Cultivation begins with the Shen family

Chapter 80

With the joint efforts of all the families and monks in Shayu County, it only took more than a year to rebuild a new county seat on the ruins of the original county seat.

This new county is still located on the banks of the Xuanling River, relying on the first-order high-grade spiritual veins underground and the water of the Xuanling River to support the operation of the city guard formation and the cultivation of many monks in the county.

Although it is smaller than the original county town, with only two streets in the horizontal and vertical directions, the sparrow is small and well-equipped with all kinds of shops and defensive facilities.

First of all, the city's moat array was arranged by people from Xuanling Sect. It is a second-tier low-level formation that integrates offense and defense. It can continuously absorb spiritual power from Xuanling Hanoi not far away to maintain its own operation.

If this formation can be presided over by a foundation-building monk, it will be able to withstand the attacks of several monks of the same rank for a short time.

Of course, Xuanlingmen would not arrange such a formation in vain. As a reward for arranging the formation, it not only gets [-]% of the county's total income every year, but also occupies a row of shops in the prosperous part of the county.

There are a total of more than a hundred shops in the newly built county. Except for the ones occupied by Xuanlingmen first, the rest of the shops are allocated according to the value paid by each shop.

Among them, the Shen family has invested the most resources, and it is the only foundation-building family in Shayu County, so it is far better than other families in terms of the number of stores and the location of the stores.

Except for the Shen family, the remaining [-] or so families and a few powerful casual cultivators jointly divided up the remaining dozens of shops. Those who had the most could get three or four shops, and most families could also get one. shops.

Although it is just a shop, it is the most important asset for those small families and casual cultivators. If it can be managed well, it can bring them a lot of valuable income every year.

And even if they have no ability to operate, they can still rent out the store to earn a stable commission.

Then again, the Shen family acquired a total of more than [-] shops this time, and all the shops are located in the most prosperous central areas, so the traffic of people is naturally the largest.

Originally, the Shen family only had a small grocery store in the county seat, which sold various items, not only processed items such as pills and talismans, but also many unprocessed spiritual materials and other odds and ends.

Now that the Shen family has so many stores, all items in the original grocery store can be sold separately.

Relying on the family's original alchemy and planting industry, the Shen family soon opened a pill hall in a prosperous area of ​​the county town, which specializes in selling pills and purchasing elixir, and a grain store that sells and buys spiritual grains.

In addition, under the advice of Shen Zhiyuan and other shop assistants, the family also opened a pawn shop and a restaurant integrating food and lodging.

According to Shen Zhiyuan, the reason for opening the pawn shop is to buy some valuable things from those casual cultivators who entered the sea of ​​unrecognizable spirits to hunt for treasures, as well as some monks from down-and-out families.

After all, because Shayu County is close to the Absolute Spirit Sand Sea, and there are countless ancient relics buried in the Absolute Spirit Sand Sea, the family monks and casual cultivators in Shayu County will more or less get something from the Absolute Spirit Sand Sea.

Although most people will choose to XZ up the things first after they get something in the Spiritual Sand Sea, but there are also some people who will choose to sell the things they get immediately for some reasons in exchange for more versatile spirit stones.

At this time, a strong and guaranteed store is needed to purchase the things in the hands of these people.

The current Shen family can undoubtedly meet the needs of those sellers in terms of prestige and strength, so naturally they cannot easily let go of this business that is likely to make a fortune.

As for the reason for opening a restaurant, it is even simpler, it is to provide a place for casual cultivators passing by.

In addition, the Shen family has also established rules in the restaurant. The safety of all guests can be guaranteed in the restaurant. No one or any force is allowed to do anything or cause trouble in the restaurant. Any grievances must be resolved outside the restaurant.

As the only foundation-building family in Shayu County today, the Shen family will give some face even to established foundation-building forces as strong as Xuanlingmen. Provisions.

Therefore, for those monks who caused trouble outside, the Shen family's restaurant was their shelter, and it was also the only place in the county that could accommodate them without worrying about their safety.

But the Shen family will naturally not be cheap. For these monks who have caused trouble, the accommodation and meals in the restaurant are very expensive, basically several times the normal price.

And for those monks who could no longer pay the rent, the Shen family would only take them in for another three days out of kindness, and after the three days passed, they would send someone to invite them out directly.

But even so, there are still a large number of monks vying to move in, making the restaurant of the Shen family full every day.

In addition to a alchemy hall, a grain store, a pawnshop and a restaurant, the Shen family also opened an auction house together with Xuanlingmen, where some treasures during the Qi training period will be auctioned regularly.

Although with the current strength of the Shen family, it is impossible to bring out too many precious things, occasionally taking out one or two treasures for auction can better attract more monks and increase the flow of customers.

In the central area of ​​the county seat, in addition to the bustling business district, there is also a magnificent mansion.

At the entrance of the front door of this mansion, there is a resplendent and resplendent plaque hanging impressively, with the word "county government" written on it.

After all, the newly built county seat is not only the trading center in Sha Yu County, but also the administrative center of the entire county.

Previously, because the original county seat was destroyed by sandworms, Shen Xiangchi could only handle various affairs on Biyun Peak, and the government orders issued could only be sent to the various Lingshan Mountains.

Now with the establishment of the new county seat and the completion of the new county government, Shen Xiangchi, as the county magistrate, will naturally move his office back to the county government.

Therefore, the first thing after the county seat was re-established, he met with the patriarchs of various families in Sha Yu County in the county government office, and discussed key issues such as taxation of stores in the county seat, protection of the county seat, and taxation of each family this year.

In the end, after everyone's discussion, each store needs to hand over [-]% of the income to the county government every year, and this income will be used to maintain the operation of the protective formation and pay the salaries of government personnel.

In addition, each family needs to send monks who are in the middle stage of Qi training and above to form a law enforcement team to patrol the county. All law enforcement team members are uniformly led by monks from the Shen family.

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