Chapter 265 The Three Brothers of the Lan Family

Tenglongwei has a citadel, which is about the size of a small county town. However, there are not many residents in the citadel, which mainly houses the Weisi government office and officials' residences.

However, the largest building among them is not the Wei Si Yamen, but the Lan family’s mansion.

The Lan family’s mansion occupies almost half of the Acropolis, and the eastern half of the Acropolis almost entirely belongs to the Lan family’s mansion.

However, the residences of several Tongzhi and Qianshi of the Weisi Yamen could only be squeezed in the West City.

This is the position of the Lan family in Tenglongwei.

At this time in the main hall of the Lan family, several important figures of the Lan family were discussing Yang Zhengshan's appointment to the office.

The head of the Lan family is Lan Buqi. Lan Buqi is over sixty years old, with white hair and beard. He sits upright in the main seat in the main hall, looking at his two brothers and several younger generations in the hall with extraordinary imposing manner.

Lan Buqi has three brothers in his generation. Besides him, there are Lan Buqun and Lan Buzheng.

The Tenglong Guard landed in Qinghua Prefecture a hundred years ago. Initially, the Lan family was inconspicuous and was just a military household with a relatively large population. After two generations of hard work, the Lan family gradually came to prominence.

It was not until the generation of Lan Buqi that the Lan family truly rose to prominence.

The rise of the Lan family is due to the efforts of the three brothers Lan Buqi.

When brothers work together, they can cut through metal.

The Lan family in the past gave a good interpretation of this sentence.

"Brother, what should we do with Yang Zhengshan? We can't really let him ride on our heads!" Lan Buqun has a hot temper and speaks very directly.

"What else?" Lan Buqi asked calmly, "Can we kill him? Or can we drive him away?"

It is not wrong to kill someone, but he needs to be able to bear the consequences of the killing.

Who is Yang Zhengshan?

The commander of the Tenglong Guard was appointed by the emperor himself.

If he died in unclear circumstances, would the emperor not pay attention to it?
"But~" Lan Buqun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lan Buqi, "Okay, don't talk for now, just sit still!"

His second brother's mind is full of fighting and killing, so it is nonsense to ask him to make decisions.

Lan Buqun smiled awkwardly, but still sat there obediently without saying anything else.

The prerequisite for brothers to be united is that there must be one person who can control the other two. Otherwise, no one will submit to anyone else, so how can they be united?
"Third brother, tell me what you think!" Lan Buqi looked at Lan Buzheng who had been silent.

Bu Zheng, Bu Zheng. There is nothing wrong with the name Lan Bu Zheng.

In the Lan family, Lan Buzheng has always been the most low-key, but Lan Buqi is the one that his third brother thinks is the most successful and has the most insightful view of things.

"Brother, Yang Zhengshan is a man who kills decisively and has a deep mind. He also has a righteous cause in his hands. There is no benefit in confronting him head-on!"

Lan Buzheng said.

They had already received the news that Yang Zhengshan would be the commander of Tenglong Guard, so they had known about Yang Zhengshan's past before.

They had all heard about the methods Yang Zhengshan used and the things he did when he first arrived in Anyuan City, and they were even more familiar with Yang Zhengshan's name as the God of Killing.

"Maybe we can talk to Yang Zhengshan. At worst we can give up some more things. I believe Yang Zhengshan will not fight us to the death!" Lan Buzheng said.

Everyone in the underworld knows how to deal with human relationships and social etiquette, let alone the Lan family!

The Lan family is a martial arts family, but they do not consider themselves to be a family of gangsters; rather, they think of themselves as a family of officials.

In fact, this is not wrong. Although no one from the Lan family has ever served as the commander of the Tenglong Guard, several generations before them have served as centurions in the Tenglong Guard.

Although the rank of the official position is not high, the Lan family can be considered to have been officials for generations.

Yang Zhengshan took office. If the Lan family wanted peace and security, they would exchange it for benefits. Lan Buzheng felt that Yang Zhengshan was not the kind of person who would refuse to give in. After all, the Yang family also had a large industry in Anyuan City.

The fact that he has property shows that Yang Zhengshan also likes money and is willing to use his power for personal gain.

Lan Buqi nodded thoughtfully, "You are right, he has a noble cause, it would be unwise for us to go against him!"

The so-called righteousness is the official position held by Yang Zhengshan. Holding the official position means that Yang Zhengshan occupies the righteousness of the court.

No matter how powerful the Lan family is, they dare not challenge the imperial court.

"However, we still need to make some other preparations!" Lan Buqi said in a deep voice.

Lan Buzheng nodded slightly and said, "Brother is right. We still need to invite Lord Ning over!"

"Lord Ning, it must cost a lot of money to invite that greedy bastard over!" Lan Buqun couldn't help but speak.

"Shut up!" Lan Buqi scolded.

The Lord Ning they were talking about was Ning Dongsheng, the Inspector General of Liaodong. The Inspector General of Dayong had the title of "inspector general" on behalf of the emperor, and had the power to report major matters and make decisions on minor matters. He could speak frankly on the gains and losses of political affairs, and the benefits and problems of the military and civilians.

