Chapter 44 Liang's Cloth Shop
In the following days, Yang Zhengshan was still not idle.

The banquet was over, but there were still many things to deal with within the clan.

Building roads, establishing a clan school, and purchasing clan property all require Yang Zhengshan to express his opinion. After all, the eight hundred taels of silver were nominally paid by Yang Zhengshan.

After a few more busy days, Mrs. Wang came to the door.

In the main hall of the Yang family, Wang Po said to Yang Zhengshan with a smile: "Master Yang, I have already known the young lady from Liang's Cloth Shop. She is a good girl!"

Since their family found tenants, Yang Zhengshan was promoted to master.

At first, only the tenants called him that, then some people from other families in the village followed suit, and now villagers from several surrounding villages also call him that.

"Liang's Cloth Shop?" Yang Zhengshan looked at her in surprise.

Wang, who was standing next to him, came over and explained, "Dad, my third brother likes the young lady from Liang's Cloth Shop!"

Yang Minghao looked at Yang Zhengshan eagerly.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him.

No wonder this kid has been absent-minded these days, turns out it’s because of this!

"Tell me in detail!"

"Okay!" Mrs. Wang responded with a smile and began to introduce the young lady from Liang's Cloth Shop.

The young lady was indeed the daughter of the owner of the cloth shop. She was fourteen years old, had a pretty face, and usually helped out in the cloth shop.

In terms of personality, according to what Mrs. Wang said, she is gentle and virtuous, well-educated, friendly to others, etc.

"I'm not talking nonsense. In order to understand the situation of this young lady, I went to Liang's Cloth Shop several times in the past few days and bought a lot of cloth from the shop."

Mrs. Wang also knew her reputation as a talker, and she went out of her way to prove the credibility of her words.

Yang Zhengshan did not doubt what Wang Po said. Perhaps Wang Po's words were exaggerated, but he believed that Wang Po would not dare to lie to him.

Fourteen years old!

A little girl of only fourteen years old!

He always felt it was unkind to let a fourteen-year-old girl get married.

"Liang's Cloth Shop shouldn't be in Anning County!"

"This old woman has also inquired about it. This Liang's Cloth Shop is the property of the Liang family in Jing'an Prefecture. The Liang family is a wealthy family in Jing'an Prefecture." Mrs. Wang said a little nervously.

Rich businessman, sounds very rich.

But in reality, the status of businessmen is not high.

Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, and military men are the same as scholars.

If anyone else had approached her about such a marriage, she would probably have ridiculed it.

Ordinary farmers cannot reach the threshold of wealthy businessmen.

But the Yang family is no longer an ordinary farming family. She knew that Yang Zhengshan was going to be an official, and she also knew that Luo Jin and the second master of the Lu family came to the banquet two days ago.

So she is now very worried that Yang Zhengshan will look down on the merchants.

Her worries were obviously unnecessary. Yang Zhengshan would naturally not look down on merchants. Yang Zhengshan felt that others would look down on their Yang family.

Although merchants have a low status, when their wealth reaches a certain level, they can also influence power.

And since the Liang family could become a wealthy family in a prefecture, there must be someone supporting them behind the scenes, otherwise how could the Liang family keep so much wealth?
"Who is she to the Liang family?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"It is said that she is the legitimate daughter of the third branch of the Liang family! The owner of the cloth shop is the third master of the Liang family." Mrs. Wang replied.

Yang Zhengshan seemed to be thinking about something.

There seems to be something wrong about this.

The Liang family is a wealthy family in Jing'an Prefecture. Logically speaking, a member of the Liang family should not come to a small place like Anning County to be a shopkeeper, and an unmarried woman should not be allowed to show up in public.

Then why did Mr. Liang San bring his family to Anning County?

Did the Liang family split up?
If it was because of the division of the family that the third branch of the Liang family obtained the property of Anning County, and Mr. Liang Sanye had to come to Anning County, this explanation is reasonable.

But if this is true, it proves that the third branch of the Liang family does not have a high status in the Liang family, and the property obtained after the division is very limited.

Yang Zhengshan was not coveting the Liang family's property, he just wanted to find a trouble-free in-law for the Yang family.

Just like the Wang family and the Li family are both honest farmers, that's good enough.

Rich businessmen like the Liang family have many powerful connections behind them.

If the Liang family really splits up, it is not impossible for Mr. Liang San to separate from the Liang family.

Yang Zhengshan looked up at Yang Minghao.

"How many times have you seen that young lady?"

"Twice!" Yang Minghao's face flushed. This boy was actually shy.

"Did you talk?" "No!"

