Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 621: The Terrifying Strength of Xingyue Island

Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, the two men came out of the space and rode towards the port in the south of the Maurya Empire.

Hongyun was too eye-catching, so the two men picked two ordinary-looking horses to ride. However, even ordinary horses in this space were tall and handsome, and very eye-catching when traveling.

Of course, there was no ignorant person who came to try to block the road and steal the horse.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi had no intention of playing dumb to eat the tiger. They rode tall horses and wore brocade suits. The accessories they wore were all priceless treasures. The most important thing was that one of them had a long sword hanging around his waist and the other had a long spear hanging on his saddle.

Just by looking at their attire, anyone who is not a fool would know that the two people in front of them are definitely not ordinary people. And judging from their temperament and Yang Zhengshan’s eyes, ordinary scoundrels would not dare to look him in the eye, let alone go up and cause trouble.

So along the way, they have never encountered anyone who would actively approach them to seek death.

The two of them went south along the Cangyuan River, passing through several cities on the way. They also went into the cities to have some fun. The Maurya Dynasty was also very prosperous, and it became more prosperous as they went south.

The reason for this is that Thonburi City in the south of the Maurya Empire was the final destination of the Dayong merchant ships.

To the west of the Maurya Empire was the Garo Dynasty, and to the west of the Garo Dynasty was the Dai Viet Dynasty. The Dai Viet Dynasty was a dynasty that was not inferior to Dai Rong, but Dai Viet's silk weaving and ceramic craftsmanship were far inferior to Dai Rong.

Dayong's silk and porcelain are among Dai Viet's most popular commodities. Of course, Dai Viet also has many excellent commodities. Dai Viet's cotton, cotton cloth, herbs, tobacco, etc. are all commodities needed by Dayong.

Therefore, Thonburi City of the Maurya Empire became a trade transit station between the two dynasties, which made the business in the southern part of the Maurya Empire more prosperous and made Thonburi City the most prosperous port city.

However, the business of the Maurya Empire has declined a lot in recent years. The reason is that Dai Viet is at war with the Temple of the God of War.

The impact of the war between the two major forces was enormous. It not only affected the commercial prosperity of the Maurya Empire, but even affected Dayong's maritime trade.

Dayong's silk and porcelain could no longer be sold to Dayue. This affected not only maritime trade, but also the silk weaving and ceramic industries within Dayong.

Of course, there are also industries that are not affected, such as medicinal materials, weapons and armor, various types of minerals, etc. This industry, which is closely related to war, is taking advantage of the war between the two major forces to make a fortune.

However, these industries are far from being able to replace the silk weaving and ceramic industries, nor are they enough to fill the depression in maritime trade caused by silk and porcelain.

However, this did not have a big impact on the Yang Family Business. Although the Yang Family Business also traded in silk and ceramics in the past, its main trading commodities were minerals, medicinal materials, furs, jade, etc. from the Greater Northeast region. Now the Yang Family has started a close cooperation with the Zhu Family, and weapons and armor forged by the Zhu Family are also one of the main commodities of the Yang Family Business.

After Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi arrived at the port of Tunwu City, they easily found the merchant ship of the Yang family business.

"over there!"

In the prosperous port, Yu Qingyi pointed to five merchant ships flying the Yang flag.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Let's go!"

Afterwards, the two came to the platform in front of the merchant ship. There were more than a dozen guards with weapons on duty on the platform. Before the two men could say anything, someone recognized them.

"Island Master, Madam!" A man who looked to be around thirty years old shouted in surprise when he saw the two of them.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?"

The guards gathered together immediately, and the leading man saluted and shouted, "Xie Yan, the flag-bearer of the ninth guard of the merchant company, greets the island owner and the madam!"

The Xingyue Island navy is different from the merchant guards. The Xingyue Island navy is organized into a battalion sentry system, namely, sergeant, squad leader, captain, sentry chief, battalion chief, and thousand-man chief.

The business guards were organized according to Dayong's guard system, that is, small flags, general flags, and centurions, but no thousand-household members. Above the centurion was the commander.

The reason for such organization is that the merchant guards follow the fleet. A fleet has five large ships and two hundred-household guards are enough. Each fleet has a commander.

Currently, the Yang Family Trading Company has 28 fleets, divided into two parts, east and west. The western fleet has 18 fleets, and its sailing routes include the Li Sheng Dynasty, De Sheng Dynasty, Lu Sheng Dynasty, and many dynasties in the south of Dayong. The fleet heading to the Maurya Dynasty is also the western fleet.

There are ten eastern fleets, and the main sailing routes are mainly in the eastern part of Xingyue Island, including Shenmu Island, Tianming Island, Longdan Dynasty, etc.

Each fleet consisted of two large Fu ships, three medium-sized Haicang ships, and several small boats, with more than ten crew members, more than one hundred sailors, dozens of handymen and more than two hundred guards, totaling about four hundred people.

That is to say, the fleet of Yang Family Trading Company alone has nearly 10,000 people.

