Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

After Song Changsheng's operation, the class hierarchy within the Song family became clear from then on, especially the group of foundation-building cultivators in the family, who were divided into several different classes.

People like Song Luzhou and Song Luyun who are in charge of a hall are the chief elders and have the most power. There are five halls, one warehouse and one pavilion, with a total of seven positions, and two of them are vacant.

Slightly lower are the left and right deputies of the elders in charge of each hall, such as Song Changxue, Song Changxuan, etc., who also hold considerable say and are the real elders in the clan.

Next are honorary elders such as Song Qingxi and Song Qingying, who enjoy the status and treatment of elders but do not have much power.

In addition, there is a more special existence, that is, the elders guarding various places, such as Song Lutong, Song Qingdian, Song Changrong and others.

As the guardians of a place, the power they hold is enormous, almost all of it.

Of course, the specific amount of power depends on the place of guarding. How can Song Qingdian, who guards the secular world, compare with Song Lutong, who guards the Five Elements Peak?
It seems a bit complicated, but it is a necessary measure. According to the current development speed of the Song family, the number of foundation-building cultivators will only increase, and the "elders" will become less and less valuable.

Authority is limited and must be differentiated, and thresholds must be set.

For example, the cultivation levels of several elders in charge that he appointed are all above the late stage of foundation building. This will become a custom in the future, and the standards will be gradually raised as the Song family develops.

Song Changsheng sincerely hoped that one day the Song family could be like Luoxia City or Jinwu Sect, with Purple Mansion cultivators serving as elders.

In addition, the conditions for promotion to elder also need to be changed.

In the past, the Song family declined and it was difficult to build a foundation, so as long as one broke through the foundation, one would be deemed to be a family elder. But now the Song family no longer needs to worry about the [Foundation Building Pill], and it would be inappropriate to do so.

So, Song Changsheng deliberately coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and said as if inspired: "I suddenly thought of a saying, there are talented people in every generation, and each of them leads the trend for hundreds of years.

I didn’t feel it deeply before, but now seeing you all, I suddenly realized that the elders in the clan are getting younger and younger. "

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall agreed with it. In the past, [Foundation Building Pills] were limited, and many cultivators with good qualifications had grown old. The average age of the Song family to build their foundation was around fifty years old.

Later the situation improved, around the age of forty.

The group of foundation-building cultivators who have made breakthroughs recently are all around thirty years old, which is very close to the level of Luoxia City.

Song Luzhou's eyes moved slightly, and he figured out what Song Changsheng meant. He stood up and said, "This is a blessing for the family. I firmly believe that there will be more and better young people in the family in the future.

only……"

Suddenly, Song Luzhou changed the subject and said worriedly: "This also exposes a problem, the family elders are too young.

Young people are energetic, sharp, and often have brilliant ideas, which are their advantages.

However, lack of experience, immature handling of things, and lack of stability are also common phenomena. Otherwise, each hall would not have been equipped with an experienced and experienced elder as a Class A deacon. This is taken into consideration.

So I think changes should be made to address these issues.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of many people present changed, especially Song Qingying and Song Changxi, the foundation-building cultivators who had only achieved breakthroughs in recent years.

Song Changsheng praised Song Luzhou in his heart, then acted embarrassed and said, "Does Fifth Uncle mean to dismiss the elders of the clan?"

As soon as these words came out, Song Qingying and the others could no longer sit still. They were about to argue with reason, but they saw Song Luzhou waved his hand and said, "The clan leader has misunderstood what I meant. The dismissal of elders is unprecedented in the family, and we naturally cannot set this precedent.

People grow up, and if you don’t have enough experience, you can always get some training.

However, the number of elders should indeed be controlled. I think it would be better to set a fixed number and standard according to the needs of the family.

I have a preliminary plan here for your reference.

Under the clan leader, there are seven chief elders who are in charge of the five major halls, the inner treasury, and the treasury storage pavilion.

Fifteen practical elders are appointed to assist.

There are still no restrictions on honorary elders, but only for foundation-building cultivators who have made contributions to the family, their treatment will be increased by 30% on the original basis as a token of grace and honor. "

Although Song Luzhou intended to restrict the elders, he had no intention of taking action against the existing people, which made Song Qingying and others feel relieved. As long as they could keep their positions, it would be fine. As for what would happen to the newcomers, that was none of their business.

"Then how should the other foundation-building monks be accommodated?"