The corner of Yang Zhengshan's mouth twitched slightly.

In other words, you are just attracted by beauty?

He wanted to marry her after meeting her twice. Yang Zhengshan didn't know whether to say that this guy was naive or ignorant.

Yang Zhengshan felt that he should go and see the girl in person. If it was really as he thought, there would be nothing wrong in marrying the girl home.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhengshan asked Wang Po to go back first, and said that if it was suitable, he would ask her to be a matchmaker. Of course, the reward would not be less. Yang Zhengshan took out two coins of silver as a reward for Wang Po's several trips to the county town.

After receiving the silver, the smile on Wang Po's face became even kinder and she left happily.

The next morning.

After finishing his morning exercise, Yang Zhengshan rode his Hongyun to the county town.

Hongyun is a Hu horse from outside Chongshan Pass, a fine breed from the north. It is more cold-resistant and has better endurance than other breeds of horses, but its speed and explosive power are inferior to the fine breed from Dayong Western Region.

But for Yang Zhengshan, the existence of Hongyun brought him a lot of convenience.

It used to take more than half an hour to reach the county town by oxcart, but now it only takes fifteen minutes by horseback.

And this is the case when Yang Zhengshan is not proficient in horse riding. If Yang Zhengshan is proficient in horse riding, it would probably only take a little more than a quarter of an hour to reach the county town.

Riding on the horse, feeling the breeze blowing towards him, Yang Zhengshan was in a good mood.

Now we are also car owners.

This BMW is not much worse than that BMW.

When he rode into the city on horseback, even the guards at the city gate would give him a second look.

After entering the city, Yang Zhengshan found an inn and left Hongyun there.

The inns in the city also serve as parking lots. Horses and carriages can be parked in the inns. Of course, there is a charge for this. If you want to feed hay, there are additional fees.

Yang Zhengshan was naturally not stingy and directly ordered a big meal with beans for Hongyun.

After making arrangements for Hongyun, Yang Zhengshan walked leisurely towards Liang’s Cloth Shop.

In fact, he had been to Liang’s Cloth Shop. He bought cotton cloth and cotton at Liang’s Cloth Shop before winter last year.

But at that time he didn't expect that Yang Minghao would fall in love with someone else's daughter, so he bought the things and left without talking to the shopkeeper.

It was still early and all the shops had just opened for business, so there were few customers.

Liang's Cloth Shop was even more empty. Apart from a middle-aged man in his thirties fiddling with an abacus, there was no other sound.

Yang Zhengshan walked into Liang's Cloth Shop, and the middle-aged man didn't notice him.

"Cough cough!" Yang Zhengshan coughed lightly.

Mr. Liang San looked up and asked, "What do you need, guest?"

"I want to buy some cotton cloth. How much do you have?" Yang Zhengshan tried his best to act more friendly.

Maybe he and Mr. Liang Sanye will be relatives in the future, so naturally he has to leave a good impression.

"Cotton cloth!" Mr. Liang San said in surprise, "There are a lot of cotton cloths in our shop. These are all cotton cloths. I wonder which one the customer wants?"

Yang Zhengshan looked in the direction his finger pointed, then stepped forward to check the fabric.

He really needs to buy some fabric.

Now that spring has arrived, it's time to add some spring and summer clothes to our home.

In addition, he was about to lead people to Chongshan Pass, and he planned to make some clothes for those young men.

The other villagers in Yangjia Village are not as wealthy as the Yang family. Their clothes are almost all patched, and they are reluctant to buy new clothes even for the New Year.

Since these people are going to follow him through life and death, he naturally has to take care of their food, clothing, shelter and transportation and solve their worries.

Yang Zhengshan selected three kinds of cloth from a pile of cloth and said, "Give me three pieces of this, five pieces of this, and three pieces of this. Do you have any?"

In fact, the Yang family still has a lot of cloth, but they are all relatively expensive cloth and not suitable for a group of soldiers to wear.

Mr. Liang Sanye obviously didn't expect Yang Zhengshan to buy so much cloth. He said in surprise and joy, "Please go to the back hall and sit for a while. I will prepare it for you right away."

Eleven bolts of cloth is no small business.

Generally speaking, customers who come to a cloth shop to cut cloth would buy two or three meters of cloth, enough to make one or two sets of clothes.

A piece of cloth was thirteen meters long, and Yang Zhengshan bought eleven pieces of cloth, which was already a big deal for Liang’s Cloth Shop.

Looking at the door curtain lifted by Mr. Liang San, Yang Zhengshan walked in with a smile in his eyes.

His purpose was to go to the back hall and see the young lady.

(End of this chapter)