Chapter 220 The New Year is approaching
Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong, just from the name you can tell that this is a method of exercise that focuses on health preservation.

Practicing this skill can prolong life, revive the body and return to youth.

Simply put, it can turn white hair into black, make wrinkles disappear, rejuvenate the aging body, and allow people to live ten or even dozens of years longer.

If one has mastered the technique, one can also control Yi Mu True Qi. The so-called True Qi is the condensed energy of an acquired warrior, while the sign of an innate warrior is whether or not he can release True Qi.

The true qi you possess from practicing different techniques will have different characteristics.

The characteristics of Yi Mu Zhen Qi are that it is endless and has a long-lasting breath, which can support warriors in fighting for a long time without being exhausted.

Of course, every advantage has its disadvantages. A long breath means insufficient explosive power, and a continuous breath means that one has to proceed step by step. There is no shortcut.

After the two of them understood the Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong thoroughly, Yu Qingyi's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Rejuvenation!"

A woman!
The focus is always different from men’s.

But Yang Zhengshan doesn’t seem to be a normal man. No, he should not be a normal man.

"Rejuvenation!"

His eyes also sparkled.

My lost ten years!
I am a young man in my thirties, but now I am about to become an old man!

Age is Yang Zhengshan's permanent pain. Now that he has the opportunity to regain his youth, he is naturally very excited.

He didn't ask for rejuvenation, he just wanted to be ten years younger.

"God still favors me and is willing to give me back the ten years I lost!"

Yang Zhengshan was really surprised.

However, it seems a bit early for him to think about this now. Yi Mu Chang Chun Gong is an innate skill. If he wants it to have the effect of rejuvenation, he must at least reach the innate realm.

Practicing innate skills in the acquired realm is just laying the foundation and getting started.

If Yang Zhengshan wants to cultivate to the innate realm, it will take at least several years.

This is still the case even with the help of spiritual spring water.

"The prerequisite for practicing the innate skills is to open up the meridians!" Yu Qingyi said as he looked at the contents of the skills.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "It seems that we have to find a way to open up the meridians in the future!"

The so-called "opening the meridians" means using the energy to open up the twelve main meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians.

This requires a very high level of control over the energy, and opening up the meridians is a long process.

Yu Qingyi looked at the description of Tongmai and frowned slightly, "I am still far from being able to control my energy!"

"Don't worry, just take your time!" Yang Zhengshan took her hand and said with a smile, "We still have a lot of time!"

When Yu Qingyi heard this, her eyes were filled with tenderness and affection.

Yes, they still have a long time and there is no need to rush.

……

In the twelfth month of the 28th year of Chengping, Liang Hui and Han brought Liang Jinyan to Anyuan City again and set a date for their wedding with Yang Zhengshan.

According to Yang Zhengshan's request, they have to wait until Yang Yunxue is sixteen years old before getting married, so the wedding date is set for October 8th next year.

There are still about eleven months left.

Once the wedding date is set, the two families become in-laws and all they have to do is wait for the wedding to take place next year.

After dealing with Yang Yunxue's wedding, the end of the year is approaching.

As per the practice of previous years, Yu Qingyi prepared many New Year gifts, and Yang Mingcheng once again brought the gifts back to Anning County, but this time Jiang He and Yang Yunxue also went back with them.

Jiang He and Yang Yunxue haven't been back to the Yang family for four years since they came there. It's time to go back and take a look.

On the other side, Yang Mingzhi also went to Jianning Wei. He was delivering New Year gifts to Zhou Lan and Zhao Yuan on behalf of Yang Zhengshan. In addition, he also wanted to visit Yang Chengze, Yang Mingwu and others. Finally, he would stay with his father-in-law Liang Sanye for two days.

Liang did not go with them because she was pregnant.

As for other places, Yang Zhengshan would go there personally.

The first is the Marquis' Mansion in Chongshan Pass. In the past, the New Year gifts given by the Yang family were naturally not enough to reach the Marquis' Mansion, but now the two families are already prospective relatives, so naturally they have to prepare a gift for every festival.

Next are Wang Bin and Tan Jingtai. After all, they are the immediate superiors, so they still have to observe the proper etiquette.

However, the news of the marriage between the Yang family and the Marquis's Mansion had spread, and all the officials in Jiacheng felt incredible about it. Some were envious, some were jealous, and some felt that the Yang family was just lucky.

Some people say that the Yang family is marrying up, while others say that Yang Zhengshan wants his daughter to marry into a wealthy family for his own future. In short, a group of people are envious, jealous and hateful.

Yang Zhengshan had anticipated this and believed it was unavoidable.

After all, it is a fact that the Yang family is of low status, and Liang Chu, Marquis of Changping, is the general of Chongshan Town. As long as this marriage is completed, it is inevitable that people will gossip about it.

Yang Zhengshan naturally would not take these gossips to heart, nor would he pay attention to those envious and jealous bureaucrats.

Carrying a large cart of New Year gifts, he went directly to the Wang family.

Wang Bin personally greeted Yang Zhengshan outside the door. When he saw Yang Zhengshan, he laughed and said, "Sir Yang, congratulations, congratulations!" Yang Zhengshan jumped off his horse and said, "General, there is no need for you and me to be so hypocritical!"

"Hey, this is not hypocrisy. You are different now. You are the marquis's relative. I will have to rely on you in the future!" Wang Bin laughed.

Of course, he was obviously joking.

