Chapter 221 My Husband is the Most Powerful
After the banquet, Yang Zhengshan returned to Anyuan City.

The Yang family has also received many gifts in the past few days. As Yang Mingwu and Yang Chengze became independent, they became real officials.

Every time there is a festival, they would send Yang Zhengshan a gift.

The Yang family is growing and developing, and they are also growing and developing.

Perhaps their development speed is far slower than Yang Zhengshan, but they are already in charge of their own affairs. The times are different now. They are no longer young men, but real officials.

Looking at the letters sent by Yang Mingwu and Yang Chengze, Yang Zhengshan felt so relieved.

These two people are Yang Zhengshan’s most proud younger generations. Of course, Yang Chengxu, Yang Qinwu and others have also done well, but they are not as outstanding as Yang Mingwu and Yang Chengze.

Now under Zhou Lan's command, the descendants of the Yang family have become a special group.

Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others take care of each other and support each other. Even without Yang Zhengshan, they can protect their own interests.

With Zhou Lan's care, the Yang family's children all had a high status in Jianning Wei, Jianzhou City, and Ningzhou City.

"The younger generations of the Yang family are really talented!" Yu Qingyi leaned behind Yang Zhengshan and couldn't help but sigh after reading the letter.

She was not familiar with Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others, but she had heard a lot about them in the Yang family. After all, she was the one who was in charge of preparing the holiday gifts every time.

She was both happy and envious that the Yang family had so many outstanding descendants.

She was happy because she was now the mistress of the Yang family and these people were her descendants. She was envious because the Tianqing Sword Sect did not have so many outstanding descendants.

In the entire Tianqing Sword Sect, Luo Feiyu is the only one who can be compared with Yang Chengze, Yang Mingwu and others.

"That's because your husband taught you well!" Yang Zhengshan said complacently.

This is true. Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others were all taught by him personally. If it were not for his arrival, Yang Mingwu, Yang Chengze and others would probably still be a group of farmers now.

"I know, my husband is the best!" Yu Qingyi covered her mouth and laughed.

"How can it be natural!" Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, looking complacent.

The next day, there was still an endless stream of people coming to the Yang family to give holiday gifts.

Yang Zhengshan was busy receiving waves of guests.

The person who came from the Yang family was Yang Minghui. Yang Zhengxiang was old, and his health was getting worse and worse. Now he could not travel far. In the past two years, Yang Minghui had taken over all the affairs of the Yang family and was considered the new patriarch of the Yang family.

The Yang family reacted calmly to this, because it was a natural thing to do.

As long as Yang Zhengshan does not fight for the position of clan leader, no one can threaten Yang Minghui's position as clan leader.

In the past two years, the Yang family has continued to grow.

Although the number of younger generations in the clan who become warriors has decreased, the rise of the Yang family has become a trend, and they are growing stronger in all aspects.

The establishment of the clan school gave the Yang family's children the opportunity to study, and in terms of martial arts training, Yang Zhengxiang also specially organized warriors to guide the Yang family's children in their training.

Just because there was no help from Yang Zhengshan and the spiritual spring water, the number of Yang family members who became warriors has decreased a lot in the past two years.

This is normal. The one hundred people led by Yang Zhengshan at the beginning have almost all become warriors now, so the peak period of the increase in the number of warriors was the two years when Yang Zhengshan was in Yinghe Fort.

After the peak period, the chances of Yang family members becoming warriors returned to normal.

However, even if it returns to normal, it will be much higher than before, because the Yang family is getting richer and richer, and they have more and more corresponding resources.

This will increase the chances of Yang family members becoming warriors to a certain extent.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan would often take care of the Yang family. He could not provide spiritual spring water directly to the Yang family, but he could add some spiritual spring water to certain things.

For example, sometimes he would ask people to send back some wine mixed with spiritual spring water, or some medicinal herbs cultivated in the spiritual spring space.

Although the quantity is small, it does have a little effect.

In the past two years, many members of the Yang family have come to join Yang Zhengshan. Of course, they were all recommended by Yang Zhengxiang and Yang Minghui.

As for these Yang family members, Yang Zhengshan did not keep all of them. Instead, he let them train in Chengguanbao for two or three months. He kept a small number of them in the garrison camp, and sent most of them to Yang Mingzhi, Yang Chengze and Yang Mingwu.

The purpose of letting them train in Chengguanbao is to give them access to spiritual spring water and improve their future potential.

Sending them to other places is also to let them have their own future.

They all stayed under Yang Zhengshan's command, but Yang Zhengshan was unable to assign them enough official positions.

It would be better to let them disperse so that they will have more opportunities, can support each other and go further.

In short, the Yang family is becoming more and more powerful nowadays, and has become a new prominent family in Anning County.

The day after Yang Minghui arrived in Anyuan City, people from the Lu family also came.

But the person who came this time was not Mr. Lu Er, but Lu Qi.

The arrogant boy back then has now become a steady young man.

"Nephew meets uncle!"

When Lu Qi saw Yang Zhengshan, he bowed cordially.

Over the years, the Yang family and the Lu family have maintained a good relationship. Although Yang Zhengshan has never met the head of the Lu family, Lu Zhongdao, or the eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Zhi, this does not hinder the friendship between the two families.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said with a smile, "My dear nephew, please sit down!"

The people of the Lu family he had the most contact with were Mr. Lu Er and Lu Qi.