The navy of Xingyue Island has expanded to two thousand people, but now the navy no longer needs to escort the fleet, because the reputation of Yang Family Trading Company has spread, and few forces will intercept the fleet of Yang Family Trading Company.

Nowadays, the main duty of the Xingyue Island Navy is to patrol the waters around Xingyue Island. They spend most of their time wandering around Xingyue Island. Unless a fleet is attacked, the Xingyue Island Navy rarely goes into battle.

The fleet guards in front of them were all young men who had migrated from Tenglongwei to Xingyue Island that year. Now these young men have grown up and have either joined businesses as fleet guards or joined the navy.

Yang Zhengshan had taught these young men a lot in the past, so it was not surprising that they could recognize Yang Zhengshan.

However, this Xie Yan should be a member of the Xie family, that is, the nephew of Xie Yuan.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Yang Zhengshan patted Xie Yan on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Island owner, please get on board!" Xie Yan said excitedly.

At the same time, two clever guards had already run onto the ship to call the fleet's manager and commander.

Soon, the fleet's manager Zhen Yuncheng and commander Zhang Dahu came out to greet them.

Each fleet of the Yang Family Trading Company had a shopkeeper, who was followed by five captains and more than ten assistants, who were mainly responsible for trading matters.

From his surname, we can tell that this shopkeeper is from the Zhen family. He may be a member of the Zhen family, or he may be a former slave of the Zhen family.

As for Zhang Dahu, he was the Yang family's former bodyguard.

The two men first paid their respects to Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi, and then took Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi on board.

On the deck, a group of waiters were busy preparing tea and food for Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi.

Yang Zhengshan looked at their busy appearance and said with a smile: "Don't worry, just prepare some food!"

The guys finally calmed down, and Zhen Yuncheng asked them to do their respective duties. Soon, only Zhen Yuncheng and Zhang Dahu were left in the room.

Luo Shang and Zhen Yang are already old. Currently, the head and second managers of the Yang family business have been replaced by Luo Zhen and Zhen Tao, who are Luo Shang and Zhen Yang's sons. Well, not their sons, but their respective sons.

"Sit down and talk!" Yang Zhengshan casually asked Zhen Yuncheng and Zhang Dahu to sit down.

"Thank you, Island Master!" Zhen Yuncheng was a little reserved, while Zhang Dahu was more casual as he had followed Yang Zhengshan a lot before.

"Is everything okay at home?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"In reply to the island master, everything is fine at home!" Zhen Yuncheng replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded. He would not ask about the business of the Yang family company. He did not need to worry about such trivial matters.

"What level of cultivation do you have now?"

He turned to look at Zhang Dahu. Zhang Dahu grinned, "I just reached half a step into the innate realm last year!"

Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up, "It seems that your training has not fallen behind!"

Zhang Dahu used to be just an ordinary guard of the Yang family. Even his cultivation had reached the half-step innate level. What about the others?

Don’t forget that Yang Zhengshan used to have twenty personal followers, and the strength of his followers such as Wang Lei and Li Chang was far superior to that of ordinary guards.

Even Zhang Dahu has reached the half-step innate level, so the cultivation of Wang Lei, Li Chang and others is likely to have reached the innate level.

"Have Wang Lei and the others made a breakthrough?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Well, in the few years since the island master left, many people on the island have made breakthroughs!" said Zhang Dahu.

The first ten years after moving to Xingyue Island was the peak period for the Yang family to break through to the innate level. Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, Yang Minghao, Ding Qiu, Wu Zhan and others broke through one after another.

However, the explosive growth in the number of innate warriors has just begun, and Yang Zhengshan's followers, the guards and servants of the Yang family have just entered the breakthrough period.

There is no need to say much about Wang Lei, Li Chang and other close followers. They have followed Yang Zhengshan for nearly 30 years, and the amount of spiritual spring water they have received is no less than that of the Yang family.

The number of guards of the Yang family was not much different. You should know that there were a total of 300 guards of the Yang family before.

The next few years will be the time for these three hundred guards to break through to become innate warriors.

Thinking about how these guards broke through to the innate realm one after another, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smack his lips in amazement.

Hundreds of innate warriors, this number is absolutely unimaginable to outsiders.

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that this number is reasonable.

How many resources does Yang Zhengshan have?

Spiritual spring water can enhance physical fitness, improve potential, and heal injuries. Although spiritual spring water cannot improve cultivation, it can make an ordinary warrior have the qualifications to become a congenital warrior.

As long as you drink it for a long time and practice step by step, you will have a great chance of becoming a congenital warrior.

In addition to the spiritual spring water, Yang Zhengshan also has a large number of spiritual fruits and precious medicines, as well as pills made from the spiritual fruits and precious medicines.

Dayong only has forty or fifty Sanhuang plums every year, while Yang Zhengshan has thousands of them.

Dayong only has a few hundred Star Yuan Fruits every year, which can be used to refine two or three hundred True Yuan Pills, but Yang Zhengshan has tens of thousands of Star Yuan Fruits, and the number of True Yuan Pills depends entirely on how many people can refine them.

