Chapter 140 Please Point Out the Way
"What's the deal?"

"Please help me report my safety!" Yu Qingyi said softly.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and said, "Okay, there are some things you should understand!"

"The issue involving Black Cliff Village is very serious, and it is not something that your Tianqing Sword Sect can get involved in. If you don't want the Tianqing Sword Sect to be wiped out, I suggest you don't do anything tricky!"

Perhaps it was because Yu Qingyi and the Tianqing Sword Sect were innocent, or perhaps it was because of Yu Qingyi's beauty, anyway, Yang Zhengshan felt that he should remind her.

Otherwise she would not be aware of the danger and would destroy herself and the Tianqing Sword Sect.

This is not a joke. Heiya Village is collaborating with the enemy and even involves Prince Qing's Palace. Once this matter is exposed, I don't know how many people will lose their heads.

By then, the attitude of the Secret Guards would definitely be to rather kill someone by mistake than let him go.

Maybe he could take care of the Tianqing Sword Sect as well.

So for Yu Qingyi, the best thing to do now is to find a place to hide.

"This~~please give me some advice, sir!" Yu Qingyi felt uneasy.

In the past two days, she has figured out a lot of things. First of all, Hou Jun sneaked into the garrison office. Yang Zhengshan knew about it, and not only did he know about it, he also allowed Hou Jun to sneak in.

Secondly, what Heiya Village did in Anyuan Prefecture City might not be simple, and Yang Zhengshan might be preparing to deal with Heiya Village.

In the end, the garrison commander Yang Zhengshan was not a bloodthirsty and cruel villain.

From the fact that Yang Zhengshan spared her life to her interactions with the Yang family over the past two days, she could feel the kindness and simplicity of the Yang family.

It was for this reason that she mustered up the courage to ask Yang Zhengshan for help.

"Let your people leave here and return to the mountain gate. Then close the mountain for a year and prohibit anyone inside the gate from leaving!"

Yang Zhengshan gave a very pertinent suggestion.

The Tianqing Sword Sect is considered a fairly large martial arts sect in the Liaodong region, but in reality there are not that many people in the Tianqing Sword Sect, only about three hundred at most.

There is absolutely no problem in letting them close the mountain for a year. As long as they spend this year in peace and stability, they will not be implicated by the Black Cliff Village.

Yu Qingyi pondered for a moment, then bowed and said, "Thank you, sir. I will write a letter back right away!"

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at her with appreciation. This woman was smart, knew when to advance and when to retreat, was decisive, and did not act unreasonable.

Just at this moment, Yu Qingyi looked up, their eyes met, and Yu Qingyi lowered her head in panic again.

Seeing her like this, Yang Zhengshan smiled awkwardly.

Are you so terrible?

He actually frightened a female hero so much that she dared not look him in the eye!

"Once the letter is written, I'll arrange for someone to deliver it tomorrow!"

He no longer stopped Yu Qingyi from writing letters, but of course he would still check the letters Yu Qingyi wrote.

"Thank you, sir!"

Yu Qingyi thanked him, then said goodbye and left the room.

Yang Zhengshan looked at her graceful back and raised his eyebrows.

The next morning, Yang Zhengshan asked Ding Qiu to deliver Yu Qingyi's letter to the inn where they were staying.

The two maids and two servant girls beside Yu Qingyi are all warriors, and the cultivation base of these two maids is not low, both of them are fourth-level acquired warriors.

However, Ding Qiu did not need to deliver the letter to them personally; it could be passed on to them by the waiter.

In the inn, two maids looked at the letters in their hands with solemn expressions.

"This is the master's handwriting!"

"Why doesn't the leader come to see us?"

During the two days when Yu Qingyi was missing, they were extremely worried. They asked around the city for information, but didn't find any useful information.

Originally they were planning to go back to the sect to call for help, but they didn't expect to receive a handwritten letter from the sect leader today.

"The headmaster said she is safe and asked us to go back and close the mountain for a year!"

"What do you think?"

"Now we can only act according to the leader's wishes!"

The two mothers-in-law looked at each other and finally could only sigh helplessly.

They all guessed that Yu Qingyi might have encountered some trouble, but this trouble did not seem to be something they could solve.

Moreover, Yu Qingyi repeatedly emphasized in her heart that they should go back and close the mountain for a year, and asked them not to meddle in other people's business.

Based on their understanding of Yu Qingyi, they knew very well that Yu Qingyi was not joking.

"Pack your things and go back!"

The two maids had no choice but to pack up and leave Anyuan City.

At the city gate, Ding Qiu watched their backs disappear outside the city, then returned to the garrison officer's office.

"all gone?"

In the main hall of the government office, Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Yeah! I watched them leave the city!" Ding Qiu said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said, "You can go back. Your next task is to teach those twenty young men martial arts!"

Yang Mingcheng had already bought the servants back yesterday.

This time, the Yang family bought more than forty servants, including twenty teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen.

With the addition of so many servants, the huge courtyard seemed lively and no longer as cold and deserted as before.

"Yes!" Ding Qiu replied concisely.

Today, Ding Qiu's cultivation has reached the fourth level of the acquired realm, which is two levels higher than when he first joined the Yang family.

He is more than qualified to teach those young people who have never been exposed to martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then stood up and walked out of the garrison office.

Twenty soldiers were already waiting for him at the gate of the government office.

Yang Zhengshan mounted his horse and led his soldiers straight to Chengguanbao. At this time, the training ground in Chengguanbao was in full swing.

Although the training plan written by Yang Zhengshan has not yet been handed over to Han Cheng and Song Dashan, this does not prevent Song Dashan from starting training first.

"Greetings, my lord!"

As soon as Yang Zhengshan entered Chengguanbao, Han Cheng and Song Dashan came to meet him.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan jumped off his horse, looked around, and then entered the main hall of Chengguanbao.

"This is the training plan, take a look!"

He handed two books to Han Cheng and Song Dashan.

One was written by him, and the other was copied by Lu Wenhua, and the contents are the same.

The two men opened the booklet and started reading it. After reading it, Song Dashan didn't react at all. This was not his first day following Yang Zhengshan, nor was it his first time training with them.

He had long been familiar with Yang Zhengshan's method of training troops.

However, after reading it, Han Cheng was filled with astonishment.

"My Lord, is this appropriate?"

He felt that many contents were inappropriate. He could understand other things such as training in batches and ensuring the defense of the city, but he felt that it was inappropriate for the government to provide meals and issue rewards during training.

It is the duty of the soldiers to receive training, but as for food, rewards and the like, these are totally unnecessary.

The meals for the soldiers in the garrison camp were originally distributed according to shares, and each team was responsible for its own meals, so there was no need to provide them uniformly.

As for the reward silver, it is a luxury for the soldiers unless they go to the battlefield.

Han Cheng didn't think this was bad, but he thought it was great.

If it was too good, it would mean that the government would need to spend a lot of money and food, and he was afraid that the government would not be able to support the training of the soldiers.

Yang Zhengshan didn't explain to him and said, "Just train according to this. Dashan knows how to train, and you just need to cooperate with him!"

How can he provide spiritual spring water to these soldiers if they don’t eat together?

How can he win people's hearts without giving out rewards?
He trained his troops not just to train them, but also to let the soldiers know how good he was and to make them respect him.

People are all made of flesh and blood, so they know who is good to them.

As sweet dates were distributed and bowls of sweet soup were poured into the soldiers' mouths, how could they not be loyal to him?

Of course, there may be some fools who do not know what is good or bad, but such fools are a minority after all.

Seeing that Yang Zhengshan insisted, Han Cheng naturally would not refute anymore.

He didn't dare to refute Yang Zhengshan's words.

The rest of the things were easy. With Song Dashan and the dozen or so Yang family disciples around, Yang Zhengshan didn't need to do the training himself.

However, Yang Zhengshan still insisted on coming to Chengguanbao every day, one to add spiritual spring water to these soldiers, and the other to become familiar with these soldiers.

Even if he wants to be a hands-off boss, he can't avoid showing up.

If he didn't show up, how would the soldiers know who they were serving?

Soon the military training was on track, and the Liang family's caravan also began to move.

Although Yang Zhengshan has accepted Liang Rong's solicitation, Yi Shan and Liang Rong are still very cautious. After discussing, they decided to give it a try first.

So the first time they just shipped some ordinary cotton cloth out of customs.

Unfortunately, their every move was under Wei Cen's surveillance, and Lu Hua did not act in a hurry, allowing them to transport the cotton cloth out of the border.

Seeing that nothing unexpected had happened, Yi Shan and Liang Rong felt relieved, gradually gained courage, and began to transport large quantities of important materials such as grain, salt, iron, etc. outside the border.

In half a month, they made three consecutive deliveries, but Lu Hua did not take any action.

Yang Zhengshan felt a little strange about this. He couldn't help but ask Wei Cen, "What does Eunuch Lu mean by this? Doesn't he want to kill the enemy?"

Wei Cen said with a serious expression: "It's almost the end of the year, and the Admiral wants them to have a peaceful New Year's Day first! This may be their last New Year's Day!"

Yang Zhengshan was speechless, "Eunuch Lu is really kind-hearted!"

He didn't know what to say.

It's already this time, and they are still being allowed to celebrate the New Year.

However, as the year draws to a close, the Yang family also needs to make some preparations.

This year's gift still needs to be given.

Yang Mingcheng still has to go back to Anning County.

In addition, the soldiers under his command also want to celebrate the New Year, and Yang Zhengshan wants them to have a good one.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan began to ponder.

It would be enough for Yang Mingcheng to go back to Anning County to deliver the New Year gifts.

However, Yang Zhengshan needs to put in some effort to ensure that the soldiers have a good New Year.

If you want the soldiers to have a good New Year, it is very simple. The most practical thing is to provide them with food and wages.

However, the soldiers of the garrison camp had been training for more than half a month, and the food and grass in the warehouse were decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

If the consumption continued at this rate, Yang Zhengshan estimated that the food and fodder in the garrison office would not be able to support the training of the garrison battalion.

The Chinese New Year is important, and training is also important.

What's more, after the new year, Yang Zhengshan will have to train soldiers in the garrison to be responsible for farming.

That way the food and grass consumed would be better.

So we have to find a way to ask for some food and supplies.

"The New Year is coming soon. Shouldn't I show my gratitude to my superiors?" When Yang Zhengshan thought about food and fodder, he thought of the officials of Songzhou Wei.

When he was in Yinghe Fort, he didn't care about the attitudes of other officials.

But now in Anyuan Prefecture, he had to build relationships with the officials above him.

(End of this chapter)