Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 125 0124: Nine basic frameworks of the family
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Outside the river, about a mile to the south, there is an area planned as a cemetery.

Li Ze and his wife and daughter came to the place where his mother was buried, knelt on the ground, and looked at the tombstone quietly.

A few meters away, Cheng Zongyang stood there waiting. He looked at the backs of Li Ze's family of three with a calm expression.

After half a month of recuperation, Li Ze has recovered. It can only be said that his physique is very good and he has survived.

At this time, hearing the busy noises in the two areas inside and outside the river, he couldn't help but turn his head and look, smiling slightly.

Over the past half month, under the instructions of Cheng Zongyang, bricklayer Gao Yongzhuang also began to plan the location of Hanoi.

The first thing to do is to tamp the earth blocks. To build a large number of tall houses, only earth blocks can be used. It is also convenient and solid.

Cheng Zongyang wanted to make bricks or something, but now was not the time. He had to wait until the first stage of development was over.

But this is a long-term job and can only be done bit by bit. It cannot be accomplished all at once.

There are only so many people here, and except for their two families, the rest of the people's bodies have not recovered yet and they don't have much strength, so naturally they can't go fast.

However, it is still possible to build simpler wooden houses outside the river and do logging.

In half a month, twelve more wooden houses were added. This is the advantage of having more people, which greatly alleviates the overcrowding.

The chopped wood would be handed over to two carpenter brothers, Zhu Wenying and Zhu Wenjie, to work on it.

During the past half month, he also put a lot of thought into it, taking a lot of tools from the county town and bringing back Li Ze's wife and daughter.

He took whatever he could from the county government. The county government had a construction department, so there were naturally a lot of tools. If there were none, he would buy them from the residents.

This gave the craftsmen in Uchiyamaguchi tools to use.

After a while, Li Ze stood up with his wife and daughter and walked towards Cheng Zongyang. Then the three of them bowed deeply to Cheng Zongyang and said:
"Young Patriarch, I, Li Ze, will never forget your kindness in saving my life, burying my mother, and saving my wife and daughter. I will be at your service from now on without hesitation!"

Cheng Zongyang helped Li Ze up and said with a smile: "You don't have to work like a cow or a horse. I saved you not only for our acquaintance, but also for your skills."

He didn't say anything hypocritical and continued, "In the future, we will need a lot of wine, and you know how to make wine, that's enough."

Li Ze asked: "Young Patriarch, are you going to make fruit wine or rice wine? The former is easy, as the mountains are vast and the products are abundant, so there must be a lot of wild fruits. If it is the latter, I am afraid it will be difficult to make. The price of grain is too high, and the cost of brewing wine is also high."

Cheng Zongyang shook his head: "Don't worry, there will be food in the future, and brewing wine is not a one-time thing. In the Hewai area, you can choose a place to use as a winery and discuss with Master Gao to see how to build it. This winery will be handed over to you to manage in the future. As for the tools and auxiliary materials for brewing wine, I have already obtained them from the county town, and you are responsible for them. But I will ask people to cooperate with you."

"Yes! Young Patriarch, I will remember this." Li Ze bowed.

Cheng Zongyang did not correct the title. It was inevitable and there was no need to worry about it.

Cheng Zongyang did not stay long and returned to the Hanoi area to continue discussing some house construction matters with Gao Yongzhuang.

"Dad, we're not going back to the city, are we?" Li Cai held her husband's hand and asked worriedly.

Hearing the word "return to the city", Li Ze's face turned cold: "Whether I go to the county town or not is up to the young clan leader. But I can't go back to that home. I am no longer a member of the Li family!"

Li Cai tightened her husband's hand and murmured:

"It's better not to go back. That home...if you hadn't asked the young patriarch to take us away, I'm afraid my mother and I wouldn't have survived."

"Okay, live a good life here from now on. I believe that this place will become very good." Li Ze held the hands of his wife and daughter and went to the base.