"Increase your salary, concentrate on cultivation, and when the position of elder becomes vacant or the family needs someone to go to a certain place, we will select the best person to fill the position."

Song Changsheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What opinion could they have? It was good enough that the knife didn't fall on them. Why were they still making comments?
Then, everyone in the hall stood up, bowed and said, "We have no objection."

"Okay, let's continue the discussion." Song Changsheng nodded, indicating that they should proceed to the next item.

Xia Yunxue stood up and said, "Over the past sixty years, the family has gained a lot of new sources of income. Let me make a summary.

The family's current main sources of income are four: mining spiritual stone veins, selling minerals and magical instruments, selling spiritual medicines and elixirs, and renting out shops in Wangyue Market.

These four items account for more than 90% of the family's annual income.

The family currently has three small spirit stone mines, which are located in the Wutong Mountains, the Yaoshan Mountains bordering Yangzhou and Xiangzhou, and the west side of Tianyang Peak.

There are also two miniature spirit stones, located in the Qingyuan Mountain Range in Xiangzhou and on the south side of the Five Elements Peak.

These five spirit stone veins can produce nearly 80,000 low-grade spirit stones and a small amount of medium-grade spirit stones every year.

There are seven third-level veins, twenty-one second-level veins, and even more first-level veins, but there is a shortage of manpower and they are unable to mine. These veins are located in Zhangye, Wangyue Mountain Range, Yangzhou, etc. Apart from the family's own use and the part that goes into the warehouse, they can earn about 50,000 low-grade spirit stones every year.

In addition, the Equipment Refining Hall of the Baiyi Palace sells approximately one hundred first-level magical instruments and ten to fifteen second-level magical instruments every year. After deducting the costs, it makes a profit of nearly forty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Thanks to the development of the wood spirit veins and the opening of several large spirit plantations, the family is able to harvest a large amount of spiritual medicine every year. It has occupied 90% of the market share in Lingzhou and 60% of the market share in Yangzhou, and makes a profit of nearly 70,000 low-grade spirit stones each year.

The Baiyi Palace's Alchemy Hall also sells a large number of first- and second-level elixirs every year, making a profit of nearly 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

However, the Wutong Secret Realm was destroyed last year, and the Wang family was given 50% of the Liuyun Mountain Range Wood Spiritual Vein. In the future, the annual income will be reduced by nearly 20,000 spirit stones. "

"Hiss——" Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in their hearts. Twenty thousand a year, that would be two hundred thousand in ten years, and a spiritual weapon would only be worth a few hundred thousand spirit stones.

Xia Yunxue was also a little heartbroken, but she understood the truth about the Wutong Secret Realm. In comparison, the Song family actually got a huge bargain. Twenty thousand spirit stones every year was nothing.

She cleared her throat and continued, "The scale of Wangyue Market has grown over the years. The rent alone is nearly 40,000 spirit stones per year. In addition to the inns and equipment refining pavilions opened by the family, there is a net profit of nearly 30,000 spirit stones per year.

In addition, the family had income of about 35,000 spirit stones from other sources.

Among them, the family winemaking workshop accounts for the majority, and can sell about 600 jars of spirit wine every year. After deducting the cost, it can still earn more than 10,000 spirit stones."

At this point, Xia Yunxue couldn't hide the smile on her face. Unlike the others, the wine-making workshop was run by her alone.

When the wine-making workshop was first built, it was very small in scale and the family did not invest much. It only brewed one kind of spiritual wine, "Bamboo Leaf Green", and it was only used internally by the Song family. There was no profit at all.

Later, under Xia Yunxue's insistence, the scale of the wine-making workshop and the types of spirit wine were expanded, and it could produce a stable 5,000 kilograms, or 1,000 jars, of various spirit wines a year.

Among them, 300 jars are supplied to the family disciples for training, 600 jars are sold in wine shops, inns and other shops in Wangyue Market, and the remaining 100 jars are stored for appreciation.

At first, Xia Yunxue was worried that Wangyue Market would not be able to digest the six hundred jars. After all, the cost of brewing a jar of spirit wine was about ten spirit stones, so the selling price naturally could not be low. She set it at twenty-five low-grade spirit stones.

Who would have thought that, except for the first year when it was not well-known and only 400 jars were sold, the demand has been in short supply every year in the following years.

Xia Yunxue specifically brought up the profits from the spirit wine today in order to stimulate everyone so that the family would support her in continuing to expand the scale of the winemaking workshop. According to her estimation, it would be no problem for Wangyuefang City to consume a thousand jars a year.

