Family Cultivation: Evergreen of the Song Family

"Sixty years ago, the family declined, and the forces in Lingzhou were secretly colluding with each other, eyeing the family covetously.

Therefore, the Supreme Elder set the sixteen-character development policy of 'retreating defense, cautious development, restoring vitality, and seeking revival'.

Now, the Supreme Elder and the Clan Leader have broken through the Purple Mansion one after another, and the family has successively pacified Wuling, destroyed Lieyang, and defeated the Rong family. They have overwhelmed the three states of Ling, Yang, and Xiang, and their reputation has spread throughout the country. The signs of revival have been formed, and the established goals have been achieved.

The family has broken free from the cage, like a dormant dragon emerging from the abyss, if it does not make a sound, it will be a surprise when it does.

Therefore, I think the family should focus on the outside world and put its main energy on Xiangzhou.

How similar is the Rong family's current situation to the family's original situation?

Most of the tribe members have died, and the only Purple Mansion monk Rong Mingtao is dying. Rong Shaoyuan takes over in a critical moment. The major forces in Xiangzhou are fighting against each other.

Once Rong Mingtao passes away, Xiangzhou will surely be in turmoil. We can completely transfer the sky ships and the elite of the family to garrison at Qingyuan Mountain in the name of guarding the spiritual stone mines of Qingyuan Mountain.

Just wait for the chaos in Xiangzhou to break out, then use Qingyuan Mountain as a springboard to attack, suppress it as quickly as possible, and annex the entire Xiangzhou.

By then, the three states of Ling, Yang, and Xiang will be connected, which will be enough for the family to concentrate on development for hundreds or thousands of years. With the extraordinary talent of the clan leader, it is possible that he will become the next great city lord."

Inside the meeting hall, Song Qingqian expounded his views in front of everyone. When he got excited, his eyes were shining, as if he had seen the day when the Song family would rise rapidly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Changxue stood up and refuted: "When our family destroyed the Lieyang Sect and annexed Yangzhou in the past, the Jinwu Sect was already unable to sit still. If our family wants to annex Xiangzhou in the future, how can the Jinwu Sect let us do what we want?
Even if we take a step back, the grudge between the family and the Rong family has already been written off under the witness of the Jinwu Sect and Luoxia City. What reason does the family have to invade Xiangzhou?"

"Survival of the fittest, the strong prey on the weak, why do we need so many reasons?" Song Qingqian couldn't help but argue.

Hearing this, Song Changxue said calmly: "Then let me ask you, what if the Jinwu Sect intervenes in the family?"

"Of course, we should ask Luoxia City to come forward to check and balance." Song Qingqian said as a matter of course.

"Then why did Luoxia City come forward?"

"Of course it's because..." Song Qingqian didn't know what to say next. Yes, why should Luoxia City come forward? The Song family is a vassal of Luoxia City, and Non-Luoxia City is a vassal of the Song family.

If it was like last time, the Song family had a legitimate reason to go to war, and the leader of Luoxia City would naturally not sit idly by and watch the Song family being bullied by the Jinwu Sect.

But according to Song Qingqian's plan, Luoxia City would be used as a tool to expand territory. According to Luoxia City's style of doing things, they would definitely not show up, and might even cause dissatisfaction on the other side.

Although Luoxia City would most likely come forward if Song Changsheng asked for help personally, what would be damaged would be the relationship between him and the city lord, which would not be worth it.

Seeing that Song Qingqian was speechless, Song Changxue said leisurely: "In my opinion, the family owns Ling and Yang states, and has no shortage of resources, scriptures and books, and no external enemies spying on us. For the next sixty years, we should continue to encourage childbirth, cultivate spiritual fields, and concentrate on development."

"Hmph, wouldn't it be better to take over Xiangzhou? The three states would be connected into one piece, which would be enough for the family to develop for thousands of years." Song Qingming said with his neck stiff.

Seeing that the tension between the two was getting stronger and stronger, Song Luyun stood up and said softly: "Although Xiangzhou is good, it is not something that the family can afford with its current strength.

The Tianjian Sect in the east and the Tianmai Sect in the north, which one of them is not coveting that piece of land?

Even if we manage to take Xiangzhou by chance, can the family keep it?

Looking at the entire Da Qi cultivation world, the only ones who can occupy the three states are the Jinwu Sect and the Tianmai Sect. Do you think your family can compete with them now?
Even if it is the Heavenly Sword Sect, it is an existence that the family cannot contend with."

"This……"

Song Qinggan was not a fool. After hearing what Song Luyun said, he immediately realized the crux of the problem and sat down where he was without saying anything.

