Chapter 153 As You Expected

"Officialdom is not the Jianghu, there is no freedom in officialdom!"

Yang Zhengshan had to remind Wu Chongzhe.

Wu Chongzhe was startled, then laughed. He was not stupid, how could he not know what Yang Zhengshan meant.

"I took it for granted!"

He stood up and bowed deeply.

"Please take care of me in the future!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled and nodded, "Your Wu family has a solid foundation, at least much deeper than my Yang family!"

"But do you know how many official positions my Yang family has now?"

"How many?" Wu Chongzhe became interested.

"In addition to me, there is a thousand households, two deputy thousand households, more than a dozen hundred households! And more than a dozen trial hundred households!"

Yang Zhengshan continued in a flat voice: "And three years ago, the Yang family, Anning Yang family did not have an official!"

"Since you want to be an official, you must thoroughly integrate into the officialdom."

This is Yang Zhengshan's attitude and also a reminder to Wu Chongzhe.

The reason why the Yang family is what it is today is that Yang Zhengshan has the spiritual spring water, which allows a large number of Yang family members to become warriors and have the foundation for being officials. The second reason is that Yang Zhengshan is willing to take them into the army and is willing to support them to develop freely.

A hero has three helpers.

Yang Zhengshan never thought that he could make a great career alone. If he wanted to climb up, he would have to have countless people behind him to help him.

The Yang family members are undoubtedly his most trusted helpers.

Wu Chongzhe showed a surprised look.

Three years ago, the Yang family did not have an official, but now there are so many officials?

And what about the Wu family?

There is only one hundred-household garrison officer.

This gap is really not ordinary.

"Tomorrow you will go to Xie Yuan first, and then go to Shuiquanbao to take office!"

"Spring plowing is about to start, you should prepare for spring plowing first. After the spring plowing is over, this official will train the soldiers of the garrison in batches, and you should also make preparations in advance!"

Then, Yang Zhengshan explained.

Since Wu Chongzhe has agreed to be an official, the rest of the matter is simple.

Yang Zhengshan invited Wu Chongzhe to have lunch with him. The two of them drank together and their relationship became closer.

After a fight and a drink, Wu Chongzhe got on Yang Zhengshan's pirate ship.

With Wu Chongzhe, the framework of officials under the garrison office was completed. Next, Yang Zhengshan could integrate the garrison camp and the garrison outside the city according to his own plan.

Needless to say, the garrison camp must be mainly based on combat, and continuous training will make all the soldiers become elite soldiers.

As for the garrison outside the city, the most urgent task is to prepare for spring plowing, followed by training and poverty alleviation.

Yang Zhengshan has also made plans for training, but he still needs to think about poverty alleviation.

The garrisons outside Anyuan City are similar to the original Yinghe Fort. Except for Wujia Fort and Shaling Fort, the military households in other garrisons are all poor households. Yang Zhengshan wants the soldiers to train with peace of mind without worries, so he must solve the poverty problem.

If even the poverty problem cannot be solved, how can the soldiers train with all their heart and soul, and how will they be willing to fight on the battlefield in the future?

However, the situation here is different from Yinghe Fort. Charcoal burning and needlework workshops are not suitable for the garrisons around Anyuan City.

The reason is very simple. Anyuan City is not a mountain pass, and there is not much demand for charcoal and cloth shoes.

In fact, the garrisons around Anyuan City also have advantages. Their biggest advantage is that the garrison fields are fertile enough, which is more fertile than the garrison fields in Yinghe Fort.

If those officials had not swallowed up too many garrison fields, the lives of those military households would not be so poor.

If Yang Zhengshan wants to help the poor, he only needs to do two things. First, redivide the garrison to ensure that each household has enough garrison land, so that as long as the weather is good, the military households can eat their fill with the harvest from the land.

The second is to find some sideline industries for the military households. This sideline industry does not need to be a job that makes a lot of money, as long as the military households can make a little money to subsidize their families.

As long as these two things are done well, the problem of food and clothing for the military households can be solved.

Time passed slowly, the training of the garrison camp was in full swing, the garrison land measurement of each garrison was also in progress, and Yang Zhengshan was also busy.

He needs to keep an eye on the garrison camp, and he also needs to visit the garrison frequently.

At the same time, he also needs to find some small ways to make money for the military households.

For a while, Yang Zhengshan was so busy that he was running around all day, and he couldn't even find time to cultivate his relationship with Yu Qingyi.

While Yang Zhengshan was busy, in the small courtyard of the West District of Anyuan City, Yi Shan frowned and listened to Liang Rong's report.

After listening to Liang Rong's report, his brows furrowed even deeper.

"Our garrison commander seems to be a restless person!"

Liang Rong just reported Yang Zhengshan's actions during this period.

Training soldiers and measuring military farms are thankless tasks for many officials.

Most officials would rather waste their time on eating, drinking and having fun than doing these things.

The reason is very simple. Training soldiers requires the consumption of food and grass, and asking for food and grass from superiors is a very troublesome thing.

As for measuring military farms, it is an offensive thing. Whoever dares to measure military farms will offend all the officials around him.

Well, Yang Zhengshan did not offend the officials around him. He dealt with all the officials under his command.

Yi Shan naturally didn't want Yang Zhengshan to do these things. He also hoped that Yang Zhengshan would only be greedy for money. He was not afraid of Yang Zhengshan being greedy, but he was afraid that Yang Zhengshan would not be greedy.

Because people who are not greedy are more difficult to control.

"Although Mr. Yang has his own ideas, he still has no ill intentions towards us!" Liang Rong helped Yang Zhengshan speak.

Liang Rong's attitude towards Yang Zhengshan is actually different from Yi Shan's.

The Liang family and the Yang family were related by marriage. He originally looked down on this relationship, but now he feels that this relationship is very good.

