Chongshan Town, and Yang Mingzhen, Yang Chengxu and Yang Chengze are still serving as lieutenant generals in Beiyuan Town.

Four innate warriors are stationed in Beiyuan Town. Logically speaking, Beiyuan Town should be very powerful, but Beiyuan Town lacks elite troops.

In that battle more than ten years ago, Beiyuan Town suffered heavy losses and has not recovered to this day.

Since Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi were here, they naturally wanted to visit Chongshan Town and Beiyuan Town. They first went to Chongshan Town to meet Yang Chengye.

Yang Chengye is now a guerrilla in the central camp of Chongshan Town, and lives inside Chongshan Pass.

Yang Zhengshan did not disturb anyone else, he just met with Yang Chengye. He did not stay with Yang Chengye for too long, he only stayed for three days before leaving.

Chongshan Town is still the same. Tang Feihu has returned to his hometown to retire, and the new general is Niu Zhuang.

The court has sent governors to Chongshan Town many times over the years, but each governor ended up being sidelined. Not to mention the army, even the provincial administration and the provincial judicial commissioner's office were beyond the governor's control.

The same thing happened when the provincial governor or provincial judge was replaced, and even officials at all levels of government were replaced one after another, but the result was that Chongshan Town remained unmoved.

This was because the Yang family's roots in Chongshan Town had become so strong that they could no longer be uprooted.

In the entire Chongshan Town, the Yang family accounts for 30% of the official positions above 1,000 households. It may sound small, but in fact it is enough for the Yang family to firmly control Chongshan Town.

And Yang Chengye is not a child anymore. He is now 36 years old and he is also the Marquis of Jing'an. Therefore, the real person in charge of Chongshan Town is not the governor or the general, but Yang Chengye.

These were not arranged by Yang Zhengshan, but were the natural result. The descendants of the Yang family would push Yang Chengye to become the leader of Chongshan Town. Yang Chengye didn't even need to do anything, he would naturally become the leader.

Of course, there were also some corrupt officials in the Yang family. Yang Chengye's methods were very harsh. Any family member who dared to act recklessly would be ruthlessly driven back to Yangjia Village. If they did not repent, he would let Yang Minghui remove them from the family tree.

Whether in officialdom or in the family, Yang Chengye now has a firm control over the Yang clan.

Yang Zhengshan was very satisfied with the successor he had trained, who was much better than that fool.

After leaving Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan went for a stroll in Beiyuan Town. He stayed in Beiyuan Town for more than a month, mainly because he had more familiar friends in Beiyuan Town, including Zhou Lan, Song Dashan, Yang Mingzhen, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu, etc. Yang Zhengshan met them all.

While Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi were visiting relatives and friends, Yang Mingzhao finally took the first step towards his rebellion.

In the afternoon of October 23rd, the 13th year of Xingyuan, which was the 20th year of Yanping.

Yang Mingzhao and Yang Ze each rode a horse, walking slowly on the official road of Taiping County.

The horses in Bashu are generally small, with shoulder height usually below 1.2 meters. The grassland horses in Chongshan Town are generally around 1.5 meters tall at the shoulder.

The horses bred by the Yang family can reach a shoulder height of 1.7 meters. The horses raised by Yang Zhengshan in the Lingquan space can be over 2 meters tall at the shoulder.

The reason for such a big gap is, firstly, because of the difference in breeds, and secondly, because the horses in the Lingquan space have been bred from generation to generation.

Some of the horses in this space have undergone genetic mutations and are very different from ordinary horses. They can perhaps be called monsters.

Yang Mingzhao did not bring his own horse, but bought a few horses from Bashu. The two men rode on horseback on the official road, looking at the farmland on both sides of the road and the people working in the farmland.

In fact, Taiping County is not that poor. Although Taiping County is mountainous, there are also many river valleys. The fields in these river valleys are not only fertile, but also close to the rivers, and are all top-quality paddy fields.

In addition to arable land, Taiping County also has large tea plantations, and the tea produced in Taiping County is also of great value.

In addition, because it is close to Wanshanling, Taiping County has many herbalists and farmers. The tea industry and medicinal materials industry are the most valuable industries in Taiping County.

Unfortunately, whether it is paddy fields, tea gardens or medicinal fields, they are all the properties of gentry and landlords, and the common people are just tenants.

Yang Mingzhao looked at the people working in the fields and sighed softly.

They were all wearing tattered clothes, with patches on top of patches, and some were even shirtless, revealing their bony chests.

Yang Mingzhao also saw some children around seven or eight years old who were also helping to work in the fields. They had big heads on their thin bodies and were obviously malnourished.

Seeing those people, Yang Mingzhao became more determined in his thoughts.

"Let's go!"

He urged his horse to speed up and headed towards Taiping County.

Taiping County is a very ordinary county town with a circumference of only eight or nine miles, which means it is about one kilometer long and wide.

The city wall is four meters high, and there are only about 10,000 people in the city.

