This was Zhou Yang's first reaction after hearing the report from Zhou Xuanhe, the elder in charge of finance.
On the surface, the Zhou family has a lot of spiritual stone balance every year. It has saved more than 15,000 spiritual stones in more than ten years, which looks very beautiful.
But in fact, if you calculate the family contribution points distributed by the Zhou family every year, you will find that the Zhou family's finances have actually entered a state of being unable to make ends meet.
If Zhou Yang hadn't originally figured out how to use family contribution points to replace spirit stones as family welfare offerings, now not only would there be no spirit stone balance in the family's account, but they would also owe the family monks the spirit stones!
However, Zhou Yang also knew that no one could be blamed for such a situation, because no one expected that the number of monks in the Zhou family would increase so much in just one or two decades, let alone that the family's foundation-building monks would suddenly appear.
so much.
The foundation-building monks accounted for nearly one-third of the contribution points.
It can only be said that the current territory and industry of the Zhou family are no longer worthy of the current strength and status of the Zhou family, and cannot keep up with the growth rate of the Zhou family's population. Therefore, it is the Zhou family's responsibility to develop new industries and expand the family's territory.
The first priority comes down.
Zhou Yang turned around with these thoughts in his mind, but looked at Zhou Xuanhe with an unchanged expression and nodded: "I know everything about the situation. Uncle Fourteen, please sit down first. I will ask some questions next. I hope you and
All tribesmen can help me answer my questions carefully!"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Xuanying, the new elder of the family's general affairs hall, and asked: "Thirteenth Sister, your general affairs hall is responsible for the distribution of family tasks. Whether the family monks go out to practice or guard a certain place, they must report to you when they come back.
experience, do you know that in the past ten years, how many monks in the family have experienced fighting with others? How many people have experienced fighting with monsters of the same level? How many people have successfully killed monks of the same level or those of the same level?
A level monster?"
Zhou Xuanying didn't expect that he would ask this, and was somewhat at a loss when she heard this.
But after all, she was also a practitioner for hundreds of years. She quickly suppressed the panic in her heart and said in a calm voice: "I am not prepared for this matter. I also ask the patriarch to allow me to check the information before I answer."
"Then Thirteenth Aunt, please check the information first. I'll ask the others first."
Zhou Yang nodded, but did not blame the clan girl. After all, the Zhou family did not pay too much attention to such matters in the past. The reason why they wanted to keep the record was to have some information when writing a biography for a certain monk in the future.
It can only be verified.
So he turned his eyes and looked at Zhou Guangxiang, the leader of the younger generation of the Zhou family, and asked: "Guangxiang, you have been in charge of Yuquan Building for several years. Let me ask you, how many things are currently for sale in Yuquan Building?"
Did the tribesmen sell them there on consignment? What is the sales rate of these things?"
Maybe it was because he was only in charge of one store, or maybe it was because young people took power for the first time and did everything by themselves in order to do well. After Zhou Guangxiang heard Zhou Yang’s question, he was just stunned for a moment, then after a moment of pondering, he stood up and said: "
Clan leader Mingjian, my nephew is not sure about the exact number of items, but generally speaking, the items consigned by the clan members account for about 30% of the items in the store, and the items sold may be less than half of the total!"
"Very good, Guangxiang, you answered very well. Now sit down. I have another question for Uncle Fourteen."
Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction, looked at his fourteenth uncle Zhou Xuanhe again, and asked in a deep voice: "Fourteenth Uncle, you reported the family's financial income and expenditure before, so let me ask you now, except for the three of us,
Outside of the foundation-building monks, who are the top five people with the most contribution points? How many contribution points do they have?"
This question is relatively simple, or Zhou Xuanhe usually pays more attention to this area. After hearing this, he immediately replied: "Returning to the patriarch, the family currently has the five people who have contributed the most points, namely the eighth brother-in-law with 5123 points, and the eleventh brother.
3785 points, Thirteenth Sister 3350 points, me 2970 points, and Seventeenth Brother 2360 points."
After Zhou Yang heard this, he pondered for a moment and then continued to ask: "The reason why there are so many uncles is because the contribution of both of them is on him. But among the rest of you, except for the seventeenth uncle who is responsible for raising golden-haired blue sheep and biting
In addition to the Flame Spider being specially rewarded with one thousand contribution points by the family for his meritorious service, the reason why the remaining people have so many contribution points must be because they made a deal with the clan, right?"
"Yes, we all used the spiritual stones we accumulated in the past to exchange contribution points with some young tribesmen, but I can guarantee that we are doing fair transactions, and we definitely do not rely on power or status as elders to force people to trade with us!"
Zhou Xuanhe was afraid that Zhou Yang would misunderstand, so he emphasized the four words "fair trade", and after speaking, he looked at the old patriarch Zhou Minghan.
Although he is in charge of the family's finances, any transaction involving contribution points, even a small amount, must be approved by the clan leader, so Zhou Minghan knows all these things.
"I can prove this to Xuanhe and the others."
Zhou Minghan nodded slightly and finally said his first words since entering the meeting hall.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded and said nothing more. Instead, he looked at the general affairs elder Zhou Xuanying who had already finished reading the records and asked: "So Thirteenth Aunt, have you compiled the data?"
"Reporting to the clan leader, I just checked the information and found that in the past ten years, a total of five monks in the clan have fought with each other, and two of them successfully killed the enemy."
"At the same time, in the past ten years, twelve family monks have fought against demonic beasts, killing six second-level demonic beasts and twenty-three first-level demonic beasts. Most of them were while stationed in mines and protecting oasis.
Killed!"
Zhou Xuanying explained the information she had just reviewed one by one, and then looked at Zhou Yang with puzzled eyes, wondering what he wanted to know about all this.
