Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 649 Oh my god, why is he here?

"Let's go!" Li Chang nodded slightly and walked slowly towards the city gate.

There are many soldiers on duty at the city gates, and anyone entering or leaving the city gates must undergo strict inspection. However, no matter how strict the inspection is, it is difficult to prevent spies from sneaking into the city. It can only prevent a large number of enemies from sneaking into the city.

Although Li Chang and his party came from other places, they were members of the Yangtian Sect. The Yangtian Sect's reputation might not be big enough in Baoning Prefecture, but the Taiping Army had no reason to stop them from entering the city.

This also talks about the relationship between the underworld forces and the rebels. On the surface, those underworld forces have close ties with the imperial court, and even many sects have been canonized by the imperial court, and many sect leaders are receiving salaries from the imperial court. However, the rebels cannot regard these sect forces as enemies, but instead have to win them over.

The reason is very simple. No one thinks that the power of the sects is the power of the imperial court. In everyone's eyes, the power of the sects is a force independent of the imperial court. Even if the imperial court has canonized first-, second-, and third-class sects because of the Martial Arts Order, no one still attributes these sects to the imperial court.

The Yangtian Sect was a first-class sect canonized by the imperial court. Du Qiandao was a third-rank official, and even many disciples of the Yangtian Sect served in the Shangwu Division. However, neither the imperial court nor the Yangtian Sect itself regarded the Yangtian Sect as a part of the imperial court.

Simply put, the relationship between the rebels and the martial arts sects is that as long as there is no conflict, they will not interfere with each other.

Therefore, when Li Chang and others entered the city, they were able to enter the city smoothly after only some inspection.

But just as they entered the city gate, someone happened to run into him.

"Oh my god, why is he here?"

Li Dagui's eyes widened and his face was filled with panic.

He had just gone to the government office to discuss the training of the soldiers with Yang Mingzhao, and was now preparing to leave the city to inspect the barracks. Unexpectedly, he saw a familiar figure before he reached the city gate.

At first he thought he had seen it wrong, and rubbed his eyes hard, only then he was sure that he was not seeing it wrong.

Who is Li Chang?

They were Yang Zhengshan's close followers. Li Chang and Wang Lei had always been the leaders of the close followers. There were a total of twenty close followers around Yang Zhengshan, and they had followed Yang Zhengshan for thirty years. Almost everyone who was familiar with Yang Zhengshan knew Li Chang and Wang Lei.

Who is Li Dagui?
The guards of the Yang family were the ones who followed the Yang family from Chongshan Town to Kyoto, and later moved to Xingyue Island. But they were Yang Zhengshan's personal soldiers before.

How could Li Dagui not know Li Chang?

It's more than just knowing each other.

These guards have suffered a lot at the hands of Li Chang and others.

Yang Zhengshan’s personal soldiers were trained by his close followers such as Li Chang and Wang Lei.

When he suddenly saw Li Chang, Li Dagui's heart started beating wildly, just like a mouse seeing a cat. Without saying a word, he turned around and ran away.

"Come on!"

At this time he was riding a horse, accompanied by a dozen personal soldiers.

Well, Li Dagui is now a general with his own personal soldiers!

However, his performance confused his personal soldiers. It took them a long time to react and they turned their horses around to chase after Li Dagui.

Li Chang, who had just entered the city, saw Li Dagui fleeing in panic.

Li Dagui can see Li Chang, and Li Chang can naturally see Li Dagui as well.

Li Dagui was even more conspicuous than Li Chang and his group. They were riding horses and wearing armor. It was obvious at a glance that they were soldiers of the Taiping Army.

"It's Li Dagui!" Li Chang's companions also recognized Li Dagui.

Li Chang nodded, "It seems that it is correct, the Fourth Master is in the city!"

After that, they walked along the street deep into the city.

Li Dagui hurriedly ran back to the government office and ran to Yang Mingzhao's study, muttering, "It's over, it's over!!"

"Master, help!"

In the study, Yang Mingzhao was discussing something with Li Wenchun when Li Dagui rushed in and shouted.

His shout startled Yang Mingzhao.

"What are you doing? You scared me!" Yang Mingzhao said unhappily.

Li Dagui was about to cry, "Sir, Li Chang is here!"

"Who!" Yang Mingzhao didn't quite hear clearly.

"Li Chang, Boss Li is here!" Li Dagui said again.

Yang Mingzhao was stunned for a moment, then he shuddered violently, "Run!"

His first thought was to run!

Damn, Li Chang is here, and there’s no difference between him and Yang Zhengshan.

When he thought about Yang Zhengshan knowing what he had done, he felt like the sky was falling.

It’s not that he hasn’t thought about returning to Xingyue Island in the past six months, but he just doesn’t dare to go back!
He estimated that it was about time for Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi to go back, so he didn't dare to go back.

He could fool other people, but he was not sure he could fool Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi, and he did not dare to fool Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi.

Yang Mingzhao was also panicked!

I almost jumped out of the window and escaped.

