Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 76: Chapter 75 The Changes of the Yang Family Chapter 76: Chapter 75 The Changes of the Yang Family Additionally, Yang Zhengxiang also mentioned a piece of joyous news—the Yang Family produced three more Martial Artists. They were all young adults who trained with Yang Zhenshan initially.

These youngsters had all consumed diluted Spiritual Spring Water; even though it was diluted, they drank it for over a month. It was not surprising that some of them became Martial Artists.

Yang Zhenshan did the math; currently, of the ten young men following him, six had become Martial Artists. Together with Yang Mingcheng, Yang Mingzhi, and Yang Mingwu, plus himself, that made ten Martial Artists.

In other words, the Yang Family now boasted fourteen Martial Artists.

In just one year, the Yang Family saw more than ten new Martial Artists emerge, which probably had Yang Zhengxiang ecstatic.

But this also indirectly proved the importance of resources.

Spiritual Spring Water was not a defiance of the natural order; its greatest effect was merely to enhance physical constitution and increase potential.

By comparison, many treasures in the world had effects surpassing those of Spiritual Spring Water. Those major families with hundreds of years of heritage possessed resources that could not be compared to the Spiritual Spring Water.

Of course, the Spiritual Spring Water also had its advantages. Its efficacy lay in boosting potential—long-term consumption could transform even a useless person into a genius Martial Artist.

This was where the Spiritual Spring Water truly defied nature.

Now that the Yang Family had so many Martial Artists, they counted as a significant clan in Anning County. Although they were still not the Lu family, they could not be underestimated in Anning County.

It was no wonder that Luo Jin, the County Magistrate of Anning County, was already courting the Yang Family.

Yang Zhengxiang’s letter mentioned that Luo Jin intended to offer Yang Mingcheng the position of Inspector.

Inspector, a Standard Ninth Rank government role.

Initially, Yang Zhenshan had aimed for an Inspector position, but due to insufficient strength and foundation, he had to give up that ambition.

Now, Luo Jin was offering the position to Yang Mingcheng on his own initiative, a sign of respect for Yang Zhenshan and acknowledgement of the Yang Family’s rising potential.

After reading the letter, Yang Zhenshan pondered for a while and then began to write a response.

Regarding Yang Mingcheng taking the position of Inspector, Yang Zhenshan felt it was better to decline.

He had his own plans for Yang Mingcheng.

Yang Mingcheng was his eldest son, and in this feudal society, the firstborn son had inherent advantages and significance.

Despite Yang Mingcheng’s overly honest character, Yang Zhenshan still valued this eldest son greatly.

Therefore, he would not let Yang Mingcheng stay in Anning County indefinitely; once his own situation improved, he certainly planned to bring Yang Mingcheng over.

As for the Inspector position, since Luo Jin was inclined to offer it, Yang Zhenshan would naturally not refuse.

He had Yang Zhengxiang’s eldest son, Yang Minghui, in mind for the role.

Yang Minghui was already a Martial Artist and qualified for the Inspector position. Plus, Yang Zhengxiang was getting on in years, and the Yang Family needed a young Clan Leader for the future—Yang Minghui was undeniably the best choice.

Beyond these matters, Yang Zhenshan also detailed the situation in Chongshan Town and beyond the pass, especially regarding the drought.

Anning County had been affected by the drought, with this year’s rainfall being less than usual, albeit not severely so.

Yang Zhenshan’s main intention was for the Yang Family to save this year’s harvested grains for future needs or to possibly make some profit.

Chongshan Town was impacted by the drought, leading to reduced yields in the fields; the price of grain was sure to rise after the spring of the following year.

He was not aiming to make a large profit out of this situation, merely to increase the income of the Yang Family members.

If he had wanted to enrich himself, he could have simply bought up some grain.

Such unscrupulous actions were beyond what he could bring himself to do.

“Pass this letter to the Lu family’s caravan and have them bring it back!”

After writing the letter, Yang Zhenshan sealed it and handed it to Yang Minghao.

