Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Yang Zhenshan was taken aback.

He had not expected Yu Qingyi to be making clothes for him.

But he quickly regained his composure, a warm smile unconsciously appearing on his face.

”You may all leave now!”

He sent the maid and the young girl away.

Yu Qingyi felt somewhat uncomfortable.

”Sit down,” Yang Zhenshan smiled and said, ”Continue your work, let me try it once you’re done!”

Having someone willing to make clothes for him was a good thing.

His clothing previously, aside from ready-made ones bought from outside, were all made by Yunyan and Yunxue.

Daughters making clothes for dad was very common, but a woman making clothes for a man!

Yang Zhenshan felt incredibly pleased.

He looked at Yu Qingyi, seeing her face blushing, and his lips involuntarily curled upwards.

Feeling the unease under his gaze, Yu Qingyi couldn’t help but say, ”Sir, you’ve been busy all day, perhaps you should rest first!”

Yang Zhenshan realized that staring at her might be inappropriate and averted his eyes, chuckling, ”It’s fine, I’m not tired!”

Saying this, he stood up and left the room only to return soon, this time with a book in his hand.

He sat down at the other end of the Luohan bed and began reading.

Yun Qingyi looked at him with suspicion for a few moments, but seeing that he was truly just reading, she felt somewhat relieved.

”Xiao Ya, make some tea for the master!”

She instructed the maid standing outside the door.

The young maid was diligent and quickly brought a pot of tea over.

Yang Zhenshan sipped the tea while reading his book, ”Do you also do needlework?”

”Mm!” Yun Qingyi lowered her head and responded.

Yang Zhenshan put down his book and remarked, ”I thought that a woman Jianghu warrior like you would only know how to wield swords and guns!”

Yun Qingyi felt somewhat displeased by his words, ”A woman Jianghu warrior still needs to eat and wear clothes!”

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment and felt that this statement was very true.

Jianghu warriors too needed to eat and wear clothes.

People from worldly society are not noble sons and daughters, they cannot live a life where everything is handed to them.

In fact, the so-called worldly society is not a carefree world; Jianghu martial artists also need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves, they also have to struggle for their livelihood, and even for obtaining resources for cultivation, their hardships are no less than those of ordinary people.

And those sects in Jianghu are the same, they need to manage businesses and take care of the lands; they cannot solely focus on cultivation without taking care of anything else.

”How many people are in your Sky Blue Sword Sect?” Yang Zhenshan continued to ask.

Yun Qingyi thought for a bit and replied, ”Apart from me, there are four elders and forty-three disciples!”

”So few?” Yang Zhenshan was surprised.

He had thought that the Sky Blue Sword Sect would have hundreds of people, but it turned out to be only forty-three.

”It’s already not too few, any more and we couldn’t afford to support them!” said Yun Qingyi.

”Can’t afford to? Are your properties limited?”

Yun Qingyi brushed her hair from her forehead and said, ”My lord isn’t aware of the court’s order limiting armament?”

Yang Zhenshan thought for a moment; he seemed to have heard about the order limiting armament but wasn’t familiar with the specific details.

”Not very clear!”

Yun Qingyi wasn’t surprised, as the order targeted Jianghu schools and many officials were not clear on it.

”We cannot engage in commerce!”

Yang Zhenshan nodded, he knew this point, as in fact not only the Jianghu sects were prohibited from commerce, but also the official’s relatives.

He roughly understood what Yun Qingyi meant.

If Jianghu sects cannot engage in commerce, they would only be able to manage some land properties, or perhaps have their disciples work as guards or escorts.

In terms of commerce, Jianghu sects and officials were different, although officials were also banned from commerce, many loopholes existed for them, such as finding a trustworthy person to do business, which would allow an official to reap the benefits, or to take a few merchant-born mistresses for an official-business collusion, etc.

But for Jianghu sects, it wouldn’t work, leaving aside the issue of taking mistresses, the key is that Jianghu sects have no authority and no merchants would want to spend silver on them.

Relying solely on land and property, indeed, could not support too many people.