"Young Master!" Li Wenchun couldn't help but shout when he saw this.

"This, this, senior!" Yang Mingzhao looked at Li Wenchun with a look of help in his eyes.

Although Li Wenchun didn't know who Li Chang was, he could guess what had happened.

The person who could scare Yang Mingzhao like this is obviously not an enemy.

Even if Emperor Jianxing came in person, Yang Mingzhao would not be so panic-stricken.

Then there is only one answer.

Someone from the Yang family has come, and the old marquis probably already knows that Yang Mingzhao is here.

"Young Master, you will have to face it sooner or later!" Li Wenchun said softly.

He knew Yang Mingzhao's identity and naturally understood the problems Yang Mingzhao needed to face. He had even anticipated Yang Zhengshan's attitude.

Yang Zhengshan has only two attitudes: support and opposition.

He naturally hoped that Yang Zhengshan would support Yang Mingzhao, so that Yang Mingzhao would have a great chance of overthrowing the Darong court.

But if Yang Zhengshan didn't support him, he felt that Yang Zhengshan would not kill Yang Mingzhao!
Yang Mingzhao was stunned for a moment, then sighed dejectedly, "Ah, I wanted to delay it for a while, but now it seems that I can't hide it anymore!"

He was feeling a little confused, very nervous.

Anxious, panicked, not knowing what to do!
But he was mentally prepared. What Li Wenchun said was right. He would have to face it sooner or later.

"Young Master, you should think about how to get the old marquis's support!" Li Wenchun reminded.

Yang Mingzhao's expression changed slightly, and he took a deep breath to calm his chaotic emotions.

"Go and invite Li Chang over!"

"Me?" Li Dagui was a little surprised.

Yang Mingzhao looked at him and said with a wry smile: "Let's just hope for the best. It's only a matter of time. Go!"

Li Dagui instantly became like a deflated ball, and his whole body collapsed.

Just now he was a general showing off his might, but now he is more like a child who has made a mistake and is afraid to face his parents.

"I'll go right away!" Li Dagui walked towards the door with heavy steps.

The way he moves doesn't look like a congenital warrior at all.

On the other side, Li Chang and his party had arrived at the gate of the government office.

"Cough cough~~"

As soon as they stopped in front of the government office, they heard a light cough.

Following the sound, I saw a tall figure standing not far away.

"Master Wu!" Li Chang bowed and said.

Wu Zheng also looked at them with a rather depressed look, "How did you find them?"

Compared to Li Dagui, Wu Zheng is much more confident.

Wu Zheng is not only the head of the Yang family's guards, he is also Yu Qingyi's junior fellow apprentice and Yang Zhengshan's brother-in-law. These are real relatives!

Not to mention facing Li Chang, even when facing Yang Zhengshan, our Master Wu would have a chance to speak.

Li Chang said helplessly: "We don't want to come here either!"

"..."

Wu Zheng rolled his eyes at him.

If you don't want to come here, then why did you come here?
"Does the old marquis know?"

"Someone has been sent back to report the news!" Li Chang replied.

"Okay, let's go!" Wu Zheng heard that there was no chance of recovery, so he could only take Li Chang and the others into the government office.

As soon as they entered the government office, they saw Li Dagui walking towards them like a toddler.

"Ahaha, Boss Li, you're here!" Li Dagui saw Li Chang and said with a smile that was uglier than crying.

Li Chang glared at him without saying anything, and Wu Zheng gave him a look that told him to wish him the best.

The two followers who came with Li Chang showed ferocious smiles.

Anyone who dares to follow the Fourth Master and act recklessly should be beaten!
You deserve to be beaten for not persuading the Fourth Master!
The Fourth Master is causing trouble, and you guys are following suit. You deserve to be beaten!

Hehe, just wait for the beating!

Li Dagui felt those two malicious gazes and was really about to cry.

Not far away, there was another person who wanted to cry.

Ma Yan hid behind the door, secretly looking at Li Chang and his group through the crack in the door, not daring to breathe.

Li Dagui is the bodyguard beside Yang Mingzhao, while Ma Yan and Lu Bo are the servants beside Yang Mingzhao.

In fact, Ma Yan was fine. His grandfather Ma San was the Yang family's horse herder and long-term worker, and was not considered a slave of the Yang family.

Lu Bo is different. His grandfather Lu Shou was a servant of the Yang family, and he is a servant of the Yang family.

Although the Yang family no longer has any slaves, and the former slaves have become ordinary people on Xingyue Island, and the Yang family's maids, old women, and servants are all hired, the Yang family's slaves still consider themselves as the Yang family's slaves.

Don’t think that being a slave is a bad thing. It means that they have a close relationship with the Yang family and are the most loyal to the Yang family.

But this also means that their power over life and death has always been in the hands of the Yang family.

At this time, Ma Yan was also very panicked and scared!
He was really afraid of being blamed by Yang Zhengshan.

"It's over, it's over, I'm dead! Wuwu, Master, you have to protect the little one!"

"I have advised you before, but you didn't listen, and there is nothing I can do!"

