Chapter 426: I once fought one against five!

Outside the mountains, on the official road.

A horse-drawn carriage came unsteadily. It was old and shabby, and the curtains in front of it were covered with dust.

On the carriage, an old man with white frost on his head and wearing a navy blue robe was driving the skinny horse slowly.

The old man looked at the majestic mountains and a sad smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Ah, the sect master is really unreliable. He actually made an old man like me travel thousands of miles to come to this bitter and cold place!"

"When I return, I will ask the Sect Master to compensate me with three hundred blood servants to make up for the hardship and loss I have endured these days!"

The old man staggered forward, muttering to himself.

Soon, it was his turn to enter the city. The soldier guarding the city gate glanced at him, then simply checked his pass and let him in.

It is not difficult to enter the south city of Chongshan Pass. As long as you don't look threatening, the soldiers on duty will not ask too many questions. However, it is much more difficult to enter the north city.

Basically, except for officials and soldiers from various government offices, it is difficult for others to enter the North City.

Not long after the old man entered the city, he met a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat.

"Tianquan Xingtang Patrolman Kou Rong pays his respects to Lord Dongge!" The middle-aged man came in front of the old man and saluted with his fists.

The old man narrowed his eyes and looked at him with a smile, "Have you seen me?"

"I have been to the main hall before and had the honor of meeting Lord Dongge!" said Kou Rong.

"Not bad, not bad!" The old man smiled and said, "Let's find a place to stay first!"

"Master Dongge, please follow me!"

After saying that, Kou Rong led the old man into the alley.

The main hall of Xingyuemen is headed by the Mountain Lord, which is divided into four halls: the Accompanying Hall, the Management Hall, the Punishment Hall, and the Ceremonial Hall. The Lord of the Punishment Hall is also called Lord of the East Pavilion, and the Lord of the Ceremonial Hall is also called Lord of the West Pavilion.

The old man in front of him was none other than Gu Yunjian, the master of Xingyue Sect's Punishment Hall.

The two men entered a small courtyard, and four or five strong men hurriedly saluted Gu Yunjian when they saw him.

"Tell me, where are those traitors now?" Gu Yunjian asked, sitting casually on a stone bench in the yard.

He came to Chongshan Pass with only one purpose, which was to eliminate the traitors of Xingyue Sect, namely Luo Jinsong, Li Chengguo and others.

They could ignore the ordinary disciples of Yuheng Xingtang, but they had to get rid of Luo Jinsong, Li Chengguo and other high-ranking officials of Yuheng Xingtang. Otherwise, how could Xingyue Sect have the face to survive in the Darong Jianghu? How could the main hall deter other Xingtangs?
At this time, more than half a year had passed since the Battle of Ru River. Logically, they should have come long ago, but the headquarters of Xingyue Sect was thousands of miles away from Chongshan Pass. After the news was sent back, people were sent to confirm it, and then personnel were prepared to investigate, and then people were arranged to come. There was a slight delay in between, and half a year had passed.

In addition, Gu Yunjian has always been a lazy person, so asking him to travel thousands of miles and spend two or three months was already considered active.

"They have all joined the army now!" said Kou Rong.

"where?"

"Luo Jinsong is in Yang Zhengshan's personal guard camp, Li Chengguo is retiring in the Marquis's mansion, Qian Zhonghe and Ji Zhengfei are in the Zhenbiao Camp!"

"Both the Royal Guard Battalion and the Town Flag Battalion are heavily guarded. It's impossible to force your way in!"

Kou Rong said cautiously.

Gu Yunjian smiled nonchalantly, "Break into the barracks by force! Forget it, my old bones can't stand it!"

There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the barracks. Gu Yunjian would not care if there were only dozens or hundreds of soldiers, but the Royal Guard Battalion and the Town Flag Battalion of Chongshan Town are not weak armies, so he really doesn't dare to force his way in.

"What is your plan, sir?" Kou Rong asked softly.

Gu Yunjian stretched his somewhat lazy body and said, "Of course I'm going to ask Jing'an Hou for someone!"

"This, Marquis Jing'an is a killer on the battlefield! And he also has the title of the number one person under the Xiantian!" said Kou Rong.

He had arrived at Chongshan Pass a long time ago and had a general idea of ​​the situation of Chongshan Pass and Yang Zhengshan, especially about Yang Zhengshan's strength, which he had inquired about in detail.

