Chapter 85 Apprentice Refugee

Yang Zhengshan looked up at Li, who looked tired, and said, "I have sent someone to inform Mingzhi. He should be back tomorrow!"

Recently, Zhou Lan has also started training troops, and Yang Mingzhi has been busy with this, so he has not been back.

But his wife and children are here, so Yang Mingzhi should come back to see her. Besides, Li is pregnant, and they haven't seen each other for more than half a year. It would be inappropriate for him not to come back to see her.

"Thank you, Dad!" Li smiled gently and bowed.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. Li was much gentler than Wang, and she was open-minded. She was a good woman.

"You must be tired too. Go down and rest first. If there is anything, we can talk about it in the evening!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Brother, sister-in-law, follow me!" Yang Minghao said immediately.

After that, he led everyone out of the hall.

The backyard of the government office in Yinghebao is very large. There are four main rooms in the main courtyard, four east and west wing rooms, and two ear rooms. There are three main rooms and two side rooms in each of the east and west courtyards. In addition, there are four back rooms in the front yard and five back rooms in the back yard.

There are more than 30 rooms in total, which is more than enough for Yang Zhengshan's family.

Yang Zhengshan has arranged everyone's residence. The eldest wife lives in the east courtyard, the second wife lives in the west courtyard, Yang Yunxue and Wang Yunqiao live in the hospital room, and Yang Minghao and Lin Zhan live in the front yard.

After everyone went to see their own residence, Yang Mingcheng returned to the main hall.

"Dad, this is a letter from grandpa!"

Hearing that it was a letter from Lu Songhe, Yang Zhengshan hurriedly took it.

He also wrote letters to Lu Songhe during this period, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he specially wrote a letter to greet him.

"Have you sent the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to your grandpa?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"According to Dad's instructions, your son selected some pens, ink, paper and inkstone from the warehouse and sent them over!" Yang Mingcheng replied honestly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The pens, ink, paper and inkstone in his family were all gifts received before, especially those thank-you gifts from Zhou Lan at the beginning, which included many fine pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Yang Zhengshan gave most of them to the Lu family.

There was no way. The Yang family only had half a scholar now, that is, Lin Zhan, and they didn't need so many pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

The Lu family had several scholars, and Lu Wenyuan had passed the examination for a scholar, so he, as an uncle, naturally had to express more.

Lu Songhe's letter was concise and to the point, without too much courtesy or nonsense. The main content was to ask Yang Zhengshan to find a position for his grandchildren.

Lu Songhe had four grandchildren, Lu Wenchun, Lu Wenjie, Lu Wenhua and Lu Wenyuan.

Lu Wenyuan was going to take the imperial examination, so Yang Zhengshan didn't need to worry about it.

However, the three cheap nephews, Lu Wenchun, Lu Wenjie and Lu Wenhua, were not very talented in studying.

Yang Zhengshan didn't dislike this.

He really lacks scholars. There were many clerks in Yinghebao before, but they were all dealt with by Yang Zhengshan. Now all the affairs of the government office are on Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingwu and others, which makes them seem particularly busy.

Even Yang Zhengshan can't be lazy.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and wrote a letter to Lu Songhe.

First he asked about the health of the two old men, and then he talked about his own ideas.

He decided to ask Lu Wenchun and Lu Wenjie to come over.

Lu Wenchun is the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the Lu family. He is 28 years old this year. Although he is not good at studying, he is calm and successful in doing things. Letting him come to Yinghebao should be able to help a lot.

Lu Wenjie is the eldest grandson of the second branch of the Lu family. He is 25 years old this year. In the past, Lu Zhaoran managed the Lu family's industry and was also a capable person.

This should satisfy both branches of the Lu family. As for Lu Wenhua, this kid is the only useless grandson of the Lu family.

It's not that Lu Wenhua is spoiled, and there is nothing worth spoiling in the Lu family.

The main reason was that Lu Wenhua was a gambler. Yang Zhengshan had heard that this guy had caused a lot of trouble in Qinghe Town, and he didn't want to keep a troublemaker around.

"Take this letter~~"

Originally, Yang Zhengshan wanted Yang Mingcheng to deliver the letter to Shopkeeper Lu in Guancheng, but thinking that Yang Mingcheng was not familiar with Guancheng, he changed his tone and said, "Give this letter to Minghao first!"

"Yeah!" Yang Mingcheng replied with some disappointment.

He wanted to do more, but Yang Zhengshan gave it to Yang Minghao.

Although it was just a small matter of delivering a letter, he couldn't do such a small matter, let alone other things.

Yang Zhengshan saw his thoughts, smiled and said, "Take a rest for a few days, I have an important thing for you to do!"

It was normal for Yang Mingcheng to have such thoughts, after all, he was the eldest son.

Seeing that his younger brothers were all with their father, and his second brother became an official, it would be strange if he didn't have some complaints in his heart.

In fact, Yang Mingcheng was already very good. Although he had some resentment in his heart, he had not thought of doing anything against his brothers.

Hearing that Yang Zhengshan had something for him to do, Yang Mingcheng immediately showed an honest smile.

"Don't worry, Dad, I will do it well!"

"Yes!" Yang Zhengshan nodded.

Yang Mingcheng left, and Lin Zhan and Wang Yunqiao came again.

These two were his disciples, but he seemed to be a little irresponsible as a master. Since they came to the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan did not teach them much.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Lin Zhan and nodded with satisfaction, "Your body is much stronger!"

