Chapter 91 This guy is so handsome!
"Bill, please!"

"okay!"

When the shopkeeper saw the books selected by Yang Zhengshan, his beard almost stood out from laughing.

Whether it is martial arts or military tactics, they are just some stocks in his possession.

With inventory like this, you may not even be able to sell one copy in a year.

I didn't expect to meet a stupid person today who actually bought six books at one time.

"Guest, move slowly!"

After leaving the bookstore, Yang Zhengshan went to the Medicine Pavilion and bought a hundred-year-old ginseng.

It was a full seven hundred taels of silver, and Yang Zhengshan was almost heartbroken to death.

Later, Yang Zhengshan bought some fine tea, furs and cloth.

"Damn it, you have to save more money in the future, otherwise you won't have money for New Year gifts!"

Yang Zhengshan secretly complained in his heart.

He spent more than one thousand taels of silver that day. If it weren't for the two thousand taels of thank-you silver from Master Lu, he really couldn't afford the gift.

He didn't care about Yang Mingcheng's preparations. After staying in the courtyard for another night, he would return to Yinghe Fort.

There is still half a month left until the Chinese New Year, which means he has to write a book on military strategy within half a month.

Time was running out, so Yang Zhengshan hurried back to Yinghe Fort and dived into the study.

At first he wanted to write a record of military training, but after thinking about it for a long time, he found that it was not easy to write a record of military training, and many things had to be carefully considered before they could be written.

Queues and battle formations, these trainings seem simple but are difficult to write about. The purpose and reason of each training must be explained.

If he had time, Yang Zhengshan could slowly ponder it and write it down sooner or later.

But he is in a hurry to give Zhou Lan a New Year gift, so there is definitely not enough time.

There was no other choice but for Yang Zhengshan to copy the Thirty-Six Strategies first.

"Thirty-Six Strategies" refers to thirty-six military strategies, which are divided into six sets: the first set is "Strategies for Winning Battles", the second set is "Strategies for Fighting the Enemy", the third set is "Strategies for Attacking Battles", the fourth set is "Strategies for Mixed Battles", the fifth set is "Strategies for Joint Battles", and the sixth set is "Strategies for Losing Battles".

The first three sets are strategies to be used when one is in an advantageous position, and the last three sets are strategies to be used when one is in a disadvantageous position. Each set contains six strategies, for a total of thirty-six strategies.

If you don’t think about some things, you feel like you can’t remember them all. But if you think about them every day, you will find that you can remember them all.

Yang Zhengshan racked his brains for five days and finally remembered all the Thirty-Six Strategies.

Then he wrote it down according to his memory and modified the inappropriate parts.

The reason why it was written instead of copied was because Yang Zhengshan was unable to write down every word from memory, so he could only rewrite it according to his own ideas and language.

As for the inappropriate parts, such as Besiege Wei to Save Zhao, there were no Wei and Zhao in history, so where did Besiege Wei to Save Zhao come from?

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and changed the strategy of besieging Wei to saving Zhao to besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements.

There are certain similarities between the two. Even if there are differences, they were both written by him. Whatever he says is true, it is true. There will definitely be no one in this world who can refute him.

There are not many words in the Thirty-Six Strategies. Yang Zhengshan only took two days to complete the first draft, and then spent another three days to carefully consider and revise it before finally completing it into a book.

The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Yang Zhengshan went to Jianning Wei with his own book "Thirty-Six Strategies" and two large carts of gifts.

It's the end of the year and Zhou Lan is still very busy.

Busy with training troops, busy with handling military affairs, and also busy with sending New Year gifts.

However, Zhou Lan did not need to deliver the New Year gifts in person, she only needed to arrange for servants to run errands.

After Yang Zhengshan arrived at Jianning Wei, he did not go to see Zhou Lan first, but went to Zhao Yuan first.

Zhao Yuan has a large courtyard in Jianning Wei, and he can live with Zhao Yuan temporarily.

After settling down, Yang Zhengshan started his visiting journey.

Jianning Guard had one commander, two deputy commanders, three assistant commanders, and two pacifiers.

In addition to these, there are also garrison offices and inspectorates.

Yang Zhengshan gave a New Year gift to every official with a name and surname.

None of them were expensive items, just a pound of tea, two furs that looked good, and a few pieces of silk bought from Luo's Cloth Shop.

Depending on the rank of the official, the amount of annual gifts given may increase or decrease.

Yang Zhengshan didn't want to please these officials. He just wanted to show his kindness and let them know that he didn't ignore them.

As for whether the other party is satisfied with the New Year gift, that depends on one's own opinion.

Even though he was not satisfied, Yang Zhengshan had no choice. This was all he had, and he couldn't let him go bankrupt.

The key point is that even if he loses all his money, people may not necessarily appreciate him.

In fact, many officials did not care about his annual gifts, and did not even come out to see him, but just asked their servants to send him away.

Those with a better attitude would prepare a gift for Yang Zhengshan to take away, while those with a worse attitude would just say, "My master knows about it."

The fickleness of human nature is fully reflected at this time.

In two days, Yang Zhengshan visited all the officials of Jianning Guard and met many of them.

For example, Zhong Luan, the commander of Jianning Guard, and Mu Qiu, the garrison commander of Ningzhou City.

These two probably knew that Yang Zhengshan was Zhou Lan's man, so they treated Yang Zhengshan quite well. Not only did they meet him in person, they also gave him a gift in return.

