Chapter 85: Disciple Refugee
Yang Zhengshan looked up at Li, who looked exhausted, and said, "I have sent someone to inform Mingzhi. He should be back tomorrow!"

Recently, Zhou Lan has also started training troops, and Yang Mingzhi has been busy with this, so he has not returned.

But since his wife and children are here, Yang Mingzhi should come back to see them. Besides, Li is pregnant and they haven't seen each other for half a year. It would be inappropriate for him not to come back to see her.

"Thank you, Dad!" Li smiled gently and bowed.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. Li was much gentler than Wang, and she was more open-minded. She was a good woman.

"You must be tired, so go down and have a rest first. We can talk about it in the evening!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Brother, sister-in-law, come with me!" Yang Minghao said immediately.

After saying that, he led everyone out of the main room.

The backyard of the government office in Yinghebao is very large. The main courtyard has four main rooms, four east and west side rooms, and two side rooms. The two east and west cross-courtyards each have three main rooms and two side rooms. In addition, there are four back rooms in the front courtyard and five back rooms in the back courtyard.

There are more than thirty rooms in total, which is more than enough to accommodate Yang Zhengshan's family.

Yang Zhengshan has already arranged accommodation for everyone. The eldest wife lives in the east wing, the second wife lives in the west wing, Yang Yunxue and Wang Yunqiao live in the hospital wing, and Yang Minghao and Lin Zhan live in the front yard.

After everyone had gone to see their own residences, Yang Mingcheng returned to the main courtyard hall.

"Dad, this is a letter from grandpa!"

Hearing that it was a letter from Lu Songhe, Yang Zhengshan hurriedly took it.

During this period, he also wrote letters to Lu Songhe, especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when he wrote a special letter to express his greetings.

"Have you sent all the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to your grandfather?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"According to Dad's instructions, I selected some pens, ink, paper and inkstone from the warehouse and sent them over!" Yang Mingcheng replied honestly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. The pens, inks, paper and inkstones in his home were all gifts he had received before, especially those thank-you gifts from Zhou Lan at the beginning, which contained many high-quality pens, inks, paper and inkstones. Yang Zhengshan gave most of them to the Lu family.

There is no way. The Yang family now only has half a scholar, that is Lin Zhan, who does not need so many pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

The Lu family has several scholars, and Lu Wenyuan has passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, so as his uncle, he naturally has to show his appreciation.

Lu Songhe's letter was concise and to the point, without too much courtesy or nonsense. The main content was that he wanted Yang Zhengshan to find jobs for his grandsons.

Lu Songhe has four grandsons, Lu Wenchun, Lu Wenjie, Lu Wenhua and Lu Wenyuan.

Lu Wenyuan is going to take the imperial examination, so Yang Zhengshan doesn't need to worry about it.

However, the three adopted nephews, Lu Wenchun, Lu Wenjie and Lu Wenhua, are not very talented in studying.

Yang Zhengshan did not object to this.

He was indeed short of scholars. There were quite a few clerks in Yinghe Fort before, but they were all dealt with by Yang Zhengshan. Now all the affairs of the government office fell on Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingwu and others, which made them particularly busy.

Even Yang Zhengshan couldn't be lazy.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and wrote a letter to Lu Songhe.

I first asked about the health of the two elderly people, and then shared my own thoughts.

He decided to bring Lu Wenchun and Lu Wenjie over.

Lu Wenchun is the eldest grandson of the Lu family. He is 28 years old this year. Although he is not good at studying, he is calm and capable in doing things. If he is allowed to come to Yinghe Fort, he should be able to help a lot.

Lu Wenjie is the eldest grandson of the second branch of the Lu family. He is 25 years old this year. In the past, Lu Zhaoran was the one who managed the Lu family's business, so he is considered a capable person.

This should satisfy both branches of the Lu family. As for Lu Wenhua, this kid is the only useless grandson of the Lu family.

It’s not that Lu Wenhua is arrogant, there is nothing in the Lu family that is worth being arrogant about.

The main reason was that Lu Wenhua was addicted to gambling. Yang Zhengshan had heard that this guy had caused a lot of trouble in Qinghe Town, and he didn't want to keep such a troublemaker around.

"You take this letter~~"

Originally, Yang Zhengshan wanted Yang Mingcheng to deliver the letter to Shopkeeper Lu in Guancheng, but thinking that Yang Mingcheng was not familiar with Guancheng, he changed the subject and said, "Give the letter to Minghao first!"

"Yeah!" Yang Mingcheng responded with some disappointment.

He wanted to do more, but Yang Zhengshan handed the task over to Yang Minghao.

Although it was just a small matter of delivering a letter, he couldn't even do such a small thing, let alone other things.

Yang Zhengshan saw what he was thinking, smiled and said, "Take a few days' rest. I have something important for you to do!"

It is normal for Yang Mingcheng to have such thoughts, after all, he is the eldest son.

Seeing that his younger brothers all followed their father and his second brother became an official, it would be strange if he didn't have any complaints in his heart.

In fact, Yang Mingcheng was already a very good person. Although he had some resentment in his heart, he had never thought of doing anything against his younger brothers.

When Yang Mingcheng heard that Yang Zhengshan had something for him to do, he immediately showed an honest smile.

"Don't worry, Dad. I will do it well!"

"Yeah!" Yang Zhengshan nodded.

Yang Mingcheng left, and Lin Zhan and Wang Yunqiao came over again.

These two people are his disciples, but he seems to be a somewhat irresponsible master. Since they came to the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan has not taught them much.

Yang Zhengshan looked at Lin Zhan and nodded with satisfaction, "Your body has become much stronger!"

