Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 73 Population Issues
After more than half a year of vigorous suppression, the sandworm riots in Shayu County are finally coming to an end.

As the second-order sandworms who took the lead in the rebellion were all beheaded by Shen Xiangchi and other foundation-building monks, the remaining first-order sandworms were also wiped out by the monks in Shayu County under the leadership of Shen.

It has to be said that the sandworm riots caused great damage to all the families in Shayu County. Nearly half of the families lost their spiritual mountains in this disaster, and some small families were directly exterminated up.

Even those families that were lucky enough to keep Lingshan in this disaster, each of them suffered huge losses.

And in this unprecedented disaster, the Biyunshan Shen family has undoubtedly become the savior in the hearts of all the families and monks in Shayu County, and the family's prestige has been greatly improved.

When the sandworm riot was at its worst, the clan leader of the Shen clan almost advanced to the foundation-building realm as a savior, becoming the first native foundation-building monk in Shayu County in hundreds of years.

Not only did he save the Shen family who was on the verge of extinction with his own efforts, but he also brought new hope to all the families and monks in Shayu County when everyone was in despair.

During the entire sandworm riot, Biyun Mountain Shen's not only spared no effort to accommodate those monks who were homeless because the sandworm broke through the mountain gate, but also provided them with spiritual valleys when everyone was suffering from hunger and cold.

We must know that under the influence of multiple factors such as Zongmen's harsh taxation and sandworm riots, the entire Shayu County is in a state of extreme food shortage.

At such a time, Shen can still take out his own spiritual valley to help everyone, it can really be said that it is the utmost benevolence.

In addition, the final campaign against the first-order sandworms in Shayu County was also carried out under the leadership of the Shen family, and the broad-mindedness and leadership ability shown by the Shen family have also been recognized by many families.

It was the above actions that made the Shen family's prestige and influence almost reach the same level as the Xuanlingmen, the Liu family and other established foundation establishment forces in just half a year.

Not only in Shayu County, but even the families and monks in the surrounding counties of Qinghe, Shiyi, and Huangkan have heard of Biyun Mountain's Shen family's generous reputation.

Biyun Mountain, Yuxiu Terrace, and the meeting hall.

"Too many things have happened in the past six months. Today, let's talk about the family's situation in the past six months."

I saw that Shen Xiangchi was sitting on the main seat, his warm eyes slowly swept across the people present.

And this time, the people who were present were basically the senior members of the family. Except for the second elder Shen Xianghuan and the third elder Shen Xiangchu, the only two elders of the Xiangzi generation, Shen Daoquan and Shen Daoming of the Taoist generation were all present.

"Since the sandworm riots, the family has lost thirteen clansmen, eight of them fell in the original battle of defending the mountain, and the remaining five clansmen fell in the subsequent battles. "

Shen Xiangchu, who was in charge of general affairs, was the first to stand up, and the old voice made everyone present feel sad.

"Now there are only 65 clansmen left on the mountain, among which there are 13 clansmen below."

"Now the family has one foundation-building monk, seven monks in the late stage of Qi training, 23 monks in the middle stage of Qi training, and the rest are all monks in the early stage of Qi training."

Hearing these eye-catching numbers, everyone present couldn't help but feel shocked.

Although the family now has a foundation cultivator, the foundation of the family is still too weak.

At present, there are only more than [-] members in the entire family, and after excluding the underage members, there are only more than [-] members left.

What's more, among the more than 40 clansmen, there are still some old people of Xiangzi generation and seriously injured clansmen. After excluding these people, there may be only [-] to [-] clansmen who are really strong in the whole clan.

In the past, this kind of people could barely maintain the family's operations, but now that the patriarch has become a foundation-building monk, the family's business is also expanding outward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And the various industries that have been expanded naturally require a lot of manpower, which is definitely far from enough in terms of the current manpower of the family.

So the population problem is already a problem that the family needs to solve urgently!
On this side, Shen Xiangchi, who was in the first place, also had a slightly dignified expression. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Shen Xiangchu and asked:

"How many guests are recruited by the family now?"

"Currently, the family has recruited a total of eleven guest monks, including five monks in the late stage of Qi training and six monks in the middle stage of Qi training."

Faced with the former's inquiry, Shen Xiangchu reported in detail again:

"These 11 people are all casual cultivators in Shayu County or some small family cultivators who were wiped out because of the sandworm riot. Everyone's identity and experience have been investigated."

"In addition to these 11 people, there are more than [-] people whose identities have not been clarified yet, so they were not allowed to go up the mountain."

Hearing this, everyone present nodded their heads one after another, obviously agreeing with the third elder's approach.

As the Shen family became a foundation-building force with the same reputation as the Xuanlingmen and the Liu family, there were not a few families and monks who wanted to attach themselves to the Shen family, and there were naturally many people with ulterior motives among them.

Therefore, the family must go through a detailed investigation of the guest officials they recruit, so as to ensure that no one with a ulterior motive will be mixed in.

"Nowadays, the number of monks in the family is scarce, so the matter of recruiting guest ministers needs to continue, but the investigation of the details and origins of these people cannot be relaxed."

I saw that Shen Xiangchi nodded slightly, and then asked again:
"How many secular mortals are there under the family rule?"

"Reporting to the patriarch, the current population of secular mortals at the foot of Biyun Mountain has exceeded 30. In addition to the original 20 natives, 8 or [-] people migrated successively during the sandworm riot. The family brought back a group of mortals."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Daoming stood up immediately and added:
"This time, my Shen family led various coalition forces to attack the Hu family on Qing'an Peak. A total of more than [-] mortals were found on Qing'an Peak. Except for the secular people of the Hu family, most of them were plundered by the monks of the Hu family. coming population”

After listening to the two people's answers, Shen Xiangchi couldn't help being silent for a moment, thinking about how to deal with it.

"From now on, arrange some clansmen to go down the mountain to help these secular mortals build town residences. We must properly accommodate those mortals who have migrated, and continue to gather those mortals who are in exile."

"In addition, let the tribesmen bring spiritual testing trays when they go down the mountain to help these secular mortals test their spiritual roots. In addition to focusing on children under the age of six, adults under the age of 50 may also be tested once. Anyone who has spiritual roots can bring them Go back to the mountain."

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(End of this chapter)