In the battle of Ruhe Wharf, Yang Zhengshan single-handedly killed four half-step innate masters, and thus was named the number one person under the innate.

Gu Yunjian smiled brightly, "I am also the number one person under Xiantian!"

Kou Rong was stunned.

How can there be two first persons?
But he soon understood.

Gu Yunjian did have the title of the number one person under the Xiantian, but not in Dayong Jianghu, but in the southeast sea.

This title also has a scope. Yang Zhengshan is called the number one person under the Xiantian because he is recognized by a group of martial arts masters in Dayong Jianghu.

And Gu Yunjian was also recognized by a number of martial arts masters in the Southeast Sea, so he also had the title of the number one person under the Xiantian in the Southeast Sea.

In terms of martial arts strength, the Southeast Sea is not necessarily weaker than Dayong, but the forces in the Southeast Sea are complicated and there is no unified dynasty, which makes people feel that the Southeast Sea is far inferior to Dayong.

"Marquis Jing'an once fought against four people alone!" Kou Rong still wanted to remind him.

"I have fought against five people alone!" Gu Yunjian smiled while stroking his beard.

"But but~~" Kou Rong didn't dare to say something.

Gu Yunjian reached out and patted his shoulder, "But I'm getting older now, and I'm afraid my strength isn't as good as before, right!"

"I am just worried about Lord Dongge!" Kou Rong said with his head down.

That was indeed what he was worried about.

Gu Yunjian is nearly 70 years old, and it is unknown how much of his cultivation and strength are left. Naturally, Kou Rong would worry that he is no match for Yang Zhengshan.

“No problem!” Gu Yunjian waved his hand and said nonchalantly: “If it was a year ago, I would definitely not be so reckless, but now? Haha~~ The number one person under Xiantian is just below Xiantian!”

Kou Rong raised his head suddenly, "Master Dongge has reached the innate realm!"

"No, no~~~haha"

Gu Yunjian denied it but laughed, which made Kou Rong a little confused.

However, when he saw Gu Yunjian's confident look, his worries were relieved a lot.

"Get ready, we're going to visit Marquis Jing'an tonight!"

"Marquis Jing'an, hahaha, interesting, interesting~~"

Gu Yunjian's wrinkled face was filled with disdain and sarcasm.

...Inside the general’s mansion.

Yang Zhengshan had just received the news that Lin Zhan had passed the imperial examination, and he was in a good mood.

Yang Zhengshan was really happy that Lin Zhan was able to pass the imperial examination, because he knew that this had always been Lin Zhan's obsession.

In order to fulfill his father's last wish, Lin Zhan studied hard for ten years. But studying hard for ten years was not enough, Lin Zhan also practiced martial arts for ten years.

During the more than ten years he had been in the Yang family, he had never slacked off for a single day. He would get up early and go to bed late every day, and would either be reading or practicing martial arts.

Sometimes Yang Zhengshan felt sorry for him.

Thinking back to the child who was not even ten years old, Yang Zhengshan let out a long sigh.

"It has been really hard for this child in the past ten years!"

He couldn't help but sigh.

In terms of talent, Lin Zhan has good talent both in martial arts and in studying.

In terms of hard work, no one in the Yang family can compare with him except Yang Mingcheng.

Lin Zhan’s success today is due to the teachings of Yang Zhengshan and Liu Zhe, as well as the nourishment of the spiritual spring water, but it is undeniable that his hard work is the most important reason.

Just as Yang Zhengshan was sighing, his personal attendant came in and reported: "My Lord, the head of the Luo family wants to see you!"

"Please come in!" Yang Zhengshan said.

A moment later, Luo Shang and Luo Zhen came to the study.

Yang Zhengshan pointed to the tea table next to him and said, "Pour yourselves some tea. My servants have all gone to the engineering department to do odd jobs!"

Now is the busiest time in the General's Mansion. Yang Zhengshan even sent his servants and runners to the Engineering Department to do odd jobs. Even his close followers went to guard the gate of the General's Mansion.

There is no way. Although there are many people in the General’s Office, there are also many places where people can be used.

There are more than 500 officials and runners in the general's office. Except for some indispensable positions, all others are now busy dredging the Ying River.

A large number of manpower are needed to establish a camp on the banks of Yinghe River, recruit young and strong people, transport food and equipment, etc.

