Chapter 215: Just Su Shanyu, why is he worthy of the prince's intervention?

In the afternoon, Yu Qingyi went to the Marquis' Mansion alone to bid farewell to the Marquis's wife. The next morning, Yang Zhengshan led everyone to leave Chongshan Pass.

Just after they left, the news of Su Shanyu's murder reached Chongshan Pass.

The study in the general's mansion.

When Liang Chu heard the report from his staff, his expression was indifferent.

He had long expected Yang Zhengshan to do this, so he was not surprised at all now.

"My lord, now that Su Shanyu is dead, should we do something?" asked the aide.

"What to do?" Liang Chu asked.

The staff thought for a moment and said, "Help us investigate the murderer!"

"That is the business of the Censorate!" Liang Chu said.

"Well, but since it involves Lord Yang, we should help!" the aide said in a low voice.

Liang Chu's expression changed slightly, and he laughed, "You are right, we should indeed help. After all, this happened in our Chongshan Town, and it also involves the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion!"

Help investigate the case?

That is naturally impossible!

He would not help the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion. He just wanted to help Yang Zhengshan find the loopholes and prevent Yang Zhengshan from leaving any clues.

The marriage of Liang Jinyan and Yang Yunxue has basically been settled, and the two families will be relatives in the future. Although he does not want to offend the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion and the Prince, he cannot sit idly by and watch the Yang family.

What's more, he thinks highly of Yang Yunxue. At such a young age, she has achieved the level of strength training and will definitely become a martial arts master in the future.

It is even possible that he might surpass him in cultivation, so how could he not take it seriously?

As for the fact that Yang Yunxue was a woman and a granddaughter-in-law, it didn’t really matter. As long as she entered the family, she was a member of the Liang family.

Now even if Yang Zhengshan does not agree to this marriage, he will try his best to make Yang Zhengshan agree.

Because for a family, the existence of a martial arts master is too important.

Even if this martial arts master is just placed at home for display, he is still a foundation and a trump card.

"How about this, you take some people over to take a look!" Liang Chu ordered.

The aide responded and bowed to leave.

On the other side, the Jianning Guard Lieutenant General’s Office.

Zhou Lan first received Yang Zhengshan's letter, and then received the news that Su Shanyu had been killed.

When she heard the news, she curled her lips and said, "Su Shanyu, this bastard should have died long ago!"

Zhou Lan has never had a good impression of Su Shanyu, a ruthless son of a noble family.

In her heart, Su Shanyu is not as good as Lu Hua. Although Lu Hua is also annoying, at least Lu Hua does the right thing and serves the old emperor.

But what about Su Shanyu?
Everything is just for one's own selfish interests.

"General, this matter won't cause any trouble for my father, right?" Yang Mingzhi asked worriedly, standing beside Zhou Lan.

Yang Mingzhi is still the governor of Jianning Guard, but he helps Zhou Lan deal with some chores on a daily basis. Simply put, he has replaced Zhao Yuan and plays a role similar to that of an assistant.

Zhou Lan looked up at him and smiled, "There will be trouble, but you don't have to worry. Marquis Jingyuan can't control Chongshan Town!"

"But there is the prince behind Marquis Zhenyuan!" Yang Mingzhi said.

This is what he is most worried about.

That's the prince!

To him and the Yang family, that was absolutely an unattainable existence.

How could Yang Mingzhi not be worried when he was making an enemy of such a big shot?

Zhou Lan smiled and shook her head, "The prince can't control Chongshan Town. After all, he hasn't ascended the throne yet!"

"Besides, the Crown Prince won't care about this kind of thing. It's just Su Shanyu. Why is it worth the Crown Prince's intervention?"

Yang Mingzhi didn't understand the prince, but Zhou Lan did.

In her opinion, the prince is a man of deep thoughts. Although the prince values ​​the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, he will not make a big fuss for it.

Compared to the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, the prince naturally values ​​the throne more.

Now that Emperor Chengping is getting older and older, elderly emperors are the most sensitive. At this time, the prince will not lose the big picture for the sake of small gains and risk angering Emperor Chengping to help the Jingyuan Marquisate.

