Chapter 273 Heavy Snow

"Does the old man have no objection to your coming to Liaodong?" Yang Zhengshan asked instead.

Liu Zhe waved his hand and said: "The old man is very busy now and won't care about me at all. It just so happens that I plan to travel around in the past two years. I will stay here for a year and a half and take Lin Zhan with me after next autumn. Go on a study tour for a while.”

"Lin Zhan's talent is very good, I'm really afraid that you will delay him!"

Yang Zhengshan was a little sweaty.

Liu Zhe was right. He really couldn't help Lin Zhan in his studies.

But he didn't expect Liu Zhe to be so optimistic about Lin Zhan.

He just wrote a letter, and this guy came running over.

Judging by this, this man wanted to accept Lin Zhan as his disciple.

Not only must he teach Lin Zhan, but he must also take Lin Zhan on study tours.

"Ahem, Brother Liu is mocking my lack of knowledge!" Yang Zhengshan coughed lightly and said with some embarrassment.

However, Liu Zhe didn't give him any face and looked at him with a 'couldn't it be' expression.

Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but complain in his heart.

I am a college student after all, so why is my knowledge so shallow?

I may not be as good as you, but I guarantee that I can crush you in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Even though I am now a junior, I can still crush you.

He complained in his heart, but Yang Zhengshan was still very happy about Liu Zhe's arrival.

At noon, Yang Zhengshan prepared a large table of good wine and food to entertain Liu Zhe.

But the happiest person was Lin Zhan. After seeing Liu Zhe, this kid was so happy that he couldn't even find his north.

On that day, Liu Zhe assumed the role of a teacher and began to provide guidance on Lin Zhan's studies.

Yang Zhengshan was naturally not interested in this, so he asked Wu Hai to arrange a small courtyard for Liu Zhe, and then went to attend to his official duties.

…

"It's snowing, it's snowing!"

In the middle of winter, large swaths of snowflakes fell from the sky above Tenglongwei. In the yard of the Yang family, a group of little guys cheered and played in the snow.

Yang Zhengshan walked out of the main courtyard and looked at the playful little guys with a kind smile on his face.

He did not go over to disturb the playfulness of these little guys. He just glanced at them from a distance and walked towards the front office.

It is said to be the front office, but in fact the Yang family is not close to the government office.

The Lan family's mansion occupies a small half of the acropolis. The Lan family's front yard was transformed into the Weisi Yamen, which is almost two miles away from the yard where the Yang family lives.

But now the Lin family's mansion has been greatly changed. The original tall walls have been demolished, and each courtyard has been turned into an independent mansion. Many idle or unimportant places have also been cleared. After the next spring, construction will be completed. Some houses and shops.

Yang Zhengshan still retains the former garden of the Lan family, but now the garden is completely open, with no walls to block it, and only a few exquisite pavilions around it. Anyone in the city can come and play.

It is a pity that there are not many ordinary people in the Acropolis now, and almost no one comes to watch this beautiful snow scene.

Yang Zhengshan wanted to take a good look at today's snow scene, but there were still many matters waiting for him to deal with in the Yamen. In desperation, he just stopped by to watch the scenery, and then came to the Yamen.

Heavy snowfall is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Auspicious snow heralds a good year, which is a good thing.

But for those military households with dilapidated houses, this is another bad thing.

If a heavy snow falls, their house may collapse.

Although Yang Zhengshan had given orders a few days ago to let all health stations prevent problems caused by heavy snow in advance.

It is definitely not realistic to renovate the houses of military households now. All they can do is to find ways to strengthen those weak houses to let the military households survive this winter first.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier. When Yang Zhengshan came to the Yamen, the sky and the earth seemed to be filled with snowflakes.

"grown ups!"

Yang Zhengshan walked into the Yamen and happened to run into Xie Yuan.

"Go and inspect in person today. I don't want to see people being crushed to death due to house collapse!" Yang Zhengshan ordered directly.

Xie Yuan smiled and said: "Xiaoguan is ready, we will set off soon!"

He has worked under Yang Zhengshan for several years, so he naturally knows Yang Zhengshan's style of doing things.

So Yang Zhengshan didn't need to give orders for this matter, he was already prepared.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and strode into his study without saying anything more.

In the study, Lu Wenhua was already waiting for him.

"What's the matter?" Yang Zhengshan sat down and asked.

"Sir, we don't have enough cotton!" Lu Wenhua said.

Yang Zhengshan frowned and said, "Didn't we distribute a batch of cotton cloth before?"

Tenglongwei is not short of food now, but it is short of cotton-padded clothes.

Those poor military households didn't even have any decent clothes, let alone cotton-padded clothes.

So Yang Zhengshan contacted Luo Shang not long ago and asked him to mobilize a large amount of cotton cloth from Jing'an Mansion and send it over.

Nowadays, the Luo family has a lot of business in Jing'an Mansion, and Jing'an Mansion is adjacent to Qinghua Mansion. The distance between transporting supplies from Jing'an Mansion to Tenglong Guard is less than two hundred miles.

"The cotton cloth we distribute can only be used to make two pairs of cotton-padded clothes. Military households with a small population can make do with it, but those with a larger population have no enough clothes at all!" Lu Wenhua said helplessly.

He originally thought that the cotton cloth distributed before was enough, but yesterday he went to several farms and forts below and found that many military households still lacked cotton clothes.

