Chapter 164 Luo Shang Arrives
"It's not difficult to recommend your sect's disciples to be officials!" Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said, "But I can only recommend one deputy captain at most, no more!"

In fact, there are many places he can recommend, such as Jianning Guard where Zhou Lan is located. I believe Zhou Lan will give him face. Another example is Songzhou Guard. He is the commander of Songzhou Guard. If he wants to arrange a deputy captain in Songzhou Guard, it will be easier than in Jianning Guard.

"Is it really possible?" Yu Qingyi's eyes lit up.

"Oh, you don't believe in my ability?" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile on his face.

Sha Pingchuan is finished, and currently there are only two commanders in Songzhou Guard, and he is one of them. Even though his qualifications in Songzhou Guard are still young, it is still easy to arrange a deputy captain.

"No, no!" Yu Qingyi waved his hands quickly.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "But the cultivation must be sufficient and the ability must be strong enough. You must know that if the person I recommend does not do well, it will embarrass me!"

"My third junior brother Luo Feiyu!" Yu Qingyi said with shining eyes.

"Tell me the details!" Yang Zhengshan also became interested.

Yu Qingyi said: "Fei Yu is 24 years old this year, and his cultivation has reached the fourth level of the acquired realm. He is proficient in the art of killing on the battlefield, and his cultivation method is mainly based on double hammers. Fei Yu is also familiar with the art of war. My master wanted him to join the army, but unfortunately he passed away early."

"Hearing what you said, this is a talented person!" Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said, "If he is really suitable, you can arrange him to work under me!"

Yang Zhengshan has always been open to talents. If Luo Feiyu has both ability and strength, he will naturally be willing to use him.

"But I'd like to know if your Tianqing Sword Sect can lend a few of the stronger warriors to my family."

Yang Zhengshan did not forget his purpose, which was to recruit some guards for his family.

"No problem, as long as you can marry me, I can let Madam Liu, Madam Lin, Qingxia, Hongyun and others as dowry!" Yu Qingyi said proudly.

This arrogant little look made Yang Zhengshan unable to help but stretch out his evil hand.

Unfortunately, Yu Qingyi seemed to be prepared and slapped his hand away.

"Although they are slaves, they have also practiced since they were young. The two maids watched me grow up, and Qingxia and Hongyun were also taught by me personally."

Many of the slaves in the martial arts sects have cultivation skills, but compared to the sect disciples, the resources the slaves get may be much less.

Yang Zhengshan withdrew his hand awkwardly and said, "Well, when the matter in Anyuan City is over, I will come to ask for marriage!"
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The turmoil in Anyuan City lasted only one day and one night, and Anyuan City returned to its former tranquility the next morning.

Of course, this peace only applies to ordinary people. For the officialdom of Anyuan City, this turmoil is far from over.

Three days passed in a flash, and on the morning of the fourth day, Wei Cen came to Anyuan City again.

But this time he did not come alone, but brought hundreds of people with him.

Among them were people from the Secret Guard, the Governor's Office, and the General's Office. Hundreds of them entered Anyuan City in a mighty procession, and Yang Zhengshan had to entertain them with great care.

However, no one seemed to be in the mood to thank Yang Zhengshan for his hospitality. After arriving in Anyuan City, they all devoted themselves to their official duties.

"Have you finished dealing with the matter in Jiacheng?"

Yang Zhengshan stood in front of the lobby of the prefectural government, looking at the busy crowd, and asked Wei Cen.

"Not yet, I've left it to someone else to handle!" Wei Cen said.

Wei Cen is just a centurion in the Secret Martial Arts Guards. Their main personnel are responsible for tracking and monitoring, while arrests are done by other people. There is no shortage of martial arts masters in the Secret Martial Arts Guards, but Wei Cen is obviously not one of them.

"Where is Heiya Village?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

"There is no Black Cliff Village anymore!" Wei Cen said calmly.

Yang Zhengshan fell silent.

This is the martial arts sect. In front of the huge imperial court, the martial arts sect is not worthy of praise at all.

With the Secret Guards, no, let alone the Secret Guards, even if it is the Zhenbei Division, it would be easy to destroy a martial arts sect.

After a long silence, Yang Zhengshan said, "There shouldn't be anything for me to do next, right?"

Wei Cen thought for a moment and said, "There is nothing else to do, but you are still needed to guard this place, the backyard of the Bingbei Dao Yamen, and the Liang family's house until the officials from Kyoto are arranged to come over to confiscate the property."

Confiscating a person's property is a troublesome matter, not everyone can do it.

Generally speaking, the house searches were carried out jointly by the eunuchs in the imperial city, the doctors from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice, and the local government.

Confiscating property is naturally a lucrative job, and you can at least make some money from it, but if you want to use it to embezzle money on a large scale, it is almost impossible.

The old emperor is not a fool, and neither are the officials in the court. How could they give their subordinates the opportunity to embezzle money on a massive scale?

Of course, as Yang Zhengshan is guarding these mansions, he also has the opportunity to tinker with them, but he also cannot go too far.

The Secret Guard will definitely arrange people to keep an eye on it.

And the people above will not just ignore it.

"I understand. I will arrange the staff!" Yang Zhengshan had already thought about it and let Wang Sheng be in charge of guarding.

Afterwards, he waited in the prefectural government office for a while, and when he saw that there was no problem, he returned to the garrison office.