Seeing this, Song Luyun smiled slightly and stopped provoking him. She bowed slightly to Song Changsheng and sat back.

Song Changsheng saw all of this. He remained calm on the surface, but frowned secretly in his heart.

The family's development has been too smooth in recent times, causing many people in the family to become a little "arrogant", especially the younger generation of monks, who are very arrogant and have become a little overbearing.

The Song family is now quite famous, but in terms of overall strength, it is only ranked in the middle and lower reaches among the six major families in Da Qi, and is far behind those old-fashioned Purple Mansion forces.

Xiangzhou is only suitable for slow nibbling, eating a part and then letting go. Want to take it all for yourself? Then you have to ask the Tianjian Sect and Tianmai Sect if they agree or not, because that is the meat on their lips.

The only reason they are not taking action now is because of face. After all, the Rong family belongs to the same camp as them. It seems a bit too hasty to invade the Rong family's territory before Rong Mingtao is dead.

As soon as Rong Mingtao passes away, the hidden fangs of the two sects will be revealed.

The Song family had no qualifications to compete with them.

Therefore, the best way to deal with Xiangzhou is to slowly nibble away at it, but not to go too far. Once the news of Rong Mingtao's death comes out, stop immediately, and then watch the game between Tianmai Sect and Tianjian Sect.

Everyone discussed it for a while and proposed various solutions. Some people thought that they should develop slowly and improve the overall strength of the family first.

Some people also believe that we should continue to expand outward and seize territory.

Some people even think that the family should focus on Yangzhou first and develop this precious land first.

Several groups of people held different opinions and no one could convince anyone else. Finally, after many twists and turns, the argument was put in front of Song Changsheng again.

“Sixty years is a long time, and we should not view it as a whole, but divide it into different stages, each with different tasks.

Chang Xue was right. The family currently had no shortage of resources or magical books, so there was no need to let the family members go out and shed blood.

Therefore, in the next twenty years, the family’s development direction should be to encourage childbirth, cultivate talents, and develop the economy. This is the first stage.

Twenty years later, we will need to focus on the unowned lands in Tuozhou, because Tuozhou is currently developing very quickly, and Luoxia City also intends to continue to expand outward..."

"Clan leader, if that's the case, why should we put it in the second stage? With the expansion speed of Luoxia City, will we still have a share in twenty years?" Song Qingming asked puzzledly.

Hearing this, Song Changsheng smiled slightly and waved his hand. A huge map appeared in front of everyone. The densely packed markings on it almost dazzled everyone.

"Don't worry, Luoxia City has no intention of monopolizing it. After all, Tuozhou is enough for them to digest for a long time.

Look everyone, this is the map I asked for from my teacher. From it you can see that there are still many groups of monsters scattered around Tuozhou.

Luoxia City will organize people to conduct a large-scale sweep of these monster tribes, giving priority to eliminating the tribes that pose greater threats. Their main purpose in doing this is to hone the disciples within the sect, so this process will be long, and twenty years is already a conservative estimate.

At that time, we only need to use Zhangye County as a springboard to sweep the surrounding area and deal with some remaining small tribes and scattered monsters.

The teacher has said before that we will conquer as many as we can. Compared to Xiangzhou, the family will have more room for development here and will not come into conflict with the Tianjian Sect and the Tianmai Sect.

Therefore, I think the focus of the family's second phase should be on expanding the state, for a period of ten years."

Hearing this, someone couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Patriarch, isn't Luoxia City doing this to help us? Why are they doing this?"

"The reason is not difficult to guess. Luoxia City has limited power. Although Tuozhou is called a state, its area is close to the sum of Bianzhou and Lingzhou.

The world of cultivation is vast and sparsely populated, and this phenomenon is even more serious in Tuozhou. Apart from a few large cities built in recent years, there are almost no people living in other places.

This is extremely unfavorable for the development of Tuozhou.

Luoxia City does this to attract more monks to participate in the development of Tuozhou."

To put it bluntly, Luoxia City doesn't care about those marginal territories at all. They are like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away. It is better to throw them out to attract those forces that cannot expand outward due to geographical restrictions, or those independent cultivators who have no place to practice.

With more people, the degree of development will be higher, virgin land will become cultivated land, and Tuozhou will become more prosperous. This is how the border states developed in the past.

Zhan Tianxia has great ambitions. He wants to build Dingyuan City into the second Luoxia City. By then, just collecting protection...well, collecting offerings will also be a very considerable income.