"How is Second Master's health?" "Second Uncle is still in good health, but I was busy this year, so I didn't pay New Year's greetings to my uncle!" said Lu Qi.

Mr. Lu is not a warrior, so his body is naturally not as strong as that of a warrior. However, he is not very old, having just turned sixty this year.

"That's good, that's good! By the way, I have brewed some medicinal wine recently, you can bring it back to the Second Master when the time comes!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yang Mingcheng had already delivered the holiday gift to the Lu family, but there was no medicinal wine in it.

The medicinal wine he brewed was pretty good now, so he gave away relatively little of it. He only sent a few jars to Zhou Lan, Liang Chu, and Liu Yuanfu in Kyoto. He even didn't want to give it to Wang Bin.

In the past, Master Lu had taken good care of him, and Yang Zhengshan thought of giving Master Lu some medicinal wine out of consideration for this.

If Yang Mingcheng were to bring medicinal wine as a holiday gift, it probably wouldn't reach Mr. Lu.

Firstly, the gift was for the Lu family, not for Mr. Lu Erye; secondly, the Lu family might not attach importance to the items in the gift. It would be a waste if they mistook his medicinal wine for ordinary alcohol.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan did not include the medicinal wine in the holiday gift to the Lu family.

"Uncle's medicinal wine is a good thing. Don't waste it on me. You must give it to the Second Master!"

Yang Zhengshan was afraid that Lu Qi would not take it seriously, so he gave him a special instruction.

Lu Qi nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely hand the medicinal wine to Second Uncle in person!"

Medicine and martial arts are inseparable. Martial artists all have some medical skills, and brewing medicinal wine is also common.

Although Lu Qi didn't know much about warriors, he knew that many of the medicinal herbs used by warriors were precious.

He did not feel disgusted by this, but was very happy about it.

This shows that Yang Zhengshan really cares about Mr. Lu and is concerned about Mr. Lu, and it is not just a polite response.

Lu Qi stayed in Anyuan City for one night and returned with Yang Minghui the next day.

Yang Zhengshan also prepared two jars of medicinal wine for Yang Zhengxiang, so he didn't need to give any special instructions to Yang Minghui. Yang Minghui would definitely take the things he gave to Yang Zhengxiang back carefully.

As time passed, Yang Mingcheng returned from Anning County, and Yang Minghao also came back with Zhou Lan's holiday gift.

Zhou Lan is still as generous as before, but her holiday gifts are obviously not thoughtful, because the gifts she gives every year are basically the same.

The quantity is fixed, the items are pretty much the same, the types may change slightly, but the overall value will be fixed at a certain value.

In fact, this is normal. Big families have a fixed number of holiday gifts, and there will basically not be much change. Nowadays, the value of the holiday gifts given by the Yang family has almost become fixed, and they are basically purchased based on the holiday gifts given in previous years.

Zhou Lan was alone in Jianning Guard without her family around. According to her personality, she would probably let servants handle such matters, so this gift became boring.

Of course, there was no way Yang Zhengshan would dislike Zhou Lan's holiday gift.

It’s the Spring Festival again.

The Yang family had an especially happy Spring Festival this year because there were several happy events in the family this year.

First, Wang once again added a thousand pounds to the Yang family.

Second, Liang finally got pregnant, and the Yang family will have another baby in April next year.

Third, Yu Qingyi is pregnant, which is probably the happiest thing for Yang Zhengshan.

Fourth, Yang Yunxue’s marriage has been settled.

And this year Li also came back to celebrate the New Year, so except for Yang Mingzhi, the whole family is complete.

With a series of happy events and family reunions, the Yang family spent the Spring Festival in a joyous atmosphere.

However, after the Spring Festival, the atmosphere in Chongshan Town suddenly became tense.

Although the news of the expedition against the Daling Dynasty has not yet spread completely, all the people in Chongshan Town who know about it are making intensive preparations.

The collection of food and fodder, the repair of weapons and armor, the mobilization of soldiers, each and every one of these things indicated that a great war was about to come.

As for confidentiality, there is actually nothing to keep secret.

The conquest of the Da Ling Dynasty was a large-scale war. Dayong would mobilize between 60,000 and 100,000 troops, and would also recruit about 100,000 civilians.

It is almost impossible to keep such a large-scale operation secret.

Of course, specific tactics and strategies must remain confidential.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, the Governor's Office and the General's Office summoned generals from various departments to Chongshan Pass to discuss the expedition.

All the generals gathered together, but Yang Zhengshan had no idea what they discussed specifically, because he was a low-ranking official.

However, what they discussed was nothing more than the time of departure, the specific route and the tasks of each department.

It is obvious that Chongshan Town’s expedition this time was not just to cripple the Donghai Hu tribe. If it was just to cripple the Donghai Hu tribe, Liang Chu could have launched a pursuit after the Battle of Chongshan Pass more than three years ago.

Lu Chongde and Liang Chu had prepared for such a long time with only one goal, which was to completely wipe out the Donghai Hu tribe and overthrow the newly established Daling Dynasty.

However, if one wants to wipe out the Hu tribe in the East China Sea, it is not enough to simply capture Fushan City.

Although Fushan City is the gathering place of the Donghai Hu people, it is not the foundation of the Donghai Hu people. The Donghai Hu people are a nomadic people, and their foundation is those large tribes.

Only by completely destroying those large tribes can the foundation for the re-emergence of the Donghai Hu people be cut off.

Therefore, this expedition must not be a simple attack on Fushan City.

(End of this chapter)