Chapter 95 Jiang He and his wife arrive
"Well, she doesn't need to say anything!"

Yang Zhengshan stopped Song from teaching his daughter to speak, and looked up at the four maids beside him.

These maids were all from the military households in Chongshan Town who were having trouble making ends meet and were working as pimps on their own. They were all between twelve and fifteen years old.

As for their names, they are all derogatory names like Daya, Erya, and Sanya.

Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to give them a name.

"Spring brings a hundred flowers, autumn brings the moon, summer brings cool breezes and winter brings snow. If you have nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world."

"From now on, the four of you will be called Spring Flower, Autumn Moon, Summer Wind, and Winter Snow!"

This is a verse that Yang Zhengshan liked very much in his previous life, and it just happened to be useful today.

"Thank you for the name, sir!" The four little maids hurriedly bowed to express their gratitude.

Yang Zhengshan nodded and began to arrange tasks for the servants.

"Wu Hai is the housekeeper, Ding Qiu is the guard, and from now on you two will stay by my side!"

"Yes!" the two responded quickly, and at the same time they felt relieved.

"Wu Da follows the eldest, Wu Er follows the second, and Ding Cheng follows the third!"

"Li and Chunhua follow the first lady, Song and Qiuyue follow the second lady, Xiafeng follows the young lady, and Dongxue follows Yunqiao!"

"Ding Lu follows Lin Zhan!"

Yang Zhengshan is very good at making good use of his people. Everyone has his own job and no one is idle.

"Master, I don't need it!" Lin Zhan stood up and said somewhat uncomfortably.

The Yang family provided him with food, clothing, education, and martial arts instruction, for which he was already very grateful. How could he dare to expect to have servants ordering him around?

"Master, I don't need it either!" Wang Yunqiao also said.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly. "They are still young and can't do much. They can stay by your side as servants or help you with chores!"

"In addition, all servants of the Yang family must be literate and must practice martial arts with their masters!"

"Whoever has it, should teach it himself!"

"Okay, it's settled. Whoever gets it can take it away!"

"You two follow me!"

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan ignored everyone and took Wu Hai and Ding Qiu back to the main hall.

He asked about Ding Qiu's situation and after learning that Ding Qiu practiced swordsmanship, he gave him a long sword.

As for Wu Hai, he is so old that even if he practices now, he cannot become a warrior, so Yang Zhengshan does not force him.

After giving a few brief instructions, Yang Zhengshan let them familiarize themselves with the environment first.

With this group of servants, the house seemed a lot more lively, and Wang Shi also felt a lot more relaxed.

But at the same time, the Yang family's expenses also increased a lot.

The master is responsible for the servants' food, clothing, housing and transportation, and Yang Zhengshan also has to pay them monthly wages.

Fortunately, the horse farm has now grown to a certain scale, and Yang Zhengshan is not short of money.

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In the following days, Yang Zhengshan focused his energy on military training, while he was also compiling his own "Records of Military Training".

Time has unknowingly arrived and it is the 28th day of the first lunar month.

There was a lot of noise on the riverside training ground outside Yinghe Fort.

The four-month training is coming to an end. A total of 873 people have participated in this training. All of them have completed the basic training, while some people have not yet completed the actual combat training and battle formation training.

However, this does not affect the martial arts competition, because only warriors can participate in the competition.

If you are not a warrior, there is no point in participating.

In fact, this martial arts competition was very simple, with only twenty-three participants in total.

Yang Zhengshan promised twenty official positions. As for the remaining three people, Yang Zhengshan would not let them down and would arrange a general flag position for them.

There are more than a thousand people, but only about twenty warriors. Yang Zhengshan is unwilling to waste such talents.

The martial arts competition lasted for two hours. The onlookers were very excited, but in Yang Zhengshan's eyes, they were like chicks pecking at rice.

With his current vision and cultivation, warriors below the acquired level are not worth mentioning at all.