Lin Zhan used to look a little thin, but now he is as strong as a calf, and his skin is much darker, which shows that he practices martial arts a lot.

"It's all thanks to Senior Brother for taking care of his disciples!" Lin Zhan did not forget to speak up for Yang Mingcheng.

Yang Zhengshan's lips curled up slightly, "Don't worry about studying, I will find a teacher for you in a while!"

He had no intention of stopping Lin Zhan from studying. Lin Zhan had some talent in studying. If he could take the imperial examination, Yang Zhengshan would be happy to see it happen.

Unfortunately, Lin Zhan didn't study well for most of the year.

As soon as the Yang family school was built, Lin Zhan brought him to Yinghe Fort.

However, Yang Zhengshan planned to open a school in Yinghe Fort, and it would be a university.

One was to educate the soldiers to read, and the other was to allow the children of military households to go to school.

Literacy is easy, just find a few educated people. But serious reading requires a serious teacher, at least a scholar.

"Disciple is not in a hurry!" Lin Zhan said softly.

He was really not in a hurry. Although his father hoped that he could become a scholar and pass the imperial examinations, he knew better that the Yang family had been very good to him, supporting him, teaching him martial arts, and willing to support his studies.

In this case, what else could he ask for?
He knows how to be grateful.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then looked at Wang Yunqiao and Wang Mingzhe in his arms.

"Hold it here and let me see it!"

Wang Yunqiao quickly carried Wang Mingzhe over.

It is really hard for this girl to take care of a young child when she is ten years old.

"Master!"

Wang Mingzhe is about the same age as Yang Qingwan, but he is much more lively than Yang Qingwan. When he saw Yang Zhengshan, he actually called him "Master". I guess it was Wang Yunqiao who taught him.

"What a good little guy!" Yang Zhengshan smiled kindly.

He acted very close to Wang Mingzhe in order to comfort Wang Yunqiao.

He can be more distant from his own grandson because he is still his grandson and they are related by blood.

But he couldn't distance himself from this little child, otherwise Wang Yunqiao would definitely feel uneasy.

Sure enough, seeing Yang Zhengshan being so close to his younger brother, Wang Yunqiao showed a bright smile on her face.

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The arrival of Yang Mingcheng and his group made Yang Zhengshan's surroundings much more lively.

However, Yinghe Fort is busy with its affairs now, and Yang Zhengshan has no time to enjoy family happiness. Well, he doesn't like this family happiness very much either.

He was never willing to admit that he was an old man.

Although in this world, one can call himself an old man at the age of forty, he has never called himself that.

The next day, Yang Minghao came back from Jianningwei and the family had a reunion dinner.

Yang Minghao stayed at home for one night and then hurried back to Jianning Wei.

Zhou Lan's training is also going on in full swing. As the main instructor, Yang Minghao has a heavy burden on his shoulders.

He didn't want to embarrass Yang Zhengshan, and he didn't want to leave Zhou Lan with the impression that he was incompetent.

So during this period of time he has been behaving well in front of Zhou Lan.

This also proves from the side that Yang Zhengshan's original decision was correct. Yang Mingzhi is more suitable to be an official than Yang Mingcheng and understands the pros and cons better.

As time goes by, the weather gradually turns cooler.

But the entire Yinghe Fort was a scene of bustling activity.

Inside the garrison, the repair and reconstruction work was gradually coming to an end. Inside the garrison, the first batch of soldiers in training had already become accustomed to the high-intensity training.

end of September.

Yang Chengze brought the first batch of refugees.

A total of 130 households and more than 400 people.

They were all ragged refugees.

Yang Chengze spent a lot of effort to recruit these refugees.

This year is a year of disaster. The people of Chongshan Town first experienced the invasion of the Hu cavalry, and then experienced a severe drought, which caused many people to be displaced.

Some people escaped the plundering of the Hu cavalry, but could not withstand the severe drought.

Yang Zhengshan arranged the first batch of refugees in Yinghe Fort. It happened that a lot of houses had just been built in Yinghe Fort, which could accommodate so many people.

With the sudden addition of more than a hundred households, Yinghe Fort immediately became much more lively.

When the refugees arrived at the garrison, they were first registered, given household registration, and allocated houses. Then they were allocated wasteland, farm tools, and food.

The temperature is not very low now, so they can still reclaim some wasteland before winter.

However, the yield from the newly reclaimed wasteland would definitely not be high, so Yang Zhengshan generously exempted them from taxes for one year.

In order to prevent these refugees from eating up the land, Yang Zhengshan asked Li Erhu to select a group of people from among the refugees to join the work of burning charcoal. At the same time, he also asked Old Li to take better care of these refugees and hire more people to raise horses, pigs and chickens.

After two busy days, Yang Zhengshan finally made proper arrangements for the refugees and finally had some free time to sit in his study and drink tea.

"Dad, you're looking for me!" Yang Mingcheng came to the study.

"Ok!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded, "It's almost time for you to rest."

"Dad, I rested well! I don't need to rest anymore!"

Yang Mingcheng is a man who cannot sit still. When his family was poor, he was responsible for the work in the fields. Later, Yang Zhengshan handed over the land to tenants for cultivation. He also could not sit still. He either went into the mountains to hunt or ran to the fields to help the tenants with work.

No, this honest child actually went to help the tenant with work.

And it's free help.

This made those tenants nervous for a long time, fearing that the Yang family would not rent the land to them.

The Yang family's fields had a good harvest this year, and Yang Mingcheng contributed partly to it.

Yang Zhengshan drank the tea in the tea bowl, stood up and said, "Come on, come with me for a walk!"

Afterwards, the two men walked out of the study and left the garrison on horseback.

(End of this chapter)