Chapter 57 Ownership of Linguan Fort
Hongyun took small steps and ran slowly along the small river at the foot of the hill.

When it was tired from running, Yang Zhengshan let it stop to drink water and eat grass, and took the opportunity to add a little spiritual spring water to it.

Yang Zhengshan loved Hongyun more than his adopted sons and took care of her very attentively.

"Xiao Hong! When you go to the battlefield, you must not run away!"

"If I get seriously injured, you must carry me back!"

Yang Zhengshan was chattering while brushing Hongyun's fur.

Now that you have joined the army, you will inevitably go to the battlefield in the future.

Once on the battlefield, it is a fight between life and death.

Yang Zhengshan is also a mortal. Facing the bloody battlefield, he still feels a little worried and afraid.

He knew very well that Hong Yun was his most important partner. The man and the horse were truly fighting side by side, sharing life and death.

Hongyun called out rhythmically, as if responding to Yang Zhengshan.

After washing, just when Yang Zhengshan was about to take Hongyun back, suddenly bursts of horse hooves sounds came from a distance.

Looking up, I saw a cavalry galloping towards them in the dusty wasteland across the stream.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly, jumped on his horse, and said, "Let's go back!"

That cavalry was heading for Linguan Fort, and it should be Zhou Lan.

The camp of Zhenbiao Zuoying is just south of Linguan Fort, about twenty miles away from Linguan Fort. If Zhou Lan comes here, he will most likely come from the south.

By the way, it has been a month since he came to Linguanbao, and it is time for Zhou Lan to come and see him.

Riding back to the gate of Linguan Fort, Yang Zhengshan dismounted and waited quietly.

In just a moment, the cavalry arrived in front of him, and as he expected, the person coming was Zhou Lan.

But it was not only Zhou Lan who came, but also Yinghe Fort's defense officer Zhang Zhongxiang, deputy captain Xu Zhen, assistant secretary Qian Wanshu and other military officers from Yinghe Fort.

Yang Zhengshan was not surprised by Zhou Lan's arrival, but he was a little confused about the arrival of Zhang Zhongxiang and others.

When the two sides met, Yang Zhengshan saluted to all the superiors one by one, and then welcomed everyone into the garrison.

At this time, the soldiers in the garrison were still training. On the training ground, the soldiers were training martial arts according to their arms.

At this time, the training was no longer based on small flags, but was divided into three parts: sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and archers.

When they are able to use the weapons skillfully, they will gather together and train battle formations using small flags as units.

Led by Yang Zhengshan, Zhou Lan and others toured the garrison inside and outside. Seeing that Yang Zhengshan had tidied up Linguan Fort so well in a short time, Zhou Lan nodded with satisfaction.

"Captain Yang, you did a great job." Zhou Lan praised.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "It's still not enough now. Although the appearance is acceptable, the inner qualities are still far from perfect."

"The fields around Linguan Fort are all poor fields, and the grain yield is not very high. It is difficult for the military households to be self-sufficient by farming alone."

"Whether the soldiers in a garrison have fighting capacity and can become elite soldiers depends most on solving the livelihood problems of their families and relieving their worries!"

Now that Zhou Lan was here, Yang Zhengshan naturally had to cry about being poor.

He was not pretending to be poor, but Linguan Fort was really poor.

Not only are the military households in the fort refugees themselves, they are also arranged to live in such a barren place. Without Zhou Lan's support and assistance, this would be a complete pitfall.

As he spoke, Yang Zhengshan took them to the needlework workshop.

"I helped them find a way to make a living. Although the income from this livelihood is very low, it is better than not making a penny at all!"

When the women in the workshop saw them, they stopped what they were doing and stood aside stiffly.

Yang Zhengshan picked up a pair of cloth shoes that he had just sewn and handed them to Zhou Lan, "They can earn a few cents by sewing a pair of cloth shoes!"

"I plan to let them lend some more sewing work. If General Zhou has such work at home, don't forget them!" That's right, Yang Zhengshan was trying to attract business for the needlework workshop.

Zhou Lan was not alone in Chongshan Pass. She had a large mansion in the city, with hundreds of servants and dozens of maids.

These servants and maids would have to change several sets of clothes every year. If this job could fall into the hands of Linguan Fort, it would definitely make more money than sewing cloth shoes.

"I didn't expect Captain Yang to be so thoughtful! Haha~~" Zhou Lan laughed heartily.

"General Zhou should be able to take care of our Linguan Fort!" Yang Zhengshan was not embarrassed at all. He took advantage of the opportunity to climb up the ladder and wanted to get the business at Zhou Lan's mansion first.

"Of course. I'll give the order when I get back. From now on, all the clothes in my house will be made by you!" Zhou Lan naturally didn't care about these and agreed without thinking.

"There's no need to do that. They can only sew some rough clothes. They can't make anything too delicate and expensive now!" Yang Zhengshan didn't dare to be arrogant and stopped everything.

Zhou Lan was born in the Ningguo Mansion, which was the top among the nobles. Although Zhou Lan's mansion was not the Duke's Mansion, it was also a branch of the Duke's Mansion, representing wealth and luxury.

These women in Linguan Fort would definitely not dare to touch upon luxury.

Just look at the clothes Zhou Lan is wearing and you will know that they cannot touch her.

Zhou Lan nodded, agreeing to the matter.

Afterwards, they watched the soldiers training on the training ground.

Looking at the soldiers with ruddy complexions and strong bodies, Zhou Lan felt more and more satisfied.

She knew very well what kind of people she had entrusted to Yang Zhengshan.

Before Yang Zhengshan came to Chongshan Pass, she had visited Linguan Fort. Although she had only taken a quick look on the way, she also knew the general situation of Linguan Fort.

In just one month, Yang Zhengshan had managed to clean up Linguan Fort so well and made these skinny refugees so strong and healthy. She was naturally very satisfied.

"How long will they continue training?" Zhou Lan asked.

Yang Zhengshan pondered for a moment and said, "If we let them go to the battlefield, it will take about a month. If we want them to become an elite force, they need to see blood."

"You can't create an elite through training alone. The real elite is forged with blood and fire."

After hearing this, Zhou Lan became even more satisfied with Yang Zhengshan and valued him even more.

Although she was the one who personally invited Yang Zhengshan to Chongshan Pass, she was actually not sure whether Yang Zhengshan could meet her requirements.

Now it seems that her decision was the right one.

"Very good, from today on, they are all soldiers of our Zhenbiao Zuoying!"

Zhou Lan looked at Zhang Zhongxiang behind her and said with a smile, "Master Zhang, do you have any objections?"

Zhang Zhongxiang's eyes wandered as he said, "General, it stands to reason that Linguan Fort should be under the jurisdiction of Yinghe Fort!"

Only at this time did Yang Zhengshan know why Zhang Zhongxiang and his group came.

Stealing people?

Grabbing territory?
The Zhenbiaying was a conscription system, while the Tunbu was a garrison system.

Rulinguanbao can actually be regarded as a hundred-household unit.

Yinghe Fort was a garrison of a thousand households.

Zhang Zhongxiang was a captain and also the defense officer of Yinghe Fort, and several surrounding garrisons were under his jurisdiction.

If we follow the Wei Suo system, Linguan Fort should indeed be under the jurisdiction of Yinghe Fort.

But the problem arises again. This Linguan Fort was built by Zhou Lan to accommodate Yang Zhengshan. Yang Zhengshan's military registration is in Zhenbiao Zuoying and he is not a military household.

Therefore, there was a problem with the ownership of Linguan Fort.

Should we return to Yinghe Fort or Zhenbiao Zuoying?
(End of this chapter)