Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 638 Sir, do you want to establish a dynasty?

By the time the arrangements for pensions and rewards were made, it was almost dusk and the heads of each family arrived at the government office one after another.

They stood in the courtyard outside the government hall, waiting.

This was the first time that Yang Zhengshan gathered so many people together.

The Yang family has three brothers: Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao, but the Yang clan also has two others: Yang Chengche and Yang Qinwu.

In fact, there are many descendants of the Yang family on the island, such as Yang Jide, the grandson of Yang Mingwude, Yang Qinzheng, the son of Yang Chengze, Yang Chengyi, the son of Yang Mingzhen, and so on. However, these are all younger generations, and it is not yet time for them to be the heads of their families, so they were not called here.

Apart from the descendants of the Yang family, the rest are affiliated families of the Yang family.

Ding Qiu, Wu Zhan and Luo Jinsong all have children and grandchildren now, and can be considered a family.

Then there are the Luo Shang family, the Zhen Yang family, the Lu Xinghe family, the Xie Yuan family, the Wu Chongzhe family, the Han Cheng family, the Zhang Yuanwu family, the Yu Tonghai family, and the Xue Ping family.

These families have all settled down on Xingyue Island. Perhaps they still have many children in Darong, but their focus has shifted to Xingyue Island.

All the promising children will be sent to Xingyue Island for training, and they themselves will also come to Xingyue Island to retire when they get older.

There are also several more special families, such as the Liang family represented by Liang Jinyan, the Qu family represented by Qu Shaogong, the Lu family represented by Lu Wenyuan, Liang Rong (also known as Yang Minghao's in-laws) and the Liang family, etc. These families have also sent their children to settle down on Xingyue Island.

Although their focus is still on Dayong, in order to allow their children to achieve success in martial arts, they also arranged for them to settle down on Xingyue Island.

However, they are not eligible to attend the meeting convened by Yang Zhengshan himself.

There were more than 20 people standing in the yard, including the three brothers Yang Mingcheng, Yang Chengze, Yang Qinwu, Ding Qiu, Wu Zhan, Luo Jinsong, Luo Shang, Luo Zhen, Zhen Yang, Zhen Tao, Lu Xinghe, Xie Yuan, Wu Chongzhe, Han Cheng, Zhang Yuanwu, Yu Tonghai's son Yu Zhangshu, Xue Ping and his second son Xue Fuyang, Wang Mingzhe and Lin Zhan's second son Lin Yaozong.

"Come in, everyone!"

Yang Zhengshan shouted in the hall.

People walked into the hall, some standing and some sitting.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the crowd, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This lobby is still a little small, we should build a bigger one in the future!"

Everyone was curious about what Yang Zhengshan was going to do today, and when they heard him say that, they couldn't help but laugh.

Yang Zhengshan raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said: "The main reason for calling everyone here today is for two things!"

"The first thing is the matter of Shenmu Island. Shenmu Island is already ours. We will definitely move to Shenmu Island in the future!"

"Shenmu Island is more than thirty times the size of Xingyue Island. It can cultivate a million acres of fertile land. It has mountains, water, and many sacred trees!"

"Well, don't call it the sacred tree from now on. It's the sacred tree of the Shenmu Cult, not our sacred tree. Just call it the Wannian Banyan."

Even if the big banyan tree on Shenmu Island is not ten thousand years old, it should be several thousand years old.

"The Shenmu Cult is ignorant. It is such a waste that they do not use such a precious land. We cannot waste this treasure island, so I plan to move most people on Xingyue Island to Shenmu Island!"

"Of course, Xingyue Island will not be abandoned. We will migrate people from Dayong to replenish Xingyue Island and the other six islands."

Shenmu Island alone can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. If it is well developed, it will have no problem accommodating a million people.

Shenmu Island is more than 180 miles long from east to west, and more than 50 miles wide at its widest point from north to south. There is a mountain range running from east to west on the island, with towering peaks, the highest of which should be about 300 meters high.

There are many rivers and dense vegetation on the island, but most of the area is virgin forest. The Shenmu Cult has only opened a small area in the northeastern part of the island, which is where the so-called sacred tree is located.

It is the holy land of Shenmu Religion and also the holy island of Shenmu Religion. Shenmu Religion only allows a small number of people to live on the island. On such a large island, the population is not as large as that of Xingyue Island, with only more than 20,000 people.

There is no need to develop the entire island. Just reclaim the northeast and southwest parts, which are most suitable for farming, and you can accommodate 200,000 to 300,000 people.

The pristine forest on the island does not need to be destroyed. It only needs to build villages and towns along the river. Then build two cities. It will definitely be a paradise on earth.

