Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 623: The Face of an Innate Warrior
In the spacious tea room, Yang Zhengshan, Luo Shang and three others sat opposite each other.

A group of old friends were chatting casually while drinking tea.

Looking at their gray-haired appearance, Yang Zhengshan felt a little upset.

Damn, I'm an old man too.

"Sir, that old guy Zhang Yuanwu will be able to come to Xingyue Island next month!" Han Cheng said.

Yang Zhengshan sipped the tea carefully. This tea was slightly different from the previous Dong Lingchun. The tea trees were found by him from deep in the Jiujiang Mountains. They were originally top-grade tea trees. After being transplanted to the Lingquan space, the taste of the tea was even better.

Of course, this does not mean that this kind of tea is better than Donglingchun. Today's Donglingchun is no longer the Donglingchun of the past. It is also a new variety that he has cultivated after many rounds of selection and cultivation.

The two kinds of tea have their own merits. Donglingchun is fresher, while this new tea is more fragrant. After taking a sip, the tea aroma is strong and the sweetness is long-lasting, so Yang Zhengshan named it Linglu.

Well, this name has nothing to do with the characteristics of the new tea. It is just a random name given by Yang Zhengshan.

"Has he made all the arrangements?"

"Well, it's been arranged. The court has appointed Wu Mingyang as the commander!" Han Cheng said.

Wu Mingyang is the son of Wu An and grandson of Wu Chongzhe. He is in his twenties this year.

Yang Zhengshan nodded indifferently, "Just make the arrangements."

Tenglongwei’s fleet is very profitable, but Yang Zhengshan doesn’t care about that at all. What he cares about are these old friends who have been through life and death with him.

Speaking of it, it is definitely a great bargain for Zhang Yuanwu to be able to get a share in Tenglongwei.

Zhang Yuanwu had never served under Yang Zhengshan. He was originally a garrison under Wang Bin. At that time, Yang Zhengshan was the garrison in Anyuan City, and Zhang Yuanwu was the garrison in Qihe City.

After the destruction of the Donghai Hu tribe, everyone was promoted together. Zhang Yuanwu was promoted to the guerrilla commander of the East Route Reinforcement Camp in Chongshan Town.

When Ji Feiyu rebelled, Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu were rewarded for capturing Lieutenant General Liu Zeqing. Zhang Chengzhi was promoted to Lieutenant General, but it was difficult to assign a new position to Zhang Yuanwu, so Yang Zhengshan assigned him to Tenglong Guard.

In this way, Zhang Yuanwu integrated into the Tenglong Guard and became a member of the Tenglong Guard.

At that time it seemed that Zhang Chengzhi had taken advantage, but now it seems that Zhang Yuanwu had taken a bigger advantage.

Now Zhang Chengzhi has returned to his hometown to retire. Although some of his children and grandchildren are still working in Chongshan Town, they are far less powerful and wealthy than those of Zhang Yuanwu.

"How is Darong doing?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Alas, since the death of King Dai in battle, Dayong has become increasingly chaotic!" Xie Yuan said.

Yang Zhengshan was stunned. "The King of Dai died in battle? Chen Zhaoxuan?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know yet!" Xie Yuan asked in astonishment.

Yang Zhengshan stood up suddenly, "When did it happen?"

He didn't even know that Chen Zhaoxuan had died in the battle. Before coming back, he only stayed in Zhaowu Port in Dayong for one day and just changed ships. After he came back, Yang Mingcheng didn't tell him about this.

"About half a year ago!" Xie Yuan said.

Yang Zhengshan looked unhappy.

But Chen Zhaoxuan was his disciple, and he liked Chen Zhaoxuan more than Chen Zhaoting.

"Who killed him?"

His voice turned cold.

Xie Yuan and the other three also became nervous, "The bandit King Daliang from Longnan!"

Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath and said to them, "Forget it, I won't chat with you today. Let's talk another day!"

"Then we'll take our leave first!" The four of them bowed and took their leave.

Yang Zhengshan patiently saw them off, and when they left, he immediately shouted, "Someone come!"

Li Chang came over immediately and asked, "What do you want, sir?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, somewhat speechless, "Why are you still standing guard here?"

Li Chang smiled innocently, "I'm used to it. I always feel uncomfortable when I'm not with adults!"

"..."

These guys are all innate warriors, yet they are still standing guard outside the door.