Dredging the Ying River is not a small project, it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Just coordinating these manpower and material resources is a very troublesome task.

"Thank you, my lord!" Luo Shang was not polite. He sat down at the tea table and started making tea, while Luo Zhen stood obediently behind him.

Yang Zhengshan walked out from behind the desk and said, "In a few days, Chengye will be back. Don't forget to have Luo Bo report to the Royal Guard Battalion!"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, don't worry, I have already arranged it!" Luo Zhen grinned.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, sat down at the tea table, picked up the tea poured by Luo Shang and took a sip.

"What brings you here today?"

There was no need for too much courtesy between him and the Luo family. Although Luo Shang had always maintained a respectful attitude, Yang Zhengshan actually always regarded Luo Shang as a friend.

We are really friends, old friends for more than ten years.

"It's for telescopes. Almost all the three thousand telescopes have been sold!" Luo Shang said.

Yang Zhengshan raised his eyes, "So fast?"

"Well, soon, there were many sea merchants in the Jiangnan area, and three thousand telescopes were far from enough. Moreover, many people wanted to purchase from me, but unfortunately I didn't have many." Luo Shang said.

For maritime merchants, the telescope is a very practical tool.

The price of fifteen taels does not seem cheap, but maritime merchants do not care about this small amount of silver. They can earn thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver with a single trip, so why would they care about dozens or hundreds of taels of silver?

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said, "I do have some telescopes. The glass workshop has been rushing to make quite a few during this period, but I can't give you too many."

"Why?" Luo Shang was a little confused.

Yang Zhengshan spread his hands, "The Ministry of War wants one thousand, and the Central Military Governor's Office also wants one thousand. I guess other governor's offices will also buy a batch from me next!"

The officials of the Ministry of War and the Central Military Governor's Office are not fools. How could they not see the usefulness of the clairvoyance?
So after studying the telescope, the Ministry of War and the Central Military Governor's Office sent people to Chongshan Pass to order a batch of telescopes.

It had only been a few days since the people from the Ministry of War and the Central Military Governor's Office left. Yang Zhengshan did not expect that Luo Shang had sold out all the telescopes. This was a bit beyond his expectations.

"Oh, so that's it!" Luo Shang frowned, but soon relaxed.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you a thousand first. The production of telescopes should increase in a while, and I'll give you more then."

The purpose of selling telescopes is to make money, so naturally the more you sell, the better.

However, the production capacity of the glass workshop has not yet been increased, and it will take some time.

"Okay!" Luo Shang replied.

Yang Zhengshan then said, "Go to the glass workshop later. There are many glass ornaments there. Choose a batch and ship them to Jiangnan for sale!"

"This is not a unique business. I will let other merchants join in in a few days."

Glass ornaments are sold because of their novelty and scarcity; the profit from them is much greater than that from a telescope.

Yang Zhengshan was planning to make a fortune from glass ornaments.

The Luo family can no longer expand, but there is no problem in getting involved.

In addition to the Luo family, Yang Zhengshan has planned to let the five families, namely the Jing'an Wang family, the Lin family, the Liao'an Zhang family, the Huaining Qi family, and the Pingyuan Zhen family, participate in the sale of glass products.

Except for the Zhang family in Liaoan, the other four are merchants that Yang Zhengshan intends to support.

Why was the Liaoan Zhang family excluded? It was because the Liaoan Zhang family was already wealthy and powerful, and had deep roots, and did not need Yang Zhengshan's support at all.

The Liaoan Zhang family has always given him face, so he doesn't mind sharing some of the benefits with the Liaoan Zhang family.

As for the Jing'an Zhang family, since they chose to join the Liaodong Maritime Customs, Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to have anything to do with them.

Yang Zhengshan has actually seen through the future of the Zhang family in Jing'an, and he knows that it will definitely not last long.

The reason is very simple. The actions of the Jing'an Zhang family have made Yu Tonghai and Wu Chongzhe dissatisfied. Some time ago, Wu Chongzhe specially wrote a letter to ask Yang Zhengshan for his opinion. Yang Zhengshan only replied with five words, "You can do whatever you want."

The Zhang family of Jing'an thought that everything would be fine if they joined the Liaodong Maritime Customs, but they seemed to have forgotten who was the boss in the Liaohai Sea.

The navy of Tenglongwei is the boss. If they say your ship will sink in the sea, then your ship will really sink in the sea.

(End of this chapter)