After hearing her say this, Yang Mingzhi felt relieved.

……

Anyuan City.

After Yang Zhengshan came back, he temporarily put the affairs of Jingyuan Marquis Mansion behind him.

It is already mid-October. If Chongshan Town sets out for the expedition next year, it will take at most half a year.

Yang Zhengshan must prepare for next year's expedition.

So after returning to Anyuan City, Yang Zhengshan immediately went to Jiacheng and asked to meet Wang Bin.

"War horse?"

In the study, Wang Bin rubbed his brows with a headache when he heard that Yang Zhengshan wanted two hundred war horses.

In the past few years, various tribes in Chongshan Town have obtained a lot of war horses, all of which were fought for by Lu Chongde and Liang Chu. However, Chongshan Town still does not have enough war horses.

Wang Bin had always wanted to expand his cavalry to 5,000 cavalrymen, but it took him two years and he was still short of 1,000 cavalrymen.

"General, I am best at cavalry combat. The previous battles at Yinghe Fort were almost all cavalry combats!"

"But I only have a hundred cavalrymen under my command! Even if you count the poor horses in the government office, I can't even get two hundred!"

"Unless the general does not allow me to go with the army, you must at least give me another 200 war horses!"

What Yang Zhengshan said is reasonable.

There are still many horses in Anyuan City, such as the Yang family's horse farm, and the Wu family also has a horse farm. Military officers like Xie Yuan and Han Cheng also have some war horses at home.

But these are private war horses and do not belong to the garrison office.

No one can forcibly seize their private property.

We cannot take it for granted that they should confiscate their private property.

So although Yang Zhengshan had planned to let the Yang family horse farm sell a batch of war horses to the garrison office, the money still had to be paid by the garrison office.

The garrison office is rich now, but that doesn't stop Yang Zhengshan from coming to Wang Bin to cry poor.

But Wang Bin was not so easily fooled. He knew that the Yang family had a horse farm.

He looked up at Yang Zhengshan helplessly and said, "I can give you a maximum of 150 horses, and you have to prepare the rest yourself!" It was impossible not to let Yang Zhengshan go on the expedition.

Yang Zhengshan's strength and ability have been proven in Linguan Fort. Wang Bin still expects Yang Zhengshan to fight for him in next year's war. How could he let Yang Zhengshan stay in Anyuan City and enjoy himself?

Yang Zhengshan laughed in his heart. He didn't expect Wang Bin to be so generous and directly gave him 150 war horses. He thought Wang Bin could only give him 100 war horses at most!
However, he still said with some embarrassment: "General, I can prepare it myself, but the money is so expensive!"

"Only three thousand taels!" Wang Bin really didn't want to talk nonsense with Yang Zhengshan, so he could only reveal his bottom line.

Now almost all the main generals in Chongshan Town know that there will be an expedition next year, so everyone is busy collecting food and fodder, recruiting war horses, forging weapons and armor, and preparing silver and money.

No one would think that they have too much, so everyone is scrambling for it.

Apply to the general's office, apply to the governor's office, requisition from the subordinate government offices, or even spend money to purchase from merchants.

Take this war horse for example. Its price has increased by 30% compared to last year, but the key is that it is out of stock even if you want to buy it.

Wang Bin had to bear the pain to allocate 150 war horses to Yang Zhengshan.

As for silver and money, he could only take out this much now. If he took out more, it would affect the reinforcements under his command.

"Where are the food and fodder?" Yang Zhengshan was a little greedy.

Wang Bin looked at him speechlessly.

That look seemed to say 'Enough! '.

Yang Zhengshan smiled awkwardly, "Forget about the food and fodder, we still have some in stock in the government office!"

The garrison office has its own garrisons, so it should be self-sufficient in terms of food and salaries.

When Yang Zhengshan first took office, the situation of the Anyuan City Garrison Office was somewhat special, so the various government offices were able to allocate some food and fodder to him. But now he wants to ask for more food and fodder, which seems a bit excessive.

When he came out of the Lieutenant General's Mansion, Yang Zhengshan felt very happy.

One hundred and fifty war horses and three thousand taels of silver were already a lot for the garrison.

