Chapter 317 Yu Tonghai, Xue Ping

Han Zhao looked at Yu Tonghai's documents and token, and said with a smile: "Master Yu, please follow me!"

Although he was unable to verify the authenticity of the document, he did not think that anyone would come to Tenglongwei to commit fraud in this way because it would be too easy to be exposed.

"Sorry for the trouble, brother!" Yu Tonghai said politely.

He then handed his horse to the followers behind him and entered the Acropolis with Han Zhao.

After entering the Acropolis, he was slightly stunned.

Because the Acropolis was very messy at that time, especially the Xicheng District, which was a large construction site. There was almost no complete house in the entire Xicheng District. There were piles of stones, sand, wood and other construction materials everywhere. Hundreds of workers were busy, working shirtless and working hard.

"What is this?" Yu Tonghai asked with some confusion.

Han Zhao explained: "The old Acropolis was too old, so the general demolished the entire area and rebuilt it!"

Yu Tonghai frowned slightly when he heard this.

Remove all flaps?

This is too much of a hassle!
The Haizhou Qianwei where he used to work was also very old, but who would dare to dismantle the flap?

To completely dismantle the covers of such a large area would require a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

This gave him a bad impression of the Tenglong Guard, but since he had just arrived, he didn't say much. He just followed Han Zhao silently through the messy streets and came to the Guard's Yamen.

Looking at the majestic Wei Si Yamen and then at the messy large construction site behind it, Yu Tonghai's impression of Tenglongwei became even worse.

Han Zhao naturally didn't know what he was thinking. He explained the situation to the guards of the yamen. After the guards went in to report, he said goodbye and left.

Soon, Yang Zhengshan walked out of the yamen.

"Master Yu!"

He looked at Yu Tonghai with shining eyes.

"I am Yu Tonghai. May I ask who you are, sir?" Yu Tonghai clasped his fists and bowed.

"Haha, I'm Yang Zhengshan!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed loudly, walked forward and took Yu Tonghai's arm intimately, saying: "I have been waiting for Master Yu for a long time, and Master Yu is finally here!"

"Please, please!"

"Uh, Lord Yang!" Yu Tonghai felt a little uncomfortable with Yang Zhengshan's enthusiasm.

Yang Zhengshan stepped over the threshold and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Master Yu came with his family, Wenhua, Wenhua!"

He shouted into the yamen, and Lu Wenhua ran out quickly.

"grown ups!"

"Is Lord Yu's mansion ready?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It's ready. It's the Muxiangxuan behind the yamen!" Lu Wenhua replied.

"Has Lord Yu brought his wife here?" Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Tonghai again.

Yu Tonghai nodded in a daze, "I brought it!"

"Then take Madam Yu over to take a look first. If Madam Yu feels that there is anything inappropriate, you can arrange for someone to modify it!" Yang Zhengshan ordered.

"Yes!" Lu Wenhua looked at the three carriages outside the door and responded quickly.

Yang Zhengshan pulled Yu Tonghai into the yamen.

After entering the yamen, although Yang Zhengshan appeared enthusiastic, he was actually secretly observing Yu Tonghai.

Yu Tonghai was arranged by the emperor!

Although the Central Military Governor's Office had sent Yu Tonghai's files before, and he also knew that Yu Tonghai had previously served as the assistant commander of the Haizhou Left Guard, but since he was someone arranged by the emperor, he naturally could not neglect him.

Arriving at the main hall of the government office, Yang Zhengshan asked Yu Tonghai to take a seat, and then shouted to his attendants outside the door: "Xiaoshan, go and call Lord Xue over!"

Lord Xue, also known as Xue Ping, the son of Marquis Haichang, came from Kyoto earlier than Yu Tonghai.

A moment later, Xue Ping came to the main hall. He was in his early twenties, with a fair complexion and red teeth, and looked a bit like a handsome young man. However, Yang Zhengshan had tested him and found that this guy was not a second-generation rich kid, but a man of real talent and knowledge.

In terms of cultivation, Xue Ping has reached the fourth level of acquired cultivation, and when it comes to naval battles, Xue Ping can also speak very well.

But this kid has never been to sea!

That's right, this guy is a landlubber, and all his theories are just talk.

But even so, Yang Zhengshan still values ​​Xue Ping very much, because he himself is not even good at talking about military affairs on paper.

Xue Ping knew how to determine the direction at sea, knew which important shipping routes were along the coast of Dayong, and knew a lot about military tactics and strategies for naval battles, while Yang Zhengshan himself knew nothing about navigation.

The fact that he can talk about it on paper at least shows that he has really studied it, but he just hasn't put it into practice.

"Your humble servant greets Lord Yang!" Xue Ping came to the main hall and bowed solemnly.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Come here, Master Xue, this is Master Yu Tonghai, the commander of our Tenglong Vanguard!"

"Master Yu, this is Xue Ping, son of Marquis Haichang, and the commander of our Tenglong Vanguard!"

He introduced the two of them.

The two of them greeted each other quickly.

After some polite exchanges, Yang Zhengshan picked up the tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "You two are new here, and you may not know the situation of Tenglong Avant-garde. Today I will prepare a welcoming banquet for you two, so you can chat about the situation of Tenglong Avant-garde!"

"Will a welcoming banquet be too much trouble?" Yu Tonghai said hesitantly. "It's not a big deal, it's just a table of food and wine, what's the big deal!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Seeing him say this, Yu Tonghai couldn't refuse any longer, otherwise it would be too disrespectful to Yang Zhengshan.