In Hanoi area, Cheng Guanghai and Master Gao were talking about the construction of the ancestral hall.

For a clan, the ancestral hall is indispensable, and although the location is not fixed, in his opinion, the first choice is to be located in the center, and then other houses are built outward around the ancestral hall.

Gao Yongzhuang is a bricklayer and he knows some rules. What he needs to do now is to determine the approximate location.

After the two brothers of the Zhu family have finished making the wooden beams and dried them in the shade and the rammed earth blocks have dried in the sun, they can start working.

"Dad, let me do it." Cheng Zongyang came to his father's side and said with a smile: "Over there, you help my uncle deal with the allocation of houses for those foreigners."

"Young Clan Leader." Gao Yongzhuang immediately saluted towards Cheng Zongyang.

"Hello, Master Gao." Cheng Zongyang smiled in response.

"Okay." Cheng Guanghai glanced at the direction outside the river and said immediately, "Talk to Master Gao. The ancestral hall is located in the center."

"Okay." Cheng Zongyang responded.

After Cheng Guanghai left, Cheng Zongyang looked at Gao Yongzhuang and said with a smile: "Master Gao, you have worked hard. I wonder if the method my father said is feasible?"

Gao Yongzhuang nodded and said, "That's not a problem. It's just a matter of changing the location. But it's not easy to build two ancestral halls and put them both in the center."

As soon as Cheng Zongyang heard it, he understood what Gao Yongzhuang meant.

There is no priority.

Although the Zhou family is his maternal uncle, the main family is the Cheng family, there is no doubt about that.

My father thought this way because he didn't want the two families to have a rift. But this kind of thing can't be emotional. In the past, we could share one ancestral hall and divide it into two parts, but now we have to build them separately. Cheng Zongyang immediately looked at Gao Yongzhuang and asked with a smile:

"Master Gao is very experienced, how should we arrange it?"

Gao Yongzhuang said quickly, "I dare not. Young clan leader, it is said that even an honest judge cannot judge family affairs. Only the clan leader can make good arrangements for this matter, and we will build according to the clan leader's arrangements. I can't give you any good suggestions."

Cheng Zongyang thought about it and said, "Then let's divide it into front and back."

As he spoke, he took out another more detailed drawing from his arms.

This is the second phase of the plan. He pointed at the blueprint and whispered to Gao Yongzhuang:

"Build one in the center of the area my father mentioned. Build the second one further in, on the hillside area."

At this point, Gao Yongzhuang was stunned, not knowing what this operation was.

But when he looked at the blueprint, the surrounding environment, and the small hill about a mile into the inner mountain, he immediately understood something. When he looked at Cheng Zongyang, he cupped his hands and praised:
"Young Patriarch has a good plan. I am convinced."

Cheng Zongyang smiled slightly: "Is this okay?"

"Of course you can." Gao Yongzhuang nodded.

"Okay, then leave it to Master Gao. There's no rush, just take your time." Cheng Zongyang smiled.

"Yes, Young Patriarch."

He didn't expect that the young patriarch had already planned the subsequent construction.

It turns out that this is just the early stage. Building a ancestral hall for the Zhou family means that the Zhou family will only be here in the future. In the future, the Zhou family will manage the affairs outside the river for the Cheng family.

But the area further inwards belonged to the Cheng family, and was the core area. This formed the outward arrangement of [Cheng-Zhou-Wai]. The terrain of that small hillside was slightly higher. If the surrounding trees were cleared and a ancestral hall was built, most of the inner mountain pass could be seen from there.

"By the way, Master Gao, do you know how to make tiles?" Cheng Zongyang asked at this time.

"Burning tiles?" Gao Yongzhuang paused and shook his head slightly: "I have seen it, but I have never tried it."

Cheng Zongyang said, "It's okay. Wait until everything is ready here, and then you can try it when you have time. Whether it's firing bricks or firing tiles, you'll have to try it sooner or later. I'll bring more people in later, and you can also take in a few apprentices to avoid being too tired."

