Chapter 277 Development Plan
The relationship between Wu Zhan and Yu Lu soon came to a conclusion. Yu Lu knew Wu Zhan, and she did not refuse to marry him.

Although she was not familiar with Wu Zhan, she knew that Wu Zhan was a good person.

Being a good person is enough. There is no good person card here.

For Yu Lu, having a home is a blessing.

It was her luck to come to the Yang family, it was her luck to meet Yu Qingyi, and it was also her luck to marry Wu Zhan.

What she desired most was not wealth or fame, but a peaceful home.

"I bow to thank you, Madam!"

Inside the main hall, Yu Lu knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.

Before meeting Yang Zhengshan, she was filled with despair. At that time, she seemed to have seen her tragic fate in the future, becoming a plaything of some big shot.

When she saw Yang Zhengshan, she felt even more desperate because she felt that her tragic fate was about to begin.

However, after arriving at the Yang family, the despair in her heart gradually faded away. Yang Zhengshan's indifference to her was her hope.

Later, Yu Qingyi married Yang Zhengshan, who handed her over to Yu Qingyi, and she seemed to have ushered in a new life.

There is no more despair in my heart, I just want peace.

In the past few years, she has lived a peaceful life in the Yang family.

And now, she is about to get married.

She felt even more eager in her heart.

The desire for a home of one's own.

"Hurry up and get up!" Yu Qingyi helped her up and said softly, "Since you are willing, I will be your matchmaker!"

"Wu Zhan is my junior fellow apprentice. He seems to be a slacker and unserious person on weekdays, but don't worry, he is definitely a family-oriented person!"

Yu Qingyi said, and took out Yu Lu's indenture contract, "From now on, you are a free person, and you will enter as the legal wife!"

"Thank you, ma'am!" Yu Lu shed two lines of tears. She was happy.

Once they both agreed, the rest was easy.

As the senior sister and mistress, Yu Qingyi naturally took charge of the wedding of the two personally.

However, before the two got married, Yu Qingyi had to take care of another wedding, which was the wedding of Song Hao and Wang Yunqiao.

Song Hao and Wang Yunqiao have been engaged for a long time. This year Wang Yunqiao is turning sixteen, so the wedding date should be put on the agenda.

However, Yang Zhengshan doesn't need to worry about these things. Yu Qingyi is in charge of all the household affairs, so he still focuses on his official duties.

On the third day after the first batch of cotton cloth arrived, the second batch of cotton cloth also arrived at Tenglongwei.

The two batches of cotton cloth greatly alleviated Tenglongwei's demand for cotton cloth, and the cotton cloth was soon distributed to the military households.

Looking at the brand new cotton cloth, the military households felt more identified with Yang Zhengshan, the new commander.

Although Yang Zhengshan has only been in office for two months, the lives of the military households have shown many differences since his arrival.

It was the first time for them to receive food distributed by the yamen, the first time for them to receive cotton cloth from the yamen, and the first time for them to experience the attention and care from the yamen.

Food, cotton cloth, reinforced houses, building igloos, one by one, made all the military households feel a different kind of care.

It also made them have more respect and feelings for Yang Zhengshan.

The military households of Tenglong Guard can be divided into three parts. The first part is the military households of the former Tenglong Vanguard. They used to have the best life, at least they had no problem with food and clothing. But don't expect the Lan family to be generous to them. In the eyes of the Lan family, they are actually no different from those slaves.

The second part is the servants of the Lan family. These servants are now most grateful to Yang Zhengshan because Yang Zhengshan eliminated their slavery. This alone is enough to make them grateful to Yang Zhengshan.

The third part is the military households of the other three guards. They used to have the hardest life. Although they were military households, their life was worse than those of the slaves.

In fact, no matter which group it was, Yang Zhengshan treated everyone equally, and distributed food and cotton cloth according to households.

It is precisely for this reason that these three types of people are extremely grateful to Yang Zhengshan, the new commander.

However, some people are dissatisfied with Yang Zhengshan, including those officials who were dismissed by Yang Zhengshan.

However, they were simply unable to fight against Yang Zhengshan and were full of awe for him, so they could only hide their dissatisfaction in their hearts and dared not show it at all.

Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to pay attention to them. As time went by, these officials had completely lost their effectiveness. He was now at most an ordinary citizen of the Acropolis.

As for transferring them away from Tenglong Guard, that is even more impossible. Yang Zhengshan will not care about them, and the Central Army Governor's Office will pay even less attention to them.

In the study, Yang Zhengshan is planning next year's plan.

Now the framework of Tenglong Guard has been established, and the military households of each guard and each thousand-household unit have been deployed. All that is left is for them to get familiar with each other, and the guard office and each thousand-household unit will be able to operate normally.

Although there is still a month and a half before the New Year, Yang Zhengshan has no plans to do anything before the New Year. The main reason is that the military households of Tenglongwei have been poor for a long time and cannot afford any hardship. They need time to recuperate.

After the New Year, Yang Zhengshan planned to make drastic changes to Tenglongwei.