"May all the gods and Buddhas bless me, and may the master be merciful and not blame me!"

"Woo woo, the master is so merciful!"

Ma Yan was so scared that his face turned pale.

"My lord, my lord, my lord~~"

At this time, an official from the yamen came over and looked at Ma Yan with his butt raised. He couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.

"Ah, I'm fine, I'm fine!" Ma Yan was frightened by him and waved his hands quickly.

"Sir, you look so pale, are you really okay?" the official said with some concern.

Ma Yan said in a nagging tone: "It's okay, it's okay!"

After saying that, he quickly hid back in his office study, leaving the official confused.

On the other side, Li Chang had already arrived at the study and met Yang Mingzhao.

"Li Chang greets the Fourth Master!" Li Chang bowed.

Yang Mingzhao's mind had calmed down, and there was no panic in his eyes. Instead, he walked forward with a smile, took Li Chang's arm intimately, and said, "Haha, Uncle Li is here. I haven't seen him for more than half a year. Uncle Li is even more majestic!"

Li Chang also smiled and asked, "How has Fourth Master been doing these past six months?"

"Okay, haha, that's good!" Yang Mingzhao felt a little uneasy and asked, "My dad knows!"

"Probably not yet!" Li Chang said.

"Really!" Yang Mingzhao's eyes lit up.

Li Chang nodded, "I have sent someone back to deliver the letter, but he probably hasn't returned yet!"

After hearing this, Yang Mingzhao collapsed again instantly!

"Can't get it back?"

"It can't be recovered. That happened twenty days ago!" Li Chang said with a smile.

Yang Mingzhao sat on the chair, "What should we do then?"

"Fourth Master, you should go back. The master has been nagging you many times!" Li Chang advised.

Yang Mingzhao sighed softly, it seemed that he had no choice but to go back.

"Give me two days to arrange it!"

Li Chang naturally would not refuse and agreed readily.

In fact, Yang Mingzhao didn't have much to arrange. He had many trustworthy people here. Although he recruited a lot of people in the past year, the ones who really held the power were Ma Yan, Li Dagui and others.

So even if he was away for three to five months, nothing serious would happen.

Of course, this also meant that he would not take Li Dagui and others away with him, which made Li Dagui and others feel relieved.

It’s better not to go back. If you don’t go back, you won’t be punished. Maybe you can get away with this matter in the future!

Wu Zheng did not go back either. Yang Mingzhao specifically asked him to stay in Baoning Mansion to look after the house, for fear that his old nest would be destroyed after he left!
After arranging things, Yang Mingzhao followed Li Chang on their journey home.

……

The fourth year of Jianxing, that is, the seventeenth year of Shenmu, the eighth day of the eleventh month.

Yang Zhengshan changed the reign title to Shenmu, and the original Xingyue reign title was directly changed to Shenmu. He only changed the reign title, but not the year.

Naturally, he would not care about the reign title or anything like that. The reign title was originally set just to facilitate the calculation of years and record files.

Xingyue was changed to Shenmu simply because the Yang family moved from Xingyue Island to Shenmu Island.

The seventeenth year of Shenmu also represents the seventeenth year since the Yang family moved away from Dayong.

After half a year of hard work, the Yang family's plan on Shenmu Island has begun to take shape.

In the northeast of Shenmu Island, Yang Zhengshan named the lake Wannian Lake and the river Qianqiu River.

The pier on the west bank of the lake is Shenmu Port, but Shenmu Port has just been built and it is estimated that it will take one or two years to complete.

The city on the east bank of the lake is naturally Shenmu City.

The area from the lake mouth to the Wannian Banyan tree belongs to the scope of Shenmu City. Shenmu City also has a small dock, which was built specifically to facilitate shipping on the island's rivers.

A commercial area has been set up to the north of Shenmu City, where the lake flows into the sea, and many shops will be built in the future.

However, the current commercial area on Shenmu Island is located to the south of the banyan tree, mainly to facilitate the purchase of various daily necessities by the people who have moved here.

In addition to Shenmu City, there are currently four towns and sixteen villages on the island, with a total population of more than 43,000.

The extra 10,000 people were all sons and nephews of the North Sea Navy officers and soldiers.

In the past few months, more than 20,000 people have migrated from Liaodong, but they have all been resettled on Xingyue Island and Guiyun Island.

It is still quite troublesome to migrate people across the sea, mainly because the voyage is too long and requires a large number of ships. Although the North Sea Navy has been helping with the migration, after several months, only more than 30,000 people have been migrated.

Shenmu Island was still busy, and Yang Zhengshan was not idle either. Although he did not need to take care of those complicated matters, there were some things that he had to do.

For example, he poured a lot of spiritual spring water into the rivers on Shenmu Island. At the same time, he also went to check out the newly dug wells on the island and poured some spiritual spring water into them.

For example, in the longevity village within the space, although Yang Mingcheng and Wang are in the longevity village, many things still have to be handled by Yang Zhengshan personally.

(End of this chapter)