"So that's how it is." Everyone suddenly realized that if this was the case, then it was not difficult to understand.

"Clan leader, these two stages are only thirty years, and there are still thirty years?" Song Qinghu asked curiously.

"The remaining thirty years will be mainly used to develop the family economy."

Seeing Song Changsheng's wise look, Song Luzhou couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems that the clan leader has already made a plan in mind?"

"I have some rough ideas. Please listen to them for now. If there are any mistakes or omissions or inconsiderations, please feel free to point them out."

Song Changsheng stood up and said with a smile: "Over the years, the family business has increased day by day, and the warehouse has gradually become full. I intend to open up trade routes and establish connections with several other surrounding cultivation circles.

In addition to strengthening the family's economy, it can also spread the tentacles of the Wind and Rain Palace at the same time, enhancing the family's understanding of the surrounding cultivation worlds to avoid being kept in the dark about anything in the future.

Because this cannot be achieved overnight, I define this part as the third stage, which will take thirty years. "

In fact, Song Changsheng's move was not about making money or anything like that, but mainly about planting spies from Fengyu Palace.

When one reaches the level of the Song family, their vision can no longer be limited to this corner of the Da Qi cultivation world, but must look outward.

You must fight for any opportunity that comes your way and prepare for any crisis in advance. You can't keep everything in the dark.

The reason why Song Changsheng had this idea was mainly because of something that happened before.

That was before his last retreat. An auction was held in the Dayu Cultivation Realm, east of the Daqi Cultivation Realm, during which a large number of [Foundation Establishment Pills] were sold.

There were even three copies of [Yin Yang Purple Tree Heart], the most expensive one being sold for 350,000 lower-grade spirit stones, and the cheapest for only 25 lower-grade spirit stones.

With the Song family's current financial resources, there is every chance that they can get one.

It was a pity that when he learned the news it was too late, the auction had already ended.

Still suffered from the loss of intelligence.

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by. If you miss it this time, it's fine, but you must not miss it again next time.

Moreover, this is only what Song Changsheng knows. There is much more that he doesn't know. It is conceivable how many opportunities the Song family has missed over the years.

Song Changsheng learned from his mistakes and decided to first slow down the intelligence network within the Da Qi cultivation world and then build up the framework of several surrounding cultivation worlds.

After realizing his idea, everyone started to think about how to fill in the gaps for him, and the originally rough plan soon became more detailed...

This grand council lasted for four days and three nights, and finally came to the last item, which was also the one that the Song family was most looking forward to - salary.

The Song family's salary has always been paid once a year, consisting of two parts: spirit stones and family contribution points. The family contribution points are used by family members to exchange for basic cultivation resources in the family, while spirit stones are used outside.

In the past, the family’s economy was in recession, so the salaries of the clan members were naturally not very high. Sometimes, if they needed money urgently, they even had to borrow money from clan members.

Fortunately, that is all in the past. The Song family now has a net income of nearly 400,000 low-grade spirit stones every year. Although there are many places to spend money, it is still possible to increase the salaries of the clan members.

Xia Yunxue had already made a detailed report and handed it over to the new internal treasury practical elder Song Yushi for announcement.

"Ordinary members of the family under the age of eighteen can receive twenty kilograms of spiritual rice, five spiritual pills, and one ounce of [Bamboo Leaf Green] every month for cultivation. At the end of each year, they can receive twenty spiritual stones and one hundred family contribution points.

Every Qi-cultivating cultivator over the age of eighteen must complete a family mission. In addition to the contribution points rewarded by the mission, they can receive an additional fifty low-grade spirit stones and two hundred contribution points each year.

In addition to the above benefits, the family foundation-building seeds only need to complete two tasks each year to receive an additional 100 contribution points. Every month, they can practice at the Spirit Spring for three hours, practice at the Cold Pool for one hour, and receive ten plants of [Phoenix Blood Grass] for body building.

On this basis, the number of Zifu seeds doubles every year.

The honorary elders of the family receive 500 low-grade spirit stones and 500 family contribution points every year, and can receive a cultivation resource worth 100 spirit stones every month, which can be used in springs and cold pools at any time.

The practical elders will receive 400 low-grade spirit stones and 500 family contribution points every year, and the rest of the benefits are the same as above.

The chief elder can receive 600 low-grade spirits and 500 family contribution points every year, and the rest is the same as above.

The clan leader and the supreme elders can receive 3,000 low-grade spirit stones and 2,000 contribution points every year, and can receive cultivation resources worth 500 spirit stones every month. The Sutra Pavilion is not restricted..."

...(End of chapter)