Near noon, Yang Zhengshan arranged a table of wine and food in the back hall of the yamen, but it was just a simple table of wine and food.

It is necessary to welcome a new official, but Yang Zhengshan will not make it too grand.

Although Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping were arranged by the emperor, he would not worship them as Bodhisattvas.

What he wants are two capable people who can help, not two old men to serve him.

So no matter how enthusiastic you are, you can’t delay your work.

Besides Yang Zhengshan, only Wu Chongzhe attended the welcoming banquet.

Yu Tonghai was relieved to see such a simple banquet. He was really afraid that Yang Zhengshan would make it too grand.

Everyone sat down, and Yang Zhengshan and Wu Chongzhe invited the two to eat and drink.

As there were fewer people, everyone was less restrained and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After drinking for more than thirty minutes, Yang Zhengshan brought up business.

"Master Yu, Master Xue, how much do you know about the Tenglong Guards? Or if there is anything you want to know, please tell me!"

Xue Ping looked at Yu Tonghai. He was different from Yu Tonghai. To be honest, he was lucky to come to Tenglongwei.

If Haichangbo had not asked Eunuch Chen to intercede, and if Yang Zhengshan had not made a memorial, he would never have been able to be directly appointed as the deputy commander of the guards.

In fact, Haichangbo despised Eunuch Chen's praise of Xiang just to make Emperor Chengping remember him, and he had never thought of finding a position for Xue Ping.

But by chance, the matter happened to coincide with Yang Zhengshan's report to the emperor, and Eunuch Chen took the opportunity to recommend Xue Ping, which allowed Xue Ping to get an advantage.

Xue Ping had lived in Kyoto before and had some understanding of Yang Zhengshan and Tenglongwei, especially Yang Zhengshan's nickname "God of Death Butcher", which he had heard more than once.

So after arriving at Tenglongwei, he was very obedient and followed whatever Yang Zhengshan arranged for him to do.

Since Yang Zhengshan didn't look for him, he didn't go out and just stayed in his own mansion.

In comparison, Yu Tonghai knew nothing about Tenglongwei, let alone Yang Zhengshan. He had never even heard of Yang Zhengshan's name.

Yu Tonghai hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir Yang, why did you ask me to come to the Tenglong Vanguard?"

This question stumped Yang Zhengshan, "Master Yu, do you have any misunderstanding? It wasn't me who asked Master Yu to come to Tenglongwei!"

"No?" Yu Tonghai was also stunned.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and looked at Yu Tonghai, feeling that this Lord Yu seemed a little confused.

He thought about it and said, "Forget it, let me tell you!"

"I think you two should know something about the history of Tenglongwei!"

Yu Tonghai and Xue Ping both nodded. The Tenglong Guards originally belonged to the emperor's personal army, and this could be found out by just asking.

The two of them just didn't know much about the current Tenglong Guard, but they knew something about its history.

Yang Zhengshan continued, "I was originally the garrison commander of Anyuan City in Chongshan Town. Because of my military exploits on the battlefield in the north, I was promoted to the commander of the Tenglong Guard!"

"Although the Tenglong Guard is just one guard, there are actually four guards, front, back, left, and right. The former Tenglong Guard~~"

He roughly recounted the previous situation of Tenglong Guard, and then talked about Tenglong Vanguard, "Some time ago, I wrote to His Majesty, wanting to form a navy in Tenglong Guard!"

"Your Majesty agreed to my request, but separated the Tenglong Vanguard from the Tenglong Guard and formed a separate naval guard station!"

"I am now the commander of the Tenglong Guard and also the commander of the Tenglong Vanguard!"

"As for why you were dispatched here, I'm actually not very clear about this. I just wrote a letter to ask His Majesty to send two officials who are good at naval warfare to assist!"

"Maybe you two are so talented that His Majesty values ​​you!"

Yang Zhengshan laughed out loud.

Yu Tonghai was a little confused. He didn't expect that this matter was actually decided by the emperor.

Xue Ping was not surprised, because he knew how he got here.

"As for the current Tenglong Vanguard~~" Yang Zhengshan took a piece of food and put it into his mouth, saying, "Master Wu, please tell me about it!"

Wu Chongzhe, who was standing beside him, received the order and quickly took over the conversation, saying, "Currently, Tenglong Vanguard has 3,132 military households, 3,123 regular soldiers, and 2,220 surplus soldiers!"

"Tenglong Qianwei has a dock under construction. In the future, this dock will become the dock for the Tenglong Qianwei battlefield, and it will also be the dock for the Tenglongwei maritime trade fleet!"

"The Tamron Vanguard's camp is right next to the dock and is also under construction!"

"In addition, we have recently recruited more than 280 experienced shipbuilders who can serve as the first batch of soldiers of the Tenglong Navy!"

"For the warship, we have contacted the Ministry of Industry's Jinhai Shipyard. They will provide us with a fully staffed warship within the next six months!"

"Also, the Central Military Governor's Office will make up for our missing military households within half a year!"

Wu Chongzhe talked in detail about the current situation of Tenglong Vanguard.

Previously, he was the deputy commander of Tenglong Guard, responsible for managing Tenglong Vanguard.

Now that Tenglong Vanguard has become independent, Yang Zhengshan plans to keep him in Tenglong Vanguard and continue to serve as the assistant commander.

For a guard, there is one deputy commander and two assistant commanders, which is considered the normal organization.

(End of this chapter)