"Hahaha, thank you for your concern, Young Clan Leader. I'll take note of it." Gao Yongzhuang bowed and said with a smile.

Cheng Zongyang waved his hand and walked forward. A moment later, he arrived at the hillside where he planned to build the ancestral hall.

Looking at the lively scene at the inner mountain pass, Cheng Zongyang also shook his head slightly:

"We are still short of manpower. But fortunately, the basic framework has been established." Cheng Zongyang murmured.

Due to insufficient population, many things still need to be gradually improved.

Everything is an attempt, and there will be mistakes in the attempt, but these mistakes can be corrected. Similarly, things are never set in stone, and it is impossible for everything to go according to his plan, and changes must be made as appropriate.

He is in no hurry.

"Zongyang, come here!"

At this time, the shouting of my second uncle Cheng Guangshan was heard from the area outside the river.

Cheng Zongyang looked and used his body skills. His body became light and he took steps with the wind. Each step was nearly a meter long!
That night.

As everyone's foundation-building medicinal bath and martial arts medicinal bath were completed, all the adults entered the ancestral hall for a meeting.

A meeting is held every seven days, mainly to deal with various problems arising in the inner mountain pass.

The eight people were Cheng Guanghai, Cheng Guangshan, Zhou Hansong, Zhou Hanchang, and their respective eldest sons Cheng Zongyang, Cheng Zongwen, Zhou Zhenyuan, and Zhou Zhendong.

This meeting was initiated by Cheng Zongyang, and mainly discussed issues such as medicinal materials for medicinal baths, food, and the framework construction of the clan land.

The amount of food consumed in the past half month was too alarming. If it weren't for the several thousand kilograms of food that Cheng Zongyang "moved" back during the past half month, I'm afraid there wouldn't be enough to eat.

But there is one more person in today's meeting - Cheng Chen.

Cheng Guangshan spoke first:

"Clan leader, everyone. The issue of medicinal materials involves long-term considerations. Whether it is the foundation-building medicinal bath or the martial arts medicinal bath, the required medicinal materials need to be grown by ourselves. During this period, the consumption of medicinal materials has reached one third, and we need to start preparing. We can't always let Zongyang go to the county town to look for them. Sooner or later, there will be problems."

Everyone basically knows the content of the meeting, and now we need to propose solutions.

After listening to this, Cheng Guanghai looked down at his son and asked, "Zongyang, didn't you mention building a hunting hall? How is it going?"

Cheng Zongyang stood up and said, "It has been decided. In the initial stage, my uncle and I will be in charge of the hunting hall, and my two cousins ​​and Zongwen will be our assistants. We will also recruit another 20 people to form a team.

This team has warriors and people who can identify medicinal herbs. Not only can they hunt, but they can also collect herbs. When my uncle and the two cousins ​​are familiar with each other and their skills are trained, they can be split up and each form a team.

The Hunting Hall must exist for a long time. After everyone is familiar with it, we can continue to split it up. But my uncle will be the general manager in the future. "

When everyone heard this, they thought it was a good suggestion.

Zhenyuan and Zhendong are warriors. Although they have been training all the time and Cheng Zongyang teaches them moves from time to time, they still need real combat.

Although Zong Wen was still in the process of building his foundation with medicinal baths, he was also an expert in medicinal materials. It was not a problem for him to follow the team to identify and collect herbs.

"Zhenyuan, Zhendong, Zongwen, is there any problem?" Cheng Guanghai looked at the three people sitting below Cheng Zongyang.

"No!" The three of them immediately stood up and responded.

Cheng Zongyang had already mentioned this matter to them, so it was naturally not a problem.

"Okay." Cheng Guanghai said with a smile, "This way, we can collect herbs and hunt at the same time."

"The second thing is food." After finishing this, Zhou Hansong also spoke up: "At present, 40 acres of land have been reclaimed, and other places are still being reclaimed. It is expected that there will be about 50 acres of land. The goal of farming in the spring of next year is to reclaim about 100 acres of high-quality paddy fields. But it will take about a year before the harvest. We still need to continue to obtain food from the county."