However, this matter needs to be done slowly, and Yang Zhengshan is not in a hurry. He will first gradually relocate the people on Xingyue Island.

He asked the people of Xingyue Island to migrate there not to harm them, but to take care of them.

Since the Yang family occupied Shenmu Island, he would definitely live on Shenmu Island permanently, and at that time he would definitely live in the northeast of Shenmu Island.

There are rivers, thousand-year-old banyan trees and fertile land there, so it is easy to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The most important thing is that wherever Yang Zhengshan is, there is spiritual spring water.

The people on Xingyue Island have all risked their lives for the Yang family, so Yang Zhengshan planned to take them with him to migrate there.

As the territory occupied by the Yang family becomes larger and larger, Yang Zhengshan will certainly not be able to take care of all the territories. Only the place where he is can be nourished by the spiritual spring water.

As for other places, it depends on Yang Zhengshan's mood. If Yang Zhengshan is willing to move around, he can walk around and leave some spiritual spring water. If he is unwilling to move, then other places and other islands will naturally not be nourished by the spiritual spring water.

Everyone was already prepared for the move to Shenmu Island, so after listening to Yang Zhengshan's words, no one raised any objections.

The relocation process is a little troublesome and will probably take quite a while, but as for the rest, those are not problems.

Seeing that no one objected, Yang Zhengshan continued, "The second thing is about the Tarot Dynasty. Zhang Juhai intends to join forces with us to destroy the Tarot Dynasty!"

"If we destroy the Tarot Dynasty, we should be able to gain a considerable territory!"

Yang Zhengshan paused for a moment, stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before continuing, "I am hesitating whether to occupy a territory in the Tarot Dynasty!"

"If we occupy a territory, should we establish a dynasty?"

What makes him hesitate is whether to establish a dynasty.

If the two families join forces to destroy the Tarot Dynasty, then the Yang family must get at least half of the territory.

The Ketaro Dynasty is quite far away from Shenmu Island and Xingyue Island, and it is difficult to rule them together. Instead of letting the business become too scattered, Yang Zhengshan thinks it is more feasible to establish an independent small dynasty.

Shenmu Island is very nice. Yang Zhengshan wants to settle down on Shenmu Island and doesn’t want to go to the Tarot Dynasty.

He himself didn't want to be a king. It didn't make any sense to him, but it was still beneficial to the Yang family. Moreover, there were so many descendants of the Yang family, so there would always be someone who wanted to be king.

When everyone heard this, their expressions became strange.

Luo Shang couldn't help but ask first: "Sir, do you want to establish a dynasty?"

"If you want to establish a country, you might as well go to Dayong. Even if Dayong is not possible, you can go to the dynasties to the south of Dayong." Zhen Yang said.

"That's right, the islands of the Tarot Dynasty can't compare to the vast land!" Luo Jinsong said.

Everyone agreed.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless. These guys actually despised the Tarot Dynasty, and some even wanted to overthrow Dayong.

"Ahem, it's not that I want to be the leader of the country, but I think if we unite with the Zhang Dynasty, it would be a loss for us not to occupy half of the Tarot Dynasty's territory."

"If we don't want the territory, there's no need for us to cooperate with the Zhang Dynasty. But if we want the territory, we probably need to establish an independent dynasty!"

"I will definitely not become the ruler of a country, but I have so many children and grandchildren, there must be some who are willing to go. When the time comes, each of your families can send a few children and grandchildren over, and it shouldn't be difficult to establish a small dynasty!"

Yang Zhengshan explained.

"In that case, it doesn't matter. You can make your own arrangements!" Luo Shang said. "Well, I have some useless children and grandchildren who should be able to help!" Han Cheng said.

When everyone heard that Yang Zhengshan was not going to establish a country, but only to send his grandson to be the leader, they all lost interest.

Now everyone knows that there is a future in following Yang Zhengshan. As for wealth and glory, they have nothing to lack for them.

They already have wealth and glory, and if they want it, they can just go back to Darong.

As for status and position, if they cared about them, they would not have followed Yang Zhengshan to Xingyue Island.

Yang Zhengshan was also speechless. "Then it's settled. Each family should select some disciples in the next few days. Let's take over Shenmu Island first, and then attack the Tarot Dynasty!"

After finishing his talk, Yang Zhengshan sent the people away without even eating. After everyone left, Yang Zhengshan said to the three brothers Yang Mingcheng: "Tomorrow morning, bring the children to my yard. I will see which of them is suitable to be the king!"

"Yes!" the three responded.

Then Yang Zhengshan returned to his yard with his hands behind his back.

In the courtyard, dinner was ready. Yu Qingyi was chatting with Zhu. Yang Cheng'an and Yang Wanqi were also there.

