Chapter 110 He’s only sixteen years old, and he’s going to get married!

Originally, Yang Zhengshan thought he would have to wait ten days or half a month for a reply, but he did not expect to receive a reply on the fifth day after sending the letter.

Not only did I receive a reply, but Mr. Liang San also came in person.

Of course, when Yang Zhengshan saw Mr. Liang Sanye, his face was full of surprise.

"Brother Liang, what's wrong with you?"

At this moment, Mr. Liang San looked extremely thin, almost unrecognizable. If it weren't for the familiarity between his eyebrows, Yang Zhengshan would not have believed that this was Mr. Liang San.

"Lord Yang!" Mr. Liang rubbed his hands nervously, "I had a serious illness some time ago, and I just recovered recently."

To be honest, facing Yang Zhengshan at this moment, Mr. Liang San was filled with anxiety.

In the past, the Yang family was just a farming family. Although Yang Zhengshan was also going to come to Guancheng to be an official at that time, the future was uncertain after all, and no one knew what would happen after Yang Zhengshan came to Guancheng.

But now he is a thousand-household defense officer and a fifth-rank military officer, while he is just a merchant.

Now their family is marrying up into the Yang family.

In fact, ever since he learned that Yang Zhengshan was appointed as the garrison officer of Linguanbao, Mr. Liang Sanye had been filled with worries, fearing that the Yang family would ask their Liang family to break off the engagement.

Fortunately, the Yang family has been in contact with him over the past year, and they would send them gifts during festivals, which made him feel a lot more at ease.

But no matter how at ease I am, the worry in my heart still exists.

So when he learned that Yang Zhengshan wanted him to contact the source of cloth, he discussed it with Liang Lin and decided to come to Yinghe Fort in person.

Contacting the source of goods was secondary. The main purpose of his visit was to test Yang Zhengshan's attitude and find out whether Yang Zhengshan was still interested in marrying into their Liang family.

If Yang Zhengshan didn't dislike the Liang family, he would take the opportunity to set the wedding date.

His daughter Liang Zhen is already fifteen years old this year. If a wedding date is set, it would be just right for her to get married next year.

Yang Zhengshan noticed the nervousness of Mr. Liang San and said with a gentle smile, "Brother Liang, please sit down!"

"Minghao, what are you still standing there for? Go make some tea!"

He glanced with dissatisfaction at Yang Minghao who was standing stupidly at the door of the study. This kid was even more nervous than Mr. Liang Sanye when he met his future father-in-law. He stood there like a wooden stake.

As for disdaining the Liang family for being a merchant family, Yang Zhengshan naturally would not have such an idea. He did not care about the system of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Even though he had adapted to some feudal customs of this world, his ideas came from his previous life.

Let's not say that everyone is equal, but at least he won't judge people by their social status.

In his heart, character is far more important than status.

Zhou Langui is the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion, and Yang Zhengshan treats her as a friend.

Luo Shang was just a small businessman, and Yang Zhengshan treated him as a friend.

When he makes friends, he values ​​character the most, and when he chooses his in-laws, he also values ​​family tradition and character.

Although the Liang family is a merchant family, Mr. Liang San is an honest man, and Liang Zhen, the future daughter-in-law, is also a very insightful person.

So he never thought of breaking the engagement.

In addition to this, there is another factor, that is, Yang Minghao is deeply in love with the other girl.

The two men had not met for more than a year, but their correspondence was even more frequent than that between Yang Zhengshan and Yangjiacun.

Yang Minghao would write two or three letters to Liang Zhen almost every month.

After hearing Yang Zhengshan's instructions, Yang Minghao finally came back to his senses and walked out stiffly to make tea.

Yang Zhengshan and Mr. Liang Sanye started chatting about family matters.

Over the past year or so, the Liang family lived a simple life, running a cloth shop. Although they did not make a lot of money, they could already live comfortably.

Apart from the fact that Mr. Liang San had fallen seriously ill, there had been no other disturbances in the Liang family.

When the tea came, the two turned the topic to the source of cloth.

Mr. Liang San also relaxed from his nervous mood, took a sip of tea and said, "If Brother Yang wants cloth, there is no problem. The Liang family has a big cloth business. Whether it is linen, cotton, silk, or spun silk, the Liang family has trade routes."

At Yang Zhengshan's strong request, he changed the way he addressed Yang Zhengshan from "Sir" to "Brother Yang".

"Well, it's not that I need it. I'm just helping a friend. You can discuss this with him when the time comes!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Brother Liang, I think you can also take this opportunity to expand your own cloth shop. I can help you open a shop in Ningzhou City, and you can do the cloth business in Ningzhou City."

The cloth of Mr. Liang Sanye came from the Liang family of Jingbian. He was the illegitimate son of the Liang family. Although he had no status or say in the Liang family, if it was a profitable business, the Liang family would not refuse him.

As for letting the Liang family open a store in Ningzhou City, it was also Yang Zhengshan’s new idea.

After all, they are future relatives, so it would be better for him to lend a helping hand if he can.

Guancheng already has Luo Shang, and Yang Zhengshan cannot create a competitor for him.

Ningzhou City is very close to Jianning Wei, the distance between the two is less than twenty miles. Jianning Wei was originally established to guard Ningzhou City, so the garrison office of Ningzhou City was set up in Jianning Wei City.

"Will this be too much trouble for Brother Yang?" Mr. Liang said hesitantly.

"It's not a problem, just a word. And you don't have to worry about whether anyone will cause trouble for you when you go to Ningzhou City. No one dares to cause trouble for you when I'm here!" Yang Zhengshan said generously.