Yang Zhengshan also has Jade Dew Spirit Peaches, Light Spirit Fruits, Jade Bone Ice Heart Pills, and many other precious spiritual fruits and pills.

With so many spiritual fruits and elixirs, plus spiritual spring water, it is not surprising that Xingyue Island has hundreds of innate warriors.

If Yang Zhengshan can refine a large number of spirit-attaching pills with various properties in the future, and the Holy Lotus of Dao can bloom more lotus flowers, then he will be able to cultivate a large number of innate warriors at the Dao entry level.

However, this takes time, and Yang Zhengshan needs to continue collecting spiritual fruits of various properties. Perhaps Yang Zhengshan will deduce the recipes for spiritual pills of various properties.

It is not difficult for Yang Zhengshan to cultivate a congenital warrior.

As long as he is not too old, as long as his aptitude is not too bad, as long as he can calm down and practice, as long as he is given thirty or forty years, Yang Zhengshan can create a congenital warrior by using spiritual spring water and spiritual fruits.

Yang Zhengshan chatted with Zhen Yuncheng and Zhang Dahu for a while, and then let the two of them go about their business.

The fleet's cargo had just been sold, but the cargo they had received had not yet been loaded onto the ship, so they would have to wait a few days before setting off.

Yang Zhengshan would naturally not delay the fleet's trade for his own sake, and he was not in a hurry, so he could just wait slowly.

With nothing to do, Yang Zhengshan simply started to guide everyone's cultivation on the boat.

This was a rare opportunity, and the guards of the fleet were all very excited and ran over to ask for advice.

After the fleet set sail, Yang Zhengshan continued to give advice to the guards.

Getting along with the sailors and guards on the ship alleviated Yang Zhengshan's need to be a teacher.

The fleet carried the cargo and slowly sailed northeast along the coastline, passing through the waters near the Maurya Dynasty, Yilan Dynasty, Jinlong Dynasty, Taohua Island, Lu Sheng Dynasty, and Dihuo Island, and finally arrived at the coast near Dayong in Leizhou.

When passing by Peach Blossom Island, Yang Zhengshan wanted to see if there was an old man named Huang Yaoshi on the island, but it was obvious that this Peach Blossom Island was not the same Peach Blossom Island.

There is no Huang Yaoshi on Peach Blossom Island, but there is an old senior named Wu Sheng.

The Wu family of Peach Blossom Island is also well-known in the southeastern waters of Dayong, and Wu Sheng is a powerful innate warrior.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Wu family to occupy Peach Blossom Island. After all, there is a Jade Dew Peach on the island.

Yang Zhengshan actually wanted to visit Wu Sheng, but when he thought about the dozens of Jade Dew Peaches in the space, he decided to give up.

This Jade Dew Peach was originally a treasure of the Wu family, but now in Yang Zhengshan's hands it has almost become an ordinary fruit. It is better not to show off.

The fleet arrived at the Zhaowuwei port smoothly. Now Zhaowuwei has become the base of the South China Sea Navy, and the Zhaowuwei port has also become the largest port in the southeast region of Dayong.

However, Dayong's South China Sea Navy did not develop. Among Dayong's three major navies, except for the North China Sea Navy with the Tenglongwei Navy as its main body becoming stronger, the East China Sea and South China Sea navies are now just for show. The officers and soldiers of the two navies have become blood-sucking worms dependent on sea trade.

They didn't dare to sail far away, and could only stay in the port to earn extra money.

Their fighting power is even weaker than when Yang Zhengshan conquered Xingyue Sect.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan docked at Zhaowu Port for a day and then boarded the first fleet of Yangjia Trading Company to Xingyue Island.

The first fleet of the Yang Family Trading Company was mainly responsible for transporting supplies to Xingyue Island. Although they sometimes did some maritime trade, they mostly sailed in the coastal areas of Dayong and did not sail far.

Today, the population on Xingyue Island has long exceeded 10,000. At that time, Yang Zhengshan only thought that the fields on Xingyue Island could feed 10,000 people, so he migrated the population according to the number of 10,000 people. However, he ignored the speed of population growth in a stable environment.

In just over a decade, the population of Xingyue Island exceeded 30,000, and the population listed in the official book of Xingyue Island had exceeded 60,000, including residents of many islands around Xingyue Island and the population of Yang's business outside.

The Yang Family Trading Company has more than just a fleet. It has branches in many places. You can find the Yang Family Trading Company in the coastal areas of Dayong and many important ports in the southeastern waters.

Population growth will also become the biggest trouble for Xingyue Island, just like what happened to Xingyue Sect in the past, Xingyue Island is overcrowded.

It is estimated that within ten years, Xingyue Island will become what it was like when Xingyue Sect was here, and the population living on Xingyue Island will be close to 100,000.

How to solve this problem has been put on the agenda by the government of Xingyue Island.

(End of this chapter)