Yang Zhengshan walked out of the room and looked around. Well, not only him, but also Wang Lei and others were there, just like before.

Of the twenty followers, eighteen are now innate warriors, and the remaining two have not yet broken through.

Now I'm still thinking of being his personal attendant.

Having a congenital warrior as a personal attendant is a treatment that even the emperor has never experienced.

Five personal followers stood outside the door, apparently they had already been assigned tasks.

"It's up to you. Go and help me call Mingcheng and the other two brothers!" Yang Zhengshan didn't want to say more to them and gave the orders directly.

"Here!"

The five people responded in unison, and then three of them ran out to call for help.

Yang Zhengshan returned to the tea room, frowned and fell silent.

He was still very sad because Chen Zhaoxuan died.

This can be considered as the old sending off the young.

But he was not so pretentious as to cry. He was sad and angry, but more of it was heartache.

Thinking about the young man who had been chasing him, he sighed heavily.

He had seen life and death, and was used to the passing of some old acquaintances, but he still felt sad about Chen Zhaoxuan's death.

A moment later, the three Yang Mingcheng brothers came to the tea room one after another.

"Dad, do you have something to talk to me about?" Yang Mingcheng asked cautiously when he saw that Yang Zhengshan looked unhappy.

"How did Chen Zhaoxuan die?"

Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao looked at each other.

"He was besieged and killed by bandits in Daizhou City!"

"King Daliang? Who is this person?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It is said that he is the leader of a group of bandits. Now he has occupied Hanzhong Prefecture and has more than 100,000 soldiers under his command!" Yang Mingcheng said.

Yang Mingzhi went on to say, "King Daliang is the largest gang of bandits in Longyuan. Currently, there are more than a dozen gangs of bandits in the three provinces of Longyuan. The smallest gang has 20,000 to 30,000 people. The strongest one is King Daliang. At most, the number of bandits under his command reached 300,000. However, after he occupied Hanzhong Prefecture, he reorganized the bandits under his command and only retained 100,000 elite soldiers!"

Yang Zhengshan frowned, "Is Darong so chaotic now?" Yang Minghao said, "It's more than just chaos. There are bandits in the three provinces of Longyuan, and there is a rebel king in Yungui Province. It is said that he is the son of the former King Qing. Half of the counties in Bashu are occupied by several rebels."

"Not long ago, the Yang family's business received news that many bandits from Longyuan have fled to Shanhe Province! Now even the imperial guards have been dispatched."

After King Daliang occupied Hanzhong Prefecture, he settled down. However, the bandits in the three provinces of Longyuan not only did not decrease because of his peace, but became more numerous.

The reason was the encirclement and suppression in Longbei Town and Suzhou Town. The armies of the two towns encircled and suppressed a lot of bandits, but no sooner had they wiped out one group of bandits than more would emerge.

Their situation now is like whack-a-mole: when they suppress one wave of bandits, another wave pops up.

The more they suppressed the bandits, the more they found them. As they encircled and suppressed them, many bandits fled to Shanhe Province, turning the originally relatively stable Shanhe Province into a mess.

As I said, if the refugees are not settled, the bandits cannot be eliminated unless they can kill all the people in the three provinces of Longyuan.

"No one is besieging King Daliang?" Yang Zhengshan didn't care about the bandits, nor did he want to interfere in Dayong's internal problems, but Chen Zhaoxuan's death made him feel uncomfortable, and he wanted to help Chen Zhaoxuan take revenge.

"Probably not. I guess no one is paying attention to that King Daliang now!" Yang Mingzhi said.

Then the three brothers discussed the situation of the three provinces of Longyuan in detail.

Although they were far away on Xingyue Island, they were able to receive a lot of news from Darong.

They don't know much about the situation in Bashu and Yungui, but they know a lot about the situation in Longyuan.

After all, Zhou Lan was in Longyuan, and after Chen Zhaoxuan died, they also paid extra attention to the situation in Longyuan.

After listening to this, Yang Zhengshan frowned even deeper.

Judging from the current situation, it is not an easy task to wipe out King Daliang.

King Daliang occupied Hanzhong Prefecture, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Without an army of 100,000, there was no way to capture Hanzhong Prefecture.

But where could he mobilize an army of 100,000?

We can’t transfer them from Chongshan Town!