The competition ended with the winners of cavalry and infantry being Song Dashan and Ren Sheng respectively.

Song Dashan was originally a scout. Although he had been silent for more than ten years, he has been following Yang Zhengshan recently and drinking a lot of spiritual spring water. Now his cultivation has reached the peak of the level of refining strength, and is no worse than Yang Mingwu.

As for Ren Sheng, he is a young man in his early twenties with a cultivation level of Yi Gu. Although his strength is not outstanding, he is already considered a master in the four forts including Yinghe Fort and Sanshan Fort.

In accordance with the previous promise, Yang Zhengshan granted Song Dashan and Ren Sheng the title of centurion. In addition, he also appointed two trial centurions, namely Qian Yunhe and Sun Yuan.

The remaining participants were all appointed as general flag bearers.

Song Dashan will still stay by Yang Zhengshan's side, and the hundred cavalrymen he leads will serve as Yang Zhengshan's personal guards.

Qian Yunhe was also a scout, about thirty years old, with a mature and steady personality. Yang Zhengshan arranged him under the command of Yang Mingwu, and he was led by Yang Mingwu.

There were three hundred cavalrymen, and the remaining one hundred cavalrymen were given by Yang Zhengshan to Yang Mingzhi, who was appointed as a centurion and led by Yang Mingzhi.

Yang Qinwu is too young, so Yang Mingzhi can help him manage his soldiers.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan selected three people from the Yang family around him and appointed them as centurions, and the rest were all brought with him.

Although all of these Yang family members were brought up by him from Yangjia Village at the same time, everyone had different talents and abilities, so Yang Zhengshan assigned them different positions.

For example, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu and Yang Chengche, they have different personalities, but they all have certain management capabilities, so Yang Zhengshan let them serve as garrison officers and regarded them as his most important team.

As for the others, some also have management skills, while others are not good at speaking but have good talent in martial arts. Such people cannot lead troops, but can go a long way in martial arts.

Yang Zhengshan will not be partial to them, but will make the best use of them and let them play to their respective strengths.

The tournament is over, but the training is not.

Although the 300 cavalrymen were formed, their riding skills were still not elite.

But he still remembered that Zhou Lan had promised him that if he could train 300 elite cavalrymen, Zhou Lan would give him 300 war horses.

Compared with infantry, Yang Zhengshan naturally prefers cavalry.

So he is still urging his soldiers to train hard.

The thirtieth day of the first lunar month.

Jiang He, Yang Yunyan and little Jiang Ning came to Yinghe Fort.

"The daughter kowtows to her father!" "The son-in-law pays homage to the father-in-law!"

In the backyard of the government office, as soon as the couple saw Yang Zhengshan, they kowtowed three times, and Yang Zhengshan tried to stop them but failed.

"Hurry up, hurry up, why are you kowtowin' for no reason!"

Yang Zhengshan helped Jiang He up, and Yang Yunyan also stood up holding the child.

After looking her up and down, Yang Zhengshan saw that Yang Yunyan had a rosy face and a plump body, and then he nodded with satisfaction.

He still missed this adopted daughter very much. Although Yang Yunxue had always been by his side, he always remembered that the first new clothes he wore when he came into this world were made by Yang Yunyan.

That was the first time he felt filial piety from his daughter. Well, although he didn't want this filial piety at the time, he still felt warm.

"This is Xiao Ning'er, come and let grandpa hug you!"

Yang Zhengshan took the child from Yang Yunyan's arms.

The little guy is more than ten months old, fair and tender, and looks particularly cute.

"Come on, call grandpa!"

Yang Zhengshan teased the little baby.

Unfortunately, the boy was too disrespectful and started to cry.

This made Yang Zhengshan at a loss.

Why did he feel that he was not liked by the little kid?

In the past, Yang Qingwan would cry when he hugged her, and so did Wang Mingzhe later, and now Jiang Ning is still crying.

Well, and the little grandson who was less than a month old didn’t want to be held by him.

