Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 74
The population problem has long been the key to restricting the prosperity of the family, but it is impossible to completely solve it in a short period of time. It must be discussed step by step and in the long run.

The most important thing now is to properly deal with the secular mortals at the foot of the mountain, so that they can multiply and live at the foot of Biyun Mountain, so as to continuously provide the family with monks with spiritual roots.

"Although I have been lucky enough to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm, the background of the family is still very shallow compared to the other three. If the family wants to develop, it needs to continue to expand the industry."

Shen Xiangchi's eyes swept to everyone present again, and there was a hint of worry in his calm eyes.

Hearing this, everyone present couldn't help but look at each other with different expressions.

"For a long time, the family's income has mainly come from two sources. One is the output of the more than ten acres of spiritual land on Biyun Mountain, and the second is the output of the family's medicine garden and income from pills."

"In addition to these two major sources of income, there are also some income from family-run shops and caravans."

"In the past few years, the family has basically no surplus after paying the salaries of the clan members and paying the taxes of the Xuanling Sect. The situation last year was even more difficult."

After the third elder explained the general situation clearly, Shen Zhirui, who had been silent all this time, stood up quickly.

"Grandfather, when my grandson led various monks to eliminate sandworms, I found a [white clay crystal mine] next to the spiritual veins of the Zhou family in Xitai Mountain. According to conservative estimates, the reserves of this mineral vein are worth 30 spiritual stones."

"Now my grandson has negotiated with the monks of the Zhou family. They will be responsible for the manpower to mine this vein. Our family will send a small number of monks to assist in the mining. At the same time, we will be responsible for the sales of the ore mined. The final proceeds will be divided between our two families. , we account for [-]%"

As soon as these words came out, all the people present looked at Shen Zhirui in unison, and their faces were filled with joy.

Although [White Clay Crystal] is only a first-level spiritual material, it has a wide range of uses, and the market price is not low. If it can be mined reasonably, this vein can bring a lot of income to the family every year.

"I didn't expect that I, Mrs. Chen, would have such an opportunity."

On this side, a faint smile also appeared on Shen Xiangchi's face, and he looked at the people present and said with emotion.

As soon as his words fell, Shen Daoming, who was wearing a black robe, also stood up with a smile on his face and said:

"Reporting to the patriarch, this time we have joined forces with various monks to attack the Hu family, and we have gained a lot."

"Qing'an Peak, the first-order high-grade spiritual mountain, has been owned by my Shen family, and all the mulberry gardens and silkworm rooms left by the Hu family have also been taken into my hands. In addition, Rui and the others also obtained the production of the Hu family from the head of the Hu family. The method of vestments and various skills such as cultivating spirit silkworms, the family is now capable of producing and selling low-level vestments."

"In addition, the family also seized eight [Turtle Beast] beast carts from the Liu family. Now they can be used to carry ore from Xitai Mountain."

With the spread of good news one after another, everyone's originally heavy mood seemed to improve a little bit.

But at this moment, the second elder, Shen Xianghuan, who had been silent all this time, said with some concern:
"At present, the few additional industries are enough for the family to digest. The only problem now is the problem of sales. At present, the original county town has been reduced to ruins. If the family wants to trade, they have to go to the county towns of the surrounding counties. This is very important for the current family. It’s not easy to say.”

Compared to the third elder who was in charge of the family affairs, the second elder Shen Xianghuan was not only the family's alchemist, but also in charge of the family's shops and caravans, helping the patriarch handle external affairs.

After hearing this, everyone present couldn't help being silent again, even Shen Zhirui, Shen Daoming and others looked at each other helplessly.

As the Second Elder said, the county seat that was originally the trading center of Shayu County has disappeared, and the only way to sell the family's various outputs is to go to the surrounding counties.

In this way, not only the cost that the family needs to pay has increased significantly, but the road has also become more dangerous.

Now the family's manpower is already very tight, and it is really impossible to organize a long-distance caravan like this.

But when everyone was at a loss, the voice of the patriarch Shen Xiangchi slowly rang in everyone's ears.

"Although the original county town was reduced to ruins during the sandworm riots, the spiritual vein under the ground was not completely destroyed by the sandworms. It just dropped from the original second-level low-level to the first-level high-level."

"I have already discussed with Xuanlingmen, and I plan to build a new city on the basis of the ruins of the original county seat. At that time, this new city will be the trading place for Shayu County to connect with the surrounding counties."

Re-establish a new county town!
Everyone present looked at the chief patriarch in shock, apparently in disbelief.

After all, in their impression, the scale of this county is so magnificent, how easy is it to build a new city on the ruins?
However, if the family can really own a county, then it is equivalent to owning a cornucopia, and the white spirit stones will naturally fall into the hands of the family.

The entry and exit fees at the gate of the city and the rent of the shops alone are a steady stream of wealth.

"Patriarch, with the current manpower and material resources of the family, it may be impossible to rebuild a county."

Second Elder Shen Xianghuan hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

I saw that Shen Xiangchi nodded slightly, continued to look at the crowd and said:
"Xuanlingmen will provide us with some funding, but the main part of the county still needs to be built by ourselves."

"Considering the current overall situation of the family, it is basically impossible to build a county seat, so it is necessary to let the monks in the entire Shayu County join in this project."

Hearing this, Shen Zhirui and the others looked at each other again, and after some thought, Shen Daoming immediately stood up and added:
"During the sandworm riots, the spiritual mountains of many families were destroyed. At present, most of these homeless family monks are still at the foot of Biyun Mountain. In addition, there are a large number of casual cultivators and mortals in the previous county."

"The family can recruit these monks to build the county seat, and distribute the original relief to them in the form of salary."

"In addition, we need to distribute a part of the county's benefits to other qi training families, so that they are willing to contribute money and efforts in the process of building the county, so as to gather all the families to build the county together."

Shen Daoming's two proposals are undoubtedly very clever, not only to gather the homeless monks together to prevent them from causing trouble, but also to allow the rest of the family to voluntarily establish a county with the Shen family.

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(End of this chapter)