After everything else had been taken care of, Yang Zhengshan went to the Lieutenant General's Mansion to meet Zhou Lan.

Inside the shogunate, Yang Zhengshan followed an attendant into the main hall.

But when he stepped through the door, he paused slightly.

Because Zhou Lan was not the only one in the main hall, there was also a middle-aged man in his thirties. This man was wearing a loose Confucian robe, with a handsome face and a gentle and elegant temperament.

He sat below Zhou Lan, with a smile on his face as warm as spring breeze.

When he saw him, Yang Zhengshan suddenly had a feeling that he didn't know how to describe.

This guy is so handsome!
Yes, it’s handsome!

Yang Zhengshan thinks he is also a handsome uncle, especially after his beard became thick and neatly trimmed, giving him a sense of "a clean man with a thick beard, walking gracefully in the government office and slowly moving toward the palace."

But the man in front of him was different. He had a face like jade, eyebrows like swords, pupils like ink, a thin body, and a handsome look.

jealous!

Yes.

Stunning and curious.

There are also.

But more of it is vigilance.

That's right, be vigilant.

With just one glance, Yang Zhengshan knew that this was a master.

Although the other party was just sitting there quietly, he gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.

Although he looked gentle and refined, he felt that he was more like an unsheathed sword.

The edge is restrained and the murderous intent is hidden.

However, Zhou Lan was here, and although Yang Zhengshan felt that this person was dangerous, he just paused and stepped into the main hall.

"Your subordinate greets General Zhou!"

He clasped his fists in salute.

"No need to be so polite, Lord Yang. This is my brother. He came all the way from Kyoto to see me." Zhou Lan seemed to be in a bad mood, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Of course, this dissatisfaction was definitely not directed at Yang Zhengshan, as Yang Zhengshan did not provoke him.

Brother?

Yang Zhengshan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately understood the identity of this person.

Zhou Lan is the legitimate daughter of the Ningguo Mansion, and her brother is one of the masters of the Ningguo Mansion.

He also inquired about the situation in the Ningguo Mansion. After all, Zhou Lan was his right hand, so there were some things he needed to know.

The current Duke of Ningguo, Zhou Mao, Zhou Lan's father, serves as the Left Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commission, in charge of the Beijing Camp, and is conferred the title of Prince Grand Tutor.

Zhou Mao had four sons. The eldest son died in battle in the northwest in his early years. The second and third sons were both illegitimate sons and served in the army. The remaining one was Zhou Xu, the prince of Ningguo Mansion.

The person in front of me should be Zhou Xu!
"Your humble servant, Yang Zhengshan, the defense officer of Yinghe Fort, pays his respects to the Crown Prince!" Yang Zhengshan saluted Zhou Xu again with his fists clasped.

Darong's titles were all honorary titles, meaning he had no fiefdom but only granted land.

"No need to be so polite!" Zhou Xu looked at Yang Zhengshan very gently and raised his hand to signal.

Zhou Lan didn't care about his attitude and just asked Yang Zhengshan, "What are you doing here?"

"As the year draws to a close, I have prepared a small gift for the general!" Yang Zhengshan said bluntly.

"Gifts!" Zhou Lan blinked and looked at him strangely, "Anything good?"

Giving New Year gifts is the most common thing in official circles, and everyone is used to it.

Of course, some people will use this opportunity to make a lot of money or bribe their superiors.

Zhou Lan is not a greedy person, and she doesn't care about any gifts.

During this period, she received a lot of holiday gifts and gave out a lot of them, all of which were just social interactions.

However, he was very curious about Yang Zhengshan's small gift, because she knew Yang Zhengshan's family background very well, and you knew she had been to Yangjia Village.

With the Yang family's wealth, what good things could they give her?

"Well, it's nothing good. It's just a token of my appreciation!"

What could Yang Zhengshan say? Although the gift included the military strategy he had carefully prepared, he couldn't brag about how powerful his copied military strategy was.

As he spoke, Yang Zhengshan handed the gift list to Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan glanced over and glanced at other things. She didn't pay much attention to even the hundred-year-old ginseng.

But she still saw the "Thirty-Six Strategies" on the gift list.

"Thirty-six strategies!"

"What is this?"

Yang Zhengshan waved to Yang Minghao outside the door, and Yang Minghao immediately came in happily holding a wooden box.

After handing the wooden box to Zhou Lan, Zhou Liu curiously opened it and took out a thin booklet from it.

She flipped through the booklet, and at first she was just curious, then she was stunned, and finally her face was filled with shock.

As a general born in the Ningguo Mansion, Zhou Lan had been reading military books since she was a child. She had read countless military books, but she was sure that she had never read this book "Thirty-Six Strategies".

She was even more shocked by the strategies in the book.

The Thirty-Six Strategies are based on the theory of the changes of yin and yang in the Book of Changes and the ideas of ancient military strategists on the mutual transformation of opposing relationships such as hardness and softness, odd and even, attack and defense, self and others, reality and illusion, host and guest, labor and rest, success and failure, high and low, life and death.

Each strategy reflects superb wisdom and tactical skills. It is formulated based on comprehensive consideration of the actual situation, the enemy's situation, changes in the situation and other factors, and is highly practical and operational.

"Where did this come from?"

In just a quarter of an hour, Zhou Lan finished reading the entire booklet. In fact, she just glanced through it without thinking about it carefully, but even so, she could still see the extraordinary aspects of this military book.

(End of this chapter)