Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 641: Falcon Taming and Bird Controlling
Yang Chengyou made a bitter face, "So what do you want?"

Yang Chengxian smiled and said, "Third brother, I don't need much, just two jars of wine, um, Baicao wine!"

Hearing this, Yang Chengmao also smiled and said, "Then I want two jars too!"

"Second brother!" Yang Chengyou was about to cry and looked at Yang Chengmao miserably.

His current cultivation level is only the seventh level of the acquired realm, and his annual salary is only six jars of wine.

Yang Chengzhang didn't seem to have the crying scene of Yang Chengyou, so he ran to him and said, "Brother, you are my real brother, I will definitely not cheat you!"

"Yeah, yeah!" Yang Chengyou nodded repeatedly, and suddenly felt that his brothers were more reliable.

Yang Chengzhang chuckled, "Don't forget to give your eldest brother two jars of good wine. As your younger brother, I'll ask for less, just a pound of tea!"

"Sixth and seventh brothers, give me a pound of tea as well! What do you think?"

As he spoke, he looked at Yang Chengzhen and Yang Chengyu.

Yang Chengyu nodded quickly, "I have no objection!"

Except for Yang Cheng'an, he is the youngest among the eight brothers, and there is a big age gap between him and his brothers. His brothers never took him to play before, but now that his fifth brother is willing to take him to play tricks on his fourth brother, he can't help but get excited.

"I have no objection either!" Yang Chengzhen said with a gentle smile.

Yang Chengzhang thought for a moment and said, "Cheng'an is still young, so neither wine nor tea is suitable for him. I'll just give him a pound of royal jelly!"

He actually mentioned Yang Chengyou and made arrangements.

"Where do I get royal jelly?" Yang Chengyou suddenly became anxious.

Six jars of wine and three kilograms of tea, this was exactly his annual salary for cultivation, and royal honey was only available to those who had reached the half-step innate level.

"Just ask dad for some and you'll have some!" Yang Chengzhang not only cheated his brother, but also his own father.

Yang Chengyou looked at the expressions of his brothers, gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said, "Okay, don't fight with me, I'll give you the things!"

"That's right!" Yang Chengxian laughed.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan came in with the three brothers Yang Mingcheng and asked, "What's right or wrong?"

"Grandpa, my fourth brother said he wants to be king!" Yang Chengxian said.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Chengyou, "Do you want to go?"

"Yeah!" Yang Chengyou nodded nervously.

Yang Zhengshan looked at his other grandchildren again, "You all have no objections?"

"no!"

"no!"

Several people shook their heads.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Then accept my offer."

Just be king, it’s not a big deal. As long as someone is willing to do it, it doesn’t matter who it is.

Besides, being a king does not mean he cannot come back. When Chengyou has been king for long enough, he can pass the throne to his sons and grandsons.

No one took this king seriously, so Yang Zhengshan naturally didn't care too much about it.

The Tarot Dynasty has not yet collapsed, and even the terms with the Zhang Dynasty have not yet been negotiated. It seems a little early to decide on the king now.

However, Yang Zhengshan felt that it was not difficult to destroy the Tarot Dynasty. Xiang Anxu was dead, Wen Qing had become a prisoner, and even the Tarot Dynasty's most elite navy, the Giant Whale Navy, had been completely destroyed. What resistance did the Tarot Dynasty have now?

To put it bluntly, Yang Zhengshan never took these dynasty forces in the Wanli Sea Area seriously.

Compared with Dayong, these dynastic forces are not worth mentioning at all.

Take the Lu Sheng Dynasty for example. It was a vassal dynasty of Dayong, but in fact, the Lu Sheng Dynasty was a small overlord in the western part of the Wanli Sea and a force that could dominate one side.

The Tarot Dynasty was not even as good as the Lu Sheng Dynasty, so it was naturally not worth Yang Zhengshan's attention.

After deciding on the candidate for king, Yang Zhengshan immediately went to discuss the conquest of Shenmu Island and Tarot Dynasty with Xue Ping.

This is definitely inseparable from the Tenglongwei Navy, and the Tenglongwei Navy is even needed to serve as the main force for Xingyue Island.

However, how to make the soldiers of Tenglong Guard fight to the best of their ability when they are sent on an expedition thousands of miles away is also an immediate problem.

Although Yang Zhengshan still has some prestige in Tenglong Guard, although Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping are willing to fight for Xingyue Island, and although there are many children of Tenglong Guard on Xingyue Island, it is undeniable that the expedition to Shenmu Island and Tarot Dynasty has nothing to do with the navy soldiers.

Yang Zhengshan will definitely reward the soldiers, but this is far from enough. Yang Zhengshan also needs to boost the enthusiasm and morale of the soldiers.