However, Yang Zhengshan’s journey of crying poor has not yet ended. Even though it is over at the Lieutenant-General’s Office, isn’t there still the Weisi Yamen?
However, Tan Jingtai was much poorer than Wang Bin. Yang Zhengshan tried to save face and cried poor, but in the end, Tan Jingtai only allocated him 500 shi of grain and fodder.

As for war horses, there was not a single one, and not a penny of silver.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The Wei Si Yamen was mainly responsible for military farming affairs, and the reserves of war horses and weapons were already small. Tan Jingtai was able to give Yang Zhengshan 500 dan of food and fodder because he was doing Yang Zhengshan a favor by getting him the position of commander.

Yang Zhengshan did not think that five hundred dan of food and fodder was too little. Even a mosquito leg was still meat. Moreover, five hundred dan of food and fodder was enough for the garrison camp to eat for more than two months, so it was not too little.

After returning to Anyuan City from Jiacheng, Yang Zhengshan had just returned to the backyard when he saw Yang Minghao coming with several guards and escorting a man.

"father!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, Yang Minghao trotted over.

"Who is that?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the person being escorted by the guards. He felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a moment.

Yang Minghao looked back at the man and said helplessly, "The groom from the farm outside the city!"

Today, the Yang family owns several farms outside the city. These farms are mainly engaged in farming, and they also raise some livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

Most of the people responsible for farming on the farm were tenants, but many of them were also slaves of the Yang family.

In addition to growing food, several farms are also responsible for preparing various ingredients for the Yang family.

In the summer, we grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables. As winter approaches, we dry all kinds of dried vegetables and goods, or make some bacon.

Every other day, a truckload of food would be sent to the Yang family from a farm outside the city.

A truckload of food may sound like a lot, but don’t forget that the Yang family is no longer a small family.

There were thirty guards alone, and in addition there were so many servants.

With so many people to feed, the consumption of food is naturally not small.

"Why did you catch him?" Yang Zhengshan asked with a frown.

"He was the one who leaked the news of mother and younger sister's trip!" Yang Minghao said.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes, revealing a fierce and sharp light.

"what happened?"

Yang Mingcheng replied: "Someone gave him 100 taels of silver and asked him to help find out the news in the palace."

Betraying your master for money!

I didn't expect such a thing to happen in the Yang family.

However, this kind of thing is unavoidable. After all, the Yang family now has hundreds of slaves, including servants in the mansion, servants on the farm, servants at the horse farm, a total of no less than one hundred households.

With so many slaves, it is almost impossible to ensure their absolute loyalty.

It is not easy to ensure the loyalty of the servants in the mansion.

"Where is the person who gave him money?" Yang Zhengshan asked coldly.

"We haven't found him yet. He is probably already left Anyuan City!" Yang Minghao replied.

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised by this. The job had already been done. If the other party didn't run away, would he stay and wait to die?

Glancing at the groom, he said calmly, "Get rid of it!"

There is no need to keep such a slave. Perhaps this person does not know the specific situation, but since he dares to sell out his master's information for silver, keeping him may bring disaster again.

"Where are his family?" Yang Minghao felt a little reluctant.

“Sell it!”

Yang Zhengshan, however, did not show any mercy.

The fate of slaves is very tragic. They have no control over their life and death, fortune and misfortune. They are completely controlled by their masters.

But no matter how miserable you are, you can't betray your master.

Yang Zhengshan thought that he was very kind to his slaves. Compared with the slaves of other families, the Yang family's slaves were treated much better.

I can’t say anything else, but at least I can ensure that they have enough food and clothing.

No worries about food and clothing!
Many ordinary people cannot do this, but the Yang family can provide their servants with food and clothing, which can be described as a gift.

But this man still sold out his master's information for silver.

How could Yang Zhengshan keep him?
Yang Minghao also understood this, but he was young after all, and sometimes he was not ruthless enough.

Fortunately, he was obedient and did whatever Yang Zhengshan said.

Soon, he pushed the groom away.

Yang Zhengshan no longer cared about the matter. It was just dealing with a servant, and there was no need for him to do it himself.

(End of this chapter)