The first step is to provide money and food. Money and food are the foundation of everything. With food in hand, there is no need to panic. Only when the military households have enough money and food can they truly make changes.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan would not give the money and food for free. He planned to hire military households to build the Weicheng and Qianhu Suo, which was simply to use work in lieu of relief.

Construction of the house should start at the end of February and end at the end of March so as not to delay the spring ploughing in April.

It may take almost a month to complete all the construction tasks, but it doesn’t matter. After the spring plowing is over, we can continue to hire soldiers to continue the construction.

The second thing is to improve the efficiency and harvest of the military households' farming. The efficiency can be improved by making more farm tools and allocating more oxen, and the harvest of the farming can be increased by increasing farmyard manure.

Farm tools need to be made by blacksmiths and carpenters, which require iron ore.

Iron ore is easy to get. As the commander of Tenglongwei, Yang Zhengshan can purchase or apply for iron ore from the Dusi Yamen.

Blacksmiths and carpenters are also easy to find. Tenglongwei doesn't have them, but the Anyuan City Garrison Office has them.

When Yang Zhengshan was in Anyuan City, he trained many blacksmiths and carpenters, and the garrison office even had a production line for manufacturing weapons and armor.

Although he could not turn the blacksmiths and carpenters of Anyuan City into craftsmen of Tenglongwei, he could borrow them for a period of time, and he believed that Han Cheng would not refuse.

As for the oxen, there is no good way to deal with them. We can only spend money to buy them. Luo Shang has already disposed of the Yang family’s oxen, so we can just buy some more now.

There is no shortage of oxen in Chongshan Town now, and the price of oxen is much cheaper.

So now is a good time to buy oxen.

As for farmyard manure, it is actually a method of using plants to make compost. It was not thought up by Yang Zhengshan, but proposed by a tenant servant of Yang Family Farm.

However, after the tenant servant brought up the issue, Yang Zhengshan also added some opinions.

The method is very simple, which is to ferment rotten grass and wood mixed with feces.

Because there was too little manure, both military households and farmers were in great shortage of farmyard manure.

However, if weeds, leaves and other plants can be used for composting, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the amount of farmyard manure.

In fact, this method is not uncommon, and some people still use this method, but no one has summarized it or promoted it, resulting in these fertilizer composting methods being circulated only in a small range.

Last year, Yang Zhengshan had already promoted it at Yang’s farm, and the effect of the promotion was very good, with the harvest increasing by almost 10%.

Now that he has come to Tenglongwei, he naturally wants to promote this method.

The third thing is military training, which includes the manufacture of weapons and armor, the purchase of war horses, the training of soldiers and so on.

The forging of weapons and armor and the purchase of war horses can be prepared now, but the training of soldiers must wait until the spring plowing is over.

These three things can be interspersed or carried out simultaneously, and each plan should be carried out in full swing.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and felt that there were still many things to do before the New Year.

The first thing is to purchase iron ore. Whether it is for making farm tools or weapons, a large amount of iron ore is needed.

The second thing is to buy oxen. You can also go to Chongshan Town to buy them first. You can’t wait until tomorrow when spring ploughing starts to happen. Buying them at that time may delay things.

As for the war horses, there is no need to rush. Even if you buy them early, you won't be able to use them. The key is to raise them. Tenglongwei doesn't have so many stables to raise horses, so it won't be too late to buy them after the stables are built.

Other things can also be prepared in advance. First, send someone to talk to Han Cheng and ask him to select a group of blacksmiths and carpenters, and then have these blacksmiths and carpenters come over after the New Year.

Yang Zhengshan wrote down each thing on paper, and since many of them were things he thought of at the last minute, his writing was very messy.

Of course, he also missed a lot of things, but it didn't matter. He would remember them if he thought about them a few more times. Even if he couldn't remember, after he listed the general plan, his subordinates would help him think about it.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was wondering if there was anything missing, Wu Zhan hurried into the study.

"Master, something happened!" Wu Zhan said in an anxious voice.

Yang Zhengshan raised his head and asked in surprise: "What happened?"

What could happen?

It seems that nothing serious can happen to Tenglongwei now.

Wu Zhan's face was not looking good. "Our third batch of cotton cloth was robbed!"

Yang Zhengshan frowned.

There were three batches of cotton cloth. The first batch was brought back by Wu Zhan himself, the second batch was also shipped over three days ago, and the third batch should be shipped over in the next two days.

He had previously thought that once the third batch of cotton cloth arrived, the problem of cotton-padded clothes and quilts for the military households would be solved.

I didn't expect to be robbed!
"Who robbed it?"

"Yuheng swordsman Huang Yifu!" Wu Zhan said in a deep voice.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him in confusion, not understanding who this Huang Yifu he was talking about was.

"Master, have you ever heard of the Xingyue Sect?" Wu Zhan asked.

"I've heard of it. It is said that the Xingyue Sect is a very large underworld force."

Today, Yang Zhengshan is no longer a newbie who knows nothing about the martial arts world. He has heard of many forces in the martial arts world, and Yu Qingyi often tells him about things in the martial arts world.

(End of this chapter)