Chapter 34 Zhou Lan's Thank You Gift

Arriving at the west end of the village, Yang Zhengshan looked at the tenants who were making bricks from the earth, and then he called the head of each household to come forward.

"Old Man Fu, you will be in charge of the four families from now on. I will give you the cattle to raise, and you can take turns using the cattle when farming."

Yang Zhengshan said to a hunchbacked old man.

"Don't worry, sir. I will make sure to raise the cows strong and healthy." Old man Fu said with a smile on his face.

master!

The corner of Yang Zhengshan's eyes twitched slightly. I am the master too!
He felt somewhat uncomfortable with this title.

But he also understood that there were some things he had to adapt to.

He had to adapt even if he didn't want to, as he was upgraded from the peasant class to the exploiting class.

Now he is only facing tenants, and in the future he will also face slaves. As the Yang family grows stronger, slaves will definitely enter the Yang family.

"This is my eldest son. He will be in charge of the farm affairs from now on. You can come to him if you have any problems!" Yang Zhengshan introduced Yang Mingcheng to the four tenants.

Among the three brothers, Yang Mingcheng is the best at farming.

To be honest, it is a bit of a waste of talent to let Yang Mingcheng be in charge of farming now. After all, Yang Mingcheng is now a warrior.

However, Yang Zhengshan also has his own considerations.

In this world, respect for seniority and distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children is respected.

The Yang family does not have illegitimate sons, but they do respect the order of seniority.

When Yang Zhengshan was around, the Yang family naturally centered around him, but when Yang Zhengshan was not around, Yang Mingcheng would have to take charge of the Yang family.

It was for this reason that Yang Zhengshan asked Yang Mingzhi to join the training and take part in the battle, and asked Yang Mingcheng to take care of the women and children at home.

The same will be true for the Yang family in the future. If Yang Zhengshan goes out, he will most likely take Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao with him, and Yang Mingcheng will be responsible for guarding the house.

Now Yang Mingcheng is in charge of the family’s fields, and in the future he will also be responsible for all the family’s properties.

In addition to these, personality is also one of the reasons why Yang Zhengshan made such arrangements.

Yang Mingcheng is honest and sincere, and is not suitable for working outside. In comparison, Yang Mingzhi is smarter and can assist Yang Zhengshan outside.

As for Yang Minghao, haha, this bastard is thinking about getting married all day long. Yang Zhengshan even suspects that he is full of nonsense.

He is such a stupid son that Yang Zhengshan doesn't even bother to pay attention to him.

"Greetings to you, old man!" Old Man Fu bowed to Yang Mingcheng.

Yang Mingcheng smiled a little embarrassedly, "No need to do this!"

Old man Fu, however, continued to do as he pleased and always called Yang Zhengshan "Master" and Yang Mingcheng "Uncle".

Having been a tenant all his life, he was well aware of the gentry and landlords' tendency to care about their reputation. Even though Yang Zhengshan and Yang Mingcheng behaved very kindly, he still did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.

Because they will have to beg for food from the Yang family in the future.

Don't think that tenants are like workers who can resign or go on strike at will. What tenants fear most is that something happens to their employers. Once something happens to their employers, they need to find a new employer.

Of course, they are also afraid that their employer will drive them away.

They were tenants, and if they were driven away, they would lose a year's harvest, which was a fatal matter for them.

Yang Zhengshan didn't care whether Yang Mingcheng could adapt to the change in his status and took them directly to the fields.

Although the one hundred acres of land he bought belonged to Jiangjia Village, these fields were actually very close to Yangjia Village, only seven or eight minutes' walk away.

According to the labor force of the four tenant households, Yang Zhengshan divided the 100 acres of land and the previous 20 acres of land among them, ranging from 20 to 40 acres per household.

When they were returning, before they even entered the village, they saw Yang Minghao running towards them happily.

"Dad, Dad~~" Yang Zhengshan heard his voice from a distance.

"what happened?"

Walking closer, Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yang Minghao laughed, "Dad, that female general is here!"

"Female general!" Yang Zhengshan raised his eyebrows.

When he thought of Zhou Lan, he thought of the voice of Brother Yang with a hook.

Damn, that’s so incongruous!
It's like a big man with chest hair calling you "dear brother" in a coquettish voice.

Ok.