In the government office, Yang Zhengshan temporarily occupied Jiang He's study.

"The soldiers have traveled 4,000 miles to fight, so we certainly can't treat them unfairly!"

Yang Zhengshan said to Xue Ping: "How about this, all the soldiers who go to the battle this time can get ten acres of good farmland on the islands around Shenmu Island. Those who make contributions can be rewarded with more good farmland, up to a hundred acres of good farmland!"

For ordinary people, land is always the most important asset, and for the officers and soldiers of Tenglongwei, land is also the asset they desire.

"In the future, when the descendants of Tenglong Guard migrate here, they will be allocated land according to the standard of four mu of paddy field or six mu of dry land per person, and the land awarded to the soldiers in this battle can be added up with the land allocated to the population."

There was a need to migrate people from Tenglongwei in the first place, so this is perfect, we can just give them more land.

The soldiers themselves will not migrate here, but if they have sons, they can send one of their sons here when the time comes. The attraction of land can also attract more people from Tenglongwei to migrate here.

Xue Ping naturally had no objection to this, as it was something he was happy to see.

Yang Zhengshan continued, "Kill the followers of Shenmu Sect if you can. Unless you are 100% sure that they are not followers of Shenmu Sect, then just bury them!"

"Try to appease the people of the Tarot Dynasty. The nobles and gentry can be killed, but it is better to keep the poor people alive!"

The followers of a sect and the people of the dynasty are two different concepts. Those followers may do all kinds of inhumane things for their beliefs, and their thoughts will become unreasonable because of their beliefs.

Perhaps those believers lived a more difficult life than the people of the Tarot Dynasty, but sectarian beliefs were really hard to accept. Anyway, Yang Zhengshan hated these messy sects very much.

Not to mention Shenmu Religion, he really disliked Buddhism. He only had some favorable impressions of several branches of Taoism in Darong.

"I understand. I will try my best to restrain the soldiers!" Xue Ping said.

"Well, I trust you to do the job!" Yang Zhengshan patted Xue Ping on the shoulder and gave him an encouraging look.

It has been more than 20 years since he left Tenglong Guard, but now Tenglong Guard can still maintain its strong combat effectiveness, which is enough to show that Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping's ability to train and lead troops is very strong.

After discussing with Xue Ping, Yang Zhengshan invited Zhang Juhai over.

"Brother Zhang, I have decided to join forces with the Zhang Dynasty to attack the Tarot Dynasty, but should we divide the post-war benefits first?"

"Let's be frank in advance so that we don't have to talk about interests after the matter is done and hurt our feelings!" Yang Zhengshan said to Zhang Juhai with a smile.

Zhang Juhai also laughed and said, "Brother Yang's idea is exactly what I want, haha~~"

He wanted to unite with the Yang family not because the Zhang Dynasty could not destroy the Tarot Dynasty. In fact, he was now 100% sure that he could destroy the Tarot Dynasty with the Zhang Dynasty alone, but he had to consider the attitude of the Yang family.

First of all, Xiang Anxu was killed by Yang Zhengshan. Secondly, the Giant Whale Navy was destroyed by Xingyue Island. If the Zhang Dynasty went to destroy the Tarot Dynasty at this time, what would be the difference between this and snatching the fruits of victory from the Yang family.

The most important thing is that he has seen the power of the Yang family. He hopes to have a good relationship with the Yang family and does not want to offend the Yang family because of the Tarot Dynasty.

Moreover, the Yang family and the Zhang Dynasty will have many areas to cooperate in the future. They have already agreed to cooperate in trade.

Due to many factors, he felt that it would be best to join forces with the Yang family.

"So how do you plan to divide it, Brother Yang?" Zhang Juhai asked.

Yang Zhengshan found a map of the Tarot Dynasty and casually drew a line on it. "The west belongs to your Zhang Dynasty, and the east belongs to our Yang family! Each of us should take our own territory. There is no need to send troops together!"

The Tarot Dynasty is an island country, and it happens to have two large islands. The East Island is slightly larger than the West Island, about three times the size of Shenmu Island, with a population of around four million. The West Island is slightly smaller, but it also has a population of more than three million.

In addition, there are many small islands in the Tarot Dynasty, which are home to nearly two million people.

That is to say, the entire Tarot Dynasty has a population of nearly ten million.

According to Yang Zhengshan's division, in terms of territory and population, the Yang family accounts for almost 60%, the Zhang Dynasty accounts for 40%, and the capital of the Tarot Dynasty is also on East Island.

It may seem a little unfair, but in fact it is the fairest division.

This division would bring some disadvantages to the Zhang Dynasty, but their territory could be unified and would be just right to face the dynasty established by the Yang family later across the sea.