How poor can a family get?

The poorest are not the ones with patched clothes and piles of pudding. The poorest are the ones with no clothes at all.

It's okay in summer, just find a piece of rag to cover it up, but in winter~~

"Not just cotton-padded clothes, but also quilts!" Lu Wenhua's face was full of depression. The poverty of the Tenglong Guard military households was far beyond his imagination.

Yang Zhengshan rubbed his brows with a headache.

He also knew the poverty of military households. Previously, every thousand households wore patched clothes, let alone other ordinary military households.

The Lan family exploited the military households of Tenglongwei so harshly that they almost couldn't live any longer.

If he didn't come, it is estimated that within a few years, only the Lan Family and Tenglong Guards would be left, and all the other Qianhu Houses would be in ruins.

"I will contact the Luo family and ask them to send another batch of cotton cloth!" Yang Zhengshan had no other choice but to ask Luo Shang to send more cotton cloth.

However, the cotton cloth sent by the Luo family was bought by the Yamen with money. It is impossible for the Luo family to give things to the Yamen for free, and Yang Zhengshan would not do the same.

But in this way, Wei Si Yamen will have to spend a lot of money.

Before, he was happy to be able to keep the money and food confiscated by the Lan family, but as time went by, he found that he couldn't help spending the money and food confiscated by the Lan family.

There are too many places where Tenglongwei needs to spend money.

The problem of insufficient cotton cloth was imminent. After Lu Wenhua left, Yang Zhengshan immediately called Wu Zhan over.

Ding Qiu did not return to the Yang family now, but went to Qinghua Fucheng. Wu Zhan is now responsible for managing the Yang family's security.

"Take someone to Jing'an Mansion and ask Luo Shang to deliver another batch of cotton cloth!"

Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"One batch? Sir, how much is this batch?" Wu Zhan asked.

"As many as you can bring here!" Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath.

The winter in Liaodong can freeze people to death, so the more cotton cloth, the better.

Yang Zhengshan is not afraid that there will be too much cotton cloth shipped, but he is afraid that the Luo family has no more cotton cloth in Jing'an Mansion.

Although the Luo family's business has grown a lot in recent years, the Luo family's business is mainly concentrated in Chongshan Town. There are only a few shops in Jing'an Prefecture, and they probably don't store too many goods.

"By the way, let Luo Shang take some time to come over!" Yang Zhengshan said again.

If Tenglongwei wants to develop, business development is indispensable. Next, Yang Zhengshan will need the cooperation of the Luo family, so he wants Luo Shang to come over to discuss it carefully and see what business can be done in Tenglongwei.

Wu Zhan responded and went to get ready.

…

One day later, Wu Zhan came to Jing'an Mansion with four Yang family guards.

Jing'an Prefecture is the only way to Chongshanguan from Liaodong region. All caravans going to Chongshanguan must pass through Jing'an Prefecture.

At the same time, the official road of Jing'an Prefecture also connects several prefectures in northern Liaoning, such as Qinghua Prefecture. Under normal circumstances, larger convoys heading to Qinghua Prefecture must pass through Jing'an Prefecture first.

Of course, if there are only three or two people riding horses, there is no need to take the long detour through the official road. You can directly enter the territory of Qinghua Mansion from the eastern area of ​​​​Jing'an Mansion.

To put it simply, Jing'an Fucheng is an important transportation hub leading to Chongshan Town and several cities in northern Liaoning, so the business in Jing'an Fucheng is very prosperous.

In recent years, the Luo family has bought many shops in Jing'an Prefecture, and their business mainly focuses on silk cloth and embroidered jewelry.

In addition to Cloth Shop and Jinxiu Fang, Luo Shang opened a jewelry workshop, selling various gold and silver jewelry.

However, the Luo family's business in Jing'an Mansion can only be regarded as a small business, and they are not considered big businessmen.

Luo Shang usually does not stay in Jing'an Mansion. Luo Shang has been very busy these years. The business at Chongshanguan was left to his wife, Luo Zhang, and the Anyuan City side was left to Luo Zhen, while he himself Traveling from south to north, he often goes to Jiangnan and Jiangbei to contact sources of goods and manage relationships.

By now, the Luo family is considered a wealthy businessman, at least one of the top wealthy businessmen in Chongshan Town.

Wu Zhan came to Jing'an Mansion and found Luo An, the shopkeeper of Luojia Clothing Store.

Luo An is a member of Luo Shang's clan, that is, the Luo family in Jizhou.

Luo Shang's business is getting bigger and bigger, so he naturally needs more helpers, so in the past few years, Luo Shang has found many of his own people from the Luo family in Jizhou to come and help.

Luo An looks like he is in his early forties. He has grown up to have a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, giving people a very cunning look.

Of course, facing Wu Zhan, he didn't dare to be cunning in the slightest.

But when he heard Wu Zhan came to ask for cotton cloth again, Luo An said bitterly: "Master Wu, it's not that I don't want to transport the cotton cloth to Tenglong Guard, it's really that I don't have any cotton cloth in my hands!"

"The piece of cotton that was shipped to Tenglongwei last time was the entire inventory of several of our stores!"

Wu Zhan frowned and asked, "Is there any way to get cotton cloth from other places?"

This is what Yang Zhengshan has told him to do, and he certainly cannot leave empty-handed.