But it seems to be better when you grow up a little.

Now Yang Qingwan and Wang Mingzhe no longer dislike him, and they even like to pester him very much.

Yang Yunyan took the child and coaxed him for a long time before he calmed down.

"Dad, Ning'er is shy." Yang Yunyan said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's okay, your little nephew is the same. He starts crying when I hug him!" Yang Zhengshan was still full of resentment.

He felt that he was a very kind person, uh, a kind old man, who should be very popular with children.

"Grandpa, I won't cry, Grandpa hold me!"

At this moment, Yang Chengmao ran over and stretched out his hands for a hug.

The resentment on Yang Zhengshan's face immediately disappeared, and he picked up the little guy with a smile.

"Everyone, sit down and talk!"

The main room is very big and can easily accommodate more than a dozen people.

However, Jiang He sat very stiffly, his body seemed to be stretched by a string, and he could not move at all.

Although this is his father-in-law's home, his current father-in-law is different from the previous one.

He used to be afraid of his father-in-law, thinking that he had a bad temper, but now he is not only afraid, but also terrified.

My father-in-law has become an official, and his aura is different from before. He has so many soldiers under his command and so many servants at home.

I don’t know whether my father-in-law is satisfied with this cheap son-in-law. What should I do if he is not satisfied?
Thinking about what his father and brother had told him when he came here, Jiang He's heart began to beat wildly.

Yang Zhengshan also noticed Jiang He's nervousness, but he didn't care. He first asked about the Jiang family's situation and chatted about family matters, and then got down to business.

"Your eldest brother has already prepared a yard for you next door. You can live next door for the time being!"

The backyard of the government office was already full, so it was not appropriate for Jiang He and his wife to live there.

However, there are still several empty courtyards in the garrison, so there is no need to worry about having no place to live.

"If you need anything, tell your big brother. Don't be polite to him!"

"Dad, I know!" Yang Yunyan responded obediently.

"Well, Jiang He!" Yang Zhengshan looked at Jiang He.

"Ah, Dad!" Jiang He came back to his senses.

"From now on, you will stay with your eldest brother and take care of the family business. You will receive ten taels of salary every month!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"And there's monthly payment! Dad, no need. We're all helping our family, so we don't need monthly payment!" Jiang He refused without even thinking.

"How are you going to support the family in the future without the monthly salary? It would be fine if you don't want it, but do you want my daughter to suffer?" Yang Zhengshan said angrily.

The Yang family does not have much property. Apart from more than a hundred acres of land in Anning County, they only have a horse farm.

However, Yang Zhengshan was not short of money. He bought a batch of mares and foals for the horse farm. Those foals could be exchanged for a lot of money if they were raised for a year or two.

Raising horses with spiritual spring water is enough to make the Yang family rich, so Yang Zhengshan is not worried about money at all now.

The reason for giving Jiang Heyue money was to save Jiang He's face. After all, he was a son-in-law, not a son.

If it was a son, Yang Zhengshan would naturally not need to say much and would just give his son that much.

"I understand!" Jiang He replied with his head down.

"Well, now that you have left the village, you can no longer just think about farming and hunting. You should learn to read and practice martial arts!"

"Yunyan, you can't abandon your martial arts!"

"Jiang He, you are not that old. Although it is a little late to practice now, you can still become a warrior."

Yang Zhengshan continued.

"Dad, my daughter will practice hard in the future!"

"So is my son-in-law!"

The two also knew that Yang Zhengshan meant well, but at the same time they felt a lot of pressure.

There is no need to say much about Jiang He. Yang Yunyan also felt a heavy pressure in her heart.

Her brothers and sisters will all become warriors in the future, and even have a bright future, but what about her?
I can't always be a village woman!

Before she had a child, she didn't think much of it, but after she had a child, she also had to make plans for the child.

Not only did she practice cultivation herself, she also urged her husband to do so.

In this way, Jiang He and his wife settled down in Yinghe Fort.

(End of this chapter)