Chapter 48 The feeling of being kept

Chongshan Pass is not a simple pass, but a pass city.

The city is four feet high, embedded between two mountain peaks, and connected to Qianchong Mountain, like a terrifying giant beast lying between the mountains.

There are three camps guarding the front, middle and back of the town mark in the pass city, and the camps of the left and right camps of the town mark outside the pass city are mutually supporting.

Since the Battle of Heiyun Mountain 20 years ago, Chongshan Pass has been expanding from the initial pass, and more and more people live inside and outside the pass city.

Today, Chongshan Pass is divided into two parts. The North City is the original pass city, which is the guarding place of the town mark camp, and the South City is the residence of the people.

The former Chongshan Pass City was the most prosperous city in the north, but now because of the previous entry of the Hu cavalry, Chongshan Pass City has become much more depressed.

But even if it is depressed, Chongshan Pass City is still not comparable to the small county town of Anning County.

The caravan traveled slowly, and Yang Zhengshan and his team took three days to arrive at the foot of Chongshan Pass City.

If you ride a horse, you can arrive in one day, and if you drive, you can arrive in the evening.

But it takes three days to travel with a long caravan. Because the caravan's carriages are full of goods, they can't travel fast, and the speed of traveling is actually about the same as walking.

Yang Zhengshan chose to travel with the caravan because this was their first time to Chongshan Pass.

The caravan slowly entered the pass, and Yang Mingzhi and other young people from Yangjia Village looked at the tall city walls and shouted excitedly.

"Wow, such a high city wall!"

"This place is more prosperous than the county town!"

"Look, they are wearing armor!"

Yang Zhengshan glanced at this group of country bumpkins who had never seen the world and snorted disdainfully.

But then he looked around, his eyes full of surprise that he couldn't hide.

Well, he is also a country bumpkin!

Although he had been to many big cities before, those big cities were completely different from the city in front of him.

The caravan slowly entered the city gate. All citizens entering the city had to show their pass and all carriages had to be searched.

The Lu family's caravan obviously had acquaintances here, so the caravan was very relaxed when it was searched. They just took a simple look and let it go.

However, when it was Yang Zhengshan's turn, the search soldiers looked at him several times with his pass.

"Are you Captain Yang?"

Yang Zhengshan's expression changed slightly, and he said, "I haven't reported to the Dusi Yamen yet, so I'm not a captain yet!"

Although Zhou Lan promised him a trial captain, he had not yet entered the military and received an official position in the Dusi Yamen, so nominally he was still a commoner.

"Haha, my name is Zhao Yuan. General Zhou asked me to pick up Captain Yang. Captain Yang, please follow me!" Zhao Yuan said.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him calmly, thinking that he should not be a liar, and said: "Then I'll trouble you, Lord Zhao!"

"Haha, I am a centurion like Captain Yang!" Zhao Yuan said as he led Yang Zhengshan into the city.

He said this to flatter Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan was just a trial centurion, not a centurion.

Yang Zhengshan said something to Song An, and then followed Zhao Yuan into the city.

A group of fourteen people, driving three carriages, followed Zhao Yuan to a house in the south city.

"This is the residence prepared by General Zhou for Captain Yang. Captain Yang can stay here first, and General Zhou will come to see Captain Yang when he has time!" Zhao Yuan opened the gate of the house and welcomed Yang Zhengshan in.

This is a three-entry courtyard, not big, but much bigger than the Yang family.

There are four rooms in the front yard, which are study rooms, tea rooms, etc. There are three main rooms in the inner yard, two rooms in the east and west wing rooms, five rooms in the back yard, and a back door for carriages to enter and exit.

Zhao Yuan led Yang Zhengshan to tour the house. "The bedding in the bedroom is new, there is plenty of firewood in the firewood room, and I have prepared rice, flour, grain and oil in the kitchen."

"If you feel that there is anything missing, you can tell me."

Yang Zhengshan felt a little strange and asked, "Is this for me?"

"Yes, this is a thank-you gift from General Zhou. General Zhou has ordered that after Yang Baihu settles down, he can take time to go to the government office to change the house deed!" Zhao Yuan smiled.

Suddenly, Yang Zhengshan felt like he was being kept.

Giving gifts is fine, but Zhou Lan actually wanted to give her a house.

Although this house is not big, it is not small either.

To buy such a house in Anning County, at least six or seven hundred taels are required, and in Chongshanguan City, it may cost around two thousand taels.

Although Chongshanguancheng is just a border town, there are many government offices in Chongshan Town.

More government offices means more officials, and more officials mean more official families.

When a new official takes office, he must buy or rent a house to live in.

But even if Zhou Lan wants to support him, she shouldn't support him.

If it were in his previous life, he felt that he might still be supported by someone, after all, he was a handsome young man in his previous life.

But now, he is an old man of the grandfather generation.

That's right, an old man.

Here, forty years old is already old age.

"When can I meet General Zhou?" Yang Zhengshan shook off the messy thoughts in his mind and asked.

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't know about this either. General Zhou is very busy and may not be able to spare any time."

"But General Zhou has already arranged that Captain Yang will stay here first. When she has time, she will take Captain Yang to report to the Dusi Yamen."

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Then I won't be polite. I will stay here first. Please ask Captain Zhao to say hello to General Zhou for me!"

"No trouble, no trouble!" Zhao Yuan said.

After Zhao Yuan left, Yang Zhengshan hurriedly asked Yang Mingzhi and others to put the things they brought into the yard.

Zhao Yuan's preparations were very complete, but Yang Zhengshan's preparations were also very complete.

Yang Zhengshan prepared carriages, clothes, bedding, food, oil, salt, etc. He even prepared a few tents and some charcoal, just in case he couldn't find a place to live after arriving at Chongshan Pass.

But now it seems that what he prepared is a bit redundant.

"Dad, will we live here in the future?" Yang Minghao was a little excited.

Yang Zhengshan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking at the busy people, and said, "What are you thinking about? We are going to Linguan Fort. Even if this house is ours, we can't live here."

He served as a garrison officer, not in the five camps of the town, so he could only live in Linguan Fort, but not in the city.

However, Zhou Lan once said that if Yang Zhengshan could train some results in Linguan Fort, she would transfer Yang Zhengshan to the left camp of the town.

Yang Minghao approached Yang Zhengshan and asked stealthily, "Dad, will General Zhou really give us this house?"

Just now, they had been following Yang Zhengshan, and they had heard what Zhao Yuan said.

Yang Zhengshan frowned, "There is no such thing as a free lunch. If it really falls, it must be poisonous!"

After calming down, he felt that Zhou Lan seemed to be too good to him.

Giving gifts is fine, but giving a house is a bit too much.

Although the value of this house is not as good as the gifts Zhou Lan gave, a house is not something that can be given casually.

He always felt that this matter was strange, but he couldn't think of anything about himself that was worth Zhou Lan's attention.

If it was because he could train soldiers, then it would be enough to let him come to Chongshan Pass to serve as a garrison officer. There was no need to be so generous and give gifts and houses.

"Second brother, second brother!" Yang Zhengshan shouted.

"Dad, what's the matter?" Yang Mingzhi ran over and asked.

"Go out more these two days and find out what's going on in the city!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Okay!" Yang Mingzhi responded without hesitation.

Yang Mingzhi is best at finding out information.

This guy has some social skills, and he can talk to anyone on the street.