Once Yang Minghao had left, Yang Zhenshan got up and returned to his bedroom, sinking his mind into the Spiritual Spring Space.

At this moment, the vegetables in the Spiritual Spring Space had grown, and Yang Zhenshan wondered how to deal with these vegetables.

Bring them out?

It didn’t seem like a good idea.

He couldn’t find an appropriate reason.

Pulling them all out wouldn’t be too good either, it would be too wasteful.

He had already prepared the medicinal herb seeds, and up next, he needed to plant herbs, so the vegetables definitely couldn’t stay.

The medicinal herb seeds he prepared came in many varieties, each in small quantities, but the diversity was a strength.

To collect these medicinal herb seeds, he had spent quite a lot of effort.

Moreover, it wasn’t just the seeds; he also collected some books on cultivating medicinal herbs.

For his first cultivation of medicinal herbs, his goal wasn’t to make money, but to reserve seeds.

As the Spiritual Spring Space would continue to expand, with more and more land available for cultivation, he couldn’t always be collecting seeds from the outside world; self-sufficiency was the best way.

Looking at the lush expanse of vegetables, Yang Zhenshan pondered for a moment before starting to harvest them.

After spending half an hour, he finally cleared all the vegetables, then hitched a cart to an ox and set off from Linguan Castle alone.

The fresh vegetables definitely shouldn’t go to waste, especially since many were irrigated with Spiritual Spring Water – he simply couldn’t bear to waste them.

After wandering outside Linguan Castle for two hours, Yang Zhenshan put all the vegetables on the ox cart, and then pulled them all back to Linguan Castle.

He would consider these vegetables as his purchase.

As for how to explain it.

“Dad, why did you buy so many vegetables?” Yang Mingzhi, seeing him pulling a cart of vegetables back, asked curiously.

“Picked them up along the road!”

Explain my ass.

I’m your dad, do I need to explain to you?

As for others, at most they would just find it strange, could they come and question him about it?

Yang Mingzhi blinked, looking at Yang Zhenshan, he always felt his old man had secrets, but since dad wouldn’t say, he didn’t dare to ask more.

“Hand these vegetables to the kitchen and we’ll eat them gradually!”

Yang Zhenshan handed the ox cart to Yang Mingzhi and swaggered back to his study.

In the Yang family, he was the head of the household; in Linguan Castle, he was the boss.

Why should he explain himself to anyone?

Besides, he would only do this once, and would not engage in such activities again. Even if someone found it strange, they would forget about it in a few days.

The vegetables harvested from the Spiritual Spring Space were truly delicious, even those not irrigated with Spiritual Spring Water were somewhat tastier than ordinary vegetables.

At noon, Yang Mingwu and the others were especially enthusiastic about their meal, each eating two more bowls of rice than usual.

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Another two days passed, and rumors within the pass city intensified.

And at this critical juncture, people from the Capital City arrived.

It wasn’t just a few people, nor several dozen or a hundred, but a force of five thousand elite cavalry.

A full five thousand elite cavalry, all clad in Iron Armor, even more elite than the Cavalry from the Left Camp.

When the five thousand elite cavalry appeared at the foot of Chongshan Pass City, the entire city fell silent.

Yang Zhenshan didn’t know who the visitors were, but from the looks of it, Chongshan Town was surely on the brink of momentous change.

Just as he expected, in the following days, the officialdom of the pass city was shaken up in quick succession.

First, governor Sun Xincheng was removed from his post, toppled for charges of corruption and dereliction of duty.

Speaking of which, Sun Xincheng had been as good as invisible in Chongshan Town; in theory, he was the highest official of the town, yet he always kept a low profile and was often overlooked.

However, this time he was indeed the first high-ranking official to be dismissed, which indicated that he had done much in the shadows.

The second one dealt with was Zhang Shouwang, but instead of being dismissed, he was transferred back to the Capital City.

The third one dealt with was Zhang Yude, also transferred back to the Capital City. As for the specifics, Yang Zhenshan was not clear about them; after all, even if he wanted to know, he had no way of finding out.