Saying this is somewhat derogatory to Zhou Lan.

In fact, Zhou Lan was quite pretty, but Yang Zhengshan's impression of her was only of her wielding a sword and chopping people.

That violent look, that dashing and heroic figure, really shouldn't have a gentle side. "What is she doing here?" Yang Zhengshan asked as he walked.

"He said he came to thank dad for saving his life!"

"Thank you!" Yang Zhengshan rubbed his inch-long beard, seeming to be thinking about something.

He originally thought that after their last separation, he and the female general would have no more encounters, or no encounters in the short term. After all, Zhou Lan had left a lot of things behind, which was considered a way to repay their kindness in helping her.

I didn’t expect that Zhou Lan would come to my door so soon after the incident of the Hu cavalry’s invasion was over.

He was somewhat confused about Zhou Lan's purpose of coming here.

Just to say thank you?

"Let's go take a look first!"

Yang Zhengshan quickened his pace and rushed home.

When he arrived at his house, he immediately saw nearly a hundred soldiers on horseback parked in the alley in front of his house. There were also four carriages, which were full of things, but they were covered with oilcloth, so no one knew what was on the carriages.

Zhou Lan stood in front of a group of soldiers with a calm expression.

Everyone in the Yang family stood inside the door, looking at Zhou Lan and other border soldiers with curiosity and awe.

There were many villagers from Yangjia Village watching and talking in low voices around.

"I am honored to meet General Zhou!" Yang Zhengshan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

Zhou Lan waved her hand and said with a smile, "Brother Zhengshan, there is no need to be polite. I am here to thank you for saving my life!"

Yang Zhengshan stood up and glanced at her, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he said, "General Zhou, please!"

Then he led Zhou Lan into the house, and at the same time said to the curious and timid Wang: "Big brother's wife, serve tea!"

"My humble abode is simple. I hope General Zhou will forgive me for my poor hospitality!"

Zhou Lan naturally wouldn't care about the Yang family's simple living conditions. She was a border general and often had to sleep in the open air. She was not one of those young ladies from wealthy families.

She looked at the Yang family with interest.

The Yang family's house was indeed simple, but it was very clean. Wang and Li were both hardworking people and kept the house very clean.

The two entered the main room, and Wang brought tea with slightly trembling hands.

Yang Zhengshan looked at her trembling hands and frowned.

Daughter-in-law, can you be more generous?
Isn't it just serving tea?
Is it really that stressful?
But he also understood why Wang was nervous.

Wang was just a village woman. The highest-ranking official she had ever seen in her life was probably the village head Yang Zhengxiang.

It would be strange if she wasn't nervous after suddenly meeting a general today.

Zhou Lan also noticed Wang's nervousness, reached out to take the tea, and smiled gently, "Thank you!"

Her current gentleness is more in line with her appearance. She is full of energy, generous and not at all weak.

After the tea was served, Zhou Lan took out a gift list, handed it to Yang Zhengshan and said, "These are my gifts of thanks!"

Yang Zhengshan took the gift list and looked at it, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Zhou Lan's thank-you gifts included silk fabrics, gold and silver jewelry, furs, and medicinal herbs, totaling more than thirty items.

There were also four war horses, a spear, and a thousand taels of silver.

Looking at the gift list, Yang Zhengshan felt like a mountain of gold had fallen on his head.

Damn, that’s so luxurious!

He estimated that the gift list was worth at least five thousand taels of silver, or even more, and he didn't even know the specific prices of many items.

For example, the spear, the gift list said it was a gilded flying fish spear.

Martial arts are prevalent in Dayong, and the quality of weapons used by warriors varies greatly.

In Yangjia Village, iron spears are already extremely precious items, and in the army, iron spears are one of the standard weapons of warriors. For example, the iron spear that Yang Zhengshan used before was specially made by craftsmen in the army when the original body was in the border army. It was a good weapon for the original body.

If that iron spear were sold, it could fetch at least twenty taels of silver.

The gilded flying fish spear that Zhou Lan gave was not just a question of how much it was worth.

The flying fish pattern is similar to a python, with fish fins, a turtle tail, and two horns.

In the Darong Dynasty, flying fish patterns were second only to python patterns. Generally, items with flying fish patterns were bestowed by the royal family.

Anything related to the royal family must be extremely precious.

(End of this chapter)