Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 160 0159: Addition of 'Cheng's Public Property'

In the process of adding the Earthly Branches, Cheng Zongyang watched the operations of several elders from beginning to end, and he also understood the process.

From the very beginning, the sixteen members of the tribe who had been informed of the rules all lined up, and under Zhou Hansong's announcement, they were asked to worship heaven and earth and offer sacrifices to their ancestors.

After that, the clan leader Cheng Guanghai spoke, informing everyone about the Cheng family’s deeds, rules, and subsequent arrangements.

After that, they were renamed and announced one by one, and then Cheng Zongyang wrote them with special blood ink and pressed blood fingerprints on the family tree. At this time, the original black characters turned into red characters.

It means that their life status is normal.

The display of life status is red - gray - black!

The front and back represent life and death, and the middle is between life and death.

If one day the name of one of these people changes from red to black, it means that they are dead.

But this roster also has another function, which is to automatically absorb the souls of the registered people after their death, thereby automatically repairing the roster.

This also means that Cheng Zongyang, who has full control over the roster, can retrieve souls from the roster.

But it is limited to calling up dialogues and the like, and cannot do anything else.

The next step is to sign the Immortal Ancestor’s Oath.

This Immortal Ancestor's Oath was modified by Cheng Zongyang, and it was not the same as the one signed by foreign warriors. But they were both used to restrain the personnel of the Earthly Branch lineage.

Forty-eight days were deducted from his lifespan.

The Immortal Ancestor's Oath was signed smoothly, and all those who knew the inside story felt relieved.

The successful signing of the agreement means that they are truly willing and have no ulterior motives.

Although they don’t know what will happen in the future, the Immortal Ancestor’s oath is enough to ensure that they are dealt with before they cause any damage to the family.

After that, they all worshipped their ancestors, and then took the sixteen of them outside to announce it to the whole village.

At this point, the Earthly Branch was added, and all sixteen orphans aged eleven to sixteen became members of the Cheng family, and the ancestor worship ceremony ended.

The whole process lasted about an hour.

As all the people left, only four elders, four eldest sons, and sixteen new members of the Earthly Branches were left in the Cheng Family Ancestral Hall.

Cheng Guanghai also began to make new arrangements for them.

"You are now part of the Cheng family. Your status is different, so some arrangements are naturally different. Next, you will have a new residence and live your own life. But considering your age, someone will be responsible for all your food and drink before you turn 18.

Later, you will also need to work, study, practice martial arts, and make due contributions to Chengjia Village. At the same time, you must also consider your identity. Now you also represent the Cheng family. Is there any problem?"

"no!"

Sixteen people responded one after another.

Then, Cheng Guanghai asked Zhou Zhendong to take them to the Household Registration Hall to change their identities and receive new ID cards, as well as to collect supplies and arrange a new house to live in.

After they left, Cheng Zongyang said:

"It's just right. Since everyone is here, I will discuss something with you. It is also related to the earthly branches this time. It may take some time to discuss. Dad, can we count the public property?"

Cheng Guanghai, who was asked, nodded slightly, even though he didn't know what his son was going to do, "Your second aunt had already counted it yesterday."

Zhou Hansong immediately asked his son Zhou Zhenyuan to arrange the tables and chairs, while Cheng Guangshan asked his son to call his mother.

Cheng Zongyang made an excuse to go back to his room to get some information.

Half a quarter of an hour later, everyone was in place and the door of the ancestral hall was closed. They all looked at Cheng Zongyang hanging a large wooden board on the wooden frame.

Seeing Cheng Zongyang so serious, everyone waited quietly.

After Cheng Zongyang hung up the wooden board, he took the list of public property brought by his second aunt Cheng Chen, took a look at it, and had a general idea in mind.

"I had intended to tell you all about this at the general meeting at the end of the month, but since the matter of adding the Earthly Branches has already been completed, I'll just start with this. After I'm done, if there's anything unclear, please let me know, and we can work together to improve it."

Cheng Zongyang immediately took the charcoal pencil made by Gongbutang and wrote four words on the wooden board: Cheng's public property. [Note ①]

"My dear elders, I am going to establish the 'Cheng Family Public Property' system ahead of schedule! The system is initially divided into four points."

"First, food, clothing and shelter; second, marriage, childbirth and funerals; third, civil and military training; fourth, relief and donations."

Cheng Zongyang continued to write down these four points.

Everyone looked at him, somewhat confused. But they did not ask any questions, and waited for Cheng Zongyang to explain.

Cheng Zongyang first pointed at the four words and explained:

"Cheng's public property means the public property of Chengjia Village. Cheng's public property is also called Cheng's charity estate, and its meaning embodies the word 'righteousness'."