He was not bragging. Today, Jianning Guard had become Zhou Lan's one-man show, and he was Zhou Lan's confidant. With this relationship, officials from Jianning Guard and Ningzhou City had to give him some face.

Mr. Liang San was still a little hesitant.

He is just like this, hesitant to do things, and feels like a hopeless case. If it was just Mr. Liang, it would be useless for Yang Zhengshan to help the Liang family, but Mr. Liang has a good wife, Liang Lin.

Liang Lin is better at doing business and more insightful than Mr. Liang Sanye, but unfortunately she is a woman and not suitable to be in public.

However, with her help, Mr. Liang San should be able to do business well in Ningzhou City.

"You can discuss this matter with your wife when you go back. There is no rush anyway!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Mr. Liang felt a little embarrassed. He knew his own temper, so he said awkwardly, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Yang!"

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We'll be a family from now on." Yang Zhengshan said.

Mr. Liang San was thinking about asking whether it was time to set a date for the wedding of his two children, but his indecisive nature came back and he never said it out loud.

It was not until lunchtime, after two glasses of wine, that Mr. Liang started talking. He said, "Brother Yang, the two children are grown up now. Shouldn't we choose a date to hold the wedding?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yang Minghao's face turned red at the dinner table.

Yang Mingzhi looked at Yang Minghao with a mischievous look on his face and poked him with his arm.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at Yang Minghao and couldn't help complaining in his heart, he is only sixteen years old and he is going to get married!
But after thinking about it, he also felt that Yang Minghao should get married.

This is the custom here. People get married at 15 or 16. If they delay until 18, it's still okay for the man, but the woman will become a leftover woman.

He may not care about his own boy, but he cannot help but consider other people's daughter.

At this moment, Yang Zhengshan felt like an old father.

"Then let's pick an auspicious day to decide!"

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "I definitely can't go back to arrange the marriages for the two children. I hope Brother Liang will forgive me!"

Yang Minghao and Liang Zhen definitely cannot get married in Yinghe Fort, they have to get married in Anning County.

The round trip, plus the wedding arrangements, would take at least six or seven days, and he couldn't spare that much time right now.

"I understand, I understand." Uncle Liang San said with a thick tongue, his mouth grinning to his ears.

"How about this, Mingcheng, you take Wang back and ask the matchmaker to set a date for the wedding, then renovate the house and prepare the things to be bought." Yang Zhengshan said to Yang Mingcheng beside him.

The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother.

Since Yang Zhengshan cannot go back, then Yang Mingcheng and Wang can only go back.

"Okay, Dad!" Yang Mingcheng agreed without any hesitation.

The matter was settled. Three days later, Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, Wang, Wu Hai, Ding Qiu and Liang Sanye returned to Anning County together.

After seeing them off, Yang Zhengshan focused his attention on the development of Yinghe Fort.

With the opening of shops on the commercial street, Yinghebao is becoming more and more lively.

The military households from the surrounding garrisons, fire towers and beacon towers often came to Yinghe Fort to buy things, and some people would also bring some things to Yinghe Fort to set up stalls to sell.

Yang Zhengshan did not prohibit street vendors, but instead set aside a separate area for them to set up stalls, which served as a small market.

The existence of commercial streets and markets means economic development. The benefits brought by economic development are self-evident.

Even though the surrounding military households are all poor, they can still earn money and obtain daily necessities from them.

Today, Yinghebao has become a bustling small town.

However, Yang Zhengshan understood that in order to maintain this bustle and prosperity, he needed to increase the income for the military households.

Yinghebao has already developed, but other garrisons have not yet developed, especially the military households in Huuludun and Fengsui. They can only farm hard, and even if the weather is good, they can't make much money throughout the year.

Yang Zhengshan felt it necessary to find a way for them to make money.

And the way to make money still lies in the needlework workshop.

As Luo Shang's cloth shop grew bigger and bigger, the needlework workshop in Linguanbao received more and more orders, and now they rarely make cloth shoes anymore.

It’s not that there is no market for cloth shoes, but the profit margin is too low, so needlework workshops have temporarily given up on making cloth shoes.

Today, the needlework workshops in Linguanbao have been upgraded, and the women's skills have improved. The clothes they sew are no longer limited to linen clothes, but they have begun to sew some more expensive ready-made clothes, as well as make silk flowers, embroidered handkerchiefs, sachets, etc.

Some time ago, Yang Chengze invited an old embroiderer from Guancheng to teach the women in the needlework workshop some special embroidery techniques. Yang Zhengshan didn't know what the specific embroidery techniques were, after all, he didn't know how to embroider.

All in all, the needlework workshop is getting better and better under the management of Yang Chengze and the care of Luo Shang.

What Yang Zhengshan was interested in was the cloth shoes business that the needlework workshop had given up. Although the profit from sewing cloth shoes was low, he could still make money.

The military households in Huoludun and Beacon Tower needed such a way to make money.

However, this matter still needs to be done by Yang Chengze. It is not about letting Yang Chengze do business, but to handle this matter in the name of a needlework workshop.

That is, let the military households at Huoludun and Beacon Tower make cloth shoes, and then let Yang Chengze send people to collect these cloth shoes and sell them to Luoshang's cloth shop.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and felt that this was feasible, so he went to Linguan Fort in person.

After hearing Yang Zhengshan's idea, Yang Chengze naturally would not refuse.

Although it is a bit troublesome to do and he can't make much money, he is still willing to do it.

Because he understood that Yang Zhengshan did this not to make money, but to make the military households live better.

(End of this chapter)