The dilapidated city wall had not been repaired for a long time. When Yang Mingzhao came to the wall, he saw at a glance that a large section of the wall on the east side had collapsed.

In a county town like this, let alone sneaking into the city to launch a surprise attack, even a strong attack from outside the city would not be difficult.

As for the county government officials, Yang Mingzhao looked at the lazy officials at the city gate and shook his head helplessly.

Look who these people are!
He looks like a decent person, but he does things that are not human.

Five yamen runners were standing at the city gate collecting city taxes, beating and scolding the common people who came into the city.

"You son of a bitch, you can't even pay the five cents city tax, what are you doing in the city? Begging?"

"Go away, there are no more beggars in the city!"

A yamen runner with a moustache cursed at a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. After cursing, he seemed to be still unsatisfied and kicked the boy, causing him to stagger.

The young man was furious and mad. He clenched his fists and glared at the officer, "My home is in the city. Let me in!"

"You are the only little beggar living in the city. Get out!"

The bailiff gave the young man a fierce look, and put his hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist, "If you don't get out of here, I'll chop you to pieces!"

The young man looked at the long knife on the waist of the yamen runner and seemed a little afraid. He took two steps back, but he was still unwilling to leave.

When the bailiff saw this, he looked ferocious and drew out his long sword with a clang.

"You little beggar, do you really think I dare not chop you down?"

The young man was frightened when he saw the bright blade. He took several steps back and accidentally sat down on the ground.

After falling to the ground, the cloth bag in his hand fell to the ground, spilling some rice bran.

"Step aside!"

Yang Mingzhao rode up on horseback and looked at the young man and the rice bran scattered on the ground.

The boy was very thin, with slightly sunken cheeks. He sat on the ground and seemed to have no strength to stand up.

When the bailiff saw Yang Mingzhao, he immediately smiled flatteringly.

"Sir, are you going to enter the city? Sir, please come in, Sir, please come in!"

He looked so fawning and submissive, without any of the ferocity and arrogance he had just shown.

It perfectly demonstrates the attitude of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

In the eyes of the yamen runners, Yang Mingzhao was naturally a young man from a wealthy family.

Riding a horse, with followers, the clothes he wore, the jade pendant he wore, and his temperament, it was obvious at first glance that he was not an ordinary person.

Yang Mingzhao looked at the bailiff, then at the young man on the ground.

"Young Master!" Yang Ze winked towards the city.

Yang Mingzhao looked up towards the city gate again, only to see Zhao Kai and Chen Buyu already waiting for them inside the city.

As early as three days ago, Zhao Kai and Chen Buyu had already led their men into the city.

Naturally, they would not bring 700 young and strong men into the city as it would be too easy to be exposed. Taiping County is so small that it would be easy for so many strangers to suddenly appear and be discovered.

There are only two hundred people who have sneaked into the city now, another two hundred have gone to the northern inspection office, and the other three hundred are divided into three teams driving mule carts and donkey carts with some food, and they are expected to arrive in the afternoon.

Yang Mingzhao looked at the yamen runners, then at the city wall, and wondered if he had been too cautious before.

Even in this broken county town, they actually spent three or four days to formulate a plan for the uprising.

Damn, is it necessary to plan?

"Why do you want to bully others, you dog?" Yang Mingzhao asked angrily.

"Ah, sir, I, I, haha, this little beggar is so ignorant. I just want to teach him a lesson!" the bailiff stammered.

Don’t be fooled by his ferocious look just now. In fact, he is just the first insignificant villain.

It’s okay for him to bully ordinary people, but if he really meets someone rich and powerful, he is nothing.

Not to mention the powerful and wealthy, even a local rich man can kill him.

Yang Mingzhao looked at this guy who seemed to be bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, and felt that there was no point in competing with him.

However, such bastards should be severely punished. The real harm to people are these officers who bully the weak and fear the strong.

Thinking of this, he swung his sword and, along with the scabbard, directly knocked the bailiff away.

"action!"

Without caring whether the yamen runner was dead or alive, Yang Mingzhao drove his horse directly into the city.

Chen Buyu grinned when he heard this.

"Blow the whistle! Blow the whistle!"

Immediately afterwards, a series of rapid whistles were sounded in the city.

Two hundred young men armed with swords or sticks rushed out of several houses, then divided into more than a dozen teams and dispersed.

"Kill the dog officer! Kill him!"

Chen Buyu shouted and rushed towards the county government office with a long knife in hand.

Forty young men followed behind him, and Zhao Kai and Zhang Mo also followed.

At the same time, another twenty young and strong men came to the city gate and beat the officers guarding the city gate with sticks.

"Ah~~Master, please spare me, Master, please spare me!"

The four officers cried out for their parents and tried to escape by scrambling.

Seeing this, several people who were waiting outside the city to enter the city did not go in but ran away. However, the young man hesitated for a moment, stood up with difficulty, and walked towards the city cautiously.

A few young and strong men from Sanjian Valley looked at him and didn't bother to pay attention to him, and directly closed the city gate.

(End of this chapter)