"It targets the future Cheng family, Zhou family, people of the Earthly Branches, and people in Cheng Village who meet the criteria of being widowed, lonely, disabled or sick. The purpose of this public property is to be used for support or financial assistance."

"Now, we don't have much public property, only these reclaimed fields, houses, etc. For us, the whole village is still good, so there is no need to worry. But with the expansion of the family in the future, along with the expansion of the village, there will always be accidents.

Then, widows, widowers, lonely people, and disabled people will appear.

Therefore, this rule must be formulated from the beginning, and then gradually improved, so that future generations can use this system to ensure that the family, and even the entire village, has basic protection, so that the clan members and villagers have no worries when doing things for the family and village.

Before explaining the following points, let me first explain how public property is handled. ”

"The total amount of grain harvest, silver, cloth and other materials is settled once a year, and 30% of the total amount is transferred to public property. The settlement is basically settled in silver, and when used, it is exchanged for materials in the warehouse, which is convenient for long-term storage.

Thirty percent of them are distributed to each clan and each family according to the population. The remaining 40% is stored in the warehouse for villagers to exchange and reward. There is no conflict between them.

Public property is managed separately and is not mixed with the property in the treasury. It is supervised by the clan law hall and enforced by the guardian law hall. No private person is allowed to use it. Whether it is used by individuals or by the village, it needs to be discussed at a meeting. Even the clan leader cannot make a decision alone.

If the supplies distributed by the warehouse are not enough, you can go to the warehouse to exchange them with your own money or contributions. I have written a more detailed system, and you can take a look at it later. "

As he spoke, Cheng Zongyang handed the information he had obtained to his father. The content was not very long, only about thirty rules. It described how the Cheng and Zhou families treated public property, what rules they followed, and the basic explanations and restrictions of the four points.

Cheng Zongyang continued:

"This is aimed at the widowed, widowed, lonely, disabled and sick. Let me explain these four points in general."

“First, food, clothing and shelter.

This refers to the needs of cloth, food, and housing. The information also provides a detailed description.

For example, food rations. After the Cheng family's public property is launched, in the future, all branches of the Cheng and Zhou families, regardless of gender, who meet the established requirements, can receive 30 kilograms of rice per month. "

"Houses can be provided free of charge, and they will be differentiated; each person can apply for one piece of cloth each year, which can be made into summer clothes and winter clothes, etc."

"When a woman gets married, the public property will provide a certain amount of money, and then the public property will provide for her needs. The same goes for the man.

I have also recorded the details above, which can be targeted at different ages, as well as restrictions on remarriage. This does not conflict with the original rules and is another subsidy. "

“The same is true for childbirth…”

Cheng Zongyang briefly explained what he had written, and finally everyone passed the materials around to check. About half an hour later, when everyone finished reading, Cheng Guanghai asked first: "Yang'er, will this conflict with some of the original rules?"

Cheng Zongyang explained: "Some will, some won't. For example, the assistance later will conflict with the oath of the warriors who signed the Immortal Ancestor Oath, so we will add them together.

The rule is to use public property as the main source of aid. This can reduce the pressure on the warehouse and allow materials to be used for specific purposes.

Marriage and childbirth are all aimed at promoting population growth, and they can also be superimposed on the original rewards, by providing subsidies from public property.

These rules are the general direction I have drawn up, and you can revise them based on the original clan rules.

The clan rules must be both dignified and humane. This means that this will be a process of continuous revision. Only when they can cover everything, the clan rules will be finalized. "

When everyone heard this, they understood and nodded.

The information is almost completely introduced and explained in detail, and there are not many questions. After all, the target groups are single elderly people, orphans, people from single-parent families, people with disabilities, etc.

Except for single elderly people, these assistances are not long-term.

As soon as they reach adulthood, or get married or remarry and have their own family, the assistance will stop.

However, the elderly who remarry and the disabled can continue to apply for assistance after they get married, which is also a manifestation of humanity.

Of course, this will take into account the situation where the conditions are met but there is property, such as owning one's own land and some business.

In addition, and more importantly, the 30% annual income not only solves the survival worries of such people in the village, but also can save a large amount of wealth.

If the family encounters a crisis in the future, as long as the meeting is approved, this property can be used for emergency purposes, and then returned to the public property after the crisis.

This means that the Cheng family has another way out.

"Zongyang, I don't think there's any problem. If you encounter specific problems in the future, you can make targeted changes."

Cheng Guangshan thinks the opening of Cheng’s public property is a good idea and can solve many problems.

The others also nodded.

Whether there are problems or not, the deficiencies need to be developed in future operations, and it will not be too late to modify them then.

What we need to do now is to formulate a complete set of "Cheng family public property" rules based on the existing clan rules.

Avoid conflicts caused by not distinguishing between repeated rules in future executions.

Zhou Hansong immediately asked Zhou Zhenyuan to go to the clan hall to get the clan book and prepare to make corresponding modifications.