Seeing her look like this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile slightly and said: "Thirteenth Aunt, and Fourteenth Uncle and Eleventh Uncle, are you wondering why I suddenly asked about these things at the family meeting today?"
"yes."
Several people whose names he called nodded in agreement, and then waited with bated breath for him to answer their questions.
"I can't tell you the specific situation. I can only say that I gained some insights from my trip this time and truly understood how to make a family strong and united."
"I ask you these things because I want to analyze some of the information you want to know. Now I will tell you the analysis, and all of you can take a look to see if it is correct."
Zhou Yang glanced at the people in the hall, and then said in a low tone: "From the number of times the monks in the family have killed monsters and fought with people, we can know that the monks in the family rarely take the initiative to go out to hunt monsters or adventure in the world of immortality.
, from the number of treasures consigned by the clan members in Yuquan Tower, we can know that the monks in the family do not have very rich savings."
After speaking, he pointed to the monks of the "Yuan" generation and the "Guang" generation who were born after the Zhou family implemented the contribution point system and asked: "I dare say, if you exclude the family contribution points that the family has issued to you, what will you do?"
A monk in the early stage of Qi training or in the middle stage of Qi training might not even be able to get a hundred spiritual stones out of his pocket, right?"
Hearing his words, the younger generation of monks looked at each other, but no one dared to answer.
Finally, Zhou Guangxiang, a representative of the younger generation, stood up and said: "I can confirm this for the clan leader. Even my sister Xiang'er, she definitely does not have more than a hundred spiritual stones in her storage bag now!"
"That's right!"
Zhou Yang nodded, waved his hand to signal Zhou Guangxiang to sit down, and then looked at everyone with bright eyes and said: "Because of the special nature of the boundless sand sea cultivation world, and the lack of a sufficient number of high-level monks in the family in the past, the number of clan members
It’s not much, so the family rule is that if you are not at the advanced stage of Qi training, you are not allowed to go out and practice at will!”
"This rule must have been correct before, to protect the clan members from harm, but its existence has also seriously hindered the way for young family members to earn spiritual stones, leaving most of the family members in the next fifty or sixty years.
They can only live by receiving family benefits and offerings!"
"But it's different now. There are now a large number of high-level monks in the family, and the monk population is growing every year. We are no longer afraid of suffering losses!"
"I know that everyone wants to accumulate family contribution points to exchange for foundation-building pills, but you can see for yourselves that even the eighth uncle, the total contribution points earned by him and the deceased eighth aunt now only have more than 5,000 points. If you want
Through this method of slowly accumulating, I can accumulate contribution points and exchange them for foundation-building pills. In what year and month will I be able to accumulate 20,000 contribution points?"
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I have two Foundation Establishing Pills in my hand now. After the Chen family refines the Foundation Establishing Pill in a few years, we can get another Foundation Establishing Pill for free. Even if Guang Xiang uses one, it will be
There are two more!”
"How are these foundation-building pills different from stones when they are placed in my hands? But if they are distributed, you are all members of my Zhou family. Many people have similar spiritual root qualifications. Who should I give them to? Who should I not give them to?
?”
"So, the first thing I want to say today is that the rules that the family has implemented for two hundred years are going to change. In the future, the family will relax the restrictions on going out to experience adventure. As long as you have reached the middle stage of Qi training, you will have one or two things in your hands.
If you have a mid-level magic weapon, you can apply with the family elders to go out for adventure and experience!"
"What I want to tell you is that the world of immortal cultivation is cruel. If you want to build a foundation, and if you want your descendants to build a foundation, you have to go out and fight from a young age!"
"At the same time, I can make a promise to you. Even if you go out for adventure and experience, even if you die, your family contribution points will still be passed on to your designated relatives. And the spiritual resources you gain from going out for adventure and experience, the family can use them at the market price.
The contribution points are recycled!”
Zhou Yang expressed his thoughts and plans in one breath, feeling extremely happy in his heart.
This idea and plan came to him after he listened to Dong Jianping's life experience in the immortal world of Liuyun Continent.
Dong Jianping only has a middle-grade spiritual root qualification, but as a casual cultivator, relying on his daring character and extraordinary luck, he was able to collect enough spiritual energy to purchase foundation-building pills before he was sixty years old.
Stone, the foundation was successfully built.
In Zhenyue Immortal City and other six immortal cities that stand in the Duanyun Mountains, there are thousands of casual cultivators like Dong Jianping, who are working desperately to build the foundation.
Even these casual cultivators can do this, why can't the Zhou family's immortal cultivators?
The resources of the Immortal Cultivation World in the Boundless Sand Sea are not as rich as those in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation World, but can the conditions possessed by the monks of the Zhou family be comparable to those of Dong Jianping when he first came into contact with Cultivation?
Zhou Yang personally experienced the "Tide of Beasts" siege battle and witnessed countless Qi-training monks being harvested by monsters like rice before his eyes, and he became enlightened.
If a cultivator wants to truly seek immortality and truly live longer than others in the future, he or she should first have the courage not to be afraid of death!
If you are not the heir of a cultivator in the golden elixir stage, don't think that foundation-building elixirs will fall from the sky for you to build the foundation.
If you were born ordinary, have average spiritual abilities, and want to seek immortality and build a foundation, then you have to work harder than those with a privileged background and be less afraid of death!
Zhou Yang wants the Zhou family to produce more foundation-building monks, and wants the Zhou family to become the Zifu family and the Jindan family, but he definitely does not want those foundation-building monks to be born hiding in the family and relying on the shadow of their ancestors.
People who come to obtain the foundation building pill to build the foundation.
Even though, he himself had built his foundation like this before!