As for why Yang Zhengshan did not take over the Tarot Dynasty alone, one reason was that the Yang family was short of manpower. After all, the Yang family had a total population of only 30,000 to 40,000 people. They had to migrate to Shenmu Island and rule a new dynasty, so they simply could not spare so many people.

The second reason is that the Yang family has no roots in that sea area. After occupying those islands, the Yang family needs to spend a lot of time and financial resources to gain a foothold.

In this situation, the Yang family needs a solid and reliable ally, and the Zhang Dynasty is undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

Just like when the Yang family moved to Xingyue Island, they were able to gain a foothold with the help of the Dihuo Island.

Therefore, it is only natural to give up some interests to the Zhang Dynasty.

Zhang Juhai looked at the division on the map, thought for a while, pointed to the south of the map, and said, "There is another island here. According to Brother Yang's division, this island should belong to your Yang family!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the map, "There is another island here? How big is it?"

Obviously, this map is incomplete, which is normal. Although Xingyue Island has been collecting maps of various forces over the years, it does not have a detailed understanding of the territorial scope of many forces.

"It's not big, probably about the same size as Xingyue Island. However, this island is rich in purple crystal corals. I won't hide it from you, Brother Yang. This purple crystal coral is a very special precious medicine, and it is also an important ingredient in refining Sea Dragon Pills."

"I want this island?"

Zhang Juhai looked at Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan asked, "How far is this island from the big island?"

"About two hundred miles!" said Zhang Juhai.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "Okay, I want the recipe for the Sea Dragon Pill!"

The effect of Hailongdan is amazing. It can actually improve people's lung capacity. Yang Zhengshan is very curious about it and wants to study the recipe.

"Okay!" Zhang Juhai agreed immediately.

The Sea Dragon Pill is a treasure of their Zhang Dynasty, but the recipe of the Sea Dragon Pill is not, because the preciousness of the Sea Dragon Pill is not the recipe, but its main ingredient, the Sea Dragon Ginseng.

Although sea dragon ginseng is not as precious as spiritual fruits, it is also a very rare precious medicine, especially since it grows in the sea, which makes it even more difficult to find.

Just like that, things were settled, and then Yang Zhengshan didn’t need to worry about it anymore.

Most of the masters from Shenmu Island and Tarot Dynasty were dead. He didn't need to go into battle personally in the next battle. Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao would be enough. Then Luo Jinsong and Wu Zhan could lead the Xingyue Navy to fight.

The Tenglongwei Navy rested on Xingyue Island for only three days before setting off for Shenmu Island. At the same time, Zhang Juhai also returned to the Zhang Dynasty to mobilize troops.

Zhu Yanshan also left. This time he came just to make himself familiar to everyone, but he didn't even get a chance to make a move.

Of course, the spear he made was a valuable gift. When he left, Yang Zhengshan gave him twenty jars of Drunken Immortal Wine and ten kilograms of tea.

After seeing Zhu Yanshan off, Yang Zhengshan returned home with his hands behind his back.

At home, Yu Qingyi and Qi'er were teasing four sea eagles that had just grown their feathers.

Xiao Qi'er seems to like these four eaglets very much and has been coming to see them these past two days.

"Grandpa~~"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming back, the little girl immediately broke into a big smile.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan rubbed her little head, then asked in surprise: "Why are there two more?"

Only then did he realize that there were two more eaglets in the cage. They were about the same age and had just grown their feathers not long ago.

"Cheng'an found it on Dongshan Mountain yesterday and said it was for Qi'er to play with!" Yu Qingyi said with a smile.

"This kid!" Yang Zhengshan felt angry and amused.

What makes me angry is that this boy really can't sit still. He runs to the mountain to play without paying attention. What's funny is that this boy actually knows how to love his sister. Seeing that Qi'er likes the eaglets, he finds two for her to play with.

"How's your taming going? Is it effective?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

He himself did not learn the method of taming falcons, so he asked Yu Qingyi to learn it. It happened that Yu Qingyi was very interested in taming flying slave eagles.

Yu Qingyi took out a booklet, handed it to Yang Zhengshan, and said with a smile: "Look at this!"

Yang Zhengshan took the booklet and looked at the words on the cover. "Bird Control Technique! Where did this come from?"

"I found it in the library!" Yu Qingyi said, "I just remembered that I had read this book before, and I searched for it these two days and I actually found it!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then opened the book on bird-controlling techniques and began to read, "Is this bird-controlling technique useful?"

There are many books in the library, including many books on various strange skills and techniques, but few people will read these books.

Yu Qingyi didn't just stay in the backyard to look after the children over the years. She often read books in the library. She had read a lot of various martial arts experiences and various strange books.

She even knew more about the library than Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan always read only useful books and seldom looked through miscellaneous books.

(End of this chapter)