With his status and position, he doesn't need to rely on Yang Zhengshan at all. Although the Yang family and the Marquis's family have married, it does not mean that the Yang family can use this to cross the class and improve their status.

Forging iron requires hard work.

The Yang family can rely on the power of the Marquis' Mansion, but they cannot rely on it to improve their status.

The status of the Yang family lies in the brothers Yang Zhengshan and Yang Mingcheng, not in their married daughters.

"General, do you dare to say this to the Marquis? Hahaha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

The two of them chatted and laughed as they entered the Wang family's mansion. Wang Sheng was not there today as he had gone out to deliver New Year gifts.

Arriving at the main hall, Wang Bin invited Yang Zhengshan to sit down and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do today, why don't you stay and have a good drink!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Should we ask Mr. Tan to come along?"

He also had to give a New Year gift to Tan Jingtai. If Wang Bin invited Tan Jingtai to dinner, it would be best to invite Tan Jingtai along, so that he wouldn't have to go to Tan Jingtai's place again.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to invite him right away!" Wang Bin said with a smile.

He had no ill feelings towards Tan Jingtai. No, to be precise, he still admired the current Tan Jingtai.

In the past, Tan Jingtai was just an old bureaucrat who was just trying to get by, so he naturally looked down on him and didn't bother to pay attention to him. But since Tan Jingtai was promoted to the commander of Songzhou Guard, he seemed to have a second spring in life. Not only did he take care of everything himself and work hard without complaint, but his style of doing things also became reasonable and measured.

In the past two years, Tan Jingtai has managed Songzhou Wei very well, and even Wang Bin had to say something good about it.

Some people are unable to get things done not because of their lack of ability, but because of the environment they are in and the shackles they face that make it impossible for them to act according to their own wishes.

Once the shackles are removed, a seemingly mediocre person may demonstrate extraordinary abilities.

Tan Jingtai is obviously such a person. He has been doing nothing in Songzhou Wei for more than 20 years. Is he really incompetent?

No, it’s just because he doesn’t have the environment and opportunity to display his talents.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to rise from a centurion to the position of commander-in-chief.

Wang Bin called the servants over and gave them some instructions. Yang Zhengshan also called Ding Qiu over and asked him to follow the Wang family's servants to invite Tan Jingtai and deliver the New Year gifts.

It's just a New Year gift, just a courtesy. In fact, it means nothing to Wang Bin and Tan Jingtai, and they don't covet this little New Year gift.

In comparison, Yang Zhengshan was able to take Tan Jingtai and Wang Bin out for a meal and bring the three of them closer together, which was more important to Tan Jingtai.

Sure enough, not long after, Tan Jingtai came to the Wang family with a smile on his face.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries, and when the time was right, the food and wine were served, and the three of them began to clink glasses.

They were all acquaintances, and the three of them drank very freely.

After three rounds of drinks, when they had talked enough small talk, Tan Jingtai couldn't help but get down to business.

"General, are we really going to go to war next year?"

His source of information was not as good as Yang Zhengshan's. Yang Zhengshan had already guessed that there would be an expedition, while he was only half-hearted.

This time, he had a rare opportunity to drink with Wang Bin at the same table, so he couldn't help but want to confirm it.

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens, we will go to the war!" Wang Bin put down his wine glass, waved his hand, and asked the servants in the house to leave.

Tan Jingtai looked unhappy. Going to an expedition meant war, and war meant casualties. Perhaps for many generals, this was an opportunity to make meritorious service, but for Tan Jingtai, who was in charge of military farming, this was just a trouble.

He would not go with the army, and even if he were allowed to go with the army, it would be difficult for him to achieve merit. After all, he is nearly sixty years old, and his cultivation has declined to less than 40%.

It would be good enough to survive on the battlefield, let alone make any contribution.

"Then I have to prepare well!" said Tan Jingtai.

The preparation he mentioned was not preparation for going to the battlefield, but preparation of supplies to provide logistical support for Wang Bin.

Wars are fought with logistics. When Chongshan Town went to the battlefield for the first time, Yang Zhengshan was constantly transporting food and fodder. This time, food and fodder are also of paramount importance.

If nothing unexpected happens, the most important task of Tan Jingtai, the commander of Songzhou Guard, is to ensure the supply of food and fodder for the reinforcement camp under Wang Bin.

Wang Bin nodded. "You don't have to worry. I will arrange a captain to cooperate with you. After all, we still have Brother Yang! Hahaha~~"

Wang Bin had no worries at this time because Yang Zhengshan was under his command.

The two previous battles have proved Yang Zhengshan's strength, and he has also seen the changes in the Anyuan City garrison camp in the past two years.

He felt that with Yang Zhengshan and the Anyuan City garrison battalion, they could at least resist three thousand soldiers!
Together with the two reinforcement battalions under his command, he would then have an army of 10,000.

With an army of 10,000 at his disposal, Wang Bin was full of confidence.

He also had confidence in Liang Chu, so he couldn't wait to go on the expedition.

He wanted to wash away the shame of four years ago.

After hearing what Wang Bin said, Tan Jingtai felt much more relieved. It was not that he was afraid of going to the battlefield. He was already at this age and was not afraid of dying on the battlefield. He was just afraid of delaying Wang Bin's business.

Although he tried his best to change Songzhou Guard in the past two years, the foundation of Songzhou Guard was too poor, and he did not have Yang Zhengshan's ability, so although he did a lot, he still had no confidence in the soldiers of Songzhou Guard.
(End of this chapter)