Now, everyone looked at Cheng Zongyang again.

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are people over there. You can go get food anytime."

"Okay, this is the problem we need to solve first. Zong Yang, you can talk about the rest." Cheng Guanghai said.

Cheng Zongyang nodded and said, "In the past half month, I have preliminarily designed some functional frameworks. They are the nine basic halls: [Pharmacy Hall], [Martial Arts Hall], [Book Hall], [Store], [Hunting Hall], [Clan Law Hall], [Protecting Law Hall], [Commerce Hall], and [Works Hall].

"The medicine hall is a place for treating illnesses, collecting herbs, and taking medicinal baths. My second uncle is in charge of everything. There is also a doctor named Ning Zhi who will also join the medicine hall. My second uncle will be in charge of the management."

"The martial arts hall is a place for martial arts practice and also a place for martial arts techniques. In the future, if anyone in the base meets the requirements, they can spend contribution points. I will talk about contribution points later. So if you want to learn martial arts, you can go to the martial arts hall. My suggestion is that the clan leader should take the position."

"The study hall is where children learn to read and write. There are two scholars among the people we brought here half a month ago. Let them take charge. While learning to read, we also need to educate the children on clan ideology and let them identify with the clan's concepts! It is also recommended that the clan leader take on the role. Later, I will find time to compile some outlines of the Cheng family's clan ideology."

"The warehouse is responsible for counting the incoming and outgoing materials of the garrison, financial inventory, etc. Second Aunt is literate and has experience. My suggestion is that she be in charge. In the future, all outputs in the clan land will be centrally managed, and the contribution point system will also be managed by the warehouse."

"I have just said it in the Hunting Hall. I also suggest that the Hunting Hall add a contribution calculation. Contribution points can be obtained by hunting and gathering. This can be extended to all aspects. This will help to motivate foreigners to do things."

"The business hall is mainly responsible for external business. This will be handled by Zongwen and I in the future. I will teach them and some of my cousins. After they are familiar with it, Zongwen will be in charge, and my brothers and sisters will take over and handle it in different levels.

This business hall involves the clan's economy and is the future pillar, so it can only be taken up by our own people, but we can slowly screen talented people to join.

I have already arranged for the wine shop to be incorporated into the business hall. Li Ze used to be from the Li family wine shop in the county, and his winemaking skills are beyond reproach. In the future, wine will not only be needed for our martial arts and medical treatment, but also a kind of business in the future."

"The clan law hall is also known as the law enforcement hall. It punishes those who violate the rules and supervises the behavior of outsiders. Once there is a bad sign, it must be nipped in the bud. My uncle is a fair person. During this period, he has been handling most of the outsiders' affairs. I suggest that he take over the position."

"The Guardian Hall is mainly responsible for the security inspections of the clan and future external battles. This will be done by me and my two cousins, and the personnel will also be trusted warriors. After the two cousins ​​are fully familiar with it, they will gradually be responsible."

"The Gongbutang, blacksmiths, carpenters, butchers and other craftsmen were incorporated into the Gongbutang. The main purpose was to train talents and research and develop various things. I will also be in charge of this in the future."

Cheng Zongyang briefly explained the framework concept he had come up with over the past half month.

"There are still few people now, but the number will gradually increase in the future. After long-term observation, we will consider incorporating some suitable people into our respective halls."

"The most important thing is to train more talents. Whether it's carpenters, blacksmiths, butchers, cooks, doctors, etc., they all need a lot of manpower. Otherwise, if there are too many people in the future, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it."

As everyone listened, they kept nodding in agreement.

Once this framework is complete, the clan’s affairs will have their own place to go, and there will be no need to look around for problems without knowing who to turn to for help.

But they also have some concerns.

That is, they have no experience, and if they fail to handle it properly, they will lose face for the clan.

(End of this chapter)