He believed that with this relationship, the Yang family was tied to the Liang family, and the Yang family would be the support of the Liang family in the future.

Yi Shan thought about it and felt that Yang Zhengshan's problem was not big.

They have been very happy cooperating with Yang Zhengshan during this period. Now their business has returned to its previous state, which is what he wants most.

Moreover, Yang Zhengshan always accepted their gifts.

There is no need to say more about the warrants. Each one is four hundred taels of silver. Yang Zhengshan will accept the money every time and give them the warrant very readily every time.

In addition, they gave the Yang family a generous gift years ago, and Yang Zhengshan did not refuse.

That was a generous gift worth five thousand taels of silver. With this generous gift, Yang Zhengshan would never get off their pirate ship in the future.

In fact, they didn't know that their generous gifts had already been given to Lu Hua by Yang Zhengshan.

These generous gifts cost lives, how dare Yang Zhengshan keep them?

"You don't have to keep Yang Zhengshan around in the future. If you think he can be trusted, let him participate more." Yi Shan said.

Their business is indispensable without the support of the garrison office. Since he feels that Yang Zhengshan's problem is not big, Yi Shan naturally hopes to cooperate more deeply with Yang Zhengshan.

"I understand!" Liang Rong agreed with a smile.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the door.

"Sir, something happened to the caravan!"

The visitor did not enter the room directly, but stood outside the door and said.

"What happened?" Yi Shan's expression changed instantly.

Their caravan is naturally the team heading outside the customs.

"After the caravan left the country, it was wiped out by the cavalry of the Zhenbiao Battalion!"

"What!"

Yi Shan's expression changed drastically and he strode out of the room.

Liang Rong also followed behind with a solemn face.

A man in his thirties stood outside the door. He said in a panic: "Just yesterday, the caravan encountered the cavalry of the Zhenbiao Battalion within thirty miles of leaving the country."

Yi Shan asked: "What is going on? Why did the cavalry from the Zhenbiao Battalion come here?"

The location where they left the country was just north of Anyuan City, and the Zhenbiao Camp had been stationed at Chongshanguan, which was more than three hundred miles away.

"We don't know. We only know that there are quite a few cavalrymen from the Zhenbiao Battalion around the border."

Yi Shan's expression changed again and again.

Why do the cavalry from the Zhenbiao Battalion appear here?

Could it be that something was discovered at Chongshanguan?

"Send someone to Chongshan Pass immediately to find out why the cavalry from the Zhenbiao Battalion came here!" Yi Shan said anxiously.

“Arrange someone else~~”

At this point, he suddenly stopped, and after thinking for a while, he said: "You can arrange for people to go to Chongshan Pass first! I will do the rest myself."

"Here!"

The man responded and left quickly.

"Sir!" Liang Rong called in a deep voice.

Yi Shan waved his hand, "You go and do your business first, I need to go out!"

After saying that, he quickly walked outside without waiting for Liang Rong to reply.

Soon, he left the small courtyard in an unprepossessing carriage, and just after he left, two figures emerged from the alley in the distance. The two figures looked at each other, and then calmly Follow the carriage.

…

In the garrison hall, Yang Zhengshan had just returned from outside the city when he met Wei Cen head-on.

"We have robbed their caravan!"

Wei Cen went straight to the point and said.

Yang Zhengshan looked slightly moved and asked, "How did they react?"

"As you expected, Yi Shan went to see Li He just now!" Wei Cen said.

Li He was the double-sword warrior who injured Yu Qingyi that night.

"Where's Li He?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Wei Cen said: "Li He left the city, but he went to Jiacheng!"

"Jia Cheng!" Yang Zhengshan was startled.

Why are you going to Jiacheng?

If this Li He comes from Prince Qing's Mansion, shouldn't he go to Qinghua Mansion at this time?

Prince Qing's Mansion is located in Qinghua Mansion City, about five hundred miles away from Anyuan City.

Yang Zhengshan had previously guessed that Li He might be from Prince Qing's Mansion.

But why did he go to Jiacheng?

Yang Zhengshan lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind.

"Have you obtained any results from your investigation into Sha Pingchuan?"

A strange color flashed in Wei Cen's pupils.

"No!"

"No!" Yang Zhengshan raised the corners of his mouth.

Not having one is the biggest problem.

With the ability of the secret military guards, it was not possible to investigate other problems on Sha Pingchuan. This is obviously unreasonable.

Sha Pingchuan must have other sources of money, but Miwuwei is no different!

"Li He went to find Sha Pingchuan!"

"Is it not Prince Qing's Mansion behind them, but Sha Pingchuan?" Wei Cen asked.

Sha Pingchuan's identity is enough to win over Heiyazhai, and he can also drag down all the officials in Anyuan Prefecture City.

However, Yang Zhengshan felt that it would not be so simple.

"It's not clear yet, but you should focus on Sha Pingchuan next!"

Yang Zhengshan suddenly relaxed.

Although he did not find any evidence about the Qing Palace, finding the clue of Sha Pingchuan was also a big gain.

The key is that the situation in Anyuan City has been sorted out, and the focus of the Secret Guard should shift to Jiacheng.

In this way, he does not need to continue to cooperate with the Secret Guard.

Wang Bin should be the one to worry about Jiacheng.

Wei Cen thought for a while, "I will report to the Admiral first."

"Well, go!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded.

After sending Wei Cen away, Yang Zhengshan let out a long breath.

Damn, dealing with the Secret Guard still puts him under a lot of pressure.

On the one hand, he has to guard against being used as a gun by the Secret Guard, and on the other hand, he has to help the Secret Guard complete the task, for fear that he will offend the Secret Guard by accident.

To be honest, this contradictory state is really uncomfortable.