This public property law is not only for the villagers, but also for the Cheng and Zhou families. If it is implemented well, it will be the basic guarantee for the family to prosper forever.

So in the following time, everyone began to modify and improve the plan for Cheng’s public property.

Cheng Zongyang also constantly gave his own ideas based on some repeated regulations. The addition and deletion of some regulations would also take into account the future situation of the earthly branches.

The patriarchal regulations cannot remain unchanged. Each period has its own characteristics and environment, so they must be modified as appropriate.

Everyone had no objection to this.

It was not until the afternoon that the regulations of the Cheng Family Public Property were almost complete.

The next step is to build a separate place as the office and storage location for Cheng’s public property.

The future Cheng family property will store important assets and therefore needs to be protected.

After discussion among everyone, they decided to dig a cave as a storage room and use it as a magnet for protection.

His uncle will also be in charge of the management in the future. Considering that everyone has multiple duties, Cheng Zongyang said:

"You can select some young and smart talents from those who signed the Immortal Ancestor Oath to train as assistants. Train some capable assistants for yourself, so that you don't have to take on multiple duties at the same time.

Only in this way can we coordinate and improve efficiency. When our younger brothers and sisters grow up and have achieved academic success, we can bring them along to train them to take over."

Everyone thought about this and agreed.

Chengjia Village is not short of people, but what it lacks is talent. Talent needs to be cultivated, and it can only be done slowly. At present, he is not planning to bring people from the county into the mountains, but has other arrangements. Just waiting for food!

After everyone dispersed, Cheng Guangshan called Cheng Zongyang to the pharmacy.

"There are results." In the private laboratory of the pharmacy, Cheng Guangshan took out a bowl of almost ink-colored medicine.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zongyang immediately cast his gaze on the dark green medicinal liquid with a fishy smell in the porcelain bowl in his second uncle's hand.

"This is a growth fluid made directly from the blood of exotic animals. The effect is much better than bone meal water."

Then Cheng Guangshan put the medicine aside and walked to the table by the window.

On the table were four pots of individually grown ginseng.

The four pots are from left to right, from low to high. The first pot is only thumb high, the second pot is almost the same height, but the third pot is about one finger joint higher than the second pot, and the fourth pot is about one finger joint higher than the third pot.

Cheng Zongyang was a little confused: "This was started from seeds? But it's only been a day, right?"

The Flame Mist Python was also killed yesterday. No matter how fast it was, it couldn't be this fast.

Cheng Guangshan shook his head: "No. They are all cuttings. The first pot was not watered after cutting, the second pot was watered with the original growth solution after cutting, the third was watered with bone meal growth solution, and the fourth was watered with blood growth solution."

Now, Cheng Zongyang looked at his second uncle in shock.

"This fourth pot is two finger joints taller than the first and second pots! Does that mean the growth rate has doubled?"

Cheng Guangshan also seemed very happy:

"That's right! This bowl of undiluted liquid medicine can double the growth rate of a ginseng plant, but after mixing 50 kilograms of liquid medicine, it is almost the same as bone meal water. And after the bone meal water is diluted, it is only slightly faster than the original liquid watering, which is not obvious.

Therefore, to cultivate precious medicinal materials, the blood solution should be used without dilution. Ordinary medicinal materials can be diluted for use.

However, the blood of this exotic beast is rare and cannot be used on a large scale. It can only be used to cultivate some rare and precious medicinal materials.

The main ingredients of the Qi Yuan Dan you need are ginseng and astragalus, which must be over 30 years old to be used as medicine. I will try to cultivate them during this period, and then see how the cultivated medicinal age and medicinal materials are later. "

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle."

Cheng Guangshan smiled and said, "I'm not that tired. You run around for the Cheng family, and you're responsible for almost all the construction ideas. In addition, Chengjia Village needs you as the strongest fighting force, so naturally we have to focus on your needs first. Okay, stop being sentimental and go about your business. I'll let you know when I have news."

Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "Then I'll go first. By the way, second uncle, I heard from my mother that second aunt is very busy every day. Please tell my second aunt to let sister Zongying come to have some contact with her. It will be good for her to learn and work with second aunt at the same time, so that she can adapt in advance and combine work and rest."

"Okay, I'll tell her."

Cheng Guangshan nodded and saw Cheng Zongyang off.

It is only a matter of time before the family's younger brothers take over the family affairs. In the future, their daughters can only marry into the family, so that the Cheng family can continue to grow and increase the number of core children.

Therefore, he tacitly agreed with what his nephew said.

[Note ①: This method comes from Fan's Charity House. The protagonist in the article has modified it. It is only for widows, widowers, orphans, and the disabled. If you want to know, you can go and check it out. It is the predecessor of family fund management, and many family fund management models also come from it. ]

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