Although the Inspector-General was only a seventh-rank official, his position was high, his power was great, and his duties were broad. He could be said to be the most powerful official in the local area.

Don't have too many prefects and county governors. Even the provincial governor and the provincial judge should give them some room.

Ning Dongsheng has always been the object of flattery by the Lan family. Over the years, the Lan family has given Ning Dongsheng countless benefits. Of course, Ning Dongsheng has also done a lot of things for the Lan family.

A large part of the reason why the officials of Tenglongwei were afraid of the Lan family was that Ning Dongsheng supported the Lan family.

"Brother, you have to go in person to invite Lord Ning this time!" "Yang Zhengshan will be here soon, so we should invite Lord Ning as soon as possible!"

Lan Buzheng said.

Lan Buqi nodded. Ning Dongsheng's appetite was growing. If the Lan family wanted him to do things for them, they would have to pay a hefty price.

However, when the time comes, the Lan family will pay no matter how high the price is.

Afterwards, the two brothers discussed how much benefits they should give to Ning Dongsheng, and then everyone dispersed.

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On the afternoon of October 26, the convoy finally entered the territory of Tenglongwei.

Yang Zhengshan rode his horse along the official road, looking at the dark fields on both sides.

These fields should all be the military farms of Tenglong Guard. The reason why he said "should" is that he doesn't know whether these fields belong to Tenglong Guard or not. Perhaps these fields have long been occupied by the Lan family and others.

As dusk approached, they arrived outside a thousand-household residence.

A thousand-household unit should have a thousand military households, but these thousand military households do not all live together. Generally, there are only two hundred-household units living in a thousand-household unit, and the remaining hundred-household units are scattered around, forming a village-like existence.

The reason for this is to make it easier for military households to farm.

One military household owns 30 mu of land, and 1,000 households own 30,000 mu. If they all live together, the military households may have to walk more than ten miles to go to the fields.

If they were dispersed, the military households would only have to walk two or three miles to work in the fields.

The thousand-household unit in front of us is the former thousand-household unit of Tenglong Zuowei. From the outside, it looks like a poor village, well, similar to the former Yangjia Village.

It is dilapidated and doesn't even have an outer wall. The buildings inside are all adobe houses. The streets are not well planned and there are many dead ends.

Looking at such a thousand-household unit, Yang Zhengshan sighed quietly.

But at this moment, a thin old man with gray hair ran out from the Qianhu Office in a hurry. The old man looked at Yang Zhengshan, then looked at the long line behind Yang Zhengshan, and asked carefully: "I, the Qianhu Yanshun of the Tenglong Left Guard, pay my respects to you, sir. May I ask what your position is?"

"Captain of rank?" Yang Zhengshan looked at the old man in front of him in some surprise. He thought he was just an elder here, but he didn't expect he was actually a captain of rank.

This man did not look like a captain at all. He was wearing a tattered cotton jacket with several layers of patches on it. His face was a little sallow and he seemed a little malnourished.

"Uh!" Yan Shun took out his identity token with some trepidation and displayed it, "It is you, my humble servant!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, then glanced towards the Qianhu Office. Many people inside were secretly looking over here. "I am the new Tenglong Guard Commander Yang Zhengshan!"

Hearing this, Yan Shun was completely stunned.

The commander of the Tenglong Guard, isn’t that his immediate superior?

He looked at Yang Zhengshan in confusion. When his eyes met Yang Zhengshan's, he shuddered suddenly and bowed with his fists, saying, "Your subordinate greets the commander!"

He didn't know whether what Yang Zhengshan said was true, but he decided to pay his respects first.

As for confirming Yang Zhengshan's identity, he also needs a way to confirm it.

And even if Yang Zhengshan is fake, would he dare to expose it?
There are hundreds of cavalrymen behind them, waiting eagerly for their turn!

Yang Zhengshan didn't care about his reaction, he just said: "You have a well here!"

"Yes!" Yan Shun said quickly.

"We will rest here tonight. Please make some arrangements and give us a well!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"This~" A trace of panic flashed across Yan Shun's eyes, and then he stuttered, "Sir, we only have some new food, and we have nothing else to treat you!"

As for the wells, it's easy. They have several of them, so it's no big deal if they give up one.

But this food.

How much food do so many people need to eat?

"No, we will prepare our own meals, you just need to give us a well!"

Yang Zhengshan also saw his difficulties and said calmly: "We have tents with us, so we can camp in the fields! You don't need to worry about anything except the well!"

The autumn harvest had already ended, and there were flat fields outside the Qianhu Suo, so it was easy to find a place to set up camp.

After setting up camp, spring plowing next year might be a little troublesome, but they won’t need more than a few acres of land.

"You go and do your work first. Come over after we have arranged the camp. I have something to ask you!"

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan ignored him and turned around to let the soldiers set up camp.

They had come all the way this way and were very familiar with setting up camp anywhere.

In less than half an hour, dozens of tents were set up, and carriages formed a circle outside the tents, with war horses tied to the carriages.

Everyone was busy with their own things. Some were feeding the horses, some were going into the garrison to buy firewood, some were fetching water, some were making fire and cooking, and so on.

Everything seemed in order.

(End of this chapter)