Today, Shenmu Island and Tarot Dynasty jointly attacked, and Yang Mingzhao was not at home, so Yu Qingyi brought Zhu and her grandchildren to her side.

She didn't need to take part in the battle outside herself, but just in case, she still had to protect her daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

"Is everything done?" Yu Qingyi asked when she saw Yang Zhengshan coming back.

"The daughter-in-law greets father!" Zhu bowed.

"Grandpa!" Yang Wanqi ran over and hugged Yang Zhengshan's legs.

Yang Zhengshan bent down and picked up the little girl, saying, "No, there are things we need to discuss tomorrow!"

"Girl, you must be hungry!"

He asked while holding Xiao Qi'er.

"Well, I'm hungry. Mom said we can only eat after grandpa comes back!" Xiao Qier said.

Yang Zhengshan said to Hongyun: "Let's eat!"

Yu Qingyi laughed, "Don't listen to this girl's nonsense, she was very snacky just now!"

Zhu also smiled with her hands covering her mouth.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the little Qi'er in his arms, "Qi'er, you haven't eaten enough, right?"

Children are sometimes confused. If you ask them if it hurts, they will probably say it does. If you ask them if they are hungry, they will probably say they are hungry. If you ask them to eat, they will definitely not eat seriously.

"Well, Qi'er can still eat a lot of food!"

Sure enough, this girl is a little confused.

Yang Zhengshan naturally would not bother with a child, so he immediately carried her into the dining room next door.

The food was served and everyone sat down, eating and talking.

It was mainly Yang Zhengshan who was talking to Yu Qingyi. There were always few rules here, and there was no rule of not talking while eating.

On the contrary, Zhu was very strict when eating. The Zhu family had a lot of rules. It had been ten years since Zhu married into the Yang family, and she still retained many of the Zhu family's habits.

"What do we need to discuss tomorrow?" Yu Qingyi asked curiously.

Yang Zhengshan said: "Zhang Juhai wants to join forces with us to destroy the Tarot Dynasty. I think this is feasible, so let's make it happen."

"But after destroying the Tarot Dynasty, we will definitely get a large piece of territory, so I want to establish a dynasty!"

"Tomorrow we will discuss who would be the best person to be the king of this dynasty!"

Yu Qingyi was not surprised either, she just nodded slightly.

Instead, Zhu looked up at Yang Zhengshan with some surprise.

Establish a dynasty?

The Zhu family can be considered a small dynasty, but its territory is not very large, not as large as the territory of the Shenmu Sect.

"Grandpa, I want to be king!" Yang Cheng'an suddenly said.

The boy looked excited, as if he had found something fun, and looked at Yang Zhengshan with anticipation.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu scolded.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the brat and said, "As for you, you'd better stay at home!"

This kid doesn't want to be a king, he just doesn't want to stay at home.

Upon hearing this, Yang Cheng'an immediately felt aggrieved.

"Dad went out to play without me!"

"Hehe, wait until your father comes back, and I'll beat him up!" Yang Zhengshan said fiercely, "Do you want to be beaten too?"

Yang Cheng'an shrank his neck and almost buried his face in the bowl.

"In no mood!"

Yang Zhengshan didn't bother to pay attention to this brat, and continued to talk to Yu Qingyi: "Which of our grandchildren do you think is suitable to be the king?"

Yu Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "Is Qinyuan not okay?"

Yang Chengye is the eldest grandson of the Yang family, and Yang Qinyuan is the great-grandson of the Yang family. Naturally, the inheritance of the family business should be in order of seniority.

"Then to whom will the title of Darong be passed?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

The succession to Marquis Jing'an had been decided long ago, that is, the eldest son would inherit the throne.

Yang Mingcheng, Yang Chengye, Yang Qinyuan, and then Yang Jijue.

The name Yang Jijue was given by Yang Zhengshan.

Yu Qingyi added: "If we look at ability, Chengmao and Chengxian are both good, but I don't think they would be willing to be king. Maybe Chengyou and Chengzhang would prefer to be king!"

Chengmao and Chengxian both have relatively calm personalities, and one of them helps Jiang He in the government office, while the other follows Luo Jinsong in the navy. Both of them have the ability to stand on their own.

But they don't take power seriously and certainly wouldn't like to be a king.

Chengyou and Chengzhang have been noisy since they were young. Although they are older now and have restrained their tempers, they are still two unscrupulous guys who are more willing to make trouble.

As for Chengzhen and Chengyu, one went to work as a blacksmith and the other followed Wang Mingzhe to make elixirs. Yang Zhengshan relied on them to become king, but he felt that Chengan was more reliable.

(End of this chapter)