Putting aside whether the Darong court could tolerate him arbitrarily mobilizing troops, the distance between Chongshan Town and Hanzhong Prefecture was four or five thousand miles.

This four or five thousand miles is different from the long-distance attack on Yemi City he had in the past. Although going from Chongshan Town to Yemi City requires bypassing the Menghe Mountain and wading through several rivers, most of the road is flat and most of the way can be traveled on horseback.

But what about from Chongshan Town to Hanzhong Prefecture?

You can enter western Liaoning from the west road of Chongshan Town, then enter Longyuan from Liaoxi, and finally go south all the way to Hanzhong Prefecture. It would be impossible to do this without three months.

If we really want to pull the 100,000 troops from Chongshan Town over there, the amount of manpower and material resources required will be terrifying.

As for transferring troops from other places?
Yang Zhengshan was also unable to mobilize soldiers from other border towns.

Where is Zhou Lan?

She had been staying in the northern part of Longyuan Province. Yang Zhengshan knew without hesitation that she was short of food and fodder.

In addition to the large army attacking Hanzhong Prefecture, there is another way to kill King Daliang and avenge Chen Zhaoxuan, and that is to use a congenital warrior!
If more than a dozen innate warriors attack together, even King Daliang with 100,000 soldiers cannot stop them.

It is not difficult for Xingyue Island to dispatch more than a dozen innate warriors now, but Yang Zhengshan is a little hesitant about whether to dispatch innate warriors.

He was evaluating the attitude of the Darong court.

Once the Yang family dispatches more than a dozen innate warriors, it is very likely that the Yang family will no longer be able to gain a foothold in Dayong.

Once this terrifying strength is exposed to the eyes of the emperor and his ministers in the court of Darong, the threat posed by the Yang family will far exceed that of those bandits.

If a dozen innate warriors are not enough, what if Yang Zhengshan goes alone?

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan let out a long breath.

To commit assassination!

It’s not like he hasn’t done it before, but it’s hard for him to do it now.

What a shame!

He was also a man who cared about his reputation. With his level of cultivation, he couldn't afford to lose face by assassinating a worthless King Daliang, even if it was to avenge his apprentice.

Why didn't the court send out innate warriors when facing the rebels?
Is it because the emperor doesn’t want to?

No, it’s because the innate warriors don’t want to do such a shameful thing.

It's like an adult bullying a child.

Unless the enemy also has innate warriors, innate warriors are generally unwilling to intervene in the war.

This has almost become an unspoken rule.

Or it can be said to be a kind of moral constraint.

Constraints on innate warriors.

As long as the innate warriors still have some dignity, they will not take action against warriors below the innate level, and will not charge into battle on the battlefield.

Just like when Yang Zhengshan broke through Ye Mi City, he only killed a few blind enemies who came up to him, and did not rush around to kill like before.

Apart from taking action himself, Yang Zhengshan couldn't think of any good way to avenge Chen Zhaoxuan.

"Hey~~"

"Let's celebrate the New Year first, and then we can talk about this after the New Year!" Yang Zhengshan sighed softly.

He planned to observe the situation first. Chen Zhaoxuan's revenge must be taken. If the Darong court could avenge him, Yang Zhengshan would not have to do it himself. If the court could not avenge him, or if the King of Daliang became too powerful, then Yang Zhengshan would have to do it himself.

After the three brothers left, Yang Zhengshan sat alone in the tea room for a long time.

Having stayed in this world for so many years and experienced so many things, he has long been accustomed to life and death, but he still feels sad for Chen Zhaoxuan.

Before he left Xingyue Island, he received a letter from Chen Zhaoxuan, who said that when his son grew up, he would send him to Xingyue Island to be taught by him as the master for a few years.

It’s a pity that he will never be able to see this disciple again.

After sitting for half an hour, Yang Zhengshan slowly stood up and told Li Chang outside the door: "Tell the business side to ask them for news about the Dai Wang's daughter!"

"Here!"

Chen Zhaoxuan only has this one flesh and blood left alive, so Yang Zhengshan, as his master, naturally has to take care of him.

Yang Zhengshan's sadness did not last long, because it was New Year's Eve soon and Xingyue City was extremely lively.

The fleets that had gone out returned one after another, of course, some did not return.

This is what it’s like to make a living at sea. You may not be able to come back for the New Year or other holidays, and many people stay away for more than half a year.

(End of this chapter)