Even if Wangyuefang Market is saturated, what about Yangzhou? What about Bianzhou, Tuozhou, and Xiangzhou?

As long as it is managed properly, Lingjiu may become the fifth largest economic pillar of the Song family.

Especially in Luoxia City, according to her investigation, the spiritual wine consumed every year is hundreds of thousands of kilograms. As long as they can grab a part of the share, it will be enough for the Song family to make a fortune.

As she expected, when they heard that spiritual wine was so profitable, everyone in the hall breathed a little faster and suggested that the family expand the scale of production.

Song Changsheng also showed an interested look on his face. Just as he was about to express his opinion, he caught a glimpse of Song Yushi, the new elder of the inner treasury. He was moved and asked, "Sister Shi, what do you think?"

"Me?" Song Yushi obviously didn't expect Song Changsheng to ask for her opinion, and was a little surprised for a moment.

Song Changsheng smiled and nodded, saying, "You are now in charge of the family treasury for me. These are within your authority, so naturally your opinion will prevail."

Hearing this, Song Yu Shi couldn't help but feel moved. She knew that this was an opportunity Song Changsheng had given her specifically to perform.

She was not afraid of the stage. She stood up and bowed to Song Changsheng and said, "Patriarch, I think this is feasible and there is a lot of room for development, but we can't rush it."

"Oh? Tell me in detail."

“I have also had some knowledge of the family’s wine business. The spirit wine they produce is cheap and of excellent quality. In the first year of its launch in Wangyue Market, it defeated many wine merchants and won the love of everyone.

If the family only wants the Lingzhou market, then they can just expand production.

However, it is far from enough if we want to expand to Yangzhou, Tuozhou and even border states.

First, we don’t know the depth of these places and need to investigate further.

Second, the market share in these places has already been divided up, and the market is becoming saturated. Forcing your way in will only result in some leftovers.

If the family wants to snatch the meat from those wine merchants, the spiritual wine produced by the family must have its own characteristics, and it must be something that others do not have and cannot be easily imitated, such as - [Bamboo Leaf Green].

[Bamboo Leaf Green] can help people eliminate erysipelas, and it is unique among the spiritual wines on the market. Once it is launched, it will surely be a huge success."

Hearing this, Xia Yunxue shook her head and said, "Bamboo Leaf Green is a third-level spirit wine, which is difficult to brew. It is a bit difficult to supply it to the family. At most, we can take out a small part. It is almost impossible to compete for the market.

Even if the production is sufficient, a large scale will easily attract the covetousness of others, which will be detrimental to the family."

Song Yushi smiled and said, "So we can't rush things. We must first come up with a special spirit wine to compete with those local snakes. This depends on my aunt. As far as I know, there are only a few third-level winemakers in the entire Daqi cultivation world."

"You think too highly of me. Innovation is so difficult." Xia Yunxue couldn't help but smile bitterly. This is not something that can be accomplished in one or two years.

"Don't worry, Auntie, everything depends on human efforts.

Besides, you have other things to do during this time.”

"Hmm?" Xia Yunxue showed a hint of doubt on her face.

"You must have collected quite a few spirit wine bars over the years."

"It's natural."

As a winemaker, she can lack anything except wine. Every time Xia Yunxue brews wine, she will leave a few jars. The spiritual wine she brewed when she was just starting to learn the art of winemaking is still treasured by her. Even Song Changsheng has never tasted it.

"Then please ask Aunt to take out some of the treasures and sell them in high-end wine shops like Yushanfang, and then set aside some of the [Bamboo Leaf Green] to be auctioned at major auction houses.

It doesn't matter how much profit you can get. First of all, you have to spread your fame. As a third-level winemaker, you are really too low-key.

A Level 3 winemaker is a golden signboard. As long as we make good use of it, it will be much easier to seize the market in the future."

After listening to Song Yushi's plan, Xia Yunxue suddenly realized. Yes, she has been too low-key in recent years. If she wants to seize the market, she must first build her reputation.

Song Changsheng also agreed with it and said with a smile: "Sister Shi, you have a unique opinion. Let's do as you say. The family will fully support you."

"Thanks for the trust of the clan leader. I will do my best!" Song Yu Shi bowed slightly, feeling a little excited.

"We'll discuss the specific details later. Next, we should talk about the development direction of the family for the next sixty years."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions suddenly became serious. This was the core of this meeting!

...(End of chapter)