Lin Zhan used to look a little thin, but now Lin Zhan is as strong as a calf, and his skin is also tanned a lot. Obviously, he has practiced martial arts a lot on weekdays.

"It's all the care of the senior brother for his disciples!" Lin Zhan did not forget to speak for Yang Mingcheng.

Yang Zhengshan's mouth curled up slightly, "Don't worry about studying, I will find a teacher for you in a while!"

He didn't think of stopping Lin Zhan from studying. Lin Zhan was still somewhat talented in studying. If he could take the imperial examination, Yang Zhengshan would be happy to see it happen.

Unfortunately, Lin Zhan didn't study well for more than half a year.

The Yang family school had just been built, and Lin Zhan brought him to Yinghebao.

However, Yang Zhengshan planned to open a school in Yinghebao, and it was a university.

One was to teach the soldiers to read, and the other was to allow the children of military households to read.

Literacy is simple, just find a few scholars.

However, this serious study requires a serious teacher, at least a scholar.

"The disciple is not in a hurry!" Lin Zhan said softly.

He was really not in a hurry. Although his father hoped that he could become a scholar and pass the imperial examination, he knew that the Yang family had been very good to him. They raised him, taught him martial arts, and were willing to support him in his studies.

So, what else could he ask for?

He knew how to be grateful.

"Yeah!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Wang Yunqiao and Wang Mingzhe in his arms.

"Bring him here for me to see!"

Wang Yunqiao hurriedly carried Wang Mingzhe over.

A ten-year-old child had to take care of a young child, which was also hard for this girl.

"Master!"

Wang Mingzhe was about the same age as Yang Qingwan, but he was much more lively than Yang Qingwan. Seeing Yang Zhengshan, he actually called him master directly. I think it should be Wang Yunqiao who taught him.

"The little guy is so good!" Yang Zhengshan smiled kindly.

He acted very close to Wang Mingzhe to comfort Wang Yunqiao.

He could be more distant from his own grandson, because he was his grandson anyway and had a blood relationship.

As for this little kid, he couldn't be distant, otherwise Wang Yunqiao would definitely feel uneasy.

Sure enough, seeing Yang Zhengshan so close to his brother, Wang Yunqiao showed a bright smile on her face.

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The arrival of Yang Mingcheng and others made Yang Zhengshan's surroundings much more lively.

However, there are many affairs in Yinghebao now, and Yang Zhengshan has no time to enjoy the joy of family. Well, he doesn't like this joy of family.

He is always unwilling to admit that he is an old man.

Although in this world, forty years old can already call himself an old man, but he has never called himself so.

The next day, Yang Minghao came back from Jianningwei, and the family had a reunion dinner.

Yang Minghao stayed at home for one night, and then hurried back to Jianningwei.

Zhou Lan's training was also in full swing. As the main instructor, Yang Minghao had a heavy burden on his shoulders.

He didn't want to embarrass Yang Zhengshan, and he didn't want to leave Zhou Lan with the impression that he was not doing a good job.

So during this period of time, he has been performing well in front of Zhou Lan.

This also proves from the side that Yang Zhengshan's original decision was right. Yang Mingzhi is more suitable for being an official than Yang Mingcheng, and he understands the pros and cons better.

As time goes by, the weather gradually turns cooler.

But the whole Yinghebao is a scene of bustling activity.

In the garrison, the repair and reconstruction is gradually coming to an end. In the garrison, the first batch of trained soldiers have become accustomed to high-intensity training.

At the end of September.

Yang Chengze brought the first batch of refugees.

A total of 130 households and more than 400 people.

All of them are ragged refugees.

In order to recruit these refugees, Yang Chengze spent a lot of energy.

This year is a year of disaster. The people of Chongshan Town first experienced the invasion of Huqi, and then experienced a severe drought, which caused many people to be displaced.

Some people escaped the plunder of Huqi, but they did not withstand the drought.

The first batch of refugees, Yang Zhengshan arranged them all in Yinghebao. It happened that many houses had just been built in Yinghebao, which could accommodate so many people.

With more than a hundred households suddenly added, Yinghebao immediately became much more lively.

When the refugees came to the garrison, they first registered, issued household registration, allocated houses, and then allocated wasteland, farm tools and food.

The temperature is not very low now, and they can still reclaim some wasteland before winter.

However, the harvest of the newly reclaimed wasteland must be low, so Yang Zhengshan generously exempted them from taxes for one year.

In order to prevent these refugees from eating up all the land, Yang Zhengshan asked Li Erhu to select a group of people from these refugees to join the work of burning charcoal. At the same time, he also asked Lao Li to take care of these refugees more and hire more people to raise horses, pigs and chickens.

After two days of busy work, Yang Zhengshan finally arranged the refugees properly, and then he had time to sit in the study and drink tea.

"Dad, you are looking for me!" Yang Mingcheng came to the study.

"Yeah!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "You've rested enough."

"Dad, I rested well! I don't need to rest anymore!"

Yang Mingcheng is a person who can't sit still. When his family was poor, he was responsible for the work in the fields. Later, Yang Zhengshan gave all the land to tenants for farming. He couldn't sit still either. He went into the mountains to hunt or ran to the fields to help the tenants.

This honest child actually went to help the tenants.

And he helped for free.

The tenants were worried for a long time, fearing that the Yang family would not rent the land to them.

This year, the Yang family's land had a good harvest, and Yang Mingcheng contributed to it.

Yang Zhengshan drank the tea in the tea bowl, stood up and said: "Come on, come with me for a walk!"

Then, the two walked out of the study and rode away from the garrison.