The rest of the things no longer need him to do, and he is not suitable to interfere.

It's better not to get involved in such troublesome matters if possible.

When returning to the garrison office, Yang Zhengshan discovered that Luo Shang had actually come.

"Greetings, sir!" Luo Shang immediately smiled warmly when she saw Yang Zhengshan.

"Well, when did you come?"

"Han Fei, serve tea!"

"Sit down and talk!"

Yang Zhengshan invited Luo Shang to sit down next to the tea table.

"I came here yesterday, but the city gate was closed, so I had to wait outside the city all night!" Luo Shang said as he sat opposite Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan really didn't know about this, but even if he knew, he would not open the city gate for Luo Shang. It was his order to block the city gate, and he could not disobey his order for Luo Shang.

Han Fei brought the tea, Yang Zhengshan took a sip and asked, "How is your business going recently?"

"Not bad. According to what the adults said, Jinxiufang has stopped expanding." Luo Shang said.

From Luo's Cloth Shop to Jinxiu Workshop, Luo Shang's business expanded dozens of times, and the monthly profit increased from a dozen taels of silver to thousands of taels. On the one hand, this increase was due to Luo Shang's real talent for business, and on the other hand, it was due to Yang Zhengshan's support.

Without Yang Zhengshan's support, Luo Shang's business would have been shut down long ago.

This is not a joke.

Why does a new group of businessmen appear when a new group of officials is replaced in Chongshan Pass?
It is because of the support of officials behind the scenes that businessmen can keep their businesses.

Although Yang Zhengshan is not a high-ranking official in Chongshan Town, he has Zhou Lan behind him. Plus, he has a good reputation with Liang Chu, so he can still protect Luo Shang's business.

However, Luo Shang's voice cannot be expanded any further. If it is expanded any further, the benefits will be too great and some people may become jealous.

"Have you found your supply channel?"

This is what Yang Zhengshan cares most about.

In the past, Luo Shang's cloth all came from the Luo family in Jizhou, but the share he could get from the Luo family was very small. Later, Yang Zhengshan helped him contact Mr. Liang Sanye, who helped him get all kinds of silk, cloth, etc. from the Liang family.

But now the Liang family is about to be ruined, and Luo Shang will definitely not be able to get any goods from the Liang family in the future.

"I have been to Jizhou and Jiangnan years ago. Now the Luo family has increased their supply to me, and I have also contacted many merchants in Jiangnan. They will provide me with silk and satin directly!" Luo Shang said.

"The Luo family is willing to help you?" Yang Zhengshan was a little surprised.

Luo Shang was not even a collateral branch of the Luo family, but only a clan member. In the past, Luo Shang was able to get cloth from the Luo family because he had a cousin who was the shopkeeper.

"What's the point of helping or not? It's all for the sake of profit!" Luo Shang said with a smile: "If no adults helped me, why would they care about me?"

"Hehe~~" Yang Zhengshan chuckled.

That’s right. Luo Shang is now considered a big businessman. Although he is far inferior to the Luo family in Jizhou, he is still somewhat famous in Chongshan Pass.

As Luo Shang's business grows bigger and bigger, the Jizhou Luo family will naturally pay more and more attention to him.

But these had nothing to do with Yang Zhengshan, and Yang Zhengshan had no intention of paying attention to the Luo family in Jizhou, so he just smiled and didn't ask any more questions.

"I came to you for three things this time!"

"Please speak, sir!" Luo Shang's expression became serious.

"The first thing is the situation in Anyuan City. The Liang family has fallen. I hope you can take over the Liang family's previous business."

The Liang family has many businesses in Anyuan City, including cloth, fur, medicinal materials, etc. The Liang family occupies a large share in Anyuan Prefecture.

Now that the Liang family has fallen, Yang Zhengshan naturally wants to take a bite of this big piece of fat meat.

"Will this cause any trouble?" Luo Shang asked worriedly.

It's not that he doesn't trust Yang Zhengshan, he's just afraid that business matters will affect Yang Zhengshan.

In fact, they are now also considered as collusion between officials and businessmen, but their collusion between officials and businessmen is a little different from that of others. At least Yang Zhengshan will not do anything immoral for Luo Shang.

"It's no trouble! Just follow the regular procedures, spend as much money as you should, and do what you should do!"

Yang Zhengshan said.

There must be a bottom line, at least no handle should be left in the open.

The Liang family will be ransacked soon, and the Liang family’s shops, properties, fields, etc. will definitely be sold again. Yang Zhengshan will speak for Luo Shang, but he will not help Luo Shang to lower the price.

Luo Shang nodded, "What about the second thing?"

Yang Zhengshan raised his lips slightly and said, "Jing'an Mansion! It's still the property of the Liang family!"

When a whale falls, all things are born.

I don’t know how much benefit will come from the downfall of the Liang family.

Compared to Anyuan City, Jing'an Prefecture is the Liang family's home ground.

Moreover, Jing'an Prefecture is much more prosperous than Anyuan City.

If Luo Shang could gain a foothold in Jing'an Prefecture, he would become a wealthy businessman.

Of course, Jing'an Prefecture is not Yang Zhengshan's home ground, and Yang Zhengshan cannot help Luo Shang much. How much Luo Shang can gain in